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ESTABLISHED 1881 VOL LXIII, NO. 18
WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1*43
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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
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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.
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