The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
Good Evening.
BY GEORGE T. DILLON

Good Evening
 THE DAY
 Today s day salies forth
 To the polls from south to north n,, ,
 they firmly turn the little lever
 Today good citizens one an
 early answer the alarm clock cal.
 Or to refuse handshake firm and hearty.
 It's up boys at 'em from eray mOtr'
 Today another new voter voter % is porn
 That excitement they don't break the maclne'
 1odays the day-dont slice it too thin, r,
 We say aways-et the best man win! M ~
 Times sof,are New York City, the night of eiecnon when returns begin to pour in presents specsass s+t s can he seen or heard nowhere else in the Uneu otae GIeard" is the word for it - because the Illnon who will jam the Crossroads of the world IldC s tl give loud and vociferous approval or dlsapproVa o Wav the election is going From vantage SpoC oO t the crowd all the major broadcastng compaieS ave @ up apparatus atop the marquee o1 tne no.e @ sae end from where announcerS and commentators can See ". describe everything that goes Interest Ill tnS yea Presidential Election is keener than ever was the history of our country-and the way million peUpu respond to the trends one candidate or Cne o'le takes the lead-win be most enhgntenlng.
 R;u Sweeney. former star of the Waterbury Tool basketball team with Uncle Sams Navy, IS Cele- hrating another birthday today Dave BaDsOn' bOy Scout executive, will take quite few troops O ~l New Haven Bowl Saturday where the lads will be oeSts of Yale University at the football SklrSn Oe tween the undefeated Ellis and Brown University
 Greer Carson is not only the first lady of the screen fin 1944 but also the most popular of all stars accorog to returns from Boxofce magazines annual esb fn it's all American Screen Poll this year. Bng CroSDy wins the place the most popular naae SGar Ake 11 top stars from both fall in the following order reeI Bergman Spencer Tracy, Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Humphrey Bogart Bob Hope, Ginger Rogers, ClauoeCIe Colbert Among the women stars BetGe DavS loome 4os Greer Carson, and then come lngrd Bergman sO nsne Dunne Ginger Rogers Claudette Colbert Betty Graoe Jean Arthur Rosalind Russell Rita Hayworth' Deanna DSlrbin and Barbara Stanwyck. Bing CroSDys 1eao among the men is followed by Gary Cooper, spencer Tracy Cary Grant Humphrey Bogart, Bob Hope, Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, James Cagney Ronald Coinan, m Lionel Barrymore and Van Johnson Roy Rogers is the most popular western star, with the others III oIoeI Gene Autry William Boyd, Ken Maynard, smiley Bur nette Johnny Mack Brown, Charles Starrett, George sCiabby" Hayes Hoot Gibson and Tex Ritter. The poll is taken by sending voting forms to comprehensive sts of independent theatre owners motion picture eutols radio commentators and other members o the Natlona Screen Council who representatives of WomenS cuDS better films council social civic and educational organl Eations interested in motion picture betterment'
 Sergeant Armand A. Adams of 32S Mill Street recently awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achievement in action while serving with Lieutenant General Mark w. Clark's Fifth Army in Italy. He is member of the ssth "Blue Devl' Division
 Captain Peter C. Posatko of Plains, Pennsylvania, and three enlisted men in his medical collecting com pany saved the lives of six wounded American soolerS in Italy recently while serving with the Fifth Army SergeantS M Tanning of Auburndale Massachusetts and Dale H. Hunter of Rumord Maine, volunteered to accompany PoSatko and Private First Class Joseph B. Pulley of Waterbury, Conn, offered to lead the party to the stranded sixet cembers of the 88th Blue Devil Division Lieutenant General Mark w. Clarks Fifth Army The previous night, four medical aid men had gone in search for medic and infantryman who had been wounded mountain. One of the quartet was killed and the remaining three wounded by Ger man artillery fire but the trio gaantly carried the patients to the safety of hillside house Despite his wounds of the three rescuerS made his way back to the aid station with his story their flight Posatko called volunteers and he with Tanning, Hunter and Fully tramped the mountansde for three hours with out finding the stricken They returned to the aid station and started out again at dawn bringing addi tonal tterbearerS with them Despite continued addi- 1ery fire they reached the four wounded men who had been joined by two other injured and carried them back to the aid station Fully ST. ltterbearer is the of Mr. and Mrs Patrick Fully of 15 South Elm Street, Waterbury.
 Good Night