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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
Plying Nun" Directs
 Class In Aeronautics
Many Priests Candidates for Aviation Licenses at
 Catholic University; Three=Weeks Course Arranged

her associate instructors, Sister M Leola F. s. P. A. and Sister M. Eva, o. s. F., got under way a more extensive course of aerial education at the annual summer session of the University, which started Mon day, June 18th to continue until August 7th.
 The preliminary three weeks course was conducted at the uni versity with the cooperation of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, a fed eral agency, which arranged to sup plement the classroom and labora- tory students at the institution, with trips to the National Airport at Gravelly Point, Va, on the out skirts of the national capital, where practical objective lessons in hand ling of aircraft were disclosed as far as military restrictions would per- init.
 Interested in aviation for more than five years, Sister Aquinas, di- rector of the air-age courses, began to fly while teaching science and aeronautics at Ambrose high school in IronWood, Michigan. She has civilian aviation license and has fre- quently been aloft, but ha sdone no solo flying Similarly Sisters Leola and Eva are skilled educators in aviation science.
 "The studies at the summer ses- sion of Catholic university Sister Aquinas explained, lis to acqualnt the student with the fundamentals of aeronautics, aviation, meterology, radio and communications to create a broad background for the teacher of avia ton subjects in the Second- ary schools. The courses are de- signed with the presumption that the student has had no work in this cid previously and thus no prere- quisites are required. Anyone seek ing career in flying or associated occupations will find the courses will supply the aviation ground school background necessary to make his start as a flyer or teach CT of aerial education
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
.Servicemen On List Of Cupid s
 Casualties Here

The following marriage inten- tions were filed today with the registrar of vital statistics:
 Joseph LaFremere. l5 West Lib erty street and Marian A. Garvey, 5 West Liberty street.
 John E. Lewis, Jr., U. s. Army and Cecile Bibeau, 6 Glen Ridge street.
 Albert Mama, U. $. Navy, 643 Highland avenue and Angeline Paggalucci, 187 North Main street.
 Robert E. Veillette, corporal U. S. Army, 328 Mill street and Cath crime Mass, 149 Madison street.
 Robert L. Veillette, U. c. Macy, Lemay avenue and Teresa Schro- alder, POI Morse avenue.
 NikOIai Chernik, 28 North Main street and Stella ROmanOfski, AS Hawkins strete.
 Samuel Leibin, U. s. Army Sir Force and Helen BlumenfeId, IFS Chestnut avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
NEWS 

Rev. Thomas L. Sinclair, rector of All Souls Episcopal church, de- clared that America is lost If the world is lost in Sermon on Americas Heritage and Destiny at the union service for all down. town Protestant churches Sunday night at the First Baptist church. Democracy will be haved by preach ing the Gospel of Christian religion throughout the world
 Elimination of weakness of the church will help solve problems of the world, Rev. Thomas LeRoy Crosby of Manchester, N. H., stated in a sermon on the topic, Let The Church Lead yesterday morning at a union service at the Second Con- gregational church. Members of the South Federated and First Congre- gational churches were among those attending.
 The preacher listed national and ecclesiastical sovereignty, economic selfishness, Secularism, imperialism, and racialism as evils of both the church and the world in general.
 Rev. John Reinhardt, Brooklyn, N. Y, has arrived in this city to occupy the pastorate of Glad Tid- ings Tabernacle, South Elm and Union Sts., and conducted his first service Sunday. He succeeds Rev. and Mrs. c. E. Greeaway. who left Friday for Bridgeport where they will serve the United Pentecostal church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
Late Realty
 Neus

The following realty documents were recorded today at the office of the town clerk:
 Quit Claim Deeds Nancy Mary Rossi to John Ros- si, Pilgrim Avenue.
 Home Owners Loan Corpora ton to Marie G. N0namaker.
 Mortgage Deeds Agnes Galuppo to Waterbury Savings Bank, West Farm Street. S1,90O.
 Marie G. & Raymond E. Nona- maker to Home Owners Loan Corporation, WOIcOtt Road, $3,600.
 Warranty Deeds Albert F. Hutchinson to Oreste & Mary ConsigliO. Carver street. William E. & Edith w. Neff to Arthur w. & Mary R. Nichols, Windsor Street.
 Mortgage Releases William Sichler tS Anne N. Sul- liyan.
 Waterbury Savings Bank to Kaximer < Martha Krunglsvich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
A GAS COUPONS
 TO BE ALLOWED FOR ONE TRIP
BY EDWARD c. EISENHART United Press Staff Correspondent

BY EDWARD c. EISENHARr
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, July 6. - (UP) - Representative Fred A. Hartley, R., N. J., an. nounced today that the Of. flee of Price Administration will permit motorists in the eastern shortage area to use "A" gasoline coupons for one round-trip excursion to their summer home or to a resort for vacations, effective July IS.
 Hartley, who is chairman of ar unofficial congressional eastern sea board committee that has been seek. ing the lifting of the pleasure driv- ing ban, said he was authorized by OPA gasoline rationing officials te make the announcement. A forma. OPA release will be issued later, per. haps today.
 At the same time. OPA announceo that issuance of special rations O gasoline for travel to and from vic tory gardens would be discontinuec after July 12. Rations already ls- sued for that purpose may be usee' as lorg as valid. however.
 The only restrictions on the new regulation announced by Hartley about driving to summer homes i. that the trip be made on a gasoline B and c gasoline coupons issued for occupational purposes must moi be used-and that the motorists must first file an application with local rationing boards indicating the destination of the vacation jaunt and approximately when the initial and return trip will be made.
 No time limit will be placed on the excursion. Thus, a motorist could use his car to move his family to vacation resort and bring them back at the end of the season. Or he could use it for one trip to a vaca- tion resort for tWo- weeks vacation
 Under present regulations gov erned by the pleasure driving ban, round-trip journey by car is permis- sible only by the owner of a summer home and then only for the purpose fo closing up that cottage or camp. No trips to a rented abode or sum- mer hotel or resort, or to the oWn- CTS home for purposes of temporary occupation, are authorized.
 Hartley's committee to date has had no luck in it's campaign to lift the pleasure driving ban in north eastern states. No action has been forthcoming from either the OPA or the petroleum administrator for war, despite numerous protests by the congressional bloc and threat by it to take the issue to the White House.
 No applications for vacation trips to summer homes or hotels may be made under the new regulation, Hartley said, until July 15. After that date the applications for the trips must be approved by local ra- tioning boards unless motorists choose to assume the risk of beine stopped and having their coupons suspended by OPA inspectors for regular unauthorized pleasure driv- ing.
 OPA'S decision not to issue more victory garden gasoline after July 12 stemmed from an agriculture de- partment declaration that a garden planted after that date wouldn't produce enough food to make it worth using gasoline and tires. Vic tory gardeners last April were au- thorized gasoline for up to 800 miles travel to and from gardens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
Rationing News Of Interest To Residents Here

Issuance of B" gasoline ration books during June totaled 2,076 as compared to 3,547 in the previous month, according to the monthly report of the local ration board. The 40 per cent reduction was acvhieved through added efforts to cut down consumption, it was reported.
 A total of 169 "A' books and 610 e" books were issued as compared to 221 and 896, respectively, in May.
 PhOblems of the milk industry will be studied further by special committees to be organized by the Office of Defense Transportation and to include representatives of all cities of the state, 1t was an- nounced today. Local dealers will meet with producers and truckers
 in an effort to find methods of saving gasoline, manpOwer, and equipment in transporting milk
 from farms to the city plants.
 The local committee, which will
 he one of 10 in the state, will
 function under the supervision of
 the State Dairy Industry Co., Ordinating committee.
 TaXi-cab service after midnight has waned considerably in Water bury since the ODT limited the daily taxi-cab mileage to 80 miles, it is reported. Most of the cabs are said to have exhausted their quota after a few hours and many persons are reported to have been stranded in the downtown area in the early hours of the morning. The new restrictions limit the mileage of the local company to about 800 miles per day as compared to the average 1,500 covered here ordinarily.
 Two labor representatives. James F. Corrigan of the A. F. of L. and Francis Maxwell of the c. I. O., have been added to the price panel of the local ration board. accordign to an announce rnent by Frank J. Green, chair man.
 Other members of the panel are Thomas O'Dea. retailers rep resentative and Mrs. Julius B. Smith, chairman of the cOnsum- CTS committee. Mrs. Virginia Thierrault is clerk, serving at the board headquarters on West Main street.
 Elliott Bronson, agent of the War Labor Board, today started duties at the New Haven office following the closing Saturday of the local branch office on Grand street. Local peti- tions to the federal agency will now be handled by the New Haven office.
 The closing was announced by the U. s. Department of Labor office in Hartford. The change was ordered in accordance with a deci- sion of the federal unit to admin lster the Wage-hour laws, which previously had been in the jurisdic- tion of the state agency.
 Ride-sharing plans and driving adjustments under the reduced gasoline coupon valuation will be discussed by OPA representatives at a meeting of local transporta- tion committee members tonight at 8 o'clock at the aldermanic chambers of City Hall. John J. Dunn, field office manager at the local district office, has announced similar meeting will be held to- morrow night in TOrrington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

less, given his varied military expe- riences, the war office would be glad to give him commission, the Unit ed States government considered him irreplaceable in his present po- sition. He smiled as he recalled how, only little over decade ear- Her, he had come to this same col ony as raw recruit in the French army, after a memorable row with his father.
 Amos w. Lincoln, manager of an American express company in Paris, had been stern New .Englander- the sort who had dieted his smold- ering, natural passions into a bleak, thin n-blooded, artificial Puritanism. He had married Frenchwoman, a widow with a son, who died in giv- ing birth to Lincoln.
 Amos had adopted Raoul, who was six years older; had brought up his stepson as well as his son with an iron hand. He had thought him. self good Christian, yet had never learned the sweet virtue of forgive ness. So when Raoul, rather wild, extravagant youngster who had gone heavily into debt, he had re- fused to assist him; had even re- fused to come to the rescue when the other, driven to despair by bounding creditors, had helped him. self to regimental funds.
 Raoul had been drummed out of the army with disgrace; and Lincoln flor he had loved his half-brother dearly - had had a terrible scene with his father. Accusations and counter-accusations. Words that should not have been spoken.
 Finally. be had flIno n11t of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

For so long, day and night, he had listened to their chatter. And he sighed as he thought of the dead years; as the dead years came back to him with the droning of the drums; came back to him with the scent, sweet and acrid, strong as the beat of temple gong, that drifted in from the native quarter.
 Ah-the sounds, the scents!
 The melancholy realization that dear Lord God!-once he had not been a great sidi, high -migh- ty governor to be ashamed to; but had known the soul of these drums, the soul of Africa |. .. had felt this soul as part and parcel of his own soul.
 Rub rub rubbedy rub - swelling, dwindling, swelling; break ing off unexpectedly, on high note. like a dirge skirled on the bagpipes; awakening old memories, old follies, old desires with a terrible vividness
 Gro Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

after II years, entrusted with a geat mission: the mightiest where once he had been the least.
 He sat there listening to the far, faint throbbing of the drums.
 Rub-rub- -rub-rumbeddy rub the Morse code of all Africa, the evening chant of all Africa, fraught with the news, the rumors and gossip and lies of all Africa.
 Rub-rumbeddy-r rub - the sound waves travelling north with words of tribal feud and west with words of tribal feud, and west with words of rinderpest striking the long-horned cattle of the Mas sais, and south with words of a Mpongwe medicine-man brewing dread mysteries, and east with words of a plump bespectacled little Ger man found with a forged Swiss pass port in his pocket and two tons of dynamite in the packs of his safa- ri.
 Lincoln knew the drums of old
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

house.
 There had been, as logical after math to the TOW, too much cham pagne mixed with too much bran- dy, and a persuasive recruiting ser geant, gorgeous in his well-fitting. blue uniform and medals clinking on his broad chest.
 Since then Lincoln had served in the French Foreign Legion here and there all over Africa, from Algiers to the Tripolitanian border, fom Daka to the Cameroons He learned to love the land with love sur passing that of woman.
 His steel-blue eyes had become puckered and weary; his curly, brown hair had grown thin in spots; his lips did not smile as readily as formerly; and he had lost flesh un- til, today, he was as lean as a whiplash. But his love for this land had persisted.
 And now, the colony having de- clared for Free France and the Cross of Lorraine, here he was back
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

practice they would have met no resistance-an inspection of the pill box showed that no huma being could have survived within 400 feet of it.
 The afternoon demonstration in- volved the crossing of river, the far bank of which was heavily de- fended by the enemy"
 Small groups of jungle scouts, wearing special river-crOssing uni forms, swam the stream, which is more than 25 feet deep, carrying wires which they anchored to trees on the other side. Apparently their movement was discovered, because machine gun and rifle bullets splashed around them as they made the return journey. One of the scouts, with bullets kicking up spray all around him, theoretically was hit, because he released vial of red liquid and then pretended to be dead or injured, floating down. stream.
 Under cover of heavy mortar fire which sent huge pieces of pungle soaring hundreds of feet in the air, an advance group of jung e-trained men crossed the river, guiding them selves by the wires which had pre- viously been strung by the scouts.
 Soldier DrOWns
 They disappeared into the jungle w,ioh In1T,, fn tho Ip,,'o, edge, and the sound of heavy rifle fire indicated they had encountered strong enemy resistance.
 The mortars now tossed smoke shells across the river, and once again the scene was plotted out. Only occasionally could assault boats. loaded with troops, be seen crossing the river, unloading their human freight, and returning for more men. As the wind whipped the smoke screen away a piercing scream shattered the stiffness, and 100 yards up the stream body fell from tree overhanging the water A sniper had been discovered and eliminated
 With the beachhead established on the far bank, the attacking units now brought into play the crude bridges they had been con- structing from saplings and jungle vines Made in 100-foot sections, they were linked by strong vines and could accommodate a file of run ming men.
 During this phase of the maneu- vers the days only tragedy occur red, when one of the soldiers help his grasp and sank; a detail was assigned to dive for his body, which was found Is minutes later. Arti- ficial respiration was applied for long time, but the man died. It was sacrifice in the interests of realism which, under actual battle conditions, will save many lives.
 As soon as the bridges were con- pleted, men began pouring across them and plunging into the jung les on the other side. The sound of gunfire began to diminish and fade away, indicating that the enemy" was retreating.
 Several blasts of a whistle an- nounced completion of the prob lem. The men began struggling out of the jungle-hot, tired, incredibly filthy and soaking wet. but still with energy to grin, to joke, to pack their equipment and march back to camp.
 Another day of school was over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
Lieutenant

Lieutenant
 Napier Field, Dotha. Ala, July 6 Joseph Richard Wolff, Jr., Waterbury was graduated today from the Army Air Forces Ad- vanced Flying School at Napier Field, Alabama, and sworn in as a second lieutenant. He received the silver wings of pilot at ceremonies presided over by Col onel James L. Daniels, Jr., Com mapding Officer, and a veteran army flyer.
 Son of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Richard Wolff. 169 Clinton street. Waterbury, Lieutenant Wolff is a graduate of the Crosby High school and attended the Bentley School of Accounting. He was em- ployed as an accounting clerk by the ScOvill Manufacturing Com pany when he entered the armed service May Is, 1942 for flying training.
 Lieutenant Wolff has returned to his home in Waterbury for a brief furlough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
LEADS TUBES TURN-IN

Los Angeles, Cal. UP)-Califor- nians presumably have the most polished teeth in the United States. At least California ranks as No. State in the national turn-in tooth paste tubes campaign. The state has turned in 39,832 pounds Of tooth paste tubes or 10 per cent of the national total of 395. .832 pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
MEDIATION BOARD
 HEARS TESTIMONY

Decision has not yet been an- nounced by the state Board of Medl- tation and Arbitration on the dispute over the discharge of Michael Russo from the Ingersoll division of the Waterbury Clock Go. The complaint was made by the Waterbury Brass Workers Union, c. I. o. and the hearing held Saturday marked the first time a c. I. O. representatives participated in deliberations before the state unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
BUILDING PERMITS

The following permits were is- sued today by Building Inspector John T. Hartley:
 Joseph Russo, addition to pres cnt front porch, P Robinson street, Cost S175.
 Paul Geneva, chicken coop, B Burr street. Cost $50.
 Mrs. c. A. Place, enc. sid eporch. 95 Woodbrine street, Cost $1OO.
 Fitzgerald & Platt Jesse altera- tiOn to store front, 25 East Main Street, Cost S200.
 Anthony Padriano, one-car ga- rage, 46 Mansfield avenue, Cost S2C0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

Flags-the flags of the United Ma tions, Free France, America, Great Britain, Norway, Holland. Brazil and all the decent rest-had flut- tered everywhere, defiantly and hopefully. People of many races had lined the dusty streets. cheer mg themselves hoarse.
 From a dozen ceremonial fires, scented smoke had mounted to the tight, lapis-blue sky in feathery streamers and hung there in blood red cloud, lighting up this little town of Mounetville-a neat French bourgeois name that, having SUD- planted the former Arabic appella- tion of Suq el-Maraghin, sat lily upon its steaming, exotic miasma- and telling all Central Africa that ! new lord had come to rule.
 For today, by appointment of General de Gaule, Lincoln c. FL liot, American, was military gover- nor of this last and loneliest French equatorial colony which sweltered and sweated and stewed at the back of the beyond
 Lincoln Elliot sat alone that night on the veranda of his squat little wattle-and-daub house which was so pompously called the Gov ernor's Palace"
 He listened to the far, faint pulse peat of the Arab tom-to and the hollow, nasal, sardonic thud of the tall. wooden Negro drums.
 He thought of his meeting, a few weeks earlier, in London, with Gen. eral de Gaulle and Winston Church. ill. Thought of the confidential, communication locked in his desk: flattering message from Washing ton telling him that while, doubt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

The maneuvers, held in this sec tlon Of the Panama jungle which General Harding calls worse than that found in New Guinea" involve the use of live ammunition of all types; machine guns, rifles, nor tars and hand grenades.
 After 8 session in this all-too- realistic school, these infantrymen are impressed with the necessity of keeping their heads down, hugging the earth, finding and using all the cover available, and sliding through the jungle mud silently and invis- ibly.
 Among the officers who are help ing direct the course, all of whom have had experience fighting the Japanese, are Capt. R. B. Winkler of Milwaukee, Wis, It. Dan Herr of Huron. O., and Warrant Officer E. J. Kahn, Jr., of New York City.
 Through the courtesy of General Harding and his staff, reporters were permitted to spend a day watching one particular Army unit go through the course.
 Attack Enemy Pi!lbOx
 The morning ''lesson" took place on beautiful sandy beach, with the heavy jungle coming down to within 50 feet of the waters edge Between the jungle and the ocean lay a shallow tidal stream and heavy patches of yard-high, razor sharp grass.
 Dressed in their camouflaged jungle-fighting suits, squad of soldiers lay in the grass, recon motoring an enemy pillbox sev- eral hundred yards up the beach. A whispered command, and one of the men fired shot up the beach.
 A machine gun instantly chat tered in reply, and bullets whined inches over our heads. Apparent . satisfied that he had spotted the E1e~Glon of the pillbox and its de- -.ding Snipers, the corporal sent s-zt two scouts to find way through tS1e jungle to the rear of the heav- Hy-fortified enemy outpost.
 Minutes later the entire squad Wriggled up a muddy hill and dis appeared into the junge. It. J. P. Brown of (811 N. w. 18th St. Mi ami Fla, in charge of the demon- stration, signaled for the corres- pondents and Army observers to wriggle after them.
 What seemed to be miles later, the squad leader held up his hand, and bullet pinged into a tree nearby. They had come upon a deep slit trench defending the rear ap- proach to the pillbox.
 Once again the scouts were sent out. Apparently satisfied with their report, the squad leader gave his commands, and his men began fir ing. A couple of well-placed hand grenades cleaned out" the slit trench and the squad attacked with bayonets fixed.
 Use Two Methods
 Once the trench was occupied the pillbox itself came under attack. Here hand grenades again effective ly eliminated enemy" resistance, and the squad advanced under a protective screen of rifle fire to take the pillbox in hand-to- fighting.
 Another method of taking the pillbox was demonstrated, this time involving the use of concentrated machine-gun and mortar fire.
 The heavy mortar, far off on the other side of a ridge. lobbed shells over onto the beach under direc- lions telephoned from an advanced observation post. Several direct hits on the pillbC1 were followed by three or four smoke shells which laid down a oense cloud of white fog. Under this cover the jungle troops again attacked. In actual
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
Wage Boost

Employes of the Fulton Markets, Inc, were granted a 12-cent-an- hour wage raise by the War Labor Board, retroactive to February 25, 1943, for a 53-hour week for IT grocery managers, it was revealed last ndght. The $636 per week raise was granted to store man. agers in Watertown, Thomaston, Torrington, Naugatuck, Cheshire, Derby, Shelton, Seymour, Bristol, Southington, and Wallingford among other towns in this vicin- ity.