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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
PROPOSE DOCTOR
AS sixth MEMBER
New Compensation Com
missioner Would Be
Physician Under Bill

Several bills have been drawn up
to restrict the powers of the state
highway commissioner in taking
property for highway purposes.
These bills will be heard before the
judiciary committee of General As
sembly on March 4. The bills were
introduced by Sen. John F. Tobin
at the request Of Atty. John H. Cas-
sidy, Waterbury and Watertown. The
bills, as reported, are designed to af-
ford greater protection to private
property owners when the highway
department. finds that private land
Is necessary for highway purposes.
Five compensation commissioners
salaries would be raised from $500
to $1,000 under a bill heard by the
judiciary committee yesterday. g. L.
Eyanson Of the Manufacturer as
ISOLATION and John j. Egan of the
State Of Federation of Labor sup
ported 1t as did representatives of
insurance and other groups.
Another pending bill In the AS
sembly, but not assigned for q hear
Ing yet, is to create a sixth COM
pensation commission. AS the bill
introduced by Sen Francis J. Summa
Of Waterbury by request, now
stands the appointee must be a doc
tor who has been practicing for at
least ten years. It Is reported the
bill was introduced at the request
Of persons backing DR.. John Weth-
elmer, Waterbury, for the Job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
new YORK'S test
BLACKOUT FAILS
Another Ordered Tonight;
Even Wardens Were Con-
fused Last Evening
(NEA Telephotol

New York, Feb. 10 - (UP.) -
The Army's new air raid signal sys-
tenn was tested for the first time in
New York last night, but so many
lights were turned back on at the
wrong time that Mayor Fiorello H
LaGuardia ordered another test
blackout tonight.
Three signals were sounded by air
raid sirens. The first was steady
and meant that homes and build
ings were to be BACKED out, but
traf1c and pedestrians could con-
tine. The second, a warbling blast
indicated that raid was imminent
and everything had to stop. The
third, another steady blast, meant
that automobiles and pedestrians
could go on, but the blackout hac
to be maintained because the raid
ers might return.
The all-clear signal was broad
cast by radio and sounded by war;
dens on whistles.
But many turned their lights
back on when the siren blew the
third time. Wardens blew their
whistles to get the lights turned
back of, and many who had re-
NAMED BACKED out, took 1t as q sig
nal for the all-clear and turned
their lights on.
Wardens were confused in some
instances, and tried to stop pedes-
TRANS when the sirens blew the
first time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
WOMAN DENIES
NUMBERING MATE
Ware Mother Granted
Right to Keep Infant Son
in Jail With Her

Northampton, Mass, Feb. TO-
Cup Grinning broadly, bespecta-
cled Mrs. Beatrice st. Denis Bower,
~, Of Ware, mother Of three chill
dren, pleaded innocent in superior
court today on a charge VI first-de-
gree murder in connection with the
shotgun Staying Of her 32-year-old
husband Rudolph last Dec. 8.
Judge James G. Donnelly granted
a request that she be permitted to
keep her infant son Mark in jail
with her and said she might also
bring the baby to court when the
trial opens. The baby was born on
the day that the victim was buried.
No trial date was set but 1t was be-
lieved 1t would be called In April.
Mrs. Bowler casually glances
around the court room at about Is
spectators who were present and
made no comment except to plead.
The woman's husband, a war
worker, was found in bed with two
gunshot wounds in his head. She
commended at first that he commit
ted suicide, but later allegedly con-
fessed that the gun exploded when
she picked 1t up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
New War Councils
Letter To Governor
Brings Prompt Action
Statewide Survey to Be Undertaken Of indications
That WifuI Neglect Of Work Is Endangering
War Program

Representatives Of both labor and
management win be asked by Gov
ernOr Raymond e. Baldwin to join
In o statewide survey Of absentee.
ism as part Of the program outlined
for the Governors new War Coun-
ell, John j. Driscol, Of this city,
secretary Of the CLIO. State Coun-
Gil said today. The Governors &C.
ton is the result Of letter sent
to him recently by the executive
board of the council citing ten fac
tors the board believes chiefly re-
sponsible for absenteeisrn, and ask
ing the states chief executive to call
a conference of Connecticut indus
trial and labor representatives to
study the problem.
Mr.. Driscoll said Governor Bald
win expressed great interest In the
suggestion and felt that the sur
vey should be il1tegrated with kin
bred war problems to be dealt with
by the War Council.
Reported Increasing
Absenteeisln, said to be increas-
ing despite strong efforts to dis
courage 1t, has been the subject Of
considerable discussion during the
past week, with both union and
company officials advancing reasons
they consider responsible for the
situation.
One Of the chief causes for alb
senteeisnn, union officials believe, is
restlessness among workers ascribed
TO uncertainty Of Job status caused
by varying reports Of federal war
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
BOARDING SCHEME
FOUND DANGEROUS
Experts on Food Warns
Against Preserving Food
After Opening

The Department Of Agriculture
warned people today not to trans
fer commercially timed foods to
glass jars because 1t Is a risky move
that might result In fatal food pois-
oning.
DR.. Russell Wilder, nutritionist,
physician and chief Of the branch
Of civilian food requirements Of the
food distribution administration,
warned housewives that poisoning
may result from consuming foods
that have been recanned at home.
He declared that indications show
that some housewives are purchas-
ing commercially timed products In
large quantities and opening the
cans to put their contents into glass
jars. Home canned foods do not
have to be reported when Ration
Book No. 2 Is obtained, and some
hoarders are reported to be violat-
ing this rule by camouflaging COM
mercially canned products.
Most foods that are removed
from cans must be reprocessed be-
fore they can be preserved In glass
Jars, Just as II they had never been
canned" DR.. Wilder said. "Reproc-
essing, however, is unsatisfactory FOL
housewives to undertake, and mag
be dangerous. Not only does the
product become q soupy mass with
decreased food value, but 1t may be
unsafe to eat. It is therefore waste
full Of food and food values, as well
as dangerous and Is contrary to
the intent Of the rationing program
which IS contributing to the winning
Of the war;" he said.
Food canned at home Is exempt
from the rationing regulations,
which Is done for the purpose Of
encouraging an increase in home
production of preserved foods. thus
relieving the weight on reduced
supply Of commercially canned prod
uctS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
MAYOR SPEAKS ON
OBSERVANCE HERE
Invites All Races, Creeds
to Cooperate in Brother.
hood Program

Mayor John s. Monagan an
nounced yesterday that February is
through 20 be set aside as Brother
hood Week, to view this year 1.-THE
contribution to the nations morale
in an hour of crisis" Professionals,
Catholics and Jews will sponsor
this week throughout the country,
The proclamation, follows: with
the United States at war, the need
is more than ever apparent for
unity among Americans Of all re-
ligions and races in fulfilling their
common responsibilities as citizens
ANY barrier to full cooperation
among the members Of this commu-
nifty, and any other community, en-
dangers not only our immediate
safety but the perpetuation of dem
ocratic ideals for whose survival our
armed forces are fighting.
1--WE are a city whose citizens
spring from almost every national
and racial stock In the world. We
adhere to more than one religion.
In other democracies these differ
ences between individuals and
groups were effectively used to di-
vide the population and weaken its
resistance to aggression. We have
reason to hope that Americans will
not fall prey to the runor, suspi-
cion and discord spread by enemies
to weaken and destroy our spirit
andaunity.
1.-THE ultimate test Of our unity
will come as the hardships and
strains from the war increase. At
such times there Is always the ten
dency to place the finger Of doubt
and distrust on minorities in the
community. To allow distrust,
prejudice and intolerance to arise at
any time is to put in peril our ma
TONS cause by undermining the
whole democratic structure.
Brotherhood Week, February is
to 20, Is sponsored nationwide by
Professionals, Catholics and Jews to
emphasize the importance of gen.
uine neighborliness, cooperation and
good will. It's observance this year
is a contribution to the nations
morale in an hour of crisis, and 1t
will, I am sure, strike responsive
note in the hearts of all those who
love America and what America
stands for"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
VIEW. MAY FORM
new POLICE UNIT

At a meeting of the Wheeler
Young Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, held at Mechanics hall re-
Gently, Post Commander John e.
Danisavage delivered a talk on re-
habilitating discharged servicemen.
Members Of the post received q no.
tice from Lieutenant Colonel Ed
ward p. Riley, of the Connecticut
State Guard relative to forming q
military police reserve In their
ranks. Lieutenant Colonel Riley has
been invited to speak at the post In
the near future In order to explain
the duties Of such a unit. William
Cahill was appointed chairman of a
committee who will have charge of
the military police reserve.
The veterans also voted to con-
tribute IS to the Red Cross emer-
gency fund:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
TRUCK MILEAGE.
Under SCRUTINY.
Larger Motor Carriers Are
Called to Boston Confer.
enCe Today

All large motor carriers in the
Hartford ODT district are attending
a meeting In Boston at which Joint
Action Plan procedures for the
elimination Of wasteful truck mile
age will be discussed by the car
riers and ODT representatives, John
r. Maori, Hartford district ODT
manager. announced today.
Alex K. Scherer, assistant to the
chief Of the Operations Station, d.
vision Of Motor Transport, ODT,
and John Lawrence, managing d.
rector of the American Trucking
Association. will be present at the
Boston meeting, which will consist
Of two sessions, a morning discus
sion between members 70 Industry
Advisory committees and the ON
GERS Of carrier associations, and an
afternoon general meeting with all
interested common and contract
carriers, both local and over-the-
road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
JAPS CONSIDER
ATTACK BY U. S,
Offensive From Alaska and
China Pointed Out By
Imperial Leaders

The Japanese people considered
today q warning from Imperial
headquarters that the United states
was planning "a mortal attack upon
the mainland Of Japan" from Alaska
and China.
Colonel Nakao Yahagi, chief Of
the army press section Of Japanese
imperial headquarters, said 1t was
common knowledge that the at
tack would come from the north,
the Office Of War Information said
quoting radio Tokyo.
Alaska was to be the "headquart-
ers for attacks against Japan,
Yahagi said. He pointed to almost
daily bonbings" Of Japanese forces
In the Aleutians by American planes,
the building Of "l7 new air fields"
In China and preparations" for
direct telephone communication be-
tween Alaska and China.
Yahagi said the airfield building
and telephone circuit should. "be
watched as this Is an attempt for
reinforcement Of airplanes to the
continent from Alaska"
Radio. Chungking reported yes
terday that the telephone circuit
had passed experimental tests and
would soon be open for use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

Williamsburg, Va, Feb. I'D. w.
Woodbridge, acting dean Of jurts-
prudence at the College Of william
and Mary, and armed service rep
resentative for the college, an
nounced today that he had re-
ceived official word by telephone
that IS college men, enlisted under
the Army Enlisted Reserve Plan.
were called into active service to
report on February rs. This rep
resents a very large percentage Of
the total number enlisted in the
plan.
OF the total called, nine were
February graduates. They are:
Paul d. Couch, Bethlehem, Pa;
Ira Bernard sDworkin, Newark, N.
j.; Frederick Howard Eike. Nor
folk, Va; Wilfred Ferguson, Jr..
Norfolk, Va; Earl Oliver Kline,
Chester, Pa; Julian Carter Size
more, Virginia, Va; Joseph Her
man Solomon, Jamaica Plain,
Mass: Dyckman Ware Vernlilye,
Staten Island, N. Y; Lyman VIM,
Norfolk, Va.
Other reservists are: William Alb
bots, III, Trenton, N. j.; James H.
Alternately, Jr, Richmond, Va;
Peter Nicholas Apostolou, Roanoke,
Va; Frank L. Bilderback, Woo.s-
town, N. j.; James CARRIER Bow
man, Timberville, Va; Leo Bremen,
Norfolk, Va; Regis Bernard Brown.
Tarentum, Pa; David William
Butcher, Richmond, va; John
Hedges Carter, Jr, Norfolk. Va;
Harry William Caughron, johnson
City, Tenn; Robert Chandler, Mt.
Vernon, N. Y; william Garland
Clarke, Arlington. Va; John Alex
ander Cloves, Williamsburg, Va;
Andrew Myron Duncan, Lynch
burg, Va; Robert Bernard Fllert,
Brooklyn, N. Y; John Gibson FL
lott, Jr., Manchester, N. Y; How
ard Gilkeson, Baskerville, Va;
David Norman Glucksman, N. y:
Elmo Cecil Gooden, Lynchburg, Va;
Frederick A. Gosnell, darlington,
Va; Marvin Francis Graham, Big
Stone Gap, Va;
Milton Greenblatt, Waterbury,
Conn; william Emmerson Harding,
Marion, Va; Cecil James Haynes,
Big Stone Gap, Va; Joseph M. Hol-
land, Richmond, Va; Clarence
Samuel Holloway, South Till, Va:
Henry Lester Hooker, Jr., Rich
mond, Va; Theodore Wright, Hor-
ner, Clarksburg, w. Va; George
Robert Jacobs, Guilford, Conn. !;
Daries William jesse, Big Stone
Gap, Va; Harry Howard Johns.
Martins Ferry, O.; Melville Joseph
Kahn, Lynnf1eld Centre, Mass. !;
Morton Charles Katsenburg, Balti-
more, Md; Marcus Harding Long,
BEDFORD, Va: William Aida Lugar,
Richmond, Va; Edward Braxton
McCaskey, Norfolk, Va; George
Bennett Mclaughlin, Victoria, Va;
John Marshall McMurran, Newport
News, Va; Alexander Macarthur,
Libertyville, Ill; Charles Blakley
Marasco, North Tarrytown. N, Y;
John Calvert Marshall, Mt. Ver-
non, N. Y; Dominick Vincent Mat
teucci, Trenton, N. j.; Carey Pete
Modlin, Jr., Norfolk. Va; William
Otis Morris, williamsburg, Va:
Frederick r. Murdoch, Jr., Spring
field, Mass: Richard Dale Myers,
Radford, Va; Walter Murray North,
Jr, Norfolk, Va; Henry Tate Ogle.
Knoxville, Tenn; John Ohanian,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

agencies. They call attention to
recent statements by the War
Manpower Commission and the Sc
lective Service"
In line with these unof1cial ire
ports" Is an article in the maya
zine Newsweek, on the stands yes
terday, to the effect that stronger
methods Of dealing with absentee
ism will ''b1 trotted out soon." The
article contends that Patriotic APP
peals and other noncompulsory
methods Just haven't worked sum-
GENTLY WE'LL" and that In the dur
able goods industries where the
drives against Il have been the
strongest the problem hasn't been
solved.
''WOrk or Fight"
It continues: Most of these in
dustries, long before the Presidents
directive, were on o scheduled 49,
hour week, but absenteeism in many
plants brought the average work
week down to around 40 hours. Now
being studied Is a scheme that
would require employers to submit
to draft boards the names OF
chronic absentees. Those who
couldn't furnish good excuses would
be faced with induction into the
Army"
Plans for q study Of the absentee
situation at the Chase Brass g. Cop
per Go. are already under way, ac-
cording to an announcement by
Rodney Chase, director Of industrial
relations for the concern. Mr.. Chase
said the company will try to ascer-
tain the reasons why workers stay
out and endeavor to plan solutions
for the problem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
COPPER USE CUT 10 PER CENT

The $4,000, 1000 pounds Of copper,
turned over to scarp dealers by
the nations electric utilities dur
ing 1912 represented approx
mately 10 per cent Of their an
nual copper needs. The electric
industry is the largest user Of this
metal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
ss ATHLETES IN RESERVES

Ann Arbor, Mich. (UP)-Eighty-
two University Of Michigan varsity
athletes, representing nine differ
emit. sports, are members of either
the Army, Navy, or Marine Reserve
Units and probably will be called to
active duty by June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
Full Weather Report

Boston, Feb. 10 (UP)-weather
forecasts ..
ALL NEW ENGLAND-warmer
tonight.
Boston and observation-disclosures
tonight with gentle winds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

The jeep was built from q one
eighth inch size sketch which called
for gross weight not exceeding
400 pounds and the capacity to
carry q 625-pound load, It, how
ever, weighs PISA pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

Among che many Waterbury
youths examined Wednesday and
Thursday at the inductiO ncenter
In Hartford was Francis Nj. Sulll-
van of 13 Ayers street. He passed
all physical tests and his request
for induction In the u. s., Navy
was honOred. He will report Short
Iy at the Newport Naval Training
Station for basic training.
MIR. Sullivan, executive secretary
Of the Independent Lean Corp, IN
o brother Of Patrolman Fred Sui
Ivan now serving wit hthe Coast
Guards in the vicinity Of Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
@~4M7yn>u'E
esIASlisliED ices

These Topeoots For Men At $29.-
Just Prove We Never Do Things By
HoIves-We Always Do A Finished
Job.
They're wonderful coots for year
Ground use for many men - For
other men - They're wonderful
eoots for Spring and Autumn
And for every mon-TheFe's more
days wsor-Mors Days Of the year
these eoots con be worn - And
much more service mileage BY the
year - Than you get ous Of your
heavy bulky winter ovsFeoot.
These eoots ore oil wool-TheyEe
oil right - They're hand dcns -
They're hend pieksd-And there's
ell wool warmth - Without bulky
weight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

After on American Marine shot o
wild p'g In the Guadalcanal Jungle
he had two Japanese prisoners take
1t to his camp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

BUY WAR BONDS. STAMPS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-06-11
ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE FIRST CHURCH OF
CHRIST, SCIENTIST

Boston, Mass.-The Christian Sci
ence Board of Directors placed
prayer" at the top of the list of de-
fensive and offensive weapons that
free thinking peoples are counting
upon to win the global war against
oppression and suppression.
In statement to the annual meet
ing of The Mother Church, The First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,
Massachusetts, the Directors first en-
phasized the word prayer" then fol-
lowed with the term miracle of deliv-
erance" which is to be accepted, they
said, as the logical answer to right
eous prayer.
Thus, deliverance from the hand of
the oppressor was seen by the Direc-
tors to be no miracle at all, but rather
a simple witnessing to the fact that
power springs from the prayer of un-
derstanding.
"A praying people can never suffer
defeat" summarized the Directors
remarks to several thousand Christian
Scientists assembled in The Mother
Church
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-06-11
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

elected on democratic basis, that
For that the blood of countless work
ers has been shed. They gave us the
strength for our struggle.
Neither prison nor blackshirts nor
hunger can prompt us to seek the pro-
lection of any kind of patrons. We
need only the masses and here today
they represent the nation"
when this war is over," the
speaker also said, ''the people will re-
turn to their occupations and their
homes. Those who believe that we will
then begin where we formerly left off, ,
are making grave mistake Mankind
has suffered too much for that We
must and shall create a new world, in
which no one endures hunger through
unemployment or has to beg susie
nance for his old age.
anu VIC Will HOJ dllOW OuISelpeS 10
be diverted from this path. We de-
mand equal rights and equal duties
for all. The real creative workers,
w e h er intellectual or manual,
whether in trade, industry or agricul-
ture, must stand together to achieve
this goal"
The speaker closed with an appeal
to the workers for national and inter-
national unity. His words did not set
so well in certain circles and the In
ternational F era ion of Trade
Unions says that "it is only to be ex-
pected that the labor meeting is
evoking alarm and opposition among
reactionaries of all shades of opinion"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-06-11
DICTATORSHIP METHODS
BREED ILL-WILL

American workers are placing win
ming of the war ahead of everything
else and are ready to make all neces-
sary sacrifices to that end. 1t is ask
ing too much of human nature, how
ever, that they should not feel resent
ment when forced to abide by arbi-
trary manpower controls used to make
up for faulty war production admins
tration.
For instance, workers sent to a job
only to find the plant closed for want
of materials or workers forced to keep
jobs at substandard wages that should
be remedied by War Labor Board ac-
tion are likely to be resentful when
made to bear the brunt of these mis-
takes.
Lack of coordination between war
agencies can penalize workers and be
dangerous to morale. The nation has
one agency to deal with manpower
problems, another with price prob
lens, another with production prob
lens and still another with wages.
These problems are so closely related
that an effort to deal with them sepa-
rately may cause great injustice. An
effort has now been made to have
handling of all these problems coor-
dinated by an overall agency, the new
Office of War Mobilization. How well
this will succeed remains to be seen.
In the meantime, the tendency at
Washington toward dictatorial meth
DDS of handling manpower remains
strong. This can be dangerous. As the
American Federation Of Labor says,
With almost limitless powers in gov
ernment hands, dictatorship methods
could destroy democracy and create
tyranny in the attempt to solve man
power problems"
And, as the AFL further points out,
I'VE must guard against this, remem-
bering that resort to force shows
bankruptcy of craftsmanship"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-06-11
Hawaii War Bond Drive
Loyalty Backed By Labor

Honolulu, Hawaii.-A fine tribute
to the support given by the workers
to the War Bond Drive for Hawaii
was expressed by Jack O'Brien, Dep
uty Administrator, Hawaii War Saw
ings Staff, in a letter to John A.
Owens, AFL organizer for Hawaii.
Pointing out that the April war
loan campaign was a great success
with total of $18,500,0O0 raised, Mr..
O'Brien said the backbone of the drive
was, as usual, the ordinary Series E
War Bond. ''The Territorial Advisory
War Bond Committee, of which you
are member" his letter to Mr..
Owens said, continued to give us its
constant support during this cam
paign. For this we are sincerely CRATE
full"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-06-11

erals and even radicals could get help
from him easily and so he got that
union into many things.
But to get back to the point. The
men who dug out the hole in the
ground and laid down the first heavy
timbers fought through hostilities
that the men of today don't know any
thing about. They have respect COM
ing to them that must not be forgot
ten.
Do we forget that men faced real
gunfire in the early days and that a
great many were killed so that the
house of today could be built?
Well, that's how it along with
many a hungry mouth and also hun
cry heart, hungry for freedom.
Don't pass these doings with a
laugh. They are possible because there
was a past.-CMW.