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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

Johnson tam or our Ubs erating forces will be especially pre- pared to work with them.
 Individuals in the underground can furnish invaluable informa- tion to our invading troops. A gallant group with submachine guns made in America, can block a road against German troop movements. A single man can shoot up car bearing a German staff oficer with important orders. NAZIS KNIT THEIR BROWS
 Where will Eisenhower make his main effortP" Until the Germans know the answer to that trouble some question, they cannot lodge counter attacks against ony one landing in Europe.
 They can move only their local reserves. They dare not move their stronger, more mobile, strate- gical reserves from their central position until they are sure those reserves will not waste themselves upon landing force that puts up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

a big front but has nothing be- hind 1t = because the big punch elsewhere has been withheld until the enemy's chin is uncovered. The Germans must reason that the bluffing was far from ended by the landing in Normandy.
 In double sense, they are groping in the dark. By day they are cramped, in moving reserves, by the destruction wrought upon rail and road communications by our day bombers and by airborne troops landed in their rear. At night they have e better chance, but darkness alone slows movement and we have night bombers.
 Behind front of sound and fury the enemy will watch and await our next move. always ask ing himself: "1s THIS really it?"
 And we are not telling him. For a time you may expect corl- muniques to be more vague than the German announcements.
 HOW TO LIVE ."
 '"Take cover Keep off the sky
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

At intefmission one of their favor ite topics is "that heel.' The boya claim that even leacers who served long apprenticeship working under others batons have habit of forgetting how things were in the days they were catching the down. beats instead of giving them.
 Don Bryan, bandleader on "Radio Readers Digest" is notable ex- ception to this rule. When Don gave up trumpeting because of a jaw muscle injury, he figured out a theory that a coR1siderate leader could get that "extra touch" that makes the difference between an ore dinary performance and an out- standing one. When he was ready to form band he went over back wards in being nice to his men. The smooth execution of his orchestra today, those tricky interpretations, have proved him correct. Now, when ever he is tempted to Ego leader" with a temper display he holds it down by concentrating on how 1t felt to be the other fellow. Don was one of the best side men, as trumpet player, in the band busi- ness. -
 Fouar years have passed. and MT. Distriect Attorney" Is still go- ing strong in the NEG crime-bust- ing series. Tn April, 1940, the "de- fender of truth and champion of the people" started his career for his present sponsor. It's an anni- versary, too, for the principal actors on the show. Jay Jostyn Gin the title role), his secretary Vicki Vola, and Len Doyle as special investiga- tor Harrington are all rounding out their 200th case. Since the programs inception, Ed Byron, has gone to work for Uncle Sam. leaving the directing chore to Jerry Devine, who also writes the show. That the pro- gram is as popular as ever is proved by the latest audience survey, which lists the show among the ten top ones on the air. Another indication is that the leading actors have just been given new three-year con- tracts. Happy birthday, MT. Dis- trict Attorney"-and many morel
 If Cass Daley isn't careful she'll soon be pointed out as a philosopher as well as a film and radio come- dienne. At an NEG rehearsal the other day someone asked Cass what she considered to be the greatest asset an actress could have in the theatrical field
 Courtesy" answered Cass. You may think there's nothing in 1t. There's nothing in an auto tire, either, but 1t certainly makes the going much more comfortable"
 Just kids toy now that most of the ambulant organ-grinders are working for the war effort. the hurdy4gurdy may yet find a re- spected place in the modern or- chestra So says Maestro Don Bryan, citing the return to popularity of such formerly outmoded instru- ments as the harpsichord, recorder and clavichord. Tn the days of Bach and Mozart. the hurdy -gurdy, differently constructed from the type of today, was familiar sight on the bandstand Even such a classical master as Haydn wrote several concertoS that featured the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Social Security Question Box The Democrat Will Answer Any Ques- ton Pertaining
 to Act.

Questions: I am a bachelor. My parents are dead. What happens to my Social Security contributions If do not live to collect retirement benefits?
 Answer: Your contributions as well as the contributions of all workers participating in the old-age and survivors insurance program are deposited in the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. This fund is used to pay benefits to retired workers and to the sur- vivors of deceased workers. It is also used to defray the cost of admins tering the old-age and survivors in- surance program.
 In case of your death, either be- fore or after you started to receive retirement benefits. a lump-sum payment would be made to the per- son or persons who paid your burial expenses. This lump-Sum payment would be equal to six times your primary benefit rate. Lump-sum payments vary in amount, at the present time, between $6O and $260.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
EM EM.

Malcolm Burr, Crosby high senior who graduates this month, hopes to enter M. l. T., if Uncle Sam doesn't call him first Bill MOrarty of Hamilton avenue just counting the hours before he gets his coveted sheepskin from Sacred Heart grammar school .. Johnny Hornbecker has passed his V5 exanin- aons and plans to leave July to begin training under the Naval Air Corps program
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
French Underground Well Organized TO Aid The Allied Invasion Armies
BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON NEA Military Writer

Pentagon Building, Arlington, Va, Junel2.-France's long pent-up uIl- derground storm broke when Allied troops set foot on the shares of Normandy, according to adyices received here.
 Far from being loose associa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

The sweetest young fellow on earth is the way Bill Derwin of the Park Department describes the nine pound son the Sork left his better half on DDay The newcomer is to be christened Joseph Anthony. He and Momma Derwin, the former Betty Palomba, are doing nicely at St. Mary's hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

ton of devoted but unorganiS- ed patriots, the French under ground conSti- tuteS a we'll knit fighting force which American and the British have helped to create.
 We have flown them arms, ex- plosiveS and other supplies.
 We have told them that cer- 4al,a AR aI~ IlIa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

ParamOunts For Whom the Bell Tolls" has just been voted the BOxOffice Blue Ribbon Award by the National Screen Council for the month of May This the Council considers it not only outstanding picture hut suitable for family entertainment The winner is special release is the runnerup for the Award 'SThe Adventures of Mark Twan," Warner Bros. production. The only other release receiving Honorable mention this time was MetrO-GOldwyn' Mayors "Gaslight"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

general Of the Fifth Army Air Force has awarded the Air Medal to Aviation ordnanceman Second Class Robert Whiteley, son of Mrs. Mildred Whiteley of Thomaston According to the citation accompanying the award the Naval aviation man was honored flor er
 tcrious achievement while participating in sustained operational flight missions in the Southwest Pacific area from September I3, 043, to December 30 lo43"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

Nickle Palomba, former East Liberty street resi- dent has been promoted to petty officer third class He recently made trip to North Africa and Bermuda
 Vito Marinelli of Edson avenue in the service five years reports back to California this week after an enjoyable 15-day furlOugh. This young sea-faring gob has plenty of the universe since joining up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

South Africa has experienced a wartime revival of demand for the Cape herb, buchu used aes a stim-
 ulant and diuretic, and among its customers are the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
ON THE ROOF

ON THE ROOF Today it's not so easy
 To buy beef on the hoof, So most of us are dining
 On the nearest roof. There we order cold plates,
 Salmon and lobster mould, Fresh vegetable plates, my dear, And meat cuts thin and cold. Today it's very difficult
 To buy filet de boeuf, So most of us are dining On some Swanky roof.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
ANYBODY SEEN THE oRooMP

Here comes the bride.
 The bridesmaids also loom. Here come the flower girls.
 Dld anyone see the gToom3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

Technican Fifth Grade Sid N Shapiro son of MT. and Mrs S. Shapiro Fl Savings Street. is serving with signal unit of the 18th AAF Fighter Command in the South Pacific Born in Waterbury, T-5 Shapiro was graduated from Crosby High school with the class of 4O and the Junior College of Commerce New Haven, in 1922 factory worker prior to entering the service T5 Shapiro is holder of the AsaticPacc Campaign Ribbon sgni- flying service in that theater His brother Seaman Second Class Laurence Shapiro, is with a naval hospital corps at Portsmouth, Virginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

John Anderson of Hill street has completed 53 years of faithful service with the Chase Brass Copper com pany but the faithful Manufacturing employe doesn't want to retire and watch the rest of the world go by Now in his 83rd he lost days work un- til an operation four years ago forced him to- Despite lifetime cf toll that began at the age of with dawn and dusk chores his fathers farm in Sweden he recoils at the idea of stopping work Long may he reignl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

A quarteFmasteF of the steamer Toqui. which went down on Huageo, Chile. was picked ID uacunenlous, but alive and kept afIoat hy n barrel. over 60 miles from the wreck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
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ASVV~-W pkA ~"OO 3:00-Mary Marlin 5;l5-Bob Trout-News s;s0-Columbla Masterworks of
 Music 4'00-Broadway Matinee t;sb-Bill Costello, News i;50-David Sehoop and Ills Orch. titS-The Raymond Scott Show 5.OO-fun With Dunn 330--The SuppertimeFs 5;i5-Amerlcan Women b'UO-Qulncy Howe and the News BilO-Basebali Scores SiiS-Lyn MurFay's Orchestra and
 Chorus 6.30-News 6.t5-The World Today 6.5b-The Meaning Of the News 1;00-Home Front QuaFteFmatSeF llh-Armour and Company 7.3O-Blondie s;00--V0x Pop a.30-conceFt Hall Of the Ar Sibb-Mews H Highlights-chaFles
 q. Lynch eO0--Lux Radio Theater [. l0i00-AeFeen Guild Players i0;a0-showtime 1 ii.00~-NeWH ii;ib-~Jonn Brooks, songs iisO-Tony Pastor orch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

The Catholic University in Washington, D. C., has new theatrical production, "Sing Out Sweet Land musical biography it is stated, of American song. It opened in Washington, May "A, and it is said Broad way producers have their eye it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

Aviation Cadet George A. Corey, son of MT. and Mrs Solomon Corey of 622 Baldwin Street, and Avia- tion Cadet Philip I. Kampner, son of 51r. and Mrs Paul Kampner of 717 Cooke Street, have begun an eighteen-week training period at the big Army Air Force Training Command School in Childress, Texas Panhandle to earn their wings as bombarder-naviga- tor. Flying on day and night practice missions under the tutelage of expert instructors Cadets Corey and Kampner will become intimately acquainted with Americas most deadly military weapon, the bobsigh Upon graduation second lieutenants flight off, cers they will be ready to join of the AAFs crack precision bombing teams in the batteskes of the world
 Boys Town in Nebraska, founded by the well known Father Flannagan will have for it's mayor for the next six-mOnth period Joe Howell of Superior, Wisconsin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

Side ulen the rank and lsle members of dance bands and radio studio ufcheslFas are not gems eEnAy ehummy with their lsadays.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

Good Night
Kodiak mirror., 1944-01-22

A social item elsewhere in this issue tells of Mrs. Ragnar Han sens birthday party but doesn't tell who won the war bond which the various guests con tributed to and for which a drawing was held. The item, which was turned Tn, denOerate- ly omitted the information. The reason: Mrs. Hansen, whose birthday it was. whose party it was and whose idea it was, won it
 Mrs. Hansen wanted to draw again, but the guests thought the drawings outcome was per feet and wouldn't.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-01-22
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(continued from page 3
 Ye hope the Selective Service ard notes the following. We are indebted for it to Ed lTd Q. Adamson, Fairbanks. If any married men at all e to be deferred from induction o the services, it should not
 pre-Pearl Harbor married sn!but those who have taken yes to themselves within the st year." he says.
 His au norlty for such a state Ent is the best in the world.
 quotes the Bible, Deuteron- by 24:5, as follows:
 'When a man hath taken a B wife, he shall not go out to Ir, neither shall he be charged bh any business: but he shall
 free at home enc year, and bll cheer his wife which he has
Kodiak mirror., 1944-01-22

Mrs. Vera Pierce, at the Town Club, went to feed her cats the other day by serving them CD a dish of milk and (2) a plate of minced ham, diced for the cats convenience.
 The cats drank the milk but after due sniffing turned down the minced ham. Ms. Pierce dumped the minced ham into the empty milk dish and set it on the end of the counter.
 Two gentlemen customers en- tered, noted the dish of tidbits, evidently assumed they were hors d'oeuvres, but to be sure asked if they were to be eaten.
 eff you think you'd like them". Mrs. Pierce iokingIy an- swered, "the cats wouldn't eat them"
 So the gentlemen began eating them. Mrs. Pierce then told them, no, really, she wasn't kid ding. she HAD given them to che cats. But by this time the gentlemen thought she was just telling them that so they would n't eat them, so oblivious to her protestations they nibbled on until all were gone.
 We hope this account is &C., curate It was written without seeing Mrs Pierce, Tim Gilmore or Jack Roper, chief steward on the Lakina.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-01-22

taken"
 Of course the eheered wife might have 8 different idea a. bout it.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-01-22

Tn connection With the cur" rent 4th War Bond Drive, we suggest the idea to all birthday celebrants.
 Don't blame us if it doesn't work the same way, though
 Mrs. Claire Wheeler Seltzer, who arrived recently to join her husband, Attorney Larry Bro mo and-or Aka" Seltzer, Is an attorney in her own right. We saw a clipping of her, swearing to Uphold the standards" of the profession, as she became a member of the bar. The clipping was from the August IF, 1887 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Mrs. Seltzer will be interested to know that the clipping is in possession of a former pupil of hers from the days when she taught commercial subjects at Stanwood, a suburb of Seattle
 The former pupil is Mrs. Al E. Miller, of the Victory cafe.
 Mrs. Seltzer will have to see Mrs. Miller to find out what her name was when she was a stud ent. We forgot to ask
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-14
Accidents

Continued from Page One)
en- to Boyer Hospital this afternoon
after she was injured by a truck
driven by RENO Harkonen, 25949
Ross Road. Inskter, at the corner OF
Prospect st. and Michigan Ave. Ae.
cording 10 witnesses Mrs. Marley
was crossing Michigan Ave. from
the north 10 the south, and Mr..
Harkonen was turning onto Mich.
igan Ave. from S. Prospect st.
when both apparently became con-
fused. The truck was travelling at
a speed Of six miles per hour.
Mrs. Marley who lives at 419 Z.
Michigan Ave, vas just returning
to her work as cook at Boyer Hos
pital following a months vacation.
Hospital authorities believed her
condition not 10 be serious. She
suffered scalp wounds and possible
shoulder injuries. X-rays will be
taken.
Mr.. Harkonen is employed by the
Harris Brothers Plumbing Cam
pany. Detroit, and is at present
working on the Boyer Hospital
Annex.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-14

carrier. 1t can carry four men,
ton OF ammunition, water and food
or can race in and out OF action car.
rying wounded on stretchers,
When the Japanese broke into
the Aleutians, the War Department
discovered the need OF a motor We.
hicle that could travel fast over
snow and Ice The Army imposed
restrictions on size and weight, but
left the design to studebsker. In
"a days, the first weasel was built.
tested, improved and put into mass
production. Thousands have since
been built.
Secret Leaked
The secret leaked out when a
news photographer on a crowded
invasion beach disclosed that more
than half the vehicles in his picture
were the secret new weapon.
The vehicle is constantly being
oAopAth W ali lh0 IlOuLb hiAtl
swamps, sand or snow make trans
port OF troops and supplies difficult.
1t can swim. but, thus far, II cannot
fly, although 1t fits neatly into Gid.
ers.
Weighing 1000 pounds. It never
theless exerts only IL pounds pres
sure per square inch. la contrast.
Gil. Joe. when carry.-g the full load
OF an infantryman eKerts ground
pressure Of eight pounds per square
inch. Thus a weasel can cross dry
snow or sand where a~foot soldier
would sink in to his knees.
Climbs 45-Desree Slope
In form. II Is a welded, water.
proof body on 80 bogie wheels. It Is
not bullet-proof but depends upon
It's mobility for It's safety. It's low
ground pressure is due to its steel.
and.rubber wide treads. II Is pow.
cred by Studebaker 6-cylinder
automobile motor with six forward
speeds. IL is guided like tank,
with two levers instead OF a steer.
Ing wheel.
The weasel showed In It's tests
here that 1t 10 almost perfectly bal.
snced, with or without a load, and
can climb a As degree slope without
overturnins. -Four springs across its
full width give IL elasticity and IL
has eliminated one Of the most un.
popular features OF the jeep-"jeep
rump."
Originally intended as a recon.
naissance vehicle for snow terrain,
II Is now the most versatile sing
unit in the vast fleet OF the Am!-
lean Army's mobile equipment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-14
Secret Weapons Proven
on Normandy Beachhead

SOUTH BEND. Ind.-UP - The
Normandy beachhead was the prov.
ing ground for several surprise
weapons which the American Army
had built secretly and used for the
first time against the enemy in
France. The weasel" in many
ways a jeep with web feet, was one
Of the surprises regarding which
the War Department has just lift
ed the secrecy restrictions. There
are other secret weapons and vehi.
cles about which nothing 10 being
said for the time being, despite
the fact that they have been in
successful operation since invasion
began.
Here at its birthplace, I rode a
weasel which skins the ground Just
like Its namesake, or strikes swift.
ly and stealthily across snow, sand.
swamp land, deep mud. 1t can go
anywhere a jeep can go, and many
places jeep would fear 10 tread.
Known officially as the cargo car.
rier M-29, the weasel Is light.
weight, low-slung, versatile common
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-14
Roosevelt

Continued from Page One)
immediate audience, gathered
around the drydock where the de-
stroyer tied up. He declared:
THE word and honor OF Japan
cannot be trusted"
The President told OF his visit
to defenses in California and the
watching OF amphibious landing
practice at a training base there:
Of his conference with the Pacific
war leaders at Pearl Harbor, where
complete accord both in the I'm.
derstanding of the problem that
confronts us and in the opinion
as TO the best methods for its so.
luton" was reached, and of play.
ing hockey" to catch a founder
and a halibut in the waters off
Juneau. Alaska.
But throughout the speech ran
the thread OF determination that
the defenses of the United States
and of all the Americas must be so
strong in the future that no would.
be aggressor dare attempt to dis
turb the peace of the continent
from the Antarctic to the Arctic
circle.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-14
Daily Market Report
Detroit, Mich. Aug. "a

beLIolti MICH aug. H.
CATTLE Top was Sl7.OO for odd
lots 500 and 1870 ID. steers. Most
short fed steers sl5.00-l6.5O, inelud.
INK 1887 ID. southwesterus at SO.
Bulk range grass made Sl4.00.
1915. Common and medium light.
weights under 800 lbs. and natives
at $li.00-lS.5O; some cutlery kinds
down 10 $500. Grass heitSrs bulksd
at Ss0O.l3.oo. few fed kinds to
il450 Bulk beef cows ss.95.li.oo:
few best to $500. including loads
at $il.oo.l2.50. Gamers and cutters
bulked s5.5O.7.76. Shelly Gamers
S4.oo-5.o0. Bulls. weeks top sll.5O.
bulk sausage bulls $500 1880.
little above 5000 late.
CALVES; Good and choice bulked
at $l6.5O-l7OO. largely Sl7OO top
Common and medium si300.i5.50:
culls s700.l0.00. Heavy calves were
steady. Choice 3lt00: bulk 800.
1900.
HOGS. Top and bulk stood ~
Sl4.90 on l60.240 lbs. with weights
over 240 lbs. At slt.l5. Most light
lights scaling under 100 lbs. turned
at Sl4.00.l450. All sows bulked at
SlS.25.1375. Pigs sold uneyenly
from $500 down when available
SHEEP: Good and choice native
spring lambs turned at tlS00-l400.
top $l4.00 Bucks at 800 discount.
Mixed native springers ranged from
$ll,00-l300 with most culls at 800
1000. Some kinds under so lbs. TO
$500. Shorn yesrllngs virtually un.
salabe, few odd lots around $500.
500. Shorn slaughter ewed turned
unevenly from 100000; bulk a.
81, 50.4.50.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-14
Union Group Has
Its Last Service

The last Union Service of the
season was conducted at Lincoln
Consolidated School Sunday eve
ming by the young people OF the
community.
The subject OF the speaker, J.
II. Turnbull. Maybee Congregation
al Church and Instructor OF me-.
chanical arts at Lincoln School,
was 1T IL Finished. based upon
the Bible text John 1890.
The scriptural reading was by
Robert Holloweli, Stony Creek
Methodist Church, and the prayer
by Bruoe Smalley, Willis Method
LIST Church,
The choir. composed OF the
young people In the community.
was under the direction OF Wood.
row Jones, who sang two solos.
one, the Ave Maria" in Latin, at
the request OF the Catholic Church.
Mrs. Glenn Miller was at the piano.
Herbert Bowles. Zion Evangeli.
cal Church. Whitaker. pronounced
the benediction.
Services will be resumed next
summer. II was announced.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-14
Municipal Court

For being intoxicated and r.,:..
derby. Isadore Hatfield, Willow
Lodge. VAS sentenced to pay SIS or
spend 20 days in jail. A similar sen
tence was given Aloysius J. Nc
Catfrey, Ypsilsnti State Hospital,
for . similar otfense and both were
committed until they can secure the
money. On a like charge, Nelson
Elwell, 226 River ST., paid SIS.
Ernest E. Brooks, Willow VII
lage, paid s25 fine for reckless driv-
ing. A t2b bond posted by Sofa May
Pickel, Willow Village, was forfeit.
ed when she failed to appear on a
disorderly conduct charge.
Calvin C. Wick, 424 Ballard St,
charged with disorderly conduct,
was fined s25 and sentenced to 80
days in jail, the latter suspended
II he is absent from this county for
two years.
Total receipts Saturday were
$50.