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Naugatuck Nazis In France Have Lost Power, Military Men Naugatuck Soldier On Duty Now In India, Is Author Of Recently Published Song Technical Sergeant Clement J. Gelezunas Is With Air Transport Command The News how learned that or.e of its former correspondents, Technical Sergeant Clement Gelezu nua, Union City soldier, with the U. S. Army Alr Transport Command in India, is the ut1thor ut a song. "Send Lotter to the Boys," chat has recently been published here in the states, The Union City soldier was active in the deli of model airplanes in Naugatuck Home years wv, luter learned to, My at Bethany told.

He tells some or the changes that have conte about since he entered the servico, also of the netiviting of some of his former instructors aLt Arid, practically all of whom are on very important war these days. The Nowa recently sent a leather covered memorandum book to Ser. grant Gelezunas and in his letter toduy he Indicates hix appreciation of this net. Sergeant Gelezunas' letter is as follows: Area No. -3, 1330th AAF-BU-ACT.

APO 460. Care of N.Y.C., N.Y, Aug. 10th. 1044, Friday Night, Solitewhere in India. Naugatuck Daily News, Naugatuck, Conn.

Buy 'em and WAR Keep em BONDS Vol. LXVIII, No. 196. Door Sirs: Received your little memo bool: and must write thanks for droppIng line my way, Being in the newspaper business, guess you have read 84 lot about India from other soidlerg' accounts. No that would answer slit for nte.

Probably my Naugatuck valley friends would like to know that prior to leaving the States I had my lira: song published after three long yours. just never got LO having had it published and when I did, well, Wus over here fund my song was over thure. It WEN written by my honorury co-author, Leonard" and me, "Honry 3 "Justin (Continued on Paxe 8) Naugatuck Soldier Works Under Fire To Keep Planes Flying (Special to The News) 9 Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit, France, AUK. 22- 1-Sgt. Dennis P.

McDermott of Union City, la now Homewhere in France. He is a member of the first Service Group of the Allied Expeditionary Alr Force to land in Normundy after D-Duy. The Service Group to which Sercount McDermott In attached has the all-Important Job of supply and Innintenaner for Ninth Air Force fighter planes which ate front advance airstrips in Normandy. Composed at skilled ordinance experts. parnchute riggers, signalmen, mobile! rappic units and quartermustor service and trucking group functions as al team, often senior fire, to keep Allled planes in fighting trim.

These re or the Ninth Air Force Servic. Command are the men who "korp 'an (lying!" Technical Sergrant McDermott, whose sister, Ming Theresa Mc. Dormott, resides at 43 Anderson Union City, attended Nausntuck high school. Prior to enterIng the service, he: was employed by (he Castern Malleable Iron Company. President Grant Took Time To Choose His Vocation West Point.

and army service did not convince U. S. Grunt 18th President or the (:. that he was cut out tor the essential job of being a military man until he had worked (LA de farmer, a real -state man and a clerk in his father's store. Tr you have not, yet found your essential place in the war effort, fallow The News Help Wanted ads.

"Buy a Bond Ol Freedom Today" Daily Community'! Veteran Of 50 Missions Now Is Home Newspaper For a Progressive TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1944 Evidence Of Nazi Torture Because he refused to collaborate with the Nazis when they took over Chateaudon, his native town, this Frenchman's hands were chopped off at the wrists by the brutal conquerors. Here he tells his story to a sympathetic Yank. Signal Corps Radiophoto, (International Soundphoto) LATE. BULLETINS NEW ALLIED DRIVE Supreme Hendouarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces, Aug. 22- (UP)-It is announced that.

American troops on the south bank of 1.2:0 Seine river have launched new offensive toward the channel const. The drive apparently is aimed bottling up remnants of the German Th army fleeing from Normandy and reopening the channel ports. -000--- GERMAN REPORT London, Aug. 22-(UP)-The German INB news agency says Nazi troops have evacunted Etampes, 14 miles south-southwest of Paris. -000---- STRIKE HITS PRODUCTION Detroit.

'Aug. 22-(UP)-Compuny spokesmen suy a -strike of 68 Briggs Manufacturing Company drivers has handicapped 30,000 workers at seven plants. The men walked out today in demund for a wage increase. WIN'S RECOMMENDATION Washington, Aug. 22-(UP)The War Production Board has recommended draft deferments than 400 essential steel workers' under 26.

The move is part of. an effort to maintain high level steel production. Lamont Nichols, 69, Died This Morning At Alletron Farms -Don't miss the big savings In the August Sale of Furs now underway at Raphael's, Naugatuck's Fashion Lamont E. Nichols, 69, died carly this morning at his home. Allerton Farms, R.

F. D. No. '1, Naugatuck. Ho was born In Bridgewater, but resided hero.

nearly all his life. Survivors include his wife, Mabel, thren daughters, Mrs. Larry Gor-' don and Mrs. Olive Bambetto or: Hurtford and Miss Mildred oly of Naugatuck; five sons, Ray-; mond and Albert of 'Naugatuck, i Wilfred and Joel of Woodbury and, Robert of the U. S.

Navy: one: sister, Mrs. Ruhel White of South Norwalk: eleven grandchildren and two grent grandchildren, Funeral services will be held i Thursday at 3 p. 121. at the Luckmiller funeral home, 22 Park place, i with Rev. Richard Baxter, rector of St.

Michael's Episcopali church, officiating. Burial will be' in Grove cemetery. Friends may call this, evening at: the funcral home from 7 to 9 o'cock and Wednesday from 2 to 5 and' 7 to 9 p. m. News Leased Wire WEATHER Cloudiness Tonight Full Report On "A Progressive ESTABLISHED 1885 Local Sailor On Warship Of President William Jackman Of U.

Navy On Craft That Made Historic Trip To Hawaii: William Jackman ot the United States Navy who is spending a furlough with his wife. Mra, Olive Suckinan of Lewis street. and their son, William, he saw tor the first time on his arrival home, was a member of the crew of the U. S. that carried President Franklin D.

Roosevelt on his recent trip to the Hawaiian Islands. The Naugatuck sailor commital in details or the voyuge in which President Roosevelt made the trip to Hawnii for a why conference with Admiral Chester Nimitz' and General Doug-las MacArthur in which future moves against. the Jupanese were formulated. President Roosevelt made his hone on the warship during the entire voyuge, and an inspection of the Aleutian Island sector also WEEN made before the trip buck to the Status got under way, it is Sullor Jackman, it WaS indicated. and all' other members of the crow had opportunities from time to time to see at close range President Roosevelt, and his Scottie cog "Falla" who also made the crip.

This Incident is one of the times on record when dL Naugatuck resident was a member the crew of n' warship that made such a history-making voyage, carrying 3 passenger such EL celebrated per-1 sonage IS the president of the United States, Naturalized Citizens Must Present Papers Citizenship papers ol naturalIzed citizona should be presented by who seek to be sworn In as voters at the meeting of selectmen. registrars of voters, and town clerk Wednesday nt the courtroom, it was announced this morning. The meeting will last do 8 p. m. Town Clerk Raymond J.

St. John wIll not be present at the session 1.4 he started his annual vacation this week. It is expected chat his office assistant, Junct will fill the vacancy at the, meeling. In three previous meetings, the cirst ol' which WAS held in May, and one unch month thereafter, over 250 new voters were accepted, indicating PL record ballot this full. ax 800 absentee ballots have been sent to locul residents In the armed forces.

St. Francis' Club Meeting Tonight An important meeting of the out-; ing committee of the St, Francis': club will be held tonight in the church hall in St. Francis' school: building at 8 o'clock. Chairman Ernest Allen, head of the program committue of the club! which is in charge of the outing and family plenic next Sunday nt Linden park, asks particularly that: all chairmen of committees for the; event be on hand tonight ready to report. With nearly: 50 ndult tickets algendy distributed it is expected approximutely 700.

children and! grownups will take part in day's outing. MEXICAN DECREE Mexico 'City, 'Aug. 22-(UP)-President Camacho of Mexico has signed literate a citizen decree aver 18 requiring and under every to teach at least one gilliterate how to read and write the Spanlanguage, Service of the United Press Germans Are Described As Being In Complete Tailspin; French Tighten Encirclement Of Toulon; Yanks Gain Flank Drive Bottles Marseille 0 FRANCE ARLES When St. Maximin, vital highway hub in south France, fell 10 the V. Marseille invasion forces, It became apparent that outflankink of and Toulon would quickly follow and arrows indicate how thin has been.

accomplished. Having reached Aix, the drive continues westward toward the Rhone Valley: the beachhead in also being extended northward and both Toulon and Marseille- are vulnerable. (International) No School Board Meeting This Week; Situation Puzzle The Naugatuck board of eduthis cation will not hold any meeting week it was anhounced this morning, AS ail members of the board will not be in town. The mecting has been postponed twice this month, and with the of school just about two weeks off. a meeting should be held very shortly.

The meeting. it ever held, is an all important one as a news teach-' er will be appointed to the high school faculty, It has been r0- ported that the six members of the board have been deadlocked in the vote for appointment of the new teacher. And if a meeting were called with a member of the group the deadlock could be broken in the It is believed that the aim of the board is to reach a decision with the approval of cach individual in the group. Actunily, seven people sit at the table, but the seventh person is the superintendent of schoals, who is not a member of the and has 910 voting privileges. Phoenix Ave.

Sailor Home On Leave Avintion Ordnance Mate, 1-c, Thomas Lawlor. USN, is spending 20-day, shore leave with his mother, Mrs. Mary Lawlor of 45 Phoenix avenue. This is his first visit home after 16 months in the Pacific theater of war nboard 3 Navy carrier. Sailor Lawlor believes that the war in the Pacific will end in about six months, shortly after the, war in Europe comes to an end-it'l1 be a close race." He has participated in four engagements, but naval shor leave regulations prevent him from revealing where he saw action.

He will return to son duty upon completion of his leave. A graduate of Naugatuck high. he was employed in the Seymour Mfg. Co. before his enlistment in the Navy in October, 1942, KILLED IN ACTION R.

Aug. 22-(UP) -A Harvard three letter athlete ham been killed in action in France. The parents of Army Private Donald W. (Dixie) Richards of Providence were informed of his death which occurred on August 1st. Richards was native of Easton, Pennsylvania.

He played football, basebal) and basketball and was the only 1942 Harvard sophomore to win three varsity letters, -Cash paid for musical Instrumenta, radios. phonographs, Metro Music Mari, 88 Church St. Tel. Price Three Cents Say Staff Sergeant Francis Shil. inskas Hag Air Medal, Four Oak Leaf Clusters Staff Sergeunt Francis kas of, the United States Air Corps, a veteran of 50 ing missions in the Mediterminenn field.

of action, is spending a lough with his. parents, Mr. Mrs. Joseph Shillnskus of bourne court, The local acrial gunner and gincer is. the holder of the medal with four oak leaf for meritorious action in air bat, each of the clusters being equivalent of another air In the air force for nearly years and overseas only May, Serpennt Shilinskas in an interView with The today, that his Liberator flew every day that the was.

good until the 50 missions had been completed Since weather. was good practically the time that the unit was Italy, the sergeant declared the missions were completed record time. Ench mission' took' approximatoly nine hours to complete thee journey as a rule into 000 miles, Sergeant stuled, but the daily grind terrific strain on the crew, though all wanted to get the. missions over as soon as possible that the' airmen could get lo see their folks in the states. Many 'of the missions run Sergennt Shilinskas' crew over German-held.

points. in tria, one' being' an aircraft near Vienna, but gel was the Ploesti oil fields Romania. over these was very heavy, the local airman declared, and very accurate, the big bombers presented target, even at 20,000 feet, approximately. miles brought about many hits. Sergeant Shilinskas' original Liberator was so shot to pieces one mission that had to be Another Liberator WILS used carry out the balance of the runs over targets in the Balkans.

When their ship was shot to the local airman stated, members 02 the crew escaped jury, but the flight back to a hazardous procedure. it indicated. A formation of German planes lathered the Liberator cannon and muchine guns on fligh, the sergeant indicated, (Continued on Page S) Turkey Shoot To Be One Feature Of Fish. Game Club Bake turkey shooting with 20 fowl members of the Naugatuck and Game Club, taking will be one of the fentures annual clambake of the group Schildgen's grove, Cast Waterroad, Sept. 3, Walter A.

Ges-1 chairman of the event, nounced this morning. James will be in charge of The affnir will, start at 10 n. hot ronst beet sandwiches until the bake is ready Mr. Gesseck said. Among the out-of-town guests into attend are Russel P.

Hunthead -of the state board of fishand game, and Seth Monroe Litchfield, state deputy game Others from surrounding municipalities will also attend. Tickets have been distributed to landowners in appreciation the use of their land hunting and fishing Mr. Gesseck added. Assisting. Mr.

Gessock are Thompson and Arthur on the food committee, with Fred, and Leslie Baker, Thompson, Henry Gesseck, White, Gordon Huich, ThomSaunders. Joseph Valinches, Sitar, and Henry Schild-i asaisting generally in athletics, recreation, and refreshment com- 300 are expected to FARMERS. NEED HELP Storrs, Aug. 22-(UP)Connecticut farmers are seeking the help of the federal governin alleviating the atate's serious. hay shortage.

It is reported the, state's hay crop has been reduced 25 per cent by the dry summer, ShilinsArmy bomb- furand enair clusters conithe medal. two since stated! News bomber weather the all in that in and WILS al50 back by Aug.plant: in targets and or that on junk- to 50 piecall inbase was with this and of Indications Are Americans May. Capture Marseille Before Toulon Falls GENERAL PATCH URGES INVADERS TO KEEP UP THEIR SPEED British Eighth Army Clears Florence, Italy, of All Germans Naugatuck Veteran At Framingham Pvt. Elwood F. Harper Took Part In Many Battles, Overseas, Records Show Private Elwood F.

Harpor or the United Suites Army, a veteran or North Africa, Sicily, Italy and the invasion of France, is now a patient aLt the Cushing General Hospiudl in Framingham, his wife Elva of Barnum court and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Harper of May street, have been informed. Private Harper arrived front overseas recently and for a time was in an Army hospital in South Carolina.

but a few days ago was transferred north to Framingham. The locu: soldier when overseas in September, 1942, and took part in the first tunk warfare in North Africa, At that Lime, a close friend and fellow Sergeant John Bell husband of aL former Naugatuck rusident, Mrs. Shirlee Bell of Cherry street was cut off nnd after being wounded was captured by tho Italian forces and held in Italy for nearly two years, as a prisoner of war. Sergeant Bell was brought back to prisoner this of country war in exchange 31 wounded some months ago and is. now a patient in un Army hospital in Pennsylvanin, his home state.

The setgonnt is said to have lost the sight of one eye, is partially blind in the other and Lo have 100 pieces of shrapnel in one of his hands and. anis. From North Africa Private Harper went in on the invasion of Sicily and later of the Italian mainland. Later he was trangferred back to England and taken out of tank warfare, but is understood. to have landed in France with the first invasion forces of the Americans.

In telephone talks with his wife and parents, Private Harper, who was broken back in. rank on leaving his unit for hospital care; indicated that his jaw had been badly injured when he was trapped in the fall of building in Tunisia. The injured jaw apparently still is giving Private Harper a grent deal of trouble for he indicated no interest whalever a gift of candy from his family, He slated Lhat he wAs not feeing too bad but expected to be at the Fraisingham hospital for quite a long time. His address, is Private Elwood Harper, (G1446131) Ward 306-S, Cushing General Hospital, Fram-1 ingham, Massachusetts. MOST DISPLAY LISTS' Hartford, Aug.

22-(UP)-All Connecticut enting places will be required to display price lists on. forty basic foods beginning The State OPA says the. list of basic foods will differ in each eating place. depending. on, the type of food served.

The pur-' pose of the order to give the. public opportunity to check prices against, OPA ceiling prices. Single Case Of Scarlet Fever Is Reported In Town Doctor Walter I. Baker, Naugatuck's health officer, reported one CISe of scarlet fever here as the only case of reportable disease, to the State Health Department. There were only 1110 cases of scarlet fever reported in the state Inst week.

one of the cases from Naugatuck, the other from Hurtford. Fifteen cases of poliomyelitis were reported from towns and cities throughout the state last week against a total of 10 cases for the previous week. Seven of these cases were reported from points in Hartford county, with being from New Haven county. broken down as follows: New Haven 2. cases.

Hamden 2 cases and Meriden one case. Local Residents Take Part In Scout Program Clifford Teeple, and Henry Pope, well known Naugatuck residents. took part in the Boy Scout Council fire festivities last Saturday night at the Scout camp at Mount Tobe in Plymouth. Henry Pope, of Troop 2. of the Congregational church, who is now in the Air Force was one of the speakers at the camp fire, giving very inspiring talk before the nearly.

250 adults. Scouts and children who attended the event: At the weekly Board of Review held in connection with the Coun-1 cil Fire. Scout Charles Ashford of Fern street. received a Merit badge for cooking. Norman Litke Shows Improvement The condition of Norman Litke, 14, of 220 May street, was reported "fairly good" by authorities St.

Mary's hospital this afternoon. The Litke boy suffered internal injuries in 3 fall from a. horse over 3 week ago, making an cration necessarry. This was the first. improvement noted since he entered the hospital.

Dr. Seymour Zonn treated him. IMPROVEMENT Rio de Jancira, Aug. 22-(UP)-Physicians. attending Madame Chiang Koi-Shek says she is showing slow but stendy improvement.

The wife of the Chinese generalissimo! has been receiving medical ment in the Brazilian capital since July 13th. The of' her ailment has not been disclosed, but doctors says it will be several months before she recovers. (By United Press) Allied armies in France rolled up new gains today, but the big news comes from high military spokesmen. They say the Nazi army has lost all power of further offensive acLion in France. They described the Germans as being in a compiete tailspin as a result of what they term wide open tactics by Generni Eisenhower's forces in the north.

And the spokesmen add: "Henceforth, the Allied armies will be to advance virtually at will in France. There is nothing that con stop us at the present time." United. Press War Correspondent Henry T. Gorrell, in a revealing front line dispatch, say's the Allied authorities list two specific reasons for the German rout. First, General Eisenhower's foree8 gambled and won on a delicate problem: of And second, 'the- Germuns grossly' miscalculated the: atrength of the American mored columns which sealed off Brittany, then plunged eastward to envelop Paris.

In the fighting in France today, the French began tightening their encirclement of Toulon, although strong German artillery fire held them up in the western and northern suburbs of the city. An American correspondent, broadcasting from southern France, says the Germans are strongh enough to hold out for two or three more days. Another correspondent (George Moorad of C-B-S) says the Nazis have concentrated 1200 vessels at Toulon and are planning to destroy the city's port facilities. The correspondent suggests that Marscille may fall before The Americans driving toward Marseille, France's second largest city, are reported by the, British radio to be less than six miles away. And the British radic says patriot battalions fighting the Germans within Marscille itself.

Some 15 miles north of Marseille Americans have won the vital road center of Aix. en Provence, alter a two day battle, and began advancing westward. Other American columns, speartheir way toward the Rhone valley, now are at least 60 miles inland. As the Allied armies in southFrance end the first week of Riviera invasion, General Patch, their commander, issued an. order of the day praising their achievements.

He told the American and French armies that they have scored a great initial victory, but emphasizes that the speed and scope of the advance must be maintained, The Germans are perplexed stunned, the Allied commandsays and--except for their coastdefense forces--they are in full retreat. And General Patch adds: "The opportunity for decisive results is front of us." He ordered the French and Americans to rush forward. regardof fatigue or possible shortof food and cquipment. And dispatches, from the froht say Yanks are pushing forward-: fact so fast that in some areas have outrun their supply and are cating fruits and vegetables taken from farms' and gardens. Meanwhile, General Patton's ancolumns maintained their advances north and south of today--a Paris that is all.

North of the French capital, and armored vehicles sped the port city of Le Havre the robot bomb coast. And south of Paris, other detachments drove eastward toward historic Marne river, the scene decisive battles. in the first is less ages latest the in they trucks I mored stcady Paris but tanks toward and the of ed, thing Jeff's (Continued on Page 8) -When your appetite la a bit jadand you are looking for nonre different In food, stop at Restaurant, Church ish.