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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29
SALE OF TICKETS
ELATES CHAlRMEN
Presidents Birthday Party
to Be Well Attended To-
morrow Night

A score OF entertainers, Joe d.
P.etro's orchestra, and four hours
of dancing will feature the splendid
program which has been arranged
for the annual Presidents Birthday
ball at Hamilton Park pavilion Fri
day night starting at o'clock. The
affair will not be formal although
formal dress is optional. Mayor
Vincent Scully will lead the grand
march which is scheduled for 10
o'clock sharp. Harry x. Cashin will
act as master of ceremonies.
Infantile paralysis fund CO. chair
men Thomas Cassidy and Francis
Mcdonald were highly elated today
over the anticipated record turn
out for the ball. The ticket COM
mittee under the Craftsmanship OF
Roger Walsh reported an unprece-
dented sale assuring the success OF
the party. The ball of course is
the climax event Of the campaign
for funds which has been under
way for the past several weeks.
Most gratifying indeed has been
the response to the call for enter
tanners. More than a score of the
leading vocalistS, Observation-Disclosures
and dancers are giving their serv-
ices and this part of the program
which will be handled by Harry X
Cashin as master OF ceremonies, is
sure to be most interesting one.
The ball committee is making ex-
ira effort this year to cater to per-
sons who do not dance but wish
to come and look on. The park de-
par:ment Is providing 1000 seats be-
sides the two guastt boxes for the
official family and the ball commit
tee. Tickets are selling for fifty
cents.
The hall is being decorated ir
red, white and blue by Bart Quilter
Palms for the stage are being sup
piled by ORourke 81 Birch, florists
while Ray Leggett of the HadleJ
Company is In charge of the fur
nishings for the guest boxes.
There Is ample parking space
surrounding the pavilion and a spe.
cial detail Of police will be On hant
to supervise the traffic in and arount
J the park.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

Arthur were football coach he'd
always take the offensive.
"He liked to keep the ball NOV
ing Harper says. you could
find him right up there in the
front line trenches with his men.
He didn't like to be put on the de-
fensive, End would force the fight
ing If he could. If I remember
him right, he'll make mincemeat
of these Japs."
The very unorthodoxy that
made him a brilliant fighter his
offensive spirit, his sense Of the
dramatic-dealt him an unkind
blow in the race for Sedan" at
the wars end Macarthur, lead
ing the 84th Brigade of the And
Division, was pushing forward with
an advance patrol, racing with the
1st Division for the honor of cap
turning the strategic city.
He had taken the stif1ening out
Of his officers cap. 1t was more
comfortable that way. Besides, it
looked snappy. Unfortunately, 20
patrol Of the 1st Division 1t ako
looked German. Macarthur vas
the only American general cap
tured" during the war.
After the Armistice, Macarthur
stayed in France with the Army Ct
Occupation for a short time be-
fore being brought back as COM
mandant - youngest in its history
of the West Point from which
he had been graduated but l6 years
before.
INSTILLS HIS OWN
SPIRIT IN CADETS
Macarthur was immensely popu-
Ter with the cadets. Every inch a
soldier, equally flamboyant, he has
always been able to inStill army
spirit into younger men. His job
at the Academy was to humanizc
its program and streamline 1t to
the techniques of modern war. His
avocation was 10 plead for its en-
largement, lest" as he warned in
best Macarthur style, "a con-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

It's no longer Private Edmund Tartaglia. Brand
new corporas stripes stand out respondent on the
local boys sleeve he continues about his duties at
headquarters down at Fort Bragg, North Carollna ;
the pleasure of spending weekend furough with ms
folks in the good old home town. And the same Tor
Private "Bill' Moriarty of the late "B" Morarty
of Fourth fame who dropped in to shake hands
and say hello while enjoying brief visit home here with
his mother Albert Guarno OF Ward Street is spending
lot of time these evenings finding out just how
cute that 6-months old youngster of his can be- HIS
name is Robert and he only just passed the hafyear
marker. Andrew Morea, popular Lux Clock employee
crammed his pockets full of cigars the other day just
that his friends could smoke in honor OF his 29th
birthday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29
$4,000 DAMAGES
ASKED IN SUIT

Damages of $35 900 are sought in
an action filed in Winsted superior
court yesterday, by Elmer Donald
Carr of Thomaston, a minor, bring
ing suit through his guardian, Mrs:
Ruth Carr.
The nineteen-year-old plaintiff
alleges that he suffered serious in
juries on the ThomaSton-Brist
road in ThomaSton, last September
8, when a car operated by James A.
Kennedy of Thomaston collided with
a vehicle driven by the youth, as
result of Kennedy's negligence.
The defendant was performing his
duties as a mail-carrier at the time.
Apptaring for the plaintiff is At
torney william T. Keavney, Jr, of
Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29
Todsys Answsvs -
URANIUM CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

l.. U. S. troops will protect baux-
lite mines in Dutch Guiana. ALUMNI
mum is produced from bauxite ore.
2. Yes. Netherlands have group
OF islands known as Dutch West In
dies, including three off the coast
Of Venezuela Curacao, Aruba, Bon
airel and a few small ones in the
Leeward island group, near Mar
Unique.
3. French Guiana is just east of
Dutch Guiana in the South Amer
lean group; French Guinea is part
CT French West Africa.
4. Surinam is another name for
Dutch Guiana.
5. Gold, bauxite, sugar, coffee,
rice, fruits, rum and cacao are prin-
cipal products of Dutch Guiana.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

TRAGEDY
fFrom BEST Loved Poems OF the American People)
I always wanted a red balloon,
1t only cost dime,
But Ma said 1t risky,
They broke quickly,
And besides she didn't have tline
And even If she did, she didn't
Think them worth dime.
We lived on farm, and only went
To one circus and fair
And all the balloons ever saw
Were there
There we're yellow ones and blue ones,
But the kind I liked the best
Were red, and don't see why
She couldn't have stopped and said
That maybe could have one
But she didn't suppose that now
You can buy them anywheres,
And that they still sell red ones
At c!rcuses and fairs.
I got little money saved,
got lot Of time
got no one to tell me how TO spend my dime;
Plenty of balloons-but somehow
There's something died inside of me-
And I don't want one-now
Jill Spargur.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

dition may ultimately result which
will be paid for in the bitterness
of American blood"
In 1922 Macarthur was trans
ferred from the Academy to the
Philippines. In the same year he
married Louise Cromwell, step
daughter Of rich, Republican Ed
ward Stotesbury and sister OF
James H. r. Cromwell. The mar
rage was not happy one and
was dissolved In an amicable di-
yorce in Reno in 1929.
After three years in the islands
the latter ones as commander OF
the Philippines Department, Mac
major generel, spent the next five
Arthur returned TO the U. S.
years commanding various corps
areas Then, in November, 1890
President Hoover called him to
Washington as Chief of Staff. He
was 81, youngest in American
military annals.
Gen. Lyle Brown, retired, now
head of the Tennessee State Tire
Rationing Board, was chief army
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29
Wedding Bells For
Defense Employees
Grooms in Overas Swelling Marriage Statistics Rec
ords Show-3O American Cities Surveyed Recently

The bridegrooms in uniform may
be getting their pictures in the
society pages, but it's the BRIDE
grooms IN oVeralls who are really
swelling the country's marriage
statistics. For the statisticians OF
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company point out, in a group of 30
large American cities having a
fourth of the nations population,
the total number Of marriage IL
censes issued during the January
November period was per cent
greater in 194l than in 1910. But
among these cities, those in which
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29
CHURCHES MAY AID
SALVAGE CAMPAIGN

Waterbury churches may be en-
listed in the collection of old rub
Der, scrap metal, and other ma
terials essential to the prosecution
of the war, according to plans now
being considered by the local sal
wage committee. Arrangements for
extending salvage work to these ma
terials will be discussed at . spe-
cial meeting Of the committee
scheduled for Feb. 10.
According to present plans, the
proceeds from the sale Of materials
collected would 60 to the churches
and other agencies participating
School children will probably also
be asked to collaborate III the cam
'paign.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

Who said there's war? 1t wouldn't seem SO, judg-
ing by itinerary the United States Travel Bureau Of
for the first six months of 1912 You take your
pick from such the following Derry, N H., winter
Carnival on February 60 Edison Pageant of Light
Celebration at Fort Myers Fla, Feb. 1915 Chinese
New Year Celebration at San Francisco, Feb 14-21
Vcksburg, Miss Spring Pilgrimage, Feb 16 to April 8.
Festival of States at st. Petersburg Fla March 81
April IT,. Or Mule Day Festival at Columbus, Tenn,
April g. Iris Festival Nashville, Tenn, April 19-25
Tomato Festival, Ruskin Fla, April 1926. Dogwood
Festival Bristol, Tenn, May L.. American Folk Song
Festival Ashland Kentucky June A. And that's only
the half of it.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

~ was IIle summer OF 1913 ana
some officers were looking for
Macarthur, who, typically, was
roaming the front lines some
where. Have you seen Gen. Mac
Arthur" they asked some dough-
boys.
mo, sir"
do you know him when you see
him?'
Hell, sir every one knows Gen.
Macarthur the soldiers replied.
Macarthur went to France, a
colonel, G chief of staff of the 42nd
Division, the famed Rainbow
MacArthur-inspired name. Always
on the offensive, he wanted The
Rainbow to be the first to France.
He was beaten to the field because
he would not sail without complete
equipment. And it was no small
tribute to his wisdom that the out
fit that beat him to France had to
call on hin for supplies during The
winter.
HE SAW PLENTY
OF REAL ACTION
Once in the field, there was no
holding him. AS one private in the
A. E. F.. put it: Hes a hell-to-
breakfast baby, long and lean, who
can spit nickels and chase Germans
as well as any doughboy in the
Rainbow"
Twice wounded, once gassed,
Macarthur came out of the var
with most of the eight rows of
ribbons hat now, with his four
stars of full generalship, decorate
his uniform. He personally took
part in an attack on machine
gun nest, adding an oak leaf clus-
ter of the DISC he Won because
On field where courage was the
rule, his courage was the domi-
nant feature"
Disdaining helmet, gas mask
and side arms, he once went into
No Mans Land armed only with
riding crop, brought back eight
German prisoners, including a
captain.
Smoky Harper, athletic trainer
at Vanderbilt University, who
served under Macarthur In the
And, Rainbow Division says If Mac
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

From the Observation Tower. The backbone OF
any factory is it's casting shop recruit to join
the forces of the casting army at the American Brass
is genial Paul Dente. He should prove to be very
capable man in melting the metal for bullets to rid
selves of those Yellow Japs Smiling Tommy Lezotte,
handsome bread salesman, touring around in new
chariot attired in natty Chesterfield and derby that
makes him about the best best-dressed in town.
Sweet lovely Rock winning the plaudits of her
feminine admirers with her hairdo. Her secret,
we'll she's hairdresser, with original ideas.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

Theresa DiVito of Russell Street, supervisor at the
Naugatuck Rubber Company, is really and truly
victim of Kid Cupid She has said yes to Albert Gan
cinl of Frances Street and will middle asle-it with him
Valentine Day. February Ia. -. Mr. and Mrs. William
Falk will celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary
tomorrow. Johnny Ioben former Yale quarterback,
has been transferred from the Mill Superintendent
Office at Scovs to the Casting Shop where he is an
assistant foreman.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

anxious to go. President Roosevelt
reliev I'd him of his job as Chief of
staff.
Later, when Macarthur resigned
from the American army to become
Field Marshal of the Philippine
army, his enemies seized upon bis
nearly $50, 000-a-year salary, his
rent-free penthouse apartment and
above all upon the g.ittering title
he inherited. "He know, good
thing when he sees one they said.
Macarthur shamed them In a
single sentence: II would not hell
my sword"
TOMORROW. Defender 0f The
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29
BILL PAYING WITH A SMILE

Halstead, Kan.-CUP)-The Hal
stead Municipal Gas company in a
campaign to collect old accounts,
cut all January bills in half for con-
sumers whose bills were paid up to
that date.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29
BY TOM WOLF
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

Late in 1887, hard-boed sergeant was joyously
pounding military fundamentals into unfortunate
rookie when word reached him that Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur going to retire The sergeant let up his prey
shook his head slowly He turned to the recruit here
a soldier son.
1t was sentiment shared by many in the ranks of the
u S. Army. AS soldier MacArthurs flair for the theari-
cal combined with his fighting brilance inspire all who
knew him. Their number legion One episode sufces
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

Congratulations Douglas Macarthur
birthday poured into Washington from all the nation The
solder the Philippines bringing
Americas fighting record and making military history that will
chapter textbook briiance
field That know fighting man.
eWa ~bury Democrat bring the spectac-
exploits which
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29
LET'S GO AMERICA!

We're going to lick EN-, Jap by Jap,
We're going to wipe EN- off the map,
We're going to make EN- very sorry,
They invaded territory
They bombed Manila, open city,
With mercy, kindness even pity
But We'll get with them yet,
BY buying defense stamps, all can get
Now Uncle Sam Is really mad
He's going to make those Japs feel sad,
And when each soldier gets his gum
He'll more than put them on the run.
Thumbs up! We will win this war,
Until they'll never ask for
Remember Pearl Harbor" and we'll never fear,
The little yellow coming here.
To keep fair land forever free,
Takes lot OF courage from you and me,
We're going to keep our boys from dying,
So let's go America! Keep em flying.
NJ Cecile Tracy-Age H.
Dolores Wtkoski-Age II,
Union City.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29

TOMORROW: Defender of the
Philippines.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-29
Good Evening.

TRAGEDY
(From "Best Loved Poems OF the American Peopie)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
Supreme Court
Pdves Way TO
Cut State Staff
Time. stan Correspondent

LANSING, March 49,. Dismis-
sal by the Supreme Court of an
injunction against the civil serv-
ice commission will result in the
firing of dozens OF state employees
who failed TO pass open compete
tive civil service examinations,
State Personnel Director Thomas
j. Wilson indicated today.
The Supreme Court decision was
in the suit involving the states
new civil service constitutional
amendment and was brought by
2,7S5 employees required 10 take
the competitive examinations.
Forty Detroit sales tax employees
charged that the civil service COM
mission had no right TO blanket
in 14,O00 employees who had taken
previous civil service tests with
out including the 2,7S5.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
County Patients
Mileage Voided

The practice Of out-county
members of the county board of
supervisors Of transporting county
patients from their homes TO hos
plalS, and charging the county
for mileage. was declared illegal
TODAY by Prosecutor William +.
Bowling in d letter 10 the board
Of auditors.
bowling pointed out that super
viSorS are specifically barred from
receiving any money from The
county except their s. a day
supervisors fees, and that accept
ing other moneys is a INSIDE
.meanor. Several such tranSpOrta.
.tIon bills now pending should not
be paid. he added.
In compliance with his letter
the auditors are writing similar
letters to the IS out-County town
ships, ending the practice. The
transportation Of patients Is the
work of the social welfare depart
ment, Bowling stated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
NOLAN SUGGESTION

Fred A. Nolan. general manager
of the DSR sided with the AFL
and recommended 10 the COM
mission that bargaining start with
Division No. 2266-
Samuel T. Gilbert, president Of
the commission however. refused
to start bargaining until some dis
position has been made of the Go
claim that they represent a ma
jority of the bus drivers and street
car men.
The present DSR labor trouble
is an almost exact duplicate of the
juriSdictional fight which caused
a four-day tieup Of the system
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
Saginaw Woman, II,
Injured by Auto

SAGINAW. March 1s.-Knocked
down by an auto here Yesterday
Mrs. Elizabeth Staplcton. a. OF
Il512 Cedar street. was reported
out of danger today. She wa,
taken 10 Saginaw General Hos
.pital with an arub and hip injury
and body bruises after being
struck at GoneSee and Washing
ton avenues by the car Of Fred
Pockrandt. -. of .2l33 Fourth
street Bay City. He was tlcketcc
for not Welding the riCht-oi .MaN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
City TO Reclaim
Tin, Rags, Paper

Common Council was advised
today 10 reserve a place IN the
1929 city budget for a $780,
600 municipal salvage plant which
would be constructed as a war
time measure 10 reclaim tin cans.
paper. rags and glass from the
CIty'S waste.
William NJ. Walker Jr., commits
TONER of public works, made the
request as Controller Charles c.
Oakman announced the plant
would make an annual profit Of
SlS9.305.
On the basis Of retaining only
one-quarter of the city's waste coll
lections the plant would salvage
more than 5000 tons of tin cans
a year
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18

damus proceedings in the court
Whether sales tax employees plan
to continue their fight IS not
known.
The court merely set down a
rule which neither -cOndOned nor
condemned the civil service COM
missions action in blankcting in
the 1900. II merely said mo
state employe can be given per-
manent civil service status unless
certain standards Of fitness laid
down in the constitutional amend
mcnt are complied with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
REJECTED BY AL

Tho two proposals which were
rejected yesterday by AFL leader,
Of the Street Car Mems unior
were:
IA proposal by August
Scholle. state Go director, that
the Go take jurisdiction over
the maintenance division Of the
DSR 900 employees and the
AFL retain jurisdiction Of the
1000 street car operators and
bus drivers.
= A proposal by the DSR
commission for an election
among the bus drivers and the
street car men. The election TO
be held in the event that the
co showed a substantial MEM
bcrShlp among this group
through submission Of signed
application cards 10 the local
office Of the NLRB.
Officers of Division No. IS oil
the Street Car Mems union pushed
these proposals aside and con
tlnued TO press their demand that
they immediately start bargaining
for a new contract 10 replace the
one which expires April !.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
LAVAL Amazing Soap with l1NgZE:1
Gets the dirt even deeply mbedded grime grease, pa

4 LAVA USES TINE SAME SUPER-FINE
CLEANER DENTISTS DO TO CLEAN YOUR
PRICELESS TOOTH ENAMEL.
. PIUs-sAmE SOOTHING INGREDIENT AS
IN EXPENSIVE SKIN LoTlokSl
Just what you need-to rout stubborn
CRIME girls hate!
LAVA Soap gets deep dirt that
ordinary toilet soaps don't 1each-in
fine lines and pits in skin :. around
fingernails and knuckles. Gets it out
of - down the drain, instead of on
towels. In 20 TO so seconds
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
CHARGE BIAS

They contended il was diScrim-
nation TO blanket in the 14,00O
most of whom had taken easy
qualifying tests. without taking in
the balance. who were hired while
the ripper civil service law was
in effect.
THE Supreme Court decision
afiirms the action OF the civil
service commission and will re-
suit i'm our proceeding with our
examination program" Wilson
said This has been held up
since December. Now We can
release results of examinations
previously held"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
Pleads Fear
ltalian-Bo1n Enemy Alien
Faces Draft Charges

An ltalian-born enemy alien,
fearing for the safety of his wife
and child in Italy. today faced
charges Of draft evasion. x
Gino Ianni. 80, of 1886 Hartwell
avenue, Dearborn. was arraignod
/ before United States Commits
|sioner George NJ. Read for failing
10 report for physical examination
last January 20, as ordered by
Draft Board No. So. He stood
mute and was released under $500
bond for examination March 10.
Ianni is the first enemy alien ac-
cuSed under the act in the local
court.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
MAIN ISSUE IGNORED

The court failed 10 rule on the
main iSsue-whcther the civil serv-
ice commission had the power 10
blanket in the $4,000 employees
given tests before they came into
power on Jan. l. l941.
Justice Emerson r. Boyles. who
wrote the unanimous opinion left
the door wide open 10 further
court tests OF the constitutional
amendment and its operations in
Michigan, by indicating the ques-
ton may be determined by man
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
County Buyer Promoted

Leonard BLewSki. a buyer in
the county purchasing depart
ment and a county employe for
eight years, today was appointed
assistant purchasing agent by the
board OF auditors. he Will be
replaced in his buyers position by
Walter +. Fry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
Hope of Averting
DSR Strike Put
In War Board

Detroit officials today were
pinning their hopes on a prompt
decision by the war labor board 10
bring about an end TO revival Of
bitter juriSdictiOnal warfare in the
0DSR.
An impasSe between tho DSR
commission and the rival Go and
'AFL unions remained today after
five hours of conferences yesterday
which saw the collapse Of two
projected peace plans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18

last September.
The AL won Tho election which
followed last falls strike and OBJ
tanned exclusive bargaining and
check off rights.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18

Yet it leaves hands smooth, inviting.
That LAVA bar may seem rough, but
its snow-white lather is smooth as
cream-gentle enough to clean babys
hands or 2 Woman.s soft skin.
No regular toilet soap gets skin so
clean and smooth as LAVA. Try 1t to-
night! See if your best girl isn't easier
TO date-more thrilled when you call!
Get LAVA Soap at your regular store.
Only 7t-yet gives more thorough
wash-ups than regular toilet soap.
(Procter g. Gamble.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
Housing Manager TO Speak

Eugene Opperran manager Sunday Morning Breakfast
Parc housing project will Club Sunday in the Northeas
speak on Living Together tem YMCA.