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Evening star., 1944-04-09
By MARION WADE DOYLE.

The 400 high school girl cadets
march better and stand more quietly
at attention than the 1000 boy
cadets in divisions one to nine,
cadet instructors from Mckinley
and Roosevelt High Schools said as
they announced competitive drill
for IL companies of girl cadets from
five high schools on May "a at
Central High School Stadium.
Il hate to say that publicly but
it is true" 1t. Col. William E.
Barkman, U. S. A., retired, assist
ant professor of military science
and tactics and drill instructor at
Roosevelt, declared. Despite his ef-
forts to improve the skill of the
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Test of Musical Theropy
To Be Made at Walter Reed
Frances Poperte, Founder Of Experiment,
Tells of First Success With Soldier

spastic paralysis, heart cases and
tuberculosis among many con-
ditions.
Musicians Pleased.
Musicians are fascinated by the
thought that their talents may help
cure the sick, she added. The JUL
lard School in New York wants to
help. Deems Taylor is enlisting
talent. Fritz Kreisler wants to play
in one of the hospital string quar-
ters that are being organized.
A lot of thought has been given
to musical therapy over a long
period, Miss Paperte explained, but
until arrangements were made for
the experiment at Walter Reed,
modern medicine had never done
anything about it scientifically.
Evening star., 1944-04-09

boys under him, he said, he had
been forced to admit for some time
that the girls marching is better.
He does not know why. Girls carry
no guns, do not study maps or
fling themselves on the ground In
extended order drill, Col. Barkman
emphasized, so comparison must be
limited to marching
Another cadet instructor Elmer
H. Krehbiel, chairman of the Mill
tary Committee at Mckinley and
faculty adviser for the girls, said
the girls stand rigid when ordered
to attention.
THE boys wiggle," he said.
Competition Arranged.
The competition for the girl ca
diets will include four companies
from Central High School; Nc
Kinley, two; Anacostia, two; Roose-
welt, two, and Woodrow Wilson, one.
Coolidge High School formed two
companies last month but will not
Evening star., 1944-04-09

momentarlly at
] e a S t o ( a
b a t t ! e scared
soldier, was re-
called yesterday
by the woman
who sold the
Army on the
idea of an eX-
perrin e n t in
musical therapy.
Frances Pap
erte, telling the
story to 80 staff
p h y S 1 clans at
w alter Reed
Hospital, said the
Evening star., 1944-04-09


battle scared that he rolled under
the bed at the approach of even a
nurse. At first he listened to the
gray lady without response. Then
she started grooming in German.
And the boy who had German
name. listened intently.
1t was apparent that he was
deeply moved. After it was over he
spoke to the orderly: Come on.
Jack, let's take a walk. I'm not
afraid"
For the first time, Miss Paperte
said. he had the courage to walk out
of the ward room in New York
hospital.
Second Visit Requested.
How did the story end? The boys
doctor and nurse asked the Gray
Lady to come back and sing to him
the next day. But the next day the
Gray Lady had to sing in an At
lantic City hospital.
Because of such stories, test of
the use of music in the treatment
and care of the sick will begin in
about two weeks at Walter Reed
Hospital
Mai. Gen. Shelley U. Marietta,
commandant of the Army Medical
Center, is most interested, however,
in the possibilities of musical ther-
apy with the men who have lost
their legs. according to Miss Paperte.
They have to take painful eXer-
cises to get their muscles ready for
the artificial limb" she said Gen.
Marietta saw right away the posi-
bilities of using music for its i'm
pulse to move, in rhythm and its
effect in alleviating pain"
Origin in Last War.
Miss Paperte, former opera
singer, who founded the Institute of
Musical Therapy in New York, said
her idea had its birth in an incident
during the last war.
She was with a group Of opera
singers entertaining in an Army
hospital A baritone started to sing
over There" and a boy back from
France started to curse and scream
his protest. The thought that music
might have constructive as we'll as
such disastrous effects on the emo
tionS occurred to her.
Years later, after she had married
Eugene Berger, president of the City
Service Power & Light Co, the
thought of music as medicine was
t0 accur to her again in a period
Ct great distress. Her 7-year-old
daughter contracted infantile pa
ralysis Both legs were affected to
the hips.
Child Given Best Attention:
The child was given the best that
medicine had to offer in physical
therapy. Experts undertook to give
the exercises. A private swimming
pool-like the one at Warm Springs
was built for the little girl
1T was evident that the impulse
to move in the exercises was lack
Ing in the muscles" she said. So
Mrs. Berger undertook to provide
that impulse with music. She ar
ranged and composed to obtain the
right music to aid the experts di-
recting the exercises.
we were just beginning to see
some success she said, when pneu-
monia took my daughter at 49,
1t was physicians who showed
Miss Paperte the scope of music
therapy, she said She first took her
idea to DR.. Kristian r. Hanson
Of the Presbyterian-Colum Medi-
cal Center and president of the
American Congress of Physical
Therapy. He suggested a program
OF music for arthritis, insomnia
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Town Election Slated
May ] in RiverduIe

Riverdale Md residents last
night were urged to register for the
towns biennial election for town
treasurer and councilmen from the
first, second and fourth wards. 1t
will be held May /.
The registration books will be
open from to 9 pm. April 20 and
27 at the firehouse.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Woodrum Seeks Reelection

ROANOKE, Va, April 8 (F).-Rep-
Iresetltative Woodrum of Roanoke
announced today that he will be a
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
natiqn for the House in the August
primary. Mr.. Woodrum Is the only
announced candidate.
Evening star., 1944-04-09

How gray lady, grooming
Schubert's AVE Maria" in German
and lightly plucking the melody
on harp, restored the courage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Yonks Pound At Goropon
BY WILLIAM F. THREE

United Press War COrresp0ndenty
 Pearl Harbor, June 19-CUP)-U. s. troops on Saipan hammered at the approaches to Garapan, adinin- istrative center of the Marianas, to- day and engaged the Japanese in a bloody battle for Aslito airfield. l440 miles from Tokyo, after smashing an enemy attempt to land an am- phibious force inside the American beachhead.
 Veteran marines and army troops, driving north and east from their beachhead in southwestern Saipan, were within sight of the flimsy, matched buildings in Garapan on the west coast, and had reached the edges of 1S00-foot Aslito airstrip on the south coast.
 While the ground forces slowly were fighting their way through strong defenses, manned by an cs- timated 30,000 Japanese, the enemy made a desperate but futile attempt to land amphibious troops behind the U. s. lines south of Garapan.
 Armed landing craft. probably LCI Handing craft infantry) gufl~ boats, engaged the Japanese amplai- bious force in an off-shore battle Thursday and sank 13 troop-filled barges, earch of them capable 0k carrying from 10 to 100 men.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz' com munique did not indicate where klae enemy barges came from, although it was believed they had been based
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Many Of 7+h
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Allied Supreme Headquarters, London, June 19. (UP)-Some of the finest troops of the American sev- enth Army, which It. Gen. George s. Patton led on the Sicilian inva- sion, were revealed today to be fighting in France under It. Gen. Omar N. Bradley.
 The disclosure that three divi- sions of ttle-hardened veterans of the Mediterranean warfare were in France was the first official report on partial dispersal fo Patton's $ former Seventh Army.
 Although half the people fin Bri- tain knew it. and perhaps the Ger mans, too, months of strict censor ship had kept the Seventh Army's whereabouts one of the most tight ly guarded secrets of the western front.
 One of the units, the Ninth In- fantry division composed mostly of men from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas, is fighting in the St, Sauveur area, midway in the Allied line across the base of the Cher mourg Peninsula.
 The other Seventh Army elements in France are the First Infantry division and the S2nd Airborne div ision.
 Three other units that took part in Patton's Sicilian campaign since have been incorporated in It. Gen. Mark Clark's Fifth Army and dis tinguished themselves in the fight through Italy. They are the Sd, S4th
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Reds In Jeeps, Trucks Race After Routed F oes

Moscow, June 19. - (UP) - Russian mobile forces leading a drive up the Karel- ian LSthmus to knock Fin land out of the war swept into approaches of Viipuri today, and military sources said decisive developments" were expected at any time.
 CThe Moscow hint of decisive de- velopments" forthcoming, together with numerous other unofficial in- timations that Finland may have had enough, suggested the possible imminence of Finnish equalization in the face of the fast breaking Red army drive)
 Soviet spearheads aboard jeeps and American trucks sped toward Viipuri, Finland's third largest city, from newly-won positions around Koivisto, west coast anchor of the Mannerheim Line, and Makalah- denkyla, only 11 miles below Ciipuri.
 Fron dispatches said the Films were fleeing northward, abandoning line after line, in frantic effort to save the shattered remains of their army.
 The Russians were reported pour ing through relies between the Ka- relian lakes ana forests, while the Baltic fleet led by the battleship October revolution and the cruiser Kirov moved northward along the coast shelling the Hanks of the re- treating Films.
 Some reports indicated that panic had broken out in the Finnish ranks when the Soviets smashed the Man. nerheim Line and began streaming through a widening gap in it's west coast Notifications for an immin- ent assault on Viipuri, the fall of Ehich brought Finland's equalization in the winter war of 1939-40.
 Reap the Harvest
 "The Films now are reaping the harvest they have sown," the news (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Congress Aims to Complete Schedule To Permit Recess

conversion to civilian production as war contracts are cut back.
 The house also expects to act dur ing the week on bills to give army commissions to women aivforce service pilots and to define the status of insurance companies in interstate commerce. There also is a routine resolution to create a corn- mittee to investigate congressional campaign expenditures.
 The senate had before 1t the ei,- 800 900. 900 war agencies approprla- tion bill, one of II which make up the s5e.O00. .000.0 900 total still requir- ing final congressional action. De- bate centered on a $500 900 author ization for the fair employment practices committee which Is ops posed by southerners.
 Legislation to extend the life of the Price Control Agency beyond June 30 offered the biggest single stumbling block. However. house and senate conferees appeared con- fident that they could reach a coa- promise on price-increaslng riderE which otherwise may lead to a pres- idential veto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
FRENCH TAKE ELbA'S CAPITAL TANKS TIGHTEN NORMANDY PENINSULA TRAF Finnish Equalization Believed Near
Portoferraio Gives Up As Nazis Race To Hills
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD

BY REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press War COrrespondentl
 Rome, June 19. = (UP)- French Colonial troops have fought their way across the narraw waist of Elba to cap ture the insular capital of POrtoferraiO and now control most of the 85-square-mile island, a communique' an- nOunced today, while Allied forces on the Italian main land battled through stiff German resistance on the outskirts of Perugia.
 Cut off from all hope of escape of reinforcement by Allied naval and air forces patrolling the approaches to Elba, the remnants of the German garrison were rel ported scattering through the hills under relentless atI tack by veteran French con1| mandos, Senegalese, Moroc-' cans and Algerian troops.
 Portoferraio, on the northern end of the island, was seized yesterday by French spearhead that thrust up from the south coast, capturing several hundred Nazis in their path.
 RAF Spitfires ranged over the narrow straits of Pionbino through~ out the day, sinking barge and g number of small vessels offshore, presumably attempting to evacuate Nazi troops to the mainland.
 A special communique annOunc4 ing the fall of Portoferraio said the Germans still were putting up al stubborn fight on some parts of the island, but aerial reconnaissancel indicated that the defenders laadI been split up into isolated bands of snipers and machine gunnerS dug in for a death fight on the inland hills.
 Ffront reports said the Germans put the torch to Portoferraio before they surrendered it to the advancing French. There was no word on the fate of the historic Villa San Mar- tino, overlooking the capital, where Napoleon was confined from May 1914, to February, 1915.
 Driving Rains
 b Driving rains slowed the flow of supplies and men to the Allied 5th and 9th Army spearheads on the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Sinos Reach Moeoung R.

Southeast Asia Headquarters, Randy, Ceylon, June 19.-UP)- Chinese troops have driven to the north bank of the Mogaung river, directly opposite Japanese-held Mo- gaung town, a communique said to day, while other Allied forces scored local gains on three sides of be- sieged Myitkyina, the main enemy stronghold in northern Burma.
 British Chindit units continued their pressure on Mogaung from the east after capturing a huge Japanese ammunition dump on tho outskirts of the town.
 Another Chinese column pushed on south of Kamaing, 20 miles northwest of Mogaung, and killed all but two of 66 Japanese Skirm- ishers encountered along the jungle track.
 Tn the Myitkiyna sector, 28 miles east of Mogaung, American and Chinese forces pushed deeper into the Japanese lines on the northern, southern and western sides of the town. There was no word on the progress of street fighting inside Myitkyina.
 The communique reported. how ever, that one Chinese force tun- nelled under the enemy lines south of the town and destroyed party of Japanese.
 British Imperial troops on the East Indian front cleared a 20-mile stretch of the valley road south of Kohima, seizing 75-millimeter gun and large quantities of ammunition. The thrust, coordinated with Bri- British patrol attacks northward from Imphal, left less than 20 miles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Robot Bombs Still Roin
BY WALTER CRONKITE United Press War COrrespOndent)


 London, June 19. - CUP) - AL lied fighter planes drew a tight aerial cordon over southern England today ard anti-aircraft batteries went into action on a scale un- equalled since the battle of Britain in 194O, as the Germans hurled their highly-touted robot bombers acroS sthe channel for the fifth straight day.
 The attacks wen on spasmodically all night and through the morning, wrecking buildings and piling up a growing toll of deaths.
 Nazi propagandists hinted darkly that new and heavier secret weapons may be launched against Britain shortly.
 Official sources disclosed, how ever, that ground gunners and the RAF already have evolved defense technique expected to go long way toward beating the robot raiders.
 Details of the technique were a closely guarded military secret, but RAP Typhoons and Spitfires went up at the first light of dawn and be- gan circling high over the Channel coasts, waiting for the flying bombs to sweep in.
 Eyewitnesses reported that the fighters closed in behind the rocket
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Local Dem. Conventions Wed nesdoy

Democratic town and senatorial conventions will be held here We'd nesday night at which time candi- dates for party state honors will be nominated.
 Although not definitely stated it is understood that the probate conven- tion will be held on Saturday at which time Probate Judge Patrick Healey will be renominated.
 At the senatorial conventions Ed ward P. Egan is expected to be nom- mated by the party as senatorial candidate from the city's 18th dis trict, while Patrick J. Wallace who recently defeated incumbent sena- tor John F. Tobin in a primary con- test, will be nominated by the party as candidate from the 18th district
 Both conventions are slated to get underway at p. m. with the nom- ination for the 18th to take place in the aldefMiaEfC 5ciIaInbers, and those of the 18th, in the city court room.
 Town convention nominations slated for 8:30 p. m. expected to see the renomination of incumbent state representatives John Mem primo and Daniel T. Mahaney. Also to be chosen at this latter conven- tion are g justices of peace. This will be conducted in the aldermanic chambers.
 Atty. Frank Healey newly chosen member of the Democratic state central committee will act as tenn porary chairman of the 18th district convention to be assisted by Mrs. Winifred Mcdonald co-member of the state committee as temporary secretary. Permanent officers will then be chosen from the delegates present. Maurice F. Tangney chair man of the town committee will act as temporary chairman of the 18th district convention assisted by Mrs. Gertrude Gordon as temporary sec-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Baldwin Asks Legislation

Hartford, Conn, June l9-(UP)- The general assembly convened in extraordinary session today and was asked by Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin to enact legislation legalizing use of the federal soldier ballot in Connec- ticut and to set up "a workable and understandable" highway speed law.
 At a special session last Janu- ary, said the governor you enacted very comprehensive and complete law providing for absentee voting. At that time; no one knew what. if any, action would be taken by the federal government. I would recom- mend that steps be taken to make the so-called supplemental federal ballot provided for (by congresS) legal in Connecticut.
 T called you into special session at the latest possible moment (be- cause none of us knew what further action the federal government might take with reference to the soldiers so-called voting bilD to consider amending our absentee voting law"
 Gov. Baldwin said he had con-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
BY LYLE c. WILSON

Limited Press Staff COrrespOndentl
 Chicago, June i9-(UP)-Nation- al committeeman and party big shots were gathering today for the Republican National convention. confident that this time their at- tempt to name a presidential ticket capable of licking President R0ose- welt will be successful.
 The convention meets June 26. Platform makers will convene June 2i, probably under chairmanship of Sen. Robert 4. Taft. R.. o. Their toughest problems will be farm and foreign relations plants.
 Benefit payments and subsidies challenge party unity, largely be. cause of a strong demand for repu- diation of both policies. Foreign relations problems center around postwar collaboration iEl maintain ing peace. 4 notable division there is between Gov. Thomas Y. Dewey, of New York, who favors use of force and Gov. W. Bricker. of Ohio, who is for international collahora- ton but against the use of force to maintain peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
Republicans Set Stage For 23rd National Contention

Bricker's presidential headquarters is open. Campaign Manager Roy B. Moore, Ohio publisher, predicts the governor will be nominated on the sixth ballot. But Dewey's name still figures most prominently in pre-convention polls and specula- tion.
 Moore said Bricker's name would be put in nomination rain or shine" and 1t is known that packers of for. mer Gov. Harold E. Etassen, of Min nesota, intend to propose him. For- nal nominations probably will end there.
 But Dewey supporters are talk ing of first ballot victory for their man. Three of Dewey's close ad- visers. New York National Com mitteeman J. Russell sprague. New York State Republican Chairman Edwin F. Jaeckle and Herbert BroWnell, Jr.. will arrive today to open New York" HeaduarteTs at the convention.
 Dewey Will Accept
 Both Jaeckle and Brownell said
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Stan COrrespOndent)

Washington, June l9 - (U.P) - Congress resumed work today on calendar damned with important legislation, confronted with the task of appropriating $58.000. 900. 900 and compromising arguments over the OPA by the end of the week if it expects to take a summer recess this year.
 Legislation leaders considered the prospects good for not only meeting that schedule but also for reaching agreement on a war contract set- clement policy as the first step to- ward postwar industrial conversion
 The plan is to recess either Friday or Saturday until August l, giving the members chance to visit their homes as well as their respective party conventions meeting at Chi cago within that five-week period.
 Reading the list of problems be- fore the house was 6 senate-ap- proved contract settlement measure designed to provide industry with funds and factory space for speedy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
US. HeauyRanes BLastNazi iDr0n1es
NEA Telephoto.
By PHIL AULT
United Press War Correspondent

United Press War COrrespOndent)
 London, June 19 - U.P0 - Hun dreds of American heavy bombers smashed at German air fields in southeastern France and military installations presumably robot bomb bases-along the French coast today to lead the Allied air armadaS supporting the invasion armies in Normandy.
 About 500 Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the United States Eighth Air Force, escorted by Lightnings, Thunderbolts and Mus tangs. ranged over wide area of France while lesser formations poured rockets bombs and bullets into the Cherbourg pocket of Nor mandy.
 The American heavy bombers hit German air fields at Bordeaux Merignac. CazauX. southwest Of Bordeaux, and Corme Eccluse near the coast north of Bordeaux some 200 miles below the Normandy bat tle-front.
 The official announcement of the Eighth Air Forces daylight opera tions gave no detail of the attack on the Pas De Calais area of France, but it was from that region that the Nazis were presumed to be launching their flying bombs against southern England.
 Early reports told of at least three American forces crossing the channel, among them medium and fighter bombers. Low-lying clouds prevented Identification of some daylight raiders.
 During the night RAF heavy bombers searched for the sources of
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