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Evening star., 1941-09-19
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The Misses Reese entertained
yesterday afternoon at small tea
at Orchard House, their home IN
Sandy Spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
Soldiers Want Useful Xmas Gifts, Cigarettes, Soap And Sewing Kits

kits. Neatness. Send them in cofla- paet kits for easy packing.
 Fountain pens, Ink In bottle spills change purses. Soldiers lead ac- tive lives, run the risk Of losing change from their pockets.
 Pocket knives. Varied usss. Pocket AashiiehtS. For after flights out"
 Playing cards. Obvious,
 Pocket combs. In eases, please, for conveniencs.
 Cigarette llghters. More cOF- venient than matches.
 Writing paper. Makes t easier Co remember Co write home.
 Books. Murder preferred over romance.
 clothes brushes. NoatnesB.
 Underwear. Obvious.
 Handkerchief. Obvious.
 Candy. The boys are always hungry.
 Cameras. Obvious.
 Magazineg. All kinds, especially picture and news.
 spot-removing kits, with cleans ing fluid. Saves on cleaning bills. Unbreakable mirrors. Obvious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

major repairs, or were too over. crowded for minimum standards of health and decency.
 Only 207 of the 2,2li sub-stand- ards homes had bathtubs, the sur. vey revealed. One-hundred sixty of the city's homes-about per cent were chased as "unflt for humans to live in." But all of them were in- habited, more than half of them being rented ct sl5 or more month- ly.
 The housing conditions stand out in relief against the favorable busi- ness conditions which see new auto mobiles lining the city's streets, sav- ings bank deposits up, more money in the citizens pockets, and an al. most negligible relief roll
 Those who are able financially to move to better locations and it q practical impossibility because of the shortage of available quarters bothin Duquesne and in surround ng communities. The last survey on the subject, made last spring, found
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

Average rental figure is about si7 a month.
 causes of the alum conditions according to M. A. Sanders, execu- tive secretary of the Allegheny County Housing Authority, who re- leased the report, include, in addi- ton Co insecurity of employment, end, therefore, uncertain income, the practice of the early immigrant settlers in building their homes close to their jobs, and segregating themselves into little immigrant communities. Tn addition, Duques- ne, situated on o hillside, has no further physical ability for expan- sion.
 The Federal Government and the County Housing Authority are now completing a defense housing pro- ject in nearby Miffiin Township, but this will take care of only e42 family units, far from sufficient, according to Sanders to relieve the housing load.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

New york, Dec. s CUP)--1f you're looking for c Christmas gift for c certain soldier, run your eye down this list supplied by Q soldiers' pre- ference survey:
 Cigarettes, razor blades, sewing kits, soap, wrist watches, socks, shoe brushes and shoe cleaning kits, fountain pens, safety raacrsg change purses, pocket knives, pocket flashlights, playing cards, combs, automatic cigarette lighters, writing paper, books, clothes brushes, urder- wear, handkerchiefs, candy, cameras, magazines, spot-renicving kit with cleaning fluid, unbreakable mirrors. (Listed in order of preference.)
 Here are the reasons for the choices:
 Cigarettes: They never have too many.
 Razor blades. Always need them. Never seem to have enough.
 Sewing kits. Save tailorg bills and help to keep uniforms neat, and they've got to be neat.
 Soap. The more you use, the more you need.
 Socks. Make 'ein warm enough big enough and soft. Shoe brushes end shoe cleaning
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
STUBBORN DINER

HarriSburg, Pc. (UP) - A Penngyivania Railroad train pulled out Of the local station 1B minutes late. Workmen had to wait StaNl 8 woman passenger finished eating her breakfast hefore switching the dining car tO another track.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
i6 SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS

only S4 houses vacant in Duquesne. and 70 of them were sub-standard.
 No Vacancies
 It Is highly probable that even those vacancies no longer exist. Since the survey was taken, 2,000 Duquesne residents and 5000 from nearby Homestead, have been forc- ed to evacuate their homes to make way for new government-flnanced steel mill expansion programs, and are searching for any available vacancies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

Overlooking the murky Monon- gahela river, whose banks in the PittsburRh area are lined with giant steel mills, the city of Duquesne Is dnpendent almost entirely on Q plant of the Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp, which is engaged in turning out huge defense orders.
 Practically every employable male now is at work in the mill, but the improved job situation has not worked and change on the poor housing conditions. A survey con- ducted by the Works Progress Ad- ministration, revealed that of 4,S92 homes in the community, 2,2ll were sub-standard.
 Twenty-two WPA field workers made Q house-to- house canvass to obtain the figures, interviewing in the process 4,740 householders, and their results were analysed by 20 statisticians and clerks.
 Homes Sub- Standard
 Houses were classed as sub-Stand- ard because they lacked toilets of bathtuhs, or both, were in need ot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

Even those with means to build or buy new homes are hesitant to do 90 because of the general feel- ing that this boom is only tenn. porary and the consequent fear that they will be caught short when the present production rate is cur. tailed.
 Although incomes in Duquesne are Up, with average family incomes in sub-standard homes ranging from 9i,370 for Negroes to 4i ,5o0 for whites, rents Are comparatively low.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
MOBILE RAnIo sTATToN

Albany, N. Y., (Up)-The New York State Police boasts Q new mos bile radio station which is consid- cred an invaluable asset in eHner- gencies of flood or fire, riot, forest fires, prison breaks and other erler. gencies. The mobile station has been assigned call letters WsYU and has Q range of 2B to 60 miles, designed for emergency service in ccntacting scattered police units.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 DEC. s, 1e4l
tmy United WronD

4@@H 0AAAN%@ @@NN Smgoslsv EapoEas snia @& trOops had caD1uEea Rsrto Hn, main Italian coastal base 8 south Aibamlm.
 Inc Remso oe Commaema ng @ sAI-A vote. rejected 6 mgtloa ssp peace.
 Rritieh admiralty the loss Of four aTmwieFm
 Italy allOts slagaB.e0S ssR wus agnlmst Greece.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
Defense Brings Prosperity But Workers Live In Sums

puuuee BCupD-The defense brought pros hiy of 00 but 1t has only aggravated u conditions find cent of the population living in subsan- dWAllnRs while cash inges n their pockets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
aTunENTB AED RRRpdN

WTUWNINKD 1AAN 1NN1B WN3Nl7E9 N
 Oberlin, Os-(UP)-T0 help essd French refugee children twelve hundred ObeFlln College ytudents began eating ratloned meals se- gently. The eco saved on meals each week will be turned over Co tho American Friends Service Cesn- Fnittee for distribution abroad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
VFW TO HONOR STATE COMMANDER
Dept's Dinner=Dance to Be Held Here Saturday,
 September 20

The Wheeler Young post and Lieut.. Shea auxiliary of the Veter- ans of Foreign Wars at 8 meeting last night in the armory discussed plans for a department dinner dance at the Elton hotel Sept. 20. The affair will be in honor of State Commander Robert Morrison of Waterbury, but now residing in Hartford, and Mrs. Jennie Meyers, state president of the auxiliary, who last night was presented with a traveiing bag by the local wo- mems affiliate.
 Also discussed was the natiorfal convention in Philadelphia from August 26 to 30, and members voted to use trains rather than automo- biIes for transportation, in order to conserve gasoline.
 Some of those expected to attend the convention are: Joseph Dani- savage, commander: Edward O.. Hcholey, senior vice commander; Francis w. Orencole. past com- mander and Col. William ]. Shana- han, Mrs. Jennie Meyers. Mrs. Helen Brophy, Mrs. Francis CullenS, Mrs. Elizabeth Peters. president; Mrs. Maude Parks. past president; John oponnell, Frederick Bushey, Fran- cis Cuilens. Holden wilson, Theo- doFe schroaider and Mr. and Mrs, Paul Reed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
CREDIT UNIONS IN
 PICNIC TOMORROW
Hundreds Expected From All Parts of State; Sports
 Program Arranged

A statewide picnic outing of the credit unions in Connecticut num- bering several thousand members will gather tomorrow at Lake Quas- sapaug. Invitations have been sent to 1s7 credit unions through out the state where a membership of about 10000 comprises these credit organizations.
 The outing will be under the aus pices of the Filene Memorial Build ing Fund committee of the Connec- ticut chapter of Credit Unions and James E. Moran of this city. na- tional committeeman, is general chairman.
 The extensive sports program will be in charge of J. Francis Roland of the Crosby high school faculty. Dancing will be provided during the evening and sports consisting of softball, baseball, field events, quoits and archery will be played.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
YALE STUDENTS
 BECOME PILOTS
5l Successfully Pass Ex- Examinations ; to Get
 Certificates

New Haven, Conn, August g. -> Yale University announced. toda3 that 51 students have successfully passed all requirements for private pilot certificates under the CivtliaH Pilot Training Course given in COS operation with the Civil Aeronautic1 Administration.
 Courses in ground school sub jects and flying were given during the first and second college terms, with applicants drawn from tho graduate and undergraduate body, It is expected that the program will be continued during the coming college term; according to Lester c, Lnchty, Associate Professor. of Me- chanical Engineering and coordiI1a- tor for the 0. A. A.. program.
 Yale students received fiighi training at. both the Stratford and Wallingford airports. Only one ac- cident occurred during the year in which a student was injured slightly near the Wallingford land. ing field.
 During the first half of the college year a total of 130 students applied for the course and 40 were accepted for training after rigid physical ex. aminations. The number who Sric- cessfully completed both ground school and flight training totaled 3l and certificates were awarded N them.
 Of 67 students who applied fo permission to take the course dur. ing the second half of the. college year, 20 qualified physically and M passed all classroom and pilot train ing successfully.
 Tins makes a total of 5l stlldent who received certificates out of q who originally started the piloe training. Some dropped out be. cause of conflicting academic inter eSts and Tor other reasons.
 The program at Yale includeA about 72 hours of class work in ground school on aircraft operation and civil air regulations, Ilaviga. ton, and meteorology. The flight training consisted of dual iilstruc- ton, soloing and crQss-country flights. .f sY
 The Yale program was launched originally in the summer Of. 19A0 when President Charles Seymour appointed F. Trubee Davisorl. a r1Scr1. Der of the Yale Corporation, and University Provost Edgar s. .Furniss to meet with General H. H. Arnold, of the Army, and Admiral J. H. Towers, of the Navy, on flight train- ing. Subsequent conferences were held in New Haven and the pro- gram was started
 The, University Committee which has been supervising the training includes: Dean Samuel w. Dudley, of the School of Engineering; Her. bert. |. Seward, Robert Hggin, Professor of Mechanical Engineer ing; and MT. Lichty. pr. Orville F. Rogers. Director of the Depart ment of University Health, super vised the. physical examinations aIid several Yale faculty members taught ground school courses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
UNCLE SAM NEEDS
 TRAINED WORKERS
Civil Service Examinations to Be Held for Applicants
 for Positions

Examinations for filling account ant positions who's salaries range from $2,600 to $500 a year have been announced by the United States Civil Service commission. Candidates must have xperience, att tested by 8 record of study in ac- countancy or a certdiflcate as a certified public accountant. Expe- rience in routine accounting or as an audit clerk will not be consid- cred sufficient. There will be no written test for applicants, who will be rated on their qualifications sub ject to corroboration. Applications will be received until September 18.
 The commission has amended the examination for industrial specialists in various fields, salaries ranging from $2,600 to $, 500 a year, to allow receipt of applications until further notice.
 The commission has also aa- nounced the close of recipt of ap- plications for two announcements. They are:
 Superintendent of construction, various grades, $3.200 to $500 a year. Applications must be filed not later than August 25, 194l.
 Under card-punch operator, q ,260 year. Applications must be filed not later than September ?, 1941. Applications will still be ac- cepted for alphabetic card-punch operator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
SCOTT ORDERED
 TO ARMY DUTY
Treasurer of Local COP. Town Con-, President of
 Kiwanis Leaves Sunday

1l sIl '. t
 A big send-off Is being prepared by members of the Kiwaris Club for the third among their ranks to. be ordered to active army duty, pres ident of the organization, George J. Scott. MT. Scott, who is also treas- urer of the Republican Town Com mittee, has been i1 charge of the lo- cal .office of the Connecticut Life Insurance Company since 1926, is expected to report at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, on August 3l, although final word is still pending from Boston.
 Born in Hartford, Mir. Scott att tended Yale and Pittsburgh Univer- sities, and worked for the insurance company during summer vacations. He has been active politically for a number of years, and has had a long membership in the Waterbury chapter. of the Reserve Ofacers' As- sociation in which he holds first leutenant's commission
 The other two Kiwanians called to active duty were Major Albert E. Hermann, chief surgeon at the station hospital, Fort Devens, Mass, and James Williams, who was re- gently admitted. MT. Scott has ar- nounced that he will resign as treasurer of the Republican Town Committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22

In world where avarice and mo- tives of personal gain have come to be the prime incentives in human behavior, it is like a breath of pure air suffused through the murky staleness of an abandoned cellar to encounter those whose conduct finds roots in love for fellow -mortals.
 One of these is Sister Belinda Denesri, veteran of 48 years in the service of the poor, known and be- loved in this city for over half century, and a pillar of the Water bury branch of the Salvation Army.
 Sister Belinda will become an, oc- togenarian later this year. She lives alone in an ancient dwelling half way up a precipitous hill at 16 Camp street. Shutters obscure all the win dows, creating the impression that the house is untenanted. Inside the rooms are furnished with only the simplest and barest of needs.
 An old black coal-stove is in the center of the kitchen, and around it are a rocking chair, one or two austere straight-back chairs, and a heap of flrewood layed-up for the coming winter. In one side of the kitchen is a somewhat worn studio couch, and directly above it on 8 wall on which are occasional strips of wall paper, hangs 8 painting Of '"The Last Supper"
 Still Very Active
 Sister Belinda is young despite her advanced years. Considering the fact that she wears no glasses she is able to read remarkably well. She is slight of build and walks with surprising agility. She is exT pert at Ileedlework, and is now en- gagged in preparing quilts for poor families who will find them 8 God send when the cold weather ar rives. She has managed to scarpe the materials together by accumu- lating old rags, discarded curtains, and heavier cloth that will ul- timateIy be used as the outer cov- ering for the softer cotton inside. '
 Sister Belinda was born in 1881 in small village near East Strouds- burg, Penn. One of her earliest recollections is of a paternal uncle returning home from service in the Civil war bearing Q string of fish over one shoulder. Her father was an employe in a tannery, but was forced to seek other employment later in life when he contracted 2 rheumatic condition as result of the constant presence in the tan. nery of vats of bark liquor, made from cak-bark and hemiock. He subsequently, joined the crew of a coal barge that plyed up and down the Hudson River.
 Sister Belinda came to Water. bury In 1881, when the Brass City boasted e population of about ones fourth It's present nize. She see cured employment ln . local facs tory. worked hard and trdugtFlous-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
FUNDS AVAILABLE
 FOR SIDEWALKS
Manor Avenue 10 Obtain Long Sought Improve.
 rnents in Near Future

The way was cleared for laying of sidewalks on Manor Avenue yes- terday afternoon when Controller Thomas M. Conlon notified the board of finance that the neces- sary funds for the work are avail able.
 The sidewalks have been sought for some time by residents of the street, which connects Meriden Road and Wolcott Street.
 No comment was made as the board received and fined request by the Firenen's Aid Association for an increase in pay for ftremen It will be considered b ythe budget director and the finance board in making up next years budget.
 An allocation of, 5000 from the revolving sewer fund was authorized as the cityss monthly share of the cost of WPA sanitary sewer projects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
Sister Belinda Beloved Member of Salvation Army Rounding Out tNearly Half Century of Service Caring for Waterburians- of Families
 Bene6ciaries of Her Charity.
BY SAM DINE

1y until she had saved enough to purchase her present. home. Mean while she spent all her evenings endeayoring to tighten the burdens of the poor, and in 1893 became an actiye worker for the Salya- tjon Army. se
 During the period before liquor prohibition, Sister Belinda was touched by the amount of misery caused by bread-winners in the habit of frequenting saloons. Some were entirely capable of flipgipg away an entire weeks earnings in a single session at the bar. Ob- serving the want and privation in- flicted upon the families of these men, she would enter the saloons undeterred by the type of human itys present, and would escort the offender home before he had ..an opportunity to SQuander his wages.
 She was the first district nurse appointed in Waterbury under the auspices of the Salvation Army. Her duties were many, making de. mands upon practically all of her time, of which she gave uristint- ingly. She was required to min iSter to, the sick, and frequently performed the functions of 8 mid- wife in cases of childbirth.
 saIvages Wood
 A duty she has always insisted upon assuming is that of provid- ing wood, which she gathered by the 1aborious method of picking 1t up wherever she found 1t, for i'm poveriShed people. Tn the depres- sion years, Sister Belinda worked in kitchens supplying food to that most pathetic concommitant of the lean times, the bread-line. Very of- ten when bread ran short, and unfed persons still waited for their meager bit of nourishment, she would give away her own share. At times she subsisted on an exclu- sive diet of kernels extracted from the pits of peaches.
 Sister Belinda is supremely con- tented with the life she leads, and has no desire for luxury. She nev- CT married, fearing that marital existence would seriously interfere with the mission she has dedicated herself to. She is very. devout In the sense that she worships God, but not through the agency of any special religious denomination. At one time she was connected with the Methodist church, and still maintains these connections in les- ser degree, but professes Q certain amount of disagreement with or- ganized religion.
 Her piety Is best expressed as . stsadfast devotion to 0od and to the teachings Of Christ. She Is To dliigent student of the Bible, and is equally familiar with tie Old and the New Tostaments. ghe ls q reader of tho religious per~ iodieal, 'Tho WalchtoWer.H
 Her views on the present world crisis beFa the obvious stamp el her religious training, 1no sgll thet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22

the peculiarly American traditions of the group. Its very name goes back to the General Tadeusz Kos ciuszko, great Polish patriot, who fought under. Washington in the American Revolution. The squadron itself was started in the last World War by American flyers.
 After the fighting ceased on the Western Front in 1913, Col. Cedric Fauntleroy and IS other American flyers continued fighting with the Poles, helped them win their war of 1919-21. They made up the first Kosciuszko Squadron. Their acts of courage and their fighting spirit made their names familiar to every Polish school boy. Sagas grew up around their exploits.
 Col. Fauntleroy himself once saved a troop and munitions train from sure destruction at a washed out bridge by stunting so recklessly in front of the locomotive that the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22

Contrary to what might be supposed screen stars who are themselves, great fashonpates cause less diff tresses who have no interest in clothes This is the ob servation of Adrian, M-GM designer People seem to think that girl who knows style and is scious would want to fois ideas upon the de- sgner Adrian says. But the fact that she does know style her extremely reasonable and also sure She doesn't fuss around before the mirror wondering if the skirt would look better full or tight if the neckne should be high or low. "Rosalind Russell who was this year voted the best-dressed the screen, can go through fitting in ten minutes She has eight costumes in Female of the Species and she okayed them all in half an hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22

engineer had to stop the train.
 The traditions which this first Kosciuszko Squadron left in Po- land were inherited by the pres ent group of Polish aviators now fighting with the British. Part of their story was recently told me by Captain O., a pilot officer of the squadron who recently stopped here briefly on his way to Canada, where he will train new Polish pilots for the squadron.
 we are only carrying on what we inherited from the first Kos ciuszko Squadron under Col. Faunt- leroy" Captain c. said. we know that he must be watching us from the United States. And hope he doesn't think we're letting him down. During the Battle of Lon don last September the Kosciuszko Squadron downed IF and a half German planes. Yes, half a plane, because we and another squadron