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Evening star., 1944-06-25

The model center around which others
are being patterned IL located In the
rolling foothills of the Berkshires, at
Pawling IN. " School for Boys, where
fortunate, teen-age youngsters iuxuri-
ously prepped for college before the war.
The idea for a plan now being ex-
tended to the whole air force is quite
new. 1t. Col. Howard A. Rusk, a new
conner to AAF medicine from successful
civilian practice, was making one of his
first inspections at Jefferson Barracks,
Evening star., 1944-06-25
'GI Heavens'Are Answer
To Soldiers PRAYERS
BY w. H. Shippen, Jr.

"GI Heavens the country
are the AAFs . prayer
Nothing pilot dream. about on III.
long way home snte
upon once ne checks his the
He military machine ana
Ne
friends concept IS the battle v,apo
he Ia aside.
lns iact that many have laid aside their
the restoring men phcaI and
Others are hed to clant earning power
soldier Is
anything must not sn
something .pc.I
interest . an
The sports recreation air fore. n
the past In fact msnv :,
the cene have established
wealthy from mountains on coast
n
Evening star., 1944-06-25
Famous 'Grandad' of the BIG

Lne earthquake victims. He made the
3,000-mile return trip nonstop. The
same year he carried pay load Of 81, ,205
pounds to a height of $500 feet. The
load was a ton and half heavier and
the height 1888 feet higher than the
previous record.
Now, when old age should be creep
ing up, Grandpappy's still in the game,
still going strong. He's 4 pack horse,
no less. carrying giant loads to Carrib-
bean Army bases-carrying near-record
loads in near-record time.
A grand old man is Grandpappy, be-
loved OF his crew and beloved by gen.
erals, admirals, famous airmen, Sen
ators, cabinet members and assistant
cabinet members, famous entertainers.
not to mention "pinup girls who have
been guests in his cabin and left auto
graphs on the walls to mark the SPOT.
Now we have his grandson-B-29--
built on almost the same dimensions.
The Super Fortress Is an all-metal
monoplane, 98 feet long, ~ feet high,
141.2-foot wing spread. does 800 mp.h.
plus. gets up to $4,000 feet altitude, has
multiple gun power turrets, .50-caliber
machine guns and 20-mm. cannon, is
powered by four Wright Cyclone 2,20O-
h.p. engines and carries far greater
bomb load farther, faster and higher
than any plane ever built.
Beginning the Airfelds
Gen. H. H. Arnold knew all about the
Super Fortress long before the Teheran
conference and it was on his word that
great things were promised in the air
war, and this especially to the sorely
beset Chinese. And that word to the
Chinese was the signal for them to
start construction on airnelds from
which these Super Fortresses could take
on for the attack on the Japanese main
land
1t has been said that the Chinese lit
orally clawed out the Burma road with
their fingernails. The Chinese take-off
airf1elds of the Super Fortresses have
been built in the same slow, agonizing
effort-manpower, not mechanical con-
trivance, has done the work There were
IiO tidCIOlS vi SIcdIn TOlleTS OF TOcK
crushers available. Chinese manpower-
nearly half million men achieved the
almost insuperable task.
Now they have their reward-Japan
has been bombed from Chinese soil!
Immeasurable Possibilities
AS for the Super Fortress and its fu-
ture, not even Gen. Marshall nor Gen.
Arnold have given hint of It's immeas-
urable possibilities. However, 1t has al
most established what many air-minded
people have argued fora separate air
force.
The Super Fortresses will not be con-
fined to any one locality nor be part
OF any single unit. They constitute a
global air task force directly under the
command OF the Chief of Staff, Gen.
Marshall, and the commander of the
Army Air Forces, Gen. Arnold.
Gen. Arnold has said: II assume the
heavy responsibility for it's employment
under the Joint Chiefs of Staff with full
confidence in its potential use So We
have lot to learn before its full power
may be developed. The frequency of its
use will be carefully determined for
some time. Let our enemies take what
comfort they can while they can"
Great famlly-Grandpappy and Sons!
Evening star., 1944-06-25

at the end. Since that time he has been
one OF the thin line of ordnance men
(there were only few more than 800
ordnance officers in the United States
Army in 1881 who kept ordnance
abreast of the latest arms developments.
Gen. Sayler would like to get out
once in while for a game of golf but
he hasn't had time here in England
where there are so many good courses
nearby. He would like to do little
hunting and fishing (the salmon season
is on now in Scotland), but he doesn't
have the time. His kindly gray eyes
twinkle as he reminisces that some
day he may swing driver on the first
tee at Army Navy Country Club again.
At the age of so man hasn't lost his
punch In golf He shoots in the low 80s.
Evening star., 1944-06-25

tary law, bookkeeping. shorthand, music,
biology, dramatics.
Many classes are held in the open air.
just lone jump ahead of bull session"
rs one patient put IT..
"A soldier can learn to be telephone
hneman, or how to milk . COW or raise
chickens. Or he can knock OF and 70
sail boating or horseback riding.
On entering the Heavens" he Is told
he can leave at any time he choses.
Evening star., 1944-06-25
BY Capt. Bernard Brookes.

ny SdPI. del 1IldI0 bIOOhes.
Old Grandpappy has grandson
you've been hearing about him. His Of
ficial name is Super Fortress B-29.
For q long time guarded scraps of in
formation had leaked out concerning
the prowess OF this noted grandson
B-2e. We had all been expecting him to
achieve almost unbelievable things in
this war for freedom of mankind.
Now he's all-out in the war and in his
nrst oficial war flight has startled the
sons of heaven out of their bamboo
shacks and left wide waste and wreck
age to make his initial offensive.
But even before he was ready to knock
the bragadoccio out of the japanese, the
Nazis in Germany had heard tell of what
he intended to do.
The Nazis Were Told
As early as last April the owl broad
cast news In the German language that
the Super Fortresses were coming and
what the Germans could confidently look
forward to. Just enough facts were
given to scare the Nazi gang out Of their
paper-soled boots.
Nor did the publicizing of B-2s end
with the mere broadcasting of the story.
At the rate OF two and half million
news sheets and leaflets day the super
race has been told what to expect-that
what they had been taking from Grand
pappy's son, Flying Fortress, was moth
ing compared to what they would take
when the grandson Super Fortress got
into action. And. to make the idea
comprehensive to even dull-witted
Deutscher, millions Of leaflets carried
pictures of the Flying Fortress and a
diagram showing the increased size.
wing spread, speed. altitude and bomb
capacity of the Super Fortress.
In plain words, the Nazis were told
you better get out Of the fighting game
while the getting's good"
Now the Nips have had not word
picture but concrete demonstration.
But, since any story is better started
at the beginning, let's get back to
Grandpappy.
Only One of His Kind
"Grandpappy" is the only one of his
kind, and that, in this day of airplanes
shooting of assembly lines like so many
sausage links, is quite distinction.
"Grandpappy" is the only plane in
The sub., 1944-02-17
SMEU Gets
 Official Rules On Incentive

The Union has received from the Shipbuilding Commission of the War Labor Board, it's official rul- ing upon the incentive system ap- Droval of which has already been announced. The exact ruling fol- lows:
 RULING
 By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in it by the Ma tlonal War Labor Board in its Di- 1ective Order of August g, 1943, the Shipbuilding Commission approves, as modified, the joint request of The above-named parties, (Electric Boat Company, New London Ship and Engine Works, Groton, Con- necticut, and The Shipbuilders and Marine Engineers Union of Groton, Connecticut, Incl dated December S1, 1943, as hereinafter provided:
 I. The proposed incentive plan
 is hereby approved provided
 that:
The sub., 1944-02-17
Request Raise Rates
 For Crane Operators
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 paying a minimum of $1.20 per hour for first class crane operators in accordance with the Stabi1izatfon agreement, every other major ship ward makes a distinction between crane operators handling cranes which have a capacity of under twenty tons and those having capacity of over twenty tons. The War Labor Board in its decision of November II. 1922, in the South Portland Shipbui1ding case estab- lished a rate of $1.20 per hour for crane operators on cranes of twenty ton capacity and rate of $1.33 per hour for crane operators on cranes with capacity of twenty tons and over.
 The same classification and rat- ing was established and is in Oper- ation at the Walsh Kaiser Shipyard in Providence, Rhode Island. fOrna- erly known as the Rheem Manu- featuring Company pursuant to the decision of the War Labor Board in that case.
 The above rates are in contracts made between the Shipyards and the A. F. l.. Metal Trades Depart ment.
 Likewise, in many East Coast shipyard agreements of the Indust- rial Union of Marine and Ship building Workers of America. q diffefential i'm rates is made for cranemen under twenty ton, and those over twenty ton while adher- ing to the $1.20 per hour standard first class mechanic rate as mini- mum.
 This Union contends that because of the particularly difficult exist ing working conditions which ex- ! ist at the Company plant, that crane operators rates here should be above the standard which has been established for standard work ing conditions. In the original proposal submitted by the Union for the new contract. the Union re- queSted a locomotive and gantry crane operators first class rate of $1.40 per hour and bridge crane rate of $1.30 per hour. At the very least, this Commission should award the rates which are payable at the neighboring Walsh-Kaiser Shipyard which secures many of it's workers from the same area as does the Elecfic Boat Company.
The sub., 1944-02-17
Union Vacation Argument Before WLB

position, we ask for adjustment and relief in four phases. viz:
 l. Adjustment of hourly rate for second shift to include shift premium.
 3. Adjustment of weekly hours to conform to actual number of weekly hours worked. M
 8. One week vacation for one years service and two weeks fOr five years service. M
 4. Retroactivity to July l, 1S43,t for all employees entering employ of Company between January l. 1942, and July l, 1922.
The sub., 1944-02-17

(A) The 2-3 proportion of bonus to increase be maintained without limit as production is increased.
 (B) There be no increase in costs resulting from the application of the incentive plan. co The Employer shall report to the Com mission in writing three months from the date of this rul- ing and at three month in tervals thereafter, the re- suits obtained under the incentive plan with reference to productivity, em- ployee earnings, and labor costs.
 II. This adjustment may be made effective as of Janu- ary 1, 1944. It is recom- mended that any retroactive payment that may result from this ruling be made in conformity with the policy Of the National War Labor Board as stated in its res olution of April 2, 1943, III. This ruling conforms to the policies of the National War Labor Board based on Ex- ecutive Orders Nos. 8250 and 0328, and the policy Direc- tive of May 12, 1943, is- sued by the Director of Eco- homie Stabilization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
Fiscal Surplus Is 

Waterbury's 1944 fiscal surplus will be approximately $425, GOO or $49,- 600 less than the 1943 surplus of $474,000. The estimate was released to The Democrat today by City Budget Director Arnold E. Furlong; who will present his estimates to the board of finance this afternoon.
 The estimate has been derived from a $119,Oo0 unexpended bal ar1ce in the citys $ 1914 fiscal budget appropriation and $319,000 in &C., tual revenue receipts over previous ly estimated receipts.
 MT. Furlong pointed out that the decrease in surplus is due partially from expenditures of over $10O, 1000 set aside this year for permanent repairs to the city's school build ings. These repairs are of a Hong term" duration and will be conSid- cred as final for. period ranging upward to the next 20 years.
 It is likely that excess of sur- plus not accredited to the 1945 budget appropriation will be depos- ited in the city'S ''heserve for Capi- tai and Non-Recurring Items" used for financing postwar projects.
 The board of finance will meet to- day in its regularly scheduled fi- nance meeting to be followed by a special 1945 budget review hearing. The board met last evening in a similar type meeting and gave ap-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
Marine Kills
 Human Bomb

(By Technical Sergeant Jeremiah A. OLeary, of 1922 Quincy St., N. E., Washington, D. O., a Marine Corps Combat Correspondent for merly of the Washington Evening Star.)
 Peleliu, Palau Islands Delayed) Two Marines shot down a Japan csc soldier who approached our lines laden withTNT, a human bomb in- tent on destroying himself when he reached a forward Leatherneck gun position.
 The Jap had crawled to point only 10 foot from a 75mm: gun car- rier when the two Marines heard him. In the dark they shot him, miraculously missing the load of dy- namite the Jap carried. The Mar ines were Corporal John F. Pap rocki, of Denver, Colo, and Private First Class Joseph F. Simkus, of 5 North Leonard street, Waterbury, Conn.
 The human bomb" carried no weapon. On his back was pack load of explosives connected to two hand grenades. He obviously planned to set of his load of de- struction by pulling the pins of the grenadeS. On one leg was strapped a large Molotov cocktail, a glass jar filled with gasoline. Bomb disposal technicians were rushed to the front to render the human bombs body harmless.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
No 'Dictotor' Says Mayor

If this was dictatorship it was strangely popular" Mayor John s. Monagan declared today in answer to criticisms, made by Republican Senator Francis T. Summa last night, who charged the Mayor with indulging in dictatorship" and an I-Am-The King" attitude.
 Senator Summa'S criticism stem med from the opposition pre- sented by tne Mayor and city off, cials against attempts made in the 1943 general assembly, and spon- Sored by Senator Summa, to foster what was then assailed as personal legislation" and uncontrolled rip- per legislation"
 In his statement today the Mayor declared that he opposed the meas ures not on personal whim" as charged by the Republican senator but in opposition which was based upon deep-seated resentment felt not only by me and other Dem- ocrats but by responsible members of the Senators own party" The mayor urged the election of Edward P. Egan, opponent of the Republican Senator in the 18th district.
 Senator Summa with the support of other state legislators succeeded
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
FBIHuntsK Kin Of 3 Alleged War Dod gers

New York, Nov. 2.-(UP)-Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation agents extended their search today for two of three thread manufacturers ac- cused by the government of cor rupting an army fighter pilot to pro- tect their relatives in uniform from combat hazards of war.
 Major Walter v. Radovich, 24, the flyer, was under detention at Nit chel field. Jerome Usdan, g, one of the threat executives, was held in 5000 bail and FBI agents wanted Samuel Bayer, 51, and his brother Elias, 48.
 The relatives which the three ac- cused men allegedly sought to shield from wars dangers were Pvt. Mar tin Bayer, 9, and his cousin, Pvt. Morris (Melvin) Usdan, q. Young Bayer is the son of Samuel Bayer. Pvt. Usdan is the brother of Jerome and the nephew of the Bayer broth CTS. The two soldiers also were un- der detention at Mitchell field.
 According to Radovich, Usdan and the Bayer brothers entertained him in New York night club and praised him to their friends for his accomplishments as a pilot in an air commando unit in the China Burma India theater. Radovich had knocked down four Japanese planes and had been decorated for his featS as fighter pilot.
 The thread manufacturers intro- duced Radovichs to celebrities, the flyer said, bought him three tail ored uniform, provided several gifts for his wife and finally paid him all but $50 of promised $7,00O to use his influence in shielding PvtS. USdan and Bayer.
 Radovich, in his story relayed by army officials in the CBI theater to 8 Mitchell field colonel and thence to the FBI, said that he was de- tailed in 1943 to organize an air commando unit for service in the Asiatic area. He said he ordered PvtS. Usdan and Bayer out of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
9th Storms Over Romeo
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Rome, Nov. 2-(UP)-Armored forces of the Eighth Army stormed across the Romeo river in strengtl, and reached the airfield at ForIi today to spearhead three-way Al- lied drive on the big junction point of the Bologna-R Rimini highway.
 Headquarters reported that heavy lighting was going on in the north- eastern corner of the airfield just south of the highway, the main artery of Italy,s Pc valley.
 Two other Allied columns at the same time continued converging drives on Forli from the North and South as the Eighth Army Forces brought their lines within S7 miles east of Bologna.
 One force pushing north of the highway reached the village of Coc- colia, six miles northeast of Forii, while Indian patrols advancing from a bridgehead across the Rcn- co at Medola approached the Rabbi river, approximately three miles south of F'orli.
 Front reports said there were irl- dications the Germans already had withdrawn the bulk of their forces beyond the Rabbi river as the In- dians encountered only a few en- emy troops above the Romeo.
 The Germans again launched seV- eral heavy counter-attacks against advanced American positions on the Fifth Army front but failed to dent the lines. Despite the enemy as- saultS, the Americans cleared tlne ting hamlet of Castetta at the 10ok
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
Dewey Links Roosevelt To 
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BY JOHN L. CUTTER n-o.s Cfaff r%n..-a.unv.S

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Aboard Dewey Campaign Train, Nov. 2.-tUP)-Gov.t Thomas E Dewey bid for Maryland's eight electoral votes today after accusing President Roosevelt in Boston last night of selling out his party to Communists detremined to seize control of the government.
 The Republican presidential can- didate carried his campaign into Baltimore in an attempt to take Maryland-which has been on the winning side in every presidential contest for half 8 century-out of the doubtful" category and into the Dewey column.
 After his Baltimore address at the Lyric theater, Dewey goes to Wilke- Barre and Scranton, Pa., for brief evening appearances, and then re- turns to Albany.
 Under his belt was the strongest denunciation he has made thus far of the cynical alliance" which he told 25.000 persons in strongly Catholic Boston that the New Deal has entered into with Earl Brow der's Communists" He charged that the alliance was effected
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
H1sbandSays Wife Wanted
 '.Pdrisian" Touch m Home

Hackensack. N. J., Nov. 2.-(UP)
 Bernard R. Armour, millionaire chemist, was in court again today to Md himself of the woman he loved because she sought to return his love by proxy. Armour, 53, head of the Heyden Chemical corporation, complained that pretty, vivacious. 31-year old Martha s. Armour, of- fered to find him mistress to take his mind off his work and her ex- tra-marital activities. She proposed, he said, to weave a wonderful matri- monial tent "in the fashion of the French that would house a mis- treSs for him and lover for her, where everyone would be friendly, and broadminded and home-loving.
 Armour was to resume his testi- mony today after telling chancery court iA the 1irst asssinn oe his di- vocco hearing that he was . long, sufferingn man. It was in 1887, he said, that his wife told him that their EngleWocd N. q, rnansion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
Grueson1e Find Points Clue To Wholesale BabyKillings

two-story frame structure, where Louise Battiese, 58-year-old Negro, operated an automobile washing and storage business.
 'It could be that big stove was used to burn up God knows how many bodies," Sgt. Furlong said.
 Detectives sought clues in the life of Battiese. who lived alone in the second floor of the rambling gar- age building. Divorced, he was the father of a boy and a girl, both oveY IT, police said.
 JOvial Fellow
 Police reported that Battiese, prior to his death, was known as ''jovial, well-liked little fellow" He dressed well and "sometimes'' went to church, they said.
 Although Battiese had refused garage work during the last lev months before his death, detectives saic he had ''bet a lot Of monsy on
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
.Quoto Here
 For 9th Loan Is 4 Million

An ''E" bond quota of $4,250, ,000 has been established for the City of Waterbury for the Sixth War Loan Drive. A quota for similar bond sales, in amount of $4,429, 900 has been set for the Waterbury area. comprised of this city and towns of Middlebury, Wolcott and Prospect. The quotas have been set by the Connecticut War Finance Commit tee in collaboration with the city'S committee.
 A new type quota, heretofore in- cluded within the general quotas, but not singled out as an individual quota, has been announced in amount of $S,9O0,OO0 for bonds other than "E" type. This combined with the aforementioned city ':E" quota makes a total quota of all bonds sold to individuals of $8,329,0O0.
 No quota for the banking and investment group has been eStab- lished as yet and will be announced at a later date by the co-chairmen, G. Horace Baldwin and Austin l.. Adams.
 The Sixth War Loan Drive will get underway throughout the nation November 2Oth and last through December 9th.
 Official figures relased by the Federal Reserve relative to previous war loan drive efforts here reveal that during the fourth and fifth drives, ''E" bond sales for the gen. eral Waterbury area were S, ,490. 900 and $4, ,794, ,000 respectively. Similar sales for the same drives for the city proper were in amount of $5. .334,00O, and $4,666, ,0O0, respect lively.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
Casualties: 

Washington, Nov 2-UP)-Casu- alties in the U. s. armed forces in World War II approached the half million mark today.
 The War Department announced that through Oct. 31 the army had suffered 417,12l casualties, includ- ing 80,666 killed, 229,212 wounded, 53,622 missing and 5S.621 prisoners of war.
 Navy, Marine and Coast Guard casualties through Nov. 1 totaled 70,571, including 28,231 dead, 28,441 wounded, 9,421 missing and 4,478 prisoners of war.
 This gave an overall total casualty list of 487, ,692, an increase of 14,893 over the 472,7o0 figure reported 8 week ago.
 The War Department said that 165, ,499, or nearly half, of the army wounded, have returned to duty.