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The messenger., 1945-03-01
WURDIC DISABLED ON WESTERN FRONT
Leg Frozen While He Watches Deliberate Murder of His Pals

in company with others of his non combat engineering unit at the peak of the Hun bulge into France in December, Frank A. Wurdig Ill, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Wurdig, Jr. of Old Poquonck Road, helped his Third Army Regiment to earn credit for stopping the German westward move. Then on a second voluntary front line chore, January 19, he froze his right leg during a forced 18-hour fox hole vigil under an enemy patrol attack during which he saw several of his pals murdered as they attempted to surrender.
 The extent of his disablement is not known. He states the doct- ors assure him he will be OK. very soon.
 In writing of his last front-line experience, Frank gives his moth CT vivid picture of the encounter.
 EFI was out in a so-colled fox hole for IS hours last night and it was plenty tough. I don't go out on the line as a rule but we lost several men who were attacked by a Jerry patrol and there was a call for volunteers to straighten out a gun emplacment which the enemy had wrecked with hand grenades. That done all we could do was sit and wait for they knew our posi- tion.
 "We couldn't change our relief so I put the whole IS hours in the hole myself. I saw some of my best pals murdered. I never real ized how dirty these Germans are. They told the fellows to come and surrender then they shot them and threw hand grenades at them. have seen lot of things I'll never forget and have done lot of thinking. One thing, they'll never take me a prisoner and I don't intend to take any. When my relief came and I tried to leave the fox hole I found my leg was frozen and they brought two of us out on stretchers but the doctor says the leg will be all right in a few days.
 "Glad you couldn't see those boys they took out of there but I hope all the people at home know what the conditions are like over here and I hope that I can go out on the front again soon and try to take the place of the swell guys we have lost. No matter what might come along, we're willing to do anything in revenge"
 A previous letter told of Wur- digs December activities on the front line
 "We had very rough time of it and lost lot of men we all thought lot of; however, our reg iment received a citation from General Eisenhower who says our | job was well done, that our help was what stopped the Germans | for probably the last time." Wurdig enlisted March 2, 1942 and was sent to England to finish his training after three months !
The messenger., 1945-03-01
RED CROSS WAR FUND
 CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY
Hans Treuenfels Heads Bloom field Committee Seeking $5,OOO


 The 1945 Red Cross War Fund Campaign is under way with Hans P, Trusenefels of Prospect Street again directing the local solicita~ tion for gifts.
 The Bloomfield goal is $5,OO0-- the same as last year when MT. Treunfel's Committee, working in cooperation with the Hartford County organization, helped to es- tablish new record for the amount of cash collected in the county for any similar campaign.
 "While the allotment sounds large," States MT. Truenefels, lit represent less than $1O for each of the Bloomfield men and women in the service and will be raised without question"
 Since inauguration of the cam paign on March 1, the work of the Red Cross in behalf of war par ticipants has been featured at all local gatherings. A letter from Sgt. Nicholas Ostapkevich of 40 Goodwin Avenue, himself Pris oner of War in Germany, telling how Red Cross is helping him, is being widely circulated here and throughout Greater Hartford.
 Sgt. Ostapkevich, whose capture was reported by the Red Cross after he had been reported missing in action during bombing mis-. sion, writes: "I'm we'll as could be under he conditions, eating fairly we'll due to the wonderful efforts of the Red Cross which furnishes us with a Red Cross parcel each week containing canned meat, veg etables, butter, jams, chocolate, raisins, or prunes, cigarettes and other necessary items. Don't hes itate, in fact, please contribute generously. They're great! Ease your mind about me-"
 Aiding Chairman Treunfels this year are: Mrs. Thomas H. Gabb, president of the Bloomfield Aux Hilary, who is serving as vice chairman; Frederic H. Bidwell, treasurer, and Mrs. Ralph E. Fin ley, supervisor of Blue Hills solic- itation.
 Captains and special chairmen are: Mrs. Frederic H. Bidwell, Mrs. Morris N. Cohen, Mrs. Rollin w. Cowles, Rev. Harold F. Daily, Mrs. William Evans, Mrs. Stephen L. Francis, Mrs. Leslie T. Good rich, Mrs. Henry McLane, Lloyd w. Moulton, Miss Constance P. Reid, Mrs. Stanley Tavener, Mrs. J. Russell Washburne, Philo B. Williamson, Town Manager w. T. Williamson and Rev. Thomas Foxall.
 About 50 solicitors are in the midst of an enthusiastic house-to> house canvass and local organiza tions are expected to make gener- ous contributions to the fund.
The messenger., 1945-03-01

Its a mighty small secret that a girl is able to keep under her hat these days.
The messenger., 1945-03-01

was killed in Germany Decem- Der 2, according
 to delayed War Department ad- vices, and was likely a victim of one of the battles waged to stem the Nazi Bulge westward at that time.
 He entered the service April 1, 1914 and went overseas last Oct ober. Besides his wife, Mrs. Sophie
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24
JopsAbondon
 Defense Line
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American engineers with bulldoz- CTS, scrapers and toher equipment were awaiting the capture of the Bamban airstrip eagerly. With hun dreds of acres of dispersal area, the field offers unlimited possibilities for aerial support of the final assault on Manila, only little more than 50 miles to the south.
 Filipino civilians told American officers that American planes de- stroyed scores of Japanese planes on the runWays and revetments at Bamban with the result that the enemy seldom had used the field since last September. The rem were evacuated to Manila nine days ago, they said.
 Army engineers were expected to have the field in operation within few days of it's capture. Tine other ten Clark field airstrips lie south of the Bamban river.
 Other American units strength ened the east flank of the American beachhead with thrusts into Zara- zaga, 19 miles northwest of Bam- ban, and San Emanuel, farther north, and the naturalization of en- emy defenses in the Rosario and Pozorrubio areas at the northeast corner of the invasion front.
 The Japanese stronghold on Mt. Alava, south of Pozorrubio, was wiped opt. Great quantities" of supplies, including 2,000 tons of am- intuition and six artillery pieces, were captured.
 On the western flank 14th corps troops speared across the Zambales foothills to Camp ODonnell, eight and half miles northwest of Bam- ban. The Japanese formerly con- fined many American survivors of the infamous Death March of Bataan" in large concentration camp at Camp O'Donnell, but the prisoners had bene removed and there were no reports that any American prisoners were recovered there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24
Court Denies Man s Appeal
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 right disclosing to the defendant operator for the first time the dec edent near the center of the road and about 9 feet away; and that the defendant driver put on his brakes but the car slid forward and struck the decedent.
 The decision states the jury could have found that the presence of the decedent was not reasonably to have been anticipated by the op- orator and that he was not negli- gent under the circumstances in failing to avoid striking her.
 Reference is made in the decision to testimony given by a witness for the plaintiff in which it was stated the defendants car passed him at a speed of 35 miles an hour three quarters of mile before the scene of the accident. The high court states 1t was within the trial courts Jurisdiction to rule that conduct of the defendant operator three-quar- ters of mile from the scene of the accident was too remote to bear upon his condudct at the scene.
 The appeal to the Hartford court was based on denial by Judge Will liam H. Comley of motion to set aside the jury verdict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24
Imminent Fall Of
 Poznan Very Near
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German endorsements in consld- erable strength were flooding into the front, indicating that the Nazi high command finally was commit ting it's reserves to a showdown bat tie that could settle the fate of Germany.
 Some Nazi commentators ap- peared to be taking 6 more opti- mistic view of the situation, but It. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, Berlin's chief military spokesman, warned that the riddle of where the Red Army will halt will not be solved for many day"
 Dittmar admitted the speed and power of the Russian offensive had caught the Wehrmacht off guard, and added somberly that "a gale of tanks now is carrying the apoca- lyptic figures of the Bolshevists to- ward the west"
 That prediction was echoed in Moscow, where a Russian Army spokesman declared that the Soviets are going on to Berlin"
 "The time of retribution for all monstrous crimes against world civ- ilization and for the blood and tears of a million people has come, and nothing and nobody can pre- vent the Red Army and our people from carrying out the verdict passed by history" the Soviet spokesman said.
 Today's Moscow communique made it clear thta the Russian tidal wave was still racing ahead with un- diminished speed, despite the stiff fening enemy resistance. The five Red Armies attacking in East Prus- sia, Poland, Silesia and northern Slovakla gained as much as 19 miles in the past "A hours, cngulfed 3,430 towns and villages for their biggest one-day bag of the war, more than 1,500 of them on German soil. 6,OOO Germans Killed
 Well over 5000 Nazis were killed or captured in the day-long battles On the basis of incomplete reports, and a final count was expected to run far obey that figure.
 German losses were reported mounting at a staggering rate on the Silesian front where the Nazls threw in waves of armored and in- fantry reserves in an effort to re- store their faltering hold on the province, where one-fifth of the 1 Reich's coal and steel industries arc concentrated.
 The big communications centers of Bernstadt, Karlsmarkt and Namslau fell to the Soviets in their advance on Breslau, while their closest announced approach to the city was made at the villages of Minken and Peisterwitz, IS miles east-southeaSt and 16 miles east. Tnirty-one miles below Breslau, Sovlets took Karlsmarkt, four miles east of the Oder, and turned their big guns on the Berlin Breslau- Krakow railway running along the west bank.
 Konev's southern wing, meanwhile wheeled down on the Beuthen- Hin denburg- Glewitz triangle from the north, northwest and west in an enveloping sweep that threatened to overrun that industrial area in a matter of hours. One column cap- tured Tarnowitz, six miles north of Beuthen: second took Peiskret- scham, eight miles northwest of Hindenburg and five miles north of Glelwitz, while third seized Bischoftal, IA miles west-northweSt of Gleiwitz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

Continued from Page D were provided by the government for construction of war industries to make all sorts of weapons from small arms ammunition to ships, airplane, tanks and guns.
 The government owns these great plants. The secretary of commerce will be one of the controlling fig ures in determining how they shall be disposed of in time of peace.
 Therefore the clash of tempera- ments and ideas between Wallace and Jones is much more than per- sonal. It is basically a symptom of the contest here in Washing ton between conservatives on the one hand and liberals or radicals on the other to chart the course of American economy through political control.
 MT. Roosevelt evidently did not care to risk offending Jones and other Democratic conservatives be- fore the election. So Jones re- mained in office undisturbed. In fact. the President took the other tack and appeased the conservatives by discarding Wallace to make Sen Harry s. Truman, D., Mo, his run ming mate. Truman succeeded Wallace as vice president Saturday the day MT. Roosevelt wrote Jones a letter of dismissal.
 Wallace is the idol of the New Deal Democratic left wing. Al secretary of commerce with all the powers centered in that office un- der Jones, Wallace would have beer the third most powerful man in the ministration. second only to tht President and to War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes. In thai position Wallace would be able tC press for the policies of the left especially by using the great fi' nancial authority of the lending agencies to that end.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

(pants), but not being sure of the second word-just left 1t out!
 "Why do people kiss with their eyes closed?"
 Because if they didn't, they'd laugh their heads off"
 War Is Hell: From the Richmond (Va) News-Leader: Captains wife, willing to shoot perfectly good child, desires two-bed-room apart ment, unfurnished, west of Boule- yard. T-485, Times-D Dispatch" The Jan. 18th Wall St. Journal in- cluded this Wanted ad: Executive sec'y. Woman. Permanent posi- ton, 5-day week. Salary in accord with ability. Opportunity for ad- vances."
 Pun My Soul Dept: Ted Steele say that for Stettinius to become as popular as his predecessor hell have to work like Hull.
 from JOnn FcAlykAHp COIuIllI in the Miami Herald: Under Cover the book exposing faScism in the U. S., has sold 83l 900 copies to date. It's author, John Roy Carlson, now in Miami, freely ad- mits much of the sale resulted from Walter Winchelrs plugging thought Carlson and Winchen must be good friends. No, says Carlson I met Winchell only once and just long enough to say thank you"
 An applicant for one of the in- telligence services was asked What did the Puritans come tc this country for?"
 ITO worship" was the reply, in their own way -- and make other people do the same
 They say it happened at Holly wood poddy. Dorothy Parker Cwhc else?) told a cinemadorable- You're the most beautiful woman in Hollywood"
 To which the siren sounded: "Oh you'd say so even if you didn't think sol"
 Well" purred Parker we're even. You'd think so even if didn't say so"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

villages marked for seizure by the Red army.
 The German high command &C., knowledged increased Russian pres- sure against the Silesian industrial area and against the Order between Breig and Cosel respectively B miles southeast of Breslau and 23 miles southeast of Oppeln.
 Violent fighting was going on in the streets of Oppeln and Gleiwitz, the two main cities of Silesla south- east of Breslau, Berlin communi- que admitted.
 (The NEG quoted a British broad cast reporting the German radio as saying that Gleiwitz had fallen to the RusSians)
 Wells Poisoned
 Fighting with fanaticism born of despair, German men, women and even children battled the in- vaders tooth and nail for their Silesian towns. Soviet front dis patches said individual Germans stayed behind in their homes to hurl grenades at the oncoming Rus sians, while others set fire to their villages, poisoned the wells and even smashed their household furniture in the streets before fleeing across the Oder.
 Similar evidence of the Nazis' de- termination to convert their home land into a desert before letting 1t fall into the Russian hands came from the East Prrssian front, where the advancing Soviets found town after town burned to the ground.
 Rosenberg and Guttentag were among the Silesian towns reported wiped out by the retreating Ger mans, and military observers in Moscow asserted that the decisive hour of the battle for the indus trial province was at hand.
 KoneV's right wing was advanc- ing directly on Breslau from the east on a front of more than 21 miles that carried as far as B miles inside Silesia, and the Ger man DNB News Agency said one Russian tank force had been wiped out" atfer breaking through to within 1-2 miles of the city.
 Breslau itself was outflanked by a Soviet column that raced 28 miles north of the city to take Militsch, 166 miles southeast of Berlin and the westernmost point of advance claim ed officially by the Soviet high command
 For the first time since the start of the Russian winter offensive 13 days ago. Moscow reported that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

1888 he assumed command of the Canal Zone. He was placed in com- mand of the Second Army in 104O and promoted to lieutenant general
 Lear was born in Hamilton, Ont, May 12, 1879.
 A Congressional investigation was threatened in the yoo-hoo incident, but it never materialized.
 Lear was playing golf in civilian clothes at Memphis golf course when truckloads of soldiers Of the 35th division rolled past the links on their way to Fort Robinson, Ark.
 Supposedly. the soldiers, weary after maneuvers in Tennessee, whistled and "yoo-hooed" at girls who were playing the course in shorts. Lear ordered the entire group of soldiers-150 men-to march IS miles as . penance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24
American, British 'Aaenfs' Executed

London, Jan. "A - (UP) -Ber- lin reported today that 18 American and British agents" were executed after their capture in Slovakia, where they allegedly were engaged in sabotage behind the German lines.
 Broadcast Nazi dispatches said the Americans and British were caught in civilian clothing, admitted their identity and purpose in Slo- vakia, were court martialed, and shot.
 The DNB News Agency said an American named Green and Bri- ton named Sehmer were leaders of the group They were captured "in the rear of the German battle area on slovak territory" the agency said.
 Zinc production in Peru is now
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24
Jops Block
 Burma Road
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 The Japanese. faced with the necessity of breaking the block if they are to get heavy equipment through, have put the Mars posi- lions under constant night attack. A communique reported today that troops of the 18th Indian corps had captured Kyaukpu at the northern edge of Ramree Island, which was invaded by landing forces Sunday, of the West Burma coast and had advanced more than three miles south of the village.
 Troops of the British 14th Army, closing in on Mandalay, captured Monywa, Lower Chindwin river port. 48 miles southwest of Shwebo.
 North of the Shwebo-Sagaing road, other units captured Yong bingen, IS miles northwest of Saga ing and secured the area around the village.
 Other British troops were report ed to have entered the village of Tizaung. 31 miles west of Mandalay. South Africa is cleaning up c dia- mOnd smuggling ring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

(Continued from Page D
 After the Spanish American war, he was commissioned a second lieu- tenant with the 18th Cavalry.
 During the World War, he attend ed the Army Service School at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., was a member of the War Department General Staff in Washington, and an tn- structor in Cavalry at Camp Stan- ley, Texas.
 Graduating from the Army War College in 1926, Lear commanded the 14th Cavalry at Fort Sheridan, where he remained until 1927. In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24
Public Press Editor Slain
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lers might have removed the tell tale file from his apartment.
 Roy Phillips, caretaker at the apartment, said the victim had boasted that the box containing his most recent copy was dynamite Phillips told police that Kasherman had been typmg constantly day and night during the days immediately preceding his death, working on a new issue of his paper.
 Police yesterday opened safety deposit box rented by Kasherman at the Northwestern National Bank. It contained five $2O bills in one en- velope and nothing at all in nine other envelopes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

Zinc production in Peru is now ct record levels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

BUx wAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

South Africa is cleaning up c dia- mond smuggling ring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

One of the editors on the syndi- cate passes it along. At the h. augural an announcer meant to say: There goes the Chief Jus tice, 'just removing his pince-nez." !" He pronounced pince correctly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24
Jones Before Senate Today

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24
LeorAwarded McNuir's Job

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

Dear Walter writes a soldier, "I was one of the lucky people to hear two of Jose Iturbi's per formances at the Avon Park army air base. One for thhe enlisted men, the other for the officers. l was amazed to find that the en- listed men had the better taste in music. One request at the Officers Club was for 'Nola'. Oh, brother"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

Pun My Soul Dept: Ted Steele say that for Stettinius to become as popular as his predecessor he'll have to work like Hull.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24

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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-10-11
Ionia News
LAST WEEKS ITEMS

The Little Horn Demonstra-
ton club held their first meet
ing of the season, Friday, Sept
ember IA, at the home of Mrs.
John Noblett.
Those present were Mrs. Glen
Blackford. Mrs. Uhl Bond, Mrs.
Walter Fellows, Mrs. L. A. Har-
ris, Mrs. Winfield LETTERS, Mrs.
A. E. Magnani, Mrs. M. Smith,
Mrs. Simon Therney. Mrs. Paul
Williams and Mrs. Shaw.
The yearbook was accepted.
A complete list of the officers
follows:
President, Mrs. Winfield JEFF
fers: vice president. Mrs. Glen
Blackboard; secretary, Mrs. John
Noblett; project leaders. Mrs.
Paul Williams and Mrs. Maurice
Smith; alternates, Mrs. L. A.
Harris and Mrs. A. E. Magnani;
reporter, Mrs. Jess Taught; re-
creation leader, Mrs. Uhl Bond;
salvage collector, Mrs. Simon
Therney.
A new member, Mrs. Shaw,
was accepted into the club.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Walter
Fellows, October IL.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-10-11
Lodge Cross Creek

Bob Pickard visited at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Carol
Graham from Friday to Mon
day.
Mrs. Ed Hults, Mrs. Erwin
Hults and Patsy called at the
D. Stevens ranch on Thursday
Mrs. D. Stevens was a Hardin
visitor Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
ClaWson one day last week.
Gary Joe Graham visited Mr..
and Mrs. George Gibson Tues
day.
Miss Johanna Pickard re-
turned to her home in Ogden,
Utah after spending a week
visiting with her sister, Mrs.
Carroll Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilson
were Billings visitors last week.
Sam Horn called at the D.
Stevens ranch Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Stark Sunday.
Joe Schenderline called on
John Stevens Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gibson
were business callers in Hardin
Monday.
Donnie Stevens returned on
Thursday from Butte.
Miss Nettie Robinson is at the
Joe Graham home for an eX-
tended visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Graham
visited at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Ellis Muroch last
Sunday.
Carroll Graham was a Grow
Agency. Hardin and Wyola Wis
itor last Monday.
Mrs. Carroll Graham enter
tanned the Mountain View club
at her home Thursday after
noon. Those present were Mrs.
D. Stevens. Mrs. Ed Hults, Mrs.
Joe Graham. Miss Nettie Rob-
fnson. Mrs. George Gibson, Mrs
Erwin Hults and Patsy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Grow and
Mrs. SiXberry and small daugh-
ter of Casper, Wyo., called at
the D. Stevens ranch Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Carroll Graham and
Gary Joe were Lodge Grass
visitors Wednesday.
| Jack Stevens spent the week
end with Richie Hults.
John Stevens called on Mr..
Styles Sunday morning.
Jack Clawson, Harry Wilson,
Earl Miller and Carroll Graham
were Hardin business callers on
Monday.
Mrs. D. Stevens and Mrs. Ell
! len Hunter were Billings callers
over the week end.