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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
Youth Must Provide
 Leaders For America
President of Wesleyan Urges Students to Fight Study. Prepare for Future Responsibilities

ARlddletown, Conn, Sept. 23 De- claring that the future is at stake and that ''in the present your brothers are dying for the future" Acting President Victor L. Butter fled called upon the students of wesleyan University to make them- selves the kind of persons whose fu- ture leadership twill make of this mess the kind of democracy that's worth dying for" in an address at the Matriculation Service marking the opening of the colleges Hath year today.
 Convocation in recognition of scholarship was also marked today. when the names of 13O members of the classes of 1943, 1944 and 1945 were placed on the honor roll and the winners of fellowships, scholar ships and prizes announced.
 Expressing the belief that free democratic America must demand leaders from among our youth, pr. Butterf1eld said:
 Every society depends in the last analysis not upon its machinery whether economic, political, or so- cial-but upon the fiber of its people. Any democracy, American democracy. must depend upon a very peculiar fiber. If the basic as- sumption of our society is that a people, given freedom, will have not only the strength and the courage but the resourcefulness and the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

brains to run their lives and achieve their destinies in harmony with one another and to a greater degree than others could do it for them, if this is the basic assumption, then you simply must have people, mile lions of them, who are in fact and in living conviction just that kind of people strong men, resourceful men, courageous. men, men who take pride, real and personal pride in the fact that win or lose, they can and will fight their own battles of life. But if there is to be social harmony in this great enterprise,
 then you must also have millions of men who believe just as deeply and vividly in that harmony, men who smart at injustices, who strain against excesses, who understand when to fight for convictions, when to tolerate weaknesses, men whose impulses are generous and instincts kindly, men who know, at first hand, range on range of the finer contours and more delicate shad- ings that complete the panorama of the human spirit at its richest. Such are the people our democracy must have, such are the people that you and I must be and become. Otherwise, our articles of faith may
 die, may become only an echo of 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
Papers Recorded m
 Recent Really Deals

Association of Waterbury to Arthur DeBoris.
 Warranty Deeds
 Chase Brass & Copper O., Inc, to Hilda A. Bencivenga, land on Walnut street extension.
 Gus DeCicco to Mary Poudrier, property no Circular avenue. Antonio and Rose Forcello to Ernesto Allessandroni, property on Dixie avenue.
 American Brass Co.,, to May H. Fitzpatrick, property on Brookdale lane.
 Jeremiah Murphy to Florence T. Weston, property at 50-52 Ray street
 John Ricciardi to Daniel T. Far rington, Jr., land on Oak street. Albert c. Lusher to Lewis E. Car rington, property on Revere street. John Swanson to Francisco Man cini, property on Toros avenue.
 Quit Claim Deeds
 James M. Lynch to Peter M. Devenis, land on map of Rose mount.
 Peter M. Devenis to Armand M. Errichette. land on map of Rose mount.
 Germaine Forand to Rose La Porte, property on Oakville avenue. Fred Cappiello to Mary zarelli, property on Wilson street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

great America that used to be. Un- less these clements abide in the hearts and heads of men, in the very sinews of character and temp erament, and unless they animate the lives of a great proportion of our people, then the acids of disin- tegration will eat our strength, destroy our freedom, and paralyze our happiness"
 Dr. Butterfield concluded: "This, then, is your highest privilege, and your deepest obligation, at Wes- leyan. The future is at stake. In the present your brothers are dying for the future. You can sanctify their blood in one of two ways: Get out of college and fight with them, or stay here until your country calls you, but while you are here, with all your heart and mind, be- come the kind of person that, by your future leadership into it. will make of this mess the kind of dem- ocracy that's worth dying for.
 Whether we fight or whether we study, God give us strength"
 The acting presidents announce ments revealed that nine of the II faculty members on leave during the year will be engaged in war activi- ties. The list is headed by President James L. McConaughy who has been named president of United China Relief in New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
In Today's Mail Continued from Preceding Page)

to the present lack of confidence in public officials. The Mayor, al- though appointing new City Board faces, hesitated in carrying his plan for new faces, further, as you will observe the same old guard phy- siognomies in the municipal place.
 The reason is evident: there are approximately eighteen hundred persons drawing wages from the public treasury of our municipality, and on the average each one of them is a controlling power for six votes, totaling 11,000 electors, or GA per cent of the Democratic vote of 17,350 cast for Mayor in November, 1889. No Mayor-elect, of whatever party, will be inclined to jeopardize the political chances or his own in terest by disregarding the voice of 11,000 Stand-patters who under all circumstances are roped to their party and who disregard the inter. ests of the taxpayers.
 If under the nefarious and wretch ed events recently uncovered, change cannot be accomplished in person. mel Of our municipality, you may be assured that Waterbury is beyond self-reform.
 American political life sometimes appears to be in a state bordering on recession, as the attitude of many of our public officials indi- cates c careless disregard of a pub lie trust. The incentive to use pub- lie funds for personal needs or po- litical aggrandizement stands upper most in their minds. Towns and cities in Connecticut have had po- litical officials before the bar be- cause of malfeasance in office.
 It is indicative of low moral standard, brought about very likely by an insincere community spirit which makes for hypocracy.
 The persons elected to office are representative of the community from which they came. Therefore, until the community adopts sim cere attitude against corruption in public officialdom, we will have ras- cality eminating from public offi- cials.
 Because we elect one coterie of poll aticians to replace another, is no in- dication that management of mu- nicipal affairs for improvement will ensue.
 The present Charter with its hodgepodge of contradictions can be interpreted to suit all political con- tingencies, and is an accessory now, as it has been in the past, to cover the false political life of the City.
 The taxpayers have not received a report of the financial condition of the municipality since Sherwood l.. Rowland's Comptroller's report Of Sept. 30, 1888. Meager reports have been issued, the one in January of having $3,000. 900 on hand, about $l.- 100000 of which was borrowed in December, 1941. Nearly $700, 900 is for new water pipe line. What the balance is used for is not clear. The taxpayer is hoodwinked into gues- sing. Never is genuine income forthcoming, always borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.
 Bond and loan manipulations are easy to secure. City officials do not know the meaning of pay as you go. They prefer to totter on the edge of bankruptcy, while although the fi- nancial structure of our. municipality is in an unstable condition, the mu- nicipal political machine that draws profits from taxpayers funds is in hale and hearty shape.
 FRANK B. PARSONS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

Preparations to guard the health of Connecticut residents and pro- vide medical care for civilian casu- alties under today's and tomorrow's war conditions are graphically demonstrated at the Defense Ex- position in the State Armory, Hart ford.
 An exhibit of family and indus trial workers health hazards and their control is presented by the State Department of Health. A Cacualty Station, which would func- ton as field hospital to treat casualties received from First Aid Stations and prepare the cases for transfer to hospitals, is shown in operation by the Hartford Health Department. Both displays are 8 part of the Exposition sponsored by the State Defense Council and open to the public from 2::30 to 1o:30 p. m. each day this week through Sum- day, September 27.
 Illuminated pictures tell the story of the Army's need to induct men physically fit. They show how and why workers health is a keystone of war production. Physicians of- fices, clinics and treatment stations are pictured with the organization
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
Defense Exposition
 Shows Health Plans
Provisions Made for Civilian Casualties in Wartime
 Emergency illuminated Pictures Used

to meet social disease problems with the help of the State Health De- partment's blood test laboratory. Other pictures show how hazardous exposures under working conditions are determined and controlled by laboratory and engineering methods. Provision for emergency water sup ply and sanitation is explained.
 The Casualty Station is equipped with seven cots. 1t is arranged to receive and re-route stretcher cases. Arrangements to give blood trans fusions and other medical attention quickly is made clear by actual demonstrations. Blood plasma samples are used. Portable equip ment for field emergency teams is exhibited.
 The Station is 8 reminder that facilities of this kind provide neigh borhood emergency medical serv- ice by teams of doctors, nurses and first aiders.
 The exhibit also points out that many evacuation hospitals, located outside target areas, are equipped to receive patients should local hos pitals be damaged. A wall map of the state indicates the careful ar engagements for this emergency.
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sight to last another 30 days at the most!
 What happens after that depends on all of us. If production falls and you've not done your part, will you rest easy? Next week we're starting a collection drive - to build the biggest stockpile of scrap metal you've ever seen. Then when the mills need it, we'll have it. because you came through .. for his sake!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
DIVORCE ACTION
 WITHDRAWN HERE

A divorce action was withdrawn from the superior court docket this morning and one new divorce com plaint was filed.
 Tolinda DeSomma Russo of Wa terbury has withdrawn an action brought against Salvatore Russo, also of this city, The couple mar ried July 5, 1923 and have two chil- dren.
 Robert Crosley of Naugatuck seeks divorce from Esther Ormsby Crosley of Torrington. claiming his wife has been cruel since March 1, 1883. The marriage took place Oct. 26, 1929 at Millerton, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
BAR ASSOCIATION
 TO TAKE ACTION
Minor Sends Resignation to Grievance Committee
 Dunn to Act

Henry w. Minor, former police and fire commissioner, and Martin J. Dunn, former city purchasing agent, both of whom were convicted in the conspiracy trial and have completed sentences, have been mo- tif1ed by the grievance committee of the New Haven County Bar Associ-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

ation to appear and show cause why they should not be disbarred from law practice.
 Minor has sent in his resignation, but no word has been received from Dunn, according to announcement by Atty. Ralph Clark of New Haven, a member of the committee.
 Action by the superior court is required on the resignation which will be sent to States Atty. William B. Fitzgerald for presentation in the court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

D OUND up your scrap metal = it's IN needed to make steel. Steel for armor plate to protect him from bombs and bullets. Steel for weapons to help him do the job that must be done be- fore he can come home again.
 You don't want production figures. It's enough to know that 5O8o of all new steel is made of scrap - that our steel mills now have only enough scrap In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
CASSIDY SEEKS
 TIME EXTENSION

Atty. John H. Cassidy is expected to receive an extension of time for filing of a counter finding in the appeal taken by the City of Water bury from the common pleas court decision which ruled the city park ing meters illegal. The appeal was filed by Corporation Counsel Maur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
BUILDING PERMITS

The following permits have been issued to the office of building In- spectOr John T. Hartley:
 Ctherine HOsey, close in ver- anda, PA Orange street, $25.
 Ford Motors, alterations for ga- rage, 479 Meadow street, SIPS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
JUDGE FAULKNER > RADIO SPEAKER

A discussion of the new statewide juvenile courts was conducted by Frederick D. Faulkner of the Third district of Connecticut Juvenile court yesterday afternoon on Fay Clark's "Our Neighborhood" pro- gram over station VERY. Mayor Vincent A. Sculy introduced the speaker, and Miss Kathleen Crowley, probation officer of the local ju- venile court, and E. Robert Steven son, participated in the program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

Ice T. Healey Sept. IA and unaF law the plaintiffs answer slloitl1 in within ten days.
 The corporation counsel eBefe that he will not oppose the extes~ sion and it Is believed Juaee Thomas J. Wall will grant #,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

'Double-duty" utensils og porces lain enamel, useful both for fcpa preparation and also for serving food right at the dinner table, all- clude casseroles, percoIators. drip coffee pots. tea pots. syrup pltca- CTS, etc,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23

The Argentine Government will operate wine -bottling plants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-23
GOOD NEWS FROM HOME

al Savings & Loan BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Plotted Perambulations

The next time you step out Of your
house and drop down to the corner drug
store you may have to plan the trip at a
certain time of the day. Or if you're
going to go down street via public vehicle,
don't think you can go at any old time
of the day. Transportation is an i'm
portant phase of our civilian defense,
particularly so with gasoline and tires
at premium And while the situation
probably won't reach the extremes
described in the first sentence above, still
Connecticut's industrial cities are going
to have to arrange the comings and go
ings of their inhabitants into a fixed
routine.
We started to do something about
overcrowded BUSES during rush hours
when school authorities changed the
hour for high school pupils to report
from 8 to $3.50 a. m. Requests have also
been made to shoppers not to use the late
tickets are no longer accepted after
e4:3O D. m. And the regulations will be
even more stringent than that, according
to plans now being worked out by the
Public Utilities Commission However,
it's for everyone's benefit, so don't find
fault with the idea.
Every defense center will be zoned;
data will be assembled on the number of
employees in defense manufacturing
establishments and where they live There
viii be statistics on the available number
Of public vehicles All will be systema-
ti2ed, card-indexed, the final result to
be better means of getting people back
and forth from work so that there1l be
no possible way to interfere with the job
Of winning this World War right here at
home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
just Forget Il

According to word from down Fairfield
County way legislator is beseeching
and petitioning Governor Robert A. Hur-
ley to call special session of the Legis-
lature AS if the governor didn't have
enough on his mind now to occupy him
he has to give heed to these requests,
which out of place as they may seem to
some are, nevertheless, very pertinent
to their hackers. But we doubt if a
majority voice could be raised in behalf
of a special legislative session right now,
particularly on the subject of gas
rationing.
The request comes from Representa-
tive George Van Ripper of Wilton who feels
that there have been contradictory state
ments made by public officials relative to
gas rationing and that the people are en-
titled to know what's what That's true,
but we fail to see how the Legislature can
do one single thing about correcting a
situation where everyone is doing his best
to get into print as author of an official
statement dealing with the present fuel
situation. Afer all rationing is not a state
problem, but national one and is being
handled as such.
In due course of time, and it won't be
very long, all car owners will know what's
what and what they can expect in the
future. Right now we should realize the
situation is critical one and that our
usage of motor cars should be on the
wane instead of increasing. Every effort
should be made to prevent false or con-
flicting stories being circulated about the
operation of gas rationing, but we fail to
see even one good reason why our General
Assembly should be called to deal with
such a situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

to waste rubber, vital factories must
slow down because many workmen won't
be able to get to their Jobs.
BY sharing rides the available tire sup
ply can be made to last between three
and four years. BY that time we hope to
have ended the war. If we haven't, there
will be at least a possibility Of relief
through the production of synthetic rub
Der for the most pressing needs. We can
triple the lifetime of our national tire
supply by sharing rides Systematically,
intelligently and universally. Probably
we won't. No such system ever works
perfectly. But, to beat Hitler, it would
seem worth the attempt.
All over the country isolated agencies
are promoting the idea. The National
Association of Manufacturers is cooper
ating with the Office of Defense Trans
portation. The Michigan State High
way Department is experimenting in
Pontiac. The Associated Industries of
Maine, the Massachusetts, Planning
Board, the Connecticut Manufacturers
Association are surveying the possibili-
ties. The California Shipbuilding Com
pany in Los Angeles, the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company in Birmingham are in
the midst of experiments. The U. S.
Rubber Company recently carried full
urging individuals to cooperate. Here is
chance for individuals and organizations,
page advertisement in many newspapers
labor unions and service clubs, civic asso-
Citations, Legion posts and women's clubs
to organize share-the-ride groups, to save
rubber, to shorten the war, to save good
American lives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Unintended Injustice

Lion Feuchtwanger, an outstanding
anti-Nazi, has dramatized the difficulty
of dealing wisely with enemy aliens on
the vast scale necessary in this melting
pot nation. Feuchtwanger, Erich Maria
Remarque and Bertolt Brecht, whose
books were burned publicly by the Nazis
years ago, all live in Los Angeles, a city
of vast distances. AS Germans, regard
less of their ideologies, they are enemy
aliens They are confined to an area
within five miles of their homes. They
cannot be on the streets after o'clock.
On the anniversary of the burning OF
their books, they could not get together.
They cannot visit the library, because it
is more than five miles away. They are
treated as potential enemies of this coun-
try, by reason of the ponderosity and i'm
personality of the machinery of justice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
PONZI AGAIN
(Hartford Courant)

Nf1aTLIOTQ COurauLJ
While an old dog cannot learn
new tricks, the human race does
not even seem able to master the
old ones. In August, 1920, Charles
Ponzi, the bogus financier, was ar
rested for using the mails to de-
fraud. His racket had been a sim
pie one. BY promising so per cent
interest in As days he persuaded
investors to turn over to him some
SIS 900, 900. The money came in so
quickly that he did not have room
to store it and had to stuff 1t away
in the wastepaper baskets Of his
office and in desk drawers. Natur-
ally, the only interest he could pay
was from obtaining new loans,
which was simply robbing Peter to
Pay Paul.
Despite the publicity attending
his trialS--he was first tried by the
Federal Government and then by
Massachusetts, - his career seems
TO have made little impression on
TIE public mind. For In New York
a man has Just recently been ar
rested for trying to operate the
same sort Of racket. In this instance
only 10 per cent interest was offer
ed, but there still was plenty OF per-
sons willing to invest their savings.
Again the interest was paid from
new loans until finally the bubble
broke.
From the days Of the conQuista-
doris who followed the illusion OF Ell
Dorado across the desert wastes,
there have been men who thought
they could grow rich quickly and
without effort. But the number who
have actually done SO has been few.
The Others, whether they sought 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

It was a startling statement made by
DR.. Alonzo Grace, State Commissioner
Of Education, in Stratford earlier
in the week when he stated publicly that
by June, 1943, so per cent of the male
teachers and Is per cent of the states
high school students would have dropped
out of our school system. That's quite
an item and one would be inclined to re-
gard it as slightly exaggerated if you
didn't know DR.. Grace and know that
he is not accustomed to making exag-
gerated statements. Think what it would
mean right here in Waterbury. He
urged the women school teachers to
start familiarizing themselves with in
dustrial arts instruction for the time
when the gap in the ranks of the male
teachers occurs. All of which means
that the war will take its toll of the
teaching profession just as it undoubtedly
will in others during the next twelve
months. Some will 60 into the fighting
ranks; more will probably find themselves
in industrial positions, fitted as they will
be for definite administrative and execu-
tive offices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Share the Rides

If you are one of those who have
demanded that Washington find some
thing concrete you can do toward win
ming this war, your time has come. Right
at home, without hardship or sacrifice,
you can help to save lives of tens of thou
sands of Americans, to knock months or
years off the time it will require to whip
Hitler, perhaps even to save us from
defeat. You can resolve, and plan, and
organize - and make good = to save
rubber by sharing your car with others
when you drive to work, 60 shopping, take
the children to school, or use the auto
mobile for any essential purpose.
If we continue operating our cars as
we have, 20 millions out of the 33 millions
will be laid up by late summer of 1943,
for the duration of the war. That would
be national tragedy. 1t would slow
down to Snail'S pace the present mad
tempo of our production. It would pro-
long the war by reducing the weight OF
material we can throw against Hitler
and the JapS. 1t would mean the death
Of tens of thousands and the manning of
hundreds of thousands of soldiers, sailors
and marines who need not be sacrificed.
Our whole productive economy is based
upon use Of the automobile. Without 1t,
we cannot get our war workers to and
from their jobs. We cannot possibly meet
he production demands Of ali out war
without automobiles for workers trans
portation In year or is months, II
we Ignore present warnings and continue
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Selected Poem

LET'S GO!
E. A. Hillbom in the New Haven Jourhal-Courier)
Our sleeves are rolled; our belts tight,
We've set Our course to work or fight,
Our mills are filled with men Of steel
Who feel their jobs are very real.
The smelters roar and steel flows white,
And cough their flames through day and night,
While massive engines tug their loads
Across the land on iron roads.
Our ships grow fast and steam away,
Their muffled engines seem to say,
We're coming through with planes and tanks"
With food and guns; with fighting Yanks."
No giant ever grew so fast,
Our course is set: the die is cast,
We're unified; we're young and strong;
We've learned to sing the battle song.
No force on earth can change our plan,
No greater chance has come to man.
Let's buckle down and win this war.
So man may laugh and sing once more.