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Bradley beam., 1944-04-08
A Tough Little Baby

mighty powerful younsster Today its combined total strength the pcee Army and Navy nd the centre AEF of World War l.
 guidance Arnold Commanding General multiplied little than 5OOOOO in Mar more than 2,3850OO at
 AI+boub achieving superiority in theatre of
 takes of maintenance while combat piesm needed
 Wounded combat and entire hospitals full worthless of landnto air fighters
 the far of the earth help raids the supply of flyers day
 baby By the time the third candle goes birthday hope will be tough enough make the enemy we'll "Uncle"
Bradley beam., 1944-04-08
More Air WACs Wanted

coming brings with it the anniversary o the arrival of the Coincidentaly of drive for ArWa recruiting throughout how enthusiastically the women of and what they Many doubtless will prefer servlce aed Wacs from the personnel "ho hayeb this since April 1o43
 continued of value of emphasized The situation which the Field calling dozen different types problems met opportunities will mealze the complex opera tions of progress Area Commander Colonel H. E recent
 oen If part: bond achievement during it. Let your efforts the Connecticut other abroad
 mind, it every man the good By letter. word of show the value and the important service and De 10 of Basea welas to at large
Bradley beam., 1944-04-08
Safety Fire Facts

1. Save LIFE and PROPERTY by learning the causes of FIRES and PREVENT them. 2. MATCHES have HEADS but they need BRAINS for SAFE use.
 3. FIRES destroy vital WAR MA TERIAL through CARELESS NESS. Remember the NOR MANDIE.
 4. The ROAD to VICTORY is not lighted by preventable FIRES. 5. A blocked EXIT is a sure FIRE ENTRANCE to the after life. 6. FIRE can be made a good SER WANT, but often becomes poor MASTER because of CARE LESSNESS. '. Do you know that Americas annual fire loss would pay for 1900 75 NM Guns, 1500 Anti tank Guns, 26O0 Medium Tanks, 10000 Jeeps, and 1000, 900 Gar and Rifles?
 PREVENT FIRES and HELP PAY FOR MATERIAL.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-08

Not at No. 1! It's the AAF's C. AT Skytrain, a low-wing, twin en- zine cargo transport. The nose ot the large, rounded fuselage extends far in front of the radial engines, The center section of the wings is rectangular and the leading edge of the outer panels is swept back to rounded tips. Its tailplane is swept back on the leading edge straight and has a single fin and rudder.
 (Courtesy Dodd, Mead & Co.,, publi
Bradley beam., 1944-04-08

Not at No. 2, Either! It's the British Hampden, a mid-wing me. dium bomber powered with twin radial engines. It has a long, mar row fuselage, the nose of which extends we'll forward of the under slung engine nacelles. The leading edge of the wings is swept back slightly and the trailing edge sweeps forward to narrow, round ed tips. The leading edge of the tailplane tapers to rounded tips. ,ers Aircraft Spotter by Lester Ott.)
Bradley beam., 1944-04-08

As the firefy said: "When you got to glow you got to glow" (That is also what the match said when of it's own accord, it gave Parsons the hotfoot.)
Bradley beam., 1944-04-08

The little USO hostess was try ing to think of a story to tell, but was having memory difficulty. Sud denly she scratched her head and said, "Oh! A light comes from mo- where" and proceeded with the tale.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-08

Does include applications and increases become effective futureda
Bradley beam., 1944-04-08

(Couesy Dodd Co., publishers Spot by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
Pose 5

picture OF the Week.
at the kotionoI GoIIery
OF Art is The Suitor's
Visit" by Gerord Ter
Boroh mellon CoIlec-
tom. 1t will be the sub
jeot Of q brief toIk to be
given ct the eoIIery twice
dolly this week, Monday
through Saturday. OF
l2:40 ond 40 pm, and
next Sunday at 2:l5 ond
SIS pm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18

A generous but fantastic idea became fact in one of the Social Security Board field offices recent ly. An elderly woman escorted by a white e-bearded man came in and asked to see the manager alone for a few minutes.
 That old gentleman is an old friend" she said. He's over seventy. For the last twelve years he has been living with my hus- band and me on our farm, fifty miles from here. Every month, his son who worked in shipyard on the east coast, sent him a small check which covered his board and personal expenses. Last month we received a telegram tell ing us of the death of the son. The old man is heartbroken. But besides the personal loss, he Is now completely penniless."
 The woman hesitated . mo- ment.
 We think a great deal of that man." she went on. We want to keep him with us until the end of his days. But he won't stay if he thinks we're offering him charity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
'H Happens EUery Day.
Story of Aged Parent Being Saved From Accept ing Charity" Revealed in Interesting Way = Sons Social Security Card
 Solved Problem.
Solved Problem.

I don't know what he'll do. Will you help us in a plan that, well, isn't quite honest? Will you tell him his son left him some social security? Tell him social security will pay his broard?"
 The idea was fantastic. of course but the manager realized there might be some facts to make 1t less so. He asked several questions and discovred that the sons wife had died the year before and that there were no children. As an aged parent who had been completely supported by his son, the old man was entitled to survivors insurance payments.
 An inquiry sent to Baltimore, where the social security wage records are kept, brought the in- formation needed about the sons social security account. With the information, the field office f1g- ured that the old man would re- ceive payments of $20.62 a month for the rest of his life. A social security card, sent to his father with other personal effect of his son, was the clue which led to the boards office. In itself, this case is not unusual. Thousands of aged parents are today receiving monthly payments on the social security accounts of deceased chil- dren who had wholly supported them. But what made the incl dent outstanding was the human kindness which prompted this generous woman to come to the office of the Social Security Board for help.
 The Social Security Board field office which serves the Waterbury area is located in the Jones-Mor- gan Building on Bank street. MT. Mullarkey, the manager, points out that information and service at this office are free to the public. Though this story relates to a family in need, MT. Mullarkey ex- plains that the payment Of bene- fits under this program does not depend on need but on meeting the requiremnts for entitlement set forth in the Act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
New England Abounds
 In Recreational Units
Over I7go of Nations Facilities Located in This Sec
 ton New England Council Reports; Figures Released

Boston, Dec. 18 = More than 17 per cent of the nations recreationaA and seasonal dwelling units are To- cated in New England according to an analysis of census figures just completed by the New England Council.
 Almost 13O,O0O houses, over per cent of all dwelling units in the region, are used only during the va cation season as compared to Ia per cent in the rest of the country. Ex-. cluding houses in urban areas and on farms, one out of every four of the remaining houses in New Eng land is a summer home or is held for rent during the summer.
 Maine leads the nation with 10.1 per cent of all its dwellings occupied only during the vacation season; New Hampshire with 100 per cent is second, Vermont, 6.7 per cent third, Connecticut, 4.8 per cent. fifth, Rhode Island, AS per cent, sixth, and Massachusetts, 3.8 per cent, eleventh.
 The ration of summer homes to total dwelling units measures to a large extent the economic value of seasonal residence to any area. Studies made in Maine show that in many of the smaller towns along the coast over half of the towns tax hevenue is derived from recreational property and, in some cases, 90 per cent is so derived. Eimilar studies in Connecticut disclosd that in almost half of teh states rural towns, sum- mer homes accounted for from IS to 60 per cent of the total number of houses.
 In New England only 6 mbetro- politan counties and Aroostock County in Maine fall below the na- tional seasonal ratio of 1.8 per cent and in 10 counties Hancock and Lin- coin, Maine; Belknap and Carroll, New Hampshire; Grand Isle, Yer mont; Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket and Plymouth Massachusetts; and Washington, Rhode Island, the ra- tion of seasonal dwellings is over 20 per cent. Dukes (48 per cent) and Barnstable GAO per cent) lead New England in ration of summer homes to total dwllings.
 The ratio of owner-occupancy in New England is 60 per cent in con- trast to the national average of 54 per cent. In eight New England counties-Washington, Maine; Car roll, New Hampshire; Windham and Windsor, Vermont; Dukes, Franklin and Nantucket, Massachusetts; and Windham County, Connecticut-the ration exceeds 80 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
Freak Break Aids Allies
By VIRGIL PINKLEY
 and ROBERT MUSEL


 United Press War Correspondents
 U. s. Ninth Air Force Fighter Station, WWestern Front, Dec. IT.. (UP)-The German Army coordin- ated heavy V-bomb attack with its ground and aerial offensive today for the first time in military his- tory, only to run into an unpre- cedented array of Allied airpower unleashed at the last moment by freak break in the weather
 The Wehrmacht had been taking advantage of the impossible flying weather to move their men and equipment up to the front, but their movement was uncovered by sud- den change that permitted Allied reconnaissance planes to take off.
 The Ninth Air force and the British Second Tactical Air force immediately executed a lightning like realignment of their formations and threw hundreds of machine gun, rocket and bomb-carrying planes into close support of the American First Army all along a 60-mile front.
 It was the first favorable weather break the Allied Air Forces have had in a long stretch, and Maj. Gems. Hoyt s. Vanderberg, com mander of the Ninth Air Force, and Elwood Quesada, chic of the Night tactical air command were jubilant over the opportunity it presented. Both officers indicated the change came at critical moment in the German attack which conceivably might develop into turning point of the war-provided the Wehr- i macht committed fully the several divisions already reported involved in this offensive.
 At the same time. reports pour ing into this control point made it clear that the Luftwaffe at the mo- ment is out in force, operating in groups of 20 to 50 planes in an effort to protect the German ground units.
 The Naxis also made desperate attempt to tumble the American First Army's rear communications with scores of V-bombS, laying down a V-barrage more intense than anything these correspondents have experienced in London. This was one of the very infre- quent occasions on which cor respondents have been permitted to witness the behind-the-scenes oper- tions of an actual battle. We stood in heavily guarded combat con- trol room with Vandenberg and Kuenada. while battles of tele- phones and innumerable secret de- vices were coordinating the ninth air force units at the front and in rear areas.
 While the battle continued, the commanders diverted planes from pre-arranged targets to new objec- tives, and a steady. flow of reports came back to the control room tell- ing of tanks and trucks destroyed, pillboxes attacked, enemy troop columns Strafed, ammunition dumps blown up and gun positions knocked out--a brilliant demonstration of the coordinated blocking tactics. worked out by the America ngronnd and air chiefs,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
Compensation Agreements

Compensation c o m m sioner John J. OConnell today approved tn following agreements for week. ly payments during disability:
 Rita Balfe of g Newell place against Waterbury Stel Ball, $25.71 bginning November 10, broken right ankl.
 Arthur Carpenter of 32 West Porter street, against Largay Brewing Company, Inc, $22.17 be- ginning November IS, strain of thigh.
 Frank P. Umbria of Torrington against American Brass Company of Torrington, $2804 beginning December 10, injury to right first toe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
No Soul Lives, No Stone Stands Untouched In
 French Town 1OO% Erased By NaziS
Blood Bath By German Butchers Snuffs Out 75O Lives

Immediately after the Allied landings on D-Day resistance groups in southern France re- doubled efforts to sabotage and harrass Germans. In Limoges, the commander of the German Der Fuehrer" panzer division decided to do something which he hoped would stop this resist ance once and for all.
 Accordingly on June 10 a cole umn of German troops SwoOped down on the small city of Ora dOur-sur- Glane, rounded up and killed every man, woman and child there and then burned the town to the ground. The story below was written by the first American newspaperman to visit the martyred city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
Army's Order Stirs Unrest
By SAM HANSON

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 San Francisco, Dec. 18 - (UP) = Predictions of violence against re- turning Japanese were made on the West Coast today following the War Dpartment's announcement that persons of Japanese ancestry would be permitted to return to their former homes after 33 months of nforced absence in remote inland relocation centers.
 The War Department aonnounced last night that Major General Henry c. Pratt, commando of the western defense command, had revoked the order banning Japanese-Americans from the area because favorable progress of the Pacific War had re- moved the threat of enemy invasion. Pratt said the return of the evacuees would begin January 2.
 State Senator Hugh P. Donnelly, chairman of a California State Sen ate fact finding committee on Jap anese resettlement, said he bitter ly regretted" the War Apartment order and warned that it might re- suit in ''bloodshed and violence"
 Pratt said he expected some minor incidents but nothing that will require military intervention"
 Ladders of American Legion posts and other groups opposed to the return of the Japanese to the west coast indicatde, however, that they would abide by the order.
 Governor Earl Warren of Califor- mia askd the people in a public proc lamation to comply with the army order and warned tht public unrest from 'intemperat action" would re- tard the war effort.
 The War Department emphasized only Japanese Americans whose loy- alty still is in doubt wuold continue to be excluded, but appalled, to west coast residents to receive the others with "all considerations to which they they are entitled as loyal citizens and law abiding residents"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
HAUNTED HEART

My heart is dungeon and in that dungeon, Deep within corner where clashing shadows meet, Shackled, bruised racked with tears, covers love Born by desire, fed by passion damned by deceit Yet at times when the walls cease their moaning, When even the gasping wind dies,
 The sound of footsteps on an old and dusty stairway Echo down mute corridors unheeding anguished cries. And again. when naughty silence asSais the backneSs And grinning ghost of shame mocks my brain, voices pledge devotion, whisper of aching madness But all in vain;
 For but one again shall walk Through that door bolted by tears Forged in furnace of flaming hate Rusted by plaguing mists of deceptive years; And though angry fists may pound. Though tender pleas frantic ones may render. TO his knock and his alone will respond And my ssul surrender.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
DATE OF CHRISTMAS

Not until the htrid century was the birth of Christ celebrated to any extent. There yves no general agreement on the date but Decem- Der 25, January 6, and March 25 were most commonly chosen. When the Bishop of Rome started to observe the festival an December 25 in A. D. 354. the date as we know 1t became established.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
LEGION AUXILIARY
 SPONSORING PARTY
Christmas Social to Be Held in FairmOunt COr1l-
 nlunity Club Quarters
WATER RVILLE Correspondents PhOne-s-s5ll

Waterville, December IS. = The Casper Davis Auxiliary will hold their annual Christmas party this evening at 8 o'clock at the air- mount Community Club rooms on Essex avenue. A grab-bag will be featured as well as other games. Refreshments will be served.
 The Casper s. Davis Post, Ameri- can Legion, will meet this evening in their rooms in the rear of the post-office. All members are re- quested to make special effort to attend.
 The Casper Davis Drum Corps vii lnot meet tomorrow evening, the date of the nexe meeting will be an- nounced later.
 The weekly Prayer meeting will be held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Gospel Hall on Thomastop avenue.
 The Servers Guild of St. Paul'S Episcopal church vii lmeet this eve ming at 6:15 for a short test and in- struction, at the Parish hall.
 The Altar Guild of St. Paul'S church invites any members of the parish who would care to, to come and decorate the church for Christ mas, this evening at 7:15.
 Troop 31, Boy Scouts of America, will meet this evening at 2 o'clock with their leader.
 MT. and Mrs. Percy MacMullen and family have moved from their home on Chapel street to their new home on Downes street Extension, recently vacated by Russell Williams and family who have moved to Phoenix, Arizona.
 Joey Johnston, son of Mir. and Mrs. Gilman Johnston, has returned to his home after having been a patient at St. Mary's Hospital.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward McCabe and daughter. Mary, of New York City, are visiting with MT. and Mrs. Irving Seeley of Sheffield terrace. Mrs. McCabe is MT. Seeley's sister.
 Richard Najarian is ill at his home on Sheffield terrace with bronchitis. His condition is steadily improving.
 Pfc. Donald Lyons, son of MT. and Mrs. Raymond E. Lyons of 1416 Thomaston avenue arrived home Saturday to spend 30-day leave. Donald has been with the U. s. Marines in the Southwest and Gen. .tral Pacific for the past IS months and took part in the Eniwetok cam paign with a Marine anti-aircraft nit. ollowing his leave he will re- port to New River, N. C., where he trained before going overseas. He was formerly employed at the w. T. Grant Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18

gave off some sort of lethal gas. Two children were found suffo- cated in the confessional. Women or children valo tried to run from the church were shot at the doors. Then the Nazis piled pews over the bodies and lighted the pyre.
 After that the Germans went to the buildings and set them afire with grenades, gasoline and phos- phorous. Seven hundred and fifty men, women and chiidre were murdered in Oradour-sur- Glane, 345 of them in the church.
 Oradour-sur-Glane is the worst
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18

example of Nazi bestiality in France. But it is by no means the only one. Every department in southern France has one or two cities = some of them more burned out by the Germans. The homes and possessions of thousands of lifetimes have been wiped out in a few hours. And in every case some sometimes a few, sometimes many have been murdered as an ex- ample.
 The Germans wanted to give the French lessons. The French will never forget them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
PIT ASSOCIATION SPONSORS MEETING Christmas Social Enjoyed at Conclusion of Regular
 Business Session
WOLCOTT Correspondent: Alma P. C0Sa
 Tel 3-2EO3

Wolcott, Dec. 18 - The South school Parent Teacher Association held its monthly meeting Thursday night at the South school. Mrs. Hubert Parks, president, presided at the business meeting which was followed by a Christmas party with Mrs. Alfred M. Winchell, chairman, Miss Lydia Young, Mrs. Mildred Krasney and Miss Loretta Barry in charge. Games were played with prizes awarded to Mrs. Napoleon Vallancourt in observa- tion game, Napoleon Vallancourt, guessing game, Napoleon Vallan- court, musical chairs and Edgar Upson, bowling game. Christmas carols were sung with Mrs. Kras- ney playing the piano. A candle light lunch was served. Music for the evening was furnished by Alfred M. Winchell. FavorS were pre- sented to each one present.
 The board of education met Tuesday night at the Woodtick school for the December meeting. Thomas Seery, presided at the meeting. Mrs. Emil Grosch was appointed chairman of the lunch program for all local schools. The schools vii lclose Friday at p. m. for the Christmas recess and will reopen on January 2.
 
 Staff Sergeant Walter Morgan. who has been in the service since March 12. 1941 is expected home on furlough in the near future. He has served overseas for over two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18

years and is now in San Francisco, Calf.
 Cpl. Edward Theriault of Taun- ton, Mass, has been spending a short furlough with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Edward Theriault of East street.
 Franklin H. Browne of the Wol- colt road, a member of the Sea- bees since Sept. 1943 has been ad- vanced to carpenters mate, first class. He is on the Marianna Islands in the South Pacific.
 Installation of officers for 1945 will be held at Wolcott grange to- night. John Campbell and staff of Beacon Valley will install the of f1cers.
 The Billy Peterson Boy Scout Troop 2 will hold a Christmas party at the South school tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18

Experts have been engaged to fight swarms of ,locusts in the Bel gian Congo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18

SHE'S GOT A BOOK Buy her some pearls
 For that glamour look; Buy her earrings, but say Don't buy her a bookl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18

years and is now in San Francisco, Calf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18
EM EM.

In our research department Why certain Water- burv sailors are wearing earrings is query have referred to Chief Brogham of the local recruiting oi flee and he will be coming up the hatchway shortly wtn full details straight from the admraPs lips Ihe GUS tom is linked with some memorable battle in the SOuth Pacific Everything gOb wears has meaning all its own including the 13 buttons his trousers Of ds tinctive cut Here's one from the Connecticut war Fund pubIictv department. It is captiOned "HOt Cats" not Hot Dogs!" Here's the official release:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-18

Good Night.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-11-04
Sixty Million Jobs
After War Promise
of Pres. Roosevelt

CHICAGO - (SNSD- Speaking
from this city Saturday night Pres
ident Roosevelt in search of
fourth term lambasted his Repub-
lican opponents and during the
course of his remarks stated that
if he had anything to do with the
peace era, which he hoped would
be real soon, there would be 60 MIL
lion American reproductive jobs
after the peace is written. He look
ed forward to a period of prosperity
even after the war, and added that
the we'll being of the world as a
whole is synonymous with the well
being of each individual family.
Tire President stated that regard
less OF race, creed or colCr chose
warriors who will soon be return
ing from the wars can return home
in dignity, free from want and
from fear. He spoke at length on
the economic Bill of Rights, In
which is promised a home, clothes
to wear, food to eat, medical care
recreation, education. good pay, all
which will go to providing new
goals of happiness for all American
families. He stated that he had on
last January presented this bill
to the Congress.
In opening the address the Pres
ident slapped hard at the opposi-
ton party in its attacks on him and
mentioned laughingly their charg-
eS of the Democratic Administra-
ton being "tired, old and quarrel
some" He admitted that he had
been in many political campaigns,
but that this was the most strenu-
Gus.
He credited those same old tired,
men with having built the worlds
greatest fighting machine in his
tory, which is winning the way,