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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
Library 10 Exhibit
Mark Twain S Scripts

Three major manuscripts will
be featured in what has been
called thN most important exhibit
of the wOfks of Mark Twain ever
10 be- shown, on view at the Main
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through the month OF May.
The most important OF these,
the original script Of Tom Saw
yer. valued an $4,000. was loaned
10 the library for this exhibit by
GEORGETOWN University.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
Royal Plant
Kings Messengers Petition
for Pay Increase

LONDON, April p OUP)-
The Evening News reported today
that the kings messengers are
seeking a pay increase,
-irrfT1 y 70 cdr-ry CTyTTTrrr1Cy
from thc foreign office TO British
embassies and legations abroad
Their maximum pay is $1,000 a
year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23

Willegrod said the masks had
probably been ordered by the OCD
some time ago and were only re-
Gently delivered TO the shipping
depot.
The masks took their place in
the basement alongside 129
stretchers delivered a year ago
and not touched since.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
LOVELY COLORS OF
. MULBERRY WINE
o WOODROSE

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beauty and auahtH Than e1erECeIz--
cred in sott shimmerng MOHAIR
for years OF lasting wc-r. Smart, at
taohed pillow back, and seats, button
tufted for sb5pelines> and durability.
Walpnt finished lrH4 fronts and other
excellent details. Includes sofa and
matching club ehar-2 PIECES
for A7A
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
Nazi Blockade Runners

LONDON, April y ms
Submarines have been used by
The Germans for bioekade-run-
ming from Japan, British au-
thoritieS report. Each carrie, a
cargo of POO tons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23

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NWJ--Our world today.
CKLW-Claire Wallace r
WCAR-A boy and q girl
900 q. NJ.
WJR-Portia Faces Lisa.
WWJ-Cuiding Light-D.
CKLW-Ray Dady-T.
WCAR-News: sunshine.
N&IZ Eddie Chase
WJLB-Nsws: matinee-M.
WE&L-News; melody.
WJBk-Hi Park 3. OF Z.
2:16 r. N.
VJR--Joycs Jordan.D.
NWJ-Today's Children.
CkLW-Quiet -.sanctgAsy.--
WJBk-News and melody
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WJR-Noung Dr. Malone
WWJ-Lignt OF W0rld-D.
CKLW-Metody time.
WENLc-Parade Of har1s.
WChRt Matinee Melodies
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Invasion Of
 Norwoy Aim

London, Dec. 26 = CU-P9 - Nor degian Prime Minister Johan Ny gaardsvold, broadcasting to Norway, disclosed tonight that the ''impa- tient" Norwegian government has been urging an Allied invasion of Norway.
 He also announced that his gov- ernment vii resign at the first meet ing that can be held in Oslo Palace after the liberation of Norway.
 Nygaardsvold said Norwegian force Sare too small to invade Nor way without help, but said his gov- ernment realized that Allied military leaders nuts decide where Allied forces can best be employed to in- jet decisive defeat on the Ger mans.
 We have. however, considered it our duty to impress upon these lead- CTS as strongly as possible the hu@ manitarian considerations and uliliA tary advantages which we believe would be associated with such an Allied military operation to cut the Germans retreat southward through Norway" he said.
 T appreciate that many at honE may be impatient. We are. too. Foul and half years is 8 long time v
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Sun,n1a Reported As Next Compensation Boss Here

Attorney Francis Summa, Repuh- lican state senator whose term ex- pires this year, is said to be the most likely candidate for the post of Workmen's Compensation Com missioner to replace John J O'Con7 nell of Derby, whose term expires the close of next year, and who is said not to be slated for reappoint- meIt.
 The position pays $s,oOO annual ly.
 The former senator's name has been injected into the picture, ac- cording to sources, on compromise basis in recognition for the strong Republican showing here last elec- ton, which was mainly accredited to the campaigning of Attorney Sum- ma and his brother Judge Charles R. Sumna of city court.
 The compromise is said to revolve around the latter who, 1t has been reported, is not slated for reap pointment next year as Republi- can city court judge, but will be re- placed by a Democratic appointee now that the forces of the latter party control the Senate. Judge Summa's partner of the bench, Judge T. E. Conway, also a Republi- can appointee, is favored for reten- ton, being close politically, to lead- CTS of both major parties here.
 The position of Compensation
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26

and peas 20 points for number two cans.
 Beginning Sunday 85 per cent of all now ration-free meats will go back on the ration list. The OPA was not too worried about hoard- ing of meat because it is too difh- cult to keep. Meats included are utility beef. better grades and cut of veal, bacon. pork shoulders, spare ribs, beef and veal liver, some sats- ages and meats in tin or glass con- tainers. Point values will range from one to 13.
 All red and blue ration stamps validated before December are no longer valid All sugar stamps except No. 34 are no longer valid. 4 new sugar stamp will De issued February 1. but win be good for five pounds over a three months period instead of the present two and a hail months.
 Butter was raised to 2l points,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Girl Admits Killing Tot

Yakima, Wash, Dec. 26 - (U.P0 Virginia Ivey, 19-year-old waitress whom police had sought for more than a month for the staying of five-year- r-old Virgil (Butchy) Lang ley whose foster parents had left him in her care, calmly admitted today that she killed the boy with wine bottle after returning from a party.
 'He had gotten out of his bed and he refused to go' back" she told Deputy Prosecutor Lincoln Shrop- shire, who said she would be arrign- ed. probably today, on first degree murder charges. The staying occur red in her apartment at Toppenish, Wash.
 Miss Ivey was arrested at Port land, Ore, Christmas Eve in a hotel where she was working as a cham bermaid. Authorities had picked up her trail twice before and missed her by a matter of minutes as she moved on. She said she had been on the verge of giving herself up several times.
 Miss Ivey said she agreed to look after the boy when his foster mother, Mrs. Grace Langley, went to Mullen, Idaho to work. His foster father. Virgil Langley, was working in California. she said. The Langlys had reared the child since infancy, although they had never legally adopted him, she said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Enemy Advances Despite Tank Resistance Dynamite Planted Near Athens Hotel Uncovered
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY Limited Press War CorrespOndent)i

0L Js GOWkAnO UAO MMA x United Press War Correspondent)i
 Paris, December 26.
 (UP) - Field Marshal Karl Von RundStedt's offensive, backed by two and possibly three full German field armies, advanced west today despite continuous American air assaults and a Nazi spear head was planted within four miles of the Mouse river line just east of the Belgian fOr- tress city of Dinant.
 The most forward points reached by the Nazis were Celles, four miles east of Di- nant, representing a gain of il miles from Rochefort, and Ciney, ten miles northwest of Rochefort, about eight miles from the river Mouse.
 The NaM advance was made pas- sible by crushing the American defense positions in the center or the German salient, extending west from St. With. This enabled the. northern and central Spearheads ot the Naz forces to join up and hammer west with new force.
 Planned by Hitler An Allied military spokesman at Shaef said the offensive had been personally planned by Adolf Hitler and was designed to crush the Al lied forces in the west.
 He said the initial objective of the Germans was the Heuse river line and the fortress cities of Liege, Namur and Dinant. The plans had been thwarted, in meas ure. he said, but further German gains must be expected. Von Rumstedt has hurled the Seventh German inrantry into hl2 attack and is employing the Filth German PanZer army and possibly a second Panzer army.
 l With the crumbling away Of tl1e American positions in, the center of l the German Sal16IlL GIlc Nd1o NG&Sl pounding hard for the Mouse river despite fresh tactical assaults by the Ninth Air Force.
 The Ninth had flown 325 sortieS by noon and destroyed six Ger man tanks and damaged five. They had also shot down 9 German fighters with one probably and five damaged. Four American planes were lost.
 On the southern side of the Ger man salient where the Americans have thrown in powerful counters attacks our troops registered slight gains, taking ground near Eppel- dorf, four and half miles south east of Diekirch and three miles west of the Luxembourg-G German l frontier.
 and Liberators again joined the bat- tie, smashing at the Nazi supply route and freight yards along the Rhine
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Many or Nation Food Supplies At LolDest Ebb

Washington. Dec. 26 = UP9 - Warned by Price Chief Chester Bowles that many of the nations food supplies are at the wars lowest ebb, housewives today bgan reluct- antly paying out blue points again for all their canned vegetables and preparing to dole out red points be- ginning Sunday for meat that has been point-free for many months.
 Would-be hoarders were caught unawares by the Suddenness of the OPA's move, which was advanced at least 24 hours bcause reports of the planned action had begun to cir culate.
 The situation. in brief. is this:
 As of last midnight all ration-free canned vegetables are now back on the ration list. This includes aspar- agus, green and wixed beans, corn. spinach and peas. Asparagus, beans and spinach are 10 points and corn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Hirohito Says Wor In Crucial Stage
BY UNITED PRESS

Emperor Hirohito of Japan said toe.ay that the Pacific war was .n- tering the 'cricial stage" and ex- horted his 1O0,OO0.O00 subjects to ''intensify further their unity and concentrate total power for crush ing the Foe"
 The message was included in the imperial rescript opening the 86th session of the imperial diet, the Japanese Domei Agency said.
 Domei said Hirohito applauded the army and n " for dealing s'crushing blows to the enemy every- wheres and praised the home front for overcoming sall hardships and pl:yations" and increasing produc- ticn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Nation Alerted To Possible Robot, Rocket Bon1bAttacks

eastern defense command were re- ported to have been re-activated to study preparations for additional defense and protection in the event of V-bomb attack.
 OCD said governors of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia met re- gently with eastern defense com- mand Army officials and Civilian Defense chiefs to discuss re-activa- tion of certain Civilian Defense services
 Tn Newark, N. J.. William Doyle. air raid precautions chief. said his 70-man rescue squad would be rein forced immediately least 300 work CTS who will receive intensified training and rehearsal for the V-S threat"
 ''This rocket bomb is something brand new" Doyle said. We have nit had much coming out of Eng land or France regarding the type of protection we will need. That is something the defense heads will have to study immediately. Action win follow receipt of such Data.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Future Robot Seen By Stettinius

Chicago, Dec. (26-(UP)-The na- tions of the world may be forced to cope again with robot or rocket bomb attacks within the next 10 or 20 years unless the Dumbarton Oaks proposals for general inter- national organization are adopted and become living force," Secre- tary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., warned today.
 ;Settinius. newly appointed chief of the tStae Department, said in an article prepared for Kiwanis mag azine that the Dumbarton Oaks proposals "are impirtant because they point an alternative to un- able disaster which is to establish an efficient and workable organiza- tion for the maintenance of peace"
 Many of our outstanding scien- tists agree that within the space of 10 to 20 years these deadly mis- siles (robotS and rocket bombs) may perfected to the point where they can travel thousnads of miles at incredible speed"
 Tn that event." he said, Our oceans, our industrial strength, and our manpower would not be able to prevent surprise attack and cast damage byb accurately aimed weap- ons travelling faster than sound"
 Nations, he daded, have reached such degree of interdependence that prosperity can be achieved only by working together, Free from the fear of war and free from the burden of competitive arma- ments."
 "The Dumbarton Oaks converse tions revealed high resolve on the part of the four governments rep resented to maintain the close cop eration forged among them in the course of this war"
 StettiniuS said he expected that in the near future the Dumbarton Oaks proposals would be submitted to a general conference to draw up a charter which will give us final form to the international organ ization designed to give us both peace and prosperity"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Volcano Isle Hit tAgoin
 By Navy Unit
BY LISLE SHOEMAKER

United Press War Correspondent
 Somewhere in the Marianas, Dec. 26-(UP)-(Via Navy Radio)- Navy surface units teamed with giant B-29 Superfortresses, Liber- ator bomberS and P-38 Lightning fighters to rain explosives on the already hard-hit enemy base at Two Jima in the Volcano Islands Dec. 24, and surface units sank an enemy destroyer, one escort patrol craft and a medium sized landing ship.
 It was the second coordinated air-surface attack on the base this month.
 The planes from one of the Superfort squadrons acted as range finders and spotters for the ships after unloading their cargo of bombs, and Maj. Thomas E. Teddy, commanding officer of the Seventh Air Force bomber squad- ron said: "The naval craft smelling lasted more than an hour. Those boys have an accurate aim and l don't think the Japs have a very rosy future.
 Capt. John J. Pzerycki, of May nard, Mass, said bombs from his Liberator landed squarely in the middle of the target. T saw flames and smoke but this was quickly cbliterated by the bombs of the squadron followin us," he said
 The Lightnings were over the target first and they lined up wing top to wingtip for a grand strafing run on grounded planes, gun po- sitions, installations and Japanese personel who were caught mapping. It. Othon Kendle, 24. Perry, Okla, said he saw some Japs working on the field and "they started to run when opened up on them"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
U. s. Losses
 Kept Secret

Washington, Dec. 26.-(UP)- American naval forces have suffer- ed damage at the hands of land- based Japanese aircraft in the Philippines since the big Philippine sea battle of Oct. 23-25 but it has not disrupted plans for future ac- tion, Secretary of Navy James For restal said today.
 The Navy is not announcing what damage was suffered by its vessels because 1t does not wish the Japa- nese to know what ships they have hit, to what extent vessels have been injured, or how soon they may be back in action, Forrestal explain ed in a statement reviewing the Navy's part in the Philippines cam- paign.
 He described as mot true" rumors that the Navy had not announced all its losses in the late October
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Germon Rinq Traps Yonks In Bostogne
By ROBERT RICHARDS

United Press War Correspondent
 With American Forces in Belgium, December 25 - (UP.) = American tanks and infantrymen are fighting their way slowly northward over the snow-covered Belgian hills this Christmas day toward Bastogne, where an encircled band of dough- boys is holding out against every thing the Germans can throw at them.
 There has been no direct contact with the Bastogne garrison since it was overrun and surrounded by the German advance last week, but radio messages from the pocketed daughboys said they still were hold ing out after German armor and infantry broke into the town.
 The last messages received by radio said the Americans were mop ping up" survivors of the Nazi force that penetrated Bastogne.
 This relief column has reached the Tintange area eight miles south of Bastogne, and full-loaded American trucks are waiting to dash through with food, ammunition and medical supplies when the break comes.
 Smoke and flames still rise from Tintange and odor of ether is heavy as jeeps roll past this observation point bringing out the wounded.
 Major Andrew D. Pickard, 26 Norman, Okla, said his troops were finding the going very tough, with the Germans contesting every yard of the advance with small arms, machine guns, 150-millimeter mor- tars and few self propelled guns.
 Even as he spoke, shells were crashing down on the right side of a (Continued on Page 4l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
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Wife Murders PIoyboy Mate

Highland Park, Mlcn., Oec. zo- (UP)-Wayne county authorities saic today first degree murder charge would be filed against Mrs. Nina Housden, B, who confessed she strangled her husband across the street from the police station and started to St. Louis with his dis membered body in the trunk of her automobile.
 Mrs. Housden, who accused her husband, cross country bus driver, of bragging of his affairs with ether women was arrested at Toledo, O., when her automobile broke down and garage attendant became sus- picious of her.
 Mrs. Housden, slender brunneIte who had a wartime job as driver for the American Railway Express Co, said her husband returned home from his run Thursday. They went to a motion L-cture theater, then had several drinks. She had planned to kill him she said, for more than a year.
 She succeeded in getting him drunk, she told authorities, then took him to her apartment facing the Highland Park Police Station,
 She strangled him with a clothes line. she said, then went to bed. She kept the body in her apartment for two days, waiting for delivery of an automobile she had bought.
 Mrs. Housden was unable to carry the 200 pound body down the stairs. She dismembered 1t with razor, stuffed 1t into 8 canvas bag, put 1t in the trunk of the automobile and started to St. Louis where she planned to dispose of it.
 If I were free, I would go to Kentucky and kill couple of wom- en he had affairs with,'' she said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Below Zero In Illinois
BY UNITED PRESS

The coldest weather of the season hit the Midwest today with the mercury dipping to 16 degrees be- low zero at Rockford, H., and the Federal Weather Bureau at Chl- cago said no immediate relief was foreseen. Colder weather was pre- dicted for the East.
 Sub-zero temperatures were re- ported for the entire bloc of North Central States from Michigan to Iowa and as far South as Northern Missouri, with the lowest reported at Rockford. Iowa City and Mason City, Iowa, reported 15 degrees be- low zero each and at Springfield, H., the low was 12.
 Scores of cities in Illinois re- ported below zero weather. The mercury dropped to two below at Chicago at a. m. and the weather man said it would go to five below before noon.
 Lower Michigan reported no sub zero temperatures before 4 a. m. but it was expected to reach that mark in the areas near the lakes today.
 Warmer temperatures were ex- pected tomorrow, the weather forecaster said, but the relief will be only temporary.
 The cold wave was caused by a cool mass of air moving across the nation in a southeasterly direc- tion, the weatherman said.
 The extended New England weather forecast for the next four days:
 "The temperature in New Eng land for the next four days will average from two to nine degrees above the seasonal normal. Mod erately cold Wednesday. Rising temperatures Thursday and Friday with the weather turning colder again Saturday.
 "A few normals for this period : Boston and New Haven, Conn, 30; Nantucket, 3S; Concord, N. H. and Portland, Me, 24; Passport, Me, 23 and Burlington Vt, 21.
 Precipitation will average more than two-thirds of an inch, oc- curing as snow except rain on Cape Cod and the coastal sections
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26
Japs Suffer Worst Defeat In History
By RALPH TEATsORTH
United Press War Correspondent)

(OnAte0 FreSS war COrreSpOn0entI
 Allied Headquarters, Philippines, Dec. 26.-(UP)-American forces set their sights for other Philippines Islands today after completing the capture of Leyte, where Gen. Doug las Macarthur said the Japanese lost 113,221 men in their worst military defeat in history.
 Two Christmas day amphibious landings in the enemy rear, one of them resulting in the capture of the Port of Palompon, and 8 thrust across the northwest tip to the west coast ended the Leyte cam paign except for minor mopping up.
 MacArthur said the completeness of the destruction of It. Gen To- moyuki Yamashita's forces on Leyte ''has seldom been paralleled in the history of warfare"
 General Yamashita has sustained perhaps the greatest defeat in the military annals of the Japanese army MacArCnur asserted.
 Where Macarthur will strike next in the Philippines naturally remain ed closely guarded military secret. However, the Japanese have been predicting that he will send inva- sion forces ashore on Luzon, site of the capital city of Manila.
 Escorted American Liberators continued their almost daily raids on the network of airfields around Manila with two attacks Saturday and Sunday on Clark Field. Forty tons of bombs were dropped Sum- day, when escorting fighters shot down IS to 20 of 50 to 60 intercept ing Japanese planes. One Ameri- can plane was lost.
 American troops landed on Min doro, only eight and a half miles across narrow channel from Lu- zon, Dec. 16 and already planes were operating from newly-built airfields only 145 miles south of Manila.
 MacArthur's troops brought the Leyte campaign to a blazing close Christmas day with amphibious
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