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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-14

Less than two weeks ago the
American Red Cross made an APP
peal for employees Of more busi-
ness concerns in the city TO con-
tribute their blood in groups at
the main base, $50 w. Fort, IN an
effort to maintain the daily Sched-
ule at the base.
Since that time p new concerns
have co-operated in the plan. add
ing their strength to the ID COM
panies who are long-standlng. reg
ular customers. Two hundred and
seventy-four employees from these
new plants made appointments
and 255 actually registered on
their scheduled day.
Eugene ]. Steiner, manager OF
the base, wants to encourage more
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-14
Steal DetrOiter'S Car
While He's Overseas

heavy sleuthing. And Mrs. Mitchell
feels that with the police depart
ment as shorthanded as they are
these days, the aid Of Times read
ers would be in order.
You see. her son, S/Sgt. Paul
r. Hunt, 19-year-old member of
a B-29 SuperfortreSs crew now
busily engaged in delivering bombs
to the japanese, owns the car. He
made a down payment on the
aged jalopy when he was home
on furlough last Christmas and
only two weeks ago, by stintlng
and saving on his sergeants sal
airy. made the last payment.
Then he wrote his mother:
Take good care of the car,
nom, because 1 expect TO be
home soon. Use IL when you like
but be sure and watch the OIL"
Well, Mrs. Mitchell used the cal
last Thurs day and when she
looked for it in the Sears, Roe
buck store parking lot in High
land Park, il wasn't there.
81 am sure that II the person
who stole the car learns that IL
belongs to n boy who Is fight
ing for his country, he will re-
lent and return It," she said.
The car, painted shiny black
has full license plates BP SS4o
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-14
JAWS Employees Ask
Collective BARGAINING

Technically, the organizers are
known as international represen-
tatives and it's their job TO or
ganize locals.
oddly enough" said one OF
the men, 1--WE get members by
promising collective bargaining
and Job security to workers. We
have neither collective bargain
ing nor job security"
A resolution backed by the or
ganizers is 10 be presented TO the
convention today or tomorrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-14

GRAND RAPIDS, Sept. 13 -
Charging that the JAW CLIO,
which exists through providing
Job security for its members, fails
to provide the same security for
it's employees, 800 organizers for
the union held a secret protest
meeting here today.
.'We've been kicked around
too much by the international
Officers and local presidents"
one OF the organizers said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-14
Employees of p Firms
Give Fighters Blood

concerns to participate in the plan.
Companies do not necessarily re-
ouire a large employment to par
ticipate. Steiner said.
For three weeks now, patriotic
Detroiters have been literally
tanning the main blood base, TO
such an extent the weekly quota
has been oversubscribed for that
time. But appointments are be-
ginning 10 fall of again.
Only 324 names ale listed on
the register for this Friday. There
should he 500 TO meet this weeks
quota. Are YOU going to let our
perfect record become marred
Call Cherry 1900 TO-DAY and
make your blood donor aPpolne
ment for Friday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-14

Now is the time for all good
readers of the Times 10 come to
the aid of Mrs. A. r. Mitchell OF
1854 Boston Blvd.
Her sons 1896 Ford cabriolet
has been stolen.
What's so terrible about that,
YOU ask? Well, ordinarily Mrs.
Mitchell would be content TO let
the police hunt for the car. But,
as you will readily agree, the cir
cumstances call for some extra
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-14
1,231 Michigan Vets
Discharged in August
international Photo

LANSING, Sept. 13-DiScharges
of Michigan men from the armed
services during August totaled
1921, of which SD were from
Wayne County. state selective
service headquarters announced
today.
So far this year, S,S76 veterans
have been discharged. Since Pearl
Harbor, Michigan discharged serv-
jcemen number 52,657.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-14
Admiral Here Sunday

Vice Adm. Russell M. WaeSche,
commandment of the coast guard
will attend civic commissioning
services for the USS Dearborn, a
patrol frigatc, at Ford Field,
Dearborn, at 10 a. m. Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Eleanor Talks
Corribeon Trip

Washington, Feb. 8 - (UP) -
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt said today
that she is considering a trip to
the Caribbean area to visit army
and navy bases.
Soldiers in that area, she said she
had been told, are struggling against
feeling of loneliness and isolation.
She said she thought a visit with
servicemen there would be of some
value in giving them a feeling of
being appreciated.
Mrs. Roosevelt said that if she
made this trip she would not travel
under the auspices of any special
group. Her trip to the Pacific and
Australia last year was under the
auspices of the Red Cross.
Mrs. Roosevelt said she did not
know If the projected trip would
include just the islands in the
Caribbean area or whether it would
also include some of the Central
and South American countries. She
said in any event she would visit
q. s. o. clubs and hospitals.
She emphasized that no decision
has been reached yet on whether
1t will be possible for her to make
the trip. Her announcement that
such trip is being contemplated
was made at a press conference.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Allied Defeat
Seen By Foe

With Allied Invasion Forces South
Of Rome, Feb. 7.-(UP)-Adoh Fit
Ter is personally interested" in thzs
Allied beachhead. and the Germans
In Rome are predicting it speedily
will be pushed into the sea, italian
refugees crossing to Allied lines said
today.
The Nazis have intensified their
pressure on the Allied position, aT6
In the past 48 hours ! have seen.
heard and lodged more Smelling and
bombing than In all the rest Of the
time I have been here. GerXnau
artillerymen obviously are havin&
q field day, Just shooting hit o.
miss into this 100 square miles oK
lowlands.
They have perfect observation
from their positions In the heights
inland, and for the Allied troops
here It Is very much like MVAszE
in goldfish bowl.
The Germans are pouring thou
sands Of shells into the beachhea0
area day and night, with sons
spots receiving q concentrated f0T
Of as many as TOO to 500 shells
within - minutes. Much Of tzlzN
undoubtedly Is intended only @
harass the Allies, - the hszLldln
under fre are empty, and casualtie
have been light.
(Continued on pn0A %
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Jap Ships
Hit at WeWok

Advanced Allied Headquarters
New Guinea, February 8. = (UP)-
Allied planes sank "a japanese
barges and one coastal vessel and
left four ships in flames at Wewak
and Hansa bay, on New Guinea's
northern coast, it was announced
today, as Australian troops on the
Huon peninsula drove to within II
air miles Of junction with Ameri-
can forces.
A communique disclosed the new
attacks against enemy New Guinea
supply lines as an Army spokesman
reported that the japanese appar-
emily had evacuated the Cape Glou-
cester area Of New Britain.
Fighter escorted Mitchell and Bos-
ton bombers raided Wewak and
Bay Sunday in the second consecu-
tive day of the offensive against
the two bases, 100 miles apart.
More than 30 barges were de-
stroyed and a 1000 ton freighter,
two small cargo vessels and a cor
vette set afire at Wewak and four
enemy planes were shot down.
A coastal vessel and four barges
were sunk by the raiders at Hansa
Bay. One Allied plane was lost to
anti-aircraft fire. One enemy plane
was shot down.
Down the coast, Australian ground
forces were driving toward a juno
ton with American forces which
would trap any Japanese troops still
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Planes Plan
Jap Trouble

Pearl Harbor, T. H., Feb. 8-(UP)
Front reports said today that
American planes will begin raining
new offensive blows on enemy in
Stallations along the main highway
to Tokyo from Roi airfeld on
newly-captured Kwajalein atoll in
the Marshalls within the next few
days.
The week-old Kwajalein cam
paign appeared over, except for the
hopping up Of possibly a few score
Japanese scattered over dozens of
islets in the 66-mile-long atoll, with
total American casualties number
ing only 1916 against 1896 Japan
csc killed or captured.
"a Tokyo domestic broadcast re-
corded by q. s. government moni-
tors said 'bitter fighting" was con-
tinuing in the Marshalls.)
Only 1856 Americans were killed in
the campaign compared with 8.122
Japanese proportion Of less than
/ to Is. The bag of 264 japanese
prisoners was the largest taken In
any Pacific operation to date.
A special announcement from
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz, command
er Of the Pacific feet, yesterday
broke the casualties down as fol-
lows:
At the northern end Of the atoll
principally Roi and Namur islands,
(Co.ltinied on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Puromushiro


An Advanced A1eutian Base,
Alaska, Feb. 5-(UP)-The Ameri-
can task force which steamed to
within 1890 miles Of Tokyo Friday
to subject Japan to its first naval
bombardment in 80 years fired
nearly 200 tons Of shells into Para
mushiro, it was revealed today.
The only enemy ship sighted, q
cargo vessel, blew in up flames after
being hit by a single shell, wit
nesses Of the bombardment re-
ported. previous reports had said
the ship merely had been hit and
forced to beach,.
Virtually the entire weight Of
steel and explosives during the 80
minute moonlight bombardment was
seen to fall in Karabu Zaki, the
new Japanese air and naval base
at the southern tip Of Paramushiro,
northernmost of the Kurile Islands
in Japans homeland archipelago.
The Japanese had converted Kar-
abu Zaki from an isolated outpost
to formidable base guarding One
kotan Strait, an ice-free shipping
passage for both north-south and
east-west traffic, but not a single
enemy warship or plane attempted
to interrupt the American bonn
bardment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
AIIies-Turks
End Pact

London, Feb. S-(UP)-The Lon
don News Chronicle reported from
Ankara today that negotiations be-
tween Turkey and the Allies, pre-
sumably dealing with Implements
ton of the 1899 mutual aid pact,
had been broken OF.
Though friendliness and good will
continued among the conferees, the
dispatch said, at would be improper
any lElger to disguise the fact that
between ourselves and Turkish au-
thorities there is widespread diver
gence of opinion on purely mater
ia1 plane"
The differences do not concern
Turkeys conception Of her obliga-
lions under the 1899 pact she signed
with Britain and France pledging
to come to their aid in the event
of Mediterranean war, but rather
what Turkey believes she will re-
quire in order to fulfill those OBJ
legations, the dispatch asserted.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Hanson Dies
On Mission

Guadalcanal, Feb. g. (UP)-Lt.
Robert M. Hanson, Newtonville,
Mass, marine ace who shot down Is
Japanese planes after going into ac-
ton last August, was killed near
Rabaul, New Britain, Feb. 8, when
his Corsair fighter plane struck the
water after Stratlng dive.
Hanson, seeking his 26th enemy
plane, went on his last mission the
day eofbre his oath birthday, accord
ing to 1t. Creighton Chandler, Of
West Point, Miss, who witnessed the
crash.
THE planes right wing struck the
water, the gasoline tank burst into
flames and the plane somersaulted
into the water" Chandler said.
Il dropped down but found moth
ing except pieces of debris. A pro-
cess of elimination and an account
ing for other pilots missing from
the action proved the plane I saw
crash was Hanson's''
Hanson'S string Of Is air victories
brought him within one Of the all
time records Of Capt. Eddie Ricken-
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
ronkfort;
French Coast
SheIIedAnew

London, Feb. 8-(UP)-American
heavy bombers in two-ply bonn
bardment Of Nazi Europe, smashed
at the German arsenal and trans
port city Of Frankfurt today for the
third time in two weeks and ham,
mered the mysterious military OBJ
jectives" on the French invasion
coast.
The Allied aerial offensive, broken
of for a day by bad weather, surged
back to full intensity as raiders OF
all types swarmed across the Chan
mel to hammer Germany and occu-
pied territory by night and by day
The United States Strategic Air
Force paced the campaign with q
two-pronged attack on Frankfurt
and northern France, while Mar
auder medium bomberS in consid-
cradle strength hit French targets
after British Mosquito bombers
stabbed into Germany during the
night.
American Flying Fortresses went
back to Frankfurt to heap new dev.
astation on the ruins caused by
raids last Friday and on Jan. %
the latter by well over 300 heavy
bombers and some TOO fighters, the
greatest daylight feet of four-mo-
tored bombers ever mustered.
United States Liberator bombers
spearheaded the Allied assault on
the unidentified military detectives
along the French coast, which have
been under periodic attack since
Christmas.
Fighter Escort
Long range fighters escorted both
the Fortresses and Liberators, the
first announcement Of the attacks
said.
Crewmen Of the Marauders at
lacking northern France this morn
ing reported good hits" on their
targets, which the Germans de-
Tended with heavy anti-aircraft fire.
1--WE met one of the biggest vol
legs of flax I have ever heard those
sons OF guns let loose" First 1t. G..
N. Eubank Of Throckmorton, Tex,
said.
The assault on the Pas de Calais
coastal strip continued all day. Hun
dreds of bombers, including very
strong force of MarauderS, returned
to England early in the afternoon.
Many squadrons Of fighters swept
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
One More Peek May Haze
Caused Clapper's Death

Advanced q. s. Airbase, Central
Pacific, Feb. 4-(UP)-An attempt
to give Raymond Clapper one more
look at the Eniwetok AtolI airfield
after the planes bombing mission
had been completed may have been
responsible for the death Of the
American newspaper columnist and
radio comme1tator, it developed to-
day.
Sgt. Dillon Ferris Of Pittsburgh,
Pa. photographer for the Army
magazine ''Yank", who was aboard
the aircraft carrier from which
Clapper took on on his final fight
Feb. 2, said the raiding avengers
had dropped their bombs and were
maneuvering into formation i1st
before the accident occurred.
Prom what other pilots said, .
Ferris related, ''the squadron COM
mander apparently wanted TO give
clapper another look e ne dam-
aged lleld.
The commander must not have
noticed another Ayeneer Ayine Inst
az his wing and heloW him.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08

Washington, Feb. 8-(UP)-Wen-
dell L. WILKES announcement
that he would enter Nebraska,s Re-
publican presidential preference pri-
mary and possibly others In the
midwest was accepted today as a
hint that he contemplated invading
Ohio, the political domain Of Gov.
John w. .Bricker.
Bricker has announced bis can
didacy for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination. Willlde has
authorized a convention delegate
slate to represent him in Wisconsin
but Is committed to entering the
Illinois preferential primary only II
he can have q direct debate and
contest with Col. Robert r. McCor-
mick, editor and publisher Of the
Chicag Tribune. he announced
that he would enter the Nebraska
primary and possibly others IN the
MID west because o. statements that
be = not sfyung there politically
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Textile Strikers
Return To Jobs

Providence, r. l., Feb. 8. (UP)-
Most Of the $500 war workers re-
turned to their Jobs IN 10 Rhode
Island and Connecticut Textile
plants today after q four-day strike
In protest against delaying wage
negotiations.
Two Rhode Island plants reported
100 per cent attendance ON the
morning shift while the others said
that all workers would be back on
their jobs by the second shift.
The woFkers-members Of the
Rhode Island Federation Of Dyers,
printers, bleachers, and ftnishers
(CIO)-waIked out Friday when
management Representatives refused
to confer with union officiaIs ON q
proposed wage increase. me union
agreed 70 send Its men back to work
pending further gotiations
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Kar1r1asi11 Chosen
Seruice Director

Irving J. KarmaSin of the state
rehabilitation service bureau has
been named supervisor charge of
the Waterbury area office of the
former program with local offices
now opened in the Odd Fellows
Bldg, North Main street. Mr..
Karmasin has been with the state
program for some time after Of
ficiating for many years as a re-
Mobilization personnel man for the
Remington Arms Co. A native OF
Stratford he plans to establish resi-
dence here. He is a graduate of
Boston University Law school.
At present the supervisor and his
secretary, Miss Irene Duigou COM
prise the personnel Of the local of
flee but a full staff Of two welfare
workers and psychologist who will
operate on a full time basis will
soon be established here assisted by
a conSultant pSychiatrist who will
work out Of the bureaus Hartford
Office.
The state bureau of rehabilita-
ton service Is primarily civilian
organization established to aid Con-
necticut residents who are in need
Of this type service. However, the
program has definite veterans" re-
sponSibilities particularly those
classified as ''non-service connected
disability cases..
In relation to cases involving war
veterans, Mr.. Karmasin emphasized
that responsible veterans assistance
organizations are the first to handle
such cases and the state program
enters into the picture wherever and
whenever it can be Of assistance
as adjudged by veteran authorities.
Tentative plans call for the for
nation, here, of local committee
to assist the state program which
will be comprised Of professional
representatives as cleaned from the
various veterans, civic, fraternal and
religious organizations. Although
this may seem a duplication of a
similar committee being formulated
by Mayor Monagan for Waterbury's
'reorientation program" there have
been guarantees that there will
be no unnecessary overlapping of
the two. Mr.. KarmaSin and Ed
ward P. Chester, the latter the di.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Pope Protests
Fascist Raid

London, Feb. 8-UP)-The Vail
can formally has protested vio-
lation Of the extraterirtorial rights
Of San PSolo College by Fascist po-
lice, the Daily Telegraph said to-
day.
The newspaper quoted vatican
radio broadcast as saying that dur
ing the night Of Feb. 8, Republican
police commanded by Petro Caru-
so, Rome police chief forced their
way into the buildings Of the col,
lege, thereby violating extraterri-
toria1 rights established by solemn
treaty with the Vatican"
The Vatican Is making q public
expression Of its deep regret" the
paper said.
(The office Of war information
recorded Vatican broadcast con-
corning the incident, which was
presented in five languages includ-
ing Germany
Reports from the italian frontier
yesterday said Fascist sources cIaim-
ed army deserters and contrabarld.
including ammunition. was discov-
nged within the colleges.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-08
Troops Dig In Beneath
Storm Of Bombs, Shells
On 14-Mile Wide Front
BY C. z. CUNNINGHAM

UNITED Press War COrrespOndensy
Allied Headquarters, AZ
gierS, February s. - UP) -
Waves of German warplanes
Iashed out against the ems
battled Allied 5th Army
beachhead below Rome yes
terday and 10 of them were
blasted from the skies I'm q
Swirling air battle that ragged
from AnziO to the suburbs Of
the Eternal City, it was dis
closed today.
In a savage attempt to
smash the 5th Army'S 100
square-mile beachhead and
drive the invaders back into
the sea, the Luftwaffe hurled
at least 100 fighters ana
fighter bombers against the
Allied ground positions and
ran head-on into a wall OF
American and British fight
erS.
Twelve Nazi planes were
damaged severely in the bat
tie, in addition to the 10 shot
down, but some of the raiders
broke through, to bomb and
strafe the Anglo-America11
troops.
It was the most determined enemy
aerial attack on the beachhead
since January % when n MAJ
planes were shot down in flames
United Press War Correspondent
Reynolds Packard reported that one
NaI plane dive bombed an evaC16@
ton hospital on the beach. killing
26 persons and wounding 4S with
augmentation bombs.
While the aerial battle ragged over
head, the 5th Army. fighting with
its back to the sea, dug In undeK
a rain Of bombs and shellf1re al0ns
14-mile front extending inland
some eight miles from the Tyrrhela-
ian coast.
Positions Consolidated
An Allied communique said the
invasion forces consolidated their
positions, and front reports indi-
Gated that the Germans made no at
tempt to resume their counter-at
tacks up to noon yesterday, appaT@
emily awaiting the outcome or tbs
Luftwaffe assault.
Packard reported, however, that
massed enemy guns hurled thou
sands Of shells into the marrow
beachhead by day and night and
that the Nazis had intensified their
steady pressure against the Anglo
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''Other pilots said the commander
peeled of for q dive over the field
and ran smack into the other plane
which practically disintegrated In
the air.
THE plane carrying Clapper was
seen In flames before both bombers
crashed In the Eniwetok lagoon"
Ferris was the last man to talk
to Clapper before the take-oR.
CT PIPER was flying with the com.
mander Of the carriers torpedo
plane squadron-a Navy lieutenant
commander-to get a first hand pic
tgre Of how the carrier planes were
keeping outlying Japanese air bases
neutralized during invasion and oc-
cupation Of the Kwajalein Atoll.
Ferris said he was standing on
the flight deck with mis- camera
when Clapper came out to the tor
pedo plane.
@Denas Roreet RictmeS
'VMpper was ALTERED "a Navy eight
gear complete with helmet and gogs
kConlanund a Nana a