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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
COLORFUL SOCIAL
 FUNCTION TONIGHT
Bremen to Stage Biennial
 Concert, Bali; Grand ! March to Feature

The biennial ball of the Water bury Firemen'S Aid Association be- gins tonight at the Field St. ArYno1y at 7:45. An entertainment program and concert will start the program, and Q battalion review will be held shortly before 10 p. m., with the grand march following immediately afterward.
 High spot of the evening will be review of the departments person. mel by Mayor John s. Monagan and the fire board, who have been as- signed to special boxes set up around the hall.
 The committee in charge of the hall, headed by Pvt. James Flynn, has labored for several weeks to make the affair one of the outstand- ing social events of the season. Dancing will continue until 3 a. m. to a 20-piece orchestra directed by Unico Barone. Numerous surprise attractions are also in store.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

Pictured here are the fighting sons of five U. s. Marine Corps generals who took part in the American invasion of the Marshall Islands. One of them-Capt. James L. Denig of Washington, D. G. was killed in action. Only A, Cap- tain Denig died while leading tank company of the Fourth Ma rine Division in the initial as- sault. Lieut-Col. Vandegrift, Jr., commands a special weapons bat- talion. Major Richard K. Schmidt of Hawthorne, N. J., is tank of- ficer of the Fourth Division, which is commanded by his father, Maj.- Gen. Harry Schmidt, First Lieut.. Joseph Fegan, Jr., of Carlsbad, California, son of the gen. eral commanding Camp Joseph H. Pendelton, Oceanside, Calf, is serving as an artillery officer in the Marshalls. Second Lieut.. David Brewster of Owings Mills, Md, led an infantry platoon in the assault. His father, Brig-Gen. David L. s. Brewster, is with 1st Marine Am- phibious Corps in the Pacific.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Methodists Observe
 Race Relations Day
Contributions for Support of Schools for Negroes to
 Be Taken Up Sunday Morning

I The World Day of Prayer will be held at the First Methodist church Friday afternoon, February 25, at 2:S0.
 The midwinter Methodist Youth Institute will be held Sunday, Feb ruary 20, in three places, one of them being the local First Metho- dist church. Sessions will begin at g e. m.. continuing throughout the morning and afternoon. The final session win be 8 communion at 1:15 p. m.
 A rummage sale will be held February 24 and 25.
 The calendar of events at the First Methodist church next week, announced this morning by Rev. Dr. John J. Snavely, will be as | follows:
 Monday, February I4-6:15- Junior auxiliary supper meeting: 800, meeting of the official board. Tuesday, February IS 600 Girl Scout meeting. Wednesday, February 16-6:30- Married couples covered dish SUD- per. Anyone planning to attend please notify Mrs. George Belcher. Rabbi William P. Greenfeld will give a talk on Postwar Palestine" Thursday, February 17-2:30- Woman'S society silver tea. Mrs. Gladys Taber, author and lecturer, will be the speaker. 4:30-Pastor's preparatory church membership class. 5:30-Junior choir rehearsal. 7:45-Church Home Night. The subject will be ''The Seventh Com mandment. The general theme will be "Faithfulness to Home Ties" Miss Dorothy Crawford will speak on Things Adversely Affecting Home Life"
 Friday, February 1e-7:30- Sen for choir rehearsal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
CONGESTION IN SCHOOLS FEARED
Facilities in State to Be Inadequate for Postwar
 Demand Says JOrgensen

Dr. A. N. Jorgensen, president of the University of Connecticut end a member of the State Reemploy- ment Commission, told members of that group yesterday afternoon that the facilities for higher edu- cation of the state will probably be inadequate to take care O. all stu dents after the war.
 The educator said that all indi- cations now are that the colleges and universities of the state will be overcrowded after the war and that unless facilities are expanding many student will have to be excluded.
 Before the present war, Dr. Jor- gensen said, most of the public and private colleges and universities were carrying their full load of stu dents. After the war is over, he added, to the normal load of high school graduates will be added a great many returned war veterans whose educations were interrupted by induction into the armed forces
 The commission, headed by Carl A. Gray, president of the Granby Manufacturing company, Plain- vile, met at the State Ar1noyy in Hartford and heard progress re. ports from its subcommittee which are working on special phases o1 the statewide Connecticut Reem- ployment group. The courses will be given in cooperation with the extension service of the University of Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

morrow's weather in Europe" say MesSrs. Balchen and Ford. Every bombing raid we make over Ger many depends on our long-range
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
ICRYSTAL LAKE
 | HOUSE RUINED
Mother Runs Mile in Bare Feet for Help as Home
 Burns

Rockville, Feb. II = MT. and Mrs Leon G. Cone and their five chil- dren were driven from their home near Crystal Lake by fire early Thursday.
 While her invalid husband and children huddled in Q nearby barn and watched flames rage through the house, Mrs. Cone ran mile in her bare feet to the nearest neigh- Dor, Edward Ludwig, chief of tne Crystal Lake Fire Department, for, help.
 By nightfall, however, things were looking up fol the Cone fami- ly. Through the efforts of the Rock vile Journal, merchants and resi- dents had been solicited and the family had been provided clothing. food, shelter and promise from the Red Cross of a new place in which to live within a few days.
 At 6 a. m. Mrs. Cone arose to prepare breakfast for her family She heard a cracking noise and upon investigating found the upper part of the house in flames. She called her family and herded them out of the house and into the barn. Clad only in their nightclothes, the Cones were able to save but a few articles of clothing.
 When flremen arrived. the house was beyond saving and burned to the ground. However, they man. aged to save the barn. Mir. Cone who some time ago inc jured a vertebra, and who has been in poor health. was treated for shock and the effects of smoke at Johnson Memorial hospital. Staf. ford Springs. A surgical belt he has been forced to wear since he was injured was also lost in the flames. Mrs. Cone and one of her chil. dren spent Thursday night with tho Ludwig family, and other neighhors took the four other children, who range in age from five to IT years | old,
 Shortly after a. m., the Rock. vile Chapter of the Red Cross was notified. George Coleman. disaster chairman, visited the scene snd brought the children to Rockville, where he purchased clothing for them and arranged for quarters to which the family will move within day or two.
 The Journal began canvassing for assistance. Soon, @ large box of groceries were obtained. shoes for the youngsters were donated. as well as more than 90 items of cloths ing. Gifts of money were sent, along with household furnishings and promises of additional donations to come. Proceeds of a party held by Crystal Lake Fire Department Thursday night also went to the Cone family.
 Mrs. Carl German of Crystal Lake and Mrs. Milo Hayes of File ington are receiving contributions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
INFORMATION ON
 SOCIAL SECURITY
1000 Applications Made at Local Office in Course
 of Month

During l943 almost 1000 people a month used the services of the Wa terbury office of the Social Secur- ity Board If you have question concerning your rights under Fed- eral Old-Age and Survivors Insur- ance you can get an answer by call ing at that office.
 You can find out when you need social security account card, why you should have only one social security number, and just how valu- able that little card may be some day to you and your family. If you want to know the amount of wages credited to your social security account you can obtain a card (Form 7004) for mailing tc their accounting division in Balti- more. You"n receive your wage statement in a few days, and ii there IS any error the field office will help you correct 1t.
 If you are wondering how much your monthly insurance benefit will be when you retire at 65 or later the field office manager can quickly help you figure it out. He can also tell you-tentatively, of course how much your wife and children might receive in case of your death Your actual benefits will depend or the length of time you work and the amount of pay you receive iIl covered employment. Older workers who are not certain about the best time to claim their benefits can get help from the manager in finding the answer.
 Sometimes widows, aged parents and orphans do not know they are eligible for benefits and delay ir filing their claims. Any person ir doubt about his or her right to old age and survivors insurance benefits should get in touch with the loca field office at l08 Bank street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

Sunday. February 1S, will be ob- served aS Race Relations Sunday at the First Methodist church with contributions to be accepted for the support of Methodist schools for Negroes.
 Sunday, February 20, will be Laymen's Day and the laymen of the parish will be In charge of the 10:30 a. m. service at which John A. Coe will speak on '4The Church at Its Best for 6 World at Its Worst"
 A workers conference will be held Monday evening, February 21. The executive committee will meet at 7:3O and the full conference of workers 8 half-hour later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Greenla1,d Vital Spot h GlobaI War Picture Nazis Invasion Forces Had Established Bases in 1943 = Planes, Submarines Harassed Con- voys - Holds Key in Weather Fore
 casts Writes Colonel Bernt
 Balchen and Corey Ford.

The startling disclosure that Ger many had actually established an armed invasion force in Greenland in the Western Hemisphere and Nazi planes were flying during l943 within bomber range of North American shores are made in the current issue of Golfers Weekly by Bernt Balchen and Corey Ford.
 The story of the successful fight for control of ice-capped Greenland, which looms as the key to victory in the crucial battle for Europe, is related for the first time in Golfers by Balchen who, as Colonel in the U. s. Army Air Forces, has been in command since 1941 of Americas northernmost base on that arctic island, and Ford who is on spe- cial assignment for the Air Forces.
 In the first of three articles, the authors tell how newly arrived Americans discovered the presence in Greenland of armed German forces through the ambush-shooting of a dog-sled driver. Revealing as much as national security will per- init in an article cleared by military cepsors, Messrs. Balchen and Ford write:
 That shot, by a Nazi trooper. marked our first fatal conflict with the enemy in Greenland; it was the initial contact with an armed Ger man invasion force anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. You did not know - the facts could not be revealed until now-that the Nazis had actually established a foothold on this side of the Atlantic. You did not know, all last year, that their planes were flying within bombing distance of the shores of North America. Their submarines, re- fueling in Greenland's silent fiordS, were striking at will at our conveys to England and Murmansk. Their well-equipped weather station. on the islands undefended east coast, was in daily radio communication direct with Berlin"
 For 9 years alleged German scientific expeditions had been studying the Arctic, from which come winds and currents that set up storm fronts for all the North Atlantic and Europe, with an eye to it's future military use, according to Colonel Balchen and Ford who add:
 "The Germans knew the import aYlce of Greenland. From the out set of the war, Nazi weather planes had been patrolling its coast; it was advance information from Green land taht enabled the trapped Scharnhorst (German battleship since desroyed in a sea battle) and Gneisenau to slip out of harbor. uIl- der cover of heavy fog, and pass unmolested within fifteen miles of the Dover coast"
 once the value of Greenland's strategic position was realized by the United States, the Army in the sum- mer of 1041-months before Pearl Harbor-sent a mission under com- mand of Colonel Balchen to estab- Ish an air base above the Arctic Circle on the west coast of the ice capped island. This remote base gives the United Nations access to | vital weather information. More over, Greenland provides a stop oyer point for fighter planes and
 3ombers being ferried to the D. s. Eighth Ar Force in Britain.
 sGgeenIaud holds the key to to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
HENRY CzAPOR
 CHANGES PLEA
Sentence in Auto Homicide Case to Be Pronounced
 Today

Winsted, Feb. 1.-The case of the State against Henry Czapor, 2o. of Torrington, charged with auto hom- icide, which began in Superior Court here Thursday, ended abruptly fol- lowing the noon recess when Attor- ney John J. Casale, counsel for Czapor announced in court that Czapor wished to change his plea. He then pleaded guilty and at the request of his attorney, Judge How ard W. Alcorn agreed to delay pro- nouncing sentence until Friday.
 Three witness, Sergeant Waldo s. Heath of the Winsted Police De- partment, Medical Examiner Don- aid w. Herman, and Mrs. Ebert P. Williams, testified during the morn ing session. Sergeant Heath told of going to the scene of the accident near the Oles Farm on the Tor rington Road the night of Decem- Der 19 last and of finding the body of Ebert P. Williams 135 feet north of the point where he had been changing tire on his car.
 Heath said that he found tire marks extending 167 feet from the Williams car to the rear of the Czapor machine. A number of pie lures of the accident taken by Heath as well as statement which Czapor gave the local police fol- lowing the accident were intro duced as exhibits.
 Medical Examiner Donald w. Herman, who examined Williams body both at the scene of the acci- dent and later at the Beecher Flu neral Home, said the man had a crushed face and skull, broken neck, fractures of all ribs, broken shoulder, fractures of both legs be- low the knees and the abdomen was blackened with road scars. Dr. Her man stated these injuries caused Williams death.
 Mrs. Ebert P. Williams of Water bury stated that she was 8 regis tered nurse and had been married four years and three months. On the night of the accident, she tes- t1fied, she and her husband left their Waterbury home to visit MT. and Mrs. Paul Richards of Winsted Manor and that a tire had blown out near the Oles farm on the Tor rington Road.
 The rear lights were on while her husband was changing the tire, she stated. About 10 minutes later she saw the lights of car coming and she began waving a f1ashlight, but the car continued at a rapid rate until 1t got so close that she jumped to the side of the road and ex- claimed, Were going to get hit!" She said that her husband was hurled into the air and then she heard brakes screech. Mrs. Will Hams then related that she started looking for her husband. but could not find his body until a couple came along and assisted her. When they found her husband, she said he was dead for there was no heart beat. There were no other cars passing at the time of the accident she stated.
 In a conversation with Czapol near his car she testified that she told the defendent he had killet her husband. She said Czapor re. piled that there were no lights or her car and asked her if she thought he wanted to kill her husband. T Czapor has been out of jail under bonds of 5000 which were con- tinued until Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

Twelve per cent of the motor licenses issued in England are held by women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
An0Prs DESERT PIGS

Portland, Ore. - (U.P)-Charles
 van Walligan, Gresham, Ore, live stock feeder, thought someone was stealing his stock when he saw a car and trailer backed up to his pacture fence. He investigated and
 found someone had dumped IA pigs on his land. Van Walligan
 adopted. them to raise with his POO other hogs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

A meteorite picked up in New Mexico was found to contain mi- mute amounts of Cold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
IIRISH=AMERICANS MEETING TONIGHT

Patrick Crean will preside at to- nights monthly meeting of the Irish American Social club. Plans for a St. Patrick's Days celebration will be discussed at the meeting, which will be held in the clubs headquart- CTS at 109 Bank street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
METAL SAVED FOR SHIPS

The WIPE saves about 10000 tons of steel 8 year, enough to provide structural steel for four new battle ships, by eliminating metal signs for the duration of the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

forecasts from the Arctic. The tim ing, indeed the very success, of our coming invasion may hinge on the fact that we-and not the Nazis - have Greenland today"
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22
~ WEEKLY CREMATION CHAT
THE INQUIRING LINE. ;.

Q. My wife divorced me six ago and received an ali mony allowance of $10 a month, yet my orderly room continues to deduct $22 month from my pay. Can they dc this to me?
 A. No. Evidently your orderly room has not been informed that the ODE has ruled that when ali- mony of less than S22 a month is granted diyorcee, only the amount of the alimony itself should be deducted from the soldiers pay. In your case, that amount is $10.
 Q. What are the qualifications for GIs authorized to wear the gli- der badge?
 A. According to WD Cir. 220, ? June 1914, personnel qualified to wear the glider badge must be as- signed or attached to glider or airborne unit, or to the Airborne Center, must have completed a course of instruction in knots and lashings, loading organizational equipment in ~airplanes and glid- CTS and safe loading principles, and must have participated in at least two glider flights or simulated tac- tical conditions.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22
Malice in Hitlerldnd
for than Germany No nation has made sacrifice
 -ADOLPH HITLER
 Nnremburg, Sept 12, 1938

sans of Yugo-Slavia under Marshal Tito, the Maquis of France, the or ganized guerillas and underground in Norway, Denmark, Holland, Greece and Poland are paying off. And the great armies of the Allies are on the march. The Red Army is on the move and rolling inex- orably toward East Prussia and Berlin. The Americans and British are beyond Caen on the road to Paris and Berlin, and in Italy, our troops head toward Florence on the road to Hitler's Fortress Germania. All this plus the visitors from the skies-day and night who strike Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne, Nur- emburg, and Berlin. ..
 NO EUROPEAN NATION HAS DONE MORE FOR PEACE THAN GERMANY. .Hitler's fue letter yord for peace spelled DEATHi We hape learned fhe Nayi spelling.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22

This incredible statement by Adolph Hitler was uttered at the pagan rites known as the Nurem- burg festivals. In the six years since this speech was made the en- tire world has been plunged in a blood bath which has taken a greater toll of human life than anything the world had ever known. One after the other, Austria, Cze- cho-Slovakia, Poland, Holland, Bel gium, Norway, Denmark, Greece, France and Yugo-Slavia came to know the distorted definitions of the words of Adolph Hitler.
 The scientific preparation for this great peace as conceived by Hitler and the Junker generals was methodically carried out. In Poland and Czecho-Slovakia the barbaric hand of the Nazi peace lovers was spread out like leech-subjecting the whole population to torture, labor camps and death. In all the other countries occupied by the man who has done so much for peace, the nightmares of death and destruction were everywhere.
 Some escaped. Today the Parti-
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22

FRANCE. = Nazi It. Gen. Will helm Dietrich von Schlieben, German commander at Cherbourg, who was captured by the Allies in the fall of that port was "amazed" at our artillery bombardment of Cherbourg, according to Maj. Gen. Cecil Ray Moore, U. s. Army eng ineer, who talked to the captive general in German.
 "Gen. von Schlieben wasn't very talkative," Gen. Moore said. "Yet he did say that he had never felt anything like our artillery bomb ardment before-not even in Rus sia."
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22
ROAD TO BERL1N-via ITALY

ANCONA. Normal population 90,O0O. Noted for the Arch of Trajan built by that emperor of ancient Rome in IF AID. and the Cathedral of Saint Cyriac, dating from the Ele- venth century. Sugar refining, shipbuilding and the manufac- ture of silk are the main in dustries.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22
The NEGRO SOLDIER

The contribution of the Negro soldier to the present war as fel- low-American comrade-in-arms was skilfully presented in the film shown last week at the Base The atre for the Orientation program. Produced and distributed by the War Department the film traces the history of their participation in American wars from Crispus At tackus who fought the British at Bunked Hill to the present conflict.
 In the pageant of American his tory the Negro plays an important part. Booker T. Washington in edu- cation, George W. Carver in sci ence, and host of others, have be- come synonymous with the devel- opqnent of this nation. In the world of music and sports and in other fields the Negro has distinguished himself.
 In the military, Benjamin Davis rose from the ranks to become a Brigadier General while his son is today a Colonel On all war fronts, from tanks, and ships and planes the Negro is meeting and destroy ing the common enemy. He is fighting and winning war for the freedom of all peoples.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22

CABIN. Normal population 54,- 900. Ancient capital of Nor mandy, 125 miles northwest of Paris. Known for it's fine archi- lecture, particularly the church of La Trmite, founded in 1066 by the wife of William, the Conqueror. A university was founded here by Henry VI of England in 1431. Important in- dustries are shipbuilding, man. ufacturing of linen and angora gloves.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22

GOT WORRIES, SOLDIER?- VISIT THE PERSONAL AF- FAIRS OFFICER AT THE BASE SPECIAL SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADVICE.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22

British troops of the Eighth Army in their drive to the River Arno, have reached the river in several
 places and have taken the towns of
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22

the town of Periers virtually un- tenable, improving their position at other points nearby. British and
 Canadian troops of the Second Ar my were on the move, shattering all German defenses about Caen.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22

Visit the Orientation Room at the Base Special Service Office, near the Main Gate, T-234. .:.o.4=
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22

LEGHORN. Normal population 143,000. The third commercial port of Italy on the Mediterra- mean, it has an inner and outer harbor. In the outer harbor is lighthouse built in 1903. The city is noted for it's Royal Mar inc Academy with library of 72,000 volumes. It is well- known for it's manufacture of Leghorn hats and it's ship building.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22

Preceded by gigantic aerial as- sault of 20OO planes, General Montgomery, with 46 divisions, started to roll across the open plains east of the Orne River in great mobile tank battle remini- scent of the African campaign against Rommel. The Nazi opposi- tion, commanded by General von Kluge, was reported to have de- ployed their tanks in great areas southeast of Caen in an attempt to halt the onrushing Allies.
 ROAD TO BERLIN-via ITALY
 Despite fierce Nazi resistance, the Eight Army, spearheaded by Polish troops, advanced on the inn portant port of Ancona on the Adriatic.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-22
ROAD TO TOKYO

The most important news affect ing all theatres of war against the Japanese was the shake-up in the Japanese Army. Tojo, as Army Chief, was replaced by General Yoshijiro Umezu, who assumed the position of Chief-of-Staff.
 Following closely on the removal of Tojo, the Japanese Domei agen- cy announced the resignation of the entire cabinet. The Tojo cabinet, formed in October of 1941, replae- ed that of Prince Konoye.