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"A Progressive Newspaper For a Progressive Community" ESTABLISHED 1885 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1944. Leased Wire Service of the United Press and WAR BONDS Naugatuck Daily Neura Allied Forces Continue Their Sweep Over Holland Former Local Resident Awarded Air Medal For Work On Italian Front Staff Sergeant Leroy bone Resided In The Pond Hill Section stat! Sergeant Leroy Pettibone. former resident of Pond and the son of sir. and Mrs. C.

I. Perkins of Admiralty Village, Maine, has been awarded the Ate Medal for his work on air missions over France and Germuny. Sergeant l'ettibone is an engineer-gunner on a Liberator bombcr tased in Italy where lie has been stationed for the pitst sorne months, in Naugatuck, Sergeant Pettitane was employed by the Eastern Molienbie Iron Co. Me 134 f4 half-brother, Gilbert Perking. who stall resides vI Pond where his parents also made Cutie until poto months ago.

The loral Air Force member entered the service in December, and was stationed ties: at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Do. tore being shipped overscas. Sarreant Lottihone received mechanica! and gunnery training at St. Louis, Port Luavenworth.

Kansas. San Antonio, Texas, Fort Eusts, Virginia, Casper, Laredo, Texas, Mountain lil tho. St. 1aul, Landley Frold. Noise, Idaho, and Scutta-i bluff.

Nobraskn. The News MONIC weeks ago published du letter from Sergeant Puttibone in which he stated tout Italy a very poor country, in which the inhabitants had little, and that In: wits anxious to complete his quired number of missions and fRet hack to the states, Mrs. D. Nowocinski Died This Morning At Her Home Buy 'em Keep Dem Vol. LXVIII, No.

219 MIre. Ludwika Nowocingki, wife of No rocinaki of 45 Prosforet died carly this ing her home after a lingering She was born in Poland and had been resident of Union Cay Cur 33 scare. Mira. Nowocinsici crummunicant of St. Fiodwig's church and a member or the Pastry society.

Survivors, besides her Ari four daughters, Agra. Alice Mrs. Bernard Mrs. John Tedesco. Mra, Charles Stilter; one son.

John and several grandchildren, all of Ntugatuck. I'. M. C. Henry Nowocinski, who was killed in fiction in the present war.

was also a 8011. The funeral will he held Thursdas at 8:10 fu. m. from the Fitz. gerald funeral home.

320 North Man street, to St. Hedwig'8 church where requiem Mass will be colebrated at 0 o'clock. Burial will be in St. James' Friends may call at the funcral homo this evening from to 10 and Wednesday from 2 10 10 itl. HOMES LOOTED Boston.

Sept. -Authorting Bro attempting to prevent Inting of storm-wrecked homes in several in the nr last path Thursday's hurricane. In Now Redford. Darter uth. state Fnirnaven, gunrdamen and that trucks word haul away furniture used to and clothing.

President James K. Polk Expanded America's Power James Knox Polk. 11th tr. S. President, was 8 great xionist.

Ho annexed California and Texas, settled the Oregon boundary quarrel with Great Naval and opened the great Britain Maryland in 1815. nut Annapolis, Academy fronts Today America's lighting the home front in from require backing the torn of War Bonds. You can get the welling money for that hacking by the News used articles through Ads Want Ads, News Call spoli results and profit. 2228 Today. MAIL.

XMAS PACKAGES OCTOBER OVERSEAS REFORE. 13TlI in: Church street. fosterskirt. and brantirel chalce of silenters, drew 1 nonen'4 38 for the well WEATHER Occasional Light Rain Full Report On Page Price Three Cents Wins Air Medal N-SGT. LEROY PETTIBONE New Books Are Listed In The Children's Library The following are some of the now books at the Howard Whittemore Memorial Children's library: For old boys and girls: May I Keep Dogs, Earne: Three unc! Pigeon, Barne: The First Woman Doctor.

Blackwell: Carol on Brondway, Housebout Summer, Coutsworth: Star, Erd-! man: Inside the F. B. Timur and His Gang. Gaidar: Yankee Yarns, Harper: Augustus! Drives a Jeep. Henderson: Dorinda, Howard: Have You Scen Thumb? T-funt: Ann Bartlett at Patoan.

Johnson: Ann Bartlett Navy Nurse, Johnson. Camping and Woodcraft, Kephurt: Whoa. Lambert: Trouble as Tum-; aral. Lavender: Secret pt the' Closed Cate. Leighton: Silver General Washington, Meadowcroft: Adventure North, Pinkerton: Noahi Webster, Father of the Dictionary, i Proudfit: Flight to Glory.

Enemy Brothers, Savery: Tory fole. Tharp: Meet the Olalones, i Weber. For younger children: and His Dog Hurry, Ferris; Logends of the United Nations, Frost: War Three Gay Fox Lates from Grimm, Grimm; Young Alan of the House, flunt; Rex of the Const Patrol, Stearns: Johnson: Lizzie. Justus; Golden Goose and Otheri Fairy Tales, Tappan: Many Moons, Thurber. Hurricane Is The Cause Of A Second Furlough Sergeant Francis Shilinskas of the United States Army Air Force.

who recently returned to this country after completing 50 bombing missions in the Italian cheater of war in spending several days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Shilinakas of Melhourne court. Sergeant Shilingkas recently completed a long furlough here and reported back to the Army Air Base fut Allantic City for classificaLion and re-assignment. The hur-: richac of last week led Army au- thorities to evacunto many of the Army porsonnel as possible in view of the storm, and the local airman received EL short furlough home us a result.

The Air Corps member expects cLOt assignment with one of the heavy bombardment at an air base in the states, it was indicated. NEW VIOLENCE Worcester. Sept. 19-(UP) has been new violence in the Worcester High school students' strike. The home of Schooi Superintendent Thomas F.

Power WAN pelted with stones, only a short time after school committecman broadcast an append to students to return to classes. The trouble began yesterday when school authorities announced that dully sessions would be extended DI1C hour. Some 3.000 students milled through City Hall, and ongaged in brawls with police riot squnds. Scene At Dinner For Naugatuck Chemical Pensioners 72 The above picture was taken at the dinner last Sunday at. Sullivan's Inn in honor of the, pensioned emplayrs of the Naugutuck Chemical, who also were honored guests at the Alemble association outing nt Linden park.

Top row, left to right, Charles Johnson, Willam Kerr, Joseph Mortha, Factory Manager PEllip E. Rico, Joha Blomquist, Charles Anderson and Yagve Cederholm. Front row, left to right, Edward Monty, Thomas Baxter. Patrick Connolly, William Titley, Michael Casey. and Onufrio Kochanauskas.

War Fund Goal Here $25,580.00 Quota Is $3,420.00 Less Than Amount Sought In Campaign Of Last Year At the meeting of the Quotu Committee of the Naugatuck War Fund huid here on Monday, it was decided to sock the $25,580 in the drive which will run from October to November The amount is $3420.00 less than drive here lust Fall, when the the total sought in the War Fund quota was $20.000.00. The drive lust your netted a total of contributions that amounted to approximaoly $25,000, it was stathere today. Carl N. Moore is chairman of the War Fund campaign here this your. Crash Victim's Funeral Services To Be Held Wed.

Funeral servicea for Sgt. John Kowalewski, 381 North Main. street. wil! be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at the Russiar. Orthodox church in Waterbury.

Sgt. Kowaleski. who was killed in an Army bomber crush in Choctawatchec Bay, Septemher 11. will be given full military honors cut the services. His body, nccompanied by military escort, arrived this morning at the Fitzgerald funeral home 011 North Main street.

Friends may call at the funeral homie from 2 to 5 p. and from 7 to 10 p. 11. Sgt, Kowalewski, spending a short leave with his wite and son, John. a little over FL week ago, left for his stution on the morning uf the eleventh.

and got ride aboard a bomber handing for Elgin Field. Fla. The bomber crushed in. to the bay in some manner, a distance from its destination. Two others were also killed.

Burial will bo in Grove cometery. Recreation Group Parley A meting of the Recreation Committee of the Service for crans will he hold on Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in the office of the organization at 295 Church street. Mrs. Ford Wulleck will be chair. man of the meeting and all bers or the committee are asked to be present in order that matters of importar.co may be acted Germany's Siegfried Line Soon May Be Outflanked; Air-Borne Units Of Allies In Action Near Nazi Frontier LATE YANKS AT STOLBERG Wil.h 0.

S. First Army near Stolbery, Germany. Sept. 19- (UP)--United States tunks and infantry renched the outskirts of Stolberg late today ufter advancing in the face of a heavy German artilicry barrage. --000- RAIL YARDS BOMBED London, Sept.

19-(UP)-About 100 Flying Fortresses escorted by an equal number of fighters attacked rail yards at Hamm and. in the Ruhr -000- C.APTURED BY GERMANS With U. S. Third Army in Europe. Sept.

19-(UP)-Wright Bryan, associate editor of the Atlanta Journal, was captured by Germans in the Chaumont area on September 12th and now is believed to be in Germany. 000-- STRIKE IN AUSTRIA New York, Sept. 19-(UP)The British radio (heard by Hiyy more. than 50,000 Austrian and foreign workers. rave walked of Austria's factories.

Wide- spread rioting is reported throghout the country, American Legion, Auxiliary To Install Officers Wed. Onlicers of the Naugatuck post, American Legion, and its auxiliary will be installed in a joint session at the post rooms in Pythian hall Wednesday night. The auxiliary will meet at p. m. and the lation will follow the business meeting.

Charles Melville and Fenton Niver, past commanders of Cpl. Coyle post, Waterbury, will have charge of the installation. of the post oflicers and Miss Margaret Driscoll of Waterbury will have charge of the induction of the auxiliary heads. Post officers are Commander, George B. Lewis: Arst vice-commander, Joseph Raykwich.

second vice-commander, Henry Bagley; adjutant, William W. Davision; assistant adjutant. Edward Gerber: finance officer, Alox Nolde: chaplain, Albert Ratson: sergeant at arms, Frank J. kiewich: historian. Victor A AnderWylong.

Onlicers of the auxiliary are: President. Mrs. Ethel Weber: Orst vice-president. Mrs. Mary Van.

Vlandren: second vice president. Mrs. Katherine Desmond: secretary, Theresa Ocmcke: chaplain, Mrs. Hazel Gunnoud: historian, Mrs. Gussie Anderson; sorgeant-at-arms, Mrs.

Ethel Simmons: assistant sergeant -nt-arms, Mrs. Maud Lewis: treasurer, Miss Anna Nolde. Veterans Group To Meet Tonight A general meeting of nli menbers of the Service for Veterans will be held tonight at o'clock! in the parlor of the Naugatuck fire house. The principal speaker will be the administrative secretary of the group, Mrs. Ford Wulfeck.

Mrs. mecting Wulteck by will be Director presented to the Clarence Jones. Mr. Jones will be introduced by Miss Helen Moroney, It is expected that there will be a. large attendance as matters of utmost importance a1'C to be discussed following the addresses.

STRIKE SPREADS Birmingham. England. Sept. 19 -(UP)-A strike at the Austin Motor company plant now includes nbout 20,000 workers. The walkout, which is said to result from! a wage dispute, originally affect-! ed some 2,000 employes.

Cracked Westwall Immediate commander of the U. S. troops that breached the Siegfried line in the Aachen arca was Lieut. Col. Frederick Gibbs, of Stateh Island, (International) Letter Received From Frank Rado, Recently Wounded Private Frank Rado of the United States Army: recently reported wounded in France.

is resting in an American Military hospital in England according 10 a letter received here recently, Private Rado, wrote to his broth. cr William, Town Treasurer and United States Rubber Co. employe. and stated that he had been injured in the foot and had been shipped back to England to recuperate. The wounded indicated his belief that the letter would get to his family before the War department sent out 'ine oilicial notilication of his injury says that his name has been put on the records for: a Purple Heart insignia.

Private Rado wrote that he would send the Purple Heart badge home when he received it told his brother. a Navy veteran to take care of the medal for him. He inquired about Naugatuck and his friends here and hoped that every- thing was going along alright. Private Rado's address is No. 31405358, Department of Patients, 4169, U.

8. Army Hospital Plant. A. P. O.

131, in care of Postmaster. New York. N. Y. Soldier Awarded Good Conduct Medal Corporal Henry Adamson of the United States Army, who is stationed at Greenwood, Mississippi, has been awarded the Good Conduct.

Medal for exemplary conduct in: his soldierly duties, his parents, and Mrs. Oscar Adamson of worth Hoadley street, have been informed. Corporal Adamson has boon in the service nearly two venrs and is 1 member of the Air Corps, His address is 2122nd Base Unit. Section C. Box 490.

Greenwood. Mississippi. So. Main St. Man Injured At Foundry Antonio Coito.

44. of 26 South Main strect, was treated for second degree burns of the left leg yesterday at Waterbury hospital yesterday. An employe of Manufacturers Foundry Co. in Waterbury, the local resident was injured while pouring molten metal at the plant Friday. He.

was not kept at the hospital. -Stop drowning sunreeir in tubful of work. Send the Januiry to NualetLox. Cali For Arrrice thest will please you. Driver will call The Enemy's Troops Are Facing Very Serious Double GERMANS ADMIT LOSS OF BREST, FRENCH PORT ON ATLANTIC American Seventh Army Draws Closer To Route To Southwestern Germany Heads Sky Army This is one of the most recent pictures of Lieut.

Gen. Lewis Brereton, in command of the Altied 1st Airborne Army which invaded Holland from the air. (International) Boro Fire Alarm System In Good Order After Storm The Naugatuck fire alarm system is in pretty good order after the hurricane of las! wonk. Joseph Durkin, superintendent, of the fire alarm system, sniu this morning. Mr.

Durkir: has been checking up 011 the wires and boxes since the storm and has boon making minor repairs. 11. was necessary to cut off severn: boxes during the storm. he said, but tho borough well: protected, neverthless. The Jocal system is run by batteries, and the power cutoff did not affect the circuits, he stated.

Most of the work has consisted of sawing DE! or otherwise removing limbs of trees from wires or putting wire back on insulators, he said. Veterans Plan November Event Commander Gaston Adams of the Veterans of Foreign Wars announced today that Crusader post is airendy looking forward to the turkey supper to be held at the post on November 25. Commander Adams states. that plans for the event are row in the! process of being completed and that 2.11 state and district officers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars guests of the locnl post at the event. A special turkey event for the Saturday' before Thanksgiving is nino being planned by the V.

F. W. here. Town Hall Electrical Survey Swan Electric Co. Of Changes Present And Defects Corrections The following is the complete report of the preliminary survey of the existing electrical hazards in.

the wiring. system of the Town Hall building as submitted by the Swan Electrical Which Arm 1'0- cently checked over the electrical system there in connection with the general safety situation of the entire structure. The Swan, Electrical Co. report is divided into six separate parts. and indientes not only some of the changes that should be made but also covers cconomies that could be effected by the elimination of certair.

phases of the electrical setup 81S it now exists, It is indicated that the main swich board should be re-located, totally enclosed and provided with safety switches. On 1.he switch board for the stage and thenter operation it is recon- 1 mended that it should be brought up to date by replacement. Also that stage lighting sections should be repluced as chye are defective. The survey shows that the majority of this repair thought can be eliminated and discontinued by disconnecting the present equipment. The wiring in the attic of the Town Fail is said by the clectrical Arm to need various minor repairs and re-installation and the same (Continued on Page 8) Former Naugatuck Clergyman Now With Army In France Local friends of Rev.

Felix Werpechowski. former assistant pastor of St. R. C. church here, and now a captuin in the United States Army, have been'informed that the former local clergyman is now with the Amer'ican Army in France.

Rev. Werpechowski has been in the service for three years and for a long period was stationed 'nt Camp Binding in Florida. Some months ago the Army Inin went 1.0 England with chap. American Army contingent, and after a stay of some months there. 'went to France with invasion army.

It is not known on what front in France. Rev. Wepechowski is stationed but lie may be attached to one of' the American groups now fighting in Germany ol' on the frontier of that country. -With the way of Fall In the diary Final Feat the 2t. Sett'A Restaurant.

Church street. keeps pace with the weather changes, Ally. (By United Press) Allied forces are sweeping over Holland and Germany's Siegfried line soon may be outflanked. A United Press front line dispatch says Allied-air borne units are in action beyond the Rhine river at Arnheim, near the Nazi frontier. That.

means a double threat to the chemy first, by driving south, the airborne fighters could move in behind the Siegfried defenses, turning them exacily as the Germans outflanked the Maginot line in 1940. Second, the paratroopers and glider borne doughboys could strike 30 miles cast of Arnheim to the German frontier. Although tight censorship cloaks the exact movement the air borne fighters, it's apparent that they are trying to hold their territory until the British sccond army can join them in its drive up from the south. Powerful reinforcements have been landed, and hard Aghting is reported. One junction between the nirborne troops and the British already has been made farther south, and the forces have captured the industrial city of Eindhoven, in southern Holland, Two towns four miles north and cast, of Eindhoven also have been taken and patrols are at a canal live miles above the city.

Front dispatches say the hard hitting parntroopers are spreadthe German reports panic and confusion, through from Allied hendquarters raise the possibility that the British second army will be able to sweep into Germany's industrial Ruhr in much the same speed that carried the American third array across Continued on Page 3) Naugatuck Soldier In Ordnance Company On New Caledonia (Cpecial To The News) New Caledonia, South Sept, 19-Private Joseph C. Ruzinkovie, whose wife. Mrs. Harrict Ruzinkovic, resides at their home at 37 Ward street. Naugatuck, is 'on duty on this island base with an Ordnance Supply Co.

Pvt. Ruzinkovic's job consists of checking incoming and outgoing automotive parts for our forces 011 this and any other islands. His unit is a source of supply for almost every kind of automotive supplies that you can name. Everything from radiator caps to bumpers are stored and ready for shipment on minute's notice. Private Ruzinkovic is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Ruzinkovie, 49 street. Waterbury, Conn. This Ordnance company is a part of the huge South Pacific General Depot, one of the largest supply basea in the entire Pacitic ocean area. Local WAC Now In California Private Marjorie Squires, 3.

of the WAC. is now' sta-' Lioned at Camp Roberts, California, according to word that has just been received here. The locnl resident, a former cmploye of the Naugatuck school department 'clerical staff. has been a member of the WAC for the past two months, and received her basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Private Squires address is A- 130707, A.

R. T. Camp Roberts, California. -When yon think of music, think of Metro Music Mart. Ax Church aftert sheet.

music, records, etc. Joined ent Kreard Club? Why not.