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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08

careless habits of the Holiday shop psrs are cited' in this weeks con- tribution on public safety by Traf- f.r Safety Officer William Dwyer.
 Officer Dwyer cites other "acci- dents" which might not cause bod fly injury, but rather engages the mental and financial concern of the individual involved. Officer Dwyer, in his staetment entitled Shop ping With Safety" offers few well spoken bits of advice on how to avoid these unnecessary "acci- dents.
 "The Yuletide season is here again accompanied by its usual hurry -scurry, winter storms, mis- hapS of all kinds and it's full quota cf casualties. It seems that Fate has decreed that the accident rate shai rise during the Christmas sea- son and mar the joyous festivities that we have planned.
 "Supt. William J. Roach of the Waterbury Police Department, states that his department is making an especial effort to keep the holiday accident toll to minimum. As in the past there will be extra traf- flee policemen assigned to the Var1- ous crossWalks throughout the busl- ness area. Please cooperate and take advantage of this added pro- lection.
 For many children it will be their first adventure into the downtown area and a good opportunity for the parents to set an example III the proper crossing of streets.
 "ThiS is the time of the year when parking meters are especially Helpful in giving everyone an equal share of parking time. When your time is up on the meter at which you are parked the pointer will be on the red. The law requires that you mcse your car out of the space immediately. Some motorists have the habit of returning when the1r allotted time runs out, to place another coin in the meter. This defeats the very purpose for which they were installed. It may well be that not only will your time run out hut also your luck; and it is more than likely that you will be the recipient of an unwanted Christmas gift: an overtime parking tag!
 Chief Inspector Joseph R. Bend Ter of the Detective Bureau, sug- gests that the people use extra caution during shopping tours with respect to their pocketbooks. Don't iay pocketbooks on counters, Last year complaints were received about pickpockets operating in Waterbury. They work best in croWds, and the Christmas rush gives them an ex- cc!lent opportunity to ply thelr trade. ,oe.
 Be sure your home is not left open. Don't leave the house Key hanging up in a convenient place for some stranger to use. Let us 60 our shopping and celebrating ln a safe manner: Driving Slowly Being Alert When Crossing streets Respecting the Other Fellows Rights By Extending Him a Lit'ie Courtesy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08

taeks, 7,262 medium bomber attacks, and 29,981 fighter sorties against targets in Europe.
 By 25 March hard fighting in the Remagen area had extended the bridgehead to a depth of 10 miles and length of over 30. The Ger man High Command. expecting an immediate drive on the Ruhr from this direction, had concentrated strong forces of Army Group B" north of the Sieg river. To their great surprise, General Hodges broke out of the bridgehe&d to the southeast on 26 March, when his armor drove to Limburg, seized a bridge over the Lahn river, and raced along the super highway to- ward Frankfurt. Other armored col umns of the First Army, speeding eastward as fast as 40 miles day, reached Marburg and Giessen by 28 March, and then swung north ward through the hill country west of KaSsel. Troops of the Third Army crossed the river at Mainz to reduce the German pocket bypassed between Mainz and Frankfurt while, to the east, other Third Army forces drove on toward Kassel and the line of the Fulda river. With solid contact between their advancing corps, the First and Third Armies were now executing a massive thrust to the northeast into the heart of Germany. The complete rout of the German military estab- liShment.
 Resistance Shattered
 In the sector of Field Marshal Montgomery'S Northern Army Group, the U. s. Ninth Army pressed into the northwest section of the Ruhr Still further to the north, resistance on the right flank of the British Second Army slack ened considerably toward the end Of March, and armored troops broke through to Dulmen. Meanwhile on the left flank of the Second Army, the enemy withdrew, and British units crossed the Dutch bor- der on 30-mile front.
 During the last week of March both of General Devers' armies in the south crossed the Rhine. The Seventh sent the XIV Corps, con- manded by Maj. Gen. w. H. Hais- lip, across on 15-mile front be- tween Gernsheim and Mannheim. Our troops took Mannheim and ad- vanced 25 miles east of the Rhine. The II Corps of the First French Army crossed the Rhine near Ger mersheim and established contact with the Seventh Army south of Heidelberg. By 1 April, French troops had advanced Is miles.
 The magnitude of the offensive snothered resistance all along the Western Front. The shattered con- ditlon of the German transport sys- tenn and the sustained speed of the Allied advance prevented the enemy from coordinating a defensive line in any sector. He did offer bitter resistance at isolfAed points but these were bypassed by the armored columns, leaving pockets to be mopped up later. During the month of March nearly 35O,0O0 prisoners were taken on the Western Front.
 (NEXT: The Knockout.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
BEYOND THE RHINE

In, six weeks the combined efforts of the Allied armies had achieved a major objective. The German soil west of the Rhine had been cleared of all hostile forces. The river itself had been forced in two fortuitous crossings, and the freedom of ac- tion of the German defense on the east bank was seriously curtailed. General Eisenhower was now ready to launch his offensive beyond the Rhine.
 Several considerations governed the selection of the area north Of the Ruhr for the main effort. A drive in this sector was the quickest means of denying what vestiges re- mained of the once rich Ruhr in- dustries to the enemy. That stretch of the Rhine between Emmerich and Wesel was one of the two best sites for forced crossing, and the Germans had brought up only rela- lively inferior forces to oppose such an operation. Once across that river the gently rolling terrain north of the Ruhr was most suitable for mobile and tank operations, the type of warfare it was desired to force upon the enemy because of his shortages in tanks, vehicles, and motor fuel.
 After heavy aerial and artillery preparation. the Second British Army began an assault crossing of the Rhine during the evening of g March Next morning, the U. s. 17th and the 9th British Airborne Divisions were dropped north and northeast of Wesel. British troops crossing the river soon established contact with the airborne forces. The U. S. Ninth Army crossed be- tween Wesel and Duisburg early on the 24th, meeting light to moderate resistance. Within two days seven bridges had been built across the river and the British American bridgehead stretched 25 miles along the Rhine to a maximum depth of miles.
 Eisenhower Praises Troops
 General Eisenhower was with the Ninth when it jumped off. He de- scribed the attack in letter:
 q have just finished rapid tour of the battle front. Yesterday and the day before was with the Ninth Army to witness it's jumping off and the early stages of the Rhine crossing. Simpson performed in his usual outstanding style. Our losses in killed, during the crossing, were 15 in one assault division and l6 in the other. I stayed up most of one night to witness the pre- liminary bombardment by 1,250 guns. It was an especially inter esting sight because of the fact that all the guns were spread out on a plain so that the flashes from one end of the line to the, other .ere all plainly visible. It was real drum fire. e.
 T have noted so many unusual and outstanding incidents in the forward areas that t would almost weary you to tell .slu of the fine performances of American and other troops. For example, the En- gineers of VII corps laid Tread way bridge across the Rhine in 10 hours and II minutes. While not actually under fire. this job was done under battlefield conditions with all the necessary precautions taken to prevent unusual damage by a sudden concentration of enemy artillery fire. It was brilliant performance"
 During the critical week ending 9 March, United States aircraft alone made l4,430 heavy bomber at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08

court, it will avoid confusion" Well. you can't blame a 15-year-old who has had three fathers-let. alone three name changes-if she's a bit confused.
 It's true that Jimmy Cagney was one of the few screen stars who made no appearances at the Holly wood Canteen, but the local colum- mist who took pot shots at him on that score was distinctly out of or der Cagney, at his own expense, made four Bond selling tours of the United States. He also played dozens of camp shows. He also spent three months in Europe, entertaining all lied troops. To criticize him for not appearing at the Canteen makes about as much sense as it would to pan G. I. who fought heroically in the battle of the Bulge but did not fight on Two Jima.
 AAdt 6NdSC' 1L 1lCfCI TdIlS DuL IL pours," is truer nowhere than in Hollywood, where success invariably breeds opportunity. I'm thinking of a story in yesterdays trade papers. announcing that a major studio has purchased John Steinbeck's novel. Cup of Gold" for a bumper price. Cup of Gold" was Steinbeck's first novel, and, in the opinion of most critics, not too clever. Undoubtedly it would have continued to languish on book shelves had Steinbeck faled to gain fame with his later books. The producer who dug deep to buy its movie rights was paying for the authors name rather than for the story.
 Hollywood morals being what they are, a local host need not worry about his silverware, but should keep an eye on his wife.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
Barbers Discussing
 Shorter Work Week

ReductionI of working hours of barbers will be discussed by the Waterbury Master Barber's associa- tion at meeting Tuesday night at 8:30 at the Elton. A proposal has been made to close on weekdays at 630 p. m. Instead of p. m., and on Saturdays at T p. m. instead of p. m.
 Election of officers will be held at the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
JIMMIE FIDLER M HoHyUood
OI.trsSSted Gy nsNsuEht synGIeste. Ius.

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. S-Jennifer Jones and her boss. David O. Selz- nick may make good on those mar riage rumors on or about January 10 Irene Dunne and her still ailing, though out-of danger, hus- band, Dr. Francis Griffin, will take off on a vacation tour of South America on completion of her cur rent film Ha! On adjoining stages at General Service Studios are sets representing heaven (for Heaven Only Knows') and hell (for Angel on My ShoulderD!
 Walter Brennan's 19-year-old Ruth, is debuting in Republics The Last Crooked Mile" Columbia got cold feet about presenting Rita Hayworth in a straight dramatic role" They're written in so many "reavealing sequences" that Rita can't decide whether she's an actress or Strip-teaSer . !. Joan Leslie and Army Air Corps Capt. Glen Ed wards are flying above the clouds. Amos and Andy, radios black face stars, are plotting movie based on the life of Billy Bryant, last of the Mississippi showboat op- orators.
 Jean Porter, reported engaged to Guy Madison, is romancing with ac- for Johnny Sands, and Madison is finding consolation with Gail Rus sell. Errol Flynn, hepped over advance reviews of his book, "The Showdown" may decide to make only one picture a year henceforth and devote more time to scrivening. Jack Dempsey will open a new Hollywood restaurant come spring When Phil Reed returns to New York, it will be to Lombard Barbara Hutton's heart again |. Tyrone Power and Annabella spent their incognito vacation in a cabin near Palm Springs Buster Sla- ven, original Our Gang" comedy kid, is bidding for an adult picture career after two years enprisonment by the Nazis.
 Preview Nights: Pic of the week: BGB's "A Letter For Evie" (Marsha Hunt-John CarrolD Sentimental comedy, as delightful as your first game of postoffice RECON MENDED: 20th Century -Fox's "A Walk in The Sun" (Dana Andrews Richard Conte) Realistic war drama that will keep you on the alert |. Paramount's Masquerade in Mex ico' Dorothy Lamour- Arturo de Cordova). Songs and laughter give it high entertainment quotient. :. UniversaPs Frontier Gal" (Yvonne de Carlo-Rod Cameron). A deluxe western that's easy on your eyes and good for your cheers .. ABOVE PAR: MGM's made-in- Eng land Vacation From Marriage" Robert Donat-Deborah Kerr). En- joyable, if not exciting BEST PERFORMANCES: Marsha Hunt in "A Letter For Evie" A star who's had too few opportunities cashes in on great one.
 Joan Bennett went to court re- gently to have her eldest daughter s name changed to Diana Wanger. Di- ana's original surname was Fox. When her mama married Gene Mar key, it was changed to Diana Mar key. If she can now be known as Diana Wanger," Joan, currently wed to Producer Walter Wanger, told the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
Army Pays Former Waterbury Woman

Payment of $7,374,21 in back pay has been made to Mrs. Etta Jones, former Waterburian who was in termed by the Japanese for three years after she was captured at At tu in June, 1942. She was an ln- dian Office teacher at Attu.
 The check covering back pay has been sent to Mrs. Jones, now re- siding with a brother at Atlantic City. N. J., by the Department Of Interior.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
Major Charles Vaiu Noon Club Speaker

From Tunisia to Victory" will be the subject of an address by Char les B. Vaill before the Sunday Noon Club at the Second Congregational at 10 a. m. tomorrow. The meeting is held in the church chapel and is open to the public.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08

A S35,0O0.000 industrial project on an inaccessible peninsula 500 miles from Havana, Cuba, pro- duced 10 per cent of the nations nickel for war use. Air trans ports carried most of the mate rial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
Accidents Increase M Holiday Season
 Police Departments Traffic Safety Advisor,
 William DWyeT, Issues Timely Warning

Statistics prove that the accident rate for pedestrians and drivers rises during the Christmas Holiday Season. Driving fast so as to get home in time to return to town on shopping tour. Dashing in and out of stores without regard for personal safety. These and other
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
Schools Give Tuft Concert This Eveninq
 WatertoWn-Ho otchkiss
 GIee Clubs Offer
 Annual Program

WatertoWn, Dec. 8.-The four teenth annual -Hotchkiss Glee Club concert will be held at 800 p, m. this evening in the Bingham Auditorium of the Taft School The last concert of this series, which was inaugurated in 1929, was given on tn eve of Pearl Harbor in 1941. The program will open with sele- tions by the Taft and Hotchkiss or chestras. Following this there will be group Of songs by each Glee Club. The finale will be two songs by the combined Glee Clubs: Sal vation Belongth to Our God" by Teschnokov, and Worcestershire Wassail," arranged by Scott. The Hotchkiss Glee Club is under the direction Of Denison Fish. The Taft Glee Club and orchestra are under the direction of George H. Morgan and Talbot Aldrich re- spectively.
 The program follows:
 l.
 Hotchkiss Orchestra DOul lCC III VI odCIl
 Taft Orchestra Operatic Excerpts ........ Wagner Combined Orchestras
 II.
 Autumn Sea ............ Gericke Vale of Tuoni ............ Sjbelius The Magnet and the Churn ......
 ............... Sullivan Shanopdooh
 arranged by Bartholomew
 Hotchkiss Glee Club
 III.
 Lo, How Rose ere Blooming
 ............. Praetorius Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
 I1OlSL Carol of the Sheep Bells .. Kountz Stouthearted Men ..... Romberg
 Taft Glee Club
 ".
 Salvation Belongeth to Our God
 4CSGllltOhON Gloucestershire WaSsail ..........
 .... arranged by Scott
 Combined Glee Clubs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08
Naturalist Club On Hike Tomorrow

A nine-mile hike to Plymouth will be made by members of the Water bury Naturalist club tomorrow, starting at Il a. m. at Temple Hall.
 Harold G. Pierpont, chairman, stated shorter hike will be made if weather is stormy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08

Army surplus trucks are to be used in Egypt in the hope they will last until new ones from regular sources may be obtained.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08

This is the 22nd of 42 in-stall- ments from General MarshalPs report on the winning of World War II.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-08

Hollywood morals being what they are. a local host need not worry about his silverware, but should keep an eye on his wife.
Evening star., 1945-09-19
BY Epelpn Hapes

back of the dress seemed demure
enough--until she whirled unex-
pectely to answer a telephone and
revealed a surprise diamond decol-
letage cut to the waist to show off
her nice sun tan. Or wasn't that
the reason?
Eager to CLEAN a few glamour
tricks, we asked why she chose it
for an audience of men. She said
she wore it because it was such a
pretty blue-and men love blue.
Chats not news, but she agreed
that one has to be careful of certain
blues which die at night) She wore
it, too. because men like her in fig
ure-clinging gowns of lovely line
and suggestive subtlety-such as the
surprise slashes described. Incl
dentally, we can understand why that
type of gown is her speciality be-
cause her type of figure is very
definitely a speciality, and should
be an inspiration to those whose
figures are not.
Indeed, subtlety is the keynote to
all her clothes-both for her private
and public life Her sophisticated
version of a picture gown is a
halter-necked black silk chiffon
painted with tropical flowers falling
softly on II yards of bouffant skirt
over rustling slip. Bouffant, yes
but concocted of siren and sweet
She likes this one because it swishes
as she does. However, she added
''if haven't dress to fiutter with
there's always handkerchief
And a lovely handkerchief futter-
Evening star., 1945-09-19
By Betty Miles

"The children we want to see, y
stated DR.. Rex E. Buxton, director
of the Washington Institute of Men,
tai Hygiene, "are the ones who are
having trouble in living-and that
usually means trouble in living with
people" Clarifying the work of the
children's clinic, one branch of the
institute, DR.. Buxton pointed out
that, in the case of the emotionally
upset child, there is something be-
tween the child and other people
that is creating unhappiness and
trouble, and that is the root they
seek to find. Thus, they work with
parents and children, in an attempt
to discover the why's" of the child's
behavior, and to help the child be-
come better adjusted.
Various signs along the road in
dicate problems to parents-among
them difficulties with other men,
bers of the family, lying and steal
ing, the children's mannerismS,
suffering, tics" unhappiness, fear
fulneSS, nervousness, physical
symptoms without organic basis,
speech difficulties, and running away
from home. Difficulties at school,
such as suspected retardation,
school misbehavior, refusal to 60 to
school, and SO forth, also lead par
ents to look to the childs emotional
makeup as the possible cause of the
difficulty.
What, precisely, is the procedure
involved when a parent seeks aid
from the institute? Usually, the
mother, or father, cars and makes
an appointment for an intake in
terview," which acquaints the par
ent with the services of the clinic,
and also outlines the parents prob
lem for the clinic. The child does
not accompany the mother on this
first interview.
If further study is decided upon
by the parent and the clinic, the
child receives the aid of a psychol-
ogist, psychiatrist, or both. If the
aid of the psychologist is enlisted,
he may give the child various tests,
such as intelligence, personality,
ability, and achievement tests. He
observes the child's reaction to these
tests, as well as the score actually
achieved.
The psychiatrist gives the child
freedom to act as he wishes in the
Office, studies his behavior, talks
with him, and gradually seeks the
source of the emotional maladjust-
ment.
Meanwhile, through interviews
with the psychiatric social worker,
the mother is brought to a better
understanding of the child, based
Evening star., 1945-09-19
Chanteuse With Chic

For the past couple of weeks,
everybody in Washington has been
trying to coax his way into a smart
hotel-the men to hear and see the
famous blond Hildegarde flirt her
way through songs, the women to
study her clothes. Or at least that's
what we thought until we discovered
the men, too, found her clothes in
teresting. Since most women find 1t
hard enough to dress for the one
man in their lives, we thought we
might learn much from one who
dresses with whole audiences in
mind-and who has done it so we'll
that she has been acclaimed the
best-dressed woman in the enter
tainment world.
We talked to Hildegarde just as
she was going to Walter Reed to
entertain the patients. Dressed for
the show, she was wearing a dinner
gown of cerulean blue pure silk
patterned with flowers of fuchsia.
But it was the cut of the dress as
much as the colors that made it
noteworthy. 1t was rather high at
the neckline-with an unexpected
slit down the front of the bodice
allowing glimpse of bare skin. The
middle of the grown was a triumph
of designing in the way it set off
the effervescent ones enviable
waistline and hips Detailed to give
the effect of wrapped midriff, 1t
was also draped to give fullness to
the front of the skirt, for, as she
said, her gowns must be designed
with plenty of freedom of move
ment, for all their slinkiness. The
Evening star., 1945-09-19

ing from her wonderfully expressive,
colorfully gloved hands is pretty
close to trademark with Hide.
garde.
Samuel Lang is the designer she
credits for most of her gowns both
on an off stage. Together they work
out clothes that fit the season, the
temper of the times-apd, most OF
all, Hildegarde. after all, I like to
make myself look as pretty as
possible" she said--and thereby
mouthed a good fashion maxim for
any woman. She agreed with us
that no woman should slavishly fol-
low fashion but instead should in
terpret 1t in way that will do the
most for her as an individual.
For her private life she eschews
the chichi and favors simple elegant
clothes cut of good fabrics. She
likes beautifully tailored suits and
uncluttered gowns in quiet colors
like gray. taupe and black with
'crazy little hats to set them off,"
A case in point is the black dress
she wears with one of John Fred
cries millinery madnesses-a thing
concocted of chartreuse, olive green
and bronze feathers, partly swathed
in creamy maline-altogether inde-
scribable. The theory, however
with or without the benefit of Mr..
Johns very sound. There's no
doubt about it. Hildegarde - or
"Hildy," as those who work with her
fondly call her-with her mex
haustible personality, her wonderful
smile and pixie eyes is something
for the boys And she's something
for the girls, too.
Evening star., 1945-09-19
Dorothy Dix Says

Dear Miss Dix: I am in love with
a very attractive young lady who
has me in a state of bewilderment
We have been going together for
four years and, although I am deeply
in love with her, I have yet to ex-
press my emotion orally. This is
not because l am bashful. 1t is just
because there is something about
her that cannot understand
We are very congenial and enjoy
being together and 1 have reason
to believe that she returns by affec-
ton, but I don't know what she
thinks. nor what she feels, and my
problem is: What should I do? And
how? G. F..
Answer would say that the first
thing to do. and do it pronto, is to
put your cards on the table and
| show the girl what you think and
feel. You've got the poor girl guess
ing, and four years of trying to fig
ure out whether your attentions are
with intentions or not have gotten
/ her groggy.