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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13
LIT. WILLIAM GRAY, JR.

First It. William Gray, Jr., son of MT. and Mrs. w. J. Gray, East street, Wolcott, has been honorably discharged from the Army after serving in the Army Air Forces since Oct. 1942. It. Gray served with the 18th Air Force and was a prisoner of the Germans. His plane was shot down on it's 18th mission. He was stationed in the Carribean area and the European Theater of Operations.
 His wife Is the former Shirley Robinson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13
CPL. PHILIP c. JOHNSON, JR.

After serving overseas in the Eu- ropean Theater of Operations with the 10th Tank Battalion, Seventh Armored Division, and with the 67th Regiment, Second Armored Divl on, Cpl. Philip c. Johnson, Jr., son Of MT. and Mrs. P. c. Johnson, N Elmwood avenue, has received his honorable discharge from the Army at Camp Edwards, Mass.
 Cpl. Johnson wears the red cord representing a unit citation from the Belgian government. Prior to
 .tering the service he was em- ployed by the Consolidated Motor Lines Inc. He entered the service Feb. II, 1942.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13

Marine Sgt. Edward R. Pagan, son of MT. and Mrs. Paul A. Fa- gan, 63 Union street, is back in civilian clothes again, having been discharged week ago at Portsmouth, N. H. Marine base. Sgt. Pagan enlisted from Crosby high school in March, 1922 and served 34 months in the South and Central Pacific. He was at Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Little Flor ida, Kolumbungaia, New Georgia, Arundel, Pilileau, and Okinawa. He wears five battle stars and Presidential Unit Citation with a Bronze Star
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13
:. NEWS OF MEN LN THE SERVICE :.
ABOARD THE Uss TAWAsA

AbOA1D HE O6O AhWAOA
 Antonio Louis Dajoisio, SGM 3/c, 656 Highland avenue, has helped put 57,000 miles of sea under this Fleet tug in a wide variety of mis- sions and four invasions. when her crew received news of the Jap sur- render.
 Besides towing and salvage work, the TAWASA served as an escort and patrol vessel, ship repair unit, a transport for men and material and an air-sea rescue unit. Pacing channel buoys was another of her duties
 The tug figured in the invasions of Tarawa, Kwajalein, Eniwetok and Saipan, taking surroundings so that the big battleships could safe ly approach the shores for close range bombardment, and towing damaged ships beyond the range of enemy gunfire.
 ABOARD USS JOHN w. WEEKS
 Louis A. Bianco, s 1/c, USNR, 276 Walnut street, and other men of this ship, which was assigned to the occupation forces at the end of the war, had a narrow escape from five Jap suicide planes just a few houre befre the Japanese made their peace bid
 In action since last January when the Weeks joined the 3rd Fleet in the Philippines, she was one of four destroyers on picket" duty in the waters near Tokyo Bay when the five suicide planes att tackled on Aug. g.
 The suiciders whirled out of the sky and attacked with bombs, straf- ing and straight-on plunges. Four were knocked into the sea or blown to bits in the air, two of them fall ing victim to the guns of the Weeks. The fifth crashed into a destroyer nearby.
 CPL. LOUIS VANASSE
 Cpl. Louis Vanasse son of Mrs. Marie VanaSSee, 220 South Elm street, is now stationed at the Fort npvonc Mace Sonor tinp Cpl1fpYs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13
CPL. WILLIAM AQUILAR

A veteran of g months spent in the South Pacific Cpl. William Aquilar, Todd road, has been honor ably discharged from the service. He served in the Army 57 months and participated in the invasions at Saipan, Luzon, Leyte, and OkinaWa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13
LIT. JAMES F. HENEBRY

LIT. JAMES F. HENEBRY
 After 38 months overseas, First It. James F. Henebry, former Wa terbury attorney, has returned to the states and is on terminal leave He served in the European Theater of Operations and was with the Judge Advocate Generals Depart ment in connection with the military justice and court martial proceed ings in Scotland, Belgium, France and. Germany.
 It. Henebry entered the Army in July, 1942. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. James L. Henebry, 45 Waterville street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13
9t SmuA dte1e
by Bob ' Hope

Churchills comments would start a trend Any day Now I expect to turn on the radio and hear the king of Sweden say, "Smorgasbord, there's good news tonightl"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13

Hurricane damage to apiaries last autumn has cut this years Cuban honey output.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13
Fighting DiDiSiOnS
Nazis' Last Stand
 Broken by Clusters
By NEA Service

Two weeks after the 18th lntan- try (Custer) Division had assembled in Italy, it was thrown into action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13

Richard F. Layden, s 1/c, son of MT. and Mrs. John Layden, Lounsbury street, a member of the crew of the USS Midway, visited parents here while on brief fur tough. His brother Jaw, Rob- ert Leitton, was discharged from the Army last Saturday after sev- eral months overseas in the ETC. The latter's wife is the former Kathleen Layden of Lounsbury street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13

CPL. LOUIS VANASSE
 Cpl Louis Vanasse, son of Mrs. Marie Vanassee, 220 South Elm street, is now stationed at the Fort DevenS. Mass, Separation Center
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-13

Yours is the proud responsibility... of helping to support your Church. giving it your time, your interest, your financial aid. This week, and every week, attend Church regularly with your family. Make it's prinei, ples part of your daily Iifej make its work your work, For now, moFe than ever, the Churches of Water bury-and your church--have the task of ministering to 6 war-torn world, and you are called upon sp share in this task
Evening star., 1945-08-04

pay. He'd saved it from his prewar
job as a tool designer for the In
ternational Business Machines
Corp.
Now, whenever he gets time of
from his duty in the applied cleo
tronics section, Engineer Board, he
goes out to the airport to work on
his plane. Usually, men in his COM
pany 60 along to help patch and
paint. They all hope for ride
once he takes to the air.
He's trying to wangle three-day
pass next week SO he can take up
his plane for the first time. He's
been promised temporary permit
to fly it to his home where he'll
leave it long enough for approved
mechanics to make it airworthy
He figures he can make the trip
to the Tri-City Airport in two and
half hours.
His girl. he said, is very much
interested" in the whole thing. He
isn't exactly engaged. he explained
but we should be- I've been going
with her for seven years
The plane won't be named fol
her, however He's thinking Of call
ing 1t "AWOL Special"
Evening star., 1945-08-04

A Fort Belvoir soldier decided a
three-day pass didn't give him
enough time with his girl in up
state New York. So he bought an
airplane.
That's the story Pfc Henry C.
Botheuser Of Endicott, N. Y, told
yesterday as he blithely applied
patches to the surplus Army plane
he bought for $507.
Flying is nothing new to the 29-
year-old soldier. He held private
pilots license and had 100 hours
flying time when he went into the
Army in 1943. His eyes kept him
out of the Air Forces, but they
were good enough for civilian flying.
He was getting pretty bored with
the 12-hour train ride to his girls
home near Endicott-and thinking
how much better it would be by
plane-when he found his solution
at the nearby Hybla Valley air.
port, where the Government Is SELL
ing surplus Army and Navy planes.
He picked out Fairchild primary
trainer punctured in a dozen places
by a hailstorm. But he didn t
worry about them. He found it
strong and sturdy and certainly able
to get him to his girls home lot
quicker than a train.
He thought it was worth $500
He added the extra 81 partly for
luck but mostly to beat anybody
who bid an even $500. The money,
he said, didn't come out of his GI
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Barber Held on Charge
OF Abductinq Virginia Boy

John L. Parrish Al, of 1112 South
Edgewood street, Arlington, was
ordered held under $4,000 bond today
in Arlington County Court on a
charge of abducting a 2a-year-
old child Thursday night while the
boy was playing near his home.
Parrish pleaded not guilty when
arraigned before Judge Hugh Reid,
who set preliminary hearing for
$50 am. Friday.
The boy, David T. Dudek, son of
Pvt and Mrs. David Dudek, 267l
South Meade street, was found yes
terday more than 2 miles from the
scene of the alleged abduction. He
had marks on his neck and other
parts of his body, but apparently
was not injured otherwise, police
said.
Detective Capt. Hugh Jones said
Parrish was arrested at his home
early today by Detectives w. H.
West and Louis Elliott. He said the
action was taken after residents of
the area where the boy was found
told police they saw man answer
ing Parrish's description letting the
boy out of his car.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Saudi Arabian Prince,
Father Of Six, Denies
Romance in Detroit
Dy the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Prince Amir
Mohammed Ibn Abdul Aziz, second
son Of the King Of Saudi Arabia,
says he has one wife and he's not
interested In taking Mary Moham-
med, 22-year-old Detroit steno-
grapher, as another.
II have proposed to no American
woman" said the Prince through an
interpreter, though ! may have as
many wives as I wish. But for me,
there shall be but one"
Miss Mohammed, Assyrian by
birth, said yesterday in Detroit that
the 32-year-old Prince entertained
her royalty in New York last month
and since has called her long dis
tance every night.
Said the Prince, who was dele
gate to the San Francisco Confer
ence, II do not even remember meet
ing this young lady, charming
though she may be-"
II am a one-woman man." His
Royal Highness declared. II have al
ready wife and six children, two
boys, four girls. They are from to
IA years in age"
Mary said there was no engage
ment-yet, and exclaimed over the
beauties of a gold love-knot set with
II rubies, which she said was a pres
ent from His Royal Highness.
At the invitation of the Prince,
she said, she and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Joe Mohammed, visited New
York a short time after their meet
ing in Detroit. At the end Of her
stay, His Royal Highness presented
her with a jewel box containing the
love knot, she added.
Personally" she commented, I'm
so proud. But I want nothing to
reflect on their royal honor. I've
wanted to 60 to Arabia all my life"
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Simpson Fe|icifafed
Al Farewell Supper
Marking Retirement

Messages from President Truman
and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
were among the tributes to Kirke
L. Simpson OF the Associated Press
as the Washington AP Bureau gave
q farewell buffet supper last night
for the veteran who is retiring after
81 years Of service.
As his colleagues gathered in a
private dining room at the Chicken
Hut, 427 Eleventh street NV,
across the street from the AP
bureau where he had worked since
1918, Mr.. Simpson announced that
''henceforth he will take it easy"
President Truman, telegraphing
via the White House, sent the news
paperman who was the friend Of
many Presidents hearty congratu-
lations as you enter into the leisure
OF q we'll earned retirement"
"You are one of that grand COM
pany OF newspapermen who bring
imagination and vision to the days
work and turn news into literature
as you have done so many times, "
President Truman added. LAS you
leave the scene of such long and
distinguished service. wish you the
best of all things-a long and happy
married life"
Mr.. Simpson and the former Ella
May Field were married here last
April 6 and plan to make their
home in San Francisco
Mrs. Roosevelt recalled in a let
ter that Franklin had for many
years not only great respect, but
great affection for you" and added
II wish that he were here to send
you his good wishes for the many
happy years to come"
From Kent Cooper, executive di-
rector of the Associated Press, came
this tribute: There has never been
finer spirit in any individual nor
a more wholesome friend for all
than Kirke Simpson"
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Florida LimbIess Veteran
Plans Job Aiding Amputee!
BY the Associated Press.

ny thS aocOSlaLCu IlCoss
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Aug. A.
A courageous Starke tFla) Army
private, who has undergone several
operations for amputations OF limbs
since surviving a Vermont mountain
plane crash, intends to take job
which will aid other servicemen
who have lost arms or legs.
The story of 20-year-old Pfc.
James Wilson's courage was dis
closed last night by his girl friend,
Miss Betty Koslovski, 20, Of SPRING
field, who said she met the Air
Forces gunner last September-less
than a month before he was in
jured in the plane crash.
Pvt. Wilson was the only one Of
10 crew members who survived the
crash and by the time help reached
him-44 hours later-his arms and
legs were frozen Operations were
necessary and surgeons amputated
Pvt. Wilson'S hands, wrists and
portions of his forearms and both
legs below the knees.
However, now learning to use his
artificial limbs, he expects to leave
the hospital before Christmas and
is eagerly awaiting the day when
he takes over job at an artificial
limb company in Minnesota.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Red Veterans Tax Exempt

MOSCOW, Aug. (P.-The Coun-
Gil OF Commissars today adopted a
decree exempting from taxes for
one year demobilized soldiers and
their immediate families.
Evening star., 1945-09-28
Gen. Verne D. Mudqe
Gets DSM, ; Others
Receive Decorations

Maj. Gen. Verne D. Nudge, who
commanded the famous lst Cavalry
Division throughout its Philippine
campaigns until he was severely
wounded on February %, received
the Distinguished Service Medal
yesterday at Pentagon ceremony.
Gen. Nudge, whose home is in
FloriGa, has been at Walter Reed
Hospital here since his return from
overseas in June. His wife is with
him here.
The citation, read by Gen. Jacob
L. Devers, commander of the Army
Ground Forces, pointed out that
Gen. Mudge's sound judgment and
skillful and courageous front line
leadership" had been an outstanding
contribution to the success of the
Philippines campaign.
One of the best-known exploits
of the 1st Cavalry on Luzon was
the liberation on February of
Evening star., 1945-09-28
Miss JEANNE O'ReiIIy to Retire
After 46 Years With ON Corps

Miss Jeannie O'Reilly, veteran
of 46 years service with the Quar-
termasters Corps here, will leave her
Office in Temporary Building "B'
today for the last time.
One of the oldest Government en-
ployes here from the standpoint of
service, Miss O'Reilly will be pre-
sented at $3.50 pm. with gifts from
fellow employees by 1t. Gen. Edmund
B. Gregory. the Quartermaster Gen
Evening star., 1945-09-28

more than 3,700 Allied nationals in
termed +. by the japanese at Santo
Tomas in Manila.
First 1t. Horace Kent Ward, Is,
OF 405 Rosemary street, Chevy Chase,
Md, has received the Distinguished
Service Cross for extraordinary
heroism in Germany last April 2,
his wife, Mrs. Nancy Cramer Ward
had been informed.
According to the citation, when
canal bridge was blown up by
the enemy, 1t. Ward "undaunted
and in the face of enemy fire"
crossed the damaged span by hand
to the opposite side and destroyed
an enemy machine gun nest with
hand grenades.
1t. Ward, an infantry officer, has
been overseas with the 5th Armored
Division for Is months and now is
on his way home, his wife said
Col. Maurice E. Zetterholm, 1900
Sixteenth street NV, recently was
awarded the Legion of Merit for
performance of outstanding serv-
ices in North Africa and Italy as
chief OF the inspections division,
Office OF the Inspector General,
Mediterranean theater, a dispatch
from Europe announced. Accord
ing to the citation, he planned, CO.
ordinated and conducted with dis
tinguished ability and success, nu-
merous special missions and sur
veys directed by the theater COM
mander.
Col. c. Hod,ney Smith, 4424 Thirty
sixth street, Arlington, was pre-
sented the Legion of Merit at cere-
monies in Manila for outstanding
performance of duties while he was
on duty with the Army Service
Forces at headquarters in Washing
ton. According to the citation, Col
Smith formulated and put into force
the Army's present policies concern
ing the procurement of spare parts
and assemblies.
Evening star., 1945-09-28
Soviet Got 100 U. 5. Ships
Before Entering War

81 the Associated Press.
COLD BAY, Alaska. Aug 3 de-
layed Nearly 100 small American
warships were delivered to Russian
crews here at this secret base on
the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula be-
fore Russia formally entered the war
against Japan.
This base and the delivery of the
ships was one of the most guarded
secrets of the high north country
and Marine guards were posted
throughout the area TO insure the
secrecy of the project.
In small patches of from to Is
ships at time, the ships were trans
ferred unGer lease-lend to Soviet
sailors. The ships included patrol
craft, mine sWeepers, destroyer es-
corts and landing craft infantry
the famous LCIs that played such an
| important role in the Pacific war.
First Title Fight on Radio
The first time a world heavy
weight championship fight was
broadcast was in 1921, when Jack
Dempsey fought Georges Carpenter
lin Jersey City.
Evening star., 1945-09-28
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. B.


2129 Florida
NV, active member OF St ion Miss ORy plans
Paul's Episcopal Church and the main here
Evening star., 1945-09-28

eral of the Army. Then she will
start her terminal leave before re-
tirement.
She has spent 80 of the 46 years
with the mail and records branch of
the corps, and recently was in
charge of personnel files. She was
one of the first civilian employees in
the War Department to receive the
Meritrious Civilian Service Ribbon,
and last year won prize in
Evening star., 1945-09-28

in April, 1899, she has aided the
Quartermaster Corps through not
only both the World War and recent
war but also in the Boxer Rebellion,
the Philippine Insurrection and the
Mexican Expedition.
Evening star., 1945-09-28

the suggestion awards program
Born in jackson Barracks, La.
where her father was an officer
with the 10th Infantry, she came
to Washington at the age of s
Entering the departmental service
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

dFireFres especially he insisted, please give
your name and address, want TO mail you the
dollar" The dollar never CAME but In a number
OF instances tragedy did. When the automobilist
was away the stranger would 60 10 his home, at
tack and rob the wife The climax came with the
murder of Mrs. Catherine Pappas in New York.
The man would have remained uncaught ex-
cept for that impulse of his TO write so often 10
Father Flanagan. The priest knew no such
former Mayor but he kept the cards. From
ths>postmarkS on them emerged the route he had
Lved. and OF course there were the samples
d8kis handwriting. Inquiries in the neighbor-
hoods where the cards had been mailed brought
an increasingly clear description of the man. until
the police arrested George Cvek, a 24yearold
vagrant who convicted of numbering Mrs.
PappaS. Those who wondered as some of the
automobilists did, why Cvek should have written
the postal cards may find their answer in DR..
Abrahamsen's thesis.
THE mental underworld" of which IL treats
] sometimes seems to cast hypnotic Compulsion
over criminal directing feet and actions even
after the crime had gone unsolved. In Anson,
Tex, for instance, Sl.year-old, half blind Mrs.
J. T. King was found dead. She had been poisoned.
Not only were her son and his family with
whom Mrs. King had lived Mortified at the crime
but like everybody for miles around they were
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22
Mrs Catherine Pappas-the Last Victim i'm a
Series of Highly Ingenious Postal Card
Murders"

He was blinded for life. Jeanne declared that
she would devote herself to him for life. She
came to live with him. and the youths family
finally got NJ Mace, famous Paris detective
chief to interest himself in the case.
NJ. Mace to call. He found Jeanne
kneeling on ornamental prie-Dieu, a praying
stool with desk attached. She always prayed
there when NJ Mace called and talked with
Georges AT first the detective thought the woman
was only putting pious act. Then he be-
came interested in the way her arms were
enfoldng the desk part of the prie-Dieu.
THE next time NJ Mace entered the house he
managed 10 sneak small cylinder into hall
closet. little later while Jeanne was at her
prayer stool thick smoke belched into the room.
The detective shouted, "Eirel@ Jeanne daFted- to
her lover and led him out of the house.
The moment they had left the room M. Mace
pried open a drawer in the prie-Dieu. When
Jeanne came running back into the she
found him deep in the papers he had discovered.
She made a futile effort to snatch them.
Then M. Mace read to the youth letters from
the carpenter revealing that Jeanne had plotted
to blind Georges de Saint Pierre. 1t her
mental underworld" that had moved her to the
folly of keeping the letters, and guarding them
obviously that NJ Maces attention drawn
to them. At the end the youth said bitterly:
Now for the first time, my eyes are OPEN"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

derworld" had not driven her 10 excessive "grier'
she would have escaped detection
She was, however an amateur at crime
Jeanne Brecourt lived in Paris by her beauty
and her unscrupulous wits till in her middle age
she began to worry about her fading beauty. At
that point rich youth. Georges de Saint Pierre
fell madly in love with her.
His influential family tried to get him to see
her as the unscrupuous adventures that she was,
but he was too blinded with infatuation.
Jeanne realized, however, that unless she did
something drastic his eyes would eventually be
open 10 her character and past. Playing on the
nfatuatiOn that another youth, humble car
penter, felt for her, she got him to lie in wait for
Georges de Saint Pierre One night the rich youth
passing alley when suddenly he screamed
Someone had thrown some acid in his face
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

Plan Perfect Crime as SkiIIfuIIy as They May
With +he Thinking Part of Their Minds. Their
Unconscious Conscience" Plays Stool Pigeon
TO Assure Their Betrayal and Punishment
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

a eral pattern
emerged. showing how
he worked. He posed as
a hitchhiker. In the car
of an obliging motorist
he would tell OF his
graduation" from Boys
Town, Father Flanagan's
famous regenera tive
community in Nebraska
when the hitchhiker and
the driver stopped for a
sandwich, the stranger
would write a postal card
10 Father Flanagan in
the presence Of his host,
signing himself affection.
ately. Your former May
or" The name would be
different each time.
After that the stranger
did not find it hard 10
borrow a dollar from the
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

have felt murderouS
about the generous old
woman?
When, for instance,
her neighbor and ten
ant, Mrs. Leah Dens-
by, told her she could
not afford much rent Mrs. King let
her have the house for So a month.
When Mrs. Densby's daughter needed
an operation Mrs. King paid for it,.
No one wondered, therefore, that
at the funeral services of Mrs. King
il was the voice of Mrs. Density, sing.
ing in the choir. that rose, poignant
with tears, above the others. But
Mrs. Density went on TO haunt the
King home, mourning her dead friend
so much that eventually the family
wished she would let them alone with
their grief for a while
Then they began TO feel that the
lady did protest too much" A quiet
investigation disclosed tn at Mrs
Density had got Mrs. King to sign a
check for $3.50 on the pretense that IL
was only a rent receipt Other dis
coveries led 10 the investigation by
the police that ended with Mrs. DenS-
by's conviction for the murder of her
benefactreSs. But IL her mental un-
ha1 Mt Avi,,o,, H..