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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
LOCAL GIRL WINS
ORATORICAL PRIZE
Miss Miller, State Cham.
piOn, Finishes Fourth in
National Contest

Mildred Miller, Waterbury's en-.
trant In the American Legion high
echool oratorisal contest, placed
fourth In the finals held In Mil
waukee, Wis, yesterday afternoon,
The Arst award was won by O IS.
year old farm boy OF Henderson,
Will, Tenn Albert p. Smith. Jr
Over 100000 high school students
from oil parts OF the country par.
ticipated IN the contest, with only
four selected for the finals.
Misc Millor's talk OH "rhe Rights
We Defend" won her first place In q
county contest he'd In Hamaen. OF
the state contest at Hartford, ard
at regional and eastern area con-
tests held at Boonton, N. j., and
Buffalo, N. Y. AS winner OF the
state contest she was awarded O one
year scholarship TO Emerson college
and was presented n cash award
The local C0Spar s. Davis post and
Corporal Coyle post also recently
presented her gifts.
The arst prize winner who wal
presented q $4,000 college fsholar.
ship said he plans TO study al
Vanderbilt UnlvCrE'ty. Second prize
was won BY II, O Burton Of Kaye.
vile, Utah. and third went to Har.
old A, roilman Of Darlington, N. D
Miss Miller, who Is q senior al
Sacred Heart ssllool Is the daueh.
ter Of Mrs, Moe Miller OF O67 Soutl,
Main street. She was accompanied
to Milwaukee BY her aunt, Mrs
Bertel v. Olson Of Naugatuck and
Rev. John Dial. principal OF the
Sacred Heart high school. Cover
nor Robert A. Hurley has written q
letter OF commentator to Misa
Miller.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
WOMEN LEAGUES
OFFICERS CHOSEN
Annual Meeting Held Here
Yesterday; Talk Given
on Elections Laws
NEA photo
NEA Telephoto

At its annual meeting yesterday
the Waterbury League OF Women
Voters reelected Mrs. Raymond l..
Wood as Its president. Following
the business discussion william
Carpenter special conSultant on
election laws from the once Of the
secretary Of state, addressed the
members,
Among the other officers named
were: Mrs. william A. ATneling,
yice-preSident In charge Of men,
bership; Mrs. Robert w. Lowell.
yice-president In charge Of finance;
Mrs. Edwin l.. Rose, vlce-preSident
IN charge Of programs; Mrs, Claude
Vollmeyer, vicespTesideilt In charge
Of nominations; Mrs. william r..
Van TaseeI, recording secretary:
Mrs. william y. WessoFl. corres
spending secretary; Mrs. Fred A.
Faust, treasurer; Mrs. Myron Fox,
auditor.
Directors for the coming year
include: Mrs. J. H. Burial, Mrs.
Richard u. Ely, Mrs. Roderick
Gross, Mrs. Forest Purinton. Mrs.
Donald Post, Mrs. Frank McEvoy,
Mrs. Louis @. Willard and Mrs.
Patrick J. HeaIey. Departmental
cllairmen include: Mrs. Herbert 9.
Smith, government and operations;
Mrs. David p. Gaines, government
and foreign policy; Mrs. Walter
etnytt, government and legal stat
US; Mrs. John stanesIow. social
welfare; Mrs. Nat Rittenband, eco
SlOE1lc welfare, and Mrs. Charles
Mabie, education, Mrs. Harry cOe,
was selected chairman Of the par
Humanitarian committee and Mrs,
Y, Y. Wilson, chairman Of the
press committee.
The nominating committee was
composed OF Mrs. Bates Crayer,
Mrs. Fred A. Faust, Mrs. Louis y.
LallD, Mrs. william ). GecOr and
MrD, James Ross.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
HEALTH EDUCATION
MEETING ARRANGED

Miss Mary II. Harkin Of the health
education department Of the state
tuberculosis commission Of Hartford
viii DO o speaker at health educa-
ton meeting arranged by the water.
btiry Anti Tuberculosis league for
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 ct the
Pearl street Neig1bOFhood house.
The subject Of her talk win be let
NY People Live" A talk also will be
given BY Or. Charles l.. Larkir who
viii discuss cancer. Films viii be
shown. the meeting ig one Of O sei1t6
planned BY the local organization IN
Us campaign 9or early diagnose o.
tuberculosis, and one Of several 10
be held n connection with Negro
health week.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
CONFERENCE HERE
ON AVIATION PLAN

Prof Edgar Fuller, Of the Aar.
ward Graduate School Of Education
faculty, was In charge OF q confer
enee OF educators Of waterbury and
surrounding towns held at wildly
high school yesterday afternoon.
Plans for organizing courses In ele-
mentary aviation were discussed.
Local persons attending Included
Joseph p. Kennedy, principal Of
Wildly high school; Frank q. Rea-
gan, Leavenworth high school prin.
oip0l william s. Smith. Earle II.
Blanchard, A. Earl Smithies and FL
lery Q. Kilbourn.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

A regional conference Of the
WOmen's Christian Temperance
Union will be held Tuesday, April
ri, at the First Methodist church
by arrangements Of LEGAL members
Of the organization. Mrs. Mabel
r. Preusser and Mrs. Mercy I.
Birge will preside ut the sessions
which viii start NJ 1880 q. m.
Miss Flora Z. Strout, w. Q. +. u.
missionary In foreign lands, who
recently returned from CeylOn,
Burma, will be the principal
speaker. She will address the
gathering on 1.-THE Vanishing HOr.
iZ0n."
Local persons who will particle
pate in the discussions are Miss
Gloria Cleveland, Mrs. May b.
futile, Mrs. Rldgway Shlnn, DR..
John J. snaveley and Rev. David
r. Gaines.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
Promoted

Fort Sill a.-(Speclal) $50
Private Louis ]. DehrOn, Of IS
william street, Waterbury,
Conn.,, has been promoted 20 The
rank Of corporal In the Field
Artillery Replacement Training
Center ut Fort Sill and d now
enrolled In the Field Artillery
OflceFS Candidate schOol here.
Upon successful completion of
the three months course he Will
be commissioned o second lieu
tenant Of field artillery,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
DEFENDANT GIVEN
JUDGES VERDICT

A Judgment for the defendant wa
returned by Judge Edward J, DAILY
yesterday afternoon IN the $4,000
civil action brought by Julien Pate
naude Of Waterbury against =. j.
Beaud0ln owner Of the T. ). Board.
man company, also Of this city 90f
injuries claimed 70 have been eIigs
tained last May 10 in q fall from q
scaffoId Whiie employed BY the de-
fendant IN the construction o. Q
hcuse In Bristol Testimony IN the
case was heard IN superior court
Tuesday and "wednesday.
The plaintiff claimed he stepped
On the ScAHoid during process Of
demolition not knowing hat the
keyboardg had been removed by the
defendant. Negligence was charged
against the defendant for failure 70
give warning, Tire injuries stis-
tanned included vertOkgal fractures
and bcdy bruises.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
Spotlighting
Brass CityNews
Go Organizes

A campaign was started yeSter.
day by the @. I. o. Mine, Mill g.
Smelter Workers union, to Or
ganize employees OF the Benrus
Watch 90. Of Cherry street. A
meeting Of employees will be held
Tuesday night at the G. I. o.
headquarters on Bank street. &C.
cording TO an announcement by
william Moriarty, union organizer
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
Last Days Of Bataan
Defenders Described

~ FRANK HEWLETT
tUnltea Frees staff cOVrespOndentl
tceRzElghA I0Aa, By United PFe6sl

General MacArthurs Headquarters, Australia, April
H. (UP) On the night Of April the beginning Of the
end for the Bataan defenders started But In the days
intervening before the FALL every able bodied man in the
peninsula and many who not fought with everything
they had They had hope Of victory hope Of REIN
forcement The Japanese attacked day and night with
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

Scores Of the EaFbendeTs forty
FIVE games last night are ag follows:
McEvoy "a, Lally a.; Conway 20,
Duiac 10. No games viii be played
next Friday night because Of the
novena al OF. Francis xavier's
church.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
DRAMATIC PROGRAM
TO AID CAMPAIGN

The Waterbury AntlsTuberculoslS
League, which Is conducting an
early diagnosis campaign this
month, has arranged for the pre-
ge1tatlon Of q dramatic program
for tomorrow night ct 1880 over
Station WATR. The program Will
deal with the battle waged againsl
tuberculosis BY John n. Kenney
sports editor Of the Lowell, Mas.
Sun. The story Will open IN 1
newspaper setting, then viii carr,
on to Q sanatoritfn and tlen 10 TIL
hero's return 10 work after cur
from the disease.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
BISHOP OBRIEN
OFFICIATES HERE
Large Class Of Children
Confirmed This Morning
at st. Francis Chucrh
Washington Hill

Most rev. Henry n. o'Brien, aux.
illaFy bishop OF the Hartford do.
cese, ofIiciated this morning at the
confirmation ceremonies In 81
Francis Xavier church. He was as
sisted by Rev. James A. Broderick
pastor, and several local priests. A
class OF over 400 boys and girls were
confirmed. They received inStFuc'
tons from the sisters OF 81. Francis
Xavier parochial school.
Bishop OtBrien addressed the
class and their parents and relatives
at the conclusion Of the services.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

Tilo AyndiesKne Was & curious
aeef-illge animal tiiet lived 10 1y0gth
Ameslea Msiili0ns oE yesRS a@os
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
HOSPITAL BULLETINS

Miss Dorothy WYigIey, 10, daugll-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs, Phillip WYlgIey
and 1leiFegS to the WrlgIey chewing
gum fortune was discharged from
Waterbury Hospital yesterday Auth
critics reported that II was not
necessary 70 perform the appen-
dectOsny for which she was admit
ed. Miss Wrigley has returned 10
WestOver school where she Is 0
student.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
BRUSH FIRE

A brush IRE on property Of the
city Of Waterbury, on Charles
street was exting1ikfled By hremen
last night at 1880 o'clock.
IN 1924, Daniel Webster was re-
elected 70 Congress by a vote Of
1880 out Of . total u 5000 votes
cast.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18
WaFAens To Meet

A special meeting Of ell wardcns
and telephone center attendants has
been called tor tomorrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock ut Warrington school
by Warden Frank Keefe Of Zone B.
Mr.. Keefe requests that oil members
OF the groups mentioned DO pres
ent,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

A p0NStbIe fracture ee the skull
ana 3 IseeEstIOH o. the ear were
sustained by Jean Jenes, %, ~
Bucks MllI last night 10 North
gawage when he was stRHek by =
car 0peR@eeA BY Jegewh BeeeIst~
ehie, IS, - - 1E0pkins street he
n . psgieBt Is o. HEaFy'e hospital
where his condition ~ reported
fair.
Meter Relgelnen SoSepb YsvegS
" as@ RFsgk G,eagy opGA the man
waaiIeA Int ElBe FgOBt night fender
~ ne eag which vas pFeeeoAing
~ skemt 10 rifles peg h0aE
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-18

shrifnpO, when boiled, ore brown:
the common pink ones ere really
J . varsity u rrawn
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-11-13
Arnold Stone

Annals Siane she hes heen
spending = snort inase 81 aeaenet
with his wife ans child ard ethsf
relatives here Nj Slnna wha
enterea sht service septrmhef
Isth. h2s issen assigned she gae
tson of ssrsr keefef 81 tiss silslse
statsnn At kes Vest
Private Prs, Class prenllks
Crane q ne siss Int MrdWal
Detachmeni stationed IN Sau1
Ste Marie Michigan aud On
tario IS home IL Mess fsslni
where IS IS spending bis fuff
ia4igb Due t. ire tisrae required
70 travel hesne and return Re Nsil
have only 81 days 10 stay Nj
Crane reports thai his duties -
uuire harm 20 spend one 3cek alti
az three on thr Canadian side as
aid man for the lock guard tfefe
Jack Reeves returned hssfae
"Wednesday night ffnfn Mnbsis
where he enlisted III The United
States Naval Reserves
Herman + Johnstnn. stln - NJ
and Mrs ieef johnson. Is now
stationed 81 Sabine Pass. Texas
lie Is with . branch II the Navy
Among the eighty men who
have enlisted n the Nniiesi Sfstes
Navy since the recruiting station
vas oFened ii Iaifpoft October
10. are james Edward williams
Charles Warner. Lewis Gllhsgt
Siasrs 1r4 1ahn Hen4g Dup1n
Edward William Isangfofa and
Alfred Julian johnson. 81 pAses
goala George Edward Alien Jr.
Thomas Charles Cannefie James
Monres Wesi. William Walter
Hilton Harry Thaadeua Lyunz.
IT. Claude Arthur Palmer. and
James Denny Wesiroyieh &c b.
lgxi and Glenn White T0rreA OF
Moss Point
Private Ernest G Freeman hse
returned 70 Camp Shelby after
; siiSst visit wiih hts parents. Mf.
and Mrs Martin Ffesman
+ J. Granger Of pascafoula and
kew ORLEANS departed FRIDAY
night fm she Boatk Camp II tho
4 ) Marines 81 s9n Diego. gaI
ifeFnia NJ Granger Was con
heeieo Wiih he Ingalls, Shipbaild
ING Corporation pflUr - his en
lGy IL ihe service
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-11-13
New County Health Officer Makes
Report 10 Board Of Supervisors

Ne tta MAis asas
- hs stlifs Is oar nshnA
- sne sa4 csis eth 81
ceEs % ailFxsfF tss
distress huaeee mast 3
Sass thaa hsal uFvs2awtion alaAzs
its NxAsl eSk@xsa4ank IA sfss
enaeiRenY OassS@nilaa Is ths
Frisk ~Staasiou alanK u# rntsfe
Gulf Cuast W MaegN the ase
q 8ecshl dried miik preparations
lcf nfsnt feeding e fenisge lase
0se ~ uWk aaslk nsefN drse6
miis 'eFmuias arr faf mae 80
peftof tran wha3e gaw uassk
They are essentially the eQuiva
Aens ~ human mk fost8fled ~
tttafnins 3 ana p whwh are
nasY Tot ue Nneang bahH
Again ws reg~at > fesw warning
n0te-FatsoaiBg msx ~ an eesn
tusiity before spring We IN
dsfxfand today that several cessa
wuniiies "a Texas arr nata unseF
fatinn IT miik
Durine ne month ihs health
department conducted ; random
safuniine toF detection 81 snaisrss
~ he blood smear method On
eos school children selected ffugn
varsns1s SCHOOLS IL ana around
Pscaeoals The parpssse of wheh
was 20 leSate specific areas where
asalaria preaoFntnatek When the
results 81 these tests are evaIu
afsd sanitsfy methods viii be IN
Siitated 70 conur9l malaFis IA
these areas Thix work wak dnnr
under ne direction al M Bean
OF the L $ Pubic Health Ser
vice. Office e Malaria Control
IN Nar Areas Atlsnta, c.
The educata1n program Of
venereai disease Vas carried to
the eolored people q the county
through seven night meetings N
colored churches ard schools ~
the eoanty-by exhibiting sound
moving pictures ~ gonorFhea and
syphilis The extreme import
ance Of syphilis in the negro
race was emphasized since 80 to
IS PR cent Of their rsoe Is in
iectrd The meetings in general
were well attended Al the close
Of each meeting. voluntary biesd
MssSermanns Wefe taken On those
present b. the personnel Of TIE
Health Department
A the request of Nj Wells 81
pegIniandenl II schools Il pasea
gouia, ali Of ths boys ~ the
Junior and senior Hlgh school
were examined ~ the medical
personnel IT the Health Depart
meni Tor TIE purpose Of ascef
tanning TIE fitness II each boy e.
participate u al active physical
training u an anticipated organ
ized Junior Commando Group
The results Of the examinations
0f these boys were exceedingly
gratifying Is - the physical con
dlfion II the youth Of PaacagoalK
The other routine health De
pafimeni activities 3efe carried
0u 81 usual
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-11-13

ANs A ~ 2
PanN iieaith Va aefAfsr d
u~9 - heAigh gar JaskNa Coan
w wde ha8 first IMPORT - ~
BaFa ~ Sgsa a. the ~
vemfes @sfsn ~ naH Naerosd
81 nr kaensr 7 Ness1nsn v s.
ys transferred
b. hn mspors u Haff sid thal
fhs Department aceepts TIE esaag
lssss q eauaR pscrs IL ~
FaaaEuafa area fhaf sun regsass
e. clean ap sltef hesug aarlafel
unit luF personnel 81 the arrnm
forces ~ the unsted Nations S@fs
food can and fnust h. delivered t
me civilian population n thas
area he declared
Following IS his nenFt n fun
A. the SeptesnheY meeting q.
tfis Honorable BoaFd 81 Super
veais saa reluctantly accepted
she resignation ~ Surgeon a.
hagAaf 7 Wesfnlan NJ D Of the
Unlsea States Public Health
Service Acting DirectaF q Health
in Jackson County and appoinl.
Cd Surgeon gR1 Henry a HoH. NJ
ID 81 the United States Public
Health Service under she recon
msndation - DR. ] A Milne II
TIE Mississippi State Department
u Health with tire expressed par
pose thai Re tanunue the existing
bees e. program and elaborate On
These phases which directly PCT
tam 70 the War Efiort
vii history repeat itself DIS
ease kltls people than bul
lets during every great war
These diseases srr contracted On
tie battle front ia the War pro
ductiun areas and even N the
cixlilan population ia tire most
remote sboaes 81 life These dis
eases do MOI always XIII hut also
retard the war effort through 40
senIeeism "a work Ia an essential
industry Al present the death
tate from such diseases are low
however absenteeisfn IN industry
l. exceedingly high and your 0un
ingalls, Corporation Is b. no
means an exception e. this ab
senteeism
What are some Of the causes
which produce ihese disesses7
Sanitary conditions crowded
housing facilities. exhaustion
with lack 1T proper recreation
and the many other environment
tal conditions Shich control the
resistance % disease IL IN sns.l
vidaai
Win TIE tremendous influx q
population lnso Jackson County
many u these factors afe laa
u b. -emeaied because Of q Is
slty but fortunately these are mt
TIE ga grtsni causes of ihesa dx
eas However, certain gllases
IA them can be quickly corrected
ana they are responsible for =
large number Of these diseases
this Is particularly iFue III the
field 81 sanitation
Safe food can and must b. de
hveFed ~ the civilian population
Vi tins Target Area Ana 0e of
the Health Department aim 10 ex
pedlti0usly deliver the goods
We accept the challenge Of those
elandestine sahoteurs wiao def
antly refuse 20 make any sttempg
~ clean az their eating places
after being singled out ~ unfit
for any personnel Of the armed
forces The armed forces must Dc
kept fat II Is essentially i'm
portant that YOU Of the eivilian
population be kept fit IN TINS war
production area
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-11-13
BIRTH

Mr. and Mrs & & Mccoy. Jr.
announce The birth of . daughter.
October q 1912. II the Mobile
InfHmafx Mobile Ala She hes
been named Patsy Dawn Mrs
MCCOY viii Ia remembered -
Sybie Smith. formerly q Pas
CaEoaIia
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Feb. 81 up Omitted States
Department of Agriculturel .-Salable hogs.
10000; total, 15.500; active, weights $40
pounds and down mostly steady; heavier
butchers strong TO 10 higher: top. 1920;
bulk, 1S0-240 pounds. 10000: most
24O-70 pounds. 12 90-13.l0; e7o-330
pounds largely 12.s0-13.O0: good 16O-1s0
pounds ;50o13.00' most 360-6oo pound
' sslabi. iOehee sheep. 5000: total. 11.oo; late
good and choice 95-105 pounds fec lambs,
IL .00-25: few decks IL .35 with 10S-111
pounds, IL 5000: two doubles 100-pound
summer-shorn lambs, 1900; few decks good
to choice 1928 pound ewes. 7.25: to-
days trade: no early sales fat lambs. bid
ding 11.75-12.10 for good to choice fed
wooled lambs or around 25 lower; strictly
choice kinds held fully steady at 1925
upward
salable cattle. 1900; calves. 800: steers
steady: top, 400; bulk. 1000; 25:
these medium grades very dull: heifers
steady, cows weak to Is lower; bulls weak;
vealers steady; hardly enough heifers here
to make q market: medium grades, $50
lO;75 best. II: 50; gutter cows; 500 down:
to $50; little above 900; heavy sausage
bulls quotable to 1850; mostly 1925 down:
vealers, 12.00-14.00 with choice offerinss
Is 90: stock cattle very dull, weak to 25
lower than late last week.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Washington Produce

BUTTER-93 score, tubs, 81; 1-pound
prints, 3s; 14-pound prints 3sH2; 92 score
tubs 36 1-pound prints, 36aa: H-pound
prints, 81; 81 score, tubs 35; 1-pound
prints. 35l2; Apound prints, 36; 80 score;
tubs 3434: 1-pound prints, 1914; H-pound
prints, 35s4; 80 score, tubs, 34l 1-pound
prints, 30; A-pound prints, 35h; IS score,
tubs: "a; 1-pound prints. 34Ha; A-pound
LIvEsTocK - Calves, 14h; spring
From Agricultural Marketing Service
Prices paid net fob. Washington:
EGGS-Market steady. Prices paid Tor
Federal-State graded eggs received from
grading stations February 90. Whites 2.
S. extras, large, 30h-3l mostly 81; .. s.
extras, mediums. 27h-29, mostly 80; y. s.
standards. large. 27h-29, mostly 30: U. s.
trades; 25. Browns; y; s: extras, large
s ToSt5y g. s. Standards, gs q efs5ss farse G s5s
u S. standards, mediums, 25h-2s; U. S.
Trades s425 Nearby e ungradea fSed eggs sei
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Fowl,
eolored, 4 pounds and up, 20-2l; Leghorn
hens. 3Ha pounds and UP, 14-15; No. IS.
10. Roosters, 1914. Chickens, virginia
Rocks and crosses broilers and fryers, all
sizes, 1921; No. Is, 1915; Reds, 1920.
Capons, 5-6 pounds. %: 7 pounds and up,
1923. Turkeys. young toms, 10 pounds
and up, "a; young hens, 10 pounds ana
up. 1929; No. Is and undersizes, 1S.
Guiness. young, all sizes, 25 per pound;
old, 10.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Price Order Expected.

CLEVELAND, Feb. 81 (P.-The
o. P. A. is expected soon to stabilize
prices and simplify sizes of bolts,
nuts, rivets, washers and similar
products, Daily Metal Trade said
today.
The trade publication reported
formal orders for such a program
are expected to be ready in the
next several weeks and that prices
on most items would be those of
last October 1.-The level at which
o. P. A. requested they be main
tanned pending formal arrange
mentS.
"Simplifcation will follow the
National Bureau of Standards
specifications on sizes, ETC., and con-
tingent on material supplies and
allied factors, may increase produc-
ton of some types 25 per cent or
more" Daily Metal Trade said.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Rug and Carpet Firms
To Speed War Plans
After Warning
Large Part Of Plants
To Be Converted for
Military Needs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The rug and carpet industry,
which has received a friendly
warning" from the Government to
hasten into war production, today
studied plans for converting large
part of its capacity to camoufiage
cloth, sandbagging material, cotton
duck and military and civilian
blankets.
At an industry conference here,
Robert R. Guthrie, War Production
Board textiles executive, warned
yesterday that the jute supply prob
lem was very bad and getting
worse" because of shipping inter-
ruptions, and that all jute stocks
might be frozen, dislocating an in
dustry of 10000 workers.
Chief among the wartime ex-
pedients suggested was the manu-
facture of bags and sacks for ship
ping farm products and of materials
for sandbags. This would relieve an
acute shortage of bags for this years
farm crops. Substitute flbers would
be used instead or the burlap which
formerly was imported from the Far
East, if Army engineers gave ap-
proval.
The carpet makers also were in
vited to prepare and submit to the
Army samples of substitutes for
carnouhage material, for which bur-
lap now is used.
w. P. B. told the industry that
any carpet manufacturer who could
produce cotton duck for civilian use
would receive favorable considera-
ton" q
Because of soaring military de-
mands, existing mill capacity for
cotton duck is inadequate.
Oil Owners Protected.
Petroleum Co-ordinator Ickes took
steps today to protect individual
property owners in their right to
participate in the development and
production of oil and gas fields
under the well-spacing provisions
of the War Production Boards
petroleum conservation order known
as M-68.
Pointing that the order required
consolidation of all separate prop
critics within a drilling unit before
well could be drilled, the Co-ordina-
ton ONCE sent communication to
the petroleum regulatory agencies of
oil producing States, the industry
production committees and to all
producers, recommending
l. That drilling units be formed in
q manner that will afford all own
ers within each field reasonable
opportunity to participate in the de-
velopment thereof and the produc-
ton derived therefrom."
2. That owners denied reasonable
opportunity to participate in the de-
velopment and production of field,
file applications for exemptions to
M-68, which prohibits the use of
critical materials for drilling and
production purposes except in speci-
fed instances.