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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-07

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-07

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Evening star., 1944-03-16

Under D. C. laWs, couples must
apply for q marriage license on
one day, lDait three full days and
receiDe their license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Sc and Aileen Mitchell, SO. 1901 9th
s%s e0Eat0 e. g1as 81 ,S haEo T. and Verona
and Anne Wesler. "a g. W s44o sEa ssnd s. st. NV NV
dTace Hummon mo Army 9s waa Xmoss!sdoi oeosss
Isztyn sg sne a0snas ssss Mns M ARersan gnys
BENJAMIN Cofrman, jr. 30, e151 califor-
Rso7 nls st 5tb n;w s. AND ID Elizabeth Nash So
ri ssssls s%sFs q - 200 e walter 8! ff pi sne ss
and Helen Matthews, II, 1851 ist st st.
Hep9y pa|,,A, Allen, %. Camp Ritchie, and Mary
LylsS Williams, 81, and James Coleman, H
Riehard char stnak sHtinkson 40 New York and Mill
James .Fitzgeraid, IS. wilmington. ton Del.
~ and Alberta Price, 20. 1918 3ro st. NV
@ nd Irens jsculs S" 5o a5 5onsoS 5sl con
necticut ave. NV.
1t CLARENCE e nee Crawford; cI %. Cherry Point,
Anna Curry, is: Mariinton, ". va. anu
! FooeIt Johnson 80, Paynesville, Mimi
ana pflSciAa Garding, 33, 1910 18th
Charles Oakley, ir., %, 5s27 Potomac ave
9;;w. n;,1.. and Elizabeth Beilstein, "a, 1921
Frank De De Fl France nS %, Navy Yard and
Bsrnadine Bamrick, 81, 1888 New New YORK OK
Henry D2niyan, %. 1897 3rd st. n.e., and
7, Flora Hin, 90, 1869 Columbia I'd NV
Edward Fineerhut, IS. 5oi1 i srd Ssd st." st. NV
and Yetta Quaker, 63, 1908 Georgia ave
Anthony Roltes, 81. 4ooe 33rd St, Mount
3731 Rhode Island ave. BrentWood BS5 o.
Ieona sGs 2 ynps5 e 1sa
John wofhngton, ir., 81, $50 9th st NV
and Mable johnson, "a, 1850 Harvard
5Ta HstSls cromer T 81 III E0i Rhode o 0 islsnd snd
ara viTsiRs Cook 8! Rooseveis fsse It Hotsi Es,
Sy6f chrst1s reTneyhogT abaae 24oo lath s. and
ceanee and Mseel R1olrs BLACK oso5 i4th s -
ara 5osaf sssfy Ml.4 zoos s. N3EiG I5 ssnso assss
1t. .Charles schettler, 25. ouantico, and
Merrill Triplett, 25. 927 North Stuart
Clarence Britton, %. Boiling Field, and
Jos Se' sndsr h2dsens y arm1Fhs% 1 s3cd At s
t6Ta toT Wfhinston R1nz r. 227 ssth 2s st. ws,ora
d. 5Aex 5Aexapdria' and Pauline ResTaon'
MALCOLM Currier 80, ouantico, and Edna
Parks; ~. 4214 18th pl ne
Eugene Hamilton, 81. SIS D st. sw. and
Ethel Tucker, 26, 1877 4th St sw.
-, and Dorothy Mons, 80, 524 r St. NV
CHRISTOPHER McCarl, 80. Indiantown GAP.
Pa. and Lille Jeter 35, 1912 N st. NV
John Hunt 81, Camp Holabird, Nd and
Nettie Garner. SO, S21 Bird st. NV
Stephen Turner jr,, 81. 1881 T St NV
and Audrey Garner 10, sol Bird St NV
issued at Rockville.
Elizabeth Watts. 80. both OF Washing
Faryl F Filtzsmmons, %, Washington shin a5In
| steve Kravitsky, 30 Fort Myer Va and
Hester v ,Chsney., 81. Washington
Ernest Douglas Birchby 30. Kensngton
Betbesda Rqi; snd Nd Lucy Cough Wright 30
Guy Joseph Caprino, 26, and AdelI Emily
-, Mowbray, %, both OF Washington.
| and Ana Healey Elliott. 81, Washing
Amos Leon Weaver, ~, and Catherine
Ann Mormine. 20. both Of Washington;
Leo oleskeyich. a. Trinidad, Cole; and
Wade. H Atkinson. "a, Lowry Field, Colo,
and J. Dooley Masad, "a. WASHINGTON
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Trial Of Mrs. DoImaqe
In Theft Of $4,000
Continued 10 Monday

The trial of Mrs. Frances Dol
mage, charged with stealing from
Otis Beal Kent, wealthy retired tax
lawyer, an antique jewelry collec-
ton valued at $4,000, was put over
until Monday because Robert H.
Mcneil, defense counsel, had to be
in South Carolina today.
Cross examination of Mrs. Dol
mage had been concluded yester-
day when Justice Matthew F. Nc
Guire adjourned the case for the
remainder of the week.
Mrs. Dolmage had a key to the
Kent domicile on the fourth floor
of the Presidential Apartments at
Sixteenth and l. streets, she said
but the lock had been changed at
the end of 1940 This, she said, was
after December %, 1910, when Mr.,
Kent had ended the stay in the
apartment of Miss Margaret Bu-
chanan, the nurse who was caring
for his mother. His mother died
| in June, 1910, Mrs. Dolmage said.
Miss Buchanan's 100000 breach of
promise suit against Mr.. Kent is
now pending in the courts.
"To give the key back to Mr..
Kent would have been an empty
gesture" Mrs. Dolmage said under
cross examination by Bernard Mar
golius THE lock had been changed"
The Governments case, as out
lined by Mr.. Margolius, is that Mrs.
|Dolmage is the only person other
than Mr.. Kent who had key to
the apartment, and that on July
%, 1943, the day the jewels were
missed, she was seen coming down
the apartment stairway with
black bag.
On July 13, 1943, Mrs. Dolmage
said, after she had ended two years
confidential work helping him de-
fend the breach of promise suit, Mr..
Kent had said to her, II would have
been better off if 1 married Mar
garet."
II was stunned" Mrs. Dolmage
said. Until then I had never
thought that he had said he would
marry her"
II told him so," she added, "and
he said to me, Anybody but fool,
like you, would have known that
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Woman Found Guilty
OF Assau|tinq Detective

Mrs. Lynn Parmalee, 81, of Shen-
andoah Valley, Va, was found guilty
yesterday in Municipal Court OF
assaulting G. c. Murphy depart
ment store detective with a bottle
of liniment. Judge Quinn withheld
his finding on a larceny charge and
the sentence until the case could
be investigated by the probation
officer.
The store detective, r. N. Laren-
son, appearing in court with black
eye, told the judge that when he
stopped Mrs. Parmalee outside OF
the department store, 1914 G street
NV, to inquire about two bottles
of liniment and a thermometer
which he claimed she took, she
threw the bottle of liniment at him.
Evening star., 1944-03-16

Delons Bobby Pins, 80 count,
Toe
Velvet Grip Hose Supporters.
Pr. " Use
EosIs Sewing Pins, 500 count,
Toe
Sewing Needles, assorted sizes,
Zoe
Goldenberg's--N
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. C. laUs, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, 1Dait three full days and
receiDe their license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other daus.
Evening star., 1944-03-16
HARD.To.FIND NOTIONS ARE HERE

Sefety Pins, 90 10 Z, Toe des.
Sewing Machine kssdIsa
oil mokss. 4 in pkg. Zoe
Dressmoker Sheos, 8" size,
6se
Tope EIastie, 81" wide. 39e I'd.
Sweater Form. 81 TO 40 sizes,
soc
Floor.
Evening star., 1944-03-16
] THRIFT FASHIONS With EASTER IN MIND

When General Eisenhower soys,
u consider the RED CROSS as On
ouxiIioY Of my Army and we
simply could not get along with
out it-you know Red Cross is
doing a perfectly magnificent Job
over there. Keep it there!
Evening star., 1944-03-16

Lovelies in fine quality smooth rayon crepe in an
array Of small and large floral prints back
grounds Of tearose, white or blue. Trimmed with
fagotting ribbon. Beautifully made and they
launder we'll. Sizes 80 to 40.
Goldenberos-Lingerie-Ma Floor
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26

Lt.-Gen. Mark Clark QefD and Maj
Gen. Godfrey Keyes study battle plans
on Italian front.
continued to fight strongly to bar
Lieut.. Gen. George S. Patton's path
way to the Saar basin. and on the
Seventh army front about the foot
hills of the Belfort Gap, Is mile
break in the mountains leading to
Bavaria.
BY landing behind enemy lines
and outhanking their defensive posi-
tons, the Canadians steadily pushed
the Nazis from southwestern Hol-
land, with their immediate objective
being the clearance of the islands of
the Schelde river, from which fire
Of entrenched Germans prevented
use of the big inland port of Ant
werp.
In Italy, heavy rains sent shall
low, gravelled mountain creeks ca
reening over their banks, and mud
died up the billy terrain, slowing
the 9Th and 9th armies advance on
the Pc valley.
AS Allied troops knocked the Ger
mans off of one slope, they bucked
up against fresh opposition on the
next, and occasionally the Germans
threw in counterattacks in an at
tempt to exploit the difficulty of
bringing up supplies over mushy
roads or sagging mountain Shout
ders.
With most of its crack troops
strung to the northeast and east,
and no strong defensive system or
ganized in the south where Russian
troops were hammering forward aft
er their dash through fallen Roma
MIA, Hungary's early collapse was
expected by the Allies.
In desperate effort to stem the
Russian surge. the Hungarians
fought to blunt the Reds bridge
heads over the Tisza river. one OF
the last formidable natural barriers
begore The capital OF Budapest.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
PACIFIC:
Strike China Coast

Even as Admiral Chester Nimitz
declared that ". We must make
landings on the China coast to
enable us to employ the air forces
which will be at our disposal ="
U. S. planes bombarded the Ryukyu
islands and Formosa guarding that
vital shoreline.
AS hundreds of American planes
sought to soften the enemy's de-
lenses shielding the Chinese coast,
the Japanese pressed their drive to
seal off the whole eastern shoreline
to prevent a juncture of U. S. and
Chinese forces in the event of land
ings.
Recognizing the character of the
enemy drive, Admiral Nimitz said:
IS. To the extent that the Japa-
nese improve their situation in Chi
ma, our task will become more diff
ficult :"
Principal target of the u. S. aerial
attacks was the glittering green is
land of Formosa, serving as a huge
air base covering the sea lanes to
China, and staging point for the
enemy's South Pacific operations.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
EUROPE:
City Of Death

Black and pinkish smoke curled
above the charred ruins of the once
busy city Of Aachen as massed U. S.
artillery and fleets of bombing
planes poured their volley of death
into it to route out the 1880 de-
tenders.
But hidden deep in underground
shelters beneath the rubble like
moles, their spirits repeatedly boil
stored by wine and brandy, the stub
born enemy stood up under the bonn
bardment to come up with machine
gun and rifle fire to plague the stout
hearted doughboys, working their
way through the rubble after the
heavy salvos of the big guns.
Even as fighting went on inside of
Aachen, the Nazis massed for coun-
terattacks in an attempt to break
the Americans pincer closing on the
city from the north and south,
throwing in sizable armored forma-
tions~in the teeth of whitening u. S.
artillery fire.
A smoking and deserted ruin, the
, Nazis fought desperately for Aachen
to use it as a symbol of fanatical
German resistance, and to delay its
capture because it's fall would give
the Americans an important road
hub, with broad network of super
highways leading to the Rhineland,
20 miles away.
Fanatical as Nazi resistance was
at Aachen, it was no more rabid
than on the Third army front from
Metz to Nancy, where the enemy
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
Canned Foods

With the army demanding in
creased supplies of canned fruits
and vegetables. and packs of these
products spotty, civilians may ex-
pect smaller stocks during the COM
ing year, trade circles declared.
Unless army orders are cut in
the event of Germany's downfall, it
was said, civilians can expect'less
canned peas, corn, tomatoes, beets
and carrots, with only asparagus
supplies remaining about the same.
Of fruits, only apricots will be in
good supply, with smaller stocks of
peaches, pears, fruit cocktails and
pineapple available.
According to trade circles, can
ming was affected by the War Food
administrators increase in the per-
centages of certain items set aside
for military use, adverse weather,
and manpoWer problems.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
RAIL INCOME:
Drops for 8 Months

Class I railroads of the United
States in August, 1914, had an esti-
mated net income, after interest and
rentals, of 500, 100000 compared
with $84, All SOS in August. 1942.
In the first eight months of 1894
they had an estimated net income.
after interest and rentals. OF $751;
OUO. 900 compared with SSi1,B42. yss In
tas corresponding pestod OF lBss.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
MISCELLANY

Milk is the largest single source
of gross farm income and was Is
per cent Of all farm income in 1913
larger than cattle or hogs. twice
eggs, over twice cotton, four times
wheat, six times tobacco. One out
of every Is U. S. families is depend
ent on milk for livelihood.
Milk and its products comprise
over IS per cent of the 100 pounds
food consumed annually by individu-
ais.
The average benefit for total un.
employment in 1913 Was $685. q
week.
Negro farmers operate 68l 100 farms,
or III per cent OF all farms in the United
States.
The Pacific sardine, also called
the pilchard, is the nations most
important fish in terms of the tom
mage landed, normally making up
about one-fourth of the total u. S
catch of fish and shellish.
T,oo slices OF bread Wasted once
week in each home equal three million
Wasted Ioaves per year.
Nearly 1900 farmers sUere killed
IN 1913 shrsush asoidsnts en their
jurvns.
Released BY Wesiesu Nswsvaces uuiUA
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
FARM MORTGAGES:
Decline in 4 Years

Farm mortgage totals declined
nearly a billion dollars in the period
from 1910 to 1914, according to U. S.
department of agriculture reports. Of
the $3.50, 600, 900 total reduction, $780,
000, 900 was in 1912 and 1943.
On January !, 1914. the farm
mortgage debt was almost 8 per
cent below that tor Q year earlier.
lee per cent below the total for
January !. 1910. and almost d. per
cent below the peak.yeas pa 1923.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
PEACE MACHINERY:
Dra,V BLUEPRINT

Having assumed the major share
of defeating the Axis on the field Of
battle, the U. S., Britain, Russia
and China, and later France, pro-
posed to assume an equally major
responsibility in maintaining the
peace through postwar security
organization outlined at the Dunn
barton Oaks conferences in Wash
ington, D. c.
With other United Nations act
ing as an advisory assembly,
the s'Big Four, and later
France, would hold permanent
positions on an executive coun-
Gil, to which would be entrusted
the task of maintaining order
through peaceful settlements, or
the use of force, If necessary.
To assist the permanent council,
an economic and social committee
would be organized to promote
trade, and an international court OF
justice would be set up to settle
cases which could be determined on
legal grounds.
Points left unsettled by the Dunn
barton Oaks conferences included:
/. Whether any Of the nations rep
resented on the permanent council
shall be allowed to vote on the ques-
ton of applying suppressive meas
ures if charged with aggression;
2. Whether the u. S. representa-
tive's vote for such measures should
be cast at the direction of the Presi-
dent or congress-;
3. What forces or facilities should
be placed at the disposal Of the
permanent council;
4. What constitutes aggression.
Meet In Moscow
To Moscow flew Prime Minister
Churchill and Foreign Minister Eden
of Great Britain to confer with Mar
shall Stain and Foreign Affairs
Commissar Molotov on knotty Bal
kan problems posed by the Russian
armies lightning occupation Of these
countries.
Also on the conferees' agenda
was discussion Of the critical
Polish situation, brought about
by the exiled Polish regimes
resistance to Russian claims to
the country's eastern territory,
and the soviet sponsored Polish
Committee of National Liberia
tion's demands for an important
voice i'm the future government
of the nation.
Addressing dinner party in his
honor, Marshall Stain declared that
the great organizing and production
effort of the U. S. had turned the
tide Of the war.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
CHINA:
Relief Needs

Although supplies could not be de-
livered before 1916, and most of the
United Nations Relief and Rehabili-
tation's funds of over $3.50, 600, 900
will be spent for locomotives, tobac-
CO, clothing, food, etc., chiefly for
Europe in 1945, China has requested
aid totalling almost 81 ZOO, 1000, 900.
The sum, however, would rep
resent less than a third of total
Chinese relief costs, it was said,
with the country planning to bear
the remainder of the whole expense
for feeding and clothing the people.
restoring transportation, rebuilding
industry and resettling millions
driven from their homes.
In addition to nearly a $1,OOO,-
100000 of supplies, China asked the
UNRRA to furnish 885 doctors and
nurses, 1000 industrial experts, and
$50 welfare workers.
Matching the U. S. contribution Of
81. $50. 900. 900. other United Nations
are to furnish an additional $1,000.
bOO.boA
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
1914 HARVEST:
Record Seen
o
MAR BURG

Only adverse weather during the
remainder Of the harvest season can
crimp record grain production for
1914, the u. S. department of agri-
culture reported, with the corn crop
expected to total an all-time high of
1896, 81, 900 bushels; wheat 1,1O8,-
881, 900 bushels, and sorghum 49,
100000 bushels.
Estimated production of 1,192,-
100000 bushels of oats and $751;
100000 bushels of barley would
place the total harvest of the
foregoing five grain crops well
above $500, 100000 bushels,
gain of approximately 400, 000,-
600 bushels over last year.
In addition to the fourishing grain
harvest, record crops of rice, fruits,
commercial vegetables, peanuts and
tree nuts were anticipated, and
tobacco production was expected to
approach the 1889 high of 1904
5000 pounds. A per cent increase
in tonnage Of citrus crops over 1943-
"a in all states was forecast.
Although below record levels, pro-
duction of hay, beans, peas, soy
beans, flax seed, potatoes and sweet
potatoes was estimated above pre-
war output. Marketing of livestock
and livestock products was expected
to reach higher volume than in
any year save 1913.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
Land at Harvest

British forces in the Peloponnesus
who landed at Patras, fourth city
of Greece, are on hand for the har-
vest of the No. crop of the region.
The Greeks have a word for it,
which we translate as currants.
They grow profusely on the Ionian
Islands and for many miles inland
along the Gulf of Corinth shores. In
fact. Corinth gives them their name.
These currants of Corinth are small,
seedless grapes. Harvested and
dried, they become raisins of the
same type that California produces.
In some years half Of Greece's
300-million-pound crop, of raisins has
moved out from the port of Patras.
It is the one important Greek port
with western exposure" point
ing toward Europe rather than Asia.
This fact made it the Goth century
port of arrival for tourists from Eu-
rope and America, and the port of
departure to America of thousands
of emigrants who moved before
United States immigration quotas
frightened.
Tobacco and -four factories and
sawmills contribute to the industries
of the city. Wine, valonia acorns
for tanning, olive oil and hides add
to export tonnage. The deep-water
harbor consists of several long piers
at right angles to the shore, pro-
tected by long breakwater. In
general, vineyard covered plains
surround three sides of the city, but
hill behind the port holds an old
Venetian castle used as prison and
barracks in modern times.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
SOLDIER VOTE:
Estimate Total

Of 4,300, 900 servicemen who have
received absentee ballots, more than
$500, 900 will vote November 7, state
officials estimated.
To date, more than 600, 900 ballots
have been returned, with the rate
varying from per cent in Wiscon-
sin to so per cent in Ohio.
In New York, $1,000 out of $780,
054 servicemen who received abb
sentee ballots were expected to
vote; in Pennsylvania, 10000 out of
10000; in New Jersey 100000 out of
379,920; Tennessee $1,000 out of 5O,-
600, and Montana 5000 out of $4,000.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26

EttISOn OF RdtLS, L e.,
started off seven years
ago with the pur.
chase of a gilt with
his osOn savings and
the planting Of 10
acres of cotton and
milo on borrowed
money.
By the end of the
l942-43 season, Young
Ellison ,Uas able to
help his father buy a
26O-acre farm, which
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
MORE STEEL:
For Home Use

Pending the availability of man.
power and facilities, 10000 extra
tons of carbon steel were put in re-
serve for use in the next three
months for production of gas ranges,
coal and wood stoves. oil ranges,
electric irons, warm air furnaces
and miscellaneous kitchen tools, the
War Production Board announced.
At the same time. 1923 extra
tons were provided for bicycles.
hairpins, bobby pins, wash boilers,
heating pads, musical instruments
and carpet sweepers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26

Ne WOTheU uIOTIg JUttIE
an additional 27O acres he rented be.
fore answering his army call in august.
Receiving $500 award on behalf of
Young Ellison, his comedy l8-year-old
,oite chirped: So. My goodness. 9.
This check ,oiu really help US on our
farm. I'm going right back to Camp
Roberts and tell Elton to hurry home
as soon as he can ;"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26

Massing 1,000,O0 men, the Reds
developed three-pronged drive on
East Prussia, aimed at slicing up
the German province from the north,
east and south.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
Weekly News
Nazs Fight From C Ruins Planes Batter Gateway China

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts. and not necessarily of
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26
Star Farmer

Named as the Star Farmer of 1914 at
the annual convention OF the Future
Farmers of america, 20.year.old Elton
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-12
British Eighth Army
 Captures Florence
Ccontinued from Page D

of Florence and a half mile south of the Arno. and forced the British to withdraw a half mile.
 Farther west. in the shallow poe. ket of the Arno bend between Em. poll and Montelup. the Germans were pushed back from one-quarter to q half mile on a one-inile front at the village of F1bbiana.
 In the drive northward. the Brit ish occupied several villages. includ- ing Santa Maria and Avane, be- tween the Arno and route 67. north west of Empoli.
 Forward elements of the Eighth army reported encountering increas- ing German opposition around Flor ence, and small Nazi pockets bye passed west of the renaissance city were said to be putting up stiff fighting.
 The Germans also maintained a steady artillery bombardment of the Allied mountain positions northwest Of the city. and continued patrolling on both siees of Arezzo.
 German artillery also banged at the forward areas of the Fifth army but American guns returned the fire and knocked out a self-propelled gun southeast Of Pisa.
 Heavy rains continued along the entire Fifth army front and virtual ly stalled the American ground operations.