davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

Indicating . marked improvement in domestic sugar supplies, the suT- yey reported civilians probably will consume four per cent more sugar this year than last. In February, the war food administration had announced civilian supplies would be six per cent smaller this year.
 On the darker side of the food picture. the department predicted curtailment Of IS or 20 per cent h supplies of canned fruits and veg. etables. This win be offset to q great degree, it said. by increased production of fresh produce.
 During the closing months of
 eRn~nAs....aa m.a mmnn A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

has received considerable encour- agement, a fact, he added "usiich hs- duces me to make formal announce ment of my willingness to campaign for the nomination. It would be a great honor to receive and am not underestimating the least bit the great responsibilities involved, if I am elected. I feel confident that I can serve my district and all its individuals and groups with sym pathetic understanding and satis- faction. My years of public service and numerous contacts have given me the necessary knowledge of what is expected of representative
 Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

(Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

Continued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

Home, Final Edition Late Sport NetOs Late NesUs Flashes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

(Continued on Page 4)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

fumes at three ounces for $120 caused a deluge of mail orders and phone calls, great percentage of inquiries being from working girls. Even the white collar girl who is earning with tax deductions) less than she did in 1889, has become a buyer of good perfume.
 AIl-Out on Scent
 Elsewhere throughout the nation it has been reported that girl war workers think nothing of Sl0 pur- chase of perfume and of abusing it on for a single date.
 On the crest of this voluntary purchasing wave, advertising has become more to the point. There is less stressing "of the mood of the moment" or the blending of per- fume to the color of the hair, eyes or skin; fewer ads emphasize tricks like applying perfume to the elbow, in the hollow at the base of the neck, under the arms, behind the ears and knees.
 Instead, the ad writers are frank ly stressing the appeal to the op- posite sex.
 Nor has there been the need to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

collectors who realize what a prize they have in their own backyard send her delicate bisque creations, rich in lace and silk dresses.
 At the moment she is particularly proud of her successful doctoring of a l25-year-old Madame Pompadour doll.
 Since the war, says Mrs Voitier, the business of doctoring dolls has expanded tremendously. People are not satisfied with the type of doll now manufactured, and substitution of materials has led to greater breakage.
 Sleeping eye dolls are almost im- possible to secure; the metal which acts as the weight for the eyes is too critical And human hair is also unobtainable; mohair acts as sub stitute
 Mrs. Voitier finds her greatest diff
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

depend on packaging this year as a big selling point. With the short age of bottles, molds and paper, many perfumes are packaged sim ply, minus the fancy bottle or ex- pensive pre-war box.
 Besides the furtive little men who dash by you whispering Wanna buy Ia $50 bottle of perfume for $5?" everybody but the butcher seems to be in the perfume business.
 Famous sdress designers such as Hattie Carnegie and Eisenberg, and milliners Lilly Dache, Sally Victor and John Frederics, who now has a complete cosmetics line, are selling the ambrosia.
 This year there hasn't been much change in perfume scents They range from the very heavy Egyptian exotic odors to the light floral scents and vary in price from $l to $50 dram.
 Colognes Return
 Because alcohol for perfumes was cut to TO per cent of normal volume and later to 50 per cent, there has been a revival of the solid colognes which were popular a generation ago.
 Some of these are put up in at tractiVe cOmpact form t0 be carried in the bag, others are wrapped in tinfoil and encased in a bottle when not in use. Still others are put up in sets with matching lipsticks.
 Nope, you won't have any diff culty finding the right perfume for grandma, mother or best girl-not so long as you know what you want and can pay for it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
T0Y-WI5E TOTS
 NOW SELECTING
 OWN NpLAYTHIMG5
By VIVIAN BROWN AP Newsfeatures Writer

Junior knows his toys, so let him choose his own. This is the advice of Dora Zarovich, designer of stuff ed, washable toy animals.
 No, he doesn't necessarily have to shop with you, but you can test his likes and dislikes, preference for color, and what he can handle by bringing him in toy store and giving him free rein.
 That's the way Mrs. Zarovich de- cides whether to market particular toy or not. She gets the judgment of her young nieces and nephews by studying their reactions to a toy before she makes her final decision
 As result, she has definite guide to the toy taste of children of various ages.
 When baby is very strong, says Mrs. Zarovich, he has no known preference, so his mother usually ouys him gentle, cuddly animals such as lambs, in soft pinks and blues This is fine, she says, as long as the animals are Waterproofed and colored with vegetable dyes.
 Later, at eight or nine months, children begin to recognize colors and generally the first one they learn is red. So, it is good idea when shopping fof a child this age to keep that in mind, she says.
 At two or three years, Mrs. Zaro- vich discovered, a child likes the animals he is familiar with. If he is city bred it might be dog, while the country boy will lean toward a horse, COW, pig or chicken.
 But at four years she says a change takes place, particularly in little boys, who begin to switch their taste to wilder animals like lions, tigers and polar bears.
 Next, they show preference for technical toys. Little soft stuffed gaily colored balls are enjoyed by children of all ages. A boy of four or six has just as much fun with these as the little toddler for whom they were created.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
 D0LL1D0E5
 MIRACLES
By JAMES KALSHOVEN AP Newsfeatures

NEW ORLEANS - Pint-sized mothers whose children have suf- fered severe attacks of skin diseases, or who have emerged from bad fall somewhat the worse for wear, can send their beloved offspring down to a motherly white -haired woman who performs plastic surgery miracles on dolls
 Mrs. Emile Voitier has been doll surgeon for nearly half a century She's in the profession principally because her mother got into 1t by accident
 In the 1880s Mrs. Voitiers mother had a toy and doll shop in the city's French Quarter Many of the dolls were cracked or broken in shipment and the mother learned from neces- sity how to repair them herself. Then customers began to bring their own damaged dolls to be salvaged, until the sidelfne grew bigger than the sale of dolls. The mother abandoned the shop and set up the first doll hospital in the south.
 Mrs. Voitier had wanted to become a fashionable seamstress, and her tal- ent for embroidery is evident in the costume doll dresses she fashions. But her mothers last wish was that she continue the business, so she carried on.
 Thousands of dolls from all over the United States, Canada, Alaska and Mexico reach the small back rooms of her two-story house. In the months before Christmas, the shelves are crowded with pink arm less trunks and trunkless arms, with heads and eyes and wigs.
 Some of the dolls on which Mrs. Voitier works are almost priceless rarities, often hundreds of years old. In New Orleans, city of antiques,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
SCENTS AND NONSENSE
By BETTY CLARKE AP Beauty Editor
AP Newsfeofvres

It'll be a sweet smelling Christmas because perfume buying is bigger than ever.
 Even G. I. Joe who doesn't know what to give Sue, Madge or Jane will probably decide on perfume if the present luxury buying peak is any indication.
 But he won't be able to give her anything cheap. This year Sue knows her perfumes. She's been buying them herself-the expensive kind.
 One large perfume house reports that resent magazine article which pictured one of their per
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

ficulty in the repair of eyes. Her stock of replacement eyes cannot be replenished and she is reluctant to dig into 1t unless paint, glue and air-hrush offer no hope.
 Tn rush, as during the pre- Christmas season, her five daughters pitch in and help her However, says Mrs Voitier a bit mournfully, they are like was with my mother. It was Q long time before I could show any interest in dolls After all, my daughters have their work in the commercial world, and can't ex- pect them to work at home too"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

Because he was following birds in flight, Columbus would have been led to wrat is now the United led to what is now the United spring rather than fall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

Richmond, Va, is the largest cigarette-making center in the world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-21
III.

how he docs It-'juSt pulling back
with my knees early 10 sort Of
mush in over A mound Of dirt by
inches but he lands in the most
perfect three-pointer ] ever made"
PAINTS AT LANDING
The c. O. comes running over
10 him hui before he passes cat
Warrant Officer Iodde and per-
haps 1t. Hodde by this timel taxis
the plane off the strip to be out
Of the way If another plane comes
in and then cuts his switch and
laints.
TWO men drag him out and
carry MN on a stgetCher 10 the
aid station where blood plasmA
brings him around The flight
surgeon digs out the II bullet and
IN five DAYS HOdic is all right
except he can walk on his left
leg
They didn't le' him know -
some time that bee wouldn't
TACK 20 fTTS squadron
And now that he's home here
with y r c. and Purple Heart
he dOoen Z. mind so much
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-21

Hodde remembers seeing A Zero
bear down on the captain from
the right-about level and he ducks
his nose inches 10 the right and
lets 90 with all his guns to stop
the Zero in midair.
It disappears under him fam
inc. and another comes the same
way and Hodde got him, too. only
this time Capt Cupp and the
lieutenant swing Off TO the left
and Hodde loses track Of them.
lie tries unsucceSSfully 10 Join
up with another CorSair but there
are Zcros in between, and sud
denly there's a Zero out IN front
of him Just turning up into loop
and from Hoddes position ne
looks 10 be a duck
Rolling out Of his loop for an
Immelman. Hodde sees this other
Zero coming down on top of INN
making an overhead run, firing
his guns AZ the same time and
Hodde ducks quick with hard
right rudder and pulls the stick
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-21

trim-tab to keep from climbing,
but the mechanism was shot
away in the fight and to keep a
level course without il requires a
lot Of pressure on the stick 80. lie
wonders how long he can keep IL
UP as he grows weaker 49,.
And then he remembers the
new fighter strip.
Thank God for the Seabees!
Like an inspiration he recalls
hearing of this fighter strip just
completed by the Seabees in rec
ord time. Maybe he can make II
that far at least il cuts the odds
against hun because now all he
has 10 do is TO stay awake 10 keep
the old kite in the air for another
35 minutes. 35 minutes
He might make IT in that time,
running MIde-npcn- --!I-Aa-E meter
is running smooth e.. II only his
own m achlne were running
smooth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-21

There was no use looking back
to sec what Init him He got
three laps one got him That's
fair enough ...
A. 5000 foot Gordon lIodde Of
Hollis, L. + he was flying marine
warrant officer then begins to
pull out slowly afraid Of black
ING out but still the faintnosS
grows I'm his head. Maybe us
gravity pull, maybe its loss OF
blood
He eases out az $500 feet with
the skyline dancing crafty and
manages 10 reach some clouds
still without looking behind II
Jap is following 1t doesn't help
to know {.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-21
Marine Lands Plane After Battle
With Japs Des pite Severed Artery

LIE DIDN'T until he blood spreading the
IL cockpit floor
That Of dive because he didn't wait 70
licked his head but nosed
ahl bis Colr wide and closing in at 500 m p h.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-21
"Go'c%Lx pE cc>sxAGxs

back as the Jap Coc, flying past
heading straight down.
Hodde takes his last quick look
behind him dnesH,t- sac A plane IN
The sky as he turns for home and
it's then the tracers come out Of
nowhere from the left rear as
Hodde throws the CorSalr into q
dive 10 feel that dull thud IN his
lee on The nay down
Most Of the time his eyes are
inside on the compass and the
instruments and his leg so its
almost a shock when he looks out
70 see the fighter strip coming IN
dead ahead about 5000 feet below.
CONTACTS STATION
well" he thinks, Il got this
far"
Quickly he contacts the station
CorsaIr 20 tower emergency
landing clear strip He hears
the International reply Tower 10
CorSalr use east end II possible
Past end" thinks Hocde
hunchcd over The stick ms
Knees aching Win The effort
"All I hope is I come in right
end up"
He doesn't remember exactly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-21
CHANCES NOT GOOD

In the temporary protection OF
clouds, Warrant Officer Hodde
takes stock Of his chances.
They're not good The bullet
hole in his left leg below the
knee cut an artery lie knows
that from the way the blood
spurts with the heavy pounding
OF his heart and the dizziness
in increasing =.
LIE tries 10 set the elevator
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-21
WORRIES ABOUT PLANE

Somehow he gets 10 worrying
more about the plane than him
self. If he's washed up the plane
isn't. Somebody else can use the
plane. It's no good to anybody
in the drink.
Once over Pearl HarbOr when
a wheel came off his Wildcat and
the squadron leader told him
about II over the radio and he
had TO belly-land in the harbor
near the beach He'd got away
with that one without noSing over
through the help of the Lard and
a fellow in rowboat.
The other time was when they
catapulted him off a carrier and
something damned the controls
so that he hung in the air a hor-
rible second before sluicing off
into the water.
Only by releasing his safety
harness and jumping straight up
as he hit the water did he save
himself that time -. A destroyer
picked him up one Of the few
men 10 live after this kind of ae-
cident.
The cockpit is a pool Of blood
now and Gordon Hodde feels HIM
self weaker He slides the hood
back a crack and the rush of air
seems TO revive him. 10 clear the
fog from his brain. TO reawaken
the conviction that something
must be done about that leg
which leads the 22-year-old ma
rine 10 attempt a fantastic solu-
ton perhaps never risked by any
other aviator.
FLIES WITH KNEES
LooSening his safety belt and
parachute harness and setting the
rudder and aileron trlm-tabs.
Hodde takes both feet from the
rudder and flies the plane with
his knees-the pressure of his
knees holding down the elevators.
In this way he can reach be-
tween his legs with his right hand
10 help his left clamp -efEt+re sew
cred artery. The rush of bleeding
slows 10 a slight oozinG. Though
his head in this position barely
clears the cowling, Hodde feels
now he has fighting chance. For
while the faintness seems TO
leave him.
FINEST BUNCH
He even finds some amusement
In the thought Of what the
squadron would think II they
could see hun now. The old Hell
Hawks of the south Paciflc-the
finest bunch Of guys in the world
And what a record -l02 enemy
planes shot down eight Of our
own missing. Eight? With him. il
VIII be nine II he doesn't make
n o.. Well, he'll have 10 make il
for the sake OF the record.
He wonders how the mission
made out today and what became
of Capt. Cupp and the lieutenant
II was tough luck for hlu
that one man NdVopped out Of his
formation at the takeoif.
That put two strikes on llodde
from the start-trying 10 fly two
positions In a four-man forma.
ton, weaving back and forth u
cover the rears Of Capt Cupp and
the lieutenant like playing short
stop and second base az the same
time. That's how he came C
lose them.
II was coming in over Kahlli-
the whole force Of so fighters
protecting the 40 dive and tor
pedo bombers. a strictly marine
and navy Show-when the Nips
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-21
STOPS ZERO DEAD

came at them at 1900 feet and
the fun began.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
Rural Area Will
Get "A Gas Books

Thursday has been designated
as the date for the issuance OF the
new a. gasoline ration books In
the rural schools OF Washtenaw
County, Julius w. IIaab, commits.
sioner OF schools said today. The
hours OF registration are from 10
TO 10. 10 6, and TO $3.50 o'clock.
II any OF the more populous dis
trlcts OF the county need more
time for ratloning. they may have
all or any part Of September lS
Is for this purpose This Is
left 10 the discretion OF the school
board and teachers.
Registered car owners residing
in school districts in which the
school will be closed for the com
ing year, and in which no teacher
is employed should contact the
school director az TO their place
OF registration, Mr. Haab said.
Ypsilanti car owners may regis
ter September II and Is at Pros
pect, Woodruff, Harriet and Ypsi-
lanti Schools from 8 a. m. to 3
D. m, according 10 the announce
ment OF Ernest n. Chapelle, su-
perintendent OF schools.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09

There were many interesting
happenings during the mineral wat
er era in Ypsilanti 1t started when
the Cornwells, sinking a we'll to get
water to use in their paper mill
(now the north part OF the Ford
generator plant and before that the
city water works plant struck a
vein OF strong sulphur water SINH
lar TO that which made Mt. Glenn.
ems famous as the Bath House
City.
Soon afterwards another we'll was
sunk. 1900 feet deep. back of the
George Norman block on the bank
OF the Huron River, north OF Michi.
gan Ave, which was also sui.
phurous. The citizens were much
elated and expected to rival Mt.
Clemens, and II has been a mys.
terry TO most people why the city
never fully utilized this source 81
wealth and growth, after several
good starts.
Nearby stood huge stone house.
This was the famous Alexander
boarding house. where many teach
ers and business men took at least
part OF their meals. which we're
superexcellent. 10 was when lovely
Helen jerks OF St Clair came 10
visit Miss Abigail Pearcs OF the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
Grand Jury Probe
of Graft Resumed

Lansing, Sept. 9-AP-- Grand
jury officials resumed today their
secret investigation of charges OF
governmental graft, after the SEN
fencing Friday Of Ernest ]. Prev,
former vice president OF Detroit
finance company. gave further
charity to its policy OF leniency
with those who cooperate with its
probe, and severity OF punishment
for those it accuses of hindering its
work.
Prev, who had pleaded guilty to
a graft conspiracy warrant and
gave states testimony against CO.
defendants, was spared prison
sentence by Circuit Judge Leland
w. Carr, the grand jury, and plac-
ed on probation for two years. The
court commented upon Prew's as
sistance to the prosecution in the
recent legislative graft trial at Ma
son in which 20 respondents we're
convicted and sentenced to serve
three to five years in prison.
The grand jury has granted I'm
munity from prosecution TO Major
Charles F. Hemans. lobbyist who
gave states evidence that he bribed
legislators; Joseph c. Roosevelt.
Hemans' assistant; and to former
representative John Hamilton of
Detroit, who Hemans and Roose-
welt said helped them.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
Thomas Says Clio
Pledge Will Pass

Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept. ZAP
r. ]. Thomas, president of the
United Automobile Workers (ClO),
is confident his union will vote to
continue it's mo strike pledge at
it's national convention here next
week.
THE no strike pledge will be n
big ISSUE" Thomas conceded in an
interview last night, but it Will
pass" He laughed heartily at re-
ports that the Unions executive
board, in busy preconvention ses-
sions, was casting about frantical-
ly for means Of combating efforts
to repeal the pledge.
DO | look worried?" he asked,
asserting the board was merely
going over routine appeals from
locals now and we are not discuss
ing convention issues" His pre-
diction that the meeting would be
a comparatively peaceful one was
seconded by Secretary-treasurer
George F.. Adde's, who successfully
persuaded the Unions state conven-
ton to go on record in favor Of
continuing the pledge.
Queried as to his stand on addi-
ton OF third international JAW
Go vice president, second-ranking
issue OF the convention, Thomas
first said he was mot against it,,
then finally admitted II am for it,.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
GoodfelloUs Urge Quick
Response For Christmas

who knows any foreign addresses.
Frequent military transfers make
Il difficult 10 keep mailing lists up
to date. Practically the entire
list used last year has been chang
ed and present addresses are not
available except through relatives
end friends who are In communion
ton with the men and women In
service.
Names and addresses have al
ready started coming IN to the Of
flee OF the Daily Press. There are
good many yet needed to make
the list complete. Everyone. there.
fore, who knows the address OF any
man or woman in foreign service
Is urged TO send II in as quickly
as possible.
This plan OF preparing the
Christmas mailing list will nat
urally bring a good many duplica.
lions, but they will be sorted out
in the Daily Press office. Better
have one name sent in a dozen
times than have one missed. say
the Goodfellows. They are anx.
lous to reach every man and WON
an in foreign service.
Address Goodfellows. care Ypsi.
lsnti Daily Press and give name
and address OF any one. or more
than one, as many as you can, In
service outside the United States.