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The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17
Mrs. Lottie Devine
Appointed Justice Of
Peace In Florence

At a recent meeting of Pinal
county board of supervisors Mrs.
Lottie Devine was appointed justice
of the peace in Florence, succeed
ing Ter husband, the late Ed De-
vine.
Mrs. Devine is the second woman
in the county to be appointed to
the office. Mrs. Grace Wilcox OF
Hayden having been the first. Mrs.
Wilcox still holds the office.
At a special meeting last week
of Florence city council Mrs. De-
vine was appointed police judge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17
Asks People To
Share Rooms With
Wives Of Soldiers

Director G. M. Vickland of the
Florence USO has made an appeal
to residents of the community 70
help relieve the acute housing
shortage by sharing every available
room in their homes with wives of
soldiers who are visiting their hus-
bands. sit is heart-breaking," says
the director, "to turn away dozens
of soldiers wives every week. Some
of them have come hundreds of
miles on crowded trains to be near
their husbands and it affords little
consolation to tell them that they
should have investigated housing
conditions before making the trip"
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17

Petitions requesting an election
to decide whether or not Coolidge
should be incorporated will be pre-
sented Pinal county board of super
visors at their next meeting, to be
held the first Monday of next
month unless a special meeting is
called.
Decision to submit the petitions
was reached at a Chamber of Com
merce meeting held Monday eve
ming, March 13. Members present
were of the opinion there are suf-
ficient names on the petitions to be
submitted to tke supervisors.
Council members voted to have
Louis o. Fiscel, county engineer,
make complete map of Coolidge
showing street numbers. Another
matter considered at the Monday
evening meeting was sending vote
OF thanks to Alva T. Weaver, state
prison warden, for his cooperation
in using the prisoners to clean up
brush. and debris from various lots
in Coolidge.
Present at the council meeting
were Ed Jory, Howard Gosa, Ben
Arnold, ROLAND Fay, DR.. R. V.
Campbell and President S. c. Nc
Farland.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17
Recover One Of
Two Cars Stolen
Here This Week

Two cars were stolen in Coolidge
this week. A coupe belonging to
Mrs. Opal Ready disappeared from
in front of Valley Hardware and
Supply Company at 1::30 Monday
afternoon. It was found abandoned
in Phoenix at 4:90 Tuesday morn
ing, without gas, but undamaged.
Mrs. Freeman Roses car was
stolen from in front of Coolidge
post office on Tuesday. 1t was fill
ed with groceries and was stolen
during tie short time she remained
in the post office. 1t has not yet
been recovered.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17

. Eddie Nabors, four year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Nabors, was
brought hame Friday from Good
Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, where
he has been for number of weeks
as tie result of third degree burns.
He is reported to be convalescing
slowly.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17
Bears Are Guests
Of Rotary Club At
Wednesday Meeting

Coolidge high school basketball
members were guests of Coolidge
Rotary club at the regular meeting
held Wednesday noon. Coach Glenn
Wilson spoke, discussing the teams
record for tie season.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17
Womans Club
States Election

Election of officers will be held
by members of Coolidge Womans
Club at their next meeting Thurs
day, March 23rd, at 2:15 p. m. in
the clubhouse. All members are
urged by club officials to be pres
ent.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17
Jr. Womans Club
Plans Skating Party

A skating party Is planned for
Husbands Night by members of
Coolidge Junior Woman's Club on
Monday, March goth. The evening
will begin with a pot luck supper
at Casa Grande ramada picnic
grounds.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17

o Mrs. C. N. Anderson left Sunday
for Matador, Texas, to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Yandell
She plans to be there two weeks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17

O Mrs. Hazel Martin underwent an
appendectomy at Florence Hospi-
tai Thursday. She is doing well.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-17
County Board To
GET Petitions OF
Incorporation

Council members decide at
Monday meeting that suf-
ficient names have been
obtained to submit petit
tions for Hing of election
to decide incorporation
issue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
POSITIONS FOUND FOR l7O5 PERSONS Monthly Report Of Local USES Office Released By
 WING Director

The Waterbury office of the United Staets Employment Service, an agency of the War Manpower Commission. found jobs for l705 per- sons during June. State Manpower Director William J. Fitzgerald dts- closed today.
 or the total number of place. ments in Waterbury some SSa were women. The State Manpower D- rector said that he was pleased with gratifying response by Connecticut women in state industry. He said that many cities in the state showed tremendous increase in employ ment of women by state industry as compared over the previous month.
 Mir. Fitzgerald said that the of- fees of the USES are prepared to make referTals for men and women at any time.
 He said, i've are still in need of lab0rers and young men in the forge and foundry industry and ask the youth of the state to take jobs in these places md relieve a criu- cal labor shortage"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
JOHNSTON BEATS
 COTTON ED SMITH
South Carolina Democrats Refuse to Let Negroes
 Vote in Primary
BY JANE NOLAN ynlleA Rneas Staff CaEEespenAenL

Columbia. S. C.. July 26-fUP)- South Carolina Democrats retired the an.i-new dealer Ellison D. lC0t- tor Ed) smith from the United States Senate after 36 years today. replacing him with Coy. Olin D. Johnston who presented himself to the voters in yesterdays primary as pro- Roosevelt but disagreeing on certain domestic policies"
 Another veteran Democratic sens atOr-and the senate's only woman was retired in yesterdays primary in Arkansas where Mrs. Hattie Car away, a member since 1891, was de- feated for Tenominati0n.)
 Returns from 1856 precincts out of the states i.540 gave Johnston III lA62; Smith 73.e7l. Three other candidates for the Democratic nona- inatioD, which is the equivalent of election in South Carolina, received less than 23000. thus giving John StOp Q nap0Tlty Of the votes east
 Smith had served ip the Senate continuously since 1908. is dean of tDat body, and chairman of is agftv culture committee, He was one Of the conservative Democrats who survived President R0oseyelts 'purge" efforts iD 1888.
 Tt wag a bitter campaign ip which Smith condemned the new deal and all it's works, eeDteriDg his attacks on the Issue of white supremacy, the pFlmaey 0f American interests in ihe world. and the primaey of South GaTellna's interests iD the nation, JD one speech, he said; I'm for South Carolina first and the rest Of the country, second"
 Johnston was for white supremacy too He agreed witb his opponent ln eTitielzing the recent supreme court dielsi0D that Negroes have 2 e0nv siltutiopal right to participate ip Democratic primaries, But those Bere almost the anly points upon which the candidates agreed.
 Negroes were not permitted 70 vote lD the primary, Es0ll0wiDg the ins siTaeti0ns Of tlleir leaders, q fey
 presented themselyRs at the polls iD various parts Of the state and geFe turned eyay, The purpose gas to provide background for future ef- forts t0 enforce the supreme court decision,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26

,n Normandy ane italy would be serious tor the Germans but t would bring no immediate danger lo the Naxis greater than no@ ex- lsts in the east
 Observers here believed it was quite possible that the end of the present wasting struggle In Nor- mandy might be the collapse Of Ger man defenses there. But even SO. great distances and formidable ob- stacles must be crossed gefore the heart of Germany can be reached from that direction.
 Between Normandy and Berlin there are such river barriers as the Seine. Somme. Meuse, and Rhine, the Ardennes. the Qualifications of the old MaEinot and Siegfried lines, afsd such new defenses as the anti- invasion positions along the Pas-De- Calais coast.
 In the same way the western A. Hes do not have the power to ad- minister a death blow to the Nazis in Italy. If the enemy's Pisa- -Rimini lire gives way, the Germans can make a stand at the Alps. An Allied victory commensurate with the cap- ture Of Rome would carry them no farther than those mountains and gain the destruction of not many German divisions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
Plone Crashes ln Sea, Pilot Lost

Rye. N. H., July 2b.-tUP)--An airplane described by the first serv- tee command as a CAP craft plum meled into the sea and exploded about two miles east Of Concord Point early today and the pilot, Us sole occupant, was reported missing.
 The plane. 1t was said, was based at Portland. Me, and apparently was headed to the airfleld when the crash occurred. Lights at the field some 70 miles away were turned on shortly before the crash and it was understood that the plane had radioed for aid.
 Shore observers at Little Boars Head where President Roosevelts son James formerly maintained a summer home said they saw the planes lights blinking for several minutes before the accident.
 As the craft struck the water there was a heavy explosion and a burst of flame. It was this which apparently caused police at Ports mouth to receive reports that a Navy bomber had crashed and struck Q mine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26

Mothers Day was celebrated on "Wednesday in Mexico this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
Russians May Surge
 Into Berlin First
Military Observers See Little Likelihood Allies Can Get
 There Ahead of Them

armies hammering crlmbling Ger. man defenccs. There were only two Allied armies la Italy and two whose presence had been announced in Normandy.
 Tn the east the Germans have committed such huge forces that their destruction would be a mortal blow to the Nazis. As of now. this is not true in either Normandy or Italy.
 There was no indication that the Russians would not be able to main- tain the terrific rate of progress they have registered thus far. Tn one months time this advance had ranged up to a maximum Of about 25o miles The Germans must stem this movement soon or be in the gravest danger.
 4 collapse of their defenses either
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
SOUTH EAST AREA
 TO BE CANVASSED
List Of Streets Formally Designated By Salvage
 Committee Today

Streets in the south east section of the city, namely, those east of South Main and south Of East Main wlll be canvassed on Saturday for a collection of critically needed waste paper. An advertisement in today's Democrat lists the names of all streets to be canvassed on that day.
 Salvage officials today urged that residents of these streets start nov Co prepare their scrap paper for Saturdays collection. People whose streets are not listed in today's ad- vertisement arc requested not to participate In Saturdays drive to the extent of placing paper in front of their homes.
 Salvage officials have estimated that about 400 tons of the GOO tons of vitally needed paper. which enc ters Waterbury homes during a month, is not returned for scrap purposes, escapes collection entirely and never reaches the reconversion mills.
 As if this situation weren't sert- ous enough for the mills. the paper that doesn't reach them is often of the best grade for making the strong cardboard continers used for ammunition, tank parts, shells, paper men said.
 It's the long -fibered papers that the paper mills want particularly for making the heavy-duty mili- tary containers. and the long fibers are found most abundantly fin the brown kraft wrapping paper, the kraft bags, letterhead papers and envelopes which make up a large part of waste basket pa- pers.
 Newspapers are valuable to the mills. to be sure. but there fibers are so short that they add more bulk than strength to boxes made from them.
 GET IN THE SCRAP WITH SCRAP
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
RR REuEL s. MOoRE

NMASeA HEcA8 ot3Il A@ftE4I IsoAaeNt
 Washington. July 26-tUPD-coin- pttent military observers said today the rapid advance of Russian forces through Poland increased the like- lihoOd that it would be the Red armies which administer the coup de grace Co Germany by being the first tO surge Into Berlin.
 Not only were the Russians much closer to the German capital than the western Allies--a about 370 miles as compared to e00-but their rate Of advance was many times fastel than Allied progress in the west.
 Moreover. the Russians had great. CT power assembled on their route Co Berlin than the western Allies. On the eastern front from Lwow nOrthward. there were seven Red
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
NIGHT SHIFT PLANS
 OUTING SATURDAY

The annual outing Of the night employees of the Waterbury Tool CO, will be held Saturday, August %. at Linden Park, Naugatuck. and will include several sports events and dancing from p. m. until mid night. On the arrangements com- mittee are: Night Supt. William Humphrey, Thomas Sheehan, Paul Graf, and David Schnell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
BUD" MARS HEART
 DISEASE VICTIM

Los Angeles, July 26-luP)- James c. Bud" Mars. 6s. holder Of many "firsts" in world aviation. who in 1911 piloted Emperor Hirohito Of Japan on his first plane ride. died yesterday at Veterans hospital of heart disease.
 He had been in aviation since his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26

first hot air balloon ascensions in 1892.
 Mars sold the U. s. government It's first dirigible. built the second one in the world and made his first solo flight ln an airplane in 1908 at HammOndsp0rt, N. Ys only i've years after Wilbur and Orytlle Wright made theirs, T'hre years later he invented a flying boat.
 Rainfall at Benoni. South Africa, in four days recently vas 1876 inches,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
BRASS cry AERIE
 ARRANGING OUTING

4 program 0f anteFialpmeDt and sports VII be staged Rt the annual outing 0f the Brass City Aorie, blrataTnai Order 0f Eagles, sunday, August %, at eehilaeeDig Grove, East Waterbury road,
 Those attending wiii leaye tlle eluhr00m6 at e;30 a, %, bfaDkfasi will be served at 70 and dlllner at 2 D. na, Albert sullivan is ehairs man ef the committee, TboTnae o'Relily Is president efl the i0dge and Edward [, Foley ls secretary,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
TIN COLLECTION
 DATE SELECTED

4 collection Of tin cans will be c0nGncted on Saturday. August s on streets north of East and West Main streets. it has been announced by salvage chairman. ]. Warren Ups son.
 The previous collection of this source of salvage material netted but aik tons one of the lowest of the city's collection history. Mir. Upson today expressed the hope that residents would make every effort to boots the latest effort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
Q. x. WITH cIIEsNAUDT

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26

PAPER COLLECTION
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26

Britons in Buenos Aires, Ar' gentina are adopting" British pris- oners of war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

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Evening star., 1944-03-03
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. c. iaw, couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, tDdit three tull days and
recetue their license on the nth
day. Sundays and HOLIDAYS are
counted the same as other davs.
Mary Msioney. ii. Arlington ; He H.issss. sn1
clemsn. williams, 2a. 1928 9Th At. NV.
Eudy ssturd,vent; %. Rockingham N, c..
Earl Lucas. Is, 4o4o Ellicott St. NV, and
Evelyn Hawkins. 1s. 1622 Church s.
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Orleans.
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Jonn Bates, a.. and Zala Marshall, 35,
Henry A. Foster. 43. Bethesda, Nd, and
Eme n. Taylor. 81. Washington.
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and Rene H; Simmons, 22. WASHINGTON.
| Reilly Harbaugh. "a, and Johnna Christen-
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| CEnord A. Thomas, %, Fort George q,
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Evening star., 1944-03-03
Bar Group Complete!
New Proposals 10
'SireamIine Justice

The American bar wants stream
lined Justice In Federal criminal
courts.
An advisory committee appointed
BY the Supreme Court two years ago
has completed the second draft OF
proposed changes in the rules Of
procedure. and the result is q series
OF recommendations designed to
speed up court machinery and 9TH
erwise improve the processes Of JUS
tice. The final draft Of the rules is
expected to be ready this summer,
and If approved by the Supreme
Court can become effective early in
l946 unless Congress decides other
wise.
One change proposed would
shorten materially the lapse between
indictment and trial, by requiring
Evening star., 1944-03-03


10 defendant to. make al objections
lot the same time, instead Of string
ing them out.
Another establishes the rule In
vogue In some State courts. where
defendants are required to give
advance notice when they intend
to set up an alibi to counter a
charge.
WoSld End Removal Actions.
A third important recommenda-
ton Is to eliminate removal proceed
ings If an arrest is made in the
same State, or within 100 miles Of
the site where prosecution is pend
ing. At present Federal defendant
arrested in one district for an
offense in another is brought into
court for hearing to determine II
he shall be transferred, even though
the points may be separated by but
a few miles. An example Of that
was the "Washie" Bratcher case
here, where the question Of the
orchestra leaders removal to Alex
andria on a draft charge was at
issue.
The committee also proposes that
Federal procedure make the same
provision as do State courts for
defendants to take q change of
venue If they believe their cases
are prejudiced at the site where the
crime is alleged.
Presentence investigation would
become mandatory instead of dis
cretionary with court in another
proposal sponsored by the COM
mittee, which feels that this would
make for more intelligent SEN
fencing. Courts also would be re-
quired to advise defendants appear
ing without counsel that they were
entitled to this assistance.
Would Cut verbiage.
The committee also wants the
verbiage in indictments cut down,
and proposes a single paragraph
form that would replace documents
that now run for page after page.
If a person is slain, the committee
wants the indictment to say that
and no more, excluding all the
"maliciouslys and wilfullys" and the
other wordy surplusage now char
acterizing true bills.
THE aim is uniformity and SIM
plicity. while at the same time pre-
serving the rights OF the defend
ant" explains Alexander Holtzoff,
special assistant to the Attorney
General, secretary to the commit
tee. which is being aided in its
work by members of the legal pro-
fession all over the country.
Arthur +. Vanderbilt, former
president Of the American Bar
Association, heads the group, which
has 18 members. Other local men,
bers are Herbert Wechsler, assist
ant to the Attorney General, and
Gordon Dean, a former member OF
the Justice Department staf1, who
now Is in the Navy.