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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
3 Red Armies Blast Riga
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the Gulf of Riga, clearing c l4.nniie stretch of the coast. The advance overran the little seaport of Ainazl and on beyond to salacgriva and sveigifns, the latter 4e miles north of Riga.
 Farther inland, the 3rd and End Baltic armies combined in c power- ful assault on the fortified town Of Cesis astride the Pskov- Riga rail- way line 42 miles northeast of the capital.
 Another 2nd army spearhead drive Into Limbazi, 4 miles north.Norths east of Riga and i2 miles frcSA the seacoast, while the 2nd army'S southern wing stormed and capturs cd Madiiena, 90 miles due east Of the capital, and pressed on in close pursuit of the Germans.
 The Russian iSt Baltic army, inassed for weeks against the souths ern outskirts of Riga, maintained steady baTrage on the Nazi-held port and the enemy's last escape corridor southwest of the city.
 Meanwhile, Marshal Leonid 4. oovorov's Leningrad army to the north fnopped Up isolated remnants of the German forces in Estonla, capturing all but c narrow coastal strip of the country yesterday.
 ocvorov'g mechanical Spearheads captured more than 200 Estoniafl towns yesterday in c series of sweeping advances that met only feeble and diSorganized resistance.
 On the elovak border front, the Russian 9th ukFaniaa army broke tlgCugh strongly. fortified Nasi posls tiOns southwest of the Drohobycz olifieI6g a1d a.tanced nine miles tc take T'arka, i2 miles north Of the frontier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Dr. Sidney Mecurdy Dies In Younastown

St. Johnsbury vt, Sept. 27. (UP) --Dr. Sidney M. McCurdy, 63, former medical director of tho industrial commission of Ohio and former chief surgeon of the Youngstown, O., Steel & Tube O.. died unex- pectcdly yesterday ct his home here.
 A native Of AfldoveF, MasS., who was awarded the Croix do 0uerre in World War l, pr. McCurdy pracs ticed medicine in Youngstown, O. until his retirement three years ego
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Oddities M The NeuUs
nY UNTTED pREss


 South Bellingham, Mass, Sept. 27 -(UP)-Siamese twin rabbits witl, ono head were reported born at Q Warren owned by Julian dingras.
 Portland, Me, Sept. 27-(UP)- Municipal airport officials today were seeking permission to shoot seq gulls who come In on searchlight beams and land on runways,
 Medford, Mass, 27-(UP)-Insert- ing an advertisement in Q morning newspaper, Mrs. Anna Mcguire rented Q bungalow at 6 Q. m. and at noon had received 300 telephone calls from other would-be tenants.
 Boston, Sept. c7-(UP)-Mayor Maurice ]. Tohin received letter from Q Lawtey, Fla, railroad agent offering to trade 20 quarts of straw berries for Q Boston Terrier.
 Springfield, Mass Sept. 27-(UP) Tho city council last night aban- doned plans for 0 V-DAy celebration when mothers of servicemen oVer- seas protested.
 Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 27-(UP) -The Harvard Service News, war counterpart of the crimson which President Roosevelt once edited as an undergraduate forgot the fed. Oral ban on political material for serVicemcn.
 Copies distributed to 5000 Navy students were recalled quickly, but not before the trainees glimpSed Q "vote for Dewey" advertisement
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
BROADWAY BALLAD

You are a legend of the scented whsn all the nights were per-
 tuned with desire when we who thought that love was
 meant to last,
 Threw fuel upon . strange and
 lovely fire.
 You are Q symbol of Q torch that
 famed
 Against the velvet blackness of
 the night .. when All the world was youthful
 and untamed,
 When all the goals were coming
 into sight,
 Now you are dust and terror stalks
 the way,
 And all the wine has spilled from
 out the cask,
 And drahness marks the coming or
 each day,
 Where there Is nought to seek and
 none to ask ., where old ghosts gather at a shabby
 Inn
 To stir the mern'ries of an ancient
 Sinl DON VAIN Faces About Town: Peter Arno, excited about his new sinful book, eThe Man in the Shower" 60,O00 copies of which are already ordered in advancel It will be published next month John Gunther, who a.na ~a,.AA htp ,.aVal tfF4laa FNao,,l1lnd Midnight" breathleSs about Joan Thorsen, the MGM starlet, ex- Northwestern U. student The James Wallingtons daring anyone to pan FDR Venus Ramey c'Miss America"), who hadn't one date since winning the national beauty contest, doing the town with Joe E. Lewis, whose new bundle of songs at the Copacabana leaves you in stitches Lena Hornes beauty stopping traffic at Sand and 9th avenue-on tho arm of Billy Daniels .. Mary Pickford, who still wears those famous curls Ann Sheri- dan who hasn't been in the Cub for c week--because her feller, s, Flanagan, is Soooo jealous of Guess Who?7??
 Sallles in Our Alley: Lee Crane, the maestro, says he feels better now that Bing Crosby has come out for Dewey--considering Bing's con- sistent record for betting on the wrong horse T hear" said an- other, "Edward Arnold is among the Hollywood stars who have come out for Dewey Yes" said Burl Ives, Ines played banker roles 50 much he thinks he must worry like theml"
 Memos of . Mldnlghter: Doris Dukes pals insist everyone IS wrong on their predictions of her next groom. If any. That he might be the much -ribboned Comdr. J. Robb,, just back from the Pacific. He's No. 1 in her heart Mexican pa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
GripshoIm Comes Home

(Continued from Page D ously sick or wounded that they were removed from the vessel at . British port and flown to the United States.
 The latest exchange of prisoners with the German government was made possible by the cooperation of the swiss and swedish governments, the joint announcement said, add. Ing:
 Tt is hoped that with tho co- operation Of the neutral nations, ars arrangements can be made soon for the repatriation of additional seri. ously sick and wounded prisoners of war"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
NO SUCH PLACE

Hyannis, Mass, Sept. 2T. (UP)- One hurricane story told on stricken Cape Cod today concerned c tele- phone repair truck which sped ail the way from Pittsburgh with c llne- man still asleep in the back.
 Crawling sieepiiy out of the truck, he inquired of . passerby where he was.
 ''IEyannis, PennSylvanlaI" he cried. There alnt any such tow1i"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27

thaup Islands "havO completed their battle line and await Q chance to deal heavy blow to the enemy when he appears on those isiands.'
 Tokyo radio, in c broadcast re- corded by United Press at San y'Fanciseo, acknowledged damage to haEboF installations at Dairen, the big port city near Port Arthur, and tha some damage" was caused in areas around Onsha and Penshiru, major steel producing cities, Ii raids starting aE i2:5U D. m, Tuesday, (Tokyo tIfae),
 Japan reported also that Bs2os attacked Changtien, TienSiang, Kai. feng and Loyang Tuesday afternoon, but were repulsed" without cauS- ink damage.
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countering such formidable defenses at Metz; aiso running into rear areas behind the eiegfTieu Line which possibly are even harder to penetrate, and oil top Of everything the rain and deep mud in which ti1g operations bogged down.
 4 few days Of sunshine may change everything.
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Memos of . Mldnlghter: Doris Dukes pals insist everyone is wrong on their predictions of her next groom. If any. That he might be the much -ribboned Comdr. J, Robb,, just back from the Pacific. He's No, i in her heart Mexican pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
S Alumni Die in War,
Georgetown Reports

Fifty-five gold stars now appear
on Georgetown University's service
flag This is one more than the
number of service deaths among
its alumni in the World War, the
university said today.
The latest star was added last
week for Capt. Alfred Richard
schroeder, class of 1888, of the Army
Medical Corps, who was killed in
action recently in Italy. Capt.
Schroeder, whose home was in Lake
wood, N. j., was formerly on the
staff of Georgetown University Hos
pital After his graduation from
the medical school he was given a
fellowship in pathology and surgery.
Two other alumni also were added
to the universitys list of war dead
last week. 1t. Dave Dyer, U. S.
N. R., former prosecuting attorney
of st. Charles County, Mo, and
1882 graduate of the college, was
drowned in the Pacific area on Feb
ruary 26. He was serving on a
warship.
Capt. Eugene Haverty of Pitts
burgh, Pa, a medical school grad
uate of 1888, was killed in action
overseas on February 20. The area
was not given.
Georgetown officials have the rec
ords of 5,604 alumni who are now
serving in the armed forces. Many
OF them are students who have
entered the services since the attack
on Pearl Harbor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Egypt Trains Flyers
For Coastal Patrol
To Relieve Raj
BY STEPHEN BARBER.

ASsoCldteo fIeSS war Correspondent.
A DESERT FIGHTER STATION
IN EGYPT, Mar. 27.-Young Egyp-
tan air force pilots are undergoing
last-minute operational training
before they begin flying their own
new-type fighters on coastal patrol
within Egyptian territorial waters.
Egypt is not at war, and the pa
troll flights will not constitute a
breach of non-belligerency, but they
will aid the Allied cause by relieving
Raj squadrons for more active OPP
erations.
The new air force is wholly Egyp-
tan; the cannon-firing Hurricanes
flown by the squadron soon to be
ready for operations are the prop
erty of the Egyptian air force and
the squadron itself is Egyptian from
the ground crew up.
At present Raj experts, headed
by Squadron Leader N. P. w. Han
cock, who won his Distinguished
Flying Cross during the siege of
Malta, are working alongside the
Egyptians giving final instructions
In flying and mechanical technique.
British Pilots Praise REAF.
According to British pilots living
at the same station this squadron
of the REAF can boast some fine
flyers.
Their formation flying is really
beautiful-honestly among the best
I have seen," said one Raj pilot.
while naturally they've not had
any real combat experience yet,
from the standpoint of sheer flying
skill they are equal to nearly any
crack fighter outfit in the Raj"
The Egyptian Air Force is remark
ably free of pashas or the sons Of
pashas. In this squadron mess are
the sons of a high court official, a
chief justice, customs official, a
merchant and a number of army
officers and lawyers, doctors and
other professional men. Few are
wealthy, although rates of pay make
private means more or less obliga-
tory in the commissioned ranks.
Ranks run the same as in the Raj
with pilot officer the lowest at just
under SO day.
Force Is Small.
Due to the comparative smallness
Of the REAF, however, responsible
ity frequently outstrips rank, with a
fight lieutenant doing duty as
squadron leader.
Enlisted ground crews, all of
whom volunteer for this branch of
the service, received between $35
and $45 month when fully trained
as filters, mechanics, armourers and
so on. Conscripted personnel, en-
ployed only on guard duties and for
similar chores, get just over $40 a
month.
Raj pilots who know their work
say the REAF's mechanics are well
trained and keen. One Raj wing
commander from whose station the
Egyptians are training even went so
far as to say he doubted if most
European ground crews would con-
slider it feasible to keep some of
the older REAF machines flying
They invariably are in f1rst-class
trim despite their age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Thieves Accept Bid
To Enter Tavern

BY the Associated Press.
PATERSON, N. tJ.-"Dew Drop
H." read sign on the front of a
tavern.
Police said the invitation was &C
eepted recently when thieves climbed
over the door transom and dropped
into the bar to make off with a
small amount of cash and liquor.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21
VETERAN REHABILITATION

That something must be done to re- store wounded and sick veterans of this war all agree. But what? We have the convalescent training program of the army air force, he studies which have been undertaken by the National Re- search Councils Committee on Conval- essence and Rehabilitation and various proposals of government and private agencies. But we have no system, no plan. Moreover, experience at the front is not directly applicable, inasmuch as the army is primarily concerned with returning a disabled man to his regl- ment. All this being so, the New York Academy of Medicine has conducted a symposium, in the course of which about forty authorities gave their views. What we have is useful survey which enables us to focus attention on the medical and social problem presented by the disabled veteran.
 Convalescence seems to present more formidable difficulties than training the handicapped for an occupation. It IS not that physicians are inexperienced but that they are called upon to deal with unfamiliar complications. At present, time, which does more than any ano- dyne, must be the chief reliance, and time is the same as rest The men who will need care are all young - much younger than the average patient. They have been touched by unfamiliar, trop- ical diseases, and they have sustained injuries rarely encountered in civil life. Hence the difficulties. The addresses de- Gvered before the academy did much to clarify these, but the authorities were agreed that, though certain principles are as applicable to convalescent soldiers as to civilians, we need research to give us a new approach.
 Training the soldier for job in civil ian life is easier. We have experts enough in this field. Judging from the declarations of corporation presidents. industry is willing to do its share. For some years it will probably need all the workers it can recruit to fill an enor- nous demand for goods that have not been made since Pearl Harbor Lastly, there is the general conviction that the disabled and discharged veteran should be given preference when peace returns.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21

when science almost trips him up with a miracle. This particular miracle has to do with a petrified baby, and if you don't believe me, read MT. Adams book. Random; s2.75).
 James Ronald is a Scot who writes about Britain from the quiet eighborhood of Fairfield, Conn. He. will be remembered for a number of leisurely myster- ies, rather more three e-dimensional than usual, and for a novel called "Old Soldiers Never Die," about an old General who wanted very much to serve in the war, and finally did-but oddly. His new novel is "The Night Is Ending" Ii has to do with a very fine wo- man indeed; she meets and has an affair with a music hall tenor, she then meets the mans dying wife, and as a result takes over the care of her three children. Her support in this endeavor comes from a young and adoring doctor. Mir. Ronald's great virtue is his genuine feeling for charac- ter and especially for youth; his blind spot is sentimentality. 0ip- pincott; $2.75).
 Clare Jaynes is, like Ellery Queen, two people. She is Jane Mayer and Clara Spiegel, and why "These Are the Times" is not just signed by two names and let go it's way I wouldn't know. The Misses Mayer and Spiegel are very shrewd writers. They did well with a number of short pieces, their Instruct My Sor-
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21
TROT OUT THAT SMILE

We have not been to Alaska for sev- eral months but in all our time in the Territory we have never known Alas kans to be other than courteous and hos pitably friendly. However, we have heard many Alaskans visiting in the States during recent months, comment on the increasing surliness of all who serve the public. Consequently we thought that the following excerpt from an article in a recent issue of Printers Ink would be found of interest The ar- ticle was entitled "Is Bad Behavior Booming?"
 Were not referring to the victory girls who they say are assaulting our gobs and marines in vestibules during blackouts, for those khaki-happy kids are the policewoman's problem
 We are referring to the positive dearth of downright consideration, cheerfulness and everyday courtesy. We realize things are abnormal, with grand mas driving taxis and broad-shouldered mammas manning gas-pumps and chang ing tires for slick-haired sheiks who sit in glossy roadsters on their way to dates with other 4-F's.
 We just think folks are unwittingly rationing smiles and friendly words. There's no red stamp required to keep up our typical 'How'ya Pal?' in the grand old American way and mean it.
 Were sick to death of these counter gals who slide the ketchup across the counter at you as if they hoped it would spatter your one good tie :. and those lift-operators who slam elevator doors IS if they were sorry they missed your fingers.
 '"rhen there's the box-office bird who expects you to be psychic and by lip reading completely understand there are 10 seats left
 Last, but never least, is that coterie of 1amp-handed barboys who snarl back, Nav, we got no Scotch, no rye, no noth- in.
 That's the lingo and general attitude hats getting US all down. To our way of thinking anyone lucky to be left safe in this country, with paying job, should De sufficient glad of his good fortune to )e civil, courteous, and carry smile.
 No mouth should be as hard to open IS Pullman-car window; Americans hould smile, be polite and glad they're hive and well. We see no reason for the marked degree of discourtesy that seems to have swept into almost every corner where the public is served.
 Are we forgetting all that stuff we learned as Boy Scouts?"-(Alaska Weekly.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21

rows" was a solid financial suc- cess in Hollywood, and l shall
 be surprised if the new novel does not go to glory along the same pa'h. It is made to order "a scheming wife who stops at nothing that will tie her doctor husband tighter to her, but who of course is found out at almost the last minute The background is medical, very. !Ransom; $2.5O).
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21
CHARLES ANDERSON ARRIVES IN NOME

Charles Anderson, old timer of Alaska, and known to his many friends as Charlie, the Caulker," arrived in Nome from Solomon re- gently, where he has been mak- ing his home for the past many years. Charlie has now reached the age of 94, and is planning on go- Ing to the Pioneer Home, to be with several of his friends there.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21
THE NOME NUGGET

Good as the prospects are, there is clear ly work to do both for the physicians and for the trainers, and the Academy deserves praise for indicating the nature )f that Work.-( (New York Times).
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21

with ideals who is too stubborn to bow before frontier supersti- tions and the Great God Mann mon. He sticks by science even
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21
LOCAL SPECIALIST ON BEAUTY BOARD

Mrs. Grace Mahan, operator of Mahan's Beauty Shop of Nome, has been appointed by Governor Greuning, to the Board of Cos metology.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21
LITERARY CUIDEPOST
SPRING FICTION
By JOHN SELBY

Samuel Hopkins Adams had his eye on posterity when he started Canal Town It may land in the movies, but it was not primarily written for tbem, as possibly some of his work has been. This is a very long, very
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21

fully realized moved about Palm yra, N. r., about the days when the Erie canal was being dug, and particularly about a young doctor
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-21

Advertise it Tn The Nugget.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
Experienced Fighters, With Good Arms,
More Than Match For Japan Defenses

scramble up its steep slopes, he
found the Nipponese had fled down
the opposite side in order to es-
cape the terrific barrage and still
were too dazed to return to man
their guns.
Approximately 800 Japanese
were reported to have been left
to guard the landing beaches. The
ship bombardment, followed by a
terrific pelting from the air, sent
them either to hospitals or fleeing
into the jungle and they put up no
resistance
AS the Marines drove toward the
airfield, the japanese pinned their
hopes of stopping them on point
the Marines called ''nero-zero"
which jumped into the sea north of
an airstrip.
The Nips put 75-millimeter guns
and smaller artillery pieces along
the trail, backed up by typical
earthen machinegun positions, and
waited for the Marines to come to
them.
The Marines come after a heavy
Smelling from 105 and 1855 millimet-
err guns they took ashore. The
leathernecks advanced in a driving
rain and sent their general Sher-
man medium tanks ahead when
they sighted the enemy's posi-
tons.
To the tanks must go much cred
it for the. brevity of the first
phase of the campaign. The Jap
anese hit them with their artil-
lery but the shells ricocheted off
and not a single tank was put out
of action.
The Japanese died behind their
guns, behind the steel shields that
were perforated by tank fird. They
died in bunkers and along the
beach. Few got away.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02

Editors note: Preston Gro
; yer Associated Press war cor
respondent, recently completed
a tour of Allied bases in India
and China. In the following
dispatch he outlines the pros
meet of Allied offensive action
in southeast Asia in 1944).
BY PRESTON GROVER
NEW DELHI, Jan. 1IR-Al-
lied forces Of Admiral Lord Louis
Mountbatte-1's Southeast Asia COM
manded looked into the new year
today hoping to see in 1914 the
beginning of victory over Japan in
this theater of war.
The grand strategy OF smash
ing Germany ahead Of Japan, con-
firmed at the Cairo and Teheran
conferences, inevitably means con-
tinuance for time OF the subor-
dinate role being played by the
| fighting fol ces based in India. how
ever.
This period Of waiting may last
| another few months or it may last
a year, depending on developments
| in Europe, but it is obvious that
complete inaction is not part OF
the plan and that at least a few
strides will De attempted against
the enemy who drove the Allies
back to the indian frontiers early
in 1912. h.
Already Chinese troops, Ameri-
can trained and equipped, have
advanced more thai so miles into
northern Burma along the route
of the Ledo TOAD. which it is in
tended will ultimately carry sup.
plies to China. British forces are
probing into Arakar 500 miles to
the southwest, determined to
avenge the defeat the japanese
gave them there last spring.
Heavier ard successful fighting
in both Of these zones, even though
on comparatively small scale,
has been described ir recent Allied
communlques. Aerial activity also
has been intensified japanese
communication throughout Burma
have been pounded go persistently
that it is becorling difficult to find
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02

road toward Truk and Manila, had
typical Japanese defenses but it
fell with seemingly little resist
ance. However, it could have been
another Buna or Munda, which
dragged for weeks.
From the minute our cruisers
and destroyers began their pre-
dawn bombardment the day after
Christmas, the enemy was disor-
ganized and never fully recovered.
Target hill was considered one of
the major detectives because it
had artillery commanding the
landing beaches. But when 1t.
George Planter of Washington,
D. c.. led his picked troops in a
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
BY MURLIN SPENCER

With the Marines at Cape Glou-
cester, New Britain, Dec. 80 -
DeIayed)-LR-The four-day jun
gle blitzkrieg at Cape Gloucester
by U. S. Marines was strong proof
that experienced, determined
fighting men, armed with tanks
and other modern equipment and
backed up by well co-ordinated
sea and air support, are more
than match for any defenses the
Japanese have shown thus far in
the Southwest Pacific.
Cape Gloucester on New Brit
aims -ain-soaked western tip. stra-
tegic because it commands the sea