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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02

Washington, D. C., Dec. 2-Few federal jobs in the U. s. A. are so steeped in tradition as that of Comptroller of Customs for New England.
 Though the headquarters art located in Boston, this post has been held by a resident of New Hampshire ever since Civil War days, out of respect to Abraham Lincoln.
 Lincoln appointed the first comptroller, New Hampshirite, and the story goes that Honest Abe was so impressed by his abil- ity, that he expressed wish that the job always would be filled by someone from the same State.
 Now, however, the tradition has been broken. pr. Samuel T. Ladd of Portsmouth, N. H., who held the job for several years, has been eased out, and the name of a Massachusetts politician has been sent to the Senate for confir1na- tion as Ladd'S successor.
 The new appointee is John J. Curley of Boston, Curley's selec- ton for this .$5, 800-a-year plum has an interesting ramification. for he happens to be the brother of CongreSSman-elect James M. Curley, former mayor of Boston and governor of Massachusetts.
 There is still one hurdle to be cleared. however, before Lincoln's heritage to the State of New
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02

Al p1esen1 every baker has his OKn recipe and his OEn method Of packsglng- There are different slzeS and types o5 Loaf among the various kin6s of bread plain and emElcnez EalHEe, Efn0le wheat. rye. Vlennz- and so on Scme food ex- peT1S ims Washington would like to see taaSs caasnSeG to 2 standard loaf Eor each VsrSeEF-
 Eue Cream Pr6xe Dip
 ChamcKS are ak2a hee cream pgices 2Ee gasag aS drsP along with the = per uea1 dr~p En baatRr fat content. Simne ahhe WIFE sE1er @hVisusly low CTS ahe @lahiay af an ice cream. the FwSne eeSAing win d@HbtIe<S ceme dswm a@ cwmf@Em with this change. SncsaA-Hana Sseeperx
 Before I0ng you won't have to pay rhe HEane 0f q neE vacuum cleaner to get a nee0Ea6ith1ned- or just q plain second hand sweeper.
 OPA is getting set to clamp down On 8 -hlAcE mRzFket~ that has been taking advantage Os customers vino wanEed vac1sEn cleaner ~at any price AS things non stand. q re- n0mdars1Ged sEesper is often more eEpemsSEe than it w1S wfen new.
 And WPB is going to unfEeeze TarEa- caEaneTx so that some Eazl be available f0E Christmas shop PegS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02
FEAST OF CHANUKO
 TOBE OBSERVED
Fight for Religious Free- dom to Be COnmemO-
 rated by Services Here

The first historically recorded fight for religious freedom-and, therefore, for all freedoms-will be commemorated by the traditional observance of Chanuko. the Festival of Lights or Rededication, observed ny Jews the world over for 2.0OO years. and celebrated this year, December All.
 Tine written history of this bat tie is to be found in the Apocrypha of the Bible in the Book of Macca- bees.
 Therein is related how Antiochus Epiphanes. conqueror of Judah. tried in 169 B.CE., to force all people unto his new order" for the prov tnces under his rule. National cul- ttlre, local religion, and personal en- Geavor were to be uprooted in favor of general plan of coordination" for everyone.
 But it did not work. The religion of their fathers and the belief in one God was too previous to the Jews to be exchanged. either by caioleFy or force. for the religion and ways of the pagan Greek gods whose worship Antiochus demanded.
 Bitterness became open revolt, headed by Judah Maccabee and his brothers Guerilla warfare-a small band of patriots against a we'll equipped conqueror-led to a de- cisive battle in 165 B.C.E. in which Anticchus and his army were de- feated, and the Temple in Jerusalem which had been converted into a pagan shrine. was rededicated amid rejoicing and thanksgiving. There is the legend of a miracle which had occurred at the dedication- a small cruse Of sacred oil. sufficient ordinarily for only three days of pure flame before the altar, lasted the full eight days until consecrated oil could be had again.
 This brave victory of a minority fired by its religion and devotion to God. is therefore observed eight days. Faithfully, the candles of Chanuko have been lit for 2,00O years as a symbol of the victory over evil darkness. Tn the year l942. this observance has deepened signi- ficance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02
MEDICAL PRODUCT
 HOLD-UP CLAIMED

wasaaLEgt01- De-. 2-uPl-C. NJ Van Kirk- Ebee president of SquibbS & 6OEx- New York charged today ahar tine O1lsce 0f Prize AdmInIStra- z60n had held Ep for six weeks the re5eaxe Of a Eew n1e6fczi product that ESgfst have saved the lives Ol many knfzEks-
 Van KlFk- tes1ffyEng before the So6Es ecngTesxh0EaT ecnrcmy con- 75Esae Investigating government gnezsa0GnzlFeS. said the OPA oEIy resea&26 tlae Me6hcfne-a wkoopGng cough reneCy-affeE he had told OPA CsEcEsIE he wcuG expose them if they 6s6n't stop -puSSyfoottng zroEE6~
 A price ceiling Has set ard the serII wax EeEease6 10 the market the next day. Van Kirk said.
 The serum had -been proven to FecEEe the mortality rate from Wino0pEng cough Ee told the com- mftsee- but despite pressure from physicians no pESce was assigned to ik until I told them that I could psuve fnfnntx had died during that six weeks fog lack of the medicine. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02
LAWYER DOES
 STRIP TEASE
Description of Margie Hart Offered in Court by Dig.
 nified Barrister
BY MARTIN KANE (Iaaitet1 Press stan ('orreSnnndentl

NNAAtNN NNNSS SNuu NUEENSHuUuCntl
 New York. Dec. 2-(upl-A com psete description of the strip tease technique of Margie Hart. Missouri farm girl who made good on 42nd street, was offered in court today hS George Timone, a dignified, be- Spectacled lawyer who saw it once end returned for q second perform ance to make sure.
 Tfmone was a witness in the Broadway cause celebre by which 1lTy of seven men and five women is to determine whether burlesque by any other name Is obscene. in- decent. immoral and impure"
 The wftreSS went to the show "Wine. Women and Song" twice with MagiStrate Stephen S. Jackson at the request of License Commis- sioner Paul Moss,
 ~Do you remember Margie Hart,s strip act9" Assistant District Attor- ney Sol Gelh asked Timone.
 T 6o,~ the witness said. He ex- psaine6 that he had seen the show twice and subsequently wrote down his reeollectionS in note form.
 The red haired Miss Hart, he said. performed her number, en- titled ''priorities' while three actors in the garh of a soldier, sailor and marine. sang from a box this song
 '"Take it of for defense.
 Take it off for Donald Nelson,
 "And take it off for Ickes."
 The witness explained that dur ing this chant. Margie was strutting about the sage removing various vsr materials from her person.
 At one point, when she was re- duce6 to three tiny but appropri- ately placed triangles, the strip tease artist said pathetically, &C., eorCiing to the witness, If take it of III lose my defense and land in the clink.s
 Miss Hart stood revealed. finally, Timone said. in nothing more than 8 small flower. The audience at this point. he recounted, had join ed in the spirit of the thing and also was shouting Take it off"
 But Miss Hart'S discretion pre- vailed. he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02

Thousands of amateur carpenters the length and breadth of this island kingdom are carving out new careers for themselves as Santa Claus helpers.
 Air raid spotters at their posts on bleak coastal cliffs, anti-aircraft lonely gun sites, faithful wardens in the dank shelters of bondon's East End, firemen and policemen of duty, W,A.AFs on wSnd- swept balloon sites, and older schooboys an their cassrooms-"j jack-leg" carpenters all - have rushed in to i'll the gaps left by the conversion ot the British toy industry to war production They're being helped by American soldiers who are con- valescing from ills and injuries in hospitals.
 The government has restricted the regular toy manufacturers to l-2 per cent of their normal output for a peacetime year. Therefore Br1tains children-incuding the bombed-out youngsters little evacuees living in strange households, boys and girls in hospitals-T1n have to thank unknown and talented godfathers and godmothers in the National Nursery School Association, the Friends War Relic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02
PLANE CREW IN
 DARING RESCUE
Six Americans Rescued in Enemy Territory After
 Crash
By PHIL AULT

United Press Stan COrrespondent)
 Allied Air Force Headquarters, North Africa, Dec. 1.--(Delayed)-- (Up)--Ar American Air Force light bombing plane, effecting a daring night landing in enemy territory on the East Tunisia coast, has rescued all six members of the crew of . sister bomber who had made a crash landing, 1t was announced today.
 The men rescued were 2d Lieut. David L. Floeter, pilot; 2d Lieut.. Allan l.. Jouser, Jr., co-pilot; 2d Lieut.. Vernon Scogin, navigator and bombardier: Staff Sergt. George F. Doran, radio man; Staff Sergt. Ray Davilla, engineer, and Sergt. Her. bart L. Flerschman, tall gunner.
 Their medium bomber, raiding en- emy-held Gabes on the East Tunisia coast had made a crash landing after one of it's motors was crippled by anti-aircraft fire.
 Lieut.. E. F. Umphrey, flying an escorting Lockheed Lightning p-38 fighter, saw the crew climb out of their disabled plane and. opening the motors of his crack new craft, raced back to base for help.
 Within q few minutes of his ar- rival, Lieut.. Leo Hawel, Jr., pilot. and Lieut.. Prank H. Donnelly were in rescue medium bomber and streaking down the runway, with Umphrey and Capt. Mourne in P-38s, following as escort.
 It already was so dark that, to take off, the three planes used an Arab, standing or the runway in his flowing white robes, as a guide post so they could get away.
 The bomber landed near the dls- abled plane in the heart of enemy held territory on the coast. The disabled plane was destroyed by burst of incediary bullets which set it afire, the six grounded men climbed in and the rescue plane took off by the light of the burn ing wreckage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02
-E -ETIslII5 FRONT 5slI5s&5l - .BOB-TAHED SHIRTS, STANDARDIZED BREAD
 ARE WIPE NEW DEGREES
By ANN FRANCE WILSON NEA Service SsaEf CeEreSpsnaent

Washington, Dec. 2 - Uniformity and standardization that's the theme song of WIPES material - and labor saving campaign And youu hear it more and more as the simplifcation reaches farther into the fields of clothing, food and household necessities.
 Take shirts. for instance When the second order 0n them cames fhrengh. its a fair be1 that tAeyGl be completely standardized AS things stand now, WIFE orders have cropped two or three inches eff shirt tails. and have eliminated a few superfluOus biElewS sf material in hack. This alene Hin salvage na- terial fer 10 00O9! !00o mare shirts.
 Pockets have already disappeared from the less expensive shirts, and WIPE is eyeing that extra patch O- material in the higher priced gar- ments. The future of French crrs also appears a bit dubious.
 Victory Leaves
 The considerable talk an Wash ington about Victory lOaVes" 5ndl- cates that bread will probably be the first food 10 be affected by stand ardization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02
SECRETARY HULL'S
 SPEECH APPROVED

A telegram commenting Sey. of State Cordeli Hull for his encour- agement to Albanian patriots to re- volt against Italy, was sent yester- day by Mehmet Tosum of Wolcotl. president of the Vatra branch Of this city. an Albanian society. Mir Tosum said he felt sure that Secy Huns encouragement win have great effect on the morale of the Albanian people, both in Europe and in this country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02

aged. This, together with the fact
 that great proportion of this eSn-
 battled islands population has "pT9or engagements" at barracks, military air fields and war plants, is a blow to the Englishman's custom of sur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02

Dorothy Russell, IS, of Vest vile. New Haven county, named by Assistant State Club Leader Elsie TFabue as Connecticut's l942 4-H food preparation champion. is awarded an ali-expense trip by the SeEvel home economics de- paFtmcnt to the 2lst National All Club Congress in Chicago, Dec. 2, where delegates will discuss fur- ther 4-H contributions to the war effort The honor climaxes an eight-year record during which the girl prepared and served 240 HseaIs and % special dishes, and baked I63 patches Of bread. cakes, cookies. She was . member sf the 1881 county champion food demonstration team, which also placed in the State contest. This Is the eighth year of the contest, which is conducted in cooperation with the Extension Service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02
By DONN SUTTON Editor of NEA Service

London Dec 2-Pre- Christmas 
 "No metal s little Johnny Bulls lot for the l92 Ypetsde thereby would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02

Umbrellas formerly manufac- tured in Britain with IS ribs will have only eight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02
New England Customs Is Trodition Doting Boek to the Civil
 War About to Be Broken?
ns, U.s. War Dept, Wash, b. C.
BY DREW PEARSON
(AuthOr of The Washington 'Merry- Co., -ROundy

Hampshire is relegated to the ashcan. Curley has to be con- firmed by the Senate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02

Copyright, 1942, by United Features Syndicate, Incl
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
LABOR ASSISTANCE VITAL

One of American democracy's earli-
est institutions, the old town meet
ings are again popular as "Town
Meetings for War" Throughout the
country, sponsored by local civilian de
fense councils, townsfolk gather in
parks, courthouse squares, on village
greens, postoffice steps. They hear
about production of war materials, de-
fense activities, unity, community mo-
rale, complete mobilization of the
towns resources for war, the sale of
war bonds and stamps. They pay trib-
ute to the men in the armed forces
and to the mothers of the boys at the
front They listen to their local bands
and join in a community sing.
The assistance of labor unions in
these town meetings is vital, not only
to present a picture Of labor's contri-
button to the war-but to help secure
all-out participation on the part Of all
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
AFL HEADQUARTERS
HAS FIRST-AID SQUAD

Washington, D. C.-National head
quarters of the American Federation
Of Labor is prepared for possible air
raids with a home-trained first-aid
building squad CLEANED from a group
of thirty-one first-aid graduates. In
structed by Miss Mary Lyme, assistant
to the managing editor of the Amer
ican Federationist, the class received
certificates from the American Red
Cross.
Represented in the group, which in
cluded eleven air raid wardens, are
employees from the stats of President
William Green, Secretary Treasurer
George Meany; Research, Publicity,
and Bookkeeping Departments of the
A. F. of L.; the Union Label and Build
ing Trades Departments, and the in
ternational offices of Firefghters.
Bookbinders, Technical Engineers, and
Letter Carriers.
The building squad holds drill
every other week. An advance class
in first aid now in progress includes
some Of the graduates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
SHORTENING THE WAR

Too much emphasis can't be placed
on the necessity for intensive produc-
tion and other efforts now-not next
year or the year after-to speed vic
tory and shorten the war. The Inter
national Federation Of Trade Unions
stressed this as a paramount need in
its annual May Day Manifesto to the
workers Of the world, complete copies
of which have just reached this coun-
try.
The manifesto points out that la
boris first and foremost task is to de-
feat the aggressors. It warns against
excessive optimism and emphasizes
the necessity for a tremendous, all-out
effort right now to smash the Axis.
Destruction of the Axis gangsters
is our only path to peace, says the
manifesto. "For the achievement Of
that aim" it adds, ''the workers must
continue to assemble and devote all
their strength and resources. If ev-
erybody everywhere puts all his. en-
ergy and strength into this battle,
victory is a certainty.
"This final and decisive victory may
come even sooner than the most op-
timistic Of US think. if every diver
sion of the war effort is absolutely
ruled out and if the total war spirit
and determination inspire and guide
all our actions.
Workers Of the world, be steadfast
in endurance! Do not forget the evil
things we fight We stand between
the world and a ruthless despotism.
Let US count it a high privilege now
to serve in this most just cause"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

stayed behind because they did not
want to leave the workers, but in
nearly all cases there were one or two
officials who could undertake the re-
organization.
Each group was organized as min
iature Trades Union Congress affili-
ated with the International Fedora
tion of Trade Unions. Groups have
now been formed among the Belgians,
French, Poles, Germans, Austrians,
and Czechs, while a Spanish group is
in process of formation.
The Belgians have 1000 members
with three full-time officials. The
French 500 with full-time secretary
who escaped among the wounded
soldiers from Dunkirk- and a clerical
assistant, and the German and Aus
trian groups, 800 and $50 members,
with full-time official each
Is
The biggest of all the organizations
is the Norwegian seamen's union with
10000 members, whose president and
many officials escaped. Offices have
been set up in many ports in Britain
and the United States. There is also
the Danish section, the Dutch trans
port workers. division and a Chinese
seamens union, besides others affili-
ated to the groups already mentioned
The non-British workers pay one
contribution to the British unions for
purely trade union purposes, another
to their respective national groups for
administration, propaganda, and re-
lief Foreign workers are on an alb
solutely equal basis with British work
ers and special unemployment ex-
changes have been set up for the diff
ferent nationalities.
Everything possible is done to main
tain contact with the workers in the
occupied countries, and to prepare for
the rebuilding Of the trade union
movement in those countries as soon
as the war is over.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
How TO Use Your FIashIight
Indoors or Outdoors in BIackout

paper, or with your handkerchief, /
dimming and diffusing the BEAM
until you can see only objects
nearby. The paper or other COW
ering should be tied firmly in
place to prevent the likelihood, of
any sudden exposure of the beam
If you know in advance that
you must be outdoors in a black
out, cut two discs of newspaper
and insert them under the lens.
Deep red paper may also be used
(blue is unsatisfactory. And re-
member: The Office of CiUilidn
Defense has not get approved any
so-called "blackout lights" So
for your own protection, follow
the instructions given here until
further Instructions are issued.
The foregoing applies in areas
where no more stringent regula-
tions have been adopted by the
local defense authorities.
Most families already have
flashlights which can easily be put
in good working condition.
Usually these lights need only
new bulbs, perhaps a new lens, or
fresh batteries. Such minor re-
pairs cost little and help conserve
the available supply of new lights
for families which are Witholtti
any equipment. 4
Keep your flashlights loaded
with fresh batteries. Finally,
have an extra set on hand for
your light in case of long-con
tinued use.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19

tions that have been reviewed and
passed by the Office of Civilian
Defense. These include the fol-
lowing, which the National Carbon
Company is helping distribute:
Select a convenient, accessible
place for your fashlight and
allOays keep it in this place. If
you must use the light about the
house, never point it toward un-
shielded windows, skylights, or
open doors.
If you have to be outdoors when
a blackout comes, do not use an
urShielded fiashlight when you
can avoid it. If you must use it,
(1) switch it off again as soon as
possible, (2) keep the beam level
or doWnWard--neUer eUen Slightlu
atpaoard, and (3) keep the beam
away from all surfaces that may
reflect light.
AS rule, you will have time to
shield your light before using it.
You can do this by covering the
lens quickly with couple of
thicknesses of newspaper or other
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
Protests Sales Tax
On Liquor BY Glass

Columbus, Charging discrim-
ination and improper Interpretation of
the state sales tax act, a Columbus
tavern owner has filed an appeal with
the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals pro-
testing the enforced collection of the
sales tax on drinks.
The appeal was filed by Attorney
Roy Stone, Columbus, on behalf of
Mike Catalogna. If the petition is
turned down by the Appeals Board
the issue may be carried to the Ohio
Supreme Court.
Stones brief contends that the Ohio
Department of Taxation has placed a
wrong Interpretation on the act-that
there was no intent by the state leg
islators to collect sales tax on liquor
by the drink.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
Labor Dept. Employees In
War Bond Buying Drive

Chicago (ILNS). e State employees
in the Division of Placement and I'm
employment Compensation and other
divisions of the Illinois Department
of Labor have pledged themselves to
buy war savings bonds through the
department in excess of $4,000 per
month, State Director of Labor Fran
els B. Murphy announced.
Under voluntary purchase plan
instituted early in February, en-
ployes of the department have already
invested $17,204," Murphy said. New
pledges are being received constantly,
and pledges already made are fire.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
the community organizations -neces-
sary if the war is to be won.


UNSAFE PLANTS AXIS ALLIES
Any management that willingly al
lows unsafe conditions to exist in
plants today is aligned with the Axis,
whether they realize it or not, John
Gibson, chairman Of the Michigan
State Department Of Labor and In
dustry, told the Lansing, Mich, Safety
Council.
Pointing to the need for industrial
safety in peacetime, he declared that
during a war it is even more essential
to enforce a strict safety program be-
cause of the loss of manpower through
accidents.
Speaking Of the increasing numbers
Of women who are going into industry,
he said if women are willing to take
up factory work then at least the
plants should be made safe and clean
for them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
40 Cents Hourly Minimum
Fixed For Textile Labor

Washington, D. C. Secretary OF
Labor Frances Perkins announced that
effective June "a, 1912, DO cents an
hour or SIG week is the minimum
wage under the Walsh-Healey Public
Contracts Act for commodities com
ing under the definition of the Textile
Industry. This minimum takes the
place of the 371s> cents minimum es-
tablished under the Public Contracts
Act in 1941.
Under the Fair Labor Standards
Act the minimum for the Textile In
dustry was set at 40 cents an hour on
April 20, 1912. The action of the sec
retary establishes 40 cents an hour or
SIG week as the minimum under
both acts and adopts a common def
milton for the Textile Industry.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19
Beer-Liquor Permits

Application, A. NJ. Nantz, "a Main
Street, Hamilton, D-1.
Application, Conner Sizemore, 910
Yankee Road, Middletown, D-1,
Application, Reckman and Dicker-
son Distributing Company, SO Craw-
ford Street, Middletown, B-4.
Permit, Joseph j. Tutas (Village
Taverm, ITO Central Avenue, Ham
ilton, d., D-2.
Application, Meadowbrook Swim
ming Pool, Inc, Venice, Ohio, d..
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-06-19

We simply do not know when the
war will end-but we do know and
we must keep on believing that, by
giving to the war every possible
ounce of effort, we shall win for free
dom and for democracy Never mind
when it is going to end. Just keep
on slugging. - C. M. w.