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The Weather Not So Cold (rail Weather Report Pape I) The Mawkhum Bemomt <PnMt»h»<1 Ewtf KT«nlnit «t U (lniH »tr—t, Waffbwy. Knf t>« «» fay ,4 CU»» M»t»r «» r«>»t OfBc« «t r»»fi>»iry. Oo»i> «»» * r ^ Home, final Edition Late Sport Newt Late News Flashes ESTABLISHED 1881 VOL LXIII, NO. 18 WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1*43 FOURTEEN FACES PRICE 4 CENTS - INSTERBURG CAPTURED BY REDS Yanks Crumple Ardennes Resistance GUNS USED IN SLAYING STILL NOT FOUND Guns used in the slaying of Mrs. Stephanie Plungis last November 1 have not been found and the state will start prosecution of the first degree murder charge against Francis Zukauskas, former supernumerary po liceman, without the death dealing weapons as evidence, it was reported today as counsel concluded prepara tions for the trial which opens Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock in Superior Court. The guns, which Zukauskas claim ed were dropped Into the Naugatuck river, have been the subject of an extensive search, but difficult con ditions of combing the river have offset discovery. Zukauskas, who Is confined at the New Haven County Jail, meanwhile has been reported by defense coun sel to have undergone examinations by an "outsld” psychiatrist, but re sults of the test nor the part they will play In the trial have not been disclosed. The accused has had Ircqucnt examinations by a regular Jail physician, but It was learned today a private medical man • was called In for a special examination. Wide Interest centers on the part Mrs. Zukauskas will take In the trial but It could not be determined today whether ar not she will take the stand in her husband's defense. Couasel have indicated a decision on possible testimony by the wife of the accused will be made after the state has concluded Its case. Like wise, It has been Indicated the former policeman may or may not be called to the stand, depending on the turn of the state's case. Ppubllc Defender Edward T. Car mody, who together with Attorney W. W. Gager will defend Zupkaus kas, said today that defense wit nesses have ben lined up, but no In dication was given of the number who will be called. It Is believed the state's case will consume at least two or three weeks of the trial. State's Attorney William B. Fitz gerald and Assistant State’s Attor ney Walcr W. Smyth will pjrosecute the charge, which carries a death penalty on the finding of guilt. County Detective Thomas F. Ladden has been aiding the state's attorney in Investigation of the case. The body of Mrs. Plungis was found burled in a shallow grave near an Isolated bridle path In Mlddlc bury, three days after the slaying occurred. The Draher avenue wo man, mother of two children, had been the object of a wide search during the time she was missing. Seven bullets had pierced her body, the medical examiner disclosed. Tax Refunds Big In State Washington, Jan. 22—(UP)—Tax refunds for Connecticut for the 1944 l'Lscal year, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars, were an nounced today by the Treasury De partment. Among the larger refunds were: Mary R. Babcock, Upland Drive, Greenwich, $7,965.50 (Income;, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manu facturing Co., Hartford, $11,768.35 (sales), Charles W. Deeds, 106 Evansville avenue, South Meriden, $11,564.21 i Income). Estate of Milton W. Frank, 7 Whitney avenue, New Haven $15, •142.11 (estate). David F. Harris, c-o Frederick P. King. 160 Broudway, New York City $9,910.87. (Income). Hartford National Bank St Trust Co,, Hartford, $21,570.46. (Income), Under the will of Hale Holden, Chemical Bank and Hale Holden executor, 165 Broadway, New York, $14,820.03. (Estate). Industrial Securities Corp. Mid dletown, $11,615.19. (Income), Kilmer & Co., Stamford, $30,005.62, (distilled spirits). McKesson St Robbins, Inc., Fair field. $38,948.25 (distilled spirits). Anne Peyton, Harbor Drive, Belle Haven, Greenwich $12,641.80 (in come), _ , Estate of William C. Peyton, 40 Wall street, New York, $50,020.16 (ln <0Under the will of Elizabeth A. Rogerson. Brett St Hoopes, executors. 115 Broadway, New York, $35,386.10 (estate). , _ . Rhea Reid Topping, Round Hill. Greenwich, $32,869.59 (Income). HEATING oh. khortaof. Washington, Jan. 22— (UP)— A serious heating oil shortage may de velop in tlie east coast this winter because of heavier military demands and dislocation of rail and water transportation by bad weather, the petroleum Industry war council re ported today. Second Term Begins Jan, 29. Bend for Bulletin, Post Jr, Collcfe of 24 OnirsJ Ava. I Wounded Veterans Watch Inauguration i i wan wii (NBA Telephoto) Listening to President Roosevelt's inauguration address, two wounded soldiers stand with the aid of crutches. They witnessed the ceremony from the seetion of the White House grounds reserved for diplomats, members of Congress, and distinguished guests. Wallace Nominated By FDR; Certain Senate Fight Seen Board Favors More Liberal Old Age Sums By RAY LAIIR Washington, Jan. 22—(UP)—The Social Security Board offered its "cradle-to-grave" social program today In a report expected to set the pattern for President Roose velt's forthcoming recommendations to Congress. The board's proposals contained in its annual report, were basically tlie same as those it made a year ago—to broaden the coverage of old age aid survivors' Insurance, liber alize unemployment benefits and establish programs of medical and disability Insurance. The war-mind ed Congress gave them little at tention last year. The new recommendations were expected to get greater considera tion because both the Republican and Democratic parties urged broader Social Security coverage in their 1944 platforms and President Roose velt made a similiar request in his annual message to Congress two weeks ago. Mr. Roosevelt promised that a special message with his recommendations would be offered later. The board again urged that the old age insurance system be ex tended to include more than 20,000, 000 additional workers — (.hose in public, agricultural and domestic service, employes of firms witn fewer titan eight workers and non-profit organizations and the self-employed —who arc now excluded. A revised benefit formula to provide more li beral payments also was suggested. Increased emphasis was pluced on (Continued on Page 4i By LYLE C\ WILSON Washington, Jan 22.—(UPi— President Roosevelt, risking a cer tain senate fight, formally nom inated cx-Vice President Henry A. Wallace today to be secretary of commerce—a job for which his predecessor, Jesse H. Jones, said Wallace was uasuited. With the cambinet post would go supervision of the multi-billion dol lar financial operations of the Re construction Finance Corporation, which Jones has headed since 1933. Most of tile anticipated senate light is expected to center around Wal lace’s qualification to do that job. Only an hour before his nomina tion went to the senate, Wallace is ucd a statement in which lie said his conception of his new job was that it would be ‘'to promote a maximum of national employment by private business." "Government must accept the duty of seeing that all men in health have jobs," he said. "The common man,'* he added, "need not tolerate less prosperity in time of peace than he had in time of war." Presidential Secretary Stephen T. Early told reporters that the White House had “no knowledge" that Jones intended to make public the exchange of letters in which the President told Jones that lie would have to go to make room for Wal lace. Jones called reporters to his REF offices last night and distributed copies of tlie correspondence. The Texan's reply to the President stated that he did not believe Wallace was suited for the Job. Early said, there "might have been" some discussion in the exe cutive office about the advisability of later releasing the exchange xf letters. He Insisted, however, that nothing whatsoever had been known (Continued on Page 4) Last Jap Stronghold On Burma Road Gap Annexed Kandy, Ceylon, Jan, 22-<UP) — The campaign to reopen China’s overland supiy route from India over the Lcdo-Burma road virtually was completed tod/y us a Chinese expeditionary force and Lt. Oen. Daniel I. Sultan-’* first Chinese Army of Burma met In force for the first time at Muse near the Chlna Burma border. At the same time, British invasion forces in southwest Burma moved against Japunesc defenders on Rumrcc Island, 65 miles southeast of Akyab band 250 miles from Ran goon, after a successful amphibious landing Sunday in a campaign to reclaim the Arakan coast line. Closing of the Burma road gap was reported by United Press War Corespondent Hugh R. Crumpler in a dispatch from Wanting, captured by the Chinese expeditionary force Saturday. Wanting was the last Japanese stronghold along the road. (A New Delhi broadcast heard by the United Press In New York to day sutd troops of the British 14th Army were engaged in fierce hand to-hand fighting with Japanese in Monywa, railroad town about 55 milts northwest of Mandalay. The Allies wen; reported to be holding parts of the northeastern suburbs of the town.) Sultan's troops advanced Hi miles, clearing ridges dominating the road south of Shweli river, to reach Muse and link up with the expeditionary force, which had pushed south from wanting to close a pincers on the Japanese between the two armies. Tlie Japanese were caught be tween liavy artillery ftre which set the Jungle ablaze for tnreo miles along the* Burma road and were re ported fleeing south. Eight-Point GOP Program Raps Dems BY JOHN L. CUTTER Indianapolis, January 22. — iUP» — Republican National Chairman Herbert Brownell. Jr.. submitted to the GOP National Committee today an eight-point proposal lor strengthening party organization as a step toward returning to national pawer in the 1940 and 1948 elections. Riding w'itli his proposal also ap peared to be Brownell's own pros pects for continuing as national chairman. Brownell reportedly would like to continue his present unsalaried part-time status, Some committee men, however, wanted to make it a pull-time paid job. Some also feared that Brownell's continuance would give an undue advantage for the 1948 presidential nomination to Governor Thomas E. Dewey, who picked Brownell to run his unsuc cessful 1944 campaign. Brownell sought to meet that lat ter challenge in ills opening state ment before the National Committee meeting he called to consider ways and means of strengthening party organization. "Any attempted use of party ma (Continued on Page 4) Japan Orders Mobilization Washington. Jan. 22 — <U.P.) — Japan announced today that all workers in non-essential industries, along witli students, retired workers and the Jobless, would be required to register for war work as “the first step toward total mobilization." The move followed Premier Gen eral Kuniaki Kobo's admission at the reconvening of the 901 h Imperial Diet yesterday that reverses in the Philippines and Increasing air at tacks had brought Japan to the "di viding line between survival and death." Tlie new labor registration law, designed to bolster Japan’s lagging war industries, has been approved by the Kolso government and will supplant all existing ordinances, Tokyo broadcasts recorded by the PCC said Koiso appealed in his speech be fore the diet for national unity so I hat Japan may be able better to light "no matter when or where tlie enemy may attempt to invade our land.'' Though Koiso conceded the Paci fic situation “does not warrant opti mism" and Japan faces its gravest period of the war, he rldculed Al lied demands for unconditional sur render and post-war planning. (Continued on Page i> More Silesian Homeland Taken By Russians On Way To Berlin; Nazis Run For Siegfried Line BY BOYD LEWIS Paris, January 22. — (UP) — Two densely packed Ger man columns of about 3,000 tanks, trucks and other vehi cles streamed eastward out of the pancaked Ardennes salient today in a major withdrawal hampered by swarms of Thunderbolt dive bombers. The American First and Third Armies scored sharp advances in the last phase of the battle of the bulge, indi cating that Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt was jettison ing the last of his costly gains in his winter counter offensive and pulling his men back to the safety of the Sieg fried Line. Front dispatches and supreme headquarters reports suggested that the entire crescent of the one-time German salient had collapsed, and the Nazi pullback had become a race with the doughboys hanging onto their heels Wholesale Destruction American dive bombers dipping through low - scuddtnR clouds wrought wholesale destruction upon two long columns, of about 1,500 German vehicles each. One was caught near Prum, 14 miles east of St. Villi. It was headed up the road toward Bonn and Cologne. The second column was attacked eight miles north of Dieklrch, on the road winding northeast toward the Bitburg and Cologne area. Tire outbound German movement from both the northern and south ern parts of the flattened bulge in dicated that Rundstedt was writing cfl his drive west of the German border and taking up the positions held before his offensive began or Dec. 16. First reports indicated tire enemy had left only a covering force to defend the town and win time for the withdrawal of their main body to the north and east. Villages Fall A cluster of villages in an arc 12 miles northwest to the Houffalize area also fell to the advancing Americans, including Derenbach, Allerborn, Winchange, Crendal, Tro lne, Molnet, Hefclt, Buret, Tavigny, Vlssoule and Cetturu. for one of the biggest 24-liour sweeps since the start of the Third Army counter (Continued on Page 4> Okinawa Isle Hit Aqain l»v FRANK TREMAINK Pearl Harbor, Jan. 22.—(UP)— Tokyo broadcasts said that more than 550 American carrier-based, planes today attacked Okinawa Island in tlie Ryukyu chain, the second successive day of attack by Admiral William F Halsey’s Third Fleet. The attacks which have not yet been confirmed by an official Amer lean communique appered to be growing stronger. The Japanese said an attack by 450 planes was car ried out against Formosa and I Okinawui for nine hours yesterday. Today, the Japanese said that in stallations had suffered damage in the U. S, assault and that 45 at tacking planes were shot down and 34 damaged. Philippines-based bombers also have joined the offensive. Gen Douglas MucArtlnir revealed that hLs long-range air patrols, extending their attacks to the China coast for the first, scored a direct lilt on a large vessel ,in a convoy off Amoy. (100 miles north of the nearest American air base on Luzon. MacArthur’s bombers also started fires at Hello and Okayama air bases on Formosa. (Continued on Page •!> Church Needs Real Men Asserts Pope Home, Jan. 22, 'UP' The church today needs real men. "tempstu ous and ready for action in these bitter and overpowerlngly difficult times," Pope* Phis declared Sunday in a ceremony observing the 50 h anniversary of his inscription in tile Marian congregation. "Tile enemies of Christ and of lfir* church never disarm them,selves even whent hey appear to have Pa cific intentions," he said. He recalled the history ol the Marian congregation, instituted by the Jesuits, told of the sulterings they experienced in spreading the teacheings of the church and then outlined present day aims "You are charged with defense of Hie church which counts on you in tnc struggle against a contagion of wrong-doing and in defense ot Christian Europe against public im morality," he said. Thirty-one countries were repre sented at the ceremony. FBI Looking For These Men | 'NEA Telephoto) Three Nazi espionage agents believed to be headed for the t’nitrd States arc the objert of a nation-tvide alert sounded by the FBI. All thrre have been well-trained in espionage and sabotage. Tliry are. left to right, Max ( hristin Johannes Srhneeman. Mans Rudolf ('hristin Zuehls dorf. and Osear Max Wilms. Two Restaurants Damaged By Fire For the second time in twenty four hours fire struck at u down town restaurant tills morning, dam aging the establishment at 23 Sco vlll street formerly owned by the late State Senator John Hurley, and now ojicrated by Ralph Crctella of 7 Lewis street, Naugatuck. Willie damage was estimated by Fire Marshal Lahey at over a thou sand dollars, the blase did not com pare in destructiveness to the $25. 000 two-alarmcr which swept the building occupied by Dlorio's res taurant, 231 Bank street, yesterday afternoon. An investigation by the fire mar shal and Capt. Eugene Legge re vealed the cause of the Diorio fire to have been « carelessly discarded clgaret butt which .vet fire to some rubbish in the cellar directly be neath the main dining room. The fire at Cretella’s restaurant similarly started from a cigaret but. dropped in some rubbish back of the bar. The lire marshal said Hint thLs blaze apparently smould ered all night. The bar was com pletely ablaze and the fire had run up the back wall before an alarm was turned in by an unidentified party from the box at Scovill and South Main street at H:30 n. m. to day Firemen of Eng. Cos, 2. 3, 4, 10, Trucks 1 and 3. and the booster, under direction of Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugh and Deputy Martin Campion got tills fire under control by 9:18. Firemen recovered approx imately $100 in change which had been In a silver cup behind the bar and which had become dispersed ill the wreckage. More than 40 patrons were in Dio rto's restaurant yesterday afternoon when smoke was discovered rolling up between cracks in the floor boards shortly after 4 o'clock. At the request of the headwuiter. Jack Anderson, all the customer.; got their coats and left quietly as the fire apparatus reached tile scene. At least'one customer was observed to take tlie unfinished portion of ills dinner with him. Tlie lire traveled from the cellar up between tlie floors, and up a (Continued on Page !i ROBOT BOMBS AGAIN London, Jull. 22—<UP) —The (let - mans have begun using robot bombs mi the eastern front, a Moscow ! broadcast said .vest et'day. Tlie enemy put into operation jet- ; propelled projectiles Iron, lar-ofl | distances," the broadcast said. | Americans 60 Miles Within Manila Limit BY WILLIAM B. DICKSON General Mac Arthur's Headquar ters, Luzon, Jan. 22—(UP' — Sixth Army forces rolled south across the central Luzon planes on a 10-mile fiont today less than 60 miles from Manila and 20 miles from the great Clark Field system of airdromes. Luzon's second largest city. Tarlac, and Lu Paz, 10 miles to the east southeast, were overrun Saturday in the first hours of the resumed march on the Philippines capital and the advance was continuing against negligible resistance. The Americans were 70 miles in land—approximately half-way to Manila Bay—from the Llngayen Gulf invasion breaches at La Paz It seems likely they would reach and perhaps capture Clark Field without further pause of re-grouping. < A Japanese comm unique record ed by the FCC said more than 6,000 Americans had been killed, wounded or were missing on Luzon since the invasion two weeks ago.) (Continued on Page 4i H. R. Hensel Navy Choice Washington. Jan. 22— (UP' Pres ident Roosevelt today nominated H. Struve Hensel, former New York attorney, to be assistant secretary of the Navy. Hensel will succeed Ralph A Bard, who recently was promoted from assistant secretary to under secretary. Hensel, who now holds a legal advisory position In the de partment, Is a long-lime business associate of Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. He was nominated from the District of Conlmbta. since lie has resided here for several years. Mr. Roosevelt also sent to the ..enate the following nominations: Frank 11. Dull.. Jr., ot Rutland, Vt . to be collector of customs col lection, District No. 2 at St. Albans ' reappoinment i. Harold H. Jacobs of Massachu setts to be examiner-in-chief of the hoard ol' appeals, U. S. Patent Office. German Secret Weapons Completely Ineffective ItV KOHKKT MCStX Paris. Jan 22—(UP' Tlu' Lull* wfllfp In recent months lias been ex per'ineiitlng with a fantastic assort input of anti-aircraft devices In an attempt to break tip tin* Allied bomber offensive on Oermany, but so far most of these "secret weap on"" have proved completely inef fective. The Germans have flouted trans parent bubbles the size of fishbowls down on Allied bomber formations untt on at least one occasion fired a hailstorm of red balls at one raid ing fleet. Along with these weird creations the Nazis have been experimenting with more practical devices which ar.* being watched closely by Allied flak experts, whose, duel witli the enemy Is one of the most fascinat ing secret chapters of the war. I i' ran be staled Unit the so-called flaming red balls seen Allied night lie liters were merely colored flak psid to direct German planes to the tartiets or to give them other sig riels, such as warning of the Allied approach and the direction of the iaiding planes While some of the Luftwalfe's mure exotic flak has aroused more cnriousity than reap ct. there Is no disposition nmoiut Allied airmen to sct.fi at the conventional German 11.1; le ts which comprise thousand.-, of I *'u guns and one of the thick est oneentrntlons of radar-control led heavy guns in the world. The Nazis also have been using more rockets which first were re ported used only against the high flying American flying fortress*. but lately have been seen at lower altl I tudes. BY BRUCE W. MUNN London, January 22. — Soviet Forces today captured the East Prussian fortress of Insterburg in a storming advance which threatened to shatter the entire Nazi de fense system along the Baltic while Red Army spearheads probed deeper in German Silesia. Troops of the Third White Russian Army captured In sterburg, only 57 miles from the key East Prussian fort ress of Koenigsberg, in a driving advance of 16 miles beyond Gumbinnen. At the same time Marshal Kon stantin K Rokossovsky’s forces were slashing toward the Baltic at the southwestern corner of East Prussia and threatening to cut off an estim ated 200,000 Nazis in the Junkers' stronghold. Tlte simultaneous Soviet blows wore crumpling the Nazi East Prus sia lines to an extent which raised the possibility the Germans would be unable to make a ' Tobruk'' stand. I there as they did In the Baltic I states. Already historic Tannonberg which , was the scene of Russia's most over wllelming World War I defeats had ! been overrun by the Red Army. •The Soviet offensive on its lltli day continued to gather momentum, with Koenigsberg, Danzig, Poznan and Breslau as the immediate ob jectives,' United Press Correspon dent Henry Shapiro reported from Moscow. •"The German defenses were crumbling like a house of cards, and Soviet fflocers were changing their operational maps several times a day.” Shapiro reported. "Tlte Russians now are deep in what they call the 'beast's lair' and arc meas uring the distance to Berlin.” The Nazi high command reported steadily mounting Soviet pressure 1st southwestern East Prussia which had carried to the area of Deutsch I Eylau, 45 miles below the Baltic, and the big transport center of Allenstein, 39 miles to the north east. (Continued on Page 4) Hungary To Aid Allies BY It. H. SHACKFORU Washington. .Tan, 22— (UPt—Hun gary, striped of her stolen ttrrit or i; s, took her place as the Fifth and I last of Germany's defeated sate I lites today. In return for Hungary’s dcclara ration of war against Germany and her agreement to provide the Allies with "not less than eight infantry divisions with coips trops," the the Allies deridde to clnrge her for only part of the losses caused by Hun gary aggression $300,(100.000 payable in commodities over six year.s Hungary's final boundaries will be lixed after the war but Armistice provides that she give up flic.se ter ritories she snatched from her neighbors in collaboration with the Nazis. For the time being she will return to her 1037 frontiers. Tiie reparations figure for Hun gary is the same as that set tor t tie other e ait European satellite* - - Finland. Romania and Bulgaria. The only armistice terms still sec ret are those for Italy a full Axis member rathan than a And.satclll member rather than a sattelite. And they are said to be the harshest yet imposed. The figure was considerably less than originally proposed. At one stage of the negotiations Russia de manded $400,000,000 to be paid in four years. Site will get only half of Hint over six years as a re sult of American pressure to reduce tin terms and also bccuuse of Hun gut.'willingness to turn over her military forces as well as all infor mation she lias about live Nazis to the Allies. The Hungarian armistice term* wrre signed hi Moscow Saturday. o D VjRtasmtoe*TtNT WKt ;i VA)€ ARE ^'wOUlOKT’ TAKING UP A \ IT ©£ COLLECTION* '^SETTERl FOR A A/IONUMEKJT/ TO -TO CERVAMTE6/&IV6 THE MOMEV TDHiS POOR WIDOW* A