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Evening star., 1944-09-15
Saga Of Normandy Rescues
Related byD. Navy Captain
Entire Medical
Science Joined in
Saving Lives, He Says
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.

How medical men cheated death
on the LISTS which took thousands
Of wounded on the bloody beaches
Of Normandy with . loss of only /
per cent Is . story which does not
belong to the Navy alone.
Nor does 1t belong to the Army
litter bearers who worked under the
Nazi guns to get the
wounded down to the waters edge.
The British had . hand In this am
phibious operation, as did the whole
science Of medicine, and the indus
try which supplies 1t.
The job accomplished in the first
20 days Of the assault, according to
the man who planned the United
States Assault Forces show, Capt.
George Bracket Dowling CM. c.,
U. 8. NJ, would have been impossible
without the help Of all interested In
saving lives. These included enlisted
men as well as officers, scientists
and high Allied ofdcials.
On Kinks staff.
Capt. Dowling, the son of Harry
w. Dowling, 3603 Fourteenth street
NV, was assigned to the stan Of
Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk to plan,
prepare, organize, train, supply and
equip" an amphibious medical force
adequate for the cross Channel in
vasion. A graduate Of Mckinley
High School, Emerson Institute and
George Washington University with
the class Of 1917, Capt. Dowling had
served tour Of duty here from 1885
to 1888. He lives at A Woodmont
road, Belle Haven, Va.
The medical ofncer, a veteran
Of the landings in Sicily, with n
years Of Marine Corps and Navy
service behind him, went to Eng
land last winter with two key men
as assistants to prepare for D-day.
He soon sent to Washington for
five additional men trained in med
icine and amphibious operations.
Expanded Rapidly.
BY March an intensive and rap
idly expanding training program
was under way on the beaches of
England, with hundreds of Army
and Navy doctors and several
thousand enlisted men learning
how to treat and transport the
wounded under conditions simulat-
ing those to be encountered In
France.
While hoping for the best. they
prepared for the worst. 1t was be-
lieved the landing ships and men
would be subjected to heavy aerial
bombardment-possibly to poison
gas, and certainly to flame weapons.
Plans were made to care for as
many as $4,000 wounded in the
first 20 days. Actually, the total
number Of casualties was consider
ably less. It was believed that sur
face transportation would have to
bear the whole load across the
Channel until landing fields could
be provided for air transports Ia
about two weeks after D-day. -~r
The personnel of all boats to
hit the beaches, whether ducks OF
|LCIs, were trained in first aid
but it was realized early that the
brunt Of the load Of wounded would
fall on the big LISTS. It was real.
lied, too. that not just . few but
all the LISTS should be ready te
care for wounded on the return
trips.
Carried Best Equipment.
This would mean committing the
wounded to combat ships lacking
whatever protection Red Cross
markings might afford. On the other
hand, it would mean the wounded
and the dying would not have to
wait until special carriers could be
located and loaded.
Accordingly, all LSTs beginning
Evening star., 1944-09-15
Continuance Gronted

Steve N. Quasato, %, Of 10 Seven.
teenth street Sc, arrested last week
by Federal Bureau of Narcotics
agents on charge of possession Of
heroin, was granted q continuance
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Evening star., 1944-09-15
Puerto Rico legionnaires
To Seek Union With u. 5,

Permanent union of Puerto Rico
with the United States will be
asked by that territory's delegation
to the American Legion convention
Kodiak mirror., 1944-04-29
Shemya Isle Is Fortified

Headquarters, Alaskan Dept. -(R)-Occupation and forti6- cation of Shemya, small but inn portant island Tn the far western Aleutians, was revealed Mon day.
 Troops went ashore during a bowling storm during the battle of Attu in May, 1943. Picked men of the famed Fourth h. fantry regiment, the same out fit that captured Lion mountain near close of Attu battle, en- 'countered no resistance al- though reconnaissance Of Alas kan scouts proved the Japs had been there and surveyed the island, probably for occupation and construction of military installations.
 Shemya island, only 5 square miles, is now one of the most important military bastions in the western Aleutians. Engineers for the past 10 months have almost rebuilt the island to make it impregnable from as- sault. Despite extremely rough living conditions during the first few months the island is now as comfortable as any in the Aleu- tian chain.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-04-29
Rotary To Dine Out

The Rotary Club luncheon will be held next Tuesday at the Generals mess at Fort Greedy, according to an announcement made by Major R. D. Mae Don aid, in charge of entertainment for the week.
 Transportation will be provid- ed although private cars may al- so be taken and members will leave from the usual meeting place at the Wayfarers' club, Members should be at the hall promptly at 1912.
 After lunch members will be taken on a tour of the dry clean ing plant, laundry and ordnance,
Kodiak mirror., 1944-04-29

Milton Collins, AMM, 2nd Class, USN, spoke at the Rotary Club Tuesday on the back grounds and customs of the Jap aneSe people. Other guests were Ut. Mccormick and w. E. Don aIdson, Seattle, sales represent i've for the Upjohn company.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-04-29
season.

The Junior Class of the Kodi- ak High School held a dance last night at Blinn's hall honor ing this years graduating class.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-04-29

William Wynkoop, former taxi operator here, returned this week after spending the winter in the States, to join in the fishing season.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-04-29

Mrs. Fern Williams, wife of {, George Williams, manager k Bert's Drug store, and twin aughters, Jeanne and Joanne, re q arrived this week from Bil- pgs, Montana.
 They will live in the house for ,erly occupied by the Vim. P. piths.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-04-29

Donald Haines. from Alitak ,derwent surgical attention at ,e GM hospital this week.
 ,d was dismissed Wednesday.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-04-29

Axel Andreason underwent a ,nsil operation at the GM hos tsI this week.
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TH1s IS IT! This is the big push
i you have been waiting for!
This is the zero hour! Our fight.
ing men are ready-ready to strike
anywhere :. anytime anyhow
BAR NOTHING!
What about you? Are you ready
to match this spirit with your War
Bond purchases? Every bond you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
'M-W Plants
 Strike Aquin

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 27-(UPl Picket lines were set up today at the Kansas City retail and mail or der plants of Montgomery Ward 6 Co. as wrkers went out in strike which union officials described as a protest against 'Sewell Averyss de- f1ance of the War Labor Board
 Edward Chevlin, international representative of the United RetaiI,G Wholeale and Department Store Workers of America (CIO), said several hundred" employees failed to report for work today.
 Chevlin said employees would not work until MT. Avery decides that neither himself nor Wards are big ger than the War Labor Board, the president and the U. s. govern ment."
 He said that '.for the past several days we have almost been expecting word from our international union that employees at other Ward stores throughout the country had refused to continue working"
 Leroy Langer, president of the local involved, said in q formal statement that organized labof should not be expected to abide hV its no-Strike pledge when Avery continually challenges the judicial powers of the courts and de1iea thc wartime powers of president Roose- welt"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
Roin, Snow Follows Cold
By United Press

A freezing rain and snow moved into the midwest today behind the seasons worst cold wave which iIl- vaded the east and northeast.
 The rain, which swept across the central states from northern Texas through Arkansas, Missouri, Ken lucky and Tennessee, turned into snow in the north central states where Q fall of two or three inches was anticipated. One inch was re- eorte6 at Mason City, Ia.
 The federal weather forecaster at sHhcago said the storm would ex- esnd into northern Illinois, Michi- wan. Indiana and parts of Ohio to- cay.
 No zero weather was reported in the midwest today but in the east, several weather stations reported sub-zero temperatures with Black Moshannon, Pa., reporting 15 de- grees below zero.
 However, the weatherman said, the cold wave was decreasing in in- tenSity as it moved eastward.
 Temperature in downtown Water bury dropped to g degrees at 9:30 this morning, according to records kept by the city engineers office at the City Hall, as a cold snap blew in from the middle west.
 High temperature during the past 2z hours was 28 degrees at 4 p. m. yesterday. Noon temperature today was 20 degrees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
4-F Athletes
 Facing Draft

Washington, Dec. 27-(UP)-Mil- itary 4-F's currently performing in IA fashion for college athletic teams may expect to hear from their local draft boards one of these days.
 The Office of War Mobilization said today that Director James F. Byrnes' recent order instructing the seleHtive service system to review R-F classification of professional athletes applies also to college sports figures.
 Although the Byrnes directive does not call for any revolutionary change in established selective serv- ice practice, officials said it might have the effect of speeding review of ''borderline" cases.
 Selective service officials pointed out that no athIete, college or pro- fessional, is deferrable because he is an athlete. Moreover, they added the armed forces, not the draft boards, determine tn physical quail ifications for military servcie.
 "A man with punctured eardrum might be a 4-F and still able to spring 90 yards to a touchdown in the last 30 seconds of play" one official said.
 There frequently are instances in which a registrant has a slight de- feet which may correct itself sub- Sequertly. He would be classified 4-P but six months later might be placed in 1-A, t was pointed out.
 Local draft boards have made a practice of reviewing these border line" cases all along. 1t was said. AS a result of Byrnes' directive. they
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
27 Jop Ships Sunk By Subs

Washington, Dec. 27 - (U.P) = A large Japanese aircraft carrier and 26 other enemy vessels have been sunk by U. S. submarines in their mounting offensive, Secretary of Navy James Forrestal announced today.
 These latest sinkings included seven enemy combat ships in all and raised to 1,090 the total of Jap anese ships sunk, probably sunk and damaged by the U. s. underSeas fleet.
 Forrestal said thta the total of U. s. submarine successes in the Paci- f1c cover the sinking of more than 3,500,00O tons of Japanese shipping.
 Besides the aircraft carrier, the other enemy combat ships sent to the bottom recently were a con- verted light cruiser, destroyer, two destroyer transports and two escort vessels.
 The rest of the ships included two large transports, 10 medium cargo vessels, three small cargo ships, a small transport, two medium cargo transports and two medium tankers
 Forrestal said that he could not now reveal any details concerning the Japanese carrier that was sent to the bottom by American torpe- does but he commented that this was hitting at one of the most painful spots on the Japanese body at the moment"
 This was the first enemy aircraft carrier definitely known to have been sunk by D. s. submarines. Tn addition. two are listed as probably sunk and two damaged by unnder- seas craft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
Four Burned To Deoth In Chelsea Fire

Chelsea, Mass, Dec. 27-(UP)- At feast four and perhaps eight persons were burned to death in a Chelsea lodging house fire which firemen from six communities with the aid of Coast Guardsmen bat tied until early today.
 With the bodies of four persons already removed from the wreckage of the $100000 blaze, f1remen with gas masks dug through the smould- ering ruins of the three-story brick block in search of from three to four other persons believed to have periShed.
 Known dead in what was de- scribed as Chelsea'S worst fire in 25 years were:
 Mrs. Annie Fowler, 65, a cripple.
 Isaac Stein, 70.
 Two unidentified men.
 Three persons including 15- year-old boy spectator were injured in the general alarm fire which vir- tually enveloped the ramshackle block before firemen arrived.
 A total of 32 persons escaped the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
BIG MUSASH|Nk PLANT SPELLED
 BY 70 B-29'S
BY FRED sCHERFF

SSAAAAAN8 United Press Staff COrresp0ndeEtE
 Washington, December 2T. - (UP) = B-29 Superior tresseS, 50 to 70 strong by Axis accounts, resumed their aerial bombardment of To- kyo in daylight today, pre- sumably against hitting th0 big Musashina aircraft works in the western suburbs of the capital.
 The attack, the fifth in strength on Tokyo, inauglr- ated the second month of t1e mounting B-29 offensive against Japan from SaipaI1 bases. Some 1,500 tons of bombs were un1oaded on the Japanese homeland during the month ended December 24, an average of 50 tons a day.
 A Japanese communique said SO of the huge raiders participated in the raid. of which IA, including live probables, were shot down, and 25 damaged. A German Trans@ Ocean dispatch from Tokyo, how= ever, estimated the number oz bomberS at 70.
 Tokyo had had a respite from large-scal raids since December E. though lone B-20's have dropped bombs on the city during weather and reconnaissance flights in the in- terim.
 A brief War Department a11- nouncement said only that the Superfortresses bombed industrial targets in the Tokyo area" but two of the previous four raids were di- rected against the Musashina works among the most important in Japan and other targets were chosen only when visibility was poor. Results s'IncOnSlusive"
 Brigadier General Haywood Han- sell, Jr., chief of the 21st Bomber Command at Saipan, acknowledges in 8 press statement yesterday that results so far at the Musashina plant had been ''inconclusive.'
 ''In other words" he said, we des- troyed few buildings in the factory area and possibly interrupted pro- duction inside the plant, but we di4 not knock it out
 The Japanese Domei Agency said that B-29s dropped explosive and fire bombs at scattered points in the Tokyo area shortly after noon (Tokyo Time) today, but claimed mo effective damage" had been done.
 Details of the war results ils dicted against the raiders by 0ul air and ground resistance are now being investigated" Domei said.
 Another Tokyo broadcast said downtown Tokyo cheered and ap~
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
Unmarried Corporal Turns Obstetricion
(NEA Telephoto)

Mitchell Field, N. Y., Dec. 27-(UP)-A six and one half pound girl, delivered by a cor poral and a sergeant in a mov- ing Army ambulance yesterday was reported doing nicely with her mother at the Mitchell Field hospital today.
 Unmarried Cpl. Real T. Cote, of Lowell, Mass, played Ob- stetrician, by virtue of his Army medical training, from . suitcase seat on the ambu- lance floor. The baby's father, T-Sgt. John R. Love, of Salt Lake City, was his anxious, and not too helpful, assistant.
 Mrs. Eileen Love, formerly of Niagara Falls, N. Y., hadn't expected her child so soon. There was warning enough to get the ambulance but not enough for the 65-mile trip from the couples Westhamp- ton Beach home. Sgt. George L. Guess, driver of the ambu- lance slowed down a bit for the delivery, but did not stop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
2 German Spearheads Halted At Meuse
TANKS RETAKE
 CELLES AFTER
 COUNTERDR|VE
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press War Correspondent

BY J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press War COrrespOndent)
 Paris, December 27. = (UP) - American Forces to- day jared the Nazis to a halt four miles east of the Mouse, recapturing the town of Celles, and front reports said the American drive into the southern flank of the Ger man salient was making excellent headway."
 No notable changes of posi- tion were reported but the Germans were still probing and punching along the north flank of their salient from Stavelot to Marche, ap- parently hunting a soft spot where they could renew their northwestward thrusts to- ward Liebe and Namur.
 The weather was again bright and clear allowing the American air power to turn out in force again taking 8 deadly toll of Ger man armor and transport.
 The First Allied Airborne Army announced that hundreds of tons of supplies, mostly ammunition, have been dropped to the powerful American force holding out at Bas- togne, a Belgian highway center, which has been under German att tack for a week.
 Paratroops were landed first in the area to mark out landing zones, then the supplies were rained down. 3 Towns Taken
 No specific report was released on the progress of the strong American relief column which has narrowed the gap that separates them from Bastogne to less than five miles. However, John Mo- Dermott, United Press War Cor respondent with the American First Army reported that ''at least three towns have been taken by the Americans" in this vicinity. In the Northern First Army area, he reported, at least one town was recaptured from the Germans.
 Two night armored engagements were fought in the vicinity of Gel les which lies four miles east of the Mouse and due east of Dinant.
 In one of these battles the Amer jeans knocked out 12 German tanks and two self-propelled guns and at another seven Mark-5's, one Mark 4, three half-tracks, three armored cars, ten trucks and two anti-tank guns.
 Evidence of German supply dif- ficulties in the Celles area, their point of deepest penetration about 50 miles from the Belgian frontier, was uncovered.
 About 8 dozen tanks and self
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
Pension Bill Heading For 

Mayor John s. Monagan today fully indicated he would present to the legislature next year the final recommendations of the Pension Commission relative to proposed pension program for city employees, to be submitted to him on or before Jan. IS, 1945.
 Any such pension plan, the Mayor averred would consist of the recom- mendations of the Commission, which was appointed by Governor Baldwin, and would be submitted in full to the Legislature next year as their recommendation and not nec- essarily those of any administrative group of the city.
 + In an informal discussion today the Mayor interpreted the proposed measure as one not entirely of local responsibility, the origin of which stemmed from legislative ac- tlon through the appointment of the non-partiSan commission now func- tioning and the resultant broad pro- posed pension program inclusive of all groups of city employees.
 The Commission again met last night in a five hour session during which numerous revisions of the re- ceStly publicized bill were instituted. According to legislative action em- towering the Governor to name the me mbers of the Commission this action provides also that any pro- posed plan be submitted to the Mayor on or before the aforemen- tioLed date after which he may handle it at his own discretion, either by submitting 1t to the legis- lature or withholding it from furth- CT action.
 Interpreting the procedure by which a pension bill for local employees is to be created the Mayor cited what he termed were various factors in- dicative of the non-partisan and civic aspects of such measure. These he cited as being the first, the nature of the Commission itself which is comprised of represent atives of both major parties, second- Iy. the hiring of a professional man such as Russell Hooker state actuary to make a study of the rquirements of such plan; also the various pulp lie hearings conducted with all city employees whose interests are so much a part of the plan and finally the presentation to the legislature of any proposed bill.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
2 Banks Sued For Roles In
 Forgery Case

Forgery of a $5,000 check last January by Roy F. Brown, former owner of a convaleScent home in Cheshire and now an inmate at the Wethersf1eld State prison, led today to filing of $6,OOo civil action against the Connecticut Savings Bank and the First Ma tional Bank and Trust Company, both of New Haven, the banks in- volved in the check transaction. The suit is one of six entered on the superior court docket today, with the paintiffs seeking 8 total of $93, 500 damages.
 The fraudulent check suit is brought by Mary E. Boardman and her daughter, Dr. E. Irene Board- man Kathan, both of Prospect, from whose joint savings account the sum of money was taken.
 The Boardman compliant states Mrs. Boardman who is 93 years old, was placed in the convalescent home operated by Brown, and ar- engagements were made to pay SIS per month. On Jan. 10 of this year Brown was given a bank withdrawal slip for that amount together with the paSs-book cov- ering the account at the Connec- ticut Savings bank, the plaintiffs state. Brown changed the figure to read 5000 and obtained check for that amount from the bank and entered the sum on his own account at the Second National Bank in New Haven, the court writ states.
 Brown is now serving a 3 to year prison sentence handed down in the New Haven superior court April 4 as a result of the Board man incident. Later on the same day he was sentenced to serve 4 to 5 years in the prison when he was arraigned in the local superior court on charges of larceny involv- ing two other elderly women who were living at the convalescent home. The local court ruled, how ever, that the two sentences would run concurrently.
 The plaintiffs claim the savings bank preached its contract by issu- ing the check when it allegedly knew or should have known no
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
Storage Eggs, Not Inspected
 ln 9Months, Giuen Soldiers

The committee said hospital buildings in general received proper care but that some had uncovered pine floors and some needed paint and connecting pasSageways be- tween ward buildings and main buildings.
 The committee said it found that one convalescent hospital used storage eggs which had not been inspected for nine months, serving them with catsup to disguise their taste. Another hospital had a mess hall 12 feet long to serve 400 patients and civilians, some of whom had to wait in line AS to 60 minutes.
 The report cited several instances where hospitals were closed or not used to maximum capacity despite overcrowded conditions elsewhere" " These included one with 1,495 beds which was closed this month and another with ITS beds which was closed after two years during which $2S0. 900 had been paid to the owner for Snace rental.