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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-28
Truk Ship
Loss Hiqher

Pearl Harbor, Feb. 28-(UP)-
Reconnaissance photographs reveal
ed today that q. s. Naval and Air
forces sank or damaged at least 40
ships in their attack on Truk, rails
ing by IA the originally announced
toll of japanese shipping at the big
Caroline base.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz, COM
mander of the q. s. Pacific fleet.
announced that q enemy ships def
initely were sunk, six probably sunk
and II others damaged in the two
day assault on Feb. Is and II:
Nimitz had announced previously
that the United States suffered no
naval loss in the attack on Truk,
while only one warship incurred
moderate" damage. Only II q. s.
planes were lost. against 201 Jap
anese planes destroyed.
"a Tokyo communique claimed
today that Japanese planes sank
one aircraft carrier and three other
warships Of the task force which at
tackled the Marianas last Wednes-
day.
First reports after warships and
bomberS raked Truk, one Of Japan's
principal Pacific bases. had placed
the toll Of enemy warshipS and
merchant vessels at 10 sunk and
seven probably sunk, but none dam
aged.
The new disclosures brought the
official total Of japanese ships sunk
by American forces alone to 1871.
The compilation was based on COM
muniques Issued at Washington and
various Pacific headquarters.
Among the, ships damaged at Truk
were one very large transport" and
several cargo vessels, q spokesman
said, although an enemy seaplane
- .
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BRITISH take ? ANzI0 STRONG Points
Major Jap Burma Offensive Smashed
Reds Drive To Almost Within
Artillery Range OF PskoU
BY HARRISON SALISBURY
limited Press Staff COrresmondenf

By HARRISON SALISBURY
United Press Staff Correspondent
Moscow, Feb. % - (UP) - Gen.
Leonid A. Govorov's Leningrad arm
les smashed enemy reinforcements
and drove almost to within artil-
lery range Of Pskov, invasion gate
way to Latvia and southern Estonia,
at two points today in a general at
tack along a 50-mile front.
The powerful assault, in its initial
phase, overran Vastsy and Cher
emSha, IA miles north and northeast
respectively of Pshov, and cleared
the enemy from scores of square
miles from the shores of Lake Pshov
southeast to the Ehimsk- Pshov
highway.
The Germans threw fresh REIN
forcements into battle in a futile
attempt to stem the Soviet advances
but fell back after losing 800 men.
The enemy abandoned two artillery
and four trench mortar batteries in
precipitate retreat in one sector.
While Govorov swept up more
than 60 towns and villages above
Pshov, Gen. MARKHAM M. Popov's
armies crashed through the enemy
screen to the southeast and south
and captured 100 localities. in CO.
ordinated attacks.
One Of Popov'S columns seized
Ryk, 20 miles east of Pshov, an
other occupied lug, A miles from
Ostrov which In turn is "a miles be-
low Pshov, and a third captured
Pushtoska in IL mile advance that
carried to within A miles Of the
southeast border Of Latvia and cut
the Pshov-Nevel highway.
The Germans resisted Stubbornly
behind minefields, but were forced
to give ground by series OF out
thanking maneuvers that threaten
ed to cut them off fro mtheir main
defenses. Nearly 5000 Germans were
killed and is tanks q guns destroy
ed.
The Russians also resumed their
march in the southwestern Ukraine,
where they killed 5000 Germans in
clearing the enemy from an addi-
tional 2l-mile stretch Of the lower
Dnieper and capturing Petrovka, 40
miles southwest Of Nikopol, 20 miles
northeast of EMERSON and SO miles
northeast Of Nikolaev.
Nearly 500 miles to the northwest,
Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin's LIST Uk-
ranian army gave ground slightly
before q fierce German attack
northwest and west of Lutsk (Luck) i,
IS miles inside Old Poland, then
counter-attacked and regained all
lost ground and even captured some
additional villages.
The Germans lost heavily in men
and material, the Soviet high COM
mand said in its midnight commun-
ique.
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Rotion Token
Out Today

washington, Feb. 20. (UP)-The
nations housewives got their first
experience today in using ration
tokens, the OPA's latest wrinkle to
simplify shopping with points.
The small, dime-sized red and
blue fiber tokens, to be used as
change for points when buying ra-
toned food, were described by the
OPA as the nations contribution
to point rating. The British devised
point rationing, but the tokens, 1t
seems, are strictly 100 per cent
American.
Here are the things to keep in
mind when using them:
/. AL blue stamps and all red
stamps in war ration book four have
a fiat 10-point value regardless Of
the figure appearing on the face.
2. The red and blue tokens, worth
a point apiece, will be given in
change when purchase does not
equal 10 points or a multiple
thereof.
Until March II, token rationing
will be complicated by the fact that
some old stamps from book three
and four win be good at face value
on the same basis as in the past.
These are green stamps K, L, and
M in book four for prbcessed foods,
and stamps Y and z in book three
for meats, butter, cheese, etc. Those
stamps will be worth, eight, five,
two and one points. Opa urged that
they be used first to get them out
of the way.
The new point plus token system
is expected to make book four last
about two years.
New stamps valid now and until
May 20 are red stamps AS, B8, and
CO and blue stamps A8, B8, CO, Dc
and E8. Red stamps will become
valid in sets Of three every two
weeks thereafter; blue stamps IN
sets Of five at the beginning Of
each months.
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Labor Rows
Settled

Boston, February %. = (UP) -
Settlement Of labor disputes In
volving more than 1000 employees In
nine New England companies was
announced today by the New Eng
land War Labor Board. These in
cluded:
Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc,
Shelton, Conn, and the Textile
Workers Union of America (C1O).
The board unanimously refused the
unions request for alteration OF the
union security provision In its former
contract and directed that the part
les negotiate the issue Of check-off
Of union dues. The union repre-
sents more than 600 employees.
CuShman Chuck Company, Hart
ford, Conn, and the United Elec-
trical, Radio and Machine Workers
Of America (CIO). The board ord
cred that the retroactive date for a
10-cent per hour shift bonus Tor
guards and watchmen shall be Oc-
tober Z, 1913. rather than October
26, 1912, as demanded by the union.
Norma Hoffman Bearings Corp,
Stamford, Conn, and the United
Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers Of America (CIO). The
board ordered inclusion in a con-
tract, clauses covering voluntary
maintenance Of membership, check
off Of union dues, vacations, and
minimum starting and step-up rates.
The Board directed the company
and the union to negotiate the mat
ter of wage increases, retroactive to
September 3, 1913. More than 300
workers were involved.
New England Bakery, Pawtucket,
r. l., and the United Bakery Work
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Big
VICTORY IN
THAT AREA

New Delhi, February28. -
British and Indian troops,
aided by strong Allied air
support, have ''decisively
broken and flung back" a
major offensive by 5000
Japanese seeking to smash
through the Arakan front of
western Burma and sweep
into India, it was announced
today.
In what was hailed official
as the first major victory ever
scored over the Japanese by
British Imperial Forces, Tom
mics from the United King
dom ioined with PunjabiS,
Gurkhas, madrassis, NAH
rattas and Bengalis to kill
more than 1000 of the enemy
- at least three times as
many as they lost-and
wounded at least 1000 more.
During three weeks of fighting in
the hot, dusty jungles around the
Ngakyedauk pass across the Mayu
range, British and American troop
carrying planes defied hundreds Of
Japanese fighters to drop food ana
supplies to 1t. Gen. Alexander F.
p. Christison's beleaguered Fifth and
Seventh divisions of the British
14th army.
Adm. Lord Louis Mountainous
Southeast Asia command issued a
13-page foolscap memorandum de-
failing the Japanese debacle on the
Arabian Peninsula a resoundtng
victory Of the 14th army.
'.For the first time British and
Indian troops have scored majc-
victory over the Japanese" 1t. Gen.
A. y. P. Cristison, commander Of
the f4th, said In pfefacg to the
memorandum paying tribute to his
command.
1T cannot be too proud Of their
magnificent courage and devotion
to duty during the long and diff
cult battle. They have set an ez-
ample of all of those who one day
will be fighting the Japanese"
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By ARTHUR ?. DRGREvE

UNITED Fre98 Stan COnegDOndentD
Washington, Feb. 70 (UP)-Hopes
Of easing the father draft by In
Quoting large numbers Of men now
AZ were blasted today when Presi-
dent Rocsevelt,s five-man medical
commission reported that the armed
forces cannot further lower physical
standards without impairing their
efficiency.
The commission, after q careful
study, said that the urgent and
increasing" need Of the Army and
Navy now was for men who are at
for general combat service and that
It was eapparentv such need can
not he nlIed either ~ lowering
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-28
Noxon Pre-Meditdted
ELectrocution Is Charge

Charles R. Albert was examining DR..
Charles P. Hunt, the pediatrician
who attended the victim and pro-
nounced him dead Sept. %.
May I have the manikin?" Al
bert asked an assistant.
Immediately Ely leaped to his
feet, snatched his glasses from his
nose fastened in protest to the
bench.
Albert stepped beside Ely and they
conferred for nearly I'VE minutes
with the judge. Finally Ely walked
away in evident disguest and the
Judge ruled that the inanikin might
be admitted.
Alberta then picked up The brown
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No Easement OF Father
Draft Through 4-F Move

standards or by drafting more men
for limited service.
Thus. it said. manpower needs
which cannot be met from the pool
Of men now In LEA plus those who
annually reach the draft age Of 10
must be met by induction Of men
living with their families, and
recourse to all other available
sources"
The commission did recommend
minor, lfndiscIosed changes - some
lowering standards, some raising
them-but MAJ Gen. Lewis b
Hershey, National eeIevtiye Service
director, said only IN insignificant
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POWDER BOAT SUNK

London, Feb. %. CUP)-An un-
named British submarine recently
sank an enemy freighter loaded with
ammunition and forced the beach
ing Of another after throwing two
escort vessels into utter confusion,
the admiralty reported today.
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Evening star., 1944-10-01
Porent- | eucher Activities.
BY MRS. MACKALL FETZER,

by MRS. MACKALL FETZER,
President D. C. congress Of Parents and
| Teachers.
A statement made recently by
William Van Duzer,. director 01
traf1c, is worthy of deep cor1siderA-
tion by every member of the PARENT
Teacher Association, indeed by every
adult In Washington. This state
ment carried the, implication that
adults were responsible for an in
crease in traffic fatalities among
children. 1t paid high Tribute to
the work being done by boy safety
patrols, and to the educational pro-
grams carried ~on by teachers, and
parent-teacher associations. But 1t
pointed out quite clearly that ir
many instances where children haC
been fatally injured in trafic, the
fault could be laid at the door OF
some adult.
This Is serious indictment, and
one which should Immediately be
remedied. Surely when people arrive
at the age of adulthood it is not
too much to expect = certain civic
responsibility also had been inte-
grated into their mental processes.
And where could this attribute be
more constructively evidenced than
in protection of the children Of the
community. 1t is high time that we
begin to correct whatever faults lie
within us in this connection, and
make every effort to remedy q
situation which needs only common
sense and a conviction of personal
responsibility to eradicate.
Mckinley High.
The Executive Board will meet
Wednesday at lis pm. Plans will
be made for the first association
meeting in November.
Kramer Junior High.
A meeting will be held Tuesday
at pm. followed by a reception for
the parents and teachers.
Gordon Junior High.
The Executive Committee viii
meet Tuesday at pm.
EdmOnds- Maury.
A meeting of the Executive Board
will be held tomorrow at 1870 pm.
at the Maury School.
Randle Highlands Beers.
An executive meeting will be held
at the Randle Highlands School to-
morrow at 1:30 pm.
Hearst.
The Executive Board will meet
tomorrow at 1880 pm.
Langdon.
Parents Night will be obsery 4
Thursday at 7:30 pm. Classr ms
will be open to afford par, IS an
opportunity to meet the : Jachers
and the new principal, Ms D. l..
Trip. -
A recording "'--sietary and third
vice president will be elected and
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Women 5 Republican Club
Office VIII Open Today

While Mrs. Virginia Speel lay
seriously III at her home, 1915 New
Hampshire avenue NV, members
OF the Republican women's group
named In her honor continued plans
TO open new headquarters Of the
organization ct s pm. today IN the
Blackwell Building. 1912 U street
NV.
Special ceremonies will mark the
opening OF the headquarters OF the
Virginia White 6peel Womens Re-
publican Club, Of which Mrs. epeel
was scheduled to speak. According
TO Ida 8. Taylor. president OF the
Evening star., 1944-10-01

and the new president. Mrs. Henry
Buck. An association meeting will
follow at pm. Mrs. Esther Burn
side, guidance counselor, viii dis
crss Recreation as Carried on in
Stuart Last Year" DR.. Walter =
HaSer, president Of Wilson's Teach
ers College. viii present the theme
for the year, Leisure Time Ac-
tiyities." Music win be flirnished BY
the, double male quartet from
Mckinley High schol and social
will follow.
Evening star., 1944-10-01

they Will be installed BY Mrs. A. L
Smith, member Of the Board oil
Managers of the District Of Column
bin Congress Of Parents and Teach.
ers. A project for the benefit oi
the boys Of the neighborhood will bs
presented.
II. D. Cooke.
The Executive Board will meet
tomorrow ct pm.
Orr.
An executive meeting will be held
tomorrow at l pm.
Stuart Junior High.
Parents of incoming students viii.
meet in Room 100 tomorrow at TIL
pm. to meet the principal, teacner,
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Paper Drive Yields
$1,000 Lbs. in First
Week al Schools

Nearly $1,000 pounds of old news
papers, magazines and cardboard
were carried to schools which were
organized to resume The Evening
Star-PTA Salvage for Victory pro-
gram last week. This figure, con-
siderably better than for the first
week last fall, brought the grand
total of the drive to 6,944, $50 pounds.
This week many more schools
will be ready to resume collections
and much better results are an
ticipated.
The Congress Heights and Stod-
dard Fairgrounds win carry on n
their neighborhoods-in the absence
Iof a PTA program and good re-
turns are anticipated from both.
Many of the schools were In mid
season form in their first collec-
tons. Lafayette, for instance, had
q collection Of 8.042 pounds. 9th
ers collecting 4 half ton or better
were Jefferson, 1859 pounds; Brook
land, 1,o10; Noyes. 1,062: Langdon.
100; Langston, l,277: II. d. Cooke,
2,173; Gage, 1899; Morgan, 1891,
West, 2,613: Park View, 2,370; Mac
farland, 3,240; Bancroft, 1,346; Mont
gomery, 1,643: Hardy, 2,O47; Key.
1,215; Hearst, $500; Stevens, zoos:
Hyde, 1906; Kingsman, 3,458; Blow,
2,70o; Madison. 1925; Benning, o.
483: Browne, 1.145, and Wheatley.
$40 pounds.
Plans for the Papertrooper pro-
gram are being completed rapidly
and further announcements viii be
made this week about the details.
Collections tomorrow in the first
district, together with the leaders.
will be as follows:
Evening star., 1944-10-01

group, the ceremony stiu will be held
at Mrs. speels request.
Speakers viii include James q
wilkes, chairman Of the State Re-
publican Committee for the District
Edward +. ConAdAy, national COM
mitteeman for the District: d. Her
bert @. Marshall and Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell. The public Is IN
vited to attend this and future
ceremonies, to be held 1T pm
each Sunday throughout October.
Evening star., 1944-10-01

tiers win be guests at = reception
lat 8 pm. Tuesday In the school
auditorium. The reception h being
sponsored BY the Mothers' Guild
which officially opens the le44-ls
lseason on that night.
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Stone Age Axes Found

Two Stone Age axes, believed to
date about 1900 BIC, have been
unearthed during peat-cutting oper-
AtionS at Mullingar, Fire.
Evening star., 1944-10-01
School PIons Reception

Sister Marion. o. r., mother
superior at the Sacred Heart School,
1925 Park road NV, and new sis
Evening star., 1944-10-01

A-Exduisite SOTO, COM
pletely bench made with coil
springs, curIed hair filling,
down cushion. Muslin inter-
lined. Striped brocotelle,
Provincial cocktoil tobIe,
$3.50
Nest of 4 mahogany inIoid
tobles s-----------S65
English fireside elegance
Button-tufted chair with
spring cushions and base.
Topestry or motellosse COW
efs ----=----S79.SO
cpeeorotor's dreom Of a
chair. Deep tufted back,
brilIiont red mohoir cover.
Muslin interlined, hoir filled.
Custom built, spring filled,
nSuperbly styled chonnei
beck choir. Down ond spring
cushion, eurIed hair filling.
Chenille edge on broco-
telle ---------S69.SO
E-luxurious c ON fort.
Deeply tufted custom built
SOTO. CurIsd hoir filling,
spring construction. Muslin
interlined. Exquisite sotin
cover -----------SZ5O
F-Adoptoble, versotiIe SOTO
erofted by korpen. Fully
padded seat coil springs.
meticuIousIy toiIorsd. Self
tone moteIosse- e-----Sl59
6 4 HChorrnino French
model choirs with dointy
brocotslIes and notsIosses.
Coil spring scots. Mellow
ontioue finish, corved
frcnes. $3.50 3 $3.50
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Spice Cake
Chicken in Wine

Spice Cake l-4 cup margarine 1-2 cup brown sugar IA cup molasses Yolks of ? eggs 1-2 cup sour milk l 1-2 cups flour l teaspoon soda l teaspoons cinnamon IA teaspoon clove IA teaspoon nutmeg 1-2 cup raisins
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High School
 Notes

Murder for some, comedy for all. You either want one, or set tie for all,
 The Nome High School Drama lie Club, as a second semester pro- iect, has entrusted itself to pre- sent before the public an accom- plishment of the above. The date has been set for May 9th, and the time, 7:30 D. m.
 The business manager has been very liberal regarding pecuniary collections, setting the price at soc per ticket. Special music will be offered by the high school band under the direction of Sgt. KirStein. Other interludes will be presented as time permits.
 The two plays being enacted are "Trifles', one-act play inVolv-
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LITERARY CUIDEPOST
"Charles Lamb and His Friends. by Will D. Howe tBobbs- Mer- Till: S2.50)
By JOHN SELBY

Will D. Howe's "Charles Lamb and His Friends" will never be dramatized by one of the war programs, and nobody will des- ignate it an s'imperative-al though familiarity with it's rich and juicy content might do more to cement our alliance with Great Britain than many book de- signed for the purpose. This is not only a biography of Lamb a biography would not be enough. since nothing much happened to the essayist. II is a. picture and an appraisal, written in the light of the men Lamb knew and the times in which he lived. These were the last part of the eight eenth century and the first part of the nineteenth, of course.
 Nobody would deny tand Mir. Howe would spank them if they tried iD that Lamb was one of the great masters of English prose, and no mean poet when he wanted to write verse. He had an equally important quality, which was sympathy. His long and cost ly devotion to his mentally un- balanced sister is only one ex- pression of it; the curious cir constance about the association with Mary is that Lamb was the kind of man to draw good from it as well as illustration.
 MT. Howe shows how this sym
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ing subdued murderess, coun- try farm house, and a dead can ary, gradually unraVels very complicated yet simply construct ed plot; the other play Not Quite Such Goose" IS also a one-act play and depicts sonbereyed 'een-aged students foTcibly sub mitted to the throes of "puppy love-, and the tr.als and tribula- tions encountered by the mother of two of these conniving young sters.
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Tr,asmsrA Registered U S. rs,sni ofhc.

pathy touched most of the people Lamb came to know-Coleridge the Wordsworths, Leigh Hunt, Hazlitt, Crabb Robinson, Southey Barry Cornwall among them. There seemed to be no end to the understanding of the man. He was at home with the people of the theater as we'll as with its lit erature, and although his poverty had prevented much study as a boy, he never felt really ill at ease among learned people, no matter how humbly he may have expressed himself at times.
 People went freely to the Lamb table. It was not a particularly well-furnished table but if Lamb liked man, he was invited to share what there was, and as MT. Howe remarks, there is no record of any persons having bad time while doing it.
 All this and nuch more is in "Charles Lamb and His Friends. Among the much more' found the descriptions of London most useful-it was a wonderful. con- tradictory, rich place then.
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N@Y M s @EIEEN IVAa s n1E In IEs,
 Chicken in Wine
 1 broiler, cut up
 2 tablespoons margarine
 tablespoon flour
 1 cup water
 l cup white wine
 Salt and pepper
 Paprika
 Bouquet of thyme, parsley, bay leaf and tarragon
 1 c''p frozen peas
 TWJ cups sliced carrots
 l4 cup small white onions Two cups potatoes in small pieces
 Melt margarine n frying pan and add pieces of chicken and brown. Remove chicken, add flour to fat and blend well. Add wa ter and wine. Season with salt pepper and paprika and other spices tied in a muslin bag. Place chicken in baking dish, cover with the sauce and add the vegetables. Cover and bake in a slow oven for an hollr
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PAGE THREE
FAIRBANKS TO GET BISHOP ROWE k..MORIAL

Fairbanks ,s to get the Bishop Rowe Memor al in all probab- ility. as fl Is the most centrally located place. Bishop Bentley an nounced tha' II IS ito be in the form of an office and residence for the bishop and will include accommodations Tor staff mem bers travelling 10 and from the var ous outpos.s Of the Territory and will serve as headquarters for the Episcopal church.
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DAN NOONAN IN
 NOME ON BUSINESS

Dan Noonan, representative for several wholesale lines, is in Nome on his annual trip. He is accompanied by his daughter, Constance, who is seeing Alaska for the first time and says she is enjoying the trip, especially in the Second Division.
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Nome Directory
HENRY JOSEPH
 LAI.LEY

ACCOUNTING, INCOME TAX
 AND SOCIAL SECURITY F. o. Box 156 Nome, Alaska
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The Alaska Line SHIPPERS TAKE NOTE

AS customary, navigation in Boring Sea will commence with sailings from Seattle during l9te May or early June
 Shippers are urged to place their orders for shipments soon as possible, instructlng sup pliers to keep in touch with the Alaska Steamship Company Traffic Department, Pier ], Seattle Phone Main 4530, for information regarding steamers and sailing dates for all ports in Berng Sea Kotzebue Sound, and the Arctic. This is im- portant If you wish to receive your goods oo the first sailings of the season, write now. Please do not wait.
 ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Agents
 War Skipping Administration Seattle