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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-03
BOARD DESCRIBES
 IDEAL FIREMAN
Committees Report on Physical, Mental, Moral
 Qualifications

The board of Fire Commissioners voted yesterday to adopt recommen- |. dationS from it's committee on rules and regulations which raise consid- erably the minimum standards for appointment to the fire department. . Az expected, the new rules, which except present members of the call flores, require that the new appointee be no older than 30, as compared with the previous maximum of 40. The new appointee must be at least feet g inches tall, and weigh be- tween 145 and 200 pounds. Text of the new requirements follows:
 NO person shall be appointed unless he is in good health, sound body and mind and has none of the following physical conditions: Mark ed deformities, contagious skin di- seases, addiction to the use of drugs, poorly proportional body, muscular weakness, poor physique, girth 1arg- CT than chest, obesity, deformities of the mouth, inarticulate speech, actual or potential hernia, venereal disease, varicose veins, affections of the joints. flat feet, hammer toes, ingrowing toe nails, color blindness, near or far sightedness, loss of eith- CT eye, loss of normal hearing in either ear; diseased respiratory or gan, defects if brain, heart or nerv- ous system and unhealthy kidneys" !"
 He must also be high school graduate or hay" the background of experience and training that may be accepted as the equivalent, be a citizen and a voter, a resi- dent of the city for the past two years, never been convicted of crime, of good moral character and habits, between the ages of 21 and 30 years, of a height of not less than five feet nine inches, and weight of not less than 145 pounds nor more than 200 pounds, and his weight in proportion to his height and his normal and expanded chest measurements correspond to the scale of the national association ot police and fire surgeons.
 Applicants meeting these re- quirements must appear before committee of the board to be ex- amined as to their manner, speech alertness and adaptability to per- form the duties of a fireman The names of the applicants who have passed these examinations shall be placed on list known as the "Callmen Eligible list", and all appointments must be made from such list"
 The new rules follow recent sug- gestion by Mayor John s. Monagan to the board.
 The board also voted yesterday to extend leaves of absence to Pvts flames J. Kelly of Engine No. 5, and NAeAes w. Gilland, auxiliary of En- zine No. 6. Both men are entering the armed services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-03

Mexico has a new campaign to stimulate interest in its annual Flag Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-03

Following numerous preliminary tests, Maj. Gen. G. M. Barnes, Chief of the Ordnance Departments eX- tenSive research and development program, called in a number of in dustrial companies to aid in ironing out development and manufacturing problems. Among these companies were the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Boston, Mass, the Mid vale Company, Nicetown, Philadel- phia, Pa., and the Timken Roller Bearing Company, Canton, Ohio.
 ''The new aircraft cannon is more powerful than the field artillery piece most in use in the last war;" General Drewry said, "and can be fired from airplanes travelling at high speeds"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-03
DON COSSACKS IN
 BENEFIT CONCERT
Proceeds of Popular Musi- cal, Dance Event to Aid
 Servicemen

The General Platoff Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus will come to Waterbury for one performance on Wednesday evening, February 16, at Buckingham hall. The presenta- tion has been arranged and will be sponsored by the Mattatuck Musical Art society for the benefit of the clubs War Service committee, which supplies musical equipment to the soldiers overseas.
 This active singing group will also do some of their famous na- tive dances. N. Kostrukoff will conduct. Wherever they appear the Don Cossacks give topnotch per formances. They are very popu- lar group and their programs are such that all can enjoy them. Their repertoire usually consists of hturgi- cal music, folk melodies and regi- mental Cossack songs. This par ticular chorus has given 4,000 con- certS in a series of global tours The personnel includes about 90 singers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-03

safe eastern in- dustrial areas. Their only gain is a shorter line, defensible b y fewer men.
 On the home front, they try to replace men by boys boys of B to 16 for air raid defense a Il d counter espionage; of 16 f o r military service. T h c Nazis may not h a ve scraped
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-03
BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON
 NEA Military Writer

Washington, Feb. 3.-A manpower shortage is beginning to show clear ly through battlefront and home front conditions in Germany.
 In Italy the enemy left wide open the obvious coastal side-door to Rome. In Russia, they are yield ing positions from which the Red Army can bomb their hitherto
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-03
DR. BOB JONES
 HERE TONIGHT
College President, Evan- gelist Speaks at Advent
 Christian Church

Dr. Bob Jones, prominent college president-evangelist, will speak at the Advent Christian church on Cherry street, tonight. He will be introduced by the pastor, Rev. Jo- seph P. c. Johnson.
 Though still in his very early thirties, the youthful college presi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-03
ARTICLES STOLEN
 FROM PARKED AUTO

A pair of aviator's goggles, valued at $15, and some other articles were stolen last night from the glove compartment of an automo- bile owned by Angelo Barbieri, 206 Congress avenue, Chief Inspector of Detectives Joseph R. Bendler report ed. Detective Lieut.. William F. Pol lard is investigating.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-03

the bottom of the manpower bar rel, but plainly they have reached the last layer.
 Their losses have been tremen- dous since 1889. The Russians, who are most responsible, estimate they have killed. captured and, or permanently disabled a total of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23
Shot Fleeing From, Police,
Man Is in Fair Condition

Roosevelt Mcneil, 81. colored, Of
Alexandria, Va. was in q fair" con-
dition today at Gallinger Hospital
where he was taken Thursday night
with fractured leg after being shot
by policeman when he tried to flee
the scene OF fight.
Traffic Policeman Theodore Ma.
mey, who was cruising in a police
car, said he saw two colored mer
fighting in the 400 block of K street
NV. Mcneil jumped into a car
locked himself in and started the
car when he saw the policeman. He
ignored an order to stop after tn,
officer jumped onto the runninf
board
Policeman Nancy reported h,
drew his revolver, broke the glass
OF the car door and shot Mcneil in
the leg. He also reached through the
shattered window and pulled tn,
hand brake to stop the car, cutting
his hand and forearm severely.
The other man involved in the
fight was Joseph Freedman, colored
400 block Of K street NV, who was
treated at Gallinger for head cuts
and released.
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Puerto Rican Hospital
Named for Rodriguez

The War Department has an
nouncedSthe naming of its general
hospital at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
in memory of one of its most dis
tinguished Dental Corps officers, the
late Maj. Fernando E. Rodriguez Of
Washington.
Maj. Rodriguez received a B. S. de-
gree from Georgetown University in
1924. He served in the Army from
1917 and died in 1892.
AS one Of dentistry's outstanding
research scientists, the War Depart
ment said, he pioneered in dental
diseases. "The result of his work
was so fundamental that it has been
used as the basis for all further
scientific research along this line"
1t was said. 'He developed new
techniques and methods of analysis
and made many other contributions
to the science of bacteriology."
Maj. Rodriguez was a member of
the District of Columbia Dental So
ciety for many years. He also was
a member of the International AS
ISOLATION of Dental Research and a
fellow Of the American College of
Dentists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star War Correspondent.

WITH UNITED STATES TROOPS
IN THE RHINELAND, Sept. 23.-To
German, an order is an order
whether it comes from an American
or German.
I have just witnessed a curious
exhibition of this facet of the Ger
man personality. Accompanied by
1t. Col. John Rhoades, 1928 Cleve-
land avenue NV, Washington
leader of a motor cavalry squadron
which spearheaded the liberation
parade through France and Belgium
I visited Monshau, newly-captured
town of $500 population.
The town crier, ringing a bell. had
just read proclamation ordering all
German soldiers who had slipped
into civilian clothes to report at
once to Allied authorities or face
shooting.
Within an hour, IA showed up
This was an order and the Germans
apparently obey orders even when
hiding in an effort to escape. They
were told they must go to prison
camps.
One Of the "A was very indignant,
though. He said he was not trying
to escape, but was on three weeks
furlough Of which only three days
had elapsed. He insisted on his
right to enpoy rest before his i'm
prisonment.
The attitude Of the Monshau peo-
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Maj Soldier Insists on Using Up 18-Duy
FurIou9h Before Surrenderinq to Yonks

pie was somewhat like that towart
the Americans in 1918, but the.
seemed more sullen and frightened
I saw something OF their reaction a!
a member Of the Army Of Occupa'
ton Is years ago.
The townspeople told civil au.
thorities they had heard many
stories of American atrocities, but
these were denied by the returning
German soldiers. The result il
that most of the populace Is now
back, after hiding in the woods.
The Germans still hold a few
pillboxes in this area, but most OF
them have been captured by infan-
trymen, for which the cavalry troops
serve as screen. Some were cap
tured by getting on top Of the de-
fenseless rear, pouring gasoline
down the air vents and setting the
pillboxes on fire.
Each pillbox is a small fort. One
we inspected had hot and cold
running water, a refrigerator full
OF fresh meat and concrete walls
10 feet thick.
Dispostng Of the pillboxes is q
problem. They require tons Of TNI
to demolish and that still leaves q
pile OF rubble by which the enemy
can determine our position.
Because the Germans often
sneak back at night. engineers loci
the steel doors like bank vault doori
IN the rear, break the lock handle
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then seal them with acetylene
torches.
Among the officers of Col
Rhoades' outfit are Maj. Matthew
Beebe, 2108 North Sixteenth street
Arlington, Va, and Mai. Robert
Tincher, whose home is in Yankton
S. D.
These cavalrymen are doing one
Of the swiftest and most dangerous
jobs of the war as armored jeeps
60 poking into the Siegfred Line
with their only object to draw fire
on themselves.
Col. Rhoades, 40, is the son OF
Col. (retired) and Mrs. Rex. H
Rhoades. He was graduated from
West Point in 1885 after attending
high school in New York State
while his father was q dental Of
ficer at the Military Academy. His
wife, Mrs. Lucie Rhoades, is now
living in Bozeman, Mont, with her
parents.
Maj. Beebe, 80, is the son of the
late Maj. Matthew Ross Beebe, who
died on active duty at Fort Houston
Tex, two years ago, and Mrs
Beebe. He attended Washington
and Lee High School IN Arlington
and was graduated from Virginia
Military Institute in 1888.
His wife, Mrs. Louise Barge1
Beebe. and his 2-year-old son, Mat
thew Roger Beebe. r.. live Ia Lex.
|ington, VI.
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bou|ogne Commander
Taken by Canadians
BY WILLIAM STEWART,
Canadian Press War CORRESPONDENT


WITH THE LIST CANADI IA N
ARMY, Sept. % R.-Assaultins
Canadian infantry overcame the last
three important German strong
points in the Boulogne area and
resistance ended yesterday afternoon
with the German garrison COM
mander, 1t. Gen. Helm, in Canadian
hands.
While Canadian infantry and
armored forces across the Belgian
Netherlands frontier pressed toward
the Schelde estuary. the Canadians
at Boulogne captured the remaining
enemy positions at Wimereux, ~
miles north of the channel port, q
fort to the south, and finally the
village Of LIE Portel, 2 miles south.
west.
The German commander came
IN the Canadian lines as a pris.
oner after an attack on lie Porte
at l pm.
The end of the six-day Boulogne
battle in which comparatively small
forces of Canadian infantry fought
with distinction came about 4 pm.
In the operation which started
Sunday with heavy and accurate
close-support bombing attack by the
Raj, the Canadians took abou
$500 prisoners and the final figure
may exceed 5000. Many officers were
among the captives.
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Bridge at Nijmegen Captured
Despite Hitch in Schedule
P. Wirephoto.

| Americans were unable to reach its
northern end on scheduled time.
However, the impetuous British
tank rush completely overran the
German positions, killing a number
Of soldiers and preventing them
from exploding demolition charges
which had been placed in position
The British then held the bridge
until the Americans arrived.
The American air-borne battalion
which crossed the river in assault
boats was commanded by Maj. j. A
Cook Of Connecticut.
The way the Americans stormed
the northern bank of the river was
regarded here as one of the finest
feats of the war in Holland. Under
direct command Of Capt. Karl Kap-
pei of West Virginia, they had to
fight their way through strong Ger
man machine-gun nests, but man.
aged to wipe these out with grenades.
During several hours Of stiff
fighting the Americans killed a,
least 200 Germans. Then they
pushed across open country to cap
ture the north end of the railway
bridge before linking up with Brit
ish armor which had poured across
the highway bridge.
This account OF the battle was
given me by Sergt. Robert Town OF
Lynchburg, S. c.. and Tech. Sergt
Harold Calvert, MERGED, Calf.
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Weather improves;
Promising New Ait
Blows al Germany

| By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 23-T1e weather
improved over the Straits Of Dover
today, giving promise Of another
aerial battering Of Germany such
as that delivered by 1900 Allied air.
planes yesterday.
The German radio already was
telling the people Of Southern Ger
many that Allied bombers and Tight
ers were on their way.
Air fleets from Mediterranean
fields also droned toward Germany
southern approaches. ~.
Planes from Britain and italy
yesterday struck the industrial city
Of Kassel, the Munich area, and Al
lied fighters assaulted targets along
the blazing battle front despite
heavy cloud conditions. The $50 Fly
ing Fortresses hitting Kassel were
unchallenged from the air, but anti
aircraft fire was heavy and nine
bombers and fighter were missing
Shuttle planes from an ITALY
Russia Britain mission returned to
English bases, dropping supplies to
Polish Patriots and bombing enemy
targets en- route.
One Flying Fortress and two Mus.
tangs Of this unit were lost. They
knocked down nine German planes
in fight over Warsaw.
In some 11,600 sorties, during
which 500 heavy bombers attacked
an airdrome near Munich, railway
yards at Larissa and targets in the
Central Pc Valley, a total of II
aircraft failed to return, q commu-
nique announced.
Pilots recognized some jet-pro-
PEELED craft among German fighters
sent aloft, but most of them kept
their distance.
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90 WACs Keep Track
OF All Planes in j. ).

Sixty WACs keep track daily OF
the movement of every aircraft ir
the United States on q mass OF
complicated electrical accounting
machine equipment in the Army
Air Forces statistical control divi-
sion in the. Pentagon.
In the past six months, it was
announced, WACs have taken over
40 per cent of the highly technical
assignments of the division which
furnishes Gen. Henry H. Arnold
commanding general of the Air
Forces, the Air Staff and others with
figures on personnel, aircraft and
equipment, housing, operational
training. weather and other sta
tistics necessary to the far-fiune
operations of the AAF.
One WAC is responsible for pre-
pairing daily reports on the status
of all planes being shipped to COM
bat zones, and a group of WACs
staff the section preparing weather
analyses based on 100000 punch
cards.
Most of the WACs were trained to
use the tabulating machines at
Orlando, Fla, and have been COM
mended for replacing enlisted men
needed overseas in the worldwide
statistical control system.
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Civilian Businessmen
Banned From Fronts
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, Sept. 23.-Gen. Eisen-
hower's headquarters disclosed to-
day that civilian businessmen
American, British and others alike
have been banned from the military
forward zone" and added that a
thorough investigation" will be
made Of assertions that the ban has
been violated.
Supreme Allied headquarters Is
sued a statement explaining the ban
today. but it was known that an
order against civilians starting bust
nesses in newly liberated areas was
promulgated early this month.
The London Daily Mail raised the
question Thursday with charges
that American businessmen were
given facilities for travel to England
and transfer to France, while Brit
ish subjects waited in vain for per-
mission to enter France.
The newspaper charged that
American representatives of biz
business were riding into Paris on
a Shaef magic carpet" in uniforms
OF comparatively. junior of1icers'
and that certain American interests
were exploiting military agreements
with Britain for purely commercial
reasons.
Supreme headquarters explained
that exceptions to the rule banning
travel in the forward zones are
civilians accredited by service mine
istries, by President Roosevelt or
Prime Minister Churchill
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(From Yesterdays Last Edition.
BY ROBERT kick,

War Correspondent for the ofncial
Netherlands News Asency.
NIJMEGEN, Holland, Sept. 20. up.
Here is the story of how the AL
lies captured the highway bridge
across the lower branch 81 the
Rhine River at Nijmegen after two
days of heavy fighting, as told to me
by two American sergeants.
The bridge was blocked and de-
Tended by three German units, and
troops Of the British I'd Army had
to overcome these to reach the span.
An American air-borne battalion
was dropped Sunday near Grave,
2 miles southwest Of Nijmegen. It
was brought up and assigned to
cross the river few miles west of
Nijmegen in assault boats to cap
ture the rivers northern bank as
well rs the approaches to the high
way and railway bridges at Nil
megen.
It was calculated that the air
borne troops would have reached
their objective at roughly $50 pm
Wednesday. At that hour, British
tank troops, led by a sergeant,
dashed across the highway bridge.
This attack was based on the sup
posed presence of American troops
at the other end, but owing to fierce
resistance by the. Germans, the
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u. s., Dutch, British
Plan Rubber Talks
BY the Associated Press,

6S Inc Associated PreSs.
The United States, formerly a
nonproducer of rubber but now
possessed of a vast synthetic pro-
duction plant, is joining the Meth
erlands and Great Britain in set
ting up an informal group to study
common problems arising from the
production, manufacture and use of
rubber crude, synthetic and re-
claimed" the State Department an
nounced yesterday.
Whether the studies will tackle
the knotty problems of postwar
marketing agreements is not clear.
Before the war Britain and Holland
controlled about 80 per cent of the
worlds rubber production and pre-
sumably will want to regain the
dominance they enjoyed over the
world market.
The United States has shown in
creasing signs of moving toward a
policy definitely opposed to the car
tel type Of restrictive trade agree
ment on which the Anglo-Dutch
marketing system bordered.
However, the International Rub
Der Control Committees largely
Anglo-Dutch organization in Lon
don-expired last December, and is
sued a statement at the time recon-
mending that any future group rep
resent consuming countries as well
as producers. It further recon-
mended that any such group should
not attempt to set prices, but con-
centrate on improving the tech
nique of producing and using rubber.
The new group, according to the
State Department, arises from ex-
ploratory talks recently concluded
in London, but the department did
not say who the American repre-
sentative would be or where the new
grOlIn would meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23
Two Held to Grand Jury
|On White Slave Choroes

Chalmers Howard Laubaugh, SO
OF the 100 block of Tenth street
NV. and Nelson Sipes, IS, of the
1400 block Of Fifteenth street NV
were held for grand jury action to.
day by United States Commissioner
Needham c. Turnage on charges Of
violating the White Slave Act.
Additional charges against Lau-
baugh of kidnapping Miss Shirley
Shelton, 20, in Anderson, Ind, were
dismissed by the Government ate,
Miss Shelton testified she wrote
Laubaugh to come to Anderson tc
get her and that she left there will
ingly with him.
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BY STANLEY MATED,

Representing the Combined Allied Press.
WITH ALLIED AIR-BORNE
FORCES IN THE ARNHEM AREA
Sept. 70 Delayed R.-On this
sixth day in this mortar and shell
riven pocket the air-borne troops
are hourly becoming more amazing
to me.
This morning enemy loudspeak-
ers again blared out in clumsy Eng
lish asking these men to surrender
1t was silly thing to do. It made
these chaps hopping mad. You
should have heard their language.
Then the whole area was shelled
intensively and mortared for the
rest Of the morning. Our COM
mander walked around among his
men as coolly as though 1t were
their regimental sports day. The
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Nozi Radio Plea. to Surrender
Makes 'Chutists Hopping Mad

CUTS OF these air-borne troops Is
wonderful.
AS I write, it seems there is no
point Of the compass from which
we cannot get mortared or shelled
or machine gunned or sniped. One
part of the perimeter is held by
sergeants-the glider pilots. Every
one of them is sergeant or staff
sergeant.
The Medical Corps is on the job
right around the clock. Theirs is a
particular sort Of courage.
Some 943 prisoners have come in
today-just Germans who have had
enough and are stunned by the cold
ferocity Of the men who do not
know what to quit means.
The artillery of the I'd Army has
come into range and engaged enemy
targets today. It was sheer music.
We hope the orchestra swells. We
are pretty sure 1t will.
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) New Polio Cases Raise
District Area Total 10 246

Three new polio cases were re-
ported by the District Health De.
partment today, raising the total
IN Metropolitan Washington since
July ! to 246. OF these 146 have
been in the District and 100 in sur
rounding counties.
The new cases are a 3-year-old
boy from Northeast Washington and
q 3-year-old boy from Southeast
Washington, both at Children's Hos
pital. and an 11-year-old girl being
treated at her home In Northwest
Washington.