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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21

A senate poll showed o majority
Of the legislators opposed to the
bill, which repeats sections Of law
passed nearly 30 years ago prohibit
ing medical advice or the use Of
contraceptives to prevent concep-
ton. The U. s. Supreme Court has
upheld the State Supreme Court IN
declaring this law constitutional.
Meantime, the judiciary commit
tee voted q favorable report on o
bill requiring that all major ap.
pointments Of the governor be rati-
fed by both Senate and House. At
the present time some appointments
require only Senate approval, others
ratification by both houses.
The bill Is a revision Of an early
measure which Governor Baldwin
said he would veto II passed. AS re.
drawn, the bill sets up a uniform
procedure for confirmation, and
declares that appointees shall hold
oofilce for the term Of four years
from the date of his appointment
until his successor shall be APP
pointed and shall nave qualified"
Committeeman admitted that
some work remained to be done on
the hill before It Is finally submit
ted for consideration. As now
phrased, It was thought that any
disagreement which resulted IN fall
ure of the General Assembly to
confirm . guhernatorial appoint
ment might result in freezing" the
incumbent in ONCE for another
term.
Also, in It's present general form,
the. bill gives veto power to both
Serate and House. factor which
may result in considerable oppoSi-
tor when the proposal comes up for
debate.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
JAPS MOVE UP
REINFORCEMENTS
More Ships Sunk, But Gen.
Macarthur Points to
Australia Menace
(By United PresS)

Additional ship sinkings in the
Pacific were revealed by the Allies
today but a spokesman for Gen.
Douglas Macarthur said Japanese
reinforcements are moving up with
great rapidity" to menace AuStral-
la.
Use spokesman expressed hope
that Allied forces would be stepped
up to meet the enemy'S ground and
air power before the expected drive
begins.
MacArthur'S bomber pilots hit
and exploded a 6,000-tone fuel ship
off Wewak, New Guinea, and at
tackled four enemy southwestern
Pacific airdromes yesterday while a
submarine, the u. S. s. Wahoo, re-
ported back to Pearl Harbor that
it had sunk eight ships. totaling
$4,000 tons. on a single patrol.
Chungking experts, specializing on
the naming of liberal-minded Ma
moru Shigemitsu as Japanese fore
eign minister. said the enemy may
be screening plans for a Pacific Of
fensive behind the guesture OF Civ
ing The important post to a man
who long has advocated coopera-
ton with Great Britain and the
United States.
Washington dispatches. revealing
In detail how Tokyo and other Japa
nese cities were bombed from the
Aircraft Carrier Hornet. said more
and more bombings on the japanese
mainland are In PROJECT.
On the China land front, the
Chinese were stepping up their
diversion attack In South Honan.
trying to divert japanese troops
from the main enemy drive in the
Tung Ting Lake area.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
CITY SEEKS TO
SPEED up WORK
Reservoir Builder to Get
Notice to Adhere to
Definite Schedul e

limitations that the City Of Wa
terbury might take the contract
for the third reservoir and dam at
Morris away from the L. q. Defelice
and Sons Company, of New Haven
were made last night at confer.
ence between members Of the Board
of Finance and City Engineer
Charles A. Root and Assistant City
Engineer Henry Whitlock.
General dissatisfaction with the
progress Of work on the project was
expressed by members Of the board
with the Engineering Department,
representatives agreeing that the
contractor had not lived up to the
terms of the contract he signed over
o year ago with the city. Lack Of
equipment parts, as well as an ade-
quate supply Of labor have been
cited by him as reasons for failure
to keep to schedule.
City Controller Cornelius r. Ma
loney pointed out that If the city
had impsode the penalty clause
against the Defelice concern 1t
would have collected over $40 600 TO
date. The contract calls for a $50
a day penalty with completion date
set for November Is, 1912. Earlier
this year Defeiice asked the Board
of Works for an additional 800 days,
but the board has refused to take
any action on this request other
than to refer It to the Corporation
Counsel and City Engineer.
Confusion over the price Of the
contract awarded to Defelice and
recently revised estimates of the
city's Engineering Department were
explained at some length by Mr..
Root. The bid of the New Haven
Company was $69l 600 and after a
canvass Of all submitted this was
adjudged the successful one. But
Mr.. Root pointed out this was not
a contract to complete the job at
this price as unit prices for eXca-
walton, concrete work, etc., were set
up in the formal agreement. And
when work progressed at Morris
considerable more excavation and
concrete work was found necessary,
thus increasing greatly the amount
of the original estimates and ac-
counting In great part for the in
creased cost Of the project.
Both Mr.. Root and Mr.. Whitlock
agree that the hardest part Of the
work Is done and that the Defelice
Company could, weather conditions
permitting. now complete the pro-
ject by September ]. However, they
also stated that to do 50 1t would
CONTINUED on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
Law SCHOOL DEAN
EMERITUS DEAD

Chicago. April 2i.-UP)-Dean
Emeritus John II. Wigmors OF the
Northwestern University Law school.
one Of the nations foremost legal
authorities. died last night Of injur-
les suffered when a taxi In which
he was riding was struck by an
other car. He was 30.
Wigmore described by the late
william Howard Taft as zone Of the
outstanding contributors to the SCI
ence Of law In our time" wrote ex-
tengively on many legal subjects.
His treatise on evidence" written
IS years ago still Is considered the
outstanding work on that subject.
Wignore was educated at Harvard
and the University Of wisconsin. He
Joined the Northwestern Law school
staff ia 1893, b. cchiiElg Dean IN 1901.
ne .seld that post until 1923 wncn
be retired.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
WORK STOPPACE"
IN STAMFORD ENDS

Boston. April 2l.-CUP)-The re-
giopal War Labor Board said today
that work stoppage" at the 6tam-
ford Com Rolling Mills had ended
and that the board would begin con-
sideration OF the dispute.
Oniciais OF tire Regional WLB said
that about IS workers involved In
the stoppage voted last night to re-
turn to their posts.
In a telegram yesterday the WLB
said the men must return TO work
before the matter could be arbi-
trated. The dispute arose over the
refusal OF the WLB to approve q
wage agreement requested By the
company and members Of the In
ternational Union OF Mine, Mill 4
Smelter Woykars ffsEnA,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
Terrific Battle Now
Going On In Mountains
South Of Objective
HIT IN
BRITISH RAIDS
Night, Daylight Bombing
Attacks Celebrate Hit
ler's Birthday
BY WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
London, April 1.-(UP)-The
Royal Air Force celebrated Adolf
Hitler's birthday last night with
raids on Berlin, Stettin and Rostocll
that cost 81 planes and followed
through today with daylight attacks
on occupied Europe.
Only few hours after the night
raiders returned to Britain, fighter
planes swept across the southeast
coast In relays and soon afterward
distant explosions were heard from
the direction of Boulogne and Calais
In north France.
Last night marked the first time
that British bombers have carried
out raids in such force against three
cities in Germany on single night.
Twin-engined wooden Mosquito
bomberS, believed the fastest in the
world, raided Berlin, while four
engined Halifaxes, Lancasters and
Strings made very heavy" at
tack on the Baltic port of Stttin
and a "heavy" attack on port in
stallations and the Heinkel Works
at Rostock, also on the Baltic, the
ministry said.
THE weather was good at Stettin
and the bombing was well con-
centrated," the communicate re-
ported.
While bombers were blasting Ger
man industry and ports on Adolf
Hitler'S saith birthday, British fight
er-bomhersp were making one Of
their biggest assaults of the war
against enemy transport in north
west Germany, Holland, and Bel
gium without loss.
Mosquitoes, Typhoons, Beaufight-
ers and Whirlwinds bombed and
trafed Is locomotives, two moving
trains, six trawlers and a number
of barges. One trawler was blown
up off the Belgian coast.
The raid on Berlin was the 61ts
of the war. Mosquito boinbers also
Continued on Page A.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
GREAT BATTLE
ON IN TUNIS|A
Axis Trying to Block
Allied Drive Towards
TuniS
BY NED RUSSELL
UNITED Press Staff COrrespOndentl

NOAAASSN ACoo OesSAA NVAACopVuuCAltb
With British 9th Army Near En-
fidaville, Tunisia, p. M, April 20.
.-(De'ayed) tremendous
battle is raging between the British
Eighth Army and German troops
on the steep, rocky slopes of Tu-
nissan mountain defenses where the
Axis is attempting to block out Of
fensive toward Tunis.
Sweating, cursing veterans OF
Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery's at
lacking Eighth Army, now fighting
In formidable mountain position for
the first time, have thrown back
the first counter-attack by German
forces under Marshal Erwin Rommel
after driving into the enemy de-
lenses.
Now a second counter attack Is
in progress and casualties are heavy
for both sides, but especially for the
attacking Eighth Army. CToday'S
communique said that the second
counter-attack and two more that
followed were repulsedD
The Germans are fighting like
wild men. Our mountain troops
battling against tremendous diff
ficulties, are calling upon every
ounce of reserve strength to scale
the rugged hillsides.
The Eighth Army has taken only
few hundred prisoners but they
show that Rommel has removed
most of the Italian troops from the
front lines and replaced them with
many of his best German troops.
Previously, he had let the Italians
take the brunt of the first attacks
and then counter-attacked with
Nazi veterans. But this is a show
down battle and the Germans are
in the forefront.
The main battle Is one a five
mile front between Takrouna village
and Djebel Carol. a dozen miles
west and slightlS north of En-
fidaville.
Here is how the battle developed:
The Germans were in strong
mountain defenses, with many gun
emplacements blasted out OF the
rocks. The day was hot and sultry,
with a soft breeze from the sea.
For Montgomery, the problem was
like pressing a huge spring as the
Eighth Army approached the enemy
line. The farther we press the
spring. the stronger 1t becomes as 1t
recedes into the enemy's main lines.
Men Of the Eighth Army, wearing
light khaki shorts and short sleeved
shirts were soaked with perspiration
from the start. because this sticky
weather takes the most out OF them
and their task strains human en-
durance almost to the breaking
point.
British mountain fighters ham,
mered their way behind great
artillery barrage up l200-foot DIE
bel Carol and then veered north
west OF Enfldaville. beating off the
first enemy counter-attack and In.
flicting heavy casualties on the Ger
mans.
Then Montgomery sent infantry
into Enfidayille. but found II empty.
While the French pushed slowly
but steadily through the mountains
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
ARCHBISHOP 10 FLY

Cairo. April 2i.-CUP)-Arch-
bishop Francis J. spelImap Of New
York was scheduled to ~ to Jersi-
salem today 10 spend the Easter
holidays, after which he will return
to Cairo. He arrived In Cairo yes-
terday from BenghazL
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
AVIATOR KILLED

Fort Myers. Fla. April 2i.-(UP)
Public relations Officers at Buck
ngham Field here reported today
hat Second Lieut.. Leon =. Forsyth,
'5e Boston Post road New Lon
ion, Conn. was killed yesterday
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21

Hartford, Conn.,. April 81. - CUP The senate
was prepared today to defeat the birth control bill which
last week approved the house vote Of 156 to 49,
The BILL permitting the controlled sale Of approved con-
tracepveS and allowing physicians to prescribe devices
to safeguard the health of married women then will 60
back to the House as dsagreeng action and the
ure will be Shelved for another session.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
Senate Ready To
Vote Down Birth
Control Bill Today
House Already Has Passed Measure; Senate Poll
Shows Majority Opposed; Favorable Report
on Appointment Bill
RIILLETIN

BULLETIN
BY vote Of "a to ii the State Senate thS~ after
noon defeated the proposed Birth Control measure.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21

Women Wanted 70 Help In the War
Effort Post Junior College Of Gem
ssarna.--Aav.
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Buy Acre
Wen @oss Ev
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21

Fun wsasAsr report Pass .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
Book Reveals
British Navy S
Valiant Stand

LONDON, March 10 CUP)-The
British navy held the eastern
Mediterranean bSa slender thread
during the first l8 months of the
war, using an outnumbered but
never outclassed force Of ships and
planes that prevented the Axis
from sweeping eastward o-the
Indian Ocean.
The admiralty told the story OF
that valiant stand today IN an
official publication entitled East
Of Malta and West OF Suez. -
Forces fighting against the
heaviest odds IN British naval his
tory prevented the fall of Malta,
Suez and Alexandria, made posi-
bic the campaigns in AbySSlnla
and Syria and escorted $50 ships
10 North African ports.
fhc admiralty revealed that the
SueZ Canal once was completely
blocked and that the situation At
times was 50 desperate that single
carrier-baScd aiTmen defended the
British Mediterranean fleet
Tho 63-page book covered tho
campaign from September. 1899,
10 March. l94l II said that in
the early days Of the war our
naval forces achieved on sea the
sort Of thing The Royal Air Force
did I'm tho Battle of Britain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
Civil Service Rejects
WiIkoWski, Lynden

The Wayne County Civil SerV-
ice Commission today denied the
request of Probate Judge OBrien
that Anthony J-W4lkowSki- for
mer state senator. be named as
clerk in the court, replacing man
going into the armed service.
O'BrienS second choice. William
K. Lynden. Democratic leader, also
was rejected.
WilkowSki served two years in
Jackson Prison IN connection with
a Detroit election recount fraud.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
OAR Wants 2-Term Limit

CHICAGO. March 70 ms
The Illinois society of the Daugh-
tiers Of the American Revolution,
by unanimous vote, asked for a
constitutional amendment limiting
tho president Of the United States
10 two terms IN Office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
SWING TOWARD AFRICA

They intended going 10 Australia,
but prevailing winds changed their
course and they swung westward
toward Africa
Van Der Grit said they adj
vanccd 100 miles day for a time
with the help of head winds Then
great four-day storm broke and
smashed their mast and main
boom. They were forced 10 use
blanket a. makcShIft sail.
Later thcv fashioned a temporary
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20

SAN FRANCISCO, March is
.CUP) Lit. Cornelius Van Der Crit
%, Dutch army officer. told
today how he escaped Java and
the oppression of the japanese
invaders by sailing 5000 miles in
decrepit boat to a British island
off the coast of East Africa.
Van Der Crit. whose name is
assumed because ne still has rela-
tives in Holland and Java, said the
trip took 81 days which were spent
III fighting storms and other hard
ships while under the constant
threat OF ShipWreck.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
Describes Escape
From .DapS i'm Java

mast and completed the voyage
TO the British island Of Rodriguez
without incident.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
PRESSED INTO LABOR

An army technician in a power
plant, Van Der Grif had been inn
pressed into labor by the invaders
until ne escaped from Batavia last
July with two fellow Dutchmen
who had been in hiding since the
invasion.
They found an old. 25-fOot cut
tor, half filled with water, along
the coastlne beyond Batavia and
two natives repaired il for them
The three men holsted a snug
glcd Japanese flag, Van Der Grill
said. and they sailed through Ba-
taVia Harbor. Swarmlng wit h
Japanese hoaix, and headed fef
Sundd Straits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
UicuyNcTnN-Royai Oak. Mich.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. no. 1liI +
HLoiVWN NEW STARTING TIMF'
s 20 =. NJ Park Free Jack Benny. Ann
sheridan N GEORGE wASHINGTON
SLEPT HERE" Plus Diana Barrymore.
Brian Donlevy in "NIGHTMARE."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
TImE-isssi East Jefferson. at Dresel

iihih Open 5.l5 p. NJ Now showing:
one Hour Of Fun and Laffs. Two Of the
FUNNIEST Prize Winning Cartoons and Two
Funny Comedies Shown Between snl
Z. NJ. See Next Ah.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Park Frees
'"'oiii Open 5:i5. Last Show q 20.
JACK Benny, gro. WASHINGTON SLEPT
HERE 30, 800 Fred MacMurrzy IA
FOREST RANGERS" S. 1913. News.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20

WHITTIER. Jensrsou at Grand Blvd. r.
VIM iiLh Open s.15 Park Free Lu-
ellie Ban in "sENEN DAYS LEAVE ="
"SIREfT OF CHANCE" Claire Trevor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20

UNITED ARTISTS b".a: oo q. Go, 6'.eos
Greer Carson, Ronald Colman. BRANDON
ii-ft7E BIZ Emotional Thrill OF
This or Any Year. At the Front In Africa
with the L. s. ARMY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20

CINIA-Hamiiton at Virginia Park
'ihuiiuh Michael Ames. Julie Bishop
IN 81 WAS FRAMED" Lola Lane Noel
Madison IN MISS v FROM MOSCOW
V0CIIE-Harper at Harvard Park Free =
'oooL Open 6:15. Last Show els.
Jack Benny. Ann Sheridan in GEORGE
NAsHINGTON SLEPT HERE" FOREST
RANGERS" Fred MacMurray. Late News
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tuxedo TO. s-27ss =
iUhLDU Open 6:l5 p. NJ. Jack Benny,
Ann Sheridan. GEORGE WASHINGTON
SLEPT HERE" Fred MacMurray. Paulette
Goddard, FOREST RANGERS" Techni.
color. Selected Shorts Latest News
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
Ip.DIcr-s7II Woodward TT. i-6s5
,,pYCJnr-E. warren-Dicker,on LIZ. 900

1 thhpftb Starting TOmotrow ,Satur-
day. open 1875 4. NJ. Huge kiddiss,
Cartoon and Western Show, Extra Car
toons, SERIAL and Western shown Sat. Mai.
Only. Plus Our Regular show OF Features.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20

WIJ IIC-torner willis and Hastings
WiLLiO open = NJ. Dan Daley Donna
Reed. "MOhEb," Plus John N Brown in
"DEEP ~ THE HEART OF TEXAS"
"G-Men ~. Black Dragon" Comedy. Cart.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
W. TO-DAY At YoUR EAYoR1E MOVIE ~
~ WAR BONDS AN1 STAMPS SOLD AI AM oE IEEsE EARs!
-pnYV-Mnodwardn near Temple RA. aeas 1

D0VN -1-Mile and Meyers IN. S-45sb
hUlhL Take Seven-M!le Rd. West. 81
Msyers Ra- Buses Direct 10 our Doors
The Royal Ia Easily Reached by DsR
transportation Routes by Transfers From
All Northwest Detroit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
TJMrS c0JIApr-Michigan at Cas-.

TRENT0N-Trenton. Mich. Park Free 4
ihLNioN Open $50. In Technicolor,
THE BLACK SWAN" Tyrone Power.
"BtssEs ROAR" with Richard Travis.
Disneys "Army Mascot"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20
WYAND0TTE. MAFSTIC-w,sndot,e

Park Free HORROR SHOW, Bela Lughsi.
"iHt APR Man" Plus J Carroll NAish
so '-pR. RfNAIIT'S SEtRET 4" sym
phouy raur." Point Rati"ninE ~ Fosd >"
y0JIp-Iorsst At VT. Elliott PL. Isss q
lOOh Open SIS Mickey RO0ney "A
fANk At ETON." lucille BAH. Victor
Mature IN "SENTN DAYS LEAVE"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-20

WlDlUNN Abhttt and Costello Andrew
Sisters. "IN THL NAVY" Duck Powell
Plus "NOGIES." Musiromedy .n Techni-
color with Joan Bennett and MsCha Auer
MInlULV-Schaefer at Mich. OR. $3.50 4
NlIUWhl Mat Daily Open ii.f3 a NJ
Bette Davis NOW, NON AGER" Plus
SEWN DAYS LEAVE" Lucille Ball
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-29
WOULD HELP CUT
DOWN ON TRAVEL

ORLANDO. Jan. %. FNS)-
President Tom Quincy Of tie
Florida State Bar Association
suggests that the Florida Supreme
Court help relieve the difficult
situation occasioned by travel
restrictions by arranging to hold
some of its hearings on local cas-
es at a point near the cases con-
cerned.
By holding special sessions IN
central and south Florida, the
court would save lawyers much
travel and their clients and wit
nesses much time now spent IN
journeys to and from Tallahas-
ee, where accommodations are
most difficult to get and public
conveyances loaded beyond ca
pacity most of the time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-29
ARMY AND NAVY
FIGHTING AGAINST
DREAD PARALYSIS
SIMPSON AND KNOX URGE
CONTINUATION OF CAM
PAIGN AGAINST INFANrrLE
AILMENT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 90.
FNS)-The Army and the Navy
have enlisted in the fight against
ir'fantile paralysis on the home
front, Paul E. Reinhold, state
chairman of the Presidents Birth
day Celebration, said he had been
advised by Basil O'Conner, pres
1dent of the National Foundation
In letters to President O'Conner
both Secretary of War Henry L.
Stlmson and Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox strongly urge con-
mutation of the fight against in
fantile paralysis as a national de-
tense measure for the present and
future. They realize, as does Pres
ident Roosevelt, that the battle
against this epidemic disease must
not be relaxed.
Many Army camps have already
organized to carry on the cam
paign and more Army and Navy
camps are Joining every day,
Reinhold said. All service men in
Florida are expected to join in
the March of Dimes before the
Campaign ends January 80. These
men are giving as generously of
their time and talents as of their
limited pay checks and are setting
an example in both respects which
will inspire civilians with equal
ardor to carry on the fight against
this terrible enemy of all classes
OF people everywhere without
ceasing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-29
IfLOR1DA'S FIRST LADY
GIVEN HONORARY POST

TAMPA, Jan. 90. (FNS)-Mrs.
Spessard L: Holland will serve as
honorary State Commander of the
Florida Women's Field Army for
the Control of Cancer in its l943
enlistment campaign, Mrs. A.
Malcolm Smith, State Comman-
der, announced this week.
April has been designated. by
Congress as Cancer Control Month,
and the enlistment campaign will
be conducted at that time, being
the 7th Annual Educational and
Prondotional campaign conducted
by the 225,000 volunteer workers
throughout the nation.
A lowered cancer death rate in
Florida gives evidence of the eff
fective work of the organization
in this state and with full pub
lie support much more can be ac-
complished.