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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-12
CLARA WELLS
TELLS OF RACE.
NURSES DUTIES.
By CLARA WELLS
with the AEF Somewhere in


NEW
Here In the jungles troupe Of
six American Red Cross girls are
giving men strength. courage and
new enthusiasm. They are sacri-
ficing their own private lives SO
that men. who are far from their
homes and the people they love.
can once more have vision and
hope. These girls 60 daily through
. heavy schedule that calls for
much endurance in planning pro-
grams. entertaining men and
cheering them onward. I have
asked Clara Wells. one Of the
first Of these women to reach the
island, TO write her experiences
in ONE DAY" so that the folks
back home can get an idea Of
what their duties are like. Just
recently one Of the outfits made
Miss Wells An honorary staff
sergeant" In jumbled way.
Miss Wells tells \ true story Of
these hectic days that somehow
they seem TO enjoy!-Scoop jones'
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA
amp - Ouch, A pcsky mosquito
had bitten my arm pressed in sleep
against the net bringing me TO
waketul consciousness. Heavens
It's s m. gotta get 10 work by
TO- AS struggled through the net
one OF the girls yelled that l was
wanted on the telephone. A SOL
der TO tell me that he loves me
and wants me TO have happy day
and il there is anything he can do
for me. After repetitious lengthy
reinsurance that | was all right he
hung UP. Discovered there was no
water either TO battle or cleanse my
teeth-brought several Jars OF de-
odorant from the states. Goody -
whatta life? Xmas il was the same
wav.
The telephone again--another SOL
der to tell me that Cpl. Brown was
in the hospital and wanted me to
come to see him. Called the hospital
and left word that | would visit
next day al 400 pm
Sent Mash" Note"
Oh well. no coffee, will have TO
content myself with grapejuice -
alas. the ants had the same idea
D~See NURSES. Page IL
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-12
By JIMMIE SAUNDERS

Dear Public: | regret that break
had TO occur so early in this series
the best laid plans of mice and
men," you Know. Previous letters
have carried quibs on letter writing
that urged you to write constantly
TO the one you love. Here is an
other angle-one that might make
you smile as il has made some of
US smile-even when taking a peek
At the subject from fox-hole. All
OF these smiles" rise from little
quibs penned on the back of air.
mail letters The little game will
not work on V-Mail for obvious
reasons.
It's Rufus Thomas OF Baltimore
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-12
BY FLETCHER MARTIN
u. S. War Correspondent
Representing Michigan Chronicle
and NEPAl

GUADALCANAL. (Via AirmaiD
TO our fellow comrades who died
in the performance of duty for their
country -"
Five Negro soldiers had gone
down in the choppy Coral Sea. They
were members of a port unit un-
loading supplies here at Guadal-
canal Finishing a task they were
The CIO news., 1944-10-09
Key To
Victory

A get there fusfeSf with the most
est" philosophy helps win BOTTLES.
u. S. fighting forces help provide
The "fusfesf" ond American work
ers give them fhe "mosfes+." Whof
this unity of purpose odds up 10 is
told in this exclusive or+icIe.
BY CAPTAIN c. T. DlcKEMAN tcEcl, UsN
Director, Adrance Base Dept, Bureau Of Yards
and Docks. NGpy DENT
The CIO news., 1944-10-09

needs change each day-calI for
greater production in other crit
ical fields. The overall production
requirements of the Navy in dollar
volume are still increasing.
In the naval, advance base procure
ment program alone, even IN the face
of cutbacks on certain items, there is
still need for increasing production of
wire rope, bulldozers, cranes, tractors,
graders, bake ovens, washing machines
and other gear. This equipment is ur-
gently needed by the U. S. Navy Sea-
bees, many of whom were recruited
from the ranks of the CIO.
The whole story of the victory
brought about by American labor
and management is not yet told.
Much of our endeavOr is yet to
come. The headlines of approach
ing victory or the rumOr of cut
backs should not be signal to
slacken effort, to lay down tools
and desert war jobs i'm order to get
Number One position on the
postwar production line. Rather,
it calls for continued effort on the
production front, SO that our fight
ing men may share in those post
war plans sooner.
A rivet gun is still as important as
tommy gun; tractor is as essential
as tank; and the American Worker
is still as much the core of production
as the American fighter is the back
bone of the battlefield. Together they
are an unbeatable combination. They
must work as team until the goal
is reached.
The stakes are the same as they
were on December 7, 1941. We are
playing for human lives-American
lives. A winning team never takes
time out. Such rest periods merely
give the enemy a chance to recuper-
ate and strengthen himself against our
future thrusts.
The game can't be won merely be-
cause we are in the shadow of the goal
posts. We must cross the line-and
the line in this case is Tokyo and Ber-
lin.
We have the spirit-we have the
men-we have had and must continue
to have the weapons. American labor
will see our fighters through to final
victory. ......0 .,,tt.eevtt tse i
The CIO news., 1944-10-09

and Docks, Nary Dept.
AT the beginning of the war we
needed everything - planes, ships,
guns, tanks, ammunition lots of
them and quickly. American workers
turned them out in faster time than
anyone believed was possible.
American industrial resourcefulness
enabled our armed forces to match
the enemy blow for blow German sub
marines sank our shipping to the point
where it became dangerously serious.
Free American labor built destroyer
escorts and baby flat-tops with such
speed that the wolf packs were sub
dued.
Again, when the way was found to
land our armies from the sea, we were
called upon to rush landing craft and
pontoOns, and the call was answered
by American labor with it's usual thor
oughness. Finally, when our fighting
men had established footholds, Ameri-
can workers furnished the advance
base gear which transformed former
Jap and German strOngholdS into
Allied stepping stones to further Of
fensives and victory.
II is tribute to labor and man
agement of our generation that
America has in her matchless
ability to produce "a weapon
which no enemy can neutralize.
For this production miracle, the
members of the Congress of In
dustrial Organizations share the
Navy's swell done to all hands"
Captured equipment, both Jap and
Jerry, has shown us that we would be
only initiating the ostrich by scorning
their manufacture as inferior to ours.
1t is not. We have only Outmaneuvered
them by outproducing them. We have
come to learn that final victory will be
won throuh sheer weight of men and
materials, backed by American spirit
and ingenuity.
We have another reality to face now.
1t is no mere rumor that cutbacks in
war contracts are taking place today.
Everyone knows it and worries about
it, realizing that the problem must be
faced squarely.
These cutbacks, however, at
present involve only certain for
mer vitally-needed materials, and
the remedy here lies in the fact
that new requirements AS war
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
42,68O Vote Official Tally In This City

A total of 42,68O of 51,168 regis tered voters went to the polls in Wa terbury last Tuesday to give Presi- dent Roosevelt a victorious plural ity here of 3,293.
 Official figures released today by the office of registrar of voters sub Stantiated unofficial totals which had given the entire Waterbury Democratic ticket a clear-cut mar gin of success. In addition the en- tire state Democratic ticket was vic- torious in this city.
 r. Many, of the official figures re- leased today are similar to unofficial figures printed here yesterday.
 Probate Judge Patrick Healey CD, who led his ticket boiled, g, ,989 votes to gain plurality, locally, of 3,747 over his opponent Atty. Harry Beardsley (R). MT. Beardsley car- ried the Middlebury area of the Waterbury probate district by 986 to 294 and the Wolcott district as well by 575 to 361. Thus the total vote for the entire probate district was Healey 23,644 and Beardsley 2O,803.
 Judge Healey, and state represen- tatives John Membrino and Daniel J. Mahaney all gained a greater plurality than did President Roose- welt locally.
 Rep. Membrino who was reelected by defeating his opponent Russell Sumpf (R) garnered 22,854 votes to his opponents 1922 for a plural ity of 3,432.
 Rep. Mahaney who was reelected by gathering 8 3,312 plurality over
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
Dewey Back At Old Job
BY JOHN L. CUTTER

United Press Staff COrreSp0ndentD
 Albany, N. Y, Nov. 9-CUP)- Thomas E. Dewey, defeated in his bid for presidency of the U. S., turned his attention again today to the full-time job of being governor of New York State.
 Dewey returned to the executive mansion in Albany last night from New York City, where he had re- ceived returns from Tuesdays elec- tion which swept President Roose- welt into a fourth term.
 He told reporters he expected to spend full day at his desk, catch ing up on state affairs which had been deferred during the intensive two months campaign. In the fu- ture he hopes to get away for 8 rest, possibly at Sea Island, Ga.
 AS he returned to Albany, Dewey appeared to be in good spirits and glad that the ordeal of campaign ing from coast to coast was ended.
 He was particularly gratified at the heavy popular vote which his party rolled up in Tuesdays elec- tion, feeling that it indicated the most unity shown in the Republi- can party in IA years and demon- strated a sense of purpose and de- votion to the country and a will lingness to work in harmony.
 Likewise, he believed that the eff feet of the entire campaign would be of tremendous good for the na- tion, particularly in relation to uni-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
HUGE FORCES
 MASS FOR BIG
 FINAL ATTACK
BY ROBERT MUSEL United Press War COrrespOndent)

OA 1OODEN1 N4OOGA
 United Press War COrrespOndent)
 London, November 9. - (UP) = Both Moscow and Berlin reported today that a grand scale Red Army winter offensive against Germany is imminent.
 Soviet dispatches said the Russians had massed vast forces, with complete winter equipment, from the Arctic to the Danube for the "final assault" on Adolf Hitler's in ner fortress.
 Nazi broadcasts dwelt on Rus sian preparations for full dress offensive and said it appeared "di- rectly imminent" with the first blows probably to be struck in East Prussia
 In Moscow the Communist party organ Pravda said Red Armies were poised in East Prussia, Poland, Hun gary and Czechoslovakia to strike the final blow and fulfill Premier Josef Stalin's Bolshevik revolution anniversary order to dispose of the Fascist beast in his own lair and hoist the flag of victory over Berlin. "
 The newspaper quoted 8 veteran Don Cossack horseman as saying
 ''The Germans boasted they would drain the Don river. The day is not distant when our Cossocks will water their horses in the Rhine"
 Temperatures dropped on the eastern front, Moscow reported, and snowfall increased in many battle areas as the first blasts of winter brought the traditional Red Army lighting weather"
 There was every indication from both Moscow and Berlin that the Red Army had used the relative lull put it's front lines in readiness for the showdown campaign in the east.
 General Ivan D. Cherniakhov ovsky's 3rd White Russian Army has been poised along a 95-mile front from IS to 20 miles inside East Prussia for several weeks and Berlin mili- tary spokesman said the Germans had learned that he had promised to renew his offensive in the "very next few days"
 Moscow communiques have re- ported only local fighting in East Prussia since CherniakhovSky'S forces encountered the fierceSt op- position of the war as they pushed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
FOR Win Speeds
 Victory w. C. States
BY BRUCE MUNN United Press Staff Correspondent

OAAOCU 4 OoS OO<SAA ICSPVkAuCAb
 London, Nov. g - (UP) - Prime Minister Winston Churchill said to- day it was high time" the leaders of America, Britain and Russia met again and added that the prospects for this conference have been vast ly improved" by the reelection of President Roosevelt.
 Churchill said another meeting of Mfr. Roosevelt, and Premier Josef Sta1in and himself might easily abridge the sufferings of mankind and stop the fearful process of de- struction which is now ravaging the earth"
 The Prime Minister, in a jovial and expansive mood, spoke at a Mansion House luncheon of the new Lord of London, Sir Frank Alexan- der
 T feel free to express, on personal grounds, the very great joy it gives me to know that my wartime and intimate cooperation with President Roosevelt will be continued in the months that lie before us," Churchill said.
 Praise For Dewey
 T am sure that everybody will be moved by the sportsman-like man ner in which Governor Dewey, in the moment of his defeat, offered his congratulations to his opponent and pledged his party to work wholeheartedly for the world cause"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
Jopon To Be
 Bombed Soon

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 9.--(UP)- Gen. Henry H. Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces, promised last ngiht that American bombers soon will deliver daily smashes against the Japanese mainland on a scale with Allied mass raids on Ger many.
 When distances no longer put a premium on air power, Arnold said, and operations no longer depend on the capture of land masses suit able for the use of air power" Jap ans resources will be crushed as Germanys have been.
 Arnold told members of the Econ- omic Club of Detroit that i've now have thousands of bombers avail ablea to throw into the air war against Japan as soon as ''areas are secured from which we can exert our f1li aerial strength. ?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
7 Yonks In ItoIy Gong
 Are Seized

Rome, Nov. ' = (U.P.) - Seven American soldiers and two Cana dianS named as member of an out law band which has terrorized Rome for two months, were under arrest today and armed military patrols searched the city for former Chi cago gunman accused of leading a second criminal gang.
 Thirteen members of the Chicago holsters band, many of them Ital- ian and Spanish deserters from the French Foreign Legion, also were arrested by military police in 8 city-wide roundup which Allied au- thorities said had smashed both gangs.
 The capture of the soldier gang, led by 23-year-old deserter from Pennsylvania who used the assumed name of Robert Lane, followed a routine arrest of two of its mem- bers who were caught posing as off, cers. Both men were found to be suffering from a veneral disease and were placed under guard in hos pital. The rest of the gang, armed with sub-machine guns, attempted to rescue the pair but were seized after brief gunhe Int with the M. P.is.
 Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey White, deputy provost marshal in Tome, and Major Robert Wilson of Columbus, O., who directed the in- vestigations said the arrested sol- diers faced courtmartial on 8 long
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
Notions Loud FDR Election
RY nNITEn PRESS

The reelection of President Roosevelt was recei-ed enthusiastic ally today by the nations throughout the world, excepting obviously Ger many and Japan.
 The people in Argentina hailed the election although officials at Buenos Aires declined to comment formally. A dispatch from the Ar gentina capital said "the general atmosphere in government quarters cannot hide the satisfaction Presi- dent Roosevelt's reelection has caused"
 In China, the Government Organ Central Daily editorially that "45O,- OC0,000 Chinese are exceedingly hap py thas Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term" and described the elec- tion as "a decisive victory over the Japanese"
 New Zealand newspapers devoted the largest headlines and the most space to the election, with the con- servative Herald carrying banner reading fourth term for Roosevelt" In an editorial, the Herald said ROoSevelt'S reelection lis as dis maying to the enemy as it is reas- surfing to the Allies.
 The Melbourne Sun in Australia said the British people think of Roosevelt mot as an American poli- tician but an international figure whose vision extends beyond his own country, who proved staunch friends to the empire in its darkest hour"
 President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines Commonwealth govern ment said his people interpreted Roosevelt's reelection mot only as an endorsement of his foreign and domestic policy, but also as its un- mistakable approval of his liberal policy towards the Philippines"
 The London Times said editorial ly that the American people demon strated beyond the remotest doubt 8 broad confidence in the PreSi- dents conduct of the war and a firm determination to see it through to victorious conclusion under his leadership before they turn aside to other business"
 The London News Chronicle said Roosevelt twill have party major ity in CongreSs-"decisive assets denied to Wilson at the end of the last War"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
More Women
 In The House
By DEAN w. DITTMER

Limited Press Stan Correspondent
 New York, Nov. 9-CUP)-There will be more woman members of the house -nine-than ever before when the 79th Congress convenes in January, tabulatitn of Tues days balloting showed today.
 Sia of the seven women members of the current Congress were re- turned to their legislative seats. The seventh-Rep. Winfred Stanley, R., N. Y.-did not run for re-elec- tion. But her loss was more than offset by election of three women newcomers.
 Two of the newcomers have sev- eral things in common. Both, strangely enough bear the same last name; both have husbands in the armed forces, are Democrats and won their seast over experi- enced campaigners. They are screen star, Helen Gahagan Dougles, wife of Actor Melvyn Douglas, and Democratic "glamorpart" to Rep. Glare Boothe Luce, R., Conn, and Emily Taft Douglas, wife of Prof. Paul Douglas of the University of Chicago.
 The third newcomer woman elect ed to the House yesterday was Mrs. Chase C.. WoodhouSe of New Lon-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
K Of C Moy
 Buy Site On Church Street

Real estate circles were discuss ing this week the report that the Notre Dame Academy property on Church street would shortly be sold to the Knights of Columbus for a home, The Democrat learned today.
 Several years ago it was rumored that the Academy would be moved from the Church street site and would be relocated in the Truman Lewis estate on Woodlawn terrace. Also at that time the name of the Knights of Columbus was linked in the purpnrted real estate transac- tion. It is believed now that recent changes made in the govern ing board of the K. of c. Building Corporation are responsible for re- newed activity in the transaction.
 At the present time, so The Dem- ocrat is informed, the officers of the K. of c. Building Corporation include Thomas Bane, Edward Ber- gin, and M. J. Connor. All three are prominent in K. of c. circles, being the Grand Knight, Deputy Grand Knight and financial secre- tary, respectively, of Sheridan Council, "A, the only council now maintained by the K. of c. in Wa terbury. MT. Connor has been sec- retary- treasurer of the Building Corporation virtually since its or ganization shortly after World War I.
 MT. Bane and MT. Bergin are believed to have recently taken of- flee in the Building Corporation which was set up by the council and incorporated under the state laws to raise funds for purchase of a permanent home for all K. of C.. activities locally. At that time there were two active councils in Waterbury, Sheridan and Barcelona,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
PATTON STRIKES OUT TO ENvELOP METZ
 Great Red Army Offensive "Imminent''
Tough for FDR In Congress

appeared that an isolationist min- ority could prevent the use of arm- ed American military power against aggressors without prior congress sional consent.
 On the home front the new deal Social Security program apparently is to be extended on 8 cradle-to- grave scope which would bring into its framework millions of agricultur- al, domestic and other workers not now covered. The administration will drive to obtain the heretofore postponed scale-up Of Social &c., curity taxes. Spending for jobs is here to stay-at least for another four yearS-along with high taxes, although determined congress may force some corporation relief. The Tennessee Valley development is expected to becom a pattern for other watersheds; a study of the Missouri river already is well ad- vanced.
 New Political Star
 A new political star has arisen within the fourth term in Sidney Hillman, the CIO leader who con- ceived the explosively successful doorbell ringing campaign by which
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
Dems Control "A States

New York, Nov. g. (UP) = The Democratic party early today ap- pearde to have broken the Repub- ncan majority in state governor ships won in 1942 by winning at least IA of 31 seats contested in Tuesdays election.
 The Democrats had a holdover strength of 10 to the COPS seven. They were, therefore, almost certain of A governors for the next two years.
 They stood an even chance, more over, of winning Missouri, where the Democratic candidate, Phil M. Donnelly, was leading by a slim margin which he began to draw early yesterday. With Missouri's senatorial race hinging on the absentee service vote, to be counted tomorrow, observers believed soldier ballots might decide the governor ship, also.
 Latest returns-virtually complete but still unofficial-apparently aS- sured the Republicans of g gov ernorShipS.
 Until election day, Republicans
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09

New York, Nov. 9-(UP)-Pres- ident Roosevelt won his fourth term with 59 more electoral votes than even the most generous prediction public opinion polls forecast for him.
 Some of the surveys did consid- erably better, however, in predict ing the distribution of the popular vote. One of them-the fortune poll conducted by Elmo Roper apparently missed the correct Roosevelt percentage by only four tenths of one per cent.
 A United Press tabulation of the popular vote today gave MT. Roose- welt 22,303, ,237 against 19.597 ,217 for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, or 5S.2 per cent for the president. The for tune poll forecast 53.6 for Mir. Roosevelt, the Gallup poll 5l.5 and the Crossley survey, 51.4.
 The predictions of Emil Hurja of Pathfinder Magazine, which were based on samplings Of 2a 'key''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
.V-2 Robombs Work Havoc Germans SoV

London, November g. - CUP) - The Germans pulled out all propa- ganda stops today in describing the destruction allegedly inflicted on London by their new V-2 rocket bombs, but official British circles continued to refuse comment. The Transocean News Agency said the tactical development of modern range warfare entered a new phase with the appearance o1 Germany's secret repriSal weapon TranSocean boasted that V-2 would be used with increasing effect on Britain and other long-range tar- gets"
 Most London morning newspapers gave top display to the one-sided German accounts of what Berlin claimed was occurring right outside their own windows.
 A typical headline in the London Daily Sketch said, "Claim Huston Station Destroyed" The Daily Sketch office is within a little more than 8 mile of the station, but rigid censorship prevented any elucida- ton as to the authenticity of the German claim.
 The London Daily Mirror carried the headline, "Nazis Go All-Out On V-2 Terror In London, while the Daily Herald banned, Germany Told V-2 Hitting London.
 The stories all carried the German claim that areas hard hit include the South London Camberwell dis trict and the suburbs of Mitcham, south; Sidcup, southeast, and Ed monton, northeast.
 The official German DNB Agency said details of the construction and appearance of the rocket bomb could not be given yet, but asserted that
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