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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
ARMY HELMETS
CROWN DETROIT
IA HAT LEADER
q 0NllKVMVR 9OOTE

UMaAna Pres staff Correspondent
Detroit, Reb. Se-(UPl=The new
cot IA hat designs IN this automotive
capital Isn't Lily DachO model but
. COPY named the Invasion spe-
clal" IT'S practical, but the 1914
model WIN become the most-worn
ehapoau' IN the hat industry this
year.
ThO ',Spocial" e none other than
the Manganese steel helmet used on
Allied battlefronts and produced on
assembly lines In Detroit. what It
lacks In Dach0 originality, Il
amends BY durability and safety
for Is wearer.
Detroit, long . volume producer
Of automobiles, took on the produce
ton Of q. 8. Army helmets with the
same scientific certainty that car
factories turned to tank, airplane
and other vital war production.
Millions Of the steel hats now are
pouring off assembly lines ct Nc
Cord Radiator Co., worlds largest
manufacturer Of servicemen's head.
gear.
At the beginning Of the war,
Army engineers debated how to inn
prove the tin helmet Of World War
I. The tin hat was too shallow,
Too flimSy and sat too high on the
head to be protection in hand-to-
nand combat.
Experiments resulted In the new
World war II manganese steel he'll
net, made Of the same steel used for
railway switches and plowshares. It
covers a mans head down to his
ears, yet rests comfortably and
lightly because Of q specially
signed inside webbing, known as
suspension"
Army engineers perfected process
ses for the steel itself but the giant
press which shapes the helmet was
set up by McCord engineers. The
nat steel, sent into o large punch
die inside q ring-hold die, produc-
cs two helmets ct each stroke OF
the machine. A spanking" press
bends and shapes the visor and an
olive drab pigment Is sprayed on.
From start to finish, there are q
operations but only "a minutes are
required to turn the flat piece Of
steel into the most popular 1914
hat style for men.
Women pick their hats by 1ntu-
ition. But the man In the foxhole
has his hat picked for him. Before
he wears It, the helmet withstands
the impact Of 45-caliber bullet
1s~nA ~ ~lSv-Fnnk popOa r. a1en fg
subjected to shrapnel barrages.
The American doughhoy probab-
~ has put the steel disc to more
uses than Its designers thought pos
sible. Files at McCord list SO diff
ferent ingenious uses for the hell
met. And the servicemen have re-
ported they use them for everything
from q pan for boiling eggs to q
shovel for digging foxholeS and as
machete for swinging on the
enemy's neck during commando
raids, ,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

activities for which we are respon-
sible at home and abroad. How i'm
measurably has the value Of a
Christian world been emphasized by
the attacks Of sheer paganislnl In
China reborn, in q regenerated ia
pan, in the Near East and India
solving their ancient problems, In
an America seeking to eliminate all
denials Of Christian democracy, may
Gods will be done through us. And
there will continue to be special
tasks Of relief for war torn lands
towards which our philanthropy and
god will have gone out IN the war
years. All Of these enterprises, old
and new, claim our support to the
full measure Of our power.
Hold fast that which is good"
A past as rich as that Of our free
churches should never be lost. The
liberties and freedoms bought at q
great price ought never to be
bartered for mere numbers and ef-
ficiency, especially In day when
the ideals of democracy are conse-
Grated by boundless sacrifice. Our
fault has sometimes been failure to
appreciate, never has 1t been too
highly to exalt our heritage. But
New occasions teach new duties.
The world Of our sons will not be
that OF our fathers. Let 1t find US
unafraid Of new ventures. We march
to the challenge Of the words to the
leader OF old, Speak unto the chill
dren, that they go forward"
without presuming to assume the
role Of prophet, DR.. Blanchard VEN
lures q word on the days ahead.
1--WE are not likely to have q decade
of frenzied recklessness and rebel
lion against all conventions such as
came after the last war. This time
the peril has been too great, the
cost Of def ling priceless posses.
slons Of the spirit to heavy. shall
we find In the return to peace a
sober mood? II so, how immense
may be the influences Of religion
For such Q task may Its ministers
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

midas famous tomb. the Tai
Mahal. Is more richly adorned with
precious stones than any other
building In the world.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
.1EAPrNG" TORPEDO

During World War I, torpedo
fred at O German U-boat jumped
out Of the water just as 1t was about
to strike, slid across the deck Of the
submarine. and dropped harmless
" on the other side.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

be prepared. In It's performance
may they know Gods grace abun
dainty"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
ALLIED STOCKPILE
FOR INVASION

Photos Show EnsIond as Vest WoFehouss
Of M0tsTioI, Some to Accompany. Some
To Follow, Invasion Army Into Europe
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500 woodward. Al seward MA SAP
LEARN modern bsrbering In an inter.
national affiliated school day. evening
riatsey Call write phone for inf0r
nation Greene'E Barrier Colege $50
ALrHIrnu "a q01A
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LIBERAL REWARD

TLADYs diamond wrist watch los, ss-.
|prcAy Reward. 1000 Evergreen
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SPECIAL NOTICES
ITfOo WYOMING no =
TRADE SCHoOLS--MkLE

ACETYLENE ARC WELDERS
BODY fender repair inspector. blueprint
reading drafting. Diesci
WOLVERINE SCHOOL 400 " FORT
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Deatb notires

IECKHOLD-Dec. is. Alffed j.. 1883
.estphalia. beloved husband Of Gather
be Welsch Beckhold. dear father Of
ssUi s snS ST.Sl Nh Fa as si MSS
|unersl Home. i3o5T Gratiot. and 0
m. at Assumption Grotto Church.
buRAU-Dec. 10, Katherine: beloved
kife- Of William mother Of Harold
nd William il grandmother OF
s i%%s sna Waiter isisI s.ss Fa as,i
|ersiee TUESDAY. .. m. at reaidenes'
'ad Of Anna Of iis4 White lin
Park. dear father OF Mrs. Esther
ysmi.h o. Ronulus. Cpl Richard:
axes. Illinois, Ruth, David and Carol:
,ne brother, Noah. Of Port Huron. and
|ne gTandchild survive Funeral from
Nixon Funeral Chapel. 1882 Fort. LIN
oin Park.
ELLEHER-williAm beloved husband Of
tophia Grace dear father Of William.
ue sday at $50 a. m, at 81. Mary OF
kedtord Church at 10 a m
kR0Pf-Leah. age year: at Chicago.
airing bsby Of Charles ana Eaniee
Zee Voelker. and dear granddaughter OF
trs. OTTO voelker. Funeral from the
sns Funeral Home. sios Eaitlswn
.EMkE-AlexandeT died Dec. l3; dear
sther Of Mrs John Hiidebrandt aud
frs. Frank Hildebrandt also survived
y five grandchildren Funeral MONDAY
rom residence. 4ls7 81. Aubin,- A.
so o. m. and al ST. Albertus Church
10 q. m. Interment Mt. Olivet
eARcELLA--Joseph. beloved husband 81
cecilia, dear father of ceceiisn. dear
one. Funeral service al coour Bros
fortusry. Mack al Garland, Monday az
q. m. and 81. Bernsrd'S Church at o
m. Rosary sunday, 1880 .. m.
'iETRAsGELo-Dee. "a. 1914, An
pony Jr.. Corp. usMC. son OF Mr.
IND Mrs. Anthony Pietrangelo. brother
S Hr ssSs w sSSsd.n Fp Hs T fGS%
lay morning at is, and At 81
Anthuuy Church AZ 10 O'Clock
kCHMiDT-Dee IS, Bertha T., O; 1855
rennessee. beloved wife OF Phillip. dear
notheF Of SET Ralph u Army
Marvin and ArS. Beatrice BsrHssksa
i .oao. o. Mrs r Emma Lsngs. hrssmetis
Peters Funeral Home, i2o57 Gfstioi
Pntil 10 q. m. Tuesday. In state al
,essiAh Lutheran Church. lakewood art
kercheyal. from Tuesday. Il noon. unttl
frfe OF Srrvire, m
kfEMtsS-Drc. IS. Otto Of 1910 cnNrE
forth. husband OF the late wiihelminA
lear father Of Helen and Herbert gle
nsnn brother OF Mrs Emma Motel,
|irs. Minnie Pick ana Mrs. Alma Bird
|onR- grandfather OF three grandchildren
nd two great-grsndchildren Funeral
Monday, Is, from A. u Peters Funeral
Home i2O57 Cratlot, and ? o. m. a.
y. Paul Lutheran Church, Jay ana JoS
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MALE HELP WANTED

AvTo an. %sfh g. Win an one opp Of 70 Pc SG
dlrs,. good work cond Mr.. DOMAIN.
verHoyen chey Co. 1881 Van Dyke
AUTOMOBILE mechanic = Available
under ~. NJ {. for feet maintenance.
union wages. Shell on Co. foot OF
Deacon St see Mr. Harrington.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
Dr.. Hastings Heard
At First Christian

DR.. J. Warren Hastings of Wash
ington, D. c., who is in Wilmington
for week Of services, delivered
his first sermon last night at the
First Christian church.
DR.. Hastings text was Nehemia
GIL - would such man as I
flee" He said in part, Gin the pow
err of Christ men must learn to
stand upon their feet, and show the
world what they are standing for
-. Christ reveals unto us and re-
leases for us the tremendous pow
ers OF our personalities if
Christ is to win this world He will
do it because Of your efforts !.
In Christ a man finds power and
peace. Every man has a hero with
in and in Christ he has the hero
within himself released The
greatest undeveloped power in the
world is spiritual Christ can
win if we will help Him He
will forgive your sins and make
yours life Of power"
Special music was furnished for
the service by members of the
North Carolina Shipyard glee club
under the direction of Arthur
John.
At last nights service, Henri
Emurian was guest soloist.
DR.. Hastings will be in Whining
ton until this coming Friday
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
SOVIET FORCES
REPEL GERMANS

LONDON, Tuesday, June 6Llh-
A Russian counte--attack threw
back German forces in fierce
fighting Monday in the 1asl sec
tor of Romania, a Soviet communl-
DUE supplement said today. while
Red airmen pounded the railway
junction of Chisinau, destroying
much enemy transport and equip
meat.
The Germans, said the broad
cast communique, attacked with
fresh forces of infantry and tanks
in the continuing battle above
Iasi and succeeded in approach
ing our positions but a counter
blow threw them back"
In the days fighting the Nazis
lost Al tanks and 80 planes, Mos
cow said.
The Germans were reported to
have used self-propelled midget
tanks of the same type used with
mediocre results on the Anzio
bea chhead. The Russians said
most of the Observation-Disclosures
and explosive-filled vehicles wee
knocked out before even reaching
forward positions.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
War Labor Board
Members Appointed

ATLANTA, GA, June 5 a.
Appointment of 3 new members
of the fourth regional War Labo,
Board was announced today BY
Chairman M, T. Van Hecke.
Water R. Graere Of Griffin, Gs
and J. C. Lanier Of Greenvine,
were manned as industry repre-.
sentatives and John S. Martin Of
Chattanooga, Tenn, was named
as an A. F. of L. member re.
presenting labor.
Graefe is connected with hte Pc.
mona Products Company, packing
and food professors, and is chair.
man of the legislative committee
of the national Gamers association.
Lanier, an attorney, is executive
secretary of the Leaf Tobacco Elk,
porters Association of America,
Martin is Southeastern represen.
tative of the international Ladies
Garment Workers Union, (AFL)
-V-
Coal is formed by the decompo-
sition of vegetable matter under
conditions of moisture and in many
cases of increased heat and pres.
sure.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
IT. JOHN FULLER
REPORTED KILLED

LUMBERTON, June S - T h
War department has notified the
family of 1t. John Coltrane Fuller,
Jr., Is, of Lumberton, pilot of a
B-24 Libertor who had previously
been reported missing in action,
that he was killed on mission
over Yugoslavia on April 2.
1t. Fuller was with the 18th air
force and was flying missions from
an Italian base at the time his
plane was lost. He left San Fran
cisco last January 81 and was In
Africa about two weeks before go
ing to Italy.
Lieut.. Fuller volunteered for
service in October 1941, at Camp
Callan, San Diego, Calf. coming
from Los Angeles, where he had
been in business about four years
psior to that time. After training
at various fields throughout the
country, he received his wings at
Laiunta, Colo, on April IL, l943.
He 1eW HIS OWII OoiiAoSA SAA "
of ten men to Africa early this
year.
He was a graduate of Lumber
ton high school and =. OF Randolph
Macon academy, and attended the
University of North Carolina and
Strayer Business college in Wash
ington, D. c.
Last November 16 he was mar
ried to Miss Marilyn Wissler OF
Chillicothe. Ohio, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John
C. Fuller, his parents in Lumber
ton since February.
Other survivors are two sisters,
Mrs. Edmund Berkeley of Roanoke
Rapids and Mrs. Clarence Nolan,
Jr., of Spartanburg, S. c. Two
brothers, Sgt. Charles Best Fuller,
stationed in England. and Sgt.
Donald Fuller, in New Guinea.
He was the grandson of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Fuller OF
Lumberton and Mr.. and Mrs. ].
M. Best of Goldsboro.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06

survive-will ultimately fall back
about $50 miles north of Rome,
the northern Apennine mountain
range provides a formidable bar
rier. At Nc point short of that
will they find a natural defense line
comparable to the shattered Hitler
and Gustav lines.
Beyond a doubt, the Nazis will
fight any number Of delaying &C.
tons as they fall back and will re-
tard the Allied advance with elabo-
rate demolitions.
The capture of Rome did little
to alter the situation as far as
aerial operations is concerned,
other than to provide additional
bases for operations of the Tactical
iair force.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
ESCAPED CONVICT
HELD IN MURDER

RALEIGH, June 5 -,s AN
gro identified as an escaped ~
Wet, James Taylor, wanted in ~.
nection with the fatal SHOOTING
Constable John L. Taylor ma,
Wake Forest May 30, was arrs.t' a,
in Richmond Va, this aftsrr..
according to Richmond Detectiv.
Chief 0. D. Carton.
The shooting occurred when ~.
stable Taylor and a Waks I'm Son,
policeman went to make sn 0'e :;
vestigation concerning the alien III ~,
rape Of a Negro girl. The Ma
wanted in connection with es sso
shooting and the rape was ider nj.
fled by W. P. Whitley, hesS s'' u.
the city-county bureau Of idsn u 81
cation as James Taylor, aho".
As years of age and had hs.'
the object of a weeks sea~cs zen s
city county, and state officials v
James Taylor's record shom.,
Whitley said, that he had esc y".a,
last August from the state prison rpi -
richmond, Va, and that h. b,s
been tried in Virginia for assam" 1u
larceny and housekeeping.
Chief Carton said the man iders.
lied as James Taylor was arrss s,,
in Richmond within five hour, <,
ter his office received a looko W.T.
notice from Raleigh. Taylors case
said Wake County Sheriff N =
Turner, would probably 20 befor.
the grand jury here tomorrow
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
Cleveland County
Hit By Hail Storm

SHELBY, June 5 II Heavy
damage was done by a hail storm
near here yesterday afternoon, a
storm characterized by old resi-
dent as the worst in the history
of Cleveland county.
Principal damage was done in
the vicinity of Polk%ille, MetcaR,
and Waco. At least 500 acres Of
cotton were wiped out, many other
acres severely damaged, some
wheat beaten down, and three cows
were killed by lightning.
No official estimate of the none
tary loss was available.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
POTATO CEILING
PRICES RAISED

WASHINGTON, June 5-RH
Ceiling prices for early 1914 po-
tatoes were increased toexy 20
cents per hundred pounds for the
rest of this month, through an Of
flee of Price Administration order
effective in all states except Cali
fornia and Arizona.
The action, under which the IN
crease in growers prices may be
passed on to the consumer, was
taken to permit growers to recoup'
to some extent, losses suffered be-
cause of bad weather conditions,
OPA said.
The action may result in an in
crease to the housewife OF about
one fourth of cent a pound, II
was estimated.
At the same time and also
for the rest of this month only,
the minimum diameter OF
potatoes was reduced from one
and seven-eights inches to one and
one-half inches to qualify for the
ceiling on u. S. number one grade
potatoes. This ruling will eliminate
a previous price differential be-
tween the U. S. number one grade
and the "size b. potatoes.
Earlier today Southern potato
growers urged congress to direct
the OPA to adjust price ceilings
on perishable fresh fruits and cell
ings when necessary to prevent
hardship to producers "as is now
the case with white potatoes and
other crops"
At meeting preliminary to con-
ferences on potato price ceilings
with War Food Administration
and OPA officials tomorrow, the po-
tato grower representatives assert
ed in formal resolutions that con-
tinuation Of "inflexible, rigid con-
troll would enevitably reduce pro-
duction and cause appalling loss
to agricultural producers and wide
spread bankruptcy"
With the 1914 crop prospect re-
duced to about so per cent of nor
NAL by unfavorable planting and
growing conditions, the resolutions
said, the cost of growing, harvest
ing, grading and marketing the
crop would amount to $4.33 100
pounds. OPA ceilings have been
announced at 1928 from June l to
June 15, and $40 from June 16
to June 80.
Changing yield prospects, the
resolution said, certainly indicate
the necessity of having flexibility
inthe price ceiling structure so
that ceilings can be adjusted to
meet general crop conditions.
Otherwise hardship to producers
will result and inevitably lead to
shortage of food supplies.
'In fact" the resolutions added
price control in our opinion can
be more readily maintained at
reasonable levels by placing a
ceiling high enough to largely off
set crop hazards. This ives
an incentive to production and
large production by virture OF its
own weight will maintain reason
able price levels"
The resolutions argued that "un-
fair'' ceilings such as those i'm
posed on potatoes served only to
encourage "black market" opera.
tons.
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SOLDIERS GIVEN
GREAT WELCOME
Continued from Page One)


vancing from the east continued to
meet stubborn opposition, particu'
larly northeast of Valmontone,
where the Germans were fighting
in fixed mountain defense posi-
tons. The enemy had been driven
completely out of the Sacco valley
claring the towns of Fiuggi, Pig.
lilo, Paliano, Guarcino and Cave.
Palestrina was seized by Allied
troops yesterday.
The British were encountering
demolitions on a major scale, and
an Allied spokesman said the Ital-
ian villages they were being fore
ed to storm were perched on rocky
eminences several hundred feet
high. The Nazis had mined all the
approaches, and covered the
roads with heavy fire.
British loops on the coastal flank
of the Allied advance pressed to
within six miles of the Tiber river
below Rome. Hopes Of trapping
the entire German force in this
sector appeared to be bright, as
few bridges over the Tiber were
available to them. An Allied drive
from Rome to the coast would seal,
their line Of retreat.
Push Through Hills
Fifth army troops pushing
through the Alban Hills captured
the towns of Gottaferrata, Marine
and Genzano and byppassed some
enemy pockets of resistance. AS
evidence Of the disorganization of
the German forces in that area 1t
was disclosed that 377 prisoners
taken at Velletri represented 50
different companies.
Burned-out German combat We
hicles in the streets of Rome
offered abundant evidence that the
enemy turned the Eternal City into
battle ground yesterday, at least
to the extent of fighting a delaying
action from block to block.
Some inhabitants reported that
the enemy mounted guns on the
roof OF the Basilica of Saint John
Lateran, which is Vatican extrater-
ritorial property, but this was not
officially confirmed.
The Romans look thinner than
they did before the war, but they
were very happy today and there
was no doubt they were glad to
see the Americans, and to be de-
livered from the Germans. There
was no special guard around the
Vatican.
(I1 a broadcast to the Italian
people, Mussolini appealed to them
people, Mussolini appealed to them
to make life as hard as possible"
for Allied troops and assured them
that "our will is not broken.")
It is enerany assumed that the
GermAns-what numbers OF them
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
Text OF Presidents Address

need to try to conquer the
lands of their people in order
to find the breath Of life. Other
peoples may not want to be
conquered.
Make Good Citizens
In the past, Italians have
come ny the millions to the
United States. They have been
welcomed, they have prosper
ed, they nave become good
citizens, community and gov
ernmental 1eaoers. They are
+. not Italian Americans. They
are neutrality-suspicious. Of
Italian descent.
Italians have gone in great
numbers to the other Ameri-
cas-Brazil and the Argentine,
for examp:e-and to many 9TH
err nations in every continent
Of the world. giving of their
industry and their talents, and
achieving success and the
comfort of good living.
Italy should go on as a great
mother nation, contributing to
the culture and progress and
good will of all mankind-and
developing her special talents
in the arts, crafts, and scienc-
es, and preserving her historic
and cultural heritage for the
benefit of all peoples.
We want ana expect the
help of the future Italy toward
lasting peace. AL the other
nations opposed to Fascism and
Nazism should help give Italy
chance.
The Germans, after years Of
domination in Rome, left the
people in the eternal city on
the verge Of starvation. We and
the British will do everything
we can to bring them relief.
Anticipating the fall of Rome,
we made prepsratiins to ship
food supplies to the city, but it
should be borne in mind that
the needs are so great and
the transportation requirements
of our armies so heavy that
improvement must be gradual.
We have alread begun to save
the lives of the men, women
and children of Rome.
Example Of Efficiency
This is an example of the
efficiency Of your machinery
of war. The magnificent ability
and energy of the American
people is growing the crops,
building the merchant ships,
making and collecting the car
goes, getting the supplies over
thousands of miles of water,
and thinking ahead to meet
emergencies-all this spells, l
think, an amazing efficiency
on the part of our armed for
ces, all the various agencies
working with them, and Am
erican industry and labor as
a whole.
No great effort like this can
be a hundred per cent perfect,
but that batting average is very
very high.
1 extend the congratulations
and thanks Of the American
people to General Alexander,
who has been in command Of
the whole Italian operation; to
General Clark and General
Leese of the Fifth and the
. Eighth armies; to General Will
son, the supreme Allied COM
mander of the Mediterranean
theater, and General Devers
his American deputy; to Gen.
eral Eaker; to Admiral Cum
ningham and Hewitt; and to all
May God bless them and
their brave officers and men.
watch over them and over all
Of our gallant, fighting men.