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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-01

ent in the mems features. Many were drawn, with fine lines etched into the tropic tan. Without telling you knew these men had been through some days and nights of hell, but that 1t hadn't bested their spirits.
 Other correspondents greeted me at their new Press Club" anxious ly inquiring about the world "out- side" Since I hadn't been "out- side" my self there was little to tell them. Other correspondents had been in and out several times, but none had eclipsed the six-week rec ord on the island established by Bob Miller of United Press and Dick Tregasgis of INS.
 FIRST-DAY EXCITEMENT
 Francis Mccarthy of UP and Jack Bowling of the Chicago Sun were then the regulars"
 For excitement the opening day, we decided to get in on the opening rounds of clearing lip situation on the MantaniEou River where an estimated 1900 newly landed Jap- anese troops constituted a menace.
 We gave them hall on the Ma
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tanikou that day and another, but the Nips were well entranched and our best efforts, on the scale we planned the job, were not good enough. A week later we threw the book at them and results of that battle are well known at home.
 During those frs two days I saw jungle action of the toughest type and how Marines perform when the going is the toughest. We were outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy but their losses were far heavier than ours.
 The next time we went back to clean them out, we really did 1t, and I never shall forget the sight of Gen. Arthur Vandegrift and Col. Merritt Edson planning attack strategy far out ahead of their own lines with four Jap machine gun nests spraying the entire area.
 The next day, General Vandegrift was the first Marine to cross the sandpit at the mouth of the Ma tanikou. At his heels was Colonel Edson, and I trotted along behind.
 Tojo threw everything at Us that he had-shells, rife fire and bombs. NO ROOM FOR ATHEISM"
 Someone brought to the island a remark credited to Bataan fighter to the effect that there is no room for atheism in a foxhole." We soon began to agree to that, although newspaperinen usually don't go in heavily for religion.
 So, one morning when Jap l4- inch shells were landing, and we had been under incessant naval bombardment and air bombings for eight hours, we uttered a fervent amen" when Marine Correspond ent Sergeant Jim Hurlburst sug- gested reciting the Lords Prayer. His suggestion had been offered dif- fidently, but no voice was raised in protest.
 In the South Pacific the men doing the fighting and this includes members of the Marine Corps, the Navy, the Coast Guard and the Army-want the folks at home to know that the Japs are pretty good. Pretty good, yes. But in the air, on the sea and on land - ship for ship, plane for plane. tank for tank, man for man-were better.
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Greatly enhanced at present is the reputation 0t publms Vergilius Marc, alias Vergil, as propheG In his Latin masterpiece The Aeneid which has been ue bane of high school seniors for years Vergu Salos
 Straehtway throughout the Li5yan cities tles ruos
 the report of evil things than which nothing IS SwllSe
 All this forecasted the Axis disaster in Lioy where rnors are even travelling more rapidly than Rom Hea mels fleeing army which is reportedly making oeIUes tban 95 miles a day with all of Caesars ott-note0 "impedimenta" included . Chief Magistrate Henry E. Eurran of New York uttered marmoreal mo0tnlU tSse Seek speaking on the cityS "Bowery Buns Saio ne. STheyre not buns, but gentlemen who reside ln Cle wowerv Most of them like liquor and dislike woTK one as much as the other" In New York the otneT oay, one burear held up another, took two watcnes Gnree bracelets and four dollars in cash Remarkeo ,t tue @ second burglar somewhat ruefuly, That's the way N iS in this camel" citizen telephoning the St. Lotus weather bureau asked many questions about conds tons between Missouri and Iowa that the torecaster the man on the other end of the wire NO SIT, came the frank reply "Tm htch-hiker Thanksgiving puts us in mind of the Biblereadng PurtanS who prayed on their knees Sunday and preyed on the Indians the other six days of the week.
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getting good headway in New Guinea.
 My job, figured, was back on duadalcanal. Now was getting back. after 10000 miles of travel - and I was glad to be there. old friends on the islands jocularly hurled friendly insults. Main theme was. eff you don't have better sense than to ome back to the Solo, mons after getting out safe with your hide once, you deserve to be shot,"
 noticed many changes on Qua. dalcanal since my first landing. Sturdy Grumman dive bombers, Douglas scout bombers, Grumman Navy fighters, and mean-looking Army p.40 pursuits lined the run- ways of Henderson Field, or were bivouacked of in the stately palms that line its borders.
 TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY
 JeepS, reconnaissance cars. trac- tors and "half tracks, rolled along roads adjacent to the airport; pass ing troops moved to and fro on the lines where Mir. Tojo was taking @ terrific beating. The troops had changed since we landed.
 Joking was rare, and nearly all faces were serious. For six weeks these men had been under almost continuous fire of one type or an- other, and they showed 1t. In six weeks hundreds of them had grown from boys to men--and good tough fighting men to boot.
 Their once-new green uniforms showed effects of constant washing by the Lunga River Laundry Co., where you bend your back and do your own. Shoes were scuffed and some helmets were scared by shrapnel or bullets.
 But the main change was appar-
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UNITED STATES
 IS BIG BORROWER
Seeks $9,OOO,OOO,OOO From Citizens to Pay
 War Debts

Washington, Dec. 1,-CUP)-Tht United States today is the biggest borrower in history as 1t seeks $9,- 900 900, ,000 from it's citizens to helr pay its war bill,
 The treasury is striving to bor- row this unprecedented sum during December by the sale of four types of securities:
 I. Victory Bonds paying 2 1-2 per cent interest and maturing in 26 years.
 2. Treasury Bonds. paying one and three quarters per cent and maturing in 5 1-2 years.
 3. Treasury Certificates of In- debtedness. paying 7-S per cent and maturing In one year.
 4. Three series of Savings Bonds: The popular War Bonds" paying 2.9 per cent interest if held for the lO-year maturity; and the series F and G bonds, to be known beginning today as "U. s. Savings Bonds" paying 2.53 and 2.5 per cent. respectively. and maturing in l2 years.
 Although the financing drive off, cially began with the opening of the banking day yesterday. President Roosevelt already has purchased the tirst "Victory Bond" He bought a $i .OOO bond of the 26-year series from Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr.. last Wednesday and urged Americans to invest their idle savings in Victory Bonds and thereby change ordinary dollars into fighting dollars"
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MEN AND SHIPS WIN IN BATTLE
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T @HNANN7A ANNae N1~+ANN NANss44N7eAN-NlA7N
 Cleveland, Doc, t--SUrA-AmeSeea k winning a NAaaae @s vital import ance 6soaasan8S 0f MAsaeS er0aA tAe actual aaeAtsMg fronts,
 TAe Aataae Is . SsSe4gae against hGmam fat1eee, saS@fsseaesat ecsees> mont and time and sS benz feAs9As on the waters of the Great Lakes that fringe tase heart of aasaWeStexa America.
 The Ssceogy belongs sa the uAeA and S1sspS of the Lakes cSN feeee--A combination that has Nsst about eS- ceeaed the most escaMtse goal ever set before an AnaeSSoaa tFassSpoSta~ tSon system,
 me orc gaeet ShsS SeAr eAee1 the enormous task oS caSuy&ag SolNeANoe tons os iron ore ssoaA the mines os northern Minnesota down te the ports of the GCeas takes Cleveland, Detz0St, Chicago, Toaeaa, RsatfAAe-- and on the fleet SepeaSeS the bulk of the nations steel pSoSssesscsa>
 AagNaay Past tsaH GNAl
 It can nov be reported that the fleet has VarspsalSg caSaaeAe& SapeesSS> By the end 0s October, the ore car gaegS had transported SSJSSSlSaN t0saS and they SsSla have almost tw0 full months dn which to attain the SA@00 ooo-toaas goaa set before them by the OfGace of Defense Transportation last spring.
 The osSScerS end men wear no scsS braid and medals and MN a&srslsAesS daughter or Senator's NSece launch eS the awkward, sturdy ships they Saal, But tlaelT Sset0sy Is no less ssss> portant even without the srsaansngS,
 Thanks 10 them, the steel MslNS os the Midwest and East are reeeseGaS the iron ore that's GSeeSse1 sN roAr~ ing blast furnaces and SseWSS out of the war plants se the shape of tanks, guns, planes and wArSNSpS,
 To meet the goal the ore fleet has relied oN approximately 800 SeS- ular carriers, plus S number oS freiphtegS ordinarily used sN trSMS~ porting automobiles from Detroit to Buffalo for shipment to the East, and several new ships,
 Said It Ceaaant Ne nNne
 Even with this imposing SAIpaS0S equipment, there was some doubt last ssVine whether the oDTS QCs0- la would Se met, The ore fleet had to strain to meet the lSat goal of S0,- 100000 tons and SseSe were many shipping men wao privately pCe5Set- ed failure,
 But the ore fleet AlveASy has pas sed the 80 million mark and is well on the way to the 19ks Q0osa> AL though the tonnage carried in De- cember wSl be less than the pCeceG- ing months because of weather con- ditsonS, shippers don't anticipate too much of drop
 While the ore fleet doesn't have to worry about enemy covpeS0eS and dive eonabegS, there still has been an element of danger present on the unTOay, unpTe6scsSAle lakes, Early this fall the fleet lost one If its car rSerS in storm, The SseegVenG0r foun6ere6 sn Lake Superior ~'hsn its cargo shifted in heavy seas,
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By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press staff Correspondent


 Washington, Dec. = (UP) = Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of China's Generalissimo and the worlds outstanding stateswoman, was in the United States today for medical treatment and conferences with President Roosevelt on Pacific war strategy.
 An atmosphere of heavy secrecy was maintained concerning the whereabouts of the American -edu- cated leader of China's embattled millions but the White House dis closed that she will be MT. Roose- velt's guest when her treatment is completed.
 She has entered a hospital, its location not disclosed. to undergo treatment for the after r-effects of injuries sustained five years ago in an automobile accident near Shang- hai during a Japanese bombing raid
 Although the White House stressed that this was the primary purpose of her visit, there was no doubt American Chinese decisions-based in official quarters that important on her wide knowledge of China's war effort and information she un- doubtedly brought from her war rior- -husband-will be made during her stay in this country.
 The Chinese government has urged upon the president the need for greater air support in China. and has agitated for the develop ment of a system to increase the flow of supplies to Chinese forces fighting the Japanese on the Asiatic mainland.
 These requests have been made
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|WOMEN'S CHOIR RENAMES HEAD.
Mrs. Stephanla Sapranas to Serve as President for
 Another Term
BROOKLYN NEWS

Mrs. Stephanla sapranas was re elected president of tho Women Alliance choir of St. joseph's chur sl at a meeting last night at the oil st. Joseph's school. Other officers were named as follows: vice-presic dent, Mrs. Helen Totilas; secretary, Mrs. Mary Matusavage; treasurer, Mrs. Catherine Roman, librarians, Mrs. Bernlce Ortlleb and Mrs, Anna sabotka; historian, Mrs. Nellie Meskunas: sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Peter smotaS.
 Professor Alexander J. Aleksis, organist at St. Joseph's church, is director of the choir.
 The officers will be in charge of Christmas party scheduled for Dec. 2i.
 Preparations were started at last nights meeting for the Christmas church program,
 New members admitted into the choir arc Mrs. Adolph Staskevich and Mrs. Mary Kazlauskas.
 Party for Children
 Plans were made by St. Anns society of Our Lady of Mount Car mel church at a meeting last night for the annual Christmas party for children of the parish. The event will take place Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20, at the parish hall.
 Members in charge of arrange. ments are Mrs. Rose Michelli, chair man of the social committee, Miss Matilda Dezinno, president, Mrs. V. DiNapoli, Mrs. M. Savino, Mrs. J.. sforza, Mrs. P. DeLauro, Miss Lena DeBenedictus, Mrs. Mae Altieri, Miss Mary Ciancull, and Mrs. Louis DeZinno.
 Members of the organization will hold a Christmas party at their next meeting, Dec. 28. A grab-bag will be a feature of the program.
 A social hour followed last nights meeting. with Mrs. Margaret Sig nore and Mrs. Anna Rizzuu as hos tesses.
 Choir Rehearsal
 The St. Joseph's parish choir will meet for a rehearsal tonight at 7:4o at the choir room in the old St. .Joseph's school. Preparations wiD be made for the Advent and Chrlst- mas church programs.
 Plans will be completed for tho annual Christmas party which will be held Dec. 26 at the Chase Coun- try club.
 Legion Meeting
 Mrs. Margaret Bebrin. president of the Sylvester J. Stokes Post Auxiliary. has asked all members to attend a joint meeting of the post and auxiliary tonight at 3 oclo2K at the Lithuanian Legion hall on Bank street. A special entertain ment has been planned for the so- cial hour which will follow the busi- ness session. James Stokes, com mander of the post, will preside.
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MadameKai-ShekNo Visiting In This Country
Undergoing Medical Treatment for Accident; Also to
 Confer With President Roosevelt

by Dr. T. V. Soong, Chinese for eign minister and brother of the generalissimos wife. Soong re- turned to China recently.
 Thus diplomatic quarters here reasoned that Madame Chang brought with her latest news of the situation in the Far East together with an up-to-date outline of the needs of her nation.
 Now A, Madame Chiang has &C., companied her husband on all mil- tary campaigns and persons famil- far with them say he makes no major decisions without first con- sutling her. She thus is well quail flied to discuss strategy during her forthcoming conferences with the president.
 She will be the third leader of the chief United Nations to visit MT. Roosevlt within the year, hav- ing been preceded by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Foreign Commisar' M. V. Molotov.
 HIS lS LeT lHSL VSlL LO tlIC United States in 9 years-since she graduated with high honors from Wellesley college in 1917 as Mei-Ling Soong.
 It was believed entirely probable that she will confer with heads of the American armed services, along with what promised to be long list of official callers. When she arrives at the White House, she will be accorded the honors due visiting chief of state.
 She also undoubtedly will see Wendell L. Willkie who conferred with the generalissimo and the madame recently in Chungking while touring the Eastern and Russian war fronts.
 The White House made no dis closure as to the mode of her travel to the United States. But 1t was obvious that sine came by airplane, presumably following the Siberian Alaskan route Willkie used in his return from China.
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WAR LABOR BOARD TO ADJUST WAGES
Waterbury Clock Co. Union to Discuss General Work
 ing Conditions

The War Labor Board will decide on the question of pay adjustments for employees Of the Waterbury Clock Company, 5t was stated this morn ing. The wage question will be re moved from current contracts talks. and union members will meet at the Bank street headquarters tonight to consider ratification of the balance of the contract,
 Representative of the Clock Company and CIyO. negotiations have been discussing proposed sal ary adjustments for the past week. and the negotiatoCS decided last night at session 10 refeT the QueS- ton to the labor authority before doing anything further on the mat ter.
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Yvonne Sherwel, Crosby freshman has accumulated, during the past few years collection of curos and ooo ties from all parts of the world Yvonne mas enrlcneo her collection through the various trips of her father and grandmother who lives in Mexico City. From MeSlco Yvonne has tiny hats and baskets made out of small pieces of dyed horses hair She also has collection or hundreds pieces of pottery smaller than dolls dishes Beautiful bracelets carved out of onyx, amethyst ana wrought silver earrings made out of backdyed horses hair and carved of wood and colorfu necklaces ot Mexican beads among her most prized possessions Tiny eas dressed up Mexcans in an English walnut shell show the common MeXicans manual oexterlIy- Yvonne has collection of dolls from every province m Spain, both peasant and court the ScandlnaVlan countries South America, and Lappland She has beau tiful French laces, mantaS and tortoise shell comps from Spain as well Swiss carvings Yvonne also has everyday clothes from Chile and Equador and collection of costumes from South America.
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Mr. and Mrs. John COughIin of South View Street were a very happy couple Sunday. It was their first wedding anniversary and an enjoyable one for both Harry Gregory has fOrsaken the Beverage Bowling League after these many years It wasn't through de sire Harry's part though, but his defense jOb at
 Chase's, where he's the to II m. shift Francis Howard is up and doing these fine days hitting the keys of his linotype in The Democrat composing room
 with OIdme vigOr and facility Frannie was laid up for some weeks with appendix attack Private Joseph c. DAloia former well-knOwn local barber, writes to friends back home from somewhere in Eng land". Several other Waterburans stationed with him. Joe writes Keep Tall Tower Topics talking and we'll keep them flying" Thanks, Zoe, for the remem- brance John J. DOrgan is pOstcarding these days from Hawaii where he's stationed with armed fore es According to Johnny it's a great place for vaca tiOn but he hopes to be home SOOn
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TUESDAY, DEC. 1

TUESDAY, DEC. l
 goo a. m.-Boy's club; standard First Aid: Arthur Very.
 l2:30 D. m.-Chase Metal Works: standard First Aid: Emil Albecker. 200 D. m.-56 Church street; Catholic Women. sewing for Chap lains' Aid association. Mrs. Mary Swehan. Mrs. John White.
 7:30 D. m.-56 Church street; Catholic Women: nutrition class, Miss Ann Toomey. instructor
 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2
 l2:3O D. m. - Woodbury high school: Standard First Aid: Mrs. Ds France Clarke.
 900 D. m.-56 Church street, Catholic Women; Red Cross sew- ing. Mrs. Mary Skehan. instructor. 100 D. m.-Washington school; Standard First Aid: Pat Wallace and Dorothy zibell.
 8:3O D. m.-Pearl St. Community House: Standard First Aid: Mrs, Henrietta Foster.
 THURSDAY. DEC. 2
 100 D. m.-SeovilrS Doolittle AL ley hail: First Aid Get-Together": Walter J. Racicot and Charles Will liams in charge.
 3:45 D. m.-Sprague school; Jun for First Aid: Mrs. Lawrence Far rell and Alice Fitzpatrick.
 TOO D. m.-Junior Womens club; Advanced First Aid: Pauline White and Rosalie Mckee.
 7:3O p. m.-Scovilrs Doolittle AL ley hall: First Aid Get-Together, Walter J. Racicot and Charles Wil- Hams in charge.
 7:3O D. m.-Seth Thomas Recrea- ton hall; Standard First Aid: Felix L. Matthews and staff.
 T:30 D. m.-Russell school: Stand ard First Aid: Mrs. Mary E. Nor gren: c. Russell Sumpf: Frank Hennessey.
 FRIDAY. DEC. {
 900 a. m.-Boys club: Standard First Aid: Arthur Verry.
 l2:30 D. m. Woodbury high school: Standard First Aid: Mrs. De France Clarke.
 TOO D. m.-Elks' hall; Standard First A!d: Mrs. Mary Norgren and Daisie Palmer.
 7:i5 D. m.-St. Thomas church; Junior First Aid: Michael Hanlon and stan.
 SATURDAY. DEC. 5 il:OO a. m.--Boy's club: St: ndard First Aid: Arthur Very.
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Good Evening,
A QUESTION or FOOD

1rcvre allowing us less yeast for shortnin preao so Te re buyine prepared mix for biscuits instead Cake is beginning to taste sort ot funny, Things aren't so good sweetened with money Maybe so but who are VI to mGtter, - ,-,..., Wait tin we get bucRwfea cakes without any oVOOeF' A bit of rationng should nH amaze, We can even do with meatless days. MeatleSs daysl now listen, my pets, What's SO mcatless about chicken croduettesl How come we think So much about tood our three meals day put us in quite mood, Where VIC think in terms of sauces and salads, rrricIv dishes about which we could pen ballads The dish of the dayl something original Is our 8oa We do amazing things with hlet of sole. Now that were cut down sugar and spices, me urpc to bake pastries and breads enttces Somehow or other we want to cook more, we've b,rro6 against the deicatessen store, Nou that we're told to conserve myself and yourself We seem possessed to pile high the pantry shell
 -EA ENk,
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By way of introduction Stephen LeacCck Can, ada's incomparable humOrist after acknowledging aM his indebtedness to men and books in the preface Ot ms latest Montreal: City and Seaport" concludes, I feel also that good deal of this book to my own ;rduStrv and effort The late G. K CheStertOn once penned dedication of one of his numerous vol
 mcs to his wife without whose treess assistance this book could probably have been written in hall tne time" HitIer's 1906 report card, printed by Lud- wig Wagner in his book, Hitler: Man 0f Strle m0a- cates that his professors in the fourth class of Ste Austria school thought more of him then than etner they or we think of him today The professors SCateo that AdolS Department adequate his Religion sat isfactory and his free hand drawing excellent He dropped in his StenOgraphy course, and his penman- ship was criticized diSagreeable.
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THE CLOCK OF TIME

Do know a lifelong silently and Glide by rapidly o But veryso will quickly passed along, Just ticking of md go Inc boats theys sans quickly the nd stfio more the will the of time keeps ticking ticking And stn many times, again, finally a for And now des- and readers fancy though the ticking all has gone distant future, bright and still glorious dawn.
 DANIEL GILLETTE
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AA island. Then , japs were lurk- ing in palm treeS-and now. JaENS were still lurking in palm trees. But we had air superb ority and con. trol of the air. port this time. and that was important.
 This time I arrived in e transport plane carrying relief N.nNS nfnnAhitAl-
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URGE cows AND RABBITS

Martinez, Cal. (UP) To help overcome the meat shortage, Con tra Costa county has launched a drive which 1t hopes will become nation wide with the slogan of "A Cow on Every Vacant Lot and Q Rabbit in Every Vacant Hole
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The two principal Canadian woods used for aircraft are Sitka Spruce of British Columbia and yellow birch of eastern Canada.
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Second of Six Articles :
Guadalcanal Fighting Turns BOyiSh Marines Into Tough Men

SlsEeMAN MoNTRosE Acme Newsplcures samcramAn, who nea with the Marines Guadaanal August whose pc tese wesS distributed of Che country through the Rh@te&TapMe peeA ASSkgmnemG 6tS ea GHaaAhcanaA The article below k the second.
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Q ANSWERS
 TO WAR QUIZ
Questions on Want Page

Questions on Want Page
 Questions on Want Page
 I. Insignia is that of Seventh Division. which was stationed at Ford Or6. Calf, at outbreak Of World War IT. Design was orig inally two seVens. one inverted. 2. Six 3-ineh shells.
 3. An ancient Navy custom to welcome someone aboard. Boat swain's mate blows a Shri1 whistle.
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Ry SHERMAN M0NTROsE Written for NEA SerYlrN

San Francisco. Dec 1-Henderson field Guadalcanal stretched out ahead of us palm trees sharply outlined against the beach at sunset It looked much more inviting t0 me this time han last
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Civilian Defense
 Calendar

Notices for this column must be sent to the Mayors office at least three days in advance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-01

I had seen that island and beach uosN than a month before. when I landed with Marines ocealpvinR the