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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-10-04

bender Wann, 8eiiBer zines guten &C.
l94ftes, zines fleinen 8ermogens,
peldes er ebrlid uno redti6nffen nit
ibr teilen pollte. gtidt i'm ourfte tie
ontlagen, lonocrn Die ablur6e, LII.
bolt6are Steuung, oie Iie in Der 8elt
elnnabnt.
g8Qbreno lie 10 ooiaB in Der tIeinen
Oacbfun1mer, lDuBte lie lpirflid) ntdt,
Oh lie lo6en o0er tpeinen iolIte.
0a bortc lie pI0blid Der Birtin
56ritte it6 ibrer Sire nQbern, uno
ols lie 0ffnete, trot Jron3ls Oeutter
nit einem getpilien 9lusOrud in ben
oerben 3iigen, Sen ulrita nur 5lt gut
fannte> in OaS &dmmerlein.
5rau 2enerl 1egte orei Yapiergul,
Sen auf Oen Slid, ieoen ein5elnen
oerielben poriidtig Ourd) bic Singer
ltreifeno> Oh er au6 getpiB ni6t oop'
pelt lei; na9 Sem 9eben Der tnai=
gen Singer erriet l1lrita iofort, I'M
mas eS li6 banoelte, uno fam Der
guten 5rau lieber auf balbem Bege
entgegen.
,,5ie tontmen, mir gu tunoigen",
iagte Tie rubig.
uSa", murmelte oie 8irtin, 1i6t.
lid erlei6tert, ,,'s bleibt pobl nir
andres itbrig, meiB, oaB fan iol-
DIES Wa66en mebr fino', aber es
mloB bolt iein."
Sic iagen midi alio aus oen Sau'
le - muB es nod beute iein?"
~9lm liebiten tpdr's mir pobl, go
eing'n aus oem Dorf', Iagte Die
8irtin nidt unfreunolid, lonoern ols
lprdde 1e bon ettpas Sebftberitdno.
lidem; mo big more'n fonuen's ia
oa bleib'n, ober aus Der 2ammer
oiirfen's not 'rausgeb'n uao DEM
Sran5I fame @'legenbeit eeb'n. nit
Sbna 8 reo'n.'
sd piir6e es ibm ni9t raten, ei'
ne iolde 5u luden'', Iagte ulrifa.
$50, no, tpas oas anb'langt," rtef
sic Birtin eerei3t, vgIaub' tuobl
(Sortiesung auf Seite 12)
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-10-04

OEQNaI nTnuuIe 0QS WlQ0UeW WuT 0u
begebren. benu ielbfperitdnblid liebte
i'm oosielbe i6on felt Der 3ait ba
iie miteinon6er in Die 5d1le gingen.
4a' oieie idonen 8ldne batte bic
8trttn rllrtfa onnertraut, 1tno tbr
AUDI bic altiinfttge Sdpisgerto9ter,
cine 6rane, blaudugiee Dirne NIT GEL
ben 3opfen, ooreeiteat.
Oie SUDDEN tparen gebaden uno
lllrifa batte oen 'artparteten @aIt bon-
Itdnoig bereeiien, als tie ONT Sreitag
abenos bel ibrem @intrttte IN bic
Slide nit einem iungen Soloaten 5u-
lammenltieB - outs bo6lta erltaunt
trat oieier auriid l.n0 griBte milf
t6rti1.
,,gsa, oo is iest Der 6ran5l', er.
fldrte Die Birtin NIT groBem Stol5e,
mdbreno Der itdmn1ige Birt erroteno
leinen &iid5ug balperfItelltgte, tpie oies
Itets Der San mar, menn er NIT iet=
ner grdfli6en &o6in 5uiammentraf.
@r tpar tpeniger Dorurtetlslos oer=
anlagt ols 1ein 8eib, uno Der Sitel
ieiner Mae0 beoriidte i'm nibt tuenig.
,iNei 8ua min mir tpeisma6'n,
ouB er nur a 8od'n l1rla1rb bdtt, /
moan aber ollpeil, 10 g'i9tDtno tann
er % 9u6'n not alle aufeil'n - >pas,
TranaI2"
Ser Sran3I borte nidt; iein 8ltd
bing an ulrifa, big tie sic Slide tpie=
ser berlaien bate, oann frug er leine
Ntutter: uSot 0os SrduIein Sir ge=
bolfen, Die &u6en baden?''
so Srdul'n! 8ab> 10 iag'n
mobl, 10 iei @rdfin, aber mi flint
inert DOG tpeiter not - 10 friegt tbre
fiinf Cullen 2obn> a lh0nes @.lo>
foleli is io in mein 0ienlt, iibri9ers
peroient 10 a ibr @elo."
uDas i6eint mir mob audi, ioete
ser iunge Sol6at eifriger, alS es mo-
tiger getpe1en pGre. Sim anoern Sage
erfldrte er, leinen l1rlaub Oenno6
uerlangern 81 Dollen.
Oie 8trtin bate bel it9 i6on lan=
&c bei61oiien, OoB ar iiberbaupt ni6t
mebr einriiden Iole, Oo6 fano tie eS
praftti6er, bor0erbano nod oariiber
3u i6tpeigen. OoB lt6 bon nun an
sic 2eioeni6aft oes guten 5ran5l's
fir ban SoI0atenoienit BON Sag 51
Sag berminoerte, bdtte Oas Ser5 Iei=
ner Wutter nit @nt5iiden erfiiut,
aber Dos ntiitterlide Ser5 iiebt l6arf
Die au3u groBen 6ortl@ritte in Der
9isbe aur Sei1not idienen Ser Birtin
oeroabtis uno ite fprad ibre 8eiorg-
niiie ibrem Manne aus. Ser aber,
tpeniger idorfit6ttg, ludte iie gu be-
rubigen: ,,Siebit, 2enerl, Der Sran5
bot mir grab galtern erlt g'iagt, oaB
er bod oabeim bleiben uno 3 &C.
lhaft itbernebm'n min; 3 miro bolt
ood tpeeen ser Mir5l iein, oenn 6as
tpeiB pobl ieoer, oas erite, mas a
Birt itd oni6affen mub, o0s is q
tii6tiges 8eib"
,raann idon iein''> meinte Srau
Senerl troden, ,,aber s'ipoBig is nur,
oaB er O. Weir5l no fan an5ig's Wal
oufg'iudt bot, felt er oaboum is"
Ser aGrtIi6he 0oter IieR itch 61trc1
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-10-04
As n
's'sf :oa FREE RkAL NfER!l

0enn sic an 8ron9tal-a -aftbmo.
Barorismen (5teiserrne Der &rant'
beitserldeinung), teudenoem ODER ro'
delnoem Suiten Ieioen oerlausen
Sic iofort 0as freigebiee freie Ser.
imdls' 'Nnerbieteu. Anfraseu hber iese'
nannte ~boffnungsloie" Sdae ltnS
gang BEL ionoers piafommen. Naepr,
316'EN., State 2tfe Slbg., Snbtauu'
polls 4, Sub.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30
Killers Heir and Head
Honqmon Honored Him
self With O Postage Por-
trait. Until the Fuehrer
COT Jealous and Con-
ceiIed His Chances Of Ever
Becoming Dietotor

Gestapo. as well as the Elite Guards
In 1884 Hitler rewarded Hiumler
by establishing him as chief of al
police in the Reich. Himmler cele-
brated the promotion by signing the
death warrants for Roehm and others
in the June purge.
Himmlcr enlarged the police force
until there was one black acker for
every 135 inhabitants. He became
policeman, judge, jailer and execu
toner He took a tip from Goering.
who organized concentration camps.
and made them more terroristic.
Hitler renewed his faith in Himmler
only last summer when Wilhelm
Prick was ousted as Minister of the
Interior to make a place for the
Hangman. That put the Gestapo in
undisputed control of the lives and
deStinleS Of the German people until
the Allies march into Berlin.
Himmler turned 10 quick advantage
Goering's loss OF prestige by falling in
his pledge 10 protect Germany from
aerial hnmhardment- He slipped intl
No. position, even though Goering
has been named as Eiitler's successor.
Neutral subjects recently in Ger
many feel the No. ! spot was all bur
in I.immler's hands when he vas
licked by postage stamp.
So few of the "IIimmlcrS Folly"
stamps got out Of Germany that they
have become collectors items, with
fancy prices offered and none avail,
able. But, if the stories from over
the border are true, the stamps may
not be half so scarce as Himmler him
self-if Hitler decides the time has
come 10 purge his chief purger.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30

is inordinately proud OF It,
Himmler, now a. got his start in
Nazidom at Munich, where he was
born. He had a scholastic background
in economies and agriculture by
reason of studies at the University of
Munich. In 1923, when Hitler inspired
the beer cellar putsch, Himmlcr was
among those present.
Hitler went TO Jail Himmler es.
capped and went into hiding.
When Hitler was gaining power,
after his release, Himmler reappeared
He wormed his way into Tire con
fidcnce of Hitler and in 1927 was
named head of the SIS Elite Guards,
the band of superTTained super.
loyal Iierrenvolk who were organized
70 combat the strength Of the Storm
Troops, led by Ernst Roehm.
Himmler didn't have much 10 say,
for he is a VIGOROUSLY poor speaker
But he had much 10 do. Quietly, in
dustriously, he began making notes
He kept his ears open and his mouth
shut, meanwhile compiling dossierS
on anybody and everybody who
brcathed a word against Hitler
When IIitler's grip on Germany be-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30

GOering, above GOebbelS. Not
only was he master of a pri-
vate army of 100000 as head
of the Gestape He was Min
lister Of the Interior. with
power of life and death over
10000, 900 Germans and Aus
TRANS. and millions of con.
qucred peoples. He had per
sonal command OF all the
antiaircraft defcnses, fighter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30

BERN. Switzerland
HEINRICH HINMLER, Iitler's hangman,
- is licked - for the moment, at least,
according 10 word from across the
border - and by, of all things a new issue
OF postage stamps.
1t came about because Of Himmler's inordi-
nate vanity.
Hmmler worked himself up TO the position
of no. NaZi, second only TO Hitler above
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30

came a reality
in 1888, Hmm.
Ter was ready.
Der Fuehrer
" 5 grateful
10 know who
his enemies
were. and put
Him m Ter in
CO m m a n q of
the DIRE a d g d
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30
egotism of his

egotism Of his
postage portrait.
The belief here
is that Iiinmler
himself mailed the
stamps on letters
and postcards.
one rea c hing
Switzerland bore
the cancellation
mark Of the Stutt
CART post office.
However they
were circulated,
and in whatever
parts Of Germany,
they weren't in
cVid e n C g long.
They were sup
pre- SSed and
Himmler along
with them. He
was stripped of
his sweeping au-
thority, it is re-
ported here. and
now is Minister of.
the Interior "in
lnamc only"
IL IS the first
time Iimmler has
oycrstepped. I'm
til now he has
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30

been climbing up and up the ladder
OF NaZt- tyranny, using the beaten
bodies of his many defenseless victims
as rungs.
He didn't come by he title of hang
man accidentally. He earned it, and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30
Until He
COMMUNICATED
IIfn,GnIf nm a

nlftlStH OH n
Postage Stamp,
Himnller, a. Head
of the GestapO,
Was Master of a
Private Army OF
600. 900 and Con
trOIled Over 80
900 900 Germans
and AustTians.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30

Hummer Won
the Title of
Head
Hangnlan"
When He
Celebrated His
Promotion 10
Chief of Police
by "Purging"
His Former
Supporters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30

-NIIIeS, 10 IINIWB AINCIICdH CNCI
s mad his likeness engraved on
.stage stamps.
Himmler was going TO be different.
But because he couldn't wait, nc is in
eclipse, according TO information that
has reached the Swiss Journal dc
Geneve If he mad had patience in.
stead of vanity ne might have sent
litter before a firing squad, as he
has ordered thousands of others, and
nobody would have challenged the
July 10, 1919
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30

p l a n q ) operating
yer the Reich. and
ZEN some regular
Troops.
Power went 10
Himmler's head. As
the Swiss hear II.
IIimnlcr dreamed
OF a day he would
be- the 80. l man
with all the auto
cratic power and all
the glory OF Der
Fuehrcr. To &C.
complish his aubi.
ton, the story goes,
ne planned a coup
d'etat. and In an
ticipation Of Der
Tag ordered mil.
lions OF new post.
age stamps bearing
his Sinking, paSty-
faced Likeness.
But Him mler
couldn't wait for
the opportunity 10
strike and sem the
dictatorship Of Ger.
many, il IS reported
here. He couldn't
urge 20 spread aroui
trait. SO he fayOrc
his stamp collectin
with the special iss
Only vanity toul
spired the printing
the first place. In /
the heads OF COVER
their pictures
stamps. In Britain
lamily is 50 honorC
cases of commemora
scientists and milit
lave received the
their lifetime. In
no living An
IS mad his liken'
.stage stamps.
The messenger., 1944-02-01
GEORGE DERENCH REPORTED MISSING DISCOVERED SAFE IN ITALIAN CAMP
Has Survived Battles of
 Early Italian Engagements

After previously reporting him missing in action" in the Med iterranean area, the War Depart ment last week advised MT. and ITS. Charles A. Derench that their son, George Derench, has been located in Italy.
 George has since confirmed that fact that he is alive in cable to his parents which states "Am feeling OK" but nothing else regarding the circumstances prom pting the report of his being lost has been revealed.
 The War Departments first ad- vice came January 22 and said Derench had been missing since the early seages of the Italian en- agreements. While acknowledging that ordinarily little hope can be held out for those reported missing in this fashion, members of the family refused to believe that George was not safe and found great encouragement in a second letter from the War Department
 Continued on Page 2, Col. A
The messenger., 1944-02-01

25 bombing missions over Nazl positions.
 Lieutenant Long enlisted Janu- ary 9, 1942. After short time at Fort Devens he was sent to Jeff ferson Barracks, Missouri but be- fore embarking for foreign ser vice he had completed the airplane mechanics course at Kessler Field, Mississippi and had been gradu- ated as Technical Sergeant from Harrington Gunnery School in Harrington, Texas.
 He was sent abroad March IS, 1943 and went into almost immedi- ate action as aerial gunner on a B-17 flying fortress. He has been awarded the Air Medal for ex- ceptional bombing feats and is understood to have been recom- mended for still more dis tinguished honor.
 Except for the co-pilot, all mem bers of Longs original crew have survived air battles in which they have been engaged and many are now in the US. on furloughs. The co-pilot was killed in action some months ago while on a special mission with another crew in an other plane.
 Lieutenant Long will not return home until after the close of the war. He has been assigned to non combat duty as a gunnery officer at Bedford Field, England
The messenger., 1944-02-01

Upon completion of the course in the US. Naval Reserve Mid shipman's Officers Training School at Northampton, Massachusetts, which she entered November IS, 1943 when she joined the Waves, Miss Harriet Duncan Hyde, dau- ghter of MT. and Mrs. Joseph L.. Hyde of Kenmore Road, was com missioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserves. Ensign Hyde has been assigned to active duty for further training at the Naval Training School, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts. She will study communications. Ensign Hyde is a graduate of Smith Col lege.
The messenger., 1944-02-01
It. Meier

an Officers Training School and was commissioned a End Lieuten ant in February, 1943 His promo tion to 1st Lieutenant came just ten months later.
 Meier is a graduate of Windsor High School and has Masters degree from Trinity College. He will be remembered as the Captain of the 1882 Trinity football team. His wife, the former Ruth Acker- man of Hartford, is with him. He is attached to the Signal Corps Aircraft Special Agency at Wright Field.
The messenger., 1944-02-01

Sales to the tune of 151 per cent of the Towns quota is the record of the committee headed by l.. Coates Colt in charge of the 4th War Loan Drive in Bloomfield. By the time the house to house canvass was completed, the local sales totaled $30, ,236.5O. The quota was $2O,00O.
The messenger., 1944-02-01

1st Lleutenancy
 Lii e u t e n ant Meier is the son of MT. and Mrs. Christian M eier of 738 Cottage Grove Road. He had a few months military train
 ing under the initial service act then was recalled imned- lately a f t CT Pearl Harbor.
 Soon after he had earned a Sergeant's rat ing, he entered
The messenger., 1944-02-01

tenant Tn the 9th Air Force of the U. s. A r m y. T h e commission was handed to him on the Allied Air Field at Bedford, Eng. January 23.
 Long's promo tion climaxes two long years of brilliant ser vice, the last ten months of which involved active foreign duty in which he completed
The messenger., 1944-02-01
TWO SUICIDES SHOCK LOCAL COMMUNITY
Mrs. Percival H. Stark and George o. Burns Take Lives

Bloomfield residents were SCun- ned by the deaths of Mrs. Percival H. Stark and George o. Burns late last month. Both were suicides.
 Mrs. Stark was found dead in the garage of her home on Pros pect Street early Saturday morn ing, January 22. When discovered about 8:30 AM. she was slumped in the back of the family car, into which two length of vacuum clean CT hose had been run, leading from the exhaust pipe. Opening caused by the hose had been stuffed with material to make the car alright.
 Nine days later, Monday, Jan uary 31, George o. Burns of Jer- ome Avenue, committed suicide in his garage by inhaling monoxide gas piped into his automobile in similar fashion. MT. Burns was found about 3:30 PM. by his son, Richard 10, when the lad went to the garage to get his bicycle. Dr. Owen l.. Murphy of Simsbury, med ical examiner, gave finding of suicide and granted permission for removal of the body to Vincent's Funeral Home in Simsbury. He es- timated that MT. Burns had been dead about six or eight hours. e.
 Apparently in good spirits, Mrs. Stark bade her husband and son Clifford, goodnight about II PM. the night of her death following the boys return from South Wind sor where he had played basket ball. Just what time she went to the garage is not known. She was fully dressed when discovered Saturday morning and evidently never retired.
 Besides her husband and son, Mrs. Stark is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Norman c. Hub bard, wife of It. Hubbard of the US. Air Forces, and Miss Dor othy Stark, both of Bloomfield, and one sister, Mrs. Laura Fowler of Bridgeport.
 Mrs. Stark was one of Bloom fields civic leaders. She was a member of the Women's Guild of the Federated Church and a for mer president. She had served as president of the Willing Workers Society of the Blue Hills Baptist Church.
 Mr. Burns was born in Prince Edward Isle, Canada, September 1, 1895. During World War I he served with the Canadian Army overseas, being wounded several times in action.
 Besides his wife, he leaves three sons, Technical Sergeant Allan Burns of the Army, now located in Danville, Ky; Roy and Richard of Bloomfield; and three daught- CTS, Misses Joan, Doreen and Ruth, all of Bloomfield.
The messenger., 1944-02-01
BERNICE NEEDHAM IS BRIDE OF TEXAS SOLDIER

Miss Bernice Airline Needham, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ernest Needham, Tunxis Avenue, became the bride of Private Othar Shut tlesworth, son of MT. and Mrs. Samuel ShuttlesWOrth of Overton, Texas in a wedding ceremony per formed at the Federated Church, Saturday evening, February 5, with members of the brides family only in attendance.
 Until quite recently, Private Shuttlesworth was attached to one of the West Hartford Army Units. He is now stationed temporarily at Newport, RI. The bride is graduate of the local high school.
 Only one local garage is now eligible to inspect passenger car tires, according to an announce ment of Chairman J. Senior Wash ington of the rationing board. The State OPA office has certified Charles B. Politis of the Bloom field Garage for this service.
The messenger., 1944-02-01
ALLEN 5. MEIER GETS FIRST LIEUTENANCY

An announcement from Wright Field Dayton, Ohio tells of the promotion of Allen s. Meier to
The messenger., 1944-02-01
BOB LONG IS PROMOTED
 TO SECOND LIEUTENANCY

Robert L. Long, son of MT. and
 Mrs. H. R. Long, Simsbury Road, has been commissioned a End Lieu
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-27

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.
26. (UP)-A treble dam
age suit charging restraint of trade
by the Fox West Coast theaters
and II major motion picture COM
panies was on file Saturday in fed
eral district court here.
The complaint by the Robert L.
Lippert Theaters of Richmond, Cal,
charges the defendants have con-
spired to "freeze out" the Grand
Theater in Richmond or to force
the owners to sell to the Fox COM
pany.
The only individuals named are
Charles P. Skouras and Spyros P.
Skouras, directors of Fox's National
and West Coast theaters.
The Lippert company asked ST.
O50,OOO damages, charging the Fox
concern built two new theaters III
Richmond, "for the purpose of IL
legally controlling and monopoliz-
ing the picture business in that
city.
The complaint requested the court
to restrain the defendants from
building any more theaters in Rich
mond, pointing out that the city
now has five and that at the time
he built his theater there were
only two show houses in the city.
Fox West Coast plans to build
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-27
Strike
Stop ps
Plant
5000 Steel
Workers
Leave Jobs

DETR ROIT, Feb. 26
(UP)-A walkout of 5000
workers Saturday paralyz-
ed operations at the Great
Lakes Steel Corp, producer
of armor plate for the navy
The walkout. called to protest
disciplinary action by the company
against several workers, left only
the blast furnace divisions operat-
ing.
About 5000 employees of the Mack
avenue aircraft division of Briggs
Manufacturing Co. also were idle
as a production curtailment order
put them on a new work schedule
When it was announced yester-
day that the plant would be shut
down today, 1000 employees left
their jobs and the plant was closed
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 26. (UP)-
An unauthorized strike by COM
parative handful of men in the
Clarion byproducts plant of Car
negie- Illinois Steel Corp, Saturday
curtailed war production in Ut
least six of the company's steel
mills, idling an estimated 1000 to
10000 men.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-27
Military Needs
More Poultry

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. (UP)-
The War Food administration in
dicated Saturday that it may soon
require poultry dealers to set aside
a certain percentage of their stocks
for purchase by the army, which
in recent months has been unable
to get enough poultry to satisfy its
needs.
Army menus call for chicken
once every two weeks, but for some
months the army, competing with
a booming civilian demand, has
obtained only enough to serve once
month or every six weeks.
VIA 'froze" poultry stocks in
storage on Dec. 80, so that the army
could buy up a needed 70,00000C
pounds. VIA reported that 50 pei
cent of this amount now had beer
obtained, and said when the full
quota was reached the freeze woulc
be lifted.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-27
Oregon Senator
Dies at 81;
Was COP Leader

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. UP)-
When the senate next meets, on
Tuesday, it will adjourn instantly
in respect to the late Charles l.
McNary, Republican leader VINO
died late Friday at Fort Lauderdale
Florida.
Cuff-shooting was. McNary's ehaD-
it and he never failed to honor i!
on rising, as he often did from his
front row chair, to toss a parlia-
mentary monkey wrench not only
into but through some delicate bit
of opposition machinery. The cuffs
were stiffly started and white. In
moments of stress they might shoot
out as much as three inches.
PLAYED MAJOR PART
McNary was rated a first class
politician of statesmanlike propor-
tions, and he participated positive
ly in shaping the legislation of the
past "a years. He knew senate rules
and made full use of them to snare
the opposition. He rarely made
what is known as speech. it being
recalled that he delivered only one
from 1882 through 1886.
He was shade or more too liber-
al for some of his Republican col
leagues, but they generally acknoWl
edged him as the shrewdest Of
their company-even when he was
voting with the New Deal, which
he did nine out of 16 times from
1888 to 1885.
McNary was born in Salem, Ore
June -, 1874, and he was orphaned
long before his teens. He had gone
to Florida where he sought recup-
Grafton from an illness his friends
knew must probably be fatal. Nc
Nary fell i'll last autumn and from
the naval hospital here soon went
south. Thereafter he apparently
was able to take no part-either oy
mail or telephone-in senate pro-
ceedingS.
BEST LIKED
The instant adjournment will not
be mere formal procedure nor will
there be light congressional hearts
aboard the McNary funeral train.
Continued on page 6, col. l.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-27
Russians Dodue
German Trap
In Minsk Drive

MOSCOW, Feb. 26. CUP)-The
Germans ru h d reinfcrcements
into counterattacks east of Bo-
bruisk Saturday in a desperate ef-
fort to seal off a Soviet break
through threatening Minsk. capital
of White Russia, but front reports
indicated the Red army still was
advancing.
Gen. RCkossovsny'S army, which
broke through German lines on a
3l-mile front to within % miles of
Bobrpisk, main defense outpost of
Minsk, hurled back IA separate
counterattacks by German infantry
and tanks in the past "a hours in
one sector and in another killed
$500 enemy troops.
Despite intensified enemy re-
sistance, the Russians captured
several additional towns and vii
lagos. .----=,---.-. .-.
On the northwestern front, the
Russians neared the outskirts of
Porkhov on the DnO-PskOv railway
after 16-mile advance that car
ried them to within IS miles east
Of Pskov, invasion gateway to Lat
via and southern EStonia.
Gen. Govorov's and Gen. Popov's
armies, closing in on Pskov around
an 80-mile arc. also captured
Melnitsy, % miles to the north !;
KebSO, q miles northeast. IapinO.
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