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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21

Addressing a group of 90 new citizens at a naturalization session of superior court today, Judge Frank P. McEvoy stressed the im- portance of the obligations of citi- zenship and urged the members ot the newly admitted class to preserve and carry out their intentions to be good citizens.
 The oath of allegiance was ad- ministered by Superior Court Clerk James E. Mcknight, following pre- nminary work by John Mollica naturalization examiner from the Hartford office.
 Included in today's class was an alien, Vincenzo Gigliotti, who en- tered the country on another mans passport. The naturalization exam finer told the court the applicants entry had been legalized, and asked Judge McEvoy to grant permission to the applicant to use the name, Antonio Montisante, which appear ed on the passport. The request was granted.
 "At this time we need good citi- zenS," Judge McEvoy stated in his brief address at the close of the naturalization session. He added Tt is very important and essential that those who take their places as citizens be good citizens in every respect"
 The jurist pointed out that the candidates for citizenship in taking the oath promised their entire and unreserved allegiance to the inter- ests of this country. He referred to the difficulties experienced in pre- pairing for admission to citizenship and stated the preliminary work and study was necessary in order to insure that the candidates would be good citizens.
 The naturalization official called the attention of the court to one applicant who had listed one date of entry on his declaration of citi- zenship ard another on his natural ization entry. The official explained the various regulations involved in the case, and related the applicant had left the country for Canada few months after his first entry and returned some time later. The court ruled there was evil dence of good faith in the case and said there was substantial compli- ance to regulations by the applicant. An attorney was present in the courtroom to represent the candi- date in the event a question were reiSed.
 MT. Mollica read the names of three soldiers whose applications had been pending. He stated two of them, Michael Brunetti and Gerard Delard CuSson, had been admitted as citizens at ceremonies at their respective stations, and the third, Gabriel Tanguay, now overseas, may be admitted shortly at his post. The names were removed from the local list. as were the names of five per- sons who are now deceased. One other name was removed from the list because of the applicants fail- ure to properly prosecute her peti- tion.
 Maria Grazia Pallaggio was grant, ed permission to change her name to Mary Grace Pallaggio. described
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Enemy Loses
 " Worships
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destroyed or damaged was revised by late dispatches from 575 to at least 600.
 "JapanS hopes of rebuilding her crippled air force and fleet were smashed" United Press War Cor respondent Lloyd Tupling reported from the flagship of Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, commander ot task force 58.
 Nimitz'S communique reported the specific results on the basis of pre- liminary reports:
 Japanese Ships
 Sunk-Six small freighters.
 Damaged-One or two battleships two or three aircraft carriers, tive light aircraft carriers or escort car riers, two escort carriers, one heavy cruiser, one light cruiser, four de- stroyers, one submarine, one de- stroyer escort and seven freighters. Japanese Planes Shot down-200. Destroyed on the ground-275. Damaepd-more than 100 in first day alone.
 Japanese Ground Installations
 Destroyed-hangars, shops, arsen- als, oil storage facilities and other installations.
 American Losses
 Ships sunk-None.
 Ships damaged-one seriously others slightly.
 Aircraft-extremely light.
 The toll of enemy warships was the greatest since the second battle of the Philippine sea last October when "A Japanese warShips were sunk, 13 possibly sunk and 21 dam- aged. Later reconnaissance may re- veal that some of the warships hi in the inland sea later sank.
 The Japanese resisted the defiant American challenge to their fleet with the heaviest and most persistnt air attacks on the task force and Its planes since the air-sea battles of Formusa last September.
 Guns of the fleet and carrier borne fighters broke up most of thf attacks, but dive -bombers slipped through the barrage to put one shir out of action. It was able to head toward port under its own power however.
 Other American ships which suf- fered minor damage remained fully operational, Nimitz said. He gave the lie to Japanese claims that seven American warships had been sunk and 183 American planes shot down during the two-day at- tack. An additional aircraft car- rier was sunk and another damaged yesterday, Tokyo claimed.
 Admiral Raymond A. Spruance commander of the Fifth Fleet, was in tactical command of the fleet forces engaged in the assault, which covered a 30--mile front of the Japanese homeland.
 The assault opened Sunday with series of attacks which Tokyo said lasted eight hours on Japanese air. fields on Kyushu, SouthernmoSt of the Japanese home islands.
 Move for Kill
 With these neutralized, the huge force of at least a dozen aircraft carriers and escorting battleships and smaller warshipS moved north for the kill-an attack for the first time on the elusive Japanese Navy's home lair in the inland sea.
 For 10 hours on Monday, dive bombers, high-level bombers, tor- pedo planes and fighters ranged the
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 ing almost three-quarters of the industry's volume increased from SPA, 900 ,O00 to $162 100000 between 1936-39 and l944, or by almost seven times"
 Testimony last week was that one meat packing firm had lost $l,000,- 900 in seven months because of grossly unprofitable" prices set by OPA on meat the firm was com- pelled to set aside for the govern ment.
 Bowles said profits, even after taxes, for 1943 were nearly two and a half times those of 1936-1939."
 Also, he said, OPA recently had taken four steps to improve the industry's earning position without raising customer prices:
 1. Cattle ceilings were imposed to protect the slaughterers,' and subsidies were increased on good and choice cattle.
 2. The carload discount on pork was removed.
 3. Packing allowances on pork and some other products have been increased.
 4. Some changes have been made in canned meat prices which will increase the realization to packers. :"
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Night Clubs Get Jitters
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the midnight closing ito be on the safe side"
 They were faced with two dis couaging factors in catering to civ- ilians only during the extra hour They were left personally to face the resentment of the busted ser vicemen. Any scenes would not be conducive of good humor among civilians during the last hour, man. l agers believed.
 The Army's request" that cur few sound at midnight for its men had more teeth than Byrnes' or iginal request" for general cur few. Night spot owners were fully aware of the Army's power to de- clare certain establishments, or even entire cities "out of bounds for its personnel.
 Mayor LaGuardia could not be reached for comment. His associates reported that he was in his annual 1O-day budget retreat, studying the proposed $786, 466,8 ,802 budget for 1945-46 which must be submitted to the Board of Estimate by April 1St
 The Navy said it had issued no order for it's personnel similar tc the one by the Army and that shore patrol accompanied the MP's only to look over the situation pend- ing decision.
 However, it was recalled that the Third Naval District Headquarters here issued an order on March 6, before the mayors extensions, in. structing all Navy personnel tc obey the midnight closing.
 Managers and headwaiters told only to clear their establishments at midnight of service personnel asked sailors and marines as well as soldiers to leave.
 Officers and enlisted men alike were asked to leave. Half finished drinks were left on tables. The soldiers were not without anger.
 The surprise element of the War Departments reply to LaGuardia's defiance of Byrnes order was in- creased by the fact that both Byrnes and President Roosevelt had said that although they were op- pose to LaGuardia's hour of tol- erance" they had no way to force full compliance by local govern ernmentS.
 The New York entertainment spots began operating under the "houl of tolerance" Sunday night, a few hours after LaGuardia said on his weekly radio broadcast that New York could not be expected to comply with the midnight closing directive.
 Army Order
 Washington, March 21 = U.P0 The Federal Government struck telling blow today in its fight to beat down the minor revolt which Mayor F. L. LaGuardia of New York started against the midnight curfeW.
 While LaGuardia'S supporters were defending his one-hour extension of the New York curfew as boon to servicemen, the War Department ordered all army personnel in the United States to abide by the mid night curfew despite any extension fixed by local authorities.
 Military police in New York took over the enforcement job, making rounds of mid-Manhattan enter tainment places last night to warn managers and bartenders that no drinks could be sold to men in army uniform after midnight.
 Members of the Navy Shore Pa trol were ordered to accompany the MP's as observers, indicating that the Navy may follow with similar nation wide order to sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines.
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coast.
 One column raced seven miles in one day along the hard-surface coastal road, captured the seven- span Carpenters bridge across the Ilollo river and stormed into the suburbs of the capital, already af1ame from large fires.
 The extent of the blazes indicated the Japanese were attempting the same destruction of Iloilo and it's 9O,000 inhabitants as they did at Manila.
 At the same time, Brush's second force speared inland to seize Jani- uay, IS miles north northeast of lloilo. From there it made a sharp turn to the east, raced seven miles to the big road junction of Potoan and continued another eight miles eastward to capture Barotac Nuevo, 16 1-2 miles northeast of Iloilo.
 The drive inland enabled the American troops to join with Pan- avs strong guerrilla forces, said to be the best organized in the entire Philippines.
 At Pototan. IT 1-2 miles north northeast of Iloilo, Brush's troops had only a little more than 30 miles to go through the flat central plain to reach the north coast and split the Japanese forces on Panay. MacArthur's communique dis closed that bombers, fighters and light naval units, presumably PIT boats again hit Cebu and Negroes, two of the last three major islands still controlled by the Japanese.
 The islands, together with Bohol, the last of the three, are nestled in between Panay and American held Leyte.
 On Luzon, two columns of Amer ican troops and Filipino guerrillas opened a big pincers drive on Bag uio, former Philippines summer capital and headquarters of It Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita's Jap- anese forces in the archipelago.
 The guerrillas struck from the north, captured San Fernando, the principal port on the eastern shore Of Lingayen gulf, and destroyed the Japanese garrison.
 At the same time, units of the 33rd Division punched 10 miles north from Aringay and entered Bauang, six miles south of San Fernando, an important rail and highway junction in La Union prov ince.
 The dual north-south drive out fianked Baguio on the north and northwest and another American force approached within six miles southeast of the city.
 Enemy resistance east of Manila was breaking down under an Amer lcan push that battered through the main defenses of the Shimbu line.
 The Sixth Division, which en- countered 10-inch rocket and six- inch mortar fire, neared Mount Baytangan, Is miles northeast of Manila, while the 43rd Division seized Pantay, four miles to the south.
 Lizerator bombers dumped an- other 106 tons of explosives in the seventh straight day of attacks on Formosa. and swept over enemy shipping lines in the Ryukyus and south along the China coast to Shanghai.
 Seven Japanese vessels. including 10000 tanker, were destroyed or damaged in the shipping raids.
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peared as witness before the House agriculture appropriations subcom- mittee.
 Under sharp questioning by Rep. Malcolm c. Traver, D., Ga, Wick ard backed nimbly away from en- dorsing the presidents budge bureau recommendations. He didn't oppose them, but he didn't support them either.
 Theoretically" said the admin istration's principal spokesman for agriculture, "the thinking seems tt, be that there ought to be a grad. ual reduction. The idea seems to bG that as farmers become more pros- porous, as they learn more about better methods of conserving their soil, they will be willing to carry out soil conservation practices without additional financial aid from the government. That is the theory back of It."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
RAIN LOWERS HIGH
 TEMPERATURE HERE

March weather returned to normal today as a cold rain brought temper atures in downtown Waterbury to 43 degrees at noon.
 A high mark for the date was set yesterday when the mercury rose to 70 degrees at p. m. according to records kept by the City Engineers office in the city hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
BRIDGE REPAIRS DROPPED

Paris, March 21 U.P) - Supreme headquarters announced last night that repairs on the Lu- dendorff bridge, which collapsed in- 4o the Rhine at Remagen Saturday, had been abandoned.
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240-mile- -loug inland sea, bounded

240-mile long inland sea, bounded by northeast Kyushufi, northern Shikoku and southwest Honshu.
 Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of tons of bombs were crashed down on Kobe, Japan's biggest port, Kure, her main naval base, and scores of other objectives at sea and ashore despite a torrent of anti-aircraft fire.
 At least a dozen airfields where the Japanese air force training and defense program were centered were wrecked in tn two-day as- Sault.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
BUILDING PERMITS

The following persons have been issued permits by Building Inspector John T. Hartley:
 Franklyn Bergen, garage, 30 Oakville avenue, estimated cost of $20O.
 Elizabeth Donovan, rabbit shell ter. S94 Hamilton avenue, estl- mated cost $50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21

Postwar plans of Swedish gov- ernment railways include fast elec- tric trains of three or four cars with a speed of 30 miles an hour.
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MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

George Boudinat Flenner, and Eugenia Sophie WalstrOm, 113 Liberty street.
 Salvatore Magliere, 33s Con- gress avenue and Grace Lucille Sollo, 55 Alder street.
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State Funds
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100 Million
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Reds Resume Berlin Push

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Tanks ToppIe
 Jap Airdrome

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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-20

selle" or "Dragon-fly", smallest suc-
cessful airplane OF the time, in which
he made many spectacular flights
both in America and Europe.
Predicting t h at aerial warfare
would be one of the most important
phases of future military campaigns,
the great Brazilian, however, also pro-
phecied avation's paramount value
in peace-time activities and believed
it one of the most significant disco
veries of the modern era.
On December 3, 1928, after living
for many years in France, Santos
Dumont returned to his native
country, where half holiday was de-
clared by the government in honor OF
his arrival.
When he died in 1882 at the age OF
fifty-nine, Brazil gave its glorious sor
the funeral of a hero, while through.
out the world, tribute was paid to
the memory of this great citizen OF
the Western Hemisphere.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-20
Birthday Party

Kaye Eileen Matter, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Matter enter
tanned girls of the fifth grade in her
home south of Bluffton, Sunday
afternoon in honor of her tenth
birthday anniversary.
Outdoor games and contests were
enjoyed after which dainty refresh
ments were served. The table was
decorated carrying out color scheme
of pink and green. Many lovely
gifts were received.
Guests present included: Nedra
Lanham, Theodosia Hartzler, Carol
Carmack, Sheila Burkholder, Joan
Follas, Ruth Eileen Nonnamaker,
Mary Lou Lewis, Sue Riser, Shirley
Derringer, Carol Maxon, Colleen
Cummins, Joan Moser, Dorothy Jean
and Beatrice Leiber and the hostess
Kaye Eileen Matter. A gift was sent
by Elise Chamberlain.
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in the home, of her mother Mrs. Ar
letta Rickly and family.
The Young Married Peoples class
of the Benton Ridge Methodist
church held their September meeting
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Harris, Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Doty and fam
lily of Mt. Cory, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Gibbs and family of Rawson, Mr..
and Mrs. Lowell Habegger and son
of Bluffton and Mrs. Harry Zimmer-
man and children and Mrs. Robert
Poe and little son of Defiance spent
Sunday with their parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Habegger and son Sgt.
Wayne Habegger.
The VoIlweiler Sisters of Blanch-
ard township spent Sunday in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry War
ren.
The Friendly Couples class will
meet in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Neil and family, Friday even
ing.
A number from this community at
tended memorial services in honor of
Staff Sgt. Allen Wilson in the Evan
gelical church at Benton Ridge, Sun
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-20
Honor Returned
Soldier

A family gathering was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Montgomery in Orange township hon
oring their son Sgt. Charles Mont
gomery who is home on furlough
after nearly two years overseas serv-
ice. After his furlough he is to re-
port for reassignment at San An
tonic, Texas.
A basket dinner was enjoyed at the
noon hour. Guests present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Klingler, Mr..
and Mrs. Kent Klingler and sons
Perry and Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Won Spellman anddaught er Pat, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Schantz and son
Billy, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Brown
and sons Garry and Bruce of Ada !;
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Reams, Mrs. Clyde
Klingler and son Keith, Mrs. Leona
Stettler,M r. and Mrs. Earl Hilty,
son Hugh and daughters Sally Ann
and Betty Ann, Mrs. Mabel Hilty,
S/Sgt. and Mrs. r. c. Motter of
DAYTON.
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Silver Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Sumney cele-
brated their twenty-ffth wedding an
niversary at their home east of La
fayette with family dinner. Many
lovely gifts were received.
Present were:
Rev. and Mrs. Dwight Nichol and
daughter May of Butler, Pa; Rev.
and Mrs. John Elwood and son Billie
of Redwood; Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Slower of Elida; Mrs. Mary A. Luigi
bill of Bluffton; Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Faze, son Jimmie and daughter Mrs.
Francis Ammon, Jr., all of Lima
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mckinney of
Elida; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Faze and
daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
May all of Lafayette.
Long distance calls were received
from Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Ferry
of Canton and Norman Sumney S 1/c
and Mrs. Sumney and Roger Parlette
G. M. S. &c, all of Martinez, Calf.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-20
Basket Dinner

The following guests enjoyed a
basket dinner, Sunday, in the home
of Mrs. Lille Anderson of Beaver
dam, celebrating the birthday ami
versaries of Sidney Hauenstein and
little Richard Yant.
Present were: Mrs. Kathryn Huber
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Augsburger
of Ada; Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Griffith
of Cairo; Mrs. Margaret Yant and
son Richard, Mr.. and Mrs. Laurel
Reams, Dan and Betty Reams, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Hauenstein and family
all of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Huber, Mr.. and
Mrs. Levi Hauenstein, Mr.. and Mrs
Clyde Hauenstein and family all OF
Bluffton and Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Hauenstein of Col. Grove.
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Family Dinner

A basket dinner was held Sunday
in the home of Otis Fett and family
south of Bluffton.
Those present to enjoy the occa-
sion were:
Mrs. Emma Roof and Miss Ida
Fett Fett of Lima, Mr.. and Mrs.
P. w. Andrews and sons Robert,
Harold and Glen and daughter ia
net; Mr.. and Mrs. P. P. Badertscher
and granddaughter Betty, all of
Bluffton; Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Bader-
fischer of Anderson, Ind; Mrs. Floyd
Rettig and son Allen and daughter
Evelyn of Jenera and Mr.. and Mrs.
Otis Fett and daughters Joann and
Doris.
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T-4 Norman Edinger
In School OUerseds

ia Norman R. Edinger, son OF
Scott Edinger, of near Bluffton,
recently completed four-weeks
term at the Mediterranean theatres
University Study Center, Florence,
Italy.
Overseas 26 months, TIA Edinger
wears the Good Conduct ribbon and
the Mediterranean theatre ribbon
with two battle stars.
Aim of the University Study Cen
ter is to enable soldiers awaiting
deployment to spend their time
profitably. The four-weeks terms
at the University Training Center
are equal to one semester in most
schools and credits towards degrees
are given by many American col
leges.
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Jesse Hamilton, Er-
Probate Judge Dead

Funeral services were held in
Lewis Memorial chapel, Lima, Mon
day afternoon for Jesse Hamilton,
81, former Allen county probate
judge and a native of Orange town
ship, Hancock county.
His death occurred Saturday morn
ing at Memorial hospital in Lima
following a five days illness.
He was the son of Jonathan and
Sarah (Anderson) Hamilton, pioneer
settler of this district. The family
lived south of the Daily school on
what is now the Dow Scoles farm.
He taught in the district schools
of Allen county while attending Ohio
Northern university in Ada where he
received his degree in law.
For the past 40 years he was a
practising attorney in Lima and
served from 1921 to 1888 as judge
of the probate court. At the time OF
his death he was associated with his
brother, T. r. Hamilton in new
partnership.
Surviving are his widow of Lima
a son, Harold of Monroe, Mich, and
daughter Jean at home; two broth
ers 7. r., and Harry Hamilton OF
Lima and thvee sisters Mrs. ]. G.
Tressel and Mrs. A. R. Motter OF
Ada and Mrs. Geo. Krouse of Lima
and one granddaughter.
A brother, Rev. John Sherman
Hamilton, retired evangelist, died
last month.