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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17

l scene Of one Of the fires.
 The seven fires which were set between l0:55 last night and 4:50 a. III. irnperilled the lives of ten families, damaged four houses, one store and two private garages, and destroyed 10 caskets in an under takers garage and also an auto mobile. Damage was estimated at about $25,000.
 Throughout the exciting night houses in this town of 5000 inhabit- ants were ablaze with light as hun dreds of citizens patrolled outside their homes or joined in the chase
 The firebug's timetable was as fol- lows:
 10:55 p. m.-Fire, started with rags and waste paper, swept a three-story apartment house on Oak street in the residential district, driving out six fam:4les.
 12:05 a. m.-Eleven persons. in- cluding eight children, fled fire in Q two-family house on nearby Cush- ing street.
 l2:IO a. m.-Firebug smashed win- dow Of undertaker's garage, also on Cushing street, and set fire, destroy ing caskets and an automobile.
 l:30 a. m.-Cellar fire on nearby Mill street.
 $50 a. m.-Garage on Cumberland street extensively damaged.
 APO a. m.-Cellar fire on Pleasant street.
 4:50 a. m.-Store fire on Cleve. land strete caused $5,000 damage.
 Gamache's family cooperated with police in the search. They report ed that the boy had been away from his war job for three days, and that the shotgun. owned by soldier brother, and two boxes of shells had been taken from locked closet.
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Walter WimcheIl
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feels the same Tn November, leAl, the Mad sent word here of their great satisfaction" over this Yves attitude toward our country's stand re Finland When the 90 al- legged seditionists were indicted he declared; 'They are no more guilty Of conspiracy than I am. having seemingly done nothing more than I" This Nye contributed to the first issueo c. l.. K, Smiths rag, "The Cross and the Flag" then first issue of c. L.. K. Smiths rag, issue and that 1t was "excellently done" Three months ago he screeched: 'The German people must he given the right to go back to Fascism after the war, if they want to-"
 John Rankin: Congressman from Miss, appeaser, Negro.and.alien batter, ohstructionist, anti-Semetic and darling of native Fascists In June 4l he outraged Congress with . vicious attack on mlnorities. one Representative, deeply shocked, answered him, walked out Into the lobby, collapsed and died This Rankin dared to tell Congress that slavery was the greatest blessing the Negro ever had" In April 4S he declared on the House floor that the plan to Beat Hitler First" was suicidal {. He admitted hiding some of his expenses by keeping his wife on the Congressional pay roll for $3,250 year as his private sec- retary, though she did not work in his office.
 Pvt. Harry LlfschitG: New York City soldier whose wife received from Gen. Patton a note explaining that Harry was needed and could not be furloughed .. The next day the War Dept informed her that her husband was killed In action in Italy .. It. COmdr. Joseph Lip shut2: Physician of Portland, Ore. called to the colors as Naval re servist Following Pearl Harbor he was transferred to the Marine Corps, went to the South Pacific and fought in the Solomons where he died of the wounds sustained there .. Corp. Jacob Llfschltz: Twenty three year old B'klyn, N. Y. boy Who was wounded in action in the North African campaign Upon recovery he refused his well earned medical furlough and insisted on immediately reJoining his unit to kill more NaziS Then there is the Lipschultz family of St. Paul, Minn.: Four stars in their window :. Four sons in the service: Oscar, Tin, Bay and Melvin Etc, etc, etc,
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 Other New Zealand and Indian troops captured two prominent heights in the hills overlooking Cas- sino. but the Nazis were holding out strongly on the crest of Monte Cassino, commanding the town and the via Casilina.
 Allied artillery maintained a sav- age fire on the NaN position and threw n smoke screen around the ruined Monte Casslno monastery to preventt he Nazis from using 1t as an observation post.
 Allied planes ranged continually over the battlefield, bombing and strahng enemy concentration and gun supplements in the hills around Esperia and the Pontecorvo. Piedimonte area.
 It. Gen. Ira c. Bakers MedIter- ranean air forces flew l,l44 Sorties yesterday, including an attack on the Le2horn docks and west coast shipping targets and e heavy RAF raid on Sofia, at a cost of four planes. Three German aircraft were destroyed.
 NlVuiN likHtulB S1hGkeHcu OIl LIle other main Italian fronts as the battle for Casino neared its climax, Active patrol clashes were reported along the lower Garigliano Valley while American troops on the Anzio beachhead repulsed three minor German attacks on their positions near Carano.
 Front reports said the Nazis had fallen back on the defensive on the beachhead front. suggesting they might have shifted some divisions from that sector to reinforce their imperlled Cassino defenseS.
 Bitter skirmishing and artillery exchanges again were reported from the British 8th Army's Adriatic front, where the Germans repeated ly thrust out combat patrols in the Tollo and Orsogna sectors.
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Films Verdict Due March IS
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Sources close to the Swedish goV- ernment and Soviet diplomatic cir- cles reported yesterday that the concessions involved relaxation of the original Russian demands for internment of German troops in Finland and extradition of all war prisoners and civilian internecs to Russia.
 Russia, now would be satisfied, it was said, with mere isolation" of the German troops during armiStice negotiations and would not insist on eXtradition to Russia of refugees from the Balkan states. Russia also would not insist on obtaining Hango and Petsamo If other terri- tory were made available to her, in. formants said.
 Jack Fleischer, United Press Staff Correspondent in Helsinki, said Fin- nish government circles had no comment to make on the Swedish demarche.
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HELP WANTED!

The Democrat at the preset time has an opening for a boy or girl to work full time, to do cTranS and deliver messages. We also have openings in other department. Call and All out an application atlBusi- ness Office. ~
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judgment is secured in superior court. He said the reason for the delay In the case was to allow the federal government to have more time to investigate. He insisted that if there is defense 1t should be filed In writing.
 Judge Frank P. McTSvoy, who pre- sided at the hearing, made no corn- ment except to say he would give the matter consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17

An eel weighing 30 l-4 pounds was caught recently off Moana, New Zealand
 Fire has created a Film Board to increase it's motion picture produc- ton,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17

States Red Cross clubs ill B6ast and Londonderry. Public hdses remained open all day in Norhern Ireland where the day is not rcog- nized as an official holiday.
 Holiday makers from Belfak to Dublin jammed trains.
 This may be our last fin for some time SO VIC are makinI the most of it," one said.
 Irish whiskey, scarcest in many years due to labor shortage was being sold at greatly inceased prices,
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DETAIL FOR TODAY
AWOL.

AWOL, officially. means Abset
 Without Leave. To the soldier { means A Wolf on the Loose, r After Women or Liquor. NoboY but . rookie would 90 Ava. where there are a lot of MP's, $ii an AWOL is the MP's favohc catch. A soldier never sas. "A. W o. L.": it is properly po- nounced in Army vernaculr. |. "AYWALL." If you hear ko C, T.'s say that a comrade is "AYWALL," 1t means he is b. sent without leave. not thathc has become feeble minded yor blown his top" " sgl
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Either fresh or stagnant water serves as breeding place for mosquitoes.
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Drive To Free Isle Promised

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Ponicky Nozis State Fovors Seek Dniester Federal Vote

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Boy yFirebue EIudes Cops

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Woman FIoys US Turncoots

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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04

Its small force Of warships participated IN the
Bismarck attack, and in Atlantic and Medlter'
ranean operations. And Polish merchantmen
have sailed all the worlds oceans in Alleo
conveys.
The 1900 men Of Poland's air force nave
flown more than TOO sorties. dropping almost
5000 tons Of bombs and destroying or DAM
aging upwards of 100 enemy aircraft
In the past five years Poland has lost al
most one-fifth Of her prewar population-e'-
900 900 killed in battle or by torture. privation
and disease. Yet the most brutal punishment
that Nazi sadism could devise has not been
able to weaken Polands hope. or kill red re-
sistance.
Poland's contribution to victory may seem
small when compared with the armies and in
dustrial might of America or Britain or Rus
STA. But Poland's contribution Of spirit and
courage has been vary great. Without this
example, and its later reflection in England,
France and Norway in Greece and Yugoslavia
and Russia freedom in Europe could not have
survived to see impending victory. ~
Now that victory is in sight, at the end OF
five years of war, it is proper that we should
remember and hail the nation which has fought
the longest, and suffered the most.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
Nearby British Possessions

While it will obviously be necessary for Sc
eilrity reasons for the United States to have
something to say about disposition of islands
in the Pacific which the Japanese have seized
by stealth or by conquest or infiltration over
a period of years, as well as those held by
mandate. we cannot concede that any reason
exists to be alarmed by the fact that the Brit.
ish have possessions in the West Indies and
islands off our ATLANTIC coast
True. it would he fine for the United States
to have Bermuda and the Bahamas, but te
seek their acquisition at this time, unless
Great Britain should voluntarily offer to yield
them to us for consider alton, would run coun.
ter to our policy as non-imperialsts.
Furthermore it is nconceivable that Grea,
Britain should ever attempt to use them as
springboard for attack upon this country The
interest of the two sovereign English-speak.
ing powers are too closely interviewer to be
jeopardzed by armed conflict
British rule over small areas to the east doe.
not constitute menace to the peace Of thu
United States or of the world On the other
hand, Japanese domination Of islands in thu
Pacific would remain a threat to world peac,
at any time, SO long as Japan can raise ar
army and is under domination of war party
With so many vital issues at stake now ane
In the immediate future. we waste valuable
time questioning the presence of Great Britain
In her nearby possessions
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
Fashion Center

When the Germans took over in Paris the
French capital lost its position as the world S
fashion center. New York picked up where
Paris left off and has since enjoyed the repu
tation OF setting the styles in women's wear.
Now that the Germans are gone, Paris is in
line to resume its old position and New York
will have to fight for its laurels. Note this
opening paragraph of Paris dispatch-"Pa Paris
is hungry. Paris is without gas or coal OF
transportation, but Paris is much the same
when 1t comes to being the fashion center OF
the world"
The dispatch goes on to say that despite fo1,
years of German occupation and drastic short.
ages Of all materials you see on the streets
women who are as chic and well dressed as
any New York can turn out. And in two
months. according to Lucien Lelong every
thing will be ready to give the world new
ana dazzling fashion rejecting our Joy at our
liberation.
1t may be only wishful thinking, Of course
but the French have great recupkrative as
wen as creative powers and Leiong NAV be
right. New York fashion designers have test
III store
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
Production Census

President Roosevelt has taken helpful ster
in ordering the director of the Census, Harold
Smith, to make a statistical record Of indus.
trial production employment, unemployment
and wages for the, year 1914. This will re-
place the tabulation scheduled for 1946 of 1916
production.
In 1914 American production reached it
peak. The record therefore will provide in
formation of great value in getting back on
peacetirne basis of production. Furthermore
as there has been no general census OF manu-
features since 1910, covering 1899 production
the new compilation will have wide public
interest
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
Easy AS Cashing Your Check

betWeen nine and ten million individual war
ponds are being redeemed monthly. Last May
assumptions averaged about $4,000, 900 daily.
Ihey decreased in June and july but are
again on the increase.
On the theory that the easier II is to oct
your money the less you want it, the Treas.
pry has announced new plan for redeeming
war bonds. II will become effective on Oc-
tober 2. Thereafter a bond owner NAV take
his $685. $50 or 500 bond to any commercial
bank or trust company and redeem 1t without
charge. 1t will be as easy as cashing your
check.
IN his announcement of the new plan, Sec
rotary OF the Treasury Henry Morgenthau
SAID ne believes this simplific cation will moi
encourage bond owners to cash in.
AS large amounts OF money are still needed
Tor war financing, and another bond campaign
is not 80 far ahead, we can only hope thai
y is right. II he is wrong the only alterna
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
Daily Prayer
FOR EVERYDAY LIVING

BY the Life lived along the dus-
ty roads Of Palestine; by the toll
of the Carpenter of Nazareth; by
the patience with Incompetence
ing companions on the part of the
Great Teacher, we pray today for
help to live our everyday lives on
His level. Teach us, o Lord, how
to glorify our common days. In
the hour of sublime heroism and
sacrifice by our soldiers in action,
make us sharers of their spirit
and of their deeds. Deliver us
from the blight of pet+iness and
selfishness and small thoughts. Let
us be sharers of the patience Of
Christ; and, like Him, may we at
all times be refreshed by thoughts
Of the Father and of His holy will.
Give us great tenderness in our
contacts with our fellows; and an
outreaching sympathy and love,
especially as our lives touch those
of little children. We know that
Gods eternal grace is promised
for our day by day use: in prayer
and meditation and Bible reading
may We draw copiously upon it.
Thus enable us, we pray, to live
in time as for eternity. This we
ask in the name of the Christ who
did always those things that please
the Father. Amen.-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
Five Years In Battle

It was on September 1, 1889, that Hitler sent
his armed forces into Poland It is widely be.
ieved that the men in power at the time wbo
should have stuck to their country and done
what they could to stay the ruthless hand OF
the enemy fled to safety and left their feI.
low countrymen to their fate. But the Polish
people actually at war longer than any others
In Europe, save the Germans, have never wav
cred in their valiant fight. Because they have
fought on, under Allied flags wherever they
were needed and could be armed, the weary
remnants Of Hitler's armies are being foreed
back through Poland toward the same borders
which the Nazi invaders crossed so confident.
1y five years ago.
Organized hostilities in Poland lasted only
81 days. But the Poles never stopped fighting,
Even before the capitulation the late General
Sikorsh succeeded in forming an armv O,
10000 in France to carry on the battle. And
at home guerrilla units were organizing which
eventually became the underground army n,
250,Oo0 that now, after five years of stealthv
weak resistance, is striking strong and open
blow against the oppressor.
The Polish forces outside Of Poland have
fought increasingly for the victory that is now
in sight They went through the battle Of
France in $780, and were the first men ;nto
Narvik in the Inflated invasion OF NORWAY
Another army was organized among released
prisoners in Russia. Seventy-five thousand
men were transferred to the Middle East
These fought through the Libyan campaign ane
now aiding the advance in Italy. Another So.
900 are fighting with the Red Army.
The Polish navy was at Dunkirk and Dieppe
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
The Literary Guidepost

Ia story of the attack on Arawa
New Britain, in December, 1943
when the United Nations were 60
ing over to the offensive in the
Pacific and when much depended
on the initial moves. Yet Messrs
wilcox and Prudential have moi
traed to write history, but to de.
scribe moods and emotions. MANY
OF the drawings were done under
IRE, all of them on the scene. and
necessarily some of them are a
DIT on the scrappy side - to be
quite honest. Mr.. Fredenthal is an
artlst OF the school which often es-
cheWs accuracy of statement in
the service of some other attribute
DEFY anybody to guess what The
picture of landing craft on nass
83 u.s. without Mr. Wilcox's sound
track to help him.
But the effect of the drawings
and the text is remarkable and
cumulative. The reader honestlv
IS made to feel the terror of wait
ing at the jungle's edge, the fierce.
ness OF battle, the sick horror NJ
the aftermath, and even some
thing OF the use of it ali. This !,
not soft book for soft readers
but neither is it a chiller. It an,
pears to be the truth about otis
oattle as one artist and one writ
er, remarkably congenial with
each other, saw it at one time.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
Gas Attack Hinted

| Last week a German train moving through
Holland toward the coast was strafed by al
Allied plane and poison gas escaped from
pierced containers. This and other evidence
is accepted in some quarters as indicating thai
the Germans intend to resort to gas attack
in last attempt to force easier peace terms
from the United Nations.
The correspondent who reported the strafing
episode says: This gas was supposed to have
nary gas masks and other protective equip
ment are completely useless. Many trains
heavily guarded have passed through Bel
GUM and Holland recently toward the Channel
coast
The London Mail which recently reported
the Germans were preparing to use poison gas.
added that chemical factories operated by the
Germans were working on secret orders. some
around the clock. while other plants are busy
night and day turning out gas masks for
troops and civilians
The threat of facing gas attack before the
war ended has been heard almost from the
start But it does not create alarm whenever
heard in Allied capitals, especially in Wash
ington, where the War department declares
we are better prepared for gas warfare than
the Germans. If the Germans use gas Allied
retaliation would be disastrous to the enemy.
Washington further says that heavy supplies
OF gas are on hand atforeign stations, where it
would be available at moments notice. With
the air superiority now enjoyed by the Allies,
Germany could be buried under gas fumes
within very short time.
1t is reasonable to believe that our gas re.
sources and preparedness are well known by
the German high command It is the kind Of
news the enemy is welcome to- There is nc
way of foreseeing what Hitler will do before
giving up the battle, but it is difficult to be:
lleve that even in his widest moments he
would order gas attack with the odds SO
heavily against him.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
BY JOHN sELBY
"Of Men and Battle" by ID
FredenthaI and Richard WI

Fredenthal and Richard Wilcox
Howell, Soskin; $3).
''Of Men and Battle'' is an out
sized book that might be passed
over by a careless buyer because
it looks a lot more like a juvenih
than it does a serious war book.
1t is a very serious war book in
deed, both text and illustrations.
The artist is David PRUDENTIAL,
who has painted under any num-
Der Of fellowships, Guggenheim to
Cranbrook Academy, since he was
born 80 years ago in Detroit. His
luck has held in war time; he
was first chosen to draw (and
paint what he saw in the defense
industries, and in 1913 the Army
appointed him a war artist and
fired him off to the Southwest Pa
eific. He was in Australia when
that project was discontinued, but
again he was lucky-his contract
was taken over by Life magazine,
for which he continues to do as
signments.
And the accompanying text
(Which is spoken Of as a Sound
track" by the way) has been writ
ten by Richard S. Wilcox, one Of
Lies associate editors who has
seen action in both the Atlantic
and Pacific. The book is formally
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
London Enjoys Lengthy
Luu In Bomb Attacks

LONDON, Sept. 3. III London
and southern England, enjoying
the longest hull in robot bomb at
lacks since the first launching Of
the Germans vi vengeance wea-
pom, hoped against hope today that
the day of the robots was finished.
At $3.50 pm, British time, the
blessed hull had lasted So hours.
: But as. Allied armies swarmed
over the robot roosts on the north
French coast, the Germans put on
another display of spite, turning
their coastal guns across the chan
mel and pouring scores of rounds
into the Dover areas. British bat
teries replied in laundering duel
that continued intermittently
throughout the day.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-04
LeSSOn-SermOn
Given On Man

Man. was the subject of the
lesson-sermon in all Christian Sci.
ence churches and societies yester.
day.
The golden text was from Psalms
65:1, 4. Praise waiteth for thee,
O God. in Sion. Blessed is the
man whom thou choosest, and
causeth to approach unto thee that
he may dwell in thy courts
Among the citations which COM
prised the lesson-sermon where the
following from the Bible: THUS
saith the Lord, the Holy One Q!
Israel, and his Maker, ask Me OF
things to come concerning my sons,
and concerning the work. of MY
hands command We Me. I nave
made the earth and created man
upon it: I, even my hands, have
stretched out the heavens. and all
their host have I commander
isaiah As: II, 12).
The lessen-sermon also included
the following passages from the
Christian Science textbook, "sci.
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:
''The Scriptures inform us that
man is made in the image and like
ness of God. He is the compound
idea of God, including all right
ideas; the generic term for all that
reflects Gods image and likeness;
the conscious identity of being as
found in Science, in which man is
the reflection of God, or Mind.
and therefore is eternal; that which
has no separate mind from God;
that which has not a single quality
underived. from Deity; that which
possesses no life, intelligence, nor
creative power Of his own, but re-
fleets spiritually all that belongs to
his Maker "Page 475).
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