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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
N. England Milk
 Production Gains

Boston, March 21-(UP)-Milk production in New England is slightly greater than year ago.
 The New England crop report ing service annouced today that the rate of production per COW for all COWS in New England as of March was 15.5 pounds as com- pared with 151 pounds March l, 1944.
 Except for March 1 in 1922 and 1943, this was the highest March 1 average since 1881. On Feb. l, milk production per COW was re- ported at an average of l5.3 pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Food Stocks For Britain
 Shrink kFost
(From NEA Telephoto)

London, March 21-(UP)-Prime Minister Churchill told commons today that Britain's food stocks have shrunk to less than 6,000,OO0 tons, and prospects were for more shrinkage to point barely suffi- cient to maintain regular supplies for the nation.
 Shipment of foodstuffs to the lib- erated countries of Europe will cause stocks to go down to some 4,75o,000 tons by the end Of June. Churchill said.
 This latter figure is no more than is necessary to maintain the regular flow of distribution under present conditions" he said.
 Churchill said his statement was made in view of suggestions in some quarters in the United States" that Britain had an enormous back log of food totaling 100000, ,O00 tons.
 q thought it worthwhile men, tioning these facts about our stocks of food which have been built up by foresight and self denial over five years and under frequent bom- bardment," he said. Statistics on the matter never had been issued before because or military security, Churchill said, and "in view of the present military position that objection no longer | holds"
 Food Minister J. J. Llewellin re- fused to promise that there would be no cut in the British meat ration within the next six months. He said the government would not al- low personal parcel shipments of unrationed food to the liberated | areas.
 Churchill told the house that there was a possibility that large portions of Europe might be faced with varying degrees of famine and in some cases total famine" next winter. This, he said, is one reason for "accelerating military opera tions.'
 He refused to be drawn out on attempts to compare the British food situation with that of America. He said the statement about 7oO,- GOO 900 tons of food in this country did not come from the U. s. gov, ernment, which had been informed continually on the situation here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Submarine BorbeI Lost In For Eost

Washington, March 2l - (U.PJ The Navy announced today thai the American Submarine Barbel has been lost, presumably in the Pa- cific or Far Eastern waters.
 Forty American undersea craft have been lost during this war. Less than a month ago, the Navy dis closed tht the submarines EScolal and Shark were overdue from patrol and presumed lost.
 The Barbel was skippered by Lieutenant Commander Condo L. Raguet, of Norfolk, Va. It carried a normal complement of 65 men. All of Its crew are listed as missing in action and their next of kin have been notified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
NAz| SURVIVORS FACE ANNIhILATION
STATEFuNDS
 TOzUKAUSKAS
 SEEMLIKELY

Use of state funds by Fran cis Zukauskas in his appeal from the death penalty ap- peared in store as the result of an opinion handed down today by the State Supreme Court of Errors in Hartford.
 Although the high court in it's decision refuses to issue an order itself regarding the request for funds, it expresses the belief a person. sentenced to death on a first degree murder charge IS h 0 u l a always if he so deserves have an opportunity to appeal to this court, and the fact that he is without resources should not stand in the way"
 Requested by the defense for an "order directing the superior court at Waterbury to permit the defend- art to appeal at the expense ot tne state", the high court states it can not properly make such an oroer. It adds, If, however, the public de- fender shall in this case seek the approval of the trial court for ln- curing such expenses, including court fees, as will be necessary to prosecute an appeal to this court, that approval should be granted.
 Public Defender Edward T. Car mody, who first appeared before the three superior court trial judges Feb. 16 to ask for state funds for the <, appeal. is expected to renew the request before the same judges at once, and in view of the supreme court opinion there appears no doubt but that it will be granted.
 The decision of the Hartford court in effect is an indirect reversal of the decision made Feb. 16 by the judges who denied the condemned mans motion regarding the appeal expenses.
 III eXpTcSSALlB tllC SOu4oC OA "S tion the lower court should take, the supreme court in the memoran- dunn of decision states. Apart from an exceptional situation, the matter would rest in the discretion of the court. The situation presented by a conviction of murder in the first degree is, however, unique, in that the penalty Is death" It adds that public policy requires that de- fendant found guilty of such crime should be able to appeal even though he has no funds.
 Reference is made in the memo randum, handed down by the court as whole, to approval by States At torney William B. Fitzgerald of the request. Speaking of an admission by the prosecutor that Zukauskas is with resources, the supreme court states, Tn view of the concession
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Enemy Loses " WorshiDs
BY FRANK TREMAINE

Guam, March 21-UP)- Dis- patches from famed task force 58 today boosted the toll of two days of daring air attacks on the Jap anese fleet in it's home bases to at least IT warships damaged and 600 or more aircraft wrecked.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz said the raids Sunday and Monday on Kobe, Kure and other bases ln Japan's inland sea had crippled the surviving remnants O the Jap anese fleet at time when 1t was rushing repairs to meet an antici- patton invasion of Japan itself.
 The carrier-born fleet of 1000 to 1,400 U. s. Navy planes broke off its attack late Monday. A Japanese communique said the task force, in- cluding its escort from the Fifth fleet, was "fleeing southward' to- ward the Marianas with Japanese aircraft in "close pursuit
 Radio Tokyo said, however, that there were plenty of possibilities" the task force might renew its at tack.
 Nimitz's communique on the at tack listed IS to perhaps IT warships as damaged, but late radio dis patches from task force 58 said at least IT and possibly more warcraft were left smoking and bomb twisted.
 The toll included minimum or seven aircraft carriers, probably all that remained in the Japanese fleet, and two or more battleships. dis patches said. In addition, six freight . CTS were sunk and seven damaged.
 The number of Japanese planes
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
100 Million At Stake In |U. s. Dispute
BY LYLE c. WILSON

Washington, March 21 (UP) - An even $1c.,000,0O0 of the taxpay- CTS money is at stake today in a dispute between some of President Roosevelt's appointees.
 The question Is whether or not to spend 1t. Congress will make the ul- innate decision.
 Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard can't quite make up his mind to save the whole $100, ,000, ,000. But he thinks there should be a gradual reduction of expenditure.
 Administrator Marvins Jones of the War Food Administration thinks failure to spend that $l00.00O, 900 would be "a great mistake"
 Budget Director Harold Smith would save the money.
 The sum represents one-third Of the current appropriation for soil conservation under the agricultural adjustment program. The budget bureau has recommended that the overall figure of $500, ,000 be re- duced to. $29O O0O, ,000 for the 1945 crop year and to $2O0, 100000 for the 1946 crop year.
 Soil conservation is the successful program under which the govern ment pays farmers pretty well to follow modern farming methods and raise crops most urgently needed. The question whether soil conserva: ton subsidies should be reduced probably is one for the experts.
 What interested some capital oo- servers was the fact that the situa- tion now developing around soil con- servation spending makes joke out of the theory that the president through the budget bureau shall recommend to Congress what gov ernment agencies shall spend.
 The budget bureau is part of tho White House establishment. Depart ments and agencies submit theiI appropriation requests to the bureau which, in the name of the President determines the sum which shall De requested from Congress. Mr. Roose' velt's budget bureau said $20O 900 oOC was what should be spent for soll conservation in producing the ls4t crop.
 MT. Roosevelt's Secretary of Ag' riculture was confronted with the burget bureau figures when he ap- l 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Senate-House Heads Study
 Con1pron1ise On Manpo1Uer

steadfastly maintained that volun- tary manpower controls have failed and that labor draft is needed to keep war production going.
 Senate House conferees now are studying a compromise manpower proposal which would permit a work draft of all men aged 18 to 45 If voluntary methods were tried first and failed.
 The WING Labor Management Committee said the WING appeared to have been used as eats paw by certain Washington officials" and accused the agency of putting its New Bedford scheme into effect without consulting the local Labor Management Policy Committee.
 Few workers in New Bedford have switched jobs under the WINGS So- called test draft, which consisted in reducing the labor ceilings of textile plants so the companies would have to discharge workers. Most discharged workers. however, refused to go to work in the tie cord plants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Night Clubs Get Jitters

New York, March 2l - .(UP) = Mayor F. H. LaGuardia stuck by his guns today in defense of a l a. m. curfew and he said that regardless of the wishes of President Roosevelt and the Army, I'm running the city"
 Asked for comment on President Roosevelt's statement yesterday fa- voring a midnight curfew on enter tainment, LaGuardia said:
 He's running the country. I'm just running the city"
 Asked for comment on the War Department order that all soldiers evacuate saloons and other night spots by midnight-an order that went into force last night and led to the spectacle of civilians con tinuing with their drinking while soldiers were ordered away from the bars, LaGuardia said:
 I'm running the city. I tried to run the Army but they wouldn't let me-"
 Under LaGuardia's instructions, issued in his weekly radio chat last Sunday New York had become the first and only large city to defy war mobilization director ames F. Byrnes' midnight curfew request Today LaGuardia said he was toe busy running the city" to make a detailed statement on the curfew situation. He was working on the city,s annual budget. He made the terse remarks as he entered the bud get directors office.
 The Army's order hit New YorA suddenly last night when military police, accompanied by shore pa trols as observers" made tht rounds of bars and night clubs al midnight explaining to club owners
 The first reaction from night spo that they must clear the premises fservice men.
 The first reaction from night spo owners was that Mayor LaGuardia' "hour of tolerance" had been hit body blow.
 several saloon keepers, all ad. dubious about taking advantage o the mayors one-hour extension said they would probably return t
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Reds Resume Berlin Push
By ROBERT MUSEL

London, March 21.-(UP)-Nazi broadcasts said today that the Red Army has resumed its attacks 3O- odd miles east of Berlin prepara- tory to full-scale assault on the mb-devastated capital.
 An attack by upwards of 1000 Soviet troops southwest of the Oder river crossing town of Kienitz, B miles northeast of Berlin, was "warded off, the German trans ocean agency said.
 The official German DNB agen- cy said certain flare-up" in fighting in the Kuestrin area, 10 miles southeast of Kienitz and 3a miles east of Berlin, indicated the Russians soon would attack in strength.
 German artillery was credited with scattering major enemy de- ployments" southwest of Kuestrin whose capture was announced by Premier Marshal Stalin March 12 Moscow has reported Soviet troops across the Oder well beyond Kues- trin on the Warsaw-Berlin super highway.
 The Nazi reports followed by less than 24 hours the capture of Alt damn, directly across the Oder river from Stettin, and the conse- quent elimination of the last major German pocket on the east bank of the river north of Berlin.
 The clearing of the northern flank along the Oder was believed one of the last items on Stalin'; schedule before sending his armies into action in frontal and flanking offensives against Berlin.
 Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov'S First White Russian Army captured
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
CITY SURPLUS
 EXCEEDS THAT
 OFPR|OR YEAR
BY JAMES M. MOORE

A 1914 general surplus of over three-quarters of a mil lion dollars has been realized by the city according to the report made today by City Controller Neil F. Maloney. The surplus one of the larg- est in city's history has been determined as $78O,040 or $1O6,6 ,693 more than the 1943 surplus, according to Statis- tics compiled by city budget director, Arnold E. Furlong.
 Also contained in MT. Ma loney's report are figures re- lating to the surplus in the city's water fund the latter totaling $259,922 or $179,6l6 more than the 1943 surplus.
 According to the report, relative to the general surplus the latter II comprised of $297 ,59l surplus from the 1914 budget operations, $438, ,69U of the prior years surplus used to finance the budget and $43,758 the unappropriated share of the prlo' years budget.
 Of the total of $780,040 the sum of $438,788 has been set up foI financing the 1945 current budget: $3OO,0OO as suggested transfer td the reserve fund with the remain der, $41,281. to be made available for future budgets.
 This large surplus is synonomous with the trend throughout the ma, ton for the greater majority ot municipalities. Its creation stems largely from the inability of com- munities to expend money on or dinary occurring expenditures, such as street and road repairs, etc, all of which have been curta1led oy wartime restrictions.
 In addition, as reported in The Democrat previously, tax collections both here and throughout the na- tion have been unusually favorable due largely to the ability of the taxpayers to meet such payments because of the stable employmen' level.
 The city has set up a deferred assets account, in effect, whereb! such future necessary expenditure
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Chemical Center Menaced

Chemical Center Menaced
 Saarbru ecken, Zweibrueckens Kaiserslautern, Wissembourg, Maina and Worms. the keystones of the German defensive system, were in American hands or on the verge o1 capture this morning. A sixth and even greater prize, the sprawling Rhine chemical center of Ludwig shafen was menaced by two armored columns of the Third Army that raced to within six miles west and northwest of the city.
 The last major German escapa port across the Rhine at Woerths opposite the east bank city of Karls. ruhe, also was imperiled by Seventh Army troops who smashed through the Siegfried defenses beyond Wis. sembourg, Is miles to the soutl1~ west.
 Not a single Rhine bridge was standing as the Americans struck for the river this morning. The panic stricken Germans faced the prospect of mass surrender or suicidal crossing in boats and bargee under the fire of American war; planes.
 Far to the north, the American First Army exploded a new onen- sive northward from its Remagen bridgehead and swept out into open tank country less than dozen miles from the southern flank of the Rta1r Basin.
 On the heels of the First Army breakthrough, Gen. Dwight D. Eisera- hover broadcast 8 grim warning to, the German civilian population and the thousands of foreign slave work CTS inside the NaI lines to get out of the Ruhr immediately. Eiseh- hover declared that the entire Rdhf was about to become battle zone.
 But even the new sweep on the Ruhr was overshadowed by the spectacular triumph of It. Gen. George s. Pattons U. s. Third | Army and Lt Gen. Alexander M. Patch's Seventh Army in the south.
 Vanguards of the two armies linked up at two points l2 and 27 miles west of Kaiserslautern, pinch ing off the entire Saar Basin to the west. The juncture stripped Germany at a stroke of vast coal and steel producing facilities in the industrial basin and left only the imperiled Ruhr as Nazi arsenal.
 Saarbruecken, capital of the Saar, was captured by the Seventh Army, in a fast-breaking attack across the Saar river to the southwest that swiftly engulfed the German de- lenders. zweibrucken and Wissems bourg, Is and 45 miles to the east, also were taken in the overwhelms ing rush of the Seventh Army.
 The entire 45-mile stretch of the Siegfried Notifications from Saar. brucken to Wissembourg caved iB
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Gernony's transport Areas Hit

London, March 2i.-UP)-British Lancasters, carrying 11-ton bombs, continued the aerial pounding of Germany's transportation centerS today, hitting the railway bridge across the Wester river near Bre- men and railway yards at Munster
 The attack by the British heavies followed those of about 2,000 Ameri- can planes today which hit nine air fields in northwest Germany and a tank plant at Plauen in cen- tral Germany.
 One force of Lancasters struck the railway bridge at Wester this morning. A second force, escorted by Spitfires, made a heavy attack on the Munster railway yards on the main line from Osnabruck to the Ruhr.
 Among the airfields attacked by the American planes in the re- newed campaign to knock ou the partially revived Luftwaffe were bases for jet-propelled Messer- Schmitt 262's.
 Some 1900 flying fortresses and Liberators of the Eight Air Force were escorted by more than 700 Mustang fighters in the daylight sweep across northwestern and cen tral Germany.
 One formation struck deep into Germany to bomb the Plauen tank plant, 55 miles south of Leipzig Others hit air fields near Hopsten Rheine, Achmer, Alhen, Hesepe Handorf, Zwischenahn, Wittmund- Savn and Marx.
 RAF heavy bombers last night at- tackled a syntehetic oil plant at Bohlen and an oil refinery at Hem- mingstadt, near Heide, while light Mosquitoes stung Berlin with two block busters for the 29th straight nigh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Meat Scare Stories
 Uniustifed-- d--B0wLes

Washington, March 21-(UP)- Price Administrator Chester BoWleS accused the American Meat InSt1- tute today of causing Newspaper Headlines of Famine"
 He told the Senate Banking Con- mittee that "the facts do not Justi- fly the scare stories"
 Bowles said civilian meat "cer- tainly" will be shorter than at any time during the war. But the sit uation, he added, arises from "the extraordinary needs of the war eff fort"
 The vital point" he said, is that "the shortage would not be relieved in any degree by higher returns" to meat packers.
 "OPA will not be stampeded into giving price increases" he empha- sized.
 Bowles appeared in answer to testimony of American meat 1nstl- tute representatives before the Sen- ate Committee last week. They had said OPA was price fixing them in to bankruptcy"
 In the face of an already-acute supply problem, farmers meanwhile were revealed to be planning to re- duce their output this year The Agriculture Department reported that the will to increase produc- tion is there, but the means are lacking"
 A new Senate Agriculture Sub- committee was preparing to start an Investigation of the whole situa- ton. There probably will be house inquiry too.
 Bowles told the banking commit tee that profits before taxes of meat packing companies represent (ConfinY1oI Nvo Dono
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
German Resistance In Palatinate Triangle Conapses
BY BRUCE w. MUNN

Paris March 21 - CUP) = All organized German resistance in the SaarPaatnate collapsed today as the American Third and Seventh Armies joined forces Ine combined forces wheeled into the Rhine to anninaIe few thousand Nazi survivors along brdgeless 29mno stretch of the river bank from Ludgshafen to the kars rune crossing. 4, 4...
 In one of the most decisive victories of the western war the two American armies had wiped out all but apouu OOO of the 80OOO Germans who held the vasu Rhine triangle at the start of the oenSVs one week ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Greek Independence Celebration Sunday

Worcester, Mass. March 21 --CU. P) = Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be honor guest at an observance of Greek Independence Day to be held in municipal auditorium here Sunday.
 Other guests will include Cimon D. Diamantopoolous, Greek ambas- sador to the United States. and Carl A. Berendsen, minister from New Zealand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
HOPE HE'S RIGHT!
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New York, March 21 = (U.Po Albert I. Lodwick, special consult ant to Secretary of War Henry L. stimson, says the fall of Germany will not immediately follow the faii of Berlin.
 Lodwick said yesterday on his re- turn from a secret mission % the western front that the morale or American fighting troops was hign. but the German soldiers morAis was just as high
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Housing Project Post
 Giuen '. s. Sulliuan
(NEA Telephoto)

Atty. Timothy s. Sullivan has been appointed manager of the local Federal Housing Projects, 1t was an- nounced today. Atty Sullivan will replace Paul Galaski, acting head of the projects, the latter having been appointed temporarily to succeed the late Charles Palomba.
 MT. Sullivan, who served as legal advisor for the federal housing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21

authorities here when MT. Palomba was manager, later transferred as adjudication office with the Veter- ans Hospital at Newington, serving there with the Veterans Adminis- tration Bureau.
 The local attorney will have jur- isdiction over the Hamilton Heights, Porter tract and Long Hill federal housing projects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21

Secretaryship - A Fascinating Ca reer for Women. Good pay, con- genial associates. Post Jr. College of Commerce.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-06
Says Coral Sea
Victory Hinged
ON Jan Code

SYDNEY, Sept. g. (R -
Australian D e e nse Minister
John Albert Beasley declared
today that the A m r n 5
cracked a Japanese naval code
and thus won the victory of the
Coral Sea in May, 1912.
While General Macarthur has
credited the Coral Sea battle
with saving Australia from in
vasion, Beasley went on to say
that in his opinion the Japanese
were baked by the battles OF
Milne Bay and the Owen Stan
ley Mountains in New Guinea.
Beasley said he had sent a
message to Macarthur yester-
day asking that all Australian
forces in the Tokyo area be
marshalled for a victory parade
Sunday, saying, eve must dem
onstrate to the Japanese that
Australians rank with major
peoples of the world That Is
why we insisted on our place
at the surrender ceremony In
Tokyo Bay"
He gave no elaboration of the
code cracking report.