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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-27

MT. and Mrs. Ewald Kramer, Homestead avenue, recently enter tained as weekend guests MT and Mrs. James Kiely, of Queens Village, L. l., and MT. and Mrs. John Hacey, South Ozone Park, L. l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-27

MT. and Mrs. Charles Bannon, Cole street, are spending the week in New York City.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-02
Davis Post Surgeon
Praises Grey Ladies

1t. Col. John S. Minnett, post
surgeon of Camp Davis Station
hospital, commenting on the untir-
ing efforts of the work of the Grey
Ladies, of the Red Cross, wrote to
Mrs. Vernon G. Avery. chairman,
the following letter:
Il should like, through you, to
convey my most sincere thanks to
the Grey Ladies for the splendid
service rendered the patients of
this hospital.
"The personal sacrifices of vol:
ladies and the wonderful spirit you
have shown have been an inspira-
ton to all of you. Without help,
very difficult situation might
easily have been hopeless.
1.-The entire staff joins me in
sending our very best wishes to
each Grey Lady"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-02
Prepaid County Taxes
Establish New Record

Prepaid county taxes received
through August 81 were the largest
ever collected in similar period
in the history of New Hanover
county, ]. A. Orrell said yesterday,
in reporting total Of $3.50, 820.87 in
taxes received by the county.
In a breakdown of the total re-
ceipts, Mr.. Orrell said that prepaid
property taxes totaled $179,91485;
poll taxes $40; dog taxes, sos;
and $1.02 representing the collec-
ton of a penalty, making a total
of $180,82O.87. After discounts on
these taxes amounting to $3,346.01
were deducted, the net amount of
prepaid taxes received was $177,-
474.86.
Last years taxes prepaid through
August 81 totaled $151, 062. %, max
ing net prepayment of SLAB, 165. 40
as of that date, Mr.. Orrell said.
Property taxes amounted to $780,
O29.23; poll taxes, 1913 and dog
taxes, $55.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-02

controlled military and civil Off
Gals and private persons.
Any delay or failure to comply
with the provisions of this or SUBJ
sequent orders, and any action
which the supreme commander for
Allied powers determines to be
detrimental to the Allied powers,
will incur drastic and summary
punishment at the hands of Allied
military authorities and the Japa-
nese government.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-02
Lew Cost, Long Term. Insured
DIRECT REDUCTION
REAL ESTATE LOANS

Check now and list the necessary re.
pairs. make sure you include everything
30 that a proper job can be done that
will last for years to come. Then come
IN and talk 1t over. Our officers will be
pleased 10 advise and help you
Your mortgage will be held locally, our
service Is prompt and at all times avail.
able.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-02

Olga Prist widow Of Frank Pr Jr, NEAAcne pho
killed npers bullet Leyte is shown with plaque
by the Fourth Air Force in appreciation the American
plaque Fourth Air night fighter has been christ
respondents have lost their lives.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
MODERN MINING:
Output Vastly Increased

Indicated output of 625, 900, 900 tons
of coal in 1914 was attained with
about 100000 fewer workers than
in 1918, attributed largely to the ex-
tensive mechanization of the mines
in the intervening period. The btu
minous industry has spent upwards
of $500, 000,000 for coal-cutting and
handling equipment in the last 20
years. BY utilizing that machinery
to the limit, and by constantly in
Producing more efficient mining
methods, the man output per day
in bituminous mines has been
raised from an average of 334 tons
during the last war to more than 5A
tons. in 1914. This compares with
slightly more than one ton per man
per day in England, and a little
over two tons per man in Canada.
The 1914 production record was
made by working force averaging
nearly As years of age, compared
with an age Of 80 years in the period
Immediately preceding World War
II. That is because thousands of
veteran miners came out of retire.
ment to take the places of those who
left to join the armed forces and, to
much lesser extent, for employ
ment in other war industries. One
advantage of their experience is re-
fected in the fact that accident-fre-
quency rates in the bituminous
mines of this country were lower
in 1914.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
NAVY:
Postwar Fleet

Although final action depends
upon the nations future policy,
tentative navy plans call for
huge postwar feet of $3.50 YES
sells and the scrapping of an
other 1904, according to testi-
mony released by the house ap-
preparation committee.
Of the $3.50 vessels, 1871
would be combat ships, with the
remaining 1859 auxiliary craft.
Plans calls for use of 1872 of the
combat vessels, ranging from
submarines to battleships, with
the rest laid up for recall on
short notice. Of the auxiliaries,
1874 would be kept active and
the remainder anchored for flu
ture demands.
Among the 6,094 vessels to be
strapped or used as targets are
337 obsolescent combat ships.
The remainder are auxiliaries,
including landing craft. In adj
dition, it was disclosed, the navy
will have some $4,000 other craft
on it's hands as disqualification
proceeds, with some retained
and others disposed of by the
maritime commission.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
FARM LABOR:
Draft Provisions

Seeking to assure essential farm
labor, congress moved to forbid To-
cal draft boards from comparing the
value of agriculture with that Of
any other occupation when consider
ing deferments of farm workers.
Final passage of the bill de-
pended upon house approval of SEN
ate amendments, providing that ap-
peals boards could not make such
comparisons, and deferment of
farm workers shall not prevent vol
untary enlistments for the services.
The congressional measure was
framed to forestall a directive of
selective service ordering local
boards to give first consideration to
the manpower needs of the army
and navy when considering defer
ments for farm workers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
EUROPE:
Defense Pockets

Their front shattered by Allied
break-throughs, Nazi militarists en-
visioned the formation of numerous
strong pockets of resistance for a
last-ditch stand against the massed
weight of U. S.. British and Rus
sian forces.
Discussed even as U. S. and Brit
ish armies drove toward link-up
in the Berlin region, the object of
the pockets would be to make the
war SO costly to the Allies as to in
duce a willingness to talk terms.
Recognizing the possibilities Of such
warfare, Supreme Allied headquar-
ters indicated that We Day might
not be proclaimed until major
nests of resistance were cleaned up
to prevent a lowering Of civilian
and military morale because of
losses sustained in continuing opera
tons.
With U. S. and British forces
spearheading across the Reich, and
the Russians moving in from the
east, most prominent German
pockets would center along the
North sea coasts and mountainous
Bavaria. In addition, the Nazis
would seek to hold their grip on in
dustrial Czechoslovakia and north
ern Italy, both henned in by
rugged terrain.
Nazi plans for a die-hard stand
shaped up as the great Russian
drive surged on battered Berlin and
U. S. forces moved toward a juno
ture with the Reds in Saxony.
With the Russians throwing over
1000, 900 men into the battle, and
the Germans concentrating the
bulk of their forces against the on
slaught, the fight for Berlin became
one of the bloodiest encounters of the
whole war. AS Red forces edged
through network of strong FORTH
cations under rolling fire, the enemy
threw in masses Of tanks in an eff
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
WATER TREATY.:
NeighborLy Act

In what President Truman hailed
as a constructive, business-like pro-
posal undertaken in a neighborly
spirit, the U. S. senate ratified the
controversial treaty dividing waters
of the Colorado and Rio Grande riv-
ers between this country and
Mexico.
Under provisions of the treaty,
the U. S. guarantees Mexico 1,5O0,-
600 acre feet of water annually
from the Colorado river, except in
times Of extraordinary drouth when
the supply may be cut, and also
agrees to divide waters in the Rio
Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas,
about equally. In addition, the two
nations will make study of prob
les,s arising trctn the Cow Of the
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
BRITISH RAILS:
Profitable Control

Having been taken over by the
government at the outbreak of hos
tilities to assure smooth wartime
operation, Great Britain's four main
railroads have netted the treasury
over 700 million dollars in profits
during five years of booming traffic.
With the government paying the
companies fixed annual rental of
SITS, 1885, 900 for rolling stock and
services, $11 1852. 900 was earned over
and above the charge in 1910; $780,
$4,000 in 1941; $182, CSC. 900 in 1912;
$248, 1896. 900 in 1943, and $187, lbs. 900
in 1914.
Though combined receipts were
higher last year than in 1943 be-
cause of increased traffic for D-Day
preparations, expenses rose even
more to cut the profit below the pre-
ceding IL months. 1t was revealed.
Released by Westsra NeWsgapss ulMcsy
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
Army Strength at Peak

With a population Of 1913, 142,
New York led all other states
in the number of men and
women in the army with 90O,56S
as U. S. military strength
totsslled 8,050,011 as of Deem
Der 81, the war department re-
vealcd.
To the original army strength
of 5l3,410 in 1910, 9,444,283 have
been added by induction, en-
listment or appointment since
then, with the normal release of
1907 .6S2 giving the net figure of
s.c50,O11, it was pointed out.
With the draft equalizing state
industions on. the basis of popu-
laticn, PENNSYLVANIA with $780,
1870 persons and Illinois with T.
1877, 24l ranked second and third
in the number of men and won-
EN- in the. army, with 663,666
and 5o7,2ss respectively.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
CONGRESS-:
Tariff Battle

Even as the Republicans senate
steering committee called upon
Pres. Harry S. Truman to wish his
administration well, red hot legis-
1ative battle doomed in congress
over the new chiefs reciprocal trade
treaty program, with COP leaders
heading the fight to defeat the meas
ure.
First sponsored by Mr.. Roose-
welt, then adopted as his own by
President Truman, the program
calls for three-year extension Of
the reciprocal trade treaties, with
permission to cut tariff rates so per
cent under January, 1915, levels.
Since the original trade treaties al
lowed SO per cent reduction on
duties imposed in the Smoot-
Hawley bill of 1880, and such cuts
were made on some goods, another
80 per cent slash would amount to
rs per cent, in all.
AS former secretary of state and
so-called father" of the reciprocal
trade program, Cordell Hull, called
for passage of the act from the
Bethesda, Md, naval hospital, AS
sistant Secretary of State William
Clayton led the administration fight
for adoption Of the bill. With the
U. S. possibly exporting as much as
10 billion dollars worth of goods O
year after the war, he said, it will
be necessary to cut our own tariff
barriers so that our foreign pur-
chasers will be able to repay
us in kind. Otherwise, he said, we
will lose this trade or billions Of
dollars extended in credits.
Disputing the administrators
contention that passage of the meas
ure was necessary to assist in the
restoration of world prosperity and
prevention of unsettled economic
conditions leading to war. COP con-
gressmen, led by Rep. Harold Knut-
son (Minn.), declared that the pro-
gram accomplished neither objec-
tive prior to the present conflict.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03

Lieutenant General Simpson Of 9th army
Ueft) chats with British Field Marshal
Montgomery on German front.
fort to break up the advancing for
nations, and swarms of planes
clashed in the leaden skies above.
Further to the south, other Rus
sian forces preached the Nazis'
Neisse and Spree river lines to
smash westward in Saxony for
junction with the u. S. LIST and 3rd
armies.
While the 1st and 3rd fought to-
ward a junction with the Russians,
and the U. S. 9th built up strength
along the Elbe for an eastward
thrust to Berlin, the British and
Canadian forces and the U. S. 7th
army bore down on the potential
German defensive pockets along the
North sea and in Bavaria.
The British and Canadian task
was no snap, what with the enemy
concentrating large bodies Of troops
in small areas behind. stout de-
lenses. Included in the German
holdout regions was the western por-
ton of Holland below the Zuider
Zee, and the great port areas Of
Emden, Wilhelnhaven, and Ham
burg.
Having cleared the Nazi shrine
city of Nuremberg, 7th army spear
heads pointed toward Munich and
the Bavarian mountain reaches,
where enemy die-hards are expected
to put up their stiffest last stand.
With Allied armies on the move in
Germany itself. U. S. and British
forces pushed forward In Italy
also, threatening to spill inta the
~ valley. 's'ss..a,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
Honor Roll

Corporal Richard 4. Shingler of
Pittsburgh, Pa, suon the distinguished
service medal for exhibiting high de.
gree of resourcetuIness and efficiency in
the preparation and dropping of sup
plies and medical equipment to isolated
suruivors OF airplane crashes. During
1914, he completed over 10000 miles
of travel in China, using all modes of
transportation, including 500 miles on
foot and horseback. His outstand.
ing achievements haze been instrum,en.
tai i" the saving Of 80 cre'0 members.
To Captain Thomas B. Cist of Chi.
cago, Ill.,, ,oent the distinguished serv.
ice medal. Displaying unusual ingenuity
and on his otUn time and initiative, he
designed and constructed bombing
errors computer which calculated and
gaze answers to the various factors that
normally cause the errors made BY stu
dents in air bombing practice. SO sue.
cessfuL ,vere the first handmade instru.
n,ents that he dretO up manufacturing
specifications from Which the device
sUas produced in quantity and distrib.
uted to appropriate schools and bonn
bardment units. As result of his eff
forts, increased efficiency in air bomb.
ing training has been achieved.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
Weekly
Hard Naz Defense Pockets Shape Allied Armies Split Rec

Tijuana river from Mexico into
southern California, including food
control and conservation.
Though California and Nevada
congressman attacked the treaty as
harmful to domestic users of the
Colorado river waters, other west
ern senator's acclaimed it as neces-
sary for orderly development Of
both the Colorado and Rio Grande
basins.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
PACIFIC:
u. S. Losses

For the first time in the Pacific
war, navy casualties in the Okina-
wa campaign ran ahead of the
arny's and marines, with bitter
fighting threatening to make the
operation as costly as at Two Jima.
Numbered among the victims was
famed War Correspondent Ernie
Pyle, whose simplicity of reporting
the war from Europe to Asia
brought the realism Of the con-
f1ict so much closer to the nations
folk.
With the Ryulyu island chain,
containing Okinawa, lying but 1926
miles from Tokyo, the Japs put up
stiff fight, throwing in waves Of
airplanes in an attempt to impede
supporting U. S. naval operations.
Led by the silken-shrouded Kami-
kaze (suicide) fiers, enemy airmen
inflicted the greatest percentage of
naval casualties.
In ground fighting on Okinawa it.
self, chief opposition conferred in
the southern part of the island above
the capital city of Naha, where Oath
corps army troops bucked against
the four-mile deep Little Siegfried"
line. Progress remained slow as
heavy artillery was called upon to
reduce Jap strongpoints before
doughboys could move forward to
clean out the battered defenders.
While fighting ragged about Okin-
ava, General MacArthur's forces
frightened their hold on the Philip
pines by edging into the enemy S
mountain strongholds on northern
Luzon. and establishing further foot
holds on Mindanao, second biggest
island in the archipelago.
BRIEFS
OF the nearly 150,000 persons
who died of cancer. in the United
States last year, approximately
$500 were between the ages of
20 and 20. 1t is true that cancer
reaps its highest death toll in
the age groups over 40, but it
may affiict a person in any age
group with equally tragic re-
sults-even infants have been
known to die from cancer. If
treated in the early stages, how
ever, the disease is durable, au-
thorities point out.
The u. S. Fish and Wildlife serv-
| ice announces it has embarked on
a program to supply fish for stock
ing waters under the control of the
Veterans administration and the
War and Navy departments, to
provide angling for convalescent
soldiers, sailors and marines. Dur
ing the first II months of 1914, 1885,
800 game fish of varieties were
stocked in suitable waters in 20
states located near veterans hos
pitfalls and military areas. These in
Guided rainbow, brook and Loeb
Leven trout. largemouth and small.
/ scouth black bass aud bluegill.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03
PLANE OUTPUT:
Big Cut

In line with the army air forces
cut in aircraft production for the
rest of 1915, the huge $500, 600, 900
Ford-operated factory at Willow
Run outside Detroit, Mich, will
wind up manufacture of B-24 bomb
ers by next August.
Decision to terminate production
Of the B-24s was predicated upon the
collapse of the German luftwaffe
and the need for heavier, faster
bombers like the BIOS for the
Pacific war, it was said. The over
all cut in output of other planes also
will permit concentration on manu-
facture of aircraft more vitality
needed against the Japs, includ-
ing the new jet-propelled ships.
Capable of turning out 1852 planes
month at the peak of it's opera
tions, the Willow Run factory is
owned by the governments Defense
Plant corporation. Henry Ford has
eyed purchase of the property for
production of tractors and other
kinds of farm tools after the war.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-03

EDITORS NoTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns. they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily of
this newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-11-24
wELL-EARNED HONOR

The slim Detroit native who southpawed Steve ONeill's Bengals to a pair of series triumphs, in- cluding the seventh decisive tilt with the Chicago Cubs, had a run away in the voting of the Baseball Writers Association for most valu- able" honors in the American League.
 Detroit fans will agree with the verdict of the writers, for it was Hurricane Hal who came in on re- lief to save the 'pennant' game against St. Louis on the final day of the season, picking up his 18th win to nine defeats. Over two year stretch, Newhouser has piled up 54 victories against Is losses. His 211 strikeouts were tops in the league and he also showed the way with eight shutouts, 312 innings pitched and 29 complete games.
 Only once before in the history of the most valuable voting in the junior circuit had a player won the crown two years running. Jimmy Foxx did in 1882 and l933. He also won it in 1888. Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, Mickey Cochrane and Walter Johnson, each was honored twice but not in suc- cessive seasons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-11-24
oNE-MINuTE SPORTS PAGE

Around the air forces football league you'll hear that Ed ,Ehlers, star runner and passer of the Air Transport Command Rockets, has a West Point appointment in his hip pocket. Ed was quite basket ball player at Purdue but this is supposed to be his first year of football. Camp Kearns, Utah., ex- poets another crack basketball team this winter with Andy Duncan, G. foot-7 center from William and Mary, Chuck Hockenberry from West Virginia, Bobby Lewis of Pepperdine College, and Hooks lott, former Browns pitcher, among the candidates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-11-24

PRESENTS FOR YOUR DAUGH- TIERS? St. Margaret's Doll Bazaar
 Parish Hall, Wednesday, November 28, 1O:30 a. m, offers the solution. For the benefit of noon shoppers, a light lunch will be served at 12 o'clock. 10,l25-t3)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-11-24
CLOSING THOUGHT

From Eddie Travis Newport News, Va: There's a guy down here who's picking Navy over Army on Dec. 1--provided they let Navy use the Missouri and Enterprise
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-11-24
Ap SPORTS
 ROUNDUP
By HIGH FULLERTON. Jr.

NEW YORK, Nov. 24-No matter who wins tomorrow's Eastern championship tussle between the Redskins and Eagles, the National Football League playoff figures to be the top game of the season. No, we're not forgetting Army Navy and the New Years Day games What Bowl promoter wouldn't mortgage the stadium if he could get Bob Waterfield, the slickest "T'' quarterback we've seen, in there against sammy Baughs pitching or Steve Buren's running?
Evening star., 1945-04-29
or Radio Listeners

networks aim is to bring to day
time radio listeners an entirely new
pattern of entertainment and it
sounds like they are going to sue
ceed with a flourish.
Elsa MaxWell's Party Line will be
open from is to II 80 each morn
ing, Monday through Friday, start
ing tomorrow WOL-Mutuel is the
station.
Also tomorrow Arthur Godfrey
begins e-times-a-week music
and variety show over WTOP-CBS,
9:15 to 9:45 am. He will be support
ed by an orchestra, chorus and two
vocalists.
Summer Replacement Depart
ment - Next Sunday songstress
Georgia Gibbs takes over the
WMAL-ABC Hall of Fame spot.
May 6 is little early for show to
be dubbed summer replacement" F."
but that's what they call it. Georgia
has been for the past two and half
years vocalist on the Garry Moore
Jimmy Durante program.
Herbert Marshall in the role he
so enjoys playing, "The Man Called
X" takes Bob Hopes place over
WRC-NBC beginning June II, and
with it the Hope audience of some
80 million listeners. On that same
station and day Hildegarde will give
way to composer-conducto Sigmund
Romberg and a 45-piece orchestra.
Harry James and his orchestra on
the WTOP-CBS Danny Kaye show
will take over as the summer re-
placement for the Kaye program
June 8 is the date.
Spot announcement: Ginny
Simms is in New York and will
broadcast her NBC Talent Theater
from that city for four. weeks in
order to give East Coast eX-service-
men chance to display their abili-
ties. =. VOLS Marshall Adams has
written an article called Mexican
Skullduggery" for a forthcoming is
sue of the Pan-American. The story
deals with an eccentric fashion de-
signer in Mexico City Harry
Prime, new singing star of WTOP's
Music That Satisfies, worked for the
Post Office Department here in 1943
and 1914, later sang at the local 400
Club, leaving January last to be-
come substitute vocalist with jim
my Dorsey's Band. WMAL's
Bailey Axton has just received let
ter from a CT program fan some
where in India"I