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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15
LOCAL MARRIED
men FACE CALL
Quota for April May In
Clude Many Previously !
Deferred

Chairman J. warren Epson, for
draft board 15B, urged waterbury
husbands and father last night to
start adjusting themselves in pre-
paration for their draft call--to
start thinking about what Is going
toshappen." k
Calling family men will be an un-
pleasant task, was the opinion
among draft board chairmen. Mr..
Epson and other board chairmen
reported that an increased number
Of married men would be taken be-
ginning May and April.
Saturday evenings announcement
OF "l2, 900 men q day" by War Man
power Director Paul v. McNutt
causel local authorities to admit
that II recent quotas are continued
II, waterbury throughout this year,
'a!most as many men will he draft
ed IN 1943 as have been 80 far taken
from the city into military service"
It was the opinion of the four
chairmen that a negligible number
Of married men In waterbury would
fall under the work or fight" edict
which declares dependency defer
inent would not be allowed for men
In 80 listed business and 20 occu-
.pations, wherever the latter are
found.
It was stated last night that the
local draft board heads will have a
dificult time determining the def
milton Of "irreplaceable" when de-
ferments are given. Washington
manpower officials declared that no
man between 10 and 60 was defer
rable, regardless Of dependents, tIl-
less his work is essential and he is
irreplaceable. =.
Unmarried men in Board l5B will
be completely exhausted In March,
said Mr. Epson, that family men
must anticipate they will be called
up before the year is out.
"If the armed forces are to attain
the size OF more than IL million
men, married men with families will
have to be called" Mr.. Upson said.
'"Tvhey should start thinking about
what will happen" he announced.
Mr.. Woodlock Of Board 15A said
that enough single men were avail.
able for O while--a great many OF
whom have collateral dependents
such as parents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15
Pacific Ocean Looms
AsU.S. Mare Nostrurn'
House Subcommittee Maps Air, Naval Base Program;
Area Termed New World of Today

maintain control Of the seas for
the next 100 years.
Magnuson said that island chains
must be set up under American con-
troll to maintain four major air-and-
sea routes in the Pacific:
/. Hawaii to Australia (already
established).
2. Australia to Japan, via Qua
dalcanal, the Carolines and Mar
shall Islands; the latter are jap
anese mandates.
3. Alaska to Siberia, via the
Aleutians and the Japanese -owned
Kurile Islands.
4. Hawaii to the Philippines, and
on to- Singapore.
ut will be a tremendous Job" he
said. "Some Of the islands we'll buy
some wen lease, some we'll get by
joint-use agreements with Allies
some we'll take by force.
For example, we are In Guadal-
canal to say. The natural harbor
of the neighboring Solomon, Tulagi,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15
BY EDWARD v. ROBERTS
United Press star Correspondent

(United Press stan Correspondent
washington, Feb. 15.-(UP)-A
subcommittee Of the house naval af-
fairs committee today Is mapping q
program designed to make the Paci-
fic ocean Americas mare 1ostrum"
by force II necessary.
Chairman Warren @. Magnuson,
D., WASH, said the program en-
visages permanent possession OF
Guadalcanal and many other Paci-
&c islands as the first step in "the
American Pacific saga" After the
war, he said, 1t will be our Job to
take care Of the Pacific. Guadal-
canal, along with the other Solo,
mons are British islands.
"The greatest development Of the
next so years will be the march Of
our civilization through the Pacific
area" he said. ut Is the new world
Of today"
Magnuson also proposed American
development Of the new trans-A Arc
tic air routes to Europe, and sug-
gested that Wrangel Island, north
Of Siberia, would be an ideal term
inal.
"Wrangel Island was originally
ours by virtue of claims Of Ameri-
can whalers and seal hunters, but
then Russia laid claim to It and
we offered no protest. What this
country needs Is an Admiral (Rich-
arO Byrd Of the Arctic"
Secretary Of the Navy Frank Knox
opened the subject Of Pacific bases
last week by proposing that the
United States should have a long
line Of Pacific bases to keep Japan
unarmed for q long time. He pre-
viously has advocated that the
United States and Great Britain
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15

Despite wartimes, midas perma-
nent debt decreased 1898, 100000 In
1912.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15
BY LYLE G. WILSON

(Un1teu ETeSS SLaH correspondent
Washington, Feb. 15-(UP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelt Is confronted today
with congressional rebellion on a
wide domestic front.
It is An authentic rising Of the
congressional clan against what the
legislators call bureaucracy" It Is
aimed more at Mr.. Roosevelt's on
cial family than at the president
But the old timers have been
around q long time-some Of them
since March 4, 1933-and they flg-
ure this storm will blow itself out
in time. They hope then that the
president will select some infiuen-
tial individual to deal with congress
as O White House legislative agent
Manpower problems, patronage
farm prices, the 1914 budget and
administration disregard Of expires
sions Of congressional sentiment tor
the list of grievances. There Is
clamor about New Deal labor poll.
cies but It remains to be seer
whether there Is actual majority
force behind all the noise.
Congress already has landed some
punches that hurt. House demo-
Gratis refused to give Rep. Vito Mar
cantonio, Observation-Disclosures, N. Y.
a place on the judiciary committee
Marcantonio's American Labor
party Is vital in administration
strategy to carry New York In the
1914 presidential elections. That is
why the administration urged
Speaker Sam Rayburn and House
Democratic Leader John w. McCor-
mack of Massachusetts to give him
a choice committee post.
The senate beat Mr.. Roosevelt on
Edward ]. Flynn, former chairman
Of the democratic national COM
mittee, whom the president noYnin-
ated to be minister to Australia
LEGISLATORS infiamed by patronage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15

cutting ropes to set life RATS adrift
Rats were stored and tied to the up
per deck Of the ship.
The chaplain described the arrival
at Casablanca a religious one. Many
services were held for members OF
all faiths in the mess hall below
decks. When the ship landed at
Casablanca, Chaplain Olander said
men requested personal consulta-
tons with him through the night
until he was forced to limit inter-
views to two minutes to. each. He
described one Of the ship services in
which the hall was crowded with
service men who remained stand
ing through the worship and sang
the first verses Of about Is hymns
they could remember without hym-
mails.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15

More than 100000 persons are now
enrolled in the non-profit White
Hospital Care, 1t was announced
Cross, the Connecticut Plan for
today by Harry B. Kennedy, pres
ident of the Plan. The 300,000th
member to enroll was Mrs. Elizabeth
Q. Jones, 80 of 500 Brewer Street.
East Hartford, who Joined for her.
help her husband, Ben, and their
two sons, Ben, Jr., and William. Mrs
Jones is employed at G. Fox & Co.,
Hartford.
1.-THE achievement Of q member
ship Of more than 100000 persons In
Connecticut, Is an impressive dem
onstration of the desire Of local peo-
pie to protect themselves against
the hazards Of unexpected hospital
expense" Kennedy said In announc-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15

will be of supreme Importance. That
harbor is so good that the Britain
once considered It as an alterna-
tive TO the establishment Of singa-
pore" s
Naval control Of the Pacific, he
said, will be Just the beginning Of
the American Pacific saga.
There will be a substantial ili~
grafton Of Americans to Pacific
islands after the war" he said.
Many of the boys who have fought
there will want to make their hofnea
there, just as many American SOLE
oilers stayed on In the Philippines
after the Spanish American War"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15

ing the enrolment Of Mrs. Jones.
THE fact that we have been able
to pass this high goal Is ample EVIL
dence that Connecticut working men
and women desire to assume their
own obligation the community to
provide for their health needs, with
out charity, through a plan which
operates with the cooperation Of
all elements Of our population, with
out profit to anyone but its men,
bers. This Is q record Of which we
and all Connecticut may well be
very proud"
Mrs. Jones said she Joined the
Plan, because 1t offered such high
benefits, and all the other girls in
my department belonged. She was
born In New Zealand but has lived
in this country 10 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15
A short story

THERE was something striking about the
i elderly man as he walked into the tele-
phone business Office. There's tele-
phone in my new apartment; I'd like to have
It connected" he said.
The girl quickly consulted her records. I'm
fortunately. the man lived in section Of the
city where telephone cables were already
loaded to capacity. Il would be impossible
to provide service without stringing mile
and half Of new telephone wire.
Carefully the girl explained the government
restrictions which applied IN such cases.
We've got to save metals" she added, q
mile and half Of telephone wire contains
enough copper to keep machine gun firing
four minutes"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15

nickel and all the other metals which arc
going into weapons instead Of telephone
equipment. Now they must provide you with !
the best possible service available under
strict and necessary government restrictions
They are doing their Job well - thanks co.
loyalty and plain. hard work. And thanks 30
your friendly cooperation. too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15

o'clock last night, heading for its
base at Otis field, Falmouth, Mass.
But when 1t arrived over Albany It
turned back for some unexplainable
reason in the direction from which
It had started.
Residents of Herkimer, Little
Falls and lion heard the plane
flying at low altitude about Z o'clock.
The crash occurred at 7:25.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15
w ORLD WAR
"A YEAR AGO
FEB. rs, 1912

Prime Minister winston Churcl&
III announces fan Of Singapore.
Japanese occupy the Anambaa
Islands, east Of Malaya.
japanese troops land in South
ern Sumatra for = land drive "a
Palembang.
British bOmbers raid enemy stlpl
ply dumps at Pam and Martabaii.
Advance Russian columns res
ported driving through white
Russia toward the old Polish froEl-
tier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-15
-four NAVY men
STILL MISSING
Two Others Alive After
New England Coast
Plane Accidents

Boston, Feb. i5.--(Up)-Foir navy
men were missing today after two
plane accidents off the New Eng
land coast in which one parachuted
to safety and another was rescued.
One Of the accidents involved two
navy planes which collided In mid
air off the Massachusetts, coast sat-
lirday during training flight and
fell into the Atlantic ocean. Both
pilots and a crew-Hnember Of one Of
the planes was missing. The crew.
member Of the second plane, Joseph
L. Wallace Of Palmyra, N. j., avia.
ton rnachinist's mate, $40, was
thrown from the craft but landed
safely in his parachute. Names Of
those missing were withheld.
1t. John Shelley Of wellesley,
Mass, a naval reserve flyer, was re-
covering In a Bar Harbor, Me-, hos
pital after being rescued when his
plane crashed into the sea Friday
night. His radioman was believed to
have persisted.
1lion, N. Y, Feb. Is --CUP)-- A
board Of officers was appointed to-
day at the Rome, N. Y, army air
depot to investigate the crash Of a
two-engined bomber near here
which sent three crew members to
their deaths.
The ship landed on the farm Of
Frank Richards, at Cranes Cor
ners, last night and burst into
flames during a heavy snowstorm.
Parts Of the plane were strewn over
wide area.
Army officials at the Rome depot
said the bomber left there at 6:23
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-12-24
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Increased Goals
For Coming Year


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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-12-24

Hen seud und rpreod : dozen ames. everY Ipisf lfam
home ever greeting ead. lei unwEap and londIs
evsrY Gift sent hin from molhsr. IaIhsf sIslss. ssssss
hourt friends.
For these things speuh q home. And though avaEYone
tries . make chnssmus = COZ = possible vhsxs - =
. bright g ne SERVES club decorations maY - :
strong . he friendships - maY havs muds wllh lhoee
now near % hlm-Yetso Tor from home. G. ~ thoughts
VII - with Y0u. - HONE. IT, Christmas.
And though your thoughts ore = hlm-thsFss : diHsr
ence. You nal ore n ne cheerful uinoapheff ! Yau
household. You sal ue surrounded = loved pres
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-12-24

HYou can't come II person during our bust
ness hours. you can enroll. and make your
regular Club Deposits b mail. Write right
aoWi
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-12-24
The 1913 Christmas Checks Have Been
Mailed to Club Members!

More ihon s40OOO.OO nos
been mailed 10 our 1913
Christmus Club members.
ffhhcss q loi Of money -. and
its going to buy War Bends
end Stumps. and munY other
practical Christmas gifts.
Think o. how much eusier
your Christmas giving wc.ld
be i you got q nice lus check
in our Club muilinql Nows
the lime 10 enroll Tor next
Yeur. There's nothing to do
but make application. puy
your first deposit end follow
ii Up regulurlY with the surne
amount euch week
Evening star., 1943-11-19
LETTER-OUT

Remove reaang to spell the word
called for In the last column opposite
from
correctly lack dc =,
Answer Yesterdays LETTER-OU ....~
Co PRICES-PRIES Che exerts
CD LAPELS-PALES
(O) EDISON-SNIDE his mean,
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Cd DELIVERS-REIIEVES s
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Uncle Rays Corner

In centuries gone by, 1t was conf
mon for people to see Z meaning Ia
any large comet which appeared ia
the sky. They feared that it meant
a war or plague or some other uny
happy event.
1t so happened that large comet
appeared in 1866, the year that the
Normans invaded England, but thib
comet (now known as Halley's) hak
been seen many other times and
usually with no special Ill ,fortthlk
following. II we need a big comet
for war to start, why were none
seen in 1914 or 1899, when the first
and second World Wars openeda
A long time has passed-33 yead
since a first-rate comet has ap-
peared in the sky Astronomers
have seen many little ones in thai
time, but none to class with hak
a dozen which came into view durt
ing the 18th century. =
Most Of the large comets give
little warning Of when they arp
going to appear. Astronomers mak
see them two or three months be-
fore they come into sight, but sell
dom can tell about them years in
advance. An exception to the rule
Is the beautiful Halley's comet,
which has an average period of 76
years and months.
If we are going to be treated any
thing like as well as the people Of
the 18th century, there ought
Evening star., 1943-11-19

feet and weigh as much as so
pounds. Males are always much
smaller.
These eels are a grayish- -b1 own
above, sometimes with q reddish
hue, sometimes so dark as to ap-
pear black. The sides are paler and
the underneath a dingy white.
The general range OF the conger
eel Is cosmopolitan in the warmer
parts OF the Atlantic. 1t is known
as far north as Scandinavia on the
eastern side and Cape Cod on the
western side. 1t Is also known in
the Western Pacific and Indian
Oceans.
1t is now we'll established that the
conger, like the common eel, breeds
but once during its life and then
dies. The conger moves out from
the sea to spawn. 1t is remarkably
prolific fish. One female may pro-
duce from 3 to million eggs. They
hatch in or 5 days in summer
temperature water, and the elvers
resemble a transparent bit of rib
bon-the so-called "leptocepkalus'
stage. The length of the larval stage
is not known But the process of
metamorphosis consists of gradual
thickening and narrowing of the
body and the enlargement of the
head, the formation of the swim
bladder and permanent teeth, and
the pigmentation of the skin. After
all this has been accomplished, the
young eel is 3.6 inches in length.
The conger shown here is general
ly common on both coasts OF the At
lantic from Cape Cod to Brazil in
America. 1t reaches a length of 8
feet and is used by foreigners as
food. Some fine specimens have been
caught off Pensacola and in the
Bahamas.
The family Leptocephalidae in
cludes those eels which are scaleless
and have the tongue almost free in
front, the body elongate and the
end Of the tail surrounded by a fin.
There are three recognized genera,
containing about Is species inhabit-
ing most of the warm seas at fairly
moderate depths. There are two
species of this family IN our waters,
the conger being the better known.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

telescope in 1911. This comet
does not rank among the Very
large ones.
to be another big comet within
the next few years. To find out
whether that will happen, we shall
just have to wait and see!
Most Of the worry about comets
has had little, or no, sense In it,
but there is question which may
well be asked, What would hap
pen if comet struck the earth?"
Astronomers say that even the
largest known comet has less than
-millionth part of the weight,
or mass, Of the earth Thus a cob
Hsion would not wreci, the earth.
OF course there might be- i'm
portant damage if the head of a
comet struck a city such gas New
York. The core of a largo comets
head has a good deal of solid ma
terial in it.
1t is almost certain that a few
comets have struck the earth in
times past. Meteor Crater in Ari-
zona was made either by a small
comet or by gigantic meteor OF
swarm Of meteors. This crater is
hole $40 feet deep and four -itths
Of a mile wide.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
AUTOMOBILES WANTED Gent

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Rrice; Call NO. 1913. Williams, goth and
CHEVROLET 1941, low mileage: convert
}qe }pie or club coupe wanted; will pay cash
{oIet or Plymouth, in good condition, with
low mileage Call Union 0S06, dealer.
S6goCk owners, call Jack Blank Adams
our price. Arcade Pontiac, 1887 irving
Adams $780, you will be more than salts.
ned 1 with our price. Arcade Pontiac. 1887
F0NTIAC owners. call Jack Blank. Adams
eo00 you will be more than satisfied with
our price. Arcade Pontiac, 1927 irving
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
CONGER Eel,
(Leptocephalus conqer).

(Lept0cephdlus conger).
Conger eels are highly valued in
Europe, but Americans are not very
fond Of such meat. 1t Is not difficult
to distinguish the conger from other
eels. The rather long pointed snout,
the large mouth and the scaleless
skin are marks to look for. The eyes
Of the conger are oval and much
larger than the round eyes Of the
common eel. The body Is of the
snake like form that Is characters
tic Of eels in general.
Female congers reach q remark
able size. Some reach a length Of 8
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Continuous Performance

SALT LAKE CITY P.-Ellis J.
Fitzgerald was granted divorce on
his allegation that his wife hasn't
returned from the circus she left
home to attend last August 10.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
1~eA. Ioa4

Ten Illustrations by Frank C. Pape
appear in the picture leariet. Areas
People and Custom II you want
copy, send self-addressed envelope
bearing three sent stamp to Uncle
Ray in care Ct this newspaper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
JUDGE PRESIDES AT DIVORCE HEARINGS
One Decree Granted, Two Decisions Reserved at
 Close of Session

JeDSlo corllsS Roraback of Water bury was granted G divorce from George RorQbaek Of MiddlobuFy in Q decision handed down today by Superior Court Judge Frank ?. Ms' F,Voy. Declslon was reserved in tive other actions, both uneonteStet heard ct the short calendar SeSSiof this morning. v
 Mrs. Rorabaek claimed her hus. band has been intoierably eruel since April, 1907, giving April Q oi that year as tho date of marriage, Custody of Q minor child was award- cd to tho plaintiff and provision was made for ei0 DOT week allmony
 James c. Lynch Of Waterbury asked for . divorce from Eileen squlres Lynch of East Lyme. He gave March 5, 1895 as tho date of marriage and said his wife has been intoierably cruel since May 1, 1885,
 Cruelty since tho date of marriage, July il, 1895, was charged against Ralph Russo of Watertown by Lucy 0uldetta Russo of thls city at the second divorce hearing conducted thIS morning. She asked for cus. tody Of two minor children, and support and allmony allowances.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
MRS. ROOSEvELT|
 SPANISH PUPIL.
Presidents Wife Signs Up for 2OO.IiOur Course In
 Washington

washington, Mar B--(Up)-NErB, Eleanor Roosevelt is starting c course Of spanish lessons and now the question is--does the first lady contemplata another Roosevelt jaunt abroadS
 Mrs. Roosevelt walked Into the Berllts school of languagSs tho other day and signed up for 200 hours of spanlsh. Later she arranged . conference with Vice President Henry A. wallace, who is quite c epanlsh speaker and who is going to make c tour oe Latin America next month.
 Because oe her interest In Latin America it might Do that Mrs, RoosovOlt 6 considering going with the Wallace party to Latin America as c good will vlsitor. Hhe wouldn't have tllne for all her spanlsh lessons before that, however, and Q later trip appears mere likely.
 Mrs. Roosevelt can read spanlsh, and can undoEsteand 10 fairly well when it is spoken slowly, although she hes never taken formal instruo. ton In the language. She has an extensive knowledge og French and reads some Italian, 90 epAnish was an easy language for her to read.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
OBITUARY

MEEHAN - Mrs. Flora (puddl Meehan of iei East Main street died yesterday at tho home of her grand. daughter, Mrs. James Vaughn of % Rose street. A native of Port jerVis, New York, she had been resident of this city for many years.
 Ten years ago Mrs. MeehAn 70. tired from tho Plume and Atwood Company where Sho had served NS Q nurse for eighteen years, She was . member of st. Johns Episcopal church,
 Mrs. MOohan leaves, besides her granddaughter, Q son, John Francis Meehan; . daughter, Mrs. Helen Crowley; Q groat.grandson, James Budd Vaughn, all of Waterbury; and 0 sister, Mrs, R. A, Perry, South Wlndhan,
 Tho funeral will Do hold Sunday afternoon ct ( At tho AldOreon Funeral Home, 70 Central avenue, Rev. Francis Q. AyreB of gt. Johns Episcopal church, oftielatlng, Burial will h0 ct tho convenience Of tho family in Hopeweil cemetery, EASt FiShkill, Duchess county, N. Y. Friends may call ct tho funeral homo from 2 to Q 3, m, today and tomorrow from 3 to , and [ to Q D, m,