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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
ALLIED OUTFITS IN
 ITALY CHANGE NAME

Rome, Dec. 27-(UP)-The Allied armies in Italy, comprising the American Fifth and the British Eighth armies, henceforth will be known as the 18th army group, it was announced today.
 Designation of the 18th army group follows appointment of It Gen. Mark w. Clark as commander of the fifth and eighth armies, and indicates that Clark will concentrate on military affairs in Italy while political and behind-the-lines prob lens will be handled by Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Allied command CT in tn Mediterranean theater.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27

Streamlining the back end of ar- tillery shells in the manner of air. plane bombs would be a useless pro- cedure. Such projectiles travel fas- ter than sound, and thus, air ca-n not flow in behind them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27

KIPP-Mrs. Gene E. P. Kipp, 30, wife of Frederick Kipp, of Windsor, N. F., and formerly of Waterbury, died in Hillcrest hospital, PittSfield, Mass, yesterday. after a three weeks illness. She had been visit- ing her niece, Mrs. Anthony Lis
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25
The EaIzaAl
Note Book

NOW THAT WE
have been delegated TO the back
page for the duration" we hope
no one will be so unkind as to re-
mark that is where this column
has belonged all of the time
ORCHIDS TO
Warden Alva Weaver of the state
prison at Florence for his excellent
aid in getting some of the vacant
lots in the business district of
Coolidge cleaned. The prisoners
have done a good job and it should
not be too much to expect .the
business men to keep their own
immediate areas cleaned. Or
should it?
BUT THE LARGEST
bunch of orchids should go to De-
putty sheriff Smith and Constable
Harding of Eloy who tackled their
loose dog problem with such in
dustry that nary a hound is to be
found running at large. We made
a trip to Eloy Sunday and saw for
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25

ourselves that not a single dog
could be found united. And then
we visited a nearby desert area
where the remains of SO dogs were
to be seen. Ninety three less
chances for children of Efoy to be
bitten by rabid dogs.
AND WHILE WE
are passing out the orchids there
should be one for state highway
patrolman Dan Kinser who picked
I'D a stray dog in front of the post
office last week after it had bitten
three people. That dog took its
last bite and a few minutes later
was buried on the vacant lot east
of the bank.
CASA GRANDE AND
Florence are each cooperating in
the dog cleanup campaign and in
each city local officers are attack
ing the problem vigorously. Only
in Coolidge do the dogs still run
at large; only in Coolidge is it
still unsafe for little children to
play without fear of rabid dogs.
And this despite a directive by
Sheriff Heron that ALL law en-
forcement officers on his payroll in
Coolidge shall impound and then
destroy all loose dogs.
FROM AN ISLE
in the Southwest Pacific comes a
gem from a Coolidge soldier who
prefers to remain ~. S." as he
does a bit of rhyme in a letter
to his parents. Here it's:
Southwest Pacific Island
Paradise
The weather today is cloudy and
damp.
And I'm writing this poem by the
light of lamp
| sleep pretty well. but | miss my
old bed,
wake in the morning and I'm
darn near dead.
l climb up hill to work and to
eat,
Ny stomach's not bad, but oh. my
poor feet.
The women are cute, and do not
lack.
There are short ones and tall ones,
but hell, they're all black!
The weather is cool and always
a breeze,
But lust move a muscle and you're
in sweat your knees.
The water Is warm to wash and to
drink,
And after a rain. If you can't swim
you'll sink.
The mosquistoes attack with a
zoom and a dive,
And II you're not careful, you'll
be eaten alive.
Our candy Is stolen at night by
the ants,
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25
WANT ADS

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Property. S. .. l. ID. or Pump
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The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25

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And when we dress in the morning
they're in our pants.
The night life's exciting, roman
tic and fast,
But those in the States I'm afraid
were our last.
We all have our hangovers, but
not from beer,
Whiskey, or rum, because it just
isn't here.
Don't take the above too much to
heart,
Just think of us boys and do your
part.
Together We'll fight and smash
those Nips,
And soon well be home on trans
port ships.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25
Catholic Church

Mass Is held at st. James Cath
olic church on Sunday mornings
at $50, Father James McFadden
officiating.
Catechism classes are held on
Tuesday afternoons from 2:3O to
400 o'clock.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25

. Mrs. Matte Ballard arrived
Tuesday from Ohio to visit her
brother and sister in law, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. o. Thompson. She will be
here indefinitely.
. Mrs. George Wright of Poison,
Montana, was guest of the
Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club
when it met this week at the
home of Mrs. C. J. Wells.
. Mrs. Bonnie Marie Patterson,
who is taking nurses training in
Phoenix, spent the weekend here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
E. Martin.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25
NOTICE OF SALE IN BULK

NOTICE is hereby given by the
undersigned r. S. Fisher that at
the expiration of twenty-one (21)
days from date hereof he will sell
to Sprouse- -Rietz Co., Inc, his en-
tire stock of merchandising and
fixtures situated in the store build
ing at 215 West Central avenue
in Coolidge, Arizona.
Any creditors having claims are
hereby notified to present same to
Sprouse-Reitz Co., Inc, on or be-
fore twenty-one (2D days from
date of publication.
Dated this oath day of Febru-
ary, 1914.
R. s. FISHER.
STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTY
OF PINAL, SIS:
The foregoing instrument was
acknowledged before me by R. S.
Fisher, personally known to me
on this oath day of February, 1914.
]. j.. JONES,
Notary Public.
SEAL.
Ny commission expires March
IA, 1945. First publication Febru-
ary 25th, 1914. Last publication
March 10th, 1914.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25

heed-Vega Aircraft corporation.
Accompanying them to the coast
was Mrs. Carmen Delgado. The
Delgado house on West Roosevelt
has been rented to Major and
Mrs. Galenti. He is a doctor at
Pow camp.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25

@ Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hodges and
children Eugene and Ann spent
Sunday in Phoenix visiting Mrs.
Hodges mother, Mrs. Carrie Ma
han.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25

idge, Ariz.; $50 per acre, II cash,
balance easy terms. Contact
owner, Chas. Treadway, Box
Ills, Coolidge, Ariz. feb251tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25

Mrs. Carlos belgrade and two
children, Myrna and Ida, left
Thursday for Los Angeles where
her husband is employed at Lock
Evening star., 1944-06-04
| Public Library
| Book Pointers
BY Elisabeth NJ. Cole,
Technology Division. Public Library.
FOOD FOR GOOD LIVING.

Recognizing the Importance o1
good health in wartime, the Public
Library is preparing series of book
lists called Live Well, Live Longer.
The first list, Food for Good Liv-
ing" has several interesting and in.
formative books on the history oi
food and food habits. Mans Food
It's Rhyme or Reason" by Mark A
Graubards describes food fashions
and customs as a background fol
understanding the goal of freedom
from want" as it relates to food.
For the individual who wants
practical advice on eating the right
food, William and Florence Bauer
have written Eat What You Want!
Especially good chapters are those
on how to obtain balanced meals
when eating in restaurants or when
carrying a lunch.
A useful book for the housewife
who tries to feed her family ac-
cording to good nutrition principles
is Feeding the Family" by Mary S
Rose. Suggestions on food for
adults, babies, children of different
ages and for the sick are given in
detail. Another book, with useful
tables to aid in meal planning, is
"Vitamins and Minerals for Every
One" by Aida F. Pattee.
Both the list and the books men
toned are available at the Central
Library, Eighth and K streets NV,
or through its branches.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Texas Elector Issue
Causes Discussion
BY Raymond Moiey.

Expect loud screams from New
Dealers to the effect that majority
rule is being suppressed by the legal
methods adopted by Texas and
other States to control the actions
Of their presidential electors, not
withstanding the action of the
Democratic Convention in Chicago
ir selecting candidates and in
adopting platform. These pro-
tests will bring to the surface cer-
tain distinctions and constitutional
rights all but unknown by this gen.
Grafton.
For purposes of the Texas argu-
ment, we may waive broad PROPOSE
tions about the nature of majority
rule. The majority does not, in
fact, rule in this Republic or in any
other nation in the world Majority
decisions of various kinds are in
volved in government, but the proc
esses by which decisions are made
as we'll as the processes by which
government is carried on, are de-
termined by law.
In the Texas case. the % persons
nominated as electors by the State
Democratic Convention will be
electors only after they are selected
| by the voters of the State in No
vember. They will thus be author
lied by the State to which they be-
long to cast the vote of the State
in the electoral college.
But since there is no provision
by which the voters of the State
can express choice directly from
the presidential candidates selected
in Chicago, the electors can claim
that they are free to vote as they
choose in the electoral college. This
disposes of the question whether the
electors are bound by any expressed
majority of the Texas voters.
The convention which chose
Texas % Democratic electors last
Evening star., 1944-06-04

week had two functions: To select
delegates to the party convention
In Chicago and to nominate electors
for the Democratic November
ballot.
III September a State convention
will be held in Texas. That conven-
ton will have certain functions re-
lating to the State ticket, the State
platform and other party matters
Apparently, it cannot overturn the
action of the convention last week
1t can 'memorialize" the electors to
the effect that they should support
the Democratic candidate for Pres
ident, but it cannot instruct" them
The revolt which originated in
Texas may we'll spread. In Louisi-
ana and Arkansas some similar
pattern may be followed. South
Carolina seems determined to be
heard at the Chicago convention
although its revolt was not organ
lied on the same lines as the revolt
in Texas.
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Evening star., 1944-06-04
sumed TO be the logical invasion

area.
| Murky weather grounded the
American flyers Thursday, but at
night the RAF resumed its slashing
at railroad centers in France.
Friday the West Wall took it's
heaviest pounding, especially the
Pas-de-Calais section, where no
fighter opposition was met. At the
same time, planes from Italy
smashed at rail yards in Hungary
and Pennsylvania, an attack which
will prove beneficial to the Russians
when they renew their offensive.
There was light retaliation against
England during the week, but no
serious damage occurred.
On the Russian front there was
little action during the week, al
though the NaziS did push slightly
into Red lines in Romania.
The American effort to seize the
island of Biak, off the north coast
of New Guinea and a 200-mile Jump
in the direction of the Philippines,
has turned out to be a different
story from recent American land
ings. The Japs appeared to be well
prepared for the assault and after
more than week of heavy fighting
which has been costly to the Amer
lean 9Th Army which is involved
in the action the airfield has not yet
been reached. The landing was
made on May 9th at point miles
East of the town of Bosnek and
about the same distance from the
Mokmer airfleld, which is the pres
ent objective.
During the course of a week of
heavy fighting two companies which
had reached out beyond the main
forces were badly hit in a japanese
crossfire and by mortar shells. The
losses were heavy. However, in
tank battle which followed, the
japanese were beaten and a num-
ber OF enemy tanks were destroyed.
After inching forward slightly in
what has become the fiercest battle
of the New Guinea campaign, the
Allied forces consolidated their po-
sitions to await heavy reinforce
ments which were landed Friday
under the protective cover of Navy
ships and planes. The landings
were unopposed.
Two pincers movements were
launched on New Guinea and Bou-
gainville in an effort to wipe out the
remaining enemy garrison behind
the Allied advance lines. The con-
dition of such troops as have been
encountered indicates their half
starved and disease ridden bodies
can't take much more.
Jap Bases Bombed.
Considerable air activity kept the
japanese busy lodging bombs in the
Kuriles and in the Central Pacific
Islands such as Truk, Ponape and
the Eastern Marshalls. So far as
naval activity is concerned, it
seemed the lull before the storm for
the enemy.
In Central China the situation is
definitely bad although the Chinese
claim to have stopped one drive to-
ward Changsha, which already has
beaten off three japanese efforts to
capture the important city. 1t was
reported that the enemy now has
100000 of the best troops operating
in Central China seeking unbroken
lines of communication between the
northern and southern coastal posi-
tions and the isolation of the Amer
ican airfields which later might
serve as bases for raiding Japan
proper.
Some progress has been made by
the Allies in completing control of
the important supply base of Myit-
kyina in Burma and in clearing the
way for the linking of the Ledo and
Burma Roads.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
By Mayy.Carfer Roberts.

and lecture platform to make his
readers stay with him to the final
apostrophe and period.
Through Il ali runs one lament:
Sixty per cent OF, the people In the
United States have no church. On
that he blames not only the war
but all other evils, great and small.
He starts on with proving the ex-
istence OF God in language even
child can understand, and he ends
with an appeal to the $4,000 900
churchless Americans to do some
thing about their lapse. In be-
tween he takes resounding cracks,
with cheers, at greed and Illicit sex
as being the roots of all evil. And
he tells the CT what he can do
about 1t when he gets home-ob-
serve the Ten Commandments and
induce others to do the same.
All this may sound like heavy
stuff for q young ensign from the
Middle West not long out Of pre-
medical school. But he breezes
through 1t convincingly and ZEAL
ously, writing in smart-aleck style
he frankly assumes will get his mes
sage over. He wants his book read
especially by men and women in
the service, he speaks their Ian
guage and he gives them moral
code they can follow with heads
held high, their eyes on a better
world. JOHN F. GRIFFEE.
Nom Counted Six
By Mac Gardner. (Harper.)
You may not believe all the blurbs
that accompany this Harper find"
but after reading it you will prob
ably agree that it is, indeed, vivid,
high-spirited novel," that Mao
Gardner has caught the humor.
the pain, the loyalties and antag-
onisms that 60 to make family"
The first chapters consist of the
jumbled childhood memories Of
Brooke Holly. They are written in
a burbling, breathless way that will
alternately amuse and annoy you;
yet through these chaotic impress
sions, which sometimes shift in mid
sentence, the Holly family does
take tangible form. There are five
children, MON, pop and one set Of
grandparents, with a few in-laws
added from time to time. Since
the writing is so much like the
actual living, the people turn out
real, rather than black-and-white
sketches of "the good one, the bad
one, the smart one, the sweet one"
Brooke herself is living American
girl compounded of vitality, Stub
bornness,s . beauty, edginess, smart
aleckiness and tenderness.
Gradually the whole caboodle sim
mers down and the rest of the
book deals with Brooke's first love
affair. Certainly Kip has his appeal,
but you probably viii get disguised
with Brooke for being such a softie
over him. And you may wish she
would get rid of him, If only to
let you see more Of the Hollys.
LUCY McCLENON.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Brief Reviews
WAR,

/ Carrler COMBAT by LIT. Frederick
Mears, U.S.NR. Doubleday, Dor
ANA torpedo planes pilot writes
OF his experiences fighting in the
South Pacific. A fine thing.
The Grim Reapers, by Stanley
Johnston Duttom-A correspon-
dent writes of the war in the South
Pacific, particularly of the work of
Fighter Squadron vF-10, from
which the title of the book. Fine
reporting. ...,e 20. s.
The New Sun, by Taro Yashima
(Holt)--A Japanese artist who was
imprisoned for opposing militarism
and who escaped to the U. s. tells
the history of his ordeal In pic
lures. Grim stuff.
Escape From Java, by Cornelius
van der Grift and e. H. Lansing
(CrowelD-A Dutchman who lived
under Jap rule until he managed
to escape tells of the barbarities
used by the conquerors toward the
natives. Shocking.
Road to Tunis, by David Rame
(Macmillan) Correspondent writes
of the work of the Americans in AT.
rica. Good reporting.
Ordeal by Battle, by Cyril Falls
(Oxford)-Discussion of the basic
methods of warfare and their con-
slant application through all his
tory.
The White Brigade, by Robert
Coffin doubleday, Doran)-The
story of the Belgian underground.
Heroic.
The Seige Of Leningrad, by Boris
Skomorovskt and E. G.. Morris Dut-
ton)-A volume of episodes of hero
ism. Suffers somewhat from over
statement.
PEACE.
Bridging the Atlantic, edited by
Philip Gibbs doubleday, Doran)-
A volume of papers on Anglo-Ameri-
can unity by a number of WELL
known men and women.
Toward Better World, by Jan
Christian Smuts Duell, Sloan and
Pearce)-The collected speeches OF
Gen. Smuts.
MY SIEhlES.
The Old Battle Axe, by Elisabeth
Sanxay Holding (Simon & Schuster)
"A long-absent sister turns up in
a respectable family in far from
respectable condition. Crime and
complications follow. Maybe a bit
above average.
Old Bones, by Herman Petersen
(Duell, Sloan & Pearce)-A rural
background for a nice little murder.
Pretty good.
The Thursday Turkey Murders, by
Craig Rice (Simon & Schuster)-A
cockeyed variety of crime solved by
two street photographers. Lively.
The Applegreen Cat, by Frances
Crane Uippincott)-Crime with a
war background-American Marines
IL England. $3.50.
The Opening Door, by Helen Reilly
(Random) - Conventional murder
mystery, with New York back
ground.
Michael Shayne's Long Chance,
by Brett Halliday Dodd. Mead-
Lovely lady gets killed in New Or
leans French Quarter. Average.
Killing the Goose, by Frances and
Richard Lockridge Lippincott)-A
new North story. Rattling.
Death Stops the Frolic, by George
Bellairs (Macmillan)-A dignified
alderman is stabbed in a chapel tea
party. Pretty good.
The ID. A. Calls a Turn, by Erie
Stanley Gardner (Morrow)-An-
other Doug Selby mystery, fast
paced and lively.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Best Sellers

Az AOlNs
Strange Fruit, by Lillian
Smith.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by
Betty Smith.
A Bell for Adano, by John
Hersey.
The Apostle, by Sholem Asch.
Bedford Village, by Hervey
Allen.
NONFICTION.
The Ghost Talks, by Charles
Nicholson.
Ten Years in Japan, by Jo-
seph c. Grew.
Yankee From Olympus, by
Catherine Drinker Bowen.
Good Night, Sweet Prince, by
Gene Fowler.
The Loom Of Language, by
Frederick Bodmer.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Green Vistos
By Stanton A. Coblents.
(Winns Press

w LtyS TIcSS/
This Is book of short poems
which deal about equally with
nature and the war. The tone is
melancholy; the poet repeatedly
mourns mans destructiveness and
folly as being out of harmony with
the rest of creation. Writing of
nature, he inclines to contrast
human violence with natural peace.
and writing of war he draws a bitter
conclusion. His work is smooth and
levelly accomplished.
Amen, Amen
By Ensign S. A. Constantine.
J. (Harper.J
This readable little book won't
make saints out of fighting men, no
more than the famous Bataan say
Ing. There are no atheists in fox
holes" But for down. n-to-earth ra-
tionalization of the need of religion
in all walks of life, it is hard to
beat.
The 23-year-old Navy flyer author
takes religion out of its intellectual
straight-jacket and zestfuny dis
sects 1t to find what it offers the CT.
To get his message over to all the
Joes he employs both real and
fancied lures Of the writing trade
Evening star., 1944-06-04

Fierce Air War.
The air warfare against the NaZis
was carried on with even greater
ferocity than ever last week with
attention especially given to aircraft
factories and transportation sys-
TENS.
Sunday saw the greatest number
OF planes to strike at Germany
smash objectives all the way from
the coast to Central Germany
where synthetic oil plants were the
special target. In all, 5000 plane.
were over the continent in mass
raids while single planes which flew
a total OF 10000 sorties between Sat.
urday morning and Sunday night
dropped a total of 14,50O tons O.
bombs on enemy positions.
Monday, 1900 American plane.
new clear across Germany, hittine
eight aircraft factories in German,
and Poland while other planes strik.
Ing north from Italy blasted plant.
near Wiener Neustadt and variou.
objectives in Yugoslavia. The RAJ
followed at night with a heavy at.
tack on Hanover.
Tuesday another 2,20O American
planes struck at Germany, Franc,
and the Low Countries to blast s
dozen aircraft factories. air base!
and railroad centers. The Italian.
based planes visited Austria. Tues.
day night the RAF raid on tn,
French coast between Boulogne ane
Dunkeroue was so heavy houses OF
the British side of the Channe
trembled from the force.
Important rail yards in Western
Germany were blasted Wednesda,
by the Americans, while the plane
from the Mediterranean hit at tn,
Ploesti oil field in Romania. A
night the Raj kept up the attacl
on rail yards behind what Is as
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Return Of the Traveller s.
By Rer Warner. (Lipptncott.

One of the interesting things
about the literature of the present
war is that it has included a small
but constant body of dissenting
opinion obviously based on the re-
membered experience of the nations
following the last global conf1agra-
ton. Such fidelity to unpleasant
facts is always unusual in q timesof
trouble; we have to believe then
that we are unqualifiedly right or
we cannot bear our situation. So
the nearly overwhelming volume of
hopeful literature which has been
poured out since the beginning of
hostilities was only to be expected.
The surprise of the matter lies en-
tirely on the other side, in the cir
cumstances that there has been
any one who dared not to forget
that only Is years ago we were, even
as now, planning brave new world
and look at what it got us. Rex
Warner, who a few years ago wrote
a very fine novel called "The Wild
Goose Chase" here utters such a
reminder.
In Return Of the Traveller" he
offers the idea that no war is worth
itself, let it result in whatever
glorious plans for an improved
world to follow. Life is the basic
good for the living, as he observes,
and destruction of life is no prelim-
mary to better world. Nothing
can compensate the dead, and moth
ing can excuse the deaths. He
works this theme out through the
device of having a British soldier
killed in the present war return
after the peace and search for an
answer to the question, why was
killed."
The soldier examines the minds
of number of typical men and
women, all of whom have supported
the war in one way or another, and
none of them can give him salts
factory reply. None of them have
any Joy in war, all of them have
suffered from it. All of them try
to understand it, and some have
their explanations ready. But none
can offer a reason why men should
be killed in battle. The book con-
cludes with rather vague hope
that the love and understanding of