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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06
FDR SAYS WAR
PROGRAM WILL
SAVE LIVES

Washington, December 6.
- CUP - President Roose-
welt, reporting to Congress
that American lend-lease ex-
penditures now total more
than $18, 500, 553, 900, declared
today that the major Of
fensiveS agreed upon at Cairo
and Teheran will speed the
day of victory" and the "un-
conditional surrender of the
Nazis and Japanese"
In lengthy report that contained
the first detailed disclosure Of war
aid to Russia as well as obvious an
swers to congressional critics OF
lend lease, Mr.. Roosevelt emphasized
again that the program will save
American lives and be an important
factor in shortening the war.
The report, Mr.. Roosevelt's 18th
on lend lease, was transmitted to
the senate and clerk Of the house
for formal presentation after con-
gress reconvenes next Monday.
The coming year will be year
of decisive actions in the war;" the
President said in a letter of trans
initial. by combining their strength
the United Nations have increased
the power Of the common drive to
defeat the Axis. We have already
beaten back our enemies on every
front on which we are engaged.
"At Teheran and Cairo. plans were
agreed upon for major odensives,
which will speed the day Of victory.
With the closer unity there achieved.
we shall be able to strike ever
increasing blows until the uncondi-
tional surrender Of the NaZiS and
the japanese"
Pointing out that the cost of
lend lease from its start on March
IL, l94i. through November Of 1913
amounted to 1875 per cent OF all
United States war expenditures for
that period, the President said the
cost OF the war to us, and to our
Allies, is high in any terms"
The more fully we can now mobil-
lie our manpower, our supplies, and
our other resources for the decisive
tasks ahead" he said, the earlier
will victory be ours and the lower
the final cost-in lives and material
wealth.
The United Nations enter the
new year stronger and more firmly
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06
Axis FIunq
Beck Upon


Moscow, Jan. 6 - (U.P) - Rus
sian forces driving toward Rumanis
have thrown the Germans back
upon Vinnitsa, bastion Of the Bug
river defense line only 20 miles from
the last practical escape route for
some 100000 Germans in the
Dnieper Bend, front dispatches re-
ported today.
General Nikolai r. Vatutins
troops were reported bearing down
against Vinnitsa, one Of the few re-
naming first class rail and highway
functions of the western Ukraine
still in German hands, on broad
front unhinged by the capture OF
Berdichev to the north.
Vinnitsa Is on the east bank Of
the Bug river and 20 miles north
east of Zhmerinka. key junction on
the Odessa Warsaw railroad, the
last German-held trunk line out OF
the Dnieper Bulge.
Vatutin's main operations on the
western rim of the Kiev Salient
now appear to have been swung
southwestward in bid for control
of the vital network of railroads
and highways webbing the south
eastern part of the western
Ukraine.
Official reports still failed to men,
ton any movement westward in the
area west of Novograd and Volyn-
ski and Olevsk, where the Russians
stood at the pre-war Polish border
Loss OF Key Center
The progressive loss of key COM
munications centers was constantly
restricting the Germans ability to
maneuver forces for countering the
Red Army thrusts.
Descending upon the Berdichev-
Shepatovka railroad in considerable
strength along a broad front, Va
tutin was able to intensity his push
against Vinnitsa as well as prepare
for a thrust into the western
Ukraine.
At the same time the Russian
successes south and southeast OF
Belaya Tserkov were opening a new
phase Of the campaign, the imme-
date objective Of which was the
elimination Of the Germans en-
trenched along the west bank of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06
Hundreds Of Bombers
Block-B Stettin

London, Jan. 6-CUP) - British
bom1ers, hundreds strong, rocked
Stettn, Germany's main Baltic sup
ply port for the northern Russian
FROM, with block busters in a heavy
moonlight raid early today while
twin-engined Mosquitoes dropped ex-
plosives across Axis Europe from
Berlin TO the French invasion coast.
Daylight bombers sent the almost
nonstop assault on the Pas De
Calais area of the French second
front" through It's seth hour with
new attacks this morning.
Resuming their role in the Allied
pre-invasion aerial offensive after q
two-night rest, the RATS four-en-
gined heavyweights scattered a great
weight Of fire and demolition bombs
over the docks. warehouses, ship
yards, arms works and aviation gas
oline refineFieS Of Stettin only a
few hours before dawn.
"a Berlin broadcast heard by the
United Press in New York said
North American" bombers again
attacked Kiel and Dusseldorf under
heavy cloud cover this morning, but
the broadcaster was believed to
have intended TO refer TO yesterdays
American attacks.)
First reports indicate the bomb
ing was well-concentrated," an air
ministry communique announced.
The big bombers tented toward
Berlin. which they blasted with more
than 1000 tons OF bombs Saturday
and Sunday nights, then swept on
30 miles to the northeast and hit
Stettin while Mosquitoes went in
and unloaded their cargoes on the
smouldering erman capital for The
second straight night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06
Man Appends Novel
Note To His Will

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 6-CUP)-
The will of Franklin F. Spaulding.
Tewksbury paper dealer who died
unexpectedly last Christmas eve,
was on file in probate court here
today, leaving his entire estate to
his wife. Miriam.
In the lower right corner Of the
will, Spaulding had written: Love
Sweetheart Dear--from your Frank"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06
Gypsy Rose Lee Down
With Flu At Comp

Fort Bragg, N. c., Jan. Cup
Gypsy Rose Lee, the strip-teaser,
was recuperating in the post hos
pital today from an attack Of infiu-
enZa.
She was stricken Sunday when
she arrived here to put on a show
for the troops. The public relations
office said Miss Lee was doing
fine"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06

Groton. Conn, Jan. g. (UP) -
The Electric Boat Company prom
ised its submarine workers bonuses
as high as 10 per cent monthly
today, depending upon increased
production. mad approval of the
incentive plan by the War Labor
Board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06
lido TorbeII
Dies At IS

Bridgeport, Conn, Jan. Cup
Miss Ida M. Tarbell, SO. noted
historian and biographer, died at
Bridgeport hospital today where
she had been a patient since Dec.
%. suffering with pneumonia.
Miss Tarbell had been taken III
at her home at Easton during the
Christmas holidays, and she was
removed to The hospital when her
condition became critical.
Her name had been on the dam
ger list since she was admitted, and
physicians abandoned hope for her
recovery almost from the start.
Simple funeral services will be
held 3 p. m. Sunday at Miss Tar
bells farm, near Danbury, where
she lived with her sister, Sarah
Tarbell. She will be buried in the
family plot in Woodlawn cemetery.
Titusville. Pa.
Ida Minerva Tarbell, pioneer wo-
man journalist, literary trust buster
and biographer, was born in Erie,
Pa, Nov. S, 1857. Her father had
cleared the woods for his farm with
an axe and a pair Of oxen and his
daughter was equally trail blazer
when she was graduated from AL
legheny college in 1880.
Her most influential work, "Hls-
tory Of the Standard Oh Co., was
written on assignment for Nc
Clure's magazine, on whose edl-
torial staff she served for twelve
years. The book, published serially
IN McClure'S, was credited with
aiding in the breaking Of the Rookie
Teller monopoly in the supreme
court.
A fearless and accurate reporter
Of the business and industrial
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BONUS FOR WORKERS

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Evening star., 1944-03-15
Girl Scout Council Here
Plans REGIONAL Farley

The Washington Girl Scout Coun-
Gil will be hostess for the Regional
Area Conference on Girl Scouts
Trustees of Tomorrow" which will
meet March % and % in the YWCA,
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
Plans for the conference are being
made under the craftsmanship of
Mrs. O'Neal johnson.
The conference area includes
Arlington, Prince Georges County,
Alexandria. Montgomery County, the
Evening star., 1944-03-15
Benning Citizens Gel
Reply From Bi|bo on
Firsf-Aid Station

Senator Bilbo. chairman of the
Senate District Committee, in a let
ter to the Benning Citizens Associa-
ton, advised members to consult
the District Commissioners and Dr..
George c. Rutland, health officer,
on reopening the first-aid station
in the District Building. The old
station was moved to the new Mu-
nicipal Center
Howard L. Wait, president of the
association, read the reply to the
groups inquiry last night at the
March meeting in the Benning
School. Another letter from the
Senator's office also was read which
pertained to opening streets from
Anacostia avenue into the River
Terrace development and said the
matter would be taken under ad-
visement following study by the
District highway engineers Office.
The association, in noting the size
of the eleventh police precinct
passed resolution asking that a
substation be located centrally inI
the Benning area under the direc-
ton of lieutenant for better pro-
lection of the section.
Harry A. Leibrand, member of the
Congress Heights Citizens Asso-
citation and the Southeast Citizens
Association Council, outlined what
his group had done to combat pub |
lie low-cost housing in the area.
Smoke and SCOT problems arising !
from trains going through the Ben
ming area were discussed by j. c.
Stewart, instructor in fuel economy
for the local division Of the Balti-
more g. Ohio Railroad. He pointed
out that wartime conditions caused
use of low-grade fuel, double-engine1
trains, heavy loads and employ
ment of inexperienced firemen.
After the meeting several men,
bers informally discussed needs for
improvement of the Benning School
playground with the primary objec-
ton being to its lack of proper up
keep and grading.
French merchant marines are
weariuS knittNd xarunAufs diet rihut -
Evening star., 1944-03-15

District, Baltimore, Anne Arundel
County and Annapolis.
Mrs. w. Fairfield Peterson, vice
president of the Regional Commit
tee, will preside at the meetings. and
Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke. national
vice president of the Girl Scouts, at
the dinner meetings.
Evening star., 1944-03-15
Pile Torture
oihed in Few Minutes

Act now for quick relief from tor
ture Of piles. Don't wait another day
but apply Petersons Ointment att
lonce, the cooling, soothing, astringent|
formula that has brought joyful re-
LIEF to thousands for 40 years. Rel
|lieves itching promptly. All druggists
have Peterson's Ointment, Csc box.
or 60c in tube with applicator. Money
Icheerfully refunded if not delighted.
Evening star., 1944-03-15
SpieqIer to Speak

Louis Spiegler an attorney. will
speak on "A Review of the Palestine
Situation" at 8:15 pm. tomorrow at
the Jewish Community Center, Six
teenth and @ streets NV, the
Washington Chapter of the Junior
Hadassah announced today.
Evening star., 1944-03-15

French merchant marines are
wearing knitted garments distributed
by the Red Cross in North Africa,
Evening star., 1944-03-15

Stretch your wardrobe with several skirts and bouses that you
mix match in variety of ways Our Sportswear De-
parment has eoorfu crisp white bouses tailored
fy and numerous plaid solid color skirts from which you
h ensemble Aatering outfits.
The CIO news., 1944-05-08

plant proposal. on the ground that
the city could not absorb another
bond OF q million dollars or more.
But what did happen? Since the
defeat Of the light plant proposal,
the same interests, and many Of
the same persons who shouted
about the terrific debt Of the city,
have since obligated the city to a
couple million dollars for water
lines, hospitals, airports, etc, and
none Of these improvements will
pay their way, much less show q
profit.
The committee cited figures that
the proposed light plant. charging
q rate one half as much as the
present company, could amortize its
debt to the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, pay wages to as many
as 70 city employees under q merit
system OF employment, ana clesT
It's entire debt within . period Of
IL years.
Think Of It, paying only half the
rate we now pay. This would be the
same as = tax reduction to every
family Of Cumberland, Of approxi-
mately $4,000 a year, about $3.50
per month, And with this rate, set
by the State Public Service COM
mission. the plant would show .
yearly profit Of over 100000.
Such q benefit 10 enjoyed by
Hagerstown. and this overall profit
is what makes Santa Claus" in
Hagerstown more than q spirit, it
Is real, as the money has been
given over for many civic projects.
ITO Be C0ntinued)
The CIO news., 1944-05-08
GRAPE VINE
Polly Ticks
By MARY LU CON

mittees were appointed to get In
touch with various cities having
municipal plants. and what Is done
with profits. Another committee
confined It's activities to ascertain
ing overall costs for such q plant,
which would give service to APP
proximately 1880 homes and busi-
ness establishments In close prox-
unity to Cumberland.
A committee Of the Taxpayers
League, composed Of outstanding
citizens, spent 4 few days in near
by Hagerstown. and learned many
things that would have been q real
asset to Cumberland, then as well
as now. II Is obvious that condi-
tions in 1887 were far more salts
factory for educating the public
to the needs for q municipality con-
trolled plant.
IL IL fitting to state here that
years ago, the city Of Cumberland
did have . municipal light plant,
and the plant was . success. No
one seems 30 know just how, or
by whom. the franchise and the
rights Of such plant were sold 10
the present Potomac Edison conn
pany, without any referendum
by the citizens Of tho city. There
are no available records Of the
transaction. But that's politics,
30 we proceed.
The committee on securing data
about approximate cost, brought in
report that was easily compre-
hended and could have at the time.
been easily carried by the city. The
entire cost was reported at $1,000
900. That figure seems large. but
when broken down into years re-
quired to pay. and spread over a
given number Of years. as the water
department pays for city water
rights, then the figure Is easily ap.
plicable.
1t Is significant that this tre-
mendous initial cost was eventually
used to defeat the municipal light
The CIO news., 1944-05-08
Municipal Light PIonf
Cited BY Mayor Post

At a recent meeting Of the Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland,
when the receipts were shown to
be falling far short OF anticipated
needs, Mayor Thomas Post inter-
jected the thought that Cumber-
land has no municipal light plant
that can turn over to the city
$4,000 from profits earned during
year.
In citing such a case the Mayor
was referring principally II Is
assumed to a situation at Hagers-
town, in nearby Washington coun-
ty. And the $4,000 profit figure is
not half the story
Delving into the facts Of the
Hagerstown plant. and also from
knowledge gained by q previous
Taxpayers League in Allegany
County. we find some very worth
while information.
At the time. 1887, when many
municipalities were looking around
for some method to give employ
ment to its citizens, and the Rec.
obstruction Finance Corporation
% federal financing agency was
loaning money to city governments
for self-liquidating projects. the
matter Of a municipal light plant
for Cumberland and vicinity was a
q very live topic. The Taxpayers
League. and the Allegany Trades
Councils. representing organized
labor. decided that something had
to be done about the excessive elec-
trio rates then being charged to
all users of electricity.
Consequently. many angles Of in
vestigation were agreed upon. Con-
sulting engineers were brought to
Cumberland from Ohio, to make a
thorough study Of the field. and
to bring in recommendation Com
The CIO news., 1944-05-08
CeIonese Sells
New Stock

New York, April 20 - $4,000
shares Of no-par preferred stock
are being sold for the Celaness
Corp. of America. The total value
OF the issue will be $38.648. 1893.
Part Of the money so raised will
be used to retire existing stock and
the balance will be used In the
company's $25,OOO0O0 program for
existing facilities.
The CIO news., 1944-05-08
PTAs Back School
Lunch Program

The Executive Committee OF
the Cresaptown Parent-Teach-
ers Association has voted sup
port Of the Wagner Bill, S.1721,
for expansion Of the school
lunch program.
Similar support has been voiced
by Principal Nellie Powell Of
LaVale grade school. and by
Pres. A. N. Billings Of the La
Vale PIT. A. A petition Is being
circulated among students of Fort
Hill High School to the same ef-
feet.
The CIO news., 1944-05-08
Knock Bios

Trenton, N. j. A resolution
memorializing the president Of
the American Red Cross Ito use his
Office to abolish racial dlscrimina-
ton as to donors Of human blood
plasma" was adopted by the New
Jersey Assembly.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06
CHAPTER TWELVE

YES, MALLORY was certain
now. as the long black 7cdan fairly
leapcd past her. that it was the
same sedan that had formed q
scmi-screcn for the brutal roadside
murder. White sidcwall tires. latcs;
possible body lincs--most of all. OF
course, the whitc-scarfcd man dr:v.
ing-it all fitted.
Better start talking to yourself
Mallory" she prompted. doing that
very thing. "All right. you're scared
again. Then. why didn't you 90 to
the police in Monterrey
Because I wasn't absolutely
sure" her mind answered.
YOU'RE sure now. What are you
waiting for?"
The blond girl squirmcd. Again
her mind strovc to soothe, You
can't so batting into u police sta
ton and say two harmless looking
men were cracking 4 mans head as
II II were 4 peanut. They probably
wouldn't believe me. They NIGH,
not even do anything about it
Look. Mallory. this may be the
land Of marana. but they are not
lazy,
I'll do something about l. in
Mexico City. / swear l will. If /
just had someone to help mc-not
Prism. could have had her easily.
l need the help of some man. Tod.
Or someone like him. to sort OF
bolster me. Richard Blythe! If |
had him-but how am i coins, to
get him?
Il will get him f / have to go
through the streets of Mexico CITY
yelling for him" That Lctcrmina-
ton made her feel safer. Also. the
occupant of the black sedan had
taken no notice OF her. That made
her feel safer, too.
Their flying speed was an indi-
cation that they intended to drive
the GOO plus miles in to the city
that day. AS for herself, she'd
planned n slow trip and now she
assuredly would take it slowly. She
wanted that leapirg black sedan
far ahead of her.
Acain the scenery began to lure
Mallory. Although the vegetation
remained sparse and desert like on
rocky land. unintcrcstng, the
Sierra Madrcs made up for it. They
Travelled at her right. making an
endless chain OF beauty. Travellers,
with their burros, of course, were
out again today.
They kept far to the edge of the
pavement. trained b.? the days of
heavy tourist travel. Sometimes
there was a lone traveller more Oft
On couple of men. or man and
his little boy. Occasionally an en-
tire family. tho woman in brilliant
skirts, trottcd along bris.;lv. AL
ways the woman carried. besides
the baby strapped across her back.
loaded jugs ami baskets.
Even the burros were laden
They supported high stacks of
wood. miniature mountains Of il. or
perhaps many. many shcaycs of
corn. Mallory wondered how they
possibly managed to stand ~ be-
meath those loads on their tiny
feet. They were like lat women
miserable IN toC-SmdN patent
pumps. She maGvc!cL. too. NJ their
ability to stop dead st!ll and va.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06
ARMY WILL OFFER
MULES AND HORSES

Approximately 800 horses and ~
mules owned by IN, Array will Dc Of
fered i"r sale i; public auction at
Front Royal. Virginia. CA JANUARY 10,
II, and - by The Treasury Depart
ment. il was nHomoCd today by +.
w. Workman. chairman al the County
AAA Committee
The animals. Mr.. Workman va- IN
formed, range IN age from tom. 10
fifteen years, with The average about
ten 10 eleven years. and weights &C
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06
Control Of Common Cold

The latest device is to use \
stcriliz'ms vapur of propylcne rly.
col. This substance was developed
By research in order To find II chrm-
zeal "apor that would Il" II" harm
Ia the mucous membrane of human
beings. but would destroy OF mobil-
iZr the organism which causes the
common cold.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06

kinds of blundcrirgs go mask ci
under the smiling face of optim-
ism. | regularly in trade mag
azin"s published By dru" firms
whose business it is to sell oral
cold vaccine and other kinds q:
cold vaccincS that "pcSsimism
charactcriZcS the attitude of MANY
as to preventing the common
cold"
That is not pcsSimiSm: that is
realism: facing the fact that these
methods are miserable failures.
And the kind of optimism prCsum-
ably recommended would mulct
the public Of millions Of dollars
for perfectly worthless. and time
consuming methods OF prevention.
There Is II form Of prevention of
colds and respiratory affections
limited it is true in scope which,
however, promises some hope. And
1t serves Il very important field and
purpose.
Epidcmics in Wards
One of the serious possibilities
of these cpi,lrmicS is when they hit
Il schGo!ro0m or Il hospital ward.
particularly hospital ward full
of children. One of the definitely
known facts about colds is that
they are air-buruc. spread by
coughing and Hncc2iH". Her" one
child gets Il cold aud 1t is very like
ly to go through the whole class-
room or ward. In the ward some
of the children may be in fplint5
or in braces which situation re-
duccs their chance. u throwing
the infection OFT.
We used to hang up sheets be
tween every bed IL an influenza
ward to prevent croSs-infcctiun,
but that did little good.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06
Naporizcd Glycol

IN Il hospital ward or schoolroom
the propylrnc glycol is vaporizcd
by heat from a small radio r"sis-
tancr unit and waited through the
rooms ny electric fans. Units of
tins typ"-v1pOri2ation apparatus
and electric f::r-a,c arranged on
Stands at tn" mid-point Of the end
walls Of the room, about three feet
from the ceiling.
Methods Of measuring the con-
ccntratiun of til" v;;por nave been
perfected. 1t stays in the air Il
lon; time. half If il hrin,: present
an hour after the vapuriz;tiun had
been stopped.
HI" results as shown in "A chill
drcn's hospital in Philadelphia and
one III Atlantic City are quite en-
coura.lng. They are us follows:
N,,n,lar
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06

DR.. Clcudcnin" will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06
SYNOPSIS

young. beautiful and talented sInnnr
has achieved succcss-with the aid of
TOD PATRICK. her manager. lie Inns
been her agent since she was an en-
t"rtaincr striving to reach the ton.
En- route 10 Mexico by plane. Mallory
meets nm attractive. rather mysieri
GUS young man.
RICHARD BLYTHE.
YESTERDAY: Mallory is frightened
again when she sees the automobile
which had been parked ut the scene
OF the murder she Witnessed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

G.. D.: ! suffer from au,mia and
would like to hmuw what foods to
cat in order To enrich my blood.
Answers: Spinach. carrots,
grapes, prunc' meat. whole wheat,
beans, almonds, eggs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06
by LOGAN CLENDENING. NJ. ID.

ATTEMPTS TO prevent colds
and respiratory infections by any
Kind of vuvSIncs CT incubation or
the individual have proved mis-
cradle failures. Some of the worst
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-06
Number

In the first column hcadc. "Con-
troll az" listed the number of
cases of respiratory III Il room
where th"r" was u" vaporiHauion.
Tn" second column .huws the num-
Der IN a room in tin, anne hospital,
where vap"ri@atruu was in force.
'Mr reduction uI common colds
from - L. !" Is a strong aGgumcut
ia fayur nt Tho method.