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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Lieutenant Buries Wife
 In FoxhoIe
BY JANE HOLLAND

Columbia, s. C., Feb. 15-(UP)- Sheriff T. Alex Heise said a murder charge would be filed today against It. Samuel O. Epes, 27, who buried his small. blond, school-teacher wife in a foXhole when she came here to say goodbye before he went overseas.
 Mary Lee Epes, 26, graduate of William and Mary College, was to have returned to her classroom at Jacksonville, Fla, today The schoolboard gave her brief leave of absence. Instead her body will be sent to Atlanta for burial.
 Epes told officials that four days after he buried his wife, he re- turned at night and improved the camouflage above her grave by posting a stolen army sign which said: "Latrine closed"
 Epes, weak from loss of blood in a suicide attempt, led officers to the grave yesterday
 Deputy sheriff's said Epes con- fessed the staying at the Fort Jack son hospital where he was in cus- tody of army officers.
 The army, few hours later, how ever sent civilian officials signed statement by Epes in which he de- nied the staying.
 T did not murder my wife" the statement began. It ended by say ing T am not doing this to alleVi- ate any punishment for myself, but I'm trying to save my family and my wife's family any blame and publicity and notoriety-I don't care what happens to me"
 Details of the alleged confession were not revealed pending his re- lease by army officials to civilian authorities sometime today.
 State police returned an autopsy report last midnight which said:
 Mrs. Epes came to her death cs result of severe blow on the head. Also she had been drugged before her death"
 Mrs. Epes disappeared two weeks ago. Her husband, attached to a medical corps unit at Fort Jackson,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
TANKS CLOSE
 ON LAST JAP
 STRONGPO|NT
BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON

bx WILLIAM b. DAOMANSON
 Manila, February 15. - CUP - American troops threw an armored cordon across the burning Manila waterfront today and swing in from the south and east to storm the last big center of Japanese resistance in the old walled city.
 Twenty-Five miles to the west, American warplanes were hammering away at the fortress island of Corregidor in the mouth of Manila Bay to clear the way for a sea- borne landing on TT h e Rock"
 Recapture of Corregidor would enable the big guns of the American battle fleet to work over the remain ing Japanese defenses inside Manila at close range and probably would wipe out all resistance in short or der.
 (Tokyo broadcasts said American WarshipS shelled Corregidor heavily on Tuesday and that minesWeepers had begun clearing the channel be- tween the island and Bataan penin- sula, suggesting that a naval assault on Manila By was imminent)
 Tanks Busy
 Inside Manila, the bulk of the Japanese defenders were being herd ed slowly back behind the massive walls of the Spanish city--the in tramuros-under savage attack by tanks and infantrymen of the U. s, First Cavalry and 37th Infantry di- visions.
 Most of the Japanese artillery in the area already had been silenced, and the main opposition came from machine gun nests. snipers and hum dreds of mines soWed through the streets.
 The Tanks were making no at- tempt at spectacular sweep into the walled city but were advancing de- liberately from block to block, clearing out every possible enemy hideout as they went forward.
 The storming of the lntramuros, however, was expected to be quick and bloody affair. Many of the en-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
BY BOYD ID. LEWIS

Paris, February 15.-UP) - Canadian troops broke through to the Rhine oppo- site Emmerich today and locked in a blazing battle for a crossing that would out flank the main Siegfried for tifications guarding Ger many's industrial Ruhr val ley.
 On the Canadians right flank, veteran Scots and English divisions lashed out east and south of the ReichS- wald forest on the direct road to the Ruhr, rolling up the Nazi defenses before Goch and Calcar, two key road centers whose capture might unlock the door to Germany's last big industrial concentration.
 The whole Canadian First Army front was on the move, Sparked by a laundering Allied aerial lombard ment that in the past "A hours had spread death and ruin up and down the Rhineland in the path of the attacking ground forces.
 A series of heavy explosions from the Arnhem area Is miles north of Kleve aroused speculation that the Germans were dynamiting the Rhine dikes and locks there to spill new floods down on the advancing Canadian army.
 The Germans were fighting say agely with their backs to the Rhine and pumping in new fresh reserves hourly to bolster their line. but field dispatches said the re-appear- ance of Allied airpower over tht battlefield had given a new lift tc the British drive.
 Wearied and mud-stained after a week of bitter slogging across the flooded Rhineland, Canadian troops on the northern flank of It. Gen. H. D. c. Crerars attack front went forward to the Rhine with rush
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Ny W. R. HIGGINBOTHAM

London. Feb, l5.-UP)-Prime Minister Tomas Arciszewski of the Polish governmental exile bitterly denounced the Russian occupation of Poland today and announced that his government will never Surren- der' to the partitioning' decision o' the big three.
 The white bearded former rev. olutionary told a press conference that his government had no faith in Soviet Premier Stalin'S words about democracy and accused the Russians of starving and footing the Polish people.
 Arciszewski declared that the ex- He'd government has no intention of reSigning in compliance with the big three decision and has no right to do so without instructions from the people of Poland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
George Champion Back At Prison

Waterville, Me. Feb. Is (U,PD George Champion, 82, returned to the State Prison at ThomaSton to- day after 24 days of 'freedom"-hiS first since he was sentenced to n life term for quadruple murder in 1900.
 Champion left the prison January 22 to enter the Thayer hospital for an eye ooeration which was per formed three days later and was described by Dr. Howard Hill as a complete success
 The operation removed cataracts from his right eye and 1t was re- ported that he might re-enter the hospital later for a similar operation on hts left eye.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
By JOSEPH LATIN

Washington, Feb. 15-CUP--War Mobilization Director James F, Byrnes has ordered new stand by" plan prepared for reconversion of American industry to civilian production, 1t was learned today
 Byrnes' order, issued just before he left for the recent Big Three conference. directed War Production Chif J. A. Krug to work out by Feb. g new blueprint to guide recon version when military needs even tually slacken off.
 It was emphasized that the gov. ernment's decision to get 6 recon- version plan ready does not mean It expects an early end to the Euro pean war. Byrnes himself said upon ils return from the Big Three meet- ing that Allied leaders are not counting on Q sudden German col-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Senate Asked
 To Drop Bill .ForM power
BY JOHN l.. CUTTER

Washington, Feb. IS UP) - Three prominent senators - two Democrats and Republican-today proposed the scraping of pending manpower legislation in favor of a new bill which would include no provisions to draft workers.
 The substitutg,MaS introduced by Sens. Robert F'PWagner, D., N. Y, Harley M Kilgore, D., w. Va, and Hcmer Ferguson, R., Mich, as the Senate Military Affairs Committee concluded hearings on the current bill designed to make men BIAS sub ject to war work under threat of fines or prison terms
 The new proposal was certain tc find considerable backing among committee members There were pre- dictions that a majority of the ls man committee would swing behind 1t rather than support the principle of compulsion represented in the present bill.
 Meanwhile. Maj. Gen. Thomas T. Haifviy, assistant chief of staff of the dlIlly OlJtI dllOllo ulNiolOIl, Wfio NhllCu before the committee to explain why the government thinks the work draft bill is needed.
 Boiled down to it's essentials, the substitute would write into laws present war manpoWer commission rules governing employers. It also would offer inducements, such as travelling expenses, to workers who accept war jobs away from home.
 Wagner. Kilgore and Ferguson as sailed the idea of using threats of fines, prison terms or induction to get people into war jobs.
 Individual puiitive measures di- rected against limited section of the working force cannot insure full utilization of labor unless this was already been effected by other means" they said. "Compulsion is no substitute for the budgeting of manpower.
 Here is how their bill would bud get manpoWer:
 Legalize the WINGS authority to limit the number of workers that
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
New Standby Plan For Reconversion Worked Out

lapse. The plan Is being prepared now so there will be no delay in starting reconversion when the war in Europe does end,
 The new plan is not expected tG be announced for some time because official do not want It's purpose mis- interpreted.
 As 1t stands now, the new recon- version program provides for giving advance notice to management and labor on cutbacks in military con- tracts, from the largest manufac- turer right down to the smallest plant.
 Another provision decentralizes the reconversion operation. It gives local area committees c large voice in making the decisions which, in effect, will determine the plans thta will return first to civilian produc' ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
62 More Americon Soldiers Arrested

Paris, Feb. l5-- (UP)--An investi- gation into the black marketing of U. 8. Army supplies has resulted in additional arrests of 62 American enlisted men and officers, 1t was an nounced today
 It. Col. Carmon c. Harris. Okla homa City, prosecuting officer, said the latest defendant. all members of army railway battalions, will be trlet by the same court which since early January has been trying mem berS of the 7l8th battalion.
 The men are charged with stealing large quantities of army supplies and selling them to the French.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Com promise
 Now Remote
(By Democrat Legislative Reporter


 Democratic Senators came out of caucus at press time today at the State Capitol resolved to refuse to pass favorablly upon measures call ing for renewal of the Governors wartime powers as amended by the House yesterday.
 Possibility of such wartime powers not being granted, at all this ses- sion, is a strong likelihood in view of the soggy delay beng shown ip the progress of such measure.
 Democratic senators strongly op- pose the amended bill as passed by the Republican dominated House yesterday and introduced by House Leader Herbert Wanderer, Bethel.
 Democrats on Capitol Hill orig inally opposed the wartime power measure as being "too broad, too loose and too incomprehensive.' . They seek, they claim, more speci- fic definition of such powers to- gether with legislation which would constitute "a strong club over all. Y"
 The Wanderer amendment which was unanimously adopted yesterday without debate, would give Cover nor Baldwin his war powers to sus- pend state statutes interfering Witb the war effort. but would allow the General Assembly the right to re- Vaks any such war order within ten AyS of its issue. The amendment Nlso provides that the war powers will be in effect until February l, 1947 or until the end of the war, whichever comes first.
 Hartford, Conn, Feb 15-(UP)- The general assembly winds up its seventh week today. still marking time until bills begin to roll from. committee.
 No major legislation has come be- fore either Senate and House which remained deadlocked in a partisalI . Wrangle over renewal of the gover- nor's emergency war powers. This has been going on for weeks, and hopes of compromise appeared remote.
 Committees, meanwhile, were op- erating at full speed to divert the attention of the lawmakers to oth- er important business of the session.
 The insurance committee reported favorably on bill allowing Connec- ticut Life Insurance companies to put nearly $200 900. 900 into loans and investments not now permitted by law. The bill restricts these in- yestments to five per cent of the admitted assess of the companies and was prepared by the state insur- ance department.
 Insurance officials told the com mittee the companies must earn
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
S0V|ETS BREAK ACROSS NE|SSE RIVER
NAZI IS WRECK
 RHINE DOCKS
 ON CANADIANS
BULLETIN

BULLETIN
 Paris, Feb. 15.-(UP)-Canadian First Army troops seized the western terminus of a Rhine river ferry crossing from Emmerich to- day and to the southwest cap tured Kassel, key outpost of the GOch transport center at the north end of the Siegfried line.
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The Weather

Light Rain Tonight Full Weather Report Page 2.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-17
Actual Need Is
Shoe Stamp Rule

Dave S. Cohn, district director
of the Office of Price Administra.
ton, today drew consumers at.
tention to the fact that specla!
shoe stamps will not be issued
except in case of actual need
"Need" is defined as person IN
a position where it is impossible
for him to stay on the job I'M
less he has shoes which will give
adequate protection. to his feet
Adequate protection" Cohn salo
"does not mean style and per.
sonal appearance"
In order to obtain a special
shoe stamp a consumer many no,
have more than two pair OF wear.
able or repairable shoes, ana nc
member of his family may have 8
valid shoe stamp.
Applicants must fill in an appll
cation for special shoe stamp
which is passed on by board panel
members, and should consider that
when signing such applications
they are signing a federal docu-
ment, and Misrepresentation OF
facts and statements thereon, con-
stitutes attempt to fraud the fed
eral government.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-17
Summer Play
Plan Promised

Promise of a full scale summer
recreational program for Kenne.
wick was the finding of the War
Recreation committee which met
Tuesday night.
Supt. E. S. Black has applied
for state funds to carry on a pro-
gram for teen ayers and smaller
children through the schools. II
is the plan of the committee to
cooperate with the school program
for the full utilization of all facili-
ties, including the park and the
housing authority.
The program will be expanded
to meet the needs of all age groups
in practically any type of recrea-
ton desired.
The American Legion is plan
ming to carry on a junior baseball
season in line with the practice of
the Legion nationally.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-17
Wheat Growers
Hold HEARING
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portant that all parts of the area
under consideration and all
groups of individuals whose inter
ests are involved be represented al
the hearing. The board members
are especially DESTROYS of having
the views of workers as well as
producers in order to get a bal
anced picture Of the general atti-
tude toward the ceilings proposed.
Mr.. Nichols pointed out that if
community interest is lacking, or
if the facts brought out at the
hearing are insufficient to sup
port further action on the specific
wage ceiling proposal, then the
controls established by VIA gen.
eral regulations will continue to
govern the agricultural grain op-
erations as well as other farming
operations.
VIA general regulations pro-
vide IS cents an hour, 5000 a
month, or other equivalent rate,
as the point above which no in
creases in wage payments may be
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-17
Booster Club
Discusses Dam
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dam construction before final
plans are drawn.
It is planned at present to start
the work on the Washington side.
The dam calls for earth abutments
on each end with concrete spill
way and power sections. It will
be about $50 feet high.
With completion of the earth
work on the north shore, the navi-
cation locks will then be construct
ed. In this way there will be no
interruption of navigation on the
river during the construction per-
iod. The dam will be 7400 feet
long and will resemble Bonneville
dam in appearance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-17
made without prior approval OF

made without prior approval OF
the board.
Farm wage sterilization regu-
lations affect all branches of agri-
culture and are binding upon both
the employer and the employe
under either specific wage ceilings
or the general regulations.
For Willful violations the law
provides penalties TO $1,000 fine
or one years Imprisonment, OF
both. In addition, the employer
may be disallowed deduction fol-
income tax purposes of the en-.
tire amount Of the wages paid al
the unauthorized rate.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-17
Is. Robt. Seigfried
hd Son Visit Here

ys Mrs. Robert B. Seigfried and
IN arrived Wednesday from
Washington, D. c., for a visit with
NE grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
". H. Seigfried. 1t. R. B. Seig-
fried is with the army signal
corps in Washington, D. c. where
he has been attending the war COL
lege. Mrs. Seigfried plans on
staying in Kennewick until Lieut.
Seigfried joins her in June when
he is expected home on a fur
clough. They will fly back to
Washington D. c., when the lieu
tenant has to return to duty.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-17

been taken for Mrs. higgins many
times during her visit.
The Fourth Friday club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Curt
Gerards Friday, May 18th at 3
pm.
w. J. Thurston was a Benton
City visitor Thursday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-17

latch Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Com ing genera I~o
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-11-01

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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-11-01
URGE SUPPORT FOR
FIRE BOND ISSUE

Support of the voters in Allen
township, Union county; Rush and
Wayne townships and the villages
of North Lewisburg and Woodstock
in Champaign county; and Zane
township, Logan county, is sought
for bond issue to purchase a fire
truck and provide fire protection
for the residents of tLr'c com
munities
The quest.,A will come before
the voters a. The various polling
places in the four townships and
two villages next Tuesday.
If the bond issue passes, the fire
truck and other necessary equip
ment will be purchased as soon as
possibel. 1t will serve Middleburg,
Gable, Allen Center, Woodstock
and North Lewisburg, as well as
farm homes in the four townships.
The equipment will be located in
North Lewisburg as the most ac-
CesSible place to the entire area TO
be served. 1t will be governed how
ever, by a 12-man board comprised
of two men from each township,
two men from North LewiSburg
and two men from Woodstock.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-11-01

Mrs. Walter Laird and family call
ed on Thursday evening.
MIR Frank Parrott, a former
resident of this community, passed
away at his home, near Ostrander,
Saturday. We extend our sym
pathy to the relatives.
Mrs. Ferne Disbennett, of CO.
lumbus, spent the weekend with
MIR. and Mrs. T. +. Disbennett and
son, Ted
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy VanAtta re.
ceived word from their son, Alvia,
at Oak HarbOr, that his ice cream
store had caught fire from a short
Circuit. early Sunday morning II
ruined the inside of tthe store and
the goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Cunningham
entertained a number of relatives
and friends in honor of their son
Pvt Leroy Cunningham, who after
an lS-day furlough, returned to
Fort Knox, Ky. on Monday
Remember tie revival meetings
at Pharisburg, each night. 1t viii
be worth YOUR while 10 come.
Election dinner will be served al
the Pharisburg school house spon
sored by the w. S. c. s., mex
Tuesday
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-11-01

MIR. and Mrs. Marion Blazer.
DR.. and Mrs. Collins, sr., Kenton,
and Mrs. Ertel, visited for the
weekend in the home of their son,
DR.. Collins, jr.
Miss Patty Livingston spent the
weekend at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Lantz, in Urbana.
Floyd F'out was discharged
from the army last week.
Mr.. and Mrs John Martin and
family, were Sunday callers at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Huff
man.
Maxine Stratton, of Columbus,
is spending few days at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Marion Blazer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Close Ebert and
family, of Findley, were Sunday
evening callers at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Organ.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Organ and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Organ were
Sunday callers from North Lewis
burg at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Kennedy, in Allen Center.
North Lewisburg high school
basketball schedule for the coming
season is as follows; Nov. 2, st.
Paris, at home; Nov. 9, Westville,
away; Nov. 16, Cable, away; Nov.
21, Urbana twp, away; Nov. 30,
Woodstock, away; Dec. Z, Union
vile, away; Dec. IA, Concord, a.
way; Dec. 21, Salem, away; Jan,
4, Salem, at home; Jan. II, open;
Jan 18, Urbana twp, at home;
Jan. %, Unionville, at home; jan
IS, Mechanicsburg, away; Feb. /,
WeStville, at home; Feb. 8, Mech
anicsburg, at home; Feb. Is, Gable,
at home;
Francis Mountain, son-in-law of
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-11-01

ter, Mrs. Esther Ross, and family.
Mr.. Joe Draper received word
that his brother, Jesse Draper, is
now in hospital in New Mexico.
Sunday school rally was held at
the Church of Christ, Sunday
school, last Sunday. Sixty-seven
members were present. Mrs. Bry-
da Crabtree is the preacher.
Mrs. Harry Shaw is expecting
her husband home by Dec. l.
Margaret Baker, of Columbus,
visited, this week, with Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Ewing.
Mrs. Richard Kearns and son,
of Urbana, Mrs. Warren Bosler
and son and Mrs. Mary Hazlet Wis
tied last week with Mr. and Mrs
Robert Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Dewitt anC
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Taylor, at.
tended the program in K. c. Hall
Urbana, last Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holycross
;eceived a letter from their son
Richard, now stationed at Leyte
stating that he is now working il
a hospital.
Mrs. James huffman received
a letter from her husband, who j!
now awaiting orders to sail for the
United States. Mrs. Huffman j!
employed in one of the stores.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Spain, ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Oder spen
the weekend visiting in Van Wer
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Henry.
w. d. McColly, who has beer
visiting with his mother, Mrs Ed
ma McColly, has returned to hi
home in Madison, Wis.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-11-01
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NEWS NOTES
BY MRS. GUY VAN Alta

Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Hall spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leland Kent and family, near
Mingo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Robinson
and son, Merle, and Patty Cramer,
spent the weekend in Atlanta, Ga,
visiting the formers son, Pvt. Max
Robinson.
Mrs. Don VanAtta accompanied
her father, Ernest RauSch, and
aunt, Mrs. julius Scheiderer, of
near Resacca, to Phoenix, Ariz., to
spend some time with her uncle
and Mr.. RauSch'S and Mrs. Scheid-
erer's brother, Leroy Rausch. They
left Saturday, making the trip by
Greyhound bus.
Mrs. F. A. LePage, of Center
burg, spent the past week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Van
Alta. Mrs. Rowland Bishop and
son, George, near Milford Center,
were Thursday visitors. Mr.. and