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Evening star., 1944-02-02
They're starting to eat again
thanks to you!

TIME have started again. And
of the black damp cellars children of liberated
will creep watch khacolor trucks roll in Trucks
stuffed ampaked topheavy with fe.restorns
Your ration stamps did it
Only of the food produce help feed Allies
hope and fighting strength people our victories
free from the Nazi terror.
1t isn't much Even with the supplies send there's far
less for them than have For American
getting IS of 100 plates of food produce Our Armed
Forces get 13 Our territories and South America set 2
Victory through FOOD bo,er!
With the of the world sarvaons edge food
potent force in the world today more and more
and MORE food supply soldiers feed the liberated
strengthen fighting Allies.
Black markets. rising food prices, waste over-optimism
these homeront enemies haven't licked yet by long
shot! They subtle saboeurs. And YOU may be
helping delay victory because you hadn't quite realized
just what at stake.
Evening star., 1944-02-02

Unless help keep food down refusing pay illegal
high buying than your ration points permit
fourth of population who live FIXED von
enough ea Soldiers families group you know)
Put UP this reminder
Just remind yourself square share the food paste
this Home Front Pledge your cupboard door today.
9ret1VhGy no mote Mo,. @h Mgu<Htteea
IF sWoooeh<' no a<z<<o''ea lgooo4 ees1lo~<
tgss't'.g Hh sa<Son Hot''A
Food Conservation Business
The conservation of food happens business here At
Cosley Since first the patented SFELVADOR in
Crosey Reserator American enjoyed the added
exclusive convenience of having food right into
the refrigerator door.
Today, naturally Crosley ingenuity is devoted completely
to production But the day away we hope
when Crosley will again be serving your convenience and
20 peasurenot only with refriserators, but with Croey
8 Radios, RADIO Phonosraphs and other fine apn;ance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
I've Really Have to FIGHT!"

include many men especially needed there and many with serious phy- sical defects. The 35,O00 18-year-olds now chosen monthly may not keep pace with the casualties-which means falling back upon men over 26. Officers returned from combat agree that for the present slugging anl slogging the best ages are IS to 21.
 But with war workers leaving to get "peacetime jcbs" when there is no peace, and munitions output below needs, industry can i'll spare manpower. Stronger steps are con- templated to fill the work benches. All around, this country soon may find itself facing sterner measures than at any time thus far. As one official grirnly put it we may really have to fight this war-here as well as abroad"
 The best hope of avoiding a crisis is an early break on the Rhine. But there the German watch still stands fest und treu", due partly to a culling of their m.npower far more drastic than anything we contem- plate. Some troops surrender at dis cretion-or indiscretion-but usually when the Germans absolutely must hold, they hold-thanks sometimes to experienced divisions brought from the Russian front.
 Some people ask: "Why don't the Russians draw those divisions away from us by attacking again on the -Vistula Line? That, not the Danube, is the short way to Berlin"
 But the Russians on the Danube arc attacking the Warsaw Vistula Line by flanking 1t from the south. Thus they weaken it for frontal at- tack once the ground freezes hard, which it is now doing. Meantime, the Red Army claws within a few miles of Austria-which is the Reich and approaches the Bohemian bastion which is tl.e key to all Gen. tral Europe.
 Yet the Russian big apples have been culled, too, beyond anything we know, by the closest reaper of all. Still they have under arms at least 100000 more men than we have. The Russians are robbing cradle and grave to keep in the field the armies that march so heroically from victory to victory at cost no American General would pay and few Americans realize. And if we. the British, Canadians and French face 80 German divisions, the Rus sians face nearly twice that in Eur ope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

hid vo,, read Ex-Alderman or Ex-Fire Commissioner, Burton H. Walkers letter to the Tower last evenlLg Very interesting It is evident that he and the Tower are in accord that politics play dominant part m ne operation of the Fire and Police Departments That mas been no secret for the past 25 years or more Tn MOI
 day evenings issue of The Democrat we said we can go
 long way with Brother Walker when he argues TOT the interests of the city, etc. and condemns pohtcs as Ce are played in these departmentS. The Towers original statement in part read follows There are Repuoll- can members on both the Fire and Police Boards What reforms that Mr. Walker suggests? Back the hot retort from Mr. Walker to wit: You speak of Repup- cans? What do you when you say they are Repup cans?" Now Burton please This is the season of gooo will Are you challenging the status of your friends at scoviIs, "Bin Black, police commissioner or Archie Phillips a fire commissioner? Have you any doubts about Wendell Cross also the police board and Gordon Somers the fire board? Now they always appeared to me as outstanding members ot our com n.unty and leading Republicans Do you thlnk they have sold their party down the river? Personally don't thing Why not invite them as you have the Tower to spend evening with you and discuss past took cognZance of your of the old saying about IooS angels We definitely puzzled as to which cate gory we belong But there's something you have yet to learn Brother Burton When you step into the political arena regardless of your exalted ideals of public SerVlce you must be prepared to gve and take for the success of your plans the best interests the city, your party or yourself, which way you may wish to arrange It. Judging by the record afraid Burton you have been anxious to ake not give with the result that the big Ex appears before your former titles of alderman and commissioner. Unless you show Messrs Cross, Phillips Black and somers the respect due them you will remain definitely in the "EX" class. And oh yes, you suggest that we talk with "Tommie Mccarthy or Frank Healey Democratic charmen of the fire board on which you served. Do you think either "Tomme" or Frank lack the nerve to speak for themselves? If Tom mie knew of any legalitieS in procedure, didn't he have the opportunity to spill the beans when he was
 called n for little chat with Special Prosecutor Hugh Acorn few hours after he resigned his charmanship? However that's another story The gst of your letter is found in the implication that there Republicans either the fire police boards and that you will be
 candidate for alderman next year. For the party that Messrs Black Cross Soers and Phillips represent? Now who's who and which is which? Happy holidays, Burton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

d41O wal OOAAAASUA
 We have not crossed the Rhine, beyond which are the Siegfried Line and the Black Forest. To the north we have not reached and cer- tainly not conquered the more inn portant Ruhr industrial area and the straight road to Berlin beyond. The struggle here is dragging into the miserable north European win ter which largely cancels our air and armor superiority.
 This ineScapable trial by fire costs casualties that, with the heavy Leyte losses, are sending our total toward 600,O00 at the WI s fastest pace. Though during the summer General Marshall hoped this bitter cup might pass from us, when it did not, he was prepared.
 New measures already contem- plated may have to be taken, for we are reaching if not the bottom of the manpower barrel, then the last of it's big rosy apples. We are near ing the end of the present supply of young men from IS to 26. Soon we may have either to cull out pres ent deferments, or raise the age limit.
 The culling would not produce much, for the 30,000 under 26 now deferred in industry, the 60,000 in merchant marine and agriculture,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
METHODIST WOMEN
 HOLD XMAS PARTY
Christian Service Society Donates Proceeds to
 Crusade for Christ"
WATERVILLE Correspondents PhOne-3-65l1

Waterville, Dec. IA The Wo- mems Society for Christian Service of Grace Methodist church held their annual Christmas party last evening at the church parlors. A grab bag and games were enjoyed and a luncheon was served. All money collected will be donated to the Crusade for Christ" fund.
 The weekly Bible meeting of Gos- pei hall will be held tomorrow night at 8.
 The Women's Chorus of Grace Methodist church will meet tomor- row night at 7:3O for rehearsal at the church.
 Miss Edna Rabbit has returned home after having been patient at the Waterbury hospital short time.
 Mrs. William Shea and infant son, have returned to their home on Homer street from St. Mary,s hos- pital. Mrs. Shea is the former Mau- reen Sullivan.
 Miss Shirley Beaupre and John Sickola attended the Ice Follies in New Haven last Saturday evening.
 Frank Seery of Downes street who has been i'll at his home the past few weks is much improved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
Grim Reality of War Winter Forces Order Ito "WOrk or Fight"
Small Arms Bullets BOG. 900. 900 rounds

In Siberia, again in greater strength than is realized, their armies keep Japan from sending at least a million of her best troops against us or China. Americans who have dealth with the Russians be-
 ieve them unflinchingly determin- ed to continue to do their part, and a big one, in crushing the enemy. That part may soon again prove de- cis;ve-if only because usually while on our front the cold is raw and penetrating, it does not generally freeze the ground deep and hard, ana on the Russian northern front it does. The Russians now have, thanks to us, the British, and them selves, the equipment to carry them over such ground and the know how to use it. Observers here hope and believe it won't be long now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
DON COSSACKS IN
 LOCAL CONCERT

The Don Cossack Chorus will be heard tomorrow night at Bucking- ham hall, Serge Jaroff conducting the singers in one of their custom ary fine programs.
 Over thirty singers are included in the group. The volume sometimes suggests one hundred men; then again the soft shadings of the voices sound as one voice.
 Typical CoSsack songs, songs of the home country and sacred num- bers will be included on the pro- gram. And before the final num- Der the group will do some of their spirited dances.
 The Don CoSsacks have sung the length and breath of the land in leading cities and towns. They are always accorded an enthusiastic re- ception.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

There stands Lberty What girl! She's Just where she has been since was it 1886? On BedloeS Island in New York harbor Right so far But there's catch my friends of the Tower audience Is the statue of Liberty and the island which it stands ln the state of New York or New Jersey? You would say New York so would we However quiz kid missed the question Tuesday night of this week by saying Liberty was in NV The answer should been New Jersey, accord ing to the master of ceremonies Called on the telephone Wednesday our answer to the query was mixture oI N Y and N. J. Our favorite authorities the Worlo Almanac and good encyclopedia say the statue ana +he island are in New York; but the surrounding water is in New Jersey So to whom it may concern we say take your pick
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
FLY
 4S BULLDOzERS
 TO BURMA FIELD
By JACK QUINN United Press Stan Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
 Myitkyina, North Burma (UP) .-Myitkyina's famed airstrip- build ing engineers claim two firsts for any theater of war-they have flown in the first full-size bull-dozers and other heavy equipment and they have flown in the first battalion of all-Negro aviation engineers.
 The engineers say that for the first time in any theater they flew in full-size bulldozers, huge dirt hauling carryalls, heavy shovels, road graders, sheepsfoot rollers and 20-ton f1at-bed trailers. All but the rollers were cut into sec- tions with acetylene torfches so they would fit in transport planes, flown in to the Myitkyina area and welded back together-an opera tion the engineering higherups had drowned upon as impractical.
 The all-Negro engineering bat talion, not regular airborn unit, was flown in from one of the B-29 Superfortress fields. The members of the battalion are well-trained, experienced troops and have given excellent" performances, accord ing to Capt. Leo Vecellio, Beckley, w. Va, plans and operations of- ficer for the aviation engineers
 Whipped the Monsoon
 Commanding officer of all four battalions of the engineering troops-the "airstrip fixerS" who made the Myitkyina airstrip ser- viceable during the monsoon after inadequate Japanese repairs had left it a mass Of holes - is Col. Manuel J. Ascncio of Passaic, N. J.
 Ascencio said that when the rains set in on the Myitkyina airstrip-' five and one-half inches in six hours on one occasion-the shell holes in the strip which the Japa- nese had hastily filled with loose dirt began to sink. AS a result, several American transport planes cracked up while attempting to land. The engineers went to work, patched the holes and put in a drainage system so effective that after an early morning five-inch IdlIl GIiC uuoG was AAJAAe OAA GAAC strip in the afternoon.
 The engineers are more proud of cutting mad welding the huge machines with which they work than they are of the work they have accomplished with the ma chimes
 1900 Flights Needed
 The devices which they took epart and flew in to Myitkyina- and welded together without losing single machine-included 49 six teen-ton bulldozers. seven 16-ton shovels, 9 twelve-ton road grad CTS, 27 eleven-ton carryalls, 12 sheepsfoot rollers asd seven Cotton flat bed trailers.
 It required 1900 sorties by trans pot planes to bring in the equip ment.
 Vecellio said that "some of the best welders in the business" were on hand to weld the machines back together after the various parts were unloaded from the planes. pTTv UUAR RONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
(By United Press)


 Soviet troops capture Cherkassy; Red Army reports further gains in drive on KirOvOgrad; Moscow veals loss of RadOmyshl south of MaIin.
 Indictment weather continues to halt Allied progress in Italy; Bri- tish 8th Army's Indian troops close in on the Ortone- OrsOgna road.
 Cairo reports that Bulgaria Of- ficially sent peace feels through Russia to Britain and the United States; Allies, in reply, said to demand unconditional surren- der"
 More than 100 Allied planes drop PAS tons of bombs on Japanese installations at Gasmata, New Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
JUST NEEDS A START

Newton, N. c. (UP)-A rural carrier here reports that he found the following letter in box on his route the other day: MT. Mailman. Please take this check and get us a car stamp so our f1ivver will be legal means of transportation for taking us to the ration board so we can get gas to go have our tires checked to get a new tire, in order that we can go pay our withholding fax"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
President

Others invited include recently elected State senators Edward P. Egan and Patrick Wallace, state Representative John Membrino.
 Assiting Miss Jacaruso in ar- arrangements are vice-president, Mrs. Mary Travisano; treasurer, Mrs. Margaret Walker; president of the board of directors, Mrs. Betty Morse Mrs. Peggy Dente Mrs. Grayce Ciar- elli; Mrs. Ernie Costa; Mrs. Rose Guerrera and Mrs. Anthony Caruso.
 Mrs. Nellie Hayden of the Wo- mems Democratic Club and Victor Mambruno president of the Italian American Club will also be among the guests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
PARTY ARRANGED
 BY WOMEN'S CLUB
Italian=American Group to Entertain Officials at
 Christmas Party

State War Manpower Director William J. Fitzgerald, Mayor John S. Monagan, John T. Mccarthy, mo- tor vehicle commissioner, city and state officials will be among the guests of honor at the annual Christmas party of the Italian American Women's Democatic Club next Monday night it has been an- nounced by Miss Doris JacaruSo, president.
 The annual event is to be held at 8 p. m. at Diorio's restaurant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

m 0 T e serious
 than some here
 still r e 8 l i 2 e: To t h e south,
 our gains while good, a T e less decisive t h a n appears to the naked eye. In the south, tn e Saar r e g i o n, which we have r e a c h e d but
 n o t conquered, supplies 0 n l y about 10 p e r c e n t of Ger many's i r o n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
NaiOn Faces Sterner
 Measures Than Ever, Officials Warn Public

A winter of fierce war against stubborn opposition is forcing re- consideration of American man. power policies. Here Thomas M. Johnson, NEA military writer, explains why the recent Selec- tive Service "wOrk or fight" di- rective was necessary for stra- tegic reasons to meet critical manpower shortages both in the armed forces and in war pro- ductiOn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

Fancy That. The shortage has stopped some 1GS ueople from smoking cigarettes, but they're still burning up. . |. It took great many years to ma out the real meaning of the expression: Oceans oL trouble" Pacific and Atlantic! Domestic cOuoS are usually accompanied by lot of thunder. Easy on the draw is quite understandable when the packs are so hard to get. Health hint for some or the younger generation-go on home! Pistol packn mama has put her gun away until after the AlllaS haul, then she may pull it out again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
Dramatic and Otherwise

Dramatic and Otherwise The has way of catching the latest best sellers sometimes the screens gain, sometimes not few of the latest that may be flashed before you in the future "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Leave Her to Heaven and Anna and the in her New York redebut after couple of years the home front in England Ethel Barrymore is back on the stage again to her role in Ebezzed Heaven after months absence after attack of pneumonia. The prologue curtain finds her sitting alone the stage and on her first reappearance the applause lasted two full minutes Three of the best artcuators of lyrics in jazz tempo it is conceded are Judy Garland Mary Jane Walsh and Ethel Merman all of them sing Justify but they don't shout and they sing in tune.
 Good Night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
sNAK EWORsHIPERs

Traces of forgotte nsnake re- ligion, evidently practiced by an- cient inhabitants of the island of Crete in the Mediterranean, were discovered in excavations near the ancient Creton city of Knossos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

Mike CharrOn is lending Uncle Sam hand these chilly evenings stacking up and sorting mail at the post office during the Yuetide rush. Henry DOwl ing city purchasing agent, year older last Sat- urday Gloria Cereja of circulation department had 19 candles on her birthday cake last Sunday. Mailman William Falk is observing another natal day today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
LUTHERAN SCHOOL
 TO HOLD FESTIVAL

Sunday afternoon the children of the Church School of Zion Luth- eran church will holdt heir annual Christmas Festival at o'clock. The Message of Hope" will be pre- sented in song and in recitation by children of the primary. intermedi- ate and junior departments. Ro-' land O. Palmer, superintendent of the Church School, will be in charge, and Mrs. William Russell will serve as accompaniSt for the singing. After the program candy and gifts will be distributed to the children. The church will be deco rated for Christmas with laurel wreaths and large Christmas tree.
 Switzerland has a great demand
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON NEA Military Writer

Washington, Dec. 14-A sudden quirk in the fall of wars dice can always break up the game, but all reports agree that on the entire Western Front we face an ordeal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
Good Evening.
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
WORN ON THE LAPEL on a Well-known Theme)

WORN ON THE LAPEL
 (Varation on a Well-known Theme) For a handful of silver she left us,
 lapel pin to stick in her coat, lovely one made of flowers, with tax terrific price, please note. You know those sparkling jeweled specials Of topaz garnet and tourmaline' Delicately fashioned by craftsmen,
 Loveiest things ever seen. t For an ornate jewelled bauble she left us For lapel pin in silver or gold Scintilating jewelled trifles-- Yours for twenty-nine fifty-sold! EM ELM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

Wonder all of of it Ae9 "saaton artillery   
 
 Serice Forces Which hkeepSG Joe sunnied
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

Switzerland has a great demand for used cars and prices are soaring.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-03-23

most tocila "a Finci, to Sc pravi :
kapitalistiena vnost. eta
brumni' Sc bodo strnili okoli Po-
ljakov, nadalje bo mesan zbor
"a "uboge" Rumune, Madjare,
i. t. d.
Rusija je navajena, da slisj
take glasove. Kaj je pa bilo zad-
njih dvajset let drugega, kako1
vecno podcenjevanje in zasme'
hovanje Rusije in njenih princi-
pov. In kakor je te glasove vpo'
stevala V preteklosti, tako jih
bo v bodocnosti.
In mi, XII nismo ne veliki poll,
tiki ne mocni strankarji, ne mo,
reno drugega, kakor reel: hva'
la in slava Rusiji in globokc
spostovanje vscoa milijonom ma
sih slovanskih bratov, XII so pa,
dli, da moreno ziveti mi drugi
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-03-23
Uredll1kOVa
poSta
Cvetna nedelja - mas dan

Cvetna nedelja mas dan
Euclid, Ohio. - Cvetna nede
liza Sc bliza. Ako sc Sc niste od-
locili kan boste sli, odlocite Sc
sedaj, ko vidite tie vrstice, da
YAM ne DO zal, ker zal vam bo,
ako boste zamudili to nedeljo iti
V Slovenski drustveni d o m ma
Recher Ave.
Morebiti~ boste drugi dan sre-
cali prijatelja in vam DO zacel
razkladati O vsej zadevi, Xxi jo je
videl ali videla, seveda tisto ke-
sanje DO zastonj in prepozno,
torej ne zamudite te prilike.
Plosca bo odkrita, XII jo Sc nj
ste videli V svojem zivljenju. l.
mena vasih sinov bodo zakrita
amerisko zastavo in ko Sc bo
zastavo odstranilo, boste videli
,imena; ker smo tako nesrecni,
da ne moreno pogledati svoje
sinove poleg mas, vsaj vidimo i
me-,
Dobro vem, da Sc DO marsi-
kateri materi ali ocetu spolzila
,,,solza po zalostnih obrazim. Mar
sikdo Sc DO spominjal, kaj Sc je
godilo nasi preljubljeni Jugo-
slaviji ma cvetno nedeljo, kakor
smo citali v casopisih, kaksno
ugibanje je bilo, ali bo napade-
ma nasa dezela cd strani Mem
CHE ali ne. Seveda vsak Sc tola-
ii samega sebe, tako SO Sc tudi
nasi rojaki, ali bo ali ne. Bio je
ravno tako, kakor starsi stra-
sijo syoje otroke s kaksnim be-
racem, kl Jlh DO wei, ce ne ho-
do pridni. =,
Tako SO tudi strasili Jugosla-
WHO. Eni 0 bill mnenja, da
pray zagotovo ne bono napade-
nj. Seveda varali SO Sc. Veter je
potegnil iz Nemcije naravnost
lla naso dazelo. Bio ie ravno ma
cyetno nedeljo, 6. apllila 1871,
ko je Hitler postal svoje vrage
razbijat naso dezelo. Vedeli SO
.skoro gotovo, da jih caka stras-
na usoda cd strani Nemcije in
Italije in Madzarske. Jasno jim
je bilo, da Sc nasa dezela ne mo-
re dolgo hraniti TAXI veiki pre-