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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01
WAR MATERIALS
ON EXHIBITION
Rowland & Hughes Has In.
teresting Display Incen-
diary Bomb Shown

The Rowland g. Hughes Company,
Is currently displaying an exhibit
of war materials featuring the in
cendiary bombs that are being
dropped nightly on the cities and
towns of Axis dominated Europe.
These incendiary bombs are made
for the Chemical Warfare Service
which has a New England head
quarters in Boston under the COM
mand of Colonel S. E. Whitesides.
Jr. The Chemical Warfare Service,
as a member of the Army Service
Forces, charged with the respon-
sibility Of supplying materials and
equipment to the armed forces and
the civilian population, along with
the training of chemical warfare
troops, in the event that our enem-
les resort to the use of war gas.
The materials on view include
the service, diaphragm, non-com-
batart, optical, and horse gas masks;
Decentralization apparatus; protec-
tive apron; infant protector: and
chemical shell.
Included with the equipment for
protection against war gas, the
Chemical Warfare Service supplies
smoke bombs for screening pur-
poses, incendiary bombs and gren-
AIDES. The smokes have aided in
screening our troops in the land
ings on enemy shores from North
Africa to Attu, and Hitler's Euro
pean fortress is feeling the effect
of the deadly incendiary bombs.
Much of the destructive work done
during the famous bombing raid Of
'Toyko in April of 1912, commanded
by Major General James A. Doolittle
was the result Of the types of in
cendiary bombs that are shown i'll
the window display at the Rowland
& Hughes Store.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01
HOSPITAL BULLETINS

Terence Mahoney, 60. 140 North
Main street was reported in crit
ical condition at st. Mary's hos
pital this morning after being
struck last night at East Main and
Hayden street, one of the city's
darkest intersections, just two
hours before the dimOut was lifted
to midnight.
Alan w. Hayes, 20, Fern road.
the driver of the car which struck
Mr.. Mahoney was not held pend
ing further Investigation.
Motor Patrolmen John Deeley
said Hayes was travelling south OH
East Main street at about rs mph
when a dark shape appeared in
front of him, and he was not able
to stop the car in time.
Louis SaIami, IL, FL River street
was treated at st. Mary's hospital
yesterday for decorations Of the
face sustained when he ran into
moving autOmibile on Baldwin
street, near his home, according
to a report by Motor Patrolman
John Deeley. Joseph Sullivan, FL,
40 Alma street, the cars driver,
was not held.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01
Pope Makes
Radio Appeal

London, Nov. - (U.P.) - Deal
ing only with religious matters and
avoiding political references, Pope
Plus XII, making his first broadcast
since German occupation of Rome,
yesterday asked delegates to the
Eucharistic Congress in Peru to
pray for peace"
I'VE know not where to look
without our eyes resting upon la
mentable and bloody battles" the
Pope said during his 14-minute
broadcast over the Vatican radio.
The Pope appealed for o return
to Christian ideals, and asked the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01
Colonel

Colonel Leonard ]. MalOney, 81,
of New Haven, who at one time
was associated with U. S. labor
bureau died at his home yester-
day. A major in overseas service
during the last World War he had
been active in veteran activities
and in 1885 served as national
commander of the association. =,
Colonel MalOney served for sew
eral years as director of the Con-
necticut State Employment Service
and later with WarpOwer Com
mission office IN Washington. Re.
Gently he was industrial relations
director for a Stamford concern.
Survivors include his wife, six
sons, and two daughters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01

delegates also to pray for peace
and salvation for all Christian chill
dren."
Praising Peru as lone of the
pearls Of the Catholic-Spanish his
tory where God appears to have
been particularly generous" Pope
Plus said:
May our blessings speed over
your country and over the whole
world, the hour Of God, which Is
the hour Of peace"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01
EARDENDERS IN
WEEKLY GAMES
Contests Transferred to
Sunday Afternoon; Min
streI Cast to Repeat
Washington Hill

The Earbenders played their
weekly game Of As at the Washing
ton Park Community House yester-
day afternoon with the following
scores resulting: ]. B. Cuddy's team
20, T. Conway 20; Art. Dulac %,
and j. Fitmaurice 20; D. Murphy
%, and Ed. Leach 90 The card
playing is now conducted on Sun
day afternoons to give the men
who work nights a chance to take
part In the tournament, which has
been In existence for over seven
years. President T. Conway hopes
to have refreshments served to the
players next Sunday afternoon.
Tomorrow Is the Feast of All
Souls, and Masses at st. Francis
will be at $50, $3.50, 1880 and 8
O'Clock, which will be solemn high
Mass. Religious conference for the
High school pupils will be held
Thursday evening in the basement
of the school, at 7:30 o'clock. In
structions for the grammar school
pupils will be held as usual Thurs
day afternoon at 2:30, Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, and Sunday
morning after the $3.50 O'Clock
Mass.
st. Francis Holy Name As Tourna-
rnent will be held this evening at
1880 o'clock in the basement of the
school.
Friday Of this week will be the
nrst Friday Of the month, and
Masses will be at the usual time,
$50, $50 and 7:30 and confessions
will be heard on Thursday after
noon and evening at the usual time,
from until 6, and at 7:30 in the
evening.
Director Pat Wallace is calling a
rehearsal of the cast for the Old
Fashioned Minstrel show, given last
week lby Washington Park Com
munity Club, Wednesday night at 8
O'Clock. The purpose of the re-
hearsal Is to brush up in prepara-
ton for the show going on at Vet
Grams hospital, Newington, Conn,
Thursday night. A bus will be
chartered to take the troupe, and
Will leave the Community House at
6 o'clock. Commute was under the
able Craftsmanship of ]. B. Cuddy,
and George Lynch-who have re-
ceived plenty of compliments for
fine showmanship Of everyone TAX
ing part.
Mrs. Edeson Leach of Sylvan ave-
nue. has returned to her home from
Waterbury hospital, after a two
weeks stay, where she underwent
n major operation. Her many
friends and neighbors will be glad
to Marn she is making an excel
lent recovery.
First 1t. Francis McVerry who
resides on Baldwin street is now sta
toned with his company at Shreve-
sport, La. 1t. McVerry Is with the
797th Ord. Dept. Lgt. Maintenance
DIV.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01
ALICE CARRACAN
TO WE'D NOV. Is

Middlebury, Nov. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Carragan announce the
engagement of their daughter, Alice
to Joseph P. Sicard, sor of Mrs.
Rose Sicard of Oakville The we'd
ding will take place on Thanksgiv-
ing day at 9 o'clock at st. John of
the Cross church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01

Mrs. John West is a patient at
the Waterbury hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01

and Mrs. Harold C. Draw, Daniel
son. Mr.. Craw will speak to the
Mems League Of the First Congre-
ga tional church this evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01

Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Vail Of
Hillcrest have as their guests Rev.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01
Corporal
NICHOLAS PELOSI
Private First Class

Sons O. Mr. ram Mrs of nt H h
the rmedFor MI and Mr. Ph ty eel bra
employ a Ch Mfg Co
Ma Lei . N
md was formerly empoy a the
Camp a gdu Of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01

Lieutenant Charles w. Fegan Of
Woodbury. has been missing in action
in Greece since october S, accord
ing to War Department COM
munication received by his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Fegan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01

First 1t. Francis McVerry who
resides on Baldwin street is now sta
toned with his company at Shreve-
sport, La. 1t. McVerry Is with the
797th Ord. Dept. Lgt. Maintenance
DIV.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-01

st. Francis Holy Name As Tourna-
ment will be held this evening at
7:30 o'clock in the basement of the
school.
Evening star., 1943-04-03
Tcke q Letter

Letter writing can be either simple
or a tremendous task. In an office
it is usually a cinch Take a letter"
the businessman may tell his stenog-
rapher, Ito Henry Jones. Tell the
old skinflint that if he doesn't nav
up by next week I'll skin him alive.
End it Yours Cordially and with best
wishes" He passes on to another
task, forgetting the whole matter
until his signature is required. At
the other extreme lies Mr.. Jafe, who
cheers up friends in the service with
letters full Of intimate details of
everything that happened in the old
home town. A Jaffean epistle is
something to receive; in comparison
with it, st. Pauls epistle to the
Corinthians was a mere postscript,
His technique consists of writing
page after page, then pasting them
together. His latest effort was 300
feet long.
The difficulty of collecting and
reducing to writing 300 feet of local
chitchat would be appalling to the
average man. Even editors of small
town papers crack under the strain.
and often can do no better than to
report that Ed Barrow's old black
SOW had seven pigs. and that Hank
Jones painted his fence last Satur-
day. For his remarkable feat, let a
medal be awarded Mr.. Jaffe-and add
palm to it for heroic service under
unusual difficulties. The town about
which he writes happens to be Phila-
delphia, where, according to popular
legend, nothing ever happens
Evening star., 1943-04-03
New Zealand in Action

The Legation of New Zealand in
Washington today will release an
illustrated pamphlet entitled New
Zealand Attacks" the text of which
deserves careful reading by students
OF the prevailing struggle. It rep
resents the philosophy of action
which President Roosevelt. Prime
Minister Winston Churchill and
other spokesmen for the Allies have
adopted. The first lines on the
first page read: Seek out YOUR
enemy and destroy him is maxim
OF warfare which the Dominion of
New Zealand, one of the independent
nations of the British Common
wealth, has in this war sought to
apply to the full"
In exposition of the view thus set
forth, the pamphlet continues: ''The
land of New Zealand, down in the
South Pacific, was, until the japanese
came into the war, a long way from
the fighting fronts But the New
Zealanders did not rest on any be-
lief in the false safety of distance.
Instead, from the first days of the
war they have steadily sent their men
overseas to meet the enemy close to
his own borders. Though the popu-
lation of New Zealand is only
1,64l ,000-approximately the same as
that of the States of Colorado and
1daho-she has equipped and sent
forces into action on fronts ranging
as far apart as Norway and the
Solomons. Her troops have shared
in every land campaign of impor-
tance with the British forces except
the Battle of Flanders, and wherever
possible her men have gone in on
the offensive and not merely the
defensive"
Beginning with standing army"
of about 1000, "all staff officers or
instructors" New Zealand on Sep
tember 3. 1899. entered the conflict
determined to help to achieve a con-
Evening star., 1943-04-03
Subsidy Demand

John L. Lewis, in pressing demands
on the anthracite coal operators
which the latter say would result in
a total new wage increase of 95.8
per cent, takes the position that his
terms must be met, even though a
Government subsidy becomes neces-
Sary to this end. In other words, he
is saying that if the coal operators
cannot afford to satisfy his demands.
the public will have to foot the bill.
The chief Of the mine workers
attempts to Justify his position bv
claiming that the miners are not
earning enough money to buy neces-
sary food at prevailing prices. In
this connection il is informative to
examine the most recent report of
the Truman committee.
That committee has been investi-
eating the coal situation and it's re-
port says: The evidence shows that
coal miners now working six davs
week at increased wages and with
overtime for the sixth day, are earn
ing 30 per cent more in dollars than
they were earning two years ago
when they worked only five days
week. During approximately this
same period of time, the report adds.
statistics collected by the Labor De-
partment indicate that the cost of
food has risen 36 per cent. with the
increase in all living costs being 1876
per cent On the basis of these
l9ures. the actual weekly earnings
OF the miners have increased two
and-a-half times as much as the
advance in living costs.
This state of affairs led the COM
mlttee to say: The practice of
citing increases in prices without
giving any effect to the increases in
wages by reason Of the longer work
week and the payment of time and a
half therefor is general AMONG labor
leaders. The committee believes that
IN determining wages. some consid-
Grafton should be given to the total
wages received, for they are the true
measure OF labor's purchasing power"
The correctness Of this statement
is selt-eVldent. The committee could
have improved it only by going a step
further and saying that full con-
slderation.' and not "some considera-
tlon,' should be given to the actual
earnings of those who are now
demanding more money
Evening star., 1943-04-03
Sweden Takes Initiotive
From the Montreal Star

From the Montreal Star.
Sweden is profting from the example
OF Norway and Holland, and will not be
caught mapping if and when the Nazis
attack. The only Scandinavian country
not now under Nazi domination recently
served fair warning that it will fight if
attacked. and moreover placed it's own
people on guard against the tactics en-
ployed by the Nazis elsewhere of captur-
ing radio stations and telling the people,
as if from their own authorities, to cease
resistance.
The Germans, in the event of Allied
intervention in Finland or Norway, un-
doubtedly would demand right of pass
age through Sweden to cope with the
threat to their northern flank, but the
Swedes know, with the rest of the
world, that right of passage with the
Germans means permanent occupation,
the assumption of civil power and the
degradation of the population to slave
status
Sweden must now be strong She has
been obliged by diplomatic pressure,
backed by force, to comply with many
German demands for raw materials and
supply. but it can hardly be doubted
that the major part of her resources
have been reserved for her own military
and civil needs. Having been free from
conflict so long. she must be in such a
position that the Nazis would only at
tack her in desperation.
Evening star., 1943-04-03

elusive victory. 1t was Wellington
bombers that led the way in the
Norwegian drive, including the raid
on the German fotilla at Narvik.
No. IS Squadron by July, 1912,
had bombed over 100 separate targets
in Germany, nine of them in Berlin.
The First Echelon of New Zealand
troops formed the Long Range Desert
Patrols in the sand sea" of North
Africa, breaking up Italian communi-
cations between Abyssinia and Libya.
Part of the New Zealand force in the
Middle East was sent to England
after Dunkirk to guard the coast at
Maidstone in Kent Other detach-
mentS took an active share in the
assaults on Sidi Barrani. New Zea-
landers were the spearhead of the
BEF in Greece, and later fought
heroic rear-guard actions at Olympus,
Thermopylae and Marathon and de-
Tended Crete They took the German
fortress positions at Halfaya and
Dbl Old III Ulle movement against
Tobruk and won the Battle of Sidi
Rezegh.
After Pearl Harbor, other men from
New Zealand fought the Japanese in
Malaga and held the Fiji Islands.
Then, as comrades of United States
Marines, many of whom had carried
out their final training on the
beaches of New Zealand" they landed
on Guadalcanal. Meanwhile, New
ZealanderS covered the retreat of the
British Eighth Army to Ell Alamein.
Their "thunderbolt" smashed the
Afrika Korps and led the way into
Trlpoli." Just the other day it was
the New Zealand portion of the
Eighth that broke the Mareth Line.
Nothing boastful mars the PAM
phlet. It's purpose is merely to show
what relatively little country can
dO-When it is determined.
Evening star., 1943-04-03

tell bewildered passenger to obtain
this map. Seldom are they mentioned
in the newspapers 1t may be a slight
expense to have such maps available in
the take one" boxes on vehicles. or to
have them distributed for the asking at
bus or car terminals or to have them
passed out to confused passengers by
bus dispatchers, or to publish various
routes regularly in the newspapers. but
1 feel such expense would be outweighed
by the increased knowledge the average
passenger would gain and the time saved
thereby.
In your training of operators insist
that they know the streetcar and bus
routes themselves. l have found too
many operators giving wrong or incom-
plete information to frustrated passen-
gers. Insist that operators see to it that
people move back in vehicles; sometimes
people need prodding to remind them
that there is room in the rear and that
their refusal to move back is keeping
other deserving people from riding. No
conscientious person feels resentful
toward an operator who refuses to move
the vehicle until the people have moved
back, but they do feel guilty when one
refuses to admit passengers while at the
same time there is room for many more
IN the rear of the car
Do not be afraid to mark the buses
and streetcars more plainly. Express
buses may be marked plainly enough
In front. but there is no way for a pas
Senger approaching the bus from the
side to know whether he is boarding an
express or local car. Rear-entrance
streetcars could be more plainly marked
so tnat passengers who do not have
passes would know on which cars thev
were supposed to enter the rear door
Vehicles could we'll carry placards telling
the principal streets of the routes: for
instance, the words Chillum, Petworth,
Iakoma. Benning, etc, mean practi-
cally nothing to a newcomer, while an
explanatory card saying, on Friendship
Heights car for instance, Via Pennsvl-
Vanla avenue and Wisconsin avenue to
District line would let a passenger
know he was taking the right car to 90
out on Wisconsin avenue. All EXPRESS
buses, in addition. could carry prominent
signs saying, for instance, No stops be-
tween K street and Allison street N w
with such signs placed high enough on
the vehicle so they could be seen by
persons in crowd.
FELLOW NEWCOMER.
Evening star., 1943-04-03
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles E. Trace,UeH.

Jays are warning trumpets for all
other birds
They most often sound the alarm of
hawk, and sometimes effectively, al
though not always; they screamed loudly
when the red-Winged hawk flew in and
seized pigeon, as told here recently.
BY the way, We stick to our identifica-
ton in that case. Some readers have
thought the hawk must have been
Cooper's hawk, but it was larger hawk,
and its coloring did not fit that of a
Cooper's hawk at all.
Tragedies in nature are not new
There will always be tragedies, as long
as there is life.
We must expect them. Certainly the
old Western gamblers attitude was
based solidly on life as it is, and obser-
vation of things as they are, when he
said, Il hope for the best and expect the
worst" He meant cards, of course, but
the implications go solidly into most of
the affairs of life. and constitute a
philosophy which many people act by,
whether they realize it or not
To hope for the best leaves one with
clear mind, but to expect the worst in
the secret recesseS of the heart. means
that one will not be too much dis
appointed if affairs do not work ont
we'll. 1t is the philosophy of indif-
terentlsm made practical.
1t is impossible to watch natures
creatures closely, day after day, and not
see many sad things, and things which
ordinary folk do not see, therefore some
times think DO not exist.
Just as the ancient religions all had
their secret doctrines, which were not
explained to the masses, so the wise
man of today keeps in the back of MS
head his own secret doctrine to enable
him to face the bad spells with certain
amount of equanimity.
This secret doctrine, in regard to ma
ture, is that there are many terrible
things in it, what with the universal
plan OF dining at the expense of some
other creature, but that these depreda-
tlons are really few and far between
iii 1oillpdl I>ol1 Will Ille vast amount OF
getting along together which all the
creatures show
Man is solidIy based, in his thinking,
when he aspires for cooperation.
Birds, for instance. live together peace
fully by the millions.
1he hawks and other birds of prey
get their kills, but the great masses of
birds go along, year after year, never
knowing hawk in their personal lives.
Keeping the hawks and other killers
down and uplifting and sustaining the
good peoples of all the world. both two
legged and four-legged is the high pur-
pose OF the moment. 1t is the great
philosophy whose secret doctrine is called
decency and whose aim is peace.
Evening star., 1943-04-03
"THIRTY-SIX1H STREET.

Dear Sir:
Il had most unfortunate experience
the other morning, when, on going into
the garden, I found what was left of a
blue jay lying on the path.
ut had been devoured almost COM
pletey, nothing being left except the
head and one wing.
The feathers were piled in a neat
heap of not more than foot diameter. 1
was surprised that they had not been
scattered all over the yard.
L am not surprised at this tragedy,
because in'recent days the jays have been
exceedingly fearless, spending a great
deal of their time on the ground.
Il know. however. that the bird was
not killed in the evening, because I was
exactly at that spot just as dark came on.
And I was up very early, so whatever
got it must have done so in a few brief
minutes. I feel. I wonder if you can tell
me what killed the jay? Could it have
been a hawk? Yours E. T. B."
We do not believe it could have been
a hawk
These assailants usually scatter the
feathers in wide circle.
The powerful blows they take at the
breast of the seized prey, make the
feathers fly in all directions.
Often they make the kill in one spot,
and then fly away with the prey and
proceed to devour it at their leisure in
another place.
The chances are that the iay was
caught by cat, but without seeing the
deed, there is scarcely any sure way of
knowing.
Dogs. too, are bird killers. Sometimes
this is disbelieved by persons who do not
spend much time watching the pure
creatures of nature. But it is a fact
that some dogs are bad bird killers. Only
recently in this column we told of the
destruction of male cardinal by small
dog of the terrier type.
While the actual deed was not seem
the fact that the bird was in the mouth
of the dog seemed evidence enough.
Terriers are perhaps the worst Offend
erS, since they are very quick in all
their motions. Their rushes after prey
are in the form of sudden assault, or
darts, with less preliminary than most
dogs show. In this way they catch birds
off guard
Bird dogs" so-called. are usually not
bird catchers, but We knew one that
caught more birds than all the cats in
the neighborhood
4
This correspondent makes no mention
OF hearing blue jays squaWking
Where there is one of these birds
there usually are several others, and it
is most unusual for one OF them to be
attacked without the others setting up
great clamor.
Evening star., 1943-04-03
Ghosts

Not IN this spring but in some future
spring
We shall return to that rer1em-
bered place and day,
To sdror Uhat Ue knep OF laughter
and bright youth
Once more, but in a different nav. ,
Under those same apple bouohs
Transformed NTH bloom
And radiant Nth sun and pernnl
song of birds,
We shall partake in silence OF that
light and song s~
Where once 1Ue had need OF
words. -
We shall not cupil then at breUity OF
time
Nor mourn the hour that is thus
fleet OF 1Ding,
But rather in our tempered happiness
erpect
There be another spring, another
spring.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.