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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
New Draft
 Rules Snoq

Washington, March 24 - (U.PO Issuance of War Production Board memorandum to about 22,0O0 manufacturers outlining more stringent policy on draft deferments for men under 26 was held up to- day because -Selective Service Direc- tor Lewis B. Hershey refused to ap- prove it.
 Hershey protested the memoran- dun, prejared by WIPE Vice Chair man Charles E. Wilson, on grounds that 1t:
 1. Fails to cover the deferment demands of industries not under WIPE supervision, such as coal min- ing and railroad transportation.
 2. Is premature, inasmuch as It would have no standing with state selective service directors who must endorse all occupational deferments and would serve only to confuse their understanding of who Is au- thorlzed to recommend deferments.
 Selective Service spokesmen said Hershey refused to approve the WIPE memorandum lest 1t be fol- lowed by similar demands for pro- lection of key men by the Solid Fuels Administrator. the Office of Defense Transportation, the War Food Administration and other gov ernment agencies.
 Hershey, it was learned, wants the deferment policy on young workers for all industries included in one directive.
 The Wilson memorandum would have limited industrial deferments for men unde r26 to eight industries whose output is insufficient to sup ply immediate war objectives,' The critical programs were listed as landing craft, synthetic rubber and 100-octane gasoline, high tenacity rayon, certain types of rador equip ment, certain types of planes, sub marines, tires and tubes, and a sec- ret weapon.
 Even in those industries WIPE would support deferment requests only for men holding jobs requiring S'extreme specialized skill or know ledge of high educational quali- fication."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
HOSPITAL, BULLETINS

Kalistrat K0lesnik, Bucks Hill read, who sustained 2 fractured leg when he was struck by 8 car while crossing East Main street last night was reported in im- proved condition at St. Mary's hospital this morning.
 The driver of the car, Jean l.. Stance, Sperry road, Cheshlre,t t was not held by Motor Patrol man Walter Ogrisek who investi- gated the accident.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

Mexico, Mo. - (U.P.) - Bucha. nan county Republicans have things all their own way - the Democrats can't file for office, Explanation lies in the fact that the state law re- quires payment of $5 filing fee be- fore the declaration may be pre- sented to the county clerk. The Buchanan county Democratic con- mittee treasurer has moved away and hasn't been replaced. The chair man is vacationing - SO there is no one to call the committee together to elect a new treasurer,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Ely Opposes Roosevelt
 For Benefit Of Party;
 No Hope Of Nomination
By S. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff CorrespOndent

BOSTON Ely twice assachuN
  by any might question
  ination opposing President Roosevelt descriptions difficult to reconcile his office here Chs home in Westfied aske
 why you running against you convention build Roosevelt antiF erm frighten him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Lieutenant Delaney's Check Given Red Cross
Waterbury Youth Now in German Prison Camp Writes Appreciation of Good Work; Fund Mounts Hourly

Receipt of the monthly check of Second Lieutenant kxonald Delaney Waterbury serviceman who is now prisoner of in Germany, is among the latest dona- tons which boost the Red Cross fund to $165 000 The $1O donation from the interned soldier made by his wife, the former Dorothy Lucas in accordance with his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
PARK WILL BE OPEN-OR WILL
 TTY

Newcastle, Wyo. -(UP)- Yellow stone National park, famed tourist sightseeing spot in Wyoming, will operate again this year, according to Acting Superintendent Fred J Johnston. Hotels and lodges will be closed, however, Johnson added Visitors will have to provide their owns transportation to the park since there will be no bus service. There also will be no guide service.
 Camp Cooke, Cal.-(UP)-Cpl Lucio B. Munar of the 11th Armored division has a taste for fried grass hoppers, a great delicacy served on the Luzon islands, his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
EGYPTIANS TOOTHACHELEsS

The teeth of mummies indicate that ancient Egyptians did not suffer from their diet of coarse and fiibrous foods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

There will be a meeting of the Wesleyan Service Guild of the Meth OdiSt church Monday, March 27, at 8 p. m. at the church. The WOman'S Society of Christian Service is in- vited to attend and there will be a candlelight service following in charge of Bernice Bevers.
 Mrs. Evelyn Lingstaff and DOro- thy Calvert will be hOSteSSes.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
ID. {. Pilot Conquer,
Nazi While Comrade
Finishes OF Afiacker

Leading his formation that, at
tackled like q pack Of howling
wolves" IL Messerschmitt 100s al
n 600 feet over Northern italy. Capt
Robert G. Curtis Of Washington re-
Gently scored his ninth victory.
According to a 18th Air Force
dispatch, Capt Curtis had moved
to fire on the tail of one Nazi plane
when another Jerry started diving
and firing at the rear Of his own
plane and was chased away by q
fellow Mustang pilot only after a
hot skirmish.
Capt. Curtis victim threw of his
canopy. To give the German his
chance to "hit the silk" the Mus
tang half rolled. but the Nazi con-
tinued to battle. Capt. Curtis COM
pleted his roll. opened fire and this
time his victim did bail out.
His chute opened Immediately" !"
the captain said, "and I saw him
bounce against the fuselage before
he was free of the plane"
Meanwhile, Capt. Curtis Mustang
comrade had caught the Nazi pilot
that had been on the Washingto-
mans tail. He jumped with his
flying suit on fire as his plane, burn
ing, headed for a crash that sent
flames more than a hundred feet in
the air.
The action was commended as be-
ing an outstanding example Of the
teamwork displayed by American
pilots.
With this recent kill" Capt.
Curtis became tied for second place
in his fighter group. He is the son
Of Mrs. Marjorie C. Curtis, 1885
Thirty ninth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Five Sets of Brothers Meet
In Distant Battle Areas

Soldiers from five District area
families agree that the world is
q small place. Brothers have
chanced upon brothers on the soil
Of Italy, the beaches of Normandy
and the streets of London.
Anthony and James Neri, sons
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph N. Neri
1443 Monroe street NV, enjoyed
q two-hour reunion on a Normandy
beach shortly after the invasion.
It was the first time the brothers
had seen each other in II months
Anthony, 30, is a mail specialist
second class on a Coast Guard
manned attack transport, while
James, %, Is a corporal in the Army
Corps Of Engineers.
James saw a standed small boat
bearing his brothers ship numer-
ais. Through the ships coxswain
he arranged a meeting with his
brother next day on the beach.
Staff Sergt. John w. Orrison, 26
who was wounded in action on June
~, and Sergt. Joseph B. Orrison
"A, both landed in France on D-day
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Orrison of Norbeck, Md, have
learned.
John, who received the Purple
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Hamilton Brouuht
Aid to Hold u. S.
Beach in Italy

A modern parallel Of the soldier
who carried the historic message to
Garcia in the Spanish American
War is Capt. Jacob R. Hamilton, 815
Eighteenth street NV, veteran of
"a missions with q fighter squadron
in the Mediterranean theater.
Capt. Hamilton was selected to get
aid for beleagued American troops
in Italy. He carried the secret
message request for airborne
troops-from Gen. Mark Clark to
Gen. Ridgeway in Sicily. without
protection, and flying solo, Can't.
Hamilton's successful mission helped
enable 5th Army troops to hold q
hard-won beachhead.
One Of the first fighter pilots to be
stationed at Salerno, Capt. Hamilton
was in the thick of the early fieht-
ing at Ansio. For his work there
he received special commendation
from the Navy for directing the
artillery fire Of the Navy's battles
ships. Flying over the target, ae
reported by radio to the naval gun
ners where their shells were drop
ping.
Capt. Hamilton, who Is at thu
Army Air Forces Redistribution Sta.
ton No. / In Atlantic City, N. J.
awaiting reassignment, was formerly
employed aS 3 clerk In the OfIlce AZ
Price Administration.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Flyer Pays in Kind
For Jap Attacks on
1arawa FoxhoIes

SOMEWHERE IN THE MAR.
SHALL ISLANDS.-An incident
nine months old is still of interest
; to friends of Marine Capt. Walter
! F. Jacobs, jr., of Washington, D. G..
. because it furnished the spur to
many of his later successes. He was
huddled In a foxhole on Tarawa
! where he witnessed another bomb
! ing by Jap planes. That was before
December. Twelve times he had
. seen the Japs come over and II
!. times he "hot-footed" to a foxhole
Like all pilots, he thought:
"I'd sooner see this battle from
the air. At least I can do some
thing there. All I can do on the
ground is hide in foxhole."
The answer to his prayer came.
He was one of six pilots in his dive
bomber squadron Of Brig. Gen. T.
j. Cushman's 4th Marine Air Wing
selected to strike at enemy shipping
of Jaluit atoll.
And he came through. One of his
bombs landed directly on a Jap
freighter and helped sink it. Since
then, he has visited Jap-held atolls
here % times, and he is still diving.
Got Shell Through Wing.
That first combat hop properly
initiated Capt. Jacobs. His plane
received -millimeter shell in
the right wing, but he returned to
the base safely. His plane has been
hit six subsequent times, each time
with negligible damage
The marine pilot, who attended
the United States Naval Academy
in 1886 and 1887, scored several
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Comdr. Graves Humor
Breaks D-Day Tenseness

With a firm hand and a keen
sense Of humor. Comdr. Garrett Van
A. Graves Of Alexandria command
ed an assault transport in the in
vasison of Saipan, taxed by work.
ing periods from 48 to u hours, ac-
cording to Coast Guard dispatch.
A small joke made on the eve Of
D-day when the crew suffered from
nerves gives a glimpse Of the 38-
year-old commander disposition.
In a bulletin announcing the plan
of the day: Breakfast will be
served at 0330 $3.50 am)-steak
and ice cream" He added paren-
thetically on this official statement:
"And it better be good at that
hour"
Comdr. Graves, a veteran of Is
years in the Coast Guard, jokingly
states: I'm like a hotel manager
on this vessel. I've got my guests,
hundreds of them, and I've got my
employees. likewise by the hundreds.
My job is to see that everything Is
running smoothly"
Mrs. Graves and their three chill
dren live at 507 Woodland terrace.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
|'IKnow the Thoughts That Go Through Mans
Mind .. No Man Will Return Like He Was

Letters indicate to Sergt. Robert
E. Cockrill's parents that the 18-
year-old boy who left home to join
the Army Is months ago will return
"a wise man." according to Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Cockrill, 1851 Thirty-f1ft
street NV.
In a letter from Burma, Sergt.
Cockrill wrote: I've sweated and
nearly given out from working long
hours in these hellish jungles and
I've been so tired Of limb from walk
ing miles at a time through the
monsoon mud that I seemed not to
care what happened. But because
I had long months Of Army train
ing I knew that the courage and
determination they drilled into me
would make any man 60 on in spite
of everything unpleasant.
And I know there are no bad
soldiers; or if there are I haven't
seen them.
Since I last saw you I've seen
the wonders of half the world
Evening star., 1944-08-06
DC. WOMEN
IN UNIFORM

and Mrs. Henry NJ Carpenter, 1861
Fourth street NE, has been as
signed to the WAC unit at Manhat-
tan District, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Twenty-four Washington area
WAC recruits have reported to the
Sd WAC Training Center here. They
are:
Susis M. Holmes, 6313 Powhatan
street, Riverdale, Md; Mary E
Davis, Kansas Hall, Arlington
Farms, Va; Army J. Afford, 1414
Massachusetts, avenue NV; Mil
dred M. Baker, 1920 Saratoga ave-
nue. NE: Margaret r. Bane, 3435
Fourteenth street NV; Elizabeth
M. Bickford, Barton Hall. West Po-
tomac Park; Mary A. Gleeson, 827
Fourth street NE; Sue Levitch
1920 Ontario road NV; Solveie
Medina, 1917 North Rhodes street
Arlington; Elizabeth L. Nixon, 142C
Saratoga avenue NE; Mary G
Preece, 3404 Fulton street NV;
Corretta M. REYNOLDS, 311 South
Washington street, Alexandria,
Florence Scharf. 1927 r street NV;
Wilma Stanley, 615 Fern place NV;
Annetta L. Taylor, 40 Plattsbure
court NV; Virginia E. Tinsman
1884 I street NV; Valerie A. Van
der Heyden, 1902 Nebraska avenue
NV; Juanita r. Walsh, 1908 Chill
lum road, Chillum, Md; Dorothy E
Will, 534 Necessity street, Cumber.
land, Md; Camille L. Wilson, Alcott
Hall, West Potomac Park; Mary A
Young, Ambassador Hotel; Teress
A. zanazzo, Barton Hall, West Po.
tomac Park; Elinor M. Buehler, 214:
F. street NV.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
SiciIions Mistake
Sergt. Howard for
GermonFIyer

Staff Sergt. Fred s. Howard, sc
Elm avenue, Takoma Park, Md, was
hailed as a hero. he thought, when
the residents of the Sicilian village
near which he had bailed out of hi,
BIS bomber turned out to watch
him walk down their main street.
Disillusionment was right at the
end of the road, however, the ser.
geant said recently at the AAF Re.
distribution Station in Atlantic City
N. j. The local jail-at the enc
of the street-was his destination.
They thought was Nazi flyer,
Sergt. Howard ruefully recalled.
II was wearing my khakis and 9
green cap, and the only other Amer.
ican soldiers these natives had seer
all wore ODs. My uniform looked
so much like that worn by German
flyers they thought sure I was one
of the hated enemy. 1t took a lot
Of talking for me to get out of that
one"
The sergeant, who has flown 81
missions as B-25 bombardier, par
ticipated in the bombing of the Cas-.
sino Abbey and said the B-25s did q
particularly accurate job there.
He recalled that the tail gunne,
of his plane got a post card from
his pastor back home, advising hin
to visit Casino If he could. tn,
day before the arrival of the cart
the gunner had flown in the RAFT
which wiped the abbey of the map
Evening star., 1944-08-06

Two Washington girls who landed
with the first WAC contingent in
France are Corpl. Ruth R. Clarke,
1924 S street Sc, and Pfc. Arvilla
johnson, 2109 F street NV.
The detachment, composed chiefly
of secretaries and communications
personnel, is housed in tents in the
center of spreading apple orchard
Although their camp is well behind
the battle lines, the WACS are COM
pletely equipped for the field, in
cluding picks and shovels to dig slit
trenches If necessary.
Nancy Clayton Wilson, 81, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Wilson,
3601 North Fourteenth street, Ar
lington, Va, was sworn into the
WAVES here last week. A graduate
of George Washington University
where she was vice president of the
senior class, Miss Wilson will report
to the Naval Reserve Midshipmen' s
School, Northampton, Mass, August
"a for her basic indoctrination.
IOWA STATE TEACHERS COL
LEGE-Della E. BLY,, 1431 Columbia
road NV, and Kathleen L. Jones
1907 Taussig place NE. recently
were graduated as yeomen, third
class, from the Naval Training
School here.
Three WAVES who recently com.
pleted training at the Naval Re.
serve Midshipmen's School, North
ampton, Mass, were commissioned
ensigns: Nancy Reynolds Torlin.
ski, daughter of Capt. and Mrs
Evening star., 1944-08-06
DC. Infantryman ellis
OF Paratroop Rescue

Corpl. Bernard w. Lorence, 26, o1
Washington, an automatic rifleman
with an infantry unit which landed
In Normandy on D-day, told the
story of how his company came to
the rescue of 20 American para
troopers who were hemmed in by
strong enemy fire.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Lorence, 2515 Twenty-secend street
NE, the corporal is recovering from
shrapnel wounds of the arm and leg
at United States Army hospital ir
England, according to q dispatch
from European theater of opera
tions headquarters.
That night the unit crossed the
flooded marshlands, set up in the
already captured town of st. Mere
Eglise, where they captured 20 Nazi.
and / Polish girl.
I'VE fought our way to an area thai
was being attacked by strong enemy
forces" Corpl. Lorence said. "Oul
paratroopers were holding on and
we fought along side Of them. After
q days fighting, we captured ovel
80 prisoners. The remainder were
killed or fed"
The following day, American artil-
lery wiped out seven pillboxes that
menaced the advancing troops
Corpl. Lorence and his company
mopped up.
"I'll never forget the scene Of
more than $50 French civilians who
came into our bivouac area waving
all kinds Of flags. They were so glad
to see Us, they wept," the rifleman
recalled. I'VE brought them back to
the command post and locked them
up. We took every precaution for
security"
On the nth day Of fighting, Ger
man artillery opened up and Corpl
Lorence was hit by shell fragments
from an D. He was Immediately
Evening star., 1944-08-06

-. paid JdpS back double.
other direct hits on point
targets on Jap-held Jaluit, Wolfe,
Mile and Maloelap. His latest was
on a coastal defense gun on Taroa
In the Maloelap atol.
Commenting on this success, Capt.
Jacobs remarked:
1T was one of those days in which
I felt 'hot'-the feeling that I just
couldn't miss. And I had the rare
pleasure of seeing my bomb hit.
Usually. we can't see our bombs hit
we're so intent on pulling out"
Bursts Often Too Close.
The 26-year-old captain has seen
enemy antiaircraft bursts right in
front of the nose" so often that he
said that each is like flicking a
match to light cigarette" 1t be-
comes that routine, although feel
ing of apprehension persists each
dive.
Capt. Jacobs comes from an "all
service" family. His father, a 1906
Naval Academy graduate, now is a
captain on duty in the Naval Hydro
graphic Office in Washington: a
brother, Pfc. Nicholas, 10, is with
the marines on Saipan and a sister,
Anne, is Navy ensign.
Capt. Jacobs wife lives with his
parents at 1911 Rowland place NV,
Washington, D. c. She is the for
mer Mary Riols of Charleston, S. C..
Evening star., 1944-08-06

strange lands, strange people and
places that I once thought were ro-
mantle. Now I laugh at that old
belief.
1--WE seen starving people-walk-
ing death. I've given my last drop
Of water to Burmese who have been
driven from their precious bamboo
huts by the Japs, and I know the
terror in their eyes when they are
trying to find a place OF refuge
all the while with no food or drink.
II know the thoughts that &c
through a mans mind when sc
calibers blast out in warning of an
air raid. And know that no mar
will return quite like he was; that
war does things to one that nothine
else can; that a man becomes hard
ened and skeptical, not because hi
wants to, but because he has had sc
many disappointments. And know
that in spite of this a man becomes
more appreciative, more easy going
and gentler.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Veteran D. c. Flyer
Awarded Commission

James E. Morgan, formerly Of
1920 N street NV, aerial gunner
on a Liberator, has been awarded
a commission as second lieutenant
in the Army, according to release
from an 9Th Air Force Liberator
station in England.
A veteran of Is combat missions
over Germany and occupied Europe,
he saw action with his group in
the Middle East, Africa and Euro
pean theater of operations. He
participated in the record low-level
bombing attack on the Ploesti oil
field last August and was on the
assault to Wiener Neustadt from
bases in North Africa. He holds the
Distinguished Flying Cross with one
cluster and the Air Medal with
three clusters.
1t. Morgan was employed as a
motorman for Capital Transit Co.
for year.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
1t. Mercurio Flies P-38
Behind Germun Lines

Second 1t. Elmer L. Mercurio. son
Of Mrs. Ralph Mercurio, 1855 Fort
Davis place Sc, and husband OF
Mrs. Kathleen Mercurio, 2lo8 Thir-
ty-first place Sc, has been flying
a P-38 Lockheed Lightning fighter
plane on high-level bombing mis-
sions behind the German lines, &C
cording to an AAF dispatch from
England.
The 9Th Fighter Command group
with which 1t. Mercurio flies was
the hrst operational P-38 group
in England and was the first Amer
ican unit to make q combat flight
over Berlin.
The Lightning can carry up to
2,000 pounds of bombs and release
them from more than 10000 feet
with precision technique. Once the
bombs are released the Lightning
becomes . fighter and ICONS down
to attack with guns and cannons
blazing.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Col. SchiIdroth Defies
Flying Bullets 10 Get
Two Attacks Moyinq

HE just doesn't seem to worry
about enemy IRE, but walks right
into 1t. There Is just one thing that
he Is concerned about. az,d that Is
getting the attack going and killing
the Germans" the driver Of Col.
William N. Schildroth's peep said.
Col. Schildroth, whose home Is at
27l4 Seventeenth street NE, Il
commander Of q regiment in the
|34th Infantry Division in Italy.
In one instance, Col Schildroth
was observing the advance assault
near Lanuvio from an observation
post about 800 yards behind the
lire of departure, according to q
War Department release.
The infantry pushed forward only
a short distance before being pinned
down by heavy enemy fire. Col.
Schildroth saw that the tank de-
stroyers which were supposed to be
supporting the attack were not in
the most advantageous position.
The attack was unable to progress.
Does the Job Himself.
Unable to contact the foot troops
who were In desperate need Of ar
mored support, the colonel said: II
will go out myself and see that they
get into the right position"
Getting into his peep, Col Schil-
droth drove ont 200 yards beyond
the foremost infantry elements
approximately 1000 yards from his
observation post. The whole road
was under direct enemy observation
and was being shelled constantly
with IT'S and 88s.
HE reached the tank destroyers
and, in full view Of the enemy, he
personally co-ordinated the attack
Of the destroyers with the infantry.
On the return trip I saw one SO
shell land 10 yards in front OF his
peep and one land 10 yards behind.
I wouldn't have done what he did
for a thousand dollars" another
observation ofIicer reported.
Leads Men Is Yards.
Two days later Col. Schildroth
was again observing the progress OF
the attack near Lanuvio.
For some reason the attacking
companies were not moving forward
and had stopped on the top of a
knoll in a wheat field" the onicer
said. Determined to get the attack
moving again, Col. Schildroth got In
his peep and drove right into the
field up to the company.
Il saw him going up the road
which had been under heavy fire all
day and he was drawing plenty of
fire. There also was heavy fire on
the forward elements when he got
there. Turning my glasses over
there, observed the colonel stand
ing out in front Of the company"
Other witnesses said that with the
machine-gun bullets reaping the
wheat about him, Col Schildroth
led the company for about IS yards.
Seeing that the advance was again
under way, he returned to his peep
and left for the observation post.
Evening star., 1944-08-06

Il have seen the sun rise and set
on two oceans and have seen the
magnificent peaks of the Himalayas
from a giant airplane. know what
it means to sit alone on q hilltop
and think Of things near and dear
to a mans heart when he Is $4,000
miles from home-fighting = war
"And know the American soldier
has q, cheerfulness, courageolisdess,
pride and belief in his buddies; a
carefree, dont-give-a-damn, wise
cracking attitude that will live for
ever and show TOTO, Hitler and any
one else who wants to know that 1t
Is a hell Of a blunder to fool with
the United States.
Most Of all, though, know there
is nothing like having loved ones at
home, who want you back as much
as you want to come back. And we
WILSON"
Sergt. Cockrill, who is 20 now
was graduated from Western High
School in February. 1943.