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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29

The art Of walking. Forgotten by many, the
once popular pastme of going places on foot is being
xediscovered The secret Of walking lies in the
ability of the pedestrian to forget distance and time
in the contemplation of what's at hand. !. Fatigue
is not aftermath of walking, but of erexertOn.
Your trained walker will Judge his distance and his
strength accordingly. The beaten path of the
walker reveals more old landmarks, familiar
faces than may be gIimpsed from speeding down
the broad highway. Walking allows pleasant soil
tude In which the mind may dwell on countless sub
iectg or cOncentrhte on one; it affords unlimited
opportunities fOv conversation between two q
krOup Of congeRiaIs. =. Walking is mans first Sign
"a sefreance; bessed II he who retains It to the end
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29
Q ANSWERS
TO WAR QUIZ

Questions on Comic Page
/. Insignia denotes wearer is
an auxiliary policeman.
2. Battle painting Is camouflage
work to sailors.
3. Principal shipment from Iloi-
10 was sugar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29

GUM, plus the minor sources
which Hitler controls by coer-
cion or conquest. We can't get
mixium use Of our steel plants
because we are short of scrap. But
there 1t is.
Although the rate Of sinkings
by Nazi subs remain high, our
shipyards are racing them with
desperate speed. Day after day
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29

stories appear Of marvellous new
records made in launching ships
ahead of schedule. One eastern
plant Is approaching the three-a
week point on 10000 ton cargo
carriers. A southern shipyard has
a contract on which Washington
expects a 10,000-tonner to hit the
water every day once the assem-
bly, line has begun to role.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29
coed evening.
ALWAYS ropp1Es IN MAY

Another May we've come to know
That still the bright red peoples grow
Brightly they face the sky,
Far too quickly they too die,
Another May is almost ended,
Another warl countries are defended
TIRE larks still bravely singing n.y.,
The young fight, the old cry
Another May and still they grow,
Great red poppies row on row,
The fertile earth ever yields,
There's always, 1t seems, Flanders FIELDS
EN- EN-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29
CITY TO ACHIEVE
PLEDGE OBJECTIVE

with 40 per cent Of the pledge
books still to be returned, the local
War Bond pledge campaign resulted
in $4,000 pledges, Chairman James
e. Moran said today. He said that
the local quota is $4,000 pledges, not
the $4,000 listed as the quota all
during the drive.
The city will undoubtedly surpass
its quota when final figures are
compiled, Mr.. Moran said. The drive
which began May 9, ended Wednes-
day night.
New Haven led the state, report
ing 45,167 pledges, totalling ap-
proximately $4,500,00O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29
GATHERING NEW FUEL

Ilka Chase, whose book, "Past
Imperfect" scorches Hollywood, Is
keeping a diary while working in
''Now, Voyager," at Warne rBrothers,
and is murmuring hints Of another
book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29

Sweden recently took q census
or its hogs and counted over 1885,
200.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29

The Fire Government has prom
ised its people they will get their
ordinary requirements Of butter this
wear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-29

oOd Nieht.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
Gas Dust
Blamed
in Blast

FORT SMITH, Arb, May II
- (P) - An explosion at the
Peerless Coal Company mine at
nearby Excelsior, in which five
miners were killed and two
others seriously injured, appar-
emily was caused by gas or dust,
w. H, Lewis, mining company
president, said today.
An official investigation of
the accident, which occurred
last night, 1900 feet under
ground, is planned by Arkan-
sas Mine Inspector, J, W. Fitz-
jarrel.
Those killed lived In Green
wood, Ark. They were George
Young, So; Arthur Baggett, 30;
Newt Durham, 80; w al Ia c
Smith, AS; and A. w. Hanna, so.
Harris McAlister, 80, Greenc
wood, and Tony Farrante, IS,
Excelsior were severely burned.
They were part Of IA man
crew working in the slope mine,
producing bituminous coal.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
Youth. 20.
Charged as
SabOteur

CLEVELAND, May IL - up
The us. district attorneys
office announced today that
Donald Kintner, 20, would be
charged with sabotage - the
shooting of a locomotive engi-
neer in an effort to halt train
load of war materials.
The maximum penalty on
conviction under this charge is
80 years imprisonment plus a
$4,000 fine.
Jermoe N. Curtis, assistant
us. district attorney, said Kint-
ner would be accused of hitting
New York Central Engineer F.
J. Becker with a % caliber bull
,lt last Friday near Elyria, ..
His fireman took over the
trains controls and brought it
tc the next station. Becker suf-
fered a head wound but is re-
covering.
"Kintner was interrupting
the flow of war materials to
help the German cause. and he
conceived the idea of wrecking
trains" Curtis said. His an
nouncement Of the charge, I'M
der wartime sabotage statues,
was made after he had conferred
1 / 1 A
of justice superiors.
D. w. Taylor, chief Of police
for the New York Central, an
nounced Sunday that Kintner,
whose home is at Elyria, admit
ted he took a shot at the engi-
neer" and also that he had fired
several shots into signal tower
mechanism last week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
Eccentric's
Identity is
Solved

PHILADELPHIA, May IL -
DP)- The identity of an old
woman and her invalid son, a
neighborhood mystery for near
ly three decades, was brought
TO light today - a few hours
after the inscparable pair burn
cd TO death claSpcd in each 9th
cr's arms.
Papers left unchanged when
fire swept their $50 year old
home identified the victims as
Mrs. Margaret Hall, 10, and
Hughey S. Hall, %, an invalid
since birth.
The old lady must have lived
in this section for 20 years" a
proprietor Of a nearby lunch
room said, but | never heard
her name, nor her boys"
Firemen fought the flames for
an hour before reaching the
bodies. They also found the body
of one of the two dogs of the
household.
No one in the neighborhood
- the oldest section of Phila-
dclphia - could be found who
knew of the victims relatives or
how they had subsisted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
Go Home Siqn Given Tourists on Eastern Seaboard
War Gives New Impetus
TO Traffic in Romance
MoyIond's Gretno Green Eyes
All Time High in Motrimony

l94l, This February saw 1898.
March 1901, and April 1900, Or
300 10 500 more than in those
months last year.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
CiuilSeruice
Body Asks
Pay Increases

LANSING, May 12-lH1-Pay
increases amounting TO more
than 100000 annually were 10
quested Of the State Civil Serv-
ice Commission today by four
t a e agencies attempting to
check a steady loss Of employees
to better paying jobs in private
enterprise.
The major request came from
the State Hospital Commission,
asking that all its employees be
raised to the maximum for their
classification.
To meet increased pay scales
resulting from proximity TO the
Willow Run bomber plant, the
State Highway Department ask
ed increases totalllng S486 a
month for % maintenance en-
ployes in Washtenaw county.
The State Conservation De
partment asked raises for two
Cartopraghers TO hold the serv-
ices of those employees.
The Corrections Department
petitioned for permission 10 pay
SIS a month extra TO several key
employees to avoid placing them
on an eight-hour day, which
schedule, it was said would cost
the state an. additional Sl3, 200
annually.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
Those Remaining Ordered
to Apply for Ration Cards
Tourists Moy Receive Extro Allowances
II Necessary TO Complete Business

WASHINGTON, May l2-(PJ
The GO Home sign was hung
out to tourists along the East
ern seaboard today as resident
motorists from Maine to Florida
started lining up for the gasoline
ration cards they will need after
Friday.
Registration Of the 100000
automobile owners in the II
coastal states and the District of
Columbia started alphabetically
and will continue through Thurs
day.
The Office Of Price Admins
tration estimated about one
third Of those applying for cards
would be classified as MONIES
sential and limited to p gal
Ions during the AZ day period
from May Is to July /, when a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
Gas Blamed
in Man Death
Rene Yer Scheuren
Found i'm Home

Rene VerScheuren, 81, a
World War / veteran, was found
dead in the gas-filled kitchen
Of his home at 1876 Court street
at 8:55 pm. yesterday.
Gas flowing from three open
jets on the kitchen stove also
claimed the life of VerScheur-
ems fox TERROR dog. Coroner
Howard V. GroesbeCk, Jr., ruled
that VerSCheuren died of mon
oxide poisoning, a probable sui
eide.
Dr. Milton c. Smith discover
ed the dead man and dog at
3:55 pm.
City Patrolman Earl Daniels
and Charles SChalm said Yer
Scheurens wife, Godelieve, and
four children, moved across the
street Sunday afternoon because
VerScheuren had been drinking
Shortly before 7 pm. while
VerScheuren was taking the dog
for a walk, he asked one of his
children, playing nearby, to sum-
mon DR.. Smith with whom he
was doctoring.
The child relayed the message,
but assured DR.. Smith there was
no hurry. When the doctor ar
rived he found the front door
locked, but noted that virtually
all living room lights were
ablaZc.
Entering the back door, which
was closed but not locked, DR..
Smith found VerScheuren slump
ed on a chair near the stove.
The fox TERROR lay nearby in
his basket.
Funeral services for Yer
Scheuren will be held Thursday
at 10 am from LaCroix and
Groesbeck Funeral Home with
burial in Clinton Grove Gene
terry.
Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by four children, Mrs.
Harold Champine, Leslie, AL
phonse and Bessie and a sister,
Mrs. Cyril Palmeter, of Detroit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12

regular system Of rationing that
may last for the wars duration
will be set up.
The "non-cSsential' motorists
may splurge their allowance all
at once on a motoring vacation,
or spread ii out on the basis of
three gallons a week.
Drivers who need their auto
mobiles to get to work, or who
use them in the course of bust
ness, will be allowed extra ra-
tons, based on their usual mile
age requirements. They, or their
agents, will be required TO sign
an application form which points
out that it is a criminal offense
to make false statements to the
government, punishable by 10
years Imprisonment and $l0,-
600 fine.
Tourists from other parts Of
the country were advised by the
OPA to get home if possible be-
fore rationing starts in the East.
Those who remain after Friday
must apply for ration cards the
same as residents, although if
they can show they need extra
allowances of gasoline to COM
plete their business here they
will receive consideration.
Essential vehicles, such as
trucks, buses, tractors and taxi
cabs, will receive tx" cards, per-
hitting unlimited purchases.
Rationing was made necessary
by curtailed deliveries due to
the loss Of tankers, either
through sinking or through con-
version TO war service.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
Two OF -Four Stolen
BiytieS Recovered

OF four bicycles stolen yes
terday, two were recovered soon
lfter by their youthful owners,
city police said today.
Leon Van Damn, l12 Mil
Ter, and Carl Harvitt, 204 Court,
are still seeking their bikes left
outside the Mount Clemens High
school yesterday.
Bill Wilson, % Lodewyck,
lost his bicycle from behind the
Mount Clemens Recreation but
found it early today behind DR..
Milton c. Smiths office on
South Gratiot.
Floyd Pierzina, l59 Eastman,
recovered his bicycle b a d y
damaged near the bleachers on
the high school athletic field.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
Madagascar
Front Quiet
Viehy Still
Holds Copitol

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, May
l2-lP)-Life is normal at the
big Madagascar naval base of
Diego Saurez under British oc-
cupation and Vichy authorities
apparently still occupy the cap
ital Of Tananarive, ports
reaching here today said.
The British have set up a ra-
dio tranSmitter working on the
same wave lengths as radio
Tananarive Indications that no
land communications exist be
tween Diego Saurcz and the
capital was seen in the fact that
the British broadcast messages
from prisoners and inhabitants
Of the occupied region to the
capital.
Transmissions are made daily
on the British station immedi-
ately after the French broad.
casts.
The british announced that
French and British wounded in
the occupation of the great is
land off Africa's east coast were
being treated III exactly the
same manner on British hos
pi.si ship.
The radio at Reunion Island,
which lies near this British pos
session in the Indian Ocean and
about $50 miles east of NADIA
gascar, went off the air several
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
MICE to Cancel
Price Increases

LANSING, May II - up -
Michigan drinkers will get a
break from the federal price fix
ing order, the Liquor Control
Commission reports.
Chairman Ralph TohmaS said
new price lists would be issued
as quickly as possible restoring
The prices of bottled liquor to
the level of March. He said this
would cancel price increases Of
three TO 10 cents a bottle on 20
or 30 items Of Scotch whisky,
rum and gin which became eff
fective in April.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
House Studies
Soldiers Pay
Financial Plight
Probed Deeply
BY w. +. ARBOGAST

WASHINGTON. May Pr
The financial plight OF Uncle
Sans fighting men and their
dependents received the undi-
vided attention of the House to-
day.
While the military committee
called upon Federal Security Ad-
ministrator Paul V. McNutt for
his views on legislation to make
financial provision for depend
ents Of soldiers, the House itself
set aside two hours for debate
on a Senatc-approved measure
boosting the pay of fighting men.
There was no known opposi-
ton TO the pay increase proposal
itself, but considerable objection
has been voiced TO rider tackled
on the bill which would permit
the War Department to commits
sion specially qualified civilians
for technical and professional
work. A modified version of
more drastic amendment which
would have barred such COM
missions entirely, except in the
cases of doctors, dentists, veter-
inarians and chaplsins, the rider
would require the War Depart
ment TO file with Congress every
60 days the names, qualifications
and ages Of those receiving COM
missions.
Committee members indicated
the War Department wanted
neither proposal and an attempt
to strike il from the bill was eX-
pcCtcd to be made on the floor
The pay provisions Of the bill
affect service nurses, soldiers,
sailors, marines and members Of
the Coast Guard, the coast and
geodetic survey and the public
health service.
For the two main branches of
the service, the Army and Navy,
they provide for substantial in
creases in the base pay of men
from the ranks of apprentice
seamen and privates up to and
including second lieutenants and
ensigns. The proposed base pay
would be S42 a month for a new
private or apprentice seaman and
$1,000 a year for a "shavetail"
or an ensign, compared with S2l
a month and 81, 500 a year under
the existing pay set-up.
For officers Of the h & h
grades, there are no base pay
increases, but larger allowances
are provided for subsistence and
rental. The naval committee has
drafted an amendment TO be of
fered on the floor which would
make the bin an emergency mea-
sure, TO terminate one year after
the war is over.
The pay allotment bill would
affect enlisted men with depend
entS IN the military ana naval
service.
The original proposal under
consideration would provide
that an enlisted man allot SIS
monthly Of his pay and the gov
eminent advance an amount up
to a maximum Of $50, depend
ing on the number Of depend
ents.
Some committee m e m b r
have suggested boosting the gov
eminent ante, with the idea of
making it more feasible to induct
into the armed services physical
ly fit men now deferred because
of dependents.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
OUCH,

SPRINGFIELD, MO, May II
--lP)-Manager Runt Mari of
the Springfield Western Associa-
ton team, while a scout for De-
troit, signed a young catcher
named Jimmy Griffin.
In a tryout with the Tigers,
Griffin uncorked a wild peg
which struck one of the coaches.
He was released.
In Springfield's first game with
Joplin, a Yankee farm team,
Griffin popped up in the rivals
lineup, and got four hits which
contributed heavily to the
Springfield defeat.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12

days ago under the pretext of a
desire to increase the station S
power
The Reunion radio was under
direct supervision of a high pro-
,Vichy government official, CAL
let Pillet. and Madame Des-
vantes, both anti British. It was
believed that public pressure
forced the radio 10 remain 81
lent.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12
BY ALTON L. BLAKESLEE

ELKTON Md. May PIP
War is bringing Elkton,
Maryland famou- cver-bloom-
ing Grctna Green, its greatest
marriage year In history d.
for the noucc.
At the present rate EIkton
would count 10000 marriages
this year. 600 above the rec
ord Of I6.O54 i'm 1888 lust be
fore the 48-hour wait law de
signed To curb this wedding CEN
ter took effect
AItar-mindcd cOuDlcs are
/ thronging into the little town
with It's forest Of minister and
marriage license signs at the
rate Of - day. and about 40
per cent Of bridcErooms arc
service men.
Blu, Just a. il is war that
. . omiScS Elktou its best wear. so
also the war may nip il i'm the
bud. No one knows what effect
tire and gasoline rationinG and
even credit control may have
FlktonitcS would like TO know.
they figure each couple spends
about SIS here.
Across the state another
husky Gretna Green is flourish
ing in Cumberland In l94'
Cumberland numbered SAG
enthusiastically 900 above
Elkton'S 1889 total of 4,53O $780,
and the rate is running higher
this yea.
Stricter laws-longer waits
for licenses and in some cases
blood teSts-brinG couples to
Elkton and Cumberland from
Pennsylvania, Delaware. New
jersey, New York. Connecticut
and West Virginia.
Last year Elkton-definitely
o. the comeback trail after the
law effective IN 1889 cut lis
marriage trade that year by
nearly three-fourths - had 49,
82l weddings In four months
this year 5,1a6 couples took the
vows here's per cent more
than the 1867 in the first quar-,
ter of 1871. That trend, if Z
continues, would make the 1912
total about 10000.
The surge in weddings fol-
lowed Pea~l Harbor by q few
weeks. Elkton's December we'd
dings tumbled TO $50. but in
January scared to 1862 COM
pared with 83l in January,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-12

There are many caves in the
Rock of Gibraltar, which is com
posed of limestone.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Text of Agreement
U S. and Britain Outline Terms
For Mutual Aid in Carrying Out War

The tert OF an agreement be-
tween the United States and
Great Britain on the principles
applying to mutual aid In the
prosecution OF the iDdr, signed
yesterday and announced thus
morning, tollo,os:
Whereas the governments Of the
United States of America and the
United Kingdom Of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland declare that
they are engaged in a cooperative
undertaking, together with every
other nation of people of like mind,
to the end of laying the bases of a
4 Just and enduring world peace
securing order under law to them
selves and all nations;
And whereas the President of the
United States Of America has de-
termined, pursuant to the Act of
Congress Of March II. 1941, that the
defense of the United Kingdom
against aggression is vital to the de-
fense of the United States Of
America;
And whereas the United States of
America has extended and is con-
tinuing to extend to the United
Kingdom aid in resisting aggression;
And whereas it is expedient that
the final determination of the terms
and conditions upon which the gov
ernment of the United Kingdom
receives such aid and of the benefits
Evening star., 1942-02-24

Fair Employment Practices: The
Problems and Progress of Negro
Labor in Wartime Industries" by
Lawrence w. Cramer, assembly
room, Douglass Hall of Howard
University. 8 o'clock tonight.
BRIDGE PARTY.
Federal Bridge League, Ward
man Park Hotel, 8 o'clock tonight.
DINNERS.
Controllers Institute, Carlton
Hotel, 8 o'clock tonight.
Federal Architects, Hotel 2400,
1880 o'clock tonight.
Columbia Light Opera Co., May.
flower Hotel, z O'Clock tonight.
MEETINGS.
Collectors Club, Branch 5. s. p.
A., Thomson Community Center,
Twelfth and L streets NV,
o'clock tonight.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Dancing. Rhodes Service Club,
1915 Fourth street S.W., 8 to 10
o'clock tonight.
Clay modelling, Hampshire House,
ll05 New Hampshire avenue NV,
1880 o'clock tonight.
Games, National City Christian
Church, social hall, 1908 Vermont
avenue NV, 7:30 to 10 O'Clock to-
night.
Dancing, Foundry Methodist
Church, Let's Building, Sixteenth
and P streets NV, 8 o'clock to-
night.
Games, Church of the Pilgrims.
Twenty-second and P streets NH9.,
8 O'Clock tonight. / sss.
s Games, ALI Souls Church, ssx-
teenth and Harvard streets NV, 8
o'clock tonight.
Square dance. Mount Vernon
Place Mthodist Church, Eighth
street and Massachusetts avenue
NV, o o'clock tonight.
Social, Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and H streets NV, 8 o'clock
tonight.
FOR COLORED SERVICE MEN.
Game night, Phyllis Wheatley
Y. w. c. A., 901 Rhode Island
avenue NV, 8 o'clock tonight.