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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26

"I'll cable my bank to make
sure that it is"
Just so you don't cable to stop
| it. But you wouldn't do that. Not
the sweetly sacred Paige. Not you
with all your interest in Rusty"
The dark-haired girl swung
about to stare at Eugenia as if it
were impossible TO make her eyes
capture the wickedness standing
before her But again Eugenia was
a child. A slim blond child with
her long silken hair, with brief
shorts over her slim, well-shaped
legs. A child holding Paige Shell
toms $4,000 check. Sudden fury
shot the dark-haired girl from her
chair. stop that chessy-cat grin
ming and get out of here" Her
trembling was accentuated by En-
genia's serinity.
Gladly" Her childishly pink,
unrouged lips kissed Pages check.
But gladly. I'll 60 through the
door instead OF attempting the
lanai railing again. I might not
have the extreme good fortune not
/ 10 be seen this time" Abruptly
she turned back. What about the
jewels? How are you going to get
them to the Brazilians ?" Her short
white teeth CLEANED pleasantly
But that's your worry, isn't it?
Could be you're not going to send
them back. Even so. I'm ahead.
Uncle could never have managed
$4,000 lovely smackeroos. =" She
started out and turned back a Sec
ond time. Head to one side, she
gave Paige another OF those looks,
CLASSY, yet sagacious. "Golly, !
wish l could remember where I've
seen YOU
Denison Ware was giving lusu.
Sunday afternoon hospitality.
"A lot Of messy-hngered foolish
ness complained Rusty. He glared
at Paige. why did you have to
tell him you'd never been to one? ?"
Because haven't"
But if you've been" He hest
tated, then blurted, Darn it all,
why should l keep still? Why
shouldn't l ask? You're my wife.
Malu gave it away that you'd been
here before. You surely have at
tended a iuau."
Paige gave negative shake of
the head She was selecting CO.'S
tune Jewelry to wear with her
gypsy dress, a white blouse and a
skirt of vivid tropical flowers.
But you have been to Homo
lulu"
Certainly" The necklace she
was putting on was made of
sharks teeth held together with
red yarn.
Then why didn't you say sou
you didn't ask me"
"You let me positively drool
about Hawaii that night in the San
Francisco fog and never once
opened your mouth"
! You wouldn't nave liked IL II l
had stopped you" She patted his
cheek. You like TO talk"
He grabbed her hand. Don't pat
my cheek as If l were stray
pooch." He cupped her palm in his
own and put it against his face.
Pat me like this. Rather, don't
pat me at all. Just put your hand
against my cheek" he whispered,
land leave it there" But he him
self did not leave it there. With a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
Bassett
Greenstreet

Bassett $50, Schlessinger SIS, n.
Miller SIS. Goldsmith 26O, Nehlsen
Ala; totals. 554, SIS, $50, 1857.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26

Matthews $50, Lunt 332, Hay
ward o99, Harris 25S, Greenstreet
379, handicap so; totals, 500, sol
563, 1864.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
REVIVAL MEETING
Rev.
Nathan Hawks

Pastor evangelist OF Ferndale
will be with US each night at
.7:45 continuing through Sun
day, Feb. 20. Rev. Hawkes. is
a spiritual preacher and a
noted man OF prayer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28

butte their efforts to help the work
Of the commission. Newspapers and
magazines will also help the cause
along. Libraries likewise are being
asked 10 make suitable displays
throughout the year OF Jefferson
books 10 that everyone may have O
chance 10 read more about this
great American. Anyone and every.
one who can contribute In any way
TO perpetuating the memory Of the
man who gave America is basic
ideals Of freedom and democracy
will be welcomed In this movement.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28
HOTEL MEN MEN SEEK
GASOLINE PARITY
n. E. Members Faced With
Loss Of $SOO,OOO,OOO
Resort Business

Boston, April 28-(UP)--Seeking
10 save their e600,00O,00 resort
business, members OF the New Eng
land Hotel association sought today
to obtain gasoline parity for the elk
northeastern states.
The action came yesterday after
Petroleum Coordinator Harold L,
Ickes refused 10 increase gasoline
rations for the region despite the
unified plea Of six New England
governors.
Hotel men, gathered here for their
annual conference and exposition,
said they believed that the only
means OF obtaining fair rations for
the region was through the forma-
ton Of New England gasoline
block In congress.
New England has tried polite.
ness," said Vice. President James
Acheson Of the Maine Hotel assoc
citation. 1.-THE time has come TO
get tough. We do not expect MILL
tary needs TO be sacrificed but
merely ask parity with the rest Of
the country"
Acheson said that unless stair
ratlons" were obtained, the hotel
men were faced with the loss Of
their quarter-bllllon-dollar recrea-
tional business.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28
U-Boat Base Bombing
Abates Sub Activities
Allies Smelling Of Nazi Sites in France Believed Re-
spOnsibIe; Facilities Badly Disrupted

mittee were not so far apart. In
q special statement designed TO clar-
lily the situation, the Navy put Il
this way:
''stated In terms Of gross tonnage
and including oil losses Of Allied
ships, however, their loss may have
been caused, there Is no gerat Diff
ference In the Navy and commit
tee figures for 1912, the net loss In
gross tons being In the neighbor-
hood OF something over 10000
tons. These figures, however, dc
not include all losses - not losses
from submarine operations alone
The 1000, 000-ton figure, o naval
spokesman explained, represented
the difference between ell Allied
losses and Allied construction "or
which statistics are available. Since
British, American and Canadian
figures are known, the Inference
was that the figures were not avail
able for the other major shlphuild-
Ing ally - Soviet Russia,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28
EASTER SEAL
NOTABLE SUCCESS
Requests for more Seals
Continue; Public Appre.
Ciative of Work

Although the Easter seal sale Of
the Connecticut Society for Grip
pied Children Is ofilcially over, con-
tributlOns and requests for seals are
stlll coming In from Waterbury, ac-
cordlng to Walter A. Jarvis, local
chairman for Easter Seal sale In
this vicinity. All orders are still
gladly filled, he said.
Because Of this fact 1t Is Q bit
early tc report on any total
amounts received In the sale Of
seals, he noted, but indications are
that the drive has been more sue
cessful than In past years.
Mr.. Jarvis reports that In this
years sale the public showed an In
creaslng conviction Of the import
ance and need Of work for the ply
sically handicapped, and explained
that % may be caused BY the enect
Of the war emergency upon pubic
thinking.
Funds raised from the sale Of
Easter Seals win be used 10 further
the work Of the Connecticut So
ciety Tor Crippled Children carry on
It's services Of rehabilitation, hos
pitalizatlon and education OF handi-
capped persons In the state.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28
LOCAL PUPILS
MAY COMPETE
TAFT Scholarships to Be
Awarded Following Com.
petitive Examinations

WATERFOWL, April N.-Conapeti-
tive examinations Tor the annual
Taft waterbury and WATERFOWL
scholarships win be held ct the
school here on Saturday, May "a,
Paul Crulkshank, headmaster Of
Taft school announced today. The
scholarships are open 70 al boys
In the eighth grade Of any Water
bury public school.
The Waterbury and WATERFOWL
scholarships were founded at Taft
In ieti and pay full tuition for day
students. Tho awards are made on
o yearly basis, but recipients are as
Sured . renewal Of the award each
year, provided their record ct Taft
Is satisfactory.
This year, as In past years, three
scholarships are being offered to
students In waterbury schools, and
one 10 students In WATERFOWL and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28

UNITED Press Staff CorreSpondentD
washington, April 20. - Cup -
Naval experts suggested today that
Allied bombardment Of German
submarine bases In France may be
responsible for the current abate-
ment Of the Atlantic submarine
campaign.
There, Is no information 10 indi-
cate that the bases suffered damage
which would preclude their use,
Although II Is believed the bomb
ings disrupted facilities In those
areas sufficiently 10 hamper sub
marine operations temporarily.
But the experts believe the enemy
will have It's submarine out In full
force before the summer IL over,
especially since the Axis anticipate
full Allied concentration on prepar-
alton for an European invasion.
Secretary Of the Navy Frank
Knox said yesterday that the sub
marine menace In the Atlantic u
now IN one Of It's periodic "down"
stages and that there Il no indi.
cation when the next upsurge WIZ
begin,
10 far this year, only % ship
ulnkingB In the Atlantic and sub
sidiaFy waters have been reported.
In the flrst four months last year,
100 sinkings of the east coast alone
were reported.
Tho Navy is constructing and put
ting In service o large fleet Of de-
stroyer escorts on which reliance Is
being placed to beat the submarines.
some already are In service.
Meanwhile, the Navy sought 70
clear I'D differences between Knox
and tho senate Truman committee
investigating the war effort over
the extent Of Allied ship losses dur
ing ioa2. At his press conference
last week, Knox said the Truman
committees figures on 1919 ship
losses exceed construction were
grossly Inaccurate.
But after comforting with soma
TOR Ralph o. Brewster, r., Me.
member Of the committee, Knox
found taht the Navy and the COM
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28

Oakville schools. The awards are
made after O consideration Of the
applicants scholastic record, his f.
nazselal need. the recommendation
Of his school principal, and the re-
suits Of his examination.
The examination will be held ct
Taft ct Q o'clock Saturday morn
ing, May az, and those competing
will be guests Of the school for
lunch on that date. Applications
for these scholarships may be made
through the principals OF the Wa
terbury and WATERFOWL schools.
MIR. Oruikshank, In announcing
the examinations, said, 1--WE have
been delighted with the success Of
our Waterbury scholarship boys.
Those who have won the awards IN
the past two years have. without
exception, made splendid records ct
Taft and have more than justified
our hopes. They have stood high
enthusiastically, and have made Q
significant contribution 10 the life
Of the school"
winners Of the scholarship IN the
past two gears have been James M.
Comcowich, Jr., son Of mr.. and Mrs.
James ~. Comcowich. 30 Frost
road: James +. Q. Conway. son OF
Judge and Mrs. Theobald =. Con-
way, IS Yates avenue: william ".
Deniber, son Of MIR. and Mrs.. David
Dember. 100 Lexington avenue:
Thomas ]. Mcdonald, Jr., son Of
Mr. and MRS. Thomas J. Mcdonald.
l48 Westwood avenue:- Maurice r.
Noonan, Jr., son Of Mr.. and MRS.
Maurice F. Noonan, 81 Coolidge
avenue; william w. Vosburgh. III,
son Of mr.. and Mrs. william W.
voshurgh. u, l7o Buckingham
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28
March Witnessed Big
Drop In Auto Travel
Number Of Vehicles Checked on Highway 47.S Below
Figures Obtained IN I94l; Gasoline Use Down 1870

Hartford, April 20 - me month
q March this year showed nn over
ell loss Of t7.o per cent n lhe NUM-
Der Of vehicles on state highways Is
compared with The same month IN
1871, the most recent year IN which
war factors had little or no inilu-
ence. In making this information
public today, state Highway Com
missioner william J. Cox also made
available other figures recorded BY
automatic traEac counting devices at
twenty representative points along
the State Highway system.
Gasoline SALES
Gasoline sales for February show
q leaS gallonage decrease Of - per
cent when compared with the Feb
ruary, 1oai, consumption. The COM
pllations Of the United States
Public Roads Administration for the
same month reveal Connecticut'n
percentage drop Ia gasoline sales 70
be next 70 the largest IN the country
exceed only By Colorado. In this
connection, the belief has been ex-
pressed that Q difference Of several
pr cent between gasoline sales and
trnflic counts may be explained In
substantial degree by the heavier
use Of fuel BY commercial vehicles
upon which fewer travel restrictions
have been imposed.
The greatest reduction In March
travel = SIS per cent-was regis
tered on those roads listed Is
through routes. The stations at
which this 1lgure was established
are 20 located that little OF no
travel conpllcates the picture. In
the same period, q group Of roads
classified as recreational have lost
Sill per cent Of their traffic.
Suburban Routes
Local routes and suburban routes
while showing substantial reduc-
tons, fare somewhat better ct ala
per cent and 405 per cent respec-
lively. In fact these two groups Of
highways, both Of which might be
expected to share the heavy travel
generated by Connenctlcut war In
dustry, have routes that are rea-
sonably near pre-war trafiac levels,
One station on q local route has lost
only 2S.e per cent Of It's io4i load
while the smallest loss on Q SUBJ
urban route was asa per cent on
Route Us ! ut Wcstport. This sta
ton counts not only the heavy
suburban travel In and out Of
Bridgeport, but also the full guam
tity Of commercial through travel
on the Boston Post road.
The Merritt Parkway at Green
wich with . 0O.0 per cent loss and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28

the wilbur Gross Parkway at Mill
ford with s7.s per cent decrease in-
doicate not only q loss Of gasoline
tax income for highway purposes
but . large reduction IN tolls as
well. The two Pathways serve %
highllght the degree 10 which drlv-
Ing restrictions have hit the use Of
passenger automobiles.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28
81 CENTS LIMIT
PUT ON BUTTER
OpA Announcement Fol.
lows Reports Of Ceiling
Prices Being Violated

Boston, April 2s.-(UpD-Reco
Of reports that butter ceiling prices
were being violated h New Eng
land caused the oPA 10 announce
today that butter may not be sold
for more than So cents pounds IN
any Of the six states but Maine.
IN Maine, It was said, prices may
be q cent higher in some specific
cases.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28

Il costs e20o 10 outflt Q o. 8. plot
With clothing and equipment-the
equivalent of Il e2B var bonds 8
azn.Ts each.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-28

Purchased fom
MuAm.u Or snsn 1aa
TYPE o. package Rouss-ssler Grocer QsssH
p psIs 4 ssle'' Wrapped .w WWs pbm meNs
" z Il s p Rsas carton. 49,. w~w sSm me@
b prints without
cardboard cartons W 70 b1e 81 % Sso y g -
x n prints
Cardboard cartons 81 70 sec y 70 t'c ~ e -
Tub butter wrapped q
ordinary wrapping paper IS 70 800 y . eeo q - ~
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-29
kaZi Planes Bomb
brifish-He!d Isle

LONDON, Oct. 29.-tUP)-Ger-
man bombing planes have opened a
terrific attack on British-held
Samos in the Dodecanese, and a
full-scale Nazi attempt to recap
ture that island is believed immin-
ent, reports from Turkey said to-
day.
Observes on the Turkish coast
at Smyrna reported that the Ger
man warplanes are pounding Samos
day and night in a furious assault
that can be heard clearly in Turk
ish coastal villages 20 miles away.
The Turkish coast guard also was
reported to have rescued nine
British and Greek Naval officers
who were wounded when their ship
was hit and badly damaged by a
German torpedo.
A British communique issued in
Cairo made no reference to the re-
ported attacks on Samos, but dis
closed that Raj heavy bombers
blasted the Martha airdrome on
Rhodes last night, touching off
fires and explosions. Three RAF
planes were lost.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-29
Canada Member of
U.N. Food Board

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-tUP)-
President Roosevelt today announc-
ed reorganization of domestic
and International organizations
aiming at more efficient distribu-
ton of food He described the
changes as IAN important step in
the simplification of the food
ALLEGATIONS process"
Canada was given membership
on the combined U. S.-British food
board which was set up in June,
1912, to plan the most effective use
of the United Nations food sup
ply. Secretary of Agriculture
Claude A. Wickard was designated
as neutral chairman of the
board.
Mr.. Roosevelt also issued an
executive order designed to
strengthen the war food admin
istration in this country. This order
designated war food administrator
Marvin Jones as chairman of the
nter-departmental food committee
and American member of the COM
bined food board
The former food advisory COM
mittee and the inter-agency COM
mittee were abolished.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-29
US Has 208 Billion
For Military Use

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-CUP)-
Budget Director Harold D. Smith
said today that the government has
available for military purposes
$50, 100000 of unobligated funds,
as well as $l48,00O, 900 900 which has
been obligated but not yet paid out.
He appeared before an executive
session of the house ways and
means committee in response to de
mands for information about gov
ernment expenditures and the pos
sibility of effecting economies suf-
ficient to discount a large portion
of the $10,500,0OO,O0O tax goal set
by the administration.
Smith testified that an overall
total of $345 00O,OO0,0OO had been
appropriated by congress for wal
purposes. and that $137 900, ,000, ,0O(
of it actually had been spent.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-29
Jealous Argument
Leads to Murder
Of Heiress.Wife
RCAF Aircraftsman
Tells of Killing Mate
And Signs Statement

NEW YORK, Oct. 20. (UP)
Wayne Lonergan, calm and
unperturbed, was held under
a formal charge of murder
today-the murder of his
pretty heiress-wife, Patricia, whom
he confessed he beat and strangled
during jealous argument in which
both accused the other of infidelity
and she refused to let him see their
18 month old son.
The 25 year old RCAF aircrafts-
man, for two and half hours and
in a steady unshaken voice, told
authorities how he bludgeoned his
wife with a candlestick-it shatter-
ed-how he beat her again with
another one, and then when she
attem mpted to rise again how he
strangled her with his hands.
SIGNS STATEMENT
After he finished the story, he
took pen and in a steady hand,
signed the statement that may send
him to the electric chair or to
prison for life.
Asked how he felt, Lonergan said:
well, not so good"
Are you sorry you killed your
wife?"
Il don't know whether I did right
or not" he answered calmly. Then,
after hesitating, he added:
Yes, I'm sorry. I'm definitely
sorry about it all"
The confession by the husky, for
mer lifeguard, described by author
tiles as homosexual and bi-sexual,
came after nearly 16 hours of ques-
tioning during which he stuck ada
mantly to his story until he unwsG-
tingly shattered his own alibi.
SOLDIER DENIES STORY
He had told police that his miss
ing RCAF uniform was stolen by
a soldier named Maurice Worcester,
whom he said he had befriended.
There was man named Maurice
Continued on page Q, col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-29

Silent and Sullen, they lounged
about their quarters while strong
detachment of army troops and
WRA internal police redoubled their
vigilance to prevent any possible
outbreak.
WRA spokesmen said only the
adult men-about 1000 of the
camps $4,000 population-was in
volved in the sit-down work stop
page, now entering its third week.
The demonstration was revealed
publicly YESTERDAY in San Francisco
by R B. Cozzens, field assistant
director of WRA.
MANY CONTINUE
Many of the interneeS' wives and
children, born and educated in the
United States, did not join in tSle
demonstration. The WRA regarded
a large number of the wives, sons
and daughters as loyal and un-
sympathetic to the strike.
When admittedly disloyal Japa-
nese were segregated in other camps
and transferred to Tule Lake, their
families were sent with them.
Although the women do not work
in the harvest fields normally, they
continued work uninterruptedly at
other tasks.
"The men don't talk. They've
been told to dummy up," a WRA
Continued on page 2. col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-29
&c. Has Only 10
Days to Obtain
Capital for Houses
Units for Marine Base
Workers Will Not Be
Built, It is Feared

Ell Centre has only 10 days
in which to induce private
capital to construct 20 homes
for civilians employed at the
Ell Centre marine air station.
Ben Herring, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, was inform
ed Friday.
After the Today period the gov
ernment will cancel prioritieS on
building materials needed for the
project.
WON'T GIVE UP
But we will not give up Herring
said. IF we cannot interest private
capital in constructing these two
and three bedroom homes, we will
try to get the Federal Works Agen-
cy to construct them. Private con-
tractors declared they did net think
1t would pay to put the necessary
money in the houses because they
feared they would not rent after
the war They would have to be
built, of course, exactly according
to government plans which The con-
tractors said they feared would be
cramped and would have some feat
ures not acceptable to renters after
the war"
The 20 houses are in addition to
the 40 houses now being built by
the government on Fourth street
in Ell Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-29

into the Naz1 positions.
Both the fifth and Eighth armies
pushed their way we'll into the for
ward defenSeS OF the little Rom
MEL line barring the march to
Rome.
(The Rome radio said the Fifth
and Eighth armies opened gen
eral offensive" aimed at the center
of the Italian line hinged on Iser-
mia. A front dispatch to London
said "all the familiar eve-of-battle
signs we're in evidence on the Fifth
army 'front.'
RAINS BOG TROOPS
Despite heavy rains which i'm
peded movements all along the
front, the allies scored some new
territorial gains, although their pri-
mary efforts were devoted to the
massing of men and material for
the assault on the powerful Ger
man mountain line.
With the weather curtailing the
aerial hammering of German COM
munications, the all-weather artil-
lery of the United States navy was
brought into play against Minturno
The town was under naval attack
for the first time.
Stabbing deeper into the maze of
German Notifications before the
new line, the Americans menaced
the road hub of Teano, outpost of
the Nazi stronghold atop Massico
ridge.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth army captured Montefal-
Continued on page 2, col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-29

dI dlLdJlOll law, CIfoy odlu.
Among the latest OPA rules and
regulations to be issued by the
OPA was one ordering lettuce to be
sold by the pound, for the first time
known to the valley section of the
industry, and setting the ceiling
price at 1925 a crate to the grower
with minimum net weight of 60
pounds to the crate.
WEATHER ENTERS
If it weren't for little matters of
standardization and fair practice
laws, one grower pointed out, these
rules might not be so startling. The
weather has lot to do with the
size of lettuce heads. Warm weather
makes large, fluffy heads, which do
not weigh as much as the solid
heads which occur in colder wealth.
er. Normally in the winter in the
valley lettuce crates contain from
70 to 100 pounds each and each
crate must be marked with its ac-
tual weight. The crates already are
made up for this season and they
are the usual size. Now, the growers
want to know, what if the lettuce
grown this winter results in full
crate weighing the wrong amount
to comply with OPA?
Normally lettuce crates are pack
ed by the dozen until they are full
to such an extent that the lids bulge
to comply with the fair trade and
practice law and the Standardiza-
ton law. Then each crate must
Continued on page 2, col. 81