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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12
DAUGHTER MODELS SHOES
 DAD-GI DESIGNS

St. Louis. Mo. Feb. 12.-Four- month-old Roberta Ann Ober is q model-but she sticks strictly to showing on shoes designed by the soldier-father she has never seen.
 The shoe modelling Is Roberta Anns contribution to an Ober family enterprise that has pros- pered through a two-way stretch from St. Louis to somewhere in the Pacific"
 Pfc. Robert A. Ober, the baby's father. designs the infant foot wear when not occupied with drawing bead on the Japanese He and his wife. Mrs. Pauline Ober, are operators of baby shoe manufacturing company. Ober creates the styles and mails them to Mrs. Ober. She has sample pair made, and that's where Ro- berta Ann's Job begins
 Each new design Is tried on Roberta Ann for fit. general ap- pearance and sturdiness. If they work on her. the OberS feel they'll click among the youngest genera tlon elsewhere.
 The infant-Shoe business was started in August, l943, the same month Obcr entered service. The factory was n small room, with Ober as designer and producer, and Mrs, Obcr aS the sales force.
 Ober went overseas in July, 1914 two months before his home grown model made her appear ance. Following instructions in her husbands weekly letters, Mrs. Ober has built the business into a factory employing 80 persons and producing more than 10000 pairs Of baby shoes a month.
 Obcr, n member of the 8lst (WildcaO Division. took part in the Palau Island invasion and holds the Combat Badge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12
India I.lqUor ISan Ended

Bombay, OUPD-1he decision of the Madras government lo reopen indigenolB liquor shops in four dis iricts fin April has been received in India ns being tantamount Co nboli- lion of prohibition which wns en- acted by the Congress ministry five years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12
SERGT. HOUGKTON
 FOREMEN'S GUEST

NRt. George F.. HoughLon, who spent four years in Berlin previous 10 the Hitler regime, will address the Industrial Forcmcn's club Feb rlIary 10 at the YMCA. His talk VIII be titled "Inside Germany" Sgt. Houghton is now attached to the staff of Cmdr. John F. Robinson, state chairman of the Selective Service,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12
FANNICK POST IN
 REGULAR MEETING

David l.. Fannlck post, Jewish War Veterans, will hold meeting nt D. m. Wednesday at the Amcri- can Legion rooms. Inavenworth street. It will be the first meeting held under Morris II. Shapiro, It's new commander. who will outline plans for the season and appoint committees. Plans will also be com plcted for honor roll services at Waterbury Hebrew institute.
 BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12

llpsticks and powder puffs. Fifteer pairs of stockings were found inside n rag doll and some of the articles were concealed in cushions and what purported to be packages of bis- cults. Mcleod was fined $68O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12
No Action Planned In Connecticut Pending
 Formal Instructions
New York Launches Offensive Against "StOOpies" in an Effort to Meet Challenge of Black Market
 Operators; Few Complaints Here

Cigarette smokers this district whose hopes high the weekend when they heard radio broad casts that Daniel Wooey, regional OPA director had declared that merchants display their available stock of faps the counter in for another
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12
HID STOCKINGS IN DOLL

Liverpool CUP) Thomas Mcleod. 35. was found guilty of having har- bored and concealed silk stockings,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12
EAT WHAT YOU LIKE!

Von's TableIs can make shis possible for you. for IB years thousands of
 atOmuCh slliIcrcrs have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12

Donald Joseph NOOnan, yeOman 2-C whose accidental death caused by an explosion Jan. 2O, In the Pacific theater of war, was re- gently reported In The Democrat.
 Son of David J. NOOnAn of Hlll- crest, MlddIebury, YeOman NOOnan member of the Navy Seabees de- partment was widely known In this city as football captain of the WIlby High school and other activities. His twin brother. chief petty officer David J. NOOnan also Il member of the Seabecs, has seen more than Il years service in thc Pacific. Both boys were graduated from santa Clara University, Cal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12

Winter time con be enjoyed to the full # you just odd Q few more wooIen garments to your word robe and give your body on even breok with zero we0theT.
 These big heorted hospitobIe windbreoking back worming wool shirts hove been the stondby of the men of the cold northwest long enough to corn c permonent position in the wordrobes of the bigger than weothermen of thot section 5000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12

Bring on your boxes and collect your five cents for each and every one of our boxes that are in con- dition for us to use again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-12
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Big Chest Protecting Worm As Toast WooIen Shirts Thot Help You Take A FoII Out Of New EngIond's Greet Winters.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
FBI Seizes Fugitive
Listed as One Of IS
Most Wanted Men
Rx the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton today announced the arrest of
Randel o. Throneberry, described
by the bureau early this year as
/ of the is most sought-after GRIM
inals in the United States.
FBI Director j. Edgar Hoover
said the 27-year-old fugitive was
arrested on a farm near Eugene,
Greg, late yesterday.
The announcement said he was
wanted in connection with the
strangulation murder of a sheep
herder at Steamboat Springs, Colo,
August 8, 1943.
The Government was seeking him
also for unlawful flight to avoid
prosecution and for interstate flight
in an automobile which agents said
he stole after escaping from Col
orado prison.
The announcement said Throne
berry, accompanied by his wife and
two children, had lived on a farm
near Eugene since February 6. The
bureau said he was unarmed when
agents approached him in "a field,
but later they found five loaded rifles
and pistols and a shotgun in rooms
which the fugitive and his family
had been occupying.
He was taken to the Lane County
jail at Eugene, where he will be ar
raigned today on fugitive COM
plant.
The United States attorney at
Denver has recommended that his
bond be set at $25, 900.
Throneberry, native of Cleburne,
Tex, has been arrested on numerous
occasions, the announcement said
His brother, o. B. Throneberry, also
had been sought by police and was
arrested by FBI agents and police
officers near West, Tex, on Decem-
Der 3, 1943.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
u. ). Deaths in Battle
Top Civil War Toll
R1 the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
This war now has taken the lives
OF more American men in combat
than the Civil War, previously the
costliest In the Nations history.
The Army announced yesterday
that 153,791 soldiers had died in
battle up to the beginning of March
and the Navy reported its dead at
IS, ,750.
The aggregate for the two services
since Pearl Harbor is 180,541, almost
5000 above the 186,771 listed by the
Army and Navy as killed or fatally
wounded in the Union and Confed-
crate Armies and the Union Navy
during the Civil War. The number
of Confederate Navy dead is not
available, but it is believed not to
exceed the Union Navy's losses.
The War Between the States last
ed four years, while the figures for
dead of this war cover only three
years and about three months of
fighting. The toll may still be
heavier by the time the missing are
accounted for.
In the l8 months of the World
War, Army and Navy figures show
$3.50 lost their lives in combat
including 50,510 in the Army.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Johnson in No Hurry
To Leave House for
Customs Judgeship

Representative Johnson, DEM
ocrat, of Oklahoma, who was
nominated yesterday for a Gus
toms Court judgeship, plans to
remain in the House for the time
being, even though the Senate
confirms him.
"One thing is definite, and that is
that am making no plans to resign
from the House soon aud there will
not be any special election In my
congressional district to- fill my
place, at least in the near future,
he said.
A veteran of nearly l8 years ir
the House, Mr.. johnson heads the
Appropriations subcommittee which
handles the annual Interior Depart
ment appropriation bill. In this role
he has frequently engaged in brushes
with Secretary Ickes and his former
Indian commissioner, John Collier.
Consequently, when the appoint.
ment came to Mr.. johnson unex-
pectedly, it was looked upon in som.
quarters as a kick upstairs" Presi'
dent Roosevelt sent his name to ths
Senate late yesterday.
Mr.. johnson said today that HI
was convinced that Secretary Icke'
was not instrumental in having hin
chosen for the lifetime job, but con
ceded that "it is possible, however
that he may be glad of it,"
Early action by the Senate on th'
nomination is expected.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Two D. {. Area Men
Freed in Germany

Two Washington area men pre-
viously reported as missing in &C
ton now are disclosed to have been
liberated from German prison camps
by the advancing Allied armies.
Staff Sergt. Jerome l.. Jerome, 20,
son of Maj. r. F. jerome, in COM
mand of the Washington Flight
Service at Washington National
Airport, was freed by the Russians
his father has been informed. The
other man. Pvt. Richard A. Kearny
ir., who was reported missing in
Belgium on December 28. was liber-
ated by American troops on March
10, he has written his parents, DIR
and Mrs. Richard A. Kearny, 282l
Chesterfield place NV. ~.-.
Maj. and Mrs. jerome. who live
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Large Crowds Attend
Passover Services

Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld will
deliver his Passover Sabbath sermon
at 8:15 o'clock tonight at the Wash
ington Hebrew Reformed Temple,
822 Eighth street NV. Unusually
large crowds have been attending
services celebrating the Festival of
Freedom. Beginning two days ago
Passover continues through next
Thursday.
Rabbi Gerstenfeld will broadcast
a Passover sermon at 1890 O'Clock
tonight on Station WMAL. Its SUBJ
ject is Passover and Easter Today.
Services at the Adas Israel Syna-
gogue, Sixth and I streets NV, to-
day were dedicated to the armed
services and to a just and righteous
peace. The other Is synagogues in
this area have scheduled services
every day during the observance.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Nazi Phantom Town,
Built 10 Fool Night
Raiders, Captured
By the Associated Press.


INSIDE GERMANY, Mar. 3o.-A
cleverly designed phantom village
intended to save German Ruhr In
dustrial areas from Allied night
bombers, has been uncovered by the
advancing 35th Infantry Division.
Set in the heart of a wooded area
near Gladbeck, it was one of the
first great war secrets to be taken.
1t would not fool any one by day,
but was arranged so that bomber
crews at night, harassed by search
lights and fax for several miles,
would be looking anxiously for a
target by the time they reached the
phantom.
1t is made of rows of high posts
with backboards on which are lights
reflected downward, apparently to
give an illusion of many houses or a
factory. There are 'tchimneys"
about 10 feet high which, from the
air, must look as though they pro-
truded from camoufiaged building.
A series of plain wooden roofs are
spread along the ground to initiate
rows of buildings, and there are
smoke pots and places in which
quick fires could be built to give the
effect of burning buildings.
Ancient bomb craters and lack of
new construction work at the site
made 1t apparent the Raj had not
been fooled in recent months--per-
haps more than yearly the ruse.
The village" likely was made about
lQ42 S-A----
Evening star., 1945-03-30
On the Roll of Honor

iver was hit by an exploding mortar
shell and is now in a hospital in the
South Pacific.
TVS Kefauver was born in Wash
ington and attended Central High
School. He entered the service in
January, 1941, when his National
Guard unit was called to active
service and served for q time with
the artillery in Bermuda before
transferring to the paratroops and
going overseas six months ago. A
brother, Alden C. Kefauver, jr.,
electricians mate 1fc, is also In the
Pacific.
Sergt. Walter E. Burke, 20, was
injured February 28 in Germany,
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
j. Burke of 200 Washington boule-
varo, Laurel, Md, have learned
through the War Department tele-
gram and a letter from the son.
A graduate of Laurel High School
in 1910, -Sergt. Burke completed
two and a half years at the New
York University School of Engi-
neering, where he was studying
aeronautical engineering. Sergt.
Burke was inducted in June, 1943,
and went overseas in September,
1914.
Pvt. Harold b. Kirby, 18, an in
fantryman in the Army only .l6
weeks. has suffered a fractured
skull and wound in the cheek, the
War Department informed his
mother, Mrs. James Kirby, 1906
Tenth street NV.
Hospitalized 80 miles from Lon
don, Pvt. Kirby writes that he Is
feeling so much better he expects
to be returned to the front soon.
He was a baker before he went
into the service. Pvt. Kirby has a
brother, Sergt. Haven Kirby. %,
who is with the infantry in India.
Pvt. William M. Bailey, 36, infan-
tryman, has recovered from wounds
received in France, his mother, Mrs.
E. Marion Bailey of 1946 Calvert
street NV. has learned.
Wounded on March 8, Pvt. Bailey
since has returned to the front, his
mother was informed. Pvt. Bailey
attended Central High School here
and before going into the service
worked for the Radio Corp. of
America in Newark, N. j. When he
lived in Washington he was en-
ployed at Woodward & Lothrop as
a mechanic. He has brother. Chief
Machinist's Mate Oliver w. Bailey,
40, who is with the Seabees. Pvt.
Bailey participated in the invasion
of Southern France last June.
Pvt. Elton w. Cation, "a, has been
wounded in his right hand, left arm,
back and foot, his mother, Mrs. Ira
Dore, 2710 North Washington boule-
ward, Arlington, has learned.
Injured in Germany on February
q and hospitalized in Belgium, Pvt.
Cation wrote his mother advising
her that he is progressing well. Pvt.
Cation attended Washington and
Lee High School in Arlington and
worked for the War Production
Board before going into the service
Evening star., 1945-03-30

in Fairfax, Va, came here from
Minneapolis last November. Sergt.
Jerome went overseas in January,
1914, and was wounded by shrapnel
last August. A brother, Capt. Ralph
M. Jerome, is in the Army Air
Forces in action over Germany.
Sergt. Jerome was reported missing
last October 8.
Pvt. Kearny has written his par
ents that he was being treated in
an American field hospital for NAL
nutrition, but otherwise was all
right. A native of Washington, Pvt.
Kearny graduated from Landon
School for Boys and worked at
Boiling Field before entering the
service. He went overseas last July
and was wounded slightly in Au-
gust. A brother, James D. Kearny,
is in the Navy Via unit at Yale
University.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Nazis Open Up Big Guns
On 5ih Army in Italy
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ROME. Mar. 30.-German troops
continued to spread harassing ar
tillery fire over the 5th Army front
yesterday and movements behind
enemy lines were noticed in the CEN
tral sector south of Bologna, but
there were no major changes in
this stalemated battle front.
The Nazis were extremely alert in
their defensive arc below Bologna,
but their artillery fire was light.
In the Moate Belmonte area, a
20-man enemy patrol tried to prod
Allied positions but fell back quick
ly under fire. Fifth Army patrols
reported little contact with the Ger
mans.
Despite poor visibility, tank de-
stroyers on the left coastal flank
scored II direct hits on enemy dug
outs and knocked out several ma
chine guns.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Firemen Rescue Woman
From Apartment Blaze

Mrs. Geneva Schey. 80, colored,
was rescued by firemen yesterday
after she had been overcome by
smoke from blaze which destroyed
furnishings of the apartment Of
Mrs. Bessie Norris at l706 U street
NV.
Mrs. Norris discovered the fire
when she returned from Shopping
but was unable to reach Mrs. Schey,
who had been asleep in her bedroom,
because of the smoke and flames.
Firemen brought her safely out Of
her room and she was removed to
Freedmen's Hospital but released
after treatment. Firemen said the
origin Of the fire was undetermined.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
80, 900 Doctors to Stoy
In Service, Fishbein Says
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Mar. 3o.-The
medical profession estimates that
at least 10000 physicians now in
the armed forces will be retained
for years to meet postwar needs" :"
DR.. Morris Fishbein, editor of the
American Medical Association Jour-
nal, said yesterday.
He told the Buffalo Rotary Club
it is estimated 10000 will be needed
by the Veterans Administration
$1,000 for the Army and Navy, 5000
for occupied countries and 'con-
siderable numbers" to aid In re-
building medical services abroad.
The medical schools of all the
occupied countries are destroyed or
disintegrated," DR.. Ffshbein as
serted.
Evening star., 1945-03-30

jr., 9, and Jane, 20 months, Pvt.
Adams was a printer in Scranton,
Pa, before his induction on April
20, 1914. He went overseas last Oc-
tober 81. When he joined the serv-
ice, his wife and children came to
live with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. r. Adams, at the Arlington adj
dress Pvt. Adams wife works in
the Procurement and Accounting
Division OF the Office of Secretary
of War.
Pfc. Morris F. Trumble, 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy r. Tr,lmble OF
Burke, Va, is reported prisoner
of war in Germany, according TO
the War Department notification to
his parents.
Pfc. Trumble entered the service
in December, 1943, and went over
seas last fall. He attended Fairfax
High School. A brother, TL5 Roy
r. Trumble, jr., was recently listed
as wounded in the European area.
Staf Sergt. Jerome L. Jerome, son
of Maj. and Mrs. r. F. Jerome OF
Fairfax, Va, who was officially re-
ported a prisoner of war on today,s
casualty list. has been freed. See
separate story on this page.
Stories OF five other men, named
on today's casualty list as prisoners
Of war, were carried in The Star
previously. They are:
Staff Sergt. Joseph d. Scaggs,
whose wife, Mrs. Julia P. Scaggs.
lives on Route 2, Laurel, Md.
Sergt. Edward T. Aud, brother of
Miss Susan Aud, 606 Bennington
drive, Silver Spring. Md.
Tech. S Frederick L. WiIkers0n,
son of Mrs. Margaret T. Wilkerson,
Route 4, Rockville, Md.
( Pvt. John M. Montgomery, son of
Mrs Stella M. Fritter, ATS @ street
NV.
Pfc. Robert E. Jones, son of Mrs.
Sylvia B. Jones, 304 T street NE.
Evening star., 1945-03-30

| in January, 1943. He went overseas
| in October, 1943. A sister, Mrs. Eve
lyn Harris, lives at 5000 Tilden road
Decatur Heights, Md.
Pvt. Alec F. Ray, 26, infantryman
has received leg wounds, the War
Department notified his wife, Mrs
Mary L. Ray of GA John Roberts
Homes, Alexandria, on March 8.
Born and educated in Charlottes-
vile, Va, Pvt. Ray worked for the
Yellow Cab Co. in Alexandria fol
three years before going into the
service on May 3, 1914. He went
overseas last October. Wounded -four
times in the right leg, Pvt. Ray is
walking on crutches now and is
writing cheerful letters home from
hospital in Italy. The son of Mrs
Jack Ray of New Bellehaven road
Alexandria. he has 4-year-old
daughter, Sue Ann.
Pfc. Wilbert T. Miller, jr., 20, was
wounded in action in Germany on
February 25, his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. T. Miller, 831 North Lincoln
street, Arlington, were notified. He
is now in an English hospital. This
is the second time he has been
wounded.
Pvt. Miller's parents also received
word that on January Is he was
awarded the Silver Star for gal
lantry in action.
A native of Arlington, Pvt. Miller
was graduated from Washington
and Lee High School and attended
the University of Maryland. He
worked for the Army Map Service
before he was inducted in July
1943. He went overseas in June
1943, and has participated in four
major battles, Mrs. Miller said.
Staff Sergt. James r. Giles, jr.
Is, was wounded on March 2 ir
Germany, his wife, Mrs. Dorys s
Giles of 3448 Dix street NE, has
learned. Hospitalized in France with
shrapnel wounds in the left hanc
and leg, Sergt. Giles writes home
frequently and seems cheerful.
Sergt. Giles went overseas last
November after having joined the
service in August, 1943. Father o1
James Francis, jr., 2, he worked fol
a New York hotel before he was
inducted.
Pvt. Edgar. w. Boswell, 26. whose
wife, Mrs. Beatrice Boswell, ane
their 3-year-old son, Richard Warner
Boswell, live at 2205 M street NE.
was wounded March l in Luxem.
bourg, the family has been noti-
fed.
He is native of the District ano
attended Eastern High School, en-.
tering the Army in 194l and goins
overseas in December, l943. Before
entering service he was employed a.
a truck driver by. Woodward & Lo.
i throp. A brother, James Frank Bos.
\ we'll, gunner's mate &c, is on dut,
with the Navy in the South Pa.
cific.
Pfc. Dan r. Silling, jr, son O
Mr.. and Mrs. Silling Of 242 Madison
street NV, was slightly wounded
on Luzon on February 6, the da,
of the American landings in Linga,
ven Gulf, the War Department ha,
notified his family.
i His parents have received twt
letters from him dated after Febru.
airy 6 and neither mentioned am
wound. In addition they received ;
letter from the Rev. Charles w
Riley, S. j., rescued from the civslia1
linternment camp at Los Banos, whit
wrote that he had seen Pvt. Silling
with whom he attended Gonzagi
High School, and that the latte
was in good physical condition.
! Pfc. Joseph Arthur CuIloty, Is
! son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Culloty
!. 4o54 Grant street NE, was slightt
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Extru Cos Plea

GOODING, Idaho (P,.-When the
ration board turned down his ap-
plication for extra gas, man wrote
letter of complaint. II wanted
the gas to take my wife to the doc
tor" he wrote, land if you don't
send it soon you1l have to send the
undertaken"
Evening star., 1945-03-30
District Blood Donations

Appointments
yesterday --- 578 persons
Appointments broken
yesterday ---- 156 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the Acacia Building. 81 Douisi-
ana avenue NV, by calling
District $500 between Q am. and
$50 pm. weekdays, and 8 am.
to noon Saturdays.
A broken appointment sac
ritfces time on the part OF
doctors and nurses that can-
not be replaced. 1t may sac
rtfce the life OF man on a
battlefield.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27

ST. CLAIR SHORES-Funeral
services were held Wednesday
for John G. Buchholz, age II
years, of 21301 Alexander Drive
st. Clair Shores, who died al
University Hospital, Ann Arbor,
on Friday following an illness
Of six months.
The youth was one of the most
popular members of the Boys
Municipal Band of st. Clair
Shores. and a member of the
former South Macomb Band.
Band members played at the
home and the church in tribute
to their comrade and also sound
ed taps at the grave.
The young musician was an
accomplished accordion and sax
ophone player.
Besides his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Buchholz,' he is sur
vived by two brothers, Peter and
Joseph, and the grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schuszler and
Mrs. Barbara Buchholz.
Services were at $50 a. m.
from the family residence and al
10 a. m, at st. Gertrdue's Catho.
lie Church, with Rev. FIR. Denni.
A. Hayes officiating. Burial wa.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
AuQilSlu DrUUeS

RICHMOND Mrs. Augusta
braves, II, widow of Rudolph
braves, died Monday in her
home in Adair after several
weeks illness.
She is survived by a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Valerie jacob, and a
son, Melvin braves, both OF
Adair, a grandson TVS Tavern
jacob, Mannheim, Germany; two
sisters, Mrs. Martha Clerk OF
this village and Mrs. Albert
Genschow Of. China township;
three brothers, Otto Mehlberg OF
this village and Charles Mehl-
berg, of Carsonville and William
Mehlberg. of Sandusky.
Mrs. braves was born in Cas-
CO township, March Z, 1874, the
daughter of the late William and
Rachel Mehlberg. Her husband
died five years ago.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Adair
Evangelical church, with Rev
H. E. Totzke of Marine City Of
ficiating. Burial will take place
in the Adair cemetery.