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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
WOUNDED
PFC. MARVIN COHEN.

PFC. MARVIN COHEN. %
Sept. II. IN France. A Central
High graduate, he was former
Times circulation employee. en-
tered service III April. 1912. went
overseas IN September. 1913, and
has received the Purple Heart
Ills parents are Nr. and Mrs.
Maurice Cohen. 3211 .SturteVani-
PVT. FRANCIS H. DORIAN, Is.
tJc-t. m T r-5rrttr-;L which
was awarded the Purple Heart
He ffes-Ft4-4ss.ii Y worked for the
Michigan Tool Co, entered service
in March. 1874, and has been
overseas three months His wife
Edna. and two children live at
2700 Hogarth He is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Doran. 734l
Hanover.
SGT. ARTHUR J. FIGLAN, 20,
Nov. y. IN France Formerly en-.
ployed hy the National Twist
Drill Tool Co. he entered service
in April. 1913. and went overseas
last August. lie IS the son Of MIR.
and Mrs. August Figlan. 35ll
Lemay
PVT. CHARLES r. FITZGER-
AID, -. Sept. q, in France.
Now hoeptalized in England. he
h7s received the Purple Heart.
PHt FITZGERALD worked for the
AHrcy Bakery Co. entered service
IN OCi6Fcr 1912. and went over
seas last March lie lived with his
sister Mrs Austin Schimmel Of
Bedford. His father, Richard
II Fitzgerald, lives at 1903 y.
Mari,ndale
= SGT. HAZEN r. GRAF, IS,
Aug a. IN France. for which he
received the Purple Heart. He
worked for Motor Products, en-
tered service in March. 1871, and
went overseas in October, 1913.
His wife. Edith. lives az 35l2
Nontclair. and his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. William +. Graf. reside
at 111i DreNei
PFC. ROWLAND c. MAS. 20,
Nov. 30, in Germany. A former
student at the Walsh Institute, he
entered service IN May 1913, and
went overseas last September.
His parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Rowland Mas. 5i66 Iroquois.
PFC. NORMAN w. MILLER,
80. Sept. II. in France. Now back
in action, he has been awarded
the Purple Heart Pfc. Miller
worked for the Independent Bis
cult Co. entered SerN ice IN Janu-
airy. 1912. and went overseas the
following April lie is the son of
Emil Miller. 1886 Lansing, and in
civilian life lived with his sister,
Mrs. Eleanor Frank, 70ii Senator.
PFC. JOSEPH ID. MOSHER, %,
Sept. p. IN France He worked
for the Burroughs Adding Machine
Co. entered service IN April. 1871,
and went overseas the following
February. According TO his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.
Moshcr, 9347 Pontiac, he was
awarded the Bronze Star for
bravery on Aug. 10.
PFC. WILLIAM PLOTKIN, "a.
during the marine invasion Of
Pelheu. A former Cadillac en-
ploye. he has been in service 2S
months. and overseas since Octo-
Der. 1912. His mother. Mrs. Bes-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
KILLED
PFC. THOMAS A. LENNERT

PFC. THOMAS A. LENNERT,
81 Sept-2l ON Pelelia.- Formerly
employed by the Federal Mogul
Corp, he joined the marines in
February, 1912. and went over
seas the following June. Surviving
are his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Lennert. Sill f'airview,
two brothers and two sisters.
PVT. FRANCIS LYLE Nc
ANoY, "a. Nov. ID. in France. A
farmer in civilian life, he entered
service in February. 1914, and
went overseas last June He leaves
his wife. the former julia Bulger,
1871 Beniteau, one brother, S/SGt.
Leo, and sister. Mrs. Arthur
Windsor Of Rochester, ~. Y.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
Digndn TO Decide
Auto Dealer S Appeal

LANSING, Dec. 14-Secretary
of State Dignan said today he will
decide Tuesday on a license re-
newal appeal filed by James
Powers, Detroit automobile dealer
and prominent turf man.
Powers license has been previ-
ously denied on charges that he
ldefrauded the state Of So, 900 in
sales tax. A suit is now pending
/ in WAYNE Circuit Court.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
Sketches of City
War Casualties
PVT. WILLIAM L. STEWART

!, sic PIotkin. lives at 222O Glad.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
FIRST 1T. JAMES TURNER
MISSING
FIRST 1T. JAMES A. PELLE.

FIRST LIT. JAMES A. PELLE-
TIER, 20, since Nov. Is, over
France. He graduated from De
La Sale. joined the AAF in Octo-
Der. 1912. and since going over
seas last April has completed 100
sorties. Tt. Pelletier has been
awarded the AR Medal with eight
Oak Leaf clusters for his merits
as a Thunderbolt pilot. He is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred S.
Pelletier. 1854 Saratoga.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
Liquor Stores Here
Change Hours Dee. Is

LANSING, Dec. 14-Liquor
stores in Detroit and Hamtramck
will be open from IL a. m. 10 9
p. m. starting Dec. 1s, the state
liquor control commission an
nounced today.
Stores located at SIS Gratiot
and 233 w. Congress, Detroit,
however, will remain open until
midnight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
RHEUMATIC PAIN
ssst Ad s,sll yssf psy--asi after n BOW

ssst Asi sssll yssf esI-ssi altar n soH
Don't put off getting C-223 to re-
lieve pain OF muscular rheumatism
and other rheumatic pains. Caution:
Use only as directed. First bottle
purchase price back II not satisfied.
COO and 800. Today, buy C-2222
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15

Biographical sketches of De-
arolters killed. wounded in action,
missing, Of taken prisoner accord
ing TO official army and navy
releases and next-of-kin:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
PRISONER

PVT. FREDERICK A. WILLIE.
81, since June %, in Germany.
Formerly employed by the Budd
Wheel Co, he entered service in
September, 1913, and went over
seas last February. He is the son
Of Mrs. Louise w. Wersen, Gas
Garfield
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15

sic Plotkin. lives at 2220 Glad
stone. w
PVT. WILLIAM L. STEWART,
Sept. u in Holland. for which he
received the Purple Heart. A
former student at ST. Martins
High, he entered service in April,
1913, and went overseas last
January with the paratroops. His
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Noble
Stewart. $40 Piper, have one
other son now serving in the
sotith Pacific.
FIRST 1T. JAMES TURNER,
%. Sept. 10. in France. lie worked
for the Public Lighting Co., en-
tered service in June. 1871. went
overseas last January. and has
been awarded the Purple Heart.
His wife. Louise. lives al so Clair
mount, and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Turner, reside at
1900 Santa Rosa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15

PVT. BERNARD j. MCKINLEY,
IS. Nov. 10, in France. IN service
since last January. he had been
overseas for three months. Sur
wing are his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mckinley. and son,
Bernard Jr., -4276 Livernois, his
wife, Virginia Of Chicago. Ill. one
brother N service and one sister.
Evening star., 1944-02-09

active duty with the marine engi-
neers November 7, 1910. He shipped
for the South Pacific the follow
ing April.
Landed With Marines.
September 18 he landed with the
reinforcing marine divisions on
Guadalcanal in time for the two
battles of Matanakau and the en-
gagement at Koli Point.
I'VE laid out roads," Corpl. Craig
said. Anywhere a truck could 70
We laid out road. We'd mark them
out from where we stood to some
coconut tree and then around the
corner, II We could get around the
corner, on the next landmark. When
we came to jungle growth we just
cut our way through. But when we
got our turn with the bulldozer We
could do in one day what 1t took
manpower several days to do"
The roads he had a part in build
ing were just crude trails to allow
initial passage of equipment, he said.
The Seabees came in later and con-
structed the present road system on
the island.
Stood Night Watches.
1--WE heard some OF the men who
came of Guadalcanal after I did
talk about buzzing along the roads
down to the point. We used to fall
in a hole with every turn Of the
wheel"
Corpl. Craig's duty included stand
ing watches on the beach by night.
He was stationed close to the naval
operating base and through the
grapevine would hear when sea
battles were expected.
Then he would watch the grim,
silent display and wonder who was
coming out victor. Survivors were
brought in past his post and given
medical aid. The seriously wounded
Evening star., 1944-02-09

ana worry.
1--WE could never tell until morn
ing what the score was" he said
1--WE couldn't cheer a hit because
we didn't know whether it was ours
or Jap ship going down. We just
went around saying, Gosh, hope
that was theirsn"
Corpl. Craig, a graduate of Wash
ington-Lee High School. Joined the
Marine Corps Reserve a week before
his 1910 graduation. He was en-
rolled in George Washington Uni
versity when he was called up fol
Evening star., 1944-02-09

Month" campaign conducted here
played an important part in in
creasing the collections. James E..
Collifiower, chairman Of the Salvage
Committee, said.
Off1cial War Production Board
figures disclose that in December
the District outranked "a States in
the percentage of fat quotas COL
lected.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
January Fat Salvage
Record Set for D. T..

Collections of used household fats
last month broke all previous rec
ords for the District, ofiicials of the
District Salvage Committee an
nounced today. The collections
totaled 122,420 pounds, representing
an increase of 260 per cent over
November.
The January Is Fat Salvage
Evening star., 1944-02-09

and broadsides
hared and ex-
plosiOns flashed
W h | t e, illumi-
mating suddenly
the superstruc-
lures, but not
identifying the
crippled ships.
On the beach,
M arine Corpl.
George A. Craig,
20, son of 1t.
and Mrs. A. j.
c r a | 6, $3.50
North Eleventh
road, Arlington,
used to watch
Evening star., 1944-02-09

were fiown of the island to base
hospital.
Corpl. Craig went from Guadal-
canal to Australia and then was
shipped to the United States. He Is
now on temporary leave from the
Naval Hospital at Bethesda. where
he Is under treatment for malaria
and a tropical disease.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Stories of Veterans
Wanted by Star

This is another Of a series of
interviews with men from the
Washington area who have
returned from overseas duty.
Friends and relatives of service
men returning from battle zones
are urged to write or telephone
the city editor Of The Star at
MA. 5000. The Star wants to
give these men of the armed
forces q chance to tell their
stories to the thousands of in
terested Washingtonians.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
! Back From the Wars
Big Sea Battles OHGuodoIcunuI
Were Seen but Not Heard

Twenty miles of the beaches OF
Guadalcanal the soundless fireworks
of night sea battles took place. In
the South Pacific darkness big guns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02

(Continued from Page D the first to throw my hat in the air"
 Mountbatten replied that Still well was leaving behind him a reputation of being great fight ing general"
 T know just how much you'll miss the opportunity of continu- uing your drive Gin Burma) south and being in at the finish" Mount batten said. "Your telegram of good wishes is very much appre- ciated and I want to wish you the best of luck, whatever your new assignment.
 Disagreement
 Despite the cordial tone of the two notes, however, informants in London said Stilwen and Mountbatten had disagreed sharp " regarding Allied strategy in the Far East and were not on speaking terms when the American general was recalled at the insis- tence of GeneraliSSimo Chiang Kai- Shek
 It was suggested that Mount battenS inSiStence on meticulous planning, such as was evidenced by the split-second timing of his Com mando raids on Dieppe and else where, conf1icted with Stilwell's blunt belief that Japan was being given too much time to consolidate her stolen empire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02

(COntlnue0 rom Page 1)
 tributed, both by taking from the farms the manpower necessary to work the land and taking from the land the food produced.
 The deterioration of the economic position of Free China, however, is only one facet of situation which is causing increasing and unprece- dented criticism of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's regime. Chiang's armies in the past six months have lost to the Japanese all but two major air bases in the East and those two are seriously threatened. It is almost automatic in China that wherever the Japanese want to move in the East and the South they can and do. Chiang placed too much confidence in the ability of aircraft to stop the invaders without the use of ground forces.
 Chiang'S critics claim the Gen. eralissimo is afraid to build up his provisional armies lest their com- manderS turn against him. It is ob- viouS that something is wrong with the military set-up in China. Chi ang's generals, some through genu- inc weakness, others through fear of the consequences if they lost cam- paign, and others through personal ambition have not made a good showing against the Japanese.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
Jops Hammer At KweiIin

Chungking, Nov. 2.-UP)-Jap- anese armored forces hammered at the fortress of Kweilin from three sides today and Chinese troops were resisting fiercely in an attempt to hold the city which they vowed to make the Stalingrad of China.
 Sino-American composite wings of the 14th Air Force joined in the battle, hitting supply lines and troop concentrations behind every Japanese spearhead at Kweilin.
 Heaviest fighting at Kweilin, cap ital 0e Kwangd province, was at the north and south railway sta tions. although the Japanese also were pushing steadily through the eastern suburbs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
Japs Rush Air
 Aid To Philippines
(Continued from Page D

an estimated 2,000 Japanese in the northwest portion of the island.
 The 24th Division advanced an- other two miles up the Leyte valley to within six miles of the north coast against stubborn enemy rear guard resistance, while the 1St Cav- airy Division was hammering at the eastern approaches to Carigara it. self.
 The southern column already had cut all east-west roads and trails on Leyte with the exception of that running from Carigara to Ormoc, 21 miles t the southwest.
 Advancing behind laundering ar- tillery, tanks and flame-throwers, men of the 24th division cut a trans mountain trial at Ormoc yes- terday, captured the town of Tunga and forced the Naliualan river, the fourth water barrier encountered in their six-1nile trek from Jara.
 South of the Carigara front, other American troops completed the an- initiation of isolated enemy pockets on Catmon Hill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
WalcherenL Liberation
 Is Nearly Completed
(NEA Telephoto)
Continued from Page 1.)

yards, while the Americans anc Poles held firm to their twin bridge heads across the Mark river some six miles below Moerdijk, where s key 14-span bridge crosses the Hol- land deep, an extension of the Maas
 Other Allied troops on the eas side of the British End Army's cor ridor into the Netherlands ad- vanced 5000 yards to the Duerne canal west of Venlo, recovering most of the ground they yielded in the face of German counter-at- tack last weekend.
 It. Gen. George s. Patton's Amer ican 3rd Army captured Letricourt and Abandcourt, 13 miles northeast of Nancy, in limited offensive in eastern France, while the American 7th seized Azerailles, Hablaiville and Buriville four to six miles north west of Baccarat in an advance alonug a 10-mile front.
 In an effort to flood German gun positions on the 7th Army front, 9th Air Force Thunderbolts bombed a dam containing nine-square- mile lake between Baccarat and Sar- rebourg. At least four hits with 1,O00-pound bombs were scored on the southern end of the dam, but further results could not be deter mined until later reconnaissance flights.
 United Press War Correspondent William R. Higginbotham, who land- ed with Royal Marine Commandos at Westkapelle on the west coast of Walcheren, said the invaders ran into resistance comparable with the worst encountered on the Normandy beaches on D-Day.
 At least five German guns of the 20 still active on the island early yesterday slammed point blank at the attacking force, but all but one were silenced within the first hour. The remaining gun fired only inter- mittently. There were some losses among the assault craft, Higgin- botham said, but they were not con- sidered large in view of the size of the invasion armada.
 Heavy Casualties
 Heavy casualties were anticipated.
 The 15-inch rifles of the British battleship Warspite, along with guns of the Monitors Roberts and Err bus and rocket-firing small craft gave the invaders thunderous sup port. Last word from the Vest kapelle area was that endorsements were continuing to pour ashore.
 Some craft also were lost in the landing on the south coast, dis patches said, but commando casu- alties were reported light. By noon yesterday-six hours after H-hour- an officer commanding medical detachment reported only 30 dead and four wounded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02

(Continued from Page D expected tonight to deliver an ad- dress slanted somewhat toward that region of the country.
 MT. Roosevelt will hold a news conference tomorrow, then start on his last major campaign swing which will find him Saturday in two of Connecticut's major voting cen ters-Bridgeport and Hartford-and then into Massachusetts. There he stops at Springfield and then pro- ceeds to Boston for full dress and expectedly bare-knuckled attack on the Republicans from Fenway Park at 9 p. m. EWT.
 Massachusetts, which has Is votes in the electoral college. is listed by many polls as !"doubtful' state in this election. MT. Roosevelt carried it in his first three campaigns by varying majorities.
 In 1892, the president boiled 800,- 148 votes against 736,959 for Her. bert c. Hoover. In the race for a second term, MT. Roosevelt won 942,716 votes to 768,613 for Ali Landon for the largest margin in any of the three races. In the last election he boiled 1,076,522 votes as compared with 939,700 for the late Wendell L. Willkie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
No Dictator
 Says Mayor
Continued from Page D

(COQtlIlu6Q 1TOLu rage v last year in pushing through the General AsseInr4y various bills call- ing for pay and rank increases for some city employees. These and other bills supported by him were passed but subsequently, suffered veto at the hands of Republican Governor Raymond E. Baldwin.
 Mayor Monagans statement in full, in reply to last nights charges is as follows:
 Francis J. Summa, candidate for state senator in the 18th senatorial district and running for reelection against his Democratic opponent. Edward P. Egau, saw fit last night to criticize me for taking stand against the program of legislation which he pushed through the 1913 General Assembly. He said that l was wrong to support the prin- ciple of home-rule". He claimed that I acted as a dictator and ty- rant when I protested against his plan to take over the reins of gov- ernment in this city.
 T believed then and I believe now that the So-called Waterbury bills were bad in principle. think that it is wrong, for example, that Sen- ator Summa and Republican repre- sentatives from Colchester and Columbia should, without refer ence to any Waterbury board or officials, decide that a Waterbury policeman should be promoted from sergeant to captain; that in- dividual city employees should be given salary increases and other neglected; and, that minority of the Board of Aldermen should be given control over the mayors power of appointment.
 "I remind Senator Summa that I was not alone in my opposition. Far from acting on personal whim this opposition was based upon 3 deep-seated resentment which was aroused when Senator Summas program was publicized. This re- sentiment was felt not only by me and other Democrats but also by responsible members of the senator's own party. Even Republican news papers such as the Waterbury Re- publican and the Hartford Courant felt compelled to write critical edi- torials and finally the outcry was so great that Governor Bald5tn vetoed the biIls passed by his own party.
 If this was dictatorship 1t was strangely popular!
 "We dc aot want a repitition of the type of personal politics for which Senator Summa stands. urge the voters of the 18th senatorial district to elect his Democartic oppo- nent, Edward P. Egan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02

morning, but were fighting in waist. deep water. Three-quarters or more of Walcheren was under water as result of the preaching of its dikes and Flushing, Westkapelle, the end of the Veveland causeway, high rim at the northwest end of the island and Middelburg in the center now were virtually Separte islands
 Canadian patrols thrust across another causeway from south Beve- land to north Beveland Island ano found it abandoned by enemy troops, thus assuring that the Wal cheren garrison could expect nc help from that quarter.
 MOp-up
 Southwest of the Schelde estuary, other Canadian forces were com- pleting the mop-up of the So-called BreskenS pocket and a high offi- cer told United Press war corre- spondent Walter Cronkite at the front that the pocket "has> almost ceased to exist"
 The Canadians were fighting in the streets of Knocke, IS miles east of BreskenS and last enemy Strong hold in the pocket, and already had cleared the towns of Sluis, five miles southeast of Knocke, and Westkapelle. two and a half miles south.
 The Berlin radio reported that the Canadians had captured Knocke.
 Though Knocke lies on the Bel gian side of the border, radio Brus- sels already was jubilantly pro- claiming that the last German strong points in Belgium had been reduced and the country had been wholly liberated.
 More. than 2,500 German prison CTS, including an unidentified gen. eral, marched into Allied prison cages from the pocket yesterday. This brought the total captured in the month long campiagn to 10,400
 Heavy Fighting
 In southwest Holland, British, American, Dutch and Polish troops were locked in heavy fighting with German rear guards on the south bank of the Maas river.
 British forces extended their hold on the south shore of the river northwest of Tilburg another 5000
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
THINGS [ NEVER KENW ABOUT
 THE PRESIDENT

THINGS I NEVER KENW ABOUT
 THE PRESIDENT
 When he was five years old FDR was taken by his father to visit President Cleveland-wlIo took him on his knee and said: T hope you will never grow up to be Presi- dent" He met his wife at a dance-when he was IS years old and she was 12. They announced their engagement seven years later .. The White House wasn't any, thing new to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt when he became Presi- dent. They often spent weeks there as guests of Teddy Roosevelt . One of FDR's children died at the age of seven months FDR has always been a wizard politician. When he ran for State Senator he toured his county in & car. At that time the farmers were prejudiced against new-fangled automobiles 50 he made certain his car had an occasional breakdown-which neces- sitated it's rescue by reliable and old-fashioned horses.
 No matter how late he goes to bed he always arises at eight in the morning. He isn't tay-up-late. Usually retires before midnight and reads himself to sleep with detec- tive story |. There is a phone at his bedside for emergency calls. The Chief Exec usually takes an hour for lunch. Often with a guest or two He regularly re- ceives catalogues from more than
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
De VoIero Doubts
 Post-Wor Success

Dublin, Nov. 2.-(UP)-Eamon de Valera, prime minister of Fire and a former leader of the League of Nations, said in speech last night that the success of any postwar international peace organization will depend upon the willingness of the great powers to place adequate armed forces at the disposal of a central authority.
 De Valera expressed doubt that the necessary cohesive power" and central authority to prevent future aggression would be provided for some time after the war.
 He predicted, however, that the smaller nations of the world would benefit greatly by the formation 0f q postwar peace organization, and blamed the failure of the League of Nations on the fact that the major powers were unable to agree on joint policy.