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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

Teachers from a number of high schools in Connecticut will attend the War Department Civilian De- fense School at Amherst, MaSsachu- sets, it was reported today by James M. Osborn, Director of Air Raid Protection Training for the State Defense Council. This course will run for ten days beginning on August g and includes intensive work on chemical warfare, fighting of inceniadry bombs and other mil itary subjects. Because real gas is used, persons attending the course will be thoroughly drilled in the use of gas masks. Among teachers al- ready registered are Christopher Adams, Wethersfield High School; Miss Lucille Kuhnly, Rockville High School; Ralph Lyman, Middletown High School; Arthur Hitchcock of Bristol High School and Joseph Swaye, Bulkeley High School, Hart ford
 The teachers are attending this school in preparation for the courses in Air Raid Protection and First aid which will be given in the high schools throughout the State dur ing the next term. These courses will include training in protection against poison gas, incendiary bombs, in te preparation of shelters and defense agains high explosive bombs, blackout in theory and prac- tice, and in the duties of Messen- gers, Fire Watchers, Canteen Aides, and other Civilian Defense work.
 Commenting on the program, Commissioner Alcnzo G. Grace of the tSate Department of Education, said today. This war affects young people of high school age almost as much as it does their parents If, ard when, fire comes from the sky the boys and girls know they will have to help fight it. The high school courses in air raid protection techniques and in First Aid are de- signed to help them do so, both as individuals and as regularly enrolled members of civilian defense organ izations.
 Though many boys and girls are already active in Civilian Defense work, the courses will include train ing in the specific duties of Mes sengers, Fire Watchers, Aircraft Ob- servers and Red Cross CaDteen Aides. ra1717;i@Sa. Y~ilnAs.xun Viii le necessary, however, before any boy or girl is allowed to accept an ap- pointment from the local defense council.
 These courses are one way in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
LINE NOW FORMING
 FOR APPOINTMENT

Names of host of possible can didates for appointment as corpora tion counsel to succeed J. Gregory Lynch were being advanced today. MT. Lynch has received a commits sion as first lieutenant in the pro- vo&t-marshars department of the army. He has been ordered to re- port for duty early in September at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
 Mayor Vincent A. Scully Is ex- pected to withhold consideration of the candidates until after MT. Lyrch's resignation has been re- ceived. It will be filed after the corporation counsel is formally in- ducted into the army.
 Attorney Edward J. McDonald, now assistant corporation counsel. may be advanced to the $7,5OO year post, 1t was reported today.
 Another possible appointee is Att torney John Membrino, now serving as special assistant to the corpora tion counsel.
 Also mentioned are the names of a dozen or more Democratic law yers.
 MT. Lynch is now serving his sec ond term as corporation counsel, having been first appointed when Mayor Scully was sworn in for his aANk tMEA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
Washington Pegs

SHOE soles begged with fiber O are being tried out to give longer wear. Q . . Army's mo- tor transport corps, transferred from Quartermaster to Ord- nance, has 12,O00 soldier and 18,OO0 civilian personnel. c Two of the Virgin Islands, which have plenty of sugar, have a shortage of flour, which is therefore being ratiOned. . U. s. Employment Ser vice filed three million city and Cc0,000 farm jobs in the first half of 1942. . . Q Machine tool production is now 75 per cent above the 1941 rate. . Cheese, dried beans, peas and Ientils are the recommended substitutes when you cant get meat. . Nearly a million German, Jap and Italian aliens in the U. s. now carry identifi-
 cation certificates. . Q Cherish your hatred for the enemy" says Soviet handout.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
LAW SCHOOL HEAD
 JOINS U. 5. NAVY

Washington, D. C., Aug. 24 = A leave of absence for the duration of the war has been granted J. Ed ward Collins, head of the Catholic University's School of Law, who has been called into active service with the navy with the rank of lieuten- ant, junior grade. MT. Collins as sumed charge of the Law school last April when the Rev. Dr. Robert J. White, dean of the school, joined the naval chaplain corps with the rank of lieutenant commander He will report shortly to the Naval Training school at Newport, R. l., for instruction as deck officer. MT. Collins came to the Catholic University of America in 1888 as a lecturer in law, after he had re- ceived degrees at Boston college and Cornell university.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
Park Track Stars Are
 Champs of Waterbury
Score 30 Points in Annual City Event; Mrs. Thomas
 Buckley Entertains Bridge Clubs
WATERVILLE Correspondent: William 1se Dwight S-PhOne sS4s

Miss Josephine LaChance. Prizes were won by Mrs. Heaney, first. Miss LaChance, second, Mrs. Sullivan third and consolation by Mrs. Whe. lar.
 Miss Carol Hoadley and Miss Betsy are spending several days a Deer Island, Bantam, as guests o. MT. and Mrs. James Brown 0 Sprague street.
 The annual playground picnic wiD be held on Saturday, Aug. 29th. A special meeting of Casper Davi, Auxiliary will be held this evening o'clock at Fraternity hall. Mrs. John McMahon, president, will pre-, side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

WaterVille, Aug. zf.-Steve Moran and his Waterville park track squad scored 39 points to its nearest com petitor, HopevilIe,s 20 in capturing tie 1042 inter-playground track and field championships at the Muni- cipal Stadium yesterday afternoon. More than 200 youngsters from the various city playgrounds under the direction of William J. Derwin com- peted to make the meet one of the most successful in Park department playground history.
 It was the third successive track triumph for WaterviIle park in the city championship competition. The . Moran men made their biggest bid for points by winning all three relays, the midget, the intermediate, and the junior relays which pro drced total of IS. Every event was keenly contested especially among the little fellows in the midget di- vision.
 The point score was as follows: Waterville park, 39; Hopeville, 20; Chase IA; Hamilton, 6; Porter 4; and Fairlawn, 4.
 Potato race, won by Lovejoy, (Chase); second, Pollard, (Chase), third, Geary (Hamilton).
 Sack race, won by Keaveney, (Hamilton); second Knapp (Water- viile): third D. Greatorex (Chase) Relay race won by Waterville (Bird, Hughes, Buell. and Knapp.
 Intermediate division-60 yard dash, won by Ricard (Waterville). second Quattro (Porter); third, Creel Broad jump, won by Sheehy l (Fairlawn).
 Broad jump, won by Sheehy (Chase) second, Synott (Fairlawn) third, Quattro (Porter). i Relay race won by Waterville (Mc- Aree, Seeley, Mccarthy and RicarO Junior division-10O yard dash won by Carmody (Hopeville); second Du- blque, (Hopeville); third. Lyons | (Waterville).
 Running high jump, triple tie for first place between Carmody and Dubuque of Hopeville and Mccarthy of Waterville.
 Broad jump, won by Carmody, HOpeville second, Lyons, Watervllle, third, Dubuque, Hopeville.
 Relay, won by Waterville park, I.yons, McAree, Whelan and Ri- card).
 Richard J. Cosgriff, who has com- pleted his basic naval training at Newport is spending a weeks fur tough with his aunt and uncle, MT. and Mrs. Frank Weir of Dixon street.
 Mrs. Thomas Buckley of Hunt irgdon avenue entertained her bridge club Wednesday evening at her home. Lunch was served. Pres ent were, Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, Mrs. Francis Whelan, Mrs. Joseph Seery, Mrs. William Heaney, Mrs. James McAree, Mrs. James German and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
Trans s-AtIantic Plane Stewardess Is Scared Stiff Her Dentist
BY TOM WOLF

NRA Service Stan Correspondent
 New York.-In grandma;s day 1t was sound advice to tell a girl she'd 70 far f she kept her feet on the ground. But comedy Margaret Sic lried has gone farther, faster than Erandma would ever have thought possible, just by keeping her head sn the clouds.
 Margaret is one of a select hand fUl of stewardesses whose regular beat Is the transatlantic run be- tween New York and the British Isles aboard the American Export Airline's giant flying boats.
 DUTIES KEEP GIRLS
 BUSY ALL THE WAY
 Afraid? She's more scared of the dentist. Looking like the Hollywood conception of her role, dressed in ahe chic taupe gabardine suit and overseas cap that make up her uni form, Margaret discussed her job as nursemaid to trans-oceanic con- snuterS.
 You're too busy and too keyed up to have much time to think about the trip while you're in the air." she said. Tt just seems like the first meal is just started when it's already time to begin the next One."
 Most of her passengers on the four trips she's made to date have been the model of the well-be-haved air-traveler-"pretty nice Joes" as Ehe put it. The majority of them, naturally, are pretty important Joes, too, these days, and most of them have done sufficient flying before to take the trip in stride. The trips are much smoother on the average than flights over land.
 Of course, there are few "ner- VouS Nellie" who lean heavily on John Barleycorn to see them safely through the trip, but these, says Margaret, are the excep- ton.
 TURNS DOWN ALL
 OFFERS FOR DATES
 In general, the passengers are more congenial than those on domestic airlines, where Margaret worked for nearly three years be- fore going to American Export. That's because they get acquainted Yoing through customs and the like before the trips begin at all. Num- Der one transatlantic paStime seems to be poker, with talk rank ing close second.
 Margaret, who was born in c.ranklyn, Ohio, went into the stewardness business from nursing. Next to youngest of eight children, she didn't tell her parents or broth CTS and sisters about her trans-At- lantic plans until after she had taken the job. Then it was too late for parental fussing and she says her family approves the work now
 SIae hasn't had lot of time to zee the other side yet, because you1re pretty sleepy after the trip and the turn around is pretty quick. She got her biggest kick out of the difference in the countryside abroad, the stone fences, whitewashed, thatched houses, lack of paved roar1s, donkey carts.
 Being tall and slim, with blue eyes, brown curly hair and quick, pleasant smile, Margaret is deluged with date offers from her flying charges, but she has turned them all down. Her boy friend, who works in New York, has nothing to do with planes or flying.
 What is the ambition of girl to whom flying the Atlantic has already become routine? T cer- tainly don't intend to be career woman" Margaret says. Housewife, perhaps? She smiles her prettiest when she say, "Time will tell"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
ISCOVILL UNION | SEEKS MEMBERS

The Scovill Brass Workers union, victorious in the NLRB election held Wednesday at the Scovill Mfg. , Co.'S main and Waterville plants has begun campaign to sign up new members.
 Negotiations for 6 contract will be opened as soon as the unions victory in the election has been off, cially certified at Washington. The union has already asked the man. agement to establish genuine" labor management committees to step up war production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
OFFICIAL FORMS
 TO HELP ALIENS

Hartford. Conn. Aug. 20 = It I expected that the forms for the cer tification of aliens will be received. by the local U. s. Employment Serv- ice office within the next few days State Acting Director William G Ennis stated today. According to MI Ennis a great many aliens who arc seeking work in war industries have been unable to procure the proper certif1cation because of the lack oi official forms, and this defect will be remedied in the near future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

Charles Coburn is wearing the same prop" ruby ring in Princess O'Rourke" that Humphrey Bogart wore in Across the Pacific
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
High School Teachers
 ToUndergoGas Tests
Realistic Touch of Warfare to Be Introduced in Cvil=
 ian Defense Course at Amherst, Mass, Next Week

which the Schools of Connecticut are trying to prepare students for living in a world at war. But the subject matter-especially the train- ing in fire prevention and first aid -is also designed to make them better citizens in times of peace"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

Richard J. Cosgriff, who has com pleted his basic naval training at Newport is spending weeks fur tough with his aunt and uncle, MT. and Mrs. Frank Weir of Dixon street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
RATIONING BOARDS
 PRAISED FOR WORK

The Waterbury rationing boards and staffs are doing a splendid job declared Frederick G. Cook, county liaison officer for the OPA, after an inspection tour yesterday.
 Volunteer workers who have aid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
KIWANIANS VISIT
 AT CAMP MATAUCHA

The weekly meeting of the Ki- wanis Club was held Wednesday night at Y. M. c. A. Camp Matau- cha in WatertoWn. Dinner was serv- cd at the camp and motion pictures followed. A boxing program was pre- sented by the boys at camp.
 Yorkshire county in England now has 2,412 Land Army girls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21

CaNfornia's first newspaper, the Californian, published in Monterey in 1846, was printed half in Eng Ash and half in Spanish.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Navy Flyer Balls Out Into Sea
And S Spends II Days on Islands
Swan for Six Hours With Leoky Preserver;
Leap Was First in | Years Flying

go in on them when a flock of
Zeros lurking on the other side
whipped under them and up at us,
We didn't get crack at the bombers
but sure let those Zeros have it."
Il saw tracer bullets going past
me. One bullet nicked me here on
the forehead (pointing to tiny
crease and knocked my goggles off
Fire broke out in the cockpit and I
tried to bail out but the radio cord
caught me and sat me right down
again.
Il broke the cord and jumped out
at about 5000 feet I didn't pull the
rip-cord right away because I
thought they would follow the para
chute down and machine-gun me.
That was my first Jump in ! years
of flying, l dropped comfortably
with my back toward the water and
the only sensation of falling was
from the flying suit Tapping on my
legs.
II looked over my shoulder and
saw the water was getting pretty
close, and pulled the cord. The
chute went between my legs in a
wad and nearly broke by back when
it opened. About the same time. 1
hit the water fat on my back. Two
zeros came down close to me in the
water but didn't shoot.
Life jacket Leaked.
Il was within about four miles
OF tiny isle and started padding
toward it. My ife-iacket must have
been damaged by fire because it
Evening star., 1942-09-07

under 1t. Gen. Lesley j. McNair.
On the scene for the last two days,
he said:
i've never seen better looking
bunch of men. They've been eat
ing dust, losing sleep, getting by on
field rations. Yet they're tanned
and healthy and full of fight, and
for all that this is wasteland,
they actually seem to like it.
This place has no equal as
proving ground-it's absolutely
unique. When you're going into a
wrestling match with a tough oppo-
nent, you'd better know all the
holds-and this is the place where
we can learn them.
Ideal for Armored Armies.
All observers are agreed that this
California area, with its vast ex-
panses of maneuver terrain, is an
ideal training ground for desert war
fare and particularly for mechan-
lied warfare, since tanks and half
tracks can be deployed at will
But Col. James C. Crockett, in
telligence chief of the armored
force with headquarters at Fort
Knox, KY, sees it as something
even more specialized: The only
area in this country where the
American Army can develop and
learn to use armored armies such
as the Nazis have employed to such
great advantage in Poland, France,
the Balkans and Russia.
And I am convinced that we
must have armored armies" says
Col. Crockett, whose experience of
four years as assistant and acting
Military Attache in Berlin makes
him particularly valuable member
of the armored force staff. You
might. in fact, call me a special
pleader for them"
Refers to Record.
In support of his plea he refers
you to the record-to the lightning
campaign in Poland, led by an
armored army; to the Nazis' march
through France; to their amazingly
swift progress through the Balkans,
faster than any one would have
thought possible over such terrain;
to their use of four armored armies
to spearhead last years drive into
Russia.
The Germans were imitators in
adopting the armored division, since
this development was inaugurated
IN 1926 by the British (who dis
Evening star., 1942-09-07

carded 1t four years later and went
back to distribution of their tanks
among infantry divisions. But the
Germans were innovators in their
organization of the armored army,
each self-contained striking force
of four or more armored divisions
and each supported by other units
geared to the tempo of the tanks.
The advantage of such tactics is
obvious. Each German armored
division has upward of 200 tanks.
Put four of them together, and your
tank force nears 1000. Against such
a concentration the Russians, for
instance, even if they massed twice
as many infantry divisions, could
present less than 300 tanks-for the
Russians, so far as is known, spread
out their tank strength and are
believed to have no more than IS
to each infantry division.
Praises Our Equipment.
Since the Nazis have IS known
and identified armored divisions,
this country has long way to go
before it can hope to matcn such
force. But from the equipment
standpoint ours already lis just as
good as the German all the way
through" according to Col. Crockett.
One misconception this Tennes-
see-born armored expert would like
to clear up concerns the Germans
88-mm. gun, which has been so ef-
fective as Marshall Erwin ROM
mel's principal anti-tank weapon in
Africa.
THE chief mistake made in dis
cussing that gun is in comparing a
weapon to a tactical situation" he
explains. Certainly the 88 can
knock out tanks-if they're sta
tionary, or offered it as targets one
by one.
But just as the tank has sacri-
feed certain elements for extreme
mobility, SO the 88 has sacrificed
certain things for range and high
muzzle velocity. 1t has tre-
mendous recoil, it has no mobility
but has to be dug in, a process that
takes 10 to Is minutes, and it
has no defensive armor. The SO
can blast 20 or 100 tanks If they
run right into it-but If the oppos-
ing force makes use of it's ad-
vantages, the 88 also can be 81
lenced by an infantrymanS rife"
Evening star., 1942-09-07

wouldn't stay inflated. I kept blow
ing 1t up but finally gave up and
threw 1t away. I also let 60 my
pistol and knife and took off all
clothes except my underwear.
Il swan hard but didn't seem
to make much progress. When
got so tired I couldn't swim another
stroke / would float on my back
and rest up for a little more. Those
rest periods got more and more
frequent.
Il bailed out in d-afternoon
and didn't reach the island until
after dark. I couldn't see 1t but
guided myself by the stars. I didn't
know I had hit land until I felt
the reef against my back.
Il went few steps on the beach
and fell exhausted. I don't know
how long / slept. 1t was still dark
when woke up but I could hear
cattle and went exploring. I couldn't
find human being on the whole
island but did find a bull and two
feifers."
Ensign Firebaugh was suffering
from thirst but didn't dare drink
until daylight from barrel he
found half full of water. When
dawn came, he could see the water
at least looked clean.
He decided to build a raft out of
an old window-frame, logs and
weeds and to try to reach a bigger
island nearby. where he thought he
would find some inhabitants.
Landed Near Native Village.
After a second night on the little
island-virtually sleepless nights be-
cause of ants and mosquitoes
Ensign Firebaugh finished the raft
and set out under an overcast sky,
thinking he would thus avoid
blistering sunburn. The overcast
lifted in 80 minutes and the hot sun
bore down on him.
Five hours later, badly sunburned,
he landed on beach near a native
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Blue, Red Armies Sci
For Decisive Battle
In Desert Maneuvers
All Weapons of Modern
Warfare, Including
Porutroops, to Be Used
b the Associated Press.


WITH THE ARMY ON CALI
FORNIA DESERT MANEUVERS.
Sept. dusty, deep-tanned desert
warriors, manning virtually all the
weapons of modern combat, squared
OF today for the decisive battle"
In the second phase of our Army's
realistic California desert maneu-
vers.
The battle promises to be hum
dinger. For two days and night
the rival arrnies-Maj Gen Homer
G. Browns Reds and Mai. Gen
Robert c. Richardson, ir's Blues
have been setting the stage, and
the stage setting continued last
night.
Flank Attack Planned.
While the Reds were digging in
along the range of hills and noun
tains that runs west and south of
Needles, Calf, the Blues were send
ing a regiment of infantry. with full
pack and equipment, right across
one of the toughest parts of that
range to be in jump-off position
against the Red flank at dawn.
The Reds, mostly infantry with
artillery and tank destroyer sup
port, were concentrated on the de-
tense of two highway passes. The
Blues, with tanks, artillery, in
fantry, mechanical cavalry and
bombers at their command, also
planned to throw in parachute
troops in dawn operation as a
diversion from their main thrust.
Good Training Ground.
Among the most interested spec
tators at the big show is Brig. Gen.
Floyd L. Parks, 64-year-old chief
of staff of the Army Ground Forces
Evening star., 1942-09-07
BY TOM YARBROUGH,
Associated Press War Correspondent


ABOARD A UNITED STATES
WARSHIP IN THE SOLOMON
ISLANDS AREA, Aug. % de
layed Here's what happened to
one Navy flyer the day the Navy
and Marines started knocking the
japanese out of the Solomon
Islands and how he saved his skin
with remarkable courage, physical
strength and endurance.
He is Ensign Gordon Firebaugh.
81, of Valparaiso, Ind. who has
been flying II years. incidentally,
he is pretty fair swimmer.
Gingerly nursing burned left
leg as he slouched on the ward
room divan, Ensign F'irebaugh was
telling his story within an hour
after this correspondent arrived on
the ship by air. Ensign Firebaugh's S
adventure is regarded by other Off
GERS as among the most exciting yet
experienced by a flyer.
Leading a flight of carrier-based
fighters against 80 Japanese
bombers the afternoon of August
.. he was surprised by a flock of
Japanese Zero planes, bailed out of
his flaming cockpit, swan for six
hours after his life preserver sprang
leak, and lived on lonely islands
until Navy plane rescued him II
days later.
Ensign Firebaugh's wife and g.
year-old daughter live in San Diego,
Calf. His mother lives in VAL
paraiso.
Set Out After Bombers.
Here's his story:
Il was leading a fight of planes
when they told us 40 japanese
bombers had passed over Guada-
canal Island We few about so
miles and caught up with them but
there were only 33, so somebody
must have knocked off seven before
we got there.
1--WE were just getting ready to
Evening star., 1942-09-07

village and two natives came toward
him. One brandished n knife, but
he made friends with them and they
directed him to a black missionary
who, in turn, sent him on to the
white representative on the island.
After seven days on the island he
took a shaky ride In q little boat
whose single motor was 80 years old.
Eventually he was picked up by a
Navy plane
His plans?
Il want to get back to my carrier
and get another plane"
Evening star., 1942-09-07
u. 5. Gets Blond Locks
Shorn 20 Years AGO

BY the Associated Press,
NESS CITY, Kans.-Twenty years
ago Mrs. c. c. Perry had her long,
golden tresses cut. She placed them
carefully away.
Recently she heard of the need
for blond hair for use in precision
Instruments for the armed forces.
She donated her locks. Back came
check for s25. which she promptly
gave to the Red Cross and USO,