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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10
MEDICAL ASSN.
 SECY. TO SPEAK.
Dr.. Creighton Basher Com- ing to City; Dr Hermann
 on Same Program

Dr. Creighton Baker, secretary Of the Connecticut State Medical So- ciety, vii speak on Information Concerning the Conditions Sur rounding Applications for Commis- sions in the Medical Corps of the United States Army and Navy" at a regular monthly meeting of the Wa terbury Medical Association, Thurs day night at 8:30 o'clock, in the Castle Memorial Building, 30 Central avenue.
 Also scheduled to speak on kin dred subject is Major A. E. Hermann M. R. C., U. s. A., whose topic will be Army Medical Service"
 Preceding the lectures, there will be dinner in honor of the speakers at the Waterbury Club at 2 D. m. All desiring to attend should notify the secretary, Dr. H. J. Steettbacher, not later than Wednesday evening, February II. The organization meets regularly the second Thursday even- of each month. Officers are: Pres ident, pr. H. Everett Allen; vice. president, Dr. Samuel M. Atkins; secretary, Mir Stettbacher and treas- urer, Dr. Andrew c. Swenson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10

Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Dem ocrat, who as interstate commerce committee chairman appointed Clark's subcommittee, said he could not understand how the deferment ruling was issued unless political pressure was brought to bear,"
 Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, sent in- structions to California draft boards on Feb. to defer actors, directors, writers, producers, cam- era men, sound engineers and other technicians who cannot be replaced. George J. Schaetfer, chairman of the industry's war activities con- mittee, announced the ruling in New York yesterday and said it did not mean blanket deferments. The industry will apply for reten- ton of indispensable individuals from time to time, he said.
 Claims It Essential
 Schaefer said Hershey ruled that the motion picture industry was in certain respects essential to the na- tional health, safety and interest, and in some phases essential to war production.
 Clark said in an interview that the hearings he conducted showed conclusively that large part of the movie industry deliberately set about upon a campaign of propa- ganda to drive the American peo- pie into this war.
 Tt is a strange irony that this huge industry, made up partly at least of foreigners, has been able not only to demand exemption from serving their country in its armed forces but is apparently so financially powerful that it has been able to achieve its end," Clark said
 Tt is mighty odd that many of those who wanted to take the sons of American mothers into war, now when the going is tough, refuse to go to war themselves.
 Tt is true that small part of the movie industry is aiding na- tional defense by morale building pictures. But the exemption of the entire industry personnel seems lit- tie short of outrageous"
 Sen. Ernest w. Mcfarland, D., Ariz., praised the industry for its patriotic service"
 Donald Duck Squawks
 Washington, Feb. 10. - (UP) - Donald Duck, whose troubles on the movie screen have made him an in- ternational character, really has something to squawk about today. The House has refused to pay $8O,- 900 for one of his movies.
 By a vote of 259 to 112, late yes terday 1t rejected for third time treasury request for $8O,0OO to pay for a movie on paying income taxes, which has been delivered to the gov- ernment and is being shown in thea ters throughout the nation.
 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., hoped that the Senate would restore the $80,0O0 item to the appropriation bill to pay Walt Disney, Donalds creator, for the actual cost of the film.
 Morgenthau took full responsi- bility" for contracting for the film designed to bring home to the IT, 100000 new taxpayers the fact that they have to pay their income taxes"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10
Walter WinchelI
 On ByOadY,av |.
rssde Mark Resisersd. Copyright isso Daily n,rrs-,

Pop Grass, on the first rescue fire boat, and he broke the story. For two weeks afterwards bodies were fished out of the East River, and there was so much confusion about counting them at it was feared the death toll would reach five thou sand. Finally City News man named Sands suggested that the bodies be numbered and checked off, and the count was found to be 1903. They were all Germans from a Lutheran church outing.
 It sounds incredible, but a City News man, Jim Corrigan, gave the world the story of the San Fran cisco earthquake. He was in the office of the Western Union presi- dent on Park Row when the news came in over the one trunk line open from the burning city. He sat by the wire and yelled the bull letins into wall telephone. Jimmy Ritchie, an office boy, was in the Coast Guard office when the Akron crashed and got that whole story first.
 The amount of work done by the reWrite men was prodigious. Most papers have seven or eight reWrite men. The City News had four, and they had to write complete stories about everything that hap pened whether the papers used them or not. Once one of them, Roy Chanslor, got so exasperated under the deluge of murders, disasters, speeches, fires, etc, that he took his typewriter and threw it out of the window, narrowly missing a flock of passersby.
 He is now a successful Holly wood scenartst.
 Amid these surroundings, how ever, one of the men found time to write one of the great Ameri- can novels. His name was Louis Bromfield and the book '"The Green Bay Tree"
 Anna Daley Sullivan, the only girl employe, handled all the police (reporter) cards and used to turn down large sums from phonies, bandits, etc., who wanted to buy the precious pasteboards. The bu- reau never had girl reporters.
 The staff has more real charac- ters than any paper in town. Like Dick Feehan, the husky gent who covers the East Side and who did the thing every reporter dreams of doing. A cop stopped him from going into a house one day, and Dick ripped the gendarme's shield off and they slugged it out. Ed Leader, who was an aviator by day and rewrite man by night. He died flying plane for the Spanish loyalists.
 Just few of the famous guys who came out of that fantastic little office on Lafayette St., were Winnie Sheehan, Lester Stone, the Mayors secretary, Dennis Tilden Lynch, Bruce Grant, Bromfield, Jack Alexander, the Satevepost post writer, and Robin (Curley) Harris, who contributed this me- morial.
 Every year the City News had a banquet, and the regular guys took the night off. The custom was for the graduates to come down aild do the work that night. Sorle of them remembered their newspaper training but some didn't. Brom- field. for instance, came in once to sit in at his old rewrite trick. lnough he was an internationally famous novelist by that time, he begged down trying to write a paragraph about two-alarm fire.
 And it took him an hour to do it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10

Donald's performance was highly satisfactory. Morgenthau believed the film was the best investment ever made by the Treasury.
 The main catch was that the bill for Donald's movie reached the representatives while they were riled against actors in general. Many congressman vehemently objected to the Office of Civilian Defense hir-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10
SYRIAN AMERICANS
 AIDING CAMPAIGN

A house to house canvass of Syrian American residents in this city is being made to urge all to invest in defense bonds and stamps, it was announced by Naim Rizk, drive chairman and member of the Syrian American club. MT. Rizs said the committees efforts result. ed in the sale of $500 in govern ment bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10


 To the average newspaper reader the passing of the City News Asso- ciation won't mean thing. The chances are t1at not one in a bun- dred thousand has even heard of it But to the newspaper men and women of the town, it will be a major calamity.
 For them it will be the passing of the best pal they ever had. The kind of a pal who stood by them through every hing, who did their work, more often than not, with out asking for a word of thanks. The kind of pal, in short, that can't be replaced.
 To those average readers 1t must be something of surprise to learn, now that City News is being buried, that the papers of New York Jointly maintained a news service to cover New York for them. That's just what the City News has been doing "A hours day since the year the Civil War ended.
 Every court, every police station, Navy and Army Headquarters, Po- lice Headquarters, Fire Headquar- ters, LaGuardia Field, City Hall, every other spot from which news could conceivably emanate, was pa- trolled by City News man, who never got by-line and who prob ably worked twice as hard for half RS much money as others.
 Now, what with the war, the ris- ing cost of paper, the losses of ad- Vertising, etc., the big dailies can't afford the City News. So put it down as another victim of A. Hitler But if you listen to it's story, you'll know it dies with honor.
 Ironically, it was just as the Civil War ended in 1865 that the New York City Press Association, the City News pappy, was born. It was a private news bureau, something like the Washington news letters" of today, and it supplied the New York papers and the A. F., then in Chicago, with reports of Father AAiAShCA GOShS4 c dOAAiSocs
 Charlie O'Rou:ke, a famous re- porter of the time, ran it and did so we'll that then as now it was doing most Of the city's news gathering. The office was on Park Row, and since telephones were un- known and teletypes unheard of, it's dispatches were sent to the papers by pneumatic tubes. (Some of the tubes, incidentally, are still used by the Post Office department to route special delivery letters around New York0
 They used to scoop everybody on the hangings in the Tombs. A re- porter would stand in window of the prison, visible from the office, and wigWag the grisly details to a rewrite man. The reWrite staff were hardy forerunners of the over- worked City NeWsmen.
 In 1895 the papers decided o. Rourke was charging them too much. The owners held a meet ing in Haan's saloon on Park Row and formed their own bureau, the City News Association. To fur ther punish the unfortunate O. Rourke they hired all his best men, so the bureau was practically the same as the last.
 The one rewrite man whom they didn't hire was Moses Koenigsberg, who thereupon founded his own news outfit, pretty good concern now known as King Features.
 The new office flourished from the start and got scoop after scoop. When the General Slocum went down there was City News man,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10
GIVEN
 ORCHESTRA LEADER

A bachelor dinner was rendered Francis Delfino, orchestra leader at Mecca's grill last night. Joseph D'Angelo acted as toastmaster with Billy Carbon and Milton Kardo, card expert, providing the enter tainment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10
LEGION UNITS
 MEET TONIGHT
Post Plans Farley and Drum Corps Rehearsal;
 Mrs. Stevens Is III
WATER RVIllE
Correspondent-Mrs. R. W. Henion, Telephone 3-5462

Waterville, Feb. 10.-A meeting of the Casper Davis Post will be held tonight at o'clock in Fraternity Hall, with Commander Patrick Mo- riarty presiding. Important business will be transacted. A social time will follow, when cards will be played and refreshments served.
 The Davis Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps will meet tonight at 7:30 o. clock, for rehearsal, at the club rooms on Thomaston avenue.
 Mrs. Lena Stevens of Thomaston avenue is patient at St. Mary's hospital.
 The basketball game between Sprague grammar school and Kings bury in Waterville yesterday, re- suited in win for Sprague, to 4. It was a hard fought game, the score at the half being, Sprague 3 and Kingsbury B. The referee was Lord.
 Instructions Tonight
 Religious instruction for high school students will be held tonight at St. Michael's Church at ' o. clock, after which the c. Y. o. so- ciety will meet at 8. Plans will be made at that time for a Valentine party Tuesday evening, February IT. Scores of the weekly bowling match of the Chase Rolling Mills League recently follow:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10
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Teacher Succumbs

Teacher Succumbs
 Miss Mary E. McGoWan, of Wa tertown, for many years a teacher at Sprague school. died yesterday at St. Mary's hospital, after a brief ill., ness.
 She was a teacher in the first grade, and beloved by all the chil- dren whom she taught.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10
Deferments Of Movie
 Group Stir Congress
Senator Clark Calls It Most Outrageous Donald Duck
 However, Has Chance to Make Real Squawk
BY JOHN R. BEAL United Press Staff Correspondent)

Washington, February TO- = (UP) Senator D. Worth Clark Democrat Idaho, who headed last years Senate investigation of the motion picture industry described ttle short of outrageous today the defer ent from military service of movie acors directors and technicans who cannot be replaced
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-10

Twins born recently in Johannes burg, South Africa, weighed l9 pounds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27
Liberty Center
Is Cut s eei

With his trusty shears, Walt
Suffer. the city light departments
safety engineer and handyman,
has cut six feet off Liberty Cen
ter 30 buses can get by II, he
confided to the city council We'd
nesday.
There now will be Is feet Of
clearance on each side so the big
stage at So. 10th and A St will
not block the big conveyances TAX
ing shipyard workers to their jobs.
Originally the structure was 10 be
rs feet wide, leaving only Is feet
at each side. Like most Tacoma
enterprises of the type, IL even
tually became Suffers job to build,
They said we can't change the
original plans" said sutter. Il
said Give me the plans and a pair
of shears and I'll change 'em. I'll
cut them IN two in the middle"
Liberty Center now will be 20
feet wide. but otherwise will look
just the same.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27
Internal Revenue Employe Reiires
After Serving Uncle Sam 50 Years

/ collector. Sullivan xould travel
-. 90 miles. farther thar the dis
tsnee around TIE world At the
eqnstor. Modes II transportation
included dog sled. hiking. railroads.
autos. boats and airplanes Garry
ing with him a sS-round eox Of
forms along with other equipment.
sullivan frequently used Coast
Guard and Indian Service boats as
ne Travelled from Dutch Hsreor 10
Circle CITY and from ketehiksn 10
kotssbae sound.
Three years ago this August 81.
sullivan was stranded IN the
Alaska mountains fer sx days
without food when the sirrlane
pilot he VAS riding with became
lost and had 10 make = forced
landing in one of most uninhshlted
sections of southwestern Alaska.
Raft Wa. Tad
Although = gun and fishing
tackle were in the plane. no
game or fish could be found. Two
Of the party flosted down the
Stony river on a raft and a rescue
party was sent for Sullivan and
the pilot.
In Anchorage. sullivan became
well acquainted with Ralph Fitx-
simmons. former Tacoma, Olympia
and Puysllup employe of the
Standard OH. who now is in charge
of sales in southwestern Alaska
for his company. Fitzsimmons is
rated the class Of umpires In the
northern city just a. he was in the
old Northwest league.
Sullivan. who served In the Phil
ippines in the spsnish-Americsn
war and later in the Boxer trouble
in China. expects to get in some
thing 10 help the war effort. He
and Mrs. sullivan are now living
at their home in Seattle.
In Orient Many Years
Except for a short return TO
Kansas in 1908. Sullivan was in the
Orient until 1917. when he re-
turned to San Francisco In con-
nection with his duties In the
u. s. army hospital service.
In 1920 he operated fruit ranch
near Kennewick but returned to
service in 1922 as an
internal revenue deputy at Alaska.
his retirement does not
begin until Nov. 10, 1912. but he
had accumulated three and one
half months of leave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27
Actions in Divorce

Suits for divorce have been filed
in superior court by Mable against
Alfred seversen. Mary J. against
Charles r. White. all alleging bur
densome home life: G. Gertrude
against l.. NJ Miller and Pauline
against Eddie Wilson. both on
grounds OF cruelty: and Charles ".
against Christina Elm on grounds
Of separation for more than five
years. William r. filed suit against
Lucille Little for snnulment OF a
marriage. charging the marriage
contract was obtained BY frnud
and deceit on the part Of the de-
PENDANT.
Interlocutory decrets have been
granted Alice from r.. &. Andsr-
son, Helen G. from J. A. Berg:
Margaret from Ray Wenzei. Joseph
from Frances Stanley. Olga from
George A. Brooke. and Dorothy
from Robert WoocmAn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27
Local Issues
Interest Voters
Olson Is Choice of
California Demos
Nv UNITED PRESS

Local rather thar national issues
oon'in''ed Tuesdays primary .lee.
tions IN California. South csro,i..
snd Mississippi, where light voting
followed the pattern already set
ny othrr states in the primary
contests.
Pre-~ar isolationist record. a
MAJOR campaign issue in other
states, we're not a factor
California Gov. culber, I. o,.
son. first Democratic cher exscn-
tive in so years. appeared the win.
her on the Democratic ticket over
Attorney General Ear Warren
republican who had croSs-filed on
both tickets. Warren. however
won the Republican nomination
against minor opposition. War
rens surprising strength in the
Democratic ticket indicated a close
contest with Olson in November
Rep. Harry Englebright. Repub-
hcan house whip. led three oppon-
ents for a probable primary VIC
tory on both Republican and
Democratic tickets in the second
district VIII Rogers. IT,. son of
the late cowboy humorist. led Rep.
Leland NJ Ford, Santa Monica Re-
publican, in the 18th district DEMO-
cratic primary. but trsiled on the
Republican ticket, indicating a
runoff in November.
south Carolina - Eugene s.
Blease. former state supreme court
justice. led Sen. Burnet r. Nav |
bank, incumbent, by slight mar
gin for the Democratic senatorial |
nomination. Unofficial returns |
from all except a few precincts /
gave Blease 1O4, 900 votes and /
Maybank. 1o2,620. Gov. DIN ID.
Johnston's denomination appeared
assured when he piled up more
than a $4,000 margin over wynd-
ham M. Manning on the basis of
unofficial incomplete returns.
Mississippi-James o. Eastland.
who served 30 days in the u. S.
senate after the death of Pat Har-
rison. held a 10000 vote lead over
his closest opponent Wednesday,
but faced run-off primary on
Sept. is for the Democratic sena-
forial nomination which is equiva-
lent to election. Sen. Wall Doxey
to have won the right to
meet Eastland, but Rep. Ross Col
Inns. Meridian. was a close third
and might yet eliminate Doxey. A
ma jority of the total vote was
necessary to win the nomination.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27
ii ERE'S MORE ABOUT
City Budget
5 TARTs ON PAGE ONE

legislative action might upset the
pinball machine take for the city.
The city will anticipate less
revenue from franchises, ST.
GA where ss5,15s was budgeted
last year. Difficulties with the
telephone company account for
that.
Tscomsns will be expected 10
contribute considerably more in
fines, either by being more criminal
or more law-abiding in paying for
their offenses. Where the fines
and penalties item was $4,000
for this year it stands As $4,000
in the 1e43 budget.
Parking meter collections
are estimated at $4,000 for
1e4S where they were esti-
mated finally at $4,000 for
1912.
Roberts tagged nothing for an
ticipated revenue from new
sources. Last year the budgeting
commissioners gave themselves
$4,000 in new sources.
Hearings on the preliminary
budget are scheduled TO begin
Sept. /. Twenty days later the
preliminary budget must be pub
lished and should be in balance.
Hearings on the final budget
start Oct. 5. within five days
OF that time the budget must
be adopted.
Since the preliminary budget
can be lowered but not raised for
the final one. the principal fight
for increased appropriations is
due before Sept. Fl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27

Thlrty-eight years q federal
service starting with Americas
first battles m the orient and
ending on July 81. 1as7. in Anchor
age, Alaska. when Orientsls were
attacking the AlsutisnS were re-
lated 10 Clark Squire. collector Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27

gave out his campaign statement
Wednesday:
Having served as q deputy
assessor under three sdministrs-
tions two Republicans and -
years under The present Demo
cratic administration feel that
the duties and the work Of the
assessors office are well known
10 me. and that ! am well fitted
TO conduct the affairs Of this 81.
flee In an efficient manner. giving
every taxpayer the fair treatment
that II rightly his. while courtesy
and efficiency In any public Of
flee are his right 10 expect
Il have made an extensive
study of taxation, not only a. II
applies TO Pierce county and the
state as a whole. but have studied
the tax laws and methods OF 9th.
er states. Each year for several
years. l have attended the insti-
a'A' w A'aattth ~ Afif tnAf'f-
sity OF Washington. where one
learns OF methods Of valuation Of
other states and builds q general
knowledge OF taxation.
mo one knows what the next
few years will develop. and feel
II Is essential that our tax strue-
ture be In the hands ~ one who
knows what II In all about. /
have but one pledge TO make: To
operate the office OF county
assessor as you, Mr.. and Mrs
Taxpayer. would have II done.
Il have lived In Tacoma since
1907; own my own home. have
one daughter attending Pacific
Lutheran college: ! am a member
OF the First Presbyterian church
and a graduate Of the College of
Puget Sound class Of 1910. /
have been out of the assessors
office since June and am now
employed at the Seattle-Tsooma
shipbuilding corporation. Ny
time and expense Of this cam
paign are my own"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27
Joan Gay Bride in
New Beverly Comedy

A tender romance wreathed in
gayety, Columbia's They All
Kissed the Bride" opened yester-
day at the Beverly theater with
joan Crawford and Melvyn Doug
las starred. Directed in zestful
comedy tempo by Alexander Hall,
maker Of such other hits as Here
Comes Mr.. Jordan" and This
Thing Called Love" They All
Kissed the Bride" includes in its
top-flight cast such players as Ro-
land Young, Billie Burke and AL
len Jenkins. p. J. Wolfson penned
the screen play.
Sharing the bill is Sweetheart
of the Fleet" with Joan Davis and
Jinx Fslkenberg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27
TO BUILD HOUSE

A permit for an experimental
pre-fs bricated house. costing So
200, TO be erected at 1919 Ea. 29th
st, was issued by the city We'd
nesday TO the March Construc-
ton Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27

internal revenue for Washington
and Alaska, on Wednesday by
o. s. Sullivan, former senior dep
uty for Alaska.
Sullivan, who spent eight years
in Alaska. going there in 1884 TO
become the first regular deputy to
be stationed in the northern terri
tory, was for years the most
travelled man in that area Of the
world.
Each year in his duties IS tax
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27

Your postmaster can tell you
how 20 invest In Y. =. WAR
BONDS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27
Pflaum Gives His
Qualifications
For Assessor

Fr~d y. ffsuua. former deputy
assessor ant now . Republican
candidate for the s@exsorship.