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Evening star., 1944-02-13

course, heading for the florists con-
cession. with its blaze of blooms.
"A dozen of those red roses. Long
stemmed. To this address,"
They would be waiting for Alicia
when she got home Roses - not a
letter which would forever damn
him in her eyes and clear everything
between her and Michael. When he
took out his pocketbook to pay for
the roses there was the letter. He
would take it home. and burn it.
He peeled off ten-dollar bill from
his roll, thinking with a smile how
Alicia could never get used to his
casual way with money - not after
going out with Michael on his SER
geant's pay.
When George had completed his
transaction at the florists, he almost
bumped into a man with gray
slouch hat and dangling cigarette.
The mans face was furtive and ac-
quisitive. He let the cigarette dan
gle from his lips and watched George
through curl of smoke. He had
been watching George for some time.
Buying flowers for dame. Money
no object. All lit up over it. Walking
out in a daze.
PRESENTLY the man in the gray
slouch hat edged over to basket
for paper and rubbish. When you
pick a mans pocket all you need is
the money. Not black leather
wallet that might be evidence
against you. Not ...
The man came slowly back. He
stopped at the newsstand. Gimme
a stamp, sweetheart. he said. He
paid her, stuck the stamp on and slid
his deposit into the mailbox nearby.
He grinned. who am l." he
asked nobody in particular, Ito
hold out on love letter to dame?"
The End
Evening star., 1944-02-13

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BombeFs Roar
Over Reich
CONTINUED from Page 1,

rail targets at Tourcoing, French
town near the Belgian border IS
miles behind the coast.
Carrying the mightiest serial Of
fensive in history into its 9th
straight day, other Raj night raid
ers attacked Germany's west wall
defenses and other detectives IN
France and northwest Germany.
Inhabitants Of the English SOUTH
east coast said some Of the forrna-
lions made another earthquake
raid" on an objective some distance
behind the French invasion coast
The attack was so violent that 1t
shook the English shore.
IL BOmbers Lost
Fourteen bombers were lost in the
nights raids and In mine-laying
operations.
Nearly 5000 American and British
planes participated in yesterdays
phase Of the aerial softening OF
western and central Europe for an
Allied landing, dropping 5000 or
more tons Of explosives all the way
from the Atlantic coast to western
Czechoslovakia.
Some 1000 American Flying Fort
resses, LiberatorS and escorting
fighters fought their way through
1000 intercepting German aircraft
to hit four synthetic oil plants,
fighter aircraft repair plant and
railway yards in the Leipzig area
and near the Czechoslovak border.
$50 Planes Shot Down
A total Of $50 enemy planes was
shot down, the largest bag in more
than two months. in air battles de-
scribed by returning pilots as among
the fiercest of the war. Forty-two
heavy bomberS and 10 fighters were
lost.
Crews reported clear weather
and saw their bombs drop with good
results on assigned targets" an
American communique said. pho
tographs taken during the bombing
show a good concentration in the
target area"
U. s. headquarters announced
that pictures taken yesterday
showed severe damage to all the
synthetic Oil plants attacked by the
heavy bombers. Large fires ragged
out of control at Brux. Fires were
visible in the Bohlen oil refinery.
Big explosions were seen at the
Leuna plant, and facilities were
ablaze at Merseburg and Lutzen-
dorf.
The German high command said
that Continued strong attacks by
Anglo American bombers against
occupied western territories can be
considered as preparation for inva-
sion"
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ELI JOHNSON DIES
AT MILFORD HOME
Prominent New York
Lawyer Was Former
Local Resident

Atty. Eli johnson, 40 Park ave-
nue., New York city, formerly of
Waterbury, died Thursday at his
summer home in Milford.
Mr.. Johnson, who specialized In
divorce cases is said to have drawn
UP the necessary papers in hun
dreds of divorce suits.
He was an enlisted member Of
the 307th Engineers in the World
War I, serving in France in the Toul
sector, San Mihiel and the Ar
gonne. He was graduated from the
New York University Law School
in 1920 and attended Crosby high
school here.
He represented Tommy Man
vile in several of his divorce suits,
friends said, and the late Mrs.
Madeleine Talmadge Force Aston
Dick Fiermonte in her suit for
separation from EMO Fiermonte.
prizefighter, in 1898. He represented
George Lowther Sd in obtaining
two writs Of habaeS corpus to per-
NIT him to see Eileen Herrick over
the protests of her parents before
the couple were married on Jan.
5, 1910.
Mr.. Johnson's summer home
was at ~ Trumbull avenue, Mil
ford, and he lived in New York at
480 Park avenue.
Surviving are his wife, Dorothy
(Perkins) Johnson; his mother, Mrs.
Rae johnson, of Waterbury; four
brothers, Henry, Charles and Harry,
all Of Waterbury and George of
New Haven; three sisters, Mrs.
Barry Nathan. New York city; Miss
Mae Johnson and Mrs. Benjamin
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Germans Fight Fiercely
On 25-Mile Main Front
Continued from Page y

months In an effort to halt the
largest-scale offensive ever launched
by the Allies In the Mediterranean
theater. The battlefront was
":spongy with blood" one CORE
Spondent said.
James e. Roper, United Press War
Correspondent with the Fifth Army
said the American and French cas-
ualties were no more than should
be expected in an uphill attack
against long-prepared, built-in de-
lenses, however.
One Sentence
General Sir Harold r. L. G. Alex
ander, Allied commander in Italy
confined his second communique
on the offensive to one sentence:
1.-THE attack by the Fifth and
Eighth Armies against the Gustav
Line during the night Of May ILL.,
has driven in the enemy outpost
line and heavy fighting is In prog
ress along the whole front which
was attacked"
A naval communiQue confirmed
that British cruiser and American
destroyers bombarded the Terra.
Gina area and enemy artillery in
the Gaeta area Of the Appian Way,
which stretches from the Tyrrhen-
ian Sea end Of the front to Rome,
in support Of the Fifth Army.
THE results were satisfactory,
the naval communique said. The
area in which the ships operated
previously had been swept by Bril-
fish minesweepers."
The AnZio beachhead front be-
low Rome remained quiet except for
Allied mortar and artillery activity
in the western sector. On the right
flank Of the beachhead, Allied ar
tillery silenced an enemy heavy gun
and drove of a self-propelled gun.
$500 Planes
Nearly 1890 American, British
and Allied planes raked enemy har-
bors, communications, airfields and
troop concentrations throughout
Italy yesterday in support of the
ground offensive.
While light units battered objec-
tives close to the battle front, other
aircraft went as far north as Genoa.
More THAN 800 flying Fortresses
and Liberators, the largest force of
heavy bombers ever sent out in a
single day in this theater, attacked
20 detectives alone, including the
Germans headquarters town of
Massa Dalice, three miles north OF
Avezzano.
Not single enemy fighter rose to
challenge any of the daylight form
atoms but 10 planes. including four
heavy bombers, were lost, presum-
ably to anti-aircraft fire.
Light and fighter bombers at
tackled command post near Cas-
sine, German troops massing in
the riverbed southwest of Casino,
the Worcestershire Monastery and
other targets around the Gustav
line.
Raj Wellingtons carried on the
offensive last night with attacks on
the west coast harbors of Piom-
bino and San Stefano, which the
Germans have been using to shift
supplies by sea following the sever
ance Of railway lines by Allied
bombs.
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water to avoid the fire and the
flashes around US.
When We were clear Of the ship
I looked back to ind out what was
going on.
THE ship was afire from stem to
stern and ammunition was explod-
Ing constantly. The skipper tchief
Boatswain's Mate Louis b. Tremb-
lay IL. Of MaTblehead) was on the
bridge amid a cloud Of smoke. do
Ing what he could TO see that all
hands had abandoned ship. After
doing this, he threw life preseFyers
into the sea and finally left the ship
himself"
TEembIay was among the sur
yiyoFE.
Hardly had the shock OF the FIRST
explosion been felt when the Navy
weather vessel hove In sight some
1900 yards away.
Ignoring the hail OF dealy am
munition and the flying debris, the
ship headed directly for the danger
zone, sending out q call for AID.
II was this ship that picked up
many OF the survivors before the
arrived OF naval craft and coast
guard ships that were dispatched
from Boston and other points aione
the shore.
Boston. May i3,--tuPD-The Nayy
today made public the names o. the
II sailors killed.
Identifying the ilisstaFTed lighter
as the YF.liS Of Boston, the Navy
listed those missing and presumed
dead as follows;
Joseph ,. Burke. "a. eoKswain. fsi
Brady Court road. East Boston
wife. Evelyn Louise Burke
Frank FedeFie, ~. eleetFieian'l
mate 7fe, 1890 Wilson avenue)
Louisville, KY sister Louise o
FedeFie.
zee Mig Sin, ~. seaman 2fe. wife
Mar Stree, resident o. China. "a
Hudson street Boston.
Michael Pesshunka. -. seaman
2fe. nl2 Lemon street, Unionlogn
pa, wife Louise A Pesehnnka.
Vernon Smith. -, boatswninI
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March of last year, she delegated
the guardianship to her house
keeper, Mrs. Elvira Parsons.
Mrs. Parsons relinquished the
children last month, assigning the
guardianship to Mrs. Grace Be-
ment, Deerfield, Mass, at whose
private school the children were
attending.
Mccormick had brought probate
court action to have the guardian
ship assigned to some orther pro-
per person." charging Mrs. Parsons
was dominated by Cpl. Hubbard.
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tiano, Ventosa and Ceracon on an
arc extending west and south of the
German stronghold Of Castelforte,
the nearest only quarter mile
away. Late reportse said the Ameri-
cans were attacking Castelforte it
self from the southeast.
The Americans were supported by
tanks in the capture Of Ceracoli,
which lies southwest of Castelforte.
Some 200 German prisoners were
taken In the first is hours Of the
offensive on the Fifth Army front.
On the Eighth Army front Allied
forces threw one or more bridges
across the Rapido river below Cas-
sino in the face Of heavy enemy ar
tillery fire and sent tanks and anti
tank guns across to the west bank.
German troops were driven from
their outpoStS on the west bank as
the Allies steadily built up their
bridgehead and drove on to engage
the main defenses Of the Gustav
line in one of its strongest sectors.
Northwest Of Casino, the Ger
mans 1st parachute division was
making successive counter-attacks
in an attempt. to throw the Allied
off balance.
Light Casualties
A front dispatch from Clinton B.
Conger, United Press War Core
spondent with the Eighth Army be-
fore Casino, said the Allied suffered
light casualties during the actual
crossing of the Rapilo River.
The main Gustav line defenses
were proving a different PROPOSE
tion," however, he said, with the
Germans keyed for last-ditch re-
sistance and risking costly casual
ties rather than yield even COM
paratively unimportant positions.
The main opposition appeared to
be coming from mortars and self
propelled artillery entrenched in the
hills thanking the Liri River valley.
Other front reports said the Ger
mans had unleashed their heaviest
artillery and mortar barrage in
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Continued from Page u
has been idle for so many years and
has undergone severe deterioration.
The sum Of $1,000 already has been
set aside for this work. This pool
will not only be used the stu
dents Of the school but also by
residents of the Brooklyn section Of
the city as part Of community rec
reational facilities.
Among Repairs
Among other repairs and install
lations planned for the city's public
schools and their approximate costs
are; replace class room floors in 8
rooms at Crosby High and at
Hendricken, 5000; resurface yards
at Leavenworth High and Maloney
and Walsh grammar schools, So
628: install wire fence at Walsh
school, $3.50; install wire fence at
Sprague school, 500; repair walls,
retaining walls and cement walks at
Merriman schools, $500.
Erect a wire fence at East Noun
tain school, $500; wall and fence at
Bunker Hill school, $500; wall and
fence at Begnal school, $500; re-
pair retaining walls, cement walks,
yard drains at Barnard school, ST.
900; rebuild walls, point brickwork
and waterproof building at Bar
nard, 81 900; insulate old building
at Chase school, $500; rebuild. point
and waterproof walls at Tinker
school, 5000 and repair roof at
Tinker, $3.50.
Other Repairs
Others; rebuild chimneyS at
Washington school, 81 200; rebuild
roof on gym at Webster, $500; re-
build chimney at Washington, ST.
500; exterminate termites at Wildly
High school and at Wilson and Web
ster schools, $4,000; erect walls and
fences at webster, 5000.
Also; fire-escapes at Chase school,
81 500; install gas water heater with
storage tank and shower vaults at
Duggan school (this being part of
the $1,000 appropriation for the
swimming pooh; a new steam boil
er at East Farms school. 81 500 and
an automatic stoker for Slocum
school which cost $2,025, erect gar
age for mechanics courst at Leav-
enworth High school.
These make up the major share
Of the repair and installation pro-
gram intended for the local schools.
Authorities are hopeful that the
majority of this work will have
been finished before the close Of
1914 For the past few weeks Mayor
John S. Monagan, city purchasing
director Henry Bowling and pres
ident Of the board of education
Raymond Stone and others have
been making inspections of the
city'S school buildings. These au-
thorities have reported that many
of these schools are badly in need
Of such repairs while others have
continued in good shape.
Already appropriated within the
education departments 1914 budget
Is $l9.4i2. for repairs to building,
grounds and equipment; 5000 for
repairs to swimming pool at Duggan
school and other outlays.
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MASS FOR PEACE
SUNDAY MORNING

Rev Matthew Carey, c. p, of
New York will be guest speaker and
Rev. Lawrence Skelly celebrant OF
the Mass at Communion and Mass
for victory and peace at st. Mary's
hospital chapel at 8 a. m. tomor-
row for st. Mary's Hospital Alum
nj association. The annual Com
munion breakfast will follow.
Invited guests include doctors Of
the staff at st. Mary's and gradu-
ate nurses Of the hospital stationed
at nearby posts. The committee
includes Pres. Mrs. John Murphy
and Miss Marguerite Tierney. chair
man. Also Miss Eleanor Ford. Miss
Helen Hubert, Miss Mary Mcdonald
Miss Kay Phalen, Miss Marie Grit
fin. Miss Shirley Smith. Miss Mary
ODonald. Miss Ann Stulginski, Mrs.
Irene Phalen. Mrs. Elizabeth De-
mers and Mrs, Marguerite Blewitt.
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OBITUARY

McBREARTY - Rev. John j..
McBrearty, assistant pastor of st.
Thomas the Apostle Church, East
Norwallk, died May 8 in New York
City, 1t was reported in The Cath
Ole Transcript. He was assistant
pastor at the Church Of the Sacred
Heart here from June, 1888, to
November, 1899. Father McBrearty
also had served at st. Thomas's
Church, Goshen, and st. Mary's
Church, Union City. He was as
signed to the East Norwalk parish
last September 10.
The funeral was held last Satur-
day in New York City with burial
In st. Peters cemetery, Danbury.
DUHAIME John B. Duhaime,
IS, of n Baldwin street, Devon,
died at his home Friday morning
after a brief illness. Born in Can
ada, Mr.. Duhaime came to this
country and Waterbury where he
resided several years. The past
20 years he made his home in Mil
ford. He was an architect by trade
and until recently was employed by
the Metropolitan Body Company.
He is survived by his wife, Marie
Louise (Beaubein) Duhaime; eight
sons, Lionel, Edward, Paul and Ed
mond Duhaime, all of Milford, and
Louis Of Pearl River, N. Y, Henry
Of Bristol, Charles Of Hartford and
Joseph Duhaime Of New York City;
two daughters, Mrs. Helen Clark of
East Hartford, Mrs. Yvonne Steel
Of Milford; one brother, Victor o.
Cookshire, Quebec; five sisters. Mrs
Dennis Bellemore of Oakville, Mrs.
Josephine Laneville, also OF Oak
vile, Mrs. Rose Baribault of Wa
terbury, Mrs. Mary Beaubien of
Westminster. British Columbia, and
Mrs. Angelina Kennedy OF Detroit,
Mich.
The funeral will be held from the
funeral home Of George ]. Smith
and son, 1856 Broad street, Milford
Tuesday morning at $50 o'clock to
st. AIMS church, r. c., where q
solemn high Mass will be celebrated.
Burial will be in the family plct
IN st. Mary's cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home Saturday
evening and Sunday and Monday
afternoon and evenings.
MOORE-Mrs. Mary Kern Moore
OF 81 Independence road, Milford.
died early this morning at Water
bury hospital after an extended ILL.,
ness. A native OF Belgium, she lived
In Waterbury for II years, residing
in the Fairlawn section of the city,
She moved to Milford about eight
years ago.
Survivors include her husband
Michael Moore; three daughters
Mrs. Louis Mccarthy of Cheshire
Mrs. James Murrican of this CITY.
Mrs. Harold Knablein Of Milford:
three sons, John Kern Of Meriden.
Lawrence Kern of Milford and
Charles Kern of Waterbury; two
sisters. Mrs. John Hepp, and Mrs.
Eva Yackel. both Of Milford: one
brother, Adam Merhoff of Water
bury; seven grandchildren and sew
eral nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
from the Millville funeral home. 270
West Main street, time and other
arrangements to be announced.
Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
nome Sunday and Monday from 2
TO 10 p. m.
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IN MEMORIAM
Gin memory of Neil Callahan, Jr.,
died May Is, 1943)
Little did we know that morn,
The Sorrow the day would bring,
The call was sudden, the shock
severe,
To part with one we loved so
dear;
To love, to hold and then to part,
Is the sadest thing to the human
heart;
Only those who have lost can tell;
OF the pain of parting without :
farewell.
MOTHER and FATHER and
BEVERLY.
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mate 2/c. father Byron w. Smith,
RID :, Danbury. Conn.
Raymond N. Carr. gunner's mate
BE, (439 Simmons COURT Louisville,
KY, mother Luyinia williams, same
address.
Truman 8. Chittick, seaman 2/c.
iii-20 nth street, ST. Adams, N.
T., mother Louise chittick.
George Mitchell Cook. gunner's
mate sc. (342 Pine HaYen) Day.
tona Beach. Fla. wife Mercedes.
James ". Cox Jr, seaman lie,
sardis, Miss, mother Bessie Lee
Cox.
Freddie Edwards. seaman lie,
f20iT Amelia street, New Orleans,
La, mother Mrs. Thelma d. rhomp-
son.
James 8. Grimm. seaman &c, C73e
South State street, Chicago, mother
Mrs, Reyer Grimm.
Charles r.. Harris, seaman ne,
le0S Fifth street, Natehihoehes, La,
wife Pearl Z. Harris.
Raymond l., Henry, seaman 2ie,
l2Ti Eighteenth avenue) Newark,
~ j., wife Pearl Henry.
Julian Jackson. seaman 2fe, f2t0
Prince street, Newark, N. j., mother
Lille Mae Jackson.
James y, Turner, seaman 2te.
1915 ~. Mead0r street, Mobile,
Ala. wife Gammie Lee Turner.
Adsll Bragto1. yoeman sc, 1851
North Kendall street, Battle Greek.
Mich. wife Arlene Josephine Brax.
ton.
The i7th victim was william !.
Bradley, 30. Of Newport. r. T.. mo.
Tor msehlnist's mate re, Who was
one o. II ofIleers ard men rescued
by q Navy weather vessel but who
ssieeumted 10 burns AZ q Chelsea
hospital yesterday. The otter sur.
yivoFs we're treated for ahoek and
immersion.
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CONTINUED from Page -
new appropriation. In all he has OBJ
tanned sums totaling $625,000. There
was a question as to whether any
other member of congress would
devote the necessary energy to OBJ
tain approval of the work and OF
the necessary appropriations.
Second, If house control fell to the
Republicans. 1t Is doubtful whether
they would endorse a committee
that bore the Democratic label. II
they did decide to continue such
investigations, they probably would
create an entirely new committee
and give it Jurisdiction over in
quiries now carried on by the Dies
group, and also those of the special
committee investigating executive
agencies.
The Dies committee was organ
lied in May. 1898. Its most recent
inquiries have been directed at the
CIO Political Action Committee and
Walter Winchell. It already has
filed oen report charging that Com
munists control the political action
committee, and has subpenaed its
chairman, Sidney HilIman, to ap.
pear before 1t May % with the or
ganization's financial records.
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TAKEs THE gOY AWAY

Chicago, luP)-Agiss Lucy Van
Morn. 3 registered nurse, celebrated
her birthday ~ Raseland Com
nlnnlfy hospital four days late this
ynAT Because, she said, u wouldn't
~ any celebrating Oh HisieTs
bilthday, even u Il does happen 70
he mine, too"
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Margolis, both Of waterbury.
The funeral will be held Mon
day at 2:30 o'clock from the Campo
bell funeral home, 81st street and
Madison avenue, New York city
Burial win be In Woodlawn cemeA
terry.
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MASSES

BARNES - Solemn high memorial
Mass of requiem will be celebrat-
ed Tuesday morning, May 18th.
at 500 o'clock, at the St. Patrick's
Church, for the repose of the soul
of the late Mrs. Margaret Barnes
and Pvt. John D. Barnes.
CONNOR months mind Mass
will be celebrated Tuesday morn
the Immaculate Conception Church
for the repose of the soul of Anna
A. Connor.
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sEABEEs SOAR IN PERSONNEL
The Navy originally planned q
single Seabee regiment OF 3375 ON
GERS and men. Today Seabees out
number total pre-waF Navy per-
sonnet.
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Continued from Page u
eastern front, Soviet coastal batter
les sank q German seif-propelled
barge which had attempted TO pen
citrate the Port Of Petsamo on the
Finnish frontier.
The Soviet government announc-
ed that. at the request OF the French
national committee Of liberation. 1t
had decided to turn over French
war prisoners. who voluntarily had
gone over TO the Red army. 10
French military authorities In North
Africa for inclusion In the French
army.
There are more than 1000 differ
ent varieties Of potatoes.