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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
Thousands Enrolled
As Paper Troopers
For Big Drive

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Several thousand Washington and
Montgomery County school children
already have enrolled In the Paper
Troopers, Brigade which is being
organized in connection with The
Evening Star-PTA Salvage-fo for VIC
tory program.
within the blessing Of the war
Production Board, an intensive drive
is under way to pick up the slack in
the collection Of vital wastepaper
caused by the summer letup IN coll
lections.
Supplies of the Paper Troopers
shoulder insignia, which were order
ed more than week ago, are ex-
pected the first of this week and will
be- distributed to cooperating
schools as soon as received. An
original order Of 10000 is expected
to be exhausted quickly, but adj
ditional supplies are expected
shortly.
Hearst School with approximately
260 pupils Is reported already COM
pletely enrolled with all of those
enrolled qualified for the insignia
through collection of IS pounds each.
Many have qualified for chevrons
in addition, the chevrons indicating
loo. pounds collected by the wearers.
100000 Pounds Collected.
Last week as the program began
to. pick up speed, 100000 pounds
were collected, bringing the total
to. 7,034,55O pounds.
Among those turning in large
loads was Ludlow with 2,461 pounds,
the largest amount ever collected at
that school. Blair, which during
the previous week had turned in
LIST pounds, last week collected
3,7O7 pounds. Taylor, last school
seasons per capita champion,
started off with 1886 pounds. West
brook had 2,163 pounds. Other large
collections so far reported included
Hardy, 1871 pounds; Hearst, 1892
pounds; Lafayette, 1898 pounds;
Oyster, 2,240 pounds; Grant, 1850
pounds; Stevens, ISIS pounds; Fill
more, 5,574 pounds and Gordon
Junior, 1888 pounds.
EASAAoSAo SAAAo yCdi WlhSL. dtDd1Il
the mark 100 pounds per capita
will receive Certificates of Merit
from the War Production Board
and children and parents who are
outstanding individually will receive
certificates also when the drive is
completed.
Schools which have turned in two
tons or more already in the CAM
palgn are ranked as follows
Jefferson, 25,207 pounds; Kings
man, 81 ,463 pounds; Lafayette, 90
395 pounds; Orr, 17,472 pounds;
Buchanan, 14,72o pounds; Wheatley,
A,199 pounds; Bancroft, 1899
pounds; Park View, 1880 pounds;
Mcfarland. 9,714 pounds; Taylor,
1913 pounds; Carberry, 7,741
pounds; Brookland, 1882 pounds;
Hearst, 1902 pounds; H. D. Cooke,
70l3 pounds; West, 6,311 pounds:
Seaton, 6,100 pounds; Moves. 5825I
pounds; Gage. 5,788 pounds; Eaton,
5,744 pounds; Fillmore, 5574
pounds; Blair, .5,474 pounds; Wood
ridge, 5,451 pounds, Westbrook, 1892
pounds; Hayes, 4,427 pounds.
Collections Scheduled. $50
Collections tomorrow in the first
district with the leaders and their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
PATHTUB BURGLAR |E STILL FASTIDIOUS

Kenneth Klobedanz. known here ten years ago as the ''bathiub burg lar" has not Lost his faStidious touch.
 KlObedanz. who got his nickname when he admitted stopping 10 take bath iD a house he had broken into in 1895. yesterday admitted to Chief Inspector Joseph R. Bendlei and Detective Eergt, OJseph Mc- csrthy that he paused to help hjpl- self tO g clean shirt when he broke into the home Of Mrs. Henry Strow, 10 Westg0od Ave, oD June 2i.
 The detectives questioned Klobe- dang at the Hartford county jail where he Is being held lp lieu 0f Sl5! GOO bonds for superior court on charges Of breaking into some 20 homes in Hartford, West Hartford Hamden, and New Haven,
 KlOlDedanz admitted breaking lnh Mrs EtTOW's home here and also the home of Leon French, 72 Hale st., OD July i3. Nothing vas taken ln either break except the clean shirt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
New Cool Mine Strike

Pittsburgh, Aug. 3l-UP)-A new outbreak of unauthorized strikes hit coal mines in central Pennsylvania today as John l.. l. Yis pressed his drive to gain bargaining rights for supervisory workers despite referral of the dispute to the White House by the National War Labor Board,
 Rowing picGets, travelling afoot and by automobiles, closed down four more pits, increasing the num- Der of idle mines to IT, with approx imately 9,200 men forced out of work and production loss estimated at 46,0O0 tons daily.
 Sle new Walsouts came after the WLB referred the crisis to the White House when its efforts to persuade the men to return to work met with failure. John MeAlpine, president of the United clerical, technical and supervisory workers, a unit of the United Mine Workers district 50, questioned the boards authority to order a resumption ot work
 Although strike vote ended yes terday in a tie, piekets in two auto mobiles shut down the Imperial Coal Corporation mine at Nettleton, and the Springfield Coal Corporation No l mine. which had voted against strike The Beaver Dam and South Fork mines also were reported closed by picketing,
 Seven mines of the Rochester X Pittsburgh Coal Company employins SO05 men and producing 1885 tons daily, were down, with the com pany's HelVetia Mine in Clearfiel6 country and the only pit operating,
 The VILE said it was forced to send the problem to President Roosevelt after it had received an unsatisfactory" answer to its de- mand that the strikes end from John McAlphine, president of the United Clerical Technical arc Supervisory Employes Union, a division of the United Mine Workers,
 McAlphine telegraphed Washington yesterday that the union could see no reason to end the strikes be- cause the WLR "eannot legally ac- eept jurisdiction of main issues, namely collective bargaining and recognition for supervisory workers,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
N0zis Quit
 Robot Sites

London. Aug. 3i -dUPD-- British coastal watchers and the German radio gave evidence today that the Germans were abandoning a stead- fly increasing number of flying boInb. sites in northern France be- fore The onrushing Allied troops.
 Coastal observers. checking toe days sporadic attacks. said the fiy- ing bombs came mostly from the area between Calais and Dunkerque possibly from the Belgian sector be- hind those two coastal cities.
 The German DINE Agency said the flying bomb had been "adapted for mobile warfare and that 'only shells" had been left for capture in the area toward which the Allies were driving. IL added that the AL lies nowhere have captured the main machinery or secrets Of one
 The attacks were weaker today and British fighters shot some bombs down in mid-channel.
 The enemy possibly was launch. ing some of the flying bombs from Belgian and Dutch bases. but il was pointed out they would have to pass over a much wider stretch of sea and therefore more open to defenses and their direction less ac. curate
 Tn the attacks yesterday. at least one flying bomb contained Nazi propaganga pamphlets. One twO- page folder had a picture of dead German children with a mother looking forlornly at them. Tie pic. ture was captiOned-'"This is an ex. pertinent Let's try it-WinstoI Churchill"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Compensation Agreements

The following agreements ior weekly payments during disability or for specific payment in east of permanent injury were approved today at the office of compensa- ton Commissioner John J, o'con- nell
 Robert smirnoff Of New Haven against W, J, Megin, Inc, Of Naug- atuok, $50 beginning Aug l7, con tusinn of spine
 Benjamin soekwell of 3 Vine street against American Brass O., sSO beginning Aug, 70, injury to left great toe,
 Emilia LeClalre of aa7 West Mani street against Rcoyill Mfg, O., s2T,t2 for li,a weeks, 10 per cent loss Of second and third fin. gers and 2b per cent loss Of fourth finger Of left hand,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Nitevy Moy Not
 Show 'Dvunkogd'

Boston, August 3l, - fUPl - The nieht club east Of the old nel0drama. "Phe DTunkard, or the Fallen 6aYed,s first produced l0i years ago by ?. T. BaFDunl, put away its side- burns and hoop skirts today after the Boston licensing board deereed dTuHkards and llqn0r don't mix.
 T'ile banned play, described by night club manager, Jack Brown, as ss0 e0rny it's funny" was to have opened tonight at the cass ManaDa in the Back Bay.
 chairman Mary p, Drise0ll Of the licensing board objected to the title Of the Iaugb.Fen0yated old tearS leFker, and also to the tDlm0deraie drinking by the hero before he re forms for the sake 0f wife and ehlld,
 'sThe board does not approve 0t the production Of the play tD con. neetlaD with a place Licensed 10 sell alcoholic beverages" said Q notice sent to the Casa Mapaila manage T1ent.
 According to Boston Public LS hFary files, iyIlle DFuDkafd" was wTltEen by ", E. Bmitb-aDd q GentlenaF" and described as "A moral. domestic drama Of American life" to fnrtheF the temperance cause,
 After . performance in Boston tD lell, a newspaper said it was no uncommon tblng 10 see scores 0f men elld women lin lbe audieneeD weeping like children"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Planes Sink .lo Jop Ships

American air forces iIl widespread attacks on Japanese shipping were revealed today to have sunk or dam aged I9 enemy vessels. while an- other heavy ''softening-up' blow was struck at Halmahera. 25O miles south Of the Philippines.
 Largest bag of the shipping ate taciss was a 1000 ton fre;ghter- transport destroyed or severely dam aged by air patrols of the celeiles Monday night.
 The attacks ranged from the far northern Kurile Islands to the MO- lnccas and the East Indies in the southwest Pacific.
 Heavy and medium bOmbers dumped ll3 tons Of explosives on Halmahera Monday and caused heavy damage Co coastal defenSes and supply and barracks areas on Wasile and Kaoe bays,
 other air blows were struck at scattered bases including Two Jinna in the V0lcanOs. Pagan Island, North Saipan. MOen in the Trus Atoll, Nauru west Of the Gilberis and Ponape in the eastern car0lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Peer Reds Moy
 Be Iss To Berlin

With Third Army Near Ileilns, Aug, 30w w1UP)-d German troops are worried that Russians will get to Germany first and really eDsew up the place" 0J's who have been cap turing Nazis by the hundreds in this area, said today.
 That's one Of the man reasons they gre slirrendegtng so easily" said Pfc Raymond 4. Fight Of De- tT0lt. 'Sfbey want to make sure we reach Berlin first, Hell, you ean drive down the road ln Q yeeD aild they come pouring out t0 surrender"
 Sgt. Melvin Cunningham 0f IDs dianap0lis, said his military police outfit had collected about i,2OO German prisoners in the last three dags.
 Franks can just rOli Into q town, fire . few rounds and these JeTrles come ialnlbling out Of the w00ds for blocks around to surrender" lle said, They just don't want to fight"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
2nd Revolt
 In FAC Ranks
BY JACK FIIRIsCmER

Woonsocket, R. l.. Aug. 3i-tUP) Mine members of the political ac- ton committee of the Industrial Trades Union Independent ol Wo0nsocket have resigned on the grounds that the PACs policy is detrimental to the best interests Of labor"
 The group announced their resig- naticns yesterday. Their action marked the second revolt in the PACrs statewide organization with in a week. Edwin C. Brown. secre- taFy Of the Providence Central Fed- eraiion Union lAFL). repudiated the state PAc Monday shortly after he had been appointed secretary of its steering committee.
 The resigning members said in q statement that they had decided that we would benefit by leaving politics alone"
 Tine political action committee is creating a division between men who are free to vote as they please and the labor movement" their statement said. "J'he labor unions wi be the losers because We feel that they gfil make too many ep- emies. We have many Republicans in our organizations and We believe that it w0ul dn0t be fair to force them to endorse Democrats.
 We have many laws today fa- Vorable tO the working men and women and 1t vas not Sidney Hill- man or the cI0 gho got them for us," the statement added.
 The group also opposed the ap- pOintment Of Sidney Grant of Bos. ton as Attorney for the, Massacbu' setts PAC,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Promotion For BrodIey

Supreme Headquarters. AEF. August 3i. (UPD Field com. mand of the Allied armies in north ern France has been divided. with It. General Omar N. Bradley get- ting equal rank with General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery. General Dwight D. Eisenhower. supreme Allied commander. announced today.
 Montgomery. originally com- mancer Of all ground fcrces in northern France. now directs only the 2lst Army group. comprising the British 2nd and Canadian list Armies. while Bradley commands the American list and 3rd Armies, comprising the i2th Army group.
 Eisenhower. in announcing the change. said it originally had been approved last January-five months before D-Day-and had been known to all concerned since that time.
 The new alignment definitely vas not a demotion for Montgomery or 6 slap at anyone. Eisenhower said at a press conference on his return to supreme headquarters in London from Normandy.
 Rather, he indicated. the divided field command became necessary once the Allied armies had burst out O ftheir original Normandy beach, head and spread out over thousands Of square miles Of France.
 Eisenhower said Montgomery was one of his closest and most loyal friends. a man of great talents and one who has had a large share in the Allied victories in France. He called him one Of the great soldiers of this or any war.
 Unofficial sources expected Elsen" hower's overall command soon would be extended to cover the 5th Army moving north from the French Riviera and now under the Mediterranean command OI General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson,
 Under this plan. the Allied set- up in France would be:
 l- Eisenhower - Supreme com mander Of all Allied fcrces in France. would direct operational headquar- ters in France.
 2-Bradley-wOuld continue as commander Of the I2th Army group. comprising It. Gen, cOurtrey Hodges First American Army and It. Gen. George s, Patt0n's Third American Army.
 3-M0ntgOmery- would be only commander Of the 2lst Army group. comprising Lt, Gen. Sir Miles c. Dempsey's Second British Army and the First Canadian Army.
 Mai Gen. Alexander Patch, commander Of the 7th American Army in the south, would be raised to an army group commander,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
cOIumsbo IO-YeoT
 Deception Ends

Hollywood, Aug, 3i - UP A I0-yeaT deception that kept the blind and eBfeebled mother Of the late er00DeF, Russ c0luipb0 believ- ing he was alive and would come home one day was at aD end to' day,
 Mrs, Julia colupbo, 7s. died last night.
 Since Sept. 2. Ie3s, her OtbeT children had kept from her leaTning that COlulnb0 shot himself while examining an antique pistol,
 They told ber he was iD Europe, faptasticalIy successful and too busy tO come home. Every month Sbe got Q check for b398 from Russ, wbO never f0rgets his mama," V was from hts Insurance company. And every week for 10 years Russ brother John or Albert or Tony 0y an0ther relative would read Tor her a letter from Russ,
 John and Albert live here, Tony in Pbiladelpbla. They took turns writing the letters,
 At first the family praetIeed the merciful deception because the shock might have killed her, They planned t0 tel her "s0meday" when her condition improved but t never did.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Bad Weather
 BoIks Planes

London. Aug. 3i. (UP)-Ninth Air Force Medium bomhers joined the battle of Attrttion against Ger. man troops rVtreating northward from the Seine today, but continu. ing unfaeorable weather generally reduced Allied aerial operations.
 Responding to a request from the alSt Army group ground con- mandegS. fEavocs struck a German ammunition dump in Foret D'Argues. five miles southeastart Dieppe. an important source of sup- ply for artillery covering the Ger. man withdrawal fro mihe area.
 Returning crew member reported excellent results, with flames and great clouds of smoke rolling up from the target None of the bomb, CTS or their RAT Spiiflne escort were listed as missing after the raid.
 Ninth Air Force Marauders made ther second attack within la hours today against the tiny He de cez- embre. four miles out from the har. bor of St. Malo, where a German garrison still was holding out.
 CThe 0erman-controllc Scan. dinavian telegraph bureau reported in a Berlin dispatch today that the garrison on the island of St Mola was being supplied by air with food and ammunitionD
 Heavy clouds and intermittent rains prevented large-scale opera tions from British and Normandy bases during the night. although Mosquitos broke through to bomb Frankfurt. in Germany, and carry out marrying raids on transport from the Somnle to the recih bor. ders.
 one group Of MosQuitos found concentration Of trucks in the Sedan rail yards so large. it called in other bomber force to aid in the destruction.
 During breaks in the weather yes- tercay. Fighter-bombers struck into Denmark to destroy several enem, aircraft on the ground near copen- hagen.
 From Italian bases. American heavy bombers concentrated on two rail bridges in eastern Yugolavis while Fighters hit two airdromes in Romania and Hungary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Windsor Duchess
 Hos Operotion

New York Aug. 3i-fuPD--Tile Duchess Of Windsor was operated upon for removal of her appendix today and a bulletin reported that no adverse complications were ex- pected.
 Announcement of the operation was made by Dr. Joe R, clemm0ns, medical director of Roosevelt HOs- pital where the duchess in hosplt' alized.
 His report said;
 "F0Il0wlng consultations between DF. Henry Cave of New York and pr. Lay Martin of Baltimore held ct the Waldorf Astoria hotel yes- terday afternoon, the Duchess of Windsor underwent aB operation for an appendeetomy this morning,
 "Dr, Cave performed the opera ton, pr, Martin was present, The operation was successfully carried out and no adverse complications are anticipated,
 Reports that the duchess is re- eelvlIle unusual hospital and nurs- lng facilities are entirely un' founded"
 pr, clemm0ns referred to reports that the 4e-yeaT-old duchess had reserved 70 rooms for herself and the duke. and that she would be cared for by a staff of six nurses, two working on each eight'honF shift.
 The Wlnds0rs have been ln New York since early July, yacationing from the 0ne-tlme kings duties as governor of the Bahama Islands They returned early thls week from a two week visit 10 Newport, R, l. to their Waldorf Astoria suite,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

More than 25 years ago in one Of the most bitter battles on ital- ian soil Sergeant Joseph Cicchi- clio, a member of the Death Bat talion" Of the Italian army was wounded in action. When he re. gained consciousness he was a rrisonr of war and under surveil- lance in a German prison camp. His division composed of volun- teers. trained as thoroughly as the modern commandoS and sworn to fight to the last ditch. was one uf the most honored units of the Italy army. IL won its prestige by blood and sweat. with death writing finis to the majority to casualties. A chap by the name of Benito Mussolini served in the same outfit and later Sergeant Joe" spent more than a year in war camp and suffered plenty. He knew war from A to z when peace came.
 Less than q year ago Joe's son Tony. reached the ripe, old age of and was called into service He was inducted on September IA. l943. He received IT weeks of basic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

training at Camp Wheeler and his first long trip out Of camp ended when he arrived in Italy. No fur- loughs for young Tony. Uncle Sam wanted young fighters and wanted them on a spot where the going was tough. Tony escaped inc jury in the offensive, but was hos- pitalized for a month to recover from experiences. Recently he was sent to France and in the Nor- mandy offensive was wounded shot in the leg. a wound similar to that suffered b. his father in the battle Of Italy l.. lgl.
 Young Tony has received his purple heart and has sent a rec assuring letter home stating that he expects to be well enough to rejoin his outfit and continue on the road to victory and homsl
 Seret Joe" and Mrs. Clcchiello whu reside at Cooke street have been outstanding workers in the interest Of Italian American or- ganizations for many years. The sergeant has spear-headed several war bond purchases. placing ht own organization among the lead-' ing investors in the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
QUILL EDITOR DIES

New York, Aug, 3l-lUP)-Ilalph Peters, editor 0f Quill, the plblieas ton Of slgma Della Chia. National JollTnalisln fraternity, died last niglst Of an acute appendiy In kt, Johns hospital ln Brooklyn
 Tt was understood that the faner. ai service would te held at 3;30 D. n. Saturday ln Jackson O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
News Of Connecticut

Thompsonville Conn. Aug. 3i tUPD-En6ing a 2s-hour work stop page, labeled unauthorized by their anicn, 300 matchinists of the Bige- low-SanfOgd Carpet Co. returned to sork today following a confereslce between John T. Hayes, deputy state labor commissioner. and union of ficials and machine shop committee men.
 The unauthorized work stop page" according 10 union officials was in protest aaginst a ruling by the War Labor Board pertaining to a pay agreement reached by the union and company after Sunday work. with its d0uble-time pay. was discontinued last December. Re- fusal of the WLB 10 reconsider its original ruling on the agreement was said to have caused the walk out.
 old Lyme. Conn. Aug. 3i dUPl-- Medical Examiner E. K. Dewitt said today that Jacob AaaIieian. 55. Hartford. whose body was found in Long Island Sound, had died of natural causes.
 Azarisian ard his wife had been yaeationing ai old Colony beach.
 He leaves his wife. a daughter and two sons.
 New Britain. Conn. Aug. 8. dUPD -Arthur w Frank, 6l, vice-presi- dent of the American Paper Goods Co. KensingtOn. died late Wednes- day at his home after an illness.
 Born in Mobile. Ala. he was graduated from the U. s. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1907. ard later attended Massachusetts In- siitute Of Technology. During the last war he was assistant naval constructor ia navy yards at Bos- ton and New York.
 He leaves his wife. tgO daughters and two sons.
 Hartford. Conn. Aug. 3l-iUP)- Removal Of the Hartford area from the No. critical labor shortage classification effective Friday was announced today by State War NanpOwer Director William J. Fitz- gerald.
 In making the announcement. Fitzgerald said that employment in $ manufacturing firms here, most ly aircraft and ordnance plants. dropped by 5000 during the period between July l and Aug. 25. The nia La Ia 2 classification, he said. will not af- feet handling of labor and employ nsent problems here. but was ey- pected tO make the area more att tfactiye" to government agencies ard private industry seeking to place contracts.
 Hartford. Conn. Aug. 3i-fUPp- The Republican Town Committee recommended "Wednesday night the nomination of Dr. Robert B. Hughes as state senatorial candidate from the first district. Attorney Fannie Himnelstein frcm the second dis trict and Paul J Motto from the third district.
 The recommendations will be aet- ed upon Sept. 8 at state senatorial conventions.
 Democratic nominees are Senator William 4. Scott. first district. Nathan Aaron, second district. and Sen. Leon Ris cassj, third district.
 Greenghieb. Conn, Aug, 3i-iuP) -GOy. Raymond F. BalGwjp's 5ist birthday will be observed today at dinner to be given him by members of his military staff at the home Of Col. AnsOD Taylor here The gOyer. nor is taking a brief vacation this week and was expected to return to his office next Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Hospital Bulletins

JOseph RayaFiRes, sl Sunnyslde avenue, OakVille, was admitted to Waterbury hospital this morning from treatment of a fractured left leg suffered yesterday when be fel from ladder while at work On the F0Of Of his home, IIls con dlll0n was reported as good,