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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Commander Roland H. Dale, U. S. N.. former resident of Waterbury, holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal recently was decorated with the Legion of Marie, by Rear Admiral Frederick c. sherman, dispatch from Ad- miral McCain's Carrier Task Force in the Pacific reports.
 The commander received the award for exceptionally meritor- ious service to the government while serving as an operations officer on the staff of the commander Of a fast carrier task unit in the far western Pacific, where the group conducted II major offensive opera tions over wide area and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy
 Two recently published books have given Commander Dale prom thence. Hell Diver Squadron. by Olds, and Carrier War by Lieu tenant Jensen, U. s. N. R., has served as first commanding officer on Johnston Island. After a year at the Naval Air School in Seattle Commander Dale was returned to sea duty in the Pacific, first as Air Group Commander on the Carrier 'Belleau Wood,' then commander of Air Group r on the Carrier Bunker Hill. He became attached tc his present staff position in April 1944.
 Commander Dale is a grandson oi the late Mrs. c. R. Harper of Will low street, and nephew of Mrs Nelson Smith, l6 Guilfoile street His mother, Mrs. Ceclle Harper Dale resides at Long Beach, Calf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Beattie Describes
 Wreckage Of Berlin

This is the 12th instalment of the diary of a United Press War correspondent who was captured by the Germans last fall. Today he tells of ine wreckage of Ber- lin. where he was stationed before the war;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Fugitive From Alabama Road Gang Being Detained Here
LIEUT.. DAVENPORT
 WINS FIFTH STAR
Middlebury Youth Again Decorated By Troop
 Carrier Group

A U. S. Troop Carrier Force Base, European Theater of Operations Four times previously awarded bat tie participation credit for Troop Carrier sorties on the Western Front, 1st It. Ellie E. Davenport. whose parents. MT and Mrs. E. N. Davenport reside at North street, Middlebury, Conn, has been pre- sented with his fifth bronze battle star, significant of service in five major campaigns in the European theater of operations.
 It. Davenport's unit, the 439th Troop Carrier Group, performed troop carrier operations in the areas of Northern Trance, Southern France, Normandy Rome-Arno and Germany. The group was cited for it's successful fulhllment Of air borne drop operations on D-Day in Normandy, and has since carried out thousands of resupply and air evacuation missions between com bat sorties.
 With a l2th AAF BPS Group in the Mediterranean Theater-Tail gunner with battle-seaSoned Mitchell bomb group, Sgt. Nicholas A, Autore has been awarded the Air Medal by Brig, General Robert D. Knapp.
 Sergeant Autore, whose home is at 1926 North Main street, Waterbury, Conn, was cited for meritorious achievement in aerial flight as BPS bombers of his group give close support to Allied armies in north ern Italy.
 The Waterbury gunner formerly was employed by Scovill Manufac- turing Co
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
VETERANS GRAVES
 DECORATED HERE

Veterans graves at local ceme- teries were decorated yesterday by members of the Waterbury Associ- ated Veterans Memorial committee, with various veterans organizations participating.
 The organizations taking part in the decoration task included: Sons of Union Veterans, Spanish Ameri- can War Veterans, Veterans of For eign Wars, YD Veterans, 304th In- fartry Association, Fannick Post. Jewish War Veterans; Casper Davis Post American Legion. Waterville; Florio post Italian World War Vet erans, Cpl Coyle .ost. American Legion; and the Lithuanian Legion. Mexico has appointed commis- d. 1,,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Bishop Street Youth
 May Be Extradited To
 Finish Out Sentence
Enrmit Dixon, Alias Melvin Walker Claims to Have Been Honoraby Discharged From U. s. Army Since { Escaping From Prison Crew; Action Expected

Enmit Dixon, 23 50 Bishop street, who under the of Melvin Walker arrested last week charge of theft from person. rearested yesterday and pre- sented before Judge Charles City Court this morning on a charge of being fugitive from iustice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Lieutenant
 Naval Officer From Waterbury Promoted-Dr. Ralph B. Lopez, for eight years an optometrist in Waterbury, Conn.,, has been pro- noted to lieutenant Hospital Corps) in the medcal department of the Naval Training and Dis tribution Center, Camp Peary, Va, Lieutenant Lopez, officer in charge of the optometric department, re- ceived his commission as ensign in July. 1941, and was one of group of 30 optometrists who were first commissioned by the Navy. He is the son of Mir. and Mrs. F. Berk- ley Lopez, no WOOdside avenue, Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Fort Knox, Ky.-(S Special Upon completion Of an intensive 12 weeks course in the maintenance and re- pair of the peeps and jeeps, scout cars and trucks that give the hard hitting armored divisions their speed of movement a class Of qualified automotive mechanics had been graduated today from the armored school.
 Pvt. Anthony R. Boccardi, son of MT and Mrs. Frank Boccardi, 85 Charles street, was among the grad uates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Twelve Waterbury men are now serving with the 208th Connecticut National Guard band, which was once composed entirely of men from this city and vicinity. The band is now known as the 280th Army Ground Forces band, and is sta-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Pvt. Romeo l.. Suffredini, son of MT. and Mrs. Alex Bucci, 36 West Farm street, who was talk en prisoner July Is, 1914, m France, has written his parents he is now hospitalized in Eng land and hopes to return to this country soon.
 Assigned to the medical corps, the 2O-year old soldier partici pated in the invasion of Nor mandy. Previous to entering the service in August, 1943, Pvt. Suffre- dini, was an employe of the Mohican Market He is gradu- ate of LeavenwOrth high school
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

18th AAF in Italy-Cpl. Charles A. Sciullo, Jr.. 2l. l96 Columbia boulevard, Waterbury, Conn, B-24 Liberator engineer gunner, has been awarded the Air Medal for "meri- torious achievement in aerial flight while participating in sustained op- erational activity against the en- emy.' He has also been promoted to the grade of staff sergeant,
 Corporal Sciullo arrived overseas last January. He is member Of a veteran Liberator group commanded by Col Leroy L. Stefonowicz, Wild rose, N D. The group has par ticipated in more than 235 combat missions against enemy installa- tions in the Mediterranean theater of operations.
 Corporal Sciullo is a former stu dent of Crosby high school. He was employed as an apprentice ma chinist for the Farel Foundry and Machine Co.,, Waterbury, before en- tering the army on Jan. l9, l943 He received his engineer training at Seymour Johnson Field, s. c. and his gunners wings at Ft. Myers Fla.
 His parents, MT. and Mrs. Charle! P. S2iullo, live at the Waterbur, address.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Mexico has appointed commis- sion to solve movie production prob- lemS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

At Bradley Field Saturday, Gus tave A. Parson, of Bridgeport, for merly of Waterbury, received the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster awarded posthumously to his son, the late Maj Edward P, Parsons. The Mayors father was World War I flier and pioneered in com mercial aviation.
Evening star., 1945-06-10

ed, and they promptly famed out and in
General Sherman's classic phrase. began
to play hell with the enemy's rear" And we
have used the Wingate- Cochran technique
to beat the life out of his front too.
The campaign was hard. 1t could not be
otherwise, The jungle is terrible place for
civilized men. 1t has its own strange beauty
but it is evil. 1t is place of treachery and for
those who do not know it, of fear 1t is damp,
dark. dense, sweating, sinking and sour. 1t
is world of curious beasts and birds and in
Evening star., 1945-06-10

Marauders had seized by an audacious
were supplied for three months by aircraft
which every day flew 200 miles across the top
of japanese armies. At Imphal, where the
japanese brought up 100000 crack troops to
invade India, the British had four divisions
completely isolated for most of the summer.
Far from being disturbed, Slim coolly
few out $4,000 civilians and casualties,
replacing them with two-and-one-haf
full divisions of combat troops, complete
with their guns, wagons, jeeps, mules
and oxen. Now it was the Japanese who be-
came "encircled," for while this ferocious
battle ragged $4,000 enemy dead we're counted
on the feld) the U. S. and British air forces
smashed their supply line 50 effectively that
for Japan there entered into the jungle war
new and terrible enemy - starvation.
The land-air partnership passed from de-
fensive to an offensive phase. The late Gen.
Orde Wingate and his American comrade, Col.
Philip Cochran, had already made the blue
print for this development. One night they
flew 1900 men in gliders far over the jungle
mountain beyond the enemy front. and land
ed them in the midst of the jungle through
which the supply line passed.
1t was night when the gliders. towed in
pairs by tugs, took off from an airield in
India. No fighters escorted this air armada,
which travelled without lights and had been
ordered to land by no other illumination than
the moon All depended on surprise - and
no man knew what lay at the end of his jour
new. Not one in 20 of the airborne troops,
which included Britons, Americans, Gurkhas
and Africans, had ever flown before. The land
ING grounds at which this invasion was aimed
had never been reconnoitered on foot and
Evening star., 1945-06-10

sects and snakes. Lice and ticks and leeches
are your constant companions. The leech is
almost inseparable, for he goes an inch deep
into your skin and you have got to burn him
out with live cigarette end, In the day the
horseflies gather on you and at night you are
dive bombed by the mosquito, whose gift is
of Fourteenth Army men went sick with
malaria, though the doctors miraculously got
Evening star., 1945-06-10

were known only byaerial photographs. Flying
200 miles beyond the Japanese front. the tow
planes circled over the jungle to pick out the
dark strip between the trees.
By bad luck the Control Glider had been
forced down in the jungle on the way. No
guiding BRAIN therefore, directed the process
sion. Lacking ground control, the gliders
overshot the landing mark and ploughed
through field cut up by buffalo holes and
overgrown with grass. Other gliders came to
grief on the strip itself, and the next arrivals
crashed into them. On the crowded runway
men heaved frantically and tore their muscles
dragging the wrecks clear. Then the cry would
rise again, terrible in its urgency. "Gliders!"
The next wave was dying in.
VI Planned II That Way'
ONE glider loaded with bulldozer and
other heavy machinery, whipped over sharply
to avoid a wreck and plunged into the wall
of the jungle at 60 miles an hour. On either
side the trees tore off its wings, the fuselage
rushed on with its load, by now wrenched
loose from its moorings. When the fuselage
halted at last the machinery's momentum
threw it forward. By some miracle, the pilot
and co-piot were flung up into the air. They
landed unhurt. Il planned it just that way"
said the American pilot
But there were grim scenes, too. where the
surgeons amputated by the light of the moon.
And there were gliders that crashed far be-
yond in the jungle with frightful cry - and
then silence fell while men hunted frantically
in the darkness for their dying comrades
But the job was done. BY the following day
the strip had been leveled out and the trans
port planes came in bringing the rest of VIM
gates men. Altogether 40 columns we're land
Evening star., 1945-06-10

80 per cent back to duty within month.
That is how those armies lived and fought
in the jungle. How was it all done? First, by
the imagination. and the determination of the
commanders. Mountbatten and his generals
have done magnificent job. And second, by
the superb comradeship of all the Allies on
the Burma front.
They Share Everything
| HEY have shared in everything: in peril,
hardship heroism and victory. A glimpse of
this shines through a letter from a sweeper in
an Indian field ambulance unit to his family.
This humble soldier of the Fourteenth Army
belongs to an Untouchable sect whose shad-
ow pollutes the ground for many of his coun-
trymen. At the time he was cut off in Imphal
he wrote: IF you hear people make bad
gossips, stop them. 1t is not good that
you should worry about me. am happy
here. l have good broom, and will
sweep the japanese with it,"
Above all, the honor of the Burma battle
goes to the common soldier. He has had the
rough end of things, as he always does In the
shadowland of the jungle if the soldier is
brave, few of his own comrades see it. If he
quits, perhaps nobody will see it, Everything
depends on the soldier himself. and how he
bears himself in loyalty to his comrades, to
his regiment to the Army
The Jungle War will read in history with
the gamor and excitement of a magnificent
military design. The drums will roll and the
great ones take their bow before the world.
But shall see staring out of the page the
soldier - the CT, Tommy Atkins, Johnny
Gurkha and Joe Chnaman always suspi-
clous. fed up, cussing his fate and slogging
his way to glory with grin The End
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Asbestos fibers
Now Used in Paint

Asbestos fibers are used In
waterproof, fireproof paint for
roofs, siding and other sur
faces exposed to the elements
or the danger of fire.
Researchers have developed
this type of coating 10 the
point where il is elastic and
highly resistant 70 extremes
of temperature and viii not
crack or blister after long eX-
posure. 1t is not affected by
acid fumes and will not burn,
flow or run when heated with
a blow torch
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Home Called
Best Purchase

When the day comes that
families have a choice OF
where TO use their savings re-
serves accumulated during the
war period, il will pay them
TO consider seriously an in
veStment in home ownership
with this money. Walter l..
Henderson. vice president of
Homer Warren & Co., said
Saturday.
Thousands of families
here in Michigan have had
fathers, sons and daughters
employed full time for the
last four years, yet have
had their spending curtailed
by rationing and scarcity Of
merchandise" pointed out
Henderson.
"Such families have built
up large savings funds for
postwar spending; they are
i'm the best position of their
lives TO make a siZable
down payment on a home.
Homes purchased on this
basis. with a 25 to S5 per
cent or even higher down
payment made out of per-
sonal savings. are the sound
est investment i'm the world.
"A future period of slack
employment will not jeop-
ardize home ownership In
these cases.
THE purchasers also can
take advantage of record
low interest rates and long
term financing which makes
possible easy monthly pay
ments that compare favor
ably with rent payments"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Deatb notites

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titr iatv Oitineutc .tHsr DavIi,klit, tttal
ial1tl 81 Mls. William s.anlry, tfanl-
Ialnrf o. hafy 1-lrsarct, .iu.Is3i - iiit4la
ana Barbara ann stal.ty funlial
siUnday IIJm residence. 1904 h..
Lafayette al o SO. 81. Luarles Crurcn
fOLEl-OlI n, ~. Nilliam, al
LllIana Dollz Ind beloved Sln OI George
and Maulc Ea4ej dear brother Of
C15rits. ECtfy Sue and Paul. Funeral
service Mgaaay al y. On. al resi4ehce,
~ y E.sl.. 60. ....s-a.a.-..a
uELLER-Oct 20. Godfrey j.. age 6i 4.
residence, $3.50 MOntClalf. beloved hus-
band Oi CcCcAa, dear father OF Mrs
Dorothy Bell. Mrs. PeaIl Cont. Mrs
Marie Barney and Albert brother Of
Joseph Martin. Albert Arnold ana Les
Funeral from the Vehnryden Funeral
Home i63OO Mack. at outer Drive,
aanday az Sis and 70 81. Bernard
Church az Q
sILBARIH-Oct ls. Donald J at Chi
stf. ~. beloved son of August and
Emma SicbaTth. dear brother Of Robert,
Elhtld Mrs. Lena AnthonisSen Ida
Patricia, Pay, Wilbur LEO. Ernest and
Harold. Funeral service Monday. 2
= D.. al a. II Peters Funeral Home.
@uSf Gratl0t Ave
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

a fire built In this man
ner will take the chilli Oft
the house and still will not
overhead"
Appalachian Coats, Inc,
Transportation Building. Gin
cinnati 2. O., will be glad to
give free advice on any heat
ing problems with which one
E is confronted, he added.
A letter to the chief engi-
neer will receive a prompt
reply
The Save Coal" firing
chart shows how to heat ones
-tTUuse uu-frss- -oataffa Keep
his furnace operating eiil-
GENTLY.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
TAKES OFF CHILL

TAKES OFF CHILL
"Nhen the color of the
flame turns to "A yellOwish
brown, the check draft
should be opened slightly
and the ashpit draft door
opening reduced to half an
inch
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Death Rotlfes

BoHFZ-EdpA p october 10: beloved
son of ElUan.I 81 nee Rondelesl aud
the late August Dear brother Of Al
bert Pune Monday 1T 9.l5 from
Janissc Bfo,cIs Euacral. Home. s445
East jefferson. O. St John Barehnian's s
Church az DO
TISHER-O.fr1c 10. Fannie. OF iiO4s
Chelsea dear mother of Richard and
Mrs MsI-ia GHcm. grandmother %
seven EraUtrhliaren sister OF Mrs.
Char.cs Dc FlrIeSt Of Kalamazoo. Mich
Ms Ifbfau. Zuldema. Mrs. Garrett
Suerlnk and Dcibert Dykspfa OF Grand
Rapids MiCn AZ a Il. Peters Funeral
Home l2UtT GraiOt. until 10 on
Monday IN state AZ First Reformed
Church UelcD ana stuart. from ?
noon until lime OF Service. 2.30 .. m.
Monday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
How TO Fire
Upside Down. Way
Advised by Expert

The simplest and best
method 10 start a fire in one S
furnace was stressed Satur-
day by a spokesman for Appa-
lachian Goals, Inc.
"It will come in handy
during the early fall when
fires are made almost every
morning and then permitted
20 die down during the day"
he declared.
1T Is known as the up
side-dOWn method.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
LEAVE ASHES

Just leave the fireboN as
IL was when the last fire
went out.
do not remove any ashes
or partially burned coal.
"Pile one or two shovel
-ft,ls ef-,.,ai ai-sgsirst either
side, or the front or back,
Of the firebOX; put some
.Madded paper on the coal;
small amount OF kiHGIiHg
on top; then ignite the
paper.
THE check draft on the
smoke-pipe should be closed,
and thc draft door on the
ashpit should be open.
III the furnace dees nat
draw properly IL may be
necessary to shake out some
of the ashes, but not too
much, because sufficient air
can come through ashes 6
10 s inches thick.
Milford chronicle., 1945-06-08
Examinations For
Sub CIerk-Carrier
Civil Service Secretary Earl
X. Williams In
Charge

Examination for substitute clerk
carrier post office service. has been
announced by the Third L. S. Civil
Service Region. according to Earl
*. Williams. local civil service sec
retary at the post office Salary is
Csc an hour. which includes addi-
tIOnal compensation, and place of
employment will be at any first
class post office in the states of
Pennsylvania and Delaware. eN-
Guiding the post office in Pitts
burgh. Pa.
Applicants will be required to
take written test They must he
citizens of or owe allegiance to
the United States and be physically
capable of performing duties o. the
position. Minimum age IL years
there is no nIoXimum.
Further information and appli-
cation forms may be secured from
Mr.. Williams at the post office Ap-
plicatiOnS will be accepted unit
the needs of the service have beer
met, and arrangements regarding
the examination may be made Will
Mr. Williams.
Veterans. who are given prefer
ence in Federal employment, ar,
urged to apply.
Milford chronicle., 1945-06-08
State Convention Of
Elks At Newark
Session Opens To-day: Edward X.
Bell Is President

The t,lks Lodges of the State
will hold their State convention in
Newark. June s, 9, and TO- The
Pride of Delaware Lodge No $40
will be host The Improved Bene-
Violent and Protective Order of
the world has II Lodges in the
State with more than 1000 men,
herS.
This convention has been empha-
sized as a patriotic effort and
Lodges will come prepared to pur-
chase War Bonds The National
Grand Lodge has purchased more
than $20.000,000 in War Bonds and
more than $500 Elks are in the
Armed Forces of the United States.
Officers of the State Lodge are
Edward X. Bell, president; Dr.
Howard ID. Gregg, secretary: Mills
COasey. treasurer; Samuel Walker
first vice-president; Harley f. Tay-
lor, second president; Arling-
ton Wiltbank. third vice-president ;
James +. Matthew; sergeant al
arms; Henry X. Lane. inner grand ;
W. +. Love. chaplain; James
Brown Tyler, Master OF social ses-
sions; and Calvin Clark. james
Bell, and ". $. Barnes, trustees.
Milford chronicle., 1945-06-08
Harrington-Milford
Scouts Play Ball
Two Games Played so Far Have
Been Split; Playoii Looms

Two ball games have been play
ed by boy scouts of Harrington and
Milford Troop lO2 OF Milford took
the first game by score of - to
= The game was played on the
Milford High School diamond.
Troop 1G OF Harrington won the
second game, played Oh the Har-
rington High School diamond, by
a score of TO ). A playoff Of the
tie is being planned. to take place
in about week 1t will be an
nounced in advance 50 that the
public Will have chance to see
this big league stuff on a small
scale The games are seven inn
ings.
ScUutmaster Butler of Ialring
ton and SCOutmaSter Bowman hope
that there will be a good attend
ance SO as to encourage the boys.
The line ups Of the teams We're as
follows:
First game. Harrington. Bullock.
Williamson, Il. Carson Smith, But
Ter, j. Carson. Lord. Baynard and
Welsh; Milford. DeChant. Maloney.
y. Warren, Lank. r. Warren, Pal
mcr IIumes. Messick. Bowman.
Second game. Harrington, Bull
lock. Butler. Anthony, Lord. Smith.
Shuttle. r. Carson Baynard. j.
Carson; Milford, ~ Warren. Lank.
GLASGOW. Palmer, Humes, Messick
Bowman. Maloney. DeC hant.
Milford chronicle., 1945-06-08
New Reese
Theatre Nears
c
Giant Movie Center At
Harrington To Have
Many Innovations; Is
Under Construction.

Delaware and Maryland movie
fans are counting the days. and
many the hours. awaiting the open
ing OF the New Reese Theatre. now
under construction at HARRINGTON.
The new giant movie center will
replace the old Reese Theatre
completely destroyed by fire No
vembcr u, 1913. Centrally located
and serving very large commune
ity. both in Delaware and Mary
land, tn" new tditice is one OF very
few theatres allowed To be con-
structed by the War Production
Board Of the United States Govern
mcnt.
Engineers. electricians. carpen-
ters and WOrkmcn from five states
are busy, working against time. in
an effort to complete this huge
structure on schedule
According To the Reese Kialto-
Keith Company, many new and
novel innovations are being inCOr-
poratcd into this new amusement
center. Combined with the theatre
Will be Il modern snack bar and
root garden. atlordin% the patrons
the utmost in entertainment and
relaxation.
Milford chronicle., 1945-06-08
States World War III
Casualties Are 2,293
I'D Dead, 1,9ll Wounded. III Miss
ing And l66 Prisoners

World War III casualties for Del
aware up until last Friday night
total 2,293. according to figures
compiled by Edward l.. Parker.
grave recorder for the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. and the United Span
ish War Veterans.
The present total. covering every
branch of service, includes 722
dead. classified by Mr. Parker as
follows:
Killed in action, 4Gl; killed by
accident, 27; lost in ship sinkings,
81; died of wounds. 40; killed in
plane crashes. 30 killed in vehicle
accidents. 20: died of illness. A:
died of other causes. -. Last month
69N deaths were reported.
OF the current casualty total.
III are listed as missing. l.211
wounded in action. - injured by
other causes, and 1876 prisoners of
war. In the last group. Mr.. Parker
considered il noteworthy that of
this number, 76 prisoners have been
released within the past month.
actually leaving 90 still unreport
ed. He also pointed out that the
total reported as missing ON April
80 was 1873 which indicates that
progress is being made in estah-
fishing the status of those in this
category.