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COLORED-2 1900 Newton. move right
in 6-room single gas automatic
heat. new brick siding on house
2-car garage So 500. - 500 down
Kaczmarek, 1886 Holbrook Trinity
2-5Gs2
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SHARE LIVING QUARTERS

ELDERLY wid0Wer vii share four
couple reasonable Vinewopf 2-6s3o.
WANTED Refined WORKING couple
20 slsre mv single home, every
.hHne furnished Lawrence Dexter sec
Uau- SIS weekly 40 s556
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BOARD AND ROOM

BOARD ana room Home style cook
lnE All you can eat. SO per
week % Parsons.
WANTED N1unr girl as mother IS
leIrer IN exchange Tor room and
hnlrf VIII send 20 school buy
clothes. allowance Private home
must he good SIN sac 1915. Airing
tan 1871
WiSpER 800 near Woodward
Comfortable rooms. excellent meals
good transportation. Cherry 1922.
COLOEED - Licensed home. feeble
persons, excellent food kind care.
1920 West Warren. TYLER A2f22
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HOUSES FOR sALE-wESr
HOUSES FOR SALE

ALMoNT. near Van Dyke-s-Mile dis
trlct. 5 rms, fun basement, only
81 200. 81 200 down. AlHerson,
Broker. TW. i-T02O.
APPOLINE. mr.. CHALFONTE-6
rms. and nook All clean, II. A.
heat Stokoi, IN S-5501 y
GEI DON G. JOHNSON. Inc
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EXPERIENCED colgrcd lady wishes
day work Laundry. $3.50; clean
tuE. SIS sud csrfare can Monday.
r. m TYLER -fg6f
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Cash for Single Home \. ". Sect.
Rountrec. 1920 Plymouth. We 5-i5o0
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VACANT LOTS FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE WANTED

BUY state owned prope rites
your real estate brek
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PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

CdMpLETE REAL ESTATE Service
Seldom a Johnson. Inc. q offices
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avon y lifrIs} At 80 last 10
, VtENT FthHhR AANuY \sHOp
OF attSItI HIGHLAND PARK
trFif EETAEEN And - A -
HDItt lf glr' Kitchen ard wafls
la EaeafaI $50 objection O. cni.
ofsd Son nlss snyder tss Highland
WOMAN wanted lask Jed labor.
steady wlrI fne working c0rdI-
tlons knach Chemical CO. 1918
Wogdbfidgs.
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Appraisal. call Victory. We 7-ss79.
BACHOR WILL PAY CASH for your
PROPERTY IN fs Hrs no. 0ol1.
CASH For coi0rcd properties. quick
deals, save commission and time.
SI1.edleA-iiR- L.-AaEEets7- th,--@-i,lta~
CASH BUYERS
CRlGER, REALTQR-.R. q a51a
Cash for Single Home \. ". sect.
Rountree 1920 Plymouth. We $1,000
COME TO A SPECIALIST
n YOU own real estate and want TO
sell IT. come TO leading firm tnat
can give you the counsel and services
of a specialist
The men IN our Sales. Apt Com
mercial and Industrial Depis are
specialists in their respective fields,
Put these specialists 20 work on your
property The best costs no more.
Why not get it,
HOMER WARREN 4 CO.
Dime Bldg q o32i
EAST s1DE-siugles. incomes flats.
Now IS the time 70 sell. Cash walt
ing. Call Ping. i263
J. w. CARNEY io232 Chalmers
Il. sIDE-Cash buyers waiting per-
sonal attent. Alverson. rW 1-7020.
HAVE buyers for all types Of prop
erty Open evenings Temple i-o73i
HOMES and 2 FLATS IA \. W sec
ton from owners Ralph +. Toyn-
ION 1905 Cd River. We. 5-123i.
ITALIAN 2i-hr cash sale:
80 yrs. East side. Pettine. PL 1920.
READY cash buyers; houses, flats,
apis (Colored) Quick action! &.
". White. 1850 Hastings TE. i-00s6.
WANTED Singles, fats. incomes.
For quick results list with ACME
REAL ESTATE. 1903 Gratiot. Plaza
e575
WAR worker has cash 10 buy > or
6-room single IN Detroit. Sharman.
Broker 203 Hammond Bldg CA. 57bs
COLORED CASH BUYERS WAITING
SINGLES, FLATS. APIS. HURRY
CANNON BROS.
1850 SHERMAN. FL sDl40
COLoRED cash buyers--Flats singles
CRUTCHER REAL ESTATE
asa McGraw. at Warren. TY. $685.
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HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS

TWO furnished light housekeeping
rooms good transportation. $50
Harmon near Oakland
Baker car 1881 Graudy, corner
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IMMEDIATE POSSESSION
Z Mile-Livernois section. Pennington
Drive Faced brick English type;
beautifully Handicapped; 3bedroom
home. being redecorated now. Scar
garage. fenced In back yard auto
matte heat, reduced price and
terms Gail Vinpwood $500. before
Is. Dearborn 1880. evening and sun.
KENTFIELD. 13517--5 rooms. bath;
paved street. side drive. $500 dn,
S25 y month, bargain owner, 1898
kcntheld
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-07
RRR NEWS OF q
~~ MEN~WOMEN
RXX ~ UNIFORM

Pvt. Russell Vickers left on
Wednesday for FIT. Meade, Md,
after spending the past two
weeks in Hardin with his wife
and family and other relatives.
Pvt. Willard Smith left on
Tuesday for Fort Ord, Calf,
after spending the past two
weeks at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Smith.
Pvt. Smith has been stationed
at FIT. Riley, Kan, and is with
the cavalry.
Cpl. Selmea Hilstad soon will
be home in Hardin to visit his
uncle, Albert Brennan, after
serving 80 months with the
Army Corps of Engineers in
the Asiatic- Pacific theater of
operations.
Pvt. James Belts, son of MIR.
and Mrs. Guy Belts, arrived in
Hardin last Saturday from
Bozeman to spend a seven day
furlough with his parents. Pvt.
Belts will leave on Friday for
Salt Lake City, where he will
enter the University of Utah.
While in Bozeman Belts was en-
rolled in the AS.T.P. program
and was one of the honor stu
dents, receiving third high in
his class.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-07

at Kirby until she joined forces
with several thousand other
American women and was sworn
into the army in December, 1912.
Her last station before sailing
for overseas duty was in Bangor
Maine.
When asked whether S h e
would go home now if given the
chance, 1t. Johnson replied, mo
the job isn't finished. This is a
most thrilling and satisfactory
experience and not nearly as
rough as I had expected" Her
one wish for Christmas is
Peace the world over"
The daughter of MIR. and Mrs
William v. johnson, Rosebud
Gables, Story, Wyo., roughS it
in the jungle territory of a
tropical island where she shares
a tent with three other WAC Of
ficerS. Her work is concerned
with the welfare, housing and
administration of more than
200 Wacs in her detachment.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-07
SEABEES REOPEN,
RECRUITER HERE

Word has been received at the
Billings Navy recruiting station
that H. H. Heckler, chief water
tender in the regular navy, has
been designated rating officer
for the Seabees in Montana.
Chief Heckler held a similar
position with the ship repair
units.
According to Chief Robb OF
the Billings Navy recruiting
area, the reopening of the Sea-
bees has aroused a great deal
of interest, and he urges all
who are interested to write the
Navy recruiting station, Billings
so that they can be notified
when Chief Heckler is in the
area.
Whether Chief Heckler will
travel east of Billings will de-
pend on the number of letters
received from prospects in that
area. All accepted Seabees will
receive first or second class
petty officer ratings. Men who
are awaiting draft call are
eligible for induction in this
branch of the navy.
U. S. Navy Recruiter Leslie
Walker, SP (R) &c, will be in
Hardin Dec. 8 and 9 to inter-
view men who are interested in
the navy.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-07

Cats whiskers have very SEN
Sltive nerves at the roots max
ing them invaluable as a guide
in the dark.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR TAX DEED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That the undersigned will on
the 10th day of December, 1914,
apply to the County Treasurer
Of the County of Big Horn,
State of Montana, for Tax
Deed to the following described
property, situated in Big Horn
County, Montana, 'to-wit:
The Southeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter, the West
Half of the Northeast Quarter,
and the Northwest Quarter of
Section "a, Township 1 North,
Range 80 East, M. P. M.
Amount due on October 1st,
1914, being $189O.77.
Dated this 7th day of Deem
Der, A. D. 1914.
HARRY E. cox,
County Clerk & Recorder, Big
Horn County, Montana.
Pub. Dec. 7 & IA, 1944)
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From rancher to soldier that's
Second Lieutenant Phyllis v.
Johnson now serving overseas
with the Women's Army Corps.
Having arrived in New Guinea
in September she is assigned as
executive officer of the WAC
detachment at an advance
headquarters.
Rosebud Mountain ranch at
Kirby, and 1854 wyoming Ave.,
Sheridan, Wyo., were home to
Phyllis johnson before she
answered the cali to duty.
It seems to be 3 $3.50 Army
Navy proposition in her family.
Capt. Bill j. Spear of Cheyenne,
along with sister Phyllis, lends
support to the army while Sea-
man 1/c Bradford J. Spear and
1t. (jg) Victor E. Johnson, two
other brothers, are loyal to- the
navy.
Having attended Chicago Uni
versity, 1t. Phyllis johnson
spent her civilian life ranching
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-12-07
MIKE
SEZ::

I been notissin in the Hardin
paper where the mayor of Har-
din wants applicashuns for a
poleese offisser. He sed he wants
it in riting but if I rite it I
mite as well throw it in the
waste basket because no one kin
read it. So I'll take a chance
on my -typeritter, anyway you
kin read it. 1t looks smarter too.
Carl Rankin
Mayor of Hardin
Dec. LIST, 1914
Dear Mr.. Rankin;
I want to sublet my applica-
shun for Poleese Offiser. I am
a ctiyson of the United States
and am a resident of Hardin. I
have l wife 2 kids l coolie
hound and no other livestock to
%interfeer with the law if I git
this job. I have d swell Build,
just swell in the front a tiny
bit. 5 foot 8 inches tall wear a
size 16 shirt, sleeves "a inches,
shoes 8 but 9 feel easier and l
reel thing I also have is flat
feet. Pants 80 x 80 inches long.
Cap 7 an Il. AS far as being a
good pease o~ffisser I knoe Id
be good because I like pease
too. There wood be less arrests
than Hardin has had. I haven't
had much schooling but I have
been a filter even if I wasn't so
good. I've never been licked
only a cuppla times and if I
could of run faster I woodnt of
been licked then. l time I run
faster but I got tired an had
to quit runnin and the little
guy jus beat me up, because I
was too tired to fygt back. Be-
fore I go eny farther
Oh yes I have good
weight POS lbs. los lbs of muSsel
and the rest same as enyone
else. Then another thing if I
am offisser I want a new Jail
bllt on the main drag so that I
wont have so far 20 60 and I
want it to have a bath room,
gas heat, and a comisary. Now
Mr.. mayor I want you to con-
slider the other fellows too be-
cause I want you to be fair
with them even if I am the best
applicant to sublet my propisi-
sshun. I also promise not to
let pollyticks interfeer with
this job, because if I run for a
job I will lose for shure. I eX-
pect for my pay about l. as
mush as I'm Werth but I knoe
the sity needs pertkshun, so I
will Werk for 125 dollars a week
and double time for overtime.
If there is enything you want
to knoe don't be bashful in
aXing.
MIKE KUCHERA
For Sale or Trade, 3 good
houses in Hardin. All good To-
cations.
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WITEIHO
TAX EXPLAINED

The revised rates for with
holding income tax from wages,
provided by the individual in
come tax act of 1914, apply to
all wages paid by an employer
to his employees on and after
Jan. 1, 1945, regardless of when
the wages were earned, Lewis
Penwell, collector of internal
revenue explained this week.
Under the new law, for *
ample, any wages earned in
December, but not paid to the
employee until Jan l or later
are subject to the new with
holding rates.
On the average about the
same amount of tax will be
withheld under the new rates
as was withheld under the old
rates. However, since the rates
were revised to adjust each en-
ployee'S withholding more close
ly to his annual income tax, in
individual cases the withholding
may be either more or less than
before.
Collector Penwell further ex-
planned that the withholding
receipt, Form W. Rev.), for
1914 to be given by all employ
ers to all employees by Jan. 81,
l945, must show all wages act
ually paid during 1914 together
With the amount of income
tax withheld during the calen-
dar year.
If any wages earned in Dec
ember are not paid to the en-
ployee until Jan. l or later, such
wages must not be included on
the 1914 withholding receipt,
he said. Inasmuch as practically.
all wage earners who may use
these receipts as their 1914 re-
turns file returns on the basis
of income received during the
year, inclusion in the receipt of
any wages not actually paid in
1914 would result in incorrect
returns.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Romine OF
Little Owl, MIR. and Mrs. j. S.
Rom1ne of Sarpy and Mrs.
George Miller were dinner guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
D.. L. Egnew last Wednesday.
Mrs. Dorothy Pawlitschek
Mrs. Wanda Locke and Mrs.
Lloyd Peterson were Billings
callers on Wednesday.
Andrew Miller of Sarpy was a
caller in Hardin Wednesday.
Sid Romine of Sarpy was a
business caller in Hardin We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Dorothy Pawlitschek
was i'll at her home last week
with tonsilitiS.
Supt. Elmer Skeie and C. A.
CorkinS returned from Lewis
town Tuesday evening. They had
Deer attending the annual
meeting of the school board as
ISOLATION. The meeting wa S
held on Monday and Tuesday of
this week.
Mrs. Lee Terpening and Mrs.
Bert KrOnmiller were in Bill
ings from Tuesday until Thurs
day of this week.
Mrs. Eva Brandt, Mrs. Olive
Laird, Mrs. Bessie Russell and
Mrs. Verna Kelley were guests
of Mrs. Dan Maddox on Sunday
at al Continental dinner at the
Northern hotel in Billings. Mrs.
Kelley honored the group at a
luncheon on Monday.
E. L.. Kelley returned from
Kansas City, Mo-, on Monday.
He had been called there by the
death of his mother.
Mrs. George Golf, Jr., of
Glenrock, Wyo., is visiting at
the home of her aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. William Walker.
Mrs. Golf plans to visit in Har-
din for some time.
Mrs. Mary Beth Nerseth ar
rived in Hardin Wednesday
from San Francisco to visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Crilly.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hopper
stad are the parents of a
daughter born at the Lucy VIM
hospital on Dec. 2. She weighed
nine pounds five ounces.
Those attending the Ameri-
can Legion and Auxiliary dis
trict convention in Billings Sun
day afternoon were Mr.. and
Mrs. P. D. Thomson and Hazel,
MI. and Mrs. Joseph Zacek, MIR.
and Mrs. William Walker, Mrs.
George Golf, Jr., Mrs. Ruth
zimmerman, Mrs. Edna Miller,
MI. and Mrs. Kenneth Christ
Jansen, Mr. and Mrs. Merle C.
Martin, Ernest Hyde and Jacob
Job M. M. SIC.
The St. Thomas Episcopal
Guild met Monday night at the
home of Mrs. Eric Walker,
Cats whiskers have very SEN
Sltive nerves at the roots max
ing them invaluable as a guide
in the dark.
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LOCALS
: PHONE YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO NO. 8 :

Announcement was made this
week by Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Ford of the birth of a son on
Nov. 80 to S/Sgt and Mrs. Ken
meth Ford at San Francisco,
Calf. He weighed 8 pounds 4
ounces.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles B.
Schneider spent Sunday in For
syth visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Durkin and
family.
Mrs. Ward B. Minear and her
daughter, Mrs. Roland D. Crosby
returned to Hardin last Thurs
day evening after a two weeks
visit in Billings, Broadview,
Columbus and Livingston with
friends and relatives.
The Rev. Ben Nelson and
family have moved to a new
parsonage next to the church,
which was recently purchased
by the congregation of the Open
Bible church. The phone num-
Der has been changed to 246W.
Mrs. E. P. Sweeney of Billings
visited over the week end at
the home Of her son and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Art Sweeney.
Mrs. r. B. Saunders, Mrs. c..
S. Elder and Mrs. L. H Labbitt
were Billings callers on Saturday
of last week.
James Anderson spent the
week end in Hardin at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. O.. E. Anderson. James is
employed in Billings.
Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. C..
H. Ross were Billings callers on
Saturday.
MIR and Mrs. A. D. Raymond
of Forsyth visited at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Bell
Friday through Sunday.
Boyd Bordewick of San Fran
cisco is visiting at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Laura Barr, and
his mother-in-law, Mrs. Fred
Livengood.
HARDIN DRUG CO., A. M
Hicks. Let us be your prescrip-
ton druggist. 27-tf
Lois Belts left Monday for
New Orleans where she will
visit her husband, who is sta
toned with the signal corps
there.
Mrs. Alfred Bowman returned
Saturday after visiting at the
home of her mother in Salt
Lake City for the past few
weeks.
Mrs. D. L. Egnew, Mrs. John
Bennett, Mrs. Jake Koebbe and
Mrs. Charles Corkins were a.
mong those in Billings on Tues
day of this week.
Mrs. Binone Mellon, mother
of Mrs. Jack Helmann, fell and
fractured her hip Monday even
ing. Mrs. Mellon lives in Bill
ings.
Fay Bradley of Billings, Farm
Credit representative, was in
Hardin on Wednesday.
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MIKE.
K u c H ERA'S
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our many
thanks and appreciation to our
many friends, relatives and
neighbors who so willingly
helped out during the death of
our baby daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Dinsdale
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Dinsdale
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Pitt and
family
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Herman
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud DinSdale
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Kirby Kernels

Miss Ruth Ferguson, Wave,
spent a few days with home
folks on her way to the west
coast from New York. The
Fergusons and Aldersons had a
Thanksgiving dinner in her
honor and she was able to see
most of her friends on her short
visit.
willis B. Spear, Jr., has pur-
chased a jeep to tour around
over his leases on the Crow Res
ervation.
Monday, Nov. 20, was Kirby
day in Sheridan. Those in
Sheridan were the Fergusons,
Glenns, Millspaughs, Billingslys,
Mrs. Matt Jordon, Mrs. Willis
B. Spear, Mrs. Dick Hosford,
Mrs. William v. Johnson, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Moody.
Tom Traphagen recently COM
pleted a reservoir dam on Dry
Creek for Dom Davies and will
be building other cams for the
Rosebud ranchers after COM
pleting work near Decker.
1t. Phyllis Johnson, now SER
wing overseas in New Guinea,
was recently assigned as execut-
i've officer of the WAC detach-
ment at Advance General head
quarters. Her work is concerned
with the welfare, housing and
administration of the more
than 200 WAC's in her de-
tachment. She writes her folks
that she'd be satisfied there if
only there were COWS and
horses. Recently she wrote that
she was to have a horseback
ride on Sunday, so we know she
is we'll pleased to find a saddle
horse there on the mountain
top.
Misses Jeanne and Francelia
Helvey left recently for Tuscon,
Ariz., where they will be en-
ployed in defense work.
Mrs. c. T. Glenn arrived home
from New York in time to help
celebrate her husbands BIRTH
day on Nov. 26, when the
neighbors gathered to spend the
evening with him.
MI. and Mrs. w. w. Anderson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Tommy Fer
guson spent Thanksgiving, Nov.
%. at the Eaton ranch.
The bridge club met with
Mrs. Torrey B. Johnson on We'd
nesday. Mrs. Glenn, Mrs. Tom
my Ferguson, and Mrs. Willis B.
Spear, Jr., were those present.
Dom Davies recently had his
tonsils removed in Sheridan.
Captain John Lee of the Re-
mount Depot in Sheridan was a
week end guest of Richard Hos
ford and was there for the calf
branding.
On Thanksgiving, Nov. 80. Mr.
and Mrs. Sitter were hosts to
a group of friends.
On Nov. 80 Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis B. Spear, Jr., we're hosts
at the annual family party for
one o'clock dinner. Guests were
Mrs. Elsa Spear Byron of Sheri-
dan, Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip T.
Spear of Lodge Grass, MI. and
Mrs. William V. Johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. Jackson D. Moody and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Torrey B.
Johnson and family, and Mrs.
Eileen johnson Sargent and
Winthrop, Jr., Paddy Ryan, Mr..
and Mrs. Pete Torgerson and
Dan Georgen.
Mrs. Jack Murray and sons,
Jimmy and Jackie spent Friday
in town visiting the dentist.
Mrs. Dick Hosford and Debby
left Thursday for Chicago,
where they will spend a month
visiting with her family.
Bradford johnson Spear, R.
M. &c, USNR, recently qualified
as a special key operator, a job
that requires speed in sending
and transmitting messages. re
is in the South Pacific.
Torrey B. johnson was in
! Hardin on business Friday.
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GUEST SPEAKER HERE

The Rev. Claude Lawton of
Hot Springs, S. D., divisional
superintendent of Open Bible
churches, will be guest speaker
at the local Open Bible church
on Dec. 10.
Mr.. Lawton will give an
address at both morning and
evening services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
Rumors Upset Jop Capital

Moscow. Dec. 14. CUP)-A Tass News Agency dispatch from Tokyo today said sensational rumors' were circulating throughout the Japanese capital and were mounting in pro- portion to the frequency of Amer ican air raids.
 we are worried by the fact that the people of Tokyo are still spread ing false sensational rumors," the dispatch quoted the newspaper Tokyo Shimbun.
 These exaggerated rumors spread everywhere in factories and shops. Tn connection with the more fre- quent enemy raids upon the capital, the tendency to spread these rumors is increasing.
 "The people who spread the ru- morS are actually more "arfgthar, than incendiarieS or explosive bombs. No punishment is too severe for these people"
 TaSS said the newspaper criti- cized the government for muShing up damage done by American raid- CTS, this encouraging the runners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
Bank To Pay $228,000 In Dividends

Dividends totaling more than 1 $228, 900 will be paid by the Merch- ants Trust Company to savings and commercial depositors on approval of the superior court, it was reveal ed today. A motion requesting the court to order the payment will be heard by Judge Robert L. Munger at short calendar session tomor- row morning.
 The motion, filed by Assistant At- torney General Robert M. Bowling in behalf of Richard Rapport, state bank commissioner and successor receiver of the bank. states 10 per cent dividend can be paid to both the commercial and savings depart ment depositorS from the cash now on hand.
 It is disclosed in the court papers thta the cash in the savings depart ment now totals $187,798. .36, while that in the commercial department is $88, 8,50l .33. In order to pay the 10 per cent dividend the sum of $151,- 938.33 must be taken from the sav- ipgs sum, and $76,84254 from the commercial division, the motion states.
 It is understood that the City of Waterbury, one of the largest con- mercial depoSitors, will receive about $33,000 if the 10 per cent dividend payment is made. Enough cash will remain after the dividends are paid for inter- depart 
 Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14
Red Troops '|:'': Drive Closer Into Budapest
(NEA Telephoto)
By ROBERT MUSEL -

United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, Dec 14 = U.PO = Red Army trooos battled through the inner belt of Notifications in the eastern and northeastern suburbs of Budapest against suddenly-stiffened German resistance today. while un- confirmed reports said great fires were sweeping uncontrolled through the center of the city.
 Bloody hand-to-hand and house. toulouse fighting ragged all along the edge of Pest, on the east bank of the Danube, with casualties run ming high on both sides, and the thunder of heavy cannonading by the massed Russian and German guns shook the city.
 Both Berlin and Moscow agreed that the battle was mounting hourly in fury as the Soviet onslaught car ried deep into the final hard core of the Nazi defense system.
 A graphically -worded Russian com munique said the Germans were ''replenishing and reinforcing" their troops defending the approaches to the city, but it did not make clear whether they were fresh units rush. ed down from Austria or reserves drawn from the Budapest garrison.
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