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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
RACIAL PREJUDICE
TO BE- COMBATTED
Governor Names Commit
tee to Check; Local
Woman Appointed

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 3-CUP)-
Connecticut took step toward era
dicating alleged racial discrimina-
toin in war and other industries
with announcement today by Gov
Baldwin of appointment of a TO-
man committee to look into the
matter.
Among the appointees was the
Rev. DR.. John c. Jackson, Hartford,
principal In an incident on a train
in the south year ago. DR.. Jack
son was elected by two white men
from a car said to have been re-
stricted to white passengers. The
action aroused a furry of protest
among CONNECTICUT residents.
The commission was authorized
by the 1943 legislature to compile
facts concerning discrimination in
employment, violation of civil lib
critics and other related matters"
1t also was charged with inves-
tigating the possibility of affording
equal opportunity of job training.
The appointees included:
Bishop Walter H. Gray, Hartford,
suffragan bishop of the Episcopal
diocese of Connecticut; Rev. Joseph
M Griffin, st. Thomas seminary,
Bloomfield; Judge Samuel Mellitz,
superior court, Bridgeport and DR..
Carter Marshall, New Haven.
Also, DR.. Sabina Connolly, New
Haven; Charles b. Cook, Hartford,
vice president of the Royal Type
writer Co.; Mrs. J. E. Carethers,
Waterbury; Rabbi Morris Silver
man, Hartford, and Morris Perlman,
Stamford businessman.
Announcement Of the appoint
ment was made through the COVER
nors executive secretary, Howard W..
Alcorn. BALDWIN is recovering In a
Bridgeport hospital from gall
bladder operation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
Compensation
Agreements

The following agreements for
weekly payments during disability
or for specific payment in case of
permanent injury were approved
today at the Office of Compensa-
ton Commissioner John j. O'Con-
NELL
Hazel Wiencko of Seymour
against Peter Paul, Inc, $14,02 be-
ginning June Is, injury to left in
dex finger.
Myslim Shagir of ITO South
Main ST., Waterbury, against SEQ
will Mfg. Co., $25 beginning July
IT, injury to chest.
Delbert C. Marks Of Millerton,
N. Y, against American Brass
Co., of Torrington, $1975 begin
ming July 81, injury to right eye.
Amos Cote of 30 Bridge St, Wa
terbury, against Waterbury But
ton Co., $25 for 3 and 1-3 weeks,
so per cent los sof use of terminal
phalanx of right little finger.
Ralph Millard of Bantam
against G. B. Curtis and Avalon
Farms of Bantam, $l4.67 begin
ming June 80, hernia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
WOMEN MARINE
RECRUITS SOUGHT

Applications for enlistment in the
Marine Corps Womens Reserve were
distributed to more than 20 local
women yesterday when the Wake
Island" recruiting trailer stopped
off in Waterbury yesterday while
on an extended tour In the eastern
area. The filled forms will be &C
copied at the local recruiting sta
ton or may be submitted directly
to regional headquarters in Spring.
field or New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
new TEXTBOOKS
FOR HIGH SCHOOLS

New textbooks approved by the
Board of Education for use in high
schools next year include the fol-
lowing:
Dynamic Biology Today, by Baker
and Mills, published by Rand NC
Nally and Company.
Fundamentals of Machines. by
Clark, Gorton, Sears and Crotty,
published by Houghton Mifflin
Company.
Africa, Australia and Mathemati-
cal Geography, by Branon and
Gainey, published by William H.
Sadlier.
Geography and Society, by Cham
berlin, published by ]. B. Lippin-
colt Company.
Graphic World History, by Evans
and SankoWsky, published by D. c.
Heaht and Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following marriage inten-
tions were filed today with the
registrar of vital statistics:
HOrmisdas L. BOulanger, 173
Chestnut avenue and Gertrude
MilIicent. Is WatertOwn avenue
Tohn j. Francis, 124 Locust
street and Mary Plevka, 81 Wall
street.
Peter b. McSherry, U. S. Army,
324 Willow street, and Arlene
Sandland, 213 Tracy avenue.
Saverio Guerrero, 100 Griggs
street and Genevieve Rinaldi, 81
Canal street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
SEVENTY PERMITS
FOR VACATI0NISTS

Seventy permits for vacation
motor travel were issued at the To-
cal ration board headquarters last
night, bringing the total to 2,O95,
according to report by Mrs. Ar
cher Rowbottom, chairman of the
gasoline panel. No issuance session
has been scheduled for today.
The revised issuance schedule will
be as follows: Monday nights, 7:30
to 8 p. M; Wednesday and Thurs
day afternoons, from 1 to 3 o'clock.
Fewer hours will be devoted to is
suance of the permits to enable the
panel workers to conduct the vast
amount of other gasoline ration
work. the administrator stated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
Training Expenses, Pay
For Student Nurses
Government Also Makes Attractive Offer to Young
Women Qualified for Special Service

the first nine months, $40 for the
next 81 months, and $50 for the last
six months, the director stated.
Board. room, laundry, books and
instruction will be provided and
all regular expenses will be paid.
An outdoor uniform comparable to
those worn by Army and Navy
nurses will be supplied and the in
door uniform will be that OF the
school. The federal government
will make quarterly reimburse
ments to the hospital.
During the last six months of
training the student will be given
choice of remaining at the local
hospital, transferring to a federal
hospital in the the country or to
public health service, or of being
sent into military service. She will
be expected to stay in essential SER
vice, either military or civilian, for
the duration Of the war and will be
required to sign ustatement to that
effect before staring the raining.
The governments program will
end soon as peace is declared, Miss
Tobins stated, but students who
have already completed 80 days
training at that time will be allow
ed to continue their course under
the same terms. All arrangements
for the course will be made directly
by the hospi al, with no government
contacts necessary.
The director has emphasized that
applicants will not be compelled to
register under the government pro-
gram, adding however, that 1t would
be mot only patriotic but also a
very sensible thing to do"
The monthly stipends have been
provided to relieve parents from
any worry as to their financial abil-
ity to see their daughters through
the training.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
LATE REALTY NEWS

The following realty documents
were recorded today at the office
of the town clerk:
Warranty Deed
Abraham Muznitsky to Miller P.
and Sadie w. Dayton, Belvidere.
Mortgage Release
The Waterbury National bank,
trustee under will of Peter Fitz-
Henry to Luigi S0luri.
Trustees Deed
Estate Of FRANKLIN v. Mccoy to
Rose FiShman,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03

Student nurses registering at the
Waterbury Hospital School Of Nurs-
ing for the courses to start Sept. l
and Feb. / will receive monthly
stipends as well as all Of their ex-
penses II they sign FOR the govern
ment's Nurse Cadet Corps program,
according to an announcement
made today by Miss Lenore Tobins,
director OF the school. Letters con-
tanning information on the pro-
gram, have been mailed to all stu
dents accepted FOR the Sept. l class
and to those now applying for the
following class.
Monthly stipends will be SIS for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
RATION BOOK 3
APPLICANTS FILE

Applications for Ration Book g
were received from more than 100
persons at the local ration board
yesterday when a second issuance
session was opened. The forms
will be accepted through August
10 at the food panel, and issuance
will be made by mail didectory
through the Hartford office. Per-
sons who filed applications previ-
ously, but did not receive their
books have been asked to present
stubs from their first applications
when N-registering.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03

A $500 bid for the purchase of
the Gaffney school property sub
mitted by Walter j. Goelet was
rejected by the Board of Aldermen
night night after it was revea-ed
check covering 10 per cent of the
bid had not been submitted. OBJ
jections to approving the bid has
been raised before the matter Of the
check was called to the attention
Of the board.
Alderman Joseph Gelgauda OPP
posed the sale of the school to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
SCOVILL'S PLANNING
CET-TOGETHER DAY

Arrangements have been made
with William j. Derwin Of the city
park department for an All-Scovill
get-together day, Sunday at 2 p. m.
at Hamilton park. Swimming, dane
ing and refreshments will be fea-
tured.
Ward Hobbie, Jr., Is general chair
man Of the program, which is under
the sponsorship Of the Scovill Recre-
alton association. Assisting him are
Arthur Chieffo, Ruth Reichenbach,
Joseph Runividge and Jane Peck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
SAMPSON SIEGEL
RENAMED BY VETS

Commander Sampson Siegel OF the
David L. Fannick Post, Jewish
World War Veterans, was reelected
state department quartermaster at
the annual meeting of the state
department Of Jewish World War
Veterans in New Haven Sunday.
State historian will be Jack Rut-
man Of this city. Other attendants
were: Rudolph Hennick, Mrs. Polly
Rabinowitz, auxiliary president; and
Mrs. Rosa Siegel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03

-Four hundred thousand times
more light is given by the sun than
by the moon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03

Antarctica In the South Pole re-
gion. has enough ice to encase the
entire world In layer 100 feet
thick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-03
CRETE: Next Invasion Target After Sicily?

Slor 70 Long island IN shept and size Crete had pop
uioton Of 345 900 az tne Of Noxi conquest oy. ls4
Legendary hens Of 1eorvs. First TO fly Crete fell
70 invaders from the sky. Mythology M. lido os
birthplace Of Zeus. king Of the gods For centuries
strategic spot in the Mediterranean Crete guards en-
tsonee to the Aeeeon Peesonts Of Greek origin soss
lemons. aropes olives. Condeo hos fine herbor.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
THREE NAz|
NAvALCRAFT
SENT DOWN
British Sea Fleet, Air Force
in Engagement on
Bay Of Bislay

LONDON, Dec. 80 - A brilliant
new victory in the British Nays
campaign to destroy the last effec-
tive strength of the German fleet,
is the sinking in combined war
ship and air action of three German
destroyers in the Bay OF Biscay
and the Gripping of other naval
craft of the enemy.
This is announced in cOmmun-
ique only a few hours after the
publication of the full story of the
sinking of the German battleship
Scharnhorst
Full details of the Bay of Biscay
action is yet to be told but 1t is
plainly a large scale enterprise and
one which perhaps is still continu-
ing.
s'Other details are awaited" to-
days communique says.
1T is assumed the German naval
vessels may have been escorting an
enemy convoy through the Bay OF
Biscay which lies west of France
and due north of Spain.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
NAME MORE
COMMANDERS
OF INVASION
Only One Appointment Is
Left 10 Complete New
High Command

LONDON, Dec. 29.--The overall
Allied High Command for the APP
invasion of western Eur
ope was virtually completed today
with the appointments Of two Bri-
tons to commands in naval and
air forces which will operate under
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower.
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, go,
who planned the naval phase OF the
invasion OF North Africa and other
Mediterranean invasions, was named
as naval commander for the launch
ing of the real second front.
Chief Air Marshal Trafford Leigh
Mallory, 81, head of the Royal Air
Forces fighter command, was
named to lead the aerial forces.
These appointments FOLLOW e d
those of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ar
thur Tedder as Gen Eisenhower S
deputy commander-in-ch and
Sd't oiitdul ticC UP pooitiOlio III
the supreme command
Still to be appointed is the COM
mander of the American ground
forces.
The President announced in
Washington yesterday that Maj
Gen. Jimmy Doolittle. leader of the
attack on Tokyo, will command the
Eighth Air Force in Britain, and
Lieut. Gen. Ira Eaker present COM
mander of the Eighth, has been
named to command all Allied air
units operating in the Mediterran-
can theater under Gen. Sir Henry
Maitland Wilson, supreme COM
mander in that theater now.
Lieut.. Gen. Devers, commander
of all U. s. forces in Britain, has
been named by the President to
command all American forces in
the Mediterranean as deputy to
Gen. Wilson
Maj Gen. Twining, who cam
manded U. S. aircraft in the Sol
onions campaign, has been made
chief of the Fifteenth Air Force
in the Mediterranean area.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
new DEAL
JUNkED BY
PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Calls Fourth
Term Question Puer-
lie, Piedyune

WASHINGTON, Dec 29.-Pre.,i-
dent Roosevelt having brushed
aside as "picayune' the direct ques-
ton of whether he will run for a
fourth term, went OH record yester-
day as favoring an expanded econ
omy and as against economic ans
military isolationism after the war.
In categorical alliterative terms
he told newsmen that he favored
scrapping the term New Deal" be-
cause he said "Old Doctor New
Deal cured the country's internal
ills and the patient is all right now
internally, but that Old Doctor Nsw
Deal has had to call on his partner,
an orthopedic surgeon known as
Doctor Win The War" to heal the
external wounds from the bad ac-
cident suffered at Pearl Harbor.
The President said he thought it
rather puerile politics to bring the
matter up at all, but enumerated
about 80 New Deal laws and policies
and challenged critics to say which
Of them they would ignore if the
patient got internal sickness again
Then New York Herald Tribune
writer Bert Andrews asked docs
that all add up to fourth term
declaration"
Laughter swept the Presidents
office and the chief executive red
dened, then replied:
"Oh, now that we are both talk
ing like that. Now you are getting
picayune. That's a grand word to
use, another word beginning with
P-picayune. know you won't
mind my saying that, but have to
say something like that"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
fBI Voluntarily on
Colour Week;;Work
Certainly Piles Up

is one that may be long and bitter
ly fought.
Social Security, the Federal Trade
Commission and several other exc
cutive agencies already are on the
list
Conservative Washington obSer-
vers are positive that one OF the
most unfortunate things that has
happened in this war is the Patton
episode" The way in which former
Seventh Army men now hospitalized
in this area, have rushed to the de-
Tense of 1t. Gen. George S. Patton,
Jr., has about convinced some of
the most skeptical Mrs. Patton, too,
in her brave statement that the
general had made a mistake and
undoubtedly was suffering for it,
won lots of sympathizers. Some oh
servers are convinced that oppon-
ents of Gen Dwight d. Eisenhower
bounced on the incident with the
idea of embarrassing the general If
he was considered as successor to
Gen. George c. Marshall as chief
of staff.
Nevertheless, the incident may
have cost us one of our most effec-
tive field generals. Unofficiaily, it
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
(Aa,or Robert Q. Allen on active duty)

WASHINGTON--Our slow, yard
by-yard progress up the Italian
peninsula is an excellent illustration
of how bungling at home can yield
a tragic harvest one year later al
the front
In this case, the bungling was
caused by Naval brass-hat jealousy
over tank landing barges. The Navy
insisted on designing its own land
ing barge, despite the fact that An
drew Jackson Higgins had already
designed one of the best in the
world. AS. a result, valuable months
were wasted in delay, and now the
shortage OF barges is one OF the
greatest bottleneckS of the war.
This is no longer secret, follow
ing a navy request to Congress for
more than a billion dollars to build
additional landing barges OF all
types to make a total of more than
$1,000.
It also is no secret that the best
means of invading long, narrow
peninsula is by a series Of sea land
ings which go around the enemy
The Japs used these tactics against
the British on the Malay Peninsula
and amazed the world by taking
Singapore in a few weeks. They
went around the British by sea,
landing behind them. while the
British had their trenches dug
awaiting the enemy by land.
Obviously, the Italian Peninsula
lends itself to the same sort OF
land-sea tactics. Instead, the Allies
are advancing the hard way. head
on, up the narrow peninsula.
The reason, in view Of the Nays
order for a tremendous number OF
landing barges, now given priority
before everything else. is the short
age of barges. Barges crack up cas-
lily and a large number also must
be saved up for the impending
second front
The barge bottleneck dates back
to the landing boat rivalry between
the Nays Bureau Of Ships and
Andrew Higgins, reported in this
column more than one year ago
In the spring Of 1912, meeting
was held in the White House at
which the Bureau OF Ships was
ordered to build large supply OF
tank-landing boats as quickly as
possible. Even before that, as early
as Aug. 4, l941, the commander OF
the Atlantic Fleet had reported
1.-THE importance of the following
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
VOTE ISLAND
IN MARShALLS
GETS BOMBED
Raid Is One Of Heaviest Yet
Made on Jap Bases
in Pacific

PEARL HARBOR, Dec. 29.-Heavy
bombers of the American Seventh
Air Force dropped more than so
tons OF bombs on Wolfe Islet in
the Marshall Islands last Sunday,
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz an
nounces.
The raid was one of the heaviest
vet made on japanese bases in the
Marshalls.
Wolfe is one of the enemy's six
strongest points in the Marshalls,
has an air base and good anchor
ages. Six Zeros rose to intercept.
Two heavy bombers were lost.
It is also announced that a low
altitude attack had been made on
Jaluit atoll shipping on December
26. The raid was made by Ventura
bombers and Hellcat fighters OF Air
Wing No. 2. All planes returned.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
AIRFIELDS
NEAR ROME
pEppERED
WiId-Eiyed Descriptions
Broadcast by Enemy
Radio Stations

LONDON, Dec. 29.--Allied me-
dunn bombers peppered the air.
fields near Rome yesterday and
Nazi propagandists sought to pic
ture the operation as an attack on
the Capital City itself.
The communique from the Allied
Headquarters in Algiers confirmed
the bombings earlier
Enemy radio stations went on the
air with wild-eyed descriptions as
to how heavy bombs" shattered
the outskirts OF Rome causing DAM
age and casualties in the residential
quarters.
The Paris radio broadcast the re-
port that bombs fell on Garbatelia
about one and one quarter miles
east OF Vatican City and close
enough for the Pope to see the raid.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
0riond Taken After Violent
House. House Fight
ing : Smash On
NEAR ROME
ARE REPORTED BOMBED
Fifth Army Engages Ger
mans in Full Scale At
tack, Eastern Coast

LIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Dec. 20. - Canadian
troops have captured Ortona after
the most violent house to house
battle in the Mediterranean CAM
paign and have smashed along the
coast in snow and sleet toward
Romes Adriatic port of Pescara.
The Allied communique says the
eight day bitter struggle for Or
tona" is over.
Medium bombers bombed the
'airfields near Rome and have
pounded buildings and hangers In
the dispersal areas ct Champion,
south Of Rome and accurately blast
ing Centocelle, west Of Rome"
The German broadcast said Rome
was bombed at noon yesterday and
the Nazi controlled Paris radio as
serted Allied bombs" fell near st.
Peters basilica but there is no Al
lied confirmation from Rome itself
that it was attacked.
On the Fifth Army front, the
Germans have launched a full scale
attack down the eastern coast from
the town of Ponte di Garigliano
near the mouth OF the Garigliano
River where the battle is still III
progress.
Farther inland, French Moroccan
troops have captured the 5000 foot
mountain in heavy fighting.
American troops have closed III
on San Vittore on the vital road to
Rome.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. = Over
at FBI., in the naturalization di-
vision, they're going in for the long
est work hours in the government.
The boys and girls will voluntarily
participate in 60-hour week. They
will get overtime for all hours over
40, but SO far as l know this is the
longest authorized work week for
non-executive employees in the fed
eral lists Postoffice employees pro-
baby outstripped them during the
holiday season, but not perman-
emily.
The nanpower problem in the
F.B.I. identification division where
they have, among other things, some
so million fingerprints to check, has
been one of the most acute. They
were the first to employ high school
students on a part-time basis.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
REDSRETAkE
GR0UNDL05T
IN kIEv AREA
Half Of Territory Reldptur-
ed in First Week Of
Winter Offensive

LONDON, Dec. 29.-Six days after
his troops regained the offensive,
General Vatutin's forces are storm
ing the outer defenses Of Zhitomir
and Korosten, strategic junction
points on the Leningrad-Odes
Railway. 80 miles west of Kiev.
Dispatches from the front placed
one spearhead of Vatutin's First
Ukrainian Army within 10 miles Of
Zhitomir, after sweeping through
Korostishev and Smolovka. Heavy
field guns planted less than 20 miles
away are softening the city's de-
Tense works.
Other advance units smashed the
weakening enemy lines and cap
tured Zlobichi. five miles southeast
OF Korosten and Bakhi, an equal
distance northeast.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
STOlk QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK Dec. Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is So. American Can
1885,, Bethlehem Steel 55h, Com
monwealth and Southern II Is. Cur
tiss Wright 53s, International Har-
vester 7l1a, Kennecott 30h, New
York Central l5as, Northern Pacific
14h, United States Steel So, Pound
$404.
Dow, Jones averages today are as
follows: Industrials. 134.64; rails,
3293: utilities. 21.50.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
Nearing cape Gloucester
Airbase- Target Hill Cap
tured and Now in Use
THIRTY-SEvEN JAP
PLANES SHOT DOWN
Aussies Capture Key Point
Also Barge and
Supply Base

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA,
Dec. 29.-United States Marines in
vading Cape Gloucester, New Bri-
tain, are within one mile and a
half from the big airdrome. Gen.
Douglas Macarthur announces.
Thirty seven Jap planes were
downed in heavy enemy raids on
the Sixth Army's positions at Ar
awe, so miles southeast OF Cape
Gloucester.
The enemy again attacked the
outposts there but were repulsed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
PRESIDENT HAS
HEAD COLD TODAY;
IS IN QUARTERS

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has head cold,
according to his personal physician
Rear Admiral Mcintyre. who sug-
gested he remain in the White
House quarters. The President had
no appointments scheduled.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29
Marine Unit
Led by Man,
Alaska Born
Il. Col. Weber Was al Front
in Capture Of Great
Jap Position

WITH u. S. MARINES ON CAPE
GLOUCESTER, Dec. 20. The
Marines who stormed and captured
Target Hill, important japanese
position, soon after the landing was
led by Lit. Col John E. Weber, OF
Seattle, whose men met the first
opposition but won out. Weber was
born in Valdez Alaska, 33 years ago
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29

Add to the double troubles of pol
itically minded members of the Adj
ministration the upcoming investi-
cations by the House committee on
executive department expenditures.
Almost every investigation that
happens in Washington these DAYS
has a political background and this
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-29

Nearly one-tenth of Hollands
population has been displaced as a
result of the war.
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