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Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
State Farmers Haze
Begun Scrap Harvest
Total Of 100000 Pounds
of Metal Expected From
States 5000 Growers

The scrap harvest started in Del
aware last Saturday.
The harvest, round up of worn
out and used machinery and equip
ment on farms. is expected to net a
total of 5.400,000 pounds of metal,
according to Lieutenant-Colonel
Ralph G. Rust. executive director
of the Delaware Salvage Commit
tee. This amounts to an average of
600 pounds for each of the states
5000 farms.
Drive To Last Month
The drive, extensive preparation
for which has already been made,
will continue for one month. Dur
ing that time. farmers will be urg-
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Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
Need Urgent To Stop ''Social
Bomb" Of Jurenile Delinquency

While cities all over the coun-
try have made elaborate prepa-
ration for protection against ex-
plosive bombs. yet they have done
almost nothing to stop the social
bomb" of juvenile delinquency, said
Mrs. William Kletzer.. president OF
the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers. in her speech be-
fore the annual convention Of the
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
Sub Chaser 1851 Was
Launched Wednesday
Sponsored By Mrs. w. F.
COrpe, Wife OF Navy
Inspector

The Submarine Chaser 1851 was
launched at the. yards of the Vim
yard Shipbuilding Company. this
city. on Wednesday morning. April
81. The beautiful streamlined craft
left the ways at exactly 1880 o.
clock.
Mrs. W. F. Corpe, wife of the
United States Navy inspector of
machinery, sponsored the craft.
Others in the launching party
included Lieutenant and Mrs. Ed
ward C. Deckerhoff of the United
States Naval Reserve, and the pu-
pills Of the fifth grade. Milford Ele-
mentary School, accompanied by
their teachers. Mrs. Ruth Blades,
Mrs. Rhea Tatman and Miss May
Watson.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
Wheat Crop Reported
Way Below Normal
Estimated Yield OF l.l5O,OOO Bushels
Smallest In Ten Years

Present prospects indicate Della
ware will have the smallest winter
wheat crop in ten years. according
to the April l crop survey made by
the Delaware Crop Reporting Ser
vice.
The estimated yield for this year
is 1.150,000 bushels, compared with
1.290.000 bushels produced in 1912
and a ten-year average Q932-4D of
1.325.O00 bushels. Wheat planting
last fall was later than usual and
the fall growth was not far adj
vanced when winter started.
April 2 farm stocks of wheat
were estimated at 1900 bushels
little more than third of last
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Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23

Delaware Congress held last
Thursday in First and Central
Presbyterian Church. Wilmington.
Too many communities have
made no provision whatever for
amusement for youngsters IA and
Is years of age, and it is in this
age group that we are finding a
greatly increased per cent of de-
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Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
WAAC Recruiting
In Milford May 8
Officers Will Give Interviews To
Those Interested On That Date

Lieutenant Ida May Hayes with
Corporal Elvira Mcmillan and Cor
poral Anna Jean Horn of the Della
ware Recruiting Office will give in
terviews on May to all interested
girls when they arrive in Milford
on May S for day of recruiting.
The recruiting places will be in
the lobby of the Plaza Theatre or
if weather permits. these officers
will take their station on the
bridge. All phases of Women's Ar
my Auxiliary Corps will be dis
cussed with those who come to ask
questions. Basic training of the
corps is done either in Des MOines.
Iowa: DaytOna Beach, Florida:
Fort OglethOrpe. Georgia; Fort De-
vens. Mass, or Camp Ruston. Loui-
siana. The basic training usually
takes five weeks. After that girls
are ready for specialist schools, or
schools for officers. These schools
fit the recruit for almost any line
of service done in civilian life, and
she will then be qualified to take
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Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
Salary Law Delays
School Staff Hire
Board OF Education Seeks Statute
Interpretation On Pay Up To $4,000

The State Board of Education
last Friday afternoon deferred
election of the members of the pro-
fessiOnal staff of the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction for next
year because of complications over
the proper application of the re-
Gently enacted law increasing the
salaries of state employees receiv-
ing from $500 to $4,000 a year.
The complications centered pri-
marily about the salaries of some
members of the staff paid partly
with state funds and partly with
federal ALLEGATIONS.
Pay Increases Banned
1t is pointed out that any staff
member whose salary is $4,000 or
more and is paid entirely with
state funds can receive no increase
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Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, April IA, To
Tuesday, April 20, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford from Wednesday, April
IA, to Tuesday, April 20, inclusive:
Temperature
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
Mrs. ]. w. Reynolds
Heads State P. T. A,

Oak Grove Woman Elected To Sue
ceed Mrs. p. c. Elliott OF SeafOrd
Mrs. John W. Reynolds of Oak
Grove was elected president of the
Delaware Congress of Parents and
Teachers at the annual conven-
ton last Thursday in First and Gen.
trail Presbyterian Church, Eleventh
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
SCHOOL QUESTION
C0NFR0NTS BOARD
Aldermen to Debate Sale
of G2finey School
Building

Controversy on the disposition Of
the Gaffney school building is eX-
pected to develop again tonight
when the board of aldermen meets
and discusses a motion to sell 1t
to prospective purchaser for S.
500. Republican aldermen who
claim the prise is too low are eX-
pected to demand an explanation of
why the building was allowed to
deteriorate as much as it has.
Action on the building, construct
ed II years ago at a cost of about
$35 600 to the city and now said to
be an "eye-sore, has been proposed
for some time, but lack of agreement
by officials has repeatedly post
poned decision.
Government agents were reported
to have looked at the property re-
Gently, with an aim of using it for
a housing project, but its condition
is said to have ruled out their ap-
prevail Part of the roof is broken
and the walls are loose and cracked
and complete renovation would be
necessary before the structure could
be put into use again, it is reported.
School officials claim the building
will not be needed for school pur-
poses again, as the section has not
been expanding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
Cong Sheridan Blames Farm Bloc" For Meat Shortage
All Factories Must !
Observe Raid Alarms
Ten=Minue Participation in Drills Made Compulsory;
Army to Limit Future Tests

Participation by all manufactur-
ing plants in the tsate in practice
air raid drills will be limited to 10
minutes no matter if the actual
period of the Air Raid Red Alarm
is longer, State Police Commissioner
Edward j. Hickey, Acting War
Council Administrator, announced
today.
The question of what participa-
ton was eXpecte dof manufacturing
plants if the practice Air Raid Red
Alarm is more than 10 minutes in
duration was raised following the
practice blackout and air raid called
by the Army on the night of June
%, 1943 In this instance the Red
signal lasted for 81 minutes.
In a memorandum to chairman
of local war councils and plant pro-
lection committees, Commissioner
Hickey said that upon inquiry by
him to the First Service Command
of the Army, the latter reaff1rmed
its policy of limiting the period of
Air Raid Red during all future
practice blackouts, wherever pos
sible, to 10 minutes.
The First Service Command has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12

oy the Office Of Price Administra-
lion (Sheridan's own baby of vio-
ating the law regulating meat price
ceilings.
Speaking in behalf Of Morris
Charkasky, a wholesale meat dealr
on CalloWhill Street near Sd, and
Cherkasky's salesman, Martin
Becker, Sheridan told the judges
sitting en- banc:
81 sometimes wonder if this is the
law I voted for"
ulations followed his admission on
behalf of the meat dealers that they
had charged more than ceiling pric-
es-because, he said, they had to
pay $1OOO-a-carload overcharge to
Midwest wholesalers $50 you and I
could get meat"
"It's the farm bloc that won't
release this meat" Sheridan assert
ed. "They would rather let it
grace as they put it, than let it
come East and be sold for food"
Cherkasky and Becker were
among the last group Of meat and
poultry dealers indicted for alleged
"black market" operations in April
and fines imposed on the entire
group yesterday totaled SIS, 100.
Cherkasky, accused of selling 26,-
900 pounds of beef to retailers at an
overcharge of 6 to 20 cents a pound,
with total overcharge of $4,000,
was fined $4,000 on one count.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
SCOVILL FOREMEN
ENJOY REAL STEAK

A feast almost unheard of In
these days was had by tne A-1,Ai.
Foremen's Association at its annual
summer outing yesterday at Chase
Country Club. 484 steaks, hundreds
of clans, scores of broiled chicken
and plenty of ale were consumed by
the celebrating foremen.
Howard Kraft, picnic chairman,
revealed that the food was provided
by a caterer, who boarded his ra-
ton points and juggled his allot-
ments for two months to supply the
meat.
The foremen also enjoyed golf,
softball, quoits, volley ball, and a
variety of foot races.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12

der adequately to serve the public
and to bring the benefit of air trans
port&tion to new communities
There has been very little expansion
of the airlines in this country for
a long time. 1t was only about a
year ago that the airlines gave up
approximately one-half of their
equipment to the military. Since
that time American AirlineS with
only about one-half of it's former
fleet has been flying almost as many
plane miles carrying capacity loads
of express and mail and vital pas
senger traffic, but there have been
no airplanes available for expansion
even though the need for such ex-
pansion has been strongly Indicated
1.-THE Civil Aeronautics Board has
recently given authority to some of
the airlines to extend their routes
even where these extensions were di-
rectly competitive with existing serv-
ice of other air carriers, and it ap-
pears that the board is ready to
PIOSCSo Wlgll lICdl w
the expansion and improvement of
all the airlines where such expan-
sion and Improvement is needed in
the public interest.
American Airlines is looking
ahead to the period after the war
when vastly increased air transport
services will be necessary in this
country, and when air service must
be brought to hundreds of new COM
munities not now on the airlines,"
Mi Rheinstrom concluded.
In letter to L. WEIGH Pogue,
chairman of the Civil Aeronautics
Board, which accompanied Ameri-
cans new applications, A. N. Kemp,
president of the airline, expressed
some of the company's thinking per-
tanning thereto Ca copy of Mr..
Kemp's letter is enclosed herewith.
The company made applications
only recently to increase the num-
Der of cities it serves in New Eng
land. Applications are already on
file to embrace Waterbury Meriden-
Bristol-New Britain and New Lon
don, Connecticut; Worcester, Fall
River New Bedford Attleboro-
Brockton, Taunton, Massachusetts,
on the company's routes between
Boston and New York,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12

authorized the Connecticut War
Council to extend to all manufac-
turing plants within the state the
privilege of returning to Blue
status 10 minutes after the end OF
the sounding of the Air Raid Red
signal during future practice black
outs or air raid drills lasting more
than 10 minutes.
In granting this permission, how
ever. Commissioner Hickey empha-
sized that each plant must receive
word from local civilian defense
authorities that the warnings were
for a practice exercise. The 10
minute participation limitation does
not apply in the event Of real raid
or blackout. 20
Commissioner Hickey also re-
quested Control Centers to arrange
for the notification of manufacture
ing plants as soon as possible after
the first warning whether it is q
real raid or a practice drill. Repre-
sentatives Of manufacturing plants
were requested not to call the con-
troll centerS so as not to disrupt
communications. F,2nts may be
notified by telephone, air raid
wardens or BY messengers, Commits
sioner Hickey said.
Following this authorization Of
the First Service Command ell in
dustrial plants in tell state are sub
ject to conditions and crG-.-s is
sued last February u by the War
Council which provided for a 10
minute participation BY industrial
plants in practice drills. This was
subject to provision that lighting
must comply with dimout regular
tons where such regulations are in.
effect and that lights in the
plants could be eXtinguished within
ore minute from the end of the
sounding Of the Air Raid Red Sig
nal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
HARTLEY GROUP
TO MEET FDR

Washington, July 12-(UP)-Rep.
Fred A. Hartley, r., N. j. announced
today that his committee lnVes-
tigating the east coast oil shortage
will hold a meeting soon with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Petroleum Admins
traitor Prentiss Brown, Mobilization
Director James F.. Byrnes and trans
portation Director Joseph B. East
man.
"Our objective is to provide relief
for our people by the adoption OF
the recommendation which we have
made" Hartley said. eff these aren't
adopted, our people will at least be
able to place responsibility where it
belongs. We are not concerned alone
with the severe gasoline shortage,
but -. about the fuel oil supply for
our homes, institutions and war in
dustries this winter"
Military and essential civilian de-
mands on stocks of petroleum pro-
ducts in 1914 will total about 4,500,-
COO-possibly as high as 1890 ,OCO-
barrels daily, informed officials said
today, emphasizing the continued
critical nature of the fuel supply
problem.
Those estimates compare with the
4,26O,OOO barrels aidly average con-
sumption in 1912, and 4,485 900 bar
rels in April, 1913.
The proposed division OF supplies
between the military and civilian IN
1874 was not disclosed. Lieut.. Gen.
Brehon T. Somervell, in command
of the army services of supply, re-
Gently estimated that for the re-
mainder of 1943 military needs
would approximate 100000 barrels
a day.
officials declined to say whether
all the necessary demands could be
met; whence would come the sharp
ly increased supplies required. For
example, the petroleum administra-
tons weekly east coast supply bull
letin issued last week showed that
in the four weeks ending June 26,
overland movement of petroleum
products to the eastern seaboard
totaled 1,369,939 barrels daily. That
was an increase of SO per cent over
shipments during the same period
last year, but falls far short of what
reasonably might be regarded as
sufficient stocks to meet the 1914 es-
timated demands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
FISHER DIRECTS
VIZ TRAINING
Former Holy Cross Star
Now Stationed at Wes=
Ieyan University

MiddletoWn, Conn, July 12-Phys-
ical testing of the $50 Viz Navy
men stationed at wesleyan Univer-
sity has been completed by Chief
Specialist Andrew P. Fisher, former
Holy Cross diamond star, and the
hardening down period has been
started.
The physical education program
at the Navy College Training Unit
is divided into three parts. Follow
ing thorough entrance tests to de-
termine the students physical con-
dition, an eight weeks hardening
program is carried out. During this
period special emphasis is placed
on swimming. Poor swimmers are
required to take three one-hour
swimming periods each week, while
good swimmers take but one period.
All students take one hour Of phys
ical education each day and a 20
minute period of calisthenics at
8 a. m.
At the end of eight weeks the
students will be tested again. The
one third Of the group receiving the
poorer grades in this test will be re-
quired to take the hardening course
for the second time.
The top tWo-thirds of the class
will then engage in intramural
sports and will be eligible to partici-
pate in any intercollegiate sports
which may be held.
Chief Specialist Fisher. who vii,
have direct charge of the physica,
education program, was graduated
from Holy Cross in 1880 He received
his M. A. degree at Columbia. He
will work under the direction of 1t
| Gg) Henry c. Herge, executive Of
fcer. former supervising principa.
of the public schools of Bellmore
N. Y. 1t. Herge was graduated from
N. Y. U. in 1929. received his NJ. A
degree in 1881 and his Phi. d. il
literature in 1912.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
Waterbury Airline
Application Filed
Civil Aeronautics Board to Consider Franchise Peti=
ton of American Airlines, Inc, in Near Future

American Airlines, Inc has just
made application to the Civil Aero
nautics Board, Washington, D. c.,
for a number of important new
routes and for the consolidation ard
extension of certain of its present
routes which will bring new or i'm
proved air service to thirty five
communities in ten states. At the
same time it will improve service
to many cities already on the COM
pany's routes. This is the most
important move made in the last
few years by any airline in the
United States to improve and ex-
pand it's operations, according to
Charles A. Rheinstrom, vice presi-
dent in charge of traffic for the air.
line. His statement follows:
American Airlines, like other air
lines in the United States has a
definite obligation to expand in Or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12

charge and $40 each on two
others. Becker, accused of conspir-
ing in the sale, was fined 5000 on
one charge and $50 each on five
others.
AS in the case of the other de-
PENDANTS, all of whom pleaded no
defense, OPA agents testified that
further examination of their books
after the indictments were returned
disclosed even larger overcharges,
between last winter and the time
Of the indictments.
The total for all the alleged Of
lenses involevd, it was testified, was
3,o54,500 pounds of poultry, involv-
100000 pounds of beef, with over
charges of $1O3,25O.
The other cases and the fines i'm
posed were:
Louis Litow, poultry wholesaler
329 S. Front street, $4,000; his son
and partner, Samuel, $1,000; Abe
Levitt, member of a wholesale poul-
try partnership at 343-47 S. Front
street, $4,000; Samuel Shipon, meat
wholesaler, 724 Callowhill street
$50; his on-in-law and salesman
Herbert Goldstein, $110; Chester
Packing Co., West I'd street, Chester
$1,000 as a corporation; its president
William L. Medford. 500; its vice
president and sales manager, Wal.
ter E. Medford, 500. and its secre-
tary- treasurer, Leroy Riddle, $1O0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
PUBLIC WELCOME
MEETING STAGED
Lieutenant Doris Bugely
breaches at Salvation
Army's Services

Lieutenant Doris hugely preached
on The Touch OF Jesus" at her
public welcome meeting last night
at Headquarters on Cherry street,
Lieutenant Bugely said that ia
nous American lecturer asked his
audience, What Is The Greatest
Need OF The World Today? and
received the reply from someone,
"a rediscovery Of God"
Major James Beech was in charge
of the service and was assisted by
Major Hugo Wiberg who introduced
Lieutenant hugely. The Lieutenant
has just graduated from the Army's
Training College in New York City
and will have special responsibility
for the young peoples work in the
Waterbury Corps.
Major Wiberg announced this
morning that Scoutmaster George
Borges and five Scouts belonging to
Troop No. 80, attached to the local
Corps will leave today for the Sal
walton Army's young peoples camp
at East Mortified, Massachusetts,
for a two weeks stay. Sccutmaster
Borges will assist Major Brindley.
the camp director, during the Scout
period
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
III BIRTHS HERE
in MONTH OF JUNE
Number of Deaths Greatly
Exceeded According to
Health Dept. Figures

The State Department of Health's
monthly report of vital statistics
for the month Of April reveal that
Waterbury's death rate was 14.3 per
1000 of population. The number OF
deaths reported for the period was
118 as compared with 217 births and
go marriages.
Heart Diseases caused 30 OF Wa
terbury's deaths in April; IA b. can
GER; and the rest from various
causes.
Naugatuck, with 20 deaths in
April, had a death rate of 15.5 per
1000 residents. There were 80
births and six marriages in Nauga-
tuck in April
WATERFOWL reported 1872 dead per
1000 in April since nine deaths were
recorded there. Nineteen births
and two marriages were reported
during the same month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
LATE REALTY NEWS

The following realty documents
were recorded today at the office
of the town clork:
Mortgage Deed
Sadie Brangel to Waterbury
Savings Bank, Hungerford and
Woodward avenue. $1,000.
Mortgage Releases
Cornelius c. Chambers to An
tanaS Dauskurdis.
Waterbury Savings Bank to Pc
ter Darasz.
Warranty Deed
Scovill Manufacturing Company
to Egide Dumont, Bridge street.
Quit Claim Deeds
Francesca S. Famiglietti to Will
liam w. Cacer, River street.
William W. eager to Francesca
S. & COLUMBIA NJ. Famiglietti,
River street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
POLICE IN DRIVE
ON ROAMING DOGS

Deputy Police Supt. Frederick
Hickey today yarned all dog owners
to keep their dogs on leashes If
they don't want to me fined. This
order came after Supt. Hickey had
received many complaints from war
gardeners that roaming dogs were
destroying full grown crops.
He added that owners of dogs that
invade gardens are liable to arrest
under a state law prohibiting the
roaming of dogs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12

A fifty per cent increase over the
1912 Easter seal sale has been re-
ported by w. Watson House, re-
elected president of the Connecti-
cut Society for Crippled Children,
in announcing the results of the
1943 sale at the recent annual meet
ing of the society held at the state
headquarters in Hartford. The Wa
terbury total was $1,978.50, Mr..
House stated.
Other officers reelected were
Lester C. Burdick, Bridgeport, vice
president and state Easter seal sale
chairman; Miss Constance Leigh,
Newington, vice PRESIDENT; Hart
ford National Bank and Trust Com
pany, state treasurer; Miss Gertrude
Norcross, Hartford, executive secre-
tary.
Walter A. Jarvis OF Waterbury has
been reelected a director. New d.
rectors who have been added to the
organization include Wesley Petrs,
chairman of the New Haven Cura-
tive Workshop, which is affiliated
with the Society for Crippled Chill
dren; Mrs. o. G.. Wiedman. Weth-
ersfeld, president Of the Hartford
tuberculosis society and Robert
Morris, Hartford, president of the
Connecticut Council of Churches.
Reports submitted at the annual
meeting pointed out that the society
has developed its program during
the past year with two main pur-
poses in mind. These are, first, to
interest the general public in the
needs of crippled children and
adults so that q public knowledge
will result in better services for the
crippled in the state, and to pro-
vide, insofar as possible, those serv-
ices which are not otherwise avail
able, and second, to coordinate the
activities of public and private
ooepoias en- that Connecticut will not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-12
Easter Seal Sale
Finals Tabulated
Waterbury Credited With Sl,o7S Donation; Jarvis
Reelected Director at Annual Meeting

have overlapping facilities.
The major projects of the Con-
necticut Society for Crippled Chill
dren have included the workshops
in Hartford and Bridgeport and the
newly established shop in New Ha-
ven, financial assistance to organ
lied clinics, aid to individual cases
referred by other agencies Or known
to the society directly, and assist
ance to the homebound. The Or
ganization has also sponsored edu-
cational legislation, public educa-
ton and conferences and work with
other agencies.
Other towns in this area reported
as follows for the seal sale totals:
Cheshire, $330.70; Litchfield, $500;
Naugatuck, 1857; Roxbury, $e6.57;
Southbury, $413.05; Terryville,
$28O.39; Thomaston, Plymouth,
$375.25.