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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-21
Holy Cross Undergraduates
Complete Plans For Dance

co-chairmen Of arrangements for
the event and other committees as
sisting include. tickets, Edmund J.
DAILY, Anthony Culotta, and George
r. Woods; publicity, Floyd B. zailc-
kaS and Edward ]. Finn: music:
Charles O'Connor, Joseph DAILY,
Robert Kenney and Frederick
Storm; decorations: Walter Hayes,
Joseph Summa, and Francis Nc
orath; reservations, Francis B,
Feeley, Thomas McGrath and Fran
els Keane and favor and program
committee, John q. Medford and J.
Gregory Kilmartin.
The annual Christmas party oil
the Ladies' Auxiliary, Canton T.
r. Martin, No. Q, will be held al
Add Fellows Hall tomorrow eve.
ming, Mrs. william Clarke, presi-
dent OF the auxiliary. has called O
business meeting for 8 o'clock. Sup.
per will be served to auxiliary and
Canton members at $50 o'clock UNI
der the direction OF Mrs. Ferdinand
Bachmann. The entertainment will
be directed by Mrs. Harry Ander-
son and Mrs. Harry Owens will have
charge OF the decorations.
A Christmas party was held this
week at the Silver Chalet by the
Girls Bowling League OF ST. Fran
els Xavier's church. A supper was
enjoyed and the party continued
with singing, dancing and q grab
bag.
Those attending were Misses
Mary Campion, Margaret Connors
Mary Connors, Betty Dwyer, Mar
garet Dryer, Ann q. Grady, Mary
r. Grady, Mary K. Keane, Flea
nor D. johnson, Marjorie Malley
Catherine Mccormack, Mary Nc.
Cormack. Catherine Mullen, Ellen
Mullen, Mae Shea, Betty Sullivan
Margaret Herman, Lauretta Sulli-
van and Julie Briody.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Heffrin OF
Willow street are spending the hol-
iday weekend with heir daughter
Mrs. Alvah Bickner and Or. Bickner
OF Rutherford, N. j.. Miss Marion
Heffrin OF Suffern. N. J. will also
spend the holiday With her parents
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Weddings
Niagara U. Xmas
Dance Wednesday

Another holiday activity OF prom
inence Is scheduled for the Christ
mas season when the annual Christ
mas dinner dance of the Undergrad-
uate Club Of Niagara University
will be held on Wednesday evening,
December 9th. The affair will be
held at Waverly Inn in Cheshire.
George Lanoue is chairman OF
the committee In charge and Ed
mund Jenusaitis and Frances Petril-
10 of this city; Wallace Dyson Of
Torrington, and Walter O'Connor
OF New Haven are assisting,
Many local and cut OF town
guests have already made reserva-
tics for the dance and a most en-
joyable evening has been PLAN
ned.
Waterbury students at the Col
lege of st. Elizabeth, Convent, N. j.,
who arrived home yesterday for the
holidays included Misses Elizabeth
Buckley OF Columbia boulevard,
Arlene Chatheld OF South Main
street, Anna Griffin OF Crown street,
Mildred Jarvis OF Roseland avenue,
Honora German OF Hawkins street,
Mary G. Hutchinson OF Randolph
avenue Clara Malsch OF Grandylew
avenue, Rosaleen Price of Fern
Circle, Jean Stanley OF Chestnut
avenue Doris Dzinsky OF Elliott
street, Mary Hosey Of Plaza avenue,
Rosemary Kane OF Bishop street.
Loretta oBrien OF Euclid avenue
and Mary Shea OF Middlehury.
Mrs. Frederick TroSke OF Fair.
lawn avenue entertained the menu
bers OF her sewing club at her home
yesterday. The guests were present.
ed with Christmas presents.
Those present were: Mrs. Leon
Cinqmars Mrs. David N""N',rll.
Mrs, Edwin Glover and Mrs. Har.
old l., Fogg.
Mr.. and Mrs. william O'Connor
OF North Main street are spending
several days In New York City.
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> MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE
Don't Be Afraid to be O Slow Bidders Analyze Hand and
Stay Out Of Trouble

This Is the seventh Of 0 series Of
~ articles by Mrs. H. 9. Young,
Of Philadelphia, the worlds No.
woman bridge player.
ny MRS. II. @. YOUNG
A. told 70 VIM. B. Mckenney,
Americas Bridge Authority
! am not q fast bidder. ] like 70
think the situation out, and GER
tainiy the West hand today gave me
several problems after South opened
with one heart.
! did not like the negative double,
aS II would deprive my partner Of
the chance 10 make O free bid In
spades, which ! would need for no
trump. TO cvercaii with one no
trump might easily prevent me from
getting 70 game. / also decided
against pass intending TO "am-
blish," which also might risk the
loss Of O possible game. MY final
preference was the bid Of two dia-
fiionds, which Of course disclosed
some Of the strength o. my hand,
ag one does not 0voFCaIi lightly
when vulnerable.
North walked Into q bad break
when no bid spades and we Won
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Mr.. and Mrs. George sondermann
OF East Main street are spending
several days In Springfield.
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Personal
Mothers Club Has
Christmas Party

About 70 attended the Christmas
party given last evening by the
Mothers Club Of SITS. Peter and
Paul's parish at the school hall. A
Christmas pageant was presented
by the Junior Children Of Mary,
Under the direction Of Mrs. Tim
othy Sheehan, vocal selections were
rendered by Mrs. George HOLMAN,
Dorothy Robinson and Rosemary
Cruess.
While refreshments were being
served, Miss Catherine Burns as
Santa Claus distributed gifts to
the guests. Arrangements for the
affair were in charge Of Mrs. Ray
mond Synott.
The Ladies' Aid society o I the
Grace Methodist church held their
annual Christmas party Tuesday
afternoon In the church parlors
which were decorated with pine
wreaths, poinsetta and holly. A
grab bag was enjoyed and each
member contributed food for a
basket for q needy family. The
president, Mrs. Arthur Twelves
was given O purse from the MEM
bers present who included Mrs,
Benjamin johnson, Mrs. Lester Nj
ven, Mrs. Donald Mcintosh, Mrs
Charles Robertson, Mrs. Melvin
Benson, Mrs. Clarence Barber
Mrs. Mary Lowell, Mrs. Arthur
Twelves, Mrs. Ackland Wright
Mrs. Joseph Caron, Mrs. Edward
zaugg, Miss Olive Dyson, Mrs,
John Burger, Mrs. Chester Brick
EFT, Mrs. Alan Fairhurst, Mrs
Mary Mcnamara, Mrs. Elizabeth
Jenny, Mrs. Eva Kott, Mrs. New.
ell, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Helen Will
son, Mrs. Newell and MRS. Edwin
Wightman.
A meeting OF Division 81, Ladies'
Auxiliary, A. o. H., will be held
ut Engineer hall tomorrow evening
All members are requested TO OF.
tend. Election OF officers will be
held.
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M. Brant, 1910, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry J. Brant, both OF Now
Milford and Donald Wallace, Jr
io43, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
l.. Wallace OF Cheshire.
They will return 10 the school
for the opening OF the winter term
on Jan. 10.
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LAUdHToN. LEIGH TEAMED
Charles Laughton and Vivien
("scariett O'iara") Leigh co-star
In Partners OF the Night" On Eng
lish production which Paramount
will release In this country.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew stone Of
Meriden road are spending O few
days In New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Porter have
returned TO their home on Cooke
street after spending several days In
Pittsfleld.
Mrs. Mahlon Vaudeville OF Ger
mantown, Pa, Is spending several
days with her mother, Mr.. and Mrs,
Henry Maillard OF johnson street.
Mr.. Vaudeville will be their guest
for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r. Osborne OF
East Main street are In New York
city for several days.
Mrs. william Keegan Of Willow
street has left TO spend the holidays
with her son Edward Keegan and
Mrs. keegan Of Floral Park, L. I.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Porter Of
North Main street are spending O
few days In New York.
Miss Ruth Kriegle, q student OF
Mary Washington College In Fred
ericksburg, Va, Is spending the hol-
iday recess with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Max Kriegle Of Fleming
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mccormack
have returned 10 their home on
Baldwin street after spending sew
eral days In New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Torrance OF
Watertown avenue are spending the
holiday Weekend with relatives Il,
Boston.
Miss Mae Braun, O student at the
New York Institute OF Dietetics Il
spending the holiday recess with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Christian
Braun OF Keefe street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Freeman have
returned 10 their home on South
Main street after spending o few
days In New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. George sondermann
OF East Main street are spending
several days In Springfield.
Miss Lucille Carlisle Of Detroit
Michigan is the guest OF Mr.. and
| Ara InaafAh PiaEk of IIIll atrnAk fol
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Local girls who returned Wednes-
day from Albertus Magnus college,
New Haven, for the Christmas re-
cess are the Misses Hiida Bench
venga, 40, Mary Pace, 40, Grace
Bradley, ~, Concelia Barbieri, ~,
Esther Egan, "a. Ann Paoiucci, ~,
ard Dorothea Medford, 40, oil OF
waterbury: Josephine Lamanno,
~, Catherine Aim, ~, Virginia
scuiiy. 40 and Josephine oibiano,
~, OF Naugatuck; Patricia Kane.
40 and Marcella Morse, 43 of
Litehfield and Mary Kennedy, 40 Of
Torrington.
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Arrangements have been COM
pleted by the Undergraduate Club
OF Holy Cross College for the an
nual Yuletide formal dance which
will be held on December 9th. The
gathering will be held at the Hotel
Elton and will serve as q reunion
for collegians who have been at var
ious colleges during the past few
months.
John J. Scion and Guy Russo arc
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Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Peters OF
Highland avenue are spending sew.
erai days In Worcester.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
NO PRECEDENT IN
IROQUOIS ORDER
Similar Naval Protection
Not Promised for Home
Coming u. S. Vessels

Hyde Park, N. Y, Oct. 6-CUP)-
President Roosevelt indicated today
that his order dispatching coast
guard and naval vessels to protect
the S. S. Iroquois stands by itself
and does not mean that similar pro-
lection will be given other American
vessels bringing home United States
Nationals from European danger
ZcneS.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he set no pre-
cedent in dispatching a coast guard
vessel and several destroyers to ac-
company the Iroquois to her home
port New York city.
The president had no opportunity
to hear radio broadcasts of the
Reichstag speech this morning of
Adolf Hitler. Presumably he will
receive a summation of the speech
from state department sources, as
well as any late reports from the
war vessels sent to afford protec-
ton to the Iroquois, at his home
here.
Seated in an automobile beside
the special train which brought him
here for the weekend, the president
said the speed with which he was
able to act in affording protection
to the Iroquois presents an excel
lent illustration of why the neu-
trality patrol is operating in waters
of the coast of this country.
In other words, Mr.. Roosevelt said,
vessels capable of offering protec-
ton to the homeward- bound Amer
lean passenger ship already were
far out in the Atlantic, in "a most
advantageous position to give in
slant aid to the Iroquois.
Mr.. Roosevelt denied reports that
he has invited former President
Ignacy Moscicki of Poland to make
his home in the United States. Mos
cicki, since his flight from Warsaw,
has been informed in Rumania. Re-
ports had been circulated that Mr..
Roosevelt extended him an invita-
ton to come to this country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
WAGE INCREASES
TOBE NEGOTIATED

Lawrence, Mass, Oct. Cup
CLOS Textile Workers Union oil
America today invited wooden ano
worsted manufacturers of New Eng.
land, New York and New Jersey t.
a conference to negotiate wage in.
creases for their 100000 employees
National Vice President Joseph
A. Salerno of the TWUA said the
date and place, probably Boston
would be agreed upon by both sides
The CLIO union. stating that its &C.
ton was "the first application of ma
tional collective bargaining in the
textile industry" did not ask set
percentage increase.
In parallel move Monday, AFL, s
combined United Textile Workers OF
America and Federation of WOODEN
and Worsted Workers of America
demanded immediate 20 per cent
wage increases for at least 100000
workers in the area. The AFL cam
paign also seeks smaller work-loads
and outlawing of the speed-up sys-
tenn.
Salerno said the CLOS conference
proposal was based on the PROPOSE
ton that problems affecting the en-
tire industry must be taken up with
the entire industry, in order that
the fair employers may be protected
from the unfair"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
MOTHER dies OF
DREAD DISEASE
Succumbs to Infantile
Paralysis After Baby
Girl Is Born

Chicago, Oct. 6-(UP)-Mrs. Ger
trude Epstein. 22-year-old infantile
paralysis victim who gave birth yes
terday to six-and-half pound
daughter, died today at Mt. Sinai
hospital.
The baby, born while the mother
was in breastplate respirator, was
said to be well. Dr. A. I. Doktorsky
chief resident physician, said she
would live If she pulls through" the
next IL to SO hours.
Mrs. Epstein was stricken by the
disease a few hours before the child
was born. Physicians and nurses at
the hospital kept her breathing in
an iron lung"
When the delivery appeared i'm
minent early yesterday they called
the home of Frederick B. Snite, Jr.,
infantile paralysis victim who has
lived in a lung" for three years.
and obtained a small chest respira
tor with which he has experiment.
ed.
The respirator is light device
Wnlcn covers the torso from throat
to waist. Doctors, nurses and fire
men coordinated their efforts while
the child was born. The mother
was returned Immediately to the
large lung" having been outside
only 30 minutes. Early today she
became weaker. DR.. Doktorsky said
the disease had affected her heart
muscles. She was in the large
lung" when she died.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
|S1,O36 AWARDED.
INJURED WORKER
Suffered Loss of Eye-sight
While Repairing an
Automobile

Compensation Commissioner James
M. Lynch in a finding, handed down
today grants Kenneth Montrose OF
10005 Baldwin street an award OF
1886 for the loss of an eye. the re-
suit Of an injury sustained by him
while he worked as mechanic for
the Moody Wilcox Motor company.
The payment is to be made in in
stallments of $500 per week over a
period Of 208 weeks.
Mr.. Montrose, according to the in
formation filed, was working on an
automobile at the Moody Wilcox Co.
when a part of a wheel of the ma
chine he was working on struck him
in the eye and splinters of it entered
1t. He did not realize that he had
lost the sight of the eye until some
time after the accident. His eye was
removed on Sept. 80, 1889.
In addition to the above described
award the Moody-Wilcox Co. is or
dered to pay his hospital expenses
and his doctors bills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
POLISH FIGHTING
ENDS COMPLETELY
Nazis Announce Termina.
ton of Resistance; Gen.
Kleber Sarrenders

Berlin, Oct. 6.-CUP)-The Ger
man army high command announced
today that last Polish army resist
ance ended at 10 a. m. a a. M
when Polish force under Gen.
kleber surrendered.
The high command said General
kleber and about 5000 troops sur
rendered at Kock, East of Deblin.
Deblin is 60 miles southeast of
Warsaw, on the Vistula river. There
Gen. Kleber and his men had fought
German hopping up units even af-
ter they were surrounded.
East of the Vistula river, the high
command announced, the advance
of>the Germans to the frontier "be-
tween regions of German and Rus
sian interest" began yesterday.
The high command also an
nounced Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's visit
to Warsaw of yesterday.
"The fuehrer and the supreme
commander of the armed forces
yesterday visited the troops of the
eighth army before Warsaw and
permitted parts of the divisions
which participated in the capture
of the fortress to march past him."
the communique said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
CONSUMPTION is BASIS
OF MOBILIZATION PLAN

The crux of this plan is the part
which relates to CONSUMPTION for the
army.
Under this plan, registration for
the draft would proceed much along
the lines of 1917-18. Men between
81 and 81, inclusive, would be regis
tered first; the ultimate limits would
be 10 to As.
On registration, a person would
be classified in one of four groups:
/. Those Immediately available
for military service.
2. Those whose drafting is de-
ferred because they hold essential
jobs in war-essential industries.
3. Those whose drafting is de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
- THE BATTLE OF WASHINGTON OF ARTICLES -
RECOMMENDATION OF Labor Is The Issue
In Fight Over u. S. Draft Plan

employed men in jobs. Studying
this part Of the plan, the Nye
committee concluded that In prac-
tice 1t would probably mean that
an unemployed worker would be
forced to take whatever Job the
agency offered him.
VICTORY CHIEF
CONCERN OF PLAN
1t ought to be made clear, of
course, that the War Depart
ment is not made up of men who
are not to subjugate labor - or in
dustry either. The Industrial Mo-
bilization Plan was drawn UP to
enable war to be won swiftly and
efficiently; the strictness of the
controls 1t sets up for labor are, so
to speak, incidental. And it should
be emphasized that the department
is now trying to work out a formula
which will be acceptable to labor.
But the Industrial Mobilization
Plan itself is the framework on
which the department is working;
and 1T at least offers the oppor-
tunity-whether the opportunity
would ever be taken or not - for
the government to clamp on labor,
ad also on industry, a tighter and
more far-reaching control than
anything this country has seen.
The Industrial Mobilization Plan
Is not law now. On the outbreak
of war, or the appearance of a
great national emergency, the War
Department would try to get it
enacted by Congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06

C. I. o. and A. F. of L., as well as
to the governments various labor
agencies for discussion, and hopes
that it can eventually come up
with scheme which will get Or
gained labor's approval.
But while the departments Off
Gals are sincere in saying that they
want a plan which can enjoy Or
ganized labor's hearty cooperation,
the basic fact is that any such plan
will rest on the foundation pro-
vided by the departments famous
Industrial Mobilization Plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
TIME LIMIT SET
ON DELAYS

Suppose that the worker gets his
deferred status, in Glass 2. He
would not get it. for the duration
of the war, but for some specified
period : three months, six months,
year, or whatever the board might
determine. At the end of that time
he would have come in again.
On top of this, the plan specifi-
cally authorizes the President, if
he deems it in the national inter-
est, to override draft board clas-
sifications and call up men from
Glasses 2, 3, or 4.
How this machinery could be
used to destroy a union organiza-
ton and regiment labor is obvi-
GUS upon little reflection. One
group which did a good deal OF
rejecting on it is the famous Nye
Munitions Committee. In 1886 it
issued report on the Industrial
Mobilization Plan, stating that if
this sort of draft act were followed
"this country will have for all
practical purposes draft of labor. u
The Industrial Mobilization Plan
contemplates an employment serv-
ice under a War Labor Admins
traitor, its object being to place un-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
STEAMSHIP SUNK

London, Oct. 6 = (UP) The
ministry of information announced
today that German U-boat HAD
sunk the British Steamship Glen
farg of 876 tons. One member of the
crew died of wounds suffered dur
ing the attack but the rest of the
crew was picked up and landed
safely, the ministry said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06

ITO go without stockings is not
aesthetic. It's not beautiful. It's Ma
sonic" reads notice In Burgos,
Spain, where the officials are hos
tile to Freemasonry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06

as strict and
far-reaching as
anything exist
ing In Europe If
t h e Vi nj t e d
States gets into
another war.
Steps to meet
labor's objections
to these plans
are now being
taken by til e
War D e p a r t.
ment. It has
worked out a
pr ogr a m for
wartime la Dor
control, plans to
submit it to
leaders of TIL e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
(NEA Radiophoto)

Let us do the worrying for you'll If you
are i'll or unemployed and have an account
at the Boston all payments will be sus-
reason why you should stop at the Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06

Young Communists of the
Germany-It; liam Japanese Friend
ship society recently placed tab
let at the top Of Mount Full Japan's
famous mo- ntain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
. BRUCE CATION
In WASHIN GTOM

ferred because they have de-
pendents.
4. Those whose drafting is not
desired for any of several reasons
= because they are aliens, because
they are In prison, and SO on.
Local draft boards would do the
classifying, and their decisions
would be final.
Suppose, now, that a worker
claims deferred status under
Class 2 - as an essential worker in
an essential industry. No indus
try would get blanket exemption
such as was conferred on the
shipyards in the last war.
Instead, the worker would have
to present his draft board with
two affidavits, one from his imme-
diate superior and the other from
the executive head of the firm he
worked for. These affidavits would
have to state, first, that the firm
was engaged in war-essential ac-
tivities, and second that this par
ticular worker was essential to its
operations. The employer would
also have to submit an estimate OF
the length of time it would take
him to train substitute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
This is another Of a series Of
stories on different angles Of the
neutrality, war and prepared
ness issues now facing Washing
ton,
BY BRUCE CATION
The Waterbury Democrat, WASH
ingtOn Correspondent

Washington, October 6. - I'm
less plans now on file in the
War Department are profoundly
modified, American labor will go
under RECOMMENDATION potentially
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-06
FILTERS

Determined to pass her driving
test Senorita Maria del T.llez, q
Spanish refugee in Erg'and, learned
the entire Highway Code by heart.
and passed.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
Neutrality

A question of grave importance
faces the Congress in the neutrality
problem. 1t should and must be
settled in the best possible way be-
fore this Congress adjourns for the
summer. The overwhelming major
ity of the people of this country want
to keep America out of war. The ov-
erwhelming majority of Congress
want to keep America out of any for
eign war. The question is how?
There is great sentiment for settled
"cash-and-carry" position of neutral
ity. On this basis we would extend
To credit to any belligerents once a
conflict began. We would not per-
nit our ships to carry cargoes to the
ports of any such belligerents. These
countries could buy goods at Ameri-
can ports for cash. take title to them,
and carry them away III their own
ships1Thus keeping American ships
and American citizens out of com
bat zones. The argument against
such a 'cash-and-acrry" plan is that
such a policy would penalize the
smaller, weaker nations, while
throwing added advantages and aid
TO aggressor nations. Those opposed
othis plan would prefer to give
the President the power to deter
mine aggTessors in any conflict and
to embargo shipments to the victims