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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30
MRS. CUMMINGS
 PASSES AT SS
SOuthingtOn Resident, the Oldest Vassar Grad, to Be
 Buried Tomorrow

Southington, June s0.--Mrs. Lu- cretia Stow Cummings, 93, of 3S Elm stret dwwoi,e taoin otlu otnet Elm street, widow of William H. Cummings, died Thursday night at her home. Born in PlantSville, she had lived there all her life.
 Mrs. Cummings graduated from Vassar College in 1874 and was the oldest living member of the class at the time of her death. On October le, 1876, she was married to Mir. Cummings, who until his death in 1904 was treasurer of Clark Broth- CTS Bolt company. Mrs. Cummings was the last charter member of Plantsville Congregational church living in this town. For l9 years she served as superintendent of it's Sunday school. She was one of the founders of the Southingtorl Public Health association.
 For 27 years Mrs. Cummings was a member of the Board of Education and during most of that time served as secretary.
 She was also a member of the education committee of the Connec- ticut Branch, American Association of University Women.
 She leaves two sons, Earle of AL bany, N. r., and Rev. Stanley Cum- mings of Remington, Vt., two daughters, Mrs. Frederick T. Per- sons of Melrose Highlands, Mass, and Miss Frances Cummings of New York city; a sister, Mrs. Fran ces Walkley of Huntsville; seven grandchildren and a great grand child. The funeral will be held Saturday at 2:30 u. rn., at the PlatnSville Congregational church. Rev. Philip King, pastor will offi- ciate. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
 The body will be at the church Saturday from l1:30 a. m. to the time of the service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30
DETAIL FOR TODAY
 Sick Bay Sailo

A SICK BAY SAILOR is an in. dividual who suddenly becomes sick at the very mention of hard work. He desires to evade toll, but at the same time wants 1t to look ofiicial. Hence he is happiest when his name is on the pinnacle list-a list of men who are slightly sick and have to perform only light duty. Different pharmacists mates, however, have different conceptions of slightly sick" In some cases you get light duty for a sore throat-in others, it takes a broken neck. Regardless of the qualifications, the SICK BAY SAILOR will do his utmost to live up to them in an effort to get out of doing some hard work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30
HoAIE-FRONT DUTY

Chicago (UP) Honorably discharged from the Army Ks Corps after two years of service, Pinkie, a German shepherd, is now on a new war job. His master, Her. man Bush, chairman of the Chicago committee of Russian War Relief, has put Pinkie on duty at the or ganization's warehouse. to guard clothing and other gifts for Rusia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30
cuTs mn EnA

sandyl. ore, tUp) Shaver, Sandy expert #hc shlpknees here, says "knee HFs now being used in building boats and land harges, ln both the United states and England. He says the hipknee is the stronEest wood joint made. The weights run from l50 to 1000 pounds. Deshazsf says the trick in knowing how 70 cut the knees is to pick the right tree and get the right angle on the root. He's been cutting them fog IS years,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30
SALVATORE DI FOLIO
 ARRESTED IN BRISTOL

Bristol, June 30. - Joseph Ga- mache, 32, of 556 Brook street, was arrested at his home early Thursday by Policemen Joseph Lozinski and Bernard Beal on charges of assault and breach of peace. Police said hte arrest followed a family dis- turbance.
 Salvatore DiFolio, 2l. of i42 Green street. Waterbury. was arrested by Policeman Emile Raboin on a charge of improper use of registration plates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30
REV. ELMER DENT,
 NEW HAVEN, DIES

Ne wIiaven, June S0.--Funeral services for Rev. pr. Elmer A. Dent, former pastor of the First Methodist church, who died yesterday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Re- more B. Ross, 2l Churchill road Hamden, at the age of B2, will be held tomorrow in the First Methodist church, the Rev. Robert T. Tucker officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Valley.
 pr. Dent had undergone a seri- ous operation some months ago in city, and had not fully recovered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30
By TOM WOLF
 NEA War Correspondent

An Air Service Command Depot England, June 30. This story begins where most stories of flying heroism end. It begins after successful crash-landings.
 When the combat crews step out of crash landed sth Air Force bomb- CTS - crippled ships kept incredibly aloft by the guts and know-how of their crews until they reached Bri- tain-the miracle pilots" step in.
 This is the story of the repair ing of "irrepairable" bombers, and of the men who fly the crashed wrecks which cant be flown"
 Whenever an American combat ship crash-lands in Britain, re- port is immediately sent to one of the air forces Air Service Con- mand depots, which are spotted all over the United Kingdom.
 Within a few hours, a test pilot and an estimator are on the scene. They have one job, at this point: to determine whether or not an S-man repair crew can patch up the wreck sufficiently within two weeks so that she can be flown to repair depot. If she can't, she'll be broken up for salvage on the , spot. If she can, -.
 Take the case of Lady Macbeth, '' an 9th Air Force Fortress which tangled one day with flax and enemy fighters over Germany. Her crew just managed to nurse the . badly crippled Lady" back across the Channel They belly landed her (because her landing controls among others, had been shot away) in c small sugar-beet field near the . coast.
 . The test pilot and estimator whistled when they saw her, She was badly shot up, and to add to their troubles, she had all but set- tied out of sight in the soft. spring mud of the field. Nonetheless, they decided that she could be repaired in the i5-day period.
 A repair unit, headed by M-Sgt. Joseph Wildeman, Oklahoma City, was dispatched to the scene. They had to lay a steel strip to get the mobile repair shops up to the ship.
 First they jacked up Lady Mac , beth" so that her landing gear could . be lowered. Once on her feet" she got all-around attention. They took out all her armament and every thing else not absolutely vital to flying in order to save weight on the emergency takeoff. They re- paired a wing section, put in new motors, patched up the controls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30
MIRACLE PILOTS

Meanwhile an engineer unit from the 9th Air Force built a 2.000-foot emergency steel runway right across the muddy field. The ship was ready to fly-every one hoped-on the fif- teenth day. Then the miracle pilots" showed up. They were Lieu tenant Richard H. McLeRoy, Buena Park. Calif.. veteran of such Holly wood aviation tllrillers as Wings" and "Helps Angels: and Captain J. W. Marsh, San Francisco. They got Lady Macbeth" into the air just
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30

trio lights high above do little to dispel the gloom but rather add a note of weirdness to the picture.
 There are about 150 wounded men aboard. Some hours ago they were carried on from a beachhead in France. It was rain- ing at the time and the sands were filled with jeeps and trucks. Yet the place Is surprisingly clean
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30

Ne and two weeks e dou8httr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30

A $2O00,0O0 military airport will be built on the dry bed of Lake Tex coco in Mexico.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30
BY s. J. W0OLF NEA Staff Correspondent

Aboard U. s. LSt., June 29.-
 Loaded with wounded, we are on our way to southern base in Eng land. The hold of this ship is filled with bandaged figures stretch ed on the tank deck and in tiers along the bulkhead. Strong elec-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30

Buy Bonds and Stamps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-30

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22
LEGISLATORS Go Home
To Push Campaigns
By the Associated Press.


Members of Congress headed for
their favorite political stumping
grounds today for last roundup of
voters before the November elections.
Congress is in recess until Novem-
Der a.
Optimism filled both parties, with
Senator Brewster, Republican, of
Maine seeing a sweep for the Re-
publican nominee and Senator
OMahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming
reporting strong indications of the
Presidents reelection.
Senator Brewster. vice chairman
of the Republican Senate Campaign
Committee, said personal travel, plus
reports, convince him that IF pres
ent rates of gain continue, it would
indicate decisive sweep for Gov.
Dewey"
Senator OMahoney, chairman of
the Democratic Senatorial Commit
tee, said The people know = - that
the President has done a superlative
Job and that continuity of perfor-
nance should not be jeopardized."
The summer session, which start
ed August l, came to an end late
yesterday after both houses adopted
unanimously resolution urging the
United States to take the leader
ship in espousing world wide free
interchange of news to help preserve
future peace.
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D. {. Food Costs Rise
.1.3 PET. Over 1913

Food costs in Washington during
the 3o-day period ended August Is
advanced l.3 per cent over the same
period last year, and were we'll above
the or per cent average increase for
most large cities, the Bureau of La
Dor Statistics announced today.
The increases in the food index
were caused by higher prices for
eggs, fish. carrots. potatoes, fresh
green beans and corn meal, the bu-
reau said.
The cost of clothing. fuel, cleo
tricity, ice and miscellaneous serv-
ices and commodities each moved
up OIL per cent on the average. These
advances were due primarily to
price increases for women's winter
coats, anthracite coal, prescriptions
and cigarettes.
House furnishings showed nc
change during the period.
The bureau estimated retail prices
paid by moderate Income families
in Washington as a whole ad-
vanced 5 per cent, compared to {
per cent for families in other cities
Nationally. the boost raised such
prices to % per cent above Gov
eminent index levels at the start
OF the European war in 1899. One.
tenth of the advance occurred ir
the year ended August IS.
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By the Associated Press

LONDON, Sept. 22-Flight 1t.
J. A. de lie Paulle of Washington,
D. c., used Today pass to make
his way to France, where he spent
part of his leave capturing four
armed Germans and later entered
Paris with the American Army of
Liberation.
The young Royal Canadian Air
Force pilot, who was a medical stu
dent in Paris at the outbreak Of
war, rode from Caen on a borrowed
bicycle and as he pedaled along a
French road four Nazis rushed from
a wood and surrendered.
He turned them over to the French
Forces of the Interior and hurried
on to catch up with the Americans
entering Paris.
He returned to Britain in time to
have the Distinguished Flying Cross
pinned on him by the King for anti
submarine operations while COM
handing an RCAF Sunderland fly
ing boat.
Once his craft was forced down
in the Bay of Biscay and he and
his crew were three and half days
in rubber dinghies. He swan
through icy seas to bring the crew
food dropped by Liberator.
De lie Paulle previously had won
the Croix de Guerre for conspicuous
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Dewey
Continued From First Page. J

Continued From First Page)
administration may think Gov.
Dewey went too far in his praise
of new principles that have been
adopted in the past decade in
dealing with social and economic
problems. However, he acted wisely
in frankly indorsing these forward
steps that have won popular ap-
proval, and combining his criticism
to the mistakes he believes the New
Deal has made in carrying them
out.
While emphasizing that in the
peacetime years ahead jobs must
be found for all, Gov. Dewey drew
loud applause when he said
Certainly they will not be found
in Government itself. If all of us
should go to work for the Gov
eminent, then our system would
be no different from Communism
or Fascism."
The Republican nominee made 1t
clear that, while he favors the OBJ
jectives of many of these new do
nestle laws, he will continue to
challenge the manner in which they
have been administered.
Informed sources indicated that
Gov. Dewey wanted to get his in
dorSement of these forward looking
laws on the record early in the cam
paign for two reasons. First, so that
the opposition could not accuse him
of being against these reforms in
government; and, second, so that
he would be free during the final
weeks of the campaign to concen-
trate on his claim that the Roose-
welt administration has gone to ex-
tremes in applying these new princi-
plies of government to the everyday
life of the people.
The temptation to be bureau
cratic, to usurp power. to puff them
selves up, has proved irresistible to
those who have swarmed to Wash
lngton under the New Deal" he said.
I'VE must have men in Government
who have the strength of character
to resist the inevitable tempta alton
toward petty tyranny. We must
have men in Office who believe that
the preservation of individual rights
and freedoms is more important
gallantry while driving an ambu-
than the increase of their own
power"
Reforms Here to Stay.
Unemployment insurance, old age
pensions and minimum wage laws
ARE here to stay and we are going
to broaden them," Gov. Dewey
promised
While embracing the essential New
Deal reforms as Mr.. Willkie did
four years ago, Gov. Dewey takes the
position that the present admins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22
7th Army's Advance
Slowed by Sk Ill
rel g.,
Delaying Tactics
BY GEORGE TUCKER,


WITH THE UNITED STATES 7th
ARMY IN FRANCE, Sept. PAL
lied infantry and aahor on the
whole 7th Army front have been
slowed to "a crawl by the skillful de-
laying tactics of the Germans, who
have succeeded in multiplying the Al
lies advantage In having at their
disposal network of some of the
best hard-surfaced roads in Europe.
From one end of the line to the
other, infantry not only has had to
Tight but has been compelled to
throw down guns, strip of clothes,
swim streams, clean out BOBBY traps
and circle minefields In order to
reach detectives which originally
seemed just moderately touch.
The town of Epinal, which Is split
by the Moselle River. has been the
goal of American doubhboys for
days, but as late as 5 pm. yesterday
not a single Allied soldier had set
foot within the city,
Some units reached the Moselle at
various points to the east of Epinal,
but If they managed to cross the
river Allied headquarters has not
yet said so.
Specialized troops who had COM
pleted mission in this section vol
unteered to enter the city three
nights ago but they, too, failed and
the situation last night seemed to
call either for the reduction of the
city by artillery or for passing 1t by
swinging strong infantry forces to
either side and compelling with
drawal.
I was in every square foot of s.
mile sector of the front today and
nowhere in the line is there real
offensive under way. Every farm
house and haystack shields an Allied
tank but until road blocks are liqui-
dated and the river crossed in
strength nothing resembling swift
progress can be counted on
The Moselle to the east of Epinal
Is only about 100 feet wide and is
not very swift or deep. Although the
troops have reached the brink of the
river, the approaches to the banks
are under annoying mortar and ar
tillery fire and those troops which
may have by now crossed the river
would have to take shelter near the
banks or wait reinforcements be-
fore pushing on.
1t. Joseph Driscoll, Dorchester,
Mass. who tried to get into Epinal
but failed, returned with two baby
faced 16-year- old NaZi prisoners.
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Knox Paper in Chicago
Backs Dewey Candidacy

&S tit ASoOtldeSb 1850
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-The Chicago
Daily News, formerly published by
Col. Frank Knox, Secretary of the
Navy when he died April g. an
nounces it will support Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey, the Republican nominee
for President, in the November cleo
ton.
In an editorial published today
the newspaper said:
I'm 1910, despite the courage Mr.
Roosevelt had shown in seeking to
arm the Nation against the perils
that surrounded it, despite the fact
that Col. Frank Knox, our publisher,
had been called to the cabinet, in
the emergency, to serve as Secretary
of the Navy. this newspaper was OPP
posed to third term.
I'VE supported Mr.. Willkie, the
Republican candidate And we have
not changed our mind. We were not
for a third term. We are not for a
fourth. Nor do we believe the Amer
lean people desire perpetual Pres
ident.
Although on the war and the
peace the candidates seem pretty
we'll agreed. on jobs they differ. New
Dealers are talking again of jobs
handed out by the State. Dewey S
faith is in private enterprise. Amer
leans, we think, are interested not
merely in jobs, any jobs, but in jobs
with a future"
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tration had failed 10 eliminate un-
employment and restore prosperity
until, war created jobs. .....
Looking toward the approaching
era of peace, the Republican nomi-
nee said:
There can be jobs for all only if
business, industry and agriculture
are able to provide these Jobs
There are no clever short cuts to
this goal. 1t cannot be achieved by
some ingenious scheme concocted by
a social dreamer in a Government
bureau. The New Deal pulled rabbits
out OF hats for stven years and end
ed up in 1910 with 100000 still
unemployed. We will achieve our
objective only if we create an eco
nomic climate in which business, in
duStry and agriculture can grow
and flourish"
Gov Dewey said the days of dog
eat dog" national economy are
never coming back again.
One specific step Gov. Dewey sug-
gested to keep industry going after
the war was drastic revision of re
presslve tax laws, which now operate
to penaliZe incentive and to put a
brake upon the kind of enterprise
that makes job opportunities"
Would Encourage Business.
We must have the kind of taxes
that do not discourage. but encour-
age, men to start new businesses and
to expand old businesses" he added
Gov. Dewey will discuss taxation
again later in the campaign. He
pointed out last night that the in
terest charge on the swollen wal
debt probably will be $4,000, 900 900 q
year in the postwar era. Since that
charge must be met before we begin
to meet the current expenses of Gov
eminent, he said, interest rates will
have to be kept stable to prevent the
price of Government bonds from
falling as they did after the last war
One of the strongest statements he
made to dispel any argument that
the Republican party is reactionary
follows:
Whether we like it or not, and
regardless of the party in power
Government is committed to some
degree OF economic direction. Ger
tain Government measures to in
f1uence broad economic conditions
are both desirable and inevitable"
Large crowds turned out on the
streets of San Francisco to see Gov
Dewey yesterday, as he rode across
the bridge from Oakland for a series
of conferences preceding his night
speech.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22

made from an old automobile wheel
cut down, the wheels of the car
came from a small wagon, the axle
from Baby Austin Garland even
it had to be cut down. The only
metal used is the tin sheet hood.
There is only one pedal-the brake
The car is started by a flick of
lever in the motor.
Built just like a GI jeep, Jackies
is painted Coast Guard gray and
has United States Coast Guard"
written on 1t. For two reasons,
Jackie says, "a nice man in the
Coast Guard let my daddy look at
one of their jeeps-and anyhow, if
I were in the Army, I'd want to be
in the Coast Guard" The car has
a collapsible canvas top and the in
side construction follows exactly
that Of the regular jeep.
Mr.. Grisby estimates the car,
which cost about SIPS to build, will
travel to Baltimore and back on a
quart and half Of gas and a few
more spoonsful Of oil. They intend
to try it out as soon as they have
the necessary permits and licenses.
Jackie and Audrey, although
thrilled with the jeep, have other
plans for their daddy now.
Hes going to make me houseful
Of furniture for Baby Precious-my
doll" Audrey said.
And he's going to build me an
airplane." declared Jackie.
Mr.. Grisby said he'd never tried
his hand at doll furniture or air.
planes, but If that's what they
want want ). I guess III get started next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22
BY the Associated Press.

by the hSSOClhIed f1eSS.
CHICAGO, Sept. "a dyna-
mite bomb exploded last night at the
home of William H. Johnson, super
intendent of Chicago public schools,
Earring the neighborhood in radius
of two blocks and snattering scores
of windows in nearby houses.
Mr.. johnson suffered a slash on
the right arm, while his wife and
their 8-year-old daughter Patricia,
who was asleep, escaped uninjured
The child's bed was covered with
glass, and Mr.. Johnson, who was on
the second floor visiting neighbors,
said he apparently cut his arm when
he lifted his daughter from her bed.
The bombing, which was de-
scribed by police as mo amateur
job" climaxed a two-week city wide
controversy over ruling by which
the school superintendent abolished
the school transfer system. The
ruling caused thousands of pupils to
change schools Several meetings
and court hearings have been held
following issuance of the order and
an injunction to prevent its enforce
ment is being sought.
The explosion at the superin-