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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
Neustettin Falls To Reds; German Troops Facing Trap
BY ROBERT MUSEL

London, Feb. 28. (UP)-Germany acknowledged today the loss of Neustettin, anchor base of the de- lenses in Central Pomerania, to Russian offensive threatening to trap all the German troops to the north east.
 The Nazis reported that Neustet- tin, Pomeranian stronghold out f1anked by Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossovsky's speedy drive toward the Baltic, had been evacuated.
 Rokossovsky's second White Rus sian army was reported driving within about 25 miles of the Baltic Sea, northwest of Neustettin. A thrust to the sea would seal off Eastern Pomerania, the Danzig free state, and the north part of the old Polish corridor.
 Moscow dispatsheS said Rokossov- sky's tanks, tank-borne infantry and Self-propelled guns were pushing across the flooded plains of Pom erania toward the Baltic and rapidly narrowing the German coastal cor ridor.
 Soviet front dispatches said a spring thaw in Pomerania had broken up the ice on many rivers and lakes. Great patches of the Ger man province were flooded or marshy.
 Ct. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, spokes- man for the German high command, said Germany must expect the So- viets to "try to strike a new great blow as soon as at all possible.D
 Only 20 miles ahead of the Soviet vanguards lay the important fortress of KoeSlin, astride the last escape railway out of the threatened area.
 Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossov.. sky's second White Russian army already had cut two other railways between DanZig and the Berlin Stettin area in the initial stages oi its powerful thrust through Ger. many's Pomeranian defenses.
 Advancing up to A miles in tho past four days, Second Army fOrce1 under 9 Generals drove a wedge nine miles wide at its tip and 24 miles wide toward the Baltic, Mar shal Stalin disclosed in an order of the day late yesterday.
 More than 100 towns and villages were captured, among them Bub- litz, 29 miles from the Baltic and 22 milts southest of Koeslin on the coastal Danzig-Stettin railway.
 The fall of Bublitz, a junction on
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
Lewis To Hit Wage Scale

Washington, Feb. 28 - (UP) - Bushy-browned John L. Lewis took the center of the stage today in the mounting drama whose final act may bring strike in the nations wsr-vital bituminous coal mines.
 Lewis called his United Mine Workers policy committee into late afternoon session for what Spokes- man called full dress rehearsal" on the wage demands that the mine chleftain will present to coal opera tors tomorrow.
 The present coal wage contact ex- pires March 31. Four days before that time, the government will con duct a poll among UNIV member ship to determine whether they want to strike in event satisfactory wage settlement is not reached.
 The UNIV demands will not be made pubic before they are pre- sented to the operators tomorrow. They are known, however, to cover wages, working conditins, mine safe ty, veterans rights and anticipated postwar problmS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
FDR s Vessel Escaped Subs

In the Atlantic with President Roosevelt, Feb. 19.-(UP)-The pro- lection given President Roosevelt during his long journey to Russia was graphically demonstrated today when the cruiser bearing him darted out of the Mediterranean past en- emy submarines attempting to get at Allied shipping.
 Moving out of the Mediterranean en route home, the Presidents cruiser was flanked by another cruiser, six destroyers and heavy air cover from land based planes and g. blimp.
 Nearing the Straits of Gibraltar the cruiser received word of sub" marines lurking in or near the straits. The ships speed was in- creased from 20 knots to better than 30 knots. With all battle stations manned and alert crews scranninr the sky and sea, the convoy swept past the towering rock of Gibraltar in full daylight.
 The President came out on deck to watch the maneuver and remain ed topside until the ships stood out in the Atlantic just off the coast of Spanish Morocco. Once well at the escort was reduced to an ac- companying cruiser and three de- Stroyers. Air protection, however. was continuous. When the cruisers position got beyond the range of land-based planes, the job of patrol was taken over by an aircraft car- rier which ran far ahead of the ships.
 There were submarine alarms dur ing both trips across the Atlantic, but no actual combat action resulted. AS the Presidents ship passed the Gibraltar area, however, ships other than those in the convoy protecting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
Germony SheIled 10th Doy In Row

~ sIondon, Feb. 28 - (UP) = The Eighth Air Force attacked Germany for the 18th straight day today.
 British Mosquito bombers raided Berlin twice last night and early to- day.
 The British Mosquito bombers dropped two-ton block busters and hundreds of fire bombs on Berlin, which has been hit one to three times every "A hours for more than a week. Berlin now was among Ger many's most devastated cities.
 Other RAF planes bombed the Ger man Port of Bremen last night.
 RAP Lancasters and Halifaxes yesterday afternoon heavily attack cd the German industrial and com- municaticns center of Mainz, supply bottleneck for the Saar front. Smoke from fires rose to 12.OOO feet after the raid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
Flood Sweeps Five States
(By United Press)

Winter storms and floods swept five states today.
 The Ohio river, swollen by inter- mittent rain and thaWing snow, threatened war plants lining it's banks between Pittsburgh, Pa, and Wheeling, w. Va, and bottomland villages beyond.
 Lowlands in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi were underwater as streams overflowed in the wake of sleet and rain storms. Four persons were dead in Oklahoma as parts of the state dug out from the worst blizzard in years.
 The threat of serious flood sub- sided, however, in Pittsburgh where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers flow together to form the Ohio. The flood crested there at 28 feet without serious damage.
 Disaster agencies were prepared to move into the loWlands below Wheeling to aid hundreds of res- idents. The Ohio was rising at the rate of one-to- six-tenths an hour at Wheeling,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
Supeforts Burn Out 24O Blocks h Heart or Tokyo

congested industrial area of Toxyc. A 21st bomber command announce ment described results Of the attack as excellent.
 More thar POO B-29S, t;le larges: force of supeTfortresseS ever dis 5etched on single raid, participat- ed in the attack. They dropped up- wards of 1000 tons of bombs through clouds from 25,OOO feet with the aid of precision instruments.
 Not a bomber was lost.
 The attack capped a morning as- sault by swarms of carrier planes from Vice Admiral Marc A. Nit scher's famed task force 58. A Pa cific fleet communique yesterday re- ported that the carrier planes de- stroyed or damaged 233 enemy planes and 3l ships at Tokyo Sum- day end Hachijo. 18O miles to the south, Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
Film Stars
 Body Pulled From Ocean
By HAZEL HARTZ0G

Hollywood, Feb. 28-(UP)-Dep- uty sheriffs today searched the surf at Malibu beach for the body of Hayden Head, 30, attractive woman pilot believed to have died with a girl friend and film actor John o. Malley when their car plunged into the sea.
 The three were en route to a midnight supper party Monday night.
 The surf-battered, half nude bod ies of O'Malley and Miss Katherine Aspach, 25, of Mt. Pulaski, H., were pulled from the ocean yester- day, less than 12 hours after their expensive coupe hurtled over the dangerous 50- loot cliff at point known as dead mans curve.
 The attractive women with Nancy Hanks, 25, of Wichita Falls, Tex, were former members of the WASPS and were vacationing here.
 Miss Hanks told authorities that she accompanied her two friends on a drive to the beach Monday af- ternoon, later stopping for dinner at an inn where they met OMalley and actor Henry Morgan.
 The two men suggested midnight supper at the beach cabin of actor Vincent Price where they were stay ing.
 Miss Hanks said she went with Morgan in one car and the others left in Miss Alspatch's car. Miss Hanks said she did not know which of the three was driving.
 we passed the car on the way up to the cabin but thought they were just waiting for us to lead the way" she told authorities.
 First clue to the tragedy was the report of a motorist who saw the twisted wreckage of the car on the beach. Miss Heads dog, Lulu, $40 Belgian Grif on, greeted deputies at the scene. The dog died later at the sheriff's substation.
 Miss Alspach's body, clothed only in tan slacks, was found near the wreckage. Authorities said they be- lieved the rest of her clothing had been torn off by the pounding surf. O'Malley's body was recovered 8 mile from the scene.
 The actor, who played In Golden Boy'' on Broadway before coming to Hollywood, was survived by his widow and two children, Mary Joan, IS, and John Bryan, months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
Ituo Gains Measured
 At High Q. s. Costs
BY FRANK TREMAINE

Guam, Feb. 28-CUP)-U. s. Ma rines strengthened their lines across Iwo's central plateau in no-quartel battles today preparatory to gen. eral assault toward the mountain ous north coast.
 GA Tokyo broadcast heard by the Australian information department listening post said the Americans tat last are showing signs of vic- tory on Iwo.)
 CThe Tokyo Domei Agency, in a broadcast recorded by the EGG claimed that the Japanese were holding their own at their respec- tive positions" against an American general offensive that began Mon day. It said the garrison had in- flicted 1,50O casualties between Monday noon and Tuesday night and estimated total American ca- sualties in the Two campaign at 20000)
 Gains were measured in feet and yards at high cost. A front dis patch said the marines were coming up against such heavy defenses aS two-story cement blockhouseS Sunh deep that they protrude only a couple of feet above the ground.
 There are no apparent exits to these mammoth vaults," United Press War Correspondent Lisle Shoemaker reported from Two There may be underground tun- nels, but 1t would not be surprising if the JapS had sealed themselves in for a death stand"
 The third marine division alone has counted 800 pillboxes of all si- es and shapes in its zone of oper- ations at the center of the Amer ican line. Shoemaker said Two was the most heavily defended spot "per square inch" ever assaulted in warfare.
 Even the most optimistic won't surmiSe that this assault may be concluded in under 10 days" shoe maker said.
 Admiral Chester w. Ninitz en- nounced in communique that the Marines made limited gains" in an attack yesterday after repulsing several small-scale enemy attempts
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28

The President returned to Ameri- can soil last night, landing at an east coast port after a 10-day voy- age from Algiers abroad a heavy American cruiser. The warship went within few miles of enemy sub marines striking at Allied shipping off Gibraltar. He then proceeded to Washington by overnight train, arriving back in the White House early this morning.
 Report Ready
 He had ready for congress a lengthy report on the Crimea meet ing which he will deliver in person on Capitol Hill tomorrow.
 In his message to congress which will be broadcast simultaneously to the nation, MT. Roosevelt will tell how he, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Premier Josef Stalin and their top advisers met in the old Livaaia palace or Czar Nicholas II on the Black Sea. There they de- veloped plans for a three-way op- eration to squeeze the last life out of the German military machine He will tell also how they built the foundation of an international or ganiEation which can squelch future wars before they start.
 In news conferences aboard his ship while coming back across the Atlantic, the president was openly buoyant about the achievements of the meeting at YaIta. He looked to the United Nations conference at San E1aMciscoAsaaEAs NpfiI to produce 8 permanent international organiza- tion which will have unprecedented success in keeping the world at peace.
 The president plans to attend the San Francisco conference in person. He expects another meeting with Churchill sometime after the United Nations conference.
 MT. Roosevelt left Washington on the night of Jan. 9. During his 36 days away from the nations capitol, he covered about 14,000
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
Mt. Motobo
 Lost By Japs
By WILLIAM B. DICKSON


 Manila, Feb. 28 - (UP.) = Jap. anese forces fell back along 10s mile front in the Marakina water shed east of Manila today under the impact of two divisions of American troops and swarmS of bombers and fighters.
 General Douglas MacArthur's mounting offensive also brought the complete destruction of Japanese remnants on Verde Island, off the southern tip of Luzon; elimination of all but several hundred enemy stragglers on Corregidcr, and new heavy aerial blows on the Japanese from Formosa to French 1ndo~ China.
 GA Japanese Domei Agency dis patch said American bomberS had been taken to Clark field on Luzon from Ley.e, and apparently were operating from the big airdrome.)
 Units of the Sixth Infantry Divi@ sion paced the drive toward Ldlzoeis east coast and captured Mt. Matahey 13 miles northeast of Manila, to knock a hole in the enemyS Ko- 5ayashi line.
 The southern and western slopes of Mt. Pawagan also were secured by the Sixth Division troops wf0 drove to within two miles of the eaSt-weSt Montalban1Wawa nigh. way. -rf
 Firsth Cavalry Division forcess however, encountered fierce enemy resistance at Antipolo, eight miles south of Mt. Mataba ard II east of Manila.
 Swarms of American planes. from fighters to heavy liberator bomb CTS, steadily supported the ground drive through the Haradna water> shed. The liberators alone pias> tered the Japanese troop positions
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28

general of the U. s. Army, acknowl- edged receipt of the petitions and said he was turning them over to the State Department for considera- ton. He said in the past there had been no case where the War De- partment has permitted transpOrta- ton of families to the war theaterS to visit wounded or dying sons.
 Pvt. Hulten and 1e-year-Old Eliz- abeth Jones a London Strip-tease artist, are to hang for the murder of a taxicab driver whom they robbed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
Hulteen MayHang Without Seeing Mother, Wife Again

Boston, Feb. 23-(UP)-Pvt. Karl G. Hulten probably will be hanged in England March 8 for murder without ever seeing his mother or wife again.
 Both the 22-year-old paratroop- er's mother, Mrs. Cigne Hulten, and his wife Rita, 9, have requested the War Department for plane trans portation to England % they may see the youth and make personal pleas for clemency.
 Maj. Gen. James A. Uli0, adjutant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
' MILES TO COLOGNE AND RHINE
Roosevelt Lauds Progress Toward
 A Durable Peace
BY MERRIMAN SMITH

Washington, February 28 (UP) = President Roosevelt returned today from his historic Crea confer ence so inspired by the Big Threes progress toward reduction by the major allied fighting powers.
 But he feels that Germany and Japan must be on trial for perhaps 50 years before being readtted equals to the society of nations. Meantime, they restrained by force if necessary His full report will made to Congress at 12:3O D. n. EWT, tomorrow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28
DEBT LIMIT LIFTED

Washington, Feb. 28 - CU.P0 - The House Ways and Means Com- mittee approved legislation today to lift the Federal Government debt limit to $500, ,0OO, ,O00, 900.
 The present limit is $26O, 900, ,0OO.,- GOO. The debt now is nearly $235.- 0OO00,OO0 and the Budget Bureau has forecast a total of $292, ,0O0, ,000,- GOO by, June %, le46.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-28

Prepare Now For Your Future As Secretary, Accountant or Business Machine Operator. Post Jr. College.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
By MseCesn
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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
GERALD SCOGGINS
BY i'm SLOWER

His most exciting experience in life vas
trip 10 Ohio 50 now he IS attempting to
win Detroit Times salesmsnship contest
in which the major prize IS four-dly
vacation trip 70 Chicago.
In his two months as a carrier in Alden
and Psrk,ide avenues. Gerald has increased
his route from jS customers 20 - and
boosted his profits 20 $3.50 a week. To
date he has saved SIS and purchNed a
War Bond.
Seogsins is II, lives At j2j2 F,nkell. IS
an IS plus" student az Custer school and
member Of Augsbure Luthern Church.
He PLAYS basketball m The Detroit Times
Carrier Athletic LEAGUE collects old coin,
and builds model airpIane, as hobbies.
Gerald plan, to attend eollsgs at the
unlversity Of Michigan.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Flint Obeys
l.. CurfeW

FLINT. Feb. 27-Though there
was some grumbling by patrons
amusement places in Flint closed
their doors at midnight according
10 the curfew ordered by War
MobiliZer Byrnes.
At midnight patrons streamed
from the Rialto Theater, formerly
Flint's only all-night movie, beer
gardens and night clubs.
Restaurants. which were al
lowed to remain open for the sole
purpose of selling food, enjoyed a
brisk business but iuke boxes and
pinball machines in these places
were not permitted.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Westphd|id Priest
Liberated in Manila

LANSING. Feb. 27-Word was
received here today by Miss Mil
dred Keilen, employe of the Mich
igan Millers' Mutual Fire InSur-
ance Co. that her brother, the Rev
Fr. Ernest Keilen of WeStphalia
was liberated in Manila.
Fr. Keilen had been in the
Philippines for five years, sent
there by the Society OF the Divine
Word. Miss Keilen said another
brother, Sgt. Robert Keilen. serv-
ing with the army medical corps
in Luzon. had been searching for
the priest.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
626 in Kalamazoo
Sign Up 10 Give Blood

KALAMAZOO. Feb. 27-The
Red Cross in Kalamazoo County
reported today that 626 persons
have presented applications 10
donate a pint of blood while the
mobile blood bank is here this
week. The goal is 700 pints Of
blood and the Red Cross believes
the quota will be surpassed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28

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The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-28

1T. JEROME I. BALAS, %,
Is home on terminal leave after
Al months in uniform, Is months
Of which were spent at sea in the
Atlantic and Mediterranean. He
Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Balas, 81 Lincoln avenue.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-28

Mary Thompson, Marilyn Nat.
thews, Mary Ann Verme}ll1o
and Elaine Sanders.
And on New Years Day. Dr.
and Mrs. A. A. Thompson win
entertain at their home on Nil
Ter street.
GUESTS OF MIR. AND MRS.
A. D. Brewer over the Christmas
holiday were their daughter and
her family, Mr.. and Mrs. George
A. Matthews and daughter Of Al
bion and their son and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Brewer
and young daughter, Emily, o&
Grand Rapids. who returned b
their homes this week.
MRS. IA ME- s NUNNELEY
will leave Saturday for Mobile,
Ala. to meet 1t. Nunneley,
USNR, who is returning from II
months Pacific duty. Accom-
panying Mrs. Nunneley South
will be her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradley T. Foulkes, Of Mount
Pleasant.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-28
Mk Salute

MR.. AND MRS. EDWIN Ell
LOTT, on the birth of a son,
Stephen Lee, Dec. 16 in San
Leandro, Calf. Both are former
Mount Clemens residents. Mr..
Elliott was recently discharged
from the Seabees, and leaves
shortly to take position in Ha-
waii. His wife, the former Ber-
tha Wilmer of Mount Clemens
High school faculty, expects to
join him in April with their new
baby and. another son, John, 8.
MR.. AND MRS. MYRLE E. ST.
AUBIN, on their 18th wedding
anniversary Thursday. They i'm
vited few friends in during the
evening to help them celebrate
at their home on Moross avenue.
MR.. AND MRS. ALBERT G.
Gasow upon their first wedding
anniversary today.
Mrs. Russell Elso, Michigan
avenue, who has q birthday an
niversary today
ANGELO FISHER, Colonial
Court, whose birthday anniver-
sary falls on Sunday.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-28

FIRST 1T. HAROLD F. VOL
KENANT, 80, is home after q
months in the European theatre.
1t. Volkenant entered service as
a private in February, 1912, was
promoted to warrant officer in
May, 1943, and received a di-
rect commission in April, 1945,
at Ninth Air Force Headquarters
overseas. He not only holds the
Bronze Star for valor awarded
by his own government, but also
was decorated by the Belgian
verh m ent, receiving the
Fourrgere. In addition he has
four battle stars on his ZANE
ribbon, the Victory medal and
the American Theatre ribbon.
He is living in Richmond with
his wife, the former Evelyn
whom he is meeting for the first
time. His parents are Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul A. Volkenant, IS Gal
lup avenue.
SGT. BERNARD c. SCHOCK,
"a, walked in on his wife and
father Edward Schock of IS Gal
lup avenue on Christmas morn
ing, bearing his discharge from
the army after % months in uni
form. He came home from Korea,
and was flown from Seattle to
Fort Sheridan, Ill. for discharge,
in the army's desperate attempt
to break the transportation tie
up on the West Coast before
Christmas. Sgt. Schock served
continuously with the 1308th
Engineer Regiment which spent
Ia months in the ETO, then
going directly to- the Pacific,
where he served seven more
months. Sgt. Schock holds the
Victory medal, the ZANE ribbon
with three bronze battle stars,
the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon, and
the Good Conduct medal.
BRUCE B. COREY, soundman
1/c, Is home with his discharge,
after 38 months in the Navy. He
served at sea for 80 months
aboard the destroyers Somers
and Charles F. Hughes. in the
Atlantic, Pacific and Mediter-
ranean. He holds the ZANE
ribbon with one battle star, the
Asiatic-Pacific ribbon, Victory
medal and American theatre rib
bon. He Is the son of Mrs. Mer.
lyn Corey, 249 North Broadway.