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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
Wounded Servicemen Token From 0kinowa

Guam, April 8 = (U.Po-Wound- ed Marines and soldiers from Okin- ava Island arrived here simultaI1- eously today aboard a hospital ship and the first Navy evacuation plane to land in the Ryukyus.
 The wounded on the hospital ship were men who had been hit early in the campaign but the big four-en- gined R5D-Navy's version of the army's flying ambulance = carried g patients wounded Saturday and one who had been hit only this morning.
 Aboard the plane was pretty En- sign Jane Kendeigh of Henrietta, O., first nurse to land at Two lima and Ookinawa.
 The hospital ship brought 4Sl pa- tients, Nine men died enroute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
Shirley Temple Enqaqed At 16

Hollywood, April 9 - (U.PD = Shirley Temple, 16-year-old movie star, flashed a two-carat engage ment diamond today and settled down to wait for the war to end so she can marry her sergeant.
 Miss Temple, who still has the curls and dimples that made her the worlds most famous baby star, called in the press last night and announced her engagement to 24- year-old John George Agar, serg- cant in the air forces.
 We can't be married for at least two years, maybe even three" she said. We promised mother. And be- sides, we have to wait until the wars over"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
Give UpHope
 For Joe Shea, Coffrey Dead

Hope for the rescue of Lieut.. U. g.) Joseph Shea, of Waterbury and Middlebury, who was reported miss ing In action last January, has been abandoned by the Navy Depart ment. Tn telegrams to nearest of kin, Mrs. Rosalyn Brown Shea of Sylvan avenue, wife of the missing officer, and his parents, MT. and Mrs. William Shea of Middlebury it was stated that in view of lt,SR of evidence to the contrary 1t must be presumed that he was lost in combat with the enemy. Lieut. Shea's plane was reported shot down in the South Pacific. The wreck age of the plane was unofficiaily reported as found, put no trace was discovered of Lieut.. Shea, its pilot.
 Lieut.. Shea was recently the cen. tral figure of nationwide publicity when he was decorated for gallantry in action and was remembered al the young pilot whose skill and knowledge so greatly impressed Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt on her visit to the army bases in the South Pa- cific.
 Prayers were offered in loca. churches yesterday for the late lieu. tenant.
 Private first class John Caffrey, g, son of Mrs. Margaret Caffrey 179 South Elm street, and father of three children, has been killed in action, according to War De. partment telegram his mother re. ceived this morning. Last week the War Department had him miss- ing in action somewhere in the Rhine area in Germany
 His wife, Mrs. Lena (Copes) Caf frey is the city's woman badminton champion. His three chcildren are Richard, 8, Cynthia 6, and John J. 2.
 He enered the service last July and sailed for overseas in January of this year as member of the General Patton's Third Army. Int entire unit were to receive the Presidential citation.
 Pfc. Caffrey, a former member of several basketball teams affiliated with the Boys Club, was a member o1 the Cadet A. C., and was a former employe of the Metal Hose com pany, American Brass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
FIGURES MAYBE
 CUT PLENTY BY BUDGET BUREAU
BY sANDoR s. KLEIN

Washington, April g. = (UP) = Despite cuts in it's monthly draft quotas, the Navy Department is thinking about asking for an increase or as much as 50O,OOO in its authorized personnel strength, it was learned to- day.
 The 5OO,OOO estimate is a maximum figure ard the likelihood is that this will be considerably lower when pre- sented to the Budget Bureau.
 This seeming paradox was ex- plained this way: The reductions in the monthly draft quotas are being made to prevent the Navy from go- ing over its authorized strength of 3,389,OOO by June 30. However, plan- ners in the Nays bureau of person. mel estimate that many more men will be added to fill complements now contemplated.
 Strong opposition to request for a boost in the personnel ceiling is expected from various government agencies concerned. especially the War Manpower Commission.
 These agencies already have made it known that they feel the Navy could get along with its present manpower allotment provided 1t frightened up. This view is even shared by some in the Navy depart ment. Nevertheless, the men charged with planning manpower require ments in the Navy say it won't do.
 One naval official expressed the view that last weeks disclosure of a reduction in Navy draft calls was deliberately leaked out" by gov- ernment agency in an effort to fore stall the Nays expected request for greater authorized strength.
 The Navy already is close to Its permitted peak. Its strength on Feb. l was 3,242, 400 men and women. This left 146,6O0 more to be drawn by July l, or an average of little bet ter than 34,000 month.
 The rather sizeable number of VOL untary enlistments by 17-year-olds has reduced the number which will have to be drawn through selective service. The Navy's calls on selective service are being reduced gradually until by June it will reach 50 per cent of the 35 ,0OO monthly average of the past year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
BY ROBERT D. RICHARDS

Ohrdruf, Germany, April SE(UP( Another wholesale Nazi murder camp, where scores of prisoners were shot when they became too i'll to work, was discovered near here by Third Army tankmen.
 At one site they found 31 partly clothed bodies lying huddled gro- tesquely together where SS guards had killed them because they were too i'll to be moved. Nearby in a small wooden shed were stacked SO or more naked things that once were men. Many were horribly bruised with scabs on their heads, and the whole pile had been sprinkled with lime.
 Survivors of the ghastly ordeal at the hands of the Nazis said these victims were only part of the es- timated e.D00 men Killed at tne ca&nps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
Fifth Takes 2 More Villages

Rome, April 9-tUP)-American Fifth Army troops advancing along the Ligurian coastal highway near Massa have captured two more villages in push within about 12 miles of the La Spezia naval base, Allied Headquarters reported today.
 Troops of the 442nd regiment pushed on from captured Mt Belve- dere and repulsed counterblows northeast of the strategic height.
 A communique reporting fur ther progress" in push along the west coast said the Americans seized the villages of Montignoso and StrinatO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
Pigeon Foneier Given the Bird

Lynn, Mass, April 9.-UP)- John Schlehuber of Lynn was irked Friday when he reported to police that five of his car- rier pigeons had been stolen.
 But he really lost his temper today when one of the birds returned to the coop with 8 note attached to its leg. The message was:
 Thought you would like one of your pigeons back, you rat. Ha, ha, Ina, ha."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
FinIund Premier, Poosikivi, Quits
(Rv United Pressl

Premier Juho K. Paasikivi of Fin land, who conducted peace negotia- tions with the Russians. resigned with his government today, the Fin nish radio reported.
 Paasikivi handed the collective resignation to President Marshal Barn Carl Gustav Emil Won Man. nerheim, who asked the cabinet to carry on until Q new government can be formed, the broadcast, re- corded by the F'CC. said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09

Bath, Me, April 9-(UP)-Ad- miral William Leahy. personal chief of stan to President Roosevelt. was surprise guest at the launching Of the U. s. destroyer Turner yester- day at the Bath Irons Works Corp. shipyard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09

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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Is Cited for Service
in Drive THROUGH France

S/Sgt. Louis H. Roselli has re-
ceived the certificate of merit after
active duty in the european Thea
tire of Operations.
The citation, signed by John L.
Ryan, Jr., Colonel Calvary Com
manding COR, was awarded ''for
outstanding service and devotion to
duty as member of the 48th Ar
mored Infantry Battalion from Aug
ust 10. 1914 to September Is, 1914,
during the epic drive Of the Seventh
Armored Division across France"
Roselli was a popular accordion
list before his enlistment two and a
half years ago. Now In Holland,
he still finds time to entertain
whenever he can borrow an accor-
dion. The Staff Sergeant says that
Hollands instruments do not COM
pare with the American "but will
do for the time being"
He is the son Of Julius, and the
late Mrs. Roselli, 1876 West Jeffer-
son, Trenton. Another brother, Staff
Sergeant Anthony j. Roselli, is train
ing in communications in Hawaii.
Sixty thousand civilian members
of the Coast Guard auxiliary and
Volunteer Port Security Force de-
vote IL hours a week or more to aid
in port security and other related
work,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Melissaratos Wears
DISTINGUISHED Unit BADGE

FIFTEENTH AAF IN ITALY -
Cpl Oleanthis 8. MeliSsaratos, SO,
on the staff of courts and boards,
formerly Of 2518 Riverside Drive,
Trenton, has been authorized to
wear the Distinguished Unit Badge.
Melissaratos attended Leontine Ly-
ceum of Athens, Greece and then
the Drake Business School and st.
Johns University. Prior to his en-
try into the service April /, 1943 he
was a distillery supervisor for the
Bueckler Associates of Trenton.
The award was made by Brigadier
General Charles F. Born, Chief of
Staff Of the 18th Air Force, to the
465th bombardment group for it's
outstanding performance on a mis-
sion against the Floridsdorf oil re-
finery at Vienna, Austria on July
8, 1914. At that time, the 18th Air
Force group commanded by Col.
Charles A. Clark, Jr., of San An
tonic, Texas, was in the midst of a
concentrated drive to knock out vital
German oil centers. The Floridsdorf
refinery was feeding a considerable
amount Of oil and gas to the Nazi
Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe.
The 465th bombers battled their
way through savage enemy flax
barrage to launch a devastating at
tack upon the target. Their bombs
scored direct hits on many units of
the refinery.
The citation reads in part: Forty
to fifty enemy planes viciously at
tackled the formation. In a running
fight which lasted for twenty min
uteS, the group succeeded in driving
off the enemy fighters after destroy
ing seven and damaging others. La
ter reconnaissance showed that as q
result of this attack, the Floridsdorf
area was rendered non-operational
at time when the European War
was approaching a critical stage.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
WAC Promoted

CAMP LEE. Va. - Alberta Taur-
ence, daughter Of Julius laurence,
353 Ford avenue, Wyandotte, Mich,
has been promoted from corporal to
sergeant at the Army Service Forces
Training Center. Camp Lee, Va. She
is member Of the WAC Detach-
ment. Headquarters Detachment of
the ASFTC, on duty as a stock
clerk in the Training office.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
OBJ tuary
GEORGE KOLESAR

George Kolesar. 364 Spruce street,
died January at the william Sey-
mour hospital.
Sixty-six years old, he was born
in Poland, May Is, 1878 and had
lived here for 40 years.
Funeral services will be held at
$50 a. m. Tuesday from the Czopek
funeral home and at 9 a. m. at Our
Lady Of Mount Carmel church. Bur-
ial will be in Mount Carmel ceme-
terry.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Mary Perkowski; two sons, Joseph
- INK and six grandchildren.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
A Capella Choir VIII
Give Concert Wednesday

On January 10, the Wy-Hi q cap
ella choir, under the direction Of
Miss Eleanor Bennink, viii present
their annual concert.
The concert VIII be presented in
the Roosevelt high school audi
forum. AS in previous years, there
will be no admission charge. The
public is very cordially invited.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Surprise Parents

MR.. AND MRS. JOHN TRUMER
of 355 Riverbank returned to their
home this week after a two weeks
vacation to find their son, Seaman
1/c Joseph 10th waiting for them.
Seaman 10th, who had been in the
South Pacific for the past year and
half, and served seven months on
the USS Armmond without touch
ing port, was granted a % day fur
Tough December 81, and flew in from
San Francisco to surprise his par
ents.
The Turner's have another son,
John 10th, sergeant in the Mar
ines. who hasn't been home since
the day he left to enlist three years
ago. John has recently been award
ed the Purple Heart which he sent
home along with several souvenirs
of battle. According to letters re-
ceived by his family he expects to
see them soon.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
PLAQUE Awarded

Plaque Awarded
WITH AN AIR DEPOT GROUP
OF THE FIFTEENTH AIR FORCE
SERVICE COMMAND, Italy - For
outstanding service in support of
combat operations against the enemy,
the Meritorious Service unit plaque
has been awarded to the officers
and enlisted men Of the headquar-
tiers squadron OF this group.
The commentator read in part:
This unit deserves much credit
for the manner In which it set up
and administered the offices and
various sections of an advanced dep
OF. 1t was their task to convert the
depot area from a scene Of utter
devastation Caused by U. 3. bomb
ers) to one of neatness and order, a
task which was accomplished in q
minimum Of time"
All members of the squadron are
authorized to wear the Meritorious
Service wreath on their right sleeves.
Among these is Corporal Thomas j.
Adams, of 2469 22nd street.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Service Parade Marches On

Before entering the WAC, April 6,
1914. she was employed by Firestone
Rubber Co. She was educated at
Roosevelt High School. Her brother,
Staff Sergeant Chester laurence,
Is stationed in England.
Assigned to the ASFT, the Quart
ermaster Corps largest installation,
Sgt. laurence Is part Of the force
here which is turning out thous-
ands of soldiers skilled in many
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
WAC Is Transferred

PFC. BETTYGALE DAZZLING. for
merly stationed with the Air WAC
ct Romulus Army Air Base, has been
transferred to Homestead, Florida.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William DAZZLING, 456 Cherry st.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

first Christmas that he has been
at home In four years.
Yeoman Welsh recently returned
from Africa where he had been sta
toned, and previous to that time
was on convoy duty. He leaves for
the coast on January 20.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

Michigan legislators will be asked
to decide whether state authorize
ton can be granted at any time in
the future to drill oil or gas wells
offshore along the borders of the
Great Lakes.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
AUTHORIZE PAYMENT

Payment of s256.26 as the city of
wyandotte's share in furnishing Of
the Wayne county childrens cen
ter, was authorized at the board OF
education meeting held Tuesday
night.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
DAZZLING Flies Home

FLYING HERE FROM Astoria,
Oregon, Harvey DAZZLING, F 1-c, spent
the holidays with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William DAZZLING, 456 Cherry
street. He left Sunday to return to
Oregon.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

The fact that "a hours had elapsed
without the death of hunter from
gunfire during the recent Michigan
deer season was duly printed In the
Brisbane, Australia paper on Nov.
26.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Home From Pacific

ARNOLD j. HOLLINGER, Petty
Officer, &c has returned home from
the South Pacific for several days.
He Is visiting his father, j. Holling-
er, 1854 Nineteenth street.
Petty Officer Hollinger has been
on duty In the Pacific for IA months
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
PAGE FOUR


WOMAN lie ALEX WELSH, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Welsh, s4i
Lincoln. Is enjoying a months va
cation before going to New York
Tor reassignment. This was the
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

Soldering filaments on switch
board lamps is such a delicate OPP
Grafton that 1t must be done under
magnifying glass.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Has New Address

THE NEW ADDRESS of John B
Egland, Seaman &c is: U.S.S. Ism
Detail Receiving Station, Houston
Texas.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

j. DOUGLAS SMITH, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar w. Smith, 265t
Twenty second street. has beer
transferred from Norm Oklahoma
to Miami, Florida. His new address
Is: j. D. Smith, S 1-AOM 7572815
Naval Air Gunners School, Miami
Florida.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
At Sheepshead Bay

JACK ADAIR, SON OF MIR. and
Mrs. William Adair. E1nmons boule-
ward, left Wednesday for Sleeps
head Bay, New York, following his
acceptance in the Merchant Marine
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

fields Of technical specialization for
duty in the vast services and supply
system OF the Army on its far-flung
frontiers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-25

B. F. iBiery observed his 91st
birthday anniversary at his home on
Grove street, Tuesday. There was
no special observance of the occa-
sion, but during the day many greet
ings, letters and cards were received
from friends and associates for
which he expressed deep apprecia-
tion.
Notwithstanding his advanced
years he is enjoying comparatively
good health. He continues active as
a member of the board of elders of
the Presbyterian church and for
more than so years has been mem
Der of the Masonic lodge here. He
also is a charter member of the
Eastern Star chapter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Biery have resided
at their present location on Grove
street since their marriage Sc years
ago. He was formerly superintend-
ent of school here. In 1900 he be-
came editor and publisher of the
Bluffton News with which he has
since been identified.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-25
Friend Of Gandhi
Will Speak Here

DIR. Haridas T. Muzumdar, Hin
du author, lecturer and educator, will
speak on Conditions for an Endur-
ing Peace" at a one-day conference
on the Bluffton college campus, We'd
nesday, January 81, under auspices
of the American Friends Service
Committee.
DIR. Muzumdar is a friend and BIZ
ographer of Mahatma Gandhi, and
took part in the Gandhi party
"March to the Sea" in 1880.
The conference here is one of a
series on international relations and
postwar problems being conducted by
the Friends Service committee. Spon-
soring the meeting here is the Bluff
ton College Peace club.
At present, the Hindu author is
professor of sociology and economics
at William Penn college, Oskoloosa,
Iowa.
In his appearance here Wednes-
day of next week he will speak at
an address and forum in the college
chapel at 4 p. M; at a p. m.
dinner meeting, and at meeting in
the First Mennonite church at 8 p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-25
High School Cagers Must Play In
Pre-Sectional Tourney This Year

ST. Johns and Lima st. Gerards;
Wapakoneta St Joseph and Ada.
Scheduling of the exempted village
parochial tournament will interfere
with Bluffton's regular schedule,
which calls for a game with Upper
Sandusky, there, on Feb. %, a date
that will have to be changed in view
of the new developments.
Decision to set up the exempted
village-parochial tournament will
eliminate complaints from county
tourney winners arising from the
fact that the eight schools in that
classification in the past have been
eligible to compete in the Sectional
tournament without playing in any
qualifying round.
Bluffton has not played in a pre-
sectional tournament since 1888 when
the Pirates last appeared in the
Allen county tourney, before being
classified as an exempted village
school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-25
Former BIuftOn
Couples Son Dies

Robert Moser, "a, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Calvin Moser of Aberdeen,
Idaho, died at his home at that place
Friday. Death followed an opera
ton for brain condition.
His parents are Bluffton natives,
his mother being the former Carrie
Badertscher, daughter of the late
John J. Badertscher. His father is
a brother of Ezra Moser residing
north of Bluffton.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by his wife and one son of
Aberdeen; a brother, Kent of San
Francisco and sister, Miss Dorothy
Moser of Salem, Oregon. Until re-
Gently he was employed by TWA
airlines.
Funeral services were held at
Aberdeen, Monday followed by burial
at that place,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-25

The marriage of Miss Meredith
Burkholder, daughter of Mrs. Ida
Burkholder, and Sgt. John Stone
hill, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Stonehill, all of Bluffton, took place
Thursday, in the home of the brides
mother on Geiger street.
Lilies, ferns and candelabra form
ed background for the ceremony
performed by the Rev. ]. N. Smucker,
pastor of the First Mennonite church
and the couple was unattended.
The bride was attired in a street.
length dress of aqua crepe, with
brown accessories, and her flowers
were corsage of carnations.
A buffet supper followed the
ceremony.
Both the bride and bridegroom
are graduates of Bluffton high
school. The bride is employed at
the Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
Sgt. Stonehill, who has just
completed his infantry training at
Camp Maxey, Tex, will report to
Ft. Meade, Nd, at the expiration of
his furlough.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-25
INSTITUTE OPENS
TWO DAY SESSION
HERE ON THURSDAY
Features of General Community
Interest Featured on This
Years Programs
Separate Sessions for Men and
Women Will Be Held Fri
day Morning, Afternoon

Featuring talks and discussion on
subjects of general community inter-
est, Buttons annual two-day Com
munity Institute will open this
Thursday morning in the Bluffton
High school building.
Varied offerings at 7:30 p IN.
Thursday in joint mems and wo-
mems Institute meeting in the audi
torium will be the principal session
on the two-day program, and is ex-
pected to attract a capacity audience.
Special music, talks by the state
speakers and dramatic offerings are
included.
Features of this years Institute
represent a further change in tenor
of the program from farm emphasis
on the production of crops and live
stock to a consideration of the social
aspects of town and community life.
Well qualified speakers are appear
ing at the meetings to discuss the
many phases of community problems,
and playlets and musical offerings
are included to give balance to the
Heading an impressive list of
speakers are Charles w. Cookson,
of Troy, and Miss Carrie Wilson, OF
Sunbury, the two state institute
speakers, and j. w. Warner, Allen
county farm agent.
This years Institute also will have
more special features than those of
past years, with anusic, dramatic
skits and the appearance of radio
entertainers adding to the hign-
lights pf the progxam.
Thursdays joint Sessions provides
for mestings at 10Ea. M, lis D. m.
and 7:D p. m. in The auditorium.
On Friday, the bnen will meet in
the .aueitorium nd the womdn's
organic 5tion viii gssslef m the nigh
school cafeteria.
Complete details of the two-day
Institute program appear on Pages
6 tnd 7 of this issue of the Bluffton
News.