K i ^ ?OURTEEN Manchester t^ventng iieratd WTOWESDAl, JAmJAJfT J 6 ,1944

I About TownThe Jolly So and Sew Club held

tti 13th mcetinr hurt nli^it at the ^ m e of Mra. WlUlam Heu^t SB Fdlrfl^ld street. Several ad the Biembers were abeent on account «r mneas. Mfs. Rrien Olson’s husband. Boy Olson, left Monday aiiilht fdr servloe In the Navy, the Brat husband of any of the members to be drafted. The meeting next Tuesday evening will be held with Mrs. Dorris Speed of 19 Moore street

^ W a n tM advance^ m yoursalanf?TiruiLS unaeesMaiT borrow- “ ins Is never eiee. a "Per- somd^oan which provides Un- msdlete CMh Is often the best solution to a monsy problem.Tou pay only for the actual time you keep the money. For example: $30 for a weeks cosu only eac. A loan of $100 cosU oao.OO when promptly repaid In la monthly consecutive In- stallraente of $10.00 each. Come la. phone or wrIU today.

Uam $10 la $300

T^IAOntd FINANCE C—A charge that“ the emergency;’ faced by Administration BackersConnecticut dairymen was “ entirely a Federal responsibility” was made in a petition by the Legislature’s Agriculture committee placed today before the General Assembly for action. The committee previously had approved a proposal to memorialize Congress on the milk situation, but the text of its resolution did not become public im- tll today. [

“ Have Capacity u Produce”One of five measures yet to be

acted upon by the Legislature's special session, the petition asserted that the "farmers and dairymen of Connecticut have the capacity and the ability to produce all of the milk necessary for the people of our state if freed from abnormal goyernmental Interference."

It asked that “ the restrictions which take away from the people of our state the ability to solve their own milk problems be removed by appropriate congressional action.

The Connecticut dairy industry has long been urging an increase in the ceiling price of milk.

Federal regulations, the petition charged, "prohibit the, dairy industry of our state from obtaining a return for its product compensable with the cost of production” and have made it "impossible for Connecticut ntillk producers to produce for our own people a supply of milk which is necessary and adequate for their health and welfare.”

The petition directed the legiala-

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Treasary BalanctWashington, Jan. 27—(4V— The

position of the Treasury Jan. 25: Receipts, $138,282,554.80; ex

penditures, 3402,ji50,M7.85; net balance, 110,475,154,299.15.

Buoyed by Pi:esiden- tial Message, Southern Democrat Support

Bulletin!Washington, Jan. 37—

Senator Millikin (R., Colo.) told the Senate today that If Congress overrides the stotes’ constitutional right* to pre- seribe the method o f electing presidential electors, It would be acting as “ a revolutionary usurper.” Challenging the contention of supporters of the ndministmtion’s service

. vote bill that Congress has war-time powers to set aside the states’ authority over elections, the Colomdoan as- serted that If that were true, “ Congress could depose the president by . legtsIaUve action.” 'and could also abolish elections nnd do nwny with the Supreme court.

By The Associated PressWar veterans, some of them

wounded and leaning on canes, made their way Into offices in sev-, en cities across the nation today to take advantage of the Federal government’s new expanded program to find them work.

Some were In uniform, others back in civilian garb. Many were accompanied by their wives or sweethearts.

The number of applicants ran into scores in some cities as the program got under way yesterday. A large number obtained jobs before the day ended.Looking for Work During Leave

One wife said she “ practically had to drag” her husband to the office, he was so low in spirit. He got a job. There even was a sailor looking for work during his 30- day leave.

'The demonstration offices, as they were described by Federal Security Administrator Paul V McNutt, are located In Denver, Colo.; New Haven, Conn.; St. Louis, Mo.; Houston, Tex.; Los A ucles, Calif.; Minneapolis,

mn., and Philadelphia, Pa. Directors of the offices said the

new program represented a considerable expansion over serv’ices hitherto provided.

Larger Placement Staffs The new set-up included larger

placement staffs, greater coordination- with employer representatives an dincreased emphasis on finding suitable Jobs for disabled men.

Burr Pearson, manager of the U. S. . Employment Service in Houston, said there waa no backlog of unemployed veterans in that section because ail discharged service men had been placed.

This was the picture by cities; Philadelphia— Ninety-two vet

erans of the 109 who applied got jobs immediately. Others were sent to the Red Cross when they said they needed financial assistance, or to the Veterans' Rehabilitation bureau for special training. It was at that office that the wife said she

Baby Shows Bad Disease At 11 Days

Development o f Infantile Paralysis Symptoms Indicates Trans-

Birth.m issio n atChicago, Jan. 27—(/P)—The case

of a baby which developed symptoms of infantile paralysis when 11 days old w m reported today by physicians who said It seems to indicate the disease can be transmitted at birth or shortly afterward.

The mother apparently had the disease at the time the child waa bom, although her symptoms did not appear until the day after delivery, and she died on the fourth day after delivery, they said. The child recovered, but the disease left one leg paralyzed.

Disravered During Survey The case, which occurred at

Wichita, Kas.,' In October, 1943,

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Washington, Jan. 27.— Administration Senators, faced with a possible week-end delay if they don't get some quick action, tried today to hurry a -vote on their second attempt to pass 'a uniform Federal absentee balloting plan for the armed forcea.

At least 15 members probably will leave the capitol after today’s session—some of them to attend the Indiana funeral of Senator Van Nuys (D-Ind) and others ss official visitors to the New York launching of the battleship Mia souri. With that number gone failure to gel ■ » ' vote today probably would delay final action until next weekk

Oonfident Of PassageBuoyed by a blunt-worded presi

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Escorting Fighters Gei 24 and Possibly 28 Ja|» Planes Intercepting Rabaul Attack.

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Washington, Jan. 27.— (JFi—Senator Pepper (D., Fla.) today ex- preseed the hope that reports from War Labor Board Chairman Davia and Price Admlnistfator Bowles wi)l lead to a relaxation o f Federal wage controls as they affect the “white collar” worker.

The two agency chiefs were requested to testify before the labor subcommittee headed by Pepper which is inquiring mto economic conditions .among the workers who have missed the war boom in wages.

“ We are. hopeful,” said Pepper, “ that Mr. Davis can point the 'way toward a relaxation of the government wage policy on wage Increases insofar as it affects the aub-atandard groups atruggllng along without sufficient money to maintain health and efficiency.”

To OntUae PoDciag Step#He Bald Bowles would be asked

to ouUlo«_the steps taken by OPA to police Its regulatldna “qo keep prices down to a minimum fpr mil- Hona eking out a bare existence.

Hard Words to Pronounce Can Furnish Rest tp Jaw

Chicago, Jan. 27—(4’)—A word'^’tions for people who grind their like "ConstanUnople” or "O uadal-i teeth during sleep, canal” sounds'like a Jaw-breakerbpt it can be a Jaw-reater.

Dr. Milton Leef of Philadelphia, reporting in the Journal of the American Dental Asaoclation today on methods 'Of stopping the habit of clamping or grinding the teeth, explained it. this way;

Audibly pronouncing a long word such as “Constantinople” or “Guadalcanal” cauaea the patient to bring into function most of the mouth musculature. “ (There’s another one.) On completion o f such complex function, the normal muscle tone is assumed and thereby the mandible (lower Jaw) la brought to physiologic rest position.

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S a le o f L o c a l B o n d s R e a c h $ 4 2 1 ,0 0 0 T b ta l

But Still M ore M o r t Is Needed to Reaeli $1,441,000 Goal In Time, Says A W ord .AlUioush MaachMter hM **Mb-

•d % toU l ot Mai.OOO ta Kt M M fc toward tha qviot* ot $!s444,000, the bond drive efforte M «n to IMT according to Chairman Harotd Al- vord. The campaign tn tha Fo^erth W ar Bond drive la to Ito aaoond week with a trifle more ttiaa *wo- thlrda aUU to be aold. The_publh: has not responded to this effort as It did previously.

••We must realise that the Fourth W ar Bond campaign is really the flrat important step towards victory” said Mr. Alvord. •The flght belongs to everyone, not just a few and in this connection I might add that the E bonds, which this time naean •‘extra bonds” ia not Just a saying. It carries the vital punch necessary to assure victory and tosure peace."

Change In PlansMr. Alvord said at noon today

that he was forced to make a change in his house to house canvass plana. The freshmen and sophomore classes of the Manchester High school are going to make the canvass. I t was hecea- sary, however, to set back the dates one day. Instead of start Ing on February 3 the students w ill commence their efforts on February 2. A t this time they will deliver envelopes, containing at least two pledge cards for each family. They will, leave the envelopes on the flsst day, February 2 and collect them the next night. February 8. They will sU rt at 6 o’clock sharp in each section as outlined.

CHvea Out Details In planning this method, Mr.

Alvord stated that he first obtained permission from the school'aii' thoritles and then proceeded to outline his ideas. The students will carry an extra supply of pledge cards and residents are asked to have them filled out and ready to pick up on the next night. He also asked that the students be given every aonslderation and that the envalopes be sealed when they are picked up.

Each section of Manchester will be covered by the students of the two classes living in that section. This' w ill eliminate long walks under probable adverse weather conditions.

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Personal Notices

Card of ThanksW a wish to axprcM our thank* to

our friends and nalRhboia for their sympathy diirins olir racant be reavamant. AUo lo those who sent Dowara and. loaned the use of cars.

Mrs. (>ao. If. Buck, Rohart 8. Burk,Arnold J. Buck,Uavid G. Buck.

“practically hnd to drag” her hua band. Regional Director Frank t,. McNamee saUmatsd M.OOO jobs are ready for veterana to the district.

New Haven—Some appliesnU were anxious to get war production jobs immediately while others said they were more intereated in jobs with a post-war future and were willing to watt for a suitable opportunity.

. High School Boyn ProMeniMinneapolis—A problem already

arising is that of returning high school boys with no flxed occupational pattern. Officials of the office said placements necessarily were proceeding slowly because of efforts to determine the appll cants' mechanical or professional ability. Max E. Davidson, office manager, said employers were g iving preference to veterans.

St. Louts—This office, which handled f.'iO cases monthly during the last half of 19-43, reported no noticeable increase today over the average. The demonstration office now has 250 employes of the U. S Employment service, compared with 10 full time men who previ ously staff the office under a veterans' employment program es- tabllahcd In 1937. The 10, veterans of previous wars, will specialise in difficult caaes, such as those of wounded men.

Many Placeipento AvailableIa>s Angeles— In the first two

hours today, 78 veterans, 11 them disabled, appeared at the of rice. Carl C. O.vcrpeck, head of the office, aaid he expected no difficulty in obtaining Jobs, with many placementa available in aircraft and other industries. He said previous experience has shown that handicapped veterans, after training, make fine workera. One of today's applicants wss s sailor looking for a job during his 30 day leave.

Denver—The set-up here includ ed a permanent staff of represrn tatives of the state vocational re habilitation department, the U. Civil Service commission, the Col orado Bar Association, the Veter ans administration, business, la bor and hospitals, the latter to de teimlne limitations of veterans Manager Albert W. Bevan .said he expected a steady stream of appti cants and speedier handling as the program progresses.

Houston—This office reported that Texaa employers were volun leering in large numbers to find work for returning service men, Plana were proceeding for perfect ing new plans of re-employment and rehabilitation for the huge numbers expected to be cared for eventually.

and IrritationEfftdhw Mo— TwatnartPr— pUl MiOMO Toitnl

To quieUy aeotbs tbe itching, burntof of eesama, psorissis. skin and aealp irritations duo to oztomsl caiM—apply odorlaas U^uid Zemo—a PoetM^k f̂ rr. nula backed by 85 years' euceesi. the utmost to exceed Ite quota. It Is up to each individual to do likewise, for without the spontaneous individual effort we cannot meet the request of the Treasury Department.

* On .Substantial Basis Treasurer J. Raymond Fogarty

gave an informal report of the f i nancial status of--the council. In urging the purchaae o f the $1,000 War Bond, he stated that at no time In the history of the K. of C. in Manchester, has the organization been on a more aubstantial financial basis.

A report from the financial aec retary aiibstantinted this claim, and in order to surpass all expectations in the Inereasc of membership, he advocated a continued drive for new members. He apoke of the need of a special effort on the part of every member, to contact all Catholic men of Manchester who are eligible for re-instater ment in Campbell Council or who deairr to transfer to the local council. During the last drive for members the membership commit-

ftce found that many of the new- >mers to this town arc already bird Degree Members of the nights of Columbus, and the officers extend to them' a cordial welcome to attend the many activities which are planned for the near future. . ' ,

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displaced workera and demobilized Boldiers to suitable employment opportunities as reconversion plana develop. Transportation ex- pensea ahould be assured when w'orkera miut move to new a reds. Every effort should be made to time moves to new j^reaa. . . .

“Provisions should be made to ride workers and industries over financial dlfficultiea; (A ) for workera the enactment -of the Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill which provides for both displaced work- era and demobilised soldiers; (B ) for lndU8tries,-'qui6Tt settlement of war contracts, speedy removal.of government property, an d toan s through the Federal Reser\’e banks or other agencies."

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Slipping or Irritating?Piiti't l>* (iiibari asard by • loû (*

foliar t(-eth allppiiiK. dioppina or ^vabbllittr wiu-ii you cat, talk or latiklt. .luai aprliikla '* little KA t̂. TKKTK on your plates. ThI* pleas- a'lit powder xivea a rciiiHi'katde a,-use of added rtimforl ami- aeeu'rl- IV by holdiiiK plates riiore (irmly. .Vo Kunimv, Kon the scene.

Damage to the two atoree alone waa estimated at 88,000. The block U asaeeaed for 812,000. The three families forced out loot practically all their poaaeasions.

The fireman injured, Paul Kelley, 35. o f 7 Shennan atreet, was badly cut on his arm by flying gloos. He waa token to Bristol boapiUl and. o f ter receiving treatment was oent home.

How tha Are atortod could not be dctermuiod, although Chief Grm)wm hazaeded tbe guess tta t it originated in the basement.' He said it had gotten an unuaually I good start vAien discovered.

State Merchant Fleet Movementt Frozen

Bueh^s Aires, Jan. 27 — i/Ci The AI genline milltar>' govern- iV.ent froze movement of the state merchant fleet today as one of the first foUow-up actions to its diplomatic break with the Axis, all vessels being directed to remain tn port "iVbtll new orders.

U was expected here, however, that the tieup would not last long, since Argentine economy largely depends on the three movement of the merchant fleet.

(Althonth no reason was given for the freezing order, it seemed apparent that the Ramirez government deemed it unwise to ex pose the vessels to the menace of any lurking enemy Submarine in the South Atlantic until some provision could be made for their pro tcctlon, possibly in convo'ys.)

As congratulations poured in from all over the continent, the Argentine government turned to another problem attending ita diplomatic break— the question of corn'miinications with Germany.

Suspenaion ot these facilities loomed as great importance In view of the revelations that Buenoa Airea was headquarters for a great espionage, ring. It la believed that telephone commuhi catena with Germany already have been cut.

The German newa agency Transocean, a powerful Nazi propaganda arm, has been notified to wind up Its affairs here by Jan. 31, and it ,was believed that the pro-Axis afternoon newspaper Pampero, sei:ved by Transocean and often said to be maintained by the German embasay, might close at the same time.

One question which is expected to be settled quickly Is who will hfiidle Argentine interests in Germany and Japan, Tli'e newspaper Noticias Grafleas said lost night it probably would be Sweden, al though Switzerland' and Spain were other poasibilities.

Effects SHU Voeertola The effects o f the diplonutic

break upon the Argentine flnan; cial world still were uncertam, but the first reaction qn the Stock Exchange was favorable. Clients were hastenng to withdraw accounts from German banka.

Buenos Airea generally teemed happy over the government action, although most persona expressed curiosity to know the details o f the spy story which caused the rupture.

Argentine newspapers, released to some extent from strict censorship ruiss which forbid, criticism o f belllgerehta, turned to with a will yesterday and printed reports of Germah espionage and propaganda activities.

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Company at HiUiardavUIe booated tha Manchaater March O' Dimes total today with a donation of the omcera and plant employeea amounting to 1230.79.

Tha money was brought to the Manchester" Trust Company *nd to Treasurer Waiter BucMSey and was counted in the presence of Mr. Buckley and members of the UAC staff.

Present at the ceremony when the money was turned over to Treasurer Buckley was J. T. Hobson. Divisional Superintendent of the United Aircraft Company in charge of the Hilliardvillc Plant J and his assistant, L. G. Browne; Chairman Jack Sanson of the Manchester March O’ Dimes campaign and treasurer Walter Buck-ley. , ..

The current donation of the UAC. addad to tha previous total of the campaign, brlngi the total contributed to dite to $V,178.22.

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live clerks to present the do< u- ment to Congress and requested Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin, who in a message to the Legislature aaid that the problem was a Federal responsibility, to forwerd the contents of the petition to President Roosevelt.

With leaders striving for an adjournment tonight, legislalora going into caucuses Immediately upon their arrival at the capitol. The Houie and Senate Democreta held a joint meeting.

AcUon iUll was pending on a soldiers’ abaentae btfllot bill, approved by the Judiciary committee.

Other measures awaiting action will be billa making it poasible for men and women in the armed forces to become voters by affidavit sworn to before a commission-' er officer; authorizing boarda for admission to hold apacial session for making voters any time up to the eve of a general election, a measurt designed to take cars of service men and women horns on furlough: and allowing polls to remain open until 8 p. m. jnstead of « p. m. in municipal or special elections involving only one municipality.

Before approving the absentee ballot bill, tha Judiciary committee voted into it a provision requiring that appilcanta for the ballots be furniahed by Aug. 15 a preliminary list of all nominees chosen by that date. This was done, the committee aaid, in the hope that political parties would name their candidates early enough to make them known to all servicemen and women, no matter how far from home, in plenty of time before the election.

Some committee memberi sought to go even further and require all parties to complete all nominations from 60 to 90 days before the election date.

House Chairman E. Lea Marsh, Jr., iR l of Old Lyme said, however, in announcing the com/nit- tee'a action t~

"W e do not favor requiring political parties to complete their nominations by a particular time, but this provision does give them an incentive to hold early conventions.”

Prospects of a rumgua in both houses on the a lw «y i controversial milk bill were bright today, particularly on the part of the supportera of a state subaidy for dairymen.

The Agriculture committee voted down the eubeidy propoial yee- terday after being advised that Attorney General Francis A. Pal- lotti had informally ruled that-he considered the proposal unconstitutional.

■That however, is not expected to keep the subsidy supporters from going all out4iL-their efforts to have their way.

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’.ci'.';. Ir 't i."li, ih" coniini.:.on plcuis that the hrni was asked t submit estimates of the cost o. lUrnishing the house snd s list ol •items thst might be offered by Ihê public as gifts.

"This memoranda wag, aolely for the guidance of the committee and was never intended to be released to the public as representing commitments on the. part of the committee. As s matter , of fact, the state has not been com- mitted)to the purchase of a single item representing furnishings of any kind."

Kstlnmte Double Bids PlguroAs an example, the commission

disclo.ses that the estimate given as the cost of carpeting was found to he more than double the flgure obtained when bids were called for.

The commi.ssion reveals that citizens have already offered gifts and that it is planning a "concerted effort" to obtain them in the belief that many Connecticut people are willing to turn over to the home colonial furniture and other household items. It suggests that artl.sts offer appropriate signed paintings and that civic gronfis will join in the campaign.

ATthough the Advisory Finance committee, which approved the purchase and appropriated $70,000 to Include furnishings, the 870.000 has not been released according to the governor's office and the report indicates that it w ill lie largely on public gifts of household articles.

The commissfon points out that the entire six acre property with access on Prospect avenue and Terry road, was assessed in Hartford for more than $73,000 in 194,3, of which $.'>5,000 represented land value alone.

‘The state thus obtained both the land and the buildings for less than the aasesaed valuation of the land," the commission maintains. The appraisals mad* by competent real estate experts Indicated that the price paid by the state was less than the present market value of the land alone'. Mr. Williams (Staunton' B. Williams) of the Proapect Hill corporation, statca that at no time was the property offered for sale at a price under that paid by the atate.

"The expert architectural and engineering .advice which the commission obtained showed the house to be of sound construction, and (t was determined that with certain repairs and 'modernization, it will provkie a most suitable reaidence of durable value. When purchai- Ing the property, the commission fully realized that a eubstantlal amount, estimated around $50,000 in addition to the purchase price would be required to put the buildings in proper condition. The purchase was recommended by the commission snd the Finance Advisory committee authorized the purchase. The aggregate of contracts awarded is $51,628.”

Arniy shelled enemy supply col-' utiina ii''.'ir the Adriatic coast, and Intlirn* i. ."anliy threw back two ■iinall . .ale German attacks near Orsbgna .

Heavy traffic was observed In the German-held area between the two Allied fronts, /and a race clearly was on to build up the Nettuno bridgehead to meet an expected crisia.

Today's c o m m u n i q u e said American and British forces there had been "further reinforced. The beachhead has been improved by limited advames.”

Dispatches from the scene said the waters off tha beachhead were atill black with -Allied ahipa and landing craft protected by barrage balloons, a thick canopy of antiaircraft fire from ship snd shore, snd patrols o f'A llied fighters buzzing in the clouds.

The three enemy planee shot do»’n ye.sterdsy were from an enemy 'formation which attacked British and American warshipa off Formla under the command of Rear Admiral Frank Lowry.

Admiral Sir John Cunningham, Allied Naval commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, a ^ t a message congratulating Lowry and his men, and declaring "now that the Army has been safely established ashore our task is to keep it supplied. This I am sure will be ac- compllahtd with the same success aa the flrat stage of the invasion."

Two Planes ls>stBesidea hitting communlcationa

and gun positions at Cisterns, snd bottlenecks at Ceccano east of Uttorla, and Itri, north o f Gaeta, Allied light bombers struck at Froslnone and a bridge near Alina. Two planes were lost In the npera- tions.

American A-36 Invaders s t r a f f a column of 50 horsedrawn artillery and vehicles moving west from Pontecorvo, northeast of Ca.ssino. _

R. A. F. Sptflies.^^sTrying on their share of the n war. attacked two E-boats heaf Corfu off the Greek roast.

American .Spitfiraa shot up a train at Imperla, near the French- Itallan frontier, and R. A. F. Mosquitos on Intruder patrol blew up another train between Rome and Florence. The Popoli road junction on the Eighth Army front was attacked by Australian Kittyhawka.

The AIjied headquarters commentator said there was no information to' support report.'? broadcast by the Bari radio that Vel- letri, 16 miles south of Rome on the Appian way, had been taken by the Allies.

He denied published reports thst Cassino had been captured.

"A small patrol entered the outskirts of Cassino and camfe out. Cassino nevei( was In our hands,” hr said.

First Lieut. Norman D. Tucker, Jr. 1441 Main street, Filchbiirg, Ma.ss., shot down a Me.sscrschmitt. bringing his total to three, in the same fight.

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town. Patrol! had penetrated the outskirts of the stronghold.

Some four miles farther north the French rushed down from their mountain po-sitions on Mt. II Lago in the Sant' Klia, area, acro.ss the Secco river and the I'as.sino- Atina road and attacked the Germans on the slopes of Mt. Belvedere.

Oaaslno Largely AliandonedCassino itself appeared to have

been ' largely abandoned by the (lermans. but their po.sitions on the rugged mass of M .̂ Cairo and other hills nearby enabled them to rake the streets and ruined houses with their artillery.

Allied Naval units continued to exert a powerful control oy^ ^ h e coastal roads by which ( jc r i i^ s could shift their fighting front from, the Cassino area to the northern beachhead, and ^ a in nioiighed up sections near Fortnia Tuesday night with their plunging shells. This sea attack on enemy road traffic is continuing by day and..(ught.

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K o z i c k i - M c G a r y e yThe marriage of Mi.ss Louise E.

McGarvey of Portland. Maine, to William S. Kozicki, son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Kozicki of 23 Lockwood street, took place Saturday, Jan. 22. at 9 o'clock in St. John’s church, Golway street. The rector Rev. S. J. Szczepkowski officiated, iKsing the double ring service.

Mrs. Flora Bennett of Gardner. m4.ss.. was matron of honor, and Alfred Kozicki was best man for his brother.

Following a reception at the ho(ne of the Bridegroom's parents, the couple left for a wedding trip to Maine. On their return the bride will make her home with the bridegroom's parents, while her husband, who is an A. B. in the Merchant Marinea will return to his ship at New York.

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"left sinking." Another tanker also was damaged.

(Vem Haugland, Associated Press war correspondent, reported from Munda, New Georgia, in a dispatch dated Jan. 34. the day of the raid, that the Avengers were credited with destroying precisely 42,034 tons of enemy shipping. I

romplelely Surprise Japanese The raiders to completely sur

prised the Japanese, despite the fact Rabaul has been pounded almost daily this month, thst Nipponese anti-aircraft fire did not open up until after the bombers' first, run.

Only a dozen Japanese fighters managed to get near tbe Avengers which shot down two without loss. The fighter escort accounted for the rest o f the day's bag. with Marine Lieut. Robert Hanson pf Newtonyllle, Mast., running his string to 18 by downing four. One Allied fighter, a Corsairi was lost but the pilot was saved.

The sky battles ranged up to 23,000 feet. Several types of Japanese planes were encountered, Including the "Tojo," a fighter with a radial engine and a cigarshaped fuselage.

Third Blow o< Month The raid waa the third and

heavieat blow delivered this month against Jerpancae shipping at Rabaul by bombers based in the Solomons. On Jan. 14, aeven cargo vessels,^! light cruiser and a destroyer were damaged. Three days later, low level bombers sank or severely damaged eight merchant ships.

The Monday bag of Japanese planes ran enemy Rabaul losaes this month beyond 350.

While the latest attack was in progress: rescue planes not only picked up the downed Corsair fighter but also saved Army Lieut. Glen Hart, of Vernon. Neb., a Lightning pilot shot down Jan. 17, and al.so the crew of an Avenger torpedo bomber lost during a Rabaul raid Sunday. The rescues actually increased the South Pacific air personnel roster over the previous day by four.

Eight ligh ters Destroyed Headquarters also reported to

day that on Tuesday the heaviest in a growing aeries of raids against the Japanese in the Admiralty islands, in the Bismarck archipelago, was delivered by Fifth Army A ir Force Mitchells and Lightnings. Eight enemy fighters were destroyed on the Lorcngaii airdrome; a jetty waa wrecked: and .a small freighter was engulfed by flames in the harbor. '■

On the ground fighting scene. American Invasion forces at Ara- we, on New Britain’s southwest coast, sent out patrols without contacting Japanese: at Borgen bay, on the n irthwest coast, the Marines added 30 Japanese to the more than 3,000 slain alnce the invasion there opened last Dec. 26; but there were no reports on the resumed drive by AustraV'ns in the Ramu valley of New Cuinea aimed at the enemy coastal base

Frederick BuzzellFrederick Buzzell, 83, a resident

of Manchester for 60 years, died this morning after a long illness. Mr. Buzzell was for many years engaged in the picture framing business on Center street and was one of the first to engage in busi- neaa on Uiat street, being well known to 'many of the older Manchester residents.

He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Henry McLaughlin of Avon, Mrs. Irene Towle, Mrs. Louis Schadlich. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Krob. and Mrs. Emma Inman, all of Manchester; seven grandchildren.

His funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the T. P. Holloran funeral home, 175 Center atreet. Rev. Dr, Ferris Reynolds of the Second Congregational church will officiate and burial will be in the East cemetery. - 'The funeral home will be open from 7 o’clock this evening for friends and the family urgently requests that flowers be omitted.

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F u n e r a lsHenry Rowe

The funeral of H enry, Rowe, who died at the Manchester Memorial hospital Tuesday morning, was held at 8:30 this morning at the T, P. Holloran funeral home, 175 Center street and at, 9 o'clock at St. James's church. Rev. Edmund Barrett, assistant pastor, celebrated the funeral mass. The body was placed in the vault in St. James'.s cemetery. The bearers were: Henry Lundburg. Timothy Moynihan. John Dixon, A lexander Dixon, Ellery Donahue and Thomas Powers.

Frits FrelheltThe funeral o f Fritz Freiheit

will be held from the William P. Quiah funeral home Saturday a fternoon at 3 o’clock and from the Zion Lutheran church -on Cooper street at 2:30. Burial will be in the East cemetery. Friends may call from this evening until the hour of the funeral at the funeral home.

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Mrs. William R. Martin o f 15 1-2 Oakland street, has received a clipping from a Pawtucket paper, giving an account of the new plant establi.shed there by Hamilton Standard Propellers. Among the pictures Illustrating tbe article is one of her husband, who about a month ago was transferred from the Esst Hartford head, quarters. Mr. Martin has been made manager of the assembling department. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Martin of South Main street, and some years ago was golf pro at the Manchester Country club.

Mrs. Martin prior to her marriage was Miss Tina M. Gagliar- done. They have a daughter, Jeaa. fivs years old.

Democrats who helped beat the first Federal ballot plan, administration backers were confident they have the votes to put over the new Green-Lucas bill, despite the he'at engendered when Senator Taft (R-Ohio) deecrlbed it aa a "fourth term announcement."

Taft, retorting to President Riwsevelt'a assertion that a previously approved state ballot plan was "a fraud.” declared the ad- minLitiation was seeking to line up the soldier vote "in much the same manner we used to see W PA workers lined up." .

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Cadet Gordon E. Thrall, .son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman ,R. Thrall o f 28 Spring street, has completed his training at the basic flying school, Courtland, Ale., and will

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JCoi’erttor’* Resulencp P ro ject Explained

Hartford, Jan. 27 - i>Pi — The fovernoi'’a residence project waa explained and defended today by the Legislative commi.s.sinn in charge in a slatemeVit to the ape- cial seaaion of the Leglalature pre-: aented "ao that there may be complete understanding of the rommlaaion’a action to this date." The report, the flr.st aince the com- mlaaion pprehased the Williama property on Proapect avenue for' $39,500 and began to repair it, waa made by Senator Frank H. Peet. Jr., (R l, Kent, chairman of the Governor’s Home committee.

The commiaalon. Senator Peet aaya, la convinced that the "purchase of the Williama property and the changes and repairs contracted for repreaeni sound investment on the part m the atate —sound present value and endur? ing value for the future.”

Injected by Senator John U Sullivan, D„ New Britain as an iHiM of the s|>cclal aessioh, the project, the report states, when completed will represent an aggregate coat of $51,628 In con- tracta, excluding the coat of fumishlnga.

The restoration of the property is now halted pending aettlement of the disoulr over priorities.

‘ ‘When the sub is completed, the total roet will be conaiderably leas than would have been the case had the atate acquired the' Allyn House (the ( ' ' " ‘.c qf the lat Robert J. Alljtii' on Asylum avenue), the only other comparable property _ having suitable grounds." the report statesy "The Allyn place va s held at a pur- (haat price of $’ 75.()00,Bi\d would have required extensive repairs."" ■ 1 '■

in other sections of the German communication network in the angle between the two Allied fronts, hammering e.specially at Ciaterna, Ceccano and Itri.

The fart that Ciaterna waji being attacked by A llifd bombs waa evidence that that pivot point on the Appian way and the main railway, 24 miles .southea.st of Rome and 12 miles inland from the Nettuno beach. Was still in German hand.?. The presence of German guns there also indicated it was one of the strong points for defense of the Rome area.

Littoria is 13 mllea due east of Nettuno and four and a half miles from the coast. It is four miles from the Appian way.. The clash with German armor

southwest of there may have indicated that the British or Americans had pushed forward across the Mussolini canal along which sharp claslies previously occurred with German patrols...

The Americana on the old Fifth Army front were making steady if painful progress in an encircling maneuver against Ca.ssino despite a hail of fire from every type of German weapon and inipediment that could be devised by the en- emy.

The French atUck to the north was against the slope of Mt. Bel vedere which rises to 2.500 feet. This is of strategic importance 3>e- cause of its approach to Mt. Cairo, a 10-mlle long ridge bordering the Via Casiliiia to Rome.

The Secco, which the French crosa*d,-is a tributary of the Ra pido, crossed by the Americans to attack Cassino from the north, and the Atina road which was cut la one of the more important northward communications of Caaalno.

To the south the BriUsh consolidated their recent gains over the Gariglinno. To the nortfi Canadian artillery of the BriUah Kighth

ing school for the final period of his pilot training.

A note from the Tiilsa,. Okla., U. S. O. States that Harry Eggleston, technician fifth, grade was a visitor there, and waa wearing a medal for rifle marksmanship. He has been stationed at the headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Battalion, Camp Gruber, Okla., for the past seven months. The son of Mr. and Mrs.. Grant B Eggleston of 144 Deming atreet he was graduated from Manchester High school in June, 1943, was captain of the soccer team and during the four years waa outstanding in track and basketball. A t one time he held the state indoor high jump championship. He has two brothers in the A ir Corps.

Albert Hemingway, .son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hemingway o f 41 Cone atreet has been promoted to lergaant. He baa recently been on maneuvers in Tennessee and haa returned to Fort Bragg, N. C. Entering the service a year ago he was with the 375th Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Jackson, 8. C„ specializing In Ranger tactics and instructing in small arms.

*Softuning Vp* Pattern JSotv More Appfirent

Pearl Harbor, Jan. 27—i/Pi—The pattern of the Allied "softening up" aerial bombardment of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands in the mid-Pacifle is becoming more apparent as the explosive weight 6f the attack builds up to a preinvasion climax.

Seven aerial strikes at the harassed Japanese reported by Admiral Chester W. NImItz yesterday raised to 103 the number o f air raids on tha Marshalla since the neighboring Gilbert islanda fell to thjf Americana last November. Six additional raids were made before the Gilberts invasion.

Altogether, the battered enemy A ir Force haa lost probably 183 planes and has had six wrecked on the ground. American losses are placed at 33 planes.

Most Against Five Base*There are 32 separate islands

or Island groups in tha Maishalls, but many of them are either uninhabited or undefended. O f the total 109 raids, all but four have been made against five enemy bases—Wot je, Maloelap, MiU, Kwqjaleln and Jaluit atolls.

Indicating a spread of Japanese defen.ses. is the fact, that on Jan. 15 . ^American airmen bombed Llklep atoll for the first time Sfnd on Jan. 22 and again on Jan. .24 our planta struck Japanese shipping near Ailln8;l6p6lap atoll,

Nimitx said tha latest raids, which occurred Monday, were Aimed at ahora inatallations and airfields on Wotje, MUi, Maleolap and Allinglapalap.

During the first atrlkc at Taroa airdrome oei Maleolap, 30 Japanese zeros intercepted the ' U. S. Mitchell medium bombers, but when Liberators returned for second strike later in the day, not a zero rose in defense.

A t least four zeros were shot down in the seven raids. A ll of our planes returned.

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In ont two-day period this week, Stimaon said,''Allied fliera got 118 enemy planes in operS' tions againat Japanese bases at Rabaul, Wewak and elsewhere.

Allied airmen have “wrought havoc" among Japanese install* tiona and shipping, he added.

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H qU’b O ffe r R e jec ted

Waabington, with a desperate■train of optlmlam, takes the view that Soviet Rueala'e rejection of Secretary HuH’a offer to aeetet in bringing about a reeumptlon of relatione between the Rueelan and Polish governments ie not "necessarily” a domplete closing of the door.

This poaaiblHty is based on the fact that the Soviet reply waa reportedly Murtdoua In tone, and that the rejection Heelf waa «o phrased as to atreaa the fact that it wae "predent circumeUncee” which made the Soviet feel that such mediation would be of no value. That is an Inference that there may, some day, be circum' stances otore favorable, in which Russia might herself proceed to negotiatlOB With the Polish gov emment, or even accept British and American medlaUon.

What thaae more favorable oir- cumstaaeaa Blight be it is difficult to say. I t Is poaiible, for inatance that the present Polish government in liondca may revise its own memberablp, ao that it will consist aBtiraly o f pro-Rusmans. Or R ma.y win Ho way book into Soviet grass by aocepting the Soviet veraton o f the maae murder e f Polish oftlcera in the Katyn forest near Smolensk. That version, reteasad to the world today, seems to provide good evidence that the murder In question was Oerman, not Russian. The only possible trouble with such evidence is. that„it la, all the‘result of purely Russian investigation, which could, therefore, neither be expected to find nor admit anything other than German guilt for the crime.

M the Polish government, however, should choose to accept this Russian evidence, Russia might be pleased.

Another possibility is that Russia may be planning to set up its own Polish government, either In Moscow now, or in Warsaw when the Red Army gets there. Russia would then, of course, negotiate willingly with its own puppet In this case, Russia would be recognising one Polish government and the United -States and Britain

' would be recognizing another.’In this Mtuation, both Washing

ton and London are apparently willing to exercise some patience, hoping, perhaps, that the good win of international cooperation will somehow permeate to the Kremlin, hoping that Russia will somehow come aroimd to the spirit of the Moscow and Teheran conferences. This ie, perhaps, the only game we can play. I f we are willing to wait, however, it is not in a mood of acquiescence. Foreign Minister Eden’s statement yesterday and Secretary Hull’s action establish, clearly enough, the Anglo-American principle that the ultimate Polish boundary should not be settled by force and dictation.

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itsl.ily not somul war reporting. The only excuse for It is that the American correspondents who send it know nothing of conditions at the Russian front for themselves and must, aei'ordingly, take Russian descriptions as they get them. It could happen that the one tima they refused to accept suen Russian deacrlptiona of a new Stalingrad might be the one time the Russians actually did have their new Stalingrad. So they play it safe, and send the extravagant story along.

While thia great new Russian tiap la ’’threatening’’ the Naais at Leningrad, ths Naala who were previoiisty trapped In the Crimea, early last summer, still seem to he having a relatively ■ peaceful time there. And it was only a very few days ago that we. had similar descriptions of the greatest trap o f ail being worked in the Dnieper Bend. But the supposedly imperiled Germans are atlll within that bend, atlll even on the east alda of tha Dnieper at Ita -bend. Itlll holding KHvol Rog aa they have been for many montha now, end etui counter-attacking atub- bomly at tha edge o f what oiiee threatened to he the Red Army ptneer enveloping this whole region.

This la no detraction from the accompllahmenta of the Red Army. They have been sound military accompllahmenta. They have drtven the Naala back again and ggaln. Each threatened trap pro- diicea aome backward German movement. But that la all these threatened traps can do when the enemy la capable and diaclpllned, as the German armies In Russia ■till are. They haven’t been trapped yet, except when they had auiclda orders at SUIlngrad, and they obviously don’t Intend to be trapped. ’They will g’et out of Rtiasla eventually, but they will do so In good order and without military disaster. And since, in the. past few days, we have had our own lurid versions of a "trap" in Italy. It might as well be said that tha Oermana will probably cacajie that one too. There le only one place either we or the Rueeiane can be sure of trapping the Oerman armies. That la inside Germany.

from standards o f hennispheric unity, than the equally revolutionary government which we have refused to recognize Ih Bolivia.

As ths New York Times suggests, the only real way for this Argentine government to reform Itself Is for it to end Itself, re.storc the long-neglected democratic pHoress, and let the Argentine people select their own -' government and their own policy for a change.

Perhaps it would b« brought to such a decision the more quickly If It were allowed to see that another Hitlerian dictatorship—that of Franco in Spain—-is not going to be allowed to win ita way Into United Nations graces simply by pretending to change Its'sjx)ts.

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Selectmen Were Docked If Absent in Year 1908

'The nist Manihesler Board o f ‘ Allen la living and he la a resl- Selectnien made up of aeven men. dent of Rocky Hill, served from IBos to iflOB and During the first year the board were paid JIlOO a year each. That held 31 meetings and only three is the same pay they are allowed members were present at all of today with the exception of that the meetings. The report showed the chairman and the secretary that all were paid on thi^ numberget $200.

To get the *100 paid the first board it wsa neces.nary to" attend all of the meetings. A t that time the board was divided politically five and twn. Five were Republicans and two wore Democrats. The Repuhllrans were Horace B. Cheney, chairman. ■ John M. W illiams, secretary, Clarence G. W atkins, William E. Alvord and Arthur B. Keeney, with Clinton W. Cowles and George H. Allen named by the Democrats.

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of meetings attended. The final check oB the year showed that only Selectman William.#; Alvord and Watkins were present at all of the ' meetinge and were '.paid 1100 each. Selectman Cowlea misaed two meetings and waa paid IBS.83 While Belcotman Keeney, who missed two meetings, wae paid IBs.70. ' Heicctman Cheney missed three meetings and drew $90.63 and Selectman Allen was paid but $40.63.

No such deductions are now made In the pay o f the selectmen.

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^ V rh e strength of the Russian onslaught suggested that all three of these points probably would fa ll In a debacle threatening the Germans with a defeat approaching that o f Stallhgrad.

"A ll Soviet dispatches from the front Indicated that the audden- neea of the Red Army offensive waa causing great dteorganiasUon among the Germaae and there were many reports of panic.”

That report happene to be one of this week’s newe stories from Russia, and It happens to refer to the new Red Army offensive aouth o f Leningrad. But it oouid have been almost any news Story from Russia describing the open Ing phase of almost any one of B long eerlee of Rueelan (^enaives. It la principally noteworthy be'- rauae it contains a careless brand

H o w N o t T o L ic k H im

Thoaa political oommantatora who have been warning that Roosevelt lan’t quite the defeated candidate aome oarelesa Republican aouccea apparently assume him to be have been basing their warnings on their fear that the opposition is not quite ready co deal with such an astute political' strategist. ’They ^ In t out that hlB opposition lacks any positive policy o f its own. They doubt that Roosevelt Is one to mlaa the opportunities any pursly negative policy will offer him.

Their recent predictions may hava had In mind the general sort of thing which happened yesterday, when President Roosevelt took a right opening, planted himself squarely and effectively on the right side of an laaue, and mada bimaelf the bold champion of the rights of some tea million Americans In the armed service.

Who provided President Roosevelt with this opportunity? The answer is that it was provided by hie enemies— by those same Southern members of his own party who don’t like him any better than the Republicans do, and by some Republican senators who hate him extravagantly.

These two groups—this unholy coalition—have allowed themselves to be put in the negative role of trying to keep members of our armed forces from voting. Oh, of course, they protest that they want soldiers to vote. They merely refuse to approve any law which Will accomplish that object

So doing, they provided President Roosevelt with the opportunity he used yesterday. I t waa duck soup for him. He >̂had the easy privilege of being right, of taking the position every fairA minded and patriotic American roust admit to be rigbt.

His message to Congress yesterday had only one omission. He. should have thanked his political enemies for giving him the opportunity to send it. As for them, they should have^their heads examined. Senators Ta ft and Danar her have given an excellent dera- onstrktion of how not to lick Roosevelt.

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In one way, it's a very healthy sign of reader Interest to havs a number of people consider’ this column their business. ’Then again, there are times when they won’t let us get away with anything.

That Is the case with a recent column in which we gave mention to Washington rumors that Congressman Clare Luce and others were engaging In the "curious performance of booming OPA Administrator Chester Bowles’’ for the Danaher senatorial nomination.

The renders who oaughi this one did not do us the honor of remembering that, on pre^lolle occaelone, we had suggested that the Democrats W’ere eying Bow’lea for either a gubernatorial or senatorial nomihotion. Instead, they demanded that Bowles be labeled either a Republican or a Demtwrat, and they Insisted that It be Democrat, which would make any Republican talk of him nonsensical. They'll have none of this middle ground stuff.Wo ccnild defend the Indetermi

nate status of Mr. Bowles, If we Would. He comes from a family which. We believe, has been normally Republican. When he came Into the OPA, the aeepmptlon was that he had Democratic leanings. Hie wife, we believe, le openly a Democrat. Whan he went to Washington, some of the newe stories greeting his arrlyal le- beled him e Republican. And his own actual conduct haa been, wo believe, non-political, and therefore Indeterminate.

We coiild maintain, then, that It la theoretically possible for both the Democratic and the Republican parties to hsve an eye on his potentialities as a candldata In Connecticut.

But we’tl drop that, and give an explanation of how the Clare Luce story came into being. And, so doing, we must confe.ss that, whether the story be logical or not, we su.spect that it waa a complete invention:

What happened to make It likely that the Luce-Bowlea story, or some styry like It, would be Invented was a certain W'aahlngton broadcaat by a radio commentator who generally makes It a practice to be most solicitous of the welfare of all the good iaolationista under his wing.On this particular night, how

ever, laid broadcaster was preoccupied and perhaps abaent-mind- ed. He waa reporting that "onff of the most outstanding and experienced political research experts In. the country baa made a confidential report to a Republican campaign committee on the prospects' of gaining control ̂ of the Senate.”

Pursuing his discussion of this report, the broadcaster said that it showed that of the 11 Republi-' can senators up for re-election, "all are apparenj.ly safe by a comfortable margin, although it recommends that in the case of Sena tor John A. Danaher a f Connectl cut. Senator Jamea J. Davis of Pennsylvania, and Senator Wiley of Wi.sconiin, the Republicans should take no chances.”

Any sych appraisal o f Senator Danaher ka being politically weak waa gross heresy In view of the more constantly nurtured theory that he is the shining light of the Senate. It waa, furthermore, encouragement to any groups back in Connecticut which might be plotting against him.

On the very next night, therefore, the broadcaster In question suddenly dropped a curious little paragraph Into., the context of his general remarks. It related the report that Clare Luce was agitating for Bowles, and then It added the broadcaster’s comment that this was difficult indeed to understand, for Senator Danaher was obviously the most wonderful of all senators.W e’re afraid the broadcaster

conjured up the Luce sto ir purely In order to have an opportunity to repair any damage he might have done the Danaher reputation in his broadcast the night before. Which isn’t to say tl.at It wasn’t a gofMl story. One or two more repetitions ‘might avan make It true.

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" I said: T il go.’ I always went when he wee in trouble.

•T went down and the door was locked. I had to wait a couple of minutes until he jipened it. I went down etalrs. I said: 'Oh. my God! What happened?’ .Could Tell Something Happened

" I could tell from the look on his face that something had happened. *

" I went downstairs on the elevator and walked out to the desk. First I saw the pocketbook And I said: ‘Oh! The g irl!’ I picked up an enevelop that waa addressed to her and I saw her name. I said to myself: '1 have to get out of here quick.’

" I said to him: 'What did you do it fo r? ’

"He said: 'Come on. I want you to eee the (body.’

"1 turned all colors and said 'No. Walter. I want to get out of here.'

" I eaid: 'Please, Walter, let me up the elevator.'

"He never told me why he had done It. He brought me up the elevator and said: ‘You go straight home and don’t talk to anybody.’

" I .said; ’Are you coming home tonight?’

"He said; *No, I have a lot of things to clean up.’

"He came home about 6:30.Only Wanteil To Know Reason "1 can’t believe he did It. Every

time I mentioned It he told me to shut up. I never wanted to talk to him about It. I only wanted to know what waa the reason.”

Pro.secution authorities said they planned no action against Mrs. i-nw, since, as the wife of the accused, she had been under no legal obligations to go to the police with her knowledge.

Meantime, the weight of most of the detective bureau here was thrown into the job of tying up loose ends. Among them the search for possible remains which Detective Capt. Raymond J. Eagan said Law told him he cremated in the huge water heating furnace in the Woolworth building.

Despite concehtratlon on finding some part of the girl’s remains, IRlman said that the Impression that the state must discover the corpus delicti to procure a conviction was erroneous.

Stated Ullman; "W e do not need the corpus. The legal requirement that in every crime it is necessary to prove the corpus delicti to gain a conviction doesn’t necessarily imply that you need the corpus. Only two things are necessary, proof that the crime waa committed, which is the corpus delicti, and second, that the crime was committed by the accused.”

riatlons on sharee Issued prior to Msrch 28, 1942, ere exempt from normal tax but must be Included in surtax net Income for eurtex purpoaee. Dividends on share accounts with respect to aharee issued on or After March .28, 1B42, ere subject to both n#m al tax and eurtax.

For taxpayera on a cash basis — that la, reporting Income aa received, and expenses as paid—dividend income Is' reported ae received.' Dividend Income la con sidered as received when the dlvl dend check is received, irrespective of when the taxpayer may cash the check.

Where stock is told, and.a divl dend la both declared and paid after the salt. It le Income to the purchaser of tha stock. I f the stock ie sold after the date of declaration and before the date of payment of a dividend, the^ dividend' Is Income to the seller I f received by him. If, however, It Is received by a purchaser who had included the amount in hie purchase price in contemplation of the next dividend. It Is income to him, and the amount which he advanced to the seller In anticipation of the dividend le not deductible by him, because thdt amount waa merely part of the cost to him of the stock, end the receipt of the dividend is not return o f hta coat.

T o lla n dMni. John H. Steels

117S-9, Rockvils

The tact that the Argenbne government haa taken the curious step of breaking diplomatic relatione with Natl Germany la evidence that the dictatorship down below is nervous, but not proof that it has changed its character. Whatever it may do about formal Uee with Nazi Germany, its own domestic record is one of pure Imitation of Hitler at hie worst. , fie eerles. of repressive decrees ■has left no freedoms in Argentina.

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Friday, Jan. 28; Evening services will be held at 8 p. m. H ie Rabbi w’ill apeak on the subject "What la Jewish Nationalism?"

Sunday, Jan. SO: ReUgloua school for children at B;80 p. m.

Tuesday, Feb. l : Religtoiui school for children at 3:4C p. m.

Wednesday, Feb. 2: Nutrition class will nieet at the home o f Mrs. S. Silverstein at 8 p. m.

Thursday, Feb. 3; R^igious school for Obildrea at 8:48 m.

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Delsgatee from Tolland Orange will attend the ICaet Central Pomona Grange No. 8 to be held at Bolton Center Jan. 81.

Bombardier H e r ^ n Oorky from New Mexico spent three days furlough this week at hia home re turning Thuredey.

Mrs. Helen Needham and deugh ter Carol Needham are spending this week-end with relatives New York City.

Miss Emily Hayden is to spend the weekend with relatives Hartford:

Rev. John V. Machell Jr„ o f the Hartford Seminary will be the supply preacher Sunday at the Tolland Federated church morning worship service.

Mrs. Grace Darling Clough ■pending a few days this week with her daughter Mrs. Donald Fisk and Mr. Fisk in Huntington Mass.

Ira Wilcox, secretary of Tolland Grange with his assletanta, installed the new offlcere of Stafford Orange Tuesday evening, Jan. 18.

George Neff and Mrs. Ellery Neff o f Tolland attended the funeral o f M n . Emily Neff Ellis held in the Congregational church ih West Stafford Sunday.

Mrs. Donal French had, as guest Wednesday, Mrs. Dimmock of Ellington.

The Tolland Boy Scout Troop 83 has collected and sent to Manchester, 3 1-2 tons o f paper. The Scouts will collect all clean paper and cardboard when notified one wants to dispose of these articles.

Emil Bwald is in the hoiqiital with eye trouble caused several months ago. While chopping wood a stick flew back and struck his eye.

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Plan.# are practically cdmplcted for the President’s Birthday ball which will be held tomorrow eve' ning at the American Legion home on Leonard street. Returns Oh tickets sold, however, lagged a bit and at the meeting of the general committee held last evening at the State Theater building it was reported that all returns must be in before Saturday,

(Thairmun Jack-^ Sanson announced at noon today that the Infantile Paralysis fund had reached $947.13. This figure was supplied by Walter Buckley, treasurer of the committee. Thie eum represents about one fourth of the total reached here In 1B43.

Top Flight Orrheatra Music for the dance tomorrow

evening wilt be furnished by one of the beet musical organlaattone In this section. The Army Band orcheetra, composed o f top flight name hand muslclena now In the Army, make It up. During Inter- mlsalon a birthday cake, baked by the Davie Bakery of 9leln street will be auctioned.

This evening at the T.M.C.A. a benefit basketbkll game and dance will be held. The boys and girls corps from the Hollister street school will put on an exhibition drill at 7:30. The gamea will start immediately after the drill. The first one la between the Lucky Seven of the Y and the Tigers. Ths main game between the Suicides and the Center Billiards quintet is attracting a lot o f at tentlon. The proceeds will be turned over to the Paralysli fund.

Gollno and Capino, the Moscow war bulletin reported, and widened his salient to the northwest toward the Lenlngrad-Vitcbsk lln^ nine miles aWay.

Begin El'Acuatlng Warsaw(Indicative of the’ scope of the

RtUMlBn threat to the entire Ger; mAh front, a Polish underground radii etation yesterday broadcast a report that the Nazis have begun an economic evacuation of the city o f Warsaw. German engineers, technicians and politicians, the broadcast said, were departing, "taking with them whole factories— machinery, administrative Staffs and the workers.” The hrbadcaet was recorded by NBC.)

Mundredi of mites to the south In the lower Ukraine, the left wing of Gen. Nikolai Vatutin'S First Ukrainian Army Was standing firm against repeated German counterattacks SBst o f Vinnitsa and north' of Krlstlnovka, Vatutin is attempting to push southwest to cut the Odessa-Warsaw trunk railway which is supplying German troops massed in the Dnieper river bend to the east.

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Soviet fnrtiee "have already brok en Into Chudovo.’’ )

Giving Rads Much Trouble A front line diepatch to the

Army newspaper Red Star said

Last night at the home of Mrs; William Cheney, the Civic Music Association of Manchester wai| formed. The Rev. Ralph Ward, Jr., pa.stor of South Methodist chubch was named president. Don E, Hopkins, Jr„ representative of Civic Concert Bervtee, a national organization, explained the plan which makes It poestble for communities to enjoy concerts by na-. tionally known artists.

The association Will operate or| a closed membership basis fifty-lj two weeks of the year, he sat ' and the fifty-second week, whici ie the annuel memberehlp week, the memberahto privilege i thrown open. During this tim' ail members pay their dues foi another eeaeon. Also in this sam< week new membera ara invited t Join. The only requirement foi memberahlp te that dues be pal> during this one open week, apeaker aaaerted.

On Saturday night of the an nual membership week, or whei auditorium capacity has bee: reached if this occurs before Sat urday, the enrollment is closei

reassigned first according to their I for another year. Only memben lengtlT o f service In the United •"■y attend concerts— there are n< States, and th ^ will be followed "Ingle admlsalona, it was explain by those over 30, in order of age—youngest first. These reassign- —t*^"*** Deposlied In Bank ment orders will not apply trfrtien funds accumulated fro:who have served overeeae at eome t " * pooling of membership due: time since Pearl Harbor, or to men | •re depoalted in local banks. Th'

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with highly epeclellsed sktUe which cannot be utilized overeeae.

"Replacementa for reaaelgned enlisted men,” eeld Stimion. ''when necessary, will be made firet from civillane, next by Women’s Army Corps personnel, then, in order, by men i^rmanently disqualified for overeeae service, men who have served overeeae. recently Inducted men with physical hendicape, «n- Iteted men with teea then 12 months service in fixed Inatallatione in the United Btatee.”

Ae to the offlcere over 88. 8ttm- ■on eaid "there are many" for whom euitable aaaignmenta cannot be found, and that "A rm y commanders have been notified that the retention o f such officers on ae-

amount necessary for operatir expeneea such ae auditorium rent] al, poeUge, express, etc., ie selj aside and the entire balance iil used in engaging artleti, said Mr| Hopkins.

Artiste ere eelected by the loca] talent committee, composed o i repreeentaUve citlsene who are] among those moet active In pro] moting the association. ThiJ ■election ie made immediately a l tha close of tha membership week! Only artUU o f national and inter] national reputation are engaged A t least three concerts are pre-i ■ented each season and as manjj more as the budget makes posai] ble. Because the Civic Music PUri la one hundred per cant coopers] tive, the more members in the ae= I live duty Ie no longer necessary or .

” *̂1?.P****' ̂ *^*2 ,****•'_ dealrable In the public Intereet. •®cl»Uon the larger the budge the freak thaw g l v i^ Soviet [Therefore, If they cannot be re- and therefore tha greater tb forces i^ c h trouble Muth o f cap- I nuigned they must be recommend- j number of concerts poasible, sal tured Krasnogvardelik. where fo , from acUve duty. I Mr. Hopkins.Army englneere are working day p-inai decision in each case w ill be and night to rebuild eectione o f made by the W ar Department." the railway to Pskov which tha .

L . ' i s r ; " « « « ( « p r o i w b i *attempt slaught.

Kraenogvardetak’e capture was South of Romeipture Iregarded here aa one o f the O er-1. Washington, Jan. 2 7 .-^ ^ — A

ipkins.Oftloen Ara Named

The belief wae eKpraaeed at themeetlnf that local olUaens would welcome the appearance o f famous artists of the opera, concert and radio fielda. Offlcere named for Manchester Ctvle MuMo Associa-1 tIon are:

Presldsnt, Rev. Ralph W aM j vice preetdent, Elmore Watkins!

the younger residents had "been taken to Germany.

Nazi Hold on Northern Ru»$ta Crumbling

mana’ worst defesU of the Len- heavy battle probably w ill developingrad offensive. The Rusalane fouth o f R ^ e as the ^ rm an e at- ...u-uucaptured huge amounts of booty, tempt to d rlw Uie AUlM 1 Boren, Jamea Blair, Leoi

The newspaper Isveetls’e corre- 1 Thorp, Dr. Eugene Baker. Frespondent eaid to a 'dispatch from Sjch Into the sea. BMMUry o f I •the newly-reconquered city that ®tlnimn predicted ti^ay.most of the houses had been blown , t onup or burned and that many 1 pogjtion has been extremely weak,

he said. But he added that there is every reason to expect violent German reaction In an effort to ■ave their communications between Rome imd the southern front in Italy.

London. Jan. 27—(F1— The Ger- j Complete Taetloal Surprise man Array's hold on northern | The landing last Saturday,Russia crumbling today as two Stimson told a news conference,Soviet armies, one driving south apparently achieved a complete anrt - - from Leningrad and the tactical surprise. There was noo t n * ^ " ;htng west from Novgo- opposition on the beaches — the rod, slowly tightened a pincers critical phase of any land opera-threatening to trap some 250,000 tion— and the o ^ y casualties in ,^#1 iNazi troops massed below L*nln- g ^ lm U a ^ p h w ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 L o c a l G l c C C l u b

end dty. Gen. L w ^ d A^ will get the

w .. . . . . . .^.lowing the cap.ture yesterday o f the big railway **]5®*i, center of Kramiogvardeisk. » 0 1

' ernsr, Bamuel Kemp, Frank Nackowiki; secretary, M ra Mar] jorle Nelson; treasurer, Harolc Alvord. Directors named are] Mra. Emily Yurberry, Mra. Sidney Ellis, Dr. A. E. FYiend, Mrs. May'l tie Case CTrowelL Mra. L T. Wood| G3orge CJheney, Mrs. Wm. Cheney Mra. Chas. House. Mra. Rober4 Russell, Henry Smith, Jay Rand] Miss Hellen Holbrook, Mrs. Davkf Bennett, Mrs. Ernest Kritzmacher Mrs. R. K. Anderson, Paul Cheney Mrs. Lawrence Rlker.

A membership campaign will conducted during the week April 24.

T o H o ld Concert

The executive committee o f th Beethoven Glee Club met Ue |

frf ^ northern Ita ly and 'some j evening at the home of Mr. an-1

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and were reported closing in on ern' battle line’ where the N az^a re I Haynea street.TP, mow tiy ing to stem the S m h I Plans were made for the an

tonian b ird fr r iS M o tU a ^ e‘ vento« Ieral thousand Nazi officers and | Ab|y,aon Present Line I April 24. Committees were select

I t is conceivable that the N e t-j ed and a discussion o f avallabl tuno landings and the expansion assisting artists took place, of that beachhead may force the The monthly meeting of th enemy to abandon its present Beethoven Club will take plac southern line, he eaid. But it is Monday evening at the close of th

now trying to stem the

men were killed in thef" Kraanog- vardeisk battle, a Russian communique said.

Trying to Effect Junction Other columns of Govorov’s

forces were blasting a path south

The Coventry Garden club will Many person.-have income from j ^

dividends, even though often |

be Dr. Nell Hosley of the Unlver#- ty o f Ctonn., who will talk on "N ative Birds and their Habits, and Value to tlfe Gardener." The meeting will be preceded by a pot luck dinner at the nearby home o f Mra. R. B. Bennett at noon.

Relatives of Joseph Eichner, (Clifford Beebe, and Robert Chappell, South (Coventry boys who are serving in the U, S. Navy, have received pictures of the three boys together When they met “Somewhere in the Pacific” and enjoyer Christmas dinner together. **.

The annual meeting of the Con- regational church will take place ext Monday evening, Jan. 81 at lalf past seven,. There will be a

dramatic resuma o f ths laat .six months e f the church’s acUvitlas in which some o f the officerz e f tha Church wUl partldpate. Re freshraenU wlU be served a;fUr the meeting.• ..I_—r—-T------- --

Quiets Hie Conacinioe.S

Beattie.— (iP)—The Post-Intelll-

tbough often small In amount. Thia. income must be reported for Federal In- eome tax purposes to the extent that It represents taxable Income.

Income from dividends is entered on line 2 of the Income tax return. Dividends, in general, represent distributions o f earnings and profits by a corporation or asaoclatlori to its shareholdera, and are taxable Income. In certain cases, however, such as the liquidation o f a bank or other corporation, dividends may represent a recovery o f the shareholders’ orlgrinal Investment, and to that extent would not constitute income, but a return o f ortglni ' capiUl. and accordingly would not ^ taocabie.^ In certain oaaea, also, such as mining companies declaring dlvl- denda out of dspletion reserves^the dividend may represent wholly or partially a return o f Investment.Persona receiving dividends of this character are uaually advised by the corporation -as to the amount which It considers to be nontax-able aa a return o f capital. It ____________is appsoprlate for the taxpayer j g^ncer rece iv^ this note: "En- to enter in his return the amounts j closed ie pay for newspaper taken received in accordance with the [from one o f your corner ^ x ea 10 advice by the corporation, but it [years ago, when 1 waa a boy. I •hOuld be borne in mind that the[beUeva that wroaga should ba determination o f the taxable righted." The endoeure waa a BO- amount naay ,be eu|>Jeot to revl- cent money order.Sion ae a result o f official audit of ---------------the corporation’s return. Three-fourths of the virgin

Divldenda on share accounts in [ timber of the United Btatee haa Federal aarings and loaiia aseo-' been euU f .

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o f Kraanorvardeisk with the evl- l.'UW much too early to predict a regular rehearsal, dent deaixn o f effecting a lunction I diaaatroua defeat for the Nazis and Following the business aesslo; I wi?hGen*^^.” i*M\raU^^^^^^ 1. auffici.nt to " ° te ^amashing west from the Lake n - P^eent poslUon la favorable, he nght lunch which waa enjoyed b;| men region, 70 miles to the aouth, added. “ 11 present,in an effort to cUt the Leninxrad- I Reviewing the atrategy preced- I -----V it e S s f ?Slway. o w o V T e * t^^ ̂ Fm S 0"*^ two South A m ^ ca n coun- lrail escape routes open to the har- “ ttack by the tries. CnUle and Ecuador, do no {assed Germans. The other raU line, Arm y f a ^ e r south pulled border on Brazil,further to the west, leads into m“ n winforeemenU to Pskov and thence to Riga on the tion. He aald three Baltic co i«t.

The great Russian offensive preylouely held in tte "om e a n ^ which lifted the siege o f Leningrad have 1» ot was now in its 14th day, and waa among the f o i w rolling through the German lines British, American and French with apparently Unabated mo- tr^ p e of the ^ Imentum. In ita first 12 days Ithad brought death to more than w p o rt^ - .40,000 Nazis and had routed 10 con tro l!^ glider bombs « n k a a _ |enemy divisions—normaUy 150,000 brUlianUy U gh t^ and plainly | men, on the Leningrad front alone, [ marked British hospitsl ship, the Russian communique declared.

Loosen Last Stranglehold . Govorov's veterans also had I

loosened the last German stranglehold on the Lenlngnd-Moacow trunk railway— a 50-mile stretch I

H osp iU ll Notes *Admitted yesterday; William |

between Toano and Volkhovo. I ̂ «r ren , IB 'D rive B, Silver Lane I Tosno itaelf was all but surround- Homes; Mra. Alice Shlmanekl, 15d| ed, and Moscow advices Indicated | xjnlon street; Mrs. Dorir Stark-1 the railway probably would be weather, 734 Parker etreet; HoiW- open for traffic oetween the, two *ro skinner, Bolton: Raymond Po- clttea within a few days. terson. HarMord.

Scores of town! and vlllage» and Admitted today: Mrs. Cectltremendous amounts e f abandoned Hewitt 29 Haynea street; Mere-war maurial were reported swept | Morhardt, 81 Strickland | up in the IrreiUUble Russian ad-j gtreet.vance on the aeml-circular fron t j Discharged yesterday; Joseph | The Russian announcement o f Ger-1 Dabrozny, 80 North street; Don-| man casualties added 20,000 killed I aid Woodruff, 47 Bllyeeu road; to the prevlbualy announced totals Ipranklin Murdock, 354 Main! for the Leningrad offensive and [street; Sheldon Jaffe, 48 Brook- brought to 55,000 the number o f | field street; Mrs, Mary E. Green, | Nasia killed no the Lienlngrad and ig g Spruce street Voikhov-Lake Bmen combined | Discharged today: Mra. Bea>| fronts. Approximately 8,000 prls- [trice Manning, 47 Maple etreet; I onam have been eounted, the Rue^lMrs. Florence Cavagnaro, 20 Eaat|•Ians said.

In his drive cut the north south escape railways weat of Lake Ilmen, Mereteskoy yesterday

lO n te r street; Charles BniMl, 888 Keeney, street; Mrs. Doris Stark-1I weather, 7M I'arker street.

Birth; Today, a son to Mr. an.11cleared the western shore of Lake I Mrs. John W. Yager, 64 Chestnut] Hmen kr talcing the towns efle treet.

# Here, a Bkilled registered pharmacist is ready to give concentrated attention to yoor prescriptioa. Yon may be sate that it will ^ compoonded p rec ise ly as your D oc to r directs, (rom freth, potent ingredients—and at a feu* priee. T r f ne next time, won't yeo7

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981 Main Street TcL 53l3i|

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M A N C H E S T E R E V E N IN G H E R A L D , M A N C H E S T E R , C O N N , T H U R S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 27, 1944

F a v o r B a ru ch A s U n it H e a d

H o u s e t ^ c o n o n i i c P o l l e y

A n d P l a n n i n g C o m *

m i t t e e T e l l s C h o i c e .

Washington, Jan. 27—(X^—Bernard M. Baruch, 73-year-old adviser to two war-time preaidenta, w ill be aakiki to head the staff of the newly-crhated House Economic Policy and Planning committee, ■et up yesterday to help get the country back on a peacetime ba- ■ia when the time comes.

Chairman Colmer (D., Mies.) announced he would Invite Baruch to head the committee’s staff, “ if not actively, then in an advisory capacity.

“ I know of no man better fitted for the Job,” Colmer said.

Baruch waa head of the War In- duatriee board In World War No. 1, advised President Wlleon on economic policy, and now ia head of President Roosevelt’s advisory unit on war and poat-war policy.

The new House commlttse will take over many of the activltiea envisaged for President Roosevelt’s National Resources and Planning board, which was abolished by Congress last year.

Aim to End RegimentationColmer told the House that a

paramount aim would be to bring about a cessation of "wartime regimentation of the people” and to guarantee "the continuation of free enterprise."

Serving with Colmer are nine other Democrats and eight Re- publicane, as follows:

Democrata— Cooper, Tennessee; Thomaeon, Texaa; Walter, Pennsylvania; Zimmerman, Miaaouri; Ifoorhia, California; Murdock, Ari- aona; Lynch, New York;, O’Brien, minota; Fogarty. Rhode Island.

Republicans—Fish, New York; Oifford, Meeeachueetta; Reece, Tenneeeee; Welch, California; Wolverton, New Jersey; Hope, Kansas; Wolcott, Michigan, and Dewey, IlUnote.

The committee. Colmer said, w ill study and make recommendations on such factors as equitable termination of war contracts; die- poeltion of surplus war commodi- ilea and government-owned plants; devalopment of new markets, both foreign and domeetlc; demobilization and re-employment of ex-eol- dleni and war workers.

R o ck v illeLewie H. CIMBmaa

B49, Reckvllle

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In c rease Assets

Hartford, Jan. 27.—(J7— President L Edmund Zacber reports that the eombined aesets of the Travelara Insurance Company and Its three affiUaiee amounts to 81,- 378,969,389, aa Increase during the

year o f 390,551,247.L ife insurance in force passed

the six billion mark by a good maigin, Zacber reported to the etockholdere yesterday, and now amounts to 38,287,149,509, an in- erease o f 3523,870.377.

The Travelers company itself held 31,315,815.873 of the combined aeaete of tha four concerns The others are the Travelers Indemnity Company, the Travelers F ire Ineurance Company and the Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company.

The four concerne, 21acher said, hold 8728,482,943 in government bonds. Ha added that, despite in- creased buelneae, the Travelers wae operating with a reduced ■taff because 8,188 o f its employes and agents were in the armed forces o f the United Btatee and Canada.

W il l A s k D e fin in g O f M a ilin g R igh ts

Waahington, Jan. 27— (JC)— The JueUce department disclosed today that it w ill seek a clear-cut Judicial Interpretation o f the second-class mail act.

Ae counsel for Poebnaster General Frank C. Walker in tha Ela- quire case, the department plana to file in U. B. Dietrlct court here in the near future a petition urging a "once and for all” interpretation of the statute, upon which various interpretations have been placed since ita enactment almost 85. years ago.

IValker revoked Esquire’s aec- ond-claaa mailing privileges, effective Feb. 28, and the magazine baa asked for an injunction. Walker held the magazine was not devoted to the dissemination of the news, science or the arts and therefore not eligible for second class privileges. ^

J an u ary B o n ib iu g

Sets N e w R ec o rd

London, Jsn. 27.—(Jh— Allied pianos operating from bases in Britain and the Mediterraneafi have dropped 31,000 tons of bomba on Hitler’s European fortress sines Jan. 1, according to R. A. F. .esU- mates, thereby probably setting a record for a etnglc month.

O f the total, 22,000 tons ware dropped