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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-28
SomerveIl
Is Go-Getter

washington, Dec. % - (U.P) -
Lieutenant General Brehon B..
Somervell boss of the rail-
roads for the government-is famed
as trouble shooter and red tape
cutter.
AS No. / man of the army serv-
ice forces, he has the monumental
task of seeing that the army Is
supplied with the wherewithal to
fight. His job is to feed, house,
clothes the army; keep it armed;
run its communications, care for its
wounded and transport its troops
and supplies to the far-flung battle
fronts of World War II. All Of that
requires transportation at home to
begin with, so Secretary OF War
Henry L. Stimson handed him the
railroads when the army took them
over last night.
His right-hand man in the new
rail setup is the transportation
chief of the army service forces -
Brooklyn born Major General
Charles P. Gross, 54-year-old regu-
lar army man and graduate of
West Point.
A member Of the Special Supply
Mission which went to Russia In
September, 194l, Gross previously
had wide experience with various
army engineers units both at home
and abroad. His tours OF duty in
this country have taken him to
New London, Conn, Fort Leaven-
worth, Kans, Camp Grant, ILL.,,
Vancouver Barracks, Wash, and
Fort Belvoir, Vo. He also has served
as district engineer for Los Angeles
and Rock Island, Ill.
Somervell, 81, is a blunt-talking
engineer whose motto is:
I'VE do the impossible immediate
ly. The miraculous takes a little
longer"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-28
Xmas Aerial LuII
Believed Over

London, Dec. 28-(UP)--Unoffi-
cial reports indicated today that the
Christmas lull in the Al'ed aerial
offen- We against Axis Europe may
have ended last night with q new
assault on the battered French in
vasion coast.
Observers along the southeast
coast of England reported hearing
the ro-r of heavy explosions rolling
back across the channel from France
and the drone Of Allied planes shut
Ting overhead, but fog prevented
accurate observation and there was
no official confirmation of the at
tackS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-28
REDS STORM
zH|TOMIR
APPROACHES

Stockholm, Dec. 28-(UP)-The
newspaper AftOntidningen said
today that German command had
ordered the evacuation Of ZhitO-
mir, main base in the northwest
Ukraine toward which the Rus
slams were driving swiftly.
The newspaper also reported
that the Germans had begun re-
moving stores from Orsha, White
Russian rail junction below
Bitebsk.
Only one armOred division was
defending Vitebsk, the dispatch
said, and it has been fighting
without pause for eight days.
Moscow, December %. -
(UP) - Red Armies stormed
the approaches to Zhitomir,
keystone of the German de-
lenses in the northwest
Ukraine, and hurled an as
sault arc three-quarters of
the way around Vitebsk to-
day in separate offensives
threatening to crumple two
Nazi fronts.
A 50-mile break-through by Gen.
eral Nikolai F. Vatutin's army of
the Ukraine had thrown the Ger
mans completely off balance, and in
the Zhitomir sector they were strug-
Cling to disengage and reform their
main forces behind a rear guard
action of feeble counter thrusts.
The onrushing vanguard of Va
tutin's army was less than IL miles
from Zhitomir, most vital German
base between the Russians and the
pre-war Polish border, all signs
pointed to an early reconqueSt of
the strategic rail junction which
the Russians captured on November
IL and lost week later.
To the north 400-odd miles, Cen
eral Ivan c. Bagramian's Siberian
veterans were closing in on Vitebsk
from three sides and driving
against the railroad to Orsha, the
last German controlled line out of
the imperiled city keying the de-
lenses of Upper White Russia.
Front dispatches said Bagram-
1an's trops were in firm control of
the western, northern, northeast
ern, eastern and southeastern APP
proaches to Vitebsk.
The position of the German gar
rison rapidly was assuming the IA
tai characteristics marking the
Russian conquest of most of the
big cities taken in the summer and
autumn campaign semi-encircle-
ment making the position unten-
able.
In the Ukraine, Vatutin's onrush
smashed the focal defense points
along the Fastov-VinnitZa railroad,
carried southwark across 1t, and
plunged spearhead ever deeper
into the heart of the Nad positions
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-28

A few workers began GO
ing back on the midnight
shifts last night a few hours
after Murray, acting i'm the
wake of a labor board order
from Washington directing
the strikers to return, called
ON union leaders to get their
men back into the plants. &.
With the morning shifts
today, officials in the areas
affected by the walkout re-
ported almost full turnOutS.
PITTSBURGH DISTRICT
In the Pittsburgh district,
where $4,000 men were idle
last night, normal crews were
reported at nearly all the
struck plants this morning.
Abnormal absenteeism was
reported in some instances.
The Crucible Steel Company
plant at Midland, Pa, en-
ploying $500, remained idle,
although two other struck
plants of crucible in Pitts
burgh resumed operations.
The Wheeling Steel Co., Wheeling,
w. Va, which had $1,000 men out in
plants in West Virginia and Ohio.
reported the men returning to work.
although full operations will not be
restored until blast furnaces which
had been shut down are restored.
The Thinker Roller Bearing Co.,
said that practically its full shift
Of 1000 reported at its Columbus
plant. #
A spokesman for the youngstown
Sheet and Tube Co., at Chicago said
almost all Of the men" Of the full
8,000-man shift were back at its two
plants there and predicted full pro-
duction by noon.
At Buffalo, N. Y, Republic Steel
Corp. officials reported normal OPP
erations" in all departments. APP
proximately 1000 of the plants
workers had joined the strike.
Murray Wires
Murray, in telegram to locals.
district directors and staff repre-
sentatives, called Off the strike last
night and ordered workers to comply
with a War Labor Board directive
from Washington.
The board, reversing q ruling
which led to the walkout paralyzing
part of the nations steel industry,
directed that the unionists stay on
the job with the understanding that
(Gontitaiind ON Pana Al
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-28
STRIKING STEEL men RETURN TO Jobs
FOL LOWING GOVT. SEIz( OF Rail ROADS
Curtailment Of War
Production Ceases

Pittsburgh, Dec. 2S.-(UP)-Striking steel
workers who had curtailed vital war production in
nine states began returning to work today in compli
ance with an order from Philip Murray, their union
president.
Officials of the plants idled by the walkout Of
approximately $500 workers said that except in
the cases of those plants whose blast furnaces
banked during the strike, production would return
to near normal by nghtfall.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-28
OVERWROUGHT LOVER

Boston, Dec. % - (U.P) Seized
by police today after throwing
stones at his sweetheart's East Bos-
ION home and smashing nine win
dows, a Winthrop man explained
that he did 1t because she had
Tilted him. He was charged with
malicious destruction Of property.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-28
"A FIREMEN OVERCOME

Boston, Dec. % - U.P0 - Four
teen firemen were overcome while
battling a $4,000 fire that swept
st. GATHERINGS (Catholic) school
hall in Charlestown early today.
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The Weather
Fair, Colder

Ful weather Report Page 81
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
First Graders of
Lincoln Give PLAY

The FIRST grade OF the Lincoln
Consolidated School gave two dra.
matizations of Jack and the Bean
Stalk" in the school auditorium
Tuesday. one was given at $3.50 a.
m. and the other at 1880 p. m.
Children assisted in planning and
making the stage property and
scenery. They we're assisted by
Ellen Coulter anu Virginia Vloicu.
student teachers, and Miss Mary R.
Martin, class room teacher.
Parents were invited by written
invitations made by the children.
Pa 'ents present we're: Mr.. and
Mrs. George Motion, Fred Wage
man, Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Richard
WaIcman.
Characters were Jack, Dale Rey-
nolds; mother, Teresa Stefna;
giants wife Barbara Duey; giant,
Oh rles Elks; little man, Robert
Reeves, and fairy. Gean Preston.
The 1890 characters were: Jack,
Victor Chapman; mother, Luella
Parsons; giants wife, Georgiana
Motion; giant, Eugene Meyers; Iii.
tie man, Robert Reeves, and fairy.
Retta DreXler.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
THEY say

Washington - President Roose
welt calls for pay.as-you-go tax but
objects to RUM plan: Il cannot &C
quiesce in the elimination OF a
whole years tax burden on the up
per income groups during a wal
period when must call for an in
crease in taxes and savings from
the mass OF our people.
Boston Frank Knox. Secretary
Of the Navy; The victory that will
win the war is still to be won"
Washington Senator A. 3.
Chandler OF Kentucky Now that
the European front is stabilized
we should strike a blow
against Japan Immediately"
London-KinE Haakon OF Nor
way: I'VE are getting closer to the
day when we shall again see our
country free and great among other
free countries of Europe"
Washington-Secretary OF WaS
Henry l.. Stimson: The Axis de-
feat in Tunisia was more than the
loss OF large armies. II was the
loss OF campaign and the loss OF
a continent"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
WAR CASUALTY

Holland. Mich, May 10 APP -
This is the week in May that this
D u c h community's streets,
scrubbed meticulousiy. usually echo
with the klop-klop OF wooden shoe
dancers. celebrating the blooming
OF acres Of tulips. This year. how.
ever, the pageantry is missing. The
traditional tulip festival is war
casualty and the colorful parade OF
costumed burghers and children in
the wake OF street scrubbers will
not be held again until the coming
OF peace.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
TO RECEIVE AWARD

Greenyille. Mich. May Dap -
Greenville =!gh School students TO.
day will be awarded the distin.
guished service award, the highest
honor given by the United States
Treasury. The students will receive
the award. the first to be given to a
group Of students, for selling S72.0OG
worth OF war bonds during April.
more than any similar group in the
nation, Treasury officials said
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
ONE DEAD, ONE HURT

Pontiac, Mich. May Zap D.
Leslie Mcdonald, 65, a carpenter,
was killed, and Carl Hemingway,
So, also a carpenter, was injured
seriously Monday when their auto
mobile collided with a tree near the
village of Lake Orion on the Orion
Rochester Road.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
Fifty Years Ago
plscREpIrs REPoRrs

Detroit, Mich. May l9-AP-ver.
non Bartlett, English journalist,
and members OF Parliament, Mon.
day discredited reports that Ger.
many would forsake Italy. In a talk
10 the Economic Club, Bartlett said
that II Germany left Italy IL would
help the Allies gain an Italian foot.
hold within bombing range OF south.
ern German industries. He said that
II also would be confession oil
Weakness on Germanys part.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
PVT. SAYS HE'S NO, q

RENO, Ney.-UP-Pvt. Phil A,
Vogel, L. S. A., has asked for di.
yorce from Loyal Shuffleberger on
the grounds that she did not live
up to her name. In fact, at the
time Of her marriage. he alleges.
she was already sharing her loyalty
with three other husbands. several
OF whom were in the armed sery.
ices and were making her remit
tances from their pay checks. Vo-
gel says he enjoyed a half.hour
honeymoon with her following their
marriage at Las Vegas, New. Sept.
80, 1912, before joining his unit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
CONFERENCE TO OPEN

Grand Rapids, Mich, May 1s-AP
The 10lst annual meeting OF the
Michigan Congregational Christian
Conference opened Tuesday with
approximately 400 pastors and lay
people attending. The Rev. A. VI.
Meikle of Detroit. moderator of the
conference, will preside.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
MAKES CANES FOR WOUNDED

PLEASANT HILLS. Gallup -
In a new drive here to provide
wounded soldiers with crutches
and canes, NJ. r. Pedrick has made
to date 20 canes from Usage orange
wood. nicely polished, and with as
sorted handles calculated to meet
the need OF soldiers. which may
vary in nature.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19

z. FL. Would 1t be danger
Gus for a woman Of AZ to. have q
baby? She has two grown chill.
dren. 2. Is it true that milk should
not be given TO q youngster who
has a chronic catarrh, as it is sup
posed to be mucous-formins?A
Answer: /. With 4 record Of two
successful deliveries, should say
that there is little danger to be
anticipated from a pregnancy in
a woman aged 43. 2. Milk has no
effect on catarrh or mucous and
should be given under any circum-
stances.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
Today, Horoscope

Today's birthday child Is sym
pathetic. generous to a fault. and
very fond Of amusement and
pleasure. You are too easily
stirred to excitement and anger,
Cultivate moderation In thought.
emotion and action. You should
be able to make good use OF an
idea that Is suggested by a mem
Der Of your family. Improve a
business connection today by Of
fering TO help at local bazaar or
fund-raising project. Keep bust.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
SCHOOL SENIOR BROWNS

Tecumseh May 10 Nineteen
year old Harvey Proctor, Jr.. TIE
cumseh High School senior.
drowned in River Raisin mill pond
here Sunday. A companion. Don
aid Winters, was rescued
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
MASHINGTON-UP

WASHINGTON-UP - Former
Lieutenant Governor Francis f.
Kelly OF Massachusetts prom
ised to continue his fight to correct
the injustice OF classifying ply
sically unfit draft registrants in
4-F along with the mentally and
morally UNIT and the dishonorably
DISCHARGED
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
Rural Events
THURSDAY, MAY 20
Salem

Ladies Aid meeting OF the Fed.
Grated Church at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Manley Clinansmith, Cur
tbs Rd. Potluck at noon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
one.MInute Test Answer.

One Minute Test Answers
1. A wide river mouth In q sub
merged valley.
2. An IDIOT or mentally dsfeo-
tive person. the condition depend
ing upon local causes and assocl-
sted with bodily deformlty or ar
rested growth.
}. An underb;cust with sleeves,
worn with a low-neeked dress.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
DIES OF INJURIES

Jackson, May 1s-Seventy nine
year old John w. Towers. Reading,
died OF injuries he received in a
fall down basement steps at a
Michigan Center tavern. He died
in Foote Hospital Sunday night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19

and contribute an amount Of blood
sufficient TO use for emergency
treatment for one soldier wounded
on the battlefield.
Probably in no war in the his
tory of civilization have more lives
been saved by scientific emergency
treatment for the wounded. The
three items which are universally
agreed upon by military surgeons
to have accomplished this are
blood plasma, the sulfa drugs and
modern anesthetics. Many men
who are still alive and GONZALES
cent would have been recorded as
killed in action" in previous con-
flicts.
The statistics are impressive.
Preliminary data on American
Army casualties in 1912 show that
of 400 wounded, a total of 156
died "a case fatality rate of q
little more than 4 per cent, while
the gross fatality rate recorded
in World War / was ~ per cent,
and in the British Army on the
Western Front, it. was 7.6 per cent.
Record Improved
In some engagements even the
per cent record has been i'm
proved, as for instance among the
Navy and Marine casualties. In
the first three months in the Solo
mons the fatality rate was / per
cent. The mortality rate from abb
dominal wounds, which in former
years exceeded so per cent, was
less than 8 per cent among the
American troops in the Solomons.
Blood plasma is a development
of the old method of blood transfu-
sion. A blood TRANSMISSION means
the injection of whole blood-the
red blood corpuscles and all-into
the patients veins. II was pointed
out as early as 1918 that probably
blood plasma would become as
valuable as whole blood in many
cases. Blood plasma is blood which
has had the red corpuscles and
CLOTHING elements removed. 1t can
be mixed with a mild and harmless
sterilized substance and can be
kept practically indefinitely.
The whole blood which is OBJ
tanned at the Red Cross blood bank
is sent to a central laboratory and
processed so that only the plasma
remains and this is put up in con-
venient containers with needles
and tubing connections, already
sterilized, so that the plasma can
be injected as quickly as possible
and at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Use of Plasma
The changes that occur in a
wounded body consist first in loss
Of blood which is harmful because
1t removes bulk from the circula-
ton Of the body. AS a consequence
of the removal Of bulk, the blood
pressure falls, which means there
is impending shock and other dan
gerous symptoms.
The processing Of the whole
blood, as carried out in the central
laboratories Of the Red Cross,
makes it possible to administer
the plasma without regard TO
blood groups. Most laboratories
dry the plasma to a powder and
it is packaged for medical use in
with distilled water,
which can be added 10 it immedi-
ately when it is to be used.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
c. R. G.:-What is Bells palsy,
its cause, and treatment, If any?
Answer: Bells palsy is a par
alysis Of the seventh, or facial.
nerve and affects the muscles Of
the face. 1t is almost always one
sided. 1t is caused by cold and in
lection of the ear. In cases due TO
cold, recovery takes place in most
instances after q period Of about
two months.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
One Minute Test
]. What Is an estuary
2. What Is a cretin
}. What Is a guimpe?
Words Of Wisdom

There Is no such thing as
chance or accident, the words
merely signify our ignorance Of
some real and immediate cause.
Adam Clarke.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
Hint, on EtIous,,.

II the bridegroom Is in the
armed forces and has only his
uniform TO wear at the wedding.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19

ness and sympathy widely sep
arated to avoid confusion and i'm
position. Make your position crys-
tai clear In a transaction that In
wolves your reputation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

twenty 1edrS ago
Death George r. Bogardus Justice BoEardu and
brother OF Mrs Clinton Elder George Nearer II Mrs
Collins.
Ypsianu Commandery No 81 under command Captain
General F. L. Gallup and with in line
annual Ascension Day service in Ann Arbo
gave the address at the cemetery.
Herbert H. Sander killed Mrs. S j. Forsyhs badly
lacerated when the
riding colded with another Sheldon
Fifty Years Ago
Rev Basan sms and Andrew Campbell are delegates from
the Ypslsnu Congregational meeting the
Congregational Association in ovosso.
The chimney the Cleay completed
just in time to be occupied by colony chimney
swallows
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19

the rest Of the wedding party
should be dressed informally
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-19
BY Logan eienasnlns, N. o.

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
DC. War. Bond Sale!
Top S1o,250, in
First Three Days
Firm Suspends Business
During Drive to Free
As for Victory Work

War bond sales in the District
for the first three days of the
$13 900 ,0O0, 900 Second War Loan
drive reached a total of $10,258,-
900 or more than Is per cent of
the $42 900, 900 quota set for local
subscription outside of CONNER
cial banks, the District War FL
nance Committee announced to-
day.
At the same time the committee
said the campaign was receiving
strong support from every phase of
life in the District, including a
suspension. of business by one firm
so that it's As employees could devote
their entire time to selling War
bonds until the drive ends May i.
Through, Wednesday,, it was re-
ported, sales of Government secur-
tiles in the, fifth Federal Reserve
district to individuals and concerns
other than commercial banks reached
total of $78, 1854 GOO, or 22.3 per
cent of the fifth districts total quota
of $3.50, 900 900.
William Montgomery, president of
the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance
Co. 81 Louisiana avenue N. w., an
nounced today his company has pur-
chased $3,250,000 worth of 21a per
cent 26-year Government securities.
This is the largest purchase of
Second War Loan Securities in the
District to date.
North Carolina led sales for the
fifth Federal Reserve with total
(See WAR BONDS, Page A-20
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Chinese Report Success
In Scattered Fighting
BY the Associated Press


CHUNGKING, April 16.-Chinese
troops killed, wounded or captured
800 japanese in scattered, incon-
elusive fighting in various parts of
China, the high command said to-
day.
In Shantung Province, where the
japanese have been trying vainly
to mop up behind their lines, the
Chinese said they attacked a strong
hold, killing or wounding 200 and
capturing 200-an unusually high
number of prisoners in the China
war. They also claimed to have
taken l6 machine guns and other
booty.
The Chinese said they inflicted
heavy losses in Hupeh Province
north of Hankow. forcing the in
vaders ito retreat in a hurry"
The communique. further said 100
Japanesewere killed south of Sinch-
wang, q Chekiang Province town
about 200 miles south OF Shanghai.
A Japanese drive to disperse
mobile Chinese forces in the
Chantiao mountains of Shansi Prov
ince was reported repulsed in dis
patches which said the enemy lost
100 men and two tanks.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
RAF Raids Industrial Targets in Ostend
$500 at PimIico See Start
Of Only Maryland Spring Meet

the final eighth. Dimout came will
ingly into second position while Baby
Darling, sluggish early, rallied to be
third.
Maryland will have 73 days of
racing next fall if present plans of
track owners and State officials
materialize
Both groups have approved tenta-
tive dates that will carry the sport
from September to November o.
Havre de Grace and Bowie,
forced to remain closed this spring
because of bans on auto use, would
have Is days each with Laurel TAX
ing its usual 25 days and Pimlico
getting IL programs.
This lineup would assure Mary
land of its normal 100 days of racing
per year.
Under the plans, Havre de Grace
would meet from September 4 to
September "a; Laurel. September %
to October %: Pimlico. October IS
to November 6, and Bowie, Novem-
Der to q.