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The Nome nugget., 1942-03-02
WAKING UP?

Under the heading Our Neglected Possession' an article appeared in recent Saturday Evening Post discussing Alaska with relation to using at is spring board for attacking the enemy and whose military value to the Unted States has too long been overlooked. We are glad to that the writer ot the article is aiding to bring before the American public the regretabe neglect that has been shown for the Territory in this respect To date there is tangible evidence to show that officials in Washington are go- ing to do anything about it in spite of the fact that our representatives there have constantly brought the subject out in the open.
 We quote from the article:
 Suddenly we discover that what may be, or may well become the strategic center of the world belongs 10 us and have road to it Many Americans know it ony by legend by picture by post card and by The name is Alaska There are three reasons why now become of it's extreme military importance the basic geographic theme of this total world war the battle of the Pacific, and the rise of air power.
 Actually Alaska is the way to the Orient. The shortest distance between Chicago and Tokyo is circle passing through the center of Alaska. The shortest way from San Francisco to Tokyo is not by way of Honolulu you might suppose but again circle al most touching Dutch HarbOr which is 1000 nautical miles north of Honolulu From Dutch Harbor to Tovko the distance is only 500 mes-half the distance from San Francisco-but at the extreme end of the Aeuan island chain lies Attu also belonging to us and from Attu to the heart of the Japanese Empire the distance is only 1,700 miles.
 With Alaska, the peninsula and the Aleutian ls- lands we have front of nearly 2000 miles the top of the Pacific Ocean, water that never freezes, because it is warmed by the Kuroshio Current some thing like the Gulf Stream-and many excellent nat ura harbors. You do not have to be a Strateglst to realize what it would mean to have series of power ful naval and air bases like stepping stones, over the top of the North Pacifc'
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-02
Army Modifies Physical Require ments SelecteeS

New Army physical standards which materially reduce dental and eye requirements for Selec- tive Service inductees were an- nounced to local boards by Ma tional Headquarters, Selective Service System.
 More than 20 percent of the men rejected for physical dis ability under the old Army stand ards were turned down because of defective teeth. The new rul- ing, therefore, is expected to per init reclassifcation as Class IA, or available for full military ser vice, of many men now deferred as well as to permit induction of thousands of registrants who, heretofore, would have failed to qualify for such classification.
 Formerly, the Army required that an inductee have a mini mum of six masticating and six incisor teeth, all of which were opposed. The new requirement js that he be able to eat and di- gest Army chow" It states;
 For general military service in all branches:
 "Registrants who have no dis qualifying physical defects ex- cept a lack of the required num- Der of teeth as set forth in para graph 31a, Mobilization Regula-
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-02
NENANA ICE POOL WELL ORGANIZED

The Nenana Ice ool organiza- ton has started functioning in preparation for the great annual spring event. Tickets can be had al the Nome Drug Store, Polar Bar, the Navada saloon and at Jack Solomon's.
 Rules governing the l942 Ice Pool contest are:
 Nenana Ice Pool closes April 1, 1922, midnight.
 No refunds for rejected tickets. No silent partners will be re- cognized as winners.
 Key ticket--Nane of combine ton signed on front of ticket, placing as many names as con- Venient on back; making your combination list as follows:
 Key ticket Serial No.
 Name of Combination
 Names
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-02

tions l-9, August 3l, l940, when. in the opinion of the examining physician they are well nourish- ed. of good musculature. are free Of gross dental infections. and have sufficient teeth (natural or artifciaD to subsist on the Army ration"
 Eye requirements now read:
 For general military service in all noncombatant branches:
 "Registrants whose visual acu- ity is below 20-100 but not below 20-200 in each eye without glass es if correctible to 20-4O in each eye. (The actual possession of suitable glasses by an individual is not required for his acceptance under these standards.)"
 In its memorandum 10 local boards, announcing these new Army standards, National Head quarters stated:
 It is, therefore, directed that all local boards reopen and con- sider anew the classification of all registrants heretofore classi- fled in Glass 1-B or Class 4-F by reason of deficiencies in teeth or eYeSipht." :"
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-02

The papers refer to the conference at Rio as a suc- cess. Chile and Argentina, it is true, fell short of giv- ing complete support, but even they did not attack the wisdom of severing dip lomatic relations with the Axis powers, considered in the abstract. A small leak may sink a great ship. A fleeing of relief will pass over the Western Hemi- sphere if and when the countries mentioned fall into line. They will feel in an economic way, the re- suits of being under sus- picion. They know, more- over, that if they play with Nazi fire until their own house is ignited, the Demo- cratic fire brigade may be inclined to answer other alarms first.
 A statue of Commodore MettheW C. Perry, which stands in a Japanese town, will be torn down and brok en to pieces. He is remem- bered chiefly as the man who concluded the treaty wherebf Japan was opened to the United States. Dur ing the World War, a Wash lngton statue of Frederick the Great was removed from its pedestal: not in or der that it might be de- stroyed, but so that it could be protected against mutil- ation by some misguided nut. Almost anyone would be uneasy if called upon to define culture offhand, but the two statue incident seem to be connected with 1t in some way.
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-02
Washington Current Comment

It does not seem so long ago. time runs, that Wash overwhelmed the trolley line to Fort Meyer to have look at flying machine. The craft up an incline, took dive into the air, and went up rather than down, to the relief of the spectators The flight lasted an hour and three quarters, establishing world record
 great deal has happened to aviation since the days when the Wright brothers were shoWmen and their product a curiousity. The romantic scout sneaking through the underbrush to locate an army exists main y in tales o old time adventure The twenty thousand ton bateSh1p, once referred to lighting machine, at present is no more than target and source of worry to its owner Several hundred miles of nterven Ing water give no assurance that enemy remote at will not have the region desolated before sundoWn
 These and other considerations put the Senate into rapid motion with respect to the appropriation which made more than eleven billion dollars available for the construction of thrty-three thousand planes It was all over in half hour The measure was describ ed in phrase that has now become common, as "the largest single appropriation ever presented to Con- gress for the procurement of military equipment" Prac ucaly the only objection raised that by voting money long before the actual time for outlay arrived Congress was surrendering it's power over federal spending.
 Little thought is required to reach the conclusion that, next to reverses in Russia the promise of Am erlcan eXpeditionary force followed by the landing of troops in Ireland disturbed the recesses of Hiter'S mind more than anything else that has happened since
 
 number and potency of his enemies have increased the Fuehrer may note that the egging of Japan by Germany has not produced quite the result that expected. The United States has worked to do in the Pacific, but the task is far from being large enough to keep her hands full Nazi Germany is the establish ed and primary foe Japanese activity against this try is more than engagement in against Democracy that was under way long before Pearl Harbor
 The that fighting Europes battles and leaving Gen. MacArthur to hoe his own row. of course reached the of Secretary Knox He ed it, not by denying that wholesale aid going the Atlantic but by the statement that the Navy would be busy in any part of the globe where there need of it's services Coupled with this the remark that the Navy already was giving good account of itself in the southern seas Perhaps Mr. Knox eX- plained, throwing all growing strength into the Pacific would amount to flying straight into Hitlers net
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-02
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25

without upsetting the diplomatic applecart of U. S. foreign relations. ALLIED COUNTRIES
 ARE HELPING PROGRAM
 The conviction behind all this economic scouting for imports is that there still remain vast re- sources of many essential raw ma- terials in Central and South Amer ica, Africa or elsewhere which can be tapped to supply the United Ma tions' machinery of war. Recent announcement of the sending of one of these missions to South Af- rica Is a case in point.
 Paralleling the work of the De- velopmentS branch is an Industrial Engineering branch in which are being gathered a staff of technical men to work with foreign producers and help them increase their out put in every way possible. Say Haiti finds a way to harvest and increase the yield of a wild rubber plant. Movies of that operation are made and taken to other countries where wild rubber is found, to show these other producers how to 1r1. crease their yield.
 With world shortage of jute for bagging, idle and obsolete bag-mak- ing machinery in the United States was shipped off to Cuba to make cotton bags for the sugar crop which the United States must im- port in toto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25

Carl Deeley, smiling stamp window custodian at the
 post office deserves lot of credit for the very unique colorfu and most fitting blue and gold service bulletin which now covers the space between the two stamp
 windows It's an attractive reminder of the local postal boys who are now serving in various branches of the Army Navy, Marines and Coast Guards. A beautiful bulletin around which the caption Military Service Waterbury Postal Employees is easily discernible in huge gold letters There three columns of names of mail workers underneath each carefully glued in gold letters against blue background. The first column has names the second and third six apiece ndi- with 19 real American men, Listed are Arol Charbon- neau Thomas Walsh, Joseph Mnnehan, Adolph Jaku- baIskas, Raymond Hansen John Savn, Thomas Corden, Leonard Browne Howard Dews Albert Aanskas Richard Dumschat, George Byrnes John Cruski Donald Grove, James Griffin John Miller, Edward Sutton Abram Nadel the work of Mr. Deeley who spent many long hours of tedious work in accomplishing the memorial to his postal buddieS Most believe it's the work of professional artist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25
.USO LEADERSi IN MEETING TODAY
Discuss Campaign Plans to Raise $52,OOO as
 City's Quota

Majors of the six divisions which will take part in the United Service Organizations drive next month met at the Y. M. O. A. this afternoon to camp plans for the drive. Water bury has been given a quota of $52,- 900 in the drive, which opens June ?. John A. Coe is general chairman.
 Division majors are: Mrs. Austin L. Adams, Miss Agnes c. Fitzpatrick Miss Kathryn w. Hayes, Mrs. Arr thur Hertzmark, Daniel T. Earring ton, Jr, and Harry x. Cashin.
 Members of factory committees will meet at the Y. M. c. A. to- morrow noon to arrange for their part in the campaign.
 MT. Coe has announced the fol- lowing appointments: Wendell L. Cross, to be chairman of the indus trial corporation gifts committee; Rudolph Tata, of the Truck Drivers local and John J. Driscoll. of the Waterbury Brass Workers Union, to the labor cooperation committee.
 Mrs. Nelson A. Pomeroy, chair man of the special gifts commit tee, has called @ meeting of that group for Thursday at 4 o'clock. Members of her committee are Austin L. Adams, Edmund J. Daly, Mrs. Frank P. McEvoy, Frederick s. Chase, John P. Elton Chauncey P. Goss, 3d, Charles Greenblatt, Lewis J. Hart, pr. Andrew J.. Jackson, Mrs. Charles L. Larkin and Levi Wilcox.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25
STRAND

! startling" thoroughly absorb ing" most interesting" were the comments of the patrons who view ed Unseen Eneniy," now at the Strand, featuring Leo Carrilio, Andy Devine, Don Terry, Irene Hervey and Turhan Bey, this spy story has one of the most daring and novel plots ever conceived. Don Terry, as the Canadian intelligence officer, is assigned to crush a band of Nazis whose task is to rig out an interned Jap freighter and re- lease it to prey on U. S. shipping. Most interesting is the manner Tn which the Nazis gather crew. smuggle arms and make the neces- sary preparations prio to sailing the sea raider. As the story prog resses, their plans proceed smoothly until they discover the intelligence Oflcer on their trail. By quirk oI circumstances, his identity becomes known to them. From there one. the ensuing events are fast and turi- ous resulting in most startiing denouement. Irene Hervey carries along the romance. opposite Don Terry, in a convincing manner. Leo Garlic, as the father of Irene Her" yey, turns in a fine performance, Andy Deyine provides enc necee- saryi comedy sequences.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25
CHARTER GIVEN !. AHA. CHAPTER
Newly Formed Unit Holds Exercises at Hebrew
 Institute

Louis sidman of Boston, field sec retary of district one presented a permanent charter to the Water bury Chapter of A. 2. A. yesterday at annual charter day ceremonies in the Hebrew institute.
 Speakers at the afternoon pro- gram included Mir. sidman, Rabbi Max Gifter, Lawrence Matzkin, president of the Waterbury B'nai B'riht; Abbott Rosen, president of the Connecticut Valley region; Mur- ray Levine, Connecticut Valley re- gional deputy; Leonard Sacks, Joel Bemick and Norman Feitelson.
 Ohicers seated were: Alvin Reiner president; Leonard Sacks, vice. president; William Kaplan, secre- tary; Donald Traurig, treasurer; Arnold Shiller, sergeant at arms; Bert Maduick, assistant sergeant at arms; Morton Tarr, chaplain; and Herman Sochin, publicity.
 The dance was arranged by Alvin Reiner and Leonard Sacks, CO., chairman; Franklin Litsky, Herman Sochin, Robert Cohen, Burton Co- hen, Arnold Shiller, Milton Kadish, Sanford Krabitz and Morton Tarr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25
STATE

If you intend to see Bette Davis in her new Academy Award pie ture "In This Our Life" currently at Warmers State theater you'll have to hurry as performances to- morrow evening positively conclude its engagement. Olivia de Havil- land, George Brent and Dennis Morgan are also starred. On the same show is Sweetheart of the Fleet with Joan Davis, Jinx Fal- kenburg and Brenda and Cobina. Remember, this swell show posi- lively ends tomorrow evening.
 Plenty of excitement and TO- nance will be the order of the day at the State starting Wednesday when "Juke Girl" starring Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan makes its debut at that theater as the headliner of the smash double bill.
 Miss Sheridan who recently scored such 8 grand hit in difficult char acterization for Kings Row." fol- lows 1t up with a difficult role in luke Girl" She is cast as girl to whom dancing means everything. Wherever there's music and gaiety, there you'll find Ann. When the picture opens Ann and her girl friend, played by Faye Emerson, are working in a Florida tavern freQuented by bunch of gruff but friendly itinerant fruit and vege- table pickers.
 The peopqlye are hard-workers by day an dspend their nights try ing to crowd every minute with enc joyment. Into this town come two pals, played by Ronald Reagan and Richard Whorf, looking for work They are completely different emo- tionalIy and in their ideas of right and wrong.
 Reagan and Tobais form a part nership which goes along favorably until Gene Lockhart interferes and Tobias is killed during a brutal fight. The film reaches a roaring climax when Lockhart duplicates Reagan and Sheridan with the killing and organizes 8 lynch mok to take care of them before they can be brought to trial.
 And for your further enjoyment the management presents ''True ts the Army" . riot of laughs ana musIc, with Allan Jones, Jud! Canova, Ann Miller and Jerrl Colopna in the starring leads,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25
Import Scouts Seek New Sources Of Goods Needed To Win The War
BY PETER EDISON


 NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 Washington, May 25-The Board of Economic Warfare's Oflce of Imports was set up only a month ago, following a Presidential order which gave BEW overall author ity to direct procurement of raw materials and commodities other than munitions required for war production and civilian economy.
 Before this order, responsibility for procurement of imports had been scattered among 8 number of government agencies War Pro- duct!on Board, Department of State through it's trade treaties, Treas ury's government purchasing, de- partment, Department of Agricul- ture, which looked after the food programs, and several of the loan agencies now in the Department of Commerce setup = Metals Reserve Company.
 GENERAL STAFF
 GUIDES AGENCIES
 The jobs of none of these agen- cies have been changed by BEW, but their direction is now central ized under a general staff to co- ordinate the whole program.
 Just as an army travels on its stomach, so a nation = the people at home who feed and equip the army-must also subsist. If the country behind the army is not kept a going concern, then the army itself must fail for lack of supplies. That is where the de- fensive strategy of the Board of Economic Warfare comes in for its job of finding and importing the goods most needed to win the war.
 In peace times all such matters of import are left to private busi- ness, subject only to the tariff law restrictions affecting the national economy. In war time-with ship ping shortages for both imports and exports, with normal sources of raw materials and commodities in the hands of the enemy and with pri- critics in force at home - the con- trol of imports is now taken over by the government so that only those goods which are essential shall be brought in, and that they shall be brought in on time and in quantities necessary for the job. MUST FIND NEW ... MATERIAL SOURCES
 The type of problem which now confronts BEW's Office of Imports most frequently is one of finding new sources of materials. Rubber, tin and fiber supplies, for instance, were largely cut of when the Japs moved into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. To meet situations of this kind, office of Imports has a development branch. They are the scouts" of the BEW - engineers, economists, agricultural explorers who are formed into missions and sent out into the open parts of the world to find new plants, new mines, new sources of supply of all kinds which will yield the fibers and the metals that American manufacturers can turn into ma terials of war.
 Each of these missions is organ ized in cooperation with the De- partment of State so that trade treaties and deals can be made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25
Nine Parents Chosen
 ToBroadcast To Sons
Waterbury Woman Among Number to Take Part in
 Worldwide "COnneCticut CalIing'' Program

Nine parents of Connecticut men 1t the armed forces stationed in foreign lands have been chosen to join with Governor Robert A. Hur- ley, Miss Grace Moore, James Mel ton, Walter O'Keefe and State De- fense Administrator Samuel H. Fisher in "Connecticut Calling" the first world wide broadcast by any state to its boys in service. The program sponsored by the State De- fense Council, will be presented Wednesday evening from Bushnell Memorial Hall from 8:30 to 9 p. m. over the Mutual Network.
 Six mothers and three fathers will broadcast personal messages to their sons and daughters who are stationed in Iceland, Australia, the Far East, the Middle East and the British Isles. They are: Mrs. Ann Muchalight, whose daughter was the first Hartford nurse to volun- teer; Mrs. Joseph Stone, Mrs. Will liam Rivers, Mrs. H. Hauptman, Cecil Stevens, and T. A. McCaffrey, all of Hartford: Harold D. Watson of West Hartford; Mrs. Peter J. Cote of Bristol; and Mrs. Frank Pugliese of Waterbury.
 The program for the broadcast is now complete, Richard B. Walsh of the State Defense Council, chair man of the committee in charge, announced today. The Connecticut WPA Symphony, which will provide the music, will be directed by one of the foremost musicians in the country. Isaac Van Grove, will sare the podium with Director Henry Busse for numbers by Miss Moore and MT. Melton. MT. Van Grove directed Miss Moore's recent Good Will Tour through Latin America, and is noted as the former director of the Chicago Civic Opera com- pany, the Cincinnati Opera, and more recently. has been associated with Max Reinhardt in New York and Hollywood productions.
 Miss Moore has selected two of the songs which rank among the all-time favorites. She will sing "One Night of Love" from her mo- ton picture of the same name, and with Mir. Melton, vii sing the duet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25
Movies Playing
 Today
POLES

Clyde Lucas brings his new or- chestra to the stage of the LoeW Poli Theater Thursday and Friday of this week, for a 2 days personal appearance, with four shows to be presented daily. The Lucas musical organization is famous across the country as a cop entertaining or- cl1estra, combining subtle dance rhythms and sock floor shows.
 Featured in the orchestra as a vocalist and instrumentalist Is Clyde's younger brother, Lyn Lucts Lyn plays ten musical instruments including the saxophone, clarinet, violin, flue, mandolin and Cuban instruments including the Bongos and the ripple. Tn addition. Lyn's romantic baritone voice is featured in many of the ballad arrangements of the band.
 Also featured in the Lucas or- chestra is Eve Knight, Teddy Mar tin, and Al De Crescent.
 An extra added attraction on the bill is the dancing star of the brOauWay stage uAt, C1d1y WAV1A the Heat" lovely Diosa Costello, the Puerto Rican Tornado, while other big stars include, the Water bury favorite, Bob Howard, "The Famous Ambassador of Rhythm" who is a long standing radio favor ite, having been heard recently on the Duffy's Tavern Program over Station WABC; them there is tall, dark and funsome Jan Murray, re- gently featured at Leo & Eddie's restaurant in New York, and com pleting the fine bill are the Six Grays, favorite dancing family in the theater world of today.
 Current on the Loew Poli screen is '"Tortilla Flat" starring Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamar and John Gar field, with Frank Morgan and other favorites. The second big hit is About Face" a comedy featuring William Tracy and Joe Sawyer This program positively concludes 1t engagement here on Wednesday evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-25

Ambrose scully of Sylvan Avenue, veteran member of our composing room personnel, has laid aside his ruler and apron for week to vacation at Home Beach, . Henry c. Rochette and George J. stankevicus were recently awarded 25 year gold service pins at Scovs
 . Joyce Mulcrone, Crosby senior, has been awarded fu-tution scholarship at Barnard College at Columbia University where she will major in science Shirley Langley has made paying hobby of designing lapel
 pipe cleaners selling them to her friends She follows the patriotic trend in fashions designing soldiers sailors and Red Cross She got the inspiration from pins she saw in downtown stores.