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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27

Russell, tall and wavy-haired, finds this clashes not at all with his usual occupation Of singer and master of ceremonies. He says he got to thinking about glamor while introducing hopeful Miss Americas at Atlantic City pageants and de- cided he knew as much about it as anyone.
 50 I drafted lecture on the subject" he said, and give hints on posture, pcise, clothes, speech, grooming and all the other things that go toward making a plain wom- ard pretty and pretty one beauti- full"
 Even Russell's start in show busi- ness was unconventional. While working as a waiter he dropped a tray and was discharged. But on his way out the owner said he had heard Bob could sing and was will ing to forget a bad waiter if he could get a good baritone.
 He got the job. And that started him to his present unusual role as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27

War Bonds give worker and his family a backlog against the time when the nation will be re- adjusting itself from war to peace
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27

received his degree Of doctor of philosophy from Columbia univers- ity, He also received honorary de- grSes from Temple university, Syra- cuse university, Rollins college. Bates college, University of oregon and Roaroke college. He is the founae. and since 1907 the rabbi of the Free synagogue in New York city, He is a!ao the fourder of tce Zion- ist crgsaiz: ton of Amerlca, presi- dent of the American Jewish Con- grcss and the World Jewish Con- grtss and vi:e-rrcsident of the Open Fcrum National Council He is elso trustee Of the National Chils Labor commission. founder and president of the Jewish Institute of Reliqion and fourde: end trustee of the Near East Ecl!ef
 Dr. Wise Is the ausiio: Of some ten volumes including Flow to Face Life. Child Versus Parent, The Great Ee,vsySl," Ke is tae author of Opinion. magazine oi Jewish Life and Lett2r2.
 The Second Church Symphony orchestra will present concert Of classical music prece ding the forum from ' to 7:30 D. m. George Gen. tile is the conductor end director of this orchestra. The program will be es follows:
 "The star Spanglcd Banner"
 Spring, Beautiful Spriny"
 pail IIncl,e Overture: Norma .. V. Ee!liri "Heart-WourdS' "...,.. F. Grieg "Traviata' .......,..... G. verdi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27
50 MORE WAMS
 BEING SOUGHT
Girls to Be Paid SEA g Week in Addition to SC
 Expenses Daily

Hartford, Nov. 27 = Fifty girls 10 bc trained as wAMs are needed immediately by the womens Aii- craft Maintenance Squadron, Paul e. Kerlns, special representative Of the U, s, Civil Service, announced today.
 Girls will be given intensive 8 weeks training course In mechanics of aircraft maintenance and repair at Pennsylvnnia State School of Aeronautics at Harrisburg, Penn sylvania. All travelling expenses cn. route to and from training will be paid by the povernment and train. ees will be paid at the rate of Sl, 200 . year, or approximately $24,00 e week, PLUS $6y00 day for expenses during the 6-weeks training period This means trainees will be rec ceiving about S60,00 q week, includ- Ing expense allowance, while they are training to be WAMS.
 Upon successful completion of the course these girls will return to Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, Conn, for appointments as General Mech anlcs Helpers at $500 year, plus time and one-half for work per- formed in excess of 10 hours each week, and will help assemble and re- pair the very airplanes flown by our boys over Tunisia, New Guinea, Guadalcanal, Berlin.
 These positions carry all the bene- fits of other Federal Civil Service jobs and entitle appointees to 2s days of annual leave and i5 days sick leave each year.
 Women who are already engaged in war work of greater skill should not apply, but all others who have been wanting to do useful war work are urged to see Lieutenant Bessom of the U. s. Employment Service, 4li Capitol Avenue, Hartford, today between l2:o0 a. m. and TOO D. m, Selections will be immediate and classes will start right away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27
N. Y.A. TRAINS
 2O,OOO WEEKLY ! FOR WAR WORK

washington, Nov. 25--CUP)-- about 10000 NYA-trained students go into war production industry each week according to Aubrey Will Hams, MA administrator.
 The l8,000 IVA shops in about 800 locations are equipped to ham de i5OO0O people as trainees in a 1l-hour period, he stated, thereby relieving war production plants from the wrole burden of training new workers.
 At the present time 40 yer cent of the trainees are women. By the first of the year he expects 60 per cent will be women, and that the percentage will rise to 80 per cent by March of 1943.
 Although male students are not turned down if they request IVA training, women between the ages of l6-24 inclusive are being encour- aged to take IVA shop training.
 we are not adverse to training young men-in fact, the army is deferring them until thew complete MA sho pwork because it wants as many trained men as 1t can get. But, after all, Congress gave us our largest appropriation in history to train youth for jobs in war indus try" Williams said.
 IVA is training students to do 20 types of work. There are 19 shop activities, including machine work, aircraft sheet metal and other sheet metal, gas arc welding, aircraft welding, foundry, forge, radio, cleo tricalfi automotive and avlatlon mechanics, aircraft engine me- chanicS, pattern-making, JonerN' aircraft and general woodwork, ln- dustrial sewing. mechanical draft inc Some clerical instruction also is being given.
 Big Need For WOodwOrkers
 'The great need is for wood- workers and sheet metal workers, particularly in aircraft industries, iaccoing to Williams, and women fit into that work with great facil- ity"
 IVA shops find that women make first-rate machinists, Will Hams said. They excel in jobs in which they are not given strenuous work. As inspectors they are super ior to men because their sensitivity of touch is more highly developed than mems.
 They have difficulty in applying mathematics in the measurement of tools. Nevertheless at the Ports mouth navy yard the all-girl IVA shop made fewer defective tools and had a lower percentage ot wastage than anw other shop in Massachusetts supplying the navy Williams said. This hop made 30,- GOO part for the navy in a three month period.
 Although IVA turns out thou sands of trained women workers each week from it's shops, some employers are reluctant to hire them. Williams said. After they are unable to get a job in industry they go into other types of work, he said and the training is not utilized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27
Ry nooTm HARRINGTON

ERrCA forgotten ueoEse Washington nor nn" r ~ ,
 ery and Ayeyoyes only her liberty put the hueW ot ~ men and can easily recognize everlasting truth anu us now wou wide application in Abraham Lncolns great ponouneenen VII s freedom to the slave we freedom to the nee
 If for longer than was intelligent drcwsy failed to p enene0 enonh m v not now rush to opposite extreme and cnae our selves with such as must be ueSs let us @ t a,,
 A v,ashnpton said to which the and honest can repa the rest is h the such standard now mes ao Wn every eye can N gazing upward at It. we perceive suoue our future as superb hes been and that po pe0ns nalenably to the present. ..s
 1t was George Washington who said Actions not woros c the true criterion of the friends Americans today agree to this and long attachment to their country O oeeV we shah for nsace buy stamps and Bonds nj vast quanuV pu sensb as ab determined to hold them sohoN so ~ shall remain good and provide our children ana with the essential comfort that shall to the enemy
 As for the enemy we shall deny everything and in particular odRen upon other day heard ar-oa Wase boy in express tremendous fact few perfect woros " can't come to our house. we've got War Stamps"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27
BIG TOWN MEDLEY
By ROBERT MUSEL limited Press Staff Correspondent

NEW (UPBob Russell has sideline keeping With th LN his he lectures womens Nh cha and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27
SWING SHIFT HOP
 AIDS SCOVILL BOYS

Swing shift workers Of the Seovill Mfg. Go attended a benefit dancc early yesterday morning at Dcolittle hall. Proceeds will be used to buy cigarettes for associates now in the armed forces. The chucking de- pertinent and the company,s drum corps made arrangements.
 The committee in charge was composed of Nicholas santa Bar bsra, Paul Ressloli, Agnes Murphy Mary Mengini, Earl Dean, Ed Boul- ger and King Keillor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27
STEPHEN WISE CHURCH GUEST
Zionist Founder Speaker at Congregational For.
 um Sunday Evening

Dr, stephen S. W'Se, famous lee. tugS. snu write" vii ee the speak, CT ct the Second church Sunday evening forum on November % at 7S0 o'clock. His subject will be America Faces the World" Rabbi William P. Greenfield of BethrEl synagogue and Rabbi David Polish of Temple Israel will also take part in the services.
 pr, Wise is graduate of tke Col lege of the City of New York and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27
NO CHARGE FOR BOTH

Lock Haven, Pa. --CUP>- If the stors makes its goth visit to the home of Mir. and Mrs. James Roy Hill. medical services will be free of charge, Dr. T. E, Teah, attending physician at birth of the Hills 18th child, a boy, told the proud father that the next one is on me"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27

Look what you get in walnut: Table. c chairs including host chair. ard buffet. China cabi- net slightly extra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27

the only non-skatirg star of any ice show
 "En route to this m. c. job in the Hotel New Yors," Russell said, T paused for a grand opera career, Yes, grand opera. was the leading baritone of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. It tickled my fam fly, since my uncle sang in Russian opera and the ress of my three brothers and four sisters are musi- cally inclined
 Versatility is Russel's keynote, He gifts in the low sos ard plays tennis we'll enough to have helped train the Australian Davis Cup team on its last visit here. At the 1886 Democratic Convention in Phila- delphia he sang song he had dedi- cated to President Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27

Cheyenne, Wyo. tUP)-Timher camps in southern Wycm!ng have less than half enough men in mary instances to handle the work that must be done, according to re- port by the State Labor Depart ment. Operators are offering spe- cial inducements to bring enough men into the lumber camps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17

Christmas tree orphan asylum He's got rubber boat
gun and sin million yards barbed wire Naturally
think he's porter and he beats his board bill"
But general, Commando is taught TO live of the
country"
That's sucker play, Bugs there's better living of
the city"
When the government hotel things a little
different The house detective rides motorcycle
Every guest carries a gun. You either guest
you peeling potatoes
The only they play in the night club is the national
anthem. So everybody gets rngside standing up.
All they check with the cloakroom boy iron hats
Nobody tips the boy.
To make the muciage all the sdcier he only has to
pass the iron hat but he has to salute, too.
Well it's all pretty tough But tomorrow it gets
General Larriken is handing the armys
sergeant for a of sprouts
Copyrsh
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
Eye Needs
Different
Better Health
BY Dr: Logan CIendening

blindness of the newborn, in
civilized countries.
Whereas not so long ago there
were blind ssylums crowded
with these victims. now the in
stillation of a weak solution Of
silver nitrate into the eyes OF
the child Immediately after
birth, TO kill germs that might
have got in during the passage
down the birth canal, prevents
this condition 100 per cent.
IN THE young adult period Of
u life. also. prevention OF indus
trial accidents TO the eyes has
been great sight saver--how
great we hardly can guess.
Poor illumination, too, has
been shown 10 be responsible Tor
much eye fatigue, and this has
been largely corrected.
Coming TO middle age there
are very few people who escape
a visit TO the eye specialist, for
''presbyopia." the blurred vision
that results from a hardening
and lack OF elasticity OF the
crystalline lens. y
Perhaps the patient is de-
pressed by this event.
This Is the beginning Of old
age" he says.
He jokes about il. but he iSn's
very happy.
Doctor Post thinks people at
about 40 should be prepared for
the spectacle epoch. 10 soften
the jar when IL comes.
There are plenty Of good
things about the eyes after 50
and this epochal event is rela-
tiyQy unImportsnt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
YESTERDAY we discussed the
care of the eyes of the child

" EsS EhIJAI we ulSCuSSeu tfle
care Of the eyes of the child
Of school age.
For every period of life there
are eye conditions that fit only
that time.
Even before birth. certain eye
conditions can be prevented by
treatment. as pointed out by
DIR. Lawrence T. Post of ST.
Louis.
Others. he thinks, should be
prevented by restricting mar
riages.
One of these is high myopia.
or near-sightedness, an heredi-
tafy defeetdtfe to the shape of
the eyeball.
At least the marriage of two
people of extreme myopia should
be prevented.
But when we remember that
failure to do this is responsible
for the high incidence of this
defect among the Germans to-
Gay and that the Germans are
supposed 10 be the most Scien-
tific people on earth. such a
cause seems quite hopeless.
MANY eye diseases have be-
NI come practically nonexist-
ent on account of the enforce
ment of preventive measures
and public health education.
Thus 10 carry the age period
10 just after birth. medical sci
ence has practically eliminated
"opthalmia neanatorUm, the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
Broadway

ATHE colyum's recent report
L about Frank Fay, the star
THAT the publicity about his be-
ing broke resulted in 10 weeks
bookings) brought this story.
Relayed from the Syracuse
IN. W gazettes.
Many years ago, il appears.
Syracuse admirer of Fay told
the actor he was being married.
let mo know" said Frank,
"every time n baby arrives, so 1
can send a gift"
A year later when the couple
were blessed, he was notified
and he promptly mailed check
for 500.
Frank sent a similar amount
seven times.
When the couple read OF his
recent distress they mailed him
a check for $700.
Fay mailed it right back with
this memo:
Thanks very much, but spend
this on war bonds and put them
away for your children"
CPEAKING Of Syracuse recalls
~ the time the Marx Brothers
got temperamental and threat
ened TO quit their first big town
show.
A veteran trouper gave them
this counsel:
.It took YOU guys eight years
to get from Syracuse Ia New
York. IL takes only eight hours
10 get from New York 10 SYRIA
cuse."
TrHE Drama Page announce
l. ment that Tallulah Bank
head will return TO the screen
reminds us of her last visit 10
Hollywood.
Tallulah isn't one 10 count
10 before speaking her mind ~
In short, she's a matter-of-
, factress.
AT any rate, at party thrown
in her honor IN came two movie
critics, who were offered a tray
full OF sandwiches.
Critics don't eat food she
fang'd, they eat people,
I EON HENDERSON. the Man
IL Who Rations Your Case
line. etc. is one of Washington'S
hitch-hikers as a result Of the
ration rules.
The other ayem the admins
traitor thumbed a ride and
wasn't recognized by the motor
list.
This darn old gas rationing."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
Age Of the Handy
Man Is With US

haps he much better il they
didn't.
WE BELONG 10 this hopeless
w group. and at the moment
are tuSSlinG with one OF the
toughest problems of all time.
We are attempting 10 make
our house cold-reSIStant an keep
ing with the suggestion of the
OPA and other organiZa tons.
With fuel oil sure 20 be ra-
toned we have been told that
we should employ all means OF
conserving heat.
We never in the world would
have known how to start had II
not been for a newspaper edi-
tor1al which told of some of the
devices used by New England
erS in the days gone by.
New Englanders sometimes
used dried seswecd packed be-
tween the interior and the ex-
terror walls" the editorial said.
W. - ne surprised now hdrd
II dried Seaweed is 10 find.
even IN city the size OF New
York. The clerks az Mays had
never heard Of IT. Neither had
the clerks at GimbelS or Bon
wit Teller'S or Wanamaker'S.
The nearest we got 10 getting
any was at Franklin Sumon's,
where a clerk. when we asked
directions TO the dried seaweed
counter. said:
what In the name Of good
ness do you want that stuff
for"
The editorial also pointed out
that the New Englanders used
little thin sandbags TO lay along
the window Sills and at the foot
of drafty doors.
CAND BAGS, Well. that was
~ different. Here was some
thing VIC could get our teeth
into. AZ the moment we are
making little sand bags. Hun
dredS of them.
You can't get into one OF the
rooms. so filled is il with little
sand bags. all Of which have
tendency TO drip sand from the
sewn end
We have them piled every
where. and visitors have frankly
asked us If we thought We were
so important that enemy bomb
erS would make our home
prime objective Of their bombs.
THE newspaper also pointed
II out that storm windows
the windward side of the house
would be help.
Which side Of a house is the
windward side? Darned If we
know.
The only way We have Of de-
termining the wind is a trick We
learned with the Chipmonk Pa
troll. Boy Scouts Of America,
Mr.. Homer Hooster, ScoutmaS-
ter, back in 1916.
That trick is 10 wet the finger,
any finger. and poke it toward
tho heavens.
The side that cools first is the
windward side.
We tried that all around our
house and our finger cooled just
as well in the back yard as il
did in the front yard.
Oh. 10 he handy man around
the house.
Distributed BY Mcknight Syndicate, Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
The On|ooker

THIS age may well 60 down as
l. the age of the handy man
around the house Never before
has there been such a call on the
services OF men who could re-
pair. improvise. and generally
tinker with properties of the
American home.
Because Of the war. and the
shortages il has brought about.
the man OF the house has been
enlisted as combination car
penter. plumber. upholSterer.
decorator, and all-around repair
man.
To the everlasting credit Of
the American man. let IL be SAID
that he has not failed 10 volun-
teer his services.
OF course. great deal of
these volunteers do not deserve
too much credit.
We refer TO those men who are
naturally handy around a house.
You know the type We mean.
THESE men maintain small
carpenters shops in the
basement. They are familiar
with the awl, the hammer. and
the saw.
They have a basic knowledge
of what makes electricity work,
and how TO thump a wall 10 de-
termine where a nail should be
driven. and can look at a cur
tain rod and tell in a second
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
The Brighter Side


mer theatrical professionals and
they played to the men in and
near the front in ruined cathe-
dralS, tents. underground thea
tiers. chateaux and the open air.
INCIDENTALLY, the Argonne
Il Players survive as an organ
iZation at the nth Division
Club House, 20 East Thirty
ninth street. New York City,
and hold shindigs that have been
attended by many celebrities.
Bob Ripley and Bugs Baer are
honorary members. So was the
late Floyd Gibbons, the war
correspondent.
However, my statement that
the 27th's show, first produced
in Spartanburg, S. G., was the
pioneer show. seems unimpaired
by Jack McNulty's interesting
evidence.
On the roster Of the Argonne
Players / find the names of Fred
Rath, who composed the music
and wrote the dramatic playlets,
and Howard Greer, who de-
signed the scenery and cos
tunes Both were wounded in
the drive from the VeSle TO the
Aisne.
Al Dublin. Jack Waldron,
Harry Cahill. Rollins Grimes Jr.,
AID Pincus, Mario Rodolfi. Her
man Cohen. Ben Baker. Stuart
Sage, Percy Hilton Michel, Will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17
ArgOnne Players
Deserve n Hand

Reedy, Harry Solomon, Walter
McManus and Will Liebling
were among the other members
of the cast.
Their biggest effort was The
Annex Revue of 1918" directed
by 1t. Warren E. Diefendorf
with lyrics by Al Dublin and
music by Fred Rath. Joseph A.
Cerina was musical director A
song hit of the show was They
Didn't Think We'd Do 1t. But
We Did" which was dedicated
to Mai. Gen. Robert Alexander.
commander OF the division. His
tory records that The Lost
Battalion" was part of the nth.
The Argonne Players toured
France, or at least that part
where there were American
troops. They played base hos
pitfalls, once playing eight shows
in a day in one hospital because
they had to move from ward to
ward to reach all the =bedridden.
The Annex Revue was writ
ten in the Argonne and at the
third performance the German
shells were dropping less than
so yards from the theater.
81 wish they'd call this war of
until the show In over" cracked
one of the comedians.
1t was the biggest laugh of
the performance.
Copyright. 1917. ny King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17

THE Argonne Players were
u group of 30 members of the
great 18th Division, New York's
Own, in World War / who
must be given place in all Hall
Of Fame Of soldier shows. They
played behind the battle lines
IN France and once put on
performance under shell fire.
Jack McNulty. who was a
member of the cast. is slightly
irked because / lauded the 27th
Divisions You Know Me. All
and Irving Berlin's old Zip.
Zip Yaphank. as we'll as his
new This Is the Army and
overlooked the Argonne boys.
He says Washington officially
recognized the Argonnes. and
that their show was the only
one in France to receive that
distinction.
They played a command per-
Torrance for the peace commits
sion at the Champs ElySee
Theater in Paris before PreSi-
dent Wilson. the president of
the French Republic and Mime.
Poincare. Marshal Foch. Petain,
Haig, Garibaldi, Admiral Ben
son, Elinor Glyn, Col. and Mrs.
+. NJ. House, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Grew. Henry White,
JusSerand and numerous other
dignitaries during the peace
conference.
The Argonne Players were or
gained with soldiers recruited
from the front lines and gun
pits while hostilities were i'm
progress in the Argonne forest.
and put on their first show in
a theater built by the Germans
"a hours after il was taken by
the Americans.
Most of the players were for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-17

whether or not one end OF IL is
6 inches higher than the other.
They also have the ability 10
mix paint without using their
vest for a palette. and under
stand the mysteries OF glue 10
such an extent that they can re-
pair a broken vase or pitcher.
They can even SIT down on the
floor with a small boy and show
him how to pat wings on an air
plane. or build a derrick out Of
mysterious little blocks of wood
with holes in them
II IS not Of such men that We
want 10 sing today. We want
10 lift our voices for those men
who can do none Of these things
those clumsy souls who, when
they hang picture. hang It
crooked and chip great chunks
Of plaster from the walls
Those l5-fingered creatures
who. when asked 10 replace a
carpet that has come back from
the cleaners. put IL the wrong
way on the floor.
Those awkward fellows who.
when asked 10 repair a straight
chair. fix II 50 that one Of the
legs is shorter than the others,
causing the chair 10 rock.
These men are being called on
today just as much as their tall
ented brothers. and they are re-
spending although 1t would per-