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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01
MOTHERS LAWN
 PARTY BIG SUCCESS

Naugatuck, July l The lawn party held by the Mothers Club of St. lFrancis Church at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Schaffer, Trowbridge place yesterday was, well attended and was a finaiicial suc- cess, Mrs. Frances Shanahan, chair man of the committee in charge, said today.
 Various games were played and refreshments were served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01
LUTHERAN WOMEN CONVENE TOMORROW

Naugatuck, July 1-The Ladies Aid of St. Pauls Evangelical Luth- eran church will meet tomorrow night in the church hall, instead of Friday evening as previously sched- uled. Mrs. John Enamait, president, will preside. After the business ses- sion, refreshments will be served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01
ANCIENT TORTOISE

The giant tortoise of Mauritius spent 160 years on the island be- fore 1t was removed to England. The age of the reptile is unknown since 1t was of great size when brought to Mauritius from AL dabra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01
NOT A SOLID

The sun rotates on an axis. The period of rotation ct its equator Is PAT days, while near the poles it is as, much as 34 days, which tends to prove the sun is not solid body.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01
PARKING METERS
 REAL EFFECTIVE

Naugatuck, July 1-Payment for parking went into effect today and an immediate effect was noticeable. Strets that are ordinarily lined with cars were virtually bare at times today. Residents are reminded that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01
RUBBER COMPANY
 PURCHASES LAND

Naugatuck, July The US. Rubber company has bought two acre piece of land at the corner of Elm street and Spencer street from the Naugatuck Fuel company according to warranty deed filed recently at the office of Town Clerk Raymond J. St. John. The purchase price, according to tax stamps on the deed, is approximately $3,000.
 This was bought for the Nauga- tuck Chemical division of the US Rubber, it was learned from Philip Rice, factory manager at the Chemi- cal today. There is no intention to build there, MT. Rice said, the pur- chase being made so that the com pany could have further possession of land in that vicinity.
 they must pay for parking where the meters are installed now, or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01
Just Call 5.1184

and your laundering troubles are over. We will have a routeman drop by for your laundry bundle every week, return your flat work, linens, clothing and other washable items to you spotlessly clean.
 Our laundering is "easy" on clothes. In fact, we have so much confidence in our extra-careful laundering that we guarantee all shirts laundered here ex- clusively A FULL YEARS WEAR.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01

they must pay for parking where the meters are installed now, or otherwise be subject to arrest.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-12-18
X0lleX Settler = Le cember l9. 1912. Paae S

CHURCH NOTICES FOX PhLMER.
SUNDAY DECEMBER Is
Valley Chapel Pastors
Rev. sn6 Mrs. Herman E. Boyer
Church School & Worship 1000 an
Preaching Service 500 pm
"Wednesday Evening Service 500 pm
ST. Joints Lutheran Pastor
Woodrow Kurth
Chris tmas Eve Vesper Service,
Thursday evening, Dec 24. 8. 90 r..e
AcCrdiol we comJ is extenced to sill
Morning Worship with the celotratlor
Of Holy Communion on. ,.....z... -.
Sunday, Dec. 81, HOO an
Those who wi sh to rece1v4 the ~2cra
mont ere asked to register with the
pastor before the service.
Sunday School at $50 an
Catholic Church Pastor
Father Sn6ed
Mass every Sunday 1000 am
Mid-nioht Mass: Christmas I've
December Gath.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-12-18
"YE CRITICS.

You with the critic eye---
Try watching yourself pass by.
Have you done your bit
Tc help mankind;
Or Gems cree others
With fault tc FIND?
Die you givc your lift
TO boost the load?
Have you helped friend
DER q rough road?
Do ycu live just rieht---
Refrain from vice?
Does your past RECORD
Show up right nice?
Unless ycE re immune
From worldly sin,
Check up On yCursel If
When you begin.
Nc life is peri Get.
Though hiah = -os!---
Don't Juege another
Until ycU know,
Mari erie Cathcart
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10

Five citizens Of Great Britain
lately residents OF Detroit, were on
their way back 10 England today
They represent the first group
from this area 10 answer the call
OF the British government for all
IT'S subjects not in essential war
work, 10 return 10 England be-
cause of the manpOwer shortage
there.
Four OF The returning Britons
are women
But they will fill mems
shoes back In England" said
Arthur Bray, British vice consul,
who saw them off at the Mlchl-
gan Central station last night.
Eupremla DoddS of 1924 Fair
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Rubbish Service
Improved After
Times Charges

Charges. contained in a Detroit
Times story two weeks ago. that
certain employees Of tho DPW were
Taking rubbish loads TO bring
them up TO the required size did
a lot Of good" DPW Commissioner
William NJ. Walker told common
council today.
As result Of tho charges,
Walker said an investigation was
conducted which placed the COM
missioner and the superintendent
ION their toes" Through series
of conferences. many faults were
ironcd out and the rubbish collect
ing service cant help but i'm
prove" Walker said
lie said il was discovered that,
in some sections. IL was virtually
impossible 10 bring in the four
loads per day required without the
truck drivers working an hour
overtime. In other sections, he
said n was found that collectors
were picking up the heavy rub
Dish, such AZ ashes, and leaving
tree branches and similar articles
which took more 10 make a full
load
AS n result. I've Instructed
fhe department 10 make ~
many loads ~ necessary 10 do
the Job" Walker sand
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10

Neither plane nor pilot were
harmed when C. !. MicNhirtcr,
Crosse He naval base flicr. made
"a forced landing in a field on the
Ncl~ T. nelson farm four mllc>
west OF Nj. Clemens after ms
motor developed trouble. A night
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Witt IofN ATS

Cecilia White, "a, of 1919 Lin
coin. said she will join the ATS,
England'S version Of the WAACs
Mrs. Pauline Morris OF 1928 Mont.
clair has left her two children with
relatives here and will join her
husband at work in an English
war plant.
The lone man Of the group, Johr
Mckee. who has been unemployed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Annual EO0aSfesaQsVW Show
On W.DIe TOIIlOrE'OW Night
Galaxy Of Air Artists
Will Answer Requests
Of Newsboys' Friends

A grand radio program awaits
YOU il you dial Station AAIR- lz6n
kilocycleSl at ll:15 p. m tomor-
row for "Detroit's Radio Show If
the Year, the annual Detroit
Times-WJR Goodfcllow Broadcast
A galaxy of WJR artists will be
heard by many thousands in De-
troit and elsewhere The program,
as well as giving you an oppor-
tunity for superb entertainment,
also Will enable you 10 help the
old NcwsboyS bring happy
Christmas TO undcrprINilogcd De
troit children. for as IN past years,
the broadcast Will offer you an
opportunity 10 request a special
song or musical number and 10
pledge money for the old News
boys GoodiellOW Christmas Fund.
You may phone your request
tomorrow night 10 Station WJR
tMAdlson i1i0) making pledge
Of money hiCh lou drc asked 10
fulm promptly Money should bc
sent 10 Norman White Station
WJR, Fisher Building Detroit If
you wish YOU may make your To-
quest by mail today
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10

In commemoration OF Pearl Har-
Dor Week the Brewery Workers
Union. Local 3S, Go, purchased
S13.6O0 worth of war bonds with
money from the unions treasury
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10

indicated he will seek work in an
English Shipyard,
All have been residents Of De-
troit since the last war except
Mrs. Morris. She brought her two
children 10 the United States in
ll940 TO escape bombing attacks.
A cheering crowd OF English and
IS ottish acquaintance said
good-by at the station last night
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Center 10 Coast Guard

ATLANTIC CITY, ~ J., Dec.
10 uNSl.-AcquiSi'ion by the
coast guard of the 100000 At-
lantic City jewish community
center building Will be formally
completed today Al a celebration
dinner Of local Jewish leaders and
officers of the coast guard
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
: BrifOnS 90 Back
-Four English Women, Man Leave Detroit in Answer
TO Empires Call for War Workers

field and Georgina Anderson Of
1869 Fisher were employed in do
nestle work here. They will do
canteen work with war aid COM
mittees, Bray said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
People You Know
Bv WILLIAM =. JACK

Tncrcn ho p bic time tomorrow
evening t7r the boys Of tho
Potrs'r1' children Home u
East Jefferson avenue rs a
special Christmas party Al the
Hannah Branch OF The YNCA un-
dor sponsorship Of the residence
men headed by Ted Williams.
FIRST tho boys VIII be brought
70 the ~ in private cars. Then
hey VIII 20 for a half-hour swim
IN 're pool followed by roast
chicken dinner. Later Santa Claus
~ll appear before tho tree m. the
nam lounge 70 distribute candy
nuts. apples and three gifts Tor
clch boy
serving on Tho committee with
William, 3Ta Charles l.. NacDon-
old. Max Lee, Cliff Gov man, Mar
cine Cook. John Duffy. Victor
Toumincn. Paul Quinn and Dave
Mackenzie.
Mrs. Ruth Murphy. teacher Of
Home Room "a IN the Highland
Park junior High School believes
her students deserve a lot Of credit
for the way they went 20 work
selling war bonds and stamps on
Pearl larbor day.
They sold 81 600 worth 70 them
selves and their parents All
were paid for in cash The amount
is nearly half of tho total sold
by the whole school, which wa
about $1,000
Speaking or Sllc~men. Patrol
man John +. Head of Hunt street
Station won top hoDorS when he
sold on bloc the station remain
ing - tickets for the police depart
mcnt boxing show
They were bought hy Walter
Do>>in. head Of the food products
firm bearing his name and a mem
bar Of tho board of health He's
going 10 turn them over TO tho
United States Coast Guard here
So - CoaStGuard>mcn Will soc
gratis tho show at Olympia or
December IS.
Tho Rev. Howard ". Anderson
for q years an American resident
IN India. viii be speaker and dis.
cuSSIon leader at the final session
of the Hannah YNCA's current
forum series on Understanding
our Allies" The session will be.
Gin at 100 p. m. Monday under
craftsmanship of Howard 4. Pills.
bury, head Of the forum commit.
tee.
In commemoration OF Pearl Har
Dor Week. the Brewery Worker,
Union. Local 3S, Go, purchase
$4,000 worth of war bonds Will
money from the unions treasury
Neither plane nor pilot wcr,
harmed when {. j. MicNhirtcr
Crosse He naval base fllcr, made
forced landing i'm field on the
Ncls =. nelson farm four milo
west OF Nj Clemens after In
motor developed trouble A nigh
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
DONATE SERVICES

a thing 10 bear IN mInd Artists
and STATS Of WJR are donating
their services. All they ask IN re-
turn is that DctrO,tcrS respond
freely in the drive 20 help tho
Goodfcllow Fund So far as pos
Sible. every request for music or
song Will hc fulfilled
The man who Won acclaim rs
"The Mcrflc odd Chief Of tho
NKanSaS City Night Hawks pro-
4 sram, Leo j Fitzpatrick now gen
cral manager and vice president Of
WJR. viii direct tho program as
sisted by Norman White. WJR
executive and past prc>idcn, Of the
Old New hoN> Goodlcllow Fund
and "Unclc' Neal Tommy 81 WJR
The air shall be filled with music
when the respective orchc~traS Of
Samuel BcnaVc and Paul LaFoic
Through The courtesy az the De
'roit Federation az NJ iciane
play al intervals throughout the
evening
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10

watch OF navy mon was place.
AZ the plane until is remova
Yesterday morning.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
I'D Rather Be Right
Morine Union PorIey Was Example Of Revolt
Against Idle Talk Thot Con Bring Victory

about "anti-union employers who
sabotage production committees for
fear that industry will be Sovietized,"
and nloment later he poked labor
leaders VINO fear labor unity and an
end of jurisdictional chaos.
Then he added: And We hope
that the Russians will whip the
Nazis, but not be too unreasonable
about spreading their uncomfortable
doctrines outside of Russia"
Mr.. Bard. in word, undressed us.
There ere number of people in
Washington who must have felt the
wind around their knees before he
finished. He undressed us, and he
said: Look at u.s." and that is what
l mean by the absence of cant. Mr..
Bards speech was as shocking as
the first short skirt.
Wen Win If CANT Ceases.
For we have been drowning In
can't, suffocating in tide of mush-
mouth talk, since Pearl Harbor. But
there was Mr.. Bard on the platform,
saying frankly that, so far, 1--WE are
still losing this war" refusing to
give us a word of false comfort,
refusing to talk about the shameful
and selfisn rubber squabble in the
time-nonored Washington formula:
I'VE admit there are difficulties in
the way Of progress, but if we over.
come the difficulties We shall GER
tainly progress"
No, there was Mr.. Bard, looking
at the war straight and clean, too
concerned about it to juggle it, and
at the end he poured himself out,
saying that if we would only break
out the standard Of democratic
idealism," stop "fexing our i'm
aginary muscles" and go to work,
telling the truth, shaming the devil
and solving problems, we might win.
say 1t was great convention.
truth came out of her corsets and
scandalized the town. I say that the
rebellion against cant, against con-
clllatlng industrial and labor selfish
ness, instead of exposing it: against
kidding the Negro instead of giving
him job; against lying about India,
say, instead of freeing it, can give
us victory.
For the Axis people must be sick
OF cant, TOO. They get it, like our
selves. We hear about difficulty in
the way of unity which makes for
less progress in our harmony" and
they hear about the nucleus Ger
man and his great role in connection
with the peripheral Teuton."
When we begin to tell the truth
and offer bread, milk and freedom
10 the people of the world instead of
words about it, we shall win. Thev
Will rise with us in joint rebellion
against cant. I think that's what
Mr.. Bard meant when he said break
out the banner. He, like many of us
| is SICK OF losing and sick of words
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Grand Opera basso 10 Sing
Al War Bond Rally Oct. II

Nicola Moscona, Metropolitan Op-
era Co. basso, will sing at a War
Bond rally sponsored by local Ital-
ian-American organizations on CO.
lumbus Day, October II, at the De-
partmental Auditorium. it was an
nounced yesterday.
The young singer was born in
Greece and attracted attention fol-
lowing his debut a few years ago in
Athens. He joined the Metropolitan
in 1887. He made his first concert
appearance in Washington three
years ago.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed to rebroadcast, during the local
rally, a speech to be made by At
torney General Biddle to a similar
meeting at Carnegie Hall in New
York.
Ugo Carusi, executive assistant to
the Attorney General, will act as
master of ceremonies at the local
rally. General chairman of the
meeting is Ralph Cipriano.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
EIkins Elected President
OF Graphic Arts Group

Dial H. Elkins was elected presi-
dent OF the Graphic Arts Association
last night during meeting In the
Mayflower Hotel. He presented re-
firing President Edwin H. Evans q
wrist watch on behalf Of the mem
bership.
Other officers named were Richard
Chamberlin. vice president: Nelson
P. Mitchell. recording secretary, and
Charles E. Murray, treasurer.
Mr.. Elkins, president Of Bait,
Bates & Co.. also is chairman Of the
Graphic Arts Committee to CO.
operate with the Stage Door Cam
teen.
Directors elected included Shorey
Allan, Clarence H. Taylor, John G.
Harlowe, George A. Simonds, Alvin
L. Sauls, j. Benton Webb, Harvey
Brasse, Harry c. Bates. Louis
Dreisonstok, Richard M. Nash and
Gilbert r. Leake.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
This Changing World
London Denial OF U. S. Transports Loss
Seen Refutotion Of Nozi Propaganda

by troop-carrying conveys make
it difficult for the Nazis to place
submarine packs In their path.
Only an amazingly unfortunate
coincidence would bring these
transports within reach Of the
U-boats.
Shortage Of Trained Crews.
It had been believed that the
Nazi high command was more
interested in stopping ships
laden with war material for Rus
sia than attacking troopships.
Since in these operations a num-
Der of attacking submarines have
been lost, it was generally con-
sidered unlikely that Nazi naval
commanders would risk their
ships to sink American troop
transports, operations in which
they took a great chance OF los
Ing most of the attacking subs.
According to naval informa-
ton, the Nazis have a large num-
Der Of subs available. but the
problem of trained crews Is still
serious. 1t takes much longer.
for instance, to train men for
submarine warfare than to train
pilots and bombardiers.
Although during the last war
the Germans threw into action
as many as IS submarines at
time, only few were really
capable of doing serious damage.
These were the underseas craft
commanded by experienced off,
GERS and crews who had man.
aged to survive the anti-subma-
rine warfare. The rest of them
newly trained personnel-had
certain nuisance value but
were not much feared. The same
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Inspection Stations Find
Tires UnderinfIated

washington motorists evidently
think that official admonitions to
check the air pressure in their tires
as a means of conserving them is
just a lot of talk.
Iseports from the Districts two
safety inspection stations indicate
that most motorists who appear with
their cars for mechanical examina-
tons are also found to have under
inflated tires. Supervising Inspector
c. w. Reed explains that while un-
der-inf1ated tires are not sufficient
grounds for rejecting the vehicles,
motorists should be warned that tires
will last longer if they carry the
maximum amount of air pressure
advised by the manufacturer. Mr..
Reed advised motorists to check
their tires at least once a week and
to rotate them from wheel to wheel
at specified intervals as means of
conservation.
1t was also pointed out by the in
spector that when a tire is under
inflated, gasoline is wasted because
additional power is necessary to take
up the drag when vehicles are in mo-
ton
Evening star., 1942-09-29

was at first shrouded in utmost
secrecys the number of conveys
sent to England has increased so
much in recent weeks that they
have been dispatched in broad
daylight under the eyes of thou
sands Of people gathered at the
waterfronts of the various ports
of embarkation.
The transports have always
been strongly conveyed by war
ships of all types. The escort was
so powerful that it was consid-
cred suicidal for enemy sub
marines to attack the troopships.
Fastest Liners Are Used.
This was due to two factors;
First, the escorts comprised
enough warships to permit the
commander to utilize strong de-
fensive detachments all the way
across the Atlantic; second, as a
rule men going to the European
zone of operations were embarked
on liners which were faster than
the submarines.
The ordinary convoy carrying
war material and foodstuffs is
composed of all. types of mer-
chantmen, from liners to slow
tramps, and the speed of the con-
voy is governed by the speed of
the slowest ship, which some
times does not exceed 8 or 9 knots.
The liners used for troops are
fast vessels, however, cruising at
usual transatlantic liner speed.
Thus the principal menace to
them would be an unexpected at
tack by submarines or planes.
The latter, however, are not q
potent menace until the trans
ports come to within a few hun
dred miles of the British Isles.
Then they have air protection OF
British land-based planes.
The different routes followed
Evening star., 1942-09-29

thing applies this time. Ex-
perienced U-boat crews are still
rare, and the objective must be
important before the German
high command will risk sacrifice
ing them.
1t is probable that the Nazis
have become worried over the in
creased number of men forming
the new AEF in Europe and
Africa.
The official denial from Lon
don would indicate that Herr
Joseph Goebbel's imaginative
propaganda machine has now
drafted the Nazi high command
to it's assistance. German off,
cial communiques are prone to
exaggerate victories and minimize
setbacks, but until now they have
not been caught with an all
out falsehood. It appears that
Herr Goebbels has asked the ad-
miralty to help him in his en-
deavor to shake the morale Of
the American people, who have
heretofore been accustomed to
seeing their soldiers ferried across
the Atlantic without losses.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

I want to call your attention to
the recent convention of the Indus
trial Union Of Marine and Ship
building workers in New York. 1t
was great convention. 1t gets the
gold star because it was so free from
cant.
Do you know what can't is? Cant
is mushmouth talk. Cant is when
you talk as if you are trying to swal-
low hot potato while keeping your
eye fixed on dollar. Cant is saying
the kind Of empty nothing to an
audience that you wouldn't dare say
at your own dinner table, because
people would laugh.
The rebellion against cant started
when John Green, president of the
union, looked his members in the eye
and said to them that British work
ers were building ships faster than
American workers, and what did
American workers propose to do
about it?
That's not the way one talks at
convention A convention is where
everybody in sight is better than
everybody else; convention is de-
vice for putting mutual admiration
on straight-line production basis.
But Mr.. Green said fatty: Trade
unionism -as-usual must go" He de-
clared that production is the first,
chief and major problem, that the
union must work for it in co-opera-
ton with even hostile employers Let
'em hate you, he said, in effect, to
his men, but get the ships out.
Accepted All Implications.
This was bold enough. Everybody
is willing to except so per cent of the
implications of our crisis. Mr.. Green
accepted them all, without coyness,
evasion, or cant.
Two days later, at the same con-
vention, we were treated to the ex-
traordinary spectacle of an Assistant
Secretary of the Navy cooking with
gas. Ralph A. Bard, the official in
question, made his speech. cannot
believe it yet. Tell me, did he really
say something like:
1--WE pirate about our unity.
Then we retire to the wood shed
with sharp pencil and clean shin
gle, to figure out whether the 'agri-
cultural or the petroleum interests
will grab the synthetic rubber busi-
ness"
1t SENS to me I also heard Mr..
Bard say: 1--WE hope we can enlist
the support of the shoeless masses of
Latin America and our own Negroes,
without having to do too much to-
ward solving the agrarian problems
of our neighbors to the south, or the
economic problems OF our fellow
Americans"
And I could swear 7 distinctly
heard Mr.. Bard make some remark
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Nv CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The official announcement
from London denying the Ger
man claim that three transports
carrying American soldiers had
been sent to the bottom from
the midst Of a strong convoy,
fully confirms the skepticism
with which responsible authori-
ties received this Nazi commu-
niQue yesterday.
While a large number of ves-
sells carrying war materials to
Russia and Britain have been de-
stroyed by Nazi raiders, not a
single troopship has been an
nounced as sunk so far. Our
transportation of soldiers and
equipment in this war began with
the occupation of Iceland. In the
last six months the tempo has
been stepped up considerably.
While the movement OF Ameri-
can soldiers to European outposts
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Critics Forum to Open
FuII Season Thursday

The opening meeting of the fall
season of the Critics Forum, featur-
ing Catholic thought on best-sellers
will be held at $50 pm. Thursday
at the Mayflower Hotel.
Beginning the forums fourth
year the Rev James M. Gillies will
review The Song of Bernadette." a
historical novel by Franz Werfel.
James j. Hayden, president of
Columbia University, will preside
at the meeing,