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Evening star., 1942-05-27
D. A. r. Unit to Fete
Retiring Regent

Officers and members OF Marcia
Burns Chapter. Daughters OF the
American Revolution, will entertain
at dinner in honor of their retiring
regent. Mrs. Minnie Ashbrook Tull,
at 7 o'clock this evening at the Kene-
saw dining room, Sixteenth street
and Columbia road NV. Miss Lii
liam Chenoweth, vice president gen
eral and former State regent, will
be a special guest.
A tea in honor of new officers OF
the chapter will be given by Mrs.
Tull from 4 to pm. June at her
home, 215 A street NE. Mrs: Ellis
Logan, founder of the chapter, will
be a special guest of honor. New
officers of the chapter include Miss
Florence Christman, regent; Mrs.
j. Walter Bernhard, vice regent;
Miss Helen Sunday, recording secre-
tary; Miss Grace Swift, correspond
ing secretary: Miss Elizabeth Groves,
treasurer; Mrs. Virginia Thompson,
historian; Mrs. lola Armstrong
registrar, and Mrs. G. E. Deather-
age, chaplain.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Women to Attend
Alumnae Meetine

Mrs. James r. Hartnett, president
of the International Federation of
Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae,
will leave today for Philadelphia to
attend a board meeting of the fed
Grafton which will be held Sunday
al the Julie Billiart Convent at
Wyncote, Pa.
Other Washingtonians who will
attend the meeting are Miss Flor
ence ODonoghue Of the Trinity
College Chapter, who is the secre-
tary of the federation; Miss Kath-
ryn Creveling, president of the
Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae,
and Miss Ann Wolfe.
Representatives Of all the acad-
emies, high schools and colleges
which are conducted throughout the
United States by the Sisters Of
Notre Dame de Namur will attend.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Mrs. Tull Heads Unit
OF Colonial Danes
Of 18th Century

Mrs. Minnie Ashbrook Tull was
installed as president Of the Colonel
william Branthwayte Chapter, Co
lonial Danes of the 18th Century, at
a meeting held recently at her
home.
Others installed by the chaplain,
Mrs. William Wallace Holt, included:
First vice president, Mrs. Oscar Lin
wood Layton; second vice president,
Miss Martha Lou Houston: record
ing secretary, Mrs. Shelton Balm
bridge Lamar; corresponding Secre-
tary, Mrs. John Michael Stafford;
treasurer, Mrs. r. H. Lyle Seaton;
registrar, Mrs. William Walton
Badgley; historian, DIR. Ruth Emma
Coyner. and chaplain, Mrs. Francis
Kellogg Raymond.
The Colonel William Branth-
wayte Chapter was organized on
April 8, 1887, with IS members and
meets four times a year. The reg
istrar reported that 54 members had
been enrolled and that a charter
had been granted on April 8, 1912.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
B'nai Israel Group
Plans Fete Tonight

Countess Eleanor Palffy, vice
chairman of the District Red Cross
Nurses Aide Corps. will be the
guest speaker at a Mothers Day"
program to be held by the B'nai
Israel Sisterhood at $50 o'clock
tonight at Fourteenth and Emer-
son streets NV. Harry Goshkowitz,
formerly with the N. 3. c. studio,
will entertain with violin selections.
The Red Cross unit of the sister,
hood meets from / to pm. every
Monday at Fourteenth and Emerson
streets NV. 1t also has Red Cross
unit which meets at 10 am. every
Tuesday at the Wool Center, TIA
Thirteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Newspaper Women
Elect Miss Eversman

Miss Alice Eversman, music critic
of The Evening Star, was elected
president of the Newspaper Wom-
ems Club of Washington at meet
ing held early this week. Others
elected are Sophie Pool Kepner,
first vice president; Jackie Martin
of the Chicago Sun, second vice
president; Emma Perley Lincoln,
corresponding secretary; Grace Fry,
Columbia (Tenn) Daily Herald, re-
elected recording secretary; Mar
garet Germond of The Evening Star,
reelected treasurer, and Leila Ba-
thon, Army and Navy Register, re-
elected historian.
Those elected to the Board of
Governors include Marie McNair,
Times Herald; Gretchen Smith,
Evening Star, and Alice Hutchins
Drake, Haskin Syndicate.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
District Vote
Emphasized
1nPrOgram
Voteless League
Maps Plans for
Coming Season

Work for extension Of the popu-
lar vote to the disfranchiSed IN the
District Of Columbia" was given q
major place on the 1923 program
of the Voteless District League OF
women Voters as the organization
mapped plans for the coming season
at its annual meeting yesterday at
Palisades Park.
Suffrage for the District was the
only local item mentioned specif-
ically in the general program
adopted, members approving state
ment which pointed out that Ito the
league in the District Of Columbia,
attainment Of the right and re-
sponsibinty Of voting is fmda-
mental.
with full realization Of the din
Guilty Of defining municipal and Fed
eral responsibility for the govern
nent of the District" 1t continued,
Eve believe that self-government
should be established in the Capital
of our democracy"
National lHteIcSt SltSus
DELEGATES who attended the re-
cent national convention OF tne
league pointed out that a suffrage
plank was included in the natlonal
ORGANIZATIONS platform. Representa-
tives of a number of State leagues
disnlayed considerable interest IN
the item it was reported, and lnol-
Gated their wish to receive 1urtaei
material on the subject.
The local league also moved TO
focus special attention next year OIL
u,ch subjects as wartime taxation
infiation and plans for postwar re-
construction by voting to accept its
share in the responsibility" Tor tne
program adopted by the naaonai
league.
Although there was no specnlc
reference to education on the pro,
gram approved, discussion mdlcateo
that the local organization Will De
especially concerned with efforts 10
maintain educational STANDARDS our
ing the war period. .
Annual reports, usually presented
IN full at the spring meeting: Wele
IN mimeographed form and dlsVrlo-
,,ted to the membership this year IN
order that time might be devoted 70
mans for the next seasons work.
The local league, in line WIN ma
tional policy, plans to continue 1"S
activities during the summer.
Vacant Post Filled.
Mrs Eugene Canaghan, the presi-
dent. has served only one year OF
tWo-vear term, but several vacant
posts were filled yesterday.
Voting by ballot instead OF by &C
clamati0n as formerly, members
elected Mrs. oscar L. Chapnnae'
first vice president; Mrs. Guy s.
Cook, recording secretary, and MIS-
Robert F. Leonard and Mrs. Charles
H. Weston, directors.
An amendment to the constitution
was approved which eliminated tne
most of corresponding secretary, so
the Nominating Committees candl-
date for that post was withdrawn.
Those remaining in Office include
Mrs. Gerard Reilly, second wee
president; Mrs. Edna L. johnston
treasurer, and Mrs. Louis Gutenberg
and Miss Mary Anderson, directors.
The meeting was an all-day ses-
sion with a recess at midday for
buffet luncheon served out Of doors.
Mrs. Callaghan presided, while
the program was presented by Mrs.
Eugene Duf1eld, program chairman.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Meeting

Famous Authors Have Met" Is
the subject Of an address by Miss
Janet Richards being given today
at a luncheon meeting Of the
Soroptimist Club. Among the au-
thors who will be discussed are Walt
Whitman, George Bernard Shaw,
Mark Twain, Alfred Noyes and Ed
win Markham. Miss Richards will
be introduced by Miss Nora Huff
man, program chairman.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
A. A. U. w. to Fete
Retiring President

Mrs. William c. Van Week. retir-
ing president of the Washington
branch of the American Association
of University Women, will be enter
tanned by the branch at a luncheon
Sunday at club headquarters. Mrs.
A. Remington Kellogg, chairman of
the Arts Committee, will preside at
the luncheon, which will be followed
by an informal program Of music
and readings. All club members,
their husbands and friends are in
vited to attend.
Samuel Wilder King, delegate to
Congress from Hawaii, will be guest
speaker at the club tea Monday.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Alumnae Plan Fete

Members of the graduating class
of the National Cathedral School
for Girls will be entertained at
dinner by the school alumnae as
sociation at 7 pm. Saturday at the
Wardman Park Hotel. Mrs. Nor
man L. Munster, president of the
alumnae association, will preside.
Honor guests will be the principal
of the school, Miss Mabel B. Turner,
and Miss Helen Peck.
Any alumna wishing to make res
ervations for the dinner should call
Miss Richardson, chairman Of the
Washington Chapter. Woodley 2o36.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Women Asked to Sell
Bonds in Theaters

The American Women's Volun-
tary Services have received calls
from Washington theater managers
for volunteers to sell War bonds and
stamps in theater lobby booths all
of next week. The campaign will
start Saturday.
Miss Anita Phipps, president Of
the District unit of the A. w. v. S.,
has urged all members to register
at headquarters between now and
Friday. Members with uniforms are
especially asked to volunteer for
the drive in which theater man
ayers are cooperating with the
Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Pupils to Present PIoy

The department Of speech and
drama Of Gunston Hall School will
present Oliver Goldsmith's "She
Stoops to Conquer" at 8:15 pm.
Saturday in the school auditorium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28

of 5000 workers. Another had to take on 16,0O0 new employees to add 5000 permanently to its staff, Nor are these net increases really permanent. They represent mere ly the number who had not yet moved out at the end of the period surveyed.
 WORKERS PICKING
 JOBS NEAR HOMES
 The personnel manager of a large company planes half of its labor turnover on housing. He has 5000 employees waiting for homes near the plant. If they do not get such homes, they will seek employment near the homes they do have. Then they will have to be trained for new jobs, and new men will have to be tained for the jobs they have vacated.
 Moreover, the congestion, the Housing shortage and transportation inconvenience, contribute to @ ter- rife rate of absenteenism. That is, the workers just stay at home when they feel like it, @ day or tow a week, and let United Nations armies wait for their material.
 The timekeeper at one shipyard here reports that on some days as many as 30 out of every 100 eln- ployes are absent in this manner, and estimates that, day after day, from IS to 20 out of every 100 men
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28
BENEFIT CLAIMS
 SHOW DECREASE
$l2O,OOO Drop in Septem- Der, Labor Com. Dana-
 hers Figures Show

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 28.-Unem- ployment compensation benefit claims and benefits for September continued the downward trend from the preceding month, State Labor Commissioner Cornelius J. Danaher announced today, showing a drop of nearly $120,000 in benefit payments, and many districts show ing sag of more than 40 per cent.
 Compensable claims dropped to about 5000 a week, the total for the month being 20.681 as compared with 28,029 for August. Payments dropped from $365. .467 in August to $264, ,223 in September. The Thomp- sonville district was alone in re- porting an increase in compensable claims, while Ansonia, Meriden, Middletown and Waterbury showed the most drastic drops. Claims in Meriden dropped SO per cent while Ansonia and Middletown showed a decline of 56 per cent.
 In addition to the accelerated pace of industry, Commissioner Danaher stated that a directly contributing cause to the rapidly declining claim load was the recent statewide drive against those who were more inter- csted in receiving unemployment compnsation than in finding a war job.
 He stated the aim of the depart ment as being the reduction of the unemployment claim load to "an ir- reducible minimum" So far this year the state has paid out S2,e45,- 500 for unemployment compensation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28

just do not trouble to come to work. Investigators accepted this officials estimate that, although the yard is operating oStensihly seven days week, because of absenteeism 1t actually Is producing On only a i've and-a-half to six day basis.
 Not all of this crippling slow down is due to congestion. Some is attributed to the fact that men can stand seven-day-a-week work only so long before fatigue, ennui, and the complaints of lonely wives lead them to take day or two for relaxation.
 But men also get fed up with packing into overcrowded street cars and buses for an hour or more night and morning every day. Men using lear clubs" miss connections, or the automobile on which they depend breaks down.
 These conditions are considered inevitable, to some degree, in the mad rush of war production ex- pansion. To a slight extent, they can be remedied by better planning, by provision of housing in the proper places, etc.
 BALTIMORE'S UNEMPLOYED COULD FILL WAR JOBS
 But Investigators say that they would not be nearly so bad if tens of thousands 8 year were not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28

his fingers wet will be subject to suspension.
 It seems reasonable to assume, however, that even a disbarred member will be permitted to con- tinue the sacrifice of any number of doughnuts to his personal taste, thereby contributing to the further rise of what has by now grown into a $85, ,000, ,000-a-year industry.
 Today's doughnut-making ma chimes are a far cry from the little frying pan which handicapped the Salvation Army a quarter of a cen- tury ago. Bakeries now buy or lease special automatic machines capable of producing up to 600 dozen doughnuts an hour, using a special mix milled from wheat grains and hundred million egg yolks a year.
 One of these machines-mourlt- ed in the worlds largest truck will be featured at the Army War Show in Indianapolis this week to show how the Army serves its pres- ent generation of doughboys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28
GOVERNOR SPEAKS
 AT GATE RALLIES
Win War Then Talk About Lasting Peace Hurley
 Tells SCOvilI Workers

The war must be won before we can talk about a lasting peace, Gov. Robert A. Hurley told employees ot the Scovill Mfg. CO, at three plant gate rallies. The rallies were spon- sored by the c. I. O. Mine, NH x Shelter Workers union, whivch IS behind the governors bid for re- election.
 Gov. Hurley commended labor and management of Connecticut for aid- ing in the formation of the Con- nectlcut compact by whcih employ ers and workers in the state have pledged to remain at their jobs un- tIl victory has been achieved.
 The governor addressed workers at the Hayden street and Woodward gates Of the company, and later at the scovilI ll2 building on East Main street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28
STATE UNIVERSITY
 ENROLMENT UP
226 Increase Over Last Year; 1920 Students
 Live on Campus

storrs, Oct. 2s-Undergraduate enrolment at the University of Connecticut now totals 2225, an in- craese of 226 over last year, the division of student personnel an- nounced today.
 Of this number, 1926 are on- campus students and the rest are enrolled either in the College of Pharmacy at New Haven or in Uni versity Extension Centers at Hart ford or Waterbury. The on-campus enrolment is IA per cent greater than it was year ago.
 The total undergraduate enroll ment includes 1460 men and 765 women. The divisions summary of student registration showed 240 seniors, 385 juniors, 548 sophomores, 893 freshmen and l59 unclassifled or part-time students.
 Besides undergraduates, others enrolled in the university include 120 graduate students and 958 talk ing non-credit courses in several professional and technical fields. This brings the total university registration to 3303.
 The division disclosed that 1t had received a total of 1792 applica- tions for admission this year. B per cent increase over 1941, and had admitted 1057 new students.
 Undergraduate enrolment, broken down by schools and colleges, fol- lows:
 Radcliffe Hicks School of Agricul- ture, 42 men and one woman; Col lege of Agriculture, 112 men and two women; College of Arts and Sciences, 287 men and 478 women; Schol of Business Administration, l85 men and 49 women; School of Education, 10 men and 28 women; School of Engineering. 507 men; School of Home Economies, 159 women; School of Nursing. three men and % women; College of Pharmacy, IA men and 19 women.
 Among the on-campus students, l278 are living in dormitories or university operated houses; S12 in fraternity or soriority houses; 32O in private homes in the Storrs community, and 45 are committing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28

Braxton Zuber of Jonesboro, La. now an auto mechanic in his home town, was the first in line to sample the doughnuts in World War I. He will come to New York this week for a repeat performance when members of the 77th Division Asso- ciation-veterans of the famous Lib- erty Division-stage re-enactment of the doughnut's military debut. There will be no doubt left in Mir zuber's mind why he is called a Doughboy, regardless of various his- torically profound but gastonomical- ly worthless theories on the subject.
 Baker Men" Theory
 One theory asserts that Dough- boys was simply a more popular version of Baker Men", designa- tion of the A. E. F. which referred to the position of Newton D. Baker as Secretary of War during the last war. Some theories go back to Civil War days. Henry Mencken thinks American infantrymen in 1867 were dubbed Doughboys because the pipe clay used to whiten their uniforms caused them to become soggy and doughlike in the rain. Others be- lieve the name developed from re- semblance between the large brass buttons of the soldiers uniform and the dumplings then known as "doughboys".
 It seems safe to predict that no theory will be able to supplant the popular association of the Dough- boy with that somewhat crooked but tasty circle around Americas most publicized vacuum, known as the hole in the doughnut.
 Neither will there be a final solution for the doughnut's own most pressing problem. It appears that for perfect companionship with the inner man, a doughnut should be dunked, and nobody but a brute or an ignoramus would permit himself to ignore the proper procedure painstakingly establish ed by the National Dunking Asso- citation, whose second annual con- vention will be held here at the Hotel Astor today - first day of National Doughnut Week.
 Held Dunking Contests
 Soldiers recently have been en- gagged in dunking contests at more than 300 USO canteens, and these efforts may well add some new martial slants to the 98I "recog- nized styles" of civilian dunking.
 Equally important and a prac- tical measure of self-protection is to limit the dunking process to two-and-a-half seconds. not long, CT. please, to which end of the ex- pert dunker is expected to acquire keen sense of timing in addition to professional poise, grace and skill. Above all. your life member ship in the dunking fraternity is distinctly threatened by the rule that any member caught getting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28
DUPLICATE clTYs OWN THOUSANDS, AND oNLY ADD TO ALREADY BAD TRAFFIC AND HOUSING CONDITIONS
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crowding into Baltimore to work in war plants, at a time when alI the jobs could be filled by ycier. tiflc placement of the men and women who already lived here, had homes, mad were provided with facil- tiles for getting along. sf
 From the findings of its survey, the New England group concludes that Baltimore, and most other in- distrial cities now booming with war work, cannot hope to get away from these evils until the government has power to approach the problem scientifically.
 When War Manpower Commis. sioner McNutt selected Baltimore for a lnanpower test-tube his spe- cial representative, A. A. Liveright, found more than 20 different agen- cies, with overlapping functions, charged with trying to bring order out of chaos and inevitably creating great chaos.
 About half of these were Fed- eral. To considerable extent MT. Liveright was able to correlate their policies. But with as many agencies working on the same problem, ad. ministratlon still remains imperfect Synchronization of policy does moi overcome the unwillingnesS of i1' dividuals and groups really to co operate on the total war effort. U. s. E. S. PLACED
 ONE OUT OF 25
 Although the U. s. Employment Service is supposed to be the gov. ernment's recruiting agency for war production, during two-monthi period studied the U. s. E. S handled only one out of every 2s persons added to war plant payrolls here.
 Most employees were hired "at the gates," with absolutely no way of determining how many men with badly needed skills were being put ito jobs of which they had no slightest knowledge.
 The investigators point out that the U. s. E. s. is understaffed and Is handicapped by the "pirating" of its staff members by private inc 1 duStries which can pay them more, as well as by other government agencies.
 Selective Service questionnaires disclosed that three out of four men had secondary or tertiary skills that were needed for war production. The U. s. E. s. does not even have the facilities to canvass these pos abilities to any great extent. EXPERTS CITE
 NEED FOR AUTHORITY
 But more than that, the experts say, no government agency had or has the authority with which to induce employers, unions and in- dividuals to 1t their own likes and dislikeS into the pattern of this nations pressing needs.
 Germany, Great Britain, Canada. Australia have given their man" power agencies such authority. AS a result, in the democracieg ct any rate, the compulsohy power seldom has had to 4 used. Its mere ex' iStence, usually, has proven suffi. cient to obtain the cooperation which, in Baltimore, does not exist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28

Joe Reilly, East End piano player, will shove off next week to sign up for khaki uniform after passing his physical exams in Hartford Tommy Calvin ot his Naval duties at Newport R. l. . . Robert Meyer Crosby senor hopes to enter Yale after completion of his high school assignment Lee Pagan Brown at Lake has transferred by the Army from Fort Devens Mass. to Fort Mckinley, Maine. He claims Lady Luck was with him when announcement of the transfers were read to the boys at Devens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28

no industrial background who have to be trained from the beginning, and who therefore possess no production value superior to Cnat of Baltimore own unskilled unemployed
 Crowding into a city that has no room for them, that lacks adequate transportation for its overgrown citizenry these new residents have contributed to creating chaotic congestion that terrihes all who have to deal with it.
 Inevitably they have to live inconveniently and unhealthiy They have to travel far to their work, in great discomfort Disconnected, always seeking to avoid some of the most unpleasant aspects of such situation, they shift from plant to plant.
 Tn some of the big, rapdly-expanding war plants, survey by Market Analysts on behalf of New Eng land group discloses labor turnover as high as 50 per cent
 Tn one major plant, in two summer months I O0O persons were hired to obtain net increase
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28
ABANDO CHUTE FOUND IN WOODBURY

An abandoned parachute was found yesterday in a Woodbury field by Arthur Freeman. Where the chute came from and how it got in the field are still unexplained, authorities report. It will be re- turned Co the Aerocessorie Co. of New York, whose trade mark was found On the chute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28
A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE PHIL BERN1ER

A Husband Father Brother and Son Four grand people embodies as one; Left this earth plane to dwell on high To guard and guide from home in the sky Little in stature, mighty big in heart Wherever he went he played 6 great part In bringing laughter, sunshine and mirth
 He was friend the people of all nations of the earth No matter their color, class or creed For each one he knew "PINKY" did good oeeo; May we bow head and silently pray When called to judgment, he heard his God say: ~YOJJR IIFE SPAN IS OVER, YOUR WORK WE'LL DONE N' ~ w H. R. M.