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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Ny s.sGT. JACK POSSE Written far NEA Service

Whatever his troops may person. ally think of It. Gen. George & Patton, Jr., he has their confidence Tor the fiery "Or Blood and Outs. ! as he will be called to his dying day. radiatcs personal fearlessness and ability to command, two very important qualities for general to show in the presence Of his men and junior officers.
 At the same time it appears that it is not going Co be easy for the general to live down what hap. pcned in sicily" when the temper. amental three-star West Pointer struck and cuSsed out a veteran who was being hospltalized fol battle fatigue" and malaria.
 The Senate military affairs com. mittee. for instance. has been most unrelcnting. having on several ocs casions deferred action on the pres- idential recommendation for his permanent promotion from colonel to major general. Usually a formal fly. General Pattons recommenda- ton has been pending since October 1. l943. When the committee last postponed action" its members told the press that Pattons pro. motion depended upon how he car- ried out his assignment given him by General Eisenhower.
 Historians will no doubt find a precedent in an officers promotion being contingent upon his future, not his past.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Comeback Trail Of "Op Blood And Cuts. Leaves Smashed Nazi Armies In Its Wake

erals religious intensity. He's an Episcopallan, has studied the Koran. and hls God of Battles" shows him Co be q poet. But primarily he remains . tough guy who gets things done" according Co his stan officers.
 He is a stimulant if not an in. spiratlon. His pep handout Go the American troops following their se. were defeat at Kasserine was more bllstering than any between-half dressing down. AS their new com. manding officers he spoke in the same tone to his divisional com. manders, generals like himself. He installed a system of disciplinary measures so contrary Co field and combat conditions that even the ha- bltually disciplined British were as- tonished. Patton enforced his dlsci- pllne by levying large fines.
 AS a military commander. Pat. toms qualifications are outstanding. A 1909 graduate of West Point, com. missioned in the cavalry. he is one Of Americas foremost tank experts.
 AS a member of General Persh- ings stan, he attended the French Tank School. and was present at the battle of Cambrai in Decem- bcr. 1917, when tanks were first employed on a large scale by the British. He organized the American Tank Center, and later commanded the 30lth Tank Brigade. His tanks spearheadcd the Meuse-Argonne of- fensive, in which he was wounded. sAvAGELY EFFICIENT
 In the current struggle. Patton trained and commanded the 2nd Armored Division: led it and other forces of the Western Task Force in the landings in French Morocco.
 His reorganization and battle equipping of the American Second Corps following the Kasserine de- bacle was savagely efficient. The American two pronged advance south to El Guettar and east to Maknassy was under Patton's gen. eralship, its aim to make a junction with the British Eighth Army and to trap a large part of Rommel's force in southern Tunisia. The junction was made but the trap was not closed.
 Credit for the swift shift of the Second Corps to northern Tunisia, where it shared in the final kin at Bizerte and Tunis has often nlis. takenly gone to TOT Blood and Cuts" instead of to It. Gen. Omar Bradley. who succeeded Patton when he was moved up to command the American Seventh Army.
 It was Patton who dashed ashore in Sicily with his troops, not too far behind the first waves, to hit the beaches at Gela. It was Patton who overlook his armor in the mad dash for Palermo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
CHICAGO BOYS
 GET FIRST RIDE OUT TO COUNTRY
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Limited prcSS stan Correspondent
 Chicago. Aug. i6.--CupD The old story about seeing COW for the first time is no Joke tO thousands Of city boys.
 More than 1000 Chicago boys this summer win leave the city limits for the first time in their lives, take their first train rtdt and see their first COW when they nt- tend the Chicago Boys club camp at winona Lake, Ind.
 Altogether. 2O00 newSboys, de- livery boys, pin boys - boys of working families ranging in age from 6 to IS. will be sent Co camp this year by the Chicago Boys clubs.
 Some Of them vii have to work their way through camp because they were unable to save or get the -i5 membership fee for the camp term. "Skippy." boxer and marble champ Of his neighborhood boys club. and "Petie," one of l2 little brothers. will be among the "serv- Ice boys" but they won't mind be. cause they1l be going to the coun- try for the first timei n their lives.
 Seven year-old Pedro. of Chica- go's Mexican settlement, will pay only g cents for his week at camp. An unseen bcnefactor paid the balance to permit him to go to camp and give his widowed war working mother little rest. as well as give Pedro a change of scenery.
 The city lads will take part In all the normal healthful activities of a boy's outdoor life. They will learn to swing, go boating. play baseball. go on overnight camping trips. learn their first lessons in nature lore
 They will participate in spy cap- ture hunts. red and white wars and commando course. in which they will initiate their big brothers In service Hundreds of these big brothers in service" had their first camping experience in one of the % camp seasons of tine Chicago Boys clubs.
 Chicago Boys clubs was organ- ized in 1901 to give downtown newSboys a place to rest and play. Since then it has grown into one Of the largest clubs of it's kind in the country. has eight club houses in Chicago's most populated areas. and has brought to tens of thou sands of the city'S underprivileged youth the fun in a boys world they otherwise would never have known.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
BRIDGE TOURNEY
 AIDS BOND DRIVE
SSI2,OOO Pledged at AstOr Hotel Summer Contract
 Competition

Record high entry lists in four events. extremely close finishes in most of the events. and pledges of &5l2.000 in war bond purchases were highlights of the 18th annual Sum- mer National Contract Bridge Tournament which was held at the Astor hoetl, New York city, from July 3l through August 2.
 The hecord-breaking events were: the Master Pairs. with 92 entries: the Mixed Teams-of Pour, with 37 entries: the National Mems Pairs. with 78: and the Master Teams-of- Four, with 3i entries.
 In the Masters Pairs, Samuel KatZ of Millburn, N. J., and Peter LeYentritt of New York won with l555is points. only points ahead of New Workers Ambrose casner and Ralph Hirschberg. the runners up.
 The Master Team-of- -Four title was captured by B. J. Becker. Mrs A, M. Sobel. Samuel Stayman and George Rapee, who had a margin of only 9l0 points over the Pennsyl- yania team of Mrs. B. M. Colder. Charles Solomon, Stanley o. Fen- kel, simon Becker and Edward El- lenbogen. in the final round of 4e boards. The losers are from Phila- dclphia, except MT. Ellenbogen, who is from Reading. Pa.
 The Womens Pairs event was won by Mrs. Wilkinson Wagar of Att lanta, Georgia and Miss Ruth Sher- man of New York. They managed to lead the next high hair, Mrs. Paula Bacher of East Orange, N, J., and Mrs. Lester Rhodes by only 1 points, in a very close battle.
 Herman H. Goldberg of New York, and Sigmund Dorpbusch of East Orange, N. J. won the National Mems Pairs championship. by only 4-lO of 1 point. Mir, casner and MT, Hirschberg were also second in this event.
 The National Mixed Team-of' Four play was won by Mrs. Olive Peterson, Charles II. G0ren, and Sidney Silodor, all of Philadelphia and Mrs, A. M. Sobel, of New York, It was the third consecutive year Mrs Peterson had won this event Mr and Mrs, Richard Adams, of New York, E. l., Saqui of Elmira, y Y., and Sifmund Freisinger of CHI. side park, N, Jp won the National Amateur Team-Of-F0uf title, and the Presidents Cup Pairs was won by Luther Hamilton of Bridgeport Conn, and Pred ". Hawke, of Jams aiea, N. Y,
 On Sunday, August 6, there was a giant bond rally, led by William E. MeKenney, of the American Cons tract Bridge league, when every player was asked to subscribe feT at least one bond, and when play ing cards autographed by General Eisenhower and other noted people were Cautioned" of for war bonds "KlbitizeFs" had to buy bonds dur ing the entire tournament for the privilege Of watching the experts play, and these spectators alone ae- counted for sl0000 in war bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

tical columnist for Paris dailies has transferred her prOgnostica- tions to New York. Thaere she edits the French weekly Pour la Vic- toire" in collaboration with Henri de Kerellis. former deputy and famous anti-Munichite.
 Mme. Tabouis has established in United States the same con' tacts in high places which helped to make her we'll known in Paris, She is a close friend of Mrs. Roose- welt and a freuent visitor at the White House. Her paper was pro- de Gaulle until shortly after the American landings in North Africa Since then 1t has attacked the general as a dictator.
 Another former celebrity. whose exile promises to be permanent is Alexander Kerensky, head ot the Russian Provisional Govern ment between the fall of the Czai and the reign of the Communists.
 The years have led him from that position of supreme authority to a simple farmhouse in a small town in Connecticut. With him is his wife, the daughter Of an Australian industrialist. whom he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

| WAtdaE t0 &&EAA&Ns&N& @es@s"f - said, knew more about his plan then he knew himself?
 Once these where headline names in Paris. London, Washington, Geneva and Buenos Aires.
 Then came war. Twilight fell on Nazi- occupied Europe. Some of these men were imprisoned. Others were exiled. Al the names dis- appeared from the front pages.
 Few were AS fortunate as Lloyd George, of whom Hitler said, He won the last war"
 Of al famous ey statemen. Britain's prime minister Of the other war is almost alone in en- toying a peaceful life.
 Today he is si years old. He is still a member Of parliament, though he rarely attends sessions. Today he puts into fruit farming the same zeal with which he served Britain. He bought three dereliet farms. threw them to- gether. and made them pay.
 He is both a great-grandfather and a bridegroom. Last autumn he married Frances Stevenson, the brilliant woman who was his secretary for thirty years and who helped him compile his war Memoirs"
 They live in Surrey. and Lloyd. George breaches a doctrine or happiness on the land.
 Argues With Churchill
 Occasionally he comes to Lon- don to lunch and argue with his successor in this war Winston Churchill. Once in a while he writes a preface for a friends book. Occasionally he and his wife put on a Inari0nette show for evacuated gIum children living in their neighhorhood,
 Lloyd George still enjoys tre- mendous prestige in Britain. On his last birthday. the flood of 'etv teFs and teiegrams. headed by one from the king and queen, was as heavy as ever,
 Another eE-pFemier. Leon Blum of France, is less fortunate, He is a prisoner Of the Germans - but reports say a gell-tFeated one living in a lodge in a forest deep in Germany. With him Is George Mandell, minister of the interior when France fell. As Jews, they are segUegated from the other dis tinguished French pris0ners-Rey' maud, DaladieF. and 6amelln, :.
 Blum is reported to be well treated and Q keep "the same nnflinehIng spirit as Of old" seV. eral months go his eapt0Fs peHs mitted him to marry again. us bride, the former Mme Jeanne Relehenbaeh, widow Of French lawyer, Is allowed to live with him,
 StatAsmen who have another interest outside of politics are ts be enyied in these preeaTlous days Juan NegTin. one-tme Republican premier Of Spain, has reverted is his former calling, biology. He ' working with the distlngulshef English scientist. pr, [, v, ' Haldane, and the two made bBll p0Ftant discoveries on air eoDd tons in submarines e0F Wbief NegTln was congratulated by ml Admiralty. Hs Flsked his lie lE carrying out these experiments. Lives Quietly
 Negrin has an uIldersEADdlnl with the British that he will p0| engage in political activity whiit here. He lives quietly ln the e0sln' try but comes to town several time . week for lunch or dinner. ETlendl of his say that he has annOnncef that h0uid he be called back t Spain he will make way alnaoG immediately for younger men. ! denevleVe Tahouis. famous poll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Lester Brown has completed 2S years oi oillee"' service with the Scovin Mfg. Co He was born in King sion New York in lS87 He joined Scoyll in 1919 ana has been in the Steam Department ever since He started
 his career there Repair man in the Power House. ater
 being transferred Chief Compressor Operator and sup stttutng Turbine Press Engineer. Ills career as an Fneineer was started quite by accident He came 10 Waterbury to visit brother who was an engineer at the Waterbury Hospital His brother offered him loD u- der his supervision and that is how Lester became esfad in his work He lives at B Willow street and his favorite pastime at home is listening to the radio ne egnecially likes good music He was former memDer of the "Scoyi On The Air" Program He IS an aroeh' Boston Red Sox fan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Edward Stokes of this city, recuperatng from active duty overseas makes this months edition Of Screerand magazine He's pictured twice with FedhaIred LnciIe Fsall at benefit premiere of Show Business" at Grau- mans Chinese Tneater in Hollywood Sgt Desi Arnaz, Miss Balls husband cooked up the scheme whereby 5o soldiers recuperatng from active duty overseas could escort film oyeles to the premiere Desi is special service officer for the Arnys Birmingham General Hos pital in Van Nuys California In one photo Stokes IS Shown escorting Lucille into the theater and in the other
 he's seated with her next to Lana Turner and her escort Fred NeWland of Denver Colo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

marred several years ago. He de- votes most Of his time to writing and lecturing.
 Kerensky has consistently att tackled Stalin. He has called the Soviet a land where any man of 25 who thinks for himeseif and says what he thinks is sent to a concentration camp"
 He has made many wrong guess es. When Russian invaded Finland he prOphesied that this meant the beginning of the end of the Stalin dictatorship.
 Assists AEsloaev
 Remember Maxim Ntvinov, the Soviet Foreign Minister who held out for collective security ad col- Liberation with the West until he was ghelved a few months before the 1899 German pact?
 Except for a brief term as am. hassador in Washington after Americas enutry into the war. Lit- vinov has dwelt in seIni-ohseurity. Today he is Deputy Peoples Com UtahhaF anu SaooAstatsb " EeAGsbA Minister Molotoy. his position roughly corresponds to that Of the American under-secretary of state. Edward Stettinins.
 Today few people could tell you who the Grand Duke Cyril was. Fewer who knew are aware that he is dead. Yet at one time this Teia- tive of the last czar proclaimed himself emperor of all the Russias, Trailing his small court from Paris to Deauville to Cannes, he was confident that he would be recalled to Russia to rescue his homeland from Bolshevism.
 Grand Duke Cyril died in the American Hospital in Paris in 1888. He left 6 son, Grand Duke Vladt- mir. who carried on his claims.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

The hawk-eyed watch of the press is also upon this se-year- old man og bombastic words and actions A brief speech of vel. come on last April 2s at the open. ing of . Red Cross club in Eng- land, spoken with his usual direct ness. made the headlines because Of the inference therein that Eng land and America were out Go rule the world. In most reported yer. sions Of the text he left out men. ton Of Russia.
 HEADS THIRD ARMY
 When the storm broke the War Department said the generals thoughts were strictly his own. Pat- ton again dropped out of sight so far as the public was concerned, ale though the Germans have been limiting all along that he headed an armored corps ia France. Gem eral Eisenhower has now announced that he Is leading the Third Army in its spectacular drive in Brittany.
 Tn addition to the sensational World War n career. factor which always made the general great copy Is his flair for colorful language. Thus. when Maj. Gen. Godfrey Reyes, a corps commando CT, asked for permission to continue his advance on Palermo. Sicily. Pat- ton radioed back in the clear: "0o ahead and make the touchdown" !" This was as good as any code. Some Of his language Is more explosive than colorful
 Much has been made Of the gen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
EA EM

Hats off to Brigadier General Reginald B. DeLacOul
 who proposes that any future armories ahe state may construct be built for possible revenue producing athletics Here have an ideal armory put out of reach of local promoters who would offer water hu the best of athletic competition could they secure tle huge drill shed which has been idle as far as sports concerned for years Bristol sports promoters aWays could secure the Bell City armory ditto Tor harOfO put positively not Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

If your rag rugs seem to be acquiring permanent curl you can straghten them out satisfactorily by dip ping them in starch to which specially prepared wax like substance has been added. They're easy to wash
 you build up stiff studs, adding buing flakes to assure
 cleaning brightness and to eliminate danger of sreaks If your washer won't accommodate rugs, dip them up a soft brush Rinse thoroughly and then dip the ends in the starch When the rugs almost dry iron the ends The waxike product in the starch will keep the iron from sticking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Jimmy Parker, former studio manager Of WAth nov with Uncle Sam's Navy and hls better hah wn' ceIehrate their fourth wedding anniversary tomorrow though Jim will not be home for the observance RIly Fitxpatrick and Charley Green enjoyed their cup of coffee and Snkers yesterday morning at tne M1rervs reStaurant despite the humidity within and without Seaman Billy McCOFmack former Wash ingtOn Hill pitcher in the City Amateur League IS home on furIOugh from a western assignment an" happier than happy for the StOrk left his lovely wife Che former Bernadine CauIied of East Liberty Street . son at St Marys Hospital a week ago Tuesday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

50 did the shells. One of the first to land wounded an Army camera man who was photographing the general.
 Much has been written of the Patton incident" What direct ef- feet it had on his career is not known. How he reacted to the home. front blast is hard to say: his driv- CT told me the old man had quieted down a bit" This was when the general was still in Sicily. with only a skeleton of his original Seventh Army remaining. and with the spot. light now on Italy and the pend- ing invasion Of France. From the end Of August. l9s3, until the on. cial announcement six months lac ter that he had been 'siIffted 10 a new command" the squint-eyed. balding warhorse spent much of his time in his Palermo villa, with oc- casional trips to Cairo and Algiers.
 The incident is closed as far as the Army is concerned, says Secre- tary Of War Henry Stimson. But to his officers and men. General Patton is still 'Or Blood and Cuts"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Patton personally inspired the two Rmphibious landings behind the enc emy lines as the American forces advanced along the northern coast of Sicitly. Both "invasions within an invasion were spectacular and well-caFried out. Both were mildly successful in gains made and pris- oners taken.
 But since for most Of the 8 days in Sicily the American sector was never wide enough to permit more than one of Patton's two corps. it was General Bradley and his Sec ond Corps which carried the bur- den.
 CLOSE CALL
 One of Patton's innumerable close calls came when. with his usual ny- ing column of reconnaissance cars. tanks and motorcycles. he entered Messina a few hours after the city fell. Until then the Italian coastal batteries two miles across the Straits of Messina had remained quiet. Per- haps it was just fatae. perhaps the enemy had good glasses. Anyway. when he general arrived in town,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
q. 0. p. COMMITTEE IN
 CONFERENCE TODAY

Local q. o. ?. state central com' mitteemep, numkerlng four. will attend the first meeting Of the state committee under It's new chairman Harold Mitchell, West Hartford, to be held at Hartford this afternoon, Mr. Mitchell sue eeoded J, Kenneth Bradley.
 Purpose Of today's meetign in ad- dltiOn to meeting with the new chairman will be to fix dtaes toi conventions, causllses to name can dldates for state senators. repre- sentatiyes and judges of probate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Pfc Stanley Freedman, of Mir and Mrs N.sar Freedman of Cooke Street, is pictured in the September issue of Movie Life magazine The youthiu panlst now attached to Uncle Sams Air Corps ck'eo the worries on a recent bond tour with Paul Whsemam and his celebrated orchestra Whiteman thinks tne local lad will carve niche in the musical world n se nOa-tOO-distant future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Fancy tIsat, It might be good idea to FewFite aIl the cook books and simply leave out the butter
 These the hot days that call for sweeping the house with glance and going to the bathing beach
 Just about the time you've learned to tell good ripe canteOupe the season will be over An early falI 6 predicted especially for the politicians The end Of the world will eventually arrive # you keep your foot the gas and your eyes off the road
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Jimmy Lee, Crosby High fOOthalI mentor, who is on the staff Of Charles 4. TempletOn for the summer onths is highly eIated with the changes iD the pig skin rules effective this year It will make for far more interesting game for the spectators, says Jim, and will be patterned along the lines of professional football which has gone oyer so big in the past few years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Famed Figures Of YeSteryear Pushed Aside By War Events
By DUDLEY ANN HARMON United Press Stan Correspondent

l7-UPD-Where the menand women-of yes- teryear? -
 whats happened once-famuos statesmenDayd Lloyd Bum Juan NegTn Alexander Kerenskyp
 Tabous famous French journalist who Hitler
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
TOWNSEND CLUBS
 RESUME ACTIVITY

Members Of the Townsend Clubs Of Connecticut met last Sunday at Hendrlck hall. New Haven, where they were addressed by Paul Chase Of Syracuse, N. Y.. as principal guest speaker.
 Mir. Chase outlined the present Townsend Plan Bill II. R. l6a9 and petition No. I7 pointing out that the ''3 per cent gross tax called for by the bill if put into action would be the means of giving about $9i 60 per month to persons over 60 years of age as well as to physically handi- capped persons. and would in turn aid immeasIrably in wiping out the large national debt
 Mr. Chase elsO introduced as a guest speaker. Al O. Kamm of Hart. ford. new national representative Of the Townsend clubs for Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
 Mrs. Esther Acker of Seymour was one of the chaiTmen of Sundays event.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

The Grand Dukes sister, Grand Duchess Kyra. married Prince Louis Ferdinand. grandson of the Kaiser. For . time there was talk that the Nazis would make vladt. mir pnppet czar of a defeated Russia. He was reported to have refused to join in this plan, how' ever. and now his whereabouts IS obscure. It is believed that pretepd- CT to the throne of Russia Is under detention in Germany.
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

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