davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
Services Of Supplies Did The Impossible"
 To Beat Timetable In Reaching The Rhine

In the first eight months since D. Dey, Com z's Services of Sup ply have landed well over two and a half million American soldiers on the continent, It has brought along everything that these two and half million men need Go wear, eat, live in, shoot, travel in, fight with and defend themselves with. It has fed, housed, clothed and cared for them in n far better style than the maJor- ity were accustomed to in civilian lie. No other soldier in the world would in his widest dreams hope for the standard of living the Amer ican soldier has come to expect ard to receive.
 Moreover, all of this has been done in the face Of two basic "im- possibilities" To begin with, 1t Is logically impossible" to land and supply an army across a beach. That is automatic in planning. Ac- cording to all planning formulae, more supplies are needed to back up any given number of combat soldiers than can be landed on the amount of beach which this num- Der of soldiers can be expected to capture.
 Yet the impossible was accom- plished. Deprived of most of Cher bourgs usefulness for two months after its capture. without another major port in our possession, sos hauled as much as 25,000 tons Of supplies day across the two Amer ican beaches-O omaha and Utah--to deliver the muscle behind the break through wallop of the First and Third U. s. Armies.
 The second imposSibility turned into a reality was the supplying Of an army which moved across France from the Brittany coast to the Bel gian frontier, in 30 days. The com mitment for petroleum, oil and lubricants for that drive alone amounted to 100000 gallons daily. 27 POUNDS PER MAN
 Keeping the troops on the con.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
Disagree On Labor Act

Hartford. Conn, March l4--NuPl --I'he General Assembly was neaoeu for another major disagreement Vo. dav. this time over the creation or a state Labor Relations Act.
 Both Democrats and Republicans were committed In their party plat. forms to enact such legislation, put brought in different bills on the sl,biect, The Democratic bill was endorsed by both CIO and Connec- tlcut Fedcration of Labor and pro. yldcd for an administrative methoa of dealing with labor-manasemeh' differences.
 The Republican bill, labeled as Q compromise measure. proposed tnat testimony in disputes be taken ac- cording to the rules of evidence, that appeals from orders of the noard net as automatic stays or execu. ton and provided for appointment of m agent to prosecute violations
 These features were declared op- iectionable by the Democrats wno were prepared to approve t,eir version in the Senate and send It to the Republican, controlled House. Republicans could adopt the same strategy, which might eventually throw both bills to committee of conference for compromise. Gasoline dealers, meanwhile urged the judiciary committee to restore to the statute books a pro- vision permitting them to retin one pcr cent of the state gasoline tax aa compensation for shrinkage' Tne nne rebate was not included in a leSo bill, although 1t appeared in the statute books as if approved, the dealers have retained the tax tne past ten years. Since then dealers have withheld about ei.OOO.OOO or this basis and they seek to have the tax clause approved and made re- troactiVe to 1885.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
GRANDMOTHER
 URGES MORE IN WAR JOBS
Ny NOMA DECKER Limited Press stan Correspondent


 Alton, III, Mar, l4.-tuP)-We would have no shortage of equip ment and ammunition if more srandmothers would get defense job, according to Mrs, Stella Wehr- man.
 Mrs. Wehrman has been cited by the War Department as "the type of woman war worker most needed in industry" This grand- mother of 10 and mother of five children, has been working at the Western Cartridge Co. since June, lo42. She applied for defense work when her youngest son, Joseph, wUs inducted into the armed serv- ices. Joseph is now at home, con- valescing from flax wounds hav- ing completed 90 bombing mis- sions over Germany.
 Had to Do Something
 Mrs. Wehrman says that she has never believed in married women working but when Joseph was taken Into the Army she felt she must do something to help win the war. She feels that more grandmothers should get war jobs and let younger women stay home to care for their families.
 A plant official at Western Cart ridge says Mrs. Wehrman's cita- ton was great surprise to her She was chosen by . group of management and labor represen- tatives because her entire record had been based upon pure patri- otism. Her attendance and pro duction records were superior and she was popular among her fellow workers. When 1t appeared her work was no longer essential, she voluntarily resigned and volun- tarily returned to work when the company issued m urgent appeal for workers, q few months later.
 Mrs. Wehrman's daily produc- ton is 5000 bases for the Win chester carbine cartridge in an cight-hour dny.
 'Dumb at First
 Mrs. Wehrman was dubious about her success as n double draw press operator when she started working, because she couldn't seem to get the hang of 1t at first, She relates that the inspector on hcl second day nt work told her he thought she was too dumb to learn it and that she was afraid he wa' right. Deciding to prove he was wrong, she put forth extra effort and at the end of the first week the foreman said You're not n: dumb as thought--youre doing fine"
 Az Q result of the citation, Mrs Wehrman was sent 10 New York to participate in War Depart ment-sponsored radio program Weapons for Victory" She gives her family credit for having beer nble to stay on the job. Her hus. band disregards his part in help. ing hls wife achieve her record but does say he will have to whittl, her down to normal If all thu hullabaloo doesn't stop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
BOSTON PASTOR
 HERE TOMORROW
Rev. Dr. Samuel Lindsay tOPreach at First Church
 Lenten Services

"The preacher at the Lenten serv- lee in the First church Thursday evening, March IS, at 6 will be Dr. Samuel M. Lindsay of the Brook line Baptist church, Boston. He was born in Scotland, breaches With beauty, clearness, and Scotch Vigor to church nearly always full, He is especially popular with university students and business men While in Brooklyn he led weekly forum with Dr. s. Parkes Cadman. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, Boston Herald edi- tor, calls him "one of the great preachers of the United States" His subject will be The Face Of Christ
 Dr. Lindsay, Is the pastor of tht Brookline Baptist church, where h' has served since 1922, He hold' unique place among the preachers of Greater Boston.
 Robert Lincoln O'Brien, former editor of the Boston Herald, said: pr, Lindsay is one Of the out standing preachers of Greater Bos- ton and one of the great preachers of the United States.
 The Boston Transcript speaks oi him as the third of three great Scotch preachers of Boston -- Dr I4ormer, Dr. Gordon, and pr. Lind say. Ills sermons are characterlzec by beauty, clearneSs, and forceful' ness, and are easy to remember Business men throughout New Eng land can frequently be heard quot ing from his sermons and addresses
 Born in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scot land, Ave miles from the birth place of Robert Burns. Dr. Lind say as boy spoke the dialect Il which Burns wrote. He Is m author ity on the poet and has lccturet on Burns at many Of our univer sites.
 Dr. Lindsay came from Brooklyn to Brookline, and while pastor o the Hanson Place Baptist church in Brooklyn, led, with Dr. S. Parke Cadman, q weekly forum in the Cen tral Y. M. c. A.
 Under his leadership, the Brook line Baptist church has become on of the significant religious center of the city. University student in large numbers attend the church and there are few Sundays in tn year when the auditorium is no filled to capacity.
 Dr. Lindsay Is widely known a A radio preacher, and is the frien' of many hospitals, of the Y. M. c. A the Salvation Army, and Of othe Boston organizations which hel humanity,
 pr. Lindsay is characterized b tolerance and conviction. He Ina the respect of the business me of Brookline, and Is held In equf high esteem by ProtestantS, Cath ollcs, and Jews. The other eve ming, they gave dinner in his honc in n Jewish Temple in Brooklin' There were $50 people who sf down with him to eat the brea of friendship and to drink the waA of understanding. After the bar duet, the number was increased 1900, who filled every nook an cranny of the large auditorium Temple Ohabei Shalon to hear tf man who believes that racial an religious misunderstandings can be conquered by understandin friendship, and courtesy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN

Washington, March l4-(UP)-- Fiorello LaGuardia removed his hornrimmed eyeglasses and gnawed the car pieces, first one and then the other. He fiddled with the gold bands on the three cigars in his breast pocket, then, so help me, he made faces.
 The mayor of New York had some dope for the Senate about small sized panties, the non-co- operativeness of hens, and other subjects as interesting. Here he was, stymied.
 Some coal mine owners were tel ling the banking and currency com- mittee about their troubles with the OPA. His honor had to sit there behind 'em until they finished. He blinked his eyes. He wrinkled hiS nose.
 He scrooged his lips. The sen ators soon were watching, faScin' ated, when they should have beer worrying about the profits oi the coal miners. This lasted an hour Then Chairman Robert F. Wagner apologized to the Little Flower Ioi keeping him waiting.
 That's all right" Said Laduar- dIa. "It was very resttul'"
 You may have read his testimony in the news columns; want to tell
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
By TOM WOLF | genfe Cd0rresnnntlRnk

NBA gNANA ANAVAANsNENFsN@NNNN
 Paris, March l4.--When Amer. lean First Army troops smashed across the Rhine to establish a bridgehead on the eastern bank, news stories laconically reported that thousands of tons of equipment were rapidly assembled to exploit the dent in German defenseS.
 Thius Tank success, like other triumrhs over the Nazis since D-Day would have been impossible from the start but for the endless, thankless, plamorless work done by men who never hear a shot flred-the officers and GIs in the Services of Supplies Communications Zone K. T. O.
 Combat troops whose brains, brawn and guts arc largely re sponsible, of course, for our mili- tary successes, affectionately call the area behind the armies rear boundaries Com E." They refer to the Services of Supplies centered Tn the Communications Zone as sos
 It is no secret that Allied armies in the European Theater Of opera tions nre way ahead of the plan ners' timetables. Despite von Rund- stedt's counter-offensive we are much farther east than was dreamed possible when the first American troops landed on the Normandy beaches on June 6.
 KEEP 'EM ROLLING .
 This is the most mechanized of nll wars. But truck without a spark plug is only a wagon (70.oo0 spark plugs a month are needed to keep 'em rolling). A tank without n thread is only roadlock. A rifle without a firing pin is only black lack 100000 rifle pins month must be replaced). A stream with- out a bridge Is the Atlantic ocean A general without a phone Is no commanding general. And an in- fantryman without proper iood,, clothing, equipment and medical care is only shadow boxer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
Honnef Still 4 Hot Spot

Outside Honnef, Germany, March l3 - (U,PD -- American troops hold most of the town of Honnef, nt the northern sector of the Rem ngen Bridgehead, but It's stlll not place
 The Germans are pouring Tn all the artillery Are thny can muster in an effort to drive out the YahkS or at least slow down their expeno- ing bridgehead.
 Outside, American artillery IS shclling the ruins of Dracnenlels. atop q towering peak overlooking the Rhine where Siegfried was sup posed to have slain dragon.
 Great clouds Of dust and smoke rise from the Dragons Tooth.' the name of the picturesque peak, when the artillery shells hit their mark.
 Just south of this spot, American doughboys only this morning rolled back Nazl attempt to break their hold on the high ground comnand- ing the brideghead.
 The fighting for that hilly ground is foot-by-foot. It doesn't look ike very much on q map, but from here f. ig easy to sec why the Germans arc trying hard to stop the Yanks The high ground not only overlooks the bridgehead area, but Is per- feet observation point for checking any further Allied crossings Of the Rhine.
 Captain John Collins, t422 Lafay- cite streeD Salem, Mass, IS reaay to tell all corners how tough the fighting is. He commanded one of the first companies which entered Honnef.
 "Everytlme the company reached an objective, the ferries threw m tanks and infantry in Q counter thrust. but each time the dough- boys hurled them back" he said.
 we even planted mines Tn tne streets to stop q panther tank when was experimenting the Nazi counter. attack. But Jerry kept locating ana neutralizing them. He is pretty good at that.
 But finally we planted two which he didn't And -- thta Is until the tank found it. Then 1t was too late I 4. for that Panther which no more n of any use to the Wehrmacht'"
 We watched the American artil- lery fire against the Dragons Tooth" from the atic window in the palatial home of Nazi lndustrialiS' Karl Willelm Mauser.
 This great three-story building called Die Eulenhof" -- owl Castle --is ramb1ing structure beautifull! furnished. A huge stained-glasi window falls one entire side Of tn' two-story living room.
 Tn one bedroom is 6 framed lettc from Adolf Hitler addressed t' Frau Mauser. It said: Tn the nam' of the German nation l award vol the honor cross of the German mother"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
CORONER REPORTS ON WOMAN'S DEATH

Mss Gay Bowen, 3i, l6 WaterVille street, was found dead in bed yes- terday afternoon in her gas filled home, Dr. Edward Kirschbaum, medical examiner. said Miss Bowen, who had been Respondent and in Ill health, had taken her own life.
 Miss Bowen was found by Mrs. Agnes Phelan, with whom she lived, Mrs. Phelan notified the fire dc- pertinent, and Deputy Chief Ste phen Bloomfield and Firemen Frank Moore, Joseph Woods, and John Lawlor worked with the de- partment inhalator for an hour in n vain attempt to revive the woman,
 She only known survivar Is an uncle, Felix Matthews, Pine Hill road, Thomaston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14

tinent properly equipped has meant for the Quartcrmaster mov- for every soldier on the continent. ing 27 pounds of supplies each day The heaviest item Is gasoline--l5 pounds per day per man. Many ex- perts contend that If America has a secret weapon 1t Is the jerry can"-the fivc-gallon gas can we copied from the German. Without the l5,000,0O0 jerrycans stocked by the Quartermaster in the United Kingdom before D-Day, 1t would have been completely impossible to supply Patton's race to Belgium.
 To date the Quartermaster's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
TRUCKS TO PETITION
 FOR GASOLINE STAMPS

Applications for second period gasoline allotments for truckers must be filed at the local ration board by March 3l, according to q reminder issued by Aaron Paur, office manager. ODT certificates must be presented to the board by the applicants, Mir, Paur said the ration stamps will be mailed by the board,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
lBx United Pressl

(By United Press)
 On the 11th day of the great Russian offensive in the Ukraine. Moscow announces that several German divisions have bene trapped northeast of Nikolayev on the Bug river; other units of the 3rd Ukraine Army advance from captured KherSOn to the Bug es' tuary, 24 miles below NIkolayex
 In Washington, President Roos" eyelt says the Germans are using Rome as a military center" Nazl' controlled radio reports Rome aI- ready being bombed.
 German planes strike heavily st London.
 Tn Burma, Brltshi columns cF0ss the Chin6win river.
 Prime Minister Winston Cbur. chiiI tells Commons thatt rsveI restrictions placed against Ireland
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
Poor Digestion? tt ri 7:
 Headachy? % Sour or Upset? 00 Tired.ListIess? %

Do you feel hcadachy and upset due to poorly digested food? To feel cheerful and happy again your food must Do digcsted properly,
 Each day Nature must produce about two pints of a vital digestive juice to help digest your food. II Nature fails, your food may remain undigcstcd--- leaving you hcadachy and irritable.
 Therefore, you must increase the flow Of thIs digestive juice. Cartcr'a Little Liver Pills increase this flow quickly often in as little ns 30 minutes. And, you're on the road to feeling better.
 Don't depend on artificial aids to countcract gestion---when Carter'B Little Liver Pills aid digestion after Na- tur0B own order. Take Carter'B Little Livcr PilB as directed. Get them at any drugstore. Only 25I.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
ANTI-sIIARK GADGET

A stink bomb" designed to keep sharks away from flyers downed in shark infested waters chases the sharks away from the flyer by emitting q smell of decaying sharks bodies, an odor which will cause any sharks in the vicinity of the bomb to turn tail and run.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14

one had thought would be needed is 0 good example of improvisins to meet combat emergency. Be- cause 1t would have taken monthi to get hoods from the States. the Quartermaster took our anti-gaA hoods out of stock, laundered ou' the impregnite and issued them. In November alone over $500 tons oi winter clothing was rushed to tho front, almost half of 1t by air.
 The food story can be told in one sentence. For the first time m the history of war the overwhelm- ing majority of men in the field are eating a class B ration com posed of some l38 balanced cons ponents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14

are merely the first step tO lsO- fate Ireland from the outside late southern Ireland from the outside world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14

BuY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-25
Filthy, Crowded Troop Train Side tracked
 While Luxury Expresses Get Green Light

whiskey by the bottle. Forbldden1 Sure, and what would one harassed lieuienant do trying to stop tho whiskey from flowing in two carl while he was checking the occus pants of a third?
 There was no intoxication, nc roughhouse, nothing to offend anJ purist except a prohibitionist. ThG men still would make anybody proud that they were American cit~i izen soldiers. The tragedy was in watching men who had cheerfully withstood great discomfort and disgusting filth, as they tried td drown their disappointment at an. other days delay in seeing theii loved ones.
 That change and it's reason iA something that ought to be brought home to every railroader who is in position to decide whether civilians riding clean, air-conditioned, crosss country limited trains are to be giv~ en the right of way, or whether weary CTS in dirty uncomfortable coach trains should be kept rolling toward the families they have not seen for months or years-the fans flies they must leave again, in 30 days, to fight Japan in the Pacific.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-25

have kept going, at least to Chicago, without holding up the trains that were behind us.
 At Chicago our train split into sections going to three different camps. The largest unit, three cars, was for Grant. At 11:S5 A. M. in the Chicago yards, we were told that we must wait for the 3:30 regular Illinois Central train to haul us to Rockford.
 Up to that time had never, as soldier or reporter, seen such a quiet, well-behaved military coptin- gent. Before Chicago saw only three bottles of beer during the en- tire trip, and no evidence of any, thing stronger. Then word came of the four hour wait, which meant definitely that no CT could possibly go through processing" and get his papers in time to start for home that night. The atmosphere changed. There was a little grunl- bling. The men conmeded that prob- ably a locomotive could not be spared to haul three cars 85, miles, when there was a train going that way soon, but this was the last straw.
 So beer appeared by the case and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-25
BOOMING REGAIN FOR ALDERMAN Son of Former Political Leader 10 Seek Party
 Nomination

Meeting at the Scovill street ga- rage, Washington Hill residents last night launched 8 campaign to put Bernard J. Began, 31, 109 Cole street on the Board of Aldermen.
 The group drew up petitions ad- dressed to Democratic Town Chair man Maurice Tangney requesting that Began be named on the Dem- ocratic aldermen slate in the coming fall electin. Joseph Phelan was chairman of the meeting.
 Regan's father, the late Daniel Began, was a member of the AL dermanic Board when the late Mar tin Scully was mayor.
 He is 8 communicant of the 1m- maculate Conceptin Church and 8 member of the Holy Name Society A graduate of St. Mary's School, he attended Crosby High school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-25
Deplores Increase In
 Automobile Accidents
Commissioner Elmer s. Watson Declares RespOnsi=
 bilty Rests With Individuals Cites Factors

Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Elmer S. Watson, announces that he is greatly disturbed over the in crease in accidents for the first six months of 1945 as compared with the same period of 1914, particularly the increase in pedestrian injury accidents in the urban areas.
 Statistics reveal that there were total of 751 pedestrians injured for the first six months of 1945. This is 65 more than were injured for the first six months of 1914.
 Important Factors
 Observations by the state and local police and OUT motor vehi- cle inspectors indicate that what might be a release firm the re- straining influence of the fact that we were not winning the war in 1942, 1943 and the early months of 1914, has resulted in uncon- trolled operation of motor vehicles by a certain proportion of the motorists. This situation must be corrected but it is now somewhat out of hand. The same situation applies to the walking habits of pedestrians. Some of this lack of caution is a carry over from the time when traffic was at minimum due to strict regulation of gasoline and motor vehicle travel.
 Since we are all pedestrians at one time or another, the following is addressed to each individual who happens to be reading it: Self preservation does not appear to be the first law of nature when applied to the average. American until such time as an emergency arises. He will go to considerable trouble to do what he wants to do and can- not be pushed around" His free- dom is a constitutional right. You. therefore, may believe you have a right to expose yourself to the