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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-29
NBy DOROTHY WILLIAMS

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Washington, Nov. 29- CUP) = Canvassing the nations capital to- day for an official explanation of the cigaret shortage was like read ing mystery thriller without an ending.
 The quest yielded myriad facts and clues and an occasional gift of a stray cigaret.. but no solution.
 A check of treasury tax receipts showed that 10000, ,000. 900 fewer cigarets were released for purchase in this country in 1924 than in le4S, while 10000, ,O0O, 900 more smokes were shipped abroad to fighting forces this year than last.
 Records Of the house agriculture committee. now conducting it's own inQnify. revealed testimony that fhe 1ea4 t1fnceo crop is tne largest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-29
NO Official Explanation
 or Cigaret Shortage

in history and warehouses contain IS months reserve supply of cigaret tobacco.
 Committee Chairman John w. Flannagan, Jr., D., Va, cigaret smoker himself, studied testimony given his group yesterday to deter mine whether the inquiry should be pushed on.
 we've proved that the persons who are trying to blame the situa- tion, on a shortage of tobacco leaf are dead wrong" Flanagan said. we have ahsolved the grower of responsibility. I wonder if the com- mittee has not fulfilled its duty to the public"
 Flanagan said the testimony re- futed charges that the agriculture departments acreage restrictions
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-29
By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN

by EtEUENkCA Q. OInMAN
 United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 Washington. Nov 29-CUP)- I keep telling my bride the secretary of the treasury is in the same boat. He makes the stuff, himself, but he can't spend tt, either,
 He runs the worlds biggest fac- tory, with branch assemblies from coast to coast, for the exclusive manufacture of money. He produces it in numerous styles and guards it with his life and what hApens.
 Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr., can't find hiself q place to live. His lease ran out Che didn't think FDR would run again when he signed itl he's being eVicted and money won't rent him another house. The secre- tary of the treasury could. ol couree. use one of his new dollar pills to light smoke but 2 aefz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-29
REDS SLASH
 AT HUNGARY
 FORT OF PEGS
BY ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 London, November 29. - (UP) - Russian armored columns, slashing across the Danube 100 miles below Budapest, were reported bat tling into the Hungarian stronghold of Pecs today in a new flanking sweep toward Lake Balaton and the Aus trian border.
 Simultaneously the Soviet 2nd and 4th Ukrainian armies linked up in a solid 90-nile front across the flooded mountain roads of eastern Slovakia and north eastern Fl ung ary and crushed slowly westward against bitter enemy resist aI1ce.
 Berlin military commentators re- ported without confirmation that a furious battle was raging on the inn mediate approaches to Pecs, 100 miles south southwest of Budapest. The enemy reports said three So- viet tank formations were converg- ing on the city after forcing new crossing of the Danube 9 miles to the east and capturing the west bank city of Mohacs.
 There was no immediate mdica- tion whether the Soviets were try ing merely to draw off enemy re- serves from the Budapest area or were bent on a full-scale drive for the Austraitn frontier. Pecs lies 55 miles below Lake Baleton, and a sweep around the southwestern
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Secretary Morgenthau Ls
 UnabLe To Find a House

him to buy a cigarette anywhere in Washington today.
 That's well and good, my bride says, but what's she going to do with 9,326 pounds of beds. china ware, kitchen stove and rocking chairs, now enroute by fast freight from California that's a lot of goods and chattels and my brides living in a room-and-a-half furnished apartment. Washington's biggest storage company said it would be glad to help out, except that 1t hasn't any more storage space. Whats she to do, my bride asked. sew some of Morgenthauss dollar bills together and make a tent2 Are they waterproof. MT Eerretary2
 10 RiIl0w
 Furthermore. MT MoInsnthau, il '4 r3t*rIf1-s-'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-29
BY ]. EDWARD MURRAY United Press War CorresDondent)'

BY ]. EDWARD MURRAY
 United Press War CorresDondentl
 Paris, November % (IPl s- American Armies today cracked the German hold on Hurtgerl, JungersdOrf and KosIar, three of the principal StronghOIds on the aps breaches to the ROer riyers and plunged on across the Cologne plain in what a Maj broadcast called 1the most terrible and ferOciOus battle in the history of all wars
 Veteran First Army troops completed the occupation of Jungersdorf, only three and a half miles northwest Of the Roer river stronghold ok Duren, largest German city still in German hands west oI Cologne, and also cleared Hurtgen, seven miles soutnN west of Durerl.
 GA Blue Network hrOade s from the First Army fronk said the First Army also n14 captured LangerWeEe, bys passed in the advance to Jungersdorf.)
 Advance clements drove Q hals mile northeast of Hurtgen into the outskirts of Klienhau.
 Koslar, one mile west of Julichs also on the Roer, fell to the Ninth Army. Ninth Army troops alreadT were filming out along the west bank of the Roer. Germany's pros jected winter defense line, around Kirchberg, one mile south of Julich
 It. Gen. George S. Patton's Amer@ ican Third Army drove into or within gun range of Germany along the whole length of its 60-mile front. One column was within eight miles of Saarbrucken, key to the Saar basin, and another broke into the outskirts of Sarre Union, Sa1x river communications center 13 miles south southeast of Saaxr brucken. Y (Continued on Page A)
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French Issue
 Stern Ukose
BY CLINTON B. CONGER

- Limited Press War Correspondent
 Strasbourg, Nov. 28-(UP)-Five German hostages will be executed for every French soldier killed by snipers or Franc -Tireurs (Guerril- las) in StraSbourg, Brig. Gen. Jacques Leclerc, commander of the French 2nd armored division, an- nounced in a stern proclamation posted throughout the city today.
 Leclerc declared that his edict would become effective at 5 p. m. Saturday, which also was fixed as the deadline for the surrender to the French forces of the interior of all weapons held by unauthorized persons" After that time, the pro- clamation warned, the death penal ty will be invoked for illegal pos session of arms and any German soldier found in civilian clothes will be shot.
 The French commandant an-
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Veteran 1st Army Troops Complete
 Jungersdorf's Fall
BULLETIN

BULEEIIN
 Paris, Nov. 29.s (UP Aanexicam armies captured five anchor towns of the yielding German defemaes before the ROer river line athwart the road to Cologne today ih hard won but steady advances al0ng . 16-miIe front.
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Ccurses: Beekkeeting, Accounting Shorthand, 1pfpk CpndntometeE. Rlsl 1E. Csl|ess e eelnafges
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04

AS WE MOVE closer to victory wouldn't be surprising if you were saying to yoursef-'Whats the big idea of
 asking for all this additional money now? Isn't the almost over?"
 No sir is not! Not by long shot Of course for months heard mostly about the with Germany, where greatest effort is concentrated That's why people have the idea that the wars practically
 But make mistake about t-nothng could be farther from the truth! The Japanese is tremendous under taking and victory will high We'll have to fight every inch of the way.
 Everything Costs More in the Pacific War The European is expensive, but almost everything in the Pacific war will Take transport costs for n Because of the longer distances the amount of freight costs 25 per when shipped to the South Pacific than to Europe And takes twice many ships in the Pacific to support task force of given size because turn-around time is twice great!
 More Planes Tanks Ships. Oil Tn addition we shall need of everything. More B29 Superforesses that cost each More PAY Thunder bolts that cost $5OOOO each More MA Tanks, with bul- dozer bades that cost each More amphbOus tanks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04
Maintenance for Millions

Did you stop think how much costs to main tain the II to 12 million and in army and navy? Whether the actually fighting not, they
 must be fed housed transported from training center battle area to another cared for in hundred and differ ent ways That all money and will continue to until the last man dernobilized is back in civilian clothes.
 In addition millions of dollars will required mastering out pay for various benefits and services voted by Congress to help the boys get started in civilian life.
 These are reasons enough why patriotic Americans will buy heavily during the Sixth War Loan. But here still more
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04
Winning the Peace = for Your Country

Winning the Peace for Your Country
 wee to win the peace well the war; the of living be kept down and the purchasing of served reckless imitation that would necessarily be fol lowed by the catastrophe of defation-with its unempoy- ment bankruptcies misery ndheartache- all cost.
 Let's make no nisake-a dangerous period lies ahead. The American people have nothing to fear, however if they show the future the they have shown the past and continue put penny expenses into the purchase of and War Bonds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04
STRAIGHT TALK
 ABOUT THE SIXTH WAR LOAN DR|v|

aircraft carriersore supply ships-more gasoline and oil than it took for the invasion of Europe!
 Care for the Sick and Wounded And lest anyone forget shall need battalion aid statons-more clearing staonsore evacuation hospitals more convalescent hosptals-more hospital ships.
 For many many years the sick, wounded and otherwise disabled veterans will require medical attention and That's the least Uncle Sam do in appreciation of what they've done for us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04

right now. We'll need money, indi- vidually, for education, repairs, replacements, retirement-and we'll need lot of it.
 As you can see there are many reasons, important reasons, why our Government must have the financial support of everyone, and have it for many months to come.
 Let all Americans do their part flor their own sake, for their country's.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04

Winning the Peace flor Yourself
 Want another important reason? Yoursef There isn't better safer the world today than War Bonds. In helping your country also helping yourself! Never in our entire history has it been so necessary to save
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Meridian Hill Concert Offers
Something Different in Music

keeping with the elegance and
brightness of the composer in his
best vein.
The remarkable cooperation in
musical effects of the artists had a
wider scope in the Debussy Sonata
for Flute, Alto and Harp" which
offers individual virtuoso moments
to each of the instruments. One of
the last works composed by De-
bussy, 1t is a development in a more
serious style of his haunting tone
color and rhythmical ingenuity
Bearing the Imprint of his personal
reaction to the last war in its melan-
choly and earnestness, it has also a
depth and refinement of thought
which the players felt and brought
out in splendid ensemble.
The interchanges between the
flute and viola and the brilliapsfnusi-
cal design for the harp not only
gave individual opportunities. to the
artists but again emphasized the
telling effects to be found in the
tonal unison of these Instruments
The novelty of the program was
the world premiere of Rudolf Forst's
Suite" Strongly reminiscent of
Deoussy, especially in the opening
passage for flute, the work shows
a creative gift of value if not great
originality. There is sensitiveness
and poetic tendency in his thought
that is given skillful expression in
this work by an intuitive delicacy in
the handling of the combination of
instruments. The three movements
dialogue. pastorale and dance. are
smoothly constructed and bear the
marx OF genuine musical urge.
Inc final numbers for the trio
consisted Of Turina's "Fandanguillo. !"
Granados' "Villanesca" and Albeniz's
"Seguidilla," arranged by Oscar
Kosarin.
A distinct sensation was caused by
the singing of Miss Brazil, who dis
closed SO completely an artistic en-
doWment as has not been heard in
some time. She has a rich, luscious
voice, superbly schooled, and a ripe
musical consciousness of a high
order. She sang Schumanns setting
OF songs from Byron's Hebrew
melodies" with harp accompaniment
with beauty of tone, excellent die
ton and deep feeling for varied
e1ects IN the three numbers
"Jeptha's Daughters, Sun of the
Sleepless" and Thy Days Are
Done"
Recalled several times by the en-
thusiastic applause, she sang Men,
deissohn's ON Wings of Song" and
Schubert's Ave Maria" where her
excellent breath control and fine
iegato were to be appreciated in the
long phrases.
The audience was of good size in
spite of the possibility of rain and
the humidity of the atmosphere.
which caused Miss Lawrence some
trouble to keep the harp springs in
Evening star., 1944-07-27
By ALICE EVERSMAN.

The appearance of the Blaisdell-
Lawrence-Kenton Trio at Meridian
Hill Park last night proves that
something ever new and different
can be found in music, especially in
unusual combination of instruments.
The trio is formed of flute, harp
and viola, and the resulting tonal
expressiveness is highly sympathetic
and refreshing.
Frances Blaisdell is mastery
exponent of the flute, while Lucille
Lawrence brings a suavity to her
harp playing that is complemented
by a thoroughly finished technique.
Egon Kenton, violist, not only pro-
duces beautiful tone from his in
strument, but is expert in ensemble.
The trio had the assistance OF a
young contralto, Ruth Brazil, whose
singing made deep impression.
The concert was one of the most
enjoyable of the Starlight Chamber
Music series. The trio's playing of
the Mozart Trio Sonata in G
Major" in D'Antalffy's arrange
ment, held a gracious quality in
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about it. We had several male assist
ants in those days and without ex-
ception they fancied themselves as
virtually congenital judges of beauty
contests. They would undertake any
such assignments on strictly per-
sonal basis, as distinct from the pro-
feSSional one, on which they might
have turned in overtime and been
paid time and one-half.
Today all the assistants are eo-eds,
taking the Journalism course with
fine earheStness, but hardly up to
taking a mans place when 1t comes
to Judging beauty contest.
The result is that the drama
critic who says, out of sheer habit
that he will judge lovely ladies, Is
pretty apt to find himself doing just
that.
It really is a very unhappy job for
q man with a sort of H. M. Pulham,
Esq. reserve about such things.
In the first place, 1t requires you
to sit on a stand in front of huge
audience, which never has the
slightest notion of how silly you feel
in such public propinquity to a
bunch of girls parading in bathing
suits. Your first thought is how nice
1t would be if you could just look up
at the pretty blue sky and perhaps
feel like Rupert Brooke. aloof and
far away
A thing like that is impossible,
however For once man is re-
qulred to stare, and, sometimes in
the case of an argument with a fell
low Judge whose ideas are stupid,
to point.
Another trouble is that sometimes
the girls are not as beautiful as you
think they should be, individually
and collectively. Instead of COM
pairing them, as the job requires
your mind wanders and you find
yourself thinking such thoughts as
why did they ever enter this con-
test in the first placer" From that
question to sneaking a furtive look
at the audience Is almost inevitable.
That is fatal thing sometimes, as
for instance in the case of the as
sistant who after one such contest
told us: Il found five prettier girls
than any in the contest standing in
the audience"
That now only shows how hard it
is to be beauty contest judge. but
how far away from the idea of
horses, with which he began, a man
can get In a substitute column.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Remode|ing Plan Approved
For National University

Plans for remodeling buildings at
1925 and 1927 New York avenue for
use by National University have been
approved by Chancellor George P.
Barse. chief Judge of the. Municipal
Court. Work will begin Immediately.
The structure at 1925 New York
avenue will include modern class
rooms and a scientific laboratory
which will be ready for the opening
of the fall term October 2. The
building next door will be torn down
after the war and a new structure
erected as an annex.
The university was obliged to give
up its old quarters on Thirteenth
street, just above New York avenue,
70 the Government July l.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
The Cos Popular

HOLLYWOOD.
II you think birds Of feather
don't flock together, at least cine
matically speaking, virtually every
Evening star., 1944-07-27

! Twentieth Century-Fox is a
! studio that is nuts about horses,
I we were thinking. Let it read In its
copy OF My Book House that a
State, say Maryland, Kentucky or
Indiana, finds its chief pleasure in
racing, or hunting fox), and 1t
/ fairly twitches until 1t can make a
] movie showing just how it IS with
the natives Of those common
wealths."
+ The bus stopped at Sixteenth and
K and we were diverted for a mo-
ment by woman who got of and
started walking diagonally across
the intersection. When she reached
the far curb safely we went back to
composing our review.
! Two things are indispensable to
such pictures, we thought some
what tentatively. beautiful horses
and Walter Brennan, who is not
beautiful but who looks exactly like
an old saddle -soaped Kentuckian,
Marylander, OF Indianan, especially
In technicolor."
/. A girl in playsuit took our mind
of the horses and Mr.. Brennan at
Eleventh and X streets but only
long enough for us to think, What
a nice figure and what bod taste to
be upsetting critic at work in such
q fashion,
BY the time we got off at Eleventh
and F streets the review was vir-
tually written There was a little
skip in our walk, something coltlike,
naturally, as we entered the drama
depal tment.
We felt that we should call Hank
Shields at the Capital. tell him how
good we felt about having our work
virtually done for the day and thank
him for having screened Home in
Indiana" so far in advance for u.s.
So We called Mr. Shields.
But we're not opening Home in
Indiana" Mr.. Shields said. We are
holding Bathing Beauty a second
week. Don't you read the papers?'
We did not answer. We just
wished We had got of the bus at
Eleventh and K streets.
The girl in the playsuit, however.
turned out not to have been total
loss. Going back to thinking about
her, we remembered that one of the
weirdest things about being a drama
editor is that people are always ask
Ing you to judge beauty contests.
Before the war, we always said
we would be glad to, but we never
really meant it, nor did anything
Evening star., 1944-07-27
and When
Current Thsater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"Early to Bed: $50
pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Bathing Beauty: IL :05
am, las, 4:25, 7:05 and 9:45 pm,
Stage shows: los, 3:45, 6:25 and
9:05 pm.
Columbia white Cliffs of
Dover; 1l:20 am, l:55. 4.35, 7:10
and 9:45 pm.
Earle Adventures of Mark
Twain; 1880 am. 1:20. 4:10, and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1913, 3:35,
6:25 and 800 pm.
Little-"Taxi to Heaven: II a.m.,
1925. 2:20, 4:10, s. 7:O and $40 pm.
Keiths-"This Is the Life: las
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Futile Role Tests
Have Happy End
By the Associated Press.

by tne AfbociAted PfeSs.
HOLLYWOOD.
Some movie players object to test
ing for new roles. They don't like to
have word around that they tried
and failed-if they do fail
Out of unsuccessful tests for
None But the Lonely Heart" RKO
got: Claire Trevor in Farewell, My
Lovely" with term contract, John
Loder In Brighton Stranger" and
Ann Richards with q deal for two
nlmS year.
Evening star., 1944-07-27

studio In town has one or
pictures now In the making 4
the gay COS period.
eJoin the attack N
dollars fight buy +
Bends!
Evening star., 1944-07-27

Am. las. 3:45. 5:45. 7:45 and
9:z6 pm.
Palace-"G Going Ny Way: 1l:25
an, 1855, 4:25, I and 9:35 pm.
Metropolitan The Mask of
Dmitrios";; 11:25 am, las, $50,
$50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Pix-"Moontide";; 2, 4:35, 7:55 and
9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c.
THURSDAY. July ~, is44.
That Capital Theater Changed
Its Mind on This Column
By JAY CARMODY.


which the brave
riding
Of the traction those ideal mentally
Evening star., 1944-07-27

A billion dollars Is about the cost
Of zoo, 1000 average American homes,
or about the cost Of l,0e0, 900 au-
tomobiles. The goal In the Fifth
War Loan Is SIG, 900 ,oo0, 900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21

paign, but in Rev. J. DOnnelly Presidential campaign in an hour of national crisis when a sober judgement based on the facts in the duty of all of our people to so be- fuddle their minds is ruthless reckless that gives reason for indig- nation.
 As we have said here on several occasions the CIO is not controlled by the Communists, nor is the CIO- DAC. Both organizations have ann bilious Communists and only fool would underestimate the danger of only few Communists. The C1O leadership recognizes the danger, and recognizes, too, that for the most part the Communists who hold positions in CIO hold them because they are the elected representatives of an indifferent and uniformed rank and file, but nevertheless their representatives. So far, however, they have been able to keep the noisey liability quite well in line.
 It is said with good authority tht there was not one Communist on the payroll of the PAC, and this on the order of Chairman, MT. Sid- ney Hillman. In New York City and in California where the Communists are strong in the CIO they were very influential in the PAC. Mo- where else in the national structure of the PAC had they significant influence.
 That they were not allowed to tainly not to be interpreted as equiv alent to their not ardently desiring that control
 COMMUNIST APPEAL
 IN EUROPE
 do not believe that I have ever undereStimated the danger of Com munism, the threat of Communism and the great evil that it has al- ready done to individuals and to movements in America. The Com munistS with the devotion of saints work with an energy that we might emulate.
 And the dissolution of the Com munits Part few months ago in favor of the Communist Political Association deceived few who have watched to any extent the machina- tionS of the Communists in America. A significant note of that change, however, might be pointed out for the record. a note which the really able and clever Communist leader ship has long recognized.
 In the European countries the Communist Party, however small, can win a great deal of shallow and minimizing general support. The reason is because the mass of the populations of the industrial Euro pean nations feel vaguely and un- happily that they do things better