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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-11

YES, despite their long months and
i years of privation and suffering,
those gallant men, just released from
filthy Jap Prison Camps, still have
their good old fighting spirit. They're
itching to get back into the fight and
give the Nips taste of their own
medicine.
Let's show them that we're not
quitting either! Let's match their
spirit with our dollars! Let's make
this MIGHTY 7th War Loan the
mightiest of them all!
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-11

So far during 1945, packers have
been forced to buy all their live
stock at, or close to the ceilings.
Although beef slaughter in the first
quarter of 1914. many packers were
placed in a squeeze" position. The
new sliding adjustment is designed
to meet this problem.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-11

Q Mr.. and Mrs. N. g. Murray left
Sunday for Vancouver, Washington,
where they will spend three weeks
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Har-
vey Smith and family.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-11
Ernie Pyle

To mothers and fathers the next best thing tc
getting letter from that boy in the service was to reao
Ernie Pyle column Some of not fortunate enough
be able get hold of his column regularly but IN many
towns throughout the country where it not published
copies were clipped out by relatives and sent by mall
Ernie Pyle the correspondent who
could make really feel that we knew what our
boys experiencing. He lived with the boys In
the foxholes.-- He in the thick of one battle
after another His columns didn't bother with
what the generals doing. His whole concern
was with the reaction to and wartime life OF
the G.I.s from little towns all the country.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-11

When Ernie Pyle killed by Jap machine bullets the
whole nation grieved Through his column he had become
a close personal friend to millions of And couldn't
help thinking when heard about his death that there
was column Ernie would have given anything to
write. He would have liked to tell how feels to die
He had told practically everything else about this war
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-11
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Notice hereby
No. 21 of Pnal County
material and transportation required
of school building said School
tional cafeteria Coolidge
Each bid drawings specifications on
file at the office of Superintendent of School
copy the drawings and specifications examined obtained
by general varney Architects
drawings specifications which upon
return of the drawings specifications good condition
Bidders hereby notified the
the Industrial
Commission of Arizona the General Prevailing
locality in which the work is to be type
of workman mechanic needed prevailing
determined follows:
Classification Hourly Rate
ASBESTOS WORKERS
Asbestos Worker (EIea and Front Insulator
BRCKLAYERS
Bricklayer 165
Cauker 165
Tile Setter Cncluding rubber mastic nextile 165
CARPENTERS 1s5
ELECTRICIANS
Electrician
Electricians Helper 100
IRONWORKERs
1rsnwSFssF 1ronvoEasF sslntSSs1s sat'ssa 1875 1857
LABoRERS
Laborer Concrete Worker Cement Dumpe Loading Wheeling
Placing Aggregates Tampng
Laborer General or Construction watchman, Fagman
Oncluding all labor separately classified
on all types of construction) .S75
Laborer, Operator and Tender of Pneumatic
Bricklayers Tender mortar excluded)
Ffnisher-Tender
Morarman, Brick (Hand Machine
PAINTERS n1SaTsass' Tender 's'
Glazier 125
Painter-Spray
PLAsTERERs AND CEMENT FINIsHERs
Cement Finisher LA
Finishing Operator 1oor Type}
Pasterer 1.725
PLUMBER 15O
ROOFERS
Roofer build-up Rooer-Asphalt; Composition Roofer
Kettlemen; Tile Roofer, Waerproofer
Helper
Sheetmetal
TRUCKDRIVERS AND TRANSFERS
Dump Truck Driver GO c. Y. L. c.
Truck Driver 3 c. 20 L. c. 120
Dump Truck Driver e c. Y. w. l.. C. but 13
C. Y, w. L. c. 1125
Dump Truck Driver 1h N. R. c. and/or
C. Y. but less than c. Y. 100
Truck Driver MRC andor .85
Dumpor Truck Driver (69 Y or less, w. L.. CO. LIPS
Dumptor Truck Driver G G. Y. more, w. L. CO. 125
Pickup Driver, q or
Transit Mixer Truck Driver a less) 1.25
Transit Mixer Truck Driver lover 4 G. W 1875
working shall eight (S)
shall whomevr and
thereon the spec
aborers, mechanics
execution of the project.
the Architect shall be accompanied certified cashiers check
for five @ of the amount of the bid made payable to the
District 2 Arizona
bidder
bidders satisfactory
Cole Clerk,
District No. 21 of Pnal Arizona the
office Taylor M May 28
mentioned office certified cashiers
check shall that the bidder will the
awarded to him and shall declared forfeited
damages the successful bidder refuses enter into said
being Board
Trustees.
right any
or waive nformaly in bid
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 81,
OF PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA.
May A., II, Is, 25, 1945.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-11

But to come even close to matching
their sacrifices, everyone here at
home must buy War Bonds until it
hurts. Buy double or treble the extra
War Bonds you've bought in any
previous drive. Remember, this is
really two drives in one. In the same
period last year, you were asked to
subscribe to two War Loans.
So let's go, Americans. Our hard
fighting Soldiers, Sailors and Ma
rines are giving their ALL. The least
we can do is to lend our dollars.
Evening star., 1945-03-25
Servants Wages
Gain $77 Weekly
In 4-Yeor Span

Wages for domestic servants have
jumped from an average Of about
SO to approximately $40 a week
during the last four years, accord
ing to a study recently completed
by the Labor Department.
Based on an analysis of 562 ad-
vertisements for women household
workers in Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia by the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics, the study
showed that monthly salaries Of
fered ranged from $40 to $160 a
month, or an average of $92 rs.
Weekly pay offered ranged from
$12 to $50, or an average Of $40
week.
A similar study in 1910 showed
offers of from $3.50 to $l8.75, the
average for white women being
$685. and colored women $685., with
preference for the latter ex-
pressed in most of the advertise
ments which stated preference.
The 1914 wages offered for part
time workers by the week was
1910, by the day, $4, and on an
hourly basis, SO cents.
A feature of the advertisements
mentioning living-in quarters was
their desirability, many described
as sunny, warm, comfortable or
lovely, while some offered radios,
showers and private baths as in
ducements. The prime qualifica-
ton required seemed to be "experi-
ence."
Evening star., 1945-03-25

and the bluejacket were partners.
working side by side-and they were
enthusiastic as they carried out the
unique combined operation.
Evening star., 1945-03-25
Library Of Congress Gets
Woodrow Wilson Letters

A collection of Woodrow Wilson
letters, SO of them to Col. George
Harvey, has been acquired by the
Library of Congress, DR.. Luther H
Evans. acting librarian, announced
yesterday.
The letters to Col Harvey were
written between 1906 and 1912 and
reveal the political relationship of
the two men at this period of Mr.
Wilson's budding hopes for the
presidential candidacy. The first
letter, dated February 3, 1906,
thanks Col. Harvey for his advo-
cacy of Wilson as a presidential
candidate in speech at the Lotos
Club. The letters during 1911 dis
cuss the events leading to the
break" between the two men po-
litically at the time, Col. Harvey's
"Harper's Weekly" dropping the
words For President - Woodrow
Wilson" under the masthead at the
start of the editorial columns.
Three of the letters in the COL
lection are in Mr.. Wilson's hand
writing and many others were typed
by the 9th President and bear his
signature. Two letters from his
wife, Mrs. Ellen Axson Wilson, to
Col. Harvey are included.
Evening star., 1945-03-25

proud white symbol was covered as
part Of the plan. To any peering
enemy reconnaissance, the naval
boats to all appearances were part
and parcel of the equipment of the
Army forces in Europe.
Delivery of the boats at the scene
was miracle of modern military
transport, a job placed in the ca
pable hands of the Army engineers.
Big Craft Moved.
Only the heaviest of the Army's
tank conveyors could move the big
LCM's 0anding craft, mechanized j,
which are so feet long and IA feet
wide, nearly the width of the average
roadway and wider than many Eu-
ropean roads When loaded, the
LCM's made units II feet long and
20 feet high.
Despite the problem they presented,
many of the LCM's were brought
more than 300 miles over war
ravaged roads, makeshift bridges
an dthrough battered, narrow viii
lage streets.
On the Rhine the Navy reversed
the compliment. Today it was the
Navy's turn to move Army vehicles
LCM's and LCVP's raced back and
forth across the Rhine, picking up
Army equipment on the west bank
and rushing it to the east bank
where, over the bow-ramps hustled
tanks, mobile guns, loaded weapon
carriers and other mobile equipment
jeeps by the hundred, all marked
Destination Berlin"
Outstanding, even beyond the
success of the operation itself, was
the unity achieved between the
Army and the Navy. The Dougboy
Evening star., 1945-03-25

Marshal Zhukov's army had broken
into Klessin, 33 miles east of Berlin
and there the Germans reported
bitter fighting.
Klessin is two miles beyond the
Oder and seven miles north Of the
river fortress of Frankfurt. The
Germans said fighting had extended
10 miles northwest of Kuestrin to a
Soviet west bank bridgehead at
Kleinitz and enemy reports indi-
Gated Marshal Zhukov had estab-
lished solid bridgehead II miles
long west of Kuestrin from Kleinitz
to Klessin.
The reports indicated that at least
three Soviet bridgeheads across the
Oder had been linked and the enemy
said fighting was ensuing at Lebus
three miles south of Klessin. where
Marshal Zhukov repeatedly has
established still another foothold
across the Oder defense line.
In Latvia the German high COM
mand reported continuing Soviet
attacks near Saldus, strong point
in the Nazi-held Courland PENN
sula. and said the Russians had
broken through near Dobele.
The enemy communiaue also re-
ported heavy fighting near the con-
f1uence of the Drava and Danube
Rivers in Northern Yugoslavia.
Evening star., 1945-03-25

frequently operate at the range of
100 yards.
In street fighting, assault detach-
ments never proceed along streets.
Instead they blast corridors through
the center of rows of houses. A shell
fired pointblank at wall makes q
doorway for the gun that fired it.
The gun is dragged through and
gunners send another shell through
the next wall.
The battle for Berlin probably will
De fought at last over mountains Of
rubble, amid chaos of brick and
stone, to the accompaniment of TOM
myguns and laundering cannon,
while Red Air Force divebombers
rip at last-ditch strongpoints with
rockets.
Like Koenigsberg and Breslau, like
Budapest and Kuestrin, the last
days probably will be fought under
a canopy of dirty smoke from burn
ing buildings and military supplies.
That is what it probably will take
to crush Berlin.
Evening star., 1945-03-25
Navy Moves Troops Over Rhine
After HouIinq Boats Overland

(The tollo,oing is Nauy De-
pdrtment dispatch received in
Washington and distributed by
the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1945-03-25

the fray. A total Of $500 trans
ports and gliders showered fighting
men into the seething battle east
of the Rhine. A force Of 240 Lib
orators dropped 900 tons of supplies
to the airborne troops.
Dozen Airfields Hammered.
In the crucial hours before day.
break 1900 American bombers and
fighters beat up dozen Nazi air
fields around the battle zone and
made soaring attacks on German
positions near the Rhine. Late in
the day another $50 Flying Fort
resses and Liberators smashed four
enemy night fighter bases in Ger
many and Holland. And on Friday
night RAF Lancasters smashed the
German garrison in Wesel, paving
the way for British Commando as
saultS.
So vast was the aerial operation
that Gen. Eisenhower delegated Air
Marshal Sir Arthur Cunningham,
head of the British I'd Tactical Air
Force, to coordinate the work of all
Allied tactical forces.
Twenty German planes which at
tempted to rise from field near
Muenster were pounced upon and
shot down by one American Mus
tang group before the Nazis reached
1000 feet.
Il saw our airborne troops drop
ping like locusts and not Hun
plane appeared in the area,' said
an Raj fighter pilot.
BY sundown, with planes still
banging away in support of Marshal
Montgomery's newly-won bridge
head, each American 9th Air Force
and British bomber had completed
three separate missions from bases
in Britain. Their targets had in
cluded just about everything in the
1000 square mile death trap east Of
the Rhine, from dug-in German
troops to tank columns and rail
yards crammed with Nazi reinforce
ments and supplies.
Evening star., 1945-03-25
Russia
Continued From First Page. J

Bakony hills to break into the open
plains leading to Vienna
At the northern end of the front,
Marshal Tolbukhin's troops out
f1anked on the south the Danube
River fortress of Komarom, and cut
its communications with Veszprem,
beyond the west shore of Lake Bala-
ton
| They seized Bakonyszentlaszlo, 40
miles from the Austrian frontier
and 81 miles southeast of the Aus
trian capital, and thus moved to
within % miles southeast of Gyor,
the greatest communication center
in Western Hungary and one of the
outer defense fortresses of Vienna
This surge cut 10-mile stretch
of the Gyor Veszprem highway and
railroad between Bakonyszentlaszlo
and ZircS and assured the fall of
Veszprem. Other Soviet units then
stormed into Veszprem and pushed
on another miles to the west to
win Marko, 113 miles east of the
Austrian mountain city of Graz.
60 Generals Command.
AtsZircs, the Russians, who were
under command of go generals were
within 81 miles east of the big COM
munications hub of Szombathely,
near the Austrian Hungarian FROM
tier.
Ten miles east of Veszprem and
18 miles southwest of SZekeSfeher-
var, the Russians reached the north
shore of Lake Balaton at Balaton
Kenese. There were indications a
lsizable enemy force that had driven
east toward the Danube south Of
Budapest had been trapped and
wiped out there.
The battle before Berlin-which
Moscow has not yet announced and
which the Nazis called a bloody
preliminary to an impending all-out
Russian frontal assault on the cap
Iital-was 'now raging to climax"
the Nazi DNB agency said.
The Nazis said Marshal Gregory
K. Zhukov's 1st White Russian
Army troops had been at least tenn
porarily held at Golzow, 6 miles
west of Kuestrin.
Tank Forces Massed.
Eight miles to the south the Ger
mans said massed tank forces of
Evening star., 1945-03-25
Nazi Civil Authorities
Told 10 Cease Work
In Front-Line Areas
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 24.-The German
radio told the home press today
that Heinrich Himmler had ordered
all civil authorities in evacuated or
Allied-occupied territory to cease
functioning for the time being"
another sign of the chaos inside
Germany.
Front dispatches have told of
thousands of Germans fleeing the
invaded areas along the Rhine, and
this latest German broadcast said
Himmler had established interim
Offices" to help the heads of rural
districts, mayors and other local
officials to administer, or If neces-
sary to liquidate existing institu-
tons"
Their files and other official
property will be brought to safety"
the broadcast said.
Allied Success Admitted.
German radio commentators,
meanwhile, conceded that Allied
troops had a sizable foothold across
the lower Rhine, said the bulk"
of the United States lst Army was
striking eastward from the Rema-
gen bridgehead, and expressed
anxiety over the surprise establish
ment" by 1t. Gen. George S~Pat-
ton of a Bird Army bridgehead in
the south.
THE German command en-
deavors to delay decision until the
moment when the employment of
additional German material and
tactical means is advisable" said
one broadcast.
Capt. Ludwig Sertorius OF the
Transocean Agency said a synchro-
nized operation by the United States
9th and 1st Armies may develop
soon between Cologne and Duessel-
dorf, forming the lower part OF a
pincers movement with the British
and Canadian forces farther north
in an effort to envelop the Ruhr.
Discussing the Allied air-borne
landing, Sertorius said it was fur
ther evidence that Field Marshal
Montgomery is more than keen to
get to the rear of the Ruhr as
quickly as he can"
Eisenhower Aim Speculated.
''The main goal of Eisenhower's
decisive offensive, which now has
entered the third phase, is still the
North German plain" he added.
1T is clear that with this aim in
mind the enemy certainly will at
tempt to overcome the Rhine bar
rier between Bonn and Emmerich
before attempting to cross over the
lower reaches This explains why
we should not overestimate the i'm
portance of the bridgehead estab-
lished surprisingly by United States
(3rd Army amphibious tanks at
Oppenheim."
Berlin said it's troops were trying
to prevent a link-up between Mar
shall Montgomery's British and
Canadians and the Allied parachute
and glider troops on the north side
of the Ruhr. 1t claimed that large
parts" of the air-borne troops were
wiped out, adding:
But at some points air. borne
troops succeeded in forming nests
of resistance and they are under
attack"
Reports from Sweden said mu-
tinty had broken out among puppet
Hungarian troops in Denmark Fri
day afternoon and that there had
been lively" street fighting in
Copenhagen.
Evening star., 1945-03-25
Aerial
Continued From First Page J

plies to airborne troops across the
Rhine.
With Nazi defenses thrown into
turmoil by this tremendous attack
from the west, American heavy
bombers from Italy crossed the Alps
and smashed tank factory in
Berlin in a 1,600-mile round trip,
the longest escorted mission ever
flown over Europe.
The Germans threw up a number
OF their new jet-propelled planes in
an effort to ward off the bombers
and escorting Mustangs. Three of
them were shot down.
There was no immediate report
on 18th Air Force losses.
Rail Targets Attacked.
Other 18th Air Force planes
bombed two jet bases, one at Neu-
berg, 40 miles north of Munich, and
another at Riem, miles to the east.
Still other American planes attacked
railroad targets on the main line
from Vienna to the Bohemian in
dustrial area.
From dawn to dusk one great pro-
cession of bombers and fighters
swept across the Channel to be
Joined over the continent by thou
sands of other warplanes streaming
up from advanced bases in Belgium,
Germany, Holland and France.
Each phase of the mammoth op-
Grafton was run off with split
second timing, with as many as five
layers of planes roaring toward their
objectives at the same time or criss-
crossing at different attitudes.
Sixty seconds after a group OF
transports towing gliders filled with
combat troops passed over one Bel
gian city there came the roar of 200
swift American fighters diving into
Evening star., 1945-03-25

putHLSHt uSpuLCH TeCeIUeu III
Washington and distributed by
the Associated Press.)
WITH UNITED STATES NAVAL
FORCES ON THE RHINE, Mar. "a.
Allied armies crossed the last
great water barrier to the heart of
Germany this morning in another,
unique D day for United States and
Allied amphibious forces
The small boat men"-in alli-
gators, buffalos and other amphibi-
GUS craft-repeated the daring
landings of the Pacific, from Tarawa
to Two Jima, and the daring opera
ations from North Africa to Nor
mandy and Southern France. This
time it was behind a barrage laid
down by field artillery and under
skies filled with fighter planes
transport planes, and gliders-20C
miles from the nearest ocean.
Never before in history has the
Army called on the Navy to help il
cross an inland river, a barrier sec.
ond only to the Channel in the
march on Berlin. The mission Of
the sailors, far from the sea, was
to build up with all possible speed
the masses of infantry, weapons
and ammunition necessary to sup.
port the first assault troops smash.
ing into the industrial Ruhr.
Plan Carefully Laid.
They have turned into naval his.
tory the plans carefully prepared
over the past months under Ad.
miral Harold r. Stark, commander
of United States Naval Forces II
Europe, and Vice Admiral Alan G
Kirk, commander Of American Nava
Forces in France.
Weather conditions were ideal fol
the operation.
Presence of the naval forces II
Europe was a closely guarded Sc
cret. They trained for months with
Army combat engineers on tn,
smaller rivers of France and Bel
GUM. To insure secrecy, the sailor!
wore Army field uniforms and Army
helmets. In training, these men O.
the sea trudged through mud along
with the Doughboys.
Even the boats they were to ust
were disguised. The blue hulls were
painted olive drab. The Navy.
Evening star., 1945-03-25
Alexandra Chaplain
And Red Cross Man
CAPTURE 7 Nozis

BY the Associated Press.
UNITED STATES 3D. ARMY
B RIDG HEAD ON THE
RHINE, March 24.-Third Army
soldiers found their bridgehead
a hot place today, but not all
the Germans were fighting de-
terminedly.
Capt. William Jones of Alex
andria, Va, a regimental chap
lain, and Reuben Bonda of
Cleveland, Ohio, a Red Cross
field director, accepted the sur
render of two Nazis.
Evening star., 1945-03-25
Sir WiIImott Lewis to Speak

Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington
correspondent for the London Times
will address the Montgomery County
Education Association at pm.
April II, at the Leland Junior High
School, Bethesda Music will be
provided by school chorus.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-09
Clarence r. Best
Webs Nevada Girl

On February l6 at 8 o'clock in
the Baptist church in FalIon, Nev-
ada, Miss Patsy Lee Manchester,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. j.. L.
Manchester, Of FallOn, Nevada, be-
came the bride of Clarence r. Best,
ACM, first class Of the Navy All
Station, Fallon, Nevada, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. c. R. Best, Route 2, Hen
derson, North Carolina.
Rev. Burt Page officiated at the
ceremony which was witnessed by
relatives and intimate friends. Miss
Dorothy Manchester, the briGe's sis
ter was her only attendant. Lee Yin,
ACM PC, served as best man.
The bride wore a gray suit with
fuchisa accessories and a corsage of
orchids. Her bridesmaid vas attired
in a lavendar suit with black &C
ccssories and wore d corsage OF gar
denias.
A wedding dinner at the Star
Club followed the ceremony. Mi.
and Mrs. Best then left to spend
a few Gays in Reno before estab-
fishing their home in Fallon. Soon
after the first Of April they plan
to spend some time in North Caro-
lima whore the b~ridegroom's rela-
tlVes reside.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-09
MURRAY PrIdgen IS
Prisoner of War

Corporal b. Murray prldgcn has
been reported a pgiaos er of war OF
the German government, according
to a card received by his mother,
Mrs. Orie Iriagcn, Route ., licnder-
SON. He was previously reported
missing in action oven Belgium on
january 4.
Cpl. Pridgcn entered the armed
services with the National Guard and
received part of his training at Fort
Jackson, S. c., and Camp HOOD,
Texas. Later he joined the para
troopers and received training at
Fort Benning, Georgia, Camp
Mackall. Fort Bragg and Camp For
rest. Tenn. He left tor overseas duty
in August, 1914, and served with
the 18th Airborne Division.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-09
GROVER G.. STECALL
V TWO MEDALS

Pic. Grover c. Stcgall, OF Of Mr..
ard Mrs. J. M. Stcgall, Of Townsville,
has been recently awarded lWo med
ais in the Asiatic Pacific theatre of
action. On March 6, Pic. Stcgall was
awarded the Bronze Star for mcrlto-
rious action in participation in the
Inundated Islands campaign. On
March 10, he was given the good
conduct medal for having served o."
year of continuous active fcde'al
military service in time Of war and
having been cited by the commando
ing officer.
Pfc. Stegall entered the armed
services in March, 1912, and re-
ceived training at Fort Brass, in Hi
nois ard California, before going
overseas in October, 1914.