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studies by the War Production
Boards Smaller War Plants Divis-
ion, may tell, for instance. what
kind of machinery Tom Tucker has
in his little broom and mop factory
near the center of the country, the
possibility of converting the plant
to some war production The in
dexed compartments probably will
show what machine tools and other
equipment are scattered about Ger
tain areas waiting to be modified
for the war.
Help In Sight.
And Tom Tucker and others like
him who want to get into war work
no longer have to go to the ex-
pense, trouble and uncertainty of
going to Washington to find out
what they can do. Most of them
will be within reach of a regional
office of the WPB division. And the
chances are that, if no one has
called on them and surveyed their
facilities, engineers from the di-
vision soon will visit their plants.
Organization of a field service en-
braclng the entire country has been
completed, with II district offices.
In seeking all possible informa-
ton concerning productive equip
ment, especially of the little plants
which have been overlooked, the
division must know what the pro-
curement agencies need from time
to time, if the machinery is to be
geared to requirements Thus WPB
men are assigned regularly to the
buying departments of the Army.
the Navy, the Treasury, the Mari
time Commission and Lend-Lease,
and, conversely, men from those
agencies have been detailed to main
tain this liaison which goes on both
in Washington and in the field.
And there is. in adjacent Offices
at the Raleigh, the Smaller War
Plants Corp, which Lou E. Holland,
chairman of its board and also head
of the WPB outfit, has described as
IAN instrument to be used when
needed by the Smaller War Plants
Division of the War Production
Board" The corporation. set up by
Congress, was given s150,0OO,OOO for
loans to help the smaller plants get
started at war production or essen
tial civilian needs.
Holland Knows Problem.
Mr.. Holland is from Kansas CITY.
and, having headed two small busi-
nesses-the Double Rotary Sprinkler
Corp. and the Holland Corp.-he
knows intimately the problems OF
such manufacturer. He has served
as president of Mid-Central Asso-
ciated Defense Industries, Inc. a
pool of 80 concerns organized in
July, 1941, to get defense contracts
Mr.. Hollands pool included steel
glass and aluminium foundries, a
pattern maker, machine shops, a
woodworking shop, box manufac-
turers, a tool and die shop. AS he
told the House Small Business Com
mittee:
I'VE had a diversified group that
really could handle most any kind
of contract that they could come
in contact with. Shortly after that
we received an invitation to bid on
some sights for the Navy. 1t Is a
restricted item. I signed for the
blueprints."
Mr.. Holland described how he and
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Activity Of U-Boats
Aackeninq
In Mediterranean
Good Knock Handed to
Enemy's Subs, Says
Admiral Cunningham
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED FORCE HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Nov.
21.-During the past 48 hours
there has been definite slack
ening of U-boat activity in the
Western Mediterranean, Admiral
Sir Andrew Brown Cunningham,
commander of the naval forces
in the North African operations,
declared today.
He said that the Royal Navy and
the Raj had given the German
and Italian submarines a good
knock"
In his first press conference since
becoming naval commander of the
Allied North African operations, the
British admiral said he thought
there had been about so U-boats
operating in the Mediterranean and
in the Atlantic just off Gibraltar.
Losses Below Expectations.
Discussing the complete opera
ton, he said that lin the approach
ing stage, the losses of merchant
and navy ships were considerably
below what I expected and I don't
think the losses of ships were out
of proportion to the results OBJ
tanned"
The admiral said he regarded the
estimate of two million tons of mer-
chant shipping to be saved if and
when the Mediterranean route was
reopened as conservative.
If North Africa is cleared of
Axis troops, the Mediterranean Sea
will be opened to fast conveys
which could get by the Sardinia
Sicily bottleneck, but some ships
will have to continue around the
Cape of Good Hope, he said.
The Royal Navy ships co-operat-
ing with troops entering Tunisia
are being harassed by the Luftwaf1e
but damages have been minor, Ad-
miral Cunningham declared.
The admiral expressed doubt that
the French fleet at Toulon ever
would join the Allies.
He praised the Solomon Islands
victory by the United States Fleet
as "a very fine show" and said that
as result of the American Navy's
efforts in the Pacific against the
Japanese and the obtaining OF
North African bases, the Allied
naval situation is getting better
every day, particularly in the At
lantic."
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D. {. Executive Killed
By Shotgun Blast ia
Duck Blind Accident
&c. Ferber, 49, Victim
Of Odd Hunting Mishop
As Wife Sits Nearby

Francis c. Ferber, 49, !, vice
president of Southern Whole
salers, 1919 L street NV, was
killed in a Maryland duck blind
yesterday afternoon when a
shotgun fell and discharged into
his head and neck. -
Mr.. Ferber was in a blind about
10 feet off shore of Brewers Creek
at Sherwood Forest, Md, where he
has summer cottage. His wife
was with him at the time.
DR.. John M. Claffey, Anne Arun-
del County medical examiner, said
Mrs. Ferber was not shooting ducks
but Mr.. Ferber had three shotguns.
all loaded, at his end of the blind.
DR.. Claffey said Mrs. Ferber was
at one end of the blind and her hus-
band at the other and each looked
in opposite directions for ducks.
When a flight came over, the
medical examiner said, Mr.. Ferber
picked up the center of three guns.
rose suddenly and fired. Almost
Immediately afterwards, the gun
propped up on his right slipped be-
tween some pine boughs used to
camouflage the blind, its safety was
knocked off and a branch caught
in the trigger, discharging the
weapon.
Fishermen in boat nearby and
caretaker at Sherwood Forest on
the opposite shore, heard two gun
blasts, the first one having been
fired by Mr. Ferber. They answered
Mrs. Ferber's screams for assistance.
The couple lived at the Westches-
ter Apartments and had no chill
dren. DR.. Claffey issued a certif1-
cate of accidental death.
Mr.. Ferber was born in Washing
ton and finished public schools here.
He was trained as a certified public
accountant at Benjamin Franklin
Institute, formerly Pace Institute.
He was a member of the WASH
ington Board of Trade and of the
Naval Lodge and Lafayette Chapter
of the Masons. He was an enthu-
siastic golfer, and had hunted for
years.
The body was brought to the
Deal funeral home, where services
will be held at 10 am. Tuesday with
the Rev. Henry Manken of the In
carnation Lutheran Church ofhciat-
ing. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery
Besides his wife, Mr.. Ferber is sur
rived by sister, Mrs. w. Edward
Beck, and niece, Miss Marion
Beck, both of 1870 Locust road NV.
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Services for Le Jeune
Scheduled Tomorrow:
Burial in Arlington
Included Among Honorary
PoIlbeorers Are Daniels,
Pershing and Marshall

By the Associated Press,
The War Department announced
last night that Josephus Daniels.
former Secretary of the Navy; Gen.
John J. Pershing and Gen. George c.
Marshall. chief of staff, have ac-
cepted invitations to act as honorary
pallbearers at services tomorrow for
1t. Gen. John A. LIE Jeune, retired.
former commandant of the Marine
Corps.
Gen. LIE Jeune, who died Friday in
Baltimore, will be buried with full
military honors in Arlington Gene
terry.
1t. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, Marine
Corps commandant, will head a mil
,itary escort composed of Army, Navy
land Marine Corps troops and
picked guard from the cadet corps of
,the Virginia Military Institute, which
lGen. LIE Jelne headed for several
years.
The active pallbearers will be 1t.
Gen. Charles Kilbourne. U. S. A.,
superintendent of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute; Rear Admiral Man
ley H. Simons, commandant, Naval
Operating Base, Norfolk; Maj. Gen.
Philip H. Torrey. commandant gen.
.eral, Marine Barracks, Quantico,
Va; Brig. Gen Rufus H. Lane, U.
S. M. c., retired: Brig. Gen. Edward
A. Ostermann, adjutant and inspec-
tor. Marine Corps; Brig. Gen. Ben
nett Puryear, jr., headquarters
staff, Marine Corps; Col S. S. Lee.
Marine Barracks, Quantico, and
Capt. John H. Craige, retired, for
.-rnerly aide-de- to Gen, LIE
lJeune.
+. The list of 36 honorary pallbearers
,also included Gov Darden of Vir-
.glnia; Senator Byrd and Represen-
ttative Robertson of Virginia; Bishop
flames Freeman, Washington: Ad-
smiral Henry A. Wiley, u. S. N. re-
tired; 1t. Gen. James G. Harbord,
U. S. A., and Alfred Bolognes, wor-
shlpful master of the J, A. LIE Jeune
Masonic Lodge, Quantico.
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Missionary to japan
Speaks Here Friday

The Rev. Theodore D. Walser,
Presbyterian missionary to Japan
who was interned the day after the
attack at Pearl Harbor, will give an
account of his experiences at the
Plymouth Congregational Church.
Seventeenth and P streets NV, at
8 O'Clock Friday night.
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Weather Report
Sunday, November %, 1912,


Maryland-Occasonal colder
Virginia-Occasional colder
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BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Files which rapidly yielding information leading
bullets for the Nazs and bombs for the Japs the ab
cation OF thousand and things that victory
ing vouminous day by day Offices top
at the Raleigh Hotel
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Ready-Made Patches
Useful in Repairing
Damaged Screens
Bathroom Wall Material
Has PIustic-EnumeI
Surface in Color
Continued From Page BID

prefinished in color, and III sheets
Be large that Joints between sections
are eliminated. No painting after
it is up and no vertical mouldings
are required.
This newest type Of dry-wall con-
struction is not marked of in
squares, like most waterproof bath
room wall material. 1t comes In
smooth peach, aqua or ivory sheets
with a faint marbleized pattern in
self-color. The surface is made of
two layers of plastic enamel which
is alkali and acid resisting; the
backing is of asphalt-impregnated
felt fibers. This creates a material
which is flexible, thus easy to ham
die in large sheets. The rolls are
88, "a or 1O8 inches wide and from
so to 80 feet long.
This wall covering is applied to
firmly bonded plaster, gypsum board,
plywood or insulation board by a
special adhesive. You must be sure
the surface is level and remove
moulding and trim before applying
the material.
The material costs about 40 cents
q square yard, uninstalled. The
seamless sheets are put in place SO
rapidly, we are told, that the cost
comes to about one-third that of
plaster and a comparable wall sur
facing. There is similar product
with dull-finish surface that can
be painted or papered for use in
libraries and dining rooms.
Protective Film for Walls.
Now that windows are being
opened every day, you will want to
protect painted walls as much as
possible Therefore new protective
film which prevents dirt from pene-
trating painted surfaces is as timely
as the daffodils.
For about S1.50 you can protect
the painted surfaces of three or four
average-sized rooms. Apply the
colorless fiat finish over paint and
watch your housekeeping chores
dwindle This coating, which dries
IN 20 minutes, makes it possible
to wash the dirt off painted wall
using clear water without soap.
Water is said to remove all signs of
dirt, grease or CRIME, leaving a spot
less surface.
There is no need for abrasive
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Lumber

Continued From Page BID
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Outdoor Livinq

Washington has many months
which are ideal for outdoor living
April, May, September. October and
November are too lovely to be spent
indoors, and with just q bit Of shell
ter from the wind or an outdoor
fireplace summer may be prolonged
almost until Christmas.
A rooted shelter between the house
and the garage may boast q fire.
place and flagstone floor and add
an extra room to the house. Here
you may entertain friends on warm
evenings, serve supper or Sunday
lunch, have steak fries for the
younger crowd and all manner of
pleasant parties. Late in the fall,
with a roaring fire, it is still COM
Portable outdoors as long as a wing
wall keeps of the prevailing breeze.
In the winter it can be gathering
place after Skating and coasting par
ties. In short. II '.,n be a most use
full year-round addition to tie tcavse.
Plan the fireplace on either the
house or garage wall. You can save
money by placing it on the garage
wall as the garage probably is not
as high as the house which would
demand a higher chimney stack.
You may do this job yourself If you
purchase one of the pre-fabricated
fireplace units and build your brick
shell around 1t. The roof need not
be of expensive construction just as
long as it is in the proper proportion
and built of appropriate materials
to 80 well with the design Of your
house Exposed rafterS under the
roof and simple wood pilasters are
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Building Contracts
Continue in Biq Volume

War construction contracts con-
tinued in large volume during April,
according to a report Of the Dodge
Statistical Research Service. The
dollar total Of building and engi-
neering contracts awarded last
month in 81 Eastern States was
$498, ,742, 900, which represented an
increase of q per cent over April,
1941.
While last months total was l8
per cent under the March figure,
the drop does not indicate a trend,
since April was the period Of dras-
tice curtailment Of civilian con-
struction and planning for large
war construction projects to be
started later.
The April figures brought the
contract total for the first four
months Of this year up to $780,
944, 1000, as compared with 81 ,462,-
156,000 in the corresponding period
of 1941. Non-residential building
contracts increased 81 per cent,
residential building contracts were
up 20 per cent and public works
and utilities contracts increased %
per cent.
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projects-single family dwellings
and small apartments-since there
isn't enough for the big projects.
Cautions Army, Navy.
The War Production Board yes
terday announced that it had re-
quested the Army, Navy and Mari
time Commission to refrain from
buying any lumber from the retail
yards except in cases where it is
absolutely necessary. But many
builders feel that this falls far
short Of answering their problem.
And what is going to happen when
those stocks are used up, they asked.
One builder said he couldn't un-
derstand how the Government could
order such q restriction when 1t is
calling on private builders to pro-
vide the housing needed for the
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soaps and soap powders, nor even
the need to use a lot of elbow grease,
when you cover your walls with this
magic film. You can apply the film
to washable wallpapers as well as
painted surfaces. The protective
fluid costs $l.45 a gallon, which
covers about $500 square feet. For
small areas you can buy it by the
quart for 49 cents.
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sonable" to have different standards
for of -Stret parking facilities in
different sections of the city.
Another suggestion the commits
sion will urge is to make the pro-
visions of the regulation applicable
at the time the building permit for
the residence building is granted
and not at the time the building
is used.
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Planners
Continued From Page BID

trance will be on the Seventeenth
street side.
The planning commission also ap-
proved an amendment to the pro-
posed zoning regulation set for
hearing June 3 requiring new resi-
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Corp. apartment project on Naylor
road Sc. and another huge apart
ment project at Seminary Heights,
Va, unless additional supplies can
be obtained from the mills.
He said most of the supplies he
has on hand would be used to take
care of some of the smaller housing
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dental buildings to provide for
"off street parking.
Based on Experts Study.
A revised amendment will be
submitted to the Zoning Commits
sion when hearings on the regula-
tion are held. The suggested re-
visions were based on a study made
by two zoning experts engaged by
the planning commission.
They reported that it was "rea-
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war program. War housing projects,
he declared, should be given the
same priority as the war plants for
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which they are being built. Other
wise, the war effort will be slowed
down, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-14
THANKSGIVING
 DAY PROCLAIMED

Hartford. Conn, Nov. i4-CUP)- Gov. Robert A. Hurley issued a proclamation today, appointing Thursday, Nov. 26, as Thanksgiving day and pointing out that seldom has the flame of patriotic devotion burned so brightly in American hearts as it does in this hour of darkness and storm
 On Thanksgiving day, said the governor when we gather t. about our flresides there will be many a vacant chair. In many hearts. l know, there will be sorrow, and a load of care will weigh upon us all Yet we may well remember that this festival of home was founded, long ago. amid anxieties at least as great as ours. Often in the past our peo- pie have returned hearty thanks not for comfort, ease, or security but for the bare assurance of daily bread. More fortunate than they we have not only this assurance but also the growing hope that we in time may help in shaping a bette. world than any that mankind has known. Uplifted by this hope we have put all our doubts behind us and are drowning down all delay We are seeking one goal, we are working at one task, we are breath ing one prayer, we are serving one flag"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-14
MOTOR VEHICLE
 HEARINGS SET
Hogan to Preside at City Police Court Sessions
 Tuesday

The following motor vehicle hear ings will be held at the city police court on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 10:3o q. m. Francis W. Hogan, chief hearing and complaint officer will be in charge of the session.
 Michael Guerrero, Hillcrest ave- niie, Oakvllle. Conn, Accumulated record; Kenneth French, 3e Nelson avenue. Waterbury, Conn, Accumu. lated record; John Mulvllle, 6i E. Clay St., Waterbury, Conn, viola ton not conviction operating under the influence; Donald W. Poster, Jackson St., Thomaston, Conn.,, operating under the influence; Ed win F. Tatsapaugh, RED, Canaan, Conn, Operating under the influ- ence: Edward Brewster, P. o. Box l4, Winsted, Conn, operating under the influence, evading responsible ity.
 Domenic Forino, 2e4 So. Leonard St, Waterbury, Conn, fatal acci- dent; Edward Higgins. 4s Litchfield St., Thomaston, Conn, violating rules of road; Anthony c. DiLauren- zio, 238 Scott St., Naugatuck, Conn, fatal accident; Frank J. Triano Milldale Ave, and So. Main St., PlantSville, Conn. complaint-speed ing; Alfred Pandolfo, 225 No. Main St. WinSted, Conn., consider elim- ination of financial responsibility. operating under suspension: Joseph Y. Sullivan, 70 Alma St., Waterbury Conn. consider elimination of fi- nancial responsibility = operating under the influence; Edwin Howard Sturges, PIT Derby Ave, Derby Conn, consider elimination of fl. nancial responsibility--reckless driv. ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-14
Compensation Agreements

The following agreements for weekly paymntS during disability or for spciElc payment In case of permanent injury were approved today at the office of Compensa- tion Commissioner John !. O'Connell:
 Jerry Collella Of | Morgan place, Waterbury. against Man. ufacturers Foundry O., Sl9.ae beginning August s, hernia.
 DOmenic Gubbatti of q st. 10. seph avenue, Waterbury. against ]. c. Motors. Inc. of Waterbury. S7.s0 he--.=ia- October 2s, injury to right knee.
 Florence Shaw of sS Berkeley court, Waterbury, against Water bury Button Co. $12.5e beginning Ocsober 2l, injury to index finger and thumb of right hand.
 Helen Lessack of 50 Vine street, Wa .erbury, against Waterbury Button Co. Sle.09 beginning No- vember }, injury to left index finger.
 Minus Bado of TorringtOn against Hendy Machine O., Sl6.63 for five weeks, one-slxth loss of right middle finger.
 Andrew Hovanak of Torington against Union Hardware Co of Torringson, $l2.03 beginning Oc- toAer %. injury tO left thumb and left first finger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-14
OVERTIME WAGE
 REQUESTS HEARD

Most of the inquiries made at the local WLB office concerning inter- pretation of the new executive labor orders have been on the wage stab- tlization issue. Roland J. Turgeon, agent at the local office, reports. AL though some requests have been made for information regarding the order on overtime wages, the offi- cial stated, interest as yet seems to center ,.:e!cl- cG the regulation which stabilizes wages.
 The schedules of all local factor ies which employ workers on a six or seven day per week basis have not yet been brought to his atten- tton, Mir. Turgecn stated, and until they are studied no action will be taken to advise the various indus trial officials.
 Since the local office was estah- lished last week at the rent control headquarters representatives of most of the local unions and factories have consulted the WLB agent and secured detailed information on the new rulings. The office will serve as Q clearing house for all petitions regarding changes In wages and its purpose also is to serve as a center for information.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-14
GAS BOOK OWNERS
 OBLIGED TO SIGN

Naugatuck, Nov. i4.-Naugatuck residents who are holding A. B. and c gasoline ration books must re- register on form R-534 before Nov. p, 1t was announcde today at the Naugatuek war price and rationing board office in the Futile House These forms are now at the office of the board and may be made avail able to tire inspection stations and manufacturing plants.
 The front of part "A" of this form is duplicate of the R-534 registra- ton form already on file. On the reverse side are spaces for the regis trant to list the serial numbers of all tires in his possession df the serial number is obliterated the brand of the tire is shown. Part "B" is Q tire inspection record which is detached and returned to the registsant and is kept ct al ltimes in the vehicle. The form must be signed by the registered car owner. not by an agent.
 Passenger car fleets must be rec registered on R-5St. on which Is to be entered Q statement showing the serial numbers of the tires. The applicant also prepared part B of R-643 revised for each vehicle (ob- tained by detaching form R-S34 re- yised).
 War ration book one of decedents and individuals who have joined the armed forces, should be surrendered to the local war price and ration ing board. Consumers inducted into the armed services or leaving the United States. for . period of more than 90 days. shall surrender war ration books to the local board for filing. 4 person having pos. session must surrender to the board decedent's war ration book within 10 days after death.
 Parents are asked not to send children to the war price and ra- tioning board for any business what- soever. Requests may be made by letter, Ii 1t is not convenient to appear at the office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-14
ZIONlSTS BEGIN
 SESSIONS SUNDAY

The annual convention of the Connecticut Zionist region will take place tomorrow at Hotel Garde, New Haven, with large number of local delegates registered to attend.
 Joseph Gaber, chairman of the Waterbury group. will head the dele gation. Others who will attend are: Charles Rosengarten and Meyer Er- langer. ST.. vice-presidents: Howard Matzkin, secretary: Samuel Fish, man, treasurer: Leopold Ginsberg, financial secretary. and Rabbi wil- liam P. Greenfield. chairman of membership; Rabbi David Polish, chairman of the program commit tee: Morris Bardash and Harry Fisher.