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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-04
LEWISTOWN BASE
ABOUT FINISHED
HERE'S PROOF THAT ENGINEER
CORPS OF ARMY MAKES
THE DIRT FLY"

Official announcement that the
Lewtstown airdrome is virtually
finished and soon will be occupied by
the army air force affords an idea
Of the speed and efficiency with which
the army's corps of engineers makes
the dirt fly"
The Lewistown field is one of three
satellite bases to be used in conjunc-
ton with the central field at Great
Falls in the air forces training pro-
gram. The other two satellite air.
dromes are at Cut Bank and Glasgow
Hundreds of workmen under di-
rection of Lieut.. Paul Sommers of the
corps of engineers began construction
of the Lewistown center late last
summer. Handicaps imposed by
weather have not prevented construc-
ton of virtual small city in what
seems to the civilian miraculous time
Steps They Must Follow
I An article prepared by the war de-
partment's Missouri river division
engineering office in Omaha an
nounced the near completion of the
Lewistown job and gives in general
terms the steps that must be followed
when Uncle Sam tells his engineers to
build something. Speed is the all
important requirement, and often a
piece Of construction is completed in
sixth or a twelfth of the time that
would be allotted in time of peace.
When a project is authorized. the
war department organization, super
vised by the division and directed by
the three district offices at Fort Peck,
Kansas City and Omaha, sends Of
B 70 81 ~ u,
the field at the designated point. The
procedure is the same whether the job
to be done is building an air base, a
satellite field. cantonment, hos
pital, relocation center or an
ordnance plant. Sometimes the site of
an undertaking is lacking in facilities
| for rail, highway or air communica-
| ton, and such facilities have to be
provided before actual work is started.
| Offices are set up by real estate men,
who begin to buy any land needed
from the private owners. The en-
gineers draw up and carry out a
schedule assuring that men, material
and equipment are on the ground
when needed Sometimes the water
supply is inadequate. That means wells
must be dug and pipe laid Arrange
ments must be made with local power
companies for an adequate amount of
current.
Must Observe Rules
| In the case of an air base, concrete
runways constructed in 60 days or less
have been known to be the equivalent
of a standard 20-foot highway that
would connect Omaha and Lincoln.
Neb. The full construction program
may include barracks, recreation IA
cilities, warehouses, shops. roads and
hangers The work must be so handled
that each particular bit OF construc-
ton keeps pace with the other. Then
the result will be complete installa-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-04
State WOOlgrOUers
To Meet in BILLINGS

Montana WoolgrowerS will meet at
Billings Jan. IA, Is and 16 for a
"streamlined' wartime convention, the
association offices at Helena an
nounced.
Important business sessions Will
occupy practically all the time" Paul
Etchepare, secretary, said I'VE want
growers to get as much as possible out
of these sessions in the shortest pos
sible time and to be able to get back
to their big wartime job Of producing
meat and wool
There will be a carefully selected
group of authorities in charge of dis
cussion, men who will be able to tell
Montana sheep ranchers what the fu-
ture holds as far as labor, prices and
production facilities are concerned.
They will lead grower discussions
rather than speak as in former years."
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-04

The United States leads the world
in the production Of artificial silk, be-
ing followed by Japan, Germany, Eng
land. and Italy, in respective order.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-04

Latin Americans smoke 1000 cigarets
per capita, annually, as compared with
. North American consumption Of
LOO per capita.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-04

JOPLIN - H. D. Rolph, of Joplin,
was reelected vice president of the
National Farmers Union at the Or
ganization,s recent convention at
Oklahoma City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05

 Weidman iIl Q night club.
 'But we figured, why nota Just because 1t hadn't been done was nu reason 1t would not succeed. So we inaugurated . policy of having a fine dance act in every new show and it's done 90 well other elulB are beginning to adopt the idem themselves.
 Another New Idea
 "Right now we have Jack Cole and his Dancers, one of the finest groups In the country. Jack got his start in the Room some years ago in Q conventional ballroom team. I helped persuade him to exploit his great talents and the results has been most gratifying.
 Ruth Page, the international ballerlna, was another innovation and Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons also made their night club dehuts here. We teamed Mcne Montes of the Metropolitan Opers ballet and Jose Fernandez of thu American ballet, among others"
 Roy, who has developed an un- usual eye for entertainment ability despite his academic background admits he is toying with another semi-classical idea. But what it 1g he won't say.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05
'CTTY TREASURER SUBMITS REPORT
Net Balance of $z,57O, ,O17 in Treasury on May 3l;
 Tax Payments High

Municipal receipts during the month of May amounted to ss,s7O,- 0l7, City Treasurer Serge A. Belan- ger informed the board of finance yesterday. All but 5000 of this to- tai was in the form of tax pay- ments.
 As of May 3l, the city treasury had Q net balance of 92,57o,017, Mir. Belanger reported.
 The municipal golf course had an operating balance of $5.667 at the end of the month, the board was notified.
 Receipts from dog licenses amount to t4,600, Town Clerk Mary 0. KiI- martin reported. Half of this sum must go to the state. The $2,300 available to the city is 4200 more than estimated in the budget.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05
BOARD ACCEPTS
 Al NEW VOTERS
Ceremony of Swearing in Applicants Held Yester-
 day in City Hall

Forty-one new voters were sworn in by the board of registration at the city han Wednesday, the num- ber being the largest in some months. Sessions for admission of new voters are held on the first Wednesday of each month.
 Those sworn in, their present ad- dresses and their birthplaceS:
 Stasis Alubauskas, 46 Russell street, Lithuania; Eva L. Asselin, 159 River street, Canada; Victoria Boroch, 62 Dikeman street, Paland: Bernice J. Bergen, 45O Meriden road, Water bury; Mildred H. Cochrane, 20 Woodbine street. New Haven; Philo- mena M. Cassetta, 52 South Elm street, Waterbury; Joseph B. DeS- rochers, 68 Elk street, Maine; Blanche L. DesrocherS, 08 Elk street, Massachusetts: Nina A. DeVito, 62 walnut street extension, Water bury; Edward w. DombroSki, 46 Garden Circle; George F. Dreary, O6 Wheeler street, Wallingford: Cath erine M. Dreary, 86 Wheeler street. Wallingford; Mary Emanuel, l40 Hill street, New York.
 Catherine F'ealy, 1S0 Bridge street, British: Selma K. Grossman, 63 Randolph avenue, Waterbury; Na- talie GuerTera, 77 Pilgrim avenue, Italy: Minnie Grube, 220 Highland avenue, Bristol; Alexander P. Kh- meek, 8 Hawkins street, Poland; Joseph L. Kerzner, 200 Wood street, New York; Rose Kalusner, II Green street, Lithuania; John Kyle, 9 Pier pont street, British: Louise Lom- bardo, PA Long Hill road. Wa terbury: Florence Lombardo. PA Long Hill road, Waterbury; Har- ry N. Lyshkow, 59 Eldridge street, Russia; Roland Leblanc, 143 Wil- low street, Canada; William J. Lefevre, 6sl Meriden road, Wa terbury: Dominic Macary, 166 Syl- van avenue, Syria; John Magma vice, i Wine street, Poland.
 Charlotte D. Meisinger. 60 Eair- view street, Waterbury; Patrick D. McVerry, 3eO West Main street. British; Stanley Motiejaitis, 222 Ale der street, Lithuania; Julia Nolan. l5O Bridge street, British; Teresa Nabozny, 38 Young street, Poland; Dennis Phelan, 16 Terrace avenue, British; James 4. Plungis, IA Ged- des terrace, Waterbury: Ruth !. 4. patteRsen, 2i0 Cooke street, New Jersey; Elizabeth c. RuzinkOvic, 49 Hill street, Czechoslovakia: How ard A. Sanders, ,e43 Bank street; Edwin R. Wasillk, 46 Garden Circle, Pennsylvania: David Yavet5, 2e4 walnut street, Russia: and Demetri P. Yurchyk, eo Brewster street, Waterbury.
 Mexicans are raising fund for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05
PATENT AWARDED
 TO WATERBURIAN

James W. Mc0arry Of this city has been granted Q patent for plumbing construction, according to an announcement made by Wooster 6 Davis. patent attorneys of Bridge port. The Torrington Co. of Tor rington has been granted a trade mark for a magazine and house organ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05

aA+NASE NNHA--@@ l ' could make money in the night in changing the entertainment taste isn't too sure they won't succeed.
 There was c time when Broadyay was willing to bet the oil clan, soft ened by the comparative gentility of international finance, would re- treat licking their wounds from the wild free for all competition for the night club dollar.
 Now 1t knows better. For the Rockefellers, by violating all the rules of that strange business, have built two of the most consistently profitable night club properties in town-the Rainbow Room and the Rainbow Grill.
 Exploits the Dance
 John Roy, who manages both of these skytop rooms on the 65th floor of Radio City, is one Of the Rockefeller innovations. A former college professor he knew none of the devious angles of conducting night club. Thus he navely decided that good food, entertainment and pleasant management would do the trick. It did.
 It is through Roy that the Rocke- fellers are trying to lift night club entertainment a few notches. At the moment they are concentrating on the dance and artists usually seen only on the concert stage or in other comparable media appear regularly in the Rainbow Room.
 There was some skepticism ct first" said the scholarly Roy, "be- cause people just couldn't seem to get used to the idea of so distin- guiShed 6 dancer as, say, Charles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05
First Aid Units Meeting Tonight

500 D. m. - Farrel Foundry and Machine O., Dr. William A. Goodrich. 700 ?. m-K. of P. hall: 67 North Main street; Al 0rosnick and Margaret Manzoli. 7:30 p. m. = Duggar school; Char les A. Williams and staff. 7:3O D. m.-Medical building: Al- fred P. Hensel and staff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05

Mexicans are raising . fund for a statute to Mexican Mothers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05
COMMUNITY CLUB IN
 ANNUAL ELECTIONS

Election of officers will be held at a meeting of the Bucks Hill Community club tonight at 8 o'- clock. Plans will be made for a pic- mic to be held July {. P. Ralph Seraflne will preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05
First Report Tonight on USO Campaign Here
Excellent Progress Expected to Be Recorded By Dlvi. sion Leaders; Personnel of Teams Announced

First reports on the progress of the 1042 USO campaign will be made at dinner meeting ct the YMCA at 6:l5 o'clock tonight The quota for the Waterbury area which takes in this city, Mddlebury Wocctt and Prospect, is $52OO0. Tonights meeting will be the first of series of
 three to be held during the drive It expected to reveal that substantial progress toward reaching the quota has m1ra aNxyT Tneqa Thnda
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05

Poles from China and Manchukuo have made their way to Persia and have joined the Polish forces now being organized there under Gen. eral Kopanski.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-05
BIG TOWN MEDLEY

NEW xoRKUP)-Thoss amazing ocksfeer having proved y busy
 changing the entertainment the night public Broadway N0m1rat thnvwn e@mma
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20
Just Accidents?

Can it be that we are imagining it or
Is it very noticeable that the number OF
airplane accidents occurring of late days
is on the increase. Almost every edition
of the daily newspapers finds an account
of some fresh crash in various sections of
the nation. The death toll ranges from two
upwards to the present high of twenty
two in the crash of an airliner near Las
Vegas last Friday night when the noted
film actress, Carole Lombard, was killed.
Presumably inquiries, other than the
customary ct,ck-up by the civil officials
of the territory in which these
fatalities occur, will be held. But will
we ever know just what the cause or
causes were Evidently not, for it might
be pretty difficult to establish reasons
for an accident in which there are no
survivors and in which the plane Itself
is so b9~y smashed as to eliminate any
or ali causes of mechanical defects or mis-
haps. Still in view Of the unending series
of crashes it does seem as if the inquiry
might be widened
Many theories flash before the mind,
some of them spectacular ones, but the
fact remains that day after day the
fatalities are being recorded. We are at
war, to be sure, but isn't it rather ironic
that so many young lives are being sacrl-
feed even before they have had taste
OF the war for which they are being
trained. If this accident sequence is pro-
longed the raised eyebrows, the muttered
comments may become definite COM
plant or plea for explanation, generally
satisfactory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20
The Army Must Be Fit to Fight

An army in order to fight successfully,
must be fit to fight. 1t is Well-estab-
lished fact that the greatest toll an army
suffers, at least before going into acton,
is that taken by venereal disease. I'm
less this insidious enemy of fighting
fitness is vigorously controlled, our
army has already suffered a major de-
feat before ever going into action
The American Army of World War
I was the cleanest army in this regard
that was even assembled. 1t can be
done The Army knows how to 90 It's
share. Civilian cooperation is necessary,
however, because Army men are at times
outside military jurisdiction. Further, the
problem of protecting defense workers
against loss of priceless hours OF produc-
ton is almost equally acute.
Cooperating with military and CIVILIAN
authorities is the American Social n.y.
giene Association, which is promoting the
sixth National Social Hygiene Day on
February 4. No community can afford TO
pass up this chance to help eliminate
the most insdious saboteus OF all
venereal disease.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20

Christ Il, Id. Matthew and Luxe
tell those beautiful stories around
which our ChriStn as customs have
arisen. John wrote many years lat
err He rant x men to know that
God loved the world so much that
He gave it the best gift He had,
His only begotten Son.
He babe men look heavenward
and see the skies filled not with
hostility but with love. He declared
that God not only wishes men
good but wills 1t. The great God
emptied Himself He let in the light
as our eyes were able TO bear it..
1.-The Word became flesh and dWelt
among us, full Of grace and truth"
Two thousand years after 1t oc-
CURED, men are able to look back
and see 1t all through the mystic
haze of Inc. But on the first
Christmas Day none but a little
group realized that God Himself
had taken up His adobe with men.
(All Right; Reserved = Babson
Newspaper Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20


The matter was not discussed
when the COP chief went to the
White House last week because
the Presidents plans were still
incomplete. WILKES visit was
for another purpose, which cam
not be disclosed for military rea-
sons.
That purpose had nothing to
do with naming him to panel
of War Labor Board "umpires",
suggestion he Indignantly re-
jected as too inconsequential to
consider.
White House Secretary Steve
Early was responsible for this
boner, which enabled enemies of
both Willkie and Roosevelt to
make it appear that a rift had
developed between them. Early
told neWsmen that Willkie would
be named an umpire, although
Willkie did not discuss the mat
ter with the President.
The inside fact is that the
panel of umpires is a subject
of bitter inner administration
dispute.
It's a scheme cooked up by
Secretary Frances Perkins and
is being holly opposed by OPM
labor chief Sidney Hillman and
War Labor Board Chairman
william Davis.
Hillman blocked inclusion of the
plan in the executive order Great
ing the WLB, and thought he had
it squelched But Miss Perkins
later revived it at the White House
without Hillman's knowledge. The
first he knew her scheme was
kicking around again was when
he read news accounts of the
story put out by Early.
MEDDLING FANNY
The umpire scheme was only one
of several hot IDEAS uncorked by
The Labor Secretary during the two
weeks she worked on selecting the
personnel of the War Labor Board.
Her first proposal was that Jim
Farley, former Democratic Ma
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20
Salvaging Will Win

The great American public takes lot
of pleasure in supporting campaigns and
in conducting drives No one has this
phase of enterprise any better organized
than the average American community.
Efforts are being redoubled today with
a great World War being Waged. Connec-
ticut has Salvage for Victory drive
now going on that should be entirely
successful. Already the first fruits of this
campaign are noticeable here in Water
bury Waste paper has been collected in
great quantities. Proper disposal of the
same now is awaited.
The whole success Of any of these
crusades for waste materials depends
naturally on the extent to which the
material collected can really be utilized
There is no earthly reason in collecting
a lot of paper, rags, rubber or scrap iron
unless it will be utilized for some purpose
necessary in waging an about war on
dictatorship. To this end we trust that
the various committees which. have lent
their efforts to fostering these drives
will also get better information on dis
posal than was forthcoming when the
old aluminium drive was conducted.
However, there doesn't seem to be much
doubt about this. More information IS
available now as to the needs for various
types of scrap Efforts are being made
to facilitate handling of such materials
and to see that they don't simply clutter
up a warehouse. Local collection, we
rather imagine, will proceed very smooth
ly. It remains to be seen how well disposal
from that on is handled. 1t may lend
impetus to any future campaigns to
expedite the present salvage campaigns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20

And the pedestrian should also realize
that his danger is greater in slippery
driving weather than when the ground IS
bare. He or she should remember that a
driver can't bring a car TO as quick a
stop with snow or ice on the pavement
as when there is none. Take this lnto
consideration the next time you try 10
cross between lines of traffic. Don't come
out into the roadway between parked
automobiles Even in any kind of weather
this is bad procedure. Give the motorls1
every chance at this time of the year
and when crossing streets use the des-
ignated or marked areas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20

Treacherous driving conditions during
this month and the next two have caused
special timely warnings to be issued by
Motor Vehicles Department safety engln-
GERS, as we'll as traffic authorities. Thls
is the time of the year when cars get out
of control and when it is necessary 1or
the driver to exert more than cursory
attention to the roadway at all Tunes.
Just small patch OF ice on an otherWlse
bare pavement may be the cause OF
serious accident. It's a wise driver who
knows how to operate his vehicle under
all conditions and who can speedily con-
troll the vehicle in the event of sudden
slip or skid. Minimum speed when there
is danger of skidding allows tor maxi
mum control. That should always be
remembered The faster your car IS gong
the more difficult it may be to control IL
when a skid begins
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20
New AEFS Go Out to Fight

Soon another million or more Ameri-
can men will be joining the colors, and
the vanguard of half-dozen AEF's of 1912
will be on their way. They 60 out to
fight in foreign fields, yet they go to fight
to defend their own country at home. We
are still more fortunate, in the very face
OF these foreign campaigns, than the
people of most of the other countries in
the war. We still have a chance to keep
actual warfare largely from our own
homes. Sporadic attacks may be made
on continental United States, but unless
things 60 worse than we have right to
expect, there is no reason to expect any
major fighting in the United States itself.
Barring singular ill-fortune, we should
not have to see our homeland Overrun as
the people of dozen countries have been
forced to see it. China, Russia, France,
Belgium, the Netherlands, the Philippines,
Norway, Greece, Jugoslavia - all these
and many others have been forced to I'M
dergo the ultimate in war horror, the de-
Struction and downfall of their own
homes, lands and institutions. We shall
be forced to undergo to death of many
fine American soldier and that will be
hard enough to bear. But the added hor
rorS which London has seen, and Rotter
dam, which Chungking and Shanghai and
Peking have undergone, may be spared us.
The farther from our American shore our
soldiers 60 to fight the enemies of Amer
lea, the less the chance that the war itself
can come literally to America. Our AEF's
go to drive war as far away from America
as they can. 1t is in order to spare their
people at home from meeting face to face
wars horrors, that these Americans 60 to
seek out the battle far away.
If it seems hard that soldier should
be sent SO far from home to fight - to
Iceland, to Alaska, to Australia or Guiana
or Africa, it is just as well for us who re-
main behind to remember that it is 10
protect us and keep actual war at long
arms length from America that they 60
forth. Is it possible that the people for
whose protection at home they go out
to die in strange places at the worlds ends
will do less than see that they are sup
piled with everything they need?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20

In spite of all that has been said about
increases in tenancy, in spite of all the
increases in government housing, in spite
of debts, mortgages, payment plans, a
lot of Americans still own their own
homes, and a surprising number own
them free and clear True, owner.
occupancy is slowly declining, according
to data compiled from the 1910 census
by the U. S. Savings and Loan League OF
Chicago
In 1880, figures for % states showed
an evarge of owner-occupation of homes
of 45.4 per cent. In 1910 it had dropped
to Ala. In 10 of those states, an aver
age of 562 per cent of Owner-occupied
homes were owned free of mortgage
debt. The old American homecoming
tradition may be dying, but it is dying
hard, and so slowly as to suggest taat
measures might yet be taken to reverse
the trend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20
Current Comment

He must indeed have a blind soul
who cannot see that some great
purpose and design is being worked
out here below, of which we have
the honor to be the faithful SER
wants. ....
Winston Churchill, British Prime
Minister.
We had prepared ourselves slowly
and ur consciously for this event.
uality. There need be no fear of any
mental breakdown.
DR.. c. Kirby Collier, psychiatrist.
War always breaks up family life
and family ties. 1t is up to women
to keep those ties as strong and as
real as possible.
Senator Hattie w. Caraway, Ark
ansaS.
Today while we fight for our
liberty, our free institutions and our
very lives, we also fight to maintain
the principally Of peace which was
established on this earth 10 CEN
turtles ago.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
The people of the United States
will never forget what the people
Of the Philippine Islands are doing
this day and will do in the days to
come.
President Roosevelt.