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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-18
s75,l1o Spent By Health
 Department

A total of SIS, ,110.54 was expended by the city's health department dur ing the past fiscal year for the maintenance of the health of Wa terbury's. population, the latter esti- mated at between 107,00O and 109, 900.
 The figures were revealed in the annual report of the city's health board made public today by city health officer pr. E. J. Godfrey and covering the fiscal period from August 1943 to August 1924.
 Recommendations made in the annual report include the urgent need for securing suitable and ade- quate quarters for the housing of both the administrative office and the Bureau of Vital Statistics"
 As reported here previously con- sideration had been given by local authorities to the establishment of a health center" at the now idle Begna1 school in Brooklyn. Mean time however the Largay Brewing Company has entered a bid with the city for purchase of the latter site. Also to be included within the recommendations is the re- placement of the present "open-air" school now located at Croft school which under tentative plans was to be included within plans for the Begnal school.
 Other recommendations include:
 Through recent activities of the board of education there has been brought to light the necessity for revising the program for the care and education of ''malnourished" and "underweight" children as well as those recuperating from acute diseases. It is suggested that some plan be effected to replace the present open-air classes. An im- portant factor in an anticipated revision is the need for new and adequate quarters so that addi- tional children who need this care, but are unable to secure same be- cause of lack of proper and com plete facilities, may be included.
 Proper Housing
 The matter of proper housing sug- gested last year still presses for solution. It would seem that in- ability to secure materials and supplies constitute the major req r (Continued on Page 9
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6 ARMIES IN VICTORY NOW
 OFFENSIVE
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press War Correspondent


 United Press. War Correspondent
 Paris, November 19. - (UP) = T. Gen. George s. Patton's American 3rd Army, pacing five other Allied armies in a mighty victory now" offensive along a 400- mile front, crashed into Ger many near the Luxembourg border and launched a great climatic assault on tn e French fortress city of Metz today.
 The American 1st and 9th armies, already inside Ger many on a 20-mile front on both sides of Aachen, pound ed eastward across the Co., logne plain within 28 miles of the Rhine river against Stiffening enemy resistance.
 At the southern end of the front, the French 1st army captured the enemy stronghold of Montbeliard and plunged into the historic Bel- fort gap within 25 miles of the Rhine and Bavaria.
 British 2nd army forces, holding down the northern sector, cleared the west bank of the Maas river be- fore Roermond in southeast Holland and carved out two bridgeheads across the derivation or Zig canal to raise anew threat to Venlo, IA miles northeast of Roermond.
 Patton's VanguardS pushed across the border into Germany's Saar basin in the vicinity of Perl, one mile inside the Reich near the june tion of the French, Luxembourg and German borders.
 Front dispatches did not make it clear immediately whether the 3rd army yet had crossed the frontier in strength. However, strong forces of both tanks and infantry were within few miles of Germany all along Emile front south of Perl yesterday.
 Perl lies eight miles northeast of Koenigsmacher, where the 3rd army crossed the Moselle for a drive into the Saar earlier this week, and 30 to 85 miles south of the American l (Contii11Ied ,on Papa 0l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-18
Gifts Pour In For Big Christmas"
 Tomorrow For Little Doomed Boy

phone, a miniature church with chimes that ring and blue music box that looks like a radio and "televises" images on 8 tiny screen as it plays.
 Also in the crate was a miniature army camp and soldiers to fill it. NubbinS knows about the war. He knows that Hitler is "bad" and that our planes will Inake him sorry.
 All day yesterday the poStman, the special delivery carrier, the par eel poStman, telegraph boy and ex- press truckman pounded the side walk to the Hoffman house bearing packages, letters, money orders, telegrams, crates and boxes to make Nubhins' early Christmas unforget- table.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-18
Nozis Fight Desperately
BY HENRY T. GORRELL United Press War Correspondent

United Press War CorrespOndent)
 With American Infantry, in Hurt gen Forest, Nov 17-(UP)-Th Germans, supported by the great est concentration of artillery and mortars encountered since D-Day, are using every trick in the military deck in defense of their homeland.
 Their tactics have made the bat tie of Hurtgen forest toe-to-toe slugfeSt-the grimmest struggle yet with no holds barred. And it prob ably will be some days before the outcome is in sight.
 Behind heavy Qualifications in- cluding accordion-Shaped loops Of barbed wire, the enemy is cleverly using his available artillery and mortars in the most vulnerable spots.
 These accordions have to bo blown up by hand. Then when our infantry moves forward, the Ger mans pour in gunfire from almost every tree.
 All day long this grim struggle BOCo OA1 All CAAC 0C1CAAoC tAkAC 4Q4GotO southeast of Stolberg. The American gains can be measured in yards rather than miles, and we are pay- ing for every yard.
 Time and again the doughboyD have gained ground in the woods only to be pinned down by heavy enemy fire and then counter-at- tackled before they can consolidate.
 Suicide Tactics
 The Germans are using suicide tactics in desperate effort to halt the drive. In one counter-attack alone, all but nine of the German contingent were killed. The rest were taken prisoner and confirmed that their orders had been to stand or die.
 A good number of my old friend1 from this famous infantry outfit have been killed or wounded in the last hours. one lieutenant Cole
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Of death. Nubbins knew only one thing. and he learned that when his black and white mongrel, Parky, was run over by a bus. His mother, Mrs. Marshall H. Hoffman, told him that Parky had gone to sleep and wasn't going to wake up any more.
 When Nubbins awakeS tomorrow, he'll find Parky's successor, @ black cocker spaniel with Merry Christi mas gift tag on its collar. The dog was to be gift from Robert Fur nish, a Union Pacific co-worker with NubbinS' father.
 Sometime today a crate of toys and other gifts for Nubbins will ar- rive by air from the Miami Daily News. The newspaper sent him 8 toy plane Nubbins can identify dozens of ffe-size aircraft a xylo-
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Netyus or [Connectic:ut

Stratford, Conn, Nov. IS - (U. P0 - Police today grappled In Housatonic river for the body of a man tentatively identified as Wii- liam c. Hamilton, 32, Bridgeport medically discharged infantry ma- for. and former employe of Chase National Bank of New York.
 The man was seen to drive an automobile halfway across Merritt Parkway bridge Friday, park the car and jump into the river, 125 feet below. The automobile was register ed in Hamilton'S name and his mother, Mrs. Catherine Hamilton, reportedly told police her son had left home in the car.
 Police said Hamilton entered the army in 1941 as private and was discharged last August.
 Wilimantic, Conn, Nov. IS = GU. P.) - Police were holding Herbert Gillette, Columbia, today, on a tech- nical charge in connection with the death of William P. Burke, 58, Co., lumbia farmland, who was fatally injured when he was struck by an automobile driven by Gillette Thurs day night. Burke was a native of Winchendon, Mass, and lived III Columbia about 20 years.
 Washington, Nov. 18-(UP)-Rob- ert Doellner, Manchester, instruc- tor at Hartford School of Music. today held $1,000 first prize as the North American winner of the first Western Hemisphere Strong Quartet Competition sponsored by the Washington Chamber Music Guild in cooperation with RCA Vic- tor.
 Doellner's String Quartet No. 1" will have premier performance by the Chamber Music Guild quartet at one of it's regular Washington concerts this season.
 Diellner studied violin with Leo- pold Auer and composition with Cecil Burleigh, and has had works performed by the Rochester Civic orchestra and the Hartford Sym phony orchestra. He said he would invest his prize money in war boncs.
 Latin Americana winner of the competition was M. Camargo Guar nieri, Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor,
 East Haven, Nov. 18-(UP)-No injuries occurred here last night when g train crashed Into an auto-
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By JUD DIXON
ny SOO OA<AOEN United Press Staff Correspondent

NOAASO0 A AOoS 0StsAA ANVAkGoEUAANACAASl
 Cheyenne, Wyo.. Nov. 18-(UP)- Three-year-old Forrest Nubbins Hoffman. his cowlick freshly bar bered, heard 'The Night Before Christmas" from his mothers lips for the first and perhaps last time today while he-and the nation waited for an airborne santa Claus with @ bag full of trimmings for 8 special tree.
 Incurably ill from a bladder ail- ment, Nubbins didn't know that for him alone of all the children in the world today was the day before Christmas. Nor did he know what 10 specialists knew-that he may not live until the next calendar Christmas.
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East Haven, Nov. 18-CUP)-No injuries occurred here last night when a train crashed into an auto-
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14
The Rest Of Ny Life With You

! asked, with spirit, what have you
been saying TO Elizabeth - about
me, that is ?"
Nothing" said Matthew, and re-
marked that the steak was over
done.
Judith refrained from replying
that he had been later than he ex-
pected for dinner and had not tele-
phoned. There must be something.
saw her today" she persisted.
He shook his dark head. -It's
your imagination. Aren't Sam and
Hilda coming in for contract, dar-
lingl That's good. / hope I'm not
called out. I've had a pretty tough
day, and I'm dog tired"
She said, 'I'll call the party OF
il you like, and you can go to bed
early. You know you never do when
they are here. You sit up and talk
until all hours after the last rub
ber."
"For Pete's sakel" he declared,
don't do that! 1t relaxes me-"
Judith thought: Well, that's that
l can't select my own friends or
even nay own time in which 10 have
a baby. And he won't talk about it.
That's the most maddening thing
Of all.
Matthew wouldn't. Yet later in
the summer he said casually, II
knew it would work out better IL
you didn't see so much Of Elizabeth
socially"
How do you mean, work out ?"
asked Judith. And by the way, it
was her doing, not mine"
ut was?" His brows drew to-
gether for a moment, then his face
cleared. "Well, she had more sense
than you. 1t doesn't mix, / tell you.
I've proved it too, think. You have
a hundred friends" he said care
lessly, and added smiling, (which
has been very good for business"
Judith said after a moment, 81
haven't recommended you - DR..
Norman-if that's what you mean"
very reprehensible," her hus-
band told her, unruffled. "Tt's part
of your job"
She said, after q moment, "And
you see these friends of mine pro-
fessionally E. Some of them socially,
now that we're going out more,
accepting more invitations. That
doesn't seem TO hamper you"
He looked at her with the utmost
astonishment- "It's quite differ
ent," he protested.
Howl"
Elizabeth" he explained short
ly, els an employee" He looked at
her, puzzled.
His wife asked, Matthew, must
you always have your way?"
"It's my way if it doesn't happen
to be yoursH How like a woman"
he told her.
That's logical enough" Judith
retorted. She added, II always
thought you were spoiled"
"Who spoiled mel"
"Your mother, first Of all" She
paused a moment, added briefly,
And, Of course, Irene"
He said, You're crazy. I've al
ways stood on my own feet. No
woman has had any inhuencs-ex-
cept you" he added, smiling ut her,
"and you have altogether too much"
Judith thought: Yes, of course.
! could fight this Elizabeth thing to
the finish with you, and win. And
the other, the more important, too
I'd use my one sure weapon -.
Ito be continued)
Copyright. lBtS. By FAITH Baldwin CuthsaaI
Distributed BY King Features syndieaLA Ina
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14

CHICAGO-INS - Mrs. Erna
Haupt, mother OF the executed Nazi
saboteur, Herbert Haupt, is to ap-
pear tomorrow before the Enemy
Alien Board which is expected to
order her internment Treason
charges against her were noile
pressed July % ~ Federal Judge
John P. Barnes on condition that
she surrender her citizenship and
be informed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14

WASHINGTON AP-A gallant
soldier and the song OF the flag he
fought for commemorate their
birth day. In the dawn off Fort
McHenry 1870 years ago, Francis
Scott Key wrote the words OF the
Star Spangled Banner" Today, at
81, General John ]. Pershing re-
viewed a war OF scant similarity
with the conflict OF 1s14.191S.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14
By Faith Baldwin

on the subject Of q child, Judith Mad
never mentioned it again. She could
not talk about il, even 10 Mary, but
once when they were lunching to-
gether Elizabeth said: "Peter's in
line for a better job. When he gets
it, if he does, I'll stop working and
have a baby" She looked gravely
at Judith. Elizabeth added. WON
en- are so foolish not 20 :. If they
can. It's 500 unfulhlling, other
wise"
Judith asserted. 81 know" so
berly.
Elizabeth had q moment Of clair
voyance: It's Matthew, she thought,
exaspersted, and no one in the world
would have the temerity TO point
out to him what . mistake he is
making.
Aloud, she said, judith, you
won't like hearing this and ] don't
like saying it but, it seems to me,
Matthews attitude toward me has
definitely changed"
Howl" asked Judith cautiously.
81 can't put my finger on it,"
Elizabeth said slowly, "but there's
something :. don't think he likes
our out-of-otfice-house association
-Nonsense!" protested Judith
vigorously, why shouldn't he?"
II don't know, but that's the way
he is" Matthews Office nurse an
swered. She sighed. "I've liked be-
ing with you so much. But wouldn't
for worlds help create a situation.
And also, on the frank and brutal
side, / must not jeopardiIe my job
l can't afford TO-"
Judith said, after q moment,
you're trying to tell me"
you know" Elizabeth inter
rvpted, without my telling you"
"But that's absurd" Judith told
her, flushed.
"Yet you haven't really denied 1t, }"
said Elizabeth shrewdly. you're far
too honest. You can't sit there over
your skinny salad and say with any
conviction that Matthew likes to
have his Office nurse and his wife
lunch together once a week or so,
or spend q Sunday together, or
make a foursome for dinner at each
others houses"
Matthew" asserted Judith, has
some very odd ideas. ] don't sub
scribe to them. And l don't intend
to have him dictate to me about my
friends"
an miss you," said Elizabeth
serenely, "but that's that. There's
no use making matters worse. We're
friends, and that remains. But If
Matthew believes it wise to run his
Office quite separately from his
home, and never the twain shall
meet and all that sort Of thing, it
is best, ] believe, to give in grace
fully. l don't suppose he'd really
make an issue of it, yet he could
make me very uncomfortable" she
said thoughtfully. y don't like be-
ing uncomfortable"
Judith protested, "You'rs wrong
Il :"
"You hadn't your usual eonvic-
ton when you said that" Elizabeth
told her. Don't look so distressed,
Judith. One of these days I'll retire
into my little fat and become a good
housekeeper and a martinez Of a
mother, and then things will be diff
ferent. But l cannot" she went on.
trying to smile, "bite the hand
which, at present, feeds me. You
may think l put a job above friend
ship. / do, in one sense. Yet put
your happiness above that"
Matthew getting his way again.
Judith told him so that night. She
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Matthew said irritably, We've
been quiet enough ever since We
were married because Of your
mourning. | thought, in a few
months, we'd have a little more
fun"
Hasn't it been fun" she asked,
her eyes intent.
Yes, naturally. But eonfound
it," he said, you're young, you re
lovely, / want TO take you places,
show you off,"
Judith interrupted, AS il were
a new car or a new toy?"
Don't be idiotie," he frowned,
shat isn't like you. Sounds like q
bad play"
She said, "You spoke about plen-
ty Of time. Well, there's always
time for that sort Of thing, Mat
thew"
If you have a baby, that means
more months of-staying home, be-
ing quiet" He broke off and she
saw the shadow in his eyes. She
thought: He hates my being i'll,
even the thought of it. / suppose
that's natural, not only because he
loves me but because he's with
people who are i'll all day long and
sometimes half the night. But he's
thinking of Irene too and how she
died, before she could have her
baby. ...
Judith was not disturbed, because
of this. She was filed with pity for
him, with pity for the unfulfilled
ghost, gentle and efaeing, which had
once been a living woman and his
wife.
Matthew said, II won't have It.
] told you how ! felt about it and
that's that / simply won't have
it."
"Very we'll" She turned TO ad-
just her little hat before the mir
ror. Let's go, shall we! We're
late as it is .. but we can see one
of the features.
At the door Matthew caught her
hard against him. He declared, IF
anything ever happened to you"
Nothing could" Judith said
serenely. Don't worry so. And the
best thing that could happen To
me-" she added, would be TO have
your child"
you get your own way too
much. But not this time =. Mrs.
Norman" he told her.
During the late spring, Mary took
a small house at Easthampton and
suggested that Judith and Matthew
consider it their own :. until you
have one" she added.
She and Judith had been looking
for a little place near New York,
one within committing distance
where, when Matthew was free,
they could spend weekends, but as
yet they had found nothing suitable.
"We'll have to build" decided
Matthew, although where, ]
wouldn't know. But with things as
they are it isn't bad idea, tinan-
cially speaking, TO own the roof
over your head and the ground
under your feet. l talked to Lynn
Mortimer about it and he agreed
with me. OF course, couldn't be
there much, except possibly sum-
mers, when work is Stacker. But it
would be fun"
How about a tent or a trailer :"
Judith wanted to know. ut wouldn't
matter what or where as long as we
were together, would 2"
He said, "That's the gypsy in you.
Me, | like my comfort"
Since that spring evening when
he had expressed himself forcibly
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14

! INTERNATIONALLY sparse
attendance had proponents OF a
s3,375,250,000 post war highway
program more worried today than
a militant Senate opposition crying
for economy. The 35 to IS vote by
which the hackers beat back an at.
tempt to postpone action until ar.
ter the November election demon
strated strength for the bill, but
also the presence in the Senate OF
only four members above a bare
quorum OF 40.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14

CINCINNATI AP - Ray Ed
mundson. leader OF the autonomy
forces in the United Mine Work.
ers, demanded today that John L.
Lewis substantiate his statement
that supporters OF the Roosevelt
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14

MANCHESTER. EnElaud-AP-
This industrial city In central Eng.
land was the brightest spot in Brit.
ain last night. The lights were
turned on again. SO you could read
newspaper in the street-and
folks danced and sang and even
kissed the lamp posts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14

Administration we're financing the
autonomy movement. AS an hon.
orable man Edmundson said IN a
statement. and under good sports.
manship, he is under obligation 10
the convention to present docu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14

NEW YORK INs-New York
ers were spreading their butter
thin today. A survey showed 10 per
cent OF the city's retail stores have
no butter at all on hand and their
more fortunate competitors ra-
toned their customers 70 two-ouncs
purchases.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14

mentary evidence to support his
charges II he doesn't. / will file
charges Of SANDER under his own
law. That vas pure lie. My books
are open, and anybody can look at
them"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27

caused because the rooms OCCup3/1
on previous days and nights infected
the bed clothing with virus or organ
isms of the respiratory ills.
Or Robertson. who has 20 travel
widely to direct the medical re-
searches of his commission on air
borne infections. is the prime advo-
cate of the adoption OF the oil film
germ-trap treatment by hotels and
pullman cars Fabric seats of air.
planes, railway coach trains, and
some buses might we'll be treated
likewise
The spread of air-borne respiratory
ailments, says Dr. Robertson, fol
lows a cyclic pattern. The patient
is the prime source OF the disease.
Of course, but the bed in which he
sleeps is a major secondary infec-
tious center Every time the bed
clothing is touched or moved the
germs there are thrown into the air
to spread disease.
With the new oil treatment how
ever. the germs on the blankets are
trapped and held. The few which
may escape are further trapped when.
ever they land upon the oiled floors.
Oli treating ilc llOOIS proves elIcC'
tive for at least four months and the
oil film on the bedding and blankets
lasts at least two monthS-the length
of time research studies have been
carried on. Tests at the National
Bureau of Standards show the oil
film adds no extra fire hazard.
The germtrapping treatment adds
slightly TO the weight OF the blankets
an additional one or two per cent
but it makes them warmer too
Soldiers who use them cannot tell the
difference.
Some housewives may object that
oiled floors catch dust. and SO they
do The important thing is tIccS
along with the dust, they trap gerr
What the housekccper has TO decide
Is whether she wants 20 dust more
often to keep the floors shiny, or
have them shiny without the busting
but have the germs flying about in
the air.
From the standpoint of Americas
health there is only one verdict on
this dcCision-trap the germs.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27

mon resplratoFy-lIIs by q per cont.
Oiling the floors of hospital wards.
carried out by simply hopping them
with a good grade of floor oil, cut
bacterial count in the atmosphere
10 26 per cent. When the blankets
and bedding also were oil-treated the
bacteria count in the air was re-
duced TO 10 per cent. In the more
dusty barracks where the oil treat
ment was used for the floors and
bedding il reduced airborne bacteria
even more-to only 28 per cent.
While the research has been done
for the Army. the same methods can
and will be adopted widely in civilian
life. Used in the home, the oil germ
trap could reduce the spread of in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27

of a doctor Hotels wash blankets
when they are soilcd, but even when
they are "clean" in the ordinary
sense they well may harbor invisible
bacteria.
1t is more than a suspicion that
epidemics of colds and sore throat
among business men who travel ON
sleepers, and stay in hotels, may be