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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25
The War On
Many Fronts

Effects of Allied bomberS blanket
ed Germany and northwestern Eu-
rope last night and today to pile
up the damage inflicted on the
Luftwaffe and Germany's commu-
nications network in nine straight
days of the sustained pre-invasion
offensive.
The long Russian front under
went momentary lull which the
apprehensive Germans regard
merely as prelude to massed So
Wet assault on the eastern wall of
their fortress, perhaps timed to
dovetail with the landing of Allied
armies in the west. At besieged Sc
vastopol, Russian air forces main
tanned the trap around the shrink
ing garrison, sinking Is enemy YES
sells in "a hours as home of the sur
vivorS tried to escape.
In the Pacific, Allied forces stead
lily expanded their new positions
on the northern New Guinea coast,
closing in on the new Hollandia
airfields and putting a newly cap
tured air strip at Tadji into COM
mission for the use of fighter
planes.
Raj Strikes
The British Raj struck hard at
the continent during the night in
the nonstop air offensive during
which great weight of more than
10000 tons Of bombs have been
hurled at rail and aircraft centers.
Between 300 and 1000 Raj heavy
bombers dropped about $500 tons
during the night on the Nazi rail
functions Of Karlsruhe, Munich and
Dusseldorf. They also struck Cham
bly,, 20 miles north of Paris.
The Raj picked up the work of
some 1000 American bombers and
fighters which struck at the Luft-
waite yesterday through aircraft
factories at FriedrichShafen in
southwestern Germany and airfields
around Munich, while about 1000
other Allied planes hit French
coastal areas. The attackers shot
down 103 enemy planes over Ger
many and destroyed many more on
the ground. The Americans lost 80
bombers and II fighters, although
some of the bombers came down III
Switzerland.
Yank Planes
AS the Raj finished its night
work, the American day shift took
over and Swarms of planes crossed
the Channel In relays this morn
ing. The United States Air Com
mand announced that up to 500
heavy bombers attacked German
airdromes at Nancy and Metz in
northeastern France and lion, far
ther south.
The massive air assault. ominous
Russian military movements and
the well-advertised invasion prep
arationS in Britain kept the Ger
mans increasingly on edge. The
English "hotted up the fire" by
forbidding anyone to leave the
country after Thursday midnight,
and until further notice, except I'M
der extraordinary circumstances.
The Germans in turn suspended
travel and telephone service be-
tween Sweden and Denmark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25
STATEWIDE POLKA
CONTEST PLANNED

Out Of the Wyoming Valley in
Pennsylvania, the polka is knight
takes precedence in popularity over
any other type Of dancing. Today,
the polka has invaded the Eastern
Seaboard, and especially in Con-
necticut it has thousands of de-
voices. Thus 1t goes to follow that a
Polka contest is inevitable, and
Messrs Mccormack and Barry of the
Ritz ballroom in Bridgeport have
just completed arrangements for a
statewide Polka contest.
First elimination takes place
Wednesday, May 3rd, with other
Examinations on May 10th and 18th.
The. finals will be held on Wednes-
day, May oath, when winning teams
of the Examinations will compete for
the three valuable prizes. There will
be continuous dancing on all these
evenings with a Polka and Modern
orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25
Compensation
Agreements

Compensation Commissioner
John j. O'Connell today approved
the following agreements for spe-
cific payment in case of perma-
nent injury or for weekly pay.
ments during disability:
Leo Wersig Of Naugatuck
against u. 8. Rubber Company OF
Naugatuck, $25 for 1925 weeks,
II per cent loss Of use Of right
arm, total payment Of $o56.25.
Anthony Zurowski of Cheshire
against Scovill Mfg. Co., $4.51 for
four weeks, injury to right arm,
partial incapacity.
John Halloran OF 16 Bishop
street against James and Patrick
Halloran of 274 Cherry street.
$14.31 beginning March %. injury
to left ankle.
Margaret Mary Stack Of 58S
Baldwin street against National
Peanut Corp. Of Wilkes Barre, Pa.
$3.50 beginning March 30, lacera-
ton Of left leg.
Mary Daloia Of 1902 Baldwin
street against Lewis Engineering
Company Of Naugatuck, e12.2D be-
ginning March a, back injury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25
ROLL CALL FOR INVAS1ON-NO s.
Signal Corps Is Ready
To Link Invasion Army
In Communications Web
ROLL CALL FOR INvAsION-NO. s.

Starting with only few phones.
it can expand as headquarters ex-
pand until there is a maximum OF
perhaps one instrument per SO
people. That'c a whale OF lot OF
equipment.
Think of starting from scratch
and, during the prograss of a mill
tary campaign, building a COM
plete telephone system for a city
of hundreds of thousands of people.
Remember that you must bring
with you all your equipment, all
your power.
And that's just one Of the Sig
nal Corps problems.
NEXT: Transportation COrps.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

These photo shows two Of the
tricky new mines Germans are
using in Italy. Two-part mine pic
tured above is anti-personnel
weapon. Wooden peg is driven into
ground, mine is placed on 1t. above
ground, and cord tied between two
mines. When trip cord is disturbed,
it pulls the pins and both mines
explode simultaneously. Other two
pictures show a new anti-tank
mine, also used against other We
hicles. It's bottle-shaped shell has
open bottom, in which there is the
electromagnetic seen in picture at
right. This enables mine to adhere
to any steel part. In photo below,
Sergt. Daniel F. Collins Of Brighton,
Mass, demonstrates, on Army tank
tread, how the mine is used.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25
Osteopaths To Meet
In Boston Saturday
DR.. Foster Clark Of TOrrngtOn New England AssOcia-
tons President; Farley to Resume Sunday

pathic Hospital, Boston, sponsored
by its Women's Association, win be
held Saturday night.
Oflcers and committee chairmen:
president, DR.. Foster D. Clark, Tor
rington, Conn; vice-president, DR..
Albert E. Chittenden. Auburn, Me-:
treasurer, DR.. Floyd Moore, Brook
line, Mass; secretary, DR.. Mildred
E. Greene, Waltham, Mass; SER
geant-at-arms, DR.. M. Carman Pet
tapiece, Portland, Me-: program,
chairman, DR.. B. F. Adams, West
Hartford, Conn; membership chair
man, DR.. Albert A. Cooke, Leomirl-
ster, Mass; publicity chairman, Dr.
OSmond r. Strong, Concord. N. H :
directors include-Dr. Angus II. Mac
Leod, DR.. Richard E. Martindah
Boston, DR.. Laurence M. Blank.
Dedham, Mass, DR.. Lyle w. Jacob.
Springfield, VT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25
Jesse
ADLER
Looks at
the NEWS

General Macarthur, forbidding
Major Bong from accepting that
Scotch from Eddie Rickenbacker,
probably looked up Bong's record
and decided it's easier to get a
dozen Japs than dozen bottles of
Scotch!
The A. A. F. and the r. A. F.
helped Hitler celebrate his 55th
birthday by lighting the birthday
candles on his cake from 10000 feet
in the air.. But that's a bomb
sight better than no celebration at
all
Hermann Goerring, in an Order
of the Day Cor in Germany is in
a Disorder of the DayO told the
NaZiS that Hitler wanted only one
birthday gift. That they promise
not to lay down their arms. Just
their bodies???
PenciIIed poster on side Of 42nd
Street theater: Enrol Flynn and
Charley Chaplin in Are These Our
Children
1ronic that lawyer Jerry Geisler
is being proflled in Life - just be-
cause he succeeded in proving that
neither Flynn nor Chaplin had anyl
Joe e. Lewis wonders whether we
heard about the guy who was hailed
to Jail for beating up his wife. The
Judge fined him SIS plus 30 per
cent amusement tax!
But that S not as bad as the In
cident that happened in the Cat
skills. Seems table was taxed 1879
and the custcsaer wondered why.
Amusement tax" was the explana-
ton, too bad you drew a waiter
who huns.
Incidental Intelligence: Know
what a Wolf says when he's in
tight spot? LET Us Prey"
The British announcement that
they're using torpedo which sailors
ride cowboy fashion is very inter-
esting. It'll start a new form OF
hitchhiking when the war Is over.
The freezing Of men from 26 up
wards met with applause everywhere
but in Brooklyn, where the young
est kid" on the Dodgers is IS.
They'll undoubtedly wind UP as
second team for the House Of
1t Is reported that Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt washed out her own
stockings every night on her re-
cent Caribbean jaunt. We didn't
think she remained anywhere long
enough to let them dry!
Harry HershfieId has the best
story Of the week - the one about
the German general who asked q
patriot why the Swiss had an adj
miraI when they didn't have a
navy. "It's this way" replied the
Swiss, ain Germany, you have a
minister Of justice, don't your"
Seems the tailorS are going to re.
duce the number Of pockets in the
new suits by fifty-per cent. John
L. Lewis will probably have to or
ganize the pickpockets!
A marine in the Pacific wrote both
his wife and girl friend q letter
but made the mistake Of switching
envelopes. fortunately the censor
caught them istake and corrected Il
writing the marine: "Be more
careful with your correspondence
or you'll have correspondence"
incidentally do you know what
a correspondent Is? It's a fellow
who wishes that only half the things
said about him were true!
Another good old American form
uIa for humOF dies with the ad-
vent Of the female iceman. First
Of the species Is Virginia Zereth
Of New York. She probably got the
idea from the Zero in her name
certainly not from Virginia 90.
A Trenton woman died and left
81 to her husband with the sug-
gestion that he spend It to buy
enough rope to hang himself. What
with priorities. no moose Is good
news
KEEP BUYING WAR
BONDS and STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

Henry J. Reeves, manager of the Western Union
office in Bristol plans to housewives for the delivery
OF kilograms during the present emergency Difficulty
in getting and tires and the mpossbiity of hiring
boys has made it necessary to adopt this system in
the Bell City which is working out satisfactorily in other
towns The plan to sign up specially designated women
to keep contents kilograms confidential and
then phone them messages for delivery within distance
Of five six blocks of their home The plan will go into
effect May /.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

lively rece II thy
Gas p a n n ! n g
timetables go) to
the War Depart
ment in w a S h
ington.
The cable was
IA full-size pages
in length, and 1t
W a S devoted en-
tirely to a list Of
items. Each item
W as a piece OF
special S. 6 n a !
Corps equipment
that would be
needed for t h e
invasion - in adj
dition to t n e
carefully planned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25
EN- EN-.

Emil A. johnson, blind proprietor of the candy and
Hartford called to his heavenly reward last Satur
day morning. After graduating from Perkins Institute
in WatertOwn, Mass, in 1918, he Joined McCoy's
Music Store in this city professional piano tuner
He took the stand i'm the State Office Building
IL years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25
BY TOM WOLF
A STAFF Cor 4 .uOndent

NEA OI&H NUA' 'PVHHNCHV
London, April Is - A good indi-
cation of the scope of the job
which had to be done before the
U. S. Army Signal Corps could
answer Ready" to the invasion
roll call was cable sent compare
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

Rev. A. Edward Gradeck, pastor of st. Casimir's
Church. New Haven and former curate at st. JosephS
Church here is member of the New Haven branch Of
the National Lthuanan-A American Council sponsoring
drive for fund to maintain Red Cross ambulance in
the Elm City The campaign officially opened last Sun
day and will be conducted for two weeks. The
proceeds will be turned to the New Haven Red Cross
Chapter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

Private Vincent Rosa formerly a cadet at
Aberdeen, South Dakota, has been. transferred to
Company G, 262nd Infantry, at Camp Rucker, Ala
bama. Frank Yurkiewicz better known York,
father of Mrs Anne Candy and William Snyder of
this city, died last week in New Haven
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

Boston, April 25.-The largest
assembly Of osteopathic physicians,
surgeons, and specialists in New
England history is expected here
for the fortieth annual meeting OF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

William F. Hart of 295 North Main Street. who
recently enlisted in the u S. Navy at the local recruit
ing office, is now undergoing his boot training at
Sampson, N Y He is following in the footsteps of his
genial dad who served in the first World War with the
same branch of service
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25
Good Evening.
DOWN ON THE FARM

DOWN ON THE FARM
NoOk Book Gives the LowDown How to Become
30 you're going to buy little farm
When things change from worse to better,
Settle yourself nice arabic land
follow instruction to the letter
80 you're going to give up city life
With its ledgers, rivets, and bolts,
Learn something about and hay,
And raising chickens and colts.
Good you, that's the stuff
Garry on that's perfectly grand,
Buy yourself some workable acres
And live off your land.
That's the way 1t all started
this fertile land of
They 1t wasn't long
Before there were grain, vegetables and flowers
What they did years ago
When Indians put them to rout,
Should be easy Job today
Wker read what it's all about.
So you're going to buy a farm,
Settle down after the long days,
That's the thing, little man,
to find 1t pays EN- EN-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

Mrs. Raymond Wood is in Chicago where she at
venton of the National League of Women Voters at the
Stevens Hotel. deer weighing nearly 1875 pounds
found dead the side of the Waterbury Tomaston
having been struck by auto. No report, however
was made by any driver of hitting the animal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

Louie PERCEPTION of East Liberty Street who earns
weekly stipend working at his dads eatery South
Main Street has Shed out several dollars for pOStas
and penny stamps to let his admirers know he is spend
ing few days guest of his brother Sammy,
aviation cadet at Duke University, Durham, N. c. He
Left last week accompanied by Billy Aubin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

In South Carolina police found bootleg booze hidden
In cemetery. perfectly good place to leave it.
Gas ratonng at least means that you won't have to rest
ur for long vacation drive. Folks soon will be out
trampng all over the ground to pick spring bouquets
Maybe that's what makes the wildfowers wild. . . Too
much paint has let many laSSie blush unseen The
price OF legal liquor is boosted-bootleg is out
Mrs. Francis Hogan of Cherry Avenue, WATERFOWL,
is cOnvaIescing at St Marys Hospital following an
appendectOmy Sergeant Lee Draper has returned
70 the Marietta Army Air Base in Marietta Georgia
after enjoying 15-day furIOugh at his home 16l
Davis Street. OakyiIIe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

Mary Hennessey, international director, attended tn
ner last evening at the Hotel Bond Hartford celebrat
ing the silver jubilee of International Quota. Charlie
T. Ryder SO, brother of Mrs Charles Dyson of this city
succumbed at SO at ST. Francis Hospital Hartford Sat
urday evening. Rev. Timothy A. Byrne pastor of st
Josephs Church. Poquonock celebrated the goth ami
versary OF his ordination last Sunday native of Wind
Sor Locks he formerly served curate in Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

Roger Mahan, boss at the Plaza Theater expect
to be in New York and Philadelphia this week to boo
some stellar road shows for his East Main Stree
emporium, now under the managerial reins of Freddi
Hail. versatile Snowman with n years experience
trOuper under his belt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-25

A Trenton woman died and left
81 to her husband with the sug-
gestion that he spend 1t to buy
enough rope to hang himself. What
with priorities. no moose Is good
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Sturs Yesterday
By the Associated Press

Don Gutteridge. Browns-Doubled in
tenth to score both runs in 2-l victory
n opener over Senators. and made
run run In nishtcapt as Browns swept twin
Dick Wakefield. Tisers-Stirnweis
made fouI. hits in opener and stole two
bases IS Yankees won, 10-2; Wakefield
SGns n hd%.r auI s .anI Tsr. o ssfss so .e, hs m
Tommy Warren. Dodsers. and Ray
Sanders, Cardinals-Warren won frst
major league same, stopping Cards
ntne.game winning streak in opener:
sanders drove in three runs in nisht-
cap as Cards won. 81.
Rube Fischer. Giants and Frank Nc
II opener with Ave hit, % 10 win. So 80;
cap TO awe Reds even split. ga.
George Metkovich. Red Sox and Lou
Boudreau., 1ndians--Metkovich led Red
Including two doubles: Boudre.u dou.
cap to give Tribe even split.
~, Hank Wyse and Andy Pafko, Cubs
yedns xOa ssht ' phs Gfs h stme pako ~ msa:
four hits IN niEhtcap; batting in three
Ed Carnett, White Sox. and Jesse
Flores, Athletics-Carnett made three
soa s aa sa Sey' oSeT A. T. three IN ep.ns. nn p po s
blanked sox with seven hits and give
stu Hofierth and Al Javery, Braves
-Honerth had perfect -four. for four in
6-4 victory over Pirates: Javery
blanked Pirates with two hits to give
Braves double win.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Mark Of 400 Million
Looms in New York
Race Wagering
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, July 31.--With New
York's 1914 horse racing season tust
past the halfway mark as the Sara.
toga 30-day meeting opens At Bel
mont today. indications are that
when the long stretch Is completed
IN mid-Novenber at least 3400. .OO0,.
900 will have been wagered and the
State enriched some $27 900 900.
These estimates are based on as.
sumption that the second half Of
the season will be comparable to
the frst. When the Empire at ia.
maica session ended Saturday the
total betting for 96 days (s7 were
scheduled, but there was no racing
on D-day came to 320s ,038 .623.
Breakage amounted to $l,673,687. II
the second half OF the Campaign
equals what already has transpired
we'd have totals of 3416,077,246 and
$3,347,374.
Thus the States 6 per cent Of
betting would be $24 1854, ,634, its 80
per cent Of the breakage would hit
81, ,008. .424 and with some 37o0, 900 to
be added from admission taxes and
various license fees the entire Stats
take would total 327,673,O5e.
A similar 1943 season Of 100 days.
including the nine-day victory meet
ing and one United Hunts program
after the regular schedule, saw bet.
ting of $234,635.7ll.
Evening star., 1944-07-31

minute half pint was here, there
and everywhere. and 1t seemed i'm
possible to get shot past him.
In the senior girls singles, Connie
Little Of Lafayette defeated Anne
Fisher OF Takoma, So, IS, after
Anne had put up a stiff fight in the
second set.
Clair Bias Of Georgetown repeated
her performance of last year by de-
feating Anne Fennessy OF Lang
don, Is, ga, to take the girls
open title for q second successive
year.
In the novice events, the big hit
Of the tourney. pretty Doris SOM
merkamp defeated blond Ingrid
Becken, 6-3, 6-3. to become the
city's youngest tennis champion in
feature limited to youngsters un-
der IA years OF age. In the boys
brackets, Jerry Thomas of Lafayette
defeated Jack Smithson OF Garfield
6-3, 60, for the singles crown.
Doubles finals saw Jack George
and Jim Gouge of Edgewood beat
Gene Elvin and Dick Paulson OF
Takoma, Is, 1913. IS, for the
senior boys doubles diadem.
Evening star., 1944-07-31

At $50 yards in 11:08.6 Miss Curtis
topped the 11:l6.1 world record Miss
Hveger established in Stockholm In
1887. Her time for that stretch dis
posed of another world mark-the
800 meters--set in Copenhagen In
1886 by Miss Hveger at 11:26.4.
The San Franciscan's time like
wise topped the United States 800
meter time Of l1:15.6 set by Nancy
Merki Of Portland, Oreg., at High
point, N. c., in l94l. and Miss
Ryan's 11.264 record for the 800
yard long course achieved at Port
land in 1910.
She continued on to a new Amer
lean time Of 1912 for 1000 yards,
shatteriHg the 1928 feat by her
swimming ideal, Helene Madison of
Seattle, at New York City in 1881
Charles Sava. under whose tute-
lage Miss Curtis has been setting
records since 1912, has entered her
in the national meet at Kansas
City August 1920.
The shapely 5-foot, 11-inch girl
has been swimming to 3 miles
in nightly practice. She last cracked
United States records in April at the
Far Western meet at Oakland, Calf
Evening star., 1944-07-31
heinicke Earns Sixth
Triumph in Annual
D. {. 10-MiIe Run

Don Heinicke Is making q habit Of
winning the District 10-mile run
staged annually by the AAU and
the recreation department. The
Baltimore veteran yesterday chalked
up his sixth victory in the event,
touring the Hams Point course in
ITO to finish "a seconds ahead OF
Pvt. Joe Clark.
Clark, now stationed at Fort
Belvoir, was awarded the top Dis
trict AAU medal as the first local
entry to finish. while Seymour Etkin
unattached, who finished third, took
the second-place local award.
Seabee Johnny Leiss, who won the
event last year over a course in Rock
Greek Park, dropped out at the
emile mark yesterday. The muggy
heat also forced Joseph Tonkin
Jimmy Carrick and r. M. Mauers
to quit as seven of the II starters
completed the grind.
After the first miles the race
was contest between Heinicke and
Clark, with Etkin trailing in third
place but running steadily. From
the smile mark to the finish Helm
icke led the field by 200 feet and
never was challenged seriously.
Order of finish:
Don Heinicke.. Baltimore, 1:1O.1O.
Pvt. Joe Clark. Fort Belvoir, 1:l0.34.
3-9eymour Etkin, unattached, 1871
-rrank Mulligan. Baltimore, 1852.
5-Haskell Clark, Washington Track and
8-Wiison Rich. Baltimore. 1890.
7-James Montague, Washington Track
Evening star., 1944-07-31

When the lucky number, q 70,
was posted in . blind bogey event
|at Washington Coli and Country
Club. eight players matched 1t with
net rounds Of 70. They were L. H.
Whitten, 79-0-79: Maj. w. L. Web
ster, 89-10-7o; H. Hair, 79-0-7o;
1t. r. J. Griffen, 82-3-79; r. E.
Wilson, o1-12--79; w. B. Beals, 104-
25-7s, and r. N. Stockman, 97-ls
TO.
Low gross in q sweepstakes affair
at Prince Georges was scored by
Everett johnson, who carved out q
73 to get the nod over George
Bolger, who was second with rs, and
William Burns, Ralph Wagner and
j. 8. Plummer, who tied for third
with IT'S. In q blind bogey event
Robert Heiner, 86-16-70; Bill Foley
|88-18-70: w. Tilden, 83-13-70, and
William Taliaferro, 1870, divided
prize money.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Pauline Betz Is 3-Set
Victor at Sea BRIGHT
BY the Associated Press.

os the <AsSOClbtSu EI6cS.
SEA BRIGHT, N. J., July 81.
Pauline Betz of Los Angeles yester-
day once more justified her national
No. singles position by winning
the Sea Bright Lawn Tennis and
Cricket Clubs 56th annual invita-
ton tournament.
Miss Betz, who wears the United
States Lawn Tennis Association s
crown for the second time. defeated
Margaret Osborne, San Francisco,
80. 2-6. 6-3, her first three-set
match Of the tourney.
The San Franciscan had her re-
venge in the doubles final She and
A. Louise Brough, Beverly Hills, the
national doubles champion team,
defeated Miss Betz and Doris Hart,
Miami, 60, SIS.
Despite Miss Betz's victory in the
singles, both games were to some
extent a vindication for Miss Os-
borne, who won her way to the
singles finals in tournament in
which all three players ranked
above her nationally were partici-
pating.
Miss Osborne admittedly had the
superior shots in the singles match
ut she fell to Miss Betz's steadier
playing and speedier footwork.
In the doubles Miss Osborne
played a brilliant net game COM
bined with the hard serves of her
partner.