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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-27
st. Bartholomew Parish

Sunday Jan. 80 being a Fifth
Sunday of the month, special serv-
ices will be held at all three
churches:
Laytonsville, 9 A. NJ, Special in
struction and worship.
Olney II A. NJ, Worship and In
struction.
Brighton, 8 P. NJ, Evening wor-
ship and Intercession for the en-
listed men.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-27
st. Luke's Lutheran Church

10 A. M, Sunday School.
IL A. M, Sermon, Christ and
Peter The Spiritual Dynamo"
6 P. M, Luther League.
Friday at 7, Boy Scout meeting.
February 9, oyster-chicken fell
lowship supper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-27

in Arkansas, The Sentinel has re-
ceived copy of "Plane Talker'
which has Lit. Guy E. Kagey, Jr.,
as Photo and Reproduction officer
He is the son Of the Rev. and Mrs.
Guy E. Kagey of Sherwood Rectory
Cockeysville, formerly of st. Johns
Rectory, Olney.
1t. Kagey went to BAAF in
April and helped set up the depart
ment which reproduces booklets,
pamphlets, circulars, posters, maps,
letterheads and correspondence for
the entire field. He now has % men
working under him.
Sgt. Nelson Whip 33,453,122 129
General Hospital, Camp Shelby,
Miss, writes to thank every one
who sent him Christmas cards. He
does not have the address of all. He
says he enjoyed every card and that
"things like that help keep fell
low from getting blue. Nelson ex-
poets to come nome for IL day
furlough about the 9th.
The Sentinel has change of ad-
dress for Sgt. David w. Warthen,
SS2O0441, Co. B 785th TR.BN. A.P.
o. 312 c/o P. M. Nashville, Tenn.
Another change of address: Pfc.
Charles w. Barber, Service Co.
9Th Inf. APO. No. A U.S.Army.
ASH. 33O60S63 c/o P. M. New
York, N. Y.
Douglas G. Lindsay, nephew of
Mrs. Albert Hawkins of Latons-
Vile is taking single motor flying
at Spence Field, Moultrie, Georgia.
This is his last training, if success
full he will receive his wings about
the middle of March.
X
Pfc. William Courtney Priebe,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Priebe
of Laytonsville writes his folks this
week saying he had participated in
the Empress Augusta Bay Area of
the Bougainville Campaign. Pfc.
Priebe is with the Marine Corps.
His address is Battery "F" AAA
Group, 3rd Defense Bn. F.M.F. Go
Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco,
Calf.
Sgt. James w. Woodfield, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Woodfeld of
Damascus, has been with the
Financial Disbursing Section in
England since November. His adj
dress is 1S0756O, 18th Financial
Disbursing Sec., APO. 515, c/o
Postmaster. New York, N. Y.
Pfc. Preston r. Weaver 13156619,
Sou 3418, ASTP Co. B Sec. K.
University of Florida, Gainesville,
Fla. Pfc. Weaver is completing his
engineering course at the Univers-
ity of Florida after having received
his basic training at North Camp
Hood, Texas.
Corpl. Thomas w. Heffner has
returned to Camp Maxey, Texas,
after two weeks furlough with his
wife and parents at Boyds. Corpl.
and Mrs. Heffner were dinner
guests here last week of his broth
er-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice E. Thompson.
4
Pfc. Harry Y. Musgrove, Jr.,
sends greetings to all of his friends
from England. Recently trans
ferred from Iceland where he has
been for nearly two years, he
would be glad to hear from friends.
His address, ASH. 1S05097O, Hq.
& Hq. & Service Co. 1878 Engineer
c. Bn. APO. GAS c/o Postmaster,
New York, N. Y.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-27
BOyds Presbyterian

Sunday School, 10 A. M, in
charge of Miss Evelyn Virts' class.
IL A. NJ, Divine Service, sermon
by the Rev. Kerr.
Christian Endeavor meeting 1880,
Mrs. ]. P. Kerr, leader.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-27
Traffic Safety Slogan

The Maryland Traffic Safety
Commissions slogan for the
week is:
"The Big Difference between
Safety and Disaster is the
Driver.
Drive Under 35."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-27
In the Churches
Mt. Zion Cedar Grove
Baptist

Baptist
9 A. NJ, Broadcast, WWDC.
10 A. NJ, Worship, Mt. Zion.
11:30 A. NJ, Worship, Cedar
Grove.
2:SO P. NJ, Worship, German
town.
The Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School Choir will sing on the broad
cast at 9 A. NJ, and the minister
will speak at all services.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-27

It's about time some of those
synthetic rubber tires got into cir
culation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Noxon Is


pittsfield. Mass, March 2.
GUP) - The radio which Attorney
sAAn r. Noxon, Jr., claims ne was
91pairing when his 6-months- old
detective son, Lawrence, was cleo
trocuted accidentally" was admit
ted In evidence at the wealthy So
ctalites murder trial today.
Also admitted without objectiOn
from the defense were six tubes
which the 47-year-old defendant
said he was In the process OF putting
into the set, and an infants plan
mel undershirt found near a pase-
ment incinerator where Noxon
acknowledged he burned certain
evidence including the baby's cloth
ing. -.
The gallery again was filled to It's
2OO-seat capacity for the seventh
days session before Superior Judge
Abraham =. Pinanski and the jury
Noxon entered from an anteroom
where he conferred before court with
his counsel. His 43-year- old Wife
Margaret, was absent from her us
uaI place In o chair near the cage
where he Is confined.
The opening was delayed more
than @ half-hour by conferences
between the prosecutor and state
witnesses.
Noxon appeared unperturbed and
confident he could explain q docu-
ment Of notes found In his home
tContinued on PAGE a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Lepke Must
Die oniqht

Ossinirg, N. Y, March 2-(UP)-
Barring last minute official inter-
vention, Louis (Lepke) Buchalter'
the black sheep Of poor but respc-
table immigrant family VINO
launched a career Of crime at the
age Of seven, will die in the sing
sing electric chair tonight.
Probably his last avenue OF es,
cape from the states mechanical
death was closed yesterday when
Federal Judge Clarence G. Galston,
of New York, denied Lepke VIII
Of habeas corpus.
There stiIl remained the right OF
appeal before the U. 8. Circuit
Court Of Appeals, a direct plea TO
GOV. Thomas E. Dewey for a COM
mutation Of death sentence, ana
the possibility that Lepke's counsel
may seek a new trail.
Lepke, the kingpin Of the rackets
and one Of New York's more motor
ious gangsters, will die with four
other men. Two of them he hired TO
kill a man: the other two murdered
a detective.
In the death house with Lepke are
Louis Capone and Emanuel weiss,
(Coutinued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
SUCCESSFUL
ATTACK ALSO
ON CRUISER
BY JOSEPH W. GRTGG
limited Press staff Corresuondemt

BY JOSEPH w. GRIGG
UNITED Press Staff COrrespondentl
London, March 2. - (UP)
- The admiralty announced
today that British submar-
ines of the Far Eastern
Fleet tOrpedOed and appar.
emily sank a Japanese air.
craft carrier and made q
successful attack on a cruiser
along the northern app
prOacheS to Malacca Straits
off Malaga.
A Royal Navy submarine
spotted the japanese carrier
of about 1000 tons, pene-
trated its screen of five sub
marine chasers, drove home
at least two tOrpedOes, and
left the big warship heeled
over and believed sinking.
An admiralty communique
announcing the blows at the
Japanese fleet in enemy
waters said another Submar-
inc carried out a "SucceSSful'
attack on a Japanese cruiser
in the same region, but
condensation prevented OBJ
servation Of the full results.
In still other actions, q
medium sized Japanese sup
ply ship was sunk by a tor
pedo and a small vessel Of the
same category was destroyed
by funfire, the admiralty
said.
The date OF the operations on the
sea lane to Singapore was not re-
vealed, and except for O succince
summary Of the attack on the air.
craft carrier details were meager.
Carrying the sea war back to the
region where q Japanese cruiser
was sunk recently, an unidentified
British submarine sighted the car
carrier, escorted by five chasers,
CONTINUED on Page d
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Los Negros
JopCounter
Blow Licked
By DON CASWELL
nited Press War Correspondent


Allied Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific, March 2--(UP)-American
invasion forces, supported by heavy
and medium bombers, beat back a
counter attack on newly-won Mo-
mote alrfield with heavy enemy
losses, and repairs to the Los Me-
eros airstrip were being rushed to-
day to provide a new base for
futher aerial attacks on Japan's
Pacific bases,
While U. S. planes bombed the
enemy positions, units OF the dis
mounted first cavalry division re-
pulsed the Japanese assault at dawn
yesterday, killing &C and wounding
"a of the enemy force which at
tempted to retaoke the airfie!d less
than "a hours after 1t was captured
In the initial landing on the Admir-
atty Islands.
A spokesman estimated that the
enemy force consisted OF several
hundred troops, which Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's communique said
we're "bloodily repulsed," with only
negligible American losses.
(Tokyo radio said that the Japan
csc garrison on the Admiralty Is
lands was "fiercely fighting" the
American landing party, and that
the u. S. pre-invasion bombings
had little effect" on the Japanese
defenses. The broadcast was re-
corded by CHS in New York;
Following the rout OF the Japan
csc the communique said the Amer
lean positions had been consolidated
successfully.
"The field will shortly be in full
use by our air forces" the announce
ment added, indicating that Army
Engineer units and Seabees probably
landed shortly after the invasion
troops to begin reconstruction OF the
previously heavily bombed airstrip.
The field will give the American
Air Forces a good base OF opera
tons for further attacks on New
Guinea, only $50 miles TO the south,
New Britain, a similar distance to
the east, and Truk, the big air and
naval base 6l0 miles ~ he north.
Rain and Mud
Spokesmea d.-u..... that the
U. $. troops on Los Negros battled
through rain and mud 10 capture
the airfleld, and front dispatches
revealed that heavy weather pre-
vented bombers and fighters from
protecting the first three landing
groups.
A heavy bombardment by U. S.
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Firms Feel
For Armistice

Stockholm, Marc h2-(UP)-Po-
litical quarters in Helsinki said to-
day that Finland was prepared to
do shat 1t cam to bring about
peace with Russia and other sourc-
es predicted concrete developments
in that direction within the next "a
to 43 hours.
The officiaI Finnish News Agen-
cy confirmed last night that Fin
land had received the Six-poii.t mr.
mistice program proposed by Rus
STA and that 1t had been communi-
Gated to parliament, presumably at
Tuesdays secret session at which
members voted confidence in the
government,
The newspaper Morgontidningen
reported from Bern that Adolf Hit
Ter and his advisers discussed the
Finnish situation at long, gloomy
session yesterday
Col. Gen. Eduard Dietl, German
commander In Finland, has pre-
pared to evacuate his 100000 troops
to Norway In the event Of Rus
sian-Finish Armlstice despite So
Wet demands for their internment,
Morgontidningen said. Dietl, who
already has evacuated his heavy
equipment, was ordered not to let
himself under any circumstances
be trapped In Finland, 1t added.
Berlin dispatches published In
Marrid said Finland's withdrawal
from the war would cause greater
surprise In Germany than the cap
itulation Of Italy)
A dispatch from the United Press
Bureau In Helsinki said Finnish
political quarters were not viewing
the possibilities of Russian Finn
ish peace particularly optimistical-
ly, but believed that Finland woult
do what 1t could to promote peace
now that the Ice has been broken.
Report
The Finnish agencys report on
the preliminary conversation be
tween Juho K. Paasikivi, forme
Finnish premier, and Nine. Alex
andra Kollontay, Soviet Ambassado
to Sweden, at Stockholm last mont
correspondent almost word by wor'
with that released the previou
night by the Soviet foreign COM
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Beaten Girl
Found Dead
In Capital

washington, March 2-(UP)-
The beaten body Of 37-year old
Catherine Cooper Reardon, clad
only in o slip, was found today In
the library at the National cathedral
today.
Miss Reardon, who had been miss
Ing from her home since last night,
was assistant librarian at the cathe-
drla library. Her body was found
Slumped in the basement book
stacks by cathedral employee.
How she met death was not I'M
mediately ascertained.
The library is in an UNCOVERED
Gothic building situated near the
massive Episcopalian cathedral
which is one Of the capitals fore
most monuments.
The dead woman's mother, Mrs.
w. M. Reardon. Jr., told police
that she left their nearby apart
ment yesterday lin a respondent
mood"
Police at first thought this might
mean she committed suicide, but
first reports did not appear TO SUBJ
stantiate such q theory.
Mrs. Reardon, who was confined
to her bed, notified police that her
daughter was missing last night and
n search had been underway for
her.
District Commissioner ]. Russell
Young, Police Chief Edward J. Kelly
and other police officers went to the
cathedral and ordered all exits from
the grounds barred.
The cathedral will be one Of the
largest churches In the world when
It Is completed. 1t dominates the
the skyline OF northwest Washing
ton, and Is one Of the city's SHOW
places"
Unfinished Building
The building was started about
40 years ago. Wartime restrictions
have prevented completion Of con-
struction work, but p,GcS are under
way to do this after the war.
It Is situated on Mt. st. Adams
at the intersection Of Massachusetts
and Wisconsin avenues, In the CEN
ter OF swanky residential district.
Down the hill along MaSsachu-
sets avenue are many embassies
and expensive homes.
Episcopalians and others all over
the country have contributed and
are still contributing to the cathe-
dral building fund, To swell this
income, the National Cathedral
Association raises herbs in "the
Bishops Garden" on the grounds
and sells them In O quaint little
shop nearby. The association also
does a thriving business in Christ
mas cards.
In crypts inside the cathedral lie
the bodies OF Woodrow Wilson and
CONTINUED on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
QuodrupIets'
Dad Yonk

Pittsburgh, March 2.-(UP)-Sgt.
William Thompson, identified as the
father OF quaoruplets born TO an UNI
wed British girl, will be left to
sweat 1t out" and his American
wife, a Pittsburgh beauty operator,
will not seek divorce, his father
in-law said today.
I'VE can't do 1t; we're Catholics"
Frank j. Jeneman, father Of Eleanor
Jeneman Thompson, wife Of sgt.
Thompson, said in denying reports
that she had decided to ReRk . de
vorce. We are not In wrong. Were
not going to do anything. The book
Is closed.
LET him sweat 1t out"
Mrs. Thompson Is out Of tho city.
Jeneman said, and will not return
until her husbands publicity SUBJ
sides. She and Sergeant Thompson
were married in st. Josephs' church
here Armistice day, 1912, while he
was on furlough.
Jeneman indicated he may have
had telephone communication with
a priest and an attorney, but denied
he had had personal contact" with
them. He refused to discuss tho
question further.
Frank j. Jenemann disclosed TO the
United Press that his daughter
CONTINUED on Page Il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

New York, March 2.-(UP)-
Judge John ]. Freschi ordered "a
hour adjournment in the murder
trial Of RCAF aircraftman Wanye
Lonergan today to determine the
merits Of a prosecution motion for
discharge Of the entire jury panel.
Assistant District Attorney Jacob
Grumet, prosecuting the states case
against the 26-year-old cafe society
playboy charged with the bludgeon
Staying Of his heiress wife, Patricia
Burton Lonergan, moved for dis
missal Of the talesmen as the trial
resumed this morning.
He said q story appearing today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
ALL Out Air BI0ws
AT Reich Resumed
BY PHIL AULT
UNITED Press War Correspondent

UNITED Press War Correspondent
London, March 2-(UP)-The all
out Allied air offensive against Axis
Europe went back on an around the
clock basis today as American four
engined bombers roared out from
Britain for new raids In the wake
of q devastating 1,700-ton Raj
night assault on the German air
craft engine center of Stuttgart.
The American heavy bombers
headed out across the chanel at
extreme altitude at Woodworking
with q strong fighter escort In their
first operation since Tuesdays raid
on Brunswick, 100 miles west OF
Berlin.
American Marauder medium
bombers joined In the daylight Of
fensive with attacks on military OBJ
jectives-presumably rocket gun
Oscillations and pilotleSs plane
bases-along the French invasion
coast. They were escorted by Raj
typhoon fighters.
More than 600 British planes en-
gagged In broadside operations
against the continent last night,
spearheaded by the concentrated
bombardment Of Stuttgart, 1t was
announced officially.
The Raj suffered its smallest
loss in recent months during the
night. Only four planes failed to
return out Of the very strong
force" which attacked Stuttgart and
subsidiary mosquito formations
which hit Munich, France, Belgium
and Holland, the air ministry an
(Continiied on Page 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Soldier SIugs
John L.LeWis,
|Or-Did He?
(NEA Telephoto)

Washington, March 2,-(UP)-Did
or didn't an AWOL army corporal
plant his fist In the eye of United
Mine Workers President John l..
Lewis las a present from the boys
overseas?"
The corporal, Henry KAMA, 81, Of
Schenectady, N, Y, says he did, So
does his buddy, Pvt. Jacob Ricotta,
20, of Rochester, N. Y, who accom-
panied him TO Lewis office to tell
the mine chief what they think
about wartime strikes.
K. G. Adams, II spokesman fro
Lewis, says there was some arm
waving, but no punch. He said Lewis
spoke to the boys like father" and
told them "about the coal operators
conspiracy"
Neutral observers reported no sign
Of q skinner" beneath Lewis bushy
eyebrows when he left his office and
started for home. At the Lewis
residence In Alexandria, Va, Sec
rotary said Lewis was mot to be
disturbed"
The soldiers were reported by
Army officials to be absent without
leave from the Army Air Force COM
mand In Atlantic City, They said
Kannia, who served in the Mediter-
ranean area, was In the air forces
distribution center there when he
went AWOL, and Ricotta was pa
tient in England General haspital.
At last reports, military police
were searching for tibet wo soldiers
but hadn't found them, The search
started from the front OF the Mine
Workers building where Ricotta
paused long enough yesterday TO be
photogr; Z he'd hanging onto the arm
Of Lewis brother, Dennis.
CONTINUED on Page A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
BRITISH TORPEDO JAP CARRIER
Americans Attack On Anzi0 Beachhead;
Russians Close In On Flaming NarVa
STORM PSKOv,
RIP v|TEBSK
DEFENSE LINE
ny HARRISON SALISBURY
limited Press staff Correspondent

ny HARRISON SALISBURY
Omitted Press staff Correspondent
Moscow, March 2. - UP)
- Russian armies hammer
ing at the three main bas-
tions of a cracking 3OO-mile
German front today closed IL.
on the almost encircled and
burning EstOnian City OF
Narva, stOrmed street by
street through Pskov, and
ripped into the near defenses
Of Vitebsk. j.,
Field dispatches indicated
that the German defenses
from the Gulf of Finland
down through northern Es-
tonia, the region bordering
Latvia and into White Rus
STA were giving away under
synchronized Soviet offens-
ives. -.
Estonlan reports said the Nazis
had nut the torch to Narva, strong
hold commanding the corridor be:
tween Lake Peipus and the Gulf OF
Finland, as well as scores OF VIZ
lagos to the west, in desperate
failb.ck from Tallinr.
srYthward 100 miles. the trans
mort system radiating from Pskov
was splintered, Red Army assauis
units were chopping steadily
through the city streets, and the
fall 81 the gateway to Latvia was
CONTINUED on Page -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
FIGHT GERMAN
14TH ARMY'S
VETERANS

BY ROBERT v. VERMILLION
UNITED Press War Correspondent
Allied Headquarters Naples,
March 2. - (UP) - Battle
hardened American troops
went over to the attack on
the AnziO front and fought
the German 14th Army'S
veterans back across the
beachhead today after wealth
ering the first shock of a
major Nazi offensive that had
punched a mile-deep salient
In their lines.
The third battle Of the
beachhead continued in full
fury early today as the coun-
ter-attacking A meric a n S
swarmed up from their
trenches and drove the weary
Germans back step by step
across a 1,300-yard battle
front midway between Cis-
terna and Aprilia.
Front reports said about
two-thirds Of the enemy sal
lent had been regained by
noon yesterday and that the
Americans still were punch
ing forward in savage hand
to-hand fighting today.
"a German communique said
calculating" fighting was under
way south and southwest Of Cis-
ternia and admitted that the Amer
leans had broken into the advanced
Nazi positions at several points)
Hundreds Of Allied big guns join
ed In the battle, including the
deadly American l55-millimeter
long tons" and laid blazing pat
tern of death across the German
front and rear lines.
More than 500 battle-shocked
German troopers fell into the Allied
hands as the Americans advanced
and reports from the front said
prisoners were flowing back from
the fighting line In steady stream.
Heavy rains turned the battlefield
into slippery morass, robbing the
Allied troops Of their maximum
aerial support and hampering tank
operations on both sides, but the
big guns of the 5th army raked and
tore necessarily at the German
lines. y
Nazi field artillery and long-range
cannon emplaced In the hills to the
mn EonA ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Flyer Gives Life
TO Save Others

Orlando, Fla, March @(UP)-
Witnesses who saw md 1t. Arthur
j. Mauen, of Somerville, Mass, pan
cake his P-39 fighter plane between
houses in the downtown S ection
said today that the flyer apparently
sacrificed his life to prevent injury
and possible death to civilians.
The plane crashed yesterday In a
vacant space between two buildings,
within a few yards Of day nursery.
after skimming the tops of several
buildings.
witnesses said the flyer, who was
killed In the crash, had plenty OF
time to bail out after the plane be-
gan q downward spiral from sew
eral thousand feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Lonergan Trial AdJour1,s
For 24 Hours AS Fur Flies

In the New York Daily Mirror,
morning tabloid, was prejudicial to
the prosecutions interests. He
charged that the story had been
given out by Edward v. Brodreick
chief Of defense counsel.
The story referred 10 by Grumet
declared that the defense was In
possession OF bizarre" pictures OF
the late Mrs. Lonergan, who was
killed last October "a In her Beck
man Hill apartment.
After Grumet had charged Brod-
erick with trying the case In the
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Less Supplies
For Turkey

Ankara, March 2-(UP)-Reliable
reports said today that deliveries of
British war materials to Turkey.
held up since Feb, IL because OF
the deadlock in Anglo-Turkish mi
litary discussions, will be resumed
In the near future.
The Turkish government and
press appeared to have taken the
hiatus in war deliveries cody, One
informed source said the British ac-
ton in Withholding shipments VISA
sort Of war of nerves on us, but
we Turks have got strong nerves"
Persistent rumors that the Unit
ed States was about to halt lease
lend deliveries to Turkey could not
be confirmed In either Turkish or
American quarters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Wonnon's Body
Found In Boston

Boston, March 2.-(UP)- The
fully-clad body Of a woman later
identified as Miss Bessie Sem, 28,
OF COS Albion ST. Roxbury was
found lying on q south end street
early today. An abrasion on the
forehead led police to believe she
may have been killed by . hit-run
automobile.
A waitress In a La Grange.street
restaurant, Miss Sem had been re-
ported by her parents as missing last
night. An acquaintance Of the dead
woman, George J. Mcconnell, iden-
titled her.
Medical-examiner Timothy Leary
said he would perform an autopsy
Later today.