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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
Trial Balloon Seen M
 Wallace FOR Nomination
By LYLE c. WILSON

United Press Stan cOErespOndent)
 washing gD0is, sept. 11-IUP) twice President Henry A. Wallace,s romi- nation of President Roosevelt for permanent peace conference chair man appeared to some capital ob- servers today to be Q trial balloon hint of new administration plans.
 There was no immediate White House comment, but that was not unexpected. Wallace, revealing his new idea to a press conference in Chicago yesterday, assured reporters that "the president probably will be tremendously surprised when he hears what l say"
 Some political observers took note that Wallace's proposal seemed to take a fourth term for granted. A wisecracker suggested the proposal was a "burnt offering" Still others tried to reconcile the vice presidents certainty of peace approaching" with the administration's urgent eff forts to convince the country that we are in for long war.
 Somewhat more confusing, how ever, was the fact that authoritative statements of administration inten- tions suggest that there will be a long transition period between the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
Reds Push On On Two Big Fronts
By HENRIK SHAPIRO
nlted Press stafF COrrespOndentl

United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 Moscow, Sept. ll-CUP)-Trium- phant Red armies speeded up their coordinated offenslves on the south- ern and central fronts today to Q pace that held promise of reaching the Dnieper river along possibly a 6O0-Inile stretch before the autumn rains turn battlefields to mud.
 Advances of up to 25 miles and the capture of nearly 320 towns and villages in the past 24 hours were reported by the Soviet high command and German forces were retreating in some sectors at such a rate that they had no time to SOW mines behind them.
 German prisoners were being rounded up in groups of hundreds and wholesale lots of abandoned equipment were found intact. Three hundred Germans were captured south and west of Stalino alone. while the days booty included 37 tanks and 105 guns.
 Radio Berlin broadcast that So- viet forces attempted a landing of Novordossisk harbor, hub of the Axis bridgehead in the northwest Caucasus opposite Crimea. Several Soviet gunboats, patrol boats and landing craft were sunk, the Ger mans said.
 At one point, the Russians were only 45 miles east of the Dnieper River bend following the capture of the railroad junction of Chaplino, while the seizure of Petropavlovka, to the northeast, brought another Soviet force to within 63 miles of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
Paul Robeson Writing Book
By JOAN YOUNGER

United Press Stan Correspondent
 New York. Sept. Il W.PD = Paul Robeson, Negro singer who sent his son to school in Russia and went to England so he could live like a first class citizen" said to- day that never again would he con- slider leaving America.
 T did q lot of thinking when the war started" Robeson. now reheaTS- ing for the leading role in "Othello" said. T had planned to leave the United States for good and l was living in London, shutting over to Russia every summer to see my boy. I thought I saw more tolerance for Negroes abroad than did here"
 But Robeson decided he was wrong when the war broke out.
 T realized then tkat the Negro problem here is 6 minority group problem, not one of individuals as t is in many European countries" ." he said. sAnd ! realized that Amer lea gives her minority groups more of a chance than just about any country on earth"
 rneSides I was h0neelek = and ! decided that 1 waNn't helping the Naaro problem in the United States ans hy running awag from ife Reha1on nov "a pfepnFinR . tgea- fes..4l&f4tzaR ms wann Ms Ha
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
BY MERRIhIAN SMITH United Press Staff COTrespondenD

Washington. Sept. II - (uPl = President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister winston Churchill today invited Premier Pietro Badog- llo t0 play e Darlan- diraud role In leading Italy Into the camp of the United Nations.
 That was the effect Of the mes. sage sent by the leaders of the two great Enelish-sFeaking nations over the United Nations AlgleTs radio station at I2:0l today. ft was fore mally addressed Co nadogllo and the Italian people. but the words meant ~-ioin the Allies or suffer the con. sequences of their military might.
 fThc llberntiae armies Of ihe western world ore coming 10 your laaeueH MF. Roosevelt nnd chufehs llI ted the Italian people. we baFe EsHV NHan# forces nsl0 A4e entering EE M#N2 'nlA 47@ MaTNMNN Ee&s
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
InDite Badoglio To Play
 DarLan-G Giraud LtaLy Role

will be extirpated from your land and you, by helping in this great surge of liberation. will place your selves once more among the true and long-provled friends of your country from whom you have been 60 wrcngfully estranged."
 Am Open Invitation
 It was an open invitation to Ba- dogllo to call the Italian population to arms against the. Germans who one week ago were their Allies but now are not. ft was an invitation to nadoglio to assume leadership Of the Italian people, at least until peace is restored and the Allies as- Hnme effective control.
 There was no immediate answer as to whether nadoello would ae- cept that challeaae. For most of his eo.od0 KeaTh be was knoNn as | supporter of Che hoNae of Savoy. nallna &h9 imEt sQ yenFH he waa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
Stars Sell Mony Bonds

Boston, Sept. 11.-(UP)-War bond sales totaling $200, 0,O00-more than one-fourth of the states $78S,- 100000 quota-rewarded the talent of the Hollywood Bond Cavalcade who performed at Boston Garden last night as part of the Third War Loan Drive.
 More than 10000 persons witnessed the performance of such stars as Greer Carson, Jimmy Cagney, Judy Garland. Mickey Rooney, Harpo Marx, Kay Kyser, Paul Henreid, Betty Hutton. Dick Powell and Lu- ellie Ball.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
Guess At
 Size Of |ItoIy's Now

fsaf@4i a,ff assft According to Janes fighting ships for 1942, the Italian fleet was be- lieved to consist of the following:
 Four new, 35,000-ton battleships-- the Vittorio, Veneto, 1mpero and the Roma; three old, but reconstructed, g ,622-ton battleships--the Giulio Cesare, Caio Duilio and Andrea Doria. Some of these had been damaged by Allied attack.
 Two heavy, 10000 ton cruisers. of the Trento class, including the Cor izia which was damaged by Brit ish submarine June 29, 1922 Two other ships of this class had been sunk.
 Not more than 22 first-line light cruisers and two obsolete light cruisers. One of the latter capslzed in the Nagles harbor during a Br- tish air attack Dec. 4, 1922, while a number of the first-line light cruis- CTS probably never were completed.
 Not more than 43 destroyers and probably considerably fewer
 Not more than 62 torpedo boats, many of which undoubtedly have been lost in action.
 Not more than l0l submarines, of which Jane's says "a considerable number" have been lost in action. F Two sloops, one of which possibly was lost.
 One seaplane carrier.
 Not more than 12 minelayerS.
 Four minesweeperS.
 Ten gunboats.
 A maximum of 67 motor torpedo boats, "a good many" of which have been lost.
 About 200 miscellaneous craft, in- cluding tugs, transports, training ships, lighthouse tenders, submar- ines depot ships, repair ships, re- search and salvage vessels, and about 100 motor 'fihing vessels talk en over by the Italian navy in l940
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
Cafeteria Help Get Woae Jump

Boston, Sept. li--tUpl--Tle New England War Labor Board has ap- proved q fiye-cent-per-ll0lir wage Increase for 378 cafeteria einpioyes ln the United Aircraft Corp. plants at East Hartford and Manchester, Conn,
 A fiPeseent-peE-hoRr premium feE the ulank's niHlat Nhi1t w0Fkefs res tEaaellga lo jnIE q nIsQ waa anH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
\ All Indio Radio
 Reports Big Quake At Osuko in Jopon

London, Sept. 1.-(UP)-The all-India radio said today that an earthquake comparable to the 1893 disaster occurred Q few days ago in Japan, centering at the Port of Osaka, 2SO miles southwest of Tokyo.
 The 1923 quake, which struck Tokyo and Yokohama, took 99,331 lives.
 The broadcast said hundreds of buildings had been dernol- ished and that casualties could not yet be estimated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11

IVY N - ~~N@ Q WY S~J
 Take Area Over
 A special German communique yesterday reported that Nazi troops have taken over the Rome, the Naples -Salerno areas and most of northern Italy, including the Bren- ner Pass, the Bologna, Verona and CreIfeOna areas and the northern coast, including the ports of Genoa and Spezia. Trieste was said to have been captured after a short fight.
 The Stockholm newspaper Svenska Dagbladet said the Allied convoy which was sighted yesterday moving into the Adriatic sea in the direction of Albania had changed course and landed troops at Brindisi, on the east coast of the Italian heel oppo- site Taranto, Italian naval base oc- cupied Thursday night by the Brit ish.
 The arrival of the Italian king, queen and crown prince in Sicily also was reported in Svenska Dag bladet, which said they were believed to have reached Palermo, prcsum-
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Bradley beam., 1943-11-20
New Allotment
 Benefits or
 Top Non-Coms

will take several months to com plete conversion of the millions of accounts.
 Dependents already receiving a family allowance need not mako application for the increased bene- fits. The ODE has already set up procedures for converting accounts of those eligible for the increased amounts. Unnecessary letters and inquiries will only delay the work. Gen. Gilbert explained.
 Under the old arrangement there were two classes of dependents, class A, which included wife, child and former wife divorced to whom alimony was being paid, and class B, which included dependent par ents, brothers, sisters and grand children under certain conditions.
 Class A remains unchanged. A new class B-1 includes parents, brothers, and sisters who are de pendent on the soldier for their chief support, and class B, which includes the same persons when they are dependent upon the soa- dier for only a substantial portion of their support. Payments under class B is fixed at $37 while al- lowances for B-1 dependents varies.
 Staff, technical and master ser geants who had been receiving monetary allowance in lieu of quar- ters for their dependents may choose either to continue the al- lowances in conjunction with . class E allotment of pay, or to dis continue them in favor of a family allowance. In either case the money will be sent direct to the depen- dents by the ODE. From now on, however, no monetary allowances in lieu of quarters will be author ized.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20
It. Friend
 Outstandinq
 Rifle Man

If there is anything you want to know about a rifle or related weap- on, you would be wise to consult First Lieutenant Robert w. Friend, AC. Base S-3 and Range Officer. He knows literally ALL there is to know about the subject. And you wouldn't need a dozen inducements to obtain the information, either. The Lieutenant is not jealous of his speciality. He is only too glad to see that everyone has a chance to develop whatever aptitude he may have in the soldiers basic function, shooting. Ask the men who have worked under him and with him on the range: They are unanimous in their praise of the Lieutenant as an Officer, a Man and Good Fellow. Transferred to other stations, many of them have written back their wish that they were once more in his com mand.
 Lieutenant Friend was raised in Goldfeld and Tonopah, Nevada, which latter he still gives as his honse address. He was graduated from the Tonopah High School in 1880 and thereafter spent two years at the Tonopah School of Mines. However, the military soon attracted his interest, and in Jan uary, 1884, he was commissioned 2nd. It. in the Infantry Reserve and that summer spent a tour of duty with the 38th Infantry, Fort Douglas, Utah.
 It was during his career of active service with the Infantry that the Lieutenant attained his eminence with firearms. In September, 1895, he enlisted as a private in the fa- nous 30th Infantry at the Pre- sidio of San Francisco. During the years 1936-37 he was a member of
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20
EXTRA DAY ADDED TO WOMEN'S CLUB SCHEDULE

The Bradley Field Women's Club announces an extra day in it's weekly schedule of activities on behalf of the Station Hospi- tai.
 On Tuesdays, as we'll as Fri days, officers wives are urged to attend the all-day session at the Officers Club. The produc- tion report for October gives an idea of the work done: Mrs. D. R. Burnett, Chairman, reports 2650 surgical dressings folded, 192 pieces of new sewing com pleted,and 215 pieces of mending returned to the Hospital.
 It is earnestly hoped that Tuesday or Friday, or both, will be convenient for 10O%o of the members.
 Mrs. A. Gardiner Layng, Chairman of Hostesses, an- nounces the following functions for the month:
 On November 16, the monthly bridge tea was held at which the officers wives of Sufield were hosteSses.
 On November 21, at the Night Supper of the Officers Club, Mrs. Parker A. Tyler, IT,, will be hostess.
 Mrs. Fred Stahuber will be hostess for the dance on Novem- Der 27.
 On December 3, a regular monthly luncheon meeting will be held. Mrs. William B. Ram say will be in charge of luncheon arrangements.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20

Hundreds of Bradley Field non- coms of the three upper grades are planning to take advantage of the new amendment to the Service mems Dependents Allowance Act which permits their dependents: to receive substantial government benefits previously available only to family members of the other grades of enlisted men.
 A new simplifed one-sheet de- pendency certificate will help speed the monumental task of converting family allowances to larger sums as authorized in the amendment. More than 3,OOO,O00 allowances now in effect will be re-examined to determine the extent of the de- pendency and whether allowances will be increased.
 Dependents are receiving the new forms (WD form 620) and should fill them out as quickly as possible as they are regarded as evidence of dependency by the ODE and will furnish the information for author ization of increases to which they may be entitled under the amend ment.
 Meanwhile, it was announced by Brig.-Gen. H. N. Gilbert, director of the Office of Dependency Benefits of the War Department, that checks will continue to be mailed to those who have been receiving them in the past, while the neces- sary conversion will be effected through a streamlined procedure which has cut the time period from 36 to four hours.
 Checks will be for the old amounts until new accounts can be set up but any sums accrued (rep- resenting the difference between the old and new amounts) will be included in the check starting off under the increased allowances. It
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20
GRAY LADIES
 RECEIVE CAPS

Twenty-eight Gray Ladies, mem- bers of the First Corps formed by the Hartford Red Cross Chapter, received their caps in an impress sive ceremony. at the Red Cross Recreation House at the Station Hospital, Bradley Field, Conn. Be- fore an enthusiastic gathering rep resenting the military and the Hartford chapter, It. Col. Frank R. Fleming extended greetings and thanked the corps for the fine CO., operative work it was performing at the hospital. MT. Edward N. Allen brought a congratulatory message from the Hartford Red Cross and Mrs. L. K. Babcock, of Special Volunteer Services, from Hartford told of the work done by the Gray Ladies.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20

A new service has been created for men in the armed forces. A vol untary shopping service has been instituted in New York City at 6 East 61st St.
 No longer will men and women in the service have to worry about shopping in crowded stores or get ting in too late to get what they want. Service Mems Service, Inc, will buy and ship and gift you wish to purchase to any place permitted by postal regulations.
 All required is that the descrip- tion of the articles plus a money order or check be enclosed with a letter, giving full name and address of the person to receive the gift. This information should be sent to the above address.
 The volunteers in this splendid service are trained in comparative shopping and know where to get
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Shopping Service Gives GI's
 Chance To Buy Gifts By Mail

d the best values for the least
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-04-08
Mobilization I est
Highly Successful

Suddenly last Friday a secrei
code word was flashed over The
telephone wires from army head.
quarters to the control center in
Libby that set the wheels into in
slant motion in a communications
and mobilization test by the local
Civilian Defense organization.
The flash of the secret code word
was received at the Libby head
quarters at SAT p. m, Friday and at
6.18 everyone of the organization
had reported at the Civilian De
Tense headquarters and were out at
their posts OF duty with the ex-
ception Of one, and the message
failed to reach him. An indication
of the smoothness with which the
organization worked is seen in the
fact that it required only four min
utes for telephone central to notify
everyone of the quite large organ
ization.
j. A. Krall, commander of the
Civilian Defense organization, was
highly pleased with results, and
wished to express that fact publicly
THE spirit of cooperation mani
tested by everyone was wonderful, :
said Mr.. Krall, land I wish to COM
pliment each and everyone for their
willingness to do his or her part.
Mr. Krall was especially pleased
with the speed shown by the mes
senger boys in reporting for duty,
and he submits the following record
of arrivals at the control center.
James Woodwork arrived in one
half minute, David Klehm in a half
minute, George Paulson in a half
minute, Jim Roberts | minute, Bob
Roberts 3 minutes, George Earle
minutes, Daniel Halsey half min
hlNf pDG hPpiCBdtE IL iiliflutGS, AlEllil
Hugill 5 minutes, Earle Winfrey
minutes, Herbert Neils | minute,
Horne Kujawa 2 minutes, Franklin
Warner 2 minutes, Jerry Neils l
minute, Bob Maize | minute, Dale
Adams 8 seconds, Duane Daugharty
! minute, Johnny Solem | minute,
Donald Anger half a minute, and
Mrs. JANET Risley, a headquarters
worker in charge of messengers, a
half minute.
Commander Krall called meet
ing of the organization Saturday
night where weaknesses that had
been noticed were discussed and
steps taken to correct them. This is
said to have been an exceptionally
interesting meeting, with everyone
again showing fine cooperation.
1t is of interest to know that the
call for the test came from army
headquarters at Salt Lake City.
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Whot Our Soldier
Boys Are Doing
The World Over

A postcard from Corporal Ha
Hall, formerly of the Western New:
.reportorial staff, states that he ha:
been transferred from Madison
Wis, to Boca Ration Field, Fla.
where he is now attending an adj
vanced radio school,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Cole of Troy
have received another letter from
their son, Wilbur who is still in
the Middle East. He states that he
is working quite hard and the time
goes rapidly. He has seen no fight
ing yet. He asked his dad not TO
catch all the fish as he would like
to catch few himself when he gets
home.
FORT MYERS, Fla-Sgt. Robert
E. Adamson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gust E. Adamson of Libby was
graduated Monday from the Army
Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School
at Fort Myers, Fla.
Now qualified as an aerial gun
ner, he will become a member of
one of the thousands of bomber
crews which will be sent overseas
in few weeks to battle the Nazis
or the Japs somewhere s'over there =
He will receive his crew training at
an operational training field in the
United States.
Hundreds of gunners are grad
uated each week from the school
located near Fort Myers. The course
lasts only five weeks and covers
everything from BIB and skeet
shooting to firing from the power
operated turret Of large B34
bomber on special missions over the
Gulf of Mexico.
Sgt. Adamson has been in the
army months. He is also grad
uate of an Army Air Mechanical
school In civilian life he was a
Iaborer for the box factory for J.
Neils Lumber Co.
:
AAF Navigation School, Hondo,
Tex, April I'm recognition Of
outstanding scholastic and military
achievement during the first phase
of his training, Cadet John P Har-
mon, %. son of Mrs. John D. Har-
mon, Libby, has been appointed
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cadet captain of the ART Naviga-
ton School cadet detachment al
Hondo, Tex
Upon completion of his training
here at the worlds largest naviga-
ton school, Cadet Harmon will be
awarded the silver wings of an
aerial navigator and commission
in the Army Air Forces.
Mrs. Chas. Krebs has received q
message from her son, George, with
the marines in the south Pacific,
saying, I'm on my way home
/ 1t will be of interest to num-
Der of Libby people to know that
Jim Garrett, former Libby boy, is
now an aviation cadet at a Texas
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Switzer, Sr.,
have another letter from their son,
Bill, who is in North Africa In this
letter he reports that he is very
comfortably situated and that for
the time, he is as safe as his par
ents are. There are three other of
his mates in the same tent with him,
each has bed of his own, and the
tent is electrically lighted and heat
ed He states that he likes the
work there very much.
Camp Polk, La.-Private LIST Glass
Clayton H. McGill has been promot-
ed to corporal, it has been an
nounced by his commanding officer,
Captain Robert C. Roffey. Corporal
McGill is member of Service Com
pany. And Armored Regiment, 18th
Armored Division.
Mrs. James Barron of Troy, one
Of the workers in the recent Red
Cross War Fund Drive, adds note
of interest in reporting from Syl-
vanite Mrs. Barron said.
1T seemed rather coincidence
upon receipt of v mail letter
from one Of our boys in England,
to have him comment on the good
work the Red Cross is doing to
make the life of the army men in
the camps over there more pleas
ant"
Word has been received here that
Kenneth E. Brown has been as
signed to a refrigerator ship and
has left San Diego. He was chosen
to fill the place of another second
class petty officer, who was i'll
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Navy Knox when he visited the
islands a few months ago.

islands a few months ago.
Sergeant Metzger was invalided
home some time ago because one
of his arms became infected with
what is known as elephantiasis. II
is believed this is caused by the
repeated bites of tropical mosquitoes,
which causes an extreme swelling
in the infected part. The medical
profession does not know a cure
for it, said Sergeant Metzger, ex-
cept to move the sufferer to cooler
climate. There it invariably dis
appears, he says. 1t has done SO
with him and the swelling has en-
tirely disappeared. But it is said
the disease is apt to manifest itself
again should one return to a tropi-
cal land. For that reason Metz
ger thinks his service in the tropics
is ended. He says specialists from
the Mayo Brothers clinic have been
in the islands for some time study
ing the disease and attempting to
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-04-08
BICYCLE AND CAR QUOTAS

The regional Office of Price Ad-
ministration has announced April
quotas of new passenger automo-
biles and new bicycles for rationing
in the mountain states. New car
quotas are: Colorado 454 with So in
reserve, Wyoming 1877 with Is in
reserve, New Mexico 146 with 10
in reserve, Montana 225 with % in
reserve. Bicycle quotas are: Colo
RADIO 992 with 1898 in reserve, Wyo-
ming 203 with 81 in reserve, New
Mexico 292 with 88 in reserve, Mon
tana 274 with 81 in reserve.