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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Train Rams Car, 2 Deud

Trenton Mich, Dec. 29-(UP)- Ray Harmon, 36, Toledo, New York Central railroad fireman, died early today while rescue workers sought to free him from the wreckage of a Toledo to Detroit passenger train that also took the life of the en- gineer, O. F. Hayward, 58, Toledo.
 Passengers were jolted but were otherwise uninjured when the seven car train was derailed after blowing into an abandoned automobile be- longing to MT. and Mrs. Lee Riden- OUT which had stalled on an icy crossing.
 Rescue workers mad tolled through out the night in ankle-deep snow and Sub-zero temperature to re- move Harmon from beneath the lo- comotive tender. He talked with his rescuers once and after five hours they had opened a gap sufficiently large for a physician to give the trapped fireman a hypodermic in- jection to ease his pain.
 Harmon was dead when finally removed and taken to hospital.
 The locomotive overturned and ripped pa block long section of the track. The coaches came to rest across the main line of the New York Central.
 Ridenour told chief of police Na- poleon Solo that his automobile slipped on the icy grad crossing and became wedged in rail. He said he had attempted to flag the train, normally travelling at 60 miles an hour along this section of mainline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Lad Kills 40 Nozis Alone
By WALTER CRONKITE

Limited Press War Correspondent
 With Americans Outside Echter- nacht, Dec. 29 = (U.P) - Roof top Willie will have to be the name of this one-man airforce without an airplane. His bombs were hand grenades and his targets were Ger mans in the house beneath him.
 He was just one of the many un- identified heroes of this war. All they know up here is that Willie was a corporal. part of a unit of 120 tn- fantrymen and about 60 tankmen cut oil for three days in a village near the German border by the sud- den Na1 counter offensive.
 For 72 bloody hours they fought offan entire German regiment which penetrated into the narrow alleys of the village before they managed to withdraw. They chopped through buildings to chase the Germans, they rescued their wounded with tanks and they piled up so many German dead in the streets they had to hurdle the bodies in order to re- treat.
 Willie took on the job of clear ing Germans from one of the houses being occupied next door to the doughboys.
 He climbed to the icy roof of a two-story gabled house in which the Germans were holed up, slid down to the front edge and laid his rifle over the gutter.
 Then he fired two shots toward the front door as teaser. Four Germans slipped out to see what was going on. Willie pulled the pin from grenade, squinted over the roof edge for better aim and dropped it.
 He hit the jack pot and the four Germans qualified for posthumous iron crosses.
 Willie grinned as he crept back behind a gable and took another grenade from his pocket. In mo- ment patrol of five Germans came out of the house. His aim was true again.
 Willie'S mission" lasted nearly an hour despite the bullets of snipers who had spotted his bomb ing platform. When his pockets were empty of grenades and he finally scrambled down, 40 dead Germans were piled in front of the door.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Hopes For 1945 Home Front Fade

and oils in the reconstruction period. Department of Commerce supply ex- perts foresee ample supplies for the first quarter of 1945, and through out the year unless drouth hits the oil seed eros, or hoarding begins later in the year.
 A storm is brewing in the cof- fee cup, though supply figures show no cause for alarm now. On Oct. 31 over { 1-2 million 132-pound sacks were on hand (well over three months Supply) in contrast to the less than 1-2 million sacks Dec. 31, 1922, when rationing began. BrazirS contract for one million sacks Q month lasts till end of this year, when growers contend they can no longer sell at old prices, must have five cents more per re- tail pound. OPA refuses this price rise on a cost-of- living item used in millions of homes. If coffee growers hold out foreseeing Q pos- Sible European market, ratloning will go in at once.
 Other food forecasts: Turkey supplies will be better, by years end. Chickens are expected to be scarce with high egg prices (possibly a cent or two lower than this year) bringing another egg glut. The worst of the butter scarcity is over as big production season begins. Canned fruits are expected to be as rare next year as they have been, but bigger shipments of bananas and pineapple are expected. More dehydrated foods will be seen in your market and you can get a recipe booklet for cooking them from Department of Agriculture.
 3. CLOTHING
 With cotton far short of needs, and Army demands for woolen gar- ments high for the coming quar- ter, there is no chance of any cloth ing restrictions being lifted during the first six monhts of the year.
 Another two million pounds oi yarn added to the program for childrens knit-wear will mean a big increase, but there's little hope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Supplies of Sugar, Shortening, Meat And Coffee in Doubt

that it will keep up with shoppers demands.
 Shoe rationing is certain to stay through the first quarter, prob- ably a good deal longer as leather supplies now look. Even the low- priced shoes the shoe trade has asked to have ration-free won't be generally let loose, but will be tapered of in more liberal tem- porary ration-free periods, with the first free period likely to come in January or February.
 5. TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION
 Oflce of Defense Transportation foreSees another stay-at-home year with continued anti-convention and travel campaigns and 8 drive to have vacations spread throughout the year instead of punched up next summer when military rail use may be at its highest for West Coast shipping and for returning soldiers,
 War Produtcion Board auto and tire programmerS say flatly there won't be an auto made in 1945, and wouldn't be a tire to put on 1t if there were, since tire-makers can barely keep up with military demands and supply essential doc tors, nurses, and police cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

inent among these being the tax gatherers. Jesus warned the nation. He called the multitudeS to Him. They gladly responded. They longed fer leader, deliverer, Jesus fed them, healed their diseases miracul- ously, cherished them and saved their souls so they rejoiced and fol- lowed Him wheresoever He went.
 The Palestine world was not paradise when Jesus came. The people were haraSsed and distressed They were not 8 care-free, gay and happy working people aS Renan in his Life of Jesus" portrays them. So Jesus speaks to the nation or justice. He told the story of the Uunjust Judge, of the Unjust Stew ard. His gospel was SOcial one sweetened and heightened by thA evangelical element: He had come to seek and to save that which was lost. Peace he declared was high~ ly important thing to have, bue never could the nations have peae0 without justice.
 Today said Rev. Weller, nAt1onu are fighting for freedom, but let u0 not forget, let not the national leAde CTS and all forget that unless tho peace for which we fight be q Juse one, there still will be wars and rumors of wars. We want, the world needs a peace that will take into deep consideration by our leaders the minority peoples and their needs and aspirations and hopes. Let Eng> land beware of the needs of India. Let the South African rulers re- member the needs of millions of black Africans. Let America remenn- Der the needs of millions of black people in these United States. Let Justice speak in our ears. Justice Is eternal since God is eternal. Justice, like Truth, though dashed to earth will rise again, for the eternal years of God are hers.
 And you, my people, see to 1t that you do your part despite the ill., usages and handicaps you suffer. Trust in God and do the right. The Kingdom is coming. it is advancing. It will win. Jesus Christ will yet see of the trivial of His Soul. He, the Coming One, will yet be acclaimed for His Spirit, His Love, His Truth and His Justice. God is trampling out the vintage. He is sitting out the hearts of men before His judge ment seat.' He is marching on. Let Justice begin at the house of God. Our preachers must courageously preach and practice justice and that goes for our Senators. both national and state, our political leaders, our daily papers, our Social workers and all who sincerely hope and pray and long for a better days dawning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
LATE BISHOPS
 WILL PROBATED
Seminary, Successor Ben- eficiaries; Pope Sends
 Message of Coincidence

The will of the late Most Rev. Maurice F. McAuliffe, DID,, Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Hartford has been made public His estate goes to his successor Pope Plus XII has sent the follow ing expression of sorrow concern. ing the late Bishops passing:
 Citta Del Vaticano Via Mackay Dec. 20 Bishop O'Brien,
 Hartford, Conn,
 Holy Father learned with deep sorrow of death of beloved Bishop McAuliffe conveys assurance of prayerful remembrance of de- ceased. Imparts to your excel lency and bereaved diocese apos- toltc benediction as earnest of heavenly consolation.
 Monsignor Montini,
 Substitute Secretary of State.
 Provisions of VIII
 The text of the will drawn up in 1885, a year after his appoint ment to the Hartford See, is az follows:
 Tn the name of God. Amen. I, Maurice Francis McAuliffe, of the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, aged sixty years, being of sound mind, do make. publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form as follows:
 "First-l direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon after my decease as con- veniently can be done.
 "Second-I give and bequeath to The Saint Thomas Seminary of Hartford, situate in Bloomfield, Connecticut, my books and person. al effects, including furniture. clothing and sacred vessels which shall, at the time of my decease, be at Saint Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield.
 Third-All the rest residue and remainder of my estate, real, per sonal and mixed, I give devise and bequeath to my successor in the Office of Bishop of Hartford.
 "Fourth-I nominate, constitute and appoint Rev. John J. Hayes of the City of Hartford, the ex- ecutor of this my last will and testament.
 "In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed by name this seventeenth day of September, 1885,
 MAURICE F. McAULIFFE. ''The foregoing instrument was at the date thereof signed and de- clared by the said Maurice F. Mo- Auliffe to be his last will and testa- ment, in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as wit nesses thereto
 Margaret Higgins
 Mary Mularkey
 Mary Dunn"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
SEABEES SEEK MORE
 MEN OF 'CAN-DO TYPE

Openings exist in the Navy Sea- bees service for men with exper- fence in various construction trades, 1t was reported today by Chief Charles Brougham. rcruiter at the local Navy station. Ratings up to petty ofiicer. first class, will be given volunteers or inductees who qualify he pointed out.
 The age limit Is l7 to SO, and among those sought are men eXper- fenced as electrician, builders, plumbers, pipe-fitlers. blacksmiths, triggers, crane operators, bulldozer operators, stevedores, and drafts men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Very Few Electrical Ware Were Started Before New Freeze
BY ANN STEvICK NEA Staff Cnrresnnndent

IENNAAeASAAN
 Washington.-New Years bells win ring in another year of ration ing, making do and doing without, . survey of government agencies shows.
 Stepipng up of war production has dimmed the immediate rosy future expected on the home front. Though MT. and Mrs. America won't suffer any hardships as far as food and clothing are concerned, they'll continue to pay ration points and stil will have to do without most of the household wares cur- tailed at the start of the war.
 Here are the highlightS of the 1945 home front picture.
 l. HOUSEHOLD WARES
 As European wars end predic- tions are pushed up to late spring or summer, and war production needs loom larger, the anticipation of new mechanical refrigerators, lnnerspring mattresses, vacuum cleaners is gone. Spot authorize tion" scheme to get these things started here and there has been nipped off for at least 90 days.
 So few vacuum cleaners and refrigeratorS were started in the Short time the plan moved ahead that all must go to frozen stock piles to be doled out to most essential users. Brass wire, still short of mili- tary requirements, is expected to hold up electrical appliances such as coasters and fans for another six to nine months.
 Some smaller items are being stepped up with new supplies of copper, replacing unsatisfactory Sub- stitutes in safety pins, slide and snap fasteners, mechanical pencils, and plumbing and heating fixtures. Alarm clocks are made in greater
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

This may seem paradoxical, but Schmitz explains that he is a cigar smoker as well as a match collec- tor and is afraid that he may have to cut into his collection, which he calls his town personal treas ure."
 Only Full Folders
 The trouble is that in order to qualify for a place in his collection, folder must be full. He says he has thrown away or given away more folders than he has kept be- cause they either were only par- tially filled or the same as another in the collection.
 Schmitz, who is an elevator operator at the U. s. custom house here, started his collection 10 years ago.
 T went into . drug store one night to buy some cigars" he re- called, land got some matches that were real pretty. I thought ot my self, I'm going to have that and right there I started to collect"
 Cover the World
 Since then, Schmitz has collect ed about 15,0O0 regulation matches from countries all over the world including the three Axis nations. In addition, he has 2,000 non- regulation books of various di- mansions, one of them 20 inches long and another eight inches square. He says he got most of them from brokers att he custom house.
 They are filed away in a cabinet now so packed that he has started saving them in cigar boxes.
 Among Schmitz's favorites are two folders from a Chicago florist, which he describes as the ''pret- tiest" in the collection. He also likes Remember Pearl Harbor' folder which contains matches with Japanese faces on thee nd. The cover urges:
 Strike 'em Dead!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
H United Press
 1914


 Jan. 22-Fifth Army troops land behind Nazis below Rome.
 Jan. 3l-AmericanS invade Mar shall Islands after record naval and aerial bombardment.
 Feb. 16-Pacif1c fleet carries out two-day attack on Truk, sinking 16 ships and destroying 2O1 planes. Feb. 2o-U. s. troops invade Ad- miralty Islands, overrunning Los Negros.
 March 4England restricts travel between United Kingdom and Ire land.
 March 15-A llies level Casino with unprecedented but futile air bombardment.
 March 30-Red Army drives into Axis territory for first time with crossing into Romania proper.
 April 1-Pacif1c fleet blasts Pa lau Island, 53O miles from Philip pines, destroying every ship at an chor there and at Wolai and Yap. April 10- Russian s recapture Odessa, last major Russian city in hands of Nazis.
 April 1T-Brittsh cancel uncen- sored communications of 43 nations preparatory to invasion.
 April 20 New East Asia Fleet hammers northwestern tip of Sumatra.
 April 22-U. s. troops land along 150-mile front on Dutch New Guinea, including Hollandia and Aitape.
 April 25-Frank Knox. Secretary of the Navy, dies.
 May 8-RussianS recapture Se- vastapol, clearing Germans from the Crimea.
 May 11-Allied 9th and 9th ar- mics launch general offensive on the German winter line in Italy.
 May 27-MacArthur' troops in- wade Biak Island, north of New Guinea and only 800 miles below the Philippines.
 June 2-U. S. Flying Fortresses fly from British airfields to new bases in Russia to inaugurate shuttle bombing of eastern Ger many.
 June A. Allied 5th army cap- lures Rome.
 June 6-Allied armies storm Normandy beaches on D-Day with history's greatest armada.
 June 14-American troops land on Saipan island in the Marianas 1,496 miles from Tokyo.
 June 15-Giant B-29 Superfort- resses bomb the steel center oi Yawata on the Japanese home is- land of Kyushu.
 June 15-GermanS unveil theil first weapon, raining scores of ex. plosives-packed robot bambs or southern England.
 June 19-U. s. carrier plane. smash Japanese task force of Philippines, sinking four warships damaging 10 and bagging 37S en. emy planes.
 June 23-Red Army opens it!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
FOUNDRY, EMPLOYES
 REACH AGREEM MENT

An agreement has been reached between management and union Of the Manufacturers Foundry. Inc. and the CIO on issue of second weeks vacation with pay for em- ployees with five years service. The issue had been ordered decided by directive of the WLB.
 Union authorities state that eligible employees will receive the second weeks vacation pay on Q basis Of two per cent Of annual straight time earnings effective as Of December a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
SGT. EMERY SEARS
 HOME ON LEAVE
With Mrs. Sears Visiting MT. and Mrs. Wesley
 Rood, Fort Hill Ave.
WATERVILLE Nn~-n.mOvaAnv.ka. Gk1

Wtaerville, Dec. 29-Mr. and Mrs. Raymond w. Shove Jr., who were married Dec. 20, have returned from their wedding trip. MT. Shove, NM Sec, U. s. Coast Guard, returned yesterday to his station at New Or- leans, La. Mrs. Shove, the former Veronica M. Whaen, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Francis Whalen of Huntingdon avenue will reside with her parents.
 The weekly Bible meeting will be held this evening at the Gospel Hall on Thomaston avenue.
 The Women's Chorus of Grace Methodist church will meet this evening at the church.
 Miss Eleanor Garrity, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Peter Garrity of l6 Fort Hill avenue, and Miss Kay Buxton, daughter of Mrs. Isaac Buxton of Hanover stieet, are now at Hunter College, N. Y. where they are receiving training for the WAVES.
 Mrs. Richard Lane and children, George and Julie Ann have been vinlting with Mr. and MFs. Frank
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
HITCH-HIKEs 7,5eo MILES

Chicago. Michael Dibulak. 32, a metalsrnith in the Navy, be. lieves he has set the world hitchs hiking record-7,560 miles. Dibulak was in Ne wGuinea when he rec cieved word that his wife EleanOrs 30, was seriously i'll in . Chicago sanitarium. He obtained an egner~ gency leave, then thumbed . ride in in jeep to an airport, where he hitch-hiked a ride on plane bound for the States. Four days later, ho was at his wife,s bedside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

sunk.
 Oct. 1s-Russians invade East Prussia.
 Oct. 20-1n a joint Army-Navy operation Gen. Douglas Macarthur lands his troops on Leyte island in the Philippines.
 Oct. 22-Tacloban, capital of Ieyte island, taken by Americans.
 Oct. 2+Superforts attack island of KyuShu.
 Oct. 25-27 Japanese Navy is crippled and put to flight in three sea battles in Philippines area. 58 of SO Japanese ships were hit, 24 sunk, including 3 battleships, carriers, 12 cruisers and destroy CTS. U. S. lost light aircraft carrier Princeton, 2 escort carriers, 2 de- stroyers and destroyer -escort.
 Oct. 28 = General Joseph W. Still well revealed as recalled from Far East at the request of Chinese Gen. eraliSSimo Chiang Kai-shek.
 Nov. 2 - American bomberS and fighters in raids on Germany de- stroy 208 Na1 planes, at loss of 5S planes.
 Nov. 3 - Allies win battle to open port of Antwerp.
 Nov. = Germans driven com pletely from Greece.
 Nov. 4-5 = U. s. carrier planes blast Manila area.
 Nov. 5 SuperfortreSs B-29s bomb Singapore from India bases. Nov. g = Washington announces American casualties have passed the half million mark.
 Nov. 10 = Prime Minister Church. i'll reveals that the German Va rocket bomb has been in use against England.
 Nov. 10 = Tokyo claims capture of Kweilin and Liuchow, in China.
 Nov. 12 = Carrier planes smash a Japanese convoy, bringing re- Inducements to Leyte.
 Nov. 13 = RAP Lancasters sink the German Battlship Tripitz, hid- ing in Norway fjord, with six-ton earthquake" bombs.
 Nov. 20 - Metz falls to Amer jeans. French Army enters Belfort.
 Nov. 21 = U. s. Seventh Army captures Saarebourg. France, gate way to German Saar region.
 Nov. A Superfortresses, from Saipan, bomb Tokyo in first attack on the Japanese. capital by land based planes.
 Nov. 29 SuperfortS make their first night attack on Tokyo. Nov. 29 Russian troops out flank Budapest on southwest. Nov. 30 - U. s. Ninth Army sets up seven-mile front along Roer River in Germany.
 Nov. 30 = American planes virtu- ally annihilate Japanese convoy at tempting to reinforce Leyte. Dec. 3 = U. s. Third Army crosses Saar River in city of Saarlauten.
 Dec. - Russian army reaches Lake Balaton in drive across Vest ern Hungary.
 Dec. 6 = British planes fire on Leftistas in Athens.
 Dec. - B-29S raid Tokyo and Mukden.
 Dec. 2 American troops land behind the Japanese at Ormoc Bay, in Philippines,
 Dec. 10 - Ormoc falls to Mac Arthur.
 Dec. 12->-RuSSians crash ingC Budapest suburbs. Dec. 15-U. s. Seventh Army slasn- eS across German border.
 Dec. 16-Gen. MacArthurs in- vasion forces struck deep into Mir doro.
 Dec. 18-German counter -offen- sive begins along 7O-mile battle front.
 Dec. 20-Germans still gam ground, cutting off U. S. detach- ment on Belgian front.
 Dec. 2l-Germans 30 miles inside Belgium.
 Dec. 23-Yanks open all-out coun- ter-offensive against Nazis.
 Dec. 26-Germans within { miles of the Mouse.
 Dec. 28-Yanks regain ground as Nazi wedge begins to soften.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Match Folder Collector Afraid
 He May Have To Dig Into l7,OOO
By MARY LANG

 Schmitz collection of almost 1OOO full folders of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

Sgt. and Mrs. Emery Sears were recent visitors with MT. and Mrs. Wesley Rood of Fort Hill avenue. Emery has just returned from the South Pacific. and is spending 8 30-day furlough with his father, MT. Ben Sears at Reynolds Bridge. On completion of his fourlough he expects to return to an overseas base.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

Frank Seery who has been ill at his home on Downes street for the past few weeks, is reported as much improved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

Ilnich and family at their home in Cheshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

Mrs. Richard Lane and children, George and Julie Ann have been visiting with Mr. and MEs. Frank
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-08
BURGA'N

BURGAW, Jan. 7. - Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Margolis and Ed Brooks
visited Mr.. and Mrs. A. Brooks
in Warsaw Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Heilig Of Will
mington, visited in Burgaw over
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Smith of
Wilmington, visited friends in Bur-
gaw Sunday.
Mrs. P. L. Sasser and sons of
Wilmington, are spending the week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. C. Myers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haywood w t
spent the holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs. Vance Ivey en- route to Knox
vile, Tena., where they will make
their home.
Mrs. r. H. Byrd of Carolina
Beach, spent last Friday with Mrs
J. w. Lanier.
Pvt. Carl I. Byrd, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Bid of C~rolf's
Beach, formerly of Burgaw, is with
the armed forces IN New Gui~en
Miss Sue Watkins returned tt
/ her post in the Burgaw school or
Monday.
Mrs. M. T. Lambert has beer
ill at the post hospital, at Fl. Nc
Pherson, Atlanta, Ca, with influ
enza.
Miss Lallah B. Watts has beer
detained at her home in Raleigl
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-08

is. He will be transferred to
camp in Washington upon leaving
here.
Mrs. Liston Humphrey of Will
mington, arrived Tuesday to join
her sister, Mrs. Bernard Peal on
a trip to Charlotte Wednesday to
see their mother, Mrs. Bryant,
who i'll in a hospital there.
Mrs. Frank. Wilson and Sonny,
returned to Warsaw Sunday af-
ter. spending Christmas with Mrs
Wilson'S mother, Mrs. j. B. Eli
oft.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodland Brown
have returned from a brief honey
moon. and are visiting Mr.
Browns parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. L. Brown here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Washburn
arrived Thursday and are occupy
ing the Stevens cottage on Second
Avenue. Mr.. Washburn will assume
his new duties as Principal OF
Chadbourn schools succeeding +.
L. Derrick, resigned.