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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-17
CHILDREN ENJOY
 SAFETY PROGRAM
IS VERY Guests; Holy Name Plans Annual Out-
 ing August 9
Washington Hill

Fifteen children at Washington Park took part in the safety pro- gram held at Radio Station VERY, yesterday at 1 o'clock to 1:15, on the "Sing a Song of Safety Pro- gram" Those who participated were Marilyn Keefe, Joan Keefe, Joseph Warner, James O'Brien, William Hanlon, Evelyn Yamin, Emile Egan, Evelyn Carah, Mary Sheehan, Fran. cis Murphy, Agnes Murphy, Barbara Sweeney, Mary Blacker, Dlores Cru gas, Margaret Dennihan. Supervisors attending the children, Yvette Ro- bitaille and Ann Colangelo.
 Officer James Little interviewed Miss Robitaille on Safety apparatus in the playground. Officer William o. Dwyer interviewed two of the children, Joe Warner and Evelyn Yamin, and Miss Ann Colangelo. The singing was accompanied on the piano by Officer James Little.
 St. Francis Holy Name Society have made arrangements to hold the annual outing for the 45 Players on Sunday, August 9th from 10:30 a. m. until dark, at Schildgen grove The clam broth and hamburgers will be served in the morning and full course chicken dinner at noon.
 The program for the afternoon will consist of a Softball game, a matched 45 card game, jquoit pitch ing, and other sports,
 Committee working on the outing consists of John Fitzmaurice, James Cusick, John McHugh, T. Coughlin, Edward O,Donnell, Daniel O'Neil Tom Conway, Edward Goggins There will be meeting of the com mittee aC Xavarian hall, Wednesday night, at 7:30, when tickets for the outing will be distributed and all the members on the committee are asked to report.
 Girl Scouts held their weekly meeting last evening at the Wash ington Park Community House. Plans were made for a picnic sup per next Wednesday night, at 5:30, and if by any chance the weather will not be favorable for Wednesday, it will be held on Thursday night
 The girls are working on a project for making wooden plaques, and hope to get started next week. The money obtained for the paper col- lection will be put into the treasury but everyone is asked to get their thinking caps on, and beginning next week, 1t is hoped to have some plan working towards getting money to buy girl scout uniforms. Mrs Fred Talbot. is the supervisor in charge of the~troop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-17
PORTER STREET

A community sing will be con- ducted at Porter street playground tonight. Margaret McGrath and Gloria O'Brien will serve as super visorS.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Southern Building
Al AN-Time Peak
During Quarter
Manufacturers Record
Reports Se3l 900, 900
Volume in Period
STOCK ana Sales
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 6.-Southerr
building and industrial construction
for the first quarter of the year rose
to 1891 ,059 900, far above totals for
any comparable period of previous
years, the Manufacturers Record
said.
Construction contracts awarded ir
the 16 Southern States in March
totaled 1895, ,1o2, 900, an almost un-
precedented monthly figure, the
Record said, adding that August OF
1941 was the one month of the past
that topped March.
Federal funds for further military
expansion accounted for a large part
of the gain, with the bulk of newly
initiated construction having beer
| undertaken by Federal and locaI
government agencies, the journal
disclosed.
The Record said 72 per cent OF
the March total went into military
construction, public housing pro-
grams to alleviate crowded defense
areas ana SCHOOL DullQlngS LOT JHe
children of immigrants.
Industrial awards were said tc
have totaled SAG ,256, 900 so far this
year. The comparable period of last
year was credited with much more
than twice that figure The Record
explained that the accent was cur
rently on production rather than or
establishing new plant.
The Record reported private con-
struction was up, although it said
the prospects in all but the resi-
dental field in military and wal
production areas shrink from month
to month.
Highway and bridge awards were
also stronger, it revealed, with more
recognition being given to the neces-
sity of access to production plants
and military reservations. Many OF
the projects were of a nature to
relieve conditions, in many cases
locally beneficial, the Record said.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Baltimore Livestock

BALTIMORE, April 8 tE' Omitted States
Department of Agriculture).-11 am. quo
tations.
Cattle-925. Including IS holdovers:
moderately active all classes fully steady
to strong with Thursday; steer top. 1925
for small lot choice grade yearlings: load
good erade steers wishing .97o-1 200
pounds; 12.15-75; small lot mixed steer
and heifer yearlinss. 12 90: medium grade
o60-1 $50 pounds, ! .50-12.00 small lot
choice grade yearlings feeder. 1900: load
125-pound medium grade feeder cattle,
100; load a63-pound medium to good
grade feeder steers II so: few fleshy cows.
$50; several head at 900: bulk OF cows
7.00as; beef bulls; 11.00a25; sausage
Calves-400. Slow: so lower than close
last week; good to choice grades, IA. so
1900: common and medium grades mostly
HogsWS,,5O0. Mostly IS higher than
ticai iA sop. pn ,s5: s good % and Choice is6-Sio
pounds, 14.10-35: 16Q-1s0 pounds and
pounds. 1sS5-So;; 140-ls0 pounds. 1880.
rs: 26o:$0O pounds l3;46-7o;. i3o- 40
e. packinsl so8s: 12S5is 2G1 eGun0'' iSoo-
Erade wooled lambs, 3.75-14; 90; good
sIa6e 6s-72 pound clipped lambs, 1880
aa;0u; medium grade. 9 90: small lot "a
pound spring lambs, 100: 4S-pound me
alum grade spring lambs, IL 90.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Woshinqton Produce

BUTTER-93 score. tubs, 39K; 1-pound
prints, 40; 4-pound prints, 40l2; %
score, tubs, 3S; 1-pound prints, 3sh; a.
pound prints. 80: 81 score. tubs. 37l4; | =
pound prints. 372.; hpound prints, 3sA;
30 score, tubs, 81; 1-pound prints 371a:
l4-pound prints, 3s; SO score, tubs, So:
l-pound prints, 36h: H-pound prints.
81: ss score, tubs, 35H: 1-pound prints,
3524: A-pound prints, 36h.
LIVESTOCK - Calves. 14h; spring
lambs 12
From Agricultural Marketing Admins
tration; Prices paid fob. Washington.
ssnI sradsd s6r sfgs Tsfsy:d
extras, large, 29-3l. mostly 90: q. s. ex-
large. 37-29. mostly II: u. s. standards
medium, 1925: U. S. trades, 1928. mostly
mostly 2s; U. S. extras, medium, 2s-27h;
q. s. standards, large, 1928, mostly 81:
o. s. standards medium, 1928. mostly
25: U. s. trades. "a. Nearby ungraded eggs:
Current receipts: whites, e6-2sh: mixed
graded eggs, 4O7 cases.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Fowl:
Colored, pounds and up, 1928; Leshorn
hens. 312 pounds and up, 1915; No. 2s,
1912. Roosters: 14-16. Chickens: Vir-
Einia Rocks. broilers and fryers, all sizes,
20; No ost rs 12,1s Dslaware a,,ar and MARY;
t{ayers an sizes 90 Mo IS 1913 ndna Raas
old Old hens, her so-aa; No Is. an and st undersizes
1918. Guineas: Young, all sizes, 25;
Evening star., 1942-04-06
All Records Broken
By Jones, Laugh|in
Workers in March
Production Is Boosted
Above Peuks Set Only
Few Months Ago
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, April Clones Il
Laughlin Steel Corp. workmen dur
ing March broke all previous COM
pany monthly records for the pro-
duction of coke, pig iron, steel ingots
and finished steel products. the firm
announced today.
The production marks which fell
were set no longer than a few
months ago, a spokesman said, add
ing that the men in the mills had
adopted a slogan of lets go for new
records to help win the war"
Because of wartime restrictions,
no details on output were given.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
PIone Firms Organize
Production Council
B, the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 6.-Eight
Southern California manufacturer
of warplanes today announced for
nation Of the Aircraft War Produc-
ton Council, Inc, ito speed the VIC
tory Of the United States and her
Allies"
They are Consolidated, Douglas
Lockhead, North American, North
rop. Ryan. Vega and Vultee.
The presidents of the companies
telegraphed Chairman Donald M
Nelson of the War Production Boaro
offering their joint services "as Q
regional planning, co-ordinatine
and advisory committee on aircraft
production problems to further as.
sist you and the armed services
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Steel Output 10 Dip
To 1,674,SOO Tons
In Current Week
Institutes Estimate
Based on Rote Of
98.6 Per Cent
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 6-The Amer
lean Iron and Steel Institute esti-
mated today the Nations steel mills
would operate at 986 per cent of
capacity this week and produce
1,674,S00 net tons of ingots. a slight
decrease from week ego.
Last week the rate was 98.5 per
cent, indicating an output of 1,678.-
400 net tons. The mills were operat-
ing ahead of a month ago, however,
when the rate was 974 and the esti-
mated production 1854 500 net tons
A year ago the industry operated
at 99.3 per cent of smaller Ca
pacity, and ingot production was
1,602,600 net tons.
CLEVELAND, April 6 (P.-Heavy
demand for steel bars in munitions
manufacture has crowded other
bar users severely and agricultural
implement manufacturers have been
forced to. curtail some of their
lines" the magazine Steel reported
today.
While plate demand leads all
steel products, shipbuilding con-
tributing most, bars are becoming
almost as important" the trade
publication declared in its weekly
review.
Requirements for shells are q
large factor and ALLEGATIONS are be-
ing made to cover needs of the
Army and Navy. One lot of II ,O0C
tons was distributed recently for
delivery tc sheumakers in the East
and other tonnages are about to be
provided for the Middle West
sheet production is suffering
from larger plate production on
strip mllls but deliveries, especially
on cold rolled. are possible on rated
orders in the Al classifcations In
four to six weeks
Plate allocations. making best
use Of production, with large ton
nages from strip mills, have easeo
the situation somewhat but orders
still exceed production. 1t seems
possible buying is running ahead OF
ability to consume.
New production records in pie
iron and steel and opening of the
iron ore season at the earliest date
ever known forecast probably the
greatest activity ever attained by
the steel industry"
Evening star., 1942-04-06

cent over s,325, ,2s4 in the like 1s4l
months.
II. L. Green Co.
II. L. Green Co.'s March sales were
$4,29s, ,42s, or 212 per cent above $3.-
SAC, ,231 for the same month in 1910.
Aluminium, Ltd.
Aluminium, Ltd, and is fully -owned
subsidiaries reported 19Al net profit
In Canadian dollars of $16,0l4, ,16l,
equal to $20.8o a share of common
stock, compared with 1910 profit of
$l2,462, ,231, or $16.03 a share.
w. T. Grant Co.
w. T. Grant Co. March sales, "A
per cent higher than the same
month last year. were Sl0,469. .845
against So. 9,584. For the first
three months of 1912 sales were s27.-
$50 ,122, or 274 per cent higher than
the $21 ,865 ,607 total for same period
In 194l.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Crude Oil Prices

oil prices: Midcontinent area, Illinois,
III; Oklahoma kansas, gravity scale. So
70 l.25: North. /; North Central and West
Central Texas, gravity scale, 81 to LII;
East Texas, lis: west Texas, sravity scale,
20 to liz; North Louisiana Arkansas,
gravity scale. 6S to 1.30.
Rocky Mountain area. Salt Creek, Wyo.,
gravity scale, 96 to 1.20.
Eastern area, Pennsylvania grade Brad
ford Allegheny, 800; same grade in
Southwest Pennsylvania lines, ".65; same
! grade in Eureka lines, 2.59; Corning, 1.31
Evening star., 1942-04-06

Unit of trading. 10 shares. T In bank.
under Bankruptcy Act. Or securities as
sumed by such companies. Rates Of diyi;
disbursements based on the last quarterly
or semi-annuaI declaration. Unless other
wise noted. special or extra dividends are
rights. Also extra or extras. Cash or
stock. Declared or paid SO far this year.
Payable in stock. 9 Paid last year Pay.
able in Canadian funds. Accumulated
dividends paid or declared this year.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Money Market

NEW YORK April Lp.-Call money
steady: l per cent prime commercial paper
ss per cent
four-six months, n per cent. Bankers
, scceptances unchanged, 5000 days, NJ.
per cent; four months. 81. per cent: hve.
six months, s.-i. per cent. Rediscouni
rate, New York Reserve Bank. l per cent
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Freight Loodinqs

NEW YORK. April 1p.-Revenue
freisht carloads handled by railroads re-
porting for the week ended April 4, in
''DO''' April 4. Prev. vk. Yr. ago.
Baltimore & Ohio 65,342 6s,5!4 1921
Atchison --- 81 ,S65 30,545 27,521
Evening star., 1942-04-06

The paper that you waste-if you
force the stores to wrap your pack
Ages--wont do Hitler any harm.
Save paper and rap Hitler.
Evening star., 1942-04-06

life insurance as a means OF mini
MIXING shrinkage in estate settle
ment. 1t is a prompt, sound source
of cash. you do not already carry
life insurance for this important
purpose, we suggest that you dis
cuss this matter with your life in
surance counselor. He may be Of
assistance to you in determining
the amount of life insurance neces-
sary to meet charges which will be
made against your estate.
Evening star., 1942-04-06

For best results: Buy Defense
bonds and stamps.
Evening star., 1942-04-06

tx dividend ! Plus extras Paid
20 far this year. e2es extra. g S. extra
paid December %. a41. h SIS extra. zoe
Evening star., 1942-04-06
WooIworth Co. Sales
Up 14.4Per Cent
From Year Ago
S30,266.oe3 TotoI
For March Revealed
By Chain Firm
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 6.-F. W.
Woolworth Co. today reported
March sales totaled $30,266,o ,o63. q
IA per cent increase over $26,-
43s,274 in the same month a year
ago.
Sales for the first three months
Of this year were $86,077, ,190, COM
pared with $72.ilo,s30, . 1873 per
cent rise.
An even larger percentage in
crease was reported by G. C. Murphy
Co., which said It's March sales were
5000, ,629, or 26.6 per cent above
$4,020,828 for the same month In
1941. The total for the first three
months was $14,363,4 ,470, or 30.2 per
cent above $11,050,724 in the same
period of 1941.
Sears Roebuck.
Sears Roebuck and Co. reported
March sales totsled $76,038,022, an
increase of 14y5 per cent compared
with March last year.
For the first two months of the
companys fiscal year, February and
March, sales tot&led $l37, ,708, ,985, an
increase of 1873 per cent compared
with the corresponding period in
194l.
Montgomery Ward.
Montgomery Ward & Co. re-
ported March sales of SIS, 5,856,457, a
gain of 25.6 per- cent over sales of
s44 ,484, ,704 in March, 1941. Sales
for the first two months of the fiscal
year were $93,825 1852, up 1873 per
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Capital Transit Co.-l0 at 81,
Evening star., 1942-04-06

In settling an estate, outstanding
debts, taxes, fees, and other ex-
penses must be paid in cash before
the residuum can be made available
to your heirs. Often hasty and un-
favorable sale of assets must be
made in order to provide cash for
meeting these expenses, with re-
sultant loss to the estate. Today's
unprecedented taxes have empha-
sized this problem more than ever.
We at American Security advocate
Evening star., 1942-04-06
BONDS
PUBLIC UTILITY
STOCKS

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Evening star., 1942-04-06

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Evening star., 1942-03-29

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much beauty, so much fragrance
as the rose. These are Sears
finest ever-blooming roses e.
ready to plant . pruned and
planted at the nursery. Choice
of Blaze scarlet ever-bloom-
ing climber; Nigrette, dark ma
room: Countess Vandal, coppery
salmon; Eclipse, rich gold.
At All 5 Stores
Evening star., 1942-03-29

battled the Japanese in Malaga said
the enemy were easy marks whe .
met on equal terms in the air or ca
land. Another veteran an l8-year-
old gunner from Sydney who had
fought two years in the Mediter-
ranean basin, said:
II enjoyed fighting the Vichy-ites
in Syria. Now give me a chance at
the Japs."
Young Men to Get Posts.
A sergeant from Eastkew added
this:
Il went through Greece and Crete
without scratch. If we could stand
such bombings without air protec-
ton, think we'll be able to take
care Of the Japs."
Army Minister Francis Forde an
nounced the government would ap-
point number Of young Australian
Imperial Force officers-experienced
In modern warfare-to important
positions in the land forces.
1t was learned authoritatively
that an important reshuffle of Sc
nior commands was impending. 1t.
Gen. Sir John Lavarack, who re-
turned to Australia over two years
ago and who has been acting as
commander in chief of the Austria
lians pending Gen. Blameys return,
was said to be slated for an impor-
tant new post.
Forecasts Darwin Attack.
Gen. Blamey, who serves under
Gen. Macarthur. said the Allies
must base their strategy on the as
sumption that the Japanese-who
appear now to be concentrating on
Burma and in consolidating their
conquests in the Netherlands Indies
would try to invade Australia. He
predicted an attack on Darwin,
which bangles at the end of long
rail and road line through the
heart of Australia.
I'VE must see to 1t that we don't
lose Darwin and Port Moresby," he
said. He added an appeal for hun
dreds and hundreds" of new fight
ers and bombers.
with powerful airforce, we
can keep the Japanese from our
shores, and with overwhelming air
superiority we can blast all the way
back to Toxic" he said.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
|. {. {. Veteran Retires;
Farewell Gifts Presented

George Elmer Bequette. in charge
of the correspondence files of the
Engineering Section, Bureau of
Valuation, Interstate Commerce
Commission, retired yesterday after
AZ years of Government service.
Fellow employees presented him
with several going away gifts at in
formal ceremonies. Mr.. Bequette
has been with the I. C. C. for "a
years. A native of St. Louis, he
joined the postal service there in
1900.
He came to Washington with the
I. C. c. i'll 1908 and later became
the first employe of the department
engaged in valuation work. Outside
Of the office, his chief interest has
been music He was a member OF
Evening star., 1942-03-29

Of spring-difncult for the Germans
because Of the constant pressure
Of the Russians on their front lines
and the mounting guerrilla assaults
against their communications; difi-
cult for the Russians because they
are hammering their way into enc
my-held territory; difficult for both
because the spring thaws will create
a morass OF mud in which it will be
well nigh impossible to move men
machines and supplies.
Nazi Sink or Break Trap.
Front-line dispatches. meanwhile
singled out the furious fighting
around Staraya Russa, where the
entrapped German 10Th Army
made fresh attempts to break out
the Russians ring Of steel; in a CEN
tral sector where Soviet divisions
forced an unidentified river and held
their positions on the west bank
aCoPiuC uClIC COullICl I'LL uoIS WIllCIl
often broke into hand -to-hand COM
bat; in the southwest, where Rus
sian tanks and artillery were said
to have repulsed a tank-led Nazi
drive, and in the south, where the
Nazis concentrated time and
again.
German Alpine troops under 1t.
Gen. Eduard Dietl, defender of Mar
vik in the 1910 Norwegian campaign,
were reported facing mounting pres
sure from Soviet land, sea and air
forces in their lines before Muir
mansk. In addition, dispatches to
Moscow declared Russian subma-
rines had sunk at least 10 Nazi
transports recently in northern
waters, while Russian dive -bombers
blasted one German destroyer to the
bottom and damaged another.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Next Year 10 Decide
Fate Of Australia,
Gen. B|amey Says
Allied Bombers Pound
Koepone; Darwin Hos
Its Seventh Air Roid

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, March 28.-New
Zealand troops and flyers joined
Australian and United States
troops massing to repel any Jap
aneSe invasion attempt, and their
commander. Gen. Sir Thomas
Blamey, declared today that "the
next year will decide whether
Australia will live or die as a
nation"
Allied bombers struck against
Koepang in Dutch Timor, 800 miles
of the northern port of Darwin,
and set Japanese ship afire.
! Darwin had its seventh raid
I shortly after noon, but the bombs
dropped by seven planes caused no
material damage. an Australian
communique said.
Port Moresby Attacked Again.
The enemy, using ever r-weakening
bomber formations. attacked Port
Moresby in Southern New Guinea
for the 2lst time, but did little dam
age. Two marauding planes we're
downed there yesterday and an
Allied craft was lost
((The Sydney correspondent OF
the London Star, quoting "au-
thoritative sources" said United
States submarines preying on the
long-tenuous japanese Pacific
supply lines had sunk five de-
stroyers, an aircraft carrier and
about 30 transports and mer-
chant ships in the past two or
three weeks" The report added
that five cruisers, another air
craft carrier and 80 more trans
ports and supply vessels were
damaged around Australia"
"a full Netherlands Indies divi-
sion, armed and eager to fight.
was reported by the correspond
ent to have arrived in Brisbane)
Huge Allied planes ranged hun
dreds of miles to sea at the north
ern, eastern and western approaches
of Australia in a vain search for a
Japanese invasion armada as the
continent prepared for whatever
might come.
Pilots Among Arrivals.
The New Zealand and Australian
expeditionary forces, returning to
defend their homeland after two
years campaigning in such places as
Tobruk, Crete, the Libyan Desert,
Malaga and Singapore, included
contingents of the army. air forces
and navy. New Zealand pilots were
among the first arrivals.
The returning Anzacs consisted
/ of fully seasoned veteran organiza-
tions which would not be broken up,
Gen. Blamey declared. He expected
to confer with Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur over the week end before
disposing the newly arrived veterans
in the swiftly growing defense or
ganization.
A Queensland sergeant who had
Evening star., 1942-03-29
|EmpIoyer-Lobor
Groups Formed
| In 100 Plants
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Management-Labor committees
keystones in the Governments drive
for an immediate speedup in war
production, have been organized in
more than 100 plants, 1t was learned
yesterday.
Since the drive was undertaken
early this month, aimed at a Is per
cent increase in armament output
on existing equipment, 81 labor and
management conferences have been
held in % cities under arrangements
made by War Production Board con-
sultants.
Nearly 10,500 persons representing
some 1000 war plants, attended the
meetings, WPB summary showed.
First reports from the plants them
selves on progress of the production
drive are not due until Wednesday.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
1000 DemountobIas
In Baltimore Authorized

By the Associated Press.
The National Housing Agency yes
terday authorized construction of
1925 demountable dwellings and
dormitory accommodations for $500
persons. and the location Of 1000
trailers, in four defense areas.
Among them we're:
Baltimore 1000 demountable
family dwellings. dormitory accom-
modations for $40 persons and 1000
trailers.
Evening star., 1942-03-29

the In-Com-Co Band and Orches-
ira. the Vaughan Glass Orchestra
and the Y. M. c. A. Orchestra He
is still active with the Rebew Or
chestra.
Mr.. Bequette lives with his wife,
Mrs. Sadie Bequette. and his daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Bequette, at 511
B street ne.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Russia
Continued From First Page

at union with the Russian forces
In that area.
CThe possibility that the Rus
slams already may be paving the
way for such an operation was
indicated in reports that Soviet
warships have carried out a sur
prise troop landing behind the
German lines in the Murmansk
area north of the Arctic Circle.
Murmansk itself is vital Soviet
receiving port for supplies from
Britain and the United States.)
The foreign source stressed tn
difficulties which will confront botl
armies during the coming week