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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05

Farmers are faced with ma
chinery problem in 1913 when the
total output of farm equipment will
be reduced to 2O9o of the 1910 to-
tai.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
4O% Of SBLI
Is Purchased
In Bridgeport
Park City Workers All Out
For Low Cost Life
Insurance

Members of organized labor i'm
Bridgeport are credited with hold
ing more than 65 per cent of the
Savings Bank Life Insurance poll
cies sold by the Bridgeport-People's
Savings Bank. S.B.L.I. has been
made available to the people of
Bridgeport since the Conn. law
authorizing Savings Banks to sell
low cost life insurance was put into
effect January L, 1912, and more
than 40 per cent of the ST, 900, 900
sold in this form of insurance
throughout the state since last
January, has been sold by the
Bridgeport Peoples Savings Bank.
Authority for these statements is
Samuel w. Hawley, vice-president of
the Bridgeport Savings Bank. Haw-
ley personally conducts the Insurance
department of the bank which is, in
accordance to law, operated on non
profit basis.
Active Campaign
In contrast with Hartford where, at
lAHo WAllllIS, liz savings DdIlkS IldIlUlG
S.B.LI, the Bridgeport bank not
only offers it for sale but conducts
campaign to make known the facts
about this form of insurance.
John ]. Egan, secretary-treasurer
of the Conn. Federation of Labor,
as well as its legislative agent, has
pointed out i'm a letter to various
locals in Bridgeport that the State
Federation took an active part i'm
cooperating with the sponsors of
Savings Bank Life Insurance act at
the last session of the General As
sembly
Egan's letter reads in part: GAS the
result of this splendid fight, the banks
Of our state are now permitted to sell
life insurance over the counter at a
greatly reduced price than what you
have to pay to regular insurance
company"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05

Especially in the fog of war
must we pay special attention to re-
liable guiding lights.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Local 443 Will
Elect A Trustee

Members of Local 433, Transfers
Will elect a trustee of the local for a
three-year term from a field of eight
candidates recently nominated. The
election will be held at Redmen's Hall,
Milford, Sunday, Dec. 20 at II A. NJ.
The candidates are: Raymond
Fowler, Frank Pisano, Emery Scarra
Louis Zelinsky, Edward See1ey, Al
bert Flengo, Frank Barretta and Dom
nick Vletro. Fowler is the incumbent
and IS running for reelection.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Plastic Bugles Sound Sweeterl

The Ar1my's new plastic bugle
not only will save 20 ounces of
brass in each instrument, but will
have a better tone than the horns
which up to now have sounded
reveille for American soldiers.
Made of cellulose acetate, the bugle
is olive drab, blending with uni
forms and other Army equipment.
Musicians, who have tested it. say
the instrument does not "choke
up" and needs no warming mn"
period as do the brass bugIes.
Evening star., 1942-12-04

'Ex dividend Plus extras. Paid Il
far this year. e2T extra. b S. extra
zoe extra. m S1.6o extra. Paid IL
Evening star., 1942-12-04

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
UNCHANGED to 5 lower: no sales.
New Orleans Prices.
| NEW ORLEANS, Dec. tlP,. - Cotton
| futures advanced here today under trade
| buying and short covering, tn. market
| CLOSING steady, 10 to 20 cents 4 bale
Evening star., 1942-12-04
New Haven Reports Record
Traffic and Revenues
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. Dec. A.
Trustees Of the New York. New Ha-
ven & Hartford Railroad filed with
the United States District Court
yesterday an estimated statement of
income and expenditures for 1912
showing record breaking traf1ic and
revenues.
The statement placed net railway
operating income for the year at
$3o,125,539. up 7S per cent from
1941. These figures indicated net
income, on the old capitalization
basis, Of $19,740,000 compared with
only $6,012,378 in 194l, first year the
road had been out OF the red in
several years.
Gross ton miles and number of
passengers carried / mile-yard-
sticks used in measuring freight
and passenger volume-not only
were placed at record-breaking lev
els but at 81 and "a per cent, re-
spectively, over the World War
year, 1918.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Express Records Set
Here in November
And II Months
Months Increase Due
Partly to HondIine
OF 1900 Tires
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Railway Express Agency ship
ments in and out of Washington
during November smashed all pre-
vious records for that month and
brought the total for the first eleven
months of the year far ahead of
any previous mark for the like
period In the company's history,
Supt. w. o. r. Hannah announced
today.
The sharp November increase was
partly due to the handling Of an
estimated $4,000 tires which motor
lists sold to the Government the
deliveries being made through the
express agency. When the sale of
surplus tires was ordered, 1t will be
recalled that the Railway Express
Agency was commissioned to make
the collections.
November shipments of all kinds
of express totaled 246,5o1, against
20l, ,s5l in November last year, an
increase Of 44,650, or 22.1 per cent.
The figures reveal a substantial
pickup in all types of shipments, in
addition to tires, due to general
business expansion and heavy early
holiday consignments.
In the eleven months Railway
Express handled 2,249 ,209 shipments
against 2,073,323 in the like 1941
period, substantial gain of ITS 1886
items. The following monthly COM
parsons with 1941 show how this
impressive advance In shipments
was accomplished:
Evening star., 1942-12-04

Spot cotton closed steady. 20 cents 4
bale higher; Sales. 2.945. Low middlins.
1907: middlins, 1899: good middlins,
1877; receipts, 3.742; stock. 900, ,O30.
Bid. n Nominal
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Stock Market Turns
IrreguIar|yLower
lin Dull Session
Most Traders Prefer
To Await Reports
From War Fronts
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Press Financial Write


NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Buying OF
either war or peace stocks subsidized
in today's market and leaders gen.
orally shifted to irregularly lower
levels.
While tax selling continued un-
impressive, and offerings for other
reasons never we're urgent. most
customers we're disposed to step
carefully pending outcome Of Tu-
nisian battles and possible eventual
tiles elsewhere over the week end.
Individual stocks again were aided
by earnings prospects. although the
majority OF these never got far out
in front.
Minor advances, well distributed
at the start, were erased in numer-
Gus cases as the session progressed
and, in the flnal hour, declines OF
fractions to point or so we're plen-
tiful. Dealings were slack through
out, transfers for the full stretch
running around $4,000 shares.
In arrears the greater part of
the time were United States Steel
Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrys-
Ter, Santa Fe, Northern Pacific
Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck
International Harvester, Boeing
Douglas Aircraft, Consolidated Edi-
son, Anaconda, Pepsi-Cola and
Texas Co.
Postal Telegraph preferred steadied
after yesterdays drop on word the
communications merger legislation
had been blocked in the House.
Heartening to optimists' was a bic
oversubscription to a special sale
of 5000 shares Of Yale & Towne
Manufacturing common at 20ss.
Among resistant issues were Stand.
ard Oil IN. -, Warner Bros, West
ern Union, United States Rubber
preferred, American Airlines, East
man Kodak, ]. c. Penney and Dow
Chemical
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Cold Weather Spurs
Heavy Christmas
Buying in Week
Store Stocks Reduced
Rapidly, According to
Dun & Brudstreet
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. "A sharp in
crease in retail trade this week in
dicated Christmas shoppers were
starting in earnest now that
Thanksgiving was out of the way,
Dun & Bradstreet reported today.
A widespread shift to generally
colder temperatures proved favor
able impetus to apparel sales, the
business research organization
added.
Said the agency:
Tremendous sales were reported
by stores in Western States on Mon
day with consumers buying to beat
gas rationing restrictions effective
the next day. Retail stocks were
rapidly reduced throughout the
country by record buying which was
we'll above year ago.
Irregular inventories were noted,
especially in metal household ap-
pliances, Photographic equipment,
watches and other durable goods,
some groceries, woolens and rayon
hose.
Strong sales were reported in toys
and games for Christmas gifts while
volume expanded in sales of toilet
ries and cosmetics, gloves, slippers.
lingerie, jewelry, notions and mems
furnishings. Because durable goods
were not always available, a swing
toward apparel was noted this
season.
Retail trade comparisons this
week again were distorted by the
double Thanksgiving holiday last
year. A tentative estimate indi-
Gated an increase of perhaps 8 to IL
per cent for the country with esti-
mated regional increases of: New
England. 6 to 10 per cent: East, 5
! to 8, Middle West, 9 to 13: South,
9 to Is; Southwest, IL to IT. Pacific
Coast, Is to 10; Northwest, 4 to Z.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Huge Margarine Order
To Be Placed by U. S.

By the Associated Press.
The Agricultural Marketing Ad-
ministration, which buys food for
the military forces and lend lease,
asked professors yesterday to submit
offers for 100000 pounds Of COL
ored oleomargarine.
This Is the largest quantity OF
oleomargarine ever sought by the
Government at one time. Professors
were asked to submit bids by De-
cember 10.
The ANA said the product must
be packed In l0-pound tins suitable
Tor export and use under tropical
conditions.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Baltimore Stocks
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. Dec. 4-The Assoeiats1
Press weiehted Wholesale price index Of
30 eonnmoditiss 9nns h today advanced to 1ol IS
Previous day. 101.3I; week sgo, 100, 81;
month aso. 10o.se year sso. s2'S4.
H.h ---- 1875 s.1 ss.is ?stS; 4s.ss leSais s2ist
ue26 average equals 10O.)
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Dec tR,-Late foreisr
exchange rates follow tGreat Britain ir
dollars, others in cents):
Canada: Omcial Canadian Control Boare
rates for U. 9. dollars: Buying. 10 per cent
premium; sellins, II Der cent premium
EQUIVALENT to discounts on Canadian dollarl
in New York Of buying, o.e1 per cent
sellins, 9. q.Oa per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, Iii per cent discount or Ss.1SA o. 8
Europe: Great Britain, oficial Bankers
roreign Exchange Committee rates.: Buy.
Ing; 4.o2: selling, 4.04; open market:
Latin America: Argentina, oficiaI, 2e.77:
free, % .6s: Brazil, ofhcial, 6.05n: free,
6.2Qn: Mexico, 20.66n.
Rates In spot cables unless otherwise
Evening star., 1942-12-04
locusts Damage Crops

Locusts practically destroyed this
years cotton and sesame crops in
the Pinotepa Nacional district of
Mexico, and the government has sent
sprayers to protect banana rlanta-
ions.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Washington Exchange
SALES-AFTER CALL

Washington Gas Light common-33
at 1413.
Capital Traction LIST 5s-Sl 900 ut
105A.
Riggs Bank preferred-2 At 10l.
Washington Gas Light common-2o
at 14I.
American Security d. Trust co..
at 1901.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-After a
firm opening cotton futures drifted
gradually lower under hedge selling
and liquidation, which found only
scale-down support. The trade
watched efforts of the farm bloc to
force inclusion OF labor costs into
the parity formula.
In early trading prices rallied on
overnight accumulation of trade
price-fixing orders and commission
house buying. There was consid-
erable switching from March into
the later months.
Late afternoon values were 10
cents a bale lower to cents higher,
December 1881; March, 1889, and
May, 1884.
Futures closed 80 cents . bale lower
Evening star., 1942-12-04

tDnit o. tradinR, 10 shares: sales
printed in full. In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorsanized under Bankruptcy
Act. or securities assumed By such COM
panies. Rates of dividend In the foreso
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or sem1-annual declara-
tion. Unless otherwise noted, special or
extra dividends are not included. I'd Ex
dividend. xr Ex rights. Also extra or
extras. d Cash or stock. . Declared or paid
SO far this year. PAYABLE in stock. Paid
( Accumulated dividends raid or decls rel
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Dec. 4 LP.-Poultry, live, %
trucks; hrm; market unclaimed.
Butter, receipts. 447.ee6; Arm: prices
as quoted by the chicaso price current are
eh.as:d. ssss; receipts 7'sof ARM prices un.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-22

to America than an uncle in Italy is a tie to the homeland.
 You can read another reason be- hind this conversion in the empty ground floor of the Columbus Exchange = formerly occupied by Italian officials. Then the Italian consular officials were sent pack ing home, the stream of fascist propaganda was cut off at its fountainhead. Gone were the cultural attaches" the Language experts" and the Financial ad- visers" who had taken every op- portunity to propagandize at the multitude of social and fraternal clubs which flourish here. Now many of the clubs prominently display in their windows the names of their members fighting for Uncle Sam.
 WAR BROUGHT
 DISCRIMINATION
 The Italian language press and radio have done overnight flip- Hops since the start of the war. Generoso Pope's two big Italian dailies, before Pearl Harbor loud in their praise of the fascist home- land, have become 200 per cent American. Today, in Mulberry Streets civilian defense head quarters you can see high stacks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-22
MATTHEW MADDEN, PASTOR, RESIGNS
Mill Plain Church Head to Take Over BranfOrd
 Parish September 1

Rev. Mathew c. Madden, pastor of the Mill Plain Union church the past six years. has formally rendered his resignation, effective Septem- Der 1, to take the pastorate of the Branford First Congregational church, vacant since Rev. B. Ken- meth Anthony resigned to accept the pastorate of the First Congrega- tional church.
 MT. Madden came to the NH Plain Union church from Fort Trumbull Union church, Milford. The next meeting of the church board will be July l, when action on the resignation will be taken.
 A special ceremony was held at the Mill Plain Union church last night, over which MT. Madden presided, celebrating the accep- tance by church officers of three $1 900 bonds. The bonds were pre- scented by Leslie Coley, Jr., president of the Christian Endeavor society, to George Hubbard, chairman of the finance committee of the church. Others who took part in the cere- fnory, which followed a covered dish supper. were Harry Pierce, treasurer, Carlton Chapin, association chair. man of the finance committee and Elvin Steer, assistant treasurer.
 Officers of the Christian EEdeay- or society for the coming season were installed. They are: preSi- dent, Gordon Steer: vice president. Leslie Coley; secretary, Miss Mabel Roberts; and treasurer. Miss Lois Avery
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-22
CiuiIian Defense Calendar

Identification cards arc waiting ing air raid wardens, watchers, and others. Apply police head quarters, to 12, 1 to s daily, bringing two unmOunted, front view, recent photos.
 Volunteers are needed to keep watch at various report centers 24- hours a day. Call Margaret Kelley, Chamber of Commerce, Wallace J. Inglis, 5-57l5 or Chief Air Raid Warden's office, City Hall and state what hours you have free. Tuesday, June 23-
 7:30 p. m.-Autoyre Company, first
 aid class, William K. scho-
 field.
 7:S0 D .rrl.-Washington school;
 first aid class, Pat Wallace. Wednesday, June 24- 4:30 p. mo. L. & P. Auditorium:
 demonstration of b o m b
 snatcher.
 7:30 p. m.-CIty Hall; meeting of
 zone wardens.
 8:30 D. Tn.-Washington school;
 meeting of Zone B sector
 wardens. Thursday, June 2S-
 7:30 p. I11.-Washington school;
 first aid class, Pat Wallace. Friday, June 26-
 BOO D. m.--Bunker Hill church;
 first aid class, Harry Grover. 800 D. m.-City Hall; meeting of
 planning board of Defense
 Council.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-22
I'D CONVENTION
 OPENS JUNE 25
Three Day Session to Be H cid in Springfield
 Many Features Planned

Springfield, Mass, June 22.-sev- eral thousand men from all sections of the country arc expected to swarm into this city from the 18th to the 28th inc:us:ve when the Yankee Division, American Expedi- tionary Forces, hold Its 23rd annual convention for the first time in Western Massachusetts. It is known as one of the "fightinest" di- visions to see service in France dur ing World War I. The reunion here will bring back memories of days at Camp Bartlett outside of Westfield and leaves enjoyed In this city and other nearby communities.
 Mayor Roger L. Putnam, of this city will turn the keys of the city over to the Yankee Division Vet erans one week from today at 8:30 a. m. and also act as. honorary chairman in assisting Dennis J. Brunton who Is president of the general committee.
 The program of events for the na- tional convention as listed, Thurs day, June 18th, Registration for I'D member in the morning. The after noon will be taken up with business and the 1942 review, at night the convention members will present a big show consisting of 12 acts from New York city at the auditorium, which starts at 8 p. m. Friday, June 26th, business meeting at 10 a. m. at p. fl., the I'D clanbake at Riverside Park. at p. m, the Hor- rible Parade and then the big ball which begins at 8 p. m. at the audi toriun, in which Vincent Lopez and his famous band of 35 men will play until 1 a. m. Saturday, June 17th, Drum Corps competition at 10 a. m. at the ball park. at 2 p. m. the Ma tional Convention Parade will start, at night will be taken up with Past National Commanders banquets and auxiliary parties.
 Sunday, June 28th, the Memorial services for the members of the boys representing their companies that tlled in France fighting for the Yan- kee Division, Rev. George s. L. Con- nor, YD chaplain while the 26th Di- vision was in France, will conduct the I'D v memorial service at For- est Park at 10 8. Il1., the public is invited.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-22
STATE ROUNDUP ON SCRAP METAL
Inventory in Industrial Plants Results in COn-
 siderable Salvage

Boston, June 9 = Vast quantities of scrap iron, steel and other scrap metals are being reclaimed from the scrap piles of New England indus trial plants to be converted into guns, planes, ships, tanks and other weapons vitally needed by the na- tion's fighting forces, the Regional Information Office, OEM, IT Court street, reported today.
 According to figures compiled by Samuel F. Doane, regional co-ordin- ator of the Industrial Salvage Sec- ton, Bureau of Industrial Conserva- tion, War Production Board, 200l4,- l08 pounds of scrap iron and steel, including obsolete machinery and equipment, were moved from more than 300 manufacturing plants ill Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts between June and F..
 During the same period 1,172,48s pounds of non-ferrous metals, D. 705,502 pounds of waste paper, 202,- 750 pounds of scrap rubber, 152,215 pounds of rags, and 3O0,2S4 pounds of miscellaneous waste materials were shipped from these plants to scrap dealers.
 In, cooperation with chambers of commerce and other commercial and industrial organizations, the inc dustrial salvage section is making a canvass of plants throughout the New England area in an effort to obtain all scrap materials that can be use in war production. Approxi- mately 1000 plants have been listed as 8 potential source of salvage, and reports of available scrap materils have already been received from bout 5000.
 How important to actual fighting effectiveness is the scrap drive may be illustrated by taking for example some of the uses to which steel and iron scrap alone are put. The ratio of steel scrap to pig iron required to turn out one ton of open hearth steel ingots is usually about half and half. So, if 50 pounds of steel goes into making 100 pound aerial bomb, about 25 pounds of 1t would be steel scrap. A normal piece of artillery in hot action will shoot away its own weight in shells every hour. Thus 8 IS nm. field howitzer, weighing around a ton, would use up the equivalent of around l,150 pounds of scrap iron in an hour of rapid f1ring-this being roughly the amount of steel required to make the shells which would be used in this period.
 Alongside these figures on steel for military items 1t may be noted that a railroad box car takes IS tons, an average passenger train CT 50 tons, and ar average steam locomotive 22S tons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-22
Church Pension Fund
 Assets $35,65O,OOO
Protestant EpiscOpalians Adopt More Cautious Pros
 gram of Extra Benefits-J P. Morgan Treasurer

in the meantime the Fund has paid out over $21 ,000,O in pension bene- fits to clergymen and to their wid- ows and minor orphans. Aside from it's investment income, The Church Pension Fund Is supported by as- sessments payable by every parish, mission and other ecclesiastical or- ganization of the Protestant Epis- copal Church at the rate of over & million dollars a year and Mfr. Locke states that the record of such pay- mentS over the last. twenty-five years Is better than 90A per cent complete. The Fund was started in 1917 by the late Bishop William Lawrence, at that time the Bishop of Massachusetts, who died last No- vember 9th and who during his life- time, raised great sums for Harvard University, of which he was a Fel- low of the Corporation, and for Wellesley College, of which he was President of the Board of Trustees, as well as for many other charitable organizations.
 The Church Pensiol9 Fund also operates three wholly-owned subsid- iaries in The Church Hymnal Cor poration, the Church Life Insurance Corporation and The Church Prop. critics Fire Insurance Corporation. The former publishes the Hynnal and Prayer Book of the Protestant Episcopal Church, whereas the other two conduct insurance facilities for the sole benefit of the church. The Church Life had assets of $6,602,- % with $27,317, 900 of insurance in force at the end of 1941 and The Church Properties Fire had insur- ance in force of almost $l00,O00, 900 on Episcopal property. The Boards of Directors of these Corporations are almost identical with those of The Church Pension Fund,
 Aside from Bishop Davis as Pres- ident, J. F. Morgan as Treasurer and MT. Locke as Executive Vice. President, the other members of the Executive Committee of The Church Pension Fund are Bishop Benjamin M. Washbur1 of Newark, The Hon. orable Frank L. Polk, The Reverend Oliver J. Hart, recently elected Bishop Coadjutor of Pennsylvania Stephen Baker, Samuel Thorne ana Allen Wardwell. The offices of the Fund are at 20 Exchange Place, New York. It is administered under the supervision of the Insurance De- partment of the State of New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-22
GRAHAM ELECTED
 STATE PRESIDENT

Private John E. Graham of ths Waterbury fire department was elected president of the Fraternaj Order of Eagles at the annual con- vention Saturday at Bristol. A for- mer president of the State Firemen'a association, Private Graham suc- ceeds Ralph Quinn of Meriden. The latter was named state secretary to succeed John Moran of Meriden who was made honorary secretary for life.
 Plans for next years convention were left to the discretion of the officers. The two-day convention was brought to a close with a ball in the quarters of the Bell City aeries.
 MT. Quinn and William F. Kelly of Naugatuck, state organizer were appointed delegates to the national convention to be held in Chicago in August.