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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Modena New Objective
BY HERBERT KING

Rome, April 23-UP)-Amer- ican and British tanks neared the Pc River today after surging 20 to 35 miles north from Bologna in less than 48 hours.
 Eighth Army units had smashed within 250O yards of the airfield at Ferrara, key road center three miles south of the Pc.
 Modena, other immediate objec- tive of the northward push. also was directly threatened, but par tial news blackout hid the posi- tion of Fifth Army forces driving on the city.
 Allied force headquarters report ed that after good progress" Fifth and Eighth Army troops were nearing the river Pc at several widely separated places--an indica- tion they had famed out along a wide front after breaking loose on the Pc plain.
 Measured due north of Bologna, 35-mile advance would put the Americans virtually on the banks of the Pc, last big river barrier south of the Italian Alps, guarding the back door to Hitler's Bavarian redoubt.
 The Germans were fleeing in dis order after the Bologna break through, their retreating columns hammered and harried by Allied Air Forces. MinefieidS. rather than enemy resistance, slowed American troops in the area north west of Bologna and just south of the Panaro Riyes'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Labor Post Considered For McGrady
BY MERRIMAN SMITH

Washington, April 2S.-(UP)- President Truman was reported to- day to be considering nominating Edward F. McGrady, secretary of Labor.
 McGrady, assistant secretary of labor from 1883 to 1887 and 8 vet cran figure in the American Fed eration of Labor, has been in charge of labor relations for the Radio Corporation of America. He also is serving as special labor con- sultant to the Secretary of War.
 Whether McGrady gets the job or not. one thing is sure: One of the first cabinet members to go will be the present secretary of labor, Frances Perkins. McGrady, ac- cording to reliable information, is acceptable to the AFL. The Con- gress of Industrial Organizations may not be quite so agreeable, but some of MT. Truman's close asso- ciates say this factor will not in- fluence the appointment.
 If this analysis is correct, 1t rais- es number of questions about the current White House stature of the CLOS Political Action Committee, due primarily to it's work in the past election.
 McGrady, 73, got his labor back ground in the Newspaper Print ing Pressmen's Union (AFL which he once served as president. He has figured frequently ill serious labor disputes in the role of a government conciliator.
 Meantime MT. Truman-typical of any new administrators being bombarded by free advice and of fers of service. People from many walks of life are laying siege to the White House.
 Many names are being offered for top spots in the Truman admins tration. One of the new Presidents saids said: "No President in his- tory ever had so much free ad-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Mrs. Chi iPmon Left $5O,O0O To Hospital

Various local institutions are named among the principal bene- ficiarieS in the will of the late Mrs. Sarah V. Chipman which has been admitted to the court of Probate Judge Patrick Healey. Mrs. Chip man died March 3, 1945.
 The sum of $5O,OO0 has been be- queathed to the Waterbury hospital and $100OO to the Women's Club of Waterbury. By terms of . Si20,00O trust fund the Southmayd Home, Columbia Blvd, has bee1l beneficiary of $50,000 with St. John $ Episcopal church to receive 0,000 and the Third Congregational church, $3O,000.
 A trust fund of $200OO has been SC up with the Colonial Trust O., for the benefit of Merritt E. Pier pont with the condition that iti be paid quarterly until he attains the age of 30 when it shall be pald in full and the trust terminated. The will is dated March, 1928.
 Various persons, now deceased, have been named in terms of the will also. These include: Mar. Elizabeth Kellogg of Cornwall, $5,- 000; Louise Chipman of Norwalk, $l0,000; and Ella s. Chipman of Middlefield $2,500. Also named are Lulu Beere, $25,00O and Mildred Bird of Bristol, $20,0O0
 The rest, residue and remainder also was bequeathed to all the aforementioned individuals Walter H. Chipman, Thomaston and George L. Chipman, New Britain first cous- inS of the deceased are listed as nearest of kin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
BY UNITED PRESS

Japan disclosed today that she was holding her own United Ma tions" conference in Tokyo where ambassadors o f"greater East Asia" nations have been conferring for several days for the purpose of clarifying war aims and the guid- ing principles of the Setup of the world prder."
 ATokyo radio broadcast, recorded by United Press at San Francisco. said the conference was attended by Ambassadors from M a n c h uk u.o China. Burma, Thailand and the Philippines. Japanese Foreign N :n- ister Shigenori Togo presided.
 The broadcast summarized agree ments reached as follows:
 "l. We have renewed UT firm faith in the emancipating of great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
More Beef,
 Pork Looms
By JOSEPH LATIN

Washington, April 23.-(UP)-The government will shell out an extra $34,000,000 @ year in an all-out ef- fort to kill the black market and get more beef and pork for the American housewife, it was an- nounced today.
 The new meat program, which grew out of congressional protests against the previous setup, was edmed primarily at achieving 8 more equitable distribution of civil ian supplies.
 It guarantees every packer pro- fit to make sure he remains in bus mess. It provides for the allocation of live cattle to slaughterers in 8 manner designed to get more meat ln the hands of packers who are au- thorized to ship across state lines. And it offers inducements to the 15,000 odd non-federally inspected slaughter houses to get under fed- eral control so that they can ship their meat in interstate commerce.
 Housewives will pay no more for their meat under the new program, the government shouldering the en- tire cost. The $34, ,0OO, 900 plan will be superimpoSed on the existing $560, : 100000 annual meat subsidy.
 Stabilization Director William H. Davis, in announcing the pro- gram, said it would remove the last vestige of excuse" for patronizing the black market, either at the wholesale or retail level.
 This program" he said, Twill not solve the meat problem-in the sense of giving everybody all the meat he wants. There isn't enough meat to allow that. With the sup port of the producers and the public, however, the new program will solve the meat problem in the sense of doing all that can be- done to in- crease our total supply of meat and to bring about the fairest possible distribution of that supply"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Emil Doll Negligent In Fatality

Emil Doll, Jr., 165 Walnut street. who several years ago boxed here under the name of Baby Doll" was found criminally negligent in con- nection with the automobile death of Howard Judd, B, on Feb. 20, in a finding handed down today by Coroner Stephen A. Homick.
 The accident took place on Feb. 18, at about 8:15 p. m. On the Water bury -Nauagtuck road in the Bor- ough of Naugatuck, the finding re- lates. Doll was driving his 1888 Olds- mobile, with Judd sitting along side of him, when his car struck 8 road fence post, and veered sharply, propelling Judd through the door to the pavement. The car continued on for 8 100 feet and came to stop on a raised grass island" dividing the traffic lanes.
 The finding concludes:
 After the accident 1t was observed that the right door would not not close. It is probably that after the impact with the fence post Judd was flung violently against and through the open door upon the pavement.
 A mechanical examination of the braking equipment of the Doll car disclosed it to be defective and below legal requirements, preventing a seasonable stopping of the car. The defective nature of the brakes can- not be ascribed to the impact with the fence post as such impact in no way affected the braking mechan- ism of the car.
 Section 1882 of the General Stat utes, as amended by Section 231f of the 194l Supplement provides, in part, that "the operation knowingly of 8 motor vehicle with defective mechanism, shall constitute" reck- less driving. Such operation, more- over, constitutes gross negligence. The evidence further indicated that the operator was under the in- fluence of intoxicating liquor at the time of the accident.
 I find that said death was caused by the gross negligence and intoxi- cation of said Emil Doll, Jr.. within the meaning of Section 6047 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, as amended by Section 1686c of the 1885 Supplement to the General Statutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Pampered Maxi Prisoners M Texas Camp Fat As Hogs

the Belsen and Buchenwald camps, demanded harsh penalties for the authors of the acts.
 Representative Overton Brooks, D., La, said it is hard to believe that things like that are going on in a nation that has called itself civilized. No punishment can be too severe for those responsible"
 Representative Richard Hairless. D., Ariz., told the United Press last night he has begun drive to get at the truth regarding reported cod ding of German prisoners in this country.
 Just back from a visit to the Papago Park, Ariz., Pow Camp, Hairless said: T found pampered, well-fed German prisoner of war as fat as hogs there"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Yonks Take Fort Pikit
BY DON CASWELL

Manila, April 23-(UP)-Amer- ican troops today were reported meeting only slight resistance as they pushed rapidly across Minda- mao less than 50 miles from Davao.
 The drive was paced by units of the 24th Diviion which swept along the main highway to Davao and captured the village of Fort Pikit, 45 miles inland from the new beachhead on the east coast of Moro Gulf.
 Fort Pikit is the junction of the north-south road which links the two American columns advancing toward Davao in the heart of Min danao, Southernmost of the Philip pine Islands.
 Other American forces in north- ern Luzon pressed within two miles of Baguio's northwestern city li- mits and captured two more mem- bers of the collaborationist cabinet together with several other Jap anese followers.
 They were Claro M. Recto, min iSter of foreign affairs; Rafael Altman, minister of agriculture and commerce; Gen. Guillermo Fran cisco, former chief of the bureau of constabulary, and Emilio Abeno, vice minister of foreign affairs.
 Tactical bomoers continued Stea- dy support of the ground forces in Northern LuZon and dropped 270 tons of explosives in the Balete Pass area, where American troops seized new high positions around
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
More Conspiracy Arrests Forecast

Hartford, ConI1., April g. - (UP) - Suspended City Assessor Harry J. Ward, held with nine others on charge of conspiracy to protect gambling activities in Hartford, to- day had retained William M. Har- ney to appear for him in superior court Tuesday.
 Ward and Detective Sergeant James A. Kennedy, head of the Hartford police vice squad, were suspended by the city pending dis position of the cases. They were free under $2O,OO0 bond.
 Meanwhile. States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr., who Saturday asked for bench warrants for II men on charges of conspiracy ito prevert and interfere with the administra- ton of public justice" said search was continuing for the eleventh man, Rudy Patrizz. alias Bogash. Hartford. More arrests probably will be made soon, Alcorn said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Discord Over Poland Heads Problem List
By ROBERT J. MANNING

Washington, April 23-CUP)-Sec- retary of State Edward R. Stettin- jus, Jr., and the Foreign Ministers Great Britain and Russia conferred for a n hour and half t oday in another attempt to straighten out big three disagreements before the San Francisco world security con- ference meets on Wednesday.
 At the conclusion of the meeting, the second since Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov's arrival by airplane yesterday, Stettinius hastened to the White House.
 It was assumed he went tn re to report to President Truman on to- days discussions with Molotov -.-rd British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
 Stettinius talked t o MT. Truman about 15 minutes and appeared in 8 hurry as he left the Presidents office. Without pausing, he told re- porters that there Is nothing I can tell you at this time.
 Reporters noted that Eden did not look his usual natty self when he left the foreign ministers meeting His hair was disheveled.
 The three, striving to achieve united front on the organization of the Polish government and other problems, indicated they would meet again later today. They expect to leave tonight for San Francisco.
 Eden talked with Stettinius alone before Molotov's arrvial at the secretarys office and for five min- utes after Molotov left the meeting,
 Stettinius refused to say whether any progress was made in today discussions. Throughout the meet ing, the corridors outside the sec- retary's office were patrolled by both Russian and U. s. Secret Ser vice men.
 The consultations were carried out with the aid of English and Russian interpreters.
 The big three discovered over Po- land headed the list of problems confronting Molotov, Secretary of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Curley MoiI Fraud
 Hearing Postponed

Washington, April 23-UP) The mail fraud trial of Rep. James M. Curley, D., Mass, and six associates was postponed until next Monday when Curley failed to appear in court today because of illness. The defen- dants are accused of fraud in the operation of war con- tracts brokerage firm.
 William E. Lahey, Curley's attorney, said Curley suddenly became i'll in his apartment at the Statler Hotel yesterday. He is suffering from "an infection of unknown origin" Leahy said. Leahy added that Curley, for mer governor of Massachusetts and former mayor of Boston expected to enter the Naval hospital at Bethesda, Md. He had a fever of 102 yesterday af- ternoon, his attorney reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
BY ROBERT MUSEL

London, April 24. = UP) = Soviet tanks were report ed blasting their way along Unter Den Linden in the heart of ruined Berlin today. hurling back an Army ot fanatic defenders personally commanded by Adolf Hitler.
 Radio Luxembourg known as the voice Of Supreme Headquarters - said American and Russian forces south of Berlin linked up at Torgau, on the Elbe river 60 miles below the capital.
 Dispatches from both su- preme headquarters in Paris and Moscow, hinted that the report was true. Paris said, however. that formal tan- nouncenent of the junction probably would be delayed until the forces had met in strength.
 Hitler At Front
 The German radio said Hitler was in the main fighting line" In em- battled Berlin and had thrown into the capitals defense "all' the mili- tary power available to Germany. Even women were fighting in the front line, the broadcast said. Should Berlin and Prague be lost, It added, all Europe was doomed.
 The Soviet breakthrough to the heart of Berlin was reported by the neutral Swiss radio and Swedish correspondents filing their first. tin- censored dispatches of the war from the Nazi capital.
 They said Russian tanks had smashed 10 miles into Berlin from the eastern and northeastern limits and were rolling with blazing guns along Unter Den Linden, the tree lined boulevard where Hitler once held victory paradeS.
 White flags were flying in the center of Berlin, the Swiss said. Fierce battles were under way, but the conquest of the capital was practically over," the broadcast asserted.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Man Hangs Self In Police Cell
BY United Press)

Three violent deaths were re- ported in Connecticut over the week. end. An automobile accident Sum- day caused the death of S-Sgt. Charles A. Mildruan, 37, New Bri- tain, home on leave after 70 mis- sions over Europe as a top turret gunner on bomber, and there were two suicides.
 Mildrum's death occurred two hours after his automobile struck an abutment of a bridge at Middle town. His wife, Mrs. Ruth Mildrum, a passenger, was hospitalized.
 At West Stafford, the body of Ora S. Bollou, 60, was found shot through the chest in wood near his home Sunday night. Medical Examiner Alfred Schiayetti said Ballou had committed suicide and had been in poor health for several months.
 The body of a man booked as Thomas Dacey, 46. New York City, was found hanging in cell at the New London police station Sunday morning. He had been booked on a charge of intoxication and illegal entry into private home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23

Racing 26 to 28 miles southward tn l2 hours, Patton's speeding tank columns drew abreast of the U. S. Seventh and French First armies which already were storming the western ramparts of the Bavarian redoubt.
 Late dispatches said the Third Army's arlnored trail-bla1ers were fewer than 25 miles north of the Danubian citadel of Regensburg and 70-odd miles from Munich, and were scattering the bewildered and pan icky Germans before them.
 Head for Danube
 Patton's men were riding pell- mell for the Danube at the very moment the German radio was mutt tering about Third Army attacks on Chemnitz, 125 miles to the north east, and the Nazi commander of thGt city was proclaiming his in- tention of fighting to the death. Caught of guard by the sudden thrust, the Germans north of the Danube appeared to be the most ouI Ip14SCu ulCIl III GIIO WOTAO tO 11LlO themselves overrun and captured by the dreaded Third Army.
 More than 33,000 startled enemy troops were taken prisoner in the first few hours of Patton's south- ward drive, including 1,500 Hun gaIians who had just been shifted ov0r from the eastern front.
 Patton's surprise drive brought a 250-mile wall of Americans and French ar1nor into line against the .Bavarian redoubt from the Swiss border to northwestern C0echo- slovakia at a time when the Ger man armies in the north appeared to be going under in their last fight.
 Persistent but officially uncon- firmed reports hinted strongly that the convergbag American First and Russian armies had linked up on the Elbe river at Torgau, 60 miles south of Berlin.
 Heaviiy-censored front dispatches and guarded headquarters state- ments made 1t clear that the junc-
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Japan Holding OlOn United Nations Farley h Tokyo

CT East Asia and ecurng our ex- isteace and defense against the ag- aggression of the United States and Britain and our inflexiSle deterrn- ination to prosecute our common war to our common victory.
 "2 The nations of greater East Asia have affirmed anew the!c steadfast adherence to the aomn.o;. war aims and to crush compieteiJ the .nsis.e-- ambitions of the UIiSe1 tSates and Britain who, relying up- on brute force, are attempting r9 trarnple undertoos international justice and the common welfare ot mankind. and thereby contribute - the construction Of true world or der founded upon world justice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
By DEAN w. DITTMER

Washington, April g - (U.P) - A delegation of Senators. repreSen. tatvies and newspapermen prepared today to leave for an on-the-spot look at Nad ''horror" camps.
 The delegation, invited by Gen. eral Dwight D. Eisenhower to see for themselves the conditions in Ger man prisoner and concentration camps, will fly to Germany in few days via Army transport planes.
 The group includes six senators and six representatives, members of both parties, as well as IT represen- tative newspaper and magazine edi- tors. The War Department will con- duct the tour.
 Meanwhile members of the house, shocked by reports of Cruelties ct
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Conference Principals Still Tordy
BY LYLE c. WILSON

San Francisco, April 23.-(UP)- The United Nations assembled to- day on the shore of the Pacific bat attention was fixed on Washington wheret he first Big Thre discussions since Yalta were testing the basic fabric of the world peace structure which San Francisco was expect CT to produce.
 Every train crossing the high Si- erras and dozens of planes poured United Nations delegates and their advisers into the city where the first world peace deliberations since 1919 will open Wednesday
 But the principals in the confer ence still were absent.
 Deep Consultations
 In Washington President Truman and Secretary of State Edward R. StettiniuS, Jr., Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov were deep in consultations on the thorny Polish problem. The chiefs of the other two top deelgations, Foreign Minister Georges Bidault of Frence and Foreign Minister T. V. Soong Of China also have not yet ar- rived.
 San Francisco has assumed the aspect of a stage. partially set, but with the principal actors still in the dressing rooms, arguing about the lines in the first act.
 With only 48 hours to go before the scheduled opening of the con- ference indications were growing that the Washington discussions would not produce a settlement of the Polish question before the open ing conference session.
 It was thought likely that the United States, Britain and Russia would transfer the scene of their Polish deliberations to the confer
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
GIorio Vanderbilt, 21. Morries Musician, 58

Hollywood, April 23-(UP) - Gloria Vanderbilt. 21-year-old Ieiress, and her new husband. Leo- pold Stokowsli, the 58-year-old or chestra conductor, were believed in seclusion here today on a quiet honeymoon after their marriage in Mexicali, Mex, Saturday night.
 The marriage was revealed yes terday by Apol0nio Nunez, Mexicali civil judge. who performed the ce- remong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Japs In New Guinea Ate
 Parts Of Dead Americans

After more than two years, United Press Vice-president Frank Bartholomew is at last permitted to disclose evidence of Japanese cannibalism which he obtained on 8 tour of Pacific fighting fronts in the winter of 1942-43. Relaxa- tiOn of army censorship restric- ti0ns on the subject finally en- ables him to present the following dispatch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
Tank And Russian
 Juncture On Elbe River Unconfirmed
BY BOYD D. LEWIS

Paris, April g. - (UP) - American and French armies exploded grand-scae offensive into Nazidoms last retreat in the Bavaran Alps today amid persistent reports that other Tank and Russian columns had fused the eastern and western front with juncture below Berlin.
 The boasted Nazi defenses of Bavaria fell apart like house of cards early today when It. Gen. George S.. Patton's rampagng Third Army turned up suddenly in the Danube valley 125 miles from Berchtesgaden after elaborate fen toward Chenitz that caught the Germans EofE nknd
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23
LINK UP SOUTH OF BERLIN HUNDRED Allies Storm Bavarian Alps Stronghold
Russians Battling On Unter Den Linden Hitler Directs Last Fight For Nazi Capital
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London, April 2S- (UP) The German radio said today that Russian tanks had reached Mar iendOrf, three miles south cf POts- damer Piatz i'm the heart of Ber- lin, and Lichterfelde, four miles southwest of POtSdamer Platzs
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