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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
SCHOOL PUPILS OFFERED TRIPS
Three to Be Chosen to Help Launch and Cflristen
 Liberty Ship

Hartford, Oct. 2O-Plans for the selection of three Connecticut school pupils who will participate in the launching and christening of Lib- erty Ship named in honor of some former citizen of Connecticut, now dead, were announced by the State Selection committee today. Members of the committee are Gov. Hurley, State Commissioner of Education Alonzo c. Grace, and Seth Low Pierrepont, chairman of the State Salvage committee.
 Principals of schools wishing to participate in the program, which is part of the states salvage drive, should write promptly for entry blanks to the Selection committee, room 312, State Board of Education, State Oflce Building, Hartford.
 From the salvage records of the schools entered, the committee will choose three schools in the state that have made the greatest corltri- button to the Salvage effort, 1t was announced by the committee. It was explained this does not neces- sarily mean through the collection of salvage only, but programs to promote or assist the collection of all salvage in the community as well.
 When the winning schools have been selected, the principal or teacher of the school will arrange for the selection of the boy or girl in the school who has been most helpful in the scrap campaign, who will represent the school at the launching cerems Ees, and will as- sist in christening the vessel.
 A teacher from the highest rank ing school will accompany the pu- pills to the ceremonies. All expenses of the group will be paid by the American Industries Salvage com mittee.
 Suggestions for the name of the ship, which will be named for some Connecticut citizen, now dead, may be made by any school pupil, and should be mailed to the State Sel- ection committee, 3l2 State Ofilce Bldg, Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20

the Battle of Production.
 E. Dent Lackey, Director of the Film Service of the State Defense Council, states that the film library is one of the most complete in the country and includes films from pri- vate agencies, the Office of War Information and the United States Army Signal Corps.
 A list of United States Army Training films and film strips is available to authorized agencies fol training purposes. These films in- clude pictures showing how engines bombs, and other armament is made as well as showing how to identify aircraft, the theory of attack avia- ton and the technique. of aerial photography, etc.
 Persons or organizations interested in securing any of these films should write or telephone to the State Defense Council, Film Service, E. Dent Lackey, Director.
 There is a small shipping charge only for most of the films. In cases of some of the others there is also small additional charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20

they were between me and Manila There was nothing to do but drive LID the Manila Road and see what would happen. fortunately, my Filipino driver, a corporal of the Scouts, was as cool and capable as they come. We started off at 2 a. n1., New Years Day.
 Perhaps we wouldn't have made 1t if we hadn't picked up Jesuit priest plodding along the road. He had driven down from Manila to officiate at a funeral service, and the Japanese had unceremoniously taken his car. He displayed dirty scrap of paper marked with a few ideographs-his receipt.
 Suddenly, rounding a bend in the road, the feeble illumination of our dinners revealed crowd. We stopped. Two Japanese soldiers, standing on a parked truck, were handing out tiny N!pponese flags. After a quick consultation as to strategy, the Jesuit got out, went up to the truck, and was given, two flags. He tied one on each side of our windshield. We drove on. The Japanese soldiers didn't even look up as we passed.
 "Five miles farther on we hit thG last hurdle. A Japanese advance patrol was disarming some Fili- pino police. A narrow strip of the road was open. There was only one thing to do; so we did 1t. The cor- poral and I scrunched down in our The porporal stepped on the gas. seats. The priest sat bolt upright. way-and we got 1t. There were He leaned on the horn for gang surprised shouts and yells, but no bullets.
 "From there on into Manila we had no more trouble. I offered to help the priest get over to Corregi- dor--if there should be any way left of getting there. But he de. clined, saying he would stay with his parish. His people would need him when the Japs came. May God give His care to that brave man."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20

N4CGAAs fi. y4iN
 Tn the brief time that Colonel Clear was with the priest, he had no opportunity to learn his name but did find that he had been con- ducting a course of psychology for Army officers at the Knights of Columbus home in Manila. Since Father Mulry was known to have given such a course, 1t was believed that he was the priest. A picture of him was sent to Colonel Clear, and the latter identified him.
 Colonel Clear recounted that on January the Jesuit enabled him to get by a Japanese patrol, and later on the priest drove headlong through another group of Jap sol- diers blocking the highway. The of- ficer said he offered to take the priest to Corregidor, but the clergy man refused, saying that his parish toners would need him when the Japs came.
 The Jesuit Philippins Bureau got in contact with Colonel Clear, ask ing him to identify picture ot Father Mulry. The colonel wrote in reply that Father Mulry was the man.
 Attorney Monagan said today that Father Mulry, member of the or- der for 30 years, had been in the Philippines since 1923, except for a visit to America in 1884, when he came to Waterbury. The priest was a brother of the late Mrs. Charles Monagan, mother of the aldermanic president. Before going to the Phi lippines he had come to Waterbury a number of times.
 Colonel Clears letter follows: q wish to acknowledge your letter ot September 10. It would appear iron the photograph you sent me that the priest who assisted me on Jan. Reverend Father Joseph Mulry wa: uary 1. shall remain quite certain that he is the Father in question unless he denies the good deed him self. I am taking the liberty of re. taining the photograph enclosed 1T your letter"
 Describing the aid given him by Father Mulry, the army officer wrote:
 T had been on duty with Gen, eral MacArthur's staff in Manila One day, as the Japanese werG closing in, I had to go south tc BatangaS on a certain mission While I was there the Japanest advance guard passed through. Sc when I had finished my bushes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
EDWARD LEWICKI
 SUED FOR $l5,OOO
Sidewalk Fall Last Janu. ary Basis of Chestra
 DOmbrOski's Action

Chestra S. Dombroski of Water bury has filed a $l5,000 damage suit in superior court against Edward Lewicki, also of this city, as the re- suit of injuries sustained January 4 in fall on a sidewalk ct 858 North Main street.
 The plaintiff claims the defendant was negligent for permitting water to flow onto a sidewalk and freeze, making the sidewalk slippery. It Is also alleged there were depres- sions on the walk making 1t dan gerous for use. The woman sus- tained a fractured right leg and the complaint states she was confined to a hospital for several months and later to her home because of the injury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
TAKES PATROL CAR FOR TAXI

Oakland, Cal. (UP)-A dense fog prevented Joe Costello, 26, laborer, from discerning clearly the precise nature of the "taxi' that he sum- moned in the darkness. However, the taxi" drew up to the curb, al- lowed him to enter, and then off, cers Frank Logan and A. K. Wood. who were driving the patrol car, drove him to the police station, where he was booked on the grounds of being too intoxicated to distin- guish a patrol car from taxi.
 Costa Rica is one of the best cus- toners of the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
NEW HAVEN COP
 DENIED DETERRENT

New Haven, Oct. 20.-The defer ment plea filed by the police depart ment for Patrolman James McDon- aid has ben denied by the local se- lective service board. The petition was filed recently, and unless an ap- peal is taken Patrolman Mcdonald will be in the next call. Selective service ofiicials recently denied the deferment appeals filed for Sergt Felix J. Gilroy, now in the service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
Jesuit Priest Known
 Here In Hero's Role
Rev. Joseph MuIry Publicly Commended in Article By
 U. s. Army Colonel; Priest Has Relatives in City

An American Jesuit priest who rescued Lieutenant Colonel Warren J. Clear and an army companion as Japanese troops were entering Manila has been identified as Rev. Joseph Muy, S. J. uncle of Adermanic President John Monagan of this city Father Mulrys courage has been praised in an article in the Readers Digest by Colonel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
FLAME EATER SEEKS LAPS

San Diego, Cal. (UP)-Adin Coop. CT, professional flame eater and glass swallower, announced here that those things have gotten too soft for him and he wanted some~ thing tough. So he signed up with the Marines and went into training at Camp Elliott.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
HEAVY CONSUMPTION

Electric utility power plants in the United States consumed D. 767,742 tons of coal during Novem- Der, 194l. Tn addition, they used l,729, PCT barrels of fuel oil and 16,- 58S, ITO thousand cubic feet of gas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
SCRAMBLED EGGS

Hoagy CarmichaeFs latest song is sailed: "The Cranky old Yank in Clanky Old Tank" which Bing will introduce Thursday eve'g March of Time may dramatize 1t the same night Noel Coward's new film, "In Which We Serve" will be screened for Lord Halifax to- night. Won't be shown here for months Many of the Nego troops in "This Is the Army" were refused admission to Washington restau- rants. All of them dined at the White House .. One of the towns biggest bookies was hit so hard on the Series ($57,000 that he damned t without paying off That means "a ride" some night-among That Set The office of War Informa- ton has turned down several draw ings by Chopper because they were were considered "too rough on the Axis"I
 Add Navy rumOrs: That the Sum- ner white uniforms may be changed open collar, etc. .. Sir AleXan- der Korda is quitting films, locals hear, for the duration to take a post with the British Govt .. . Life will do feature layout on the Beat the Band" cast, with special oom- phasis on Susan Miller, the 'oriole <. Allan Prescott of WIZ says his umcle's first wife was so rich she hanged herself with a nylon stoc-- Ing When Lieut.. Liudmila Pavlichenko of the Russian Army was officially entertained at the M-G-M commissary, 334 studio at- taches got up in spontaneous tri- oute to the heroine The 335th top flight author, remained in his .hair ... He'll show her!
 Elephant Boy Sabu, the Hindu ac- irving to get into the U. s. Air Force Ava Johnston will do a Sateve- oostory on Director Aid Hitchcock the film ace. This means Hitch cock will have bene writing up bS every leading mag .. When Frankie Club 18) flyers heard that Abe Ly- man got into the army, he groaned That's Broadway's contribution tt the war of nerves" Stefar Heym's book, Hostages, clicked biz here and in Washington within days after publication =. Jean Han sen of New Orleans is such pretty cigarette girl-that she is also un' derstudy to all the Copacabans chorineS Character Study: Don aid Nelson having his palm read b! Nubi, at Reuben's.
 What is left of the old Capont crowd is most anxious for the gen darmes to collar fugitive Roge Touhy and his mob A Chicago rags fuehrer has instructed his law yerS to find out if Henry Morgan can be sued for his broadcast, al In German dialect, which lampooneC it tae other day. Kept calling i The Beobachter Street Scene Between 5th and 9th on Sand: Tht Suki-YaN restaurant which is closed and the prospering Chinese laundr, next door .. Carol Bruce is can didate for the Helen Morgan rolt in the Show Boat" revival Tho advance sale for Army" il ( Philly is over 90 Gs Columbia City Without Men" will be the frs movie to tackle the ticklish prob lem of prisoners army eligibility British statistics show eX-cons in tn, last war distinguished themselves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20

Overheard in Lindy's press agent yelling at client band-lead- CT: Hey, did you hear what hap pened to you last ngiht?" Y. Dick Timber alleges that Pass the Am munition" is cousin to Hawaiian War Chant" of a few seasons ago The average age in the Civil War, say army men, was 1914 and less in the Confederate Army |. Life's Like This: Janet Blair, the movie starlet, was posing for publi- city photos at Saks 5th Avenue. Edith Morgan of Eastman Kodak's s model division handed her a card and offered her a model job, be- cause you look very promising for photographic work" Broadway Etiquette: When leaving the Stork Club a gentleman allows lady to be carried out first.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20

Remember the German Railroads office on West 57th? Well, it's now used by Yugoslav group |. Commander Vincent Astor is felling the valuable timber on his Maryland
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20

HIS fighter plane. with ifs six wing guns spittins fire, uses up enough copper every minute to moke severol miles of telephone wire. Right now, copper must go into shells = moi fele-
 phone wire or centroI office equipment. Without adding to the facilities we now have. we must handle mounting flood of wor calls To speed these coils which are vitoI to victory. Uncle Som hos asked for your help Won't you
 please let these two important rules guide your use
 of inc telephone until victory.
 LOCAL CALLS Be brief. Don't make any vn- necessary calls. "' Z. LONG DISTANCE CALLS Avoid calling long
 distance unless t is urgent. Try never to coll dur. ing these wor-bvsy hours om. 10 l2 noon 2 to pm. and 7 10 pm. > Help clear the lines for Uncle Sam! "ds- ,s.es M ss~ts~a, $''' " 'f'' s''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
Walter WincheII
 On BrO0du,0y !.
Ssaas MsrS Rssia'rsa. covyrSAG ISI0 Dsav n'rND

estate to give to the Navy gratis Gas rationing is working in re- verse English at local racetracks. Attendances are bigger .. The bet- ter steak houses welcome the neat less Tuesday. Unless they can get $2.50 or better for steak-it doesn't pay to go to the bother Shake down artists using phony badges are bothering unescorted women along Broadway. The old dodge one such bird used Dept. of Well fare shield.
 Hero BuIkeIey saw Sons O. Fun" the other night and howled at it.. Later he asked Olsen & Johnson: How can you stand it night after night-all that noise and shooting?" Kenneth Miller's suggested slogan for Loudmouths: Loose Schmoose Can Cook Your Goose!" Oracle Fields is click at the Wedgewood Room at the Waldorf. Gets all the stuffed shirts to sing Always Be an England" and God Bless America" Ginny Simms has told RKO. she'll do no more B films. Gets $1,250 weekly on the air now Rave and DePaul, who clicked with He's My Guy" Cow Cow Boogie" and MT. Five by Five" have a new song called; Short, Fat and 4-F."
 The Writers War Board, which started movement to popularize the last stanza of the Anthem, prob- ably got the idea hearing Koste- lanetz do it on the Sept. 18th CBS program Veloz & Yolanda will produce their own revue, "Highlights of 1943," in San Francisco late ir December with an all-star cast N. Y. State railroads will not in- crease their communication rates, The ICC iced that idea The govt is discouraging women from working on night shifts .. Warning to girls selling war stamps at theaters, etc There's a sneak around town, who rushes in with an album of quarter. stamps in exchange for bond Buried in the middle are penny post. age stamps. The volunteer workers have to make good with their owr coin.
 At Bellevue the beautiful nurse! aid that patients look forward tC seeing each ayem is Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart Sue Ryan! Chez Farce (Chicago) click won hel a Hollywood offer e. Johanne! Steeps new book, Men Behind tht War" gets raves in the advance proofs of several mags .. Anthony Caridi of The Royal Guards in Let! Face It!" is cast for the army Nov Most studios have bid fol Life With Father" (for the $500,' 900 fee) but none will agree to the release date being held off unti January 1945 .. The widow of San H. Harris has authorized friend! to handle Sams film biog Benny Goodman's new number att he New Yorker: Tootles the clarinet sever minutes straight with only drum escort .. Washington hearsr that Hitler has changed his chin anc nose via plastic surgery and that he is taking piano lessons with the idea of becoming the worlds great est pianist.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
Fiqhfers Destroy
18 jap Planes

GEN AacARTHURS HEAD -
QUARTERS, Somewhere in Austria
liza. Nov. 18.-UPD-Allled air
forces during the past "a hours
destroyed 18 japanese planes in
the New Guinea and North Solo
mons area and attacked enemy
held towns in Portuguese New Ii
NOR, Gen. Douglas Macarthur re-
ported today.
American and Australian ground
forces simultaneously continued to
advance against the japanese base
of Buna on the eastern coast of
New Guinea and were supported
conStantly bv planes which bomb
cd and Strafed retreating enemy
troops.
Twin North American
Mitchell b0mbcrs, escorted by Cur
tiss Tomahawks, staged a surprise
attack on the japanese airdrome at
Lea, about $50 miles up the coast
from Buna. In two runs over the
field. the Allied formatioS1s de-
stroyed five bombers and six fight
ers on the ground. Two more
hombers and a fighter were de-
stroyed by attack planes in later
sweep One japanese Zero fighter
attempted to intercept the Allied
planes and was Shot down.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
More Blows Aimed
Toward Italians

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-U.P0
Heavier air raids on Italian war
production centers were forecast
'."day by members of the Pacific
War council after a meeting with
President Roosevelt.
Council members described the
conference las the most interesting
meeting we ever had" and one
which included reviews of events
on Is Allied fighting fronts rath-
er than just in the Pacific.
Walter Nash, the New Zealand
Minister, was enthusiastic over
Allied progress in Africa. He said
that the complete occupation and
control of Tunisia would open the
way for "devasting" raids on Italy
similar to those new being directed
against German production CEN
ters.
After the completion of opera
tions in North Africa, Nash said
new strategy must be worked
out"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18

bulletin asking CALIFORNIA autn0rl-
ties to detain the woman he iden-
titled as Margaret Sharon ODea
Wallace fer questioning in connec-
tion with the assault upon Mrs.
MaClam.
Porrall, reported that Mrs. Wal
lace was still missing with Mrs.
Maclam's six-Weeks-old baby, Ju-
dith Rae, after apparently leaving
the two older children at Union
depot in Los Angeles.
The police bulletin asked that all
transportation lines be covered in
the search for Mrs. Wallace. Her.
rail- said the woman was known also
by the names of Margaret O'Dea,
Beatrice Cole, 10y Reynolds and
Connie Reynolds.
From her hospital bed in San
Diego, where she was recovering
from the attack, Mrs. Maclam tcld
of leaving Los Angeles early Sum
day with her three children and a
35-year-old nurse for Ravenna,
Mich, to visit Mrs. Maclams ia
ther, James Yung.
Near Encinitas the diminccive
Mrs. Maclam, only four feet nine
and weighing 80 pounds, said they
stopped their automobile at the
brink of a cliff to admire a sea
view. Suddenly, she said, her COM
pan:cn struck her on the head with
a rock.
Mrs. Maclam was found at the
bottom of the 80-foot cliff, suffer-
ing a possible skull fracture and
other injuries.
Police here disclosed that the car
used by the women belonged to
William Holiday CT Hollywood. He
told police that Mrs. Wallace had
borrowed the Car for 80 minutes.
Continued on Page 8. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
HiqhIyPaid Man
Admits Neglect

AGolpho Lcra, "a, who is earn
ing $50 week working en- Shasta
dam yet did not support his 10
year-old wife and two babies in
Calexico, Tuesday in superior court
promised to send them $40 a week,
pleaded guilty to non-support OF
his family, applied for and was
granted probation, and hurried back
to his work.
One of his babies is two years
of age and the other only two
months old, County Probation Oh
ficer E. A. Nance said. Liera said
he had sent them some money
from time to time but, Nance said
had not been regular about it. His
family is living with his mother
in the border city.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18
AIN ER|CANS BLAST AT
jAPS ON GUADALCANAL
GAS SICNUP
3 ECINS HERE

The second great rationing reg
iStration of World War No. 2 be-
gan in Imperial county at l p. m.
Wednesday with motorists flocking
to school houses throughout the
area to sign up for their basic "A"
gasoline rationing books.
Sugar rationing has been in ef-
feet for months.
Making good a warning issued
last summer when all car owners
we're instructed to pay SIS for little
war use stamp to decorate the
windshield, the Office OF Price
Administration announced We'd
nesday that all service stations had
been instructed to refuse to sell
gasoline on the "a" books unless
the number of the little war use
stamp is written in the proper
place.
"In other words" said Lee Gus
ick, OPA representative in I'M
perial county, no little stamp e. :.
no gasoline. II would help if the
applicants would write their stamp
numbers on their "A" book appli-
cations but if this is not done, the
applicant may write the number on
the book later"
Registration will continue We'd
nesday, Thursday, and Friday from
l p. m. to 8 p. m. in designated
school houses in all parts OF the
county.
Rural residents of the FL Gen.
tIo area will register at Central
Union High school and the city
residents at Wilson. Mckinley,
Harding, and Washington ele-
mentary schools, the motorists in
the city to go to the school nearest
home.
Rural residents of the Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18-UP)-
Abandonment of all federal control
over farm acreage and production
until the end of the war was urged
today in a resolution unanimously
approved by the executive commit
tee of the natiopal association of
commissioners, secretaries, and state
directors of agriculture.
The state agriculture officials
also recommended that congress
enact a formula for parity which
will provide prices sufficiently high
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-18

high Sierra Saturday night bringing
rain and snow to the western section
of the state.
u. S. Highway 40 over Donner
Summit was blocked for a short
time last night, due largely to traf-
fic jams caused when two heavy
trucks slipped across the roadway;
Yuba Pass was closed by slides;
slides blocked roads in the Emerald
Bay area on Lake Tahoe; chains
we're required on all cars crossing
the Sierra via U. S. SO between
Meyers and Strawberry. Conway
and Deadman Passes were open but
were described as "slusAy:"
There was heavy snow on the FIRE.
donia Summit outside SuSanvillP
and in the Bridgeport area south of
Gardnerville more snow was report
ed.
Twelve inches of snow was report
cd at Metropolis in the Elko area
Twenty-seven automobiles were re-
ported stalled at one time on u. S.
40 east of Elko and the same high
way west of Elko was snoW-covered
In Elko, snow was so heavy the
roof and walls of a big truck gar
age collapsed.
Ely reported intermittent snow
storms for the last three days. The
American Automobile association
said the snow extended from the
Sierra summit to the lower eastern
sloreS. Rain was general between
the lower slopes of the Sierra east
ward as far as Austin and Eureka.
From that point the snow extended
to the Utah border
In and around Reno rivers were
well above normal depths but nc
flood damage was reported.
Railroad transportation was ham
pered by the storm in some areas.