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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
5000 To Participate
 In Vast Chorus-C Choir.
Connecticut to Play Important Role In Program Feat uring Songs America Loves Best;
 Exposition Feature

Springfield, Mass, August 12. - Connecticut will have 8 part in making New England musical his tory at the Eastern States Exposi- ton on Saturday, September 20, when a vast chorus-choir which is expected to total three thousand voices will sing the songs America loves best. The success of this great song festival will be directly attri- butable to one of the most ambitious cooperative efforts ever attempted by the 1891 subordinate Oranges in the New England states. When the great chorus files into the coliseum at the Eastern States Exposition that final Saturday afternoon, it will have representatives of the major share of those granges that constitute an active and influential part of every town and hamlet that dots the New England land- Scape.
 Connecticut's subordinate Oranges will play an important part in the success of this unequalled project. xbCCC1VCO W4U11 CA1Ol4UO4dOA1l ny 0VVAA National and State Grange leaders, State Lecturer Edith M. Lane of West Hartford, has already en- rolled more than 500 singers from almost every subordinate and still other names are being received daily.
 District and regional rehearsals are being planned under her direc- ton, some of which will be broad cast. c. Loring Burwell of New Haven is one of committee of three chosen to select the numbers to be sung.
 The Grange was chosen to sound this note in New England's cultural life in such a dramatic manner be- cause it was believed this organiza- tion could most eloQently and most numerously-express the uni- versal language of sociability in song.
 The Grange chorus is supervised by an executive committee which includes Charles R. Gardner of Springfield. Editor of the National Grange Monthly, Lucius E. Wilson, representing the Eastern States Ex- position, and Jesse H. Buffun of Bos- ton regional farm director for the Columbia BroadcaSting System
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
SECOND or THREE Woe Betide German Sub That Abuses The Ship Of Doughty Capt. MacDiIlOn
BY PAuL MANNING

(NEA Service Stan COEespondent)
 A Seaport Town, England, August 12-Methodically the shipbuilders ked-hammering and pulling at the twisted steel plates which fram- ed great, gaping hole just above the waterline of the s. s. Crox- ford.
 Anchored to a dock because all the shipyards and drydocks were full, this ship was being readied for another trip back across the North Atlantic. It had arrived in this port just the day before, battered and bruised, but still afioat after ram ming U-boat in mid-ocean. So the shipbuilders were repairing the damage to the hull and the dockers were unloading the cargo.
 "A lousy trip it was," said the first mate. High seas and storms, U-boats and raiders and if you think that don't make 8 tough trip then the back of me hand to you
 The s, s. Croxford had slipped out of New York bay on sched- ule, loaded right to the gunwales with cargo for the British war effort. But en route to Newfound- land engine trouble had slowed the ship down, so they pulled into their Canadian port-of- f-call behind time.
 Then when they began the dan- gerous zig-zag trip homeward it had been foggy and then it had been stormy. So they never did catch the convoy.
 SIGNS OF
 DESTRUCTION
 It hadn't been so bad the first four days. Any ship and sailor worth his salt can ride through those North Atlantic storms with no trouble at all. But then on the fifth day they began to see signs of the convoy which had been missed. Lifebelts, bits of deck, oars and spars dotted the water in one area and they knew then the ships ahead had run into trouble. They didn't see any survivors though. That came six hours later.
 There were two lifeboats, one travelling in the wake of the other and the men were pulling the oars just as hard to keep headed into the swells and in line with the shipping lanes.
 Sixteen men in the first boat represented the crew of the Mor- ris Prince and 21 in the second life boat were the survivors of the Morning Star. All of them were suffering from exposure but it was the men of the oil tanker Morris Prince who were in a bad way, be- cause the wind, the rain and the salt spray don't do burns any good.
 The attack had been sudden. The convoy was steaming along in very loose formation, ready to spread at the first sign of a periscope, when heavy shells began dropping. They couldn't see the German surface raider because it was still on the horizon when the shelling began. Casually it had fired bracketing shots, one over, then one short.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

which Is actively backing the prof. ect. MT. Buffum has been made chorus manager.
 Homer Rodeheaver, long known to millions of Americans from coast to coast as the greatest of all chorus leaders, has been selected to direct the great choir of voices during the Exposition concert.
 Both Massachusetts and Con- necticut have between 500 and 500 Grange singers enrolled: Rhode Island is not far behind. It Is hoped that New Hampshire's re- sponse will be fully as large. Yer mont and Maine, too, are registering their approval in large numbers, and it is evident that each state will equal, if not exceed. its quota of singers.
 It will be folk son day, too, for the selections chosen will be those traditionally familiar to every Granger and to most Americans.
 The Grange singers, properly certified, will be the guests of the Exposition management Saturday September 20. Each state will ap- pear individually during the first part of the program in friendly rivalry. The entire gathering will merge as one glorious singing unit under the inspiring leadership of "Rody" as the final part of the program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
NINE COMP ANIES
 ANSWER ALARM

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 A fire in a drying oven on the fourth floor of the Patent Button Co, 41 Brown street, summoned nine pieces of fire apparatus at 6:37 last night. The blaze was quickly extinguished.
 Eugene Legge, acting fire mar shal, said that an overheated oven was responsible for the snort-lived fire. and that damage was con- fined to the oven, although some damage had been caused by water in the vicinity of the blaze.
 Hugh Crane, night watchman, rang In the alarm. Tn command of the five engines. two trucks. booster engine, and the department emergency truck, were Acting Chief Martin J. Campion. and Acting Deputy Chief stephen Bloomfield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
SPECIAL TRAINS | TO NARRACANSETr
Horse Racing Enthusiasts Provided With Convenient
 K. K. Accommodations

Each Saturday during the horse race meet which opened this week at Narragansett Park, The New Ha- ven Railroad will operate special race-trains-featuring low round- trip coach fares direct to the popu- lar Rhode Island track.
 The first Special" will be oper- ated this Saturday, August 1s, fol- lowed by similar trace specials" on successive Saturdays for the dura- tion of the meet. Free from high way worries and parking problems, race fans will be able to make se- lections 1eisurely while relaxing in stre ml ined, air conditioned coaches. Dining car service will be available also.
 The Saturday "Race Track Spe- cial" will leave Waterbury $50 a. m. (Eastern Standard Time), due Nar- ragansett Park 12:30 D. m, some three-quarters of an hour before post time. Returning, the Special win leave Narragansett Park slaort- ly after the last race.
 Tickets good only on the Race Track Special are on sale at station ticket oflces They must be pur- chased before boarding train.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
BUILDING COST
 RISE SERIOUS
Up lO.l Percent Since War Began = No Offsetting
 Increase In Rents

An unfavorable feature of the building situation in June was a continuation of the upward trend in building costs which rose to the highest level for the war period, ac- cording to the Alexander Hamilton Institute. The cost of building in June was 10.1 per cent higher than in the pre-war month of August 1899. All factors entering into the cost of building have advanced during the war period with wages for skilled labor rising from $1.44 an hour to $1.49, with wages for common labor rising from 685 cents an hour to TAT cents and with the index of building material prices on the basis of 1926 as 100, rising from 89.6 to 101.0. Preliminary fig ures indicate that building costs showed further rise in July.
 Although rents have risen since the outbreak of the war, the rise has amounted to only 2.2 per cent or considerably less than the rise in building costs. Consequently, building costs in June were relative ly mugh higher than rents, espec- ialy since costs were excessixe be- fore the war started. It is apparent that if building costs continue to rise they will eventually have a tendency to depress building activi- ty. A point will be reached where builders will find 1t difficult to off, set the discrepancy between costs and rents asthey have been doing by economizing on building mater ials and labor through the conStruc- tion of small sized buildings.
 The prospect is that the present discrepancy between costs and rents will not be offset by 8 rise in rents since the Administration is propos- ing to put a ceiling on rents. Al though ceilings may be placed on the prices of building materials, such action will not prevent the cost ot building from rising and thus widen ing the spread between costs and rents as the result of the stabiliza- tion of rents. The cost of labor is a large factor in the cost of build- ing and the government has not yet proposed to put ceiling on wages
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
YOUNG CAMPERS ON
 CANOE ADVENTURE
l5O-Mile Trip On Connecti- cut River Arranged By
 Y. M. C. A. Group

Six boys and two leaders from ths YMCA camp at Smiths pond, Wa tertown left their home base today on 150-mile canoe trip on ths Connecticut river, one of the most adventurous expeditions that the camp has to offer.
 The campers who will make the trip were all carefully chosen from among the more experienced and more capable of the boys at Ma. taucha. They are Edmund Bleich, John Lasher, Arvid Anderson, Ed- win Platt, John Green and Bruce Skinner. The group will go to White River Junction, vt, and then make the trip downstream to Holyoke, Mass, under the leader ship of William Herr and Thomas Donahue.
 The camps softball champion ship was decided yesterday in g game between the Middlers and the Juniors. in which the former were the victors by a score of 8-4.
 The Midlers, coached by Rich- 0&0 WCAo4Ad4A4A, AlCAuuCQ GdIAtU1S Bird, Raymond Pidge, Clark Chap man, Fred Thornley, Howard Ru- bin, Hugh McI,ennan, Frank Hackett, Albert Wade, Edmund Bleich and Gregory Payne. The Junior were coached by Howard Thornley and included Vincent Genua, Norbert Freid, Derrick Brinckerhoff, Charley Raymond, John Sage, Russell Swift, Robert Stovekin, Edward Sodlosky and Samuel Sackin.
 On the waterfront yesterday the following passed tests: Beginners David Trigg and Ralph Newberg; boat, HarlaI1d Crooker; canos Harold Morin, John Quinn and Ed ward Sodloski.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

Miss Daphne Gladding, 19 of Plymouth, will con- pete as Miss Waterbury 194 in the annual astate Miss Connecticut bathing beauty pageant at o'clock Sun day. August IT, in the grove at Rotan Point Park South Norwalk. Miss Gaddlng is blue-eyed blonde, 113 pounds and five feet four. She has other beauty contests through the state and has modelled for artists Miss Waterbury will be matched at Roton Point Sunday against Miss Hartford, Miss New Haven Miss Bridge port Miss Meriden, Miss Greenwich, Miss Democracy, Miss Roton Point and other city, town and resort rep resentatives from all parts of the state for the Miss Connecticut 1941 title and the right to compete in the Miss America 1941 national event September 1-7 at Atlantic City, N. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
ARMY DOCTORS
 REJECT FOUR
% Local SeIectees Form. ally Accepted For Serv-
 ice Yesterday

Four members of the local Selec- tive Service quota sent from this city to the Hartford reception cen- ter were rejected yesterday by army doctors. Twenty-nine others cred- tied to the four local boards were accepted, as were three more who left from this city but are transfers from out-of-town boards and are credited to those boards.
 Those rejected were Thomas J. Rubkowski, of l77 Monmouth ave- nue; Patsy J. Azzara, of Il High street; and Edward J. O'Reilly, Jr., of 94 Cherry street; all from Board 15-A; and Joseph Calabrese, of 643 Highland avenue, of Board 15-B. Four men send by Boards 16-A and 16-B were all accepted.
 The next local quota will consist of 28 men who will be called up be- tween September 3 and II. Boards are now engaged in preparing lists of those who will be summoned to make up this quota.
 Waterbury has now had total of 481 men enter the army via &c., lective Service. The city also has almost 500 National Guardsmen in training, plus several hundred set- ting regular enlistments in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

struck.
 The ship immediately began to list, and by the time the captain had rushed up onto the bridge the Croxford was down g feet. But the engines were unchanged and the captain went into action. A dour Scot named MacDillon, who would take no abuse of his ship from any, one, he took over the wheel, jammed 1t to starboard and started circling for the submarine. His lookout saw the periscope first.
 With engines full speed ahead Captain MacDillon headed for the U-boat, which was submerging fast but not fast enough. There was a terrific wrenching of metal upon metal, the mate said, and then they were over the spot and past it and getting ready to circle back again when the U-boat broke surface tail first, its stern shooting 10 or IS feet in the air.
 One minute later they were headed back, but this time Mac Dillon was shouting orders to bring the gun to bear, an order his gum ners hardly needed. Their third shot smashed through the coming tower and the U-boat in noe smooth sweep slipped below the surface. There were no survivors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

Free fireworks . This is the time of the year when Mother Nature gives New Englanders one of her finest exhibitions of fireworks. The skies usually filled with shooting stars falling stars as we called them in bOyhOOd Many time the papers were eagerly years ago to find where those meteors landed but somehow other the journalists of the day caught up with them Last night and tonight are the big ones on the shooting star program for 1941 If it's clear keep your eyes riveted the northeast Whats happening is fragments of comets are drop ping out of the skies When they strike the earths outer air they glow until completely vaporized and exploded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

The home of more than the bean the cod and the CabOtS . Boston now has an added honor in addition to those usually cited The city possesses at its Bristol Street fire station the longest aerial ladder in the dualuminum like Waterbury's newest One is 125 feet high when extended to its full length It weighs about 16 tons and cost $28,OOO to build. It operates mechanically The ladder built according to speci ficatons outlined by Boston's Fire Chief-Samuel J. Pope-and is custom built There two nozzles to go with the ladder the at the 65 foot level shooting 1900 gallons of water mnute the other at the top, 500 gallons. There's only restriction placed it's by the Boston Fire Department It won't be used to get somebody's stray cat out of high tree or off telephone pole
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
FACTORY OUTPUT
 AT HIGH LEVEL
Exceeds Normal by Larg- est Amount In History
 Prices Higher

As the result of the rise in pdices as well as the increase in the uuan- tity of goods produced, the index of the value of factory output rose to a new record high peak of 172.S in June from 1852 in May and from 1l8.6 in June last year, according to the Alexander Hamilton Institute The value of factory output in June was far ln excess of normal.
 This is 1nolcated by comparing the index of the value of factory output with the index of farm in come which is a measuring rod of formal for manufacturing. The latest estimate indicates that the index of farm income in 1941 will be 128.1, or 44.2 points below the index of the value of factory out put in June. This is the greatest excess ever recorded.
 Under normal conditions, the present excessive rate of manufac- turing activity would foreshadow a period of curtailment in the not dis tant future as a corrective move. The prospect is, however, that such recession will not occuret his year in view of the abnormally large de- mand created by the armament pro- gram. It is probable that produc- tion will continue to run far above the normal rate during the remain der of 1941 and that the annual output this year will exceed normal by the largest amount on record
 At the same time, it is question able whether expansion during the remainder of the year will continue at such rapid rate as it has since the middle of 1940. Although the output of defense goods will con- tinue to expand, 1t is probable that there will be some curtailment in the output of consumer goods, es- pecially in view of the governments efforts t oreduce the output of con- sumer goods, such as automobiles. |
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
To days Answ egs @
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1. Flair is intuition or discern ment; flare Is a large glaririg light, used as a signal.
 3. Influence Is power of per- suasion supply. as of words or riches.
 3. Reveille is 6 wakeup bugle call; reverie is deep nausing, or daydreaming.
 1. Stationery is writing paper; suaSion of control: affluence is an abundant supply of words or
 5. Pediatrist is a children;s doc- tor; podiatrist is q foot doctor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
Good Evening.
SUMMER TIME

We are having little showers Thus far for today, So am passing away the hours Just a-gazing every way. I hear the rain dripping On the green leaves all around, TTis very nice to sit right here And listen to that restful sound It sounds so much like the ocean, When the tide is coming in, With an ever ceaseleSS motion Vainly searching for 8 rest. Twas yesterday that I went Away out in the wood, Where I found some splendid berries That tasted really good. It is now just one o'clock And dinner hour will soon be had. Our house is just beside 8 rock, The shade trees make us glad. Just now we're taking 8 rest After the dinner hour, It's very clear out in the west, So goodbye every shower.
 Daniel Gillette. Mt. Tom Pond.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
BOMBER TANKS TO THE FIRE

Olmpia, Wash. (UPl Gasoline tanks from Boeing bombers will help the state control forest fires this summer. The tanks were discarded by the aircraft factory for bullet proof tanks and were purchased by the state forestry division. They will be mounted on light. fast trucks carrying fire hose and water pum- perS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

really saved most of that convoy. They were steaming along front and rear when the smelling began. And like other British ships that had steamed into death in order to divert the fire of surface raider, these two unnamed boats plowed stubbornly forward into the path of that 26,O00-ton German pocket battleship.
 They were raked from stem to stern by the enemy's longer-ranged guns. But they kept moving, hold ing their fire. One never made it. The other did, and when 1t got within its own range the gun crew started pumping away with a six pounder and kept it up until Ger man shell wiped the gunners out of existence.
 A NAZI U-BOAT
 GOES DOWN
 With the conveys survivors aboard, the s. s. Croxford steamed toward England, keeping sharp watch. They sighted nothing until after midnight, said the first mate. Then without warning it happen ed. He was doing the midnight to four watch and was enjoying the first calm sea and real moon since leaving Canada, when Q torpedo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

Margaret Riley, away from her steno duties at the Compensation Court office paid Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle visit the first day of her vacation Like myself she rates Charlie Spivak orchestra of the u andcomng bands of the country MT and Mrs Chester May, Bobby May, Gene Nowack and Shirley Ropelewsk postcardng friends from Blodgets Landing in New Hampshire. Chets informing friends he caught fish, three fee two inches but he always noted for his
 fish stories Francis Brick spent part of his vacation with Danny Gugotti of Patt Street. at Fort Preble Maine after several days at Laconia, N H.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

Dr. William A. Bulerich, son of MT. and Mrs. Martin Buerich of 25 Poplar Place. has closed his office in Miami Florida where he has been doing very nicely for himself natureOpahc physician for the past three years, to vacation here until Labor Day. Doc dropped in at the Tower sanctum yesterday morning looking fit fiddle. During enjoyable conversation the Doc proudly announced that he just became third degree member of the Knights of Columbus. Now really have something in common.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

The loneliest policeman in the world is the Royal Canadian Mount ed constable who is posted 1000 miles north of Hudson Bay only 700 miles from the North Pole.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

It is estimated that up to Sept. 30, 1899, taxes levied on motor ve- hicle users totaled $1,6O1 900 900 for that year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

A The frontispiece of the American Bar Association Journal for August presents remarkably fine likeness of Roger B. Fancy Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court and member of this tribunal from 1886 to 1864 brief article within the magazine states that the CT was reproduced from an original painting by Henry the American Bar Assn Also printed is the tribute paid to Roger B. Fancy in 1881 by former Chief Justice Charles Hughes the occasion being the unveiling of bust of Fancy at Frederick, Maryland, as follows
 With the passing of the years and the softenng of old aSpeS the arduous n service e. neb rendered by Roger bore his wounds with the forttude of an invincble spirit. He was great Chief Justice". As we all know here in Waterbury the welknown and beloved rector of Trinity Church. the Rev Roger B. T. Ander- son is descendant of the one-tme Chief Justice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

Don't hOller, just wait for help. If you happen to become of those unfOrtunateS whose car runs out of gasoline while being driven along the Merritt Park way between the hours of P. m. and a. m., don't despair of reaching home before daybreak The state well aware of what such dilemma might be and two Highway Department emergency trucks will patrol the parkway all night long Any stranded mOtorist will be allotted two gallons of gasoline enough to get off the parkway and to some point of rest if not ones ultimate destination Waterbuans anticipating being stranded will do well to figure getting up the New Haven end of the parkway before their motors function ing.