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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
Officer Gets
Novel Break

San Francisco, Dec. 1.-UP)-
Capt. Lindsay c. Howard, socially
prominent San Francisco sports
man was acquitted by an Army
court martial of charges of con-
duct rmbecoming an officer and a
gentleman brought because he
failed to continue alimony pay
mentS to his divorced wi
The action of 12-officer court
martial board in freeing Howard
after one hours elaboration late
yesterday returne to civi! courts
Mrs. Anita Zabala Towards legal
actions against her former husband
to force payment of S $50 a month
alimony.
A pending superior court suit, by
which Mrs. Howard hopes to col
lect $4,000 in alimony unpaid by
Howard since January, 1912, despite
a 1888 Nevada court order, will be
resumed next January 4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
FULL PLEDGED (
FLEET BLASTS
ADRIATIC

Allied Headquarters, Ale
gierS, December IS - (UPC
= The most powerful Allied
air fleet ever sent over the
Balkans struck Athens air.
fields a destructive four-way
blow yesterday, it was an
nounced today, as British
Eighth Army troops adj
vanced in their slow-bloody
fight on the Italian Adriatic
coast.
Flying fortresses and Liberatorss
escorted by fighter planes, bombed
Eleusis, Kalamah and Tatoi air.
fields ringing German-held Athens
and the Athens harbor of Piraeua
yesterday.
Official reports described the fleet
as The greatest ever concentrated
over the invasion threatened Balkan
area. German planes vainly tried
to interfere, getting only two Of the
attackers while losing Is in those
encounters and others over Italy.
In Italy, Indian troops under Gem
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery fought
across Uttered, muddy battlefields
to capture the town of Caldari, 4 Ia
miles southwest of Ortona, inflictingl
severe losses on bitterly resistin@i
Germans.
The fighting on the Adriatic front !
was enlivened by a spectacular Sum
cay night communicable raid BY
Canadian troops on the town OF Ber-
ardi, where the commander of Q
German garrison, his adjutant, four
other officers and 140 men were
taken prisoner.
The Germans-all from the Goth
Panzer Grenadiers-were seized in
their stronghold in the town which
lies on the lateral road running irlSs
land from Ortona to Guardiagrele.
After taking the prisoners, which
made up the bulk of bag Of more
than 200, the Canadians withdrew.
Headquarters reports revealed that
! the Canadian and Indian troops had
linked their two bridgeheads across
the Moro River at Frisa, giving them
| a solid front some five miles long
and about one-mile deep across the
! stream.
An Allied commentator said the,
Canadians, bearing the brunt OF
Montgomery's recent drive, had re-
lieved the British 18th division on
| the coast.
On the left flank of the Indians
a New Zealand division, pressing
forward over soggy ground in inn
proving weather, made some head-
way, mostly in patrol actions. "'F'-
The Fifth Army front remained
relatively quiet but the weather also
was improving there. There were
sharp patrol clashes and several ar
tillery duels on the American front
northwest of Venafro.
Mitchell bombers hit the Orte
railroad junction in Italy yesterday
and Royal Air Force BostonS at
| tackled Pontecorvo. beyond Casino
north of the Fifth Army front.
Fighter-bombers raided shipping
in the much-bombed harbor of Ci-
vitavecchia, 48 miles northwest Of
Rome.
Fighter planes flew several hum
dred sorties over the battlelineS and
| over the Jugoslav coast, wrecking at
least IS motor vehicles. Five planes,
including the two missing from the
Athens raid, were lost. The pilot
of one was saved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
ALLIES MOVE
TOCRUSH.JAPS
ON RABAUL

Washington, December IS.
- (UP) - The Allies were
believed marshalling power
full air, sea and ground forces
today for an early assault on
Rabaul, keystone of Japan's
crumbling Southwest Pacific
defense line.
Military experts anticipated that
the campaign for the formidable
enemy base on New Britain island
will be undertaken soon, perhaps
even before American troops COM
plete the conquest Of nearby Bou-
granville Island.
The campaign for Rabaul, which
bars the way to the more vital
St ongholds in Japan's inner defense
rings, will be the biggest, and no
doubt the toughest yet undertaken
by the Allies in the Pacific.
The forthcoming drive will be
preceded by an intensive, sustained
aerial assault such as that which
forced the Japanese to quit Kiska
in the Aleutians. Land and ship
based planes will participate, the
former presumably from the newly
developed air base in the Empress
Augusta Bay area of Bougainville.
In the opinion of military experts,
it first may be necessary to seize
enemy airfields on New Britain
Island before attempting a frontal
assault on Rabaul itself This
would necessitate landings in the
vicinity of Gasrnata and Cape Glou-
cester, secondary enemy bases on
the island. At the same time, en-
envy airfields on New Ireland island,
which lies athwart Rabaul, would
have to be immobilized.
The Allies now were understood
to have the men, the ships and the
planes needed to do the job. Sec
rotary of Navy Frank Knox said as
much yesterday when he told news
mer we are getting ready to drive
home some hard blows =. We now
have the equipment and trained
men to do complete job"
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, who
would direct the combined forces in
the drive on Rabaul, has at his
disposal the American Sixth Army
commanded by 1t. Gen. Walter
Kreuger. Comparatively few Army
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
Czech Flyers
Pull A Stunt

London, Dec. 15-(UP) - Four
Czechoslovakia airmen, wearing
German Luftwaffe uniform S and
claiming they had shot down 1854
Russian planes ION paper" recently
delivered themselves and three new
German Messerschmitt fighter
planes to the Russians, Czech circles
here said today.
The "aces" said they were sent to
the Russian front by their puppet
government on July S, 1943, and
found that other Czech fliers also
had made up their minds not to fly
for the Germans.
During the ensuing months, the
four men said, they went on bomb
ing missions during which they
dropped their loads in the sea, shot
each others planes full of holes and
returned to report downing Russian
planes. They also deliberately
smashed q German planes in land
ing, before finally getting a chance
to fly to Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
Toll Men
Hove Problems
(signal Corps Radiophoto, from NEA)

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 15.-(UP)
America appears to be producing
a race of supermen, according to
Harvard researcher Francis Behn
Riggs whose book, Tell Men Have
Their Poblems Too, was published
today.
Estimating that there are now
5000 to 10000 men in the United
States 6 feet inches tall or over,
Riggs said this number might we'll
be trebled in o generation" He
attributed the overgrowth to higher
standards of living and improved
medical care.
Riggs, who himself stands 6 feet
Z IL inches, also found:
That private school boys, espe-
cially of American-British ancestry
are taller than others.
That men in the northeast, north.
west and midwest are taller thar
their fellow Americans.
THAT bishops, university presl-
dents, city school superintendents
sales managers and railroad presi-
dents are likely to be found in the
"Superman" group.
That the "overgrowth' phenom-
enon has been noted not only in the
United States but also in Scandi-
navia. Switzerland, Italy, Germany
and Japan.
That the war Is stunning the
growth of virtually all children born
in devastated and conquered coun-
tries.
Tall men, Riggs concluded, should
Give up to their height" be proud
of their build and work doubly hard
to adjust themselves to a world
which erects its doors and fashions
it's bids for "midgets."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
IWGitine At Church
Hos New Meaning

BrOOkline, Mass, Dec. Is
(UP)-A new twist has been
given to the ''waiting-at-the-
church" tale.
A week ago the Baltic Evan
geIical mission obtained a
$3.50, 900 mansion here and an
nOunced IL was to be used free
by servicemen away from home
who wished to be wed In splen-
dor.
Almost Immediately a sailor
appeared with a petite girl of
obvious southern heritage and
arranged to be the first couple
to wed at the hOme-the date
to be Dec. IA.
The Rev. Oswald A. Blumit,
director Of the home, fastened
to obtain the services of a navy
chaplain, an Organist familiar
with LOhengrin and a bevy of
bridesmaids.
The party waited two hours
last night. then went home be-
cause neither bride nor BRIDE
groom showed UP.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
transport
Troubles Rise

Washington, Dec. 15-(UP)-The
Truman Committee warned the ma
ton that it has coasted to the limit
on its prewar reserves of transpor-
tation facilities s'ld that replace
ment programs must be launched
Immediately if a disastrous collapse
is to be avoided.
II we act now, an impending cris-
is may be avoided by means more
satisfactory than any measures
which could be taken once the cris-
is is actually upon US" the Senate's
special war investigating committee
saiG in report on transportation
problems.
The report paid tribute to the
transportation job SO far accom-
pliShed, and said 1t couldn't have
been done if there hadn't been pre-
war reserves as well as splendid
time conservation and utiliZa-
ton.
But, 1t added, the transportation
burden was increasing. Equipment
was wearing out. Manpower was
growing Scarcer.
I'm 1nQlcaJlOn OF the SERIOUSNESS
of the situation = in t fact that
experts in forecasting the 1914 trans
portation burden Aave based their
figures, not upon estimated de-
mand, but on estimated maximum
capacity" the report pot out.
Point by point, the committee re-
viewed the situation affecting all
.-aes of transportation facilities
r-.t... highway, air, barge and pipe
sxs..
It found the rail, highway and
nir tranport outlook most critical
The barge program, conceived in
emergency, was found to have been
SO delayed by e: LESS conferences
that its benefits We're negligible,
Only the pipeline program received
plau6itS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
Tribute To
Texas

Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Dec.
15--(UP) - The newest German
bogey-man Is a Texan.
A Nazi prisoner taken on the Fifth
Army front told his Allied captors
that his commander warned them
the Germans now were fighting
tough, wild men from Texas, very
skilled in field craft"
The Allied report Of the incident
did not specify the exact front
There are many Texans In the
American seth division which made
the initial landing at Salerno.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
FLYERS WIN

Chungking, Dec. Is = (UP)-
Fighters of the 14th U. S. Airforce,
escorting Mitchell bombers in a raid
on Changteh, Dec. 6, shot down one
of Is intercepting Japanese fight
ers, probably shot down two others
and damaged three more, a COM
munique said today. Changteh la
ter was recaptured by the Chinese.
All the bombers completed their
run, scoring hits in the target area,
the communicate said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
WEALTHY MAN DIES

Battle Creek, Mich, Dec. Is
(UP)-Dr. John Harvey Kellogg,
noted physician and helath auth
GRITTY who once said he expected
to live to be 100 years DID," died
unexpectedly here last night at the
age of 81.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
SMOKE

Palm Springs, Cal, Dec. Is U1P)
-Firemen searching through the
ruins of the $4,000 officers club OF
the 2!st ferrying group, found only
one distinguishable object. 1t was a
charred piece of sheet music
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. Is. (UP)
Thomas Fats Waller, Negro
songwriter, musician and actor,
was found dead aboard the Santa
Fe Chief when the train reached
the Kansas City Union station to-
day.
Waller was en- route from Cali
fOrnia to the east on vacation
trip, police said.
Waller was well known for such
song hits as "Ain't Misbehaving."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
DOUBLE TROUBLE

Boston, Dec. 15-UP)-While
preparing to visit her 98-year-old
husband John at hospital, Mrs,
Anna Swain, SO, discovered a ledger
in her home had died.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15

Now Is The Time To Prepare For
Post War Positions. Post Junior
College, "A Central Ave.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
TrOglOdyfe
G ave man Tactics Earn
90 Days for Husband

Classified as a troglodyte by
Recorders Judge Gordon, 6-foot
pinch Paul Schultz, 81, of 999
TuScola, who weighs 1S5 pounds,
today began a 90-day sentence in
the House of Correction for as
sault and battery.
The complainant was Schultz
wife, Mary, 1889 Putnam, who
stands just 5 feet tall and scales
40 pounds. She testified that
Schultz met her at the laundry
where she worked, and when she
refused to go out with him, hit
her and then threw her over his
shoulder and carried her down
the street like a sack of potatoes.
1--WE don't think much of
cavemen here" said Judge Cor
don in passing sentence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
Tire Sisters
Bear Children
Within 5 Days

Modern version Of the Three
Little Sisters" has them in St.
Marys Hospital, each giving birth
10 a baby within five days.
Last Saturday Bruce Nicholas
was born 10 Mrs. Lorna Kristen,
ATS Newport.
Wednesday Mrs. Marjorie Hart
man, 1852 Blackmore. had John
Bliss; Thursday morning Karen
Marie was born 10 Mrs. Beverly
knott, i65 Continental.
The sisters also kept the record
straight by having families of boys
or girls. which ever was the case.
in the recent births. Mrs. Kristen
has another son. Burton. 6; Mrs.
Hartman mas two others sons.
Bernard. 6. and Gerald, 3; while
Mrs. knott has twin daughters,
Gale Ann and Gretchen Ann aged
Is months.
Just six months ago another
sister, Mrs. Dorothy Conway.
1904 Ash. had a son, Thomas
Joseph, in the same hospital She
too. has two more sons, Jack, 8,
and Bill who is four
The only thing that bothers the
three sisters now is that they are
not in the same room Hospital
officials are doing their best TO
rectify the situation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
Eight Sentenced
In Race Rioting

Eight Negroes, arrested during
the race riots, were sentenced
from six months 10 five years IN
recorders court. They were:
Bernice Smith, 80. of 263 Ed
mund place, SIX months 10 five
years in the Detroit House of Cor
rection for carrying concealed
weapons.
Louis Galloway, 1S, Of 2706
Maple, six months TO two years in
Jackson. resisting an officer.
Joseph Coleman. II. of 484S
Rivard, two and a half TO five
years in Jackson, footing.
Bruce A. Wallace, %, of 3l4
Alfred. one 10 five years. in jack
son, entering without breaking.
Albert Rowiey, 81, of 2t4 Alfred,
two and a half TO five years in
Jackson. carrying concealed
weapons.
Frank Smith, Is. Of 1887 Bry-
den. one 10 five years in Jackson,
carrying concealed weapons.
John Davis. %, of pa Alfred,
one-year probation, carrying con-
cealed weapons.
George Gaines. 81, Of 269 Alfred,
six months 10 four years in jack
son. larceny in a store destroyed
by rioters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
Critical Shortage
of Waste Paper Here

A dangerous paper shortage
exists, due 10 heavy war demands
for paper products. You are urged
10 save every scrap of waste paper,
old boxes and containers. news
papers and brown wrapping paper
they will be used as 4 SubSti-
tute for wood pulp, for conversion
into airplane parts, shell packing
cases. and similar essential mill
tary equipment. Flatten out
boxes, stack waste basket ac-
cumulations and loose paper into
neat bundles. To sell your sal
wage 10 a dealer, or TO give to
charitable or other organizations.
call a collector at Randolph 1882.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
Birmingham Principal
Named 10 New Post

The newly created post of di-
rector of secondary schools .of
Highland Park will be filled by
d. L. Pyle. principal of the Bald
win High School of Birmingham,
it was announced today.
Pyle, who has been a school
executive for Is years. will AS
sumo his new duties Monday. He
will have under hrs Jurisdiction
the junior and senior high schools
and junior college. As principal
of the senior high school. he will
be succeeding William Prakkcn,
retired
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30

The Frank Badaczewskis are
the Frank Bradys today, b'gorra.
and they'll be taking no lip from
their superior officers in the
armed forces of the nation.
This feat of prestidigitation was
accomplished in less than the
time it takes to tell it by Probate
Judge O'Brien. himself a good
son of Erin, who granted Frank,
35, first class machiniSts mate
in the navy, and his wife, Helen,
~ A private, first class, in the
WAC, the right to change their
names.
Its this way. Because of my
name, everybody calls me Ski.
And when there's any dirty
work TO be done, it's ski, do
this and ski, do that" the
newly named Brady explained.
Further queried by Judge
OBrien. the brand new Irishman
revealed that the two service
stars he wore on his chest were
for gallantry in action in two
major engagements. He's been in
the navy for IS months.
Given a seven-day furlough to
see his wife for the first time
since she enlisted in the WAC,
Brady decided TO kill two birds
with one stone and relieve him
self of the added duties his former
name incurred.
Mrs. Brady. with the true spirit
OF an Irishman, said she enlisted
because she didn't like this bust
ness of staying home when there
was fighting 10 be done.
She is on a 14-day furlough
from her post at the Greenwood
army air base in Mississippi.
The Bradys formerly lived at
33 Collingwood. They were given
a certification of their change in
names by Judge O'Brien TO give
to their commanding officers and
the change will be formally APP
proved Sept. 30.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30

ShV "a bC NAbJ hApNiiSA ess
Declaring that Detroit and
"the City Fathers need the help
of a City Mother" Mrs. Helen
Carrier Bryant, 612 Glynn Court.
43-year-old mother of two chill
dren, today is a candidate for the
common. council-the first woman
to file in the October primaries.
Widely known in Detroit. she
Is a member of the women's adj
visory committee of the WPB, the
Detroit Municipal Defense Council
and the Women'S City Club.
From 1892 TO 1910, she served
on the Michigan Advisory Com
mission on Education and. from
1882 TO 1912. she was member
of the Michigan League Of
Women Voters.
Herself an attorney. she is ths
wife of Attorney Edward L.
Bryant, a nephew of Henry Ford.
She was born in Detroit and
attended public schools here and
the University of Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
Blood Donation
Record Broken

Cadillac Motor Car employees
today had set worlds record for
blood donations 10 the Red Cross.
In five hours yesterday afternoon
the mobile unit of the Red Cross
had accumulated $40 pints from
than many Cadillac workers, shat
tering the previous mark set at
Fords two weeks ago of 1858.
The mobile unit will be at
Cadillac for 10 days and the goal
set by the plant committee is a
pint for each Of the $3.50 en-
ployes now in the armed services.
For the first, three days the total
donations have reached 1.06l pints.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
EOS Births in Flint
In July Breaks Record

FLINT, July 30-All records for
births at Hurley Hospital were
broken during July, it was an
nounced today by Supt. Ralph M.
HuestOn.
AS of 10 a. m. yesterday, 205
births. including five sets of twins.
were recorded. with two days to
so until the end of the month.
The previous high was 1877
births in January.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
Red Cross Staff
Seeks Recruits

A recruiting group of national
Red Cross staff members from
Washington and st. Louis, will
arrive in Detroit Monday to'inter-
view men and women with execu-
tive experience in social work for
Red Cross positions.
Interviews will be held from
Monday afternoon. through Fri
day, at the Statler Hotel. Appoint
ments can be made by calling Miss
Sarah Marie Conley at the hotel.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
5 Axis Ships Hit

CAIRO. July 30 CUP)-Five
enemy schooners were damaged
yesterday by Beaufghters off
Paros Island, in the Cyclades. an
Raj communique said today.
The Cyclades Islands are in the
Aegean Sea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
Will Rogers Jr. Seeks
British Aid for Jews

NEW YORK. July Coon
gresham Will Rogers Jr. flew 10
London this week on an i'm
portant mission 10 gain British
support for the plan formulated
by the Emergency Conference to
Save the Jewish People OF Eu-
rope. il was revealed today by
Mrs. Will Rogers Jr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
denies aiding deserter

Leon Plemons, "a, and his wife,
Vonda, %, today awaited exami-
nation Aug. Z, on charges OF har-
boring a deserter, the first such
charges here made during this
war.
Arraigned before u. S. Com
missioner Hurd, they pleaded not
guilty 10 concealing Calvin w.
Hack, Mrs. Plemons' brother, a
second class seaman attached 10
the Pacific feet who deserted
March Is in San Francisco.
According to FBI Chief BugaS.
Hack stayed three weeks in the
Plemons cottage at Estral Beach
before he was arrested Under
bond of 81 200 each, the Plemons
face three years imprisonment,
$1,000 fines, or both, if convicted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
5. Drops0 One
OF 5 Charges
Against Orlando

One Of the five counts against
Jimmy Orlando, 28-year-old
hockey player on trial for draft
evasion, was dropped today as
prosecution and defense prepared
10 present their final arguments
before Federal Judge Monet.
Kenneth d. wilkins, assistant
". S. attorney, withdrew the per-
jury charge. arising from an af-
fidavit Orlando filed with his draft
board which stated he was en-
ployed as a machinist at the Lin
coin Tool and Die Co.
DENIES GIVING OATH
Orlando testified that he had
never sworn TO the affidavit and
had never been introduced TO the
notary public, Maurice A.
Roberts, who signed the docu-
ment.
The four remaining charges
against Orlando carry penalties
Of $4,000 fine or five years in
prison on each count.
Jimmy Orlando did not know
ingly violate the draft laws and
was always willing TO join the
army" John r. Watkins, de-
Tense counsel, declared in his
main argument to the jury.
SAYS BOARD KNEW
Watkins charged that Orlando's
draft board knew without being
told that the Red Wing star was
playing hockey.
Everybody In Detroit knew
that" he declared.
On the stand Orlando admitted
that he had not listed his expert
ence as a machine operator in
Canada on his occupational ques-
tionnaire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
DELIVERIES GOOD"

Deliveries from diStillers have
been fairly good, Flynn said,
pointing out that the bottlers
have cut Michigan TO 90 per cent
of 1912.
However. the demand in the
metropolitan area has jumped
1914 per cent since a year ago.
The 25 cent charge for ration
card is 10 cover the cost of isSu-
ing. The money will go 10 the
state.
Although the public cannot buy
liquor by the bottle until ration
ing starts. sale by the drink Is
permissible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
WAS HANDED S562

After his return he was handed
three pay checks totaling $500. he
said. Later he discovered that
time slips had been made out by
the company charging his vacation
time TO various war contracts.
The slips were introduced as
evidence and Burghardt denied
that the signatures appearing on
them were his.
did you authorize any one
to sign your name ?" he was ask.
NOT JUST RIGHT
"Ne, sir, and my impression
was when saw them that
everything was not just right"
he replied.
"And that was one of the rea-
sons for your leaving the COM
pany?"
Eyes, sir"
Adolph Spalek. president of the
engineering company located at
4484 Cass. and his partner. Will
liam J. Zrenchik. are charged
with conspiracy TO defraud the
OF approximately
$4,000 through pay roll padding
and faxed cost accounting.