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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-11
FUNERALS

The funeral of Oscar R. Peterson will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Zion Lutheran church, Rev. E. Einar Kron officiating. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery Friends may call at Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, today from to and 2 to p. m.
 The funeral of Arthur Carlson will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue. Rev. Francis O. Ayres officiating. Burial will be in new Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening from to g o'clock.
 The funeral of Herman Winters will be held from the Mulville fu- neral home, 270 West Main street at 8:15 tomorrow morning to St. Fran cis Xavier church where solemn Mass will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot, Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon and evening.
 The funeral of James D. Budd was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Clark Funeral Home, Rev. Dr. John c. Walker officiating. Burial was in new Pine Grove cemetery. The bearers in- cluded five grandsons and were: Clarence Budd, Jr, Walter Budd, Jr., Donald Budd, Jr., Albert Budd, Jr.. and Richard Budd and Francis Egan.
 A delegation representing the Scovill Foremen's association also attended the services since MT. Budd was an employe of the Scovill Mfg. Go. for more than 30 years. The funeral of Mrs. Florence Scholey of 29 Harvard street, was held this afternoon at o'clock at Lunny funeral home, 25 Central avenue. Rev. Charles Goodwin of St. Paul's Episcopal church offlciat- ed. Burial was in the family plot, new Pine Grove cemetery.
 The bearers were Newell Porch,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-11
3-TIME MAYOR
 IN MASS. DEAD

Ashburnham, Mass. Dec. ii -CU. p = Dr. Joseph N. Carriere, 63. veteran dentist who had. served three terms as mayor of Fitchbure, died of heart ailment at his home here early today after many months of failing health.
 A native of Vancouver, B. C., he was elected mayor of Fitchburg in 1929, 1893 and 1935, and in 1880 was defeated for the Republican nomin- ation for State Auditor.
 He was a Fitchburg dentist for nearly 40 years and had been house dentist at Gardner State (MentaD Hospital for the past five. years.
 Funeral services will be held at Fitchburg Monday with burial in Worcester.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-11
Program Formulated
 For Child Refugees
Connecticut to Provide Medical Care for Children in
 Event of Evacuation; Suggestions Made

Comprehensive plans for provid- ing medical services to children ln the event that large-scale enemy ac. ton makes necessary the evacuation of residents of Connecticut cities and towns are contained in a re- gently published manual sponsored by the Pediatric Advisory Commit tee of the State Defense Council and the State Department of Health
 Designed to supplement pre- vious manual released by the State Evacuation Committee which dealt with the general problems attend ant upon such activities, the manual on medical services for children pro- vides specific instructions for par ents, doctors and civilian authorities on the type and number of medical supplies necessary to cope with given situations.
 In addition, detailed provisions are outlined for dealing with many other phases of child medical care, ranging from the care of premature ly born infants to behavior difficul- ties resulting from the impact of war on child consciousness.
 Members of the Pediatric Advisory Committee of the State Defense Council who collaborated with rep resentatives of the State Depart ment of Health in preparing the manual are pr. Grover F. Powers ot New Haven, chairman; pr. Martha l. Clifford and Dr. Ernest J. Caul- field, both of Hartford; and Dr. J. Harold Root of Waterbury.
 As a guide to medical and de- fcnSe authorities who will be Tn charge of the program. the manual contains a chart of the 362 TOT children under l5 years of age in the state with a breakdown both by age
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l groups and places of residence. For example, Hartford is credited with 5,286 normal and 206 premature births during 1941; a total of l0,- l04 children under five years of age; a total of 20, ,434 under ten; and 33,08 under IS years.
 One of the initial steps contemplat- ed in the event that it becomes appar- ent evacuation will be necessary in given area will be the distribu- ton of family registration form on which essential medical histories and data can be supplied for the guid- ance of medical authorities. Also recommended is the taking of sole prints of children under five years of age and fingerprints of everyone in the state over that age. Should that procedure prove not feasible, it is recommended that fiber identifl- cation disks be provided for all children under Is years of age for use in the event they become cas- ualties. The latter would be in ad- dition to the regular evacuation tags to be used by the State Evacuation committee.
 The manual stresses that the pos sibility of maSSing together large number of children under conditions of evacuation without the proba- bility of accurate diagnosis, isola- tion, of adequate sanitary facilities make it especially important that preparatory preventive measures be taken against infectious diseases.
 Therefore it is recommended that all children be immunized against diphtheria, smallpox and tetanus- serious infectious diseases for which proyhylatic inoculations of proven value are available. It is further
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-11
EXTENDS SYMPATHY

Boston, Dec. 11.-(UP)-Mrs
 Catherine E. Abele of Newton w'-.se husband was commander of the U. s. submarine Grunion, has writ ten personnel letters of sympathy to next of kin of the entire person mel of the ship which was re- ported apparently sunk in the Pa cific Oct. 5, it was announced fy the Navy today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-11

Maynard Buxton, Barry Houston, Charles Wiles, Thomas Kelly, and Joseph Deeley.
 Members fo Wheeler-Young post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, of which her son, Edward c. Scholey, is com- mander, and its auxiliary, met last
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-11
Profits, Not Safety Worrying Merchants

Police will make other visits in the future unless conditions improve. it was indicated.
 , MT. O'Rourke said that unless steps are taken now to punish of- lenders, it is probable that .lthg Army will penalize the enCire city for the mistakes of 8 few. He said that Corp. Council Maurice Healey would be consulted to determine whether or not violators can be forced to close their rlaces half an hour after .sundown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-11

The funeral of Peter Valunas will be held from Deliniks Funeral Home, 1T Congress avenue, on Monday morning at 8:15 o'clock to St. Joseph's church at g o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot at Calvary. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to II p. m., and tomorrow and Sunday, 2 to II D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-11
FALL IS FATAL

Milford, Mass, Dec. 11.--(Up)-- Frank O. Wadham, 67, of Upton died at a hospital here today of injuries sustained yesterday when he tumbled from tree he was was pruning in Maplewood .ceme- tery in Upton.
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night at the funeral home to pay their respects.
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DIED

WATERS-In this city, Dec. 10th, 1942, Mrs. Ellen Waters, of 3S6 Walnut St Funeral tomorrow af- ternoon, from Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Central Ave, to Trinity Episcopal Church at 800 o'clock. Burial in old Pine Grove cemetery
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18
Encouraging News

Action of the Board of Finance in providing for $500 salary adjustments for all city employees in the 194S budget is as good news as that the tax rate for next year is proposed as an even 30 mills. Of course the final say on these matters hasn't as yet been given. It's up to the Board of Aldermen to approve or diSapprove the figures the Finance Board set up. But it's doubtful if there can be any complaint with the Set-up.
 On the basis of the "adiuStmentS" this is simply another way of saying that several thousand city workers are getting raises for which they have been waiting for a year or more. It would seem as If the proposed adjustment would be SatiS- factory all around as it amounts to con- siderable percentage increase in many employe brackets. To the average tax payer it is good news that such pay raises can be made and at the same time the tax rate reduced almost one full mill.
 There are any number of factors which lend encouragement to the cityS finan- cial picture at this time. However, 1t doesn't do to go into too many raptureS over it. Whereas the local governmental picture may be rosy, there is every indi- cation that any savings we may affect locally will be more than taken up by the burden imposed on us at Washington. If we win this war we are now waging in many distant quarters of the globe it will be at a terrific cost, not only in precious manpower, but in grim sacrifices right here at home.
 It is fortunate that the city can, at this time, make it easier for so many local citizens to meet the increasing de- mands of the national government. We can also be thankful our taxpayers are making all this possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18
David E. FitzGerald

The death of David E. FitzGerald of New Haven ends career that was closely liked to the fortunes of the Democratic Party of Connecticut Known far and wide in this state as "Davy' FitzGerald his was a vigorous and full public life. He had served his party well on many occasions. He continued to serve until the day of his death, for since 1886 he had been Democratic National Commit teeman from Connecticut.
 Where the battle ragged there'd you usually find "Davy" FitzGerald. He never Shirked an issue and seldom ven- tured far from where the political war fare went on. Down through the years he continued to exert his influence on party councils and leaders. He was a famous mayor of New Haven for it was during his administration that World War was going on. He was mayor when soldiers started to return home and one such home coming celebration demanded his utmost in persuasive ability and force of character - the Yale-veterans riot of 1918.
 Waterbury's Charlie Templeton will long remember his gubernatorial tilt with MT. FitzGerald back in 1922. It was hard campaign with the local man emerg- ing victor. Despite this defeat and any others he may have received, either as a candidate or a leader, MT. FitZGerald retained his place in the party to which his allegiance never Swerved. Conven- ton after convention found ''Davy'' Fitz- Gerald present and being consulted on policies or candidates.
 An immaculate dresser at all times he graced the courts of his native New Ha- ven, as well as those of the county and state. He was as vigorous in pressing his points before the court as he was in the political arena. His reputation as a trial lawyer was an impressive one. The recent Democratic convention in Hartford was the first he has missed in thirty years of public life. His absence, too, was noted and commented on. Missed, indeed, he will be in future Dem- ocratic gatherings as a hard fighter and good loser.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18

Snow removal plans are giving many a city in the north temperate zones con- siderable cause for concern. It isn't question of providing the money but one of labor. There just aren't going to be enough men to man the trucks, the snow- blows, etc., needed when six or seven inch snowfall sweeps over us and burieS our highways and impedes traffic. And this is one winter when streets and high ways must be kept open. The thousands of industrial workers have to be given clear sailing from their homes to their places of employment and back again. Neither snow nor ice must stay their reg ular passage to and fro. Down in New York the outlook is so dismal to Mayor La Guardia that he has asked the people to pray for a snowless winter. It may come to the point in some big industrial centers that every agency capable of aid ing will have to be mustered to fight heavy snowfallS If there aren't men to man the trucks, though, it's going to be a task for thousands of able-bodied men on voluntary basis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18
Soft For Brann

Will somebody tell us why former Gov ernor Brann of Maine, defeated in the Republican congressional primaries in September, has been given $25, ,000 job as labor conciliator for two Main ShipyardS, one Todd enterprise? The Todd yards have enjoyed first class labor relations for long time now.
 Recently Todd retained Mrs. Fillmore Herrick, one of the country's outstanding labor experts and up to then New York regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, to supervise its employe relations Mrs Herrick is amply compe tent to handle her job without the assist ance of an ex-governor. And the S25,0O0, of course, is added to the bills presented to the taxpayers, since the shipyards are working 100 per cent on governmental production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18

Just to show how serious the tire and gasoline situation is a practical demon Stration will be staged in Peoria, Illinois, next Tuesday which will put half of the 10000 automobiles in that city and its suburbs out of use. The idea is to bring home forcibly to the populace just what might happen were there curbS placed on the use of automobile tires. On No vember A half of the city'S car owners are going to leave their autos at home and get to work on foot, by bus or With friend who will be allowed to use his auto. The same experiment may be tried out III other large communities until the entire nation becomes conservation conscious with respect to tires and gasoline. And even then the idea may not take. We Americans require lot of warning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18
His 1OOGo-Your 10 Per Cent

The eager acceptance by the rank and file of Americans of the opportunity to invest in War Bonds and Stamps is not only a manifestation of the inherent sound, common sense of the American people, but it is proof positive there is no complacency here that patriotism runs high and that the spirit of independ- ence which made of us great nation is still virile and strong. But we have not done enough.
 Almost fifty millions of Americans have invested more than nine billion dollars in War Bonds. Not in decades has any single effort aroused such a sense of pride in America; such fervor in the hearts of Americas freemen, as has the campaign to sell War Bonds.
 From hamlet and by-way |. from city and highway =. from the plains to the mountains comes the voluntary challenge from the tnroats of these millions of Americans v "This is our America. We shall defend her." But we have not started to sacrifice. We have only begun to finance this war.
 We must have more millions of farmers, more millions of workers in the indus trial plants, more millions in office and store putting more and more billions into War Bonds DeIofe we reacn Lne goal ol ten per cent of the nations gross payroll invested in War Bonds. No person gain- fully employed should shirk. Everybody must join the Payroll Savings plan for regular deductions of earnings for War Bonds to the extent of ten per cent. Where there is no Payroll Saving Plan available, regular investment of ten per cent of income must be done individually.
 The Treasury Department is today open ing a more intensive campaign with the slogan, "Top That Ten Per Cent by New Years" That means ten per cent of the Nations gross payroll must go into War Bonds by the first of the year.
 Love of country, love of home and love of our American Way of Life should spark this great voluntary and Democratic method of financing this war ;. Which is our war your war. For your boy, your husband, your father, your sweet heart is there on the battle front, on the high seas, in the air, in the training camps ready to give his all for you and for our country.
 To mRke his hundred per cent worth while you must give your ten per
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run. And now he let's Leon Henderson appoint a Republican as OPA director in Buffalo, my home town Ambassador Joe Davies and wife will go out to Hollywood to start the screening of his book Mission to Moscow" by Warner Brothers. Walter Hus- ton will play the part of Amba-s- sador Davies, and Warmers would like to have statuesque Mrs. Da- vies play the part of herself.
 U. S. POST OFFICE IN AFRICA
 Uncle Sam's army is leaving nothing undone to see that mail man makes deliveries to U. s. forces abroad. Believe it or not, but when the U. s. African Expe- ditionary Force landed, unit of the Army postal corps was right in the vanguard.
 Immediately it got ashore, 1t set up faciliteis for handling the mail. As the troops famed out toward Tunis, tse postal corps famed out with them, and will be augmented by more men la ter. So you can begin writing to the men overseas right now.
 This is the first time in history that a postal service has gone ashore with landing troops. The service was organized from post men recommended to Gen. Jim Ulio by Postmaster General Frank Walker. Brig. Gen. Clayton Ad- ans Is the guiding genius.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18

and you would have been caught in the rapids and would have gone over"
 What tragedy that would have been, and what surprise to all on board. They were steaming along as confidnt of their course as a ship and its crew could pos- sibly be. yet they were riding for certain destruction. A few mics ahead was the terrible plunge and the cataracts.
 Many people go through life in the same spirit. With head held high, they breeze along quite sure that they are on their way to suc- cess, advanced social standing. wealth. Sometimes they are not challenged. They may have stified conscience. Perhaps they never put in their appearance at church where the whole message of the Christian gospel would rebuke their folly. So they keep on going straight down the channel to the falls. When the crash comes. they look back and realize that if they had only followed the chart more colsely. they would have avoided disaster.
 God never leaves us without guidance if we but seek it.
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 Newspaper Syndicate).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18
Press Comment
A LEGEND DIsAvowED

Father William A. McGuire of the United States Navy will never be able to get awcy from the legend that he was the clergyman who said, Praise the Lord ard pass the ann munition.' Someone else, we see, has claimed the honor and Father McGuire is quite willing to relin- quish it to him. But these legends cling like glue to the regulations of men, despite most earnest dis avowals. We suppose that hum dred years from now, when Father Mcclure has been gathered to his fathers, he will still be remembered, in a note in some book of quota tions, as the author of this famous slogan.
 Anyone who has read Father Me- Guire's interesting book. Rig for Church, knows very well that this most sensible and earnest of men, who has served the Church no less faithfully than his country, would never be guilty of uttering this phrase, even in the excitement of battle. Much less would he be guil- ty of manning a gun in direct con- tradiction of the duties of his office. Father Mcclure. as is shown in his book. has very high ideals concern ing the work of a chaplain. ideals to which he lived up in every way. What he was doing in the midst of the Pearl Harbor attack was what he had done in other perilous situa- tions, the work of a priest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18

Arguments in favor of Manpower Mo bilization legislation are persuasive. They will gain weight, however, when the WPA is abolished completely. So long as the federal government is making Work which to support employable men and women it is hard to convince Americans that they should be Shuffled out Of JooS like cards in a deck
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-18
Questions
 and Answers
YnuR ouRaTlONa ANsWEREp

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury DemeCsatN Serv. Ice Bureau will answer Ter yeu free, any question ea fact eF information not Involving exten. slve research. write your Quees ton clearly, slgn name and address, enclose M three cent poseaFe stamp. Medical or lesal advice cannot be given. Address Waterbury nemecrags Washlne' ton Service Bureau, i0iS ThlE. leenth street. WashsAgtOn. D. C,
 e, Is man to servleemen ea foreign countries censoredS
 A, Tn war zones and outlying bases, mali is censored both ways Mail sent to or received from ser. vicemen in the continental United states is not censored, but N is within the authority of the local defense commanders to censor it it they think it necessary to the safety and defense of the nation,
 O. What is formal attire for the members of the WAvESp
 A, Jacket, white blouse, tic, skirt, plain dark pumps with a heel no higher than l Ia inches.
 e. What does the term "conceE- tration of production" means
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1. What is the motto of the Mar inc Corps?
 2. What does A. A. F. stand for? 3. During World War I, IS and l9- year old youths were registered fol the draft: true or false?
 4. Name the smallest Army unit. 5. The son of which movie com edian was killed in 8 crash of al Army bomber in October, l942?
 6. Which American general rod a horse named KIDRON?
 2. The denarius was coin oi what empire?
 8. Who composed the opera Par. sifal"?
 g. A COW belonging to whom 1; said to have kicked over a lantern, starting the famous Chicago fire?
 10. Which state has the nickname Gopher State"?
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ture, and Military Affairs, Sem ate committees on Defense Con- tracts, Education and Labor, Mili- tary Affairs. They have all heard pretty much the same witnesses giv- ing the same testimony, but for all the millions of words that have been spilled, the manpower problem still hovers around like death and taxes
 What has happened about inves- tigating manpower has happened on every other part of the war pro- duction program-contractS, small business, conversion, iron and steel, price fixing and so on. But 1t is notable that every committee inves- tigation has in the long run come up with one principal conclusion that lack of central authority has done more to slow up the war effort and cause confusion than any other one thing.
 This great truth has at last dawned on some of the good con- gresSmen and, great to relate, it seems now that something will be done about it.
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Reason for this deficiency is the fact that in 1914 the cream of Britain's youth went singing into battle, to be slaughtered in Flan- ders Fields. It is estimated that a good part of one generation was wiped out in those early days of the last war.
 Now that our Congress has re- sponded quickly and efficiently to the national need by voting the 'teen-age draft act, some Army leaders believe that the Army should reciprocate the trust that has been placed in its hands by working out a careful system for thorough training of these l8-l9 year olds.
 There is unanimity of opinion In the Army and also on Capi- tOl Hill that it would have been a mistake to have tied the War Departments hands regarding the exact time necessary to train these men for battle. But now that a vote of confidence h.s been given the Army, there is increasing opinion among high Army leaders that the Army must be extremely careful not to violate that confidence.
 As a result. various plans have been advanced whereby the l8-l9 year olds would be trained as a group unit, not mixed with older men and sent off to battle in three or four months:
 Tn England, the British Army adopted the system of training it's younger men in one group. Thi-, it has been found, gives more espirit de corps, and increases the fighting efficiency when the group finally gets into action.