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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05

The step marked a bitter split be- tween the Administration and the Congress of Industrial Organization, whose Political Action Committee was a strong factor in the last na- lonal election.
 CIO President Philip Murray an- nounced the CLOS breakaway last night in a speech which denounced the federal government for yielding in "abject cowardice' to industrial arrogance.
 Murray said President Truman's requested legislation cannot be justified on the grounds that 1t is facts which are sought. There Is some other design which promotes ts recommendation"
 Walter P. Reuther, vlce-presi- dent of the CLOS United Auto mobile Workers now on strike against General Motors Corpora ion, echoed Murray's revolt against the Administrator in a speech at Detroit in which he &C., used MT. Truman of treating la- DOT relations like the atomic bomb oy trying ito hide 1t under his coat -tails.O
 Murray charged in a radio speech American Broadcasting Company hat the government has embarked lpon a policy of continued ap- easement of American industry 1T he face of its (industry's con. ;emptuous attitude toward tht American people and the govern. lent itself"
 Murray's blast at President Tru. nan's labor policy followed lon& .onference with R. J. Thomas, UAW president, Reuther and other GIG aaders Thomas immediately lief for Washington to confer with Con ressional leaders about "anti-labo agislation."
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ready for war if it should come and would be much stronger within nine months.
 He said the Junkers 88 had just gone into production and would be very valuable in attacking Britain and. Atlantic shipping. Monthly production of the Junkers was ex- pected to reach 280 planes by Au- tumn and $50 by the end of 1889. |. Goering's examination of Ger many's military position was the concluding evidence presented by Sidney J. Alderman, assistant Amercan prosecutor, who wound up presentation of evidence concerning German aggression against Czecho- slovakia
 Browbeat Hacha
 He presented evidence that Adolf Hitler and Goering browbeat Dr.. Emil Hacha into surrendering Czechoslovakia by threatening to
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pdpeTS Ad1 dIlu La AuAquAc'
 The mob including 1000 uni- versity students smashed the plant of Tan, then marched to the mod- ern part of the city and destroyed a Russian bookstore.
 They swung past the United States consulate shouting Hong live free America" Next they tried to reach the Soviet consulate, but were blocked by police and auto mobiles.
 Still bent upon destruction. the mob surged around behind the Sov- let embassy and wrecked the in stallations of La Turquie.
 All stores were closed during the demonstration. No casualties were reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05
Afternoon Load Expected

plants.
 Afternoon Load Expected
 It was anticipated that the heav- jest voting at the Waterbury Manu- featuring Company plan would come between 3 and p. m., and at the Rolling NH between 5:30. and 6:3o D. m.
 NLRB officials, as well as com- pany and union representatives were Stationed at, each polling spot. The vote, which will be counted by the Government agents, is expected to be announced tonight or early to- morrow.
 The wage boost issue is involved in beth ballots, and the Scovill workers in addition will make the union shop
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05
Iran Asks Soviet For Third Time

Tehran, Dec. 5-(UP)- The Iranian government has made 8 third request to Soviet Russia for permission to send reinforcements into rebellious Azerbaijan Province, Y -e~ r'iscloseS today.
 -tr were refused h Soviet notes handed the Iranian gvy=llinlenG NOV. 26 and Dec. 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05
Life Paper Controls

Washington, Dec. o-lOF(-Ine Newspaper Industry Advisory Com mittee of the Civilian Production Admins ,stration has reaffirmed its recommendation that all news print controls be lifted on Dec. Sl-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05
TOPPING QUITS NATIONALS

New York, Dec. 5-(UP)-Dan Topping, one of the three the New York Yankees announced today that he had reached agreement with the AAmerican Football Conferences and would abandon the National ball League.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05
Bulletins
REUTER- DROPS CONFERENCE

Detroit, Dec. 5-(UP)-Walter P. Reuther, ClO Auto Workers vicepresiden suddenly today that his scheduled meeting this afternoon with Harry w. Anderson General Motors president had been caed off by mutual Reuther said that he leaving by plane an unannOunced destination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05

Browbeat Dr. Hacha Into Surrendering
 Czechoslovakia

Nuernberg Dec. 5-UP)-Hermann Goering fatally British air strength in the spring of l939 calculating that the Royal Air Force would not be potent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05
27.OOO Turks Demonstrate Against Pro-Con1n1unists

Istanbul Dec. -Delayed)-(UP)-A crowd of 27 900 waving Turkish flags and shouting down with the Com mnss today wrecked the plants of the proRussan news
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05
CI0 Mobilizes Ranks for Battl1
Labor Front Unites h Rejecting Moue;
 JAW Maps Strategy

Pittsburgh, Dec. 5-UP)-The CIO mobilized it's fuA membership today for battle defeat President Truman plan to have Congress appoint factfndng bodies major
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05
BULLDOGS GO TO TEXAS

Athens, Ga, Dec. 5-(UP)-The University of Georgia Bulldogs today accepted invitation to play in the Oil Bowl at Houston, Texas New Years Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-05
The Weather
Fair

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Mexico Phone Strike Ended

Mexico City Feb. 15-UP)-Tel- ephone service was resumed in Mexico today after settlement of a dispute between employees of the Swedish-oWned Ericsson Telephone Company and company officials.
 Terms of the settlement were not revealed.
 The strike began at midnight when telephone connections were discontinued between Fl Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico.
 Management and union represen- tatives conferred immediately, and settlement came at 1:45 a. m, al- though service was not restored un- til this morning.
 No telephone service was avail able during the night between Mexico and the United States.
 Ericsson controls communication lines in Mexico City and the north ern part of the country. Employees of the American-oWned Mexicana Telephone Company, serving the southern part of the republic and extending their lines into the ca pital, previously had announced they would strike In sympathy with the Ericsson employees.
 Whether they carried out the threat during the brief strike could not be learned immediately.
 The strikers were members of the confederation of Mexican Workers TelephOne Union.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Boston Fire Kills Woman

Boston, Feb. l5 - (U.PD -- Two and four-alarm fires in Boston early today resulted in one death and more than $50,000 loss.
 Miss Margaret Gagnon, "A, Of South Boston was found uncon- scious in a hallway of her burning home and pronuonced dead on ar rival at a hospital. She apparently was felled while attempting to es- cape, police said
 Her sister Nora and brother Thomas, who shared the ? l-2 story brick home at k 4th and N streets, escaped safely. Damage was $3000.
 In downtown Boston, four alarm blaze swept the fiVe-story Exchange Building, filled mostly with insurance offices, at Milk and Battery-M March streets.
 Fire Chief Samuel Pope was sum moned and directed the use of two water towers against the flames which mushroomed from lower floors. It was believed loss would exceed $50,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
FDR Visits MorseiIIe

Paris, February Is. -- tUP) - President Roosevelt has visited Mar seille in southern France on his way back to the United States from the Big Three Conference at Yalta French sources said today,
 A French Press Agency dispatch said an announcement of the Pres ident's visit was published in Mar scille newspapers, The dispatch did not disclose the date or purpose of the visit, however.
 It was the first word of the Pres ident'S whereabouts since the Big Three Conference ended last Sun day Prime Minister Churchill vis- tied Athens yesterday
 Reliable American and French sources denied published reports that MT. Roosevelt intends to visit Paris. His special adviser, Judge Samuel Rosenman, was in Paris yesterday, however, on a general tour of liber- ated countries to study their needs,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Soldiers In
 Rome L-ouded

Rome, Feb. IS. (P)-The hard fought Allied campaign in Italy has nailed down large segment of the German Army and prevented fronts at a critical stage of the war, Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the & Army, said today.
 Marshall, enroute back to the United States from the Crimean con- ference. ended three-day inspec- ton of the Italian front with the highest praise for the Allied ground and air forces in this forgotten" theater of war.
 The difficulties of mountainous country with few roads and under winter conditions are very real,' he said. ''The strength of the enemy's defensive positions in such country is equally apparent
 Under these conditions our United States troops and those of our AllieH have done a splendid job and have made great contribution to the war.
 "A large German force has beer held in Italy and prevented from bolstering the enemy's hadr-pressed troops on the eastern and western fronts"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
.Noeoyo Hit.
 Bv B-29's

Washington, Feb. l5 - tU.PD - B-29 SuperfortresseS - 50 strong, by Tokyo accounts bombed the big Japanese aircraft center of Ma goya and surrounding area today
 A brief War Department bulletin announced that B-29s from the 21st Bomber Command in the Mar ianaS had attacked industrial tar gets on the main Japanese home lS- land in strength for the 17th time.
 Japanese Imperial Headquarters several hours later reported in a Tokyo broadcast that the bulkS Of the force of 60 Superportresses at tackled Nagoya, while the remainder hit Shizuoka and Mic Prefectures east and west of Nagoya.
 Tokyo also claimed that a small number" of B-29s flew over Singa- pore on reconnaissance today but did not drop any bombs. The broad cast said that one Superfortress was damaged by Japanese flyers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Maxi Spies Take Sentences Calmly

New York, Feb. 15-(UP) Sen tenced to hang as Nazi spies, Amer ican- born William Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel, German National, were held at Fort Jay, Governors Island. today. pending army and presidential review of their convic- ton.
 If the sentence of the seven-mem- Der military commission is upheld, the date for their execution will be set by Maj. Gen. Thomas k. Terry of the 2nd Service Command.
 Both men accepted the commis- sion's verdict calmly and marched briskly from the trial room under heavy guard. As the commission ad- journed to deliberate. Gimpel's army-appointed counsel announced that the Nazi said that he had re- ceived "a most fair and impartial trial"
 Oimpel refused to take the stand in his own defense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Combat Casualties
 Hit 782, 18O To-day
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Washington, Feb. 15-UP)-U. s. combat casualties announced here reached 782,180 today.
 This was 17,348 more thon last weeks compilation.
 Secretary of War Henry L. Stim- son said army casualties compiled through Feb. totaled 683, ,342.
 These casualties, teflecting losses through January, included 135,510 killed, 4O8,553 wounded, 58,556 pri- Soners of war, and 90,723 missing. Of the wounded, 202,8l3 have re- turned to duty.
 To the army total was added 88, 838 navy, mar:ne corps and coast guard casualties announced up to today. They included 33438 dead 40,607 wounded, 10,221 missing, and 4,474 prisoners of war
 Stimson said army ground forces alone have suffered 394,874 casual ties on the western front from the June 6 D-Day to Feb. 1. Of these 63,41O were killed. 273,997 wounded and 57,467 missing.
 He said ground force casualties on the western front in January were 61,962, including 8848 killed, 4l,325 wounded and 11,789 missing.
 Stimson reported that 5000 Ger man prisoners were taken in the AL lied advance on Kleve. On the southern flank of the western front, he said the French army had talk en 96,000 German prisoners since August. More than 10000 were cap tured in the Colmar offensive now underway
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Poultry Men
 To Be Aided By Governor

Governor Raymond E. Baldwin has promised Waterbury's poultry dealers that he will make every ef- fort to alleviaet the poultry situa- ton here providing the General As- sembly votes him the war powers he seeks.
 In message sent to the dealers here and throughout the state as well as in reply to recent letter of Mayor John 8. Monagan. the governor stated that he will, If issued the powers, make every ef- fort to stop the flow of poultry out of the state.
 Waterbury's poultry dealers have gathered with others from the state today at the State Capitol and have appealed to the governor as well as members of the senate and house.
 At press time today 1t was dis closed to the Democrat that there is little likelihood of the war powers asked by the governor being granted by the senate following a caucus of Democratic members at noon.
 However, subcommittee of the Senate Is to be chosen today to call upon the governor to ask for clari- fication of just what specific powers he needs to meet the poultry session One senator stated today that If the powers requested are within reason" we will gladly grant him those specific powers to alleviate this situation by immediate action. ''
 However, 1t was agreed by the Senate Democrats that the fuller powers are not acceptable according to the amendments suggested ycs- terday by the Republican domin- ated house.
 The poultry situation has come about. 1t is claimed by dealers, as result of the black market" opera tions of New York poultry dealers who have come into Connecticut be- cause of shortages in the Empire state and are buying Connecticut poultry from farmers at above OPA ceiling prices.
 Both in protest and out of neces- sity poultry dealers throughout the state have closed down tight. In Waterbury all such dealers have been closed more than two weeks now.
 One dealer today told The Demo- crat that the situation was becoIp- ing dangerous from health Stand- point inasmuch as many invalid and convalescent patients depend almost solely on chicken and eggs as source of food.
 We simply cannot meet the com- petition of buying prices of the New York crowd and conduct our sales within OPA regulations 1t was stated by another dealer.
 Local dealers appealed to the Mayor for action and the latter for warded their request to the Cover nor who replied to the dealers yes- terday and to the Mayor today.
 It has proven difficult to offset
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Severe Weather Until March IS

Boston. Feb. --(UP)-New Eng land faces another month of real wintry weather, Meteorologist E. B. Rideout of Station WEEI said to- day.
 In a long range forecast pre- dicted an fashioned winter with lots of snow and cold. IL has been the worst winter in nearly 30 years. and Rideout warned today that severe weather will continue und' about March Is.
 We can expect another storm ol two, although nothing to compare with last weeks blizzard Rideout said. There might be warm spell around Feb. 24, but 1t won't last more than a day or two"
 Around mid-March he foresaw g sudden break in the cold and said the ensuing thaws might produce floods due to the heavy snow coveE throughout northern New England
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
I1,25O PLANES HAMMER REICH
 IN 36 HOURS
BY LEO S. DIsHER

London, February 15. - (UP) - American Flying Fortresses and Liberators - more than HOO strong - smashed today at targets only a dozen miles ahead of the advancing Red Army, bringing to more than ,250 the number of planes that have blasted the Reich in 36 hours.
 The heavy bombers had an escort of more than 450 Mus tang Fighters, bringing the total air force hurled at Ger many today to 1850 planes.
 Their targets chiefly were Dres- Aden and Cottbus. Cottbus lies only 12 miles west of the Red army Spearheads at Forst and the attack was the closest direct support op- eration yet carried out by the U. S. air force for the Red army
 The heavy bombers also struck at the synthetic oil plant neal Magdeburg.
 Dresden has been under almost continuous assault by British and American air forces for two days and nights. This vital hub of German rail and supply connections which is only about 45 miles distant from hn oII ay1onA Dad nn1- unlns has and one of the heaviest plasterings of the war.
 Cottbus, 53 miles southeast Of Berlin, is a target of almost equal importance. It Is a big rail junc- tion point from which highways radiate in all directions.
 The American assault followed double blow by 1900 RAF four-en- gined bomberS at ChemnitZ, 38 miles southwest of Dresden, and smaller-scaled raids on Berlin and other targets during the night.
 Dresden, an important railway and industrial city, already was in flames night, when It was the main target from raids yesterday and Tuesday of an assault force totaling some B,400 plans which famed out over Germany for one of the greatest air assaults of the war.
 German broadcasts told of a day. light raiding fleet returning" from the areas of Dresden and Cottbus, the latter 55 miles northeast of Dresden and 45 miles southwest of Frankfurt-on-Oder
 London newspapers said the air offensive was planned by military
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Reds Accused or StarDing And Looting Polish People

Any resignation at this time would be under foreign pressure" and legally impossible" he said
 The Roosevelt -Churchill-S -Stalin de- cision to partition Poland and es- tablish a new coalition government was a great blow to Poland. he added, asserting that it violated all the desires of the Polish people
 We will surrender to slavery and the new partition made by our AL lies" he said.
 Arcis1ewski wound up his hour long press conference, however. with the statement that his government wants the friendship of Russia.
 Meanwhile other Polish leaders as well as members of the Yugoslav royal government in London were moving rapidly to form coalition governments in line with the recom- mendations laid down by the big three at Yalta
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
KONEV'S ARMY RUNS RAMP ANT
 IN NEW DRIVE
BY ROBERT MUSEL

London, February Is. - (UP) = Berlin said today that Russian forces support ed by American and British bomber fleets had broken across the NeiSse river on both sides of Forst, strategic rail hub, 62 miles southeast of Berlin and the same dis tance northeast of Dresden.
 More than 1850 American war planes renewed direct support of the Red Army today. smashing again at Dresden and Cottbus. stra- tegic transport center just F miles west Of the Red Army Speadheads at Forst It was the closest sup port action yet given to the Red Army by the U. s. strategic air forces.
 "Both Nazi and Soviet reports in- dicated that Marshal Ivan s. Ko- news army was running rampant in lightning drive laying open the lltllIhp Ol LllC uClCLIpCo UG~ fore Berlin and Dresden, the Sax ony capital which has been stag gered by Anglo American aerial onslaughtS.
 A German military spokesman reported that the Russians had ad- Vanced to points northwest and southwest of ForSt, on the west bank of the Neisse. The admis- sion indicated a major break through the Neisse Line and the planting of Soviet spearheads about 50 miles from both Berlin and Dres- den in that sector.
 Moscow advices said that south of Forst the Russians were storm ing the Noises river line before Sax ony. and that one column pushed within 45 miles of Dresden i'll an apparent break across the Neisse.
 The Nazi spokesman, quoted in a broadcast from Berlin said Konevs army and that of Marshal Gregory H. Zhukov, had made junction southeast of Berlin.
 Stalled Several Days
 ZhukoV's first White Russian army has been checked along the Oder before Berlin for several days while Konev was developing his sweep thorugh lower SileSia. Ob- servers took the Berlin report to mean that they now were joining forces for a possible assault on the capital from the east and south.
 Konev's First Ukrainian Army ap-
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Clearing Bay Of Mines

Washington. Feb. 15.-(UP)-- American minesWeepers, leading 10 transports jammed with fresh in vasion troops, have begun clearing the entrance to Manila Bay for an apparently imminent assault on Corregidor Island, radio Tokyo said today.
 The thrust got under way at 9:3O a. m. Tuesday (Manila timel with a terrific air and sea lombard ment of Corregidor. where the orig inal American garrison on Luzon went down to defeat In April 1922. Toyko said.
 Two battleships, four cruisers and five destroyerS participated in the bombardment, the broadcast said Corregidor's batteries replied and furious gun duel" ensued with the invading surface craft" the en- emy account said
 Toward evening, Tokyo said. 20 American minesWeepers entered the narrow channel between Corregidor and Bataan peninsula. which forms the northern rim of the gateway to Manila Bay. Japanese guns sank one minesWeper and the remainder were effectively checked" Tokyo said.
 There were indications that these minesWeepers were being fol- lowed by some 10 enemy transports apparently carrying fresh invasion forces" the broadcast said.
 Consequently. the entire Cor regidor sector now is fraught with an atmosphere foreshadoWing some new development"
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head quarters on Luzon remained silent on the enemy's claim of naval bombardment and imminent land inC on Corregidor. but confirmed that Army Liberators dropped an- other l07 tons of bombs on the fortress island Tuesday.
 Corregidor has been bombed al- most daily since Jan. g, It's cap- ture would unlock Manila Bay to American shipping.
 Radio Tokyo also reported that 100 American carrier planes bombed and strafed the entire beachline at Aparri in northern Luzon for half hour last Tuesday. Tokyo said American reconnaissance and raids in the Aparri sector fId gradually become intensified since Jan. 26.
 An American landing in the Aparri area would clamp Q pincerS on the bulk of Japanese forces re- 'maining on LuZon island.