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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

showed a g per cent rise in living costs.
 The union said the rise in the cost of living had not been caused by lack of wage controls but by the failures to effectuate controls over such economic factors as farm and industrial prices and corporate profits"
 The union accused executive agencieS-other than the War La- bor Boad--and e coalition of "anti- labor" and marrow, partisan. poli- tics-as.usual" congressmen, of ob- strducting the imitation control program. It also argued that "the direct cause for the present infia- tionary rise in prices and cost of living has been the greed and prof iteering of corporations"
 Other union demands included a guaranted annual wage, post war fund for steel workers in the armed forces. dismissal pay and va- cation pay.
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Road Cut Between
 City And Tiddim
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British and Indian forces nave killed GOO to TOO Japanese In the recent fighting in the Chin hili' and the Kabaw Valley while theiE own losses have been infinitely lighter" the spokesman said.
 He gave little information regard ing Q Japanese column marching through the rugged mountains from Tamanthi toward the 1mphal-I'-a- nipur road but said the enemy may have patrols within 20 miles of the highway north of Ilnphal.
 British forces appear stronger than the Japanese on the ground and the Allies have definite air superiority, both for attack and supply, the spokesman said.
 An enemy column was ambusneo by British and Indian troops ct Q road junction southeast of Tai1iu in the Kabaw valley Wednesday night and @ fresh Japanese attack was beaten off in the same area a few hours later with destruction of some of the enemy's tanks, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's commit nique said.
 In The Chin Hills
 Tn the Chin hills. The Japanese occupied a vantage point west of our positions during Tuesday night but were driven off during the course of the following afternoon with heavy casualties" 1t was a1- nounced.
 The counter attacks which drove the invaders from three positions on the Imphal- -Tiddim road all took place in the past 24 hours, 1t was disclosed.
 Allied air forces struck at the enemy's communications in central and southern Burma yesterday and bombed storage dumps in the Myitk- yina and Mogaung areas from which the invading columns are supplied.
 Lt. Gen. Joseph W. stilwell,s American trained Chinese forces driving southward from the Huka- wng into the Mogaung Valley have repulsed three counter attacks in their advance.
 On the southern sector of the 5OO-mile Burma front, enemy troops moved northward on the coastal plain south of Maungdaw WedneS- day, but yesterday Allied troops, supported by tanks, made a suc-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Walter W1mcheu IN Ne1C York

1 ruvieWs. And. anyway, they'd never sec her because she ats in tho bal- cony and stays there during Inter- mission She smells sweet, not because of perfume, but because she washes her neck, too When she says ahe loves you it comes from the heart. not Q Cuba Llhre.
 You seldom hear her pulling any ot Dorothy Parker's best bonfnots but if she does she prefaces lt with credit to Mlss Parker Nobody ever goes to the bother Of telling her shady gags because they always lay on egg Her vocabulary of cuss words Is limited. When she gets real angry she says: "Holy smoko" She reads the best books and understands them, not just an occasional detective story -. At the movies she considers 1t perfectly normad and proper for the boy friend to hold her hand not her knee If you told her you were 0 press agent she'd say: whats that2" If a fellow ever pinched her any place but the check, she'd never say: "Freshl" She'd haul off and bang him one . Shes definitely not in the Social Register She couldn't be She's the kind of gal who always says thanks to walters.
 She's c strange little creature, thls kernel of allen corn. She doesn't t like being called dame or 0 broad She bought Oscar Levant's book to read 1t, not to have him autograph 1t .. On her way to the little girls room she never pauses to shout "Darrrrleeeengl" to Brenda Frazier or Ernest Hemingway - for the stupid reason that they dmo not know her She thinks that "rhe Great Dictator" and "Fantasia" are swell, and that the critics are wacky Two highballs are enough for her, and she won't let you pay night club prices for doll or top don't know how she lasts in this town She stops eating bread, potatoes and sweets when she's get- ting chunky, instead of having the beef pounded off She always goes home with the fellow who brought her, and she's never called anybody "Stlnky".
 Soroyan, Stein and Dali are not up her alley She loves Toh- cAnRnini or KostelAnetZ recordings and detests Gloomy Sunday" Her grandfather wasn't with Olive in India, and none Of her kin came over on the Mayflower, but they ali made darn fine buck privates when they were needed SheilR Barrett would find her dull material for Q satire, but she would have made 6 swell heroine for Harold Bell Wright She eats onions with hamburgers She doeBn know Peter Arno and vice versa She's her own Emily Post and insists you use your knife on that impossible hunk of lettuce
 When she goes Into Q phone booth it A to call her mother to soy she Il Do later than she thought, not tc phone some other guy to meet her after she drops the one she's with She applauds when the Ameri- can Flag iS flashed on the screen .. She closes her eyes when She dances with you and stays on key when she huns ia your ear .. You can bet your life she isn't flirting with tho sax player over your shoul- der She's the gnl your mother was and your sister is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
FlBBER MCGEE BETTER

Santa Monica, Cal, March 24.-. (UP)-James Jordan, Fihher Me- Gee of the radio, was improved to- day following an attack of lobaT pneumonia. St. Johns hospital at- tendants said his condition was good.
 The radio star will be in the hospital at least two weeks, accord ing to Dr. W. L. Marxer, his physi- elan.
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tContinued from Page D masses of the people"
 Later. Churchill saw hundreds of other American troops in an im- pressive glider and parachute show, and watched with intense interest as fully-equipped para hutists dropped from low.dying transport planes while gliders disgorged other air-borne units.
 Churchill went out Into s.1e field to talk to the paratroops and at one point whistled in admiration at the American equipment.
 The Prime Minister expressed profound encouragement" at the American demonstration and told the soldiers grouped around his car
 Thanks God
 T thank God you are here. I wish you from the bottom of my heart good fortune and success" Asks Question
 Churchill, dressed in civilian clothing with a black bowler hat while walking through tile lines of troopers, stopped and asked Cpl. Laddtes Valek, Cleveland, hSw much he weighed, fully equippe@ eo come down in a glider.
 Three hundred pounds, sir" val- elk replied and Churchill shook hts head slowly as he passed on.
 At the side of Pvt. John Hudyma Fulton. N. Y., who was strapped on a stretcher as Q mock casualty Churchill quipped: Suffering much?" to which Huryma replied. T feel fine"
 Fleets of planes droned over the field only Q quarter of mile from the prime minister's post to unload blossoming myriads of parachuted men. loaded iwht equipment. Churchill set out in a convoy of au- tomobiles to the landing spot and checked one group.
 The driver of Churchill's car dur ing the review was his own daugh- ter, Mrs. Sarah Oliver, who is a section ofiicer in the WAAF.
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Wage Boosts Drive Starts
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against the governments existing wage policy. However, WLB Chair man William H. Davis told the Senate banking committee yester- day that the board did not intend to recommend 6 change in the little steel ceiling if Congress re. tained the subsidy program to bul- wark stabiilzation policy.
 In its brief to the steel panel the USW charged that the stabilization program has been ineffective except in freezing wages. While the Little Steel Formula has limited general wage increases to per cent of the January. 194l, level, the union said, the cost of living has risen 43.5 per cent. This figure was taken from a report prepared by labor mem bers of the presidents cost of liv- ing committee to discredit the ofii- cial government index which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
COP CONVENTION

Washington, March 24.-(UP)- The committee on arrangements for the Republican national convention will meet in Chicago April 18-l9 to select the keynote speaker, perma- nent chairman and other convention officials, COP National Chairman Harrison E. Spangler announced to- day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
cessful attack upon thSe units.
 Several RaI6


 In the area west of Buthidaung and north of MaungdaW the enemy made several Taids on Allied posi- tions. Yesterday the British and In- dian troops launched new attack over hill features covered with thick bamboo against enem. positions north of Buthidaung after Q heavy preparatory artillery bonbardment. '"r'he first objective has been cap- tured and the attack is continuing successfully" the commlnique re- ported.
 A West African fighting patrol attacked on the west bank of the Pi Chaung in the Kaadan valley inflicted a number of casualties OH the Japanese in & sharp engage ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
POPULATION TIP

Washington, March 24. UP)-The census bureau estimated today that the total population of the United States. including armed forces abroad. was 136. 85,262 as of July 1. 1943. representing an increase of 4.8I5,987 or 3.7 per cent from the 1940 census.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Pride Turns To Deepest Sorrow

Gary, Ind, March 24-tUP) -MrS. Mary Muir, 4S, proudly was telling her bridge club members about her son, Capt. James Muir, serving In Sicily when the d0orbell rang yester. day. It was Q telegram from the War Department telling her her son, an only child, had been killed March 10. Mrs. Muir collapsed and died of shock Q few minutes later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

before the weekend you were in New York2 A. Yes.
 c. About what
 A, wanted him to sell me some arsenic.
 Q. How muohp
 A. One gram.
 c. How much did you offer to '" 4. sloo.
 c. What dId you want it for2
 A. could sell 1t for S200 to 0 party in Toronto.
 c. What forp
 A. l don't know
 c. Did he sell it to youp
 A. No. Hc said 1t was enough to Kill 6 man.
 Q. You want us to believe this story?
 A. It is the truth.
 Q. Who elso could have mur. dered your wife2 A. I don't know. c. Hadn't your wife been pay- ing your bills before she put you out?
 A. No, At tho end of the reading of this statement Frederick stood up and stated that he would refuse to par- ticipate tn ross-exaInination bc. cause the court had not allowed him to call preliminary witnesses to show under what circumstances the statement had been taken.
 Frederick then moved for Q miss trial.
 Motion denied" Wallace snap- ped, and Wall was excused.
 Brands Himself
 Earlier reading of the Toronto statement brought out Lonergans alibi and that hc had branded him- self aS homoSeXual,
 The prosecution alleges Lonergan later admitted his original state. ment was fabricated and that he subsequently, confessed to the slay. ing last Oct. 24 in Mrs. Loner. gan's apartment.
 The first statement made In Ve- sponse to questions by Assistant District Attorney John r. Loehr after Lonergans rest in Toronto, Ont, was read in court today by William James Wall, Toronto police stenographer.
 Lonergan, pale and motionl0ss. slumped in his chair and stared ct floor.
 Lonergan first told Loefr. accord ing to the transcript, about his date the night preceding the murder with Mrs. Jean Murphy Jaburg, 6 neighbor of John Frederick Harjes, with whom Lonergan stayed while in New York.
 He said he had taken her to a stage play, to supper, to several night clubs, and then to Harjes' apartment.
 Mrs. Jaburg Is 6 night club sing CT known professionally as Jean Murphy.
 Did you take her upstairs?" Loehr asked, according to the transcript.
 No"
 Did you make any advances9"
 "No."
 Did you put your arms around her?"
 T suppose
 Did you kiss her2'
 "Yes."
 Judge James G. Wallace inter- rupted to comment that we've had enough of that"
 Other Admissions Earlier in LonerganS Toronto statement read by Wall, the playboy admitted having had other than na. tural sexual relations with his wife,
 What was her reaction?" he was asked. "She didn't like 1t and asked me to do 1t some place else" was the reply.
 Lonergan. in the statement, denied ever receiving money for acts of perversion. Tn fact, 1t usually cost me money" he was quoted as say- ing. Grumet called Henry E. vaccaro. stenographer in the district attor. ney's office to the stand. He said he had taken statement made by Lonergan to Grumet on October 28.
 Frederick demanded the presence of the arresting Canadian officers before the reading of his clients second statement which the prose- cution said was a confession to the murder of Mrs. Lonergan but not signed.
 Wallace denied the request but granted permission to call Assistant District Attorney Jacob Grumet to testify to the circumstances under which the statement was made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
CHILD ACCIDENT DEATHS UP

Accidents fatal to children have increased almost 26 per cent sfter America entered World War II.
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 Invasion Nigh

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J. E. McGruth Estate

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 To oBuyPoison

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Evening star., 1944-06-11
By HAROLD v. BOYLE,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
GEN MoNTGoMERY's COM
MAND POST, June 8 Delayed -
slim, little, black-haired sergean
told today how American Ranger
I In their first combat action de
stroyed five German heavy guns ans
for two full days beat of all coun
terattacks, during which one Yanl
mortar knocked out II enemy ma.
chine guns.
After exhausting their own ammu
milton, the Rangers fought on with
captured German weapons.
I'VE spent IL weeks practicin,
that maneuver, and 1t caught tn,
Germans fiatfooted, because they
didn't think we'd dare come ashore,
said staff Sergt. Frederick Dix, "a
of Syracuse, N. Y. Our job was tt
take and hold that neck of land, ane
we did 1t and are damn proud w
did it."
Dix, whose outfit took and gave
heavy casualties before reinforce
nients arrived and relieved them
said the Rangers hit the beaches at
7:o5 am. on D-day, and "seven OF
our eight boats got ashore okay."
One Landing Boat Swamped.
"One got swamped in heavy seas
and I don't know what happened
to the men In it," he continued
I'VE couldn't stop to check. We
ran into rife, machine-gun and
sniper fire from the fianks as soon
as we got within range and lost
some of our medicos right there on
the beach. Some of them tried to
plant q Red Gross flag where they
were working over the casualties
but sniper put three bullet holes
In 1t before they could raise it.
The Germans were hidden in a
42-foot deep tunnel extending 600
yards from the beach to a camou-
fiaged barn which had been re-
inforced into a piilbox and ammu-
nition dump.
1--WE made q hell of a noise and
scared one 17-year-old German. He
was q senior noncom. His outfit,
too, was running out of his pillbox
to give up. Before he could reach
us his own captain shot him
through the neck and killed him.
Then we captured the captain and
made him open up the pillbox him
self. You can't trust those guys,
YOU know.
"One stood up and waved a white
flag and yelled kamerad.' One of
our boys said Let's give him
chance, and stood up and hollered,
come over here That gave away
our position, and another German
opened up with a machine gun and
killed our fellow. He was a nice
guy, too.
You can't trust those Germans.
"They put mortars and artillery
in on us then, and wounded eight
more of our men. What hell of a
trick to play.
I'VE couldn't have made it with
out the Navy. Their observers called
for support and they began dropping
shells in that tunnel opening. They
had to knock out that position three
times. Every time they blew one
crew away. another bunch of Ger
mans would pop out of their holes
and start working the machine guns
on us.
Funny thing, too, because they
weren't all that brave, and they
finally ran like hell. but they kept
throwing artillery around us. Our
wounded had to lie for two full days
on the beaches because we couldn't
evacuate them. We caught sc Ger
mans, but lost most Of them later
during counterattacks.
"They told us they knew at 2:30I
am. that we would try to land IN
that vicinity and had pulled back
six heavy guns which we had been
assigned to knock out. We kept on
plugging and found the guns about
Evening star., 1944-06-11
RANGERS Exhaust Ammunition,
Fiuht on With CAPTURED Arms

II 900 yards farther on in the woods.
The gunners ran from them as we
approached and we blew up the
battery by dropping thermite gre
nades down the barrels.
sit cost us losses Of men to get
them though, because we were un-
der constant mortar and sniper fire.
"One heavy counterattack drove
us back. One of our men asked
the colonel what we should do and
he said, Build up your lifelines and
we will hold this point
Reinforced by 20 Men.
"The next morning, after wealth
ering a lot of machine gun fire, we
were reinforced by 20 new men.
never saw anybody more welcome.
So we decided to try a counter
attack.
1--WE had used up all our small
arms ammunition long ago and one
Of our problems was making those
damn German machine pistols we
had captured work. 1t takes a gun
ner and mechanic both to keep
those things going. We also used
their pistols and rifles. There were
II machine guns amongst the Ger
mans and our best mortar man,
Sergt. Eugene Elder, knocked out
IL of them during our counter
attack. I never saw such shoot
ing. No, I don't know where he
is from. Some town in Western
Missouri. When he ran out of shells
he began firing colored signal
flares. These really scared hell out
of the Germans. They were per-
fectly harmless, but they make a
hell of a flare and sparks. When
they Lit near the foxholes the Ger
mans would get up and run, and
we popped them off with our ma
chine guns. guess the Germans |
never heard of the Fourth of July. |
"Out of my own group, IS men,
we had lost six killed and II
wounded, and we were the hghtest
hit outfit in the battle. But 1t was
worth 1t. We held that point for
them, and the boys we have got left
are willing to take another any time
our side wants it,"
Dix was an apprentice machinist
in civil life and wants to be a tool
maker some day. Among the
Rangers with him are Pvt John
Bacho. Uniontown, Pa; Pfc. Bill
Walsh, Pittsburgh; Sergt. Paul
Byron, Lowber, Pa; Pfc. Harry
Roberts, Charleroi, Pa; Pfc. Edward
Johnson, Bruce Crossing, Mich, and
Pvt. Renato Baptiste Of Chicopee,
Mass, an engineer.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Victory Gorden Burn
Is Mark of Proyider

NEW YORK.-Girls have a new
way of selecting civilian candidates
for matrimony. One was overheard
telling another:
"A well-baked neck's the thing to
look for. That's where you get
burned working in Victory garden.
And with ration points the way
they are, a good providers what you
want these days."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
EUROPE:
Big Push

Using their superior forces to pre-
vent the Germans from building up
strength for next year, the Allies
launched an about drive against the
enemy's west wall, moving forward
toward the vital industrial Ruhr and
Rhineland despite wintry weather.
Although they had anticipated a
general offensive, the Germans con-
coded the Allies superiority, stat
ing that until their vaunted new
weapons could be delivered to the
front, their troops would have to
rely on their spirit to stay in the
fight.
AS the Allied attack got underway,
the British End army striking in
southeastern Holland stood only 81
miles from Duisberg; the U. S. 9th
hitting to the Tommies' south was
81 miles from Dusseldorf; the U. S.
LIST swinging below Aachen was %
miles from Cologne; the U. S. 3rd
working past Metz was 1874 miles
from the Saar, and the U. S. 7th
and French LIST were 40 miles from
Bavaria.
Focal points Of the attack CEN
tered in the U. S. 9th and LIST army
fronts, where swarns Of Allied
heavy bombers supported by fighter
planes dropped thousands Of tons Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
PACIFIC:
Bloody Science

~J oN1OItCO
Bloody business, war is also q SCI
ence, and as U. S. troops plodded
forward on Leyte island in the
Philippines, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's strategy unfolded.
With the enemy's main forces
compressed on the northwest cor
ner OF Leyte, General MacArthur's
tactics pointed to their humiliation
by the priced military maneuver of
engaging them from the front while
sending other units to cut them off
in the rear.
Thus did the oath division move
to press the enemy frontally, while
the LIST cavalry and Goth divisions
pierced the mountain ranges to the
southeast in a drive to entrap the
Japanese from the rear.
Meanwhile, U. S. airmen kept a
close eye on the important port of
Ormoc, through which the Japanese
had previously sent reinforcements
to help their troops holding out
against the American advance.
Manila Bay also came under the
bombsights Of U. S. airmen, with
carrier-based craft hitting at this
important nerve center Of enemy
shipping for the entire Philippine
area. In one strike alone, IL Jap
cargo vessels and oilers went to the
bottom,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01
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Cough medicines usually contain .
large quantity Of plain syrup-a good
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easily make at home. Take 2 cups Of
granulated sugar and cup Of water
and stir a few moments until dis
solved. Or use corn syrup or liquid
honey, instead Of sugar syrup.
Then get from any druggist ~
ounces Of Pinex, pour It into a pint
bottle, and add your syrup. This gives
you full pint Of wonderful medicine
for coughs due to colds. It makes q
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It never spoils, and tastes fine.
This Is actually surprisingly ef-
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Promptly. you feel it taking hold. It
loosens the phlegm. soothes the irri-
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Pinex is a special compound Of
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Money refunded IL 1t doesn't please
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-01

From debris caused by war, Dutch young
sters In s'Hertogenbosch build their toy
castles.
augmentation explosives on the en-
emy's forward positions to smooth
en- the way for the Yanks' advanc-
ing forces.
Heavy concentrations of artillery
Joined in the bombardment of the
German positions, then the Yanks
moved forward, with members of
the infantry slogging alongside of
mud-caked tanks to score gains.
Prior to the general offensive, the
British in Holland, the Yanks around
Metz and the mixed Allied force in
the foothills of the Vosges mountains
had improved their positions in hard
fighting.
The Yanks around Metz engaged
in some Of the toughest fighting as
Lieut.. Gen. George S. Patton edged
closer to the vital Saar basin, famed
for its coal and chemical industry.
In slashing forward, U. S. forces
ringed the formidable fortress city
of Metz.
In writing OF Metz, the Germans
loudly broadcast that the bastion
had largely served its purpose Of
holding up the u. S. drive to give
them time to build up their fortifica-
tions farther to the rear.
The Allied attack came of in the
midst Of a welter of rumors that
Heinrich Himmler had taken over
absolute charge Of the Reich from an
ailing Adolf Hitler. Appointed COM
mander Of the Reich's home army by
Hitler himself, Himmler busted him
self trying to shove up German NOR
ale for the mighty blows that fell
about that nations unhappy head.