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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
COP MAY ENDORSE
 BDPT. DEMOCRATS

Bridgeport, Conn, Oct. S-(UP)-| The Republican city convention to- night may decide not to nominate any candidates for the State Senate and House of Representatives, and, instead, endorse the Democratic slate in an effort to defeat the Socialist ticket.
 It was the theory among some local Republicans that a united front of both Democrats and Re- publicans could muster enough votes to defeat the Socialist slate for the Senate and House which many be- lieved would be elected next month.
 However, Former Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin, running for re-elections. has issued a statement condemning the Republican proposal to endorse the Democrats slate.
 "Such endorsement" he said, "ean come only as result of Q political deal which the public will believe Is for patronage purposes alone"
 However, the city Republican or- ganisatlon has been on the outs with Baldwin and State Republican Chairman !. Kenneth Bradley toz some time and may not heed the warning.
 Bradley was lined up with Bald win in opposing the project.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
STRANGE LIFE OF
 WOMAN REVEALED

New Britain, Conn, Oct. 3-(UP) Funeral services will be held to- morrow for Irene Wickland, 65, who lived a strange life for years in Q five-room flat.
 Miss Wickland was found uncon- scious in the place where she lived alone-after her radio played con- tinuously for two days straight. She died after being taken to Q hospital.
 In the flat were found piles of newspapers dating back to the IesO's, hundreds of bars of soap in all the rooms, furniture which never had been unpacked from cases, and many old-fashioned expensive dress es.
 The room where MIsS wickard's mother died three year ago Wal fliled with dust. Apparently t hadn't been entered since the death. The mothers medicine still was on . bedslde table, cioaked with dust.
 The newspapers were stacked ir ruge piles throughout the place, ane a nath had been woven between th' piles, aouae of which were hhnnldel high.
 There wss no explanation for th' hundreds of bars of soap authoEl' i. llas found in the psace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
LOCAL GIRL NOW
 WAVES MEMBER
DOrOthe McCOWen to Re- port to Wisconsin Naval
 Training School

Waterbury'S first member of the WAVES, women's unit of the U. s. Navy is Miss Dorothe McCowen, of 1915 East Main street, who has been ordered to report next Friday to begin her naval training at the University of Wisconsin naval train ing school. She was sworn in as a member of the navy at New York Wednesday.
 Miss McCowen, a local swimming star, will take a four months course at the University of Wisconin. She has been given the rating of yeo- man.
 A graduate of Sts. Peter and Paul parochial school and Crosby high school, Miss McCowen has served as swimming instructor at Colum- bia University in New York and also as an instructor for the Wom- ems Swimming association of New York. She has competed in na- tional A. A. U. swimming events She was a member, of Miss Flor ence Turnbull's Crosby swimming team for four years.
 She is the daughter of MT. anc Mrs. Charles McCowen. She has { brother, Charles, Jr., 8 student al Sts. Peter and Paul school, and sister, Ann, 8 pupil at Hendricker school.
 Miss McCowen was employed fol three years at the office of th' American Brass O., south plant, oi South Main street.
 As member of the WAVES, Mis- McCowen plans to specialize in com munications, including radio an' telegraphy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
REPUBLICANS TO
 NAME CANDIDATES
Atty. Frank Sunlnla, Mrs. Lura DuttOn Loom as
 Senatorial Nominees

Republican candidates for state senator will be nominated at 18th and 18th district conventions at the Y. M. 0. A. this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Attorney Frank Summa is the likely nominee in the 18th dis trict to oppose Senator Michael V. Blansfield CD. In the 18th dis trict, reports that Miss Irene Dil- lane had rejected overtures that she run made Mrs. Lura Dutton the fa- vorite.
 However, strong support was be- ing built up in the 18th for George V. Casey, former assistant city clerk who announced last night that he would accept the nomination. MT Casey, former president of the City Amateur League and now an em- ploye of the American Brass Go. has been prominent in COP. circles for many years. If he should bt named, Mrs. Dutton would probably be chosen to run for state repre- sentative.
 At 4:3O this afternoon, the 1oca c. o. P. organization will name it' delegates to the district probate con vention, which will be held mex Thursday night.
 Also next Thursday night, th' Republicans will hold town con vention to nominate two candidate for state representatives. Tentativ plans call for both the probate am town conventions to be held at Tn Elton.
 The nominations for state repre- sentative hinge on the outcome Q the senatorial conventions this aft ernoon. Should a woman for in stance, be given one of the senator iaI nominations, plans to nominate two women for state representativ will undoubtedly be scrapped.
 Friends of MT. Summa believe h has an excellent chance of victor in the 18th district. A strong ls bor vote against Senator Blansfiel figures importantly in their calcula
 tons.
 Acceptance of the Republica
 nomination in the 18th district
 regarded as e sacrifice for the pal
 ty, for the district is traditional
 Democratic by a big margin. IT
 Democratic candidate this year
 Attorney john F. Tobin, who has
 strong following, as demonstrat.
 by his victory in the Democrat
 primaries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
RECORD DE[EGAT|ONO OFF TOCAMP TODAY. Draft Boards l5A, l5B Represented in Depart
 ing SeleCtees
 SECOND SECTION OF
 OCT. QUOTA DEPART Farewell Exercises Inl- pressive; Many Partici-
 pate in Ceremonies

Perhaps the largest crowd vet assembled to bid farewell to Waterbury draftees was at the railroad station this morning to bid goodbye to selectees from Boards 15-A and l5-B who left for Fort Devens, Mass, to begin their army training. The station and surrounding areas were damned with relatives and friends of the new soldiers. Today's group was the second con- tingent in the city's record break ing october quota. The 16-B group left yesterday, and the 16-A group will leave soon.
 Two drum corps, St. Stanislaus and St. Joseph's, were on hand to serenade the selectees and march with them from the city hall to the station. A large delegation of State Guardsmen was also present, as was the Scovill Mfg. co. color guard and drill team.
 The farewell program was in charge of t.e Servicemen,S com mittee, of which Francis w. Orer- cole S chairman. Raymond Burke, of the East End Community club, IS chairman of the farewell arrange fnenta committee. Service kits, mil itary manuals, medals, cigarettes and other gifts were distributed by members of the organizations af- fiIiated with the Servicemens com mittee.
 Among those leaving for the army today were Attorney Harry Krasow, former U. s. Commissioner; John w. Stokes, Brooklyn undertaken; James Barnes, John Brickel, At torney Chase Kimball, John O. winston, John J. Collins, George Gtrogatz, and George F. Lynch.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
HERRIOT
 UNDER RESTRAINT

Vichy, Oct. 3-(UP)-Eduoard Herriot, president of the defunct chamber of deputies, has been placed in forced residence, it was an- nounced officially today.
 (United Press advices from the French frontier revealed yesterday that Herriot had been interned in his residence, the Chateau Brotel near Lyons, because of his refusal to give a written pledge not to try to leave France. Ten police inspect ors were assigned to watch him.s
 (To the demand that he give the pledge Herriot told the Vichy pre- feet of the Rhone department: .
 "You insult me. You may tell your masters that I am not obliged to take any engagements. I have only one thought: to serve France How, does not concern you. You have police and force. You can use them but you cannot force me to take an engagement of any ktnd.~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Non Stop Aerial Offensive
 Leaves Raging Trail Of Fire
WAGE BEGGING
 IS DUE TODAY
President Expected to Is= sue Directives Following
 Congressional 0. K.
BY ARTHUR F. DEGREvE United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

Washington, October 3. = (UP)- President Roosevelt is expected to issue directives today or Monday that will peg wages and farm prices at anti-inflation levels.
 He was acting under the sweeping new economic wartime powers which he demanded and won from Con- gress.
 Administration officials indicated he probably would create an eco homie 'Czar" armed with overall authority to safeguard the economy against the threat of imitation.
 The President has until November 1 to act under the anti-inflation bill which Congress finally approved last night and he signed soon after ward. The bill directs him to sta bilize wages, salaries and prices ESQ far as practicable" at their Septem- Der 15 levels.
 But there was every indication that MT. Roosevelt, who placed his demand for imitation controls be- fore Congress on a you-do-it-by- October 1-or-T-will basis, is not only ready but eager to provide the leg islators with demonstration Of speed.
 He signed the bill into law two hours after it had cleared Congress He had rebuked legislators on Thurs day for their delay in passing 1t declaring they had taken three on an important matter involving the war effort and the countrys safety.
 As soon as its passage was as- sured yesterday, MT. Roosevelt con- suited his legal, economic, labor agriculture advisers. The Office o1 Price Administration prepared di- rectives bringing under federal con- trol prices of farm products hitherto exempt under the law which for bade ceilings over them until they reached no per cent of parity.
 Newspapermen were ordered te stand by" for an important Presi- dential declaration last night. Ther a stream of top government off cials moved into the White House (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

Red Star, the Soviet army news paper, said 1000 to 5000 Germans were being killed every day in the northwestern section of the city alone, where the Germans were try ing to drive through a factory and workers district to 8 broad boule- yard that leads to the heart of Stalingrad.
 Red Star recapitulated previous official announcements that 7S Ger man divisions Ca division is 15O00 men) had lost 70 per cent of their effectives and that q more divisions had lost 40 to 50 per cent of their effectives between May and Aug. 31, Red Star said that 30 divisions were thrown against Stalingrad two months ago. Later this force was increased to 50 divisions (750,000 mem, Red Star said, and the Ger mans were losing more men than they did at Verdun in the World War.
 Twenty-three marines stole [ out from Stalingrad, and waded .up to their necks for hours in the icy waters of the Don river, until they got within hearing of enemy patrols. Then they loosed heavy mines above German pontoon bridges. Two par allel bridges and ferries loaded with tanks, telephone and telegraph cables, were blown up. All the ma rineS returned safely.
 Adolf Hitler had promised the German people that Stalingrad would be taken, and the ail-out drive in the northeastern section
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
JAP TRANSPORTS
 ARE SET ON FIRE
Heavy Attacks Made By Allied Planes in NOrth-
 east Australia

, General MacArthur's Headquar- ters, Australia, Oct. 3 - (U.Po - Allied bombing planes have set fire to two big Japanese transports, probably hit cruiser and an ur- identified vessel and possibly dam aged a second cruiser in a day of shattering attacks on enemy bases in the northeast Australian zone, General Douglas MacArthur ar- nounced today.
 The attacks, made while Douglas attack bombers and fighter planes gave heavy support to Australian troops driving up the Owen Stanley Mountains of New Guinea, ap- preached a record for the south west Pacific.
 Boeing flying fortresses. in 8 big raid on Rabaul in New Britain ls- land, most important Japanese bast in the entire New Guinea Solomon Islands area, set fire to a 15,0OO-ton Japanese transport and a 7000-tor transport with direct bomb hits and probably hit 8 Japanese cruiser and an unidentified ship.
 They also bombed the big Rabau airdrome and blew up an ammuni' ton dump.
 Consolidated Catalina bombers, 1T a night raid on the fast-growinl Buin base on Bougainville Island il the northern Solomons, attacked cacn,,H enaY,1y cI1Iisar with result that could not be observed becaus of the darkness.
 They scored direct hits on tn plane dispersal area of the Buil airdrome.
 At Buka Island, northermost 0 the Solomons. just above Bougain vile and l85 miles southeast Q Rabaul, another force of Consoi N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

During the month of September 85 per cent of all placements were made directly to war plants while the remainder of the jobs were in essential civilian work. The situa- ton was quite different from pre- yious months when the office con- tinued it's task of supplying domestic and other non- essential workers. Yet despite its conversion to war program placement, the situation is quite acute, the manager stated.
 Skilled Workers Needed
 Employers have not lowered their standards MT. Nolan said, despite the decrease in the applicants load. A sharp demand for highly qualified made workers in all classif1cations is felt especially, he said, but a shortage in the women's market IS anticipated shortly. A concentrat- ed recruiting plan to meet the de- 1mands flor women workers for local war industries may be necessary in the near future he indicated.
 A temporary slack in the middle of September was experienced in ir1- dustry and as result the total num- Der of factory placements was less than for the previous month. A to- tai of 543 workers were placed in industry in last month as compared to 649 in August. Except for the brief lull demands for industrial workers were high and continue to rise. The high requirements of employers are said to have accounted partly for the slight temporary decrease.
 To meet the industrial demands the local office expects to undertake special program of recruiting wo- men who are not yet in the labor field or else who are engaged in nor1- essential work.
 The farm employment dtuaton is very bad, the employment head said. Farm hands have been pour ling into the city in large numbers getting jobs in war plants and tht Harms have felt an acute shortage of help. The temporary seasona work of farming, such as harvest
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
LAPS ARE PRESSED
 FOR SHIPBUILDINC
American Subs, Planes Are Making Serious In-
 roads; Demand Heavy

washington, Oct. 3.-(UP)-Naval experts believed today that the Jap- anese shipbuilding industry is being seriously strained by the ever-in- creasipg inroads of American sub- marines and war planes.
 Even If Japan had sufficient fa- cilities to replace or repair ships sunk or damaged, these experts said, there was considerable doubt that its steel-producing industry could meet all the demand arising from sea losses.
 Shortly before outbreak of the Pacific war, 1t was estimated that Japan's shipbuilding industry could produce between 5O0,00O and. co., 900 tons of sea-going ships annually Tn the last month, the experts be- lieVed, the sinking and damaging
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
CONGRESS IRKED
 AT FDR'S REBUKE
Party Wheel=HOrses Show Annoyance at Being ln-
 cluded in Censure

Washington, Oct. g. UP) A good many members of Congress, and highly placed ones too, were showing signs of sharp annoyance today at President Roasevelt's cen- sure of their anti-inflation efforts and tendency to meddle in war matters.
 Newspaper reporters were con fronted with a difficult problem in conveying the situation to their readers because the most pertinent and important objections to the Presidents rebuke were uttered by men who refused to permit thelr names to be used. But a lot of them are angry, all though some are not. The kernel of complaint seems to be that MT. Roosevelt fired his scatter gun al Congress and peppered the lot in- stead of selecting as targets those individuals or groups who may nave erred.
 As it stands, Congress is charged by the President with delaying the enactment of anti-inf1ation leglS- lation and with a tendency to barge into war problems which its mem bers do not comprehend.
 That the piqued members will gel over 1t Is unquestioned. But neither is there any doubt that several upor whom the President has relied most to front for .him on Capito l'Hill feel that their efforts have no been appreciated and, worse. tha Mir. Roosevelt was indiscriminatel! unjust. one of his closest associates told group of men yesterday that afte reading MT. Roosevelt's structures oi Congress in the morning papers h had been happy to observe tn Capitol still in its place when h went to his office. ssReminded me-" he continued, 70
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
ICKES SUGGESTED
 TO SIX GOVERNOR

Boston, Oct. s.-(Upl-president Roosevelt has answered c request by the six New England governors for q personal conference with him to dIscuss the fuel oil situation with the yuggestlon that they take up the prohl.m witl Petroleum Coordina- tor Harold L. Ickes.
 The reply, received yesterday m A telegram signed by Presidential eecretary Edwin M. watson, was addreesed Co GOV. xeverett Salton- stall of Masaachusetts, acting chair lmnn of tho governors eomwlltoA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
WAR 0AaErs PLEAsE

Camp Edwards, Mas. Oct. S-- (up)-.faeut. Gen. Lesley !. MeNaif commander of the army ground forces. hos expressed complete sat- infaotinn with Che Widesscale war eames now in prosross near Camp NAWRFds, GGn. MeNalg, who eY- rlNsd 1ata Ihurrfay eo4oNapanIoe iT hla alNlF and other hlGn ranking oi.s1|sIs NIfnsgsad fho opcnlng NHaa& tE tsls man4NH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
264 GRADUATE
 AS ARMY CHAPLAINS

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 3. (UPl- Diplomas were presented today 70 26l graduates of the Army Chaplain School who have completed Q 11- day training period at Harvard uiai- versity.
 A drill and review was followed by an address by Col. Phillip Hayes, chief of staff Of the first service command, and presentation of oip- tomas by Chaplain lColl William p Cleary, school commander. All tne graauatss have been aseigned e ] active duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Reds Halt NaZis
 At Two Places
By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

Moscow S-P)-The has hurled back des- critical crashed into positions along cOmmunques and frOntn dispatches said today.
 Izvesia reported general improve 10th d;oS& &hok4IoS n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
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Ex.DENTAL HEAD DEAD

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 3. (UPl-- pr. Elwyn R. Bryant former presi- dent Of the Connecticut Dental As- sociaEion, died late yesterday alter an illness. pr. Bryant was president of the association An 1918. he was Q native q South stukley. 0uehecl and leaves hls widow and & son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
In
 City Decreas a SC
(omcial U. s. Navy photo from NEA Telephotoo

Waterbuy supply available constantly increasing and Employment
 stated today Despite the fact that service placements minimum and all efforts are being in jobs vital to the effort demands or indus hard to meet at their present high rate Mr Nolan Rade . Z @
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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22
WehSter'S Word

Noah Webster, the founder of
Webster's Dictionary and the
greatest of all photographers,
welded an unparalleled influence
on the development of English in
the United States. Yet he coined
only one word and that was ode
moralize."
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-10-22

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-13

Providing gas masks for the en-
 tire civilian population is Obvi-
 OusIy difficult-if not impossible. squads to disinfect it. Breathe through a wet towel-and if this isn't sufficient comfort, says Dr. Hildebrand. put your head under a pillow apd pray"
 If you should be caught outside, however, and exposed to gas, prompt action is absolutely neces- sary. The first thing to do is rush into the nearest house. strip of all your clothes and toss them outside, then take a thorough bath with more soap than you ever used in your life. After that get into bed and stay there, for gas sears the throat and lungs, and complete rest is an essential treatment.
 Action within 10 minutes will probably prevent most sumptoms from developing. If you wait as much as a half hour, the treatment will probably have no alleyiately ef- feet, So rather than wait for the ambulance or stand in line at an elaborate "degassing" station, dash in and borrow the nearest bath tub.
 "If the house doesn't happen to be yours you may find this slightly embarrassing" says Dr. Hildebrand, "But it's far better to burn with embarrassment than with mustard or LeYisite gas,"
 pr. HildebFande condemns those civilians who are elamoring for gas masks for the entire population, Obviously this Is physically difIlcult, # not impossible. Unless you are 8 warden, he says, you have little eXg lnse for being exposed to gas, Tn the event Of a raid you should be indoors, and you are better pros teeted there without a mask than you are outside with one. Besides the rubber, labor and 0theY ma. terIals that go into mask maDufae.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-13
ARM BUILDING
 NOW RESTRICTED.
Construction Work Over $I,OOO Must Be Approved
 By USDA Board

Construction of barns or other buildings used for agricultural pro- duction on farms must be approved by the New Haven County USDA War Board, If the construction cost Is sl00 or higher, according to in. structions received by the board from the Secretary of Agriculture.
 The County USDA War Board, made up of farmers and representa- tiyeS of United tSateS Department of Agriculture agencies, will review applications for priority ratings on agricultural construction and send them to the State USDA War Board for further review. The first of the applications in New Haven Coun- ty were considered at Q meeting of the county board last week and ap- proved. Action by both the county and state boards is necessary before the War Production Board will grant authority for the purchase of building materials.
 County Agricultural Agent Roy E. NorcroSS, secretary of the County USDA War Board, explained that agricultural construction has been treated as 8 separate category in the conservation order of the War Production Board halting construc- ton unless 1t is related to the war effort. The authority of the USDA War Boards is confined to conStruc- ton of farm buildings costing over 5000 or repairs to dwelling houses on farms costing over $500.
 The county Boards instructions say that applications are to be con- sidered first from the viewpoint of whether the construction is neces- sary for production of foods to reach the Food for Freedom goals. Dairy and poultry buildings would, thus, be considered more vital than tobacco barns.
 The boards are also to consider whether the plans could be modi- fled to conserve strategic materials such as steel, and whether the buildings already on the farm can be renovated to serve the purpose of the new construction.
 Replacement of buildings dam aged by fire would be considered more essential, in general, than the construction of new buildings. Farming operations of speculative nature would have less chance of approval than construction on farms where the element of Specula- ton is not involved.
 MT. Norcross said that the cost of either new construction or repair includes not only the cost of the material, but the labor, rental of equipment, architects, engineers and contractors fees, insurance charges and financing charges.
 Blanks for applications to the County USDA War Board may be secured at the office of the county agent, 3O1 Post Office Building, New Haven.