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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
COMBINED CHOIRS
 TOATTEND DINNER
of Parish Special Guests at Annual Christ.
 mas Party Tonight
BROOKLYN NEWS

The combined ehoirs of St. Jo. seph's church will hold their annual Yule party tonight at the Chase Country club, Members have been asked to meet at 7;S0 at the eluh- room on Congress avenue, They will leave at 8 o'clock by private cars
 Priests of tho parish will he guests at the event, Professor Alexander J. Aleksis, cholrmaster, will accom- pany the group,
 Arrangements for the party have been made by Q committee com. posed of Paul Kauneekis, Aldona BukauSkas, Frank Saldukas, Joan LusaS, Al AmhrozaitiS, Adele Stata' Illus, Raymond Vaiehus, Marcellt Andrikis, Gladys Nekroeius, Dolores Markus, Mrs. Nell Meskunas ano Mrs, Stephania SapranaS,
 Briefs
 MT. and Mrs. Peter Krugelis of Highland avenue have with them for the holidays their daughters, Elean- or, who Is student at Bates college, Lewiston, Me. and Edith, who is doing graduate work ct Co., lumhia university in New York city.
 MT. and Mrs, Howard Holeomb of Chipman street and their daughter, Lois, who is a student at tho Uni- versity of Connecticut, spent the holiday in Simshury.
 Guido Cammisa of Washington, D. C., is visiting his parents, MT, and Mrs. Vincenzo Camnisa Of Bank street.
 Floyd zailckas, Q student at the Catholic university law school is spending the Christmas recess with his parents, MT, and Mrs. John Zailckas of Highland avenue.
 Miss Edna Lazdauskas has ar- rived from Rider college to spend
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
Holy Cross Club
 Dance At Elton

Francis Mcdrath and Paul Lyons arc in charge of the annual Christ. mas Dance of the Holy Cross un. dergraduate club to Do held this evening at the Hotel Elton,
 The committee includes Dance, Thomas r. KeAne, Louis 0allulo, Raymond Kennedy, Robert short; tickets, Thomas Mcdrath, william Kelly, John Delaney, Joseph Norus- sRewieR, refreshments, James Me. orath, Walter Rielley, John Price, John Henes, Joseph Harmon, Rob- ert Short, reception, John JenuSai. Us, Roland LaFgay, Bernard Di- Lorenzo; freshmen, William Roll. ly, George Russell, Joseph o'Brien and william Bouekat,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES :
Junior Women s
 Holiday Dinner

The Waterbury Junior Women nave cancelled their annual Christ. mas daneo because of the war emer- geney Instead there will ho Q holi- day dinner in the Colonial room of the Hotel Elton, for the club mem~ bers,
 Requisites for tho affair which will be held on December 90 at 7;S0 o'clock, are one ten cent grab bag gift, and one holiday spirit,
 Miss Marjorie Lewis, chairman of the committee, Is being assisted by June Cables, Betty Bloom, Eunice Suthffe, Marion Johnson and Kath- leen Dlllman,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
CHILDREN FEATURE YULETIDE PROGRAM
St. Margaret's Rosary So. ciety Sponsors Annual
 Party for Youngsters

Pupils of St. Margaret's parochial school took part Thursday in a pre- Christmas program of entertainment arranged as a special feature of the annual children's party arranged by the Rosary Confraternity society of St. Margaret's parish. The event attended by the children of the par- ish was held in the school auditor irm. The following program was presented:
 Silent Night ...... Pupils of School Song-In A Little Stable, and @
 poem The People in the Ball.
 room ..............,... Grade l Poems-Busy: At Christmas; and
 Santa's Helpers
 ............ by pupils of Grade 2 Poem-Christma Candles: song;
 and poem, My Snowman
 ........... by pupils of Grade 3 Christmas Dolls
 ...... by pupils of the 4th Grade Piano solo and song, Up on the
 House Tops
 ....... by pupils of the 5th Grade Poems-Mother and Watch the
 Corners ... by pupils of Grade 6 Piano Duet and song and dance
 and baton twirling
 ............ by pupils of Grade 2 Recitation and song
 ....... by pupils of the sth Grade Adeste Fideles .............. by All
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

The Metropolitan opera in New York, operating on Q lower box office scale, is packing It's house nightly. No statistics arc available but casual observation suggests an unusually good season, from the financial point of view, Artistieally, the high standard of previous sea- sons is being maintained
 Tho San Francisco Municipal Opera, the only one of its kind in the United States, has just closed It's season with Q profit of $2,B72, It Is the organizations first time tout of the red" in It's i0.year his- tory, Last year the deficit was s60,oo0.
 Fortune Gallo, impresario, esti- mated e deficit of only $28,000, Tn some former .ysars, 1t went over the si,00o000 mark,
 MARJORIE LAWRENCE, Aus.
 1N tralian soprano, will sing at the Metropolitan Opera House for the first time since she was strick- en by paralysis last year, ct e special concert being given by her colleagues in her honor on Dec, %,
 Miss Lawrence will sing Venus in the Venusberg scene from '"Tann- hauser," Q part which Is sung from a dIvan and does not require her to be on her feet. She will be accom- panied in the scene by Lauritz Mel chior.
 Other artists who willsappear in operatic excerpts at the concert will include Lily Pons, Grace Moore, Jarmila Novotna, Bidu Sayao, Licia Albanese, Lawrence Tibbett, Charles Kulman, Norman Gordon, Ezlo Pinza and John Rrownlee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
 ATTEND SERVICES

Harry R. Screen of Torrington, acting commander, presided yester- day noon at the traditional Christmas ceremony of the Knights Templar attended by @ large aud fence. The Yuletide message was given by the Rev. David P. Gaines, pastor of the First Baptist church Grand Comdr. Dr. Frederick c. Marggraff and Grand Treasurer Benjamin s. Coe were among the ranking officials present at the service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
MUNICIPAL BOARDS
 MEETING NEXT WEEK

Meetings of most city boards will t,e held next week to vote payments and transfers necessary to wind up the city's financial affairs for the year. All such votes will 90 before the boards of finance and aldermen for their approval next Wednesday.
 The board of park commissioners will meet Monday, and the board Of public works Tuesday, Meetings of the police and fire boards are also zeing arranged. Meetings of other boards are also planned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

Portland, Ore. (U.P0 - The Junior clan isn't famous for links championships but as far as local enthusiasts are concerned they're oregon's first family of golf. The six Junior brothers who grew up with the sport in Oregon learned the rudiments and all the various phases of the game from their father, William Junior, from Aber- deen, Scotland, home of the famous Balgownie course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

MISS EDNA LAZDAUSKAS the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Anthony Lazdauskas of Fox street.
 The St. Joseph's student choir will render its Christmas program at the 8 o'clock Mass tomorrow morning under the direction of Pro- fesso Alexander J. Aleksis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
URGES PRIMARY LAW CHANGE

Denver (UP)-Abolition of prin- ary elections to be replaced by party assemblies to nominate candidates is proposed in Colorado. Frazer Arnold. Denver attorney and Republican party leader, says the last primary in the state cost one dollar per bal- lot. He intends to ask the next Colorado legislature to amend the primary law and provide for nom- nation of candidates by delegates to party assemblies chosen hy the people at caucuses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

Manchu royal family.
 Mime. Wei was the first Chiness woman lawyer. and the first Chi nese of either sex to be admitted tc practice before the French mixed court of Shanghai. She was pres ident of the Shanghai native dis~ trict court, and later served as member of the National Reconstruc. tion of the Legislative Yuan in tho Ranking government. The authoi of two books, she is now at work on a third, although her duties as hos. tess and manager of the diplomatic household in Washington leave her little time for writing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
The World of Music

NEW YORK 2e-tupThe handicap presentation of opera the United states It rather the Iary, judging from preliminary reports
 The need of the public for spiritual upl in time of partly responsible Changed price policies by of the leading
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

For absenting themselves from an ordnance factory to go hop picking, i7 women and two men were fined from $2 to s8 each in a town in South Wales.
Evening star., 1942-12-14
BY YVONNE CAHOON,
Star STAFF Corresnondent.

FORT MEADE, Md, Dec. IA
Just give women a little Army life
and they won't care If there Is
shortage of silk hose. Then it would
be woolen socks that would be at
premium. That's what 18 women
discovered on a personal inspection
tour of the combat training of the
10th Infantry Division. I know. I
was one of them.
1t began before dawn. We drove
from Washington in-well, one Of
the girls called them station wagons.
Station wagons nothing" growled
the soldier driving. "These are
sausage hounds"
They may have been sausage
hounds, but they certainly were cold.
Look, we're at the Moscow
'front.'" another girl cried as we ap-
preached the fort. "Why didn't 1
remember my fur-lined boots?"
Introduced to Jeeps.
The soldiers were drilling on large
fields covered with a blanket of
snow. We tumbled out OF the "sau-
sage hounds" at post headquarters
only to face the prospect o. board
ing a train of jeeps to begin our
field observation.
How do you get into the things?"
demanded one of the girls. The
only way We could discover was
to step on a small projected bit of
fnal frnyof 70
in, procedure which was repeated
many times that day. Getting out
involved another method. You
stand on the side railing and jump.
We finally settled ourselves,
bundling our feet in a pair of Army
blankets, and the jeeps began to
roll toward the outskirts of the fort.
What are those men doing?"
cried one amazed girl as she pointed
to group of men who seemed to
be taking tumbling lessons.
II know! It's the ju-jitsu," ex-
claimed the girl beside her. "Oh,
did you hear that ones back crack
as he landed.
"Its just the 417th Infantry Regi-
ment undergoing it's daily ranger
training" an officer explained to us.
Every man in the division must
have an hour of this training each
day."
Officers and Men.
"But they don't look like soldiers"
another girl remarked. you can't
tell the officer from the private,
even."
TITS just that they are wearing
fatigue Clothes" the officer an
swered. And no insignia of rank
are worn during this training"
I saw one man, thrown high in
Evening star., 1942-12-14

to take a nearby hill. This operation
was to be directed by radio and we
were not only instructed to ride in
the scout cars but to operate the
radio.
Let me call you sweethearts"
were the only coherent words which
came over those receiving sets that
afternoon. Too many of the girls
tried to talk at once and the radios
were put out of commission.
Right-Angle Curves.
You'll find this ride lot of fun"
grinned the driver of the first scout
car as climbed in. "JuSt hold on"
You see," said my driver as we
darted around right-angle curves
in the road, this is the point car
and we must investigate all side
roads before the rest of the motor
section can proceed"
With those words barely spoken
we suddenly turned off the road,
missed tree by inches and flew
over deeply rutted roads only to turn
back the next moment to the main
road and proceed until we came to
another side road, where we re-
peated the same operation.
We've contacted the enemy" the
driver shouted as he stopped the
car with jerk.
Before I could ask where the
enemy" was, he was out of the car
with his rifle and had thrown him.
self on the ground, simultaneously
firing the rifle into a thicket across
the road.
do you want to shoot the gum"
he, asked when I had followed him.
1t went off very smoothly. There
was very little kick" to it.
When we returned to our jeeps
after the wild trek across country,
We were told that our next stop
would be at the "gas house"
Brief instruction on Gas.
Eve don't have time to instruct
you on how to put on a gas mask.
They will be slung on for YOU" the
officer in charge told us. 1--WE are
going to demonstrate the effects of
mustard gas, chloropicrin gas, which
smells like flypaper, lewisite gas,
which gives the odor of geraniums,
and phosgene gas, which you can
distinguish by the odor of cornsilk. !"
There was a regular routine by
which we were exposed to the gases.
First we took a deep breath and
exhaled a little. Then the gas was
discharged and we cautiously moved
forward.
"Oh, I can smell it," we chorused,
Evening star., 1942-12-14

and retreated in complete disorder.
The next step in the procedure
was donning our gas masks.
If you can't breathe you'll be
all right in the tear gas chamber"
I heard one soldier say.
Well I couldn't breathe, but I
doubted If that was all right. The
room was clouded with the gas.
Now take off your mask" one
soldier advised. You'll be all
right"
Several of us did. BY the time we
reached the door we were crying"
Easy to Get Lost.
No sooner had we recovered from
this experience when smoke screen
was released and we were instructed
ito lose ourselves in it" and that is
exactly what happened when We
moved into the thick sulphurous
smoke.
This is much worse than any Of
the cases." cried one girl as she fled
coughing and gasping.
I soon followed her example.
Our final stop, we were told, would
be at the training grounds for the
Evening star., 1942-12-14
Women Even Learn to Eat From Mess Kits
In Escorted Tour Of Fort Meade

directed the sighting of the guns.
BY this time it was close to pm.
and we began looking in vain for the
field kitchen. That we were guests
was quite forgotten in our clamoring
of when do we eat"
However, our jeeps, seeming to
ignore the fact that it was time to
eat, carried us still to another
corner of the huge fort. Leaving
our transportation, we walked about
200 yards when we met a man in
full combat regalia. The name tag
which he wore designated him as
company commander.
Would you care to see some of
my men?" he smiled mysteriously.
Army Suddenly Rises.
No sooner had we answered eyes"
than he had raised his whistle to his
lips and blew shrill blast.
"Oh look, they're popping right
out of the ground" the girl standing
next to me exclaimed.
1t was just like seeing men rise
from the dead 1t wasn't long be-
fore We were surrounded by several
hundred soldiers. They had lain
hidden in fox holes and trenches and
we had passed not more than five
feet from many of them without
becoming aware of their presence.
1t was about that time we caught
the familiar odor of hot food. About
100 yards away lay the field kitchen.
They call it mutiny in the Navy,
and whatever it Is called in the
Army, am going to do 1t unless I
eat right now," declared one of the
girls.
You are going to eat right away"
laughed one of the officers. How
ever, two of the platoons are going
to be served first so that you can get
an idea of how to handle the mess
kits" he added.
"Oh-h-h-h," was our only answer
Try Everything.
After few minutes Of feasting
our eyes on the steaming cauldrons
we took our turn before the company
cooks.
Something Of everything" was
the general chorus all the way down
the line.
The next problem was how to hold
two dishes and cup and eat at the
same time. This was solved by
setting the cup on the ground and
holding two dishes in one hand.
The next thing on the program,
we noted by the schedule, was par
ticipation in motorized problem"
This operation, we further noted,
was to be handled by the 18th Re-
conaisSance Troop.
The problem, we soon learned, was
Evening star., 1942-12-14

/, the air by his partner, come crash
ing down on the hard snow-packed
| ground head first with the cry,
ship ahoy."
From the ranger training grounds
we were jolted over rough roads un-
til we came in sight of row of
large guns. Looking at our pro-
grams, we discovered that it was the
field artillery battalion station.
"How would you like to fire one
of these big howitzer guns?" asked
Brig. Gen. Henry c. Evans, COM
mander of the 18th Division Artil-
lery.
How would I like it? I was
thrilled.
Pull that handle when I give
you the signal" one of the soldiers
manning the gun instructed. And
stay away as much as you can from
the body Of the gun"
Like Auto Crank.
The handle looked like a crank
on an automobile and wasn't more
than a foot long The powder was
"rammed" in the gun, and my in
structor shouted, Number 3 all
ready, sir"
He then gave me the signal to
pull I grabbed the handle and
lunged away from the gun. 1t
went off with such a thunderous re-
port that 1 was sent rocking on my
very cold feet.
"It wasn't so bad" I declared too
nonchalantly. ''It didn't knock me
down as I thought 1t would"
II can't stand this cold any
longer" one girl moaned. II am
going back to the jeep. My feet
are frozen"
wait a minute" I said. There's
a soldier with a whole armful OF
woolen socks. He's passing them
out"
1t was like bargain day at de-
partment store. The poor soldier
was besieged by 18 women clamor-
ing for the socks. pulled mine on
right over my shoes.
Our next StOp, one OF tIle sulueS
announced, would be at the lookout
station where with the aid of binoc-
ulars, we would be able to observe
the effect Of the artillery fire on a
farmhouse some 5000 feet away.
Telephone From Foxhole.
The first shots fell short Of the
objective.
1.-TWO Ms right" came a voice
from nowhere
We looked where the voice came
from, and there in foXhole, calm
as you please. was soldier talking
on telephone. This man, it was
explained to us, observed the ac-
curacy of the fire, and by telephone
Evening star., 1942-12-14

10th Signal Company. where we
would be shown the various methods
Of communication used in front-lMe
action.
One of the most interesting Of
these was small portable radio set
which looked more like q French
telephone than a radio.
why don't you try it out?" said
one officer, handing the instrument
to me.
Exhausted Group.
What could I say? I couldn't
thinks of anything sensible.
Hello, are you cold? My feet are
frozen"
Evening star., 1942-12-14
II can't hear you !"
What did you say?"

What did you say?'
That was the extent of the con-
versation.
1t was. a group Of bedraggled, ex-
hausted women who finally climbed
back into the sausage hounds"
about $50 pm. But it was q group
of women who had discovered Just
what made the American soldier
the best on the fighting fronts. It
wasn't the USO or the canteens,
but the rigid and careful training
which is given to every man, what
ever his rank,
Evening star., 1942-03-16
K STOC K sEsx C. HAN 6 Z
Oils Holder Seeks 10 Block
Vote on Steel Merger
~ the Associated Press.

~ the A&tocikted Fre&t. t
CLEVELAND, March ga
stockholder sued today TO halt the
scheduled April "A vote on sale Of
Otis Steel Co. to Jones a. Laughlin
Steel Corp.
The Common Pleas Court suit
was brought by MRS. Jeanne r. Daus
OF Shaker Heights In behalf. of pre-
ferfed stockholders. She claimed
that under the plan to be submitted
for approval. these stockholders
would receive less than SOS a share
which they agreed to accept when
sale was first proposed.
The plan, as announced last week
by President z. j. Kulas Of Otis,
provides that preferred stockhold-
ers would receive for each of their
shares: One-auarter share each Of
Jones 6 Laugnlin s per cent cumu-
lative preferred, series A and b,
500 par value; one share of Jones
& Laughlin common, no par, and
accrued dividends on Otis preferred.
In announcing the proposed sale
Of Otis to the Pittsburgh company,
fourth largest In the industry, Kulas
said the Cleveland concern had ex-
perienced certain disadvantages" In
competition with larger units.
Evening star., 1942-03-16
New York Produce

NEW YORK. March is 0Y,.-Egss (two
days reeeipts), 41.s47: weak: Mixed col
ors: Fancy TO extra fancy. 2oA-30ia: ex-
ira. 2e1a: GRADED firsts. 2s1a: current re-
eeipts, s7hs-4: mediums, 26h: dirties.
No. /, 27-2714; average checks, 261s-A4.
Whites: JobbinR sales OF fancy TO extra
fancy, 3311-3S: wholesals sales Of fancy
to extra fancy. 30-33; Nearby and Md
and Midwestern standards. 2sA-2e.. job
bing sales Of exchange 10 fancy heavy
mediums. 29h-3oa; Wholesale sales Of
exchange TO fancy heavy mediums. 2SLs-2g.
Nearby and Midwestern exchsnge mediums,
browns: Nearby and Midwestsrn fancy
Y; stsndards. ass-ss:' mediums. s7E-n.
Duck eEgs, 44-46. ..s-
and premilzn marks, 3S:ssA. % seore
"a s5-s7 score. 3ih-52H.
Cheese ttvo days reeeiptsl, 42e.444;
milk fats; Held. 1910. 27iis-2eH: fresh,
Grass, 26s4-2s: current make, 23-23s&.
Evening star., 1942-03-16
SeIecied SiocksUp
Moderately After
Early Reverses
steels and Blue Chips
.Leod Market Rally I,
In Afternoon 20 2
by VICTOR EUBANK,
Associate Press financial writer.


NEW YORK, March I6.-Stsels
and blue chips took the offensive
in today's stock market after early
mild -reverses. .t.s.
The list ambled indifferently over
an exceptionally slins course during
the forenoon. Dealings frequently
came to standstill, however. and,
when 1t was realized selling lacked
urgency at any time, bidders be-
gan to come in on the idea o
rallying base had been reached.
The maintenance. of relatiys
equilibrium at the opening led TO
the opinion Of some that the serious
losses Of the United Nations in the
Battle of the Java Sea and growing
shipping casualties in the Atlantic
may have been pretty well dis
counted as market factors.
Helpful was more wishful think
ing that Congress would become
friendlier to national sales tax
which, IL enacted, 1t was figured,
might lift q sizable portion Of the
revenue burden of industry. Lately
weak stocks Of companies that stand
to suffer most from the Treasury
program were among the first to
revive. Steels, were aided by an
upturn In this weeks estimated mill
operating schedule. -s
Numerous issues, though, failed
to find a great deal of support and
minus signs were plentiful at the
close. Transfers approxtmated 300, =
600 shares, one of the lowest full
days aggregates since last June.
Bond Prices Stable.
The bond market had an over
all appearance OF moderate stability
as selectiye buying lifted number
OF rails, communications and spe-
cialties fractions to q point or 30
There were, however, numerous Ii.
sues unchanged as the session
neared the final hour and each
group had scattered losers.
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Metal Import Restrictions
Are Removed by W. p. B.

BY the Associated Press
The War Production Board today
removed import control restrictions
on cadmium and the ores and con-
centrates of zinc, lead and copper.
Under the import control order
all persons except Government
agencies, or their authorized agents,
have been forbidden to arrange for
the import of certain listed products
Cadmium and the other ores and
concentrates were removed from the
list, 1t was explained. because such
imports can be controlled by other
means. -.
At the same time w. P. 3. added
to the control list mica, palm ker-
nels, palm kernel oil, pig and hog
bristles. shellac, horse name and
tail hair and istle "a Mexican grass
fiber).
Evening star., 1942-03-16
Baltimore Livestock

CATTLE-S2S Steers active; fully
steady TO strong with last Thursday; In
stances 1915 hisher; earlier top, f2.7b.
medium grade steers, 11.49-sB; part load
good grade SQ0-pound heiferS, 1880:
heavy heshy beef and sausage bulls. 0.T5-
sage bulls: cows steady to strong; In
stances l0-15 higher; beef cows and few
Outstanding dairy COWS upward TO ESQ;
.CALyEs-375. Steady; GOOD 10 ehcies.
IL: :00-50; medium grade. II .o0-14.Ro.
1896; GOOD ana choice. 1sS.Sio pounds. a6s.
13,65-90: I60-1s0 pounds and 220-2fO
pounds, ia. .45-70; 24O-26O pounds, 1890
pounds. 13.oO-25: 130-14Q pounds, 12 So
1905; 1so,13o pounds, 12.7o-e5; packing
sheeo.' loo. Steady; several loads So
90 pound good grade lambs, 14.0o-1S: me
dunn grade, 112-pound lambs, 1900; ether
medium grade lambs. 1878 downward.