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\'-v X I ace V N.-' V ' \ boiit To^iva ;J club 5 May -meetn»^\>f of the SouthX s the Men's Metho^Ut (6S er4 je.womclvof AiP r'P^gul clety hold thflrXfgulsr to^ ' Borrow iftemoon »t o o'clock at Ian Club on^lMridge street, nients will bCN^rved. after <ting. . [■X .X'fTie Permanent . MeniorlaK Day Wmmtttee will meet flonday iBVe- *lng at 8 o’clock at W Municipal Vuildlng. X .^ntarriaES"'bf Miss Beth F. dates, daugmer ot Mr^^and Mrs. Tiach of 61 Wellington William M. Rosecoe, Jr., J4'vCiauitl Wace, will be sol- church will bp, held K m a y ovs- «ing May 26 and wiU H as Uklies^' : , Group 2, Mia. Gebrge W^' H oli^ leader, and Group «4. Mrs'. WHliaftv KnpfsiJie. leader, Mjenidrial RitffS^ auxiliary, will meiJt'Mqsiday afternoon at the hospita^. ^' Manebisster Assembly. No. IB, Order of Rainbow for Girls, will meet at the Masonic Temple; Mon- day evening at 7:30. The business will Include the Initiation of candl- and election ofNjflicers. ^omnixed this afternoon at 4:30 at home of the bride’s parents. CRAFTSMAN AUTO BODY SHOP ■ « 7 Spmc4^,,St. A i Birch AH Kinds of Aotp Body Wotk mad Track PMntlng List Engagement / \ AMCB OOFKAN ■" (known As Qncen Allce)\ SPIBITUAt MEDIUM x- Bsstetb Daughter bt a Seventh Son , Bom With a VeU Beemhz* Oaltv. inciiiding Sonday,. • A. M/to 9 P ’ M. Or By Aptml"** Bent. In the Service of the-Peo- ple (or SO Teara. 109 Chnteh Street, Hartford, Conn. Phone 0-80^ THE SHERIDAN restaurant 1 ' * Invites the People of Manchestei^To fry Their 65c ^ u i l Course Cnncheon Served H A. M. to, 2 P. M. A daughter, Mary Lynn, was bom May 2 at Garfield hospital, Washington. D. C.. to Pfc. Mere- dith W. Stevenson and Mrs. Ste- venson. The young father has, been in service in the*. South Pacific since last fall. The baby Is the flrkt grandchild of Mrs. Helen Steven- son of Hamlin street and Mr. and Mrs!' Clarence Gray of Was^hing- ton, D. C. ^ ^ The Women's DiVisibn of the Y. M. C. A., and local Committee of the Hartford County Y. W. C. A. have discontinued regular sesSjoijs for the summer. At pre.sent they are working on summer projects. Dr. D. C. y. Moore will return to hiS rcgulai* practice on Monday. A group of native Jamaicans who arc employed on farms arrd tobacco plantations in this vicinity wtll enterUln with Instrumental, music and native songs at .the Le- gion Horne .tonight. All Legion- naires and their friends arc Invited to attend. „ ' Advanced pupils of Fred E. Wer- ner will give a piano recital In Center church house tomorrow aftemoon at^:16. I' FREE AT ASK USH X -X KNOFLA General Con^aclors Jobbing and General Repairing Call 4386 Before 6 P. M. Have Your ^ Baby, Yourgelf 6r Your Family Photographed in Your Own Home. Phone 3971 > . for Appointment". GEOIliGE DE^Y Photographer Roofiuge!!>Asb^toa Siding and Rock . Wool Insulation Expert'.vrorknuuuhlp. AB work gpanuiteed. RoMonablo Prices. No>.obllgatioii for m estlinate. Write. \ * . Burton Insulating Co. 180 Oxford St. Biultord Phone Hartford EMMS . V V s WE REPRESENT THE STRONGEST STOCK AND DIVIDEND PAYING COBIPANIES INSURE IN siTRE insurance : niAl. 5810 — 8.53 MAIN ST rii SE>ORA BERTA G.\MBO de CAMINA Of the Unive?«ity of Mexico I Ex.vhange i ’ rofes.sor At Connecticut College, j ' New liondon ' .. . M'ill Lecture lender Auspices^ of The Educational Club T uesday , ,M;^Y 9.8 P. k >‘ , " On “ Mexico Today and Tomorrow” ---.-,. NATHA n HALE SCHOOL ,23c, 5c tax. Admission >»•«•«••• • • t MONDAY, MAY 8 IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION AH Streets East of Main Sjtreet from the Center North and North of EasU Center Street, including Oakland Street and vicinity. , , t^(ler-i y^ution-^ 'Miss Betty Boyd X i(nj^ Herald lewifn Drive , >r-FflndsDn Local (^anipaigii Gets Lptler-Wdy; Object ijf wide Effort. Dr. and Mrs. Howard Boyd of 7P\ Porter street imnounce the engagement o^ tlj,eir daughter, M isfl^ttly I-'oyd. to. Lieutenant John Matiin Hyde, son of Mr. and Mrs. JohnNHunnlfbrd Hyde of 99 Pitkin ptri Miss “Boyd graduated from Man- chester High sch(wl and Is now a Junior at SkidmorK col^^e.. Lieutenant h V i I(W graduated from Manchester High school and left Wesleyan University In his junior year to enlist In the Army Air force. He received his pilot wings at Blackland- Army Air Field, Waco. Texas.-March 12 and is now stationed at Bowman Field, Louisville, Ky. j The Gleaners Group of the'South Methodist W.S,C,S, will meet Mon- day evening at 7:45. ^ Aflverti.-ement— Fe.tillzer *2.90 and $3.23 100 lb. bag—Bone Meal—! grass s,eed 35c lb., CemeiVt- 75c bag. England's. Manchest^r'^Oreei), Phone. 3451. WILL WJY ANY GOOD R6AL ESTATE Fair Prices Wm. F. Johnson BuHder — Real Estate Telephone 7426 or 4614 The Jewish drive for funds, which*-opened In Manchester yes- terday, will continue for at lea.st ,two. weeks, tho.se in charge an- nounced to<lay. In a few days, the town's quota will have ‘‘been set and more details o f the., cam- paign Will be Unfolded. The proceeds of the efforts made here, will be devoted to two rnajor purposes:- the rescue and rohablHtation of iVrtr yiijtim.H and the reconstruction aiid, resettle- ment of the liberated. One o| the local Jew,Uih resi- dejTts who was In Massachusetts on a business trip yesterday, brought with him a copy of the Sot>fhbrldge. Mass.. Evening News, to show how the Jewish residents of that town are conducting the campaign. churches, both Catholic and Pro- testant united with the Jews In the drive. ' It ,1* believed that the ideas could be 'followed Irt Man- chester. \ The drive fpr ftinds, whje, nation-wide. Is for thift hpn dollar*. \ .. SF ^ Main An4 oh Son^^f Manch^Ue^ Side Stn^t»y Too ■-1, , ^ is elean- The orga^blMtion, c Music Association here which renowned ailists will a|^ar in •concert in ManbiiMter bn<^ up agaii the need X f aii audf' torlum for such purpos^*,^in toWm 'The only place now a v a lis e here.- is the' High school kasembi; Although High school hall lu clous—able to seat nearly 700 pe . s6ns<i-ll has the great - d i s a U y a n - , t h e tr tage of being on the third floor of the building. The acoustics afen'l any too good, the seats uncomfort- abls.and the audience is all on one level. . ■bheney hall wak the 4cene of concerts iii years gone by. but th is now used as the Cheney ^ e s room and there are no long^r'^any seats there. A civic auditorium ^ould an- swer many needs in town and it might .well be oonsid^ed as a me- morial to the veterans of the pres- ent war. The ‘^ s p ita l here was erected as a nlemorlal to those of the last W ^ d War. Somethlpg of that type^akes a far better ptie- morialVtban a granite shaft wbich serves no practical purpose. e loojes o f the. tpWn'k principal ^«sid<mtiai thoroughfare. The Sfdte^^ighway. department a *r kioidiA rsalta/f .InV crtvo may havg; to^bK,called give the c^^ial o. k. ifstrees^JiyPabtub*’ lire, planted In the pkjpklets^ \but ^Slflce Manchester haa/SucTt a n u ^ bet of tree ami shrub-nut'scrles we' wonder' if one of/them wXildn’t" help out NfO'th^^xlent of fur: shrubs. SATURDAY, X - X: y. xX"- 6,1944 •hester going to have a t^-eck this spring? Al- a lot sf people get their attics and garages cleaned 'p during the various salVagc drives there is a lot of other kinds of rubbi.sh that is'bound to collect. 'A clean-up week would be a big help in, keeping the toWTi spic. ami span. . . "-.X, fanchester Book 5Iay) To: Field/riflls of Aunchest'er Coon and Club at\its Coventry grounds. Monday, Waste paper collection in. the northeast section of the tosvn, Tuesday, May 9 G Clef Club concert at 8:15 at Emanuel Lutheran church. »!. Lect-iire on Mexico, at Nathan Hale school at 8. , Wednesday, May 10 Surgical dressings for Red Cross, American Legion hall, 10 a. m. to 4:30 p. m, - ‘ Tharsday, May 11 25th anniversary celebration of Army and Navy Club. Monday, Mqy 82-37 Red Men's Carnival at the Dougherty lot, Center street. ' - FLOOR LAYING Reflnishing and Waxing. Estimates Gladly Given .CALL 8254 Free Enlargeoient with Every Roll ot Flint A Developed and Printed. **wC ELh'E STUDIO American Club BINGO rOHIGHT ORANGE HALL BIG PRIZES! , Admission 25c LA PIZZA Depot Squore Gull V On The Square / Mrs. Chester Sendrowshl. whose nusband is w-ith the Navy C-B's somewhere In the South Pacific, has sent this column a poem which she has just received from "Chet”/ entitled “Tribute to Marines at Tarawa.’! xWe print It herewith: Tflhute To Marine* At^Tarawa By C. A. Sendrowskl. . No magic,!, nor earthly praise W ill rehifrrect you from your graves, those w*ho live wiH cflriY on Vou/deeds of valor---.the Marines eWv^itcheon. _ \ Out on thV,white coral ties The wreckaX* of " hundred lives. With gun in band they rushed for lapd * Met ba'rb*** wlreNllke a net It spanhed. \ ' , There they hung oh. treacherous wire ^ ,, The target of a hellish ft: Comrades behind s^w youXfate, Yet they ploughed fhrough red- “dened water \t; double their gait. They cut and hacked each baite': strand' To reach the ,beach--^kill hand to, hand. ‘ , ' Tlie enemv lies behind that pit - We’H have to take it. mem-rylss,;- that's it. ' Throw some njpre lead — mote, more shell Come, guvs, let’s give them hell. Let’s dig them dutjf^ike rata they are;, Sure I know* a hundred yards Is far. I’ll take the lead. I’ll hide behind that tree, Joe,' Mike, Ed. AI, pick your bw'n and follow me, We stand -like crosses 'bn -your gi-avA, A thousand pa^ms, a thousand graves. Moonlight freckles your shallow bed And the lCave,4 whisper great deeds of the dead. Neither Wind, sea or shifting jwnd. . \ dhsplace Yoilr hallowed ground, your eter- nai^l resting place. NO'-magic. noL,earthly praise*’ Win resurrect you from your graves ' ' • ,* But those who live will cairy.On Your deeds of valpr—tl\e Marines eacutcheon. . Hav-h yoii noticed the moth-eat- en appearancq of Cenfer Pitrk, law-ns. at private homes all oVerif ►town-and^ the grounds , around some of our'public buildings?. Wc w’ere Inclined t»K*u^pect It' wax be- cause Of the ravishes pf the Jap- anese beetle and asked an expert on landscaping hl's opinion. He at- tributed the trouble lo . the jm- precei.ent'ed dry season last slim- mer, the lack of rain or snow,^dur- fng the winter and the light fall of rain this spring. He believed the gra.ss roots have been permanei\t-.^ ly destroyed and the only thij^ left to do is to stir up the soil, fe r- tilize it and reseed. / A Manchestei imn who'was ar- rested recently awoke at ten min- utes after nine the morning after the arrest. Reallslhg, that court sessiorfk b egin .^ 9 a. m. he dashed to-the Town Court. Not a person was in tlm-court room when he arrived. - So he,went into Chief Gordon’s -office gnd apologized for being late. He Was a-sked why he w'as apologizing. “You’re not late —you're a day early." ’The court sessjon wasn’t until the ..next, morning. - / A.. Non. ^EVERY SATURIli^ NIGHl^T 8:15 $ 1.00 \, AT jrhfi Arriiy & No Kasoline? Can’t use your carl ‘Then why not walk? It’s not tpB far, V And you will And our BinRo’s.fun ' x,^ X^VVith many pcjzes to b^wqn. (20M5.00 g A m ES i ; ' / ^ ( 3) 610.00 games (1) j,m00 GAME . (1)650.00 GAME X- On A Check For Tho Best. . . No Better Liibncating Oil X| ' X Could Be Fouhd Thon A Product With a Reputation' .■ / MAKE YOUR PRESENT EQUIPMENT / LAST LONGER WITH VALYOLINE Libby Oil Co. ROCKVILLE PHONE no \- MANCHESTER PHONE 3492 At The PRINCESS RESTAURANT Comer Main and Pearl Streets 7Sc Business Men’s LUNCHEON— Served 11 A. M. to S-P. ,51. ' ^mplete Dinners • Serv^ 5 to 9 P. M. Also A La Carte Service. Wonder whatever I^Came of the proposed plan fp pllint dogwood trees in the parklets on East Cen- ter street ? ’The last we recall was that the State Highway depart- ment. discouraged the Idea because it was felt they might be a men- ace to traffic. The parklets are bare and 'really in need of Some sort .of foliage or shrublwry. Dogwoods are not\a heavy foli- age type of tree and wqiild not ob- struct the travel \ylew ss other kinds of treMi might. At this time of year they are particularly at- tractive and would add' consl.dei- Let Us ^ o w We Have To Offer! Whefk\Can Y m .Go And Purchase A NeW 6^Room House ^ Uyiifinished) Fotr S6>000 At A Monthly Cost of^ $4f.53? Includes plaster^ walls. Western Dou'.rlas fiiXouKh lumber. No. 1 select fed Q»k flouring. Trim Pak Trim, a ’fireplace that will sfive unUmited pli*asure, cellars that are a revelation and grpunds that afford space for a garage, yictory garden or whatever you may have in mind, V X - ^ ^ Pay us a visit ai»4 prov^d-^ourself that we are a local organization that takes a personal pride in our merchan^e aftd aije striving and working to build and plan for the future.. X^ '' We invite you tp ,try to buy n ^ y of the products and features whjch we have incorporated into H omk mm Certified' . POTATOES * ' CHIPPEWAS $3.90 GREEN MOUNTAINS ^ $4.00 Per 1004*ound Sack.’ Discount for 10 or more sacks. >Best quality avail- able. Kame as we plant oun^cB. ' We also have Garden Fei^lizer, $2.50 per 100- pound I mr. FRANK V. WILLIAMS PHONE 7M7 . _ 1632 Tolland. Turnpike Buckland Annu^ YOUNG PEOPLE'S ' COUNCIL ... SALVATION ARMY Now. Ei^and'^Piyision School Auditorium, p. m. Today, High United Session.' 2 130<3:30 Group Councils. . - ' * 8t00 p. jfu. Tonight, Public v IJemoitidratioii High School Hall. Music hy High ^hool Choir directed hy G. Albert Pearson and Salvation Army Young People’s :Baikd.\^ Colonel Norman Marshall of New York in Charge, and other Officials of the S. A. and town pre^nt. 10 a. m. and 2 :1.5 p. m. Sunday, sessions at the Salvation A ray Citadel. A Cordial Invitation to All, Especially Young People! AS LOW AS $500 DOWN BOND FOR DEED MAXIMUM VALUE FOR YOUR DOLLAR WHEN YOU BUY A HOME HERE. F. H. A. MORTGAIBES ARRANGED THROUGH THE MANCHESTER TRUST CO. ' SALESMAN ON THE TRACT DAILY 9:30 A. M. TP 6 P. M. ALEXANDER JARVIS, Pres. FULL MTTAILS CAN BE SECURED AT: MODEL HOME ON WALKER STREET. PHONE 2-0545. OUR OFFICE ON CENTER STREET. PHONE 4112, OR 26 ALEX- ANDER STREET, PHONE 7275.' ' - V' ■/- \ X? X Average miljMpirenfatlon . for the sioqttl ar^prB, 1944^-^ X 8 ,7 4 6 X- "':, ')Weinb«r ef the Audit Bld«M of V. \ 'sX/ V. I' /- / V K. X ManehHUtrr^ •A NX of VUldge fCharm X *7 The t\vai)icr of D/14. tve’sjhef; .Mid rooler touli day IMciNMsIhg 'cloudiness, 1 ^ .skme^hat wnrroer by' noon. \ ' X ' ' \ X. . V X ' \ 'f 'i' : X )iCL3tin.,NO. 186/ X ; . '■ .(Claaaiaed Advertlaing pVvPngn 10) .■X- MANCHl )NN. MO^D> l Y,^ may 8, 1944 V-, “ V' s: ■* X Truk Blasts Industries Again lombers Pound City for Tliird Time in 24 Hours; Guided to Tar> :^t by Fires Still i Burning After Daylight I Raid by Amencans. Allied Headquarters, N*-1 lea. May 8.-r-(/P)XA 11i e d j eavy and medium bombers | , ounded Bucharest for the [bird time in 24 hburs last ’ight, guided to the ‘Rom^ ian .capital by fires _ still I unting from yesterday’s .merican daylight attack, •hlch ripped tracks apkrt and fpllntered locomotive shops Ip the ty’s faflyards. x Strong nghter Opposition R. A. F. HallD^ces and Libera- i irs. carr^g into Its fourth ralght day thg terrlflc air offen- >* aimed at ^plng out Roma- j Ian gommunlcatlohs and IndUs- I ’-lesi encountered vpjyr strong ghter opposition as thgy roared i-er Bucharest and, rained^, explo-^ lives on Industrial targets;^ead- :;iartc.r8..sald. ,, . Buchafeat’s factories and ga- [Inery areas' had been blasted Sat: Ifdav night In a quick followup tm LI American daylight raid of five l^^maniam rail centers. Try^to sever Rail tine'-, , While 250 to 500 U. S. Fortress’-^ *1 and Liberators were smashi -the Bnchare.st rallya'rd.s, ojher savy bombers hit the Belgrade- iancevo bridge In, Yugoalg\*la In h effort to sever the on^rail line j^centlv onen on the /Orient ex jsens route. I! Air battles nefl^Buchare.st yes- rday coat thC/Germans 20 flght- «, of whlch/ne bojpher gunners d Lightning and Mus- ng fighter pilots nine. Nine Nazi rcraft/were deatroved In other feraJHona. bringing the dav’a bag while the Allies lost two Vy,/bombers and 12 i other anea In more, than 1.506 sorties. Lighter Allied plsnea hamnjpr- sbipplng, o ff. the Dalmatian >aat and German ..porta, dumpa, id communications in Italy. In a larp battle near Lake Bracciano orth of Rome, eight R.A.F. Spit- i-ea shot down nine MR-109’s out formation of 18. plane Qoallty Poorer .The Meditgi-rahean Air Force immand declared, meanwhile, igt' the quality of planes avail- >lg to the Germans for Aghting Allied raids on southern Eu- )pe hfhl deteriorated recently, it there was' “no disposition to iderrate the caliber of GermaP lots.”/ Summarizing April operations, le statement <*sid that fighter pl- t- had noted early in the month lat the majority of the Intercep-^ ira were “top notch" ME-109*,’ id''WF-290s and the victory klrna reflected it. Later, Figt :56a, JU-87S, RE-2018 and other fsrlDr types were shot down. In ost tnstahees, however, the ene- y fot-ihationa continued strong id aggressive. The^ Allied flght- y Navy Plan^ Sir^n Tells \ jSpot Metal yjs^ in Body Goes as Jt Ap~ prpacheg^Biiried Par- ticles ;XIf ilitary Value V Op'^tiexice Two-FolU. ' By Howard M'. BlakcHlee Associated Press Science Editor ''New York, May 8—A baby siren which shrieks-When it gets close to humsn fleSh where a bit of metal la. buried was exhibited to the Medi- cal Socioty.jpf the State of New York, today.j The siren goes up'^-lhe scale aa nears the metal, and changes Xso accurately that by the soimd a physician can judge just about how close he is. / Shows Direction of^plinter The siren voice alsO^does the re- markable trick o f showing, by sound, the direction in which ,a long splinter /lies. ’ITie splinter dpe.sn’t hay^o be very long either. foP the aipen to show: whether the loctor iS^approaching it broadside, o'geiX^an. TOe military ,yalue is two-fold, ojre gor helping a surgeon extract fnetaL sqnjething which aften takes ^ hour or more because of extreme (Ufficulties in locating, and two. to g a s ify wounded quickly, one class being those who have ho metal in their bodies, and the other the burled fragment boys (Continued «^P«ge Four) (Continued,on Pnge Four) K th P Is Closed ^ i By Methodists jielegates Approve Re* ,Iports Completing In* ^i^ation of Finances.^ atyi May 8—{«>)—' The which, had separated i- the brOiernXnd southern divisions of |e MethottiM churches since the tr-lH^ae^lbe iitates until five ^ata agOvWUKclosed completely )fore adjoqmimnt here Saturday their quadirenmgl General Oon- grence.-'"- \ \ The delegates'apprip(ed commlt- le reports which comideted thr ijtegration of the yartbtiiKflhancisl If stems and the * codiflcanqti of [iurch policy and set out upon a Inited "Cruisdae fOr ChrlsV’ 'nan to raise 925,000,000 for Instruction and world-wtde svan- lUsm .-.'.- |The North and South’ Methodiat blscopal and. Methodist Protest- churches'agreed five years ago unite, and since then the work bringing the physical assets >t ]s churches into the singular pro- had been in the hands of the ^mmlttees. Sunday School Drops |The report on church growth In le past ten years-was viewed with Insiderabie concern by at'least a V delegates.who pointed out that e.cxpansioD was only in pro{(or- t>n to.the increase in population, nile Sunday school membership the same period showed a loss [ S0(),000, Slid the number of mln- |ers steadily decreasing. |One resolution adopted by the crence dalled upon President evelt to stop the manufacture id sale of intoxicating liquors un- |r his war .emergency ,powers, Jiother lesolutitm expressed dis- iproval of ’’Sunday ..hikes under Bcou^dlrectlon.'’ > Enough sy^tes: ^To Nomiii^rtfe FDR Looming Indications Democrats In Next Few .Days Will Make Certain Neces- sary, Delegates Picked. • By Jfck Bell Associated Pre»» Staff Writer With Derhocrats 'in six states selecting delegates, PrC^dent Roosevelt may. receive Enough publicly pledged and claimed con- vention votes before this week is out to clinch a fourth term nomi- nation— if he wants it. '' ' While practical politicians have had no doubt for some time that the president could have the nom- ination on the first ballot for' the asking, indications a re‘ that his party members Will .piake certain in the next few days that the nec- essary 530 delegates are available. As of today. 415 of the 510 dele- gates who have been chosen are pledged or claimed for Mr. Roose- velt. Missouri Democrats, mepfing to- day, are‘'expected to name' dele- gates carrying 32 votes for the .president. Wyoming may add eight n\ore favorable to his candidacy, and Republicans In that state will e le « nine convention representa- tives) Ohio voters will participate In preferential primaries tomorrow In . ! 1- boke riser.from the ihe’^Jarolinci, during an ceived by radio from irbor Installations at the Japanese Naval base on Dublon Island. Truje. In ftack by U.. S. Navy plan -s from Picifle fleet earner force. ‘ This photo was lawaii. iA P WlrepWoto from U. S. I^Jgvy.) #1/ Offensive in Ipdfd,; Six Miles From T (T\VEL\^E PAGES) 4 / '.X '/■ THREE CENl'S 1- in; -7, nswL Misgivings Over tary /Situation Mfirf Pronounced as Chinese Admit Losses. Chungking,,. May 8.— (iT*)— Misgivings ovtfr the military situation in northwestern Honan province grew- moiM^ pronounced today as Chinese, field dispatches declared that .Japanese troops have ad- I'anced another three- and one-half miles toward I-oyang and now are onlv six miles south of the ancient citv. gateway for ^ nos-ih'e thriist into the very heart of China. ^ Fierce Fighting RepOrtM Fierce fls^ting was reported in all.sectors of (he Honan front, ajid it was'penerallv a^fhitted hFre that the situation is growing sqri- ouR and that the Chine.se,. can nq loi.ger follow thejr usual strategy of trading snare for time without facing possible dire consequences." The Japanese were reported making rapid progress to clear the important north-south 1*61- nlng-Hankow railway ' and field disoatches said they had narrowed to 14 miles the'stretch of Une held hy the . Chine.se. A spearhe'ad Of the enemy column driving soiith- Waril (iown the railway frpm Chenghsien was reported ;o have captured Slping whilel another moving south was reported at Cbiinvatien. , ’’ Yesterday the .I'apanese nortpeijn column was reported at Yengchen. 83 miles south of Chenghsien. and the Chinese were believed Mi con- trol of the .railway for a distance of-40 or 50 miles below that point. Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’s M ffi*? Dutch Indies Crow] Hit by Heavy Bomb Loads X ySeek to Regain Recent- ] . ly Lost Forward Pp- j sitions; Rut Are^ SuF ferihjg Heavy llosses. _____ Southeast Asia Headquar- . iters, Kandy, Ceylon, May 8. Boeroe ami Kai Iglamifl'—(iP)—Japanese forces have* Attacked as Heavy Iffone over strongly to th e ^ - wr • 1 c r i I fensive on all Sectors of/the Weight of Explosivefl in porth- (Cofttaned on’ Fags Four) j ---- ------------------ __ Vacation Ends or Roosevelt (Continued .'on Page FouF) 24 \^reHurt >us iset R e tu i^ ’ to '^Q i*k»^Feel' -4ng; ,.Better After ''‘R^b I of Four Weeks. W’Sshlng^on, May 8—(/P)—Presl-:’ dent Roosevelt went back to wofk today, feeling a great deal betteit • foul* weeks’ rest ,on a Carolina plantation.'. He was in top condition for ndiatlwer ma) be in store on the millta[i^ political and domestic fronts. The president Invited congres- sional tsadsr^o the White House this mqmlAf ta review the legis- lative picture a s ^ shaped up dur- ing h|s, vacation ^ Hobcaw, the 23,066-acre estate'- Nrf his old friend, Bernard. M, ^qaruch. at Georgetown, S..^ C. Any number’ of aubjec' open for discussion—congrdvion- il investigations, for' exiinipl the gbvemmeht's seizure of Chicago plants of Uaefgwners^ Ward and compstny. Mr.- Rooee- v.elt had nothing to say about that at an tnfoi7nal/<pres8' conferience before he started north. Aware of Major Problrtno. In fact, he said, he was aware of no. major problems awaiting, his Three Injur^l Seriously After Vehi^YJ^ilh 27 Passenwers Hitg,i G ib. . • —— > Milton, Mass., May 8— IJF )— Twenty-four persons \vere injured early today when an Eastern Mas- sachusetts Street Railway bus containing 27 passengers struck a taxicab and overturned on Ran^ dolph avenue at the foot of Tucker hill. A ir available ambulances in the MiltonTDorchester area rushed to Jhe scene and the** injured were tqk^en to Milton '’and Forest Hills hospitals. Doctors said three per- sons were injured seriously. Milton police said the bus, bound for Aehmo,nt from Brdekton, had a number of British and American servicemen as passengers, as well as imveral women. X 11 Held at Hospitals Eleven persons were held at hos pi'tals for further treatment and the others were relessVd. Police identified ten of the injured as servicemen. Doctors said that Bengt Fergu son) of the Royal ..Navy, suffered a possible fractured neck and that one fingqr was a'ntputated. Among those treated and then relea.sed was Anthony PlllUowskl of Columbus, Ohio, a member of the Anrty Air Forces. ^ Police quoted the operator of le taxicab, TnoicliL~Bmord, 86, 34 ^road street, Brockton, as saying he saw the bus coining downstte bOl and pulled his . cab over sidg of the road. .Jftaw The 'mis' across the. iHghway and. snapped Is D^iiiiped on Tiinoi*. Advanced Allied Headquarters, w Guinea, May 8-^A*)—Allied airmen are driving heavier bomb T6HtlS''dee’per Into The Netherlands East Indies again, Gen. Douglas MacArthur disclosed today. For the first time since Ameri- can invasion forces started their lightning conquest of Hollandia. April 22. bombers brqught Boeroe,- ahd Kai islands, into their sigMs and dumped a heavy weight o_( ex- plosives .on Timor.. , . / Night-patrolling''' Navy ..'“black cats" (Catalinas) ppun^d .-bn a Japanese convoy of cjire destroyer and seven freightecs off Mangole Islahd, east of CeJObes, Friday and damaged a 5.000-ton meichant. man, today’s/ommunique report- ed. // Namle^town on Boeroe, • 125 miles southeast of Mangole, \^a^ bomhM the sAipe night. It was the flr^mention of a raid on Boeroe since April 11. , Liberators and British Beauforts showered more than 30 tops of bombs Saturday qn Koepang and its Penfoei airdrome at 'Timor, northwest of DanS-in,. Australia. The last Timor raid d,f consequence was a 23-ton ’ assault., announced April 18. Mitchells ca,nied a Friday at- tack to Kai, due south of the west- ern end of New Guinea, last men- tioned as getting a 21-ton dousing April 19. Liberators continued neutraliza- tion raids on the Schouten islands, up the New Guinea coast on the path to the Philippines from .Hol- landia. One Liberator was lost in a combat with 15 enemy fighters. Other planes loqsed 50 tons of bombs on. the by-passed Wewak- Hansa 'coast below Hqllandis and 52 tons on Tobera and Lakunal q'irstrips, at Rahaul, New Britain. 'On the ground, American pa- trols wolmed Ueir way 20 miles to the son.thesi|-'froin, captured Hollandia, fn^op'ptng up isolated Japanese. , village in the hills north- Palel nave Treflsury Balaii«e — '*■ '* . . Washingtim, May 8.— —The position of the Treasury May 5: Receipts, $124,666,748.83; ^e pendit ires, $333,900,983.16', net balance, $11,430,659,729.46. Oastern India seeking lo re- gain recently forward positions but are suffering disproportionately heavy losses. Allied commi^que said today; ASyvv* 28 rilles Allied batrols pushing fonl^-ard on the./Kohlma - road have ad- 28 miles north of Imphol, the communique from Admt- Lord Louis Mountbatten’s headquartein. Early in their inva- sion of the Indian border territory the Japanese blocked this road along 15 miles of its 60-mile lei^h. Two east of Palel 'have been taken by Allied -forces, the announcement continued. Palel lies about 19 miles aqulheast of Imphal. In the Buthedaung sector of the Arakan front at least 350 of the . eneniy Were killed in recent fighting, said the communique. < In the-Kohima area “heavy fight- ing” continues'; but there was no material change- in the situation, heaqukrters said, while south of Imphal AUied troops made art. at- tack which captured an enemy position with thr^e gbh«- Minot clasheit Involving hand- to-hand, fighting in which the enemy suffered severely" have oc- curred west of Bishenpiir on the jungle . track which leads to" .Sil-. char, terminus of a spur Jine (b-|,hc Bengal-Aasam railway, thb Allied communique reported. '' Lash at Allied PostiJons In a pre-monsoon burst of ac- tivity the Japanese have lashed out at Allied positions in the Kalapan- :^n and Kaladan valleys in western Buma and sharply attacked the de- fenses of Kbhima. northeastern In- dia, apparently with ^ttle success. A. headquarters c<^munique meanwhile announced-'^yesterday that Allied troops had withdrawn f(bm Buthedaung, on the upper Maya peitlhsula 65 miles northwest of Akysb port, after “ha-vlnig es- tablished ourselves on certoin fea- tures vital to the>'Security of this line,” The withdrawal was describ- ed as a part of a. “readjustment of pur positioui” in the area. ' - ' Buthedaung, 're-bccupled '1 by the British 14th Army last, March, after a prkvtotrs withdrawal a year Rushan Plants Hit Sevastopo 111 Hard ^aids Axis Broadcasts Powerful Forces As- ^ saiiltiiig Port in^ Ei- fort to-., Take City.: London, MaV 8 (A*) — Soviet bombers and flghter.s lashed at Sevastopol in intense week-end as- saults, Moscow announced today, and Axis broadcasts aas'eried that “extraorUihai'ily , pow^erfiil” /Red Army forces were asssulting l besieged Crimean port in an effort to overwheirn the German-Ropiaj>' ian garrison. The Russians, were silent /About land, operations at Sevai(tp^l.^but Moscow* customarily refrtins from preliminary announcements when tjje Red Army Imrhches major drives. The Gerjrian- high com- mand, hinting tllat the Russians had ck-ackco ^'xls Hnes,- .spoke of a, “fluctuatlnp'nattle’’ around the fpi't-ress-/-.' ... With Strong Forces T,od^'« German -Communique 881)7 the Soviets attacked wlJi) strong forces after heavy artillery lire and “succeeded In effecting a salient” in the southern sector of the Sevastopol battle-aipa. Attacks on the northern sector were lepulSr ed. it added, ' In Romania, the Gerpians said,' Naki troops captured a hill position east of the Siret river and the Red Army faile^ in a prolonged at- tempt to break through between the Prut and Moldayadrivers. A Soviet commupjqtt* said that Russian warplanes, swooping on Seva^tPpol from' dawn to dusk, in- flicted heavy los.ses on Ge^rtisn and Romanian troops, blew up ammuni- tion dumps, wrecked artillery bat- tleries and damaged several ships. Holding Out Sinra 5Iid-.\pril ’The Axis garrison, estimated at 25.000 men, 'has been holding -out in Seva.sto;'oi since mid-April un- der fire from -Soviet siege guns commanding the heights overibok- ing the city. The Soviet Black sea fleet and air .arm have reporlfd sinking stFres of escape ve'akels try’ing to reach Romania. •;/ * A German military"analyst.■'pom- mentiing or the reported land as- sault, said that- "evidently the’ Soviet high command is staking everything on annihilating the Sevastopol gahrisop with one smashing blow in o'rder to relCaAe the divisions engaged for other sectors of a summer offensive.” Comparatively few Russian troops would be-held down by con- tinued Altis resistance at Sevasto- pol. hbw’ever. since the 'Germans and Romanians are wedged into' an Fateful Hour About Week Blow ' ■/ . \ -■ ^ 000 American ei!s/^nd- Figlitera Attack Two Areas; Drojr" 2,Q00‘ Tons ol E3E^losiy.es bn German -apital; Maranders Choici Victory' for Sj^ Strike at ’i,g| ' Objectives, in Th- Military France. Washington, 8.—i/Pj—Grt;- nian strategy iflakcrs are ej^eew ed here to (See their most fateful hour of decision about a week— perhapp-a da^'of so either way— froni/'the time a full-scale - Aiticd Sion force hits western Eu- Their choice, as 'au^pritlos here seeHt, will be -that of gambling for real Hetory by committing all they have to an effort to throw lh<^ invaderB. into the_.»fca,. or_at-r tempting to stabilize surrounding lines for a stalemate. .Agtiial l.andlng.4.'hiinceB' Good Despite th'e difficulties of am- phibious. attack, the chances for accornplishinjt the actual landings and establishing the beachheads at reasonable cdst are considered good. . 'Fhe time of crisis, for the NAzis as well as for Gen. Dwight D. Eisejihowei's forces, is expected in aliout six or eight days-When the Germans have had tinie to as- 8.— (/P)- (Continued on Pago Fpur) (CenblniMd e* , tm Page Four) (CoBtUiiiod OB PaiBB Foorj (Coatlaaed a t Pag« fyur) British Vic^r Verifies Tale O f Jesus on Cross in Sky - Ipswich. England. May - i.—(^•'eign aa a. good omen . .. . 1 did —The Rev. Harold Godfrey Green. |not mysslf »ee the sign and for vicar of St. Nicholas ehurc)» and this I am sorry." , chaplain to British forces, said to- Lasted 15 Mlnutoo * day -he had verlflsd "quite defl-' Th«. vision wss said to have last ritely” (he story of hundreds of ed 15 minutes. Tt flhst took fortn Ipswich *■ residents who said they i in the shape of a large white saw a vision of Jesus on a cross cross, the chaplain was told, and in the sky during-an April 27 air.; then the form of Jeaiis appeared. “ His bead was bowed and His feet were cru.*»sed—all who saw 'fgiee ,on 'Ih'i^ details,’. ’ he said. "Whgn-;it disappeared it .did not drift away'like clouds but 'yan* iahed toatantly and entirely." Other elpuds in the sky we said to hav**xlrtfted by while the vision remained stationary. Seme who did liot see.. it aug- geeted t))e vision might have re- wilted from light on ice crysUW in the air. but, there was nb agree- ment on any. proffered explaiia- .ttons. V . / raid alert "There was scarcely any varia- tion—if any—in these, accounts,!’ he said after extensive . conversa- tions with residents in this east Anglian cbejn town. “Hundreds of nereons have said they euw the sl^ clearly." t ’ Nea.‘ly ^ townspeople crowd- ed SL Nicholes church—which seats only 500—for a ’.sermon on the vision yesterday,- when the vlear said;- “1 have satisfied my- self beyond doubt of t.he authen- itlcity of the vision. 1 regard .the (Continued on Page Eight) , ...... ' - -' Military Plans Given Support British Einjiire Premiers Approve Allied Global Slratejry in Parley's. Johnson Tops Rick’s Record Downing Foes Oklajibma Pilot Ties Mark ' S e t, in Sonth* west' Pacilic 'Thea- ter by Major Bong. A U; S. Fighter Bpse'm Eng- land, May 8. : (/P/—Capt. Roljdri 6. Johnson of Lawton, Ok^la., a Tlpin- der’oolt pilot, shot down two enemy pjanes over Gerpiany today to boost his total at 27-r-all bagged in the air—and become the first American ace in the European theater to break .Capt. Edward Rickenbacker's combat record of 26 aircraft kills in .tpe First World War. Johnsbn thlis lied the record set in the SouthV at Pacific theater by Maj. / Richard L Bong, 23, of Poplar. Wis. , .Johnson's two kills t^a^- still were unofficial, but there was lit- tle doubt they would be confirmed^ He-, is a member of the famous Thunderbolt unit commanded by Col. Hubert Zemke,- Missoula, Mont., which claimcd'a total of six Germans do.vncd today. Gentile Holds,, Present Kee-onl list the European t h a ter. Capt. Don Gentile of Paquq^, Ohio, 'hpw o,n' home leave, holds iHe piese'jR -f-ecord of enenniy planes destroyed', London, May —(fl*)—The prem- iers of tlie British empire plunged Into the second half of theic .con- ference program today after giv- Ifig appixival to Allied global strat- egy in a Tull week of discu.ssion ranging from impending,-invasion operations to plans for Pacific vic- tories when Germ^b.V is'defcated. Complete agreement on military problems was disclosed by Prime Minister John Curtin ,of Australia yesterday in a broadcast qddres's in which he said t)w ' conference had fully endorsed a “beat Hitler first” policy geared to plans for maintaining steady pressure in the-PaemfcV •'*' Designed to Exchange Ideas The talks — -designed to ex - change ideas rather than make de- cisions—appeared ' to have given the British government a keen In sight already into how the vast empire feels about the war. Wad- ing through war plans and foreign policy in evident hshiiony, -the leaders obviously have sceoroplish- ed much toward Prime Minister Churchill’s stated aim of putting the British empire in its collective aspect solidly on the map. The same agreement, however, may not* be fduiid in Jlie coming week’s talks on . inteitnatloiial problems in the economic * and transportation fields. Jh this phase the bold voice of Chnada is expected to be raised by Prime Minister W. t>. Mackenzie King, a zealous guard of the oldest do- minion's empire ties who. also is desirous of mstntaining the high- est degree of economic -coopera- London^ Maj- Nearly 2,000 U. S. bornbera and fighters blasted.Jhe.Ber- lin and Brunswick areas tfh ^ y , \yith a great fleef of mg Fortresses pouncing* for tli^Mcond straight day 01) Berlinx-th.e battered capital tliat' th^Germans now called "condemncdXto death.” Another armada com ped entirely of Lib- erators hammere<l Brunswick 125 miles west of Berlin. Almost Equal to Sunday Force The powerful fo i^ —almost fqnat'io that pounding Berlin by fialdlght Sunday— followed night as.*Aiulta from west and son^ up- on France, Germany.-and tile, Ro- manian capital of Bucharcat. , The Liberators and Fortresses tiMlay numbered close to 1,000, »-ith abbut as many escorting , Lightnings, Thunderbolts, and' Mustang,s.’ The Fortresses dropped perhaps 2,000 tons of explosives on Berlin today. ' . / Bu.liarest was hit last night for the, third . time in ,hours in operations mat king the seventh day-night coordinated operation from Pritain and the Mediter- ranean since Thursday night... against Germany, France and the Balkans. Six of those cohsecutlve Mediterranean blows fell on Ro- mania. __ ___ - - After the big fellows carried out what the Gei man communique. called "terror attacks” bn Biich-’ arest and Berlin, approximately 200 Nirth Air, Foret Marauders struck today at hUIitarj’objectives in oorthem Fran^and a railroad bridge oh the outskVts of Rouen. Germans .\ttae4* hi Wave* German wghtcra di-o-^ bitterly against the Liberators bombing Brunswick, returning crewman said, and some estimated that as many as 150 Nazi planes engaged in battle-at one time. The Germany attacked In waves fbr half an' hour. '. ' American fliers said it was the first Gei'fhan fighter defense in strength .since the Vpril 29 raid on Berlin. A heavj overcast , forced the Liberators to bomb" through the clbuds. P ’lak was described as light. , A t least three crewmen told of Sv:'. (Continued, on Page Eight) FtashesJ (Late Bulletin* 6Tthe OPl Wire! (Continued on Page Eight) Nazis Ldiiiicli Strong Drives ' .■ ; A’)»parentK MHkiiig Ef* fort la Crnsh Yiigo- fllav Partisan Arinv. ICoatlniitd. OB Paij^ 82ght> Ixmdon, May 8—(/Pi— GtXmab forega have launched strong drives throughout Yugaalavia In an ap- parent effort to crush the Yugo ■slav partisan army during the temporary lull op other Allied fronts, headquarters of Marshal Jo.slp .Broz (Tito)' snnounced to- <i»y- ’-"Our unite ar* putting up hero- ic resistance," declared the broad- cast' communique which said par- tisans had captured Klandano. )n eastern Bosni and were fighting in the streets of Berani in Mon- tenegro. « / - Mght .AgaiiiHl (.'betnikN Renewing e.ccu.saUons' that Gen. Diuja Mihurlovic, King Peter’s war minister, was directing an ac- tive campaign against the parti- sans, the bulletin said that “very violent fighting" was going on In Serbia h ^ n s t CheUiik forces! H ie communique declared that the partisans had seised u order' in which Mlhailqvlc Allegedly called . upon ’’all Chetnika - ..and Serbs to fight together W ith the i'iOermani Apd Bulgarian, invaders."( Given Jail Sentences Three Rivers, qiic.. .May 8.—' PL —.fudge.J. ,\. .Melayei today sen-. fenced .lean Jodoin and Ph)llp .Cutler, .American Federation of Labor organizers. tq.Six months In' jail on charges of havjng counsel- led war workers to strike, to re- ;'|kniain 00 strike and td urge lellow- WprUers to strike In connection with the strike'lastOt'tober at the Shaw'inlgan l*^ills plant of the Alu- minum Company of Canada, be-' fense counsel said would Ale an appeal. . / ’• * / Report Landings by Comnuuidns Bern, May 8.— i/Pi— .A dispatch from tlie Italian 'border to^La -Suisse of (jienevB today quoted Fascist .officers as saying that .Al- lied .Conpnan^is ;w s^ I'l),,'Corsica^ apd Sardinia bad landed on the' Ligurian coast o f v.pdrtliwesferrt Itatv in the last tew days tor a se- ries' of patrol octionll-preparatory to invasion. The unconfirmed re- port said some.of the troops were killed or captured but that otliers were' believed to hai'O returned tii their bases with Information on the German-built fortlflcatloBS. - Rehearing Requests Rejected Washington, May 8— (/PH-T-TIfe' Supreme court. rejected today two - roquest* for a reheariag of Its re- cent decision' that Negroes h%v|i tho right to vote la Texas Dento- rrattc primslry elections. Ordvor Sellers, attorney general of Texas.. and two Houston election Judges Involved In the case, filed separate, requests for a rehearing. The court made no comment In denying Ihe. peUtiunik Beds and Czecha Sigh Pact .. London, May 8—(A5—Hit Md Czecih governments have elga^, cd an agfiBement for the adadids- ’ UsUon of areas of CzecheaMvhkte U berated Iw the Be4 AnW . eei^ mualquee hmied slmnttoaMNMte (• Loadoa and MeeceNr sanennend t«> : day. The Red Army rmehed Czech btirder la the Catrpatl several a eclia a g ^

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    T u e s d a y , ,M;^Y 9.8 P. k > ‘ ," On “ Mexico Today and Tomorrow” ---.-,.

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    Dr. and Mrs. Howard Boyd o f 7P\ Porter street imnounce the engagement o ̂ tlj,eir daughter, M is f l^ t t ly I-'oyd. to. Lieutenant John Matiin Hyde, son of Mr. and Mrs. JohnNHunnlfbrd Hyde of 99 Pitkin ptri

    Miss “Boyd graduated from Manchester High sch(wl and Is now a Junior at SkidmorK col^^e..

    Lieutenant h ViI(W graduated from Manchester High school and left Wesleyan University In his junior year to enlist In the Army A ir force. He received his pilot wings at Blackland- Army Air Field, Waco. Texas.-March 12 and is now stationed at Bowman Field, Louisville, Ky. j

    The Gleaners Group of the'South Methodist W.S,C,S, will meet Monday evening at 7:45. ^

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    The Jewish drive for funds, which*-opened In Manchester yesterday, will continue for at lea.st ,two. weeks, tho.se in charge announced to lY,̂ m a y 8, 1944• V-,“ V ' s : ■*

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    BlastsIndustries Again

    lombers Pound City for Tliird Time in 24 Hours; Guided to Tar> :^ t by Fires Still i Burning After Daylight I Raid by Amencans.

    Allied Headquarters, N*-1 lea. May 8.-r-(/P)XA 11 i e d j eavy and medium bombers |

    , ounded Bucharest for the [bird time in 24 hburs last ’ight, guided to the ‘Rom^ ian .capital by fires _ still

    I unting from yesterday’s .merican daylight attack, •hlch ripped tracks apkrt and

    fpllntered locomotive shops Ip the ty ’s faflyards. x

    Strong n gh ter Opposition R. A. F. HallD^ces and Libera-

    i irs. c a r r ^ g into Its fourth ralght day thg terrlflc air offen-

    > * aimed at ^ p ln g out Roma- j Ian gommunlcatlohs and IndUs- I ’-lesi encountered vpjyr strong ghter opposition as thgy roared i-er Bucharest and, rained^, explo-^

    lives on Industrial targets;^ead- :;iartc.r8..sald. ,,. Buchafeat’s factories and ga-

    [Inery areas' had been blasted Sat: Ifdav night In a quick followup tm LI American daylight raid of five l^^maniam rail centers.

    Try^to sever Rail tine '-, , W hile 250 to 500 U. S. Fortress’-̂

    *1 and Liberators were smashi -the Bnchare.st rallya'rd.s, ojher

    savy bombers hit the Belgrade- iancevo bridge In, Yugoalg\*la In h effort to sever the o n ^ ra il line j^centlv onen on the /Orient ex jsens route.I! A ir battles nefl^Buchare.st yes- rday coat thC/Germans 20 flght- « , o f whlch/ne bojpher gunners

    d Lightning and Mus- ng fighter pilots nine. Nine Nazi rcraft/were deatroved In other feraJHona. bringing the dav’a bag

    while the Allies lost two Vy,/bombers and 12 i other

    anea In more, than 1.506 sorties. Lighter Allied plsnea hamnjpr-

    sbipplng, o f f . the Dalmatian >aat and German ..porta, dumpa, id communications in Italy. In a larp battle near Lake Bracciano orth o f Rome, eight R.A.F. Spit- i-ea shot down nine MR-109’s out

    formation o f 18. plane Qoallty Poorer

    .The Meditgi-rahean A ir Force immand declared, meanwhile, igt' the quality o f planes avail- >lg to the Germans for Aghting

    Allied raids on southern Eu- )pe hfhl deteriorated recently, it there w as ' “no disposition to iderrate the caliber o f GermaPlots.”/Summarizing April operations, le statement t

    ]s churches into the singular pro- had been in the hands of the

    ^mmlttees.Sunday School Drops

    |The report on church growth In le past ten years-was viewed with Insiderabie concern by at'least a V delegates.who pointed out that e.cxpansioD was only in pro{(or- t>n to.the increase in population, nile Sunday school membership

    the same period showed a loss [ S0(),000, Slid the number o f mln- |ers steadily decreasing.|One resolution adopted by the

    crence dalled upon President evelt to stop the manufacture

    id sale o f intoxicating liquors un- |r his war .emergency , powers, Jiother lesolutitm expressed dis- iproval o f ’ ’Sunday ..hikes under

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    Enough sŷ tes: ^To Nomiiî rtfe FDR Looming

    Indications Democrats In Next Few .Days Will Make Certain Necessary, Delegates Picked.

    • By J fck Bell Associated P re »» Staff WriterWith Derhocrats 'in six states

    selecting delegates, PrC^dent Roosevelt may. receive Enough publicly pledged and claimed convention votes before this week is out to clinch a fourth term nomination— if he wants it. ' ' '

    While practical politicians have had no doubt for some time that the president could have the nomination on the first ballot for' the asking, indications a re ‘ that his party members Will .piake certain in the next few days that the necessary 530 delegates are available. As of today. 415 of the 510 delegates who have been chosen are pledged or claimed for Mr. Roosevelt.

    Missouri Democrats, mepfing today, are‘'expected to name' delegates carrying 32 votes for the .president. Wyoming may add eight n\ore favorable to his candidacy, and Republicans In that state will e l e « nine convention representatives)

    Ohio voters w ill participate In preferential primaries tomorrow In

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    Chungking,,. May 8.— (iT*)— Misgivings ovtfr the military situation in northwesternHonan province grew- moiM̂ pronounced today as Chinese, field dispatches declared that .Japanese troops have ad- I'anced another three- and one-half miles toward I-oyangand now are onlv six miles south of the ancient citv. gateway for ^ nos-ih'e thriist into the very heart of China. ^

    Fierce Fighting RepOrtMFierce fls^ting was reported in

    all.sectors of (he Honan front, ajid it was'penerallv a^fhitted hFre that the situation is growing sqri- ouR and that the Chine.se,. can nq loi.ger follow thejr usual strategy of trading snare for time without facing possible dire consequences."

    The Japanese were reported making rapid progress to clear the important north-south 1*61- nlng-Hankow railway ' and field disoatches said they had narrowed to 14 miles the'stretch of Une held hy the . Chine.se. A spearhe'ad Of the enemy column driving soiith- Waril (iown the railway frpm Chenghsien was reported ;o have captured Slping whilel another moving south was reported at Cbiinvatien. , ’’

    Yesterday the .I'apanese nortpeijn column was reported at Yengchen. 83 miles south o f Chenghsien. and the Chinese were believed Mi control o f the .railway for a distance of-40 or 50 miles below that point.

    Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’s

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    ferihjg Heavy llosses.

    _____ Southeast Asia Headquar-. iters, Kandy, Ceylon, May 8.

    B oeroe am i K a i Ig lam ifl'— (iP)—Japanese forces have* A ttacked as H e a v y Iffone over strongly to th e ^ - wr • 1 • c r i • I fensive on all Sectors of/the W e igh t o f Explosivefl in porth-

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    Vacation Ends or Roosevelt

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    24\^reHurt>us iset

    R e t u i ^ ’ t o '^ Q i * k » ^ F e e l '

    -4ng; ,.Better After ''‘R^bI of Four Weeks.

    W’Sshlng^on, May 8—(/P)—Presl-:’ dent Roosevelt went back to wofk today, feeling a great deal betteit

    • foul* weeks’ rest ,on a Carolina plantation.'. He

    was in top condition for ndiatlwer ma) be in store on the millta[i^ political and domestic fronts.

    The president Invited congressional tsadsr^o the White House this mqmlAf ta review the legislative picture a s ^ shaped up during h|s, vacation ^ Hobcaw, the 23,066-acre estate'- Nrf his old friend, Bernard. M, ^qaruch. at Georgetown, S..̂ C.

    Any number’ of aubjec' open for discussion—congrdvion- i l investigations, for' exiinipl the gbvemmeht's seizure of Chicago plants o f Uaefgwners^ Ward and compstny. Mr.- Rooee- v.elt had nothing to say about that at an tnfoi7nal/. Mackenzie King, a zealous guard o f the oldest dominion's empire ties who. also is desirous o f mstntaining the highest degree of economic -coopera-

    London^ Maj-N ea r ly 2,000 U . S. bornbera and figh te rs b la s ted .J h e .B erlin and B runsw ick a reas tfh ^ y , \yith a g re a t f le e f o f m g F o rtresses pouncing* fo r t l i^ M c o n d s tra ig h t day 01) Berlinx-th .e ba ttered cap ita l t lia t ' th ^ G e rm a n s now called "condemncdXto death.” Another armada c o m p e d entirely o f Liberators hammere

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    .MofiWjcle :.\cci7oi'W('liuso of Kiting ton rpao. South yVindsor, and Wilbert X Qarri.soiy 11. of 3W Ashworth streriC /Marichester. were Injuieil and. takert to the Rocliville City ■ l^ p ita l. K-r*y* were' to be. takegf toilay to -dclct- mlne the ektent of their Injuries

    Kxeyutlve. I .mrdThete will be a meeting of th«'

    ' VV omen \oters thl.s evening In th> Snpertoi*^ Court room 1̂ . T:30 o'l 1

    of lii-s life. giiiMl him struggle ar

    yet how

    tilorv to God St r̂inon ) i ( *

    red paper Xioppics, much t l ^ tell

    Of uii.selfi;»h ^rviye, apd diity done |' I hand |Mi.ss JtHia M UcCarli, naugn-, - \ter of Mr. aqd Mrs. Peter D c C a r l i Tiny b r ig ^ f^ e is , made by ha

    of Kalrvicw . Aavoniic. Ellington,: ' . \

    Pa.slor Wanl Says Thai Th,cre Is Nothing Spectacular .\hoiit It.

    Corpb l̂U Joseph F.Ycilmali. sod of .Mr.;,and>'.Mra. Albert Klimek, ,df f 2 'W'effi^stre'at! has been aw;artjed the goocT' convict medal, istjow ifi 'the Eairopejm .Theatef, of IfiaU. S.. Arm y’Operations.

    The,Vlth it goes complete freedom fr̂ Wi™ embliu'rasa.Ing episodes caused hi’ unruly Slips.

    Others At $2.98

    HOSIERYfor. Mother

    All mothera love truly fine hosiery—just the kind we re noted for. Select your hosiery ■for» mother today.

    94c. and $1.04

    S»7 M A I3 I S T R E E T•"^Iw ays FInit T o Shflw The L a tes f*

    S H E R Ip A N B U IL D IN G

    CertifiedSEED

    POTATOESC H IP P E W A S

    $3a9t0 ,G R E E N M O U N T A IN S

    $ 4.00T e r lOO-PQund Skc^.

    Discount fo r 10 or more sacks. Best Jiiielity available. SalnL ̂ as we (ilant ou rse lves .'

    W e also have Garden Fertilizer. $2.50 |icr 100- pound bag;. '

    FRANK V.WILLIAMS

    PMONE.,799716.32 Tollaqd Turnpike

    Buckiand

    We have buyer$ for• Room Single

    $6,0d0.$6,50d• 10 Room'Flat

    Steam heat,• 12 Room Flat .x

    Steam heat .. \ X.• 6 Room Single

    $6^500.S7,500

    • -6 Rhoin SingleNot Over 5 yearr

    ̂ old, $8,SkH). /.Quick Salie!

    ARTHUR A.knofla:

    875 Main s tree t

    T E L . 5440 • 69.18

    religious education “ " < 1 Ltreet to pa v Ann I respects not only for the youth but for the company'sch«d«adults of the church. [tonight' has been cMled Off.

    As.siating the pMte r̂ in tlw •«- [shea was a charter member

    yicfin i (Brasil TO

    \

    . Westport, May 8.V-( '̂(—.A a«con| man diect today in $n aut accident which senUrOur to . thl Noi'walk hospital e^ ly Sundaj morning ■ wherl their car craahe into the rear of a park^ trallc truck on the post road.

    Unconscious since the srhgahul from a fractured Skull, Fra Miller. 52. of 820 East Broad Stratford, succumbed this Ttio> Ing.

    The flr^t victim was John Haveron o f New York City..

    Still in serious condition . W( Herman Grant of North . Taylo

    tourt| mw(

    At liberty under SI.500 bal pending\completion of an inveall gallon into the cause of the crasi wa.s John DSvia of Worceatef Mass.. Identified by police as drlvi[ of the trucl{ tj^e .with refresh- rounds/of sman arms ammunition | follow the ceremony.

    %1ANCHCSTIK

    N O W P L A Y IN G

    ROBERTTAYLOR

    SUSAN

    Plus; **Hi, Good Lookln*^*

    W E O l'TH U R 8 . - FRI. -'^SATj Goddard and MacMurrRy i i ‘S T A N D IN G ROOM Q N L ¥PLUS; 'AVEIRD ‘ WOMAN" |

    :inds: fr y 1every 60 minutes.

    ',To Honor W;onea Delegatea

    Hartford. May t.—($$)— With Clare BMthe Luce, congresswoman frdffi the fourth dis.trlct as

    The sum of $20 hss been turned lover to the Crippled Children Fund SI s result of the card party-Saturday evening .at the home of Miss Nellie. Navep of Center street.. Prized Winners. In', the ■" different

    chief Speaker, the women members games vvefe Mrs. Margaret Luett- at the Republican SUte„ Central gaitt. -M^. Helen OrUfin. Mra. co^imlttee , gnd th* Republican I Bertha' Keeney, Johrt Phelps and Woman’s dub of H srtf”

    Corp. .Warren Woofh of ]\Iancliesler,\̂ Condin'lN EasteP Music at Base.

    lakes8 .^ 4 ;

    1 0 5 fr o h ^ ^ i^ w E n g la n d

    Waahinrtstfi,' May 8-riT'i—"0 1^ War dewfumeat today rriade PU*^ Up aJ*M of 83$ Unified Statp^r^l- dlejM iriissing in 'actior/^ the

    ropgan and McdRermnean areas. '» . '

    The-Ilat Included l()h New Eng-: laridera, whose nan^ and next of kin Includa from*'Connecticut:

    European areg:Brzo8ka,.̂ Sp

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    Charity Costs Goiiig Down

    Will Be Lcm Than Esti* mated I f Preseiit Rate

    y^Con^ ^ e d . ^

    lC|Mri^^,co«ti In Maneheat«r for tM m^nfh oC^Apiu were $3,300.29 f« r T« p « n o n l\M d 6T « •« •« /*c- flordlnc to th a 'f tfn n a releaaed this m onU nf by Albwv^Bebreiul. aa- atatant charity aupfrintendent. Thia M taaa by SS&.4B th in the coat

    . ftor March when there 8«eaaea and M persona. Aa C o m pared with March of th i# '’ ̂Uiere waa' one leatf caae and more persona cared for than to the p a s t month and the . coat viraa |25,4» ,leaB. Bi April a year a fo there were TB cases and 09 persons given aid and the coat a t th a t time was »S,7M.70. If the same average holds true the cost of chbrity in M anchester will be less than was aetim ated a year ago.

    Japs to Send ' / Forteady to Order Y ei^ l ^Tp Vladivostok for Gohds for erisopersvB y T h e 'A s s w I a le d . I ^ e s s .

    The Tokyo radio a a id ^ ^ a y th a t the Japanese government has declared its readinerii tc ’/dispatch a veaael to V lad lvoatO k^ pick up supplies aen tv Tro"' UnitedS tates for the ' relief' of Alherican w ar. pr^iorera and civlliai# internees in Japanese hands.

    “A definite plan for th a t par- pose has l^en communicated to thbs tfn ited S tates through the Swiss m inister.” said a broadcast recorded by The- Associated Press.

    Supplies for American war prisoners have been reported piling up a t Vladivostok for monthh because of inability to arrange for trans- portati.on to Japanese ports.

    Answer Olvea on M istreatmentThe broadcast said the Japanese

    agreem ent to move th e s ' supplies Jgas disclosed in conjuneJU on^th the dispatch of Jap an > answer to tlh itsd S tatM charges concerning the m istreatm ent of American pmsosiers of war.

    “As the result of most careful and detailed inveatigations con- earning various charges made by the Unl^mi Statea government,” the broadcast declared, ”a lengthy reply se tting forth clearty how American nationals actually are

    ^teing treated by Japanese authoti- faes and pointing out mlnutejy' er- rw a and mUhmderstandingn bn the p a r t of the United S ta te s government, wa* h a n d ^ on Mby 3- to the Swiss m inister in,Tokyo, who rw - rsaenta th e -^ w te p tln g power^'bf American interests.

    ‘TTie Japanese government took occasion- to call the attention of the United S U tes government to unjUat treatm ent accorded to Jap anese nationals by American authorities, enum erating concrete cases -at reported by reliable authorities, and to demand rectification thereof.”

    EmNomiiiati

    Lobi /

    w h i^ they 'a re eicpectod, delegates Jayo iing

    24 Are Hiirt y;111 Bus Upset

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    off a telephone pole as i^overtiirn- M, police aSld. -

    Police added tha t while the bus w as bn its side, lights smashed, two automobiles crashed Jn to it. ̂% Doctors 'a t Forest IJiils hospi-' ta l said the two m ^ sertouslv Injured were Mrs. F ^le F 'inn. 44, of 175 Union s t r ^ t , Randolph, who suffered head-Viits and a possible j 'ra c ty re the skull and Mrs.-^yosephlne Beranger. 52, of 36 Ditson street. Dorchester, head injuries.

    Police , identified tH& operator of the bus as Frapcl^ W. McCarthy. 41, of .409 Warren street. Randolph, and .said that neither he nor the taxi driver were injured seriously.

    Following emergency treatm ertt Injured - sailors and Coast Guards-

    • men were transferred to the Chelsea Naval hospital and the Brit, tsh servicemen were taken t costume.

    Three soloists are on the fito- ,n s m : Joyce Jarvis, from the third, grgde, who will sing; Charles Nor- iii,^whb’'SvlIl play a trombone .solo; and ■\VilIlam Mitnale. who will perform ait, the piano. *

    The Glee club, under the direction of M liisThyllis B. W hittaker, is made, up o 7 \^ e following mem- bera; D pnald\B ouchtirdi' Joan C lark. Laura F1« il Marilyn Fox, Janet Gooding, Jeart-Cnawold. Edward Huddon. Barhify^ Harmon, M arguerite Hindrichs. Robert Hap- klns, - Beverly Keefe. .Ro^ibrt Kennedy, M argaret MeKi'nnVy, Donald Miijer. Ann Marie Mullen. WiiHfim Muhsie. Charles Norris. Roger Preston, Harlene Wallbeoff. ana B arbara ,Yurk.shot'..

    Parents and friends are C'ndi.ally invited.

    R o sco e-G erla ch MiiNi Beth Frances \ Gerlach,

    daughte'x of Mr. and Mrs. p^rank H. lerlach of 61 .We'Hj^ngton \Road:

    mai-ried Saturda'y afteVpoon to V^HUara McLean Rosepe,'soil of Mr, a n i l ' s . William M. ko.scoeVf 24 Laurel/Place. The c e r ^ o n \ \ WHS perfohm d a t 4:30, b 'clock\.in the" home of bride’s parents, by the Rev. Dr. ^ a t s o n Woodruff o: the Congregatibtml church in ACon, formerly of this town, *ho used the double ring seiVlce. Palmj and cut flowers decorati .lach_Jh.ome.-The bridal m u M c ^ as played on the piano by M iss^oan Todd. /

    The bride wa.s attended fiy cousin. Miss Mtldred H iw kins of Auburndale, Mass., a s /m a id of

    S r: Mta» Ethel Majs Innes of kiln. N. H., and Miss .Virginia, ny of thls towm brideatnaids, Russeil Johnson o ^ h i s toV’n was best man Ipr M r/Roacoe.

    Given te^m arr^ge by her father, the bride w^^e A grown a t old ivory faille and cmtetilly lace, with ' a .Mary of ScmlSnd veil caught with orange, b lM so m ^H er orldal bouquet w'a^composiM, of S tarlight Io.ae.j'with shoWer ofysweet peas.

    The .maid of honor \ a s gowned in dii/ty pink m arquiset^ . With bou^iet of blue and whiter-.sweet peas, while the bride.smaad^wore

    ^ntical gowns of two-tone ip a r

    JaiIn

    O p ^ Drives rilian Sector

    Hartford, May take steps now recreation Indui of Wjiich are while a t t h e ^ m e time W» p repa i^ Tor post-wite development,” Wfi- latd B. ^ g e r s , ehalrman of^the R e l a t i o n Committee otMhg S tate Post-W ar PlanningsBoar^- said in advajBce of tfie organisation meeting’"of the committee-. In H artford today. Dr. (Jharles Seymour, chair-

    ;man of the State, Board, will ek- / plain the overall aims and pur

    poses o f the Board a t today’a meet^ IhUi ' - ,

    Ekionomtc importance of the industry wds cited in atressing the .need tp 'carry’Mt through the present pdriod,"R ecrcatlon Was re- sppfislble for bringing $40,000,()00 in new money into the sta te each year, b

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    “ ui m^tar.ir n o iN M T a a

    Tha AaS^^i^S*****®** ^ Tha Aaaeautaa Praaa n aaoluawa-to aaU tlad^ tha aaa af rapohj ca- ttoa af all-^awa alapatchaa^^radltad to U ar^ o l otbarwiaa oraottao in

    had hara liahta ot dial diapatehaa

    iaraad.

    rapuBlIcatlon h a ra ln ,. a ra i

    Pull aarvlea ejtant of ^rvlea Inc. /

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    Pnbltahar JnUna_ ~ Naia Boatoo/

    R apraaan tatlaaa: Tha jw a Spaclal A-aancy— ChleaaoADatroTi , and

    HBktBBR AUDIT ̂ OI ÎtCULATipKS.

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    BUREAU OE

    PrintingTha Barald „aatamai no dnanctai raaponai-Oort

    I rtoirtipany

    b?lii£j’'"fof7yoot>aubicalBtirlnir in adv«rtl*»m»nf» \ln T** [anch«^t«r Ev#hin:a H^r^to \

    Monday, May 8

    The P resid en t’s R eturn

    btit It lUitt o y n t risht t ijuilga the ^ 1 k1 ^ rate . ofr\joftUon foryficw Thols s^uMb e/' It Uocsjv ̂ go/tiack to,/lraiiJ ahovela. but it ne8 were found in a timber

    mp in Ryeli street, Revno, tluat '32,,'iOO were in vegetable gardeiui and 500 on the territory of Rovno pri.'ion. ^

    The comnu.sslon. asserting that the executions were .still pnOthhr proof of s Nazi plan for the extermination and devaatatidn of Soviet territory, quoted a , witness

    saying tha^.som'e of the victims ^•ere forced tto dig their own graves am} then were shot with tommy guns, whue others were killed In seal, from . the S tate' Conference Rev. James F. f l^ llsh , b . P„ the superintendent; \ The principal address w-as by Br. Mary Cushman of the A m e r e n Board, who .was engaged in nfedlcal -mia- slonafy work In C en ta l Africa.

    Supper waa s e n ^ hy the hostess church, and / f t the evening meeting a combined choir of 125 voices under direction of Jesse Davis, sang Jiwo groups, of three anthems ea>

    OfUe'ers Arc ElectedAt IhV annual election of offi

    cers ano delegates held In the aft- erhooR. Rev. Ferris E. Reynolds of the JBecond Congregational church w-as elected moderator for the cpmiffg year; Rev. Read Chatter-

    ^dn of East Hartford, registrar; B. Fred Grant of Soiith Gtaatonbury, treasurer,' and A. J. Ensign of East Hartford, auditor.

    Rev. Philip Rose of the Buckingham Congregational church was'* appointed a member of the executive committee, also Chai-les T. Corbett of Glastonbury and Rev. RusseH McGowan of the Congregational church In Glastonbury. Mias Elsie Newcomb, director of religious education at the Second Congregational church, was *' reelected a member of the Religious Education comiRlttee of the Association, and Ralph Rockwell a methber of the Men's , Work committee. r '

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    ilv Successful Cou ‘ cii Held H ere /Q v

    iPubllWeek • E nd; Gathering on^^Saturd;Gde of the most su c c ^ fu l rJ

    the success of Our c ncerely yours,

    Thoraten A: Gust;

    of 1Edgar cnarke won the attend-j Henr ̂ance prize-donated .by Thomas F er -' Manchester, but for the, past 21 |'[P I,., •'C'rm JI

    ' years a resident of Hartford, died | w I l l ^ C r p n i l l b F « t l l in Hartford Saturday.- He Waa employed by the Atlantic Screw Company. Surviving are two sisters,Mrs. Carol Rudln and Mra. Margaret Pratt and a brother, Robert Tiffany, all .o f Hartford. His i^/ D ock et H eavy

    sltuation.S,.

    sjime' bii.slne.s.s leaders who have, V̂ *̂ **̂ *̂̂ ',age begun Friday in defiancea little broader. _m0re responsible

    and progressive view of the situation. If these can be as influential in policies as they have been vqCal in the past few months,'wx' may'escape 'breadlines In '49 after all.

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    (lo ll Workei^sR e iu n i to Jo

    Hartford, May 8 lyPi—Cdlt ;dday went back to their

    pding another work stop-of

    Vttctics

    iiViiW leadership at Ih c^ o p . Loc.ll officers of the'CIO union.

    the May term of federal dourt opening tomorrow- one of the heaviest criminal - dockets on record.

    There are K)0 cases, .50 of them criminal infonnationa being filed with the court-and the balance made up of /nvestigatioha to be secretly considered by the grand ui;y. Most/of the business of the

    dne'ning lum inal term atenjis from th^war/effort.

    Som y50 per cent of the tmal cohsism' 6f-GPA and, draft violations/ Butler said. There are 24 OPiC infdrmatinns and 18 cases of alleged violation of the SelectiveLoc.ll ................ -

    the, international Jieadquai ters | Act.Vindy the Regional War Labor i j êo V. Galthcy. New Britain,

    ' former assistant, to the- attorneyBoal-d in Bo.ston all exerted pressure', duriiit the week-end to get the workeiV back. ' ,

    Their retiWn today In full fpree followed a moniise of the Region- a' W.LB that it would i-csume deliberation Tuesday on the request for reconsideration of the wagescale if production were resumed.

    Atjendance \oday waa l.reported norifial at the big 4uh plant, w imre proiluction has been demor- affsed for several Weeks because of .sharp cuts in piece Work rates ordered under a wage award

    Im perialism Or ^ufTThe American oil frlclustry's op

    position to the pi^posed Arabian pipe 'IThe ia not ,/riailimous. Logically endiigh.y- those particular companies w,-ftich would be the gbveinmenf^partner in the venture are,“i,|i for it. The prcsidelTr made by a WLB arbitrator, of one-bf them told hla stockholders the other day that he hoped the project will be pushed through to an early conipletiob. Company I repayment for use of the line | would reimburse the govel-hmenl' for Its entire cost, he added. He

    Tgerieral of the Ijate ”Tor*vmany years, was sworn m today tfa assistant Federal prosecutor, follow- ng his appointment Ikst week by

    U. Sf' Attorney Biddle.

    General Francis

    j Bradley May Q uit Chairiiia^i's P ost

    providing qua- j delivery of oil, from the Arabian j fields to the Mcditerraiichn.

    year, and that, whether we liHb itor not. upon him there ! justified the project as the onlyresponsibiltjy of - leadership In providing quick and surethe most important test/ this nation has ever faced. The electionwill go on, not haUea by war o r , „ „ . , , C ,, T , I By contrast, aome of the Ameri,-Ipvasion or .anything els*. The w ar, •' . , ' /and tha lnvasion/(^ll go 'on. toa'1 companies whie,h are opposingnot halted b y > e election. Let's ; proposed Arabian pipeline a ^ ___ _______________________keep it straight. Wc^are p H v i - 1 * r w - e r e unavailable fpr a ''com-

    " ' i,nrt.,Mnai.r>n in ihoin onio,.ri-r.n= fnciit Ou unconflrmed report.s that,

    Hartford. May 8 —\(iT; — The . csignation' of J. Kenrleth Bradlfey ns Republican state j;h4irnian by a peiR-e agreement w-lth\ Governor Bgldw-in was reporleR V.’V capital s/lurces today as a prbbable outcome of the present disagreement 'between the two on partv policies. The Hartford Times said.

    Governor Baldwin and Mr. Brad-

    leged to voVe Mr. Roosevelt out' of i enterpr/sesvoffice'in November. It ia likewise other'Near East coimtries/The lour American V iv ile g e to honor that the ^ v e in -

    incnt they are paitner wilH ia theand reapect him as con'fniander- ,_in-chief as he continues to serve

    biit hla present term. No one but thX\enemy, has anything to gain froih'our falhti''S\tb maintain such respect.

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    Our Hand Shovel EconomicsJobs alone are -not an end In

    themaelves. "U tRat, were true, we should agree to tak*,the Stbaior' shovels off the liighwii^’k and replace them with' hand shovels.'-! . .

    Thus Paul Hoffman, president of Studebaker. and also head of the Natlpnal Committee for Eco- noml'c Development, an enlightened Induatry's attempt to Jaelp itself do Its own' poit-war planning, in Hartford the other night. Mr. Hoffman. -adUi Erie Johnston of tha Chamber of Commerce, and Henry Kaiser,, and Eugene Wil- Bon of United Aircraft, Is one of those hualneaamen statesmen who

    . isn't-trying to go back to .yeater- . day, and who recognizes, the future as one in which Just about

    - everybody will have io be willing to make tome changee.- We don't take the eteem ahov- •Is off the' highways 'and Mplace Omss w^ hand Mtovels—not actually. But we do the comparable thing, many times over. Labor

    ■V iM tit esi tha-aid tqr

    British government. Perh'aps, if they happened to be . the companies. involved in ,lhia'' Amcriedn goverrtm^t project, they would' see It differehtly,. ̂ _ ^

    However the various oil com- panieaSjnlay see 1}, the project is, as charged, essentially one of 'economic imperialism.

    We fire at least going through the motions of staking Out a claim to 9ohiethin£ ih a corner of the world~relativelv remote from our own .shores. We are greasing the way for thê pfojecl'“b'y financial and diplomatic large.sseTo the lo- ,cai princes involved, and ,w-e are establishing also th.e assumption that we would consider -it oiir military duty to protect thia ciaim against encroachment on the part of other nations.

    The chief point in this is that If America ia going to become an tmpfieriaUst nation we Americana want to know about It. "We might

    they have already agreedTon prjA ■ledure for restbratidn bf party '

    R eport on C rim e Called Distorted

    Hartford,'May 8 . Any responsible citizen interested in checking the report of the Governmental Research Institute on the Hartford police depa>tment is welcome to in.spect .the. department's records,: according to Chief Charles J. H allisseyy/

    The chief said tMay that the rê port prepared by./lhe Institute and released tb l o ^ n.c>v8papers last week was blaaed and distorted. It is his claini/that the crime, situation in Hartford la well under the confiol of hia department.

    T o T ell Ideiilitv

    Chicago, May 8.—(.4*) — Finger- Tn'd ' P'-int* taken-from- tne-bo'1(111*81̂ Al'fce Hall returned , to the East, Haven HigM’ acbool teaching Moj day, M ay's, after d-yacatlon week at'theli* Tolland home

    •Ira .Wilcox M efro# ■recent caller in town

    The Tolland . Federated c}»urch bu.

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    o ther R. A. K. S tandfo rd Tiick he now is. a p ii

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    A m ericsn pilot, w ith a to tal o< SO, of which seven were

    ^ A M troyed on the ground. * ^ o h n s o n . a stubby, blond yoi p ie r who asked for 26 additi Iw urs of com bat duty D ieting his regu lar ^oiir, a m i ^ a jo r

    T fong are the only A :in « r l^ s bel- H erln g B ickenbacker'k n»9r k s tr ic t ^ ly 'in a ir combat. y

    Bong, a U g h tn in jr^ ilo t, was the to break tiW record, al-

    liih both 6t>;VGregory Boying- ^ n , .O kanog,al(/ W ash., now mlss- iSg, and t £ ^ n r MaJ. Joe Fos ot

    ^Sioux K a ^ . b. D., who is not now /•fty

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    F ig lit^ ood s Fire mug Wliile s i.

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    hm Big Air Fleet 11il>i nidr Berlin ilurd Again; ^ ̂ yBlruhfewKtk Target

    Jito actiV ^Sylng duty, had equalled ' n jp m , each w eek S c h p d h a c k e r 's 26 in the ir oaieer.s -^ C l ^ l, i a Pacific area, r̂ jf io n g also; has nine probable.s.

    ch w ent Jow’h sm oking but _ ^ e re not seen to era.sh ajid thus i^liave not been tallied as pl.anes dc- H ltroyed** Kills U ieatlon .Not tilvcn^

    Jonnson, whi- is , 24-yeaia^ o had b r 'u g h t his .score tp -25 by

    ’ fild -A pril. Including six planea ^'downed over Berlin. The lo ra tio^ r

    Tlie M aikhester fire departm en t w as busy. 'Y esterday aftnimoon flg liting a \TOfida fire thaC'^'vaa burning nlonjf,'i'vWtc sti-eet. . TOc fire liad.m ade gboiv headw ay when the fiieiri'gn w ere cajled- an^ as there a re u^sod.'i on. both sloes of the .street i t (bgnt them busv befoi-e the.v brought itS n ider control. The file. It appealed, vv^ .set bv bo.y.s.■ '.TliV rea.snn the M anohe.ster fire dep.sitm ent has had .sd \few 'gra.s.s lives' Mtis -year was. the ^action taken by m cm heis to spend a fbw

    burning \ o v e r land ttint had been ,lhe acen>\or g rass fire.s in the past '■ By follow^ ■ing thi.s plan m any rails.

    they w ere savcif

    Clirrlf to 1 Irar

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    seeing G erm an figh ters r.arri o r colliilcd\yith»A m erican bom bers in ll)c Brunsw ick fight. ̂•

    ."There wer^ figh ters and bom'b- craM'olllding all over the sk y ," aald Lieut'., L. Hoii.ston, __ 420 Is^xih avenue. .HcleaaV .\tonT' "Xfy alnn .ftew through the wrec'kage of k couple ofj them.

    ."O ne Kocke-W ulf cam e in so c lo se /tv i>* th a t I figured he w as ou t -pf control and going to ram . ns. I nosed down and he (lid too. Thi'b he n.sed up a t the .same lim e as I did. f don 't know how nii.s.sed each o th e r”

    One erbw m an said s M esser-schm itt. its tail shot off. w entdown out of control "then nosed up " liiUim; a bornber head-on. .

    •Jtih Ihi.sXnf Ih j Offensive yTo'da.V'S d w lig h t, operations

    pr'(vis*Hk the f t^ ie n d o iis pre-inva- jSinn- iiir offensive in to ''.I ts 2 tth .rnii.seehfiye day and rapped hour peNpd in w liith - prob)»fjl.v

    . I I 'I.OOtl 'plaiieY • thl(rtj>eilngL c r l i i r t * o n l l o l l S i from bases in B r i ta n a n ^ I t a ly .

    -tlie .Mrinste'b^p.snabni wesle'iWi'. (lerimui.v.” / ' ' ” x

    The as|»ault e n j^ e ig h l bontlii b ami five fighters, hu s trik in g emf- tra s t t ( / \ h e loss p f'" '^ hegVy Jiu!\‘- chincann t ^ ' l ^ t ' A m g ^ a m '' ra id on Bgriln eighA days pMtdPhsly.. X t a lm oaf' the sam e^fn tie ' p ^

    ^ p s l;non' Americjjfi (11,srysmm/d) i ie iy y »v,bomt)ers' nncl^-' ft^iiuers .s Ian V it 1 < a ppro XI n i a t PI vtons of objiihs ; o n . the ofain yards at B brhareS t am f a bridge whleti \vas thAonil-y re>naining open route Od the nl/ro)»pe(lAll il.iy^ I 'jw Subday. modiii,

    bomber.", /fig lite i-b iib iheis yftid 'tlg liters roafed out ofiX B ritain . .strikingdiU o,G erm any. Krahce anfi BiHsUim and it w as estiinatJbl tha t all she .MLU'd o p r i a t t i ^ .pla>ded. 6,u n iso n s o^im uibs ii)r K.uri'jie d ing (layli

    -Tlie k A. F pf^eecded the Siin- pirinnllch.t nfids

    Including six-downed over Berlin. The loratio • o f fits kills today was not disclosed

    'X ^ in e d ia te ly . ' .-.'sHe 1.S legarded as a cool/deadly

    and is confident but p b t cocky ^ S w u t his flying ability. He once w m ark ed th a t a f lg h ^ i pilot nced-

    ' ad "good eyes amf'^a good neck to iu rviver. "If yPii haven 't those

    —Y'B?'

    fa r t'tie lai'gest num ber o f / w ar prisoners held by the Uniled^StaJcs are fighters from Nazi fJCrmany.

    The W ar d epartm en t disclosed today it has interned. 183,618 captives,yo f which 133,135 a re G ermans, ,')0,136 are Itp jians and 347 are Japanese, They now are im- pvi.soned in cam ps located th roughout the U nited S ta te s . , /

    The W ar departm en t .said i^/had found the prisoners ' v a liiab ^ in alleviating the 'labor Shortage in S(in\e areas. Tlie Army lydded tha t it w as carry ing on an educational p rogram designed tP '"d e -N az ify " the prl.soners by g /v ing them a chance to .see for thcm.selves the advan tages elf dcriiocraey.

    rained som etning like IftqiOO tons of explu.s’tve.s ^nn in.stalWilon.s w ith whii h H itler h o p e d 'c o m b a t the Allie." w estern linqesion iin.d stem (he, Russian fiviyf in to Yhe Bal- kaiiX

    ThX m ain/filow ’ of \e s tc rd a y > g rea t d a y h ^ l raiiis, perhajis the heav iest/fw -o-w av~ assau lt thu.sfar. w yv a te rn fle AmeriCHn raid on Riviin.

    Krijneh T a rg e ts Hit” ^’The R. A. F.'.s home ha.sed'higlit fleet last n igh t hit Rennes a ir field north of N an tes and k th cr ta rg e ts in N antes, Tours, .Salhri.s, 35 mile.s south of Orleans, and m ilitary iii.stallHtinn.s on the N ormandy Crvafft. as well a.s the gi-eat Nazi cficfnival-center, Leverkusen. Just north of , Cologne. Niiie planek werfi lost In the R. A. F. night omfrations. which incUrded tHe soWing of mines in enemy wateDv'

    I^ iic s .X in B rittan y about 40 miles Iniartd from the channel eoast, is an im portan t ra il cen te r th rough which .supplie." are routed for .siihm arin''s and ves.sels in F rench A tlan tic ports. Blow.s a t an am hiiinltitlh (liilivp thbfe and ti l Salbris la s t n ig h t w ere in line w ith the new i»rtnipaicn b eg u n ‘recently in an (ibvioiis *;^oi’t to destroy a.s much of G erm any 's anti-invasion fireptiwer ns possibli' before the A ^ ^ l invasion forces sweep ji^ainst the continent.

    S trik e a t S outh-('«astIn w eak re tu rn , G erm an,,ra id -

    er.s s tru ck las t n igh t a t the south coast of Kngland. but .the British said they caused no dam age or ca.siiHltiesN

    A fleet "oK '2.000 Bi itish-hused .\m eiiean [iliihcs, com piising P ly ing Fprtie.sses, L ibera tors and th e ir ligh ter pseorts. .struck the main- 'Sabbath ;blow a t Berlin and

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    'b,\*sonie 600 pi.snes otiiiblv 2.350 tons

    da.v blow Satiii-dav which die of explo.s; at .Milldunins in occiiigetX ia I.i|d'ViC"l(j/0'niajiy. T.tfe

    lam'." ,< lollds ld \

    C louds gave (i .Ameiican 1,'aylig a tta ck on Bei said the G cim an coii'ntered refri.se veeirdO fr. T uo wi're .shot dovi n.'■-.Since the daylight a t t iu k s

    Johnson

    F \ \ Jcilv*srin, \vho h a s been i^iitnu^ o f \ h e O C le f C lub

    i^ s in c e Its 111 B an izaliD n , w ill Siii|)anv Itir cliorii.s. and aoloi.st.s :h(' sixteiX ii h' anniiaT con cert o f

    clul) to iu o ico w even in g in aiu ie l, L u th e ra n \rjuirclv.: '

    .s.s .lohnson w aiv\form e)'ty ((«■- lanist for the B e^h o v en Glee I, and has alway.s liCcn pioini-

    mult in imisicaj ac tiv ities of her \ai church. K ipanuel L utheran .

    Ill arlditib'h to her miiHic .she has W i b e i s have dropped Il.OOO to /s I m i i u b e r of years .served â-S of bombs on the cap ita l,. T h ^ e I v-m trollcr o the M em ona hospital hkvc been a to tal of e igh t / l a v - | f*'*' ,',’r em ployed forlight a tta c k s on ihe city , w h id h 'J '" ' ' '’ V'-a'-S- I ts B oard of,cost 20f heavy bo;nber.s a s ag a in s t

    n pla

    onBel lin '.stai U'd .March 4, A tuericar

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    406 G erm an plafics, destroyed, ' T h e -K . A. K. has .a ttack ed Ber*.

    tin 16 tim es since It began it-s llbftvy asSHulbC pn Nov. 8. 1943,dropping an estiritated 30.240 ton.s of expljYiye and Incendiary bombs;. •StoekPtilm rtl.spati hes isaid 1.000 ■ persons wWe killed in yeste rd ay 's , A m erican raid on Berlin. A, 'hs- i pa tch by the Scandinavian Te'fe- | g raph bureau said ta rg e ts 'in B erlin "are g e ttin g scarcer and scare- | cr" and B erliners less and less im-_ pre.sked by the raids. B erliners arc siiying th e ir city has born "condemned to death ,” the Bcrliji correspondent of the Stockhcilm Mop-, gon Tidningen reported. ^

    h ifih t CoasUtI ForcMs Battle \ a s i C on voy

    London^ May . 8.- . j V L ight coastal forces m anned/by French cVeW.s battled a -stw tag-e.scorted G erm an convoy ivr the . English ch in iie l early toihiy and probsrbTW sank a supply ^ i p and traw ler, the adm ira lty announced.

    The Allied/shijif^ dftmaged o ther enemy boats in if/h c close-range battle , tb^ comm unique said, and re tu rned t'o harbor w ith only superficial dam age.

    T ry cornm eal mixed w ith njeat

    Mprrilt Parkway C mission Oiairnia^i-HlA Given Opi^ii6nt he bu ilt along thV parkvvay. vntlKu'it a spe- clal a f ^ o p r ia t io n by" the Lcgisla- tiil'i’, / b e opinion s ta te s . . Judge P a l ^ t i p u ts these ro s tiiu ran ts in Oyif sam e ca teg o ry as the ednCa-

    oiial and scientific building which the 1943 L egislatiice au thorized to house Mr. M elton's qwn large collection ; of old autos. To build

    Ainci'.. aijdJfi'Uid hilt - avlotil v'rI'iiaJ.K)^' a ffo rd ■ a ,cfiaiice IhOroUfffi exchange of vlevl-i)̂ ,

    rto expeettrtion th a t li, c i^ e rb n e e will go beyond

    .- ! - V XC on tra ry to •xpec ta tionh /fae ld

    prio r to th e 'm e e tin g s ;, such qiies-^ lions as im ih ig ra tion i comm on defense policy, and w elfare 'o f coIo, iai peoples a re no t likely to ceive ih o rc .th a ji pa.ssing attenTion.

    Foreign---.- S ec re ta ry A jnhony Eden jm ned the conferg ts la s t week a f te r com pletingy/ila talk* vt'ith—If . S. .U ndersb^retary of S ta te hMward, R. Stlettiniiis, J r„ and id believedMlWny the A m erican v iew po in t (T ^m im eroiis p ^ t -

    (iblem.s qitfs g iven-the p n m e,*i

    r IT"■minjd^ers.

    Pit Seylistc|III Hnrcl Ruicls

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    \ ___ .i.'a r e ^ w ith a cirptilar front of only a b o u t2 r )m ile s ./ , .

    The Soviet conimbplqric told ;Of only m inor land ac tiv ity Sunday. G erm an a llom p lfi.to tah e a he igh t w est of Iasi w ere rep iiised .,it said, and 20ft G erm ans w ere slain south of T iraspoli on the w est bank of the low er Pne.str river.

    Miss

    (SiH TriejR^s' 'Gather att The Emanuel to Say Far̂ ipny

    B ergk«»> 'Of y i d k a r Iw eihpldyed in tJi*

    Ijlospilal .Noles

    ^tyfas H elen B ergg s tfe e t, fo rm erlw ert,,'tiff ice of Town TOgasuref G e o rg e ' H .'W a d d e U /w h o is leaving tow n .shortly tV seryO aa s e c re ta ry ■, to 'Rev. TV'A. ^ i s ta f s o n a t th e M in- n e a p ^ s hoA dquarters of th e Au-X g u ^ n a ^y h o d , w as thp honor ^ e s t a t a farew ell p a r ty S a tu rd ay

    /afternoon a t ' ' E m anuel L u theran church. The p a rty w as given by the B irthday Club of w hich Miss B erggrcn is a m em ber, and am ong ttie g u ests w ere fo rm er associatea a t the M unicipal building a n d / friends from E m anuel L u thera hu rch .

    Jis.s B erggrcn received aycqx- s a ^ in the m orn ing a t hci/hO m t, w itivvan accom panying Uivitatton to thX m iirty a t church in th e a f ternoon. \The v estry w a s a rtis tic a lly ’ decora t e ^ f o r the o c ^ s lo n , a n ^ th * guests. nuNdoctingV"")'® th an 126 vvei c served Nsandwicites,, cupcakes, te a o r coffee a d m a i l ta'bles.

    Rev. Giistlifsbin in behalf of the gathering , W d iib a f itt in g speech, p resen ted ̂M iss l ^ g g r e r i w ith a sum of mfiMcy and a ^ u m b e r of,personal gift.". The la t te r expressed thgiiks to her friends fo r thei'r k in ^ e s s , . and good \w l which pwmiplcd such a pleasant'vfarewell -"^rty for her.

    Ti'ifstces, re.eqgnizing he'r lm p (^ tun l Work, appointed her to ^ a tp.o.oition a y e iir ago. ‘ X ' .{ th ese re s ta u ra n ts , w ith h ighw ay

    M iss ' H elen B e r g g r e n / w-cll i funds or w ith funds app rop ria ted kfiovvji loedi con tra lto . whty,ia leav- I fo r o th e r purposes vvoitld con.stitutc in g 'sho rtly fo r Minncapi/i."'. Will be n " d iv is io n of funds in 'gon traven

    fK*rO\V tinn Ar v\iit* atofiit/t«i ** \Xco-

    S a tim lnv : Alice Mo^ ckviUe. R.'FVb. N o .T ;

    1 Mai I. i r A

    tfie fea tu red ,soloi."t tomfV; n igh t's ■ conceit. Mbm .lime I l i a n s , ."oprnno, v,viU/siiig incidental ” ."olo.'i in soiiK' of t / c eomposiUoiift, J-J

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    N ConferencesW ishm gton . May 8—/P. ■ S ta te

    d ra f t d irec to rs ga th e red h^re lodfiy for th ree days of in tensive closed i'on trade . C anada being anxious

    riltlirrv PlansGiven Sii|)porl

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    lion w ith the U nited S ta tes .H.'lil O ifferenf Opinions

    C anada and A ustra lia are believed to hold d ifferen t opinions

    coaUerenees during w nich they will TcpV)” r'p 'ibg'ress ill the cu rren t drive to get men under 26 into uniform .

    Headquarter*!, officials Said the .meeting ia.^nnt for policy deter- imiiation. ,

    'The ."talc d ir6ctoi^ will report the reaction of l.qc%d d ra ft boards to recent orders from VVa.s'hingtbn, exchange ideas, and di.scu.ss goner, lilv th e ir problem s

    D raft D irector LewLs B. H ershey will explain the b ack g ro u n d 'o f recent changes in regulations.

    To, m easure a fractiomU p a r t of a cup o f ' sho rten ing , fill /th e - 'cu p w ith w ater.' pour off w a te r equal

    p a tties it m akes more m eat fi\it-1 to shorten ing required, and add ties and rr.akcs the m ost ot the ."hortening until w a te r rises to the m eat I ■ ' 1 cup rim.

    to see a genera l post-w ar Iftwering off tariff." in. a w o r ld tra d e -a g re e m ent. ''A u s tra lia , on the o ther hand, th rough Prim e M inister Cur* din. a lready has voiced insistence fo r protection of in d u s trie s es.sen- tia l to' A u stra lia wliilc subscrib ing in general to tfic free trad e p rin ciple.". em bodied in th e A tlan tir c h a r te r w h i c h Churchill di.sclosed w ere endorsed w ithou t prejudice to em pire preference ag reem ents.

    The conference is likely to d iscuss po.st-w ar shipping, w hich has been causing spme B ritish concern, as well .as civil av iation and internafionali cu rrency agree-* m ents. «

    Chance to Trade A'lewsR ecent B ritish-A m erican ta lk s

    on b o th th e la t te r sub jec ts and

    • A dm itted Donald. Rov Mrs. S a rah W alkeb, s tre e t; M iss Abbie O berg, 12''Areh s tre e t:\M rs . M ary H. Bclkqap, 131 Bissei) s t r e e t ; H enry Liit’C, 4 t P earl s tree t.

    A d ..lilted .SiiUilav: v ' ^ r e t t a H oule” 36 Ja rv is road. ■ ,

    .Admitted today: Edm und B W ashington and the Philadel

    phia A thletics also divided a bargain bill. The Senators Won the opener, 2 to 1, on George M yatt's ilOth inning single. The A’s grabbed the afterpiece, 7 to 8. -----

    The scheduled doubleheadere between the Boeton Red Sox aiid the New York Yankeee-and the-P hiladelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn D odftre were poetponed because of rain.

    by splitting ieveland. Jack

    JAMESMELtON

    TONIGHTAT9

    WTIC WEAF

    Hamden—Returning td- the Elm Ity afte r watching' hi* sim a

    m ater, T rin l^ , vainly try tri solve Yale's a 'p ia l a ttack , colleague George Mackle grabbed the near* eat telephone -to inform the Ells' pubhmty purveyor. Charlie Loftus,

    t Trii.ity worked hard to give Bulldogs, the game, but Yale

    declined, until th'e ninth when the H artford Collegians Anally proved the more stubborn. In paying 6g a alight wager on the outcome, Mackie wi'Ote Loftus. "This Is on account—of Trinity ma-de eight errors."

    irwlc gam lemy

    Billiard Academy was Md o^ the s ig h t wii

    An front, 84 to 1. was

    Sports RoundupBy Hugh FaUertM , j / .

    N tw York, May A—(^-T-SurpHs li.g as it m ay seem, sp o rti m ay gat

    ■’lif t” from return ing asrvic* meii even before''the w ar ends.A num ber of them are helping to keep pro hffscball going, of coarse.

    . . . Now h ea r th a t one of the best prospects seen a t Ok)|thoma’a spring football practice wSa Johnny A iutin, a Navy ■- V -IT trainee who saw action .all over itbe Solomon*. . . . And Jewell Eastman,' S ' «ier base ball player, wears campaign , ribbons all over his cheat but w on't ta lk about _them . He tu rn s back all queationa "with “Let m* g e t back into my atrida.”Pfo, Norm Scott, who was w ith the M arine a ir wing on Guadalcanal. hs« pitehed.-s couple of- fine gam es for Yhe Cherry Point Marina a ll atatlon team thodgh he hasn’t -fully recovered from m alaria ,

    Today's Gceat S tar 'Bergt. Rubs W o m an , Camp A t

    terbury (R id .)c a m p crier: 'T h e Cub. S lid W hite Spx show none of the 'Chicago F ire’ they were aup- jMasd to have a t the seaaon’a a tart. . . . 'PUlowa and Snore ’'b ird s ' should go wall as conoessiMis in th* windy city Instead of (pUlowa and acor* c a rd s ) . '

    Germany’s 1989 production of oil was esUmsted by U. 8. experts

    :d ohe-baif mil'XTHETEtEFHONEHOUi^ E A T A I T I t T IC R IE S I a t -nearly four . ani

    X k' • barxela.

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    hia place '4 f business 'with the Frank C- Btusch Trophy, something th a t he would like nothing better. Paganl's have already won- two lega, the team th a t wins three years,, retains p eqpan rn t posaes- sioju. Nick Angelo was again named mana'gcr.

    Line-Cp Is Kept Secret The s ta rting llne-up, , s t i l l . re

    mains a secret, neither Hodlundor Pagaigl Would le t a whisper OUtl.as, to who will w ear the W est Sid* uniforms this year.

    Paganl's only comment w as "W ait until the league opens."

    A practice session la slated for tonight a t the W est Side diamond. ̂ This will the final session be- fMo the season opener. ^^A game scheduled with Owen's

    Ail-Stars, of B ast H artford, has been cancelled. , ' '

    Kfitz Leaves LatheTo Hurl for Reds

    Machine \Expcrt, Boh Kate, 33 , ..Quits Work to Bolster Mĉ

    "Kechnie’s Staff. */ By Sam D arts

    / n EA SUI* C orreepondent New York—M aster of a cutting

    tool known as tfie broach— an instrum ent jiw hlch' piaket eccentric cuts—Boh K ate is hopeful th a t he

    rlew f liv e n —'When a New H aven Register nislntenance, raan uncovered-a rolling pin in a n ^ s b y vacant Iqt. i t ^ v e Coach Bill Hpaly of ' the newspaper’s girls softball team ai, idea. A t the firs t practice TTiursday, he told the girls th a t tlje one who threw, the household Implement, sometimes employed as a weapon, the greatr e*t, distance, would be the team ’s pitcher. A m arried woman woft> naturally. -

    ch—The reason the base- ,m* between Norwich Free-

    'ademy*a W ildcats and Adm iral Hard Academy was called a t the

    ith Norwich as th a t Coach

    Arnold Redgrave of the victors became worried th a t If he left his charges unleashed any longer their sp ikes would dig foxholes a lo n ^ the baaepatha.

    New H a im —R em inlactag .' on bis 77tb birthday, H ubert it< 8edg- wlck, dean of OonnacUeu.t gporta writam . modestly toM of Writing a Yale-Harvard boat raee .a to ry for a fallen com rade'ona year and of the .scribe receiving a wire the next day from hia b o u adm iring the speed with which he had picked up naiitical lore. Sedg didn't tell, however, about another . d§)y on tbe T ham es In which, one of th* lads was rendered hors de com bat and of bow, unknown to each other, several wall-meaning paia filed s to rle i to h ll paper in bia nshie, to. cuver up th a t guy was fired. ^

    W aterbuiy—Kan A lyta, W ate r bury Republican ‘ sport* writer, picked the K entucky Derby finish, one, two, th ree and tour la s t year to win a national prediction prise: Here-waa bis 1944 prognoatlcation: Panaiva, S tir Up, Sky Tracer. Did ligh tn ing atrike tw ice?

    ___ _____________ pefcan broach the difficuUlea involved in winning a m ajor league job and make batsm en * - ir — teke eccentric cuts. '

    Katz Is no kitten. He Jo a typical crult 'of baseball’s third w artim e season, adknowle. d 8 ■- ing 83 b irth days and . a^ many disap- polntmanta. Ha Is notable principally b e c a u s e /B in B|(,Keoluilehe diacardad Atoolm aking Job In Dayton. O.. which netted him »102 a week. 1» ■eek tbe /m o re imcetaln, but doubtleM / th e more Interesting, e m p lo j^ n t aa "A pitcher on the cnrrclnimtl staff.

    s ta r t Clyde Kate, youngest ,of 15 /hU dren, waa bom In Lancaa- tef, hea rt of . th* Pennsylvania Amlta.„ country, Jan . 80. 1911.^ Um Biâ M 91*4 4t« tKftt

    uatod to Little Rotk. He won 10 and lost tS, not bad when yoq/ consider th a t the Pebbles fiiilBhed seventh.

    Kate was sold to L o u lsy tl^ but for reasons of his own refu.sed “'to report. He, returned to ' Dayton, started learning' the yto” >"'6king trade,, got married. In 'th e autum n ot 1040 ha helped out Canton with a few niountl chores, bu t'ou tside ot th a t he has been baseballlcfclly inactive until now, .

    Katz la o f.m ottled ancestry — German, RCbtch. Irish.

    Unlike most players, he doesh(t care tcr/bunt or fl.sh, would ra the r BptnA/on evening w atahln^ fancy ice-ghating. Sonja Henie is tops

    Hta, whom M anager Bill Mc- echnle likes, was recommended

    ly Si Biirlck, sports \vritei> for the Day to* News.

    Hie debut a t the Bloomington camp was something in / th e , natu re of a K atztastrophe;/rhe feeds jumped- oh his offfrlnM in an intra-squad gam*. /

    K ate kept chuck^g ,. however, won his Job when he whitewashed th e Cleveland Indiana for three innings in an exhibition In Day- ton, where he delighted a hometown throng.

    The atory of Bob K ata is th a t he quit a good Job to play ball.

    Moat ball players revereed the process.

    _____ h o lrf^■or Is qIacteA

    Ru'e 8. Each., du ly . club shall poet a bond of (8l0). dollars. Th* money to be deported in the Saving* Bank of Mhncheater by the league treasu rer and 'ehall be returned to the clubs a t th e end of the season, provided no ffnea or assessm ents have levied during the ebason. v

    Rule 4. The first named cliib on the schedule shall be destgpated as the home club. Any change in the schedule aa aiLopted ^ the league m ust be/Wlth th e /'m u tu a l consent Of bqih m anagers and have ..the ofi^lal aanction of the league p»(aident. Unless such a g r e e m e ^ has been made the gam* be played as scheduled. /T h e re shall be no appeal from /(hie ruling, \

    .ule 5.' SNery acheduled game II a ta r t prom ptly a t 6:15 a.w.t,

    e ither club la not ready to s ta r t on tim e a fine of ($5) dollars shall be Im posed-and If not ready to play a t 6:25 the umpire 'in chief shall declare the game forfeited, and shall notify the league presl dent within 48 houra In w riting.

    Rulb 6. If a scheduled game shall be postponed on acratm t of inclement w eather o r for any val id reason on Monday or Wednesday th is game shall be played,ph 'Ihursriay of the aanie week. ,Jf postponed On-'Friday It shall be ilayed the Thursriay following. iVhen there a-re' two gam es or

    more they shall be played in ord^r of po.",ponements, This rule shatt. be rigidly enforced by the league

    jiresid.ent,, and thew shall be no appeal. 'The. provisiona of hile shall govern all postponed games iinleaS said gantes are played on a' Saturday or- Sunday. All sch/d uled games shiUl be of *evci> innings except those played -Oh a Saturday or Sunvlay, theyshall consist of the regulation nine ipnings.

    Hula 7 ,- Each club shall be restricted to 18 plkyera. The league m eeting , of Apr)! 19, 1944, voted an open roster. If a player enter* the armed services or has enlisted such felayei/m ay be replaced by the club provided th a t aald 'player has actually left for the service "The chil must notify the league secim ary in w riting and at- the

    ie time shall enclose the name the player replacement. Any

    ''player now in service home on furiough will be allowed to play With his form er club.”

    fore gam e.tim e the umpire In chief ehall obtain from tbe league secretary two ,new balls. The home club shall be responsible for the balls used ; in - each’ game and shall see th a t there t^ an -adequate supply on hand a t all times.

    Rule 12. It Is mutiiaily agreed t h ^ the money split a t the end of the' game shall be.on a eO-tOrbasia.-

    108-Vard ■peeiaKy

    Chicago—OMr-BifiU K rim sky la 79, worka in a w ar p lant aa a drill preaa operator and apecialty in ■porta is th e lOO-yaid dash—as a contaatant, no t a spectator. Krim sky has challenged any w ar w orke r in the country over 70 years old to a race—in the 100-yard dash.

    He grew up in th a t bucolic environment. learned to tak e .to r granted, th* eccentricltlee of hta neighbor*—those atranga folk who w ear long beards; make exl* post a 7-5 favorite. Pensive p * » $16.20 for a $2 \vinning ticket an4 earned a check of $64,675, * new record for Derby winnings, fo r owper W right. Ths old m ark w a * . held by Mrs. Payne' W hltnejta Shut Out which earned, .864,825 i t a the 1912 triumph.

    Betting for th* Derby day nine- race program also set a new fee- ord. Til* am ount totaled 88.189,- 9M aa compared w ith the record of $2,096,613 eetabliahed in 1926.

    Renalve'a trium ph brougkt ki* 194*4 eaminga to $80,400 ok. th# baal* a t four Victoria#, tore# m ends and a th ird In s ig h t atart*.

    Jon**, who. ha* now auUSsm . thre* Kentucky Dexfeg wtn»*i»e- Lavrilfi m 1986, W hlrlaway la 1961 and now Penrivu ownUtor* Pen- idve an .exotUent threa-yM rmta:'. but no t‘k^/fr«#t fm#.

    "Penatveta a good, honaat. gaaM / raoar,** Jotaidm im ned np^ *kSt h t i hr not ecnVtocad ■ # y a t greatnaaa. Ma’a ^ W hMawiV ' t ta r a a ra ho thla yaaK*

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    Hied eye glasbet tn vYclnity ot Plant J, HiUijyrivlIle. Firmer pleaae call 2-l836. y ' \

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    1938 . L.1 ,1Vcriiciie tc^ y C rabio,' ncatW, good wtiile waJJ t̂ife .̂ Icatner ami top perfCct./Tcrni't and traues. Brun- ner’a.^rcl. 5191. Open evenings.

    llMO FORD CONVERriBUC club rjidlo. Pealar. A clean car^

    ‘ ■frunner'a.-Tele-eoHpe. , wilB'.^ ôori* tires.

    U J6T— CRETONNE DRAPERS' vdth tan sateen lining. Finder^ rgease return to Print Shop, cor^ l ner Spruce and Birch streeta and receive reward,^ ________ _

    f /v iyp—r>NE YEAR PUD gia.v an< ivhlte cat, in vicinity of in5*vei and Strant streets.-An- ^ e ta to name of Teddy. Under please call 7371.

    SATURDAY EVENING,. vicinity of Oepot Square, wallet

    conUlnlng sum of money. Return to Dumas. 4fl Main street and receive reisard.

    phone^^lfll. Open -i^veulngs.1957 FORte . DOOH sbflan. Model 60. excellcmi.' mechatiicld Xondl tlon, very cletvn,- .r̂ Al go^d 1936 l ord 4 bqdr sedan.Fort coupK'Colt Motors— 4

    ROYS I IT S EASY to g et, a %10 Bill' Dickey catcher's m it. at B^inner’s. Just ask around in our neighborhood. If there is a

    u^d ertr we can buy. phone us with, your name and address ajjd if w e^ uy that ear you can have your ^ k of several • catepers,fielders, nrst basema.. o .......jbonus wllthe given for cl«in, low ' mileage carsN Brunner land street. Pltunc -------------- -̂--------- ^

    Oak-

    \\ A Ul08—'' Motorcycles

    t'ASH ,V’ ! Supplj-'limited! Phene 3234 or sbe thcrh> at Barstow's. 460 .Main, MaTiihcsler Your Westinehouse dealer.

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    8 FOOT CiGH'nV'EIGHT row boat, with cushions and oars, excellent c6'nditlon^460,00. 146 Wal-

    ..................nut street;

    \ Co. Inc., forq, Cotn:

    W ANTED — RELIABLF house keeper for two adults Rooms and | bath. Telephone 7600, 1

    W.' N TE D — TWO WOMEN to j work on pres.ses. Apply Manche.s-'

    • ter Laundry 72, Maple street. Tel. ' 8416. ’ . v '

    WO.MAN W ANTED for work, con- sidered essential.'to the war effort. Good pay, steady work. New ; System Laundry, Harrison street. ,

    I MACHINI.ST AND maintef

    Garden-—Farm— Products 50

    TOR S A L E -G R E E N >Ioun' potatoes. Inquire Amelia Jarv' 872 Parker street: Tel. i028.

    Wanted—To Buy 58

    Roardeks ..Wante; 59-^B E A U n F U L \ROOMS. k it t e n

    facilities, retrigeratlon ,' ^ th e a iinek etc. furnished, P r i^ te entrance centra! Btkirdydrrangea If dcsirtd. Private su ^ ath , garden. Call'3 9 8 9 /

    SuhpfbBh^or RenfJR B ^ ^ V ^ A P E COD / ’h o t if ,

    ' tw^'yearsiold, 4 rooma am batlt,, 1 Mcl garden pibt, 10 rp'If.*.J

    from B^nchester. tii Gilead. Tel. ^ WllllmkirBg 1468-J4. A. W . Ellis.

    UR ROOM tenb- oifNjIn®-'’Obable. Call

    W.ANTED, r o BUY stove, ranges, refrigerators, washers, pianos, glassware, china, lamps alnd furniture. Phê Austin A. Cham- oers Co. felepkone 5187.

    USED FURNITURE AND S to^s bought, sold and . exena^eer Highest prices paid Jonet .FornJ- ture. 3’] Oak street. rei^254.

    SEWING M A C H IN ^ , vacuum cleaners, and any /electrical appliances regardleek of condition. Bring them, in ^ estimate. A. B." C. Flxlt Co., 21 Maple street. T e ! 2-1575. / ,

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    HIGHER PRICES for rags and magazines, all kinds of junk bought. Wm. Oslrinaky, 182 Bls- scll street. Tel. 5879.

    iR SALE—6 ROOM DUPLEX , f house, one side vacant. Inquire

    Cottage street.

    A r iR A C T lV E FIVE Room house, residential seetion, n ^ t bus,school and stores. 2-0808.Must sell Imniedialely;

    Resort Property for Sale 711FOR SA LE—CRYSTAL lX k E,

    four room cottage, 2 extra- lots. e.|j[Ctricity. artesian well, glasseq in porch. Telephone 2-1969. '

    man wanted. Anicrk an Cofp;. Rockville. Conn.

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    Hblo Ws Male 1

    inted— Female 37

    ORW A.NTED M.aXdriver t drive .sn farm workers, for work. Apply i etwoen rrt. .luliu.s W etslohc street. Manchester, Conn

    Household Goods 51

    woman of'

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    ALEXANDERJARVIS

    Real Estate and Mnrtprasres26 Alexander S lreel.......Phone 4112 or 7275 .

    WANTED!O U T S I D E I » A I N T E R S

    A n d L a b o r e r s f o r G r a d i n g W o r k .

    ’ P a r t o r F u l l T i m e W o r k .

    Appl^ Superintendent

    G R E E N B R O O K E H O M E R S , I N G .^ W alker Street /

    WANTEDi

    W o m a n M i t h l « d e -

    p h o n e SM i t c h b o a r f l . e x -

    p e r i e n r e a n d k i m w l -

    e d g e o f g e n e r a l

    o H i e e w o r k . S t e a d y

    w o r l fr . .\ p p 1 y in p e r s o n

    H ^ L D1.3 Bisse^Njti^et

    [)oKs— Birds— Pets IIF(lK S A L E --B L A ('K and white Cocker Spanicj.. gentle disposi-

    52 .Mlion. Inquire' taple street.

    TVyC L lTTE R o OF extra .bcauli- fui Red C/jckn pupple.' with long low ,s> : ears. Jack Frpst Kennels, 26 uardner olrcel. '

    GOOD NEW o FC r \ >’ UR.NITURE BUS’ ERS We [^Htllclj- cqnfes^several can- cellaliohs of ^ o ^ le le 3 Room Home Outfits, t y f ew of our customers have fomid it necessary to chan;,e their ,/plans, and are not going . hoiisckeeplng.l This nicr- chandisi Ig'^all t>r«-war cohstrub- tioh. and/Cii'nnot he replaced at today's yrices. Each outfit includes completi Living Room. Bedroom an d^ itch en pieces. Prices start at

    ̂ . $295N v-L i B-E-R-T-S

    x43 Allyn St.—Hartforr.FOR SALE -'TVVO bureaus, chekt of Irswe'rs, and odd chairs. Telephone 6303.

    W ANTED — G RAPE ARBOR, mvust be In good condition. Call

    Rfktnt8 W ithout Board 58

    FOR SALE— 6 WEEKS old CoHic . puppy. Call b. wibte to Howard j „

    Goomb.H, 144 Adamic street. Buck- : FOR SALIi —W ALNUT dintng set.

    FOR SALE- NEW Maple dinette set with" - buflbt, also H ^-nei Brothers piano. Telephone 3017.

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    FOR RENT— IN PRIVATE family. room nkyt to bath; Continuous hot water.2-0477.

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    12 Maple street. Tel.

    FOR REN T—r Oo m , gentlemen ̂ preferred. . InquirKs^.46 Cottage, slreot. Rear. . \

    FOR RENT— NICE CLkAN bed- room. very comfortable,\ d ou b le bed. Phone 2-1320. \

    ATTRACTIVE FRONT room, ri trallj' located, coniiniious h water, siiitablr for gentlemen or married working couple. Tel. 5033.

    FOR REN T—NEW LY decorated 2 , rooms, single and double, - near

    Cheneyi. Call 5290. 137 Pine St.

    land.FOR S A L E .-V E R Y LARGE eross

    bred puppy. 5 months old .W on derful farm dog. Call ,8906, 737Lvdall .street.

    Pouitry and Supplies 13

    FOR S A L E - BROILERS ^ roasting chickens, live weight. 214 Gardner street.

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    ANYTHINGJ O N E ^ S B L ^ S

    EVERYTHiNGVes! Me buy Hinibtug and

    ^\er>4hi,ng. XnlMiitcs '— 4)ld Furniture Estates — IMumh- tng Supplies o'nd l-'lytiires . , and If yiui're gnijig in the service. .limes will hu.̂ vmir eai. lur- nitiirr and anything else you care to gel rid ol. Highest cash

    •price's paid.

    J O N E S F U K N U L IK E36-38 Oak St. Tel. 8254

    USED FURr«llTURE DEPARTMENT

    \ O A K S T R E E T

    DINING ROOM SUITE DINTNG ROOM SUITE-

    8 Piece Mahogany set. . . tjr .̂OA -7 Piece Mahogany set. , .^■'20.00

    D TN f^G _R 0pM .SITTE --8 Piece O sk ,set___ _ 45,0_0BUFFET— Majiogany bunfet .................... ....... .. M 'fT!. 20.00BUFFE'T—Oak buffet ......................._____ y / . . . . . . 4.00ROCKER— Mahogany rotleci; ................ y i . ................ 1.00ROCKER—Hickory poreh rocker . . . . . . . . . . 2.00ROCKER —Hickory porch rocker . f , . . . ... . . . . 2..50DItE.SSER - DrcH.ser base and niirror, walnut...........DRESNER—Die.sser-ba.se and mii ror. mahogany' . .CHEST Victcxi-ian chesty ............. ...CUT Folding cot . . . ...................SPRING —Several od'l Springs’ and lota. . . . ..$.5.00 to M/\TTRESS— New Snug & Dry crib mattrens. slight

    tc;ir .............................. ........... ............. .............................CRIB One'crih “ AS IS" with njattres.s . . . . . . . . ; .;.SOF.\ - Eopr.gi^ aofdvupholstered In rod frieze, w-ith*

    J »grecn ilriral tailor made slipcovers..................... .. .

    t.OO8.00

    lO.o'o8.00

    10.00

    7.505.00

    TA'Bl^E , Walnut living room table TABLE Mahogany livin^.room. table.PI.VNO Wc.opr piano .................................. . ; . . . .WICKER SET 5 piece sum m er'black wickgr

    table, .sofa, nicker, chair, lamp base...............

    15.00.vik)5.09

    45.00

    95.00

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    MANCHB^TER h o m es c o r p .11-i W est Middle Turnpike

    alao odd piece*. Cell 4202.

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    This'beautiful home consisting of 6 rooms, bullt-ln garage, steam hcat.'.t flreptaccs, one liTbaiicnient, with all hammered ftxtures,f . ■ yj. .brass plumbing, all storm sash and sereens, for basement windows and house, beauMful shrubbery and very ltne lot In nice neighbor- hood. The house has been approved on a 9100 monthly rental basis. Ready fur Immediate occupancy. The full price Is only 810,500- Owner will take hack large first mortgage'at 5% . For Terms and Particulars apply to^

    JONES REALTY36-38 OAK STREET TELEPHONE 8254* .. .

    FOR SALE— M APLE DOUBLE bed, vanityi dressing table, single tyeds^wardrobe bureau. boUdoir chains. p,orcclain top kitchen table, and 2 chairs, kitchen cabi-

    • net. G. E. clothes dryer, dining room tables, biiJTet. china closets, odd chairs, stands and end tables. Austin A. -Chambers Warehouse,

    • Manchester Green, Open 8-5, 7:30-9- p. m. Sat. 8-5. Tel. 5187.

    WINDOW s h a d e s -V E N E T IA N blinds. Owing to our eery low overhead, get our special low prices on high grade window shedea and Vetielian blinds ^ m - pletely installed Sample* turhiab- ed. Capitol Winddw Shade Co.. 241 North Mam street. Fuone 8819. Open evenings. -\

    TOR RE-NT—TW'O bedrooms, oon-/ tlmious hot water, private eit ̂trance. Inquire 101 C ^ stp u t Si.

    FOR RENT VERY room. Call 6151,.

    desirable

    FOR RENT- ROOM centrally located. Call at 8 Chestnut street or phone ,2-0759.

    NEW.ENGLAND HOTEL. Bolton, Conn., renovated rooi^ for gen- tlemen'ohly. War workers preferred. Reasonable, oh bus line. Route 6 and 44. Tel. 3823. Ask for Sam.

    FOR RENT— MAIN street, furnished room, next to hath, privat* home, bus stop at the door. Tel. 8803.

    FOR REJfTT— ROOM, gentlemen preferredt 189 Oak streeL Inquire upstpirs or call 7050.

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    strictly Modem 8-R«om English Colonial style built in 1040 Jnr s home. Owner has been Inducted. .Steam heat, nil burner, continuous hot water. Living room >12’ X 2S‘. Flrcpli|«fe, ■Master bedroom I2'xl8!. ^ o w - er .hath, extra lavatory, .brass plunihiiiE. InNulatcd. Sereens. shades and stunn windows. Recreation room and laundry hr basement. Detached garage. This Is a real h o^ r and In ex- eellent condition / Priced to sc!lb Shown by apnmntmcnt only.

    Near Hollister ' \ Street School

    \ lu si the place for Dad and MqBter with S-r«>om modem apturnicnt on second floor for dau^tlsr and children. * This house'lsHn Aral class condition and was dqnvertcd from a single into two'-fl-ruom apartments (largo rodms>. and tlioroughly modemized ln\ 1942. *" Second floor rent has a Wiling price of 955. Lot 68’ X 197’. Well landsca|>cd. lArgeX garage, 26’ X 80’ with lofC fr ie s reduced to 99.800. Terms!-,

    Walton W.dri^tReal Estate

    6t7 Main StreetTel. 2-7584

    Evening Ppone Afanchester 8180

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    AMD THE MISSING6C0VC ,

    “Just think. Dad! He plays in the Boogie Bears orchestra, - find they're renting that cottage on the lake next to ours

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    Pattern. No. 8570 is In slsea 12,| 14.16, II. *0: 4 9 and 42. Slae, 14,1 blouse slip or dress, short aleevee,| requires. 8 7-8 yards of 39-lnch naa-r terial;,pantie-blouse, short sleeves, requires 3 ̂ yards.

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    jBld Ita re g u lv meeting in the Ipaer club tonight n t B o'clock.

    i T h^^nnuah huaiiieoe m d i^ l i |te Educational dob will

    g8 iVedneoday, May 17 ^ four ! a t the l»lnthcir Mdy meeting F riday n ig h t M«S 12, in the Robblna room . a t thfe c h u r ^ Bocauae of tho M tu ra dC tlM oaU rtalnm ent, it la u i t ^ t l * t an medibMa arrive promptly a t ’8 o'clock. TTie committee 4n charge inciudea Mr. and Mra. Henry A. Janaaen, Mr. and Mra. Roy Warren, Mr. ,pnd Mra. Donald- Makepeace, an d 'M r. and Mra. Merrill Adama. The entertainm ent will be followed by ' a bMlhaaa -leetlng,. and refreah- aienta will be aerved.

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    t, the Men'a Society regular m eeting , on

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    ing prograni, h a k been arranged and it Is h o ^ d thkl the members will jn a k e ^ a point t o attend. The epeakeiywH,. be A rthur H. Illing, iuperi^enden t of the echools In town, whose subject wlIlNje "Education .In a Post W ar E raX R*v. T. A. Gustafson "Will also message, th is being the last lim e he will hieet w ith tfwm. A social time and refreshm ents will follow.

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    le M aster Mason degree wlUbe dbnferred by M anchester Lodge a t itsN ngp lar com munication ' In the Temple a t < 7:30 tomorrow night. K ^reshm ents will follow the degree wprk.

    Mr. and M rs.'^ep ^ Burke of 20 Hollister stree t,\ h a v e returned home a f te ^ sp e n d in g .^ e past three months In St. Petersbyrg , Fla. Mr. Burke la of Uu^ optnlorhthat there was more rrttl es ta te activity In St. Petersburg th is w inter than In the past M) years.

    «The May" meeting pf the local

    Garden club will take place this evening a t eight o’clock in the Robbins room^of Center Church ‘House. Slides oi. wild flowers from the S tate F ed era tio n 'o f Garden clubs will ''e ^ o w n , and members ara urged to bring wild ^^owers and be prepared , to talk 'abotit them. Tbe meeting is open to all Interested.

    , Seaman . F irs t Class David C. C arter oi the U. S. Navy Is axpect- ed home tomorrow from his third trip overseas. He baa recently been in Italy. He is the son of Mr. a ^ ‘‘ Mrs. George E. C brter of '-y tt Henry street.

    Thb Ladies Guild of S ^ M a ry 's EpiscohAl church will hdld a special meeting in the Guild room W ednesday evening At 7:30. All'

    .members a ^ urged/to attend. /

    The North NMethodi^ ^ i i r c h Council will havk a m eeting this evening a t 7 > ' /

    Higher tloitors Far Xt. W eberDigiinguisheil y. F l y i n g

    Cross Is for.Missions iiyEuropp. j.FirA UeukenW t H erbert ^ b e r ,

    of 299 Middle tdrnplke, yea.st,. a Thunderbolt pilot a t a ^ .P'ighter Station in E i^ a n d . Ifa / been awarded the ^ Is tin g u islv ed flying cross, according to an ' an nouncement n iB ^ by .Majf^ General William Bi. kepner Of the Eighth F ig h t^ Command-

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    * Smith M anchester "are de- pai tmebt,^ had two call.s S^aturday

    ^fternoon. Af 3:15 No. 1 was called Uo Vm cornetN i| Adams street and

    Middle turnpike, west, for a hre in the woods a t th a t pli^e. I t was extinguished before it had hurried over much of an area. A t 4:40 No.3 was callea to 71 Birch street. A stove was burning oil and it over-Loiectcd the flowed. The first was burning in’ ■'the kitchen when the firemen a rrived and ixoon brought it under cdntrol before much dam age had resulted.

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    G e d iih c K in n e y D isp ^ se^ ^ Interests in Little & McKinney Company.A t a m eeting on S atu rday of,the.

    d irectors of L ittle A McKlflney, Inc., George McKinney, p^slden t, resigned and sold his iqt^rest ’ to Howard R. LiUle, his qi4phew, and son of Robert G. U ttle . Mr. McKinney and Robert G. L ittle have been partners in the grain business 'for nearly forty years and have opcratp4 a grain w arehouse and grist mill 'at Depot Square and a retail storV in the old Chehfy^ Block ,at the term inus. \

    Howard Little, who has been' associated wlj.h L ittle A McKinney for the "pasti twelve years, was elected the new president o f^ h e corpopalion andXs to be the /n ew operating m anager of th p /c o m pany. Robert-j|jittle>\his father, is to continue- as treasuzer of the cohipany. Mr. McKinnSy wishes

    to thank all of his buslnesa clients and friends for th^r past patronage and friends^ and hopes that they win conflhuc to 'do business With the poKRiany In 4he future. V

    As of lUy 1st, tbs Uttle McKinney, Inc., will transact'' sU business at 5 South Main^reet., and for the present wilt .iIm the former  emour Beef Boot property

    'Depot square for warehousing surplus grain stock.

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    ^General Shermans' Ready for Holnmdia\‘Mop Up*

    (S iS lin ViewFlai^iing and Smoking

    1 Sevastopol; F o r t i - led Heights Over-

    I looking City Taken.

    Giving To Health

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    To VnAerstand Valuer Therrhal Stimulation Of/^kin One Reason.

    By Howard U'. Blakeelee Aanociated PrieoB...>clenoe Editor Now York, May 9.—(dl—The old

    Roman and Turkish bathe anif.the P uritan ducking stools for Scolding housewives had something impo rtan t for medical treatm ent which science is ju st beginning to understand. ' '

    The reasons why were reported to the Medical ' Society, of the S ta te of New . York today by Dr. H. J. l-ehrend. New Y ork '.pity . Baths are one of t h e . treatm ents for which' Bernard Ba,ruch gave more than a million doflara two weeks ago. under the flame’ of physical medicine.

    Medical fa ith , in baths, . Dr. Behrend said, fell many years « b because it was not possible to give scientific reasons -for their good effects.

    F irs t of the newly recognized reasons is the therm al stim ulation of the skin, h t said. T hat means merely th a t the skin gets w f rm or cold, and is nothing new., Blit the long chain o j effects th a t follow is becoming Impres-

    Moscow, ■ l̂ay 9.—(A*)—Riis- »n storm 'troops fought the ranants of two Axis Armies thin full view of flaming d smoking Sevastopol to- y as their artillery, rolled I wheel to wheel, poured Ivo after salvo into enemy icide squads clinging to the

    I it German hold In the Crimea, rtlfled heights overlooking the r t city were storm ed vesterday,>nt/llne dispatches said.Crae German compiunique said S'Wv fighting continued and th a t

    Russian planes were destroyed r Sev.nstopol yesterday.)

    B-attle In CUnUictlo S tage '1 The battle reached iU climactic ige. With fighting under way In

    W Immediate approaches to they a n d a n I'zvestla dispatch d ^

    [trod the German force in t ^ rimea was definitely defeated d pres.sed hack to the Black sea.The Germans were reported h ting desperately, cllnglfiij to ery Inch of shore under an Inces- n t artillery barrage, but with

    je Red Arm y looking down on -vaato