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hacker in the first World War and
Joe Foss and Gregory Boyington in
this war. Boyington is listed as miss
ing.
Hanson shot down his first Zero
last August after having had only
Is hours experience In Corsair
planes, and while covering the land
ing Of American forces on Bougain-
vile, Nov. !, ne bagged three more
before being shot Gown. He spent six
hours In q rubber boat before being
rescued by o destroyer, but the only
III effect suffered was . sprained
ankle.
Hanson. born In India and son Of
Methodist Missionaries, worked part
Of the time he was In Hamline Uni
versity, st. Paul.. Mimi, as q night
club bouncer and became interested
In flying when the SON o. the owner
of the night club took him ca flights.
HE wasn't afraid Of anything"
Hhnson's flying mates said. 'sHe was
religiouB--but not deyOut."
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Troops Dig In Beneath
Storm OF Bombs, Shells
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American lines in the past 48 hours.
"a British military authority in
Washington admitted the battle for
the Rome beachhead was not going
according to plan and that bad
weather he'd interferred with Allied
aerial protection over the area, but
he asserted that it would be 'un-
duly pessimistic' to conclude the
beachhead was LOST
Meanwhile, the grim struggle for
Casino, SO miles to the south.
ragged on into its eighth day with
undated fury. American tanks and
infantrymen battled from house to
house through the streets Of the
town against Stubbornly- resisting
Na1 gunners who showed no signs
Of cracking.
North Of the town, other Amer
lean units scaled the slopes of Alb
hey Hill under the cross-f1re of
German machine guns and drove to
within q few hundred yards Of the
ancient Benedictine Monastery on
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Walter Willchell
In NezU York

a roll call. It Is loaded with fence
straddlers, Administrations aters,
flirters with America First and as
sorted flapjaws Anybody with
the slightest familiarity with the
capital could recite 1t almost ale
phabetically without having seen it.
Rankin, one Of the best examples
of white supremacy, accused this
reporter Of writing the bill to give
the soldiers the vote I only
wish that, for once. the loudmouth
from Mississippi knew what he was
talking about. It would be the kind
of monument I'd love most But
since Rankin was out to call me
names, and not to honor me, and
the alleged authorship were q step
off to some vicious racial rantingS
in the manner Of the NaN Streicher,
I feel that franklin Rankin doesn't
adore me 1t isn't what Rankin
said that needs comment here. How
can you take seriously a Smau-tim-
er who, from the cowardly perch
Of immunity, uses the floor Of Con-
gress to attack q racer
Skipping the personal angle for
minute, how do you like a rep
resentative body of elected officials
who laugh at vicious comments on
a mans race? Consider the time
it is. We are at war with NaN
Germany, whose present rulers came
to power on a program of racial
prosecutions and murders. Now, in
the American Congress, these Hitler
prejudices get applause and laugh
ter =. Across two oceans American
soldiers and sailors and marines are
being killed by the forces that rep
resent the ideas that gave our Con.
gressmen all those laughs When
they stopped laughing the Congress
men, with their kissers covered,
voted not to let those faraway sol.
diers vote. That Is Cong. Rankin's
joke. Do you find 1t funnyP
The AP reports that 1t. Harold
E. Segal shot down 2 Jap Zero
fighters over Raboul - bringing his
total to IL and taking the lead
among Marine pilots of the Wake
Avenger Squadron Segal is one
OF the names Rep. Rankin vilified
on the floor Of Congress In short
while Rankin shoots the bull, Lieut..
Segal shoots bullets that defend
every American-even Rankin.
In q recent column called Con.
gresS 1.-THE House of Reprehensibles"
In two places the word ten
was omitted in error Consistent
with the policy Of some, who mis-
quote and misrepresent what I say.
certain Congressman have tried to
create the impression that the truth
about a FEW Of them - Is a lie
about ALL Of them The over
whelming majority knew that
respect them as men and legisla-
tors and that I believe Congress Is
the real voice Of the people
But for those Misrepresentation
who feel the shoe fitS-I am glad
to know that 1t pinches.
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Full Weather Report

DOstOn, Feb. S-(UP)-weatheP
forecast;
ALL NEW ENGLAND-Eair to-
night and Wednesday. Continued
very cold tonight and Wednes-
day morning becoming slightly
warmer Wednesday afternoon.
The extended weather forecast
for New England
The temperature during the
next four days Will average from
three to IL degrees below the
seasonal normal. Cold weather at
the beginning of the period with
little temperature change there
after. Precipitation amounts will
average moderate. between one
third and tvvO-thirdS inch. occur
ring aR snow Just before the
middle Of the period and again
In Northern New England during
he latter part of the period.
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Nozis Strofe
Hos itoIs
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ing tent, but when canvas was rid
die j they finished the operation.
Only anti-personnel bombs were
dropped. There is some doubt as to
whether the planes strafed the area.
Some said they did, others said. they
did not. With the noise of the ack-
ack, it sometimes is hard to tell.
AS soon as the attack was over
the entire surviving hospital person
mel went into action, and the nurses
worked with courageous efficiency
that won the plaudits Of all officers
and men.
"You couldn't get me to go home
now" was the grim reaction Of 1t.
Gladys Joyce, Duluth, MINI, as her
weary, silent group of nurses stood
around their tattered tent this eve
ming.
"Of course they knew what they
were doing" she said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08

Comdr. Harold e. Stasse, former
governor Of Minnesota, who was en-
tered in Nebraska some time ago
and In Wisconsin yesterday. Con-
sent of the candidates Is not re-
quired In either state.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Of New
York, who also has been entered In
the Wisconsin primary, was put up
yesterday In New Hampshire which
has the earliest primary Of all, on
March IA. His consent was not re-
quired.
An advantage which might attract
w'llkie to Ohio, despite the fact
that he would have to meet Bricker
on the latter's home grounds. is
that Ohio does not permit unauthor-
lied presidential primary candi-
dacies. The Ohio law provides that
no name shah be proposed for the
presidential preference vote without
the candidates written consent.
That would bar Dewey, who has
announced that he win not make
q re-convention campaign and
would prevent consideration Of
Otassen o. Gen. Douglas Macarthur
unless they were willing 70 announce
themselves In writing IS candidates
to succeed President Roosevelt.
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Planes Plan
opTroubIe

Continued from Page u
Americans: 129 killed, 436 wound
ed, IS missing; Japanese: 2,472
killed, 81 captured.
At the southern end Of the atom
principally Kwajalein island)-
Americans: 157 killed, 712 wounded
II missing; Japanese: 1850 killed,
173 captured.
Charles Arnot, United Press war
correspondent, reported from Kwa-
jalein that Navy Seahees expected
to have the three.way Roi airstrip
In condition for American planes
within q few days, while other
sources said Army engineers also
were repairing rapidly the Kdajaletn
island airstr1p.
Already, we have started to con-
vert this pivot point In the Marsh.
ais into q sprtngboard for new
blows along the main highway TO
Tokyo" Arnot said.
Kwajalein lies 93S miles east of
Tr,lk, Japan's Pearl Harbor" and
1880 miles southeast Of Tokyo. rs
capture brings virtually al Of the
Caroline Islands west Of the Marsh
ais within bombing range Of Amer
lean planes
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
SPAIN RELEASES SHIPS

London, Feb. s-WP)--six Of sew
en- italian merchant ships held in
Spanish ports have been released
BY the government Of Gen. Fran
cisco Franco as q result Of negotia-
tons with the Allies, official sources
revealed today
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Allied Defect
Seen ByFo
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Daniel DEUCE. in a combined
U. 8. Press dispatch, said the Ger
man gunners were probing for ships
of shore with long range siege guns
and also were attempting to shell
conveys in Anzio farbor. He added
that Allied supplies continued to
land, however. Deluce said Ger
man gunners made one section Of
an Allied coastal supply road so
hot that truck drivers dubbed IL
'TUbflk terface."D
Despite his great artillery strength
and constantly arriving infantry re-
Inducements Deluce pointed out
the enemy now has had time to
draw armored reserves from as far
away as the interior Of Germany
The Germans still are fearful Of
Allied aviation. Whenever Allied
planes are grounded by weather the
pressure on the heaci1head IL IN
creased tremendously.
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MATCHES FATAL

Lewiston, Me-, Feb. 8.--(UP)--
F'our-year-old Anita Cabot Of Lewis
ton died at q hospital early today
Of burns sustained a few hours ear
lier while playing with matches h
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One More
Peek

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Reds Storm
Into NikopoI

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WiIIkie Nav
Enter Primary

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Henson Dies
On Mission

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Frankfort
SheIled Anew

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Hit at Wewok

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The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-01
Overheard in a Main Street GRO

Overheard in a Main Street gro
cery Saturday. where two black
women waited in line at the check
out desk How is things bidin'
long fo' you, Miz Dibby?" :.
"Ain't been SO good lately, Miz
Luvus. Dat oil man O. mines took
to tom cattin' again wouldn't
be fo'. de cotton pickin' | does,
wouldn't even be no side meat fo'
dem five chillun l got" The
first woman considered this. Denis
a heap O. chillun to feed, 'thout dey
pappy helpin', but" suddenly she
frightened; "dey could be mo-. Yes,
Lawd-dey could be MOI" >.
Sure!-from the time you're born
until you ride in a hearse, there's
nothing so bad that it couldn't be
worse.
See you next week, on Main
Street-adois.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-01
KATHERINE HUPFEL

Hits shore a rotten world we're
alvin in, an hits gonna get
worse" he declared. Even a mans
neighbors don't leave him no peace
these days-what with their durn
radios, an chickens an dogs a
pesterin' a body all the time 4.
Me an the OF woman done fell out
with the folks lives both sides o.
u.s." His friend considered this
between slow puffs. Hits all right
in free country fer feller to git
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-01

le folks on Main Street like
lmble on general principle
ms TO make 'em feel better
sometimes it's the weather,
ines it's the government, and
ines it's the neighbors D..
{ the curb sitters was indulg-
a bang-up morning of grumb-
gently. that covered the field
lis friend. putting silently on
in the warm sunshine. let
umbler have his say i.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-01

mad with the gov'mint, but he
shore ought to keep friendly with
the folks he knows. If it wouldn't
be fer them, he'd be right smart
unfamiliar round here"
Along country road that
leads to Main Street The
early chill of dull gray morn
ing lay over the land while
dark, low-hangipg clouds shut
out the sun There was the
rumble of an approaching truck,
its swinging trailer filled with
strange white objects like
group of ghosts huddled togeth-
er in the gloom -. cotton
pickers on their way to work,
long white cotton sacks draped
over heads and shoulders "a
oainst the cold.
Main Street got its December
Readers Digest from the drug store
news stands this week and on the
back cover page there was a mes
sage from H. R. H., the Duke of
Windsor, whose words of simple
truth are worthy to be placed in
the inner shrine of each mans
heart, priceless possession of
knowledge among the treasures of
which no man can rob him d..
With Christmas approaching and
the intensified longing it arouses
in the hearts of most of us, the
Duke of Windsor's words are head
ed Toward Peace Among Men of
Good Will" Though he were to
travel this world over many more
times than he already has, H. r. H.
tells us, his most vivid impression
would be mot of the dissimilarities
of people have met in far corners
of the world rather, it Is of the
amazing number of things they hold
in common-problems and pleas
ures, purposes and ideals. Espec-
tally, l was struck by the friendly
shown by the great
of men and women once
they recognized a strangers inter-
est in them to be spontaneous and
sincere" Those are words to
hold in your heart and remember
because of the crystal clear truth
they contain -. We all want to
be understood-black or white, red
or yellow - Nations are many
and their people seemingly diverse.
but hunger for understanding is
deep-rooted in all it is the key,
when found, that will unlock the
doors of lasting peace.
A flock of black birds with
feathers ruffled against the
cold huddled together along the
telephone wires above a tall
pole not far from Main Street
Monday morning -. At the
approach of car they rose
like puff of black smoke from
4 tall smoke stack.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-01
BABY BOY

Seaman 1/C and Mrs. George
Hanna, Jr., became the parents of
baby boy on Wednesday, Novem-
Der 90. He weighed six pounds
four ounces and was born at Flor
ence hospital.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-01
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WHO'S NEW
BABY DAUGHTER

Mr.. and Mrs. Gable Robles be-
came the parents of baby daugh
ter on Wednesday, November %.
She was born at Florence hospital.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-01
BABY DAUGHTER

BABY DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Portlock be-
came the parents Of a baby daugh-
ter on Saturday, November %. She
weighed eight pounds four ounces
and was born at Coolidge hospital.
They have named her Bertha Jean.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-01

mad with the gov'mint, but he
shore ought to keep friendly with
the folks he knows. If it wouldn't
be fer them, he'd be right smart
unfamiliar round here"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
Review
OF Scouts

Approximately 1900 Detroit
Catholic Boy Scouts and Cubs will
parade in review before local
army and navy staff officers when
the annual convocation of scouts
in the Detroit Archdiocese is held
at 2:30 p. m. Sunday on the
University Of Detroit campus.
Members of the Detroit Council
Boy Scout staff, the board of d.
rectors Of the Catholic Youth Or
ganization and others active in
youth activities will also be in the
reviewing stand.
After the review the scouts
will parade to the Gesu Church
where AID Altare Del awards will
be presented to 40 of the scouts
by Rev. Leo N. Sheltreau, arch
diocesan scout chaplain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
Calls Farmer
S Friend
International Photo

MADISON, Wis, Oct. IS (INS)
are beginning to wake
up to the fact that their best
friend is President Roosevelt,
Senator Truman declared here.
Discounting the theory that the
Go Political Action Committee
is harming the administrators
chances with the farmers, he de-
clared:
''The farmers know, as shown
by Congress, that Republicans
never were for them. The farm
ers know their best friends are
In control OF the federal gov
eminent and they had better
keep them there"
Truman declared he did not
find any isolationist sentiment in
the Middle West.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
Park BuHdinQ
Fund Sought

An ss5o,ooo program. which
will include the construction of
five small community houses, a
large one and an outdoor swim
ming pool, stood approved today
by the department of parks and
recreation.
The department will ask the
common council to make provi-
sions for the expenditures in next
years budget. The small houses
are expected TO cost $50 900 each,
the large house approximately
$250.000 and the swimming pool
100000.
The small buildings are to be To-
Gated at Wabash and Pine, Russell
and Alger, Ferry and Elmwood,
Packard and Nevada and Linn
hurst and Dresden. The large
structure and pool will be located
in Baby Creek Park.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
Pete.DuInmyPain
AWOL From Perch

Pete. the Plymouth Painter, has
been kidnapped and all is confusion
at the Walker & Co. sign factory.
Pete was a good idea-while he
lasted.
He was a slightly more than
life-sized replica of Mr.. Average
Signpainter and he sat on a
scaffold on the huge Plymouth
Motors sign at Holcomb and f.
jefferson. Each day he was
moved TO another letter and. 10
the casual eye, he looked just like
a man painting a sign.
This went on for three days
until a worried resident of the
neighborhood ran excitedly TO a
policeman and pointed him out.
:. "He hasn't moved for three
days." she painted. I'm sure
he's dead"
The policeman explained. He'd
been explaining to others until he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
Pole Aid
Delayed

NEW YORK, Oct. IS (INs) -
Leo Krzycki, president of the
American-Polish Labor Council,
charged today that millions Of
dollars worth of food, clothing and
supplies gathered by Polish war
relief for the starving people in
the liberated sections of Poland
are "rotting in warehouses" in
this country.
The Russian war relief has Of
fered its facilities for shipment of
all the goods from the United
States TO Poland, he said at a
news conference, but the offer
had not been accepted"
The only explanation for the
delay given by Polish war relief,
he said, was statement that
aid to the people of Poland must
be distributed under the Alneri-
can flag and under American
distribution.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
Mother Loses
Custody Stuff .

Declaring that Kenneth John.
stone, 1876 Vaughn, is not a suit
able foster-father, Circuit Judge
Chenot has ruled that Gerald
Campbell, Mrs. Dorothy john
stones son by a former marriage,
must remain with his aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shin
konis.
Gerald was seized by two men
who took him 10 his mothers
home several weeks ago the court
was told.
While holding that Mrs. John
stone was suitable and fit to care
for her son. Judge Chenot said:
This man apparently has no
love and affection for the child.
While II IL hard TO refuse Gus
tody 20 the mother, I must look
20 the chlld's best interests."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25

was weary. The phone at the
station was kept busy explaining.
Then, yesterday morning it
happened.
Some one swung with Pete. He
was there at IL p. m. Monday,
but he was gone next morning.
PETE VALUABLE
All 1t. William Woodwork Of
the Mcclellan precinct could find
was some carefully shipped wires
and a batch of smudgy finger
prints-small boy size.
Pete the Plymouth Painter is
valuable. so if you have any in
formation which would lead 10 his
recovery, call the City Desk Of
The Detroit Times. If Pete is
found through your tip. there's a
500 war bond in it for you.
The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
PLANE DAMAGED

The public relations section o
the squadron, aptly named TIT
BAT Out of He'll outfit, tells i
this way:
1.-THE plane was on the way
home after dropping a few eggs
on the Japs at Chichi Jima. The
plane was damaged but was
going strong until flax shredded
elevator controls.
at took the pilot, the co-pilot
and the navigator to fight the
plane level by yanking at the
controls"
Coughlin described the result
1.-THE Silver Lady bucked like
a broncho with a burr under
the saddle blanket. Forty-mm
anti-aircraft shells smashed
through the fuselage, wounding
two of the crew.
CONTROLS SHOT OUT
"The automatic pilot controls
were shot out. We had 800 miles
of open sea to span to get TO
our base and our engineer was
doing all he could with q pair
of pliers and piece of wire.
Finally, we sighted our base
and was IL wonderful?
THE plane had kept radio
contact with the base and,
when we came In, the whole
squadron was standing, Just off
the runway. Ground crews,
administrative personnel, half q
dozen ambulances and three
flight surgeons were waiting.
"The controls held, the wheels
touched the ground and she
leveled off. And I guess that's
that"
1t. Coughlin was enrolled in
the air forces in September, 1912.
He won his wings at the Hondo,
Tex, navigational school. He was
assigned to the Central Pacific
Command last May. He is within
a few days of being II years old.
Order 10c United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them TO your home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
Tells Of Flying
Criipp|edB-24

Navigation Of Liberator Is
quite a job when all things are
normal but, when the fuselage is
shot apart, the automatic pilot
controls have been blasted away
and the elevator controls are in
pieces, the job is a nightmare.
Add to that the annoyance of a
lot of Jap fighters and 800 miles
of Pacific before you and you
find the stuff from which heroes
are made.
In 1912, Warren c. Coughlin,
son of Roy F. Coughlin, 1125
Burlingame, was a first year stu
dent at the University of Detroit.
A short time ago, Coughlin, now
a lieutenant navigator aboard the
Seventh Army Air Forces Silver
Lady almost failed to complete
his ninth combat mission over the
Marianas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25

Order 1Oc United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them TO your home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
BY Bob Kane
BY Lyman Young
BY Zane Grey
BY Fran Striker
By Robert Storm

Crypioquote-A cryptogram quotation
Adlotu sol ego uao tdgu otec vrtapdlt
)l iapva hlefot yobdto eli geuuol--duiec.
Yesterdays Cryptoquote: And silence
ike a poultice comes to heal the blows Of
sound o w. Holmes.
Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Ina-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10

lance Of arithmetic, making It his fivonte
subject in school RAY oarue' The Detroit
Time, on Thlrteth and Thirty-hrs,, noV
has lolN customers from beginning busi-
nee Of 80 IA months ago, earns Sll a
week, owns $3.50 in War Bond and re-
Gently earned so m cash and new
bicvoe as sales awards.
Ray is IN the eighth grade at Aswmp-
ton school, attend, church every week At
Assumption parish, builds model plane,
Rudy York IS his idol, Donald Duck and
less his favorite comics. Young kolaa
recently sold 1000 War stamps lie IS
~. lives at ij6S Thirty-firE.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Build Sturdy Health
and Help America Win

Thousands and thousands Of users have
testified % the benefits SIS Tonic has
brought TO them and scientific research
shows that 10 gets results that's why so
many say SIS Tonic builds sturdy health
makes you feel Ike yourself again Al
drug stores in lQand % o. sizes rs. S s Co.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Your Carrier
LEARNING WHILE EARNING
Introducing Busy Detroit Times
Neigbborbood Carrier Boys
By JIM SLOWER
BY JIM SLOWER
Today We
Prftenf
RAYMOND
K0lASA
K IN @ OF

A future plane
pilot Who claims
has experience from
keeping records on
his newSpaper route
has helped him
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