davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-25
EARTWoUAKE RECORDED

Boston. Sept. 2bs-(UP)-The Har- yard University and Weston College solsmologlcai laboratories report 6 aStrong' earthquake occurred on Saturday in tho vicinity Of the Kamchatka Peninsula, north Of Ja- pan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-25

Helen Hines Spagnola of Ansonia today filed . divorce action in su. perior court against Nicholas spags nola. also of Ansonia. The couple married Aug. (. 1928. and tho plain. tiff claims her husband became iE. toierably cruel in January, io3o.
 Two actions which were entered on the docket Of the superior court in New Haven have been transferred here. They arc Gloria Fernandez da Costa MoreleFa of Naugatuck against John Morelra of Naugatuck, and Marceilne Rovasio Cook of Beacon Falls against Ray D. Cook
 also of Beacon Falls. Both arc based on charges cruelty. ,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-25
CORNELL BRIDGE CLUB

The Friday afternoon tournament of the Cornell Bridge Club, con. duoted by Mrs. John O. Moriarty, 60 Linden street, resulted in the following high scores; North and South, Mrs. William Cleary and Mrs. R. w. Heebner, ll6 i-2; Mrs. Joseph McArdle and Mrs. Joseph Montambault, Ill i-2; East and West, Mrs, Robert Treat and Mrs. D, W. Rosebrugh, i2o; Mrs. Timothy Sullivan and Mrs. John Doran, i02. The official standing: Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. May, 20e l.2; Mrs. Cleary and Mrs. Heebner, 206; Mrs. Dlonne and Mrs. Florio, 203 Ia; Mrs. Ferry and Mrs. incaster, 200 Ia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-25
Hospital Bulletins

Ralph Mastrlanna, l7, 1898 Bank street, was reported In good con- ditlon thls morning at St. Mary's hospital where he was admitted yesterday for treatment of ln- juries sustained In Q baseball game at Hamilton Park.
 Walter Leggett, of Portland, Conn.,, was treated at St. Mary's hospital last night after he was struck by . car operated by Mat. way KowaI, T, a Wood street, according to . police report, The driver was not held.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-25

Withdrawal papers were filed lm common pleas eouFt today im the civil action brought by Charles ?. Moulten os Waterbury and Che Fire Association ef Philadelphia against Samuel Parsons oe Naug. atuck The Waterbury man sought elS0 damages, while the concern asked for SllS.00. The litigation was based on car damages sus- tAlned in an accident Jan. 10 ln Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-25

dunpowGeT inlneFBad in the waters Of pieatlnny Lake for le years stlll retalns 60 oxplpgive aiAl~ itiee and will prQpel eftlllefy 4!Ils Inunilien without iols 9f higsSssh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-25

Struck by her own car after it was allegedly hit from the rear by Armand Couture of Waterbury Agnes P. Rukstells of Southington today filed c e260o civil action in common pleas court.
 The woman claims she vas stand ing c few feet in front Of her car, parked on Meriden road near car. rigus Court, last Feb. ii, when the defendant struck it with his. Her own car hit her, throwing her to the pavement and causing her to roll under wire fence and down an embankment, the complaint states.
 Injuries to the back, knees, and left thigh are listed. The plaintiff claims she lost wages amounting to N4ls. Her handbag, worth ei2 and containing e30 in cash and Q pair of glasses, was lost, h0r eii dress was ruined, and she paid e2S to repair her fur coast which was damaged in the accident, the plain tiff states further. Medical bills are listed at S0C, and tho care repair bill at 92O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-25
Litigation In
 Local Courts

An application for permission Co change her surname to Taylor was filed in superior court today by Mary Martha Krauclunas of Waterbury. The petitioner states she has assumed che other name because of difficulty in pronounce ing her real name. Her brother and sister have legally changed their names, and confusion has arisen because of Che difference between hers and there's, Che ap- plication states further.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-25
Current Rationing Regulations
MEATS AND BUTTER

xad starnns "AS" through "Ze" and "Ab" through :" aaAf, voFkh 10 points arc valid indefinitely
Evening star., 1944-11-01
III , |OpHIW T/7CeS
1850
1880
s47.5C

Winter is just around the corner, and if
you're in need of a winter overcoat,
RIGHT NOW is the time for your best
selection. Kann's winter overcoats have
the swing and authority of fine style >.
they are built for warmth, and not bur
densome i. . the kind of coats that do not
wear you down.. Knitted Fleeces.
Woven Fleeces, hard faced, long-wearing,
herringbone fabrics Blues, oxford greys,
Cambridge greys, dark brown, cinnamon
brown and camel shades. Single and
double breasted models in the group
Kanns-Men's Store-Second Floor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Band Sponsors
Concert to Aid
Uniform Fund

EAST DETROIT - The East
Detroit High School Band under
the direction of Archie Richards
is planning a concert, which is to
be held Wednesday, Nov. 20, at
8 p. m. at the High School Audi
forum.
The Senior, Junior and Grant
School bands are planning to
take part in this program. The
program will feature cornet
trio by Ed Karn, Dick Mertz and
Bob Ireson. The featured soloiSt
will be Jack Bruner, trombonist.
This program is to be given TO
raise the money needed 10 finish
paying for the band uniforms.
The band is planning to march
at the Naval Arsenal for the
bond drive program and also at
the Detroit Lion game Sunday.
The band has marched for sew
eral football games including
the Roseville game, and also on
Armistice Day.
1t is hoped that there will be
a record breaking attendance al
the concert for each and every
band member is doing his or her
snare to make it a success.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Junk Lung
Saves Life
of Officer

CHAMPAIGN, III. - WH -
A masterpiece Of junk" -
homemade iron lung-is credit
ed with saving the life of 1t.
Robert WcSselhOeft, Norwood,
Mass, when he was stricken
with infantile paralysis in China
some months ago, according to
Army engineer 1t. David B.
Conard, home here recently on
leave.
No standard iron lungs being
available in China, Wesselhoeft,
kept alive for ii days by manual
respiration, was flown over the
hump" to Calcutta, India.
When he arrived in India, a
hurried call was sent out, but
no unused lungs were found, so
ingenious fellow officers and
men fell to and built one Of
their own.
TO Conard, former Champaign
high school student, fell the job
Of constructing the lung. Con-
ard and Sgt. Frederick A.
Beecher, Raritan, N. j., and Maj.
Reid Evans, Urbana, Ill.,, drew
the design, and started the job
from scratch, using parts Of
scrapped equipment.
The generator was contributed
by the engineers; vital supplies
of flexi-glass for the lungs win
dow came from the Air Forces;
motor, base plate, gear box and
door were fashioned from junk
ed pistons of a caterpillar trac-
tor. The roof of a semi-trailer
cab supplied the ventilator.
An international touch was
added when a gasoline motor
was salvaged by, the British to
keep the mechanism in opera
ton while the patient was flown
more than 10000 miles back to
the U. S. Then a medical officer
climbed inside the masterpiece
of junk" as termed by the Off
GERS, to test it.
The builders were tense until
the officer climbed out, smiled
and said, Its okay, boys-it
works"
Probably the sweetest praise
came from the patient himself,
who commented that it suited
his particular breathing rhythm
unusually well. The lung is two
thirds lighter than the standard
type. Wesselhoeft was flown 10
Wilmington, Del, and is now re-
cuperating in Walter Reed Hos
pital, Washington, d. c.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
See Widespread
Demand for Help
on Construction

CHICAGO - U.P)-The pent-
up demand for all kinds Of con-
struction in the postwar period
will require more men than at
any time in the history of the
building industry and construc-
ton will be an important factor
in alleviating unemployment,
according to Henry j. Schwcim,
general manager of the gypsum
association.
Safety and comfort rather
than Starting innovations" will
be emphasized in the postwar
home" Schweim said.
They'll have walls with
more fire protection, insulation
and vapor barriers to prevent
condensation, all at little if any
more cost than the prewar
WALL" he said.
Refinement or new materials
will make possible new hand
ling of interiors. For just. lit
tie more the principal rooms
can be sound-conditioned for
restful quiet"
AS soon as WPB permission is
granted work can start on homes
apartment buildings, institu-
tons, and other buildings that
have been planned, Schweim
said, but he warned that the ex-
pected innovations will come
later.
Cali the talk about miracle
devices has failed to make clear
that they are still in the expert
mental stage" he said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Harrison Eyes
Improvements
New Shores Chief
Surveys Problems

ST. CLAIR SHORES-Robert
Harrison, newly-clected presi-
dent of the Village of st. Clair
Shores expressing sincere be-
lief that there is plenty of
room for Improvement in gov
ernmental and other affairs of
the community, has launched
survey TO construct a program of
better living he revealed
Wednesday.
Former and present village Of
ficials, civic leaders and bust
neSSmen-evcn store clerks and
factory workers-will be con-
suited by Harrison in the sur
vey, he said.
I'VE know we'll the Shortcom-
ings of our community he told
this newspaper Wednesday. 1--WE
are inviting suggestions for an
improved future. Any person
who has the welfare of the viii
lage at heart is welcome 10 help
US map our future"
Harrison said he is consulting
with several former village Of
ficials, but declined to name
them without their permission.
He said he will have a complete
statement shortly.
In regard TO decisive changes
in the village set-up, including
personnel changes, Harrison
said no study of this phase of the
new administration has yet been
completed.
Both management and labor
must learn TO settle their prob
lens around the conference ia
bic and not to run TO govern
ment, or government will run
us both. - Eric A. Johnston,
president u. S. G. of c.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Township Police Breakup
Youthful Joy-Riding Mob

While on patrol, Officers Wal
ter OBee and Albert Carrier re-
ceived a report over the police
radio at 9:55 p. m, that an auto
mobile had been stolen earlier
that evening from a resident of
1886 Lozier avenue, Van Dyke,
from a parking lot at the corner
of Van Dyke avenue and Nine
Mile road. A few minutes later
the officers located the stolen
car at Lozier and Van Dyke ave-
nues, and followed it down Lo-
zier to Republic avenue, The
driver tried to force the police
car off the road, but stopped
after an officer fired two shots
at the car.
The boys in the car were plac-
ed under arrest. They admitted
taking two cars that had been
reported stolen in Van Dyke
earlier that day, and recovered
at the corner of Paige and
Campbell avenue, the officers
said. Nothing had been taken
from the cars, and the youths
told police that they just want
ed to ride. One of the boys was
on probation from the Macomb
county juvenile court for a sim.
liar offense township police
said. A third boy who was rid
ing in the stolen car was re-
leased after he stated that he
did not know the car had been
stolen.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16

VAN DYKE Two boys, Is
and IA years of age, who had
been Joy riding" in stolen auto
mobiles, were apprehended by
Warren township police Monday
at 10 p. m, shortly after they
had taken a third car on the
same day.
Nogales international., 1944-05-26

that I may get five or ter day
leave If it comes true I'll drop by
to see you.
1 am sorry so many Nogales boys
are missing and others on the dead
list but you know we had Nogale S
boys in almost every action. that
has been fought and at every front.
I ran into Jesus Partida's name
on a register book at the American
Red Cross Center at Brisbane, Aus
tralia, when was there, SO I wrote
my name on the same page. He was
the only lad from Nogales found
registered there.
What I wanted to write to you
about was to ask you for an invoice
for another years subscription to
the Nogales international SO that I
can get that squared away. That
will be three years that you shall
have been mailing the paper to me,
and I am still just as pleased with
it as when you first started sending
it to me. 1t really gives me lot of
news I couldn't get otherwise over
here. :.
Joe is somewhere in the South
Pacific, 1 am at sea somewhere in
the wide Pacific-most of the time,
and Robert is in Europe. He wrote
me and says he ran into Lefty Rob-
les somewhere in England Mother
wrote and says my other brother,
Enrique D. Aviles. is in Nogales
Nogales international., 1944-05-26
AnZio Beachhead

May 4, 1914
Dear Mr.. Pottinger:
Once again I have the pleasure of
dropping you few lines. How is
everything down Nogales way?
Tomorrow will be gay celebra-
ton for all of you down on the
border, being "Cinco de Mayo" I
do hope that all of you have a swell
time, and fill up the spaces that are
empty because of the men away
from home.
On that day I'll be thinking of
the swell times I used to have be-
fore joining the army But you can
be sure that and many others will
be looking forward to the same date
after we have achieved victory.
Nothing much to say about this
place except that everything is 60
ing fine. Oh, yes, I almost forgot
to tell you that we got ration Of
six fresh eggs from the States per
man, and one bottle of beer. Can
you beat that. In fact, that was
my first beer that I had since left
Nogales international., 1944-05-26
PAGE SIX

the U.S.A. Our morale really went
up-it was really good
The hacienda that 1 told YOU
about in my last letter it's all over
with. I butchered the last heifer
that I had. So now I am looking
forward to the day the generals get
together and push up into Jerry-g3nd
and take over some of that nice beef
that I have seen moving around.
Well, Mr.. Pottinger, I'll close
now. Hope to hear from you one of
these days. Keep up the good work
for you are doing a great job for
our nation and its men. Best re-
CARDS to all Nogalians.
Sincerely your friend,
SGT. HENRY G.. BAZURTO
Nogales international., 1944-05-26
Hawaii
nHnn 10 1OA

hawaii
May 13, 1914
Dear Mr. Pottinger:
Maybe you don't know me any
more, but I still remember YOU
Remember when I used to sell pa
pers in Nogales?
Well, Mr. Pottinger, I have been
in action quit a lot of times and I
am still feeling swell.
I am sending you this picture
with a hula-hula girl and I hope
you like it, and the rest of the
guys too. Please show it to Bob Hol-
Ter.
I met my two brothers here in
the Hawaiian Islands and I was
sure glad to see them after two
years.
I also want to tell you that my
girl friend sends me the Nogales
International Her name is Nena
Tadeo.
Well, Mr.. Pottinger, I guess this
will be all for this time. Give my
Nogales international., 1944-05-26

cot off at Dateland, Arizona, at
about midnight, for few minutes,
and who did Aviles run into but his
brother Ernesto, who has been away
with the Navy for two years. We
all felt pretty good after that.
Fernandez and I are looking for
ward to receiving The Internation-
AL Address me:
George A. Mestjian AS
Co. A = 318 USNTC
San Diego (33) Calf.
Fernandez has the same address.
Thank you for your kindness,
Craig.
Sincerely,
GEORGE MESTJIAN
Nogales international., 1944-05-26
best regards to all my friends, and
your two sons.
Sincerely,
TONY MORENO

Somewhere in S. England
April 20, 1914
Dear Mr. Pottinger:
Since last writing you I have had
my address changed again. You
will find the new one on the enve-
lope.
It has been over a month since I
have seen a copy of your paper and
am looking forward to the time
when our mail here begins to arrive
regularly.
I would certainly appreciate any
APO. number of any home town
man who is in England. I don't
have a one as yet. The Red Cross
will trace almost any humber for
U.S.
Please give my kindest regards to
Mrs. Pottinger, Craig Jr., Earl, and
all the old Nogalians with whom I
was raised.
HaSta la vista,
PVT. BRUCE POWELL
Nogales international., 1944-05-26
Whereabouts Of
Service Men

Charles Arthur Powell, on sub
chaser at San Francisco.
Spencer Barkell, New Guinea.
Manuel Bonorand, Jr, Hawaii
Jose Armando Felix. New Britain.
Pfc. Robert D. Fain. Fftzsimmons
General Hospital, Denver. Colo.
Samuel CisneroS, Hammer Field,
Fresno, Calf
Francisco Colunga, New Guinea
Victor Franzen, Air Corps, Eng
land.
Camilo Ahumada. England.
Frank Krupp, Jr., South Pacific.
Charles Edward Hunter, Foster
Field, Victoria, Texas.
Nogales international., 1944-05-26

prior to reporting for induction. He
is one of those married with chill
dren, you know.
I guess that's about all I can
write for now, so I guess I'll close
for the present.
I remain, very truly yours,
ERNEST r. AVILES
S 1/c, U.SN.
Nogales international., 1944-05-26
United States Navy
San Diego, Calf.
May 81, 194i

Dear Craig;
The U.SN. sure beats the OPA,
but the Old Salts tell us new Boots
that the honeymoon will soon be
over.
Eduardo Fernandez and Enrique
Aviles and I left Nogales together
and are in the same hut here in
boot camp. Fernandez. incidentally.
is mail man for our company
A heart warming thing happened
to Aviles on the bus ride over. We
Nogales international., 1944-05-26

co Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calf.
April oath, 1914
Mr.. Craig Pottinger
Nogales international
NogaleS, Arizona.
Dear Sir:
There is scuttlebutt aboard ship
Nogales international., 1944-05-26
LETTERS FROM SERVICE MEN

welcomes letters
County who n service keep coming
grls).
Nogales international., 1944-05-26
Your Senior
Congressman
JOHN r. MURDOCH

UOA4AN w NA y AV0OCAA
Is by his experience in Wash
ton and his present high Commit
tee positions in Congress able to
serve most effectively. Arizona
now has an investment in his
experience which may best be
capitalized by returning him to
Congress in the elections this
year. Subject to the Democratic
Primaries on July 18th.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-27
Roosevelt, Stettinius and Labor

The appointment of Edward r. Steuinius as Secretary of State to
replace the aged and reactonary Cordell Hull is Franklin D. Roose-
velts notice to the American working people that -
In the establishment of policies to govern the postwar world,
American capital and not American labor will provide the social ethics
and write the economic rules.
Stethnus is not merely a servant of corporate private wealth and
privilege he is a part of it. He need not be pressured or instructed as
to the course he will follow; his course will be that Of the owning class.
to Russia than Edward R. Stettinius, former Chairman of the Board for
the United Steel Corporation, will be for the vested interests which
own the capital wealth of America. AS a spokesman for profits, the new
Secretary of State, whom Roosevelt has made sc soon after he was kept
in the White House by Labors votes, is a natural"
We are not blaming Secretary Stettinius when we forecast what
we believe may be expected or him. Like Popeye, he is what he is and
that's all he is-one of the economic rulers.
In his negotiations after the war ends he can be expected honestly
to bargain for America upon the conviction that Big BusinessIS Amer
lea. The utmost we expect from him is that he will attempt to recon
Gle these conflicting intrests between the various national groups
of labor expoters and get as much as he can for his own national
group.
The kind of postwar arrangements hat Stettnius can be expected
to approve will offer the workers only the same secondhand prosperity
they always had; those who labor will remain the servants of those
who own and enjoy their share of prosperity only when they can be
profitably used by the owners.
Secretary Stettnius may sincerely work for a world unity based
upon fairness But it will be fairness within his own group, and any
structure of internationalism he may erect will be an international of
eXploiters N~aI
That is our estimate of MIR. stettinius and of the significance of
his appointment by Roosevelt. Time may prove that we ar wrong and
show him as the architect of a new social order based upon economic
justice for the workers of all lands. We hope, but do not believe, that
will be the role he plays-Reading Labor Advocate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-27
What's Back Of Texas University Row?

Dr. Homer T. Rainey, president of the University Of Texas, was
recently summarly removed by the board of regents. Students pro-
tested, and the Lone Star State was deeply stirred-fromt the Panhandle
to the Brazos. &
Tom" Stokes, one of the most decent and also one of the best
informed newspaper columnists, attempts to explain the situation in an
article he has contributed to La Foletes Progressive" The regents
he says, are determined to wipe out anything resembling economic
liberalism. Three of these regents were named by "Pappy' ODaniel
when he was governor. Most of the other six share their reactionary
views. # ##"i # &#. ".
The trouble really started, according to Stokes, back in March,
1912, when anti-union employers called a mass meeting in Dallas to
protest against the 40-hour week and other New Deal proposals.
In paid newspaper advertisements they said the Wage and Hour
Law forbade anyone working more than 40 hours III asweek, even in
war time. II, # E# +H
Three professors from the university attended the meeting and
sought permission to correct that obviously false statement They were
refused. The professors wrote a letter to the papers, pointing out that
the law merely provided that when workers were kept the job for
more than 40 hours in a week they must be paid overtime. @
Because they dared to make this truthful statement, the regents
refused to renew their contracts. President Rainey didn't like that sort
of thing and said SC. Now he is out. W
Soon the present governor will have a chance to appoint a major
ity of the board of regents. He is in a position to make Texas a place
where freedom of thought and expression is still respected. Will he?-
Labor. 1@ .t
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-27
War or Peaee--The Peoples Choice

There are times when we are jolted out of our mid continental
complacence and made to realize that there is a war going on, and,
further, that we IS common people have a tremendous personal stake
in the question whether there shall ever be another war.
One, such occasion came with the recent visit of three cooperators
from Scotland. Only three weeks away, from their homes, they brought
with them the acute and wen-dehned impressions of men who have
been in the immediate presence of some of this wars most devihsh
aspects. They had seen bombs dropped on helpless men, women and
children; they had seen the aged and mothers with their infants line
ground shelters; they had see the devastating effect of bombs mans
material property; and they had seen, laid out in rows the bodies of
the dead who a few minutes before had been mn and women with no
more immediate contact with the war than have you and L
Man learns slowly. He is thick-headed as we'll as thck-skinned.
Otherwise he would have abolished war centuries ago. During the
course of every war there have been men who have said, This will
teach men never to get into war again" But always war has come
again, not because the people wanted it, but because they were buled,
cajoed and tricked into the attitude and circumstances which made
war seem inevitable IT even desirable to them. Instead of mastering
circumstances they allowed circumstances to master them, even to the
extent Of marching them into destruction, poverty and death.
This time the people have greater reason than ever before to make
certain that war shall not come again. They must use their power to
organize the worlds economic as well as political affairs in such
a way that the reasons for war will disappear. In such an organization
cooperation can play a great and historic role. Will men be wise enough,
alert enough, cooperative enough to become masters of their destiny?
Midland Cooperative. ~