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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-31
DRAFTING MEN
FOR INDUSTRY
VITAL MATTER
EXPECTED THAT BILL. WILL
BE PASSED COMPELLING
EVERY CIVILIAN TO ASSIST
IN WAR EFFORT
BY HERMAN ALLEN
APP Features Service Writer

THE WORD in Washington is
this: After the tax bill is out of
the way, look for an overall COM
pulsory manpower bill--a bill
aimed at compelling every civilian
in a non-essential job to get into a
war job, or to stay in the one he
has.
It's almost certainly coming.
President Roosevelt limited at it
in his Columbus Day speech when
he said 1T may be that all of our
volunteer effort. will not suf-
flee to solve the (manpower)
problem. In that case we shall
have to adopt new legislation"
Manpower Commissioner Nc
Mutt and other officials have
pointed up the problem. McNutt,
testifying before the Tolan Com
m.ittee on industrial migration,
declared there is good reason to
doubt" that local anticipating
agreements, voluntary transfer of
workers to war industry, etc,
will continue to meet the issue
for long.
Indications are there's a cam
paign under way to sell the idea
of compulsory manpower control
to the public before any bill is
introduced in Congress.
Those who shudder at Nazi-
sounding words like national
service legislation" may take
comfort from the fact that Eng
land has had such laws since
1910, with nearly 700 inspectors
checking to make sure that en-
ployeys are making the bost use
of skilled workers men and
women.
The British have found little
need to use their power, however.
With the power in the back
ground, it has been found that
EMPLOYERS are voluntarily doing
their utmost to see the right man
in the right job, to release HIM
foc a more important job If he's
qualified and to train replac-
ments for men lost to other in
dustry and to the armed services.
Plans For Manpower Control
What form will manpower con-
troll take if it is enacted here? We
already have two suggestions.
One is the virtual freezing OF
logging and non-ferrous tother
than irony mine workers in their
jobs in the northwest. The other
is the shutting down of gold
mines so that the miners can go
to work digging copper and other
war-vital ere.
Right now the tool and die in
dustry in the Detroit area and
the aircraft industry on the Pa
cific coast are sore spots One air.
craft plant hired several thou
sand workers in go days, yet
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-31
Announcement
OF Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald r. Rus
sell announce the engagement of
their daughter, Marjorie Beulah,
to Elmore S. Rosam, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Merville Rosam. No
date has been set for the wedding
as yet.
Mr. Rosam is attached to the
United States Navy, and will
leave within the next few days for
Norfolk, Va.
Miss Russell is attached to the
local Naval Station
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-31
CLUB UNIT TO MEET

The regular monthly meeting
of the executive board of the
Key West Woman's Club will be
held Monday evening at 8 o'clock
at their club rooms on Duval
street.
Mrs. Frederick Knapp, presi-
dent, urged all members to at
tend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-31
-. :: SOCIETY =:
,WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
WILL MEET MONDAY

The Woman's Auxiliary of ST.
Paul's Church will hold a regular
monthly meeting on Monday, No
vember 2, beginning at 4:30 o.
clock at the church.
All members are requested to
be in. attendance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-31
MINISTERIAL UNIT
TO MEET MONDAY

The Ministerial Alliance of
Key West will hold a meeting on
Monday morning, beginning at
1890 o'clock, at the First Metho-
dist (Stone) Church.
ALI members of the alliance
are requested to be in attend
ance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-31
New School Teaches
How To Save Tires
-Assaeiated Press)

PASADENA, Calf, Oct. 81
You can go to school here to
learn auto conservation.
The local defense council has
opened the Pasadena Tire and
Gas Saving school.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-31
Prisoner Tells On Self
Behind His Own Back

AKRON, O., Oct. 31.-A 49,
year-old man stood before NUM-
cipal court judge recently await
ing sentence on charges of in
toxication. A court reporter
at the back of the mans jacket.
Stitched there were the letters
wv. H."-letters that struck a ia
miliar chord. Suddenly the re-
porter shouted to the police pros
ecutor, Hey, isn't that guy wear
ing a work house jacket"
The prosecutor looked, and
gasped. Questioned, it developed
the prisoner escaped from the
work house orchard while picking
apples. He got 80 days instead OF
the customary SIS and costs.
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DAUGHTER TO ,W1LLIAMsEs

Mr. and Mrs Gordon Williams
announce the birth of a girl on
Thursday, weighing 912 pounds.
The new arrival has been Civ
en- the name of Gloria Isabelle.
Mother and daughter are re-
ported as doing nicely.
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was employed before entering the
armed service
Lieutenant Wyss is a native of
Greenwood, r. l., and was at
tending Rhode Island State Col
lege, prior to entering the armed
service.
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Willie, your essay is not neat"
Il told paw, but he did not
have time to write it over"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06
-rGsLN# 73slNT7 FORECAST - Capital POnderS Such Problems As Liver Oils and RayOn Tires

old hemp rope, clotheslines and bur- lap bags.
 Trivia
 Don't look for any more canned beets, carrots and spinach in 1943. Army and Navy will need all available supplies Nitrogen fertilizers having been curtailed, wider use of compost piles and less burning of leaves this Fall |. There's price ceiling on lumber don't pay any more than you did in March, except if you live in New England. There dealers may charge up to $3 per cord over ceiling price. There'll be less milk sold in paper containers. Wax coating is critical Though there hasn't been great reduction in the pro- duction of carbonated beverages since last year, expect to find in- creasing shortages at corner drug stores and grocery stores. United States military forces consumption rises faster than its growing man. power.
 Bulb SimpliilcatiOn
 Don't expect the recent War Pro- duction Board simplification order covering electric light bulbs and lamps to make any great difference to your home illumination. Sure - only a fraction of the many differ- ent watt bulbs and different colored bulbs will be made and therell be no more three-way lamps, but WIPE has found that few used any but the standard type bulbs.
 WIPE estimates that approximate iy i.3O0,OOO man hours will be saved by this order plus consider able amounts of steel, solder and tungsten.
 Green Tea'a Exit
 1T you're thinking longlngly Of q nice cup of green tea-iiow made unavailable through WPBa frees ing order -- hanlsh the thought. The stocks won't be ltnfro9en and no package over four ouneeg will bs parehassG fSosn voaE sgocer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06

looking into plastic -soled shoes. From all reports the shoes are light and comfortable the only hitch being that the soles are not quite as flexible as leather. but more so than wooden ones, which have been tried experimentally.
 Supplemental Heat
 According to the best authori- ties, you're being unpatriotic by not converting your furnace, giv- ing the excuse that you expect to derive the extra heat from grate in your open fireplace.
 These grates mean that coal runs only at IS per cent of effl- ciency, as opposed to 85 per cent in a coal furnace. Washington frowns on this waste.
 Scrap Drive
 Office of War Information is pub fishing a list of hundred house hold and farm items to be found in most American homes which should be salvaged for war material. You will be able to, obtain such a list from local salvage committees. List contains all kinds of household equipment from bed-springs, old girdles and rubber baby pants to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06
HI. HOME IMPROVEMENTS TO PREVENT HEAT LOSS

Making heating plant operate at maximum efficiency is only half the battle in saving fuel. The other half consists of minimizing the loss of heat once it has been generated.
 Experience shows that in many homes the loss of heat can be re- duced as much as 40 per cent or 50 per cent by certain improvements Costs vary widely, depending on the type of improvement, material and labor required, and size, of house. Savings in fuel likewise vary with these factors, as well as with other factors such as the severity of the winter. Nevertheless, such improve ments, if carefully planned and ex- ecuted, generally pay for them selves in 3 to years.
 Every house should be studied in order to determine what is the first thing to do to prevent heat loss. Then, if the householder can af- ford them, other heat-saving im- provements should be be made as well.
 Whether the householder decides on one or all of these improvements
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06
Compensation, Agreements

The following agreements for weekly payments during disability or for specific payment in case of permanent injury were approved today by Compensation COmmis- siOner John J. O'ConnelI:
 John Yocius of Naugatuck against U. s. Rubber G., $12.99 beginning August 5. strained back.
 Richard Swan of Naugautck against U. s. Rubber O., $7 for seven and 1-2 weeks, 25 per cent loss of right middle fingre.
 Rachel DeAngelO of TOrringtOn against TOrringtOn Co.,, $l3.27s be- ginning Sept. 22, partial amputa- tiOn of right index finger.
 Howard Gable of TOEringtOn against Torington O., $17.22, be- ginning Sept. 27, hernia.
 William A. Patrick of FIuitville against Diamond Ginger Ale, Inc., of Waterbury, s25, beginning Sept. 12. laceration of left leg.
 Louis Ragozzino of 100 Carver street. Waterbury, against ScOvill Mfg. O., SS.3S, beginning Sept IS, hernia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06
New Tax Bill Demand
 Pulls Market Down
Noon Steadiness Develops After Decline; Leading
 Issues Rally From Days Lows

New York, Oct. e-(UP) Stocks steadied today after an early decline attributed to- Secretary Morgen- thau's statement he will ask for . new tax bill to raise an additional 5000, ,OOO, 900
 Leading issues rallied from their lows and around noon the list was irregular. Bethlehem Steel touched 57 off 1 1-8 and flrmed to 57 S-8, U. s. Steel rose to 49 3-4 from 49 1-4, the latter off S-4. Santa Fe re- covered part of a loses of 5-8 points. Motor issues made minor recoverieS.
 Several special issues advanced substantially and there were . few wide declines. Virginia Carolina Chemical preferred touched S6 Ia up 2 and gains of nearly 2 points were made by Jones & Laughlin preferred A and Minneapolis Moline Power Implement preferred.
 New highs were noted in Ameri- can Crystal Sugar preferred, Amer ican Viscose, Illinois Central, Lib- bey- Owens Ford Glass, Minneapolis Honeywell, and Virginia Carolina
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06
In1prOUenl ents Reduce Loss or Heat m Homes
Government in Third Installment Suggests Prac- ticaI Ideas to Homeowners in Minimizing
 the Loss of Heat, Saving Fuel

insulation should start immedi- ately- before winter sets in.
 i. Insulation.
 Studies show about 70 percent of all homes are entirely uninsulated. Much fuel may be saved by insulat- ing such homes. The most common kinds of insulating material are CD loose fill, (2) blanket, (3) bait type and (4 insulating board.
 An open attic floor can be insu- lated by the householder himself by packing the insulation material snugly between the beams to a thickness of 3 to inches. Care should be taken not to step between teh rafters and thus injure the. ceiling below. Material for insulat- ing the attic floor of an average house (70O square feet) will cost be- tween $40 and $50, and the amount of fuel saved may be as much as Is per cent.
 The home owner will find insulat- ing board particularly useful in con- Structing new rooms from an un- finished attic as this material ans- wers the dual purpose of finishing and insulating material. Now rooms built from the attic will house an expanding family, or they may be rented to war workers, thus reliev- ing the house shortage.
 2. Storm Windows and Doors
 Another method of reducing heat {e Ixy% %IaA AA c&r xrr@11 Sl and storm doors. A tight fit is more important; otherwise much of the possible saving may be lost. A storm window, 34 inches by 62 Ia inches, sells for about $3, unpainted and untrimmed, and $5 painted and in stalled. The cost of storm doors depend on the size and type.
 If only a limited number of storm windows can be purchased, the householder should put them in rooms commonly used and heated and on the sides of the house ex. posed to prevailing winds.
 3. Weather Stripping
 There are three types of weather stripping: CD Felt, CD wood, and (3) metal. Weather stripping helps to check the loss of heat and pre- vent the entrance of cold air through the frames of doors and windows. Complete weather strip ping may reduce fuel consumption as much as 15% or more.
 A householder may do his own installation, using felt or wood. These materials are inexpensive, and plenty is available. Tack the weather stripping snugly between window and wooden window frame and between door and door frame. For metal frame windows, attach weather stripping by shellac or special cement.
 In addition, inexpensive adjusta- ble weather strips can be obtained for attachment to inside doors leading to unheated rooms-bed- rooms, attic, or basement.
 4. Calking
 Tn homes of brick, stone, and stucco construction, there are apt to be many small openings between the outside walls of the house and the window and door frames. By closing up, or calking, these open ings. a noticeable reduction in fuel consumption can be made. Calking material can be obtained from weather stripping contractors, hard ware stores, and paint stores.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06
Morris E. Surface New
 Rent Administrator

Appointment oS Morris E. Sur face as fuel oil rationing admin istrator for Waterbury was an- nounced today by Lawrence L. Lewis, chairman of the local ra- tiOning board.
 MT. Surface, manager of the lighting fixture division of the Chase Brass & Copper Co. and at tached to the company's Water bury Mfg. Go. division, has been granted an indefinite leave of ab- sence by the firm. He will be in charge of all fuel oil ratiOning in the city.
 Chairman Lewis issued the fol- lowing formal statement this aft ernOOn:
 Lawrence L. Lewis, chairman of the local rationing board, stated that Morris E. Surface has cOn- scented to accept appointment as a member of the board and as fuel oil rationing administrator" "
 "The Chase Co.,. upon request of MT. Lewis, had granted MT. Surface leave of absence for a sufficient length of time to organ ize and administer the fuel ra- tioning program"
 It was stated at the Chase Co. that MT. Surface is resident of MilldaIe and has been with the company for more than 10 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06
MERRITT WALTERS,
 SELECTMAN, WINS
Republicans Garner IFS of
 273 Ballots in Town 5 Election Yesterday
PROSPECT RudeIla c. Driscoll, COrre- suondent = Telephone 5-O921

prosuect, October 6. = With a total of 273 cast in the annual town elections respect was credited 10 the Republicans when final tabula- hor1 was completed last evening. The rte was light and was partly ex- eamaxed that scores of qualified vot- 9rs og the town are engaged i'll war work and found the voting hours rather inconvenient. Others ad- ganced the explanation that no real sselectioneering" had been under saken with the result that the cleo lion, vas just formality. In l94l nver 400 votes were cast, 437 accord- Ing to official figures in whichGOP candidates obtained 256 and the Democrats 256. Last evenings re- ,ults gave Republicans 176; Demo- crats. 176; 26 split tickets and IS pallets were rejected as defective.
 Official Results Assessor: Burton R. Hubbell, ST. fD) 50; Bernice T. Buysx (R) l89.
 Board of Relief: John Keiper (Dl 57; Treat Hotchkiss (R) l87.
 2SlSCLmeH.- 4uSOuOAS NAASASA tD) 50: Merritt Walters. first (R) l09: Prank Plumb second (R) l88.
 Grand Jurors; Thomas F. Ly- man. CD) conan (D) 69; Eugene Lewis (F) ls6; Charles W. Tapley fD) SO; James A. Doyle (D) 6l; Rebert Gray (R) l82.
 Constables: William J. Bervier fD) BB: Albert Allen (R) 19l: Alfred Martin (D) 59: Arthur w. Davis fR) 100; Harold w. Chapman (D) s7: Albert Reichenbach tR) l87; carl Canfieid (R) l88.
 Registrar of Voters: James l.. gYes s0s go; 9sSaae .. AGcshier tR) tg6.
 school Board: Harold Chg Mars fp) 6s; clifford P. Wallacex (R) l8l; Helen StIeler (D) 65: Ruth E. Chandler fRl iei.
 Library Directors; Thomas ]. ksnaalla (Dl SC: Bessie c. Mo- Hlsler (R) iBS; John J. Bergln tp) s9: Murlyn N. Dalleywater (R) i66; 1sarrle c. Blake tpl 6s; Walter
 erns fEs) ies
 Agent Deposlt Ksnd; waitsE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06

Technically, it's worth about five hundred dollars. Actually you couldn't buy it with kings ran- som.
 For to Gainesville folks = and owner Franklin Waite-this is the House That Friendship Built.
 Waite was a big, hkeable, popu- lar guard at construction com pany here. For months, he saved and scrimped to buy materials with which to build a new cottage. He was going to construct 1t himself in his spare time.
 Draft HaltS His Plans
 Just as he was about to start, the Army drafted him, and the Waite family resigned itself to disappoint- ment.
 Fellow workmen at the conStruc- tion plant learned of Waite's troubles and the whispering and planning began.
 For a week about dozen paint CTS and 50 carpenters didn't stop work at quitting time; they grabbed their tools and brushes and went to the leafy grove on the edge of town where Waite had planned to build his cottage.
 For a week, the grove rang with the sound of hammers and saws, with the rough, comradely talk of men whose sentiment Is expressed in deeds, not words.
 Unions Supply Meals
 To work after dusk, they strung makeshift light line from near by residence. Both the painters and the carpenters unions contri- buted beer and sandwiches to make up for the meals the men missed at home.
 After the cottage was built, the painters coated 1t with white paint. When Franklin Waite finally saw it, he almost broke down and cried.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06
BY PAUL MANNING NyUsa c,n..:. -4oer CarraSDnnJaV,

BY PAUL MANNING
 NEA Service staff Correspondent
 London-In spite of rations, labor shortage and the submarine menace, hose pleasing and chill-re- sisting" Harris tweeds will still be available to Americans this winter.
 Some two million single-Width yards-enough for an estimated 300,000 suits = have been shipped to the United States. And for that good news you may give thanks not only to an efficient convoy system for bringing them over, but to the women of the Hebrides Islands TOT continuing, in the face ot many dl1- ficulties, the traditionally matchless job of weaving them.
 ISLANDERS LIVE
 ISOLATED LIVES
 The people of the Hebrides are finding the going rather rough. Separated from the Scottish main land by 40 bitter-cold North At lantic miles, they're as isolated as a remote Alaskan outpost. But that hasn't kept the impact of war from reaching their lonely, windswept is- lands.
 Of their two chief occupations, fishing is gone for the duration = thanks to the U-boatS and the fishermen have gone away to sea, weaving remains, but on smaller scale. For one thing, the 1slanders are very short-handed. All the able bodied young men and women have gone-the boys to the armed forces and Hhe girls to Britain's Womens army. Only young boys and old men are left to help the women clean. wash, dye, comb, spin, weave and finish the wool which the world knows as the Harris tweed. In ad- ditiom. new ration laws have cut the Hebrides' raw wool supply (whish is shipped over from scot landl by 20 per cent.
 WEAVING TWEED IS
 YEAR-ROUND JOB
 Yek the laborious job of turning o,lt hand-processed tweed. for Amer ican suits and coats goes on A Hebrides family can produce on an average of one bold Of hand-WoVen' single-Width cloth every three weeks, if they don't have to spin 1t hv hand Handspun, the time for one bolt lengthens to six months. From September to September the islanders process tweed, stopping only for Easter week, when all the Hebrides join in a mass religious celebration. M
 The United States is getting 95 per cent of this years Harris tweed output. There won't be much blue from the bolts, however; brown, green and yellow-all with the usual white underline for tone effect are the popular tweed shades for 1942-43.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-06
STEP ARD ATTACKS l BALDWIN'S ACTS
Praise for Senator Dana hers IsOIatiOnist Stand,
 Labor Views Scored

Lieut. Gov. Odell Shepard, Demo- cratic candidate for reelection, charged in 8 radio address last night that ex-Gov. Raymond E.. Baldwin, Republican candidate for governor, had aided in an attempt to form company union". This, said MT. Shepard, marks a chal- lenge that must be met by labor votes.
 Prof. Shepard also assailed ex- Gov. Baldwin for praise which he gave last February to U. S. Senator John A. Danaher. Senator Dana her, he asserted, has been an ardent isolationist, yet MT. Baldwin claims to have an isolationist.
 Said Lieut. Gov. Shepard, in part:
 We have here in Connecticut g Republican leader now running for the highest office in the State, who is asserting loudly and continuously that he is now and always has been whole-heartedly for the war and for complete victory. I refer to Raymond E. Baldwin. So very keen he is for the war just now that he may have been the very person who found for his party that amusing title '"The Victory Party MT. Baldwin, one knows, is 8 strong believer in the political value of slogans like Victory Party" "Yes Men," Rubber Stamps" & Friend ly to Business" Very well, then, we got this mental image of MT. Baldwin the all-out war leader, with whom it would be impossible to associate the slightest tincture of isolationism, and then we turn back to the news papers of eight months ago and find this same man quoted as say- ing, in praise of Senator Danaher and his well-known isolationist record, that the Senator has been "so careful, so able, so energetic in putting forth a point of view necessary to be explored to the limit" These are weaselwords, yet their sense, if they have any. comes through the film of verbiage. They mean that MT. Baldwin, on Feb- ruary 12, 1922, praised Senator Danaher for his isolationist stand.
 We'll, you try to put the man who said those things together with the leader of Connecticut's so-called Victory Party and you get con- fused. At least l do.
 This Republican leader is now pro- claiming to all and sundry that he is warm and true friend of labor. Very well, we get that picture of him. And then we learn that he has assisted a Connecticut manu- facturer in his effort to incorporate a company union" l needn't tell you that company union" is the most insidious threat to organized labor that the labor movement has to meet. I need not tell you that the forming of such union is made illegal by Section 8 paragraph Of the Wagner Act. Yet this lawyer from Stratford gave his aid to this illegal effort. He acted in haste be- cause of a wish to forestau the es- tablishment of legitimate union. His haste was such that he got the town clerk of Stratford to open the Town Hall on 8 Sunday. The fact that the papers had to be witnessed on a Sunday necessitated the pre- dating of these papers of mcor- poration. Then they were hurried to Hartford with a covering letter in MT. Baldwin's hand, intended to ex- pedite their validation.