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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-07

and south from the Wesel crossing, and armored and infantry forces or the American Ninth and Canadian First Armies were squeezing them slowly back into the Rhine.
 swarms of British mosquito bombers blasted the jam-packed Nazi salient with 4,000-pound bombs for seven hours beginning at eight o'clock last night, and the RAF's giant uancasters followed through with another heavy attacK shortly before dawn.
 Tank and motorized infantry task forces of the U. S. Fourth Armored Division were out in front of Pat tons march on CoblenZ, spearhead- ing a general advance by at least eight Third Army Divisions rolling for the Rhine on 35 mile front.
 The fourth armored jumped off from a narrow sector on the east bank of the Kyll River east and northeast of Bitburg Monday morn ing and by nightfall Monday had carried IS miles northeast to Daun' almost 35 miles southwest Of Co., blenz.
 At Daun, the Tanks wheeled sharply eastward and plunged ahead another nine miles Tuesday They piled up another gain Of at least five miles overnight to the Monreal area. A partial security blackout concealed the exact loca- ton of the Fourth's most advanced columns, but 1t was indicated they were striking for junction less than five miles beyond Monlre where the highway forks north tt Andernach ard east to Coblenz.
 Mud Flinders Yanks
 Front dispatches said German resistance was sporadic and tha' mud and difficult terrain wer' proving bigger obstacles than thu Nazis to the Fourth armored.
 At least 12 towns were captured by the Americans in the first 2 hours of their fast-rolling drive, in' cluding Gindorf, Kyllburgweiler Seinsfeld, steinborn. Meisburg Salm, Wallenborn Statfeld, Daun . | SchOen0acn ana OueTSuOIl.
 The Fifth Armored Division or the Fourth's right flank ran int tougher opposition from German covering forces and late yesterda! was some 30 miles southwest of thu pacemakers.
 Units of the Fifth Armored cap tured Meisburg, Spang and Spang' dahlen and entered Schwarzenborn : seven mile; east to l2 miles north . east of Bitburg.
 Farther south. the 76th iniantr! gained { l-2 miles beyond its Kyl 5 River bridgehead yesterday ad vancing to the Binsfeld area, eigh l miles east of Bitburg. The Tentl 1 Armored Division on the 76th' , right flank met tougher going ol 3 the east bank of the Mosel Rive l east and southeast of their an : made only small gains.
 7 Patton's Fourth, 87th and 9Ot Infantry and l1th Armored Division y to the north were advancing stead ily eastward on a l5-mile front o
 the right flank of the Fourth Arm ored Division, gaining as much 2
 2 Ia miles in the past A hour
 Leading clements on that flank Wet
 about 3S miles west of the Rhine ]
 the Peln and Llssendorf areas.
 Hundreds of prisoners were flow
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 .------.---4=-----4- grouping for the final phases Of the Luzon campaign"
 His communlque reported that ground action was limited to patrol activity, although bombers and fighters continued steady attacks or the Japanese pockets scattered throughout the island.
 Mustang fighters in sweep over the Cagayan valley wrecked five Japanese planes at Echague Airfield and set afire two enemy barges west of the Apart air base on the north coast,
 Marine .bombers supported the Sixth Infantry and First Cavalry Division units which occupied sev- eral favorable positions along the strongly defended Wawa-Antipolo Line east of Manila.
 Far north of Manila. First Corps troops were moving slowly along the Villa Verde Trail and Balete Pass Road in an attempt to cut the Japanese lines leading to the Ca- gayan valley.
 TMe rocky Qualifications of Fort Drum, in Manila Harbor were racked by fighters and bomberS while units of the llth Airborne Di- vision swept along the east coast oi the bay to southwest of Ternate and seized % Japanese gunboats carry ing amall depth charges.
 A coastal craft carrying about 70 Japanese was sunk by PIT boats oil the Zambales coast Saturday night Meantime, the 503rd ParatrooI Regiment reported 1t had sealed with dynamite a total of 300 caves on Corregidor. Hundreds of Japan ese troops were buried alive in the inner recesses of the Rocky fortress
 Tn another assault on Formosa patrol planes sank a 6,OOO-tor freiehter-transport and set fire t two other vessels, one of them destroyer escort.
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1 900 persons were driven from their homes as the waters of the Ohio, Wabash and White Rivers spilled from their banks. Half of the Au- rora, Ind, business district already was covered, and evacuation was underway at Jeffersonville. Monil- ized state guardsmen reported To- binsport completely isolated and 3O,OOO acres in the Mt. Vernon area under water.
 In Kentucky more than 1000 families fled their homes in the northern section of the state. A crest of 36 feet. five feet above flood stage, was predicted for Frankfort, the state capital, where the Kentucky River already has risen l6 feet in A hours.
 Flooded or partially flooded towns included Breckenridge, Mc- Kees Rocks, Carnegie and sharps- burg, Pa: Wheeling. Moundsviile, Point Pleasant, Parkersburg. and New Martinsville, W. Va: Marietta, steubenville, Bridgeport. Manches- ter. Portsmouth, Bellaire and Cin- cinnati; O.; Covington, Newport, Ashhand, Moscow, New Richmond and Louisville, Ky, and Aurora and Jeffersonville. Ind.
 Flood conditions also prevailed III Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississip- Pss 4---.-i.-----l - ----i -.--l1s.---
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CHS CnuTCH,
 From the various conversations around the Hill, it would seem that the great majority of residents of this section resent very much the City of Waterbury offering the Null cahy school building up for sale It has also been remarked; How do they get that way" Mulcahy School is certinly not to be compared with the Hamilton avenue school build- ing which Is years and years older. Mulcahy school was rebuilt in 1915 after a fire that destroyed the en- tire top floor, When one stops to consider it, how Is it possible that Washington school building Is never mentioned as being an old school when residents of the Hill of any prominence went to school there over fifty years ago.
 There is great suspicion voiced among the taxpayers up here -- that somebody on the inside is go- ing to get handsome bargain" how does it happen that Mulcahy School is being offered for sale now when they find Waterbury can- not have a trade school? Or by any chance would 1t be another dry cleaning headquarters" When there are so many new homes being built up here in this section Of the city and there are certainly youngsters in these little houses where is there such an economy motive in selling such q fine building as Mulcahy school
 It certainly looks wrong to the majority of people to sell build ing like Mulcahy School--and over- load Washington school as seems to be the case now dncidently, St Francis school Is certainly not able to take any more pupils. The loca- ton of the school is ideal fol youngsters as they do not have to come directly out on the malr thoroughfare- still 1t is not m an out-o -the-way place-the school yard is level--the rooms get all the sunshine and fresh air possible TOT school building to have.
 Right now when people are SC busy working at all hours Of the day and night on the war effort 1t gives the deal shady appear ance (or at least casts 'darE shadow" on iU to sell the building when people can't spart the time tc give them a battle Residents uf here certainly feel that It's "all III the bag.
 Where can all the old spirit be td let this happen without a protest?
 This weeks scores for the Holy Name 45 Tournament were as fol- lows Fitzmaurice l9, ODonnell 23 T. Conway 24, D. O'Ncill l8, T Coughlan g. J. McHugh l9 It ' noted with glee that T. Conway Earbenders beat the champions, D O'Neil this week. MT. Conway team must be having change o luck. Here's hoping 1t keeps up.
 The standing of the teams up tt this playing gives F. ODonnell S94 D, O'Neil 39O, J. McHugh 38l, I Coughlin 375. T. Conway 372, J Fitzmaurice 364.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-07

lCODLlnueQ IIOII EdBN ~ world security organization pro- posed in the Dumbarton Oaks plan needs the Breton Woods agree mentS."
 He gave this description of the proposed machinery:
 s'The monetary fund provides machinery for preventing or, II need be. repairing the dislocation of international exchange rates. Stability in these rates means that all the nations can enter into world commerce without resorting to cut- throat competition. In world trade such throat-cutting in the ls3Os took the form of currency deprecia- ion. blocked funds, import quotas, multiple currencies and trade prei- erences. Desperate nations tried to save themselves at the expense or their neighbors. Tn result was ih- jury to both . =.
 'sThe international bank for re- construction and development IS designed to stimulate the recon- struction of war-torn countries ana the necessary development in all countries. It is strictly confined to loans for thoroughly productive purposes. It is hedged about with safeeuards to insure sound prac- tices. Its functions have been form. ulated SO that private finance VIII be rather helped than hindered pS its operation"
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Continued from Page D part to build up some potential resentment against John L. Lewis If he leads his mine workers on an April strike.
 It then could be explained pretty effectively that a strike had been foreseen, that coal stocks were dan- gerously low and that the adminis- traitor had moved for conversation at the first suspicion that the min CTS might throw down their tools. The customers then could blame Lewis for their early-to-bed predica- ment.
 In any event, Churchill's words are likely to be taken at face value They were passed by the censor and they have not been denied. In August, 1943. thre was a published report that Churchill had predicted the end of the European war by Christmas of that year. The man of blood sweat and tears denied that at once.
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Mob Attacks
 CoeIi Prison
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directed water hoses against dem- onstrators who had broken out or their cells and were assaulring the exits.
 A bomb was thrown at the Cara binieri station on Borgo Vittorio near Vatican City. The Carabinieri rushed out and shot their rifles into the air.
 The second bomb was thrown against the Carabinieri station m Largo Toniolo Square in the center of Rome. No casualties were report ed in either incident.
 Numerous cases of individual Carabinieri being beaten during the night were reported to police head quarters. Anti-Bonomi elements have blamed the Carabinieri for Roatta's escape.
 Smal groups of armed police pa- trolled all the main streets Of Rome today and hundreds guarded the various ministries. especially Vl- minale Palace, seat of the Bonoml BOVeTHIHeHI' ,,
 Road blocks were set up on all highways in and out of Rome. Vehi- cles were checked in an effort to intercept Roatta or any of his rela- tiveS.
 The second victim of yesterdays bombings to die was Polish sol- dier who was standing near the Quirinale Palace at the time of the demonstration.
 The first victim, Giuseppe Las- agna, a 35-year-old truck driver, was killed instantly.
 Last night demonstrators put Lasagna's mutilated, bloody mody In a vegetable cart draped with Com munist flags and wheeled 1t to Bo- nomi's office in Viminale Palace.
 Received by Bonomi, the demon- strators demanded the immediate resignation of his government and the abolition of the Carabinieri. from whom Roatta had escaped In the midst of his trial.
 They charged the government with lavity, If not complicity, m connection with the escape.
 A government communique is- sued later accused the demonstra- tors of using the truck drivers body as Q ruse to get to see Bonoml and demand his resignation.
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Continued from Page D river crest at Cincinnati might reach 70 feet which would send the Ohio river waters over the levee.
 Indiana-colder weather added to the misery of 1000 homeless. The Wabash river also overflowed Law rerceburg suffered most. and food was being taken to the isolated town. Illinois-a flood crest of 53 feet was expected to reach Cairo Sunday, but the city is protected by a levee built to withstand flood levels of 60 feet
 Kentucky-the Ohio river was ex- pected to reach crest of 46 feet at Louisville tomorrow. This would force evacuation of $500 families in Kentucky river towns.
 Mississippi-flCod conditions were improving along the Tallahatchie, Coldwater, and Yazoo rivers.
 Arkansas-the flood threat was most serious along the White river.
 The worst threat was to the in- dustrtal city of Portsmouth, O., where 10000 residents waited be- hind a 62-foot flood wall that twice before in the city's history had failed to hold back the rampaging river.
 The water was crowling up the wall at the rate of three inches an hour and had only two feet to go before stopping over into the down. town business district. Merchants already had begun moving their stocks to the second floor of build l ings.
 '! At Pittsburgh. where the AL : legheny and Monongahela rivers converge to form the Ohio, rains sent the water five feet over the flood stage of 9 feet and forced the evacuation of the city's north side. The water continued to rist nearly five inches hourly and the weather bureau predicted 33-foot level by noon today. A 33-foot fiood level would inundate a wide area of Pittsburgh's lower north side.
 Flood pumps ran at full speed throughout the threatened areas oi the city all night and lights blazec in stores and other business eStab- lishments where owners moved goods to upper stories and barri. caded windows. More than 300 ex. tra police were on duty to guarc against footing.
 Red Cross refugee centers wer' set up and mobile canteens anC kitchens moved in to feed thu homeless. Town halls, churches YMCA's. libraries. vacant building were converted into refugee cen terS.
 Industrial plants at CanonSburg Washington. Pittsburgh. and othe nearby cities were closed and trol ley and bus service between Pitts burgh and some of it's suburbs wa suspended.
 In West Virginia. Gov. Clarenc Meadows alerted state police am relief agencies to aid in the evacu ation of hundreds of families in in undated areas. Rail. trolley am bus service to Wheeling was Sus pended and plants and schools wer closed as the city was warned t expect a 43-foot crest by nightfal
 All Eastern Ohio coal mines wer forced to close, either because the were flooded or because transpor tation facilities were paralyzed.
 The American Bridge Co.,, at Am bridge. Pa. employing approxim ately 10000 workers. prepared { close it's shipyards. Steel mills an coal mines throughout the easter part of the state were expected discontinue operations momental fly.
 ! In Southern Indiana. more tha
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-07
Frankfurt, Kuestrin
 Both Being Stormed
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a drive to liquidate another Baltic pocket based on Gdynia and the former free port of Danzig.
 More than 4,000 prisoners were taken in the pockets yesterday, among them lieutenant general Won Zielow, commander of the Koeslin area.
 Another 5,000 Germans were re- vealed to have been rounded up in the capture of the encircled for tress of Grudziadz, 56 miles south of Danzig, after two-week siege. Major General Fricke, commander of the city, was among the prison org
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Marines Gain To Two Coost
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(COntlnued rom FaBe IJ terday, however, only small local gains" had been made against very stiff resistance. Admiral Chester w. Nimitz reported in communique.
 He also revealed that army fight CTS had begun using the southern most of the three captured airfields on Two. Evacuation of wounded by planes also continued from the air strip.
 Unloading conditions on the inva- sion beaches remained favorable Nimitz said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-07
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

Vincent BoscO, 2oS Nlill street, ana SaIvatrlce CaIvO, S24 south Main street, have filed marriage lntentlons at the bureau of vital gtatisties, tewn clerks office.
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Evening star., 1945-01-21

wounded boy - guy with two arms
gone - who bucked me up and made
me see could do all right with one leg.
Some words mean lot, coming from
guy who's hurt worse than you are.
That armless guy did me a big favor.
I've been kind of hoping for chance
to pass the favor along"
why didn't you ever tell me it was
DR.. FerelIy who operated on you?"
The kid gave me shy grin. then
winked. He bent his head toward me
and whispered, II never saw the Doc
before in my life. 1t was a guy named
Miller who fixed my leg"
Maybe it was the way stared that
made him chuckle.
"All right, 60 it wasn't the truth l
told him." he said. whats the differ
ence? As long as it makes the Doc see
things right"
! got him back to bed, too startled
to talk.
Then took drink out to DR.. Fer
reilly. The look of hope, almost Of reve-
lation, was still in his eyes. That boy
is all right, nurse" he said. Il owe
him great deal"
stammered. ''He = he feels he owes
yOn great deal, doctor, for that opera
ton -''
Nonsense DR.. Ferelly said. II
never operated on him. never saw him
before in my life. He's all mixed up.
But what's the difference? We both see
things the same way" The End
Evening star., 1945-01-21

they were Wasted hands. My leg, now.
can't see single thing it got me when
gave it away. l kind of wasted it.
giving it up for nothing. But when you
figure how many lives you got for those
hands - gee, that must make you feel
highr'
HE kid kept on talking like that.
And l was watching the doctor in
amazement, because as he listened
slow change came into his eyes. They
were fixed on the boy in wonder. and
they seemed to be seeing a vision far
beyond him. 1t was a vision that
warmed the doctors face and parted
his lips. and he sat silent, listening to
every word.
When at last DR.. Ferrelly talked,
his voice was low. and there was no
harshness in it.
II - I've never thought of giving
my hands in quite that sense" !" he said.
II mean as purchase price instead of a
waste. Maybe you're right, my boy.
Maybe that is the way to think of
it e."
The thing that was happening to
DR.. Ferrelly left me dazed. It was as if
/, too, were seeing a vision. Yet all
saw was a slow change in a man
the softening of bitterness and the be-
ginning of understanding and peace.
When l wheeled the red-headed lid
inside, he smiled in a strange way.
"You know, nurse" he said, ut was a
Evening star., 1945-11-25
Truman Praises Aims
OF Civil Liberties Union
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24-The Amer
ican Civil Liberties Union, observing
its 25th anniversary at conference
here, received greetings from Presi-
dent Truman today on it's quarter
century "of fighting for the civil
rights Of all Americans"
In a telegram to DR.. John Haynes
Holmes, chairman of the unions
board Of directors, the President
said.
The union is most publcized for
its protection of minority groups
but know that your overall objec-
tive is that inherent constitutional
privileges be granted to every per-
son, citizen or alien, with no thought
of race, color or creed. know, too,
that you fight for the right of ma
jority threatened by' illegal mo-
nopoly and repression"
Claude A. Jaeger, assistant general
manager of the Associated Press.
told the conference that access Of all
the press everywhere to news sources
might prevent another war"
I'm this atomic age" he said,
there is no safety but in world
understanding"
The group adopted a resolution
listing its objectives. Among them
Is development of freedom of COM
Fmunication throughout the world.
Evening star., 1945-11-25

capped from Henrico County Jail
here tonight after slugging jailer
with an improvised blackjack made
from bar Of soap and a rag, were
recaptured less than an hour after
the break while attempting to steal
an automobile from a midtown street
intersection.
Richmond police listed the es-
capees as William Sprouse, 3s; Jes-
sic Sprouse, 26, his cousin; Ray Bar
ton, II; Robert Corrida, 20, and
Leslie Engleking, %, all of Rich
mond and all being held for Rich
mond authorities; James Taylor, 18
and Alphonse Williams. II, being
held for King William County au-
thorities, and Cloves B. Newton, 25,
and Jessie E. Stanley, 26, both be-
ing held for Chesterfield County
authorities.
Richmond police said they ar
rested Jessie Sprouse and Barton
less than an hour after the break
when they noticed the men tamper-
ing with parked automobile.
Henrico Sheriff Wilson T. Seay
said the break occurred as one OF
the men was being escorted to a
telephone in the entrance corridor
of the Jail after being granted per-
mission to use the telephone. The
prisoner, identified by the sheriff
as Jessie Sprouse, suddenly attacked
Night Jailer Tom O'Connor with
the improvised black jack, and the
eight other prisoners then jumped
into the fight.
Evening star., 1945-11-25

Victory Bonds are a good way of
saving for that college education for
your children.
Evening star., 1945-11-25
Mcmahon Asks Statement
On DemobiIizafion Status

Senator Mcmahon, Democrat, Of
Connecticut, last night asked the
War and Navy Departments to pre-
pare comprehensive statements on
rehabilitation Ito satisfy the Amer
lean people that demobilization and
the return of their loved ones has
not been unduly delayed"
In letters to Secretary of War Pat
terson and Secretary of Navy For
restal, the Senator said:
ut is not necessary to point out
to you the feeling on the part of
many Of our good citizens that the
demobilization process has not pro-
ceeded in satisfactory manner
Frequent stories that appear in the
press announcing changes in the
point system serve only to further
complicate an understanding of the
problem.
Might I suggest to you the ad-
visibility of preparing a compre-
hensive statement concerning the
minimum needs of the Army (and
Navy. the approximate ALLEGATIONS
of the forces involved, the numbers
of men who have already been re-
leased and returned to civilian life,
and a redefnition in as exact terms
as may be possible of those who it is
intended to release within the next
three months"
Recently. both the Army and Navy
announced reduction in the number
of points required for discharge,
effective next month
Evening star., 1945-11-25
Farley Again Debates
Cafeteria Pay Dispute

The third conference of the week
between representatives of the CIO
Cafeteria Workers Local All and
officials of Government Services
Inc, operators of 54 Government
building cafeterias, was held last
night to discuss wage demands
Neither side made a statement after
the meeting.
A strike threat hangs over Gov
ernment cafeterias as a result of g
request by the union that the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board con-
duct a strike vote when the present
contract expires at the end of this
month. Previously the cafeteria
concessionaire said it could not
grant the 80 per cent raise sought by
the union without price relief
from OPA.
It was indicated last night that
representative of the Labor De-
partment Cancellation Service hac
advised against public discussion ot
progress of negotiations pending
outcome of the talks,
Evening star., 1945-11-25

ESCAPE WNDOW-Here is the District Jail window through
which five their getaway yesterday afternoon
1t 10 feet from the floor bottom of the window which
is hinged and shown opened inward for ventilation The
who sawed the bar did climbing into the open
dow and lying there while he worked ventatng duct
running from the ceiling to the floor obsruced the view OF
recreation