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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
PRIMA ARIES DATE TO BE SELECTED
Democrats to Hold State Convention in Hartford
 August z7

A meeting of the Detnocratic town committee will probably te called for an early date to make plans for caucuses, primaries and naming of convention delegates. The state central committee, meet ing last night at Hartford. set Aug. 27 as the date for town caucuses.
 The state convention will be held Sept. IS and IS at the Bushnell Me morial auditorium in Hartford, the state committee voted. Corporation Counsel J. Gregory Lynch, Mrs. Edward Mcdonald, Town Chairman Maurice F. Tangney and Mrs. Cert rude Gordon represented Waterbury at the meeting.
 The on:y primary contest now in prospect here is in the 18th district, where Senator Edward P. Egan may be opposed by one or more rvials. Mentioned as opponents are Attor- ney John F. Tobin and ex-Senator Joseph H. Lawlor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

stated, and it will be the responsi- bility of the State Office to see that applications either for new defense public works or for the maintenance and operation of public works prop erly conform to the requirements of the Lanham Act. The Operations Division will review and act upon applications concerning defense pulp lie works, and the Service Division will consider applications for the maintenance and operation of pulp nc works.
 It was further stated that by utilizing the State Ofice for the processing of these applications 1t should speed up final decision as to whether or not grants will be made to the local communities under the Lanham Act. It is further expected that when grants nave been made to the local communities that the State once of the WPA will be charged with the responsibility of the proper supervision of these projects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
NEW PUBLIC WORKS
 TO BE AUTHORIZED
EVA Agency in Operation in New Haven for Future
 Defense Projects

It was announced today by How ard Staub, administrator of the Connecticut Work Projects Admin istration, that the Federal Works Agency would utilize the offices and staff of the WPA to facilitate ap- plications for defense public works and applications for the mainte- nance and operation of public works as provided for in the Lan- haEl Act.
 Communities wishing to make ap- plications for contributions under the Lanham Act shall make their requests from the State Office of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration, 134 Mea- dow street, New Haven, MT. Staub
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH F. DoNNELLY

consciousness of the significance Of the great action is the heart of the liturgical movement
 THE PRAYERS BECOME SILENT
 Until the sixth century there was the fullest participation in the Mass by the people. The priest and his flock were as one family inwardly and outwardly taking full participa- ton in the offering of the sacrifice. About the sixth century, however, when the practice of excluding from the sacred part of the Mass those unbaptj7ed and under instruc- ton was discontinued, and all, even pagans, were allowed to attend, the celebrant who had always chanted the Mass in high voice now mur- niured in a low voice the sacred part of the Mass, the Canon.
 Later we find these. prayers read silently by both celebrant and people and finally when they were reserved to the celebrant alone, these great prayers of the Mass seemed to rec cede from the people in the stiffness of the celebrant.
 It was not long after this that much stress was laid on the fact that the Christian should face the East when praying. But in all Christ ian churches the altar had been placed on the east side of the church and the celebrant offered Mass fac- ing the people and with the altar between himself and the people With the new custom, however, he now came around to the other side of the altar and offered Mass with his back to the people. So 1t was that the actions of the Mass, like the prayers in their silence, drew away from the people and the acc tive participation of the faithful suffered.
 THE HEART OF OUR FAITH
 The Holy Father has requested that during this year the Bishops of the world preach often to their people on the Mass in order that they might keep burning brightly the faith and devotion of the people in this great central act of our reli- zion. The Mass is the heart of oul Catholic faith. To the Catholic the Mass is the glowing source of faith and love and zeal. It is God, he knows, Who through God-given power is brought upon the altar in the prayers of the Mass. His God to be adored and praised, to be the food of his soul!
 To many it is a source of ques- tioning wonder, and sometimes of edification, to see so many Catho- lies going to Mass not only on Sun day but also on the mornings of the week. Why do they go? What is the attraction?
 And as for us Catholics, though we do go in fair numbers to daily Mass, we have much leeway to make up before we reach the standards of our forefathers who in the coun- tries of our Catholic origin thought the day ill-begun when they did not speak to God at the elevation of the Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
FISH, GAME GROUP
 PLANS CLAMBAKE
Local Association Also Discusses New Legisla-
 ton to Open Streams
(NEA Radiophoto)

The Waterbury Fish and Game Protective association at a meeting last night completed plans for its annual clambake which will take place September l3 at the clubs grounds on Cheshire road. Arrange ments also were completed for a special barbecue and get-together to be held Sunday.
 President Joseph Fow was named chairman of the clambake commit~ tee. Assisting him will be John Kullman, Donald Stills, Joe Chipman, Allan Woodcock, Roland Turner, N. H Bellmay. ST., Rudy ziminsky, Jo- seph Morkis, Clifton "Tee" Johnson, Edward Claffey and Alfred Drescher.
 Trapsl1oot' skeet shooting, rifle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

the first of all Masses, that offered by Our Blessed Lord Himself at the Last Supper, was an evening Mass. In fact, up until the eleventh cen- tury Mass was generally celebrated In the evening. Hence the question of Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (Act W, Sc. 10, Shall I come to thee at evening Mass?" is not as extravagant as it might first ap- pear to the unenlightened glance. THE PASTORS PLEA
 Periodically in recent times there has been some agitation looking to the offering of Mass in the evening as 8 common practice. In wartime England'S voices have been often raised in that request, and though the possibility as 8 general practice may seem strange to us long trained to the present custom, the practice certainly has many. reasons to re- commend 1t not the least of which is the fact that since it is the mind of the Church that as regularly as possible the great number of the raople should unite with the priest in offering the Holy Sacrifice, 1t seems to follow that the Mass should be available to the people at time when the greatest number of them would be able to attend.
 In an issue of the Ecclesiastical Review of 1911 we read Ian old pas tor'', making plea for the evening Mass. "Why give the devil mo- nopoly of the evening?" he asks. Would to God that we could make this time of our people an occasion for promoting their welfare and pie ty and preserving them from dan gerous places of amusement, from secret society lodges and from the propaganda of Socialism" In gener- al his reasons are urgent today.
 FACTS OF HISTORY
 The same article in the Eccles- iastical Review in the following facts gives further information of the time of Mass in the early ChWah. During the entire period of persecution, that is, during the first four centuries of the Christian era, the Sacred Mysteries of the Mass were celebrated generally at night; as 8 rule either late in the evening or in the early morning 50 as not to attract the attention of the pagans and expose the sacred rites to profane interference.
 'The ancient custom of evening Mass is attested by what St. Luke relates in the Acts of the Apostles concerning St. Pauls sojourn at Troas. The evangelist, who was at that time the companion of St. Paul, tells how on 8 Sunday night the Christians came together "to break bread" Paul who was to leave early the following morning on a journey by land to Assos, preached to them until daylight. "Then going up, and breaking bread and tasting, and having talked long time to them until daylight. "Then going up, and xxx; 7-12."
 THE LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
 For some time now the Church, besides diligently encouraging the attendance of Catholics at daily Mass, has been endeavoring to fost- CT the more active participation of her children in the Mass. Of course as we learned in our catechism 1t Is the peoples Mass for 1t is they who offer the Sacrifice to God in union with the agent of the sacrifice, the priest. To make them realize this, to make them pray the prayers of the Mass with the priest with full
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
AUSTIN LEAVES FOR PROVIDENCE
Edward N. MuIIarkey Be- comes Social Security
 Board Supervisor Here

The appointment of Edward N Mullafkey as Manager of the Social Security Board field once at lOe Bank street was announced today coincident with the transfer of Robert E Austin, manager, in the local once since June {, 1887, who becomes assistant manager al Providence, R. I.
 As manager of the Waterbury of- 1lce, Mr. Mullarkey will be in charge of Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance activities in an area which includes Waterbury, Nauga- tuck, Seymour, Beacon Falls, Beth- any, oxford, Middlebury, Southbury Waterville, Wolcott, and Union City Duties include the issuance of new or duplicate Social Security account number cards, service to employers and employees in connection with the necessary wage reports, cooperation with the local representatives oi the Bureau of Internal Revenue which has full jurisdiction over fed eral taxes under Social Security and assistance to claimants and re- cipients for monthly or lump-sum insurance payments.
 Our primary responsibility, MT Mullarkey said on arrival, ''is tc make sure that all potential claim ants are informed of their rights and duties in connection with Fed eral Old-Age and Survivors Insur- ance. Our job is to help claimants file their claims in proper form anc to develop the claims promptly ant completely.
 'The war program has of course caused the continued employment of many wage earners beyond age 65, and even caused the leemploy. ment of some who had previously left work. This reduces the number of old age benefits but it also is storing up a backlog of claims fol later date. Many older workers are filing claims, however, whenever illness Or layoff stops the pay en- velope," MT Mullarkey said. we are especially eager to make sure whenever a worker who has earned wage credits in covered industry dies that his family or next of kin will get in touch with our office promptly to determine if monthly or lump-sum benefits may be due
 "No benefits may be paid until after claim is duly filed Delay in filing should therefore be avoided by every potential claimant. Our
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

Manager
 office at 108 Bank street, in Water bury, will gladly supply information and assistance without any charge" 1" MT. Mullarkey has been connected w4th the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance of the Social Security Board since October, 1886.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

concession GXceeoS that granted in the last war when chaplains were ale lowed to offer Mass at these hours only in emergency situa- tons.
 To uS accus- toned only to the morning M a s s, Mass in the after noon or evening seems most un- usual. But that 1t is not improper may be readily seen when we re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
ENFORCED LIMP

So that he wouldn't forget to limp throughout Columbia's George Ste- vens production, "The Talk of the Town," Cary Grant wore pebble in his left shoe for six weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

and revolver competition, plug east ing, quoit pitching, archery contests as well as refreshments will be on the program.
 MT. Tow announces last night that a bill to make all streams in the state availabel to fishermen Is now being drawn up fer presentation to the General Assembly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
MASS IN THE EVENING

The remarkable privilege of of- fering Mass in the afternoon or evening for the benefit of service men who are unable to attend at the regular hours has been granted to military chaplains by the Con- gregation of the Sacraments. This
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
Congress Awaits
Action on Rubber

talk about the rubber situation al
ready" he said. I'VE don't plan
to add to the confusion. No reports
of our progress will come from
committee members and we hope
men appearing before the commit
tee will divulge details of his tsti-
mony."
Lack of a quorum in congress was
a practical bar to any attempt to
override the Presidents veto, which
would require a two thirds vote in
each house in favor of the legiS-
lation. Sen. Guy M Gillette, D.,
Ia, who introduced the bill. said,
however, there was mot a particle
of doubt" that congress would vote
to override after it reassembles in
September if the issue is presented.
I'VE have been trying for months
to get action in the rubber situa-
ten" Gillette said. 1T is results
we are after, not legislation. Before
/ Introduced the bill I urged the
President to bring order out of the
confusion, and now he is doing
what we wanted him to do in the
first place-setting up an fndepend-
ent new group to study it.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

Not So Bad
Thursday night was great night
at the Ell Centre canteen for SER
vice men.
Unexpectedly scads and scads of
draftees en- route from one place
to another descended upon the
place. Just afr the place became
inundated with brand new sold
iers, Mrs. p. H. Judd and Mrs. P.
L. Moore arrived with IL dozen
cookies they had just taken from
the oven.
One peek at the cookies and the
soldiers began ;,owiing with appreci-
ation. The staff on duty began
handing cut hot cookies and ice
cold lemonade. The supplies of
cookies and lemonade disappeared
like a SNOWFALL dropped into the
center of Main street at 3 p. m. en-
an August day.
"Oh. boy" mumbled a draftee
around mouthful of cookies and
lemonade, "the Army amt so bad if
we're treated like this"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

WASHINGTON. Aug. 7-CUP) -
Senate sponsors of an enlarged syn
thetic rubber -from-grain program
said today that they would not at
tempt to override President RooSe-
velt's veto of their legislation if his
newly appointed committee gets
action
Mr.. Roosevelt, in vetoing the bill
to create new independent agency
to promote the production Of rubber
from farm products, appointed a
three-man committee to investigate
the entire rubber situation and make
a report tc him.
Shortly afterWard its chairman,
Bernard NJ. Baruch, issued a state
plent saying that the group already
was at work, and would make it's
report as soon as possible. The
other members are Dr.. James B
Conant, president of Harvard Uni
verSity, and DR.. arl T. Compton
president of the Massachusetts, in
stitute of technology.
A spokesman for the committee
said every effort would be made
to keep every developmnt in the
investigation private
There's been entirely tco much
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
Army May Release
Farmer-SoIdiers
To Help Harvests

FRESNO, Cal. Aug. I. UP) -
The Army may give f:;rloughs to
men with farming experience to
help in San joaquin valley har-
vests rather than see crops ruined
by the present serious labor short
age,
This statement was made here
by Lt.-Col. Clarence c. Harshman,
laiSon officer for the war man
power commission for northern
California, Nevada and Arizona,
who told farmers t-c government
is making every possible effort
to provide them with agricultural
labor.
Il feel confident the Army will
not see your crops lost, and if nee
essary, will extend furloughs to the
soldiers experienced in farming to
assist in the harvest" he said.
Hartman's statement was made
during a conference called by the
agricultural committee of the Fres-
no county chamber of commerce
and attended by draft board rep
resentativeS and member of the
y. S. Department of Agriculture
War Board
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
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giving newspapers more informa-
ton.
Arthur E. Simon, Seattle attorney
representing the average citizen in
the discussion, said the people were
dissatisfied with what the press
had given them and didn't know
whether to blame the press or the
government.
1--WE expect the truth. nothing less
as soon as IS publication can be
had without injury to our military
effort" Simon said.
we deem it the duty of the
government to make the facts av-
ailable to the press, subject only
to limitation of not aiding the
enemy. We deem it the duty of the
press to get, and to furnish us
with those facts"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
Shi,pbuiIder Will
Make Cargo Planes

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it and when he is going to get
started" Nelson said
First indication Kaiser had won
his fight for permission TO build
the huge planes came yesterday
when Nelson conferred with Presi-
dent Roosevelt and then said
plans would be worked out "in a
short time A WPB spokeman lat
or said Nelson was anxious to get
Mr.. Kaiser into business
Kaisers original plane-building
program, outlined before congress-
ional committees, called for con-
version of several shipyards be-
sides his own Oregon yard for
building the planes He said the air.
freighters could be built without OBJ
structing the Liberty ship program,
possibly using facilities now idle
because of the steel shortage.
One shipyard which might con-
ceivably be used in such a pro-
gram is that of Andrew Jackson
Higgins at New Orleans. The Mari
time commission recently cancelled
a contract for 200 Liberty ships
with Higgins because of the steel
shortage.
Both the war production board
and air force officers have en-
phasized the need for more cargo
planes, but have warned that their
manufacture should not interfere
with the construction of combat
planes
The WPB spokesman also reveal
ed that officials have investigated
the possibility of developing a 200
ton cargo plane. although action
on that will be delayed about a
year to contract for engineering
drawings.
Rep. John B. Tolan, D. Calf,
asked President Roosevelt to name
Kaiser to a high government posi-
ton" because of his success as a
shipbuilder. Kaiser, however. told
Tolan that he felt he can best
serve the country by continuing as
a builder"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

of the Soviet high command to draw
off the German forces which Fri
day struck deeper into the CaucaSu;
and tightened the southern claw
Of their pincers upon Stalingrad
For three weeks the Russians have
been striking at the exposed north
ern flank of the Germans around
Voronezh, but for a week there has
been little Russian headway.
The Soviets Friday reported saw
age Russian counterattacks in the
northern Caucasus, but their lines
buckled and bent back under the
sheer weight of the German masses
of tanks, infantry, and planes al
all points except in the Kletskaya
sector 70 miles northwest of Stain
grad.
Sacrifice units were thrown
against the German armored tide
in an effort to save Stalingrad, the
Maikop oil fields. the oil pipeline
terminus of Krasncdar, Kropotkin,
and the Vorossisk naval base on the
Caucasus Black Sea coast.
The fiercest fighting still ragged
along a 70-mile front between Be-
lava Glina and Kuschevka in the
western Caucasus and around Kotel-
rikovski, 95 miles southwest of Stall
ingrad, where Russians and Ger
mans were reported battling for
the city's railroad station.
Moscow dispatches told of des-
perate fighting in an effort to pre-
vent the fall of Kropotkin and, since
Kropotkin lies 35 miles southeast
of the important railroad junction
of Titkoretsk, this tended TO con-
firm German claims of the capture
of Titkoretsk.
The latest war developments con-
cerned intensified aerial activity on
flung fronts, in which United
States bombers played a major role.
United States bombers destroyed
at least 10 japanese planes in a
raid on Tienho airdrome in China.
taking the enemy completely by
surprise and returning from the
attack without loss. Brig. Gen.
Clare L. Chennault, commander of
the U. S. air forces in China, said
that the japanese have thrown
their best fighter planes-new i'm
proved zeros-and pilots especially
trained to battle American airmen
into suicidal effort to drive the
americans out of China.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
-Four Offenders in
Police Court Here

Four city law violators, two OF
them women, faced Police Judge
Lee Nuffer in court Friday morn
ing. Two we're released when part
or all of their fines we're paid. The
other two are serving time.
Vera Sanders, 29-year-old white
woman, paid a $40 fine for drunk
mess. Rosetta Gordon, 29-year-old
Negro, paid five dollars of a SIG
fine for drunkenness and distur> ng
the peace. Guy Wilson, 28year-old
Negro, is serving an eight-day SEN
tence on a similar charge.
John Bauman, 52-year-old Swiss,
Is keeping Wilson company for the
same offence He received an eight
day sentence.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 - (UP) -
Langley Collyer, elderly recluse who
since 1909 has lived unseen in an
old. barred and shuttered mansion
with his now blind and paralyzed
brother. emerged today from the
legends-just a softspoken old gen.
tleman with a liking for privacy
The Collyer brothers, Langley
and Homer. whose ancestors came
over on the Speedwell, the No
Ma%flower. were about to be evicted
from the house. described by Ne
gro neighbors as definitely haunted
for non-paymcnt of an ancient
mortgage. II was expected that
eviction would solve the mystery
The mystery was half-solvcd
wednesday night b. a New York
Herald Tribune reporter, Herbert
Clyde Lewis. who was sitting on the
front steps of the ramshackle man
sion. He heard a creaking of shut
ters and Langley Collyer appear
cd, carrying cardboard carton.
Lewis told HIM bank had fore
closed on the house and intended
to evict him and his brother next
week. 1t was the first Collyer had
heard of 1t.
He was wearing old shoes, rump-
led trousers, a seedy jacket, an old
fashioned celluloid collar and a
black bow tie. He had mustache,
wore a boating cap at least 80 years
old. and one of his sleeves was pin
ned with safety pin.
Perfectly at ease, Collyer chatted
in a low polite, cultivated voice
Walking toward bakery to buy
some buns for his brother. he re-
vealed that he was interested in
medicine, music, machinery. physics
and the radio. He said his brother
was listening to the radio, IAN old
crystal set. l made it. Radio inter-
ests me. I have also made several
sets that work on storage batteries. y
His brother appeared to be his
chief concern.
But his health is improving"
he said. "Yo unjust remember we
are the sons of doctor We have
medical library of $4,000 books in