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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
BUNKER HILL AIR
RAID SCHOOL OPENS
First Session Tonight in
School Gym; BOland in
Opening Program

The air raid wardens school for
the Bunker Hill area will start to-
night at Z o'clock in the Bunker
Hill school gymnasium. The course
is being sponsored by the Bunker
Hill Parent Teacher Association,
j. Francis Boland Is scheduled to
address the initial class on plan
or Local Organization And Purpose
OF School,
Also a sound motion picture OF
Connecticut Answers. will be
shown. E. L. Beebe will show slides
with an accompanying talk on THE
Air Raid Warning System"
TomorrowS class will be conduct
Cd by Officer James Little at the
same time in the Wildly High school
auditorium. Patrolman Little will
address the air raid wardens or
Civil Defense Against Gass" an6
First Aid Treatment, Chemical
Agents"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16

the start OF Grle ueLeIlSe puom
also cited.
The article in the financial pub
lication follows:
waterbury, Conn.-Following Q
years in which budget SURPRISES
have been shown, this city con-
tinues to keep expenditures within
appropriations.
Despite heavy debt payments
and q higher proportionate load
Of school system payments expen-
ditures during the first couple Of
months do not exceed one-sixth
OF the l942 appropriation.
Last year the city reported o
surplus Of $522, 066 and In the pre-
vious year the surplus was S4l9,-
208. Tax collections for last year
amounted to 97.8 per cent OF the
years levy. The percentage Of coll
lections has been rising steadily
since 1898 when 1t dipped to 9l.S
per cent. The low was 1888 at
1873 per cent.
AS Of the end Of 194l the city's
debt amounted to $l6,687 500 COM
pared with $l7,420,50O In 1899. Re-
Gently $1,0OO,00 Of water bonds
was sold but around one and one
half million Of bonds will be re-
tired this year.
The economic conditions Of Wa
terbury is tied in with the rate Of
production Of It's many manufac-
turing plants. Currently they are
operating at full capacity on war
work. This Is reflected in the vari-
Gus indices Of business such as
bank clearings, savings, electricity
consumption, postal receipts and
building permits, all OF which
have Jumped sharply in the past
four years.
Speed-up Of manufacturing has
brought an influx OF workers to
the city and along with other
Connecticut cities Waterbury, has
a housing shortage. Rents are
higher and there Is q waiting list
for apartments. The city has been
declared q defense area by the
Federal Price Administrators Of
nee which means that II comes
under the fair rent ruling. Until
now q Fair Rent Committee has
been functioning but like those Of
other Connecticut cities 1t has
not the power to force reductions.
That power will be held by the
Federal Administrator after April
/.
Waterbury's population has In
creased TO about l02,500 from
99,300 and new housing has not
been sufficient to take care Of ap-
plications.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
CITY REMAINING
WITHIN BUDGET
.$5,227,260 Available for
Remaining Ten Months
of 1912

Expenditures during the first two
months OF the year indicate that the
city will remain within Its budget
during 1912. according to figures
compiled by Controller Thomas NJ
Conlon.
OF total appropriations Of $6,296-
744 available fer the year, the city
spent $lo59,475 during January and
February. This leaves S5,227 1858
available for the remaining 10
months Of the year.
The welfare department is again
considerably below budget estimates
This department has ccntributea
largely to city SURPRISES Of the las
Two years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
Civilian Defense
Many Activities Scheduled This Week.

in q civilian defense training school
scheduled to start tonight at Bunker
Hill school that two OF the seven
classes will be held at Wildly high
school.
The school, sponsored by the Bun
ker Hill Mems League cooperating,
will begin tonight at Bunker Hill
school, with J. Francis Boland, d.
rector Of air raid warden training,
and E. Leslie Beebe, manager Of
the Southern New England Tele-
phone Co., as principal speakers.
Sessions tomorrow night and
Wednesday night will be held at
Wildly high school. The other ses-
sions will be held at Bunker Hill
school this Friday night and Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday nights
Of next week.
Distribution Of cards giving de-
tailed air raid instructions con-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16

tinues daily. The cards are going
to every home and business es-
Enlistment In the city.
Chief Warden James J. Curtii,
has directed sector wardens to file
lists Of names of those they recon-
mend for certiflcation as wardens.
A first aid course and house
holders course for residents Of Sec.
tors Cas- and C-47 will open to-
night at Oronoke school. Harold
Warrington will be In charge.
The defense salvage committee
plans to await the outcome Of ties
collections Of tin cans in New Yorl
and other cities before undertaking
any such project in Waterbury
However, a campaign for collection
Of collapsible tin tubes which con
tanned tooth paste, etc. is .alread!
in progress here.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
100 ATTEND ST.
THOMAS BANQUET

About 100 attended the st.
Thomas Holy Name Society's cele-
bration Of st. Patrick'S Day last
night at the parish hall. Timothy
Luddy, q charter member of the So
ciety, spoke on st. Patrick and the
works of the Irish people. Rev. Jo-
seph Donnelly, chaplain of the So
ciety, also spoke.
Edward J. Fitzgerald was chair
man Of the arrangements commit
tee, assisted by Edward Coughlin,
Michael Grout, Martin Cream, Ro-
bert Blacker and Martin Joyce. Rom
aid Abbott of Rutland, VT, who was
scheduled to make the principal adj
dress. was unable to attend because
illness.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
SPRING RITUAL ON
CROTTOCALENDAR

A spring ceremonial will be given
by Zindah Grotton, Mystic Order
Of Yelled Prophets Of the Enchant-
ed Realm, next Saturday at the
Masonic temple when an elaborate
program will be offered. Monarch
Thorn w. Corby said the affair will
be a gay one and visitors will be
introduced from Grottos through
out the state.
Registration Of candidates will be
held at Z o'clock and half an hour
later there will be a concert hy
zindah's prize band. The uniformed
ceremonial will commence at 8
o'clock. At 1920 a stage show will
be presented and refreshments will
be served at midnight.
A large class Of candidates will
be initiated during the ceremonial
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
PROGRESSIVE SALES
CLUB TO MEET

The weekly meeting OF the Pro-
gresslve Sales Club OF Waterbury
will be held tonight in The Elton
at 1880 o'clock. The club Is formed
by clerks Of business houses who
meet to discuss improvement in
sales and other branches Of their
profession and talk on daily prob
lens which may come up during the
course Of their work. Invitation is
extended TO all statesmen and sales
women In the city.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
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Wonderfully Attractive And
Dependable Covert Suits For Young
Men In Our Prep Shop-Second
FIoor-$24.75 to $33.75.
II you h0ven't q covert suit in
your wardrobe you're not q men,
Der Of the guild Of the notions
best dressed young men.
FoshionobIy smart service resist
ing dust defyine fabrics thot toke
q load Of clothes worries off
fellows mind.
T0ttersoII check FoyOn waist
eoots $4.75-sIeeveIess sweaters
and corduroy vests $z.95 and
$3.95 to wear with vestIess suits.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16

Waterville, March l6-A civilian
defense program will be held Friday
night, at 8:l5 o'clock In Sprague
school gymnasium, when Arthur
Craig, chemistry teacher Of Wildly
high school, will give lecture on
1.-THE Chemistry OF Fire. There
will also be three sound pictures
shown, entitled, "Japs Bomb U. S.
A., Connecticut Answers" and
Fighting the Fire Bomb. Every
one In Waterville Is urged to at
tend and 1t is hoped at least 500
will be present. All those who took
the air raid course q week ago in
ST. Michael's parish hall, are espe-
cially urged TO attend, because 1t
will be one Of the periods Of In
struction needed to complete that
course.
The meeting Of the Waterville
Girls club scheduled March 20 at
the home Of Mrs. Q. Arthur Dubois,
has been postponed until further
notice, because Of the civilian de-
Tense meeting, planned for that
date.
Myrtle temple, No. 3, Pythian Sis
ters Of Waterbury will hold o social
this evening at 8 o'clock, at Fra
ternity hall, on Boyden street. All
members OF Goodwill lodge, includ-
Ing the five young men on whom
the rank of page was conferred last
Monday evening, with their fam
lilies and friends, are invited to at
tend. Cards and bingo will be
played and a pleasant time may be
expected.
Goodwill lodge Rank team will
confer the rank Of esquire on Ave
pages, at the next regular meeting
Monday evening, March %. Rank
work will begin about 8 o'clock, the
team to include Arthur Hirst, Leon
Hall, Charles L. Greene, A. K. War
rem, william X. Warren, Frank
Tyrrell, Harry Lethbridge and JOS
eph Caron. Members Of the Water
bury lodges are invited to be pres
ent.
500 Boxes Ordered
Members OF Girl Scout troop No.
~ have completed the taking of
orders for the annual cookie sale,
and will make the deliveries at the
same time as other troops OF the
Waterbury council, March ~, and
continue until March 30.
The local girls have taken orders
for 500 boxes. Mrs. Sidney Henchel
has been chairman in charge of
orders, and Mrs. Edwin Craw will
have charge Of distribution.
Gertrude DiBlasi represented
Troop No. ~, Saturday afternoon,
at the meeting at st. Johns parish
house, honoring Juliette Low, foun-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
SMALL FIRES IN
SCOVILL BUILDING

Two Slight fires yesterday morn
ing at the No, 68 building Of the
Scovill Mfg. Co., off Hamilton av-
enue, were reported by fire officials.
The first alarm, at 5:42 a. m. was
for blaze caused by broken oil
line on a muffle. The second, at
1920 a. n was sounded when oil
n a pit ignited.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
BIRD LECTURER
HEARD IN FORUM

Allan D. CruickShank, bird lee
turer for the National Audubon So
ciety spoke Oh the subject Of Bird
Adventures" ct the Second Con-
gregatienal Church last night. The
talk was accompanied by slide and
motion pictures. More than 500 at
tended.
Dan Stiles will speak at next
weeks forum Rev. DR.. John G..
Walker, pastor, announced, Mr..
stiles will show motion pictures
yankees at Work"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
MRS. HERRICK TO
SPEAK IN STATE

Mrs. Gilmore NJ. Herrick, Regional
Director of the National Labor Re-
lations Board, will speak on the
topic How to Work With a Union"
at the monthly meeting Of the Con-
necticut Chapter Of the Society for
the Advancement Of Management at
Howard Johnson's Restaurant, wal
lingford, at $50 p. m. on Thursday,
March 10. Mrs. Herrick is well
known for her ability to discuss
clearly and effectively the problems
which exist In the joint relationship
Of management and unions.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
ENGINEERS NEEDED
in ORDNANCE WORK
Many Positions Available
in Boston District; APP
ply at P. 0.

Frank X. Keete, member Of the
civil service examination board an
nounced today there Is an urgent
need for production engineers for
duty in the Boston Ordnance Dis
trict which is responsible for produce
ton OF ordnance material through
out Maine, New Hampshire. YER
mont, Eastern Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island.
Salary for production engineers,
ranges from $1,000 TO $1,000 per
year, and production and plant
managers from $500 TO $1,000 per
annum
Also empha3lzed was that the dis
trict Is DESTROYS OF appointing men
experienced In layout Of production
Of parts (metaD made be repetitive
machine operations.
Those who can qualify are urged to
obtain Civil Service application form
8 from Mr.. Keefe at the local post
office or at the nearest U. s. En-
ployment Service Office.
Spain will permit only eight feat
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16
SURPRISES, Reduction
In Bonded Debt Are
Mentioned In Story
Housing Conditions Here, Brought About By Industrial
Activity, Also Commented Upon; Population Of
City Placed at lO2,5OO

High tribute to financial methods which have affected
great improvement in the cys credit standing was con-
taned in an article in Saturdays issue Of the Wall Street
Journal The article cites large city SURPRISES during the
past two years reduction in the bonded debt and indus
trial gains which are reflected in municipal finances The
Wall Street Journal speaks Of housing shortage here
and reports increases In rents population increase since
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16

Joseph T. Nolan, editor Of the
Holy Cross Purple, will be one Of
the main speakers on the annual
Catholic Book Week program
sponsored by Boston College,
March 1928. His subject will be,
"The False Philosophy Behind
Our Modern Novels" Mr.. Nolan
will trace the philosOphic back
ground of the novel from the sell
entists OF the nineteenth century,
Haeckel, Darwin, Huxley, and
Spencer, through Siginund Freud,
TO Hemingway, Dos PessOs, Thomas
WClfe, and other moderns. Nolan,
q senior at Holy Cross, Is the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs Thomas F. Nolan
Of Randolph avenue
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16

Spain will permit only eight feat
ure and seven documentary Aims
from Germany to be shown In Its
theaters this season.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16

Mexico win war on prOhtesFing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-16

The meeting Of the Waterville
Girls club scheduled March 20 at
the home Of Mrs. @. Arthur Dubois
has been postponed until further
notice, because Of the civilian de-
Tense meeting, planned for that
date.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18-(UP)-
An American submarine spent so
much time in sight of the Japanese
coast while sinking enemy ships
that the crew considered taking
shore leave. Ensign Joseph r. De-
frees, jr., revealed on his arrival
here yesterday.
I'VE saw the mainland of Japan
lots of times" said DefreeS, son of
Rear Admiral Joseph R. Defrees,
inspector of naval material for this
district. I'VE even imagined that
we could distinguish Asahi beer
signs among the lights and the
crew joked about taking liberty il
Yokohama"
Young Defrees, en- route to the
Navy Torpedo school at New Lon
don. Conn, told how his submarine
attacked an enemy aircraft carrier,
sank a destroyer and number of
merchant ships during a tWo-month
cruise.
During the battle of Midway, De-
frees said, they closed in on the
carrier while battleship fired
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18

War Production
Command Chosen

The first step in that direction
canse recently when Nelson re-
claimed authority to issue priority
ratings over materials in the field
which he had delegated to procure
ment officers of the armed SER
vices
Creation of the high command
was not designed, officials said. to
remove some sources of friction
between the WPB and army and
navy procurement officials the al
location of vital materials. But it
was said the close association of
the navy, war and maritime Off
cialS with one of Nelson's right
hand men should go far toward
eliminating disagreement.
In either event, Wilson, subject
have the last word. Nelson made
that clear in announcing Wilson'S
appointment last night
Mr.. Wilson will be the top pro-
duction authority in the war pro-
gram and will have the response
bility of seeing to it that prear-
ranged schedules for all phases of
our war effort are met" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18
u, s. Sub Cruises
Along jap Shore

broadsides at the sub. I'VE man.
aged to stick three torpedoes into
the flat-top, then they started
dropping ash cans and we had to
dive to save our boat"
Another time they put two tor
pedoes into a destroyer and blew
it up.
I'VE had knocked off a number
of Jap merchantmen right off their
own coast, and this destroyer was
looking for us" Defrees explained.
Our first torpedo hit him amid
ships and blew him up"
The young officer said American
submarines ARE much better" than
those of the last war and that crew
health and morale was excellent
Possibly their closest call was
when the sub involuntarily surfac-
ed in the middle of a convoy after
sinking a large merchantmen. I'VE
saw a cruiser heading right for us,
but dived deep in time, thanks to
fine work by our crew." Defrees
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18

that the Chinese have an excellent
espionage system which has accur-
ately predicted japanese naval
movements in the past
SUBS ACTIVE
They also believed that the dim
inishing of the intensity of fighting
on Guadalcanal, the major base
wrested by American Marines from
the japanese last month, was the
lull before a new storm. They baS-
ed their belief partly on the fact
that Japan has given clear evidence
she would make great sacrifices to
recapture the Solomons and could
be expected to risk capital ships
in the venture if she thought there
was a chance of success
The latest report of submarine
activity emphasized again the i'm
portant job being done by those
craft in the Pacific war. They
have accounted for nearly one-third
of all Japanese ships-combatant
and ACCOMPLISHMENTS or DAM
aged since the w~r began.
Those sea guerillaS harass the
japanese behind their own battle
lines, operating along their extend
ed supply routes and in japanese
home waters.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18
Calf. Democratic
Congressman Dies
Of Short Illness

WASHINGTON, Sept l8-CUP)-
Rep. Frank H. Buck, five-term
Democratic congressman from the
third California district died of
apopleXy in Garfield hospital last
night after an illness of a few
hours.
Buck, who would have been 55
years old next Wednesday,, was
recently renominated in the Calf
ornia primary His home was in
Vacaville. He was a graduate OF
the University of California and
the Harvard law school, and was
fruit grower and farmer before
his election to congress
Funeral arrangements have not
been made, pending Mrs. Bucks ar
rival here from California Buck is
survived by six children, including
one son who is in the Navy at Hon
olulu.
Buck was born on a ranch near
Vacaville, went to Vacaville schools
and save for his years in college
and later in Congress, spent his
life there.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18

Continued From Page |
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18
kazis Will Crack,
Japanese Won't,
Declares Ex.Envoy

Continued From Page u
for victory:
l. Gradual but progressive dis
/ Judgement of the japanese from
areas they have temporarily occu-
pied.
2. Gradual but progressive de-
struction of the japanese navy,
merchant marine and air force to
isolate the Japanese mainland.
CONTRAST DRAWN
This will not be the end he
said but it will be the beginning
of the end. Let US leave the coup
de grace to our tacticians. They
will not fail"
Grew drew his contrast of the
German and Japanese people from
10 years of diplomatic experience
in each country. He had been am
DaSsador to Japan for 10 years when
the war began at Pearl Harbor. In
l5i7 he had served nearly 10 years
at the American embassy in Berlin
when the United States broke diplo-
matte relations with Germany.
Let's get down to brass tacks, &"
he said
Il know the Germans we'll trucu-
lent and bullying and domineering
when on the crest of the wave .
demoralized in defeat. The Germans
cracked in 1918. l have steadfastly
believed and l believe today that
when the tide of battle turns against
them, as it assuredl2 will turn, they
will crack again.
CAN'T BE COWED
Il know Japan; | lived there for
10 years. l know the japanese in
timately. The Japanese will not
crack. They will not crack morally
or pSychologically or economically,
even when eventual defeat stares
them in the face. They will pull
their belts another notch, reduce
their rations from bowl TO a half
bowl of rice, and fight TO the bitter
end. Only by utter physical destruc-
ton or utter exhaustion of their
men and materials can they be de-
feated
That is the difference between
the Germans and the japanese.
That is what we are up against in
fighting Japan"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18
JoPs Prepare Big
SEQ Battle Force

WASHINGTON. Sept. 18-UP)-
The japanese were believed today
10 be preparing a powerful naval
task force for another all-out at
tempt to retake the Solomon ISL
ands from American Marines.
Naval observers made that pre-
diction as the Navy brought its
total of enemy ships announced
sunk or damaged within the last
week to l8. The latest communiqCe
credited American submarines with
torpedoing eight japanese boats,
sinking four of them.
Some observers placed consider
able credence in Chungking reports
that the japanese have dispatched
four battleships to augment their
naval forces already in the south
west Pacific. They pointed out
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18
Elite Nazi Troops
On Guard Against
Winter in Germany
Continued From Page -


soned arguments instead of beating
the drums and whooping up Ger
man victories.
The present note was one of eX-
planning why hardships must be
endured and emphasizing future
rewards. The Germans also are
hearing grim warnings such as that
by Labor Minister Robert Ley that
the war is growing more serious,
mere hard and more determined
FROSTS REPORTED
Behind this propaganda, it was
believed here, lay a German con-
centration on quick and effective
war production, regardless of the
ruthless effects on Nazi civilian
life.
With first winter frosts now re-
ported at several European points
Britons were turning greater at
tention to the day when the Luft-
waite will be freed in Russia and
probably will be shifted to western
Europe for an attempt to knock
out Allied offensive preparations in
the British Isles.
Britons were warned to prepare
for an unprecedented air struggle
and an impressive reminder was
given by the opening of the new
100 foot deep shelters in London.
Officials also were working to
educate Britons to the idea that
the war on the hcme front will be
more deadly and bitter than eXper-
fenced even in the heat of the bat
tie of Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-18
MERCHANT SHIPS SUNK

Enemy ships sunk in the Pacific
by all means-warships. army. navy
and Marine planes, shore installa-
tions and submarines sunk, 1873,
probably sunk. as; damaged. 1874;
total, 362
The figures for submarines alone
are: sunk, 60; probably sunk, II;
damaged, 81; total, l07. Significant
is the fact that the majority of
ships attacked by submarines are
sunk.
The Navy's latest communique re-
ported that submarines sent to the
bottom two large and one medium
sized freighter and a small patrol
boat. A large tanker was hit and
left burning. In addition, a large
freighter, a large transport, and a
medium sized cargo ship were DAM
aged.
1t was emphasized that the re-
cent submarine actions were not
related to operations in the Solo
mon islands. Nevertheless, such
raids on the enemy's sea communi-
cations were bound to impair their
effotts to maintain supplies for
their forces in far off places.