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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
sTAEns AcE roR EEzznAa.

Chicago, WF)-As q retu'I state Legislative action th's S. all 4s states now have nn 1I|s department or agency to nfm|r ter veteraz1s' affairs. according the Council of State CovernEiG4
 Legislatures Of IS states cfe4l<F new state veterans offices on e organized existing bureaus dnEIe 1045.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
Back To School Clothes For Juniors 6 To 12 Years

ETON sUITS-For the little lad from to 10 years. Nicely made of ioo% wool W4 @ no in navy blue only ........... @46sOO CREW NECK swEATERs-of loo% wool in long sleeve style. Solid colors and Q0 no stripes. Sizes to i2 ............ Q0sOo! JUNIOR sLACKS-Ncely tailored of wool and rayon in grey and brown herring Q@ no bone stripes. Sizes c to IA ...... Q6sWO JUNIOR SPORT CoATs-Tailorsd of an wool in single breasted style. Solid oolors. cheeks and stripes. Lined sthroush- 0Z no out with rayon. Sizes to i2....... V eco
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
|SoIon Hits .MorshoII's Attitude

Salem, Mass, Aug. 30-- CUP) = D. s. Rep. George J. Bates, R., Mass, a member of the House Naval Affairs Committee, says that Gen. George c. Marshall may have to explain to Congress his official
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
MANY NEVER
 SUSPECT CAUSE OF BACKACHES
This Old Treatment Often
 Brings Happy Relief

quickly, once they discover that the real cause of their trouble may be tired kidneys,
 The kidneys are Natures chief way of falr- ing the excess acids and waste outof the blood. Theyhelpmost people pass about pints < day.
 When disorder of kidney function permits poisonous matter to remain in your Blood. 1t pains. leg pains. loss of pep and energy, get ting up nights, swelling, pufiness under the eyes. headaches and dizziness. Frequent or scanty passages with smarting and burning sometimes shows there is something wrong with your kidneys or bladder.
 Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's Pills, q stimulant diuretic, used successfuIly by millions for over 40 years, Deans Five happy relief and will help the IS nniles of kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from your blood. Get Doan's Pills. ..,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
Boys Coat Sweaters
 $500

For casual wear. Boys l0O% wool coat sweat- CTS knit of fine yarns for warmth and lightness. Blue only. Sizes 2S to 36.
 LOWER FLOOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
'oys' SIip-on Sws
 $8.98

There's nothing so practical as a good sweater. Boys l00S0 wool crew neck slip-on sweaters with colorful ski patterns on grounds of red and green. Sizes 32 to 3s.
 THE BOYS SHOP
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30

JUNIOR CORDUROY sLACKs--1n blue su6 brown, with four pockets. Sizes @0 MH JUNIOR sUITs-Long pants style with cont of two tone contrasting color, two large pockets and leather buttons Fully lined coiors 1f tan and brown. Sizes 0&A MN . to i2 ...............,..t Y4W@8W Mrx-EM AND MAxCH~EM &ULxE-~{arN pants tailored in checks and herfIueeonc zt<iU>s
 Two tone coat fully lined. has two i1fse 1&..0 pockets and leather buttons. celezs 1[ H|0@' tan and grey. Z# Z WX 1izes 2 % 11 .....s*t&*s<*ttstt #<N<# E
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-20
READY-TO-SERVE
 COCKTAILS
IMPORTED and DOMESTIC
 RUNS Your Fayoriie Brand al inc Right Price!

Bicardi, Fifths 495 Bicardi, Pints 2oo Jamaica Rum Red Horse Fifth ....... 595 Dagger Punch, Jamaica Fifth -....--.....--... 5.95 Goddard Gold Braid Puerto Rican Rum
 S6 Proof Fifth 45O Goddard Gold Braid Puerto Rican Rum
 126 Proof, Fifth 6S5 Havana Club Cuban 12S Proof, 5th -....... TAO Lemon Hart Jamaica 86 Proof, 5th 6.45 Lemon Hart 151 Proof Rum, Fifth $50 Old St. Croix West Indies, S6 proof, 5th 4.95 Ron Merito, Puerto Rican, S6 Proof, 5th 495 Ron Rev Puerto Rican l51 proof, 5th ........ TAO Vidal Rum Puerto Rican, S5 proof 5th 465
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-20

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-20
LI0U R $
IMPORTED LIQUEURS The Finest Ohtainable ONLY al
 GEORGE BROTHERS

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 of Domestic and Imported in Alaska. Serve Liqueurs After Dinner None Beiter
 for Christmas Giii!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-20

We Also live Large Selection in Pint Sizes Price S2.5O, S2.60. S2.75. S2.S5. S2.95
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-20
DOMESTIC WINES Large Selection Your Favoriie Brand ...
 Serve Wine!

Apple Wine 5th ..-.....----.-.-.. lOO Currant Wine 5th 1.25 Currant Wine, Half Gallon -...--.-..-.-..--. 245 Currant Wine Gallon ......-...-.. 4.75 Loganberry Wine, Fifth .-.-..--.---.--.----.. 125 Loganberry Wine, Quart l5O Loganberry Wine, Half Gallon ...---.--..---.- 245 Loganberry Wine, Gallon 475 Petr Muscatel or Port, Fifth -..-..-..-.....- LOO Petri Sherry, Half Gallon .,.--.--.----.--...-.- 225 Petri Sherry, Gallon 42o Cresta Blanca Wines-POr Muscatel, Sherry,
 Claret. Sauterne. Burgundy Fifth - 1.25 Virginia Dare, Light, Fifth .--..-.---..--.-- l.25 Virginia Dare Dark Fifth l.25 Christian Bros Port Fifth l75 Hippo White Wine, Fifth 15O G0lan, Port Muscatel 100 Dubonnet Finest Wine Fifth - 1.S0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-20

RASPBERRIES BLACKBERRIES SLICED PEACHES APRICOTS CHERRIES GRAPEFRUIT RHUBARB
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28
Scouts Try Out
Green Thumbs in
Garden Campaign

Scouting's Green Thumb" GER
tificate and the National Victory
Garden Institutes boy Scout
General Macarthur" medal will be
awarded local Scouts qualifying in
the Victory garden campaign.
Any Scout can qualify for a
Green Thumb certificate by doing
some gardening, farm work, food
conservation, field harvesting, fruit
picking, animal or bird raising, or
any other Food-For- Freedom pro-
ject.
The Macarthur medal, for indivi-
dual Scout gardeners only, cannot
be awarded in connection with
other Food-For- Freedom projects
which qualify for Green Thumb
certificates.
Requirements for the Macarthur
Scout medal are: a well-planned,
we'll laid-out garden at least 400
feet square with a reasonable var
iety Of products, cared for during
the whole season by the Scout with
all produce harvested and no waste.
The garden must be inspected by
the Scout Victory Garden Commit
tee, Green Thumb record and re-
port blank submitted, properly Ger
titled with the Medal award rec
commended.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28
Social Security
Service Hours
Change announced

Although the city Of Dearborn
has officially gone back to Cen
trail War Time" effective this week,
the Social Security Board office at
14246 Michigan avenue, Dearborn,
which serves Wyandotte and other
adjacent cities will continue to
maintain the same hours, IL am.
to l pm, Eastern War Time, each
Tuesday in the U. S. Post Office
Building, Wyandotte, announced
Robert G. Mish, manager.
For information of those who may
desire to 60 with their problems
directly to the Dearborn office, that
office will also continue to maintain
the am. to 4:30 pm. Eastern War
Time hours. This is necessary due
to the fact that most of its terri
DRY is on Eastern time and for the
sake of efficiently coordinating its
activities with the three other Of
fees of the Board in the Detroit
Metropolitan Area, stated Mr.. Mish.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28
WyandOtte Lieutenant AiUdrded
Bronze Star Medal for Hesoisn
HuskeY Guides Platoons TO Safety When
Cut Off From Company by Enemy Fire

Second Lieutenant Nose L. Hus-
key has been awarded the bronze
star medal for heroism in action
on November 80 near Nothalten,
France.
1t. Huskey, then a staff sergeant
with the Infantry, voluntarily ad-
vanced through hostile enemy fire
to reach his men when part of his
platoon and attached machine gun
section were cut off the from the
company by small arms fire. OBJ
serving numerous casualties, he or
gained three litter teams and
evacuated seven wounded men.
Guiding the men to the company,
he then returned for the machine
gun section and led it to the rifle
platoons.
A former resident of Wyandotte,
he Is now serving with the Army
of Occupation in Austria.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28
Proclamation

l request every citizen of this
city to accept personal responsible
ity for avoiding accidents over the
Fourth of July holiday period, and
thus enable our community to take
an active part in the nationwide
Fourth of July Safety Campaign
now being conducted by the Ma
tional Safety Council to hold down
the holiday toll.
With our fighting men maSSing
for the final knockout Of Japan,
let us make this Fourth of July
a day for civilians to dedicate
themselves to the cause of final and
complete victory.
This year, Of all years, we must
put victory first on the Fourth.
LOUIS w. BENIN,
Mayor
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28
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Is to 20 quarts of canned tomatoes,
and 21a to 3 pounds are generally
required to fill one quart jar.
To enable housewives to get the
most out of their canning, the Wy
andotte News Herald, in coopera-
ton with the Michigan Consoli-
dated Gas Company. will sponsor
food canning class on the stage
of the Wyandotte Theater, $50
am, Friday. The public is invited;
there is no charge.
Miss Irene Hickey, director of
the Home Service department at
the Gas company. will conduct the
demonstration. She will give COM
plete instructions and a demonStra-
ton on how to can tomatoes, green
beans, rhubarb, pears or peaches,
and how to make strawberry jam
and chilli sauce. A recipe folder with
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28
Edward Path Named to
Head State Committee

Acting as delegates for Wyan-
dotte Lodge III, Fraternal Order of
Police, Edward Path and Raymond
LaBeau sponsored a resolution for
the local lodge creating an educa-
tional committee In the state lodge
at the Sixth Annual F'OP conven-
ion held at Saginaw June % to "a
Path, president of the Wyandotte
chapter, was named chairman of
the five-man committee which will
organize q police educational train
ing program in the state Aiding
him will be Walter F. Weber, Grand
Rapids; Lyndon Granger, Kala-
mazoo; Robert Alexander, Dearborn
and Edward Kruez, Hamtramck.
The delegates to the state con-
ference also passed a resolution to
establish an educational program
for the public in conjunction with
returned veterans subject to battle
fatigue; and a program for alerting
police departments throughout the
state and nation in recognizing
problems which may arise to para
llel those during the last postwar
period, which gave rise to racket
GERS, bootlegging and gang warfare.
Principal speakers at the conven-
ton which was held at the Hotel
Bancroft in Saginaw were Leslie
P. Kefgen, chairman of the Mich
igan department of correction; the
Hon. Robert T. Holland, circuit
court judge for Saginaw county;
lst 1t. c. B. TimmonS, Provost
Marshall, Sixth Service Command
and Special Agent Paul v. Cox of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28

full instructions will be given to
those attending.
At the canning class you'll find
that tomatoes are one of the easiest
vegetables to can. All you really
need are clean glass jars, free of
hicks, with tops and rubbers to seal
them alright, a large kettle for
boiling and good, fresh, firm to-
matoes.
Whether you've ever canned be-
fore or not. you'll find Miss Hickey's
canning demonstration most inter-
esting and beneficial. Be sure to
attend.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28

Army Engineers overseas are re-
claiming s70,O00,0OO worth of pierced
plank airplane landing mat and
making 1t Immediately available for
the construction of new air bases
in forward areas. Two hundred and
fifty million square feet of the
steel plank are being repaired at 20
special rehabilitation plants oper-
ated by the Engineers.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28

A water publication unit which
weighs four pounds, capable of pro-
ducing a half gallon of potable
water per minute, is now supplied
to the Army in the Pacific Theater.
This unit, consisting Of pump, fill
ter unit, and tubing, comes in
canvas case easily carried by one
man in addition to his regular
euuiDment.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28
Infantry Veteran
Returns to States

It's Lester 8. Swope, %. Of 3435
Twenty-first street, was among
battle-tested veterans of the 36th
Division flown to Miami, Florida,
as part of $4,000 veterans brought
to the States each month by the
Air Transport command.
Swope wound up 80 months over
seas in Germany with the Infantry
and wears five battle stars.
From Miami, the men will go BY
rail to Camp Blanding, Florida.
From there, they will be sent TO a
distribution station nearer their
homes for release or reassienment
under the Army's redeployment
plan.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-28

BUY WAR BONDS
Evening star., 1945-03-11
By w. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.,

StaT ctdH correspondent.
A NAVAL OPERATIONS BASE
IN GREENLAND Delayed Hell
travel slower than by plane, gun
boat or even dog team, but man
with time on his hands can 60 a
long way up here on the seat OF
his pants.
Time on our hands-that was us
We occupants of a Greenland hos
pital had plenty Of ia week, two
weeks, possibly three, even five. II
all depended on whether one. Of us
broke out with measles or mumps
We were given the run Of Green
lands icy mountains, we tWoScore
passengers who had arrived aboard
a big Coast Guard gunboat and ice
breaker with a few cases of mumps
and measles in the foc'sle, and at
the same time were under orders
to keep safe distance downwind
from Army and Navy personnel on
the base, as we'll as the Eskimos on
the shoreline of the frozen ford.
At first all hands, including -four
young Coast Guard officers, the
enlisted men, and this correspond
ent, were inclined to take gloomy
view of our situation. We wished
we were back on that quarantined
gunboat headed for the North At
lantic, instead of stuck between the
granite walls of snowy canyon
whose waterfalls were frozen and
whose gentlest slopes seemed prac-
tically on edge.
Ward Windows Barred.
The big hospital ward had barred
windows, which somehow never
seemed to be needed here, despite
tall tales of men who develop that
Greenland stare" 1t was as COM
Portable and warm as 1t was spot
less, but the showers had no con-
trolls except from the corridor out
side, and the wash basins could be
filed by wall buttons but had nc
mirrors to shave by, no taps OF
shoppers. The last occupants, Nazi
prisoners seized when the Coast
Guard liquidated German weather
outposts in Northeast Greenland
last fall, must have found the at
mosphere a bit depressing also.
But the sailors, many of them
veterans of global war fronts, were
not to be cast down for long. They
organized policing, guard and galley
duty, and one young lieutenant just
back from the Pacific appointed
himself custodian of the shower
controls. His idea of fun was to
soothe a victim with drenching
warmth and then show him, sud-
denly and without warning, why
Eskimos never bathe voluntarily in
these ATTITUDES.
The quarantened crew, who
would rather see man uncomfort-
able than glooming in some corner,
fell to exploring the mountains. I
was the eldest member of these ex-
petitions, and toiled far in the
rear of sailors who had developed
some of the virtues of Rocky Noun
tain goats. They would climb one
side of mountain and slide down
the other on their pants, brakinp
with their heels on snowy slopes
stee penough to kill. skier on the
rocks below.
We carried target guns to fright
en- hares and ptarmigans, and fish,
Ing lines to dangle for salmon
Evening star., 1945-03-11
| Jeep Rescues
|5Hyers Down
| Between Lines
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 1O.-Five members
of a Flying Fortress crew recently
missed capture by seconds because
an infantryman got there first with
jeep.
They crash-landed their flak-torn
bomber in the middle of No-Man,s
Land northeast of Strasbourg. A
jeep came tearing from the Ameri-
can lines and German military car
came racing from the opposite di-
rection but the jeep got there first.
Get the hell aboard in a hurry
an infantryman yelled at us as the
Jeep skidded up to us. We lost no
time the Fortress pilot, 1t. Earl
D. Greenstreet, Kankakee, Ill. said.
THE jeep shot away like a scared
rabbit and scattered rifle fire
whistled around us. 1 looked back
and saw load of Germans pull up
to the plane. BY that time we really
were rolling and got back to first
aid station where we waited for the
rest OF the crew to be rounded up."
Evening star., 1945-03-11

the g,lnboat. They didn't want any
diseases, however childish, to get to
the shore personnel, and especially
to the highly susceptible Eskimos
A parley had followed. We had tons
Of Army mail and supplies on board
But the Army felt this cargo needn't
be carried back to the States foi
fumigatfon.
A compromise followed. Passen.
gers were to go ashore for observa-
ton, and the ship had permission te
go back to sea if the crew did moi
land.
Got Good Food.
The Army looked after us like q
father. The medicos, although
masked and robed in white, visited
us daily. They sent good hot food
and, one night, a stack of movie!
and sound projector-enough tt
run all night.
| Sailors spread bedrolls on the
Evening star., 1945-03-11

through holes we chopped in the
ice of glacial rivers-rather, we
broke the fresh ice off holes which
diligent Army sportsmen had drilled
through four solid feet.
Good old Army" said sailor,
sitting on an Army ammunition box
somebody had lugged over the noun
tains, and snatching an occasional
salmon through a breach an ali
forces lieutenant had cut through
the ice, don't know what the Coast
Guard would do without those guys
1t had been Army medices, In
charge of medical services ashore
who had posted armed guards al
the gangways when we came in or
Evening star., 1945-03-11

floor, and mapped when they didn't
care for the show. wake me,
cousin" one said. when that guy
Sinatra quits grooming" Officers
played penny ante and enlisted
men went along with their little
game of table stakes or what have
you.
But the war had gone a long time
for many now facing year, per-
haps two, in this grim, isolated out
post, where the only girls are a
few Red Cross workers and Army
nurses, and mail is uncertain in
the season Of storms. A lot of men
wanted to get back into action.
Sometimes, when the weather
closed in and the cables anchoring
the building to solid granite hum
med in the wind, a wave of home
sickness as real as the gale outside
would sweep Ward 49,
1t was then that the veterans
Evening star., 1945-03-11

unconsciously or otherwise, began to
snap the brooders out of their
trance. They acted as If they were
thinking, but never saying:
Come on and join the party.
We're all In the same boat. We
need you, and you can be sure you
need u.s."
Evening star., 1945-03-11
Mountain Climbing and Fishing
Break Monotony in Greenland

(Trarelng by Nauy and Army
planes, patrol gunboat and ice
breaker, Mr.. Shipper OF The
Star staff is Disiting Advanced
NdDy bases as far north as
Greenland under the commander
in chief of the Atlantic Fleet to
report on sea-air operations as
correspondent assigned to the
Coast Guard.
Eighth OF a Series
Evening star., 1945-03-11

A lovely type Of chair. Smartiy
upholstered in serviceable fabrics.
Has mahogany finish legs and ex-
posed wood parts. Button seat,
ball and CLAW feet.
Evening star., 1945-03-11

Double door style that gives you
plenty Of room to store. your
clothes. Also has hat shelf.
Maple or walnut finish. Con-
structed Of masonite and hard
wood.
Evening star., 1945-03-11

Won't baby love this beautiful
bed. 1t is constructed Of maple
or waxed birch with attractive
decorations. Solid panel ends,
high sides and strong steel spring.
Evening star., 1945-05-18
FOUND.

DOG. medium size, white, on leash. Glover
Park. Call OR. 3914.
TWO PUPS, about 8 mos. old; one yellow
and white, ap. collie -sritz, on Georgia
ave. One tan, short-haired, large, with
collar. mi. on Nichols ave. Sc. AT. 7142.
Evening star., 1945-05-18
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sumably all were killed instantly
when the white-hot flash swept the
deck. Their bodies remained in the
area for hours, many with their
clothing burned of and even dog
tags melted.
Fifteen minutes later there was
another series of heavy explosions
that Jared the carrier to her keel.
Planes on the flight deck blew up
some minutes after the bomb hit,
sending rockets arching of the deck
like a giant fireworks display. Some
of the pilots escaped by leaping
overheard to swim to destroyers.
X n y X
Below decks conditions were even
worse. Hundreds of crewmen were
locked in water-tight compartments,
the doors being slammed shut in
stantly when the ship was hit.
Added to the horror Of the explo-
sions and the overwhelming fear
that the carrier was sinking, while
being trapped below decks, was the
dense, suffocating smoke that filled
many compartments. Many died
from want of air. A great many
more were led to safety by courage
GUS members of the crew wearing
smoke breathers. Lines of men
crawled on hands and knees
through smoke-fllled compartments
Evening star., 1945-05-18

Pittsburgh came alongside, but 1t
took four hours to get a towline
secured on the Franklin.
During this operation a Jara-
nese plane attacked again, making
a low-level strafing and bombing
attack that missed the mark.
"'By this time the worst of the
fires were out. but some of the
rockets still were exploding said
Capt. Gehres. Some of them roar
ed across the decks. killing people
in their paths and shooting out to
sea, where they narrowly missed
other ships. Many men were killed
or injured by them. 1t was a night
mare
THE Japanese sent out many
other planes to finish of the
crippled Franklin.
Only One Gun Operating.
""There was only one twin gun
mount, forward, operating said
Capt. Genres. Many of the gun
ners had been killed, but this gun
was manned by a Marine orderly;
two Marine aviation mechanics; a
mess cook; a messenger, a bugler
and two gunner's mates.
They had to operate the mount
by hand, but they swung it around
on Jap that attacked, and despite
all the handicaps, they forced the
Jap of his course and his bombs
went into the water, hundred feet
of the stern. without damage
During the early hours of the
attack Capt. Genres said the Catho-