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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
Another R. R. Accident

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 1I-(UP)- Four railroad employees were recov- ering at a hospital today after being burned severely by steam when Q pipe burst in the cab of q locomotive hauling freight from here to Portland, Me.
 Tho accident occurred yesterday at West Boylston. The explosion hurled the four men out of the lo- comotive cab to the side of the tracks.
 Tho injured men are Arthur Robert, 37, of Worcester; Rufus Maxwell, 52, of (l52 Dartmouth street), Lowell; L. E. Mitchell, 19, of Old Orchard Beach. Me-; and II. II. Richer, 50, of Maiden.
 Railroad officials said the crown shield of the locomotive blew of and caused the explosion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
PAPERS WITHDRAWN
 e IN CIVIL ACTION

Withdrawal papers have been liled in common pleas court in the e000 civil action brought by Edna M. Cakes of Cheshire against Anna M. EgRIeston of Cheshire. The plaintiff claimed she did not receive a c0m- mission which alIesedly Wns prom- ised io her in connection with the leasing and selling of real estate owned hy the defendant in Cheshire. Iarsna Of settlement were not dls- closed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following nangxiaee eeFiiii- eates have heen lasmed by the 9f- flee of vital 8ialisilcsi
 Donald '. Brown. 15 Cherry street an1 HlIn Ann Fo4. 70 #aanInglGn street.
 AayManA M Ale4u@l&. WafashWEB feaN' #eNNaIuoE end Leah HHNIn| H3 Nne#aNI4N HV1nNe
 NAN EH H4 N ErHI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
CAMP PAIGNERS IN
 FINAL LECTURE

'The Church and Democracy will be the subject of the final lee ture of this seasons series to be conducted by the Catholic Cam paigneTs for Christ tonight at 6 o'clock on the green. Attorney John B. Greco and Joseph Sullivan will be the speakers. 4 talk on the life of st. Thomas More will be given by Robert Coughlin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
CARGO OF LIQUOR
 REPORTED STOLEN

New Haven, Conn, Oct. il - (U. P) - A trailer truck loaded with 542 cases of liquor valued at $i5,000 was stolen from the Seaboard Term inal Company plant here early to- day. and search was being made for the truck which bore Massachu- setts license plates.
 The truck was said to have been bound from New York to Boston, with the shipment going to the Aus ten Nichols Company. The truck had stopped here for the night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
MATCH BLAMED FOR
 GARDEN CIRCLE FIRE

A fire in Q couch at the apartment of Eugene Dwyer, g Garden Circle was extinguished by Engines and 2, truck 2, and the booster yester- day. Boys playing with matches were blamed by firemen for starting the blaze, which caused slight dam age.
 Two brush fires on Woodtick Rd. were extinguished By Engines and s this morning. Eight brush fires were reported over the weekend as dry weather continued.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
AUXILIARY UNITS
 IN SPECIAL DRILL

Waterville and Willow street aux Hilary firemen, under Pvt. Thomas E. McGrath of the Waterbury fire department, yesterday participated in special drill held in connection with. statewide fire protection pro- gram. Units throughout Connec- ticut have drilled during the sum- mer to be prepared in event of any emergency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
LOCAL AREA FACES
 MILK RESTRICTIONS

Control Of civilian consumption of milk and milk products VIII pc extended to the WateFbuy aea Oct. i7 by the War Food Administration. t was Fepcled today. Quotas Will he assigned te dealeFe ln aecoroanoe WIlh sales during June. with a % DOT cent decrease t0 10 oFafFnd in salf os ertam Nnd MNt nyeHFodueia
 mo nfoNaM N||I np'g f1 NEl1nonefl
 HHrfse#. NNw Haven AA|N MN# #1l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
BUILDING PERMITS

William o. LeFevre, 5S1 Meri- den road, 1 car garage-$2OO.
 Thomas F. Slater, 5S White Oak Lane. Enclose pOrch-$75.
 Philip LeMay, 1915 WatertOwn avenue. storm enclosure-$400.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11

Guild to be held here October 23,-24. It was also voted to accept an in- vitation from the Children of Mary society to attend their Halloween party on October 27.
 Father Nadile addressed the gath ering and urged the members to make a special effort to crown their remembrance plans with suc- cess--Ehe remembrance of deceased members end their fellow members with the armed forces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11

Homage was pad in Mexlce oliv to N'mon N4IITnr. Venezuelan and Ma4ilh AnefiEa'a George WaHhlnns '1n. on I'& onnIEeEAafY 1l h's k,f|n R<zzF|H&4 AnIHS hold In E16nI in&
 alHiHV ~ aa 6AI|N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11
Hospital
 BuLLetins

Aars. Mary Vasao, BrlatoI Rd., Wolcott, who sustained q fFacs tureA leg and Q posgible elzull fracture when struck Saturday night by m hutomoblle near her home, was reported n good con- iltion by st. MaFy'e hospital this morning. Mrs. vasko was taken to tho hospital by william Sine rau, lep West St, Bristol, the driver of the car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11

JiacOnO TuckerelIO, 673 E. Main, who sustained q possible fractured lex Saturday night after an auto mobile backed Into him, was re- ported in good condition by St. Mary's hospital. He was engaged in parking cars when the accident occurred. n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11

Mrs. James |. Bank was report cd improved at Waterbury hos- pitaI. She was found overcome by gas fumes in her bedroom yester- day afternoon by two members Of her family. Det. Sgt. Joseph Petit said she had turned on side wall gas Jet and later turned it off.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11

simon ,. SakevicE, Jr., 6, ~ So. Leonard st., was treatd for bruises by pr. John Diorio yes- terday after being knocked down by an automobile on Bank St. Op- erated by Algert Riker, 70, 16 Charles st. No charges were placed against the driver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11

Improvement was reported in the condition of two Taft school students, Harold Allen, So. Ta-. coma, Wash, and John Marrcn, Charlestown, Mass.. who under went emergency appendectomies at Waterbury hospital on Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
Expert Stresses
Rice i'm Valley

hundreds of acres" Prof. MacKie
estimated, which have never pro-
duced any profitable crop will now
produce crops of barley after one
or two years of rice culture. IL
appears that the rice can be used
in the rotation of crops. like bar
ley. wheat and flax in Imperial
valley"
Through the rice experiment sta
ton, Mackie pointed out that sew
eral problems have been solved.
Several rice weed pests have been
overcome, such as Red Stem, py
thick seeding Scum or fresh wa
ter algae which begins to grow after
the land is flooded is partially
solved by shallow water at seeding
time and for some time thereafter
and draining at the end of a week
or ten days. Bluestone placed III
sacks in irrigation bitches is effec-
tive but more costly and slower.
The low phosphorus content OF the
ground makes necessary local ap-
plication and when nitrogen was,
added it resulted in stiffening Of
the straw, reduction of blast ker-
mel and increased yields The sec
ond year phosphate would be APP
piled at the rate of $50 pounds per
year, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
AMERICANS STILL EAT
{ Riverside Daily Press)

(RiverSide Daily Press)
As Americans become accustomed to
food rationing, and getting used to doing
without certain commodities at certain
times, there is less complaint voiced about
the food situation, since Americans still
live luXuriouSly as compared with almost
any other nation
The British people are getting along,
and sustaining their physical and moral
strength, on a diet that is said to give
them twenty-four cents worth of meat
apiece per week, with "other necessities
limited to a corresponding degree" Poul-
try, game and fish are permissible, but
almost impossible to buy
The American investigator revealing
these details also reports that the Eng
lishman has one tablespoonful of sugar
day, two ounces of butter week and
two pints of milk a week. There are other
corresponding limitations of many kinds.
Nearly all necessarieS are strictly ration
ed. to a degree far below the American
level. Even cleanliness is limited, with
only three ounces of toilet soap a month.
Cooking fat may be had to the extent of
one ounce week. There are no fresh
eggs available, and the dried eggs are
not palatable.
The well-to-do people manage to exc
out their diet in various ways, but the
poor, and the workers on low wages, seem
to Americans to be suffering real priva-
tons. Especially for people who normal
ly love to eat as the British do. Yet ap-
parently they don't complain. The food
they say, provides enough nourishment
to keep them going. They have learned
the notable lesson that in war time, at
least, the main thing is not to tickle the
palate, but to provide the basic needs of
the body and the energy to work hard for
long hours.
If the time ever comes when Ameri-
cans are reduced to such rations, may
we be as Spartan about it as the English
have been!
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
ST. Nick Visits
Fighters in
Speedy Planes

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. (UP)-
All the makings for an American
Christmas were flown by Santa
Clauses in olive drab to service
men in areas which only planes can
reach, the war department announc-
ed.
Hundreds of evergreenS. tons OF
cigarettes, candy, cake, radios and
recording machines were distributed
to troops from Windswept Point
Barrow at the northernmost tip of
the American continent, to the for
ward sectors of the dimly lit jun
giles of New Guinea the depart
ment said.
Decorated Christmas trees were
flown the entire 1600 mile length
of the desolatc Aleutian chain,
where the only indigenous living
things are frozen tundra grass and
the scavenger raven.
ITO tiny weather station in the
Bering sea went the first mail in
four months when an army air
forces transport plane dropped mail
bags in the snow sometime this
month";
To men in the Aleutians went
the second taste of fowl since their
arrival with the serving on Christ
mas day of turkey, olives, shrimp
and rolls, flown in by troop car
rier command plane, the war de-
partment revealed.
And there were special Christmas
services for the far-flung outposts,
with chaplains flown in to the
more remote points.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
FINE AS FAR
AS IT GOES

The Office of War Information issues
a special report, just why from that
source praislng the part taken in war
: activities by the nations domestic air.
! lines. The report gives the airlines cred
! it for playing highly strategic role in
Z helping the army and navy build an air
: transport network that has speeded mill
4 tary operations by bridging the seven
= seas and reaching into every continent"
OF course all this is not new to the
: world, and especially is it old news to
: these same air lines and the L. S. public
: at large.
: Also this report declares that the air.
y lines are making twice as much money as
= before Pearl Harbor (No official fig
= ures from the books of the airlines were
.appended to the report)
!. 1t was further set out how pilots and
q planes of the commercial firms helped
= the army's air transport command and
y the navy air transport service set up
"a system of aerial highways that carry
.war cargoes by airline to anywhere"
1.-THE report is capped by Major General
- Harold d. Georges declaration that
: without the cooperation of the airlines
sit would have been nearly impossible
: for us to carry on the job the way it has
: been done"
!. III would come with more good grace
!. .now for declaration of policy to eman-
= ate from Washington to the effect that
severy foot of these airlines" and every
.ground installation everywhere shall be
: ~made available for the expansion and i'm
provement of air transport by American
firms. Instead there Is a whip-Saw policy
@affectlng the postwar program and so
far no announcement has been made in
SWashington that all these installations
sand facilities will be made available for
g America. On the other hand everything
points to the likelihood of seeing them
: abandoned or turned over to the nations
where they exist and closed to our use
I'm flying world commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26

the following precautions to aid in
cutting down losses through forged
endorsements, to protect those who
cash such checks, and to make it
Improbable for forgers to victimize
them:
/. Know your endorser. Before
cashing checks for strangers, re-
quire them to properly identify
themselves as the" rightful owners
of the checks.
g. Before cashing any check, ask
yourself this question: IF this
check is returned as forgery, can
I locate the forger and recover my
loss?"
3. Insist that all checks be en-
dorsed in your presence by the
persons who ask you to cash them.
a. Have all checks initiated by the
employees who pay out money for
them,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
DIVORCE LAWS

(Los Angeles Times)
With due respect to the opinions of
Superior Judge Henry M. Willis, who
has advocated in report to the Bar As
sociation that this States one-year wait
ing period before divorce can become
final be abolished, thinking people will,
in general, believe that this period should
be kept
California's divorce laws should be
frightened rather than liberalized Divorce
in this State can be granted on the thin
nest of excuses. In a state which seems
to define a hard look as extreme cruel
ty,'' the fact that only an interlocutory
decree can be obtained at the first hear
ing is about the only deterrent that ex-
lists.
The fact that many couples become
reconciled and go back together during
this interlocutory period is enough to
Justify it.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
Sea Bee Unit
Builds Boat

A Sea Bee" unit of the Ell Gen.
tro Sea Scout Ship 270 under crew
leader Don Womack is building
land ship in the lot at the rear OF
Wilson school.
The small model ship will be used
not only for practicing the different
phases of sea scouting, but will be
used as a meeting place. Keeping
their navigation equipment there
the small dry-land ship, when COM
pleted, will lend realism TO the pro-
gram. Sea Scouts of Ship No. 270
"S.S.S. Trident" are constructing
the ship themselves and each day
raise the National flag and the
flag of their ship.
The local Sea Scouts recently
placed second at the Rendezvous
held at Newport, Balboa, in COM
petition with coastal Sea Scouts
who have the opportunity to prac-
tice actual navigation. The Elks
club is the local sponsors and Harry
Freed is the Skipper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
MEET STATES FORMATION
OF SCOTT CUR UNIT

The first organization meeting OF
Cub Pack 1T will be held at the
Mckinley School Tuesday, at 1880
p. m.
The Pack will be sponsored by
the Assembly of God church of Ell
Centre with Lester Patton as chair
man of the Pack Committee and
Rev. Thomas C. Cunningham as
Cub master.
1t is necessary for parents to at
tend with their boys at the organi-
zation meeting. Clubbing Is open
for boys 9, 10 and IL years OF age.
Assisting in the organizing will
be Rus Campbell and Hugh Will
cox, Scout executives, and Fred
Sterling, assistant district commits
SiOner,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26

orged government checks have been
.tolen from mail boxes. Ware said
these cases are investigated by the
secret service, part of the treas
ury department.
Merchants and other accepting
and paying out on these forged
checks lose the amounts involved"
Ware said. THE secret service
launched a nationwide drive to
prevent the theft and forgery of
government checks. Secret service
agents urged all those who cash
government check to know the en-
dorsers."
The secret service recommended
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26

General Joseph Stilwells cliffside
residence for cocktails made of
Chungking's infamous vodka" This
party was directed by Lieutenant
Colonel Joseph X. Dickey. 35,
Princeton, MINI.
Thereafter the officers moved to
the victory house." one of Chung
kings two hotels, for a buffet din
ner and dance given by General
Shang Chen, director of foreign
affairs bureau, and Mrs. Shang.
Girls of leading Chinese families
were invited.
Enlisted men held parties in their
new club room. Red Cross workers
were the chief cheer-spreaders. ,
The first beer ever delivered from
the United States to soldiers In
Chungking was distributed ON u
quota Of four cans per soldier,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
Sheriff Issues
Check Warming

Sheriff Robert w Ware Saturday
asked residents Of Imperial county
to cooperate in the nation wide
campaign to cut down the theft OF
government checks and the forgery
of endorsements on them.
The treasury department of the
United States is now issuing more
than z5,000,000 checks a month to
dependents Of soldiers and sailors,
social security beneficiares, and
others, Ware was informed by the
treasury department. Too many of
these are being stolen and forged
approximately 70 per cent Of all
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
vonks Mark yuIe
AT Chunskins

CHUNGKING, Dec. 25. CUP -
Christmas was gala for American
officers and soldiers in Chungking.
After scanning the prospective
menus and programs for yuletide,
the CTS at this provisional capital
of free China pronounced them out
of this world
There was goose, cranberry sauce,
buttered asparagus, green olives,
ice cream, apple pie, mince meat
pie with hot bun sauce, parker
house rolls, cold beer, dances, a
cocktail party, Red Cross girls and
blazing clubroom fireplaces to ward
off the Chungking chill.
First, the men disposed of the
geese and auxiliary edibles at the
midday Christmas dinner After an
afternoon recess, the parties got
under way
Officers gathered at Lieutenant
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
WFA RELEASES RAISINS,
PRUNES FOR CIVILIANS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. tUP)-
The War Food Administration an
nounces that 1t has authorized west
coast packers to release an addi-
tional S2,00O,000 pounds of dried
prunes and 60,000,0O0 pounds of
dried raisins from their 1943 pack
for sale to civilians.
Release of the dried fruits by
the VIA was necessary before they
could move into civilian consump-
ton because of previous require
ment that packers set aside their
entire l943 pack for government
purchase.
VIA earlier had authorized re-
lease of 220000,000 pounds of raisins
and 148,000000 of prunes from the
1943 pack for civilians.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

1t is now crystal clear that we will
win the war, but it is not yet clear just
when it will end | am realistic enough
to believe it will be hard, tough going
but optimistic enough to believe it will
be over long before the gloomy predic-
tion of 1949.-Admiral Chester w. Nim-
itZ.
Cuts in government spending, cancel
lation of war contracts, demoblization of
armed men and plant workers, no mat
ter how gradual and humane, are bound
to produce the most serious unemploy-
ment problems Of our history.-Robert
Moses, New York City park commission
er.
The farm trend of the future is to-
ward smaller farms.-Vice President
Henry A. Wallace.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26

1T is estimated that between 25,-
600 to 10000 acres of rice annually
could be produced in Imperial val
ley" said w. w. Mackie, who this
year retired as a professor in the
agronomy depart of the University
of California in Berkeley, and who
has been making a survey of the
rice problems in this area.
Perhaps the most important
contribution which rice growing
can give Imperial valley agricul-
ture is based on the ability of the
rice crop to grow in alkali soil and
reducing the alkali so that other
profitable crops may follow. Many
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
COURT HITS REMAKING
OF AUTO RADIOS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25. (UP)--
Federal Judge c. E. Beaumont has
ordered the General Radio and
Television Co. to cease converting
automobile radio sets to household
models and selling them at alleged
II huge mark-urS.
A complaint had charged l.. X.
and M. j. Franklin with violating
War Production Board conserva-
ton orders.
The Franklins must appear Dec.
20 to show cause why a permanent
restraining order should not be is
sued.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
SHORT SHRiFT OF
NAzi MURDERERS

In the speedy trial and execution of
Nazis found guilty in a Russian court
Of wholesale slaughter of civilian Rus
slams, including women and children
Stain has earned new ploudits. That a
Russian also was convicted and executed
I because he had turned nazi and helped
. by driving the slayers' cars, goes to
show that maudlin sentiment may not
: obtain in Russia. None rose to the Rus
slams defense because he was Rus
sian.
In the Russian courts action may be
3 found hint, at least, of the procedure
when the main war criminals have been
brought to justice. Russia offers dou-
bic pattern-catching the criminals and
method of dealing with them. Speedy
trial under civilized laws, summary exec
ution without appeal is more than Hitler,
ct al, rightly could expect. Yet that rec
ommends itself as the proper method.
OF course there are those who will re-
call day of speedy justice in these
United States when Judge Lynch per-
formed right we'll when it was matter
of speed.
The United Nations leaders are not
unaware of the Russian trial and no
doubt that will assist in arriving at the
proper course for the big ones.
However the first thing to be sure
about is that the big criminals are caught.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOIioring edit
0riols are presented as interesting Opin-
ions roiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
ESTIMATES TALL MEN

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. IS
CUP)-Harvard Researcher Francis
Behn Riggs, author of Tall Men
Have Their Problems Too" esti-
mates that there are between 5000
and 10000 men in America who are
six feet five inches or taller.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
CONSARN IT!

The Ninth Service Command is an
nouncing the sale to civilians non-combat
vehicles of no further use to the army.
Just our luck that the order for the sale
exempts jeeps. Been eyeing one of them
to learn that they are not listed as non
combat vehicles, not those jumping iasp-
erS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
CHARTS GIVE DATA

Most 1943 registration cards show
the registration and vehicle license
fee paid in 1943 These figures ap-
near near the lower right hand
corner following the words Regis
Fee and License Fee Added to-
gether they indicate the total regis
tration and vehicle license fees due
in 1914. Where this information
appears on the registration card it
is not necessary for the motorist to
consult the charts to determine the
amount due inasmuch as the fees
paid this year will be exactly the
same in 1914" HebblethWaite said.
Service station attendants will eX-
plain the chart code which is simple
in operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
Official Gives
Rules on AZ
License Plates

The annual renewal season Tor
automobile and truck license plates
will begin January 8, Captain M. p
HebblethWaite of the Highway
Fatrol in Imperial county an
nounced Saturday.
Motorists may apply Tor the 1914
plates, which won't be plates but
stickers for winoshields, and will be
given a receipt at California High
way patrol headquarters in Ell Cen
tro, 1865 Main street. Instead of
applying at the local office they
may send their applications to the
department of motor vehicles in
Sacramento if that is more con-
venient. The stickers which will
take the place of plates this year
will be provided by the department
in manner yet TO be announced.
CLOSES FEB. 4
Renewal season will close Febru-
ary 4. The state will penalize those
who fail to file their applications
before the deadline.
All local gasoline filling stations
have received copies of charts Show
inc the motor vehicle license fees
due for 1914
Motor vehicle owners of Imperial
county may inspect these charts,
upon request. to det>- mine how
much they will be required to paT
The regular registration fee of So
for passenger cars should be added
to the amount of the vehicle license
fee as shown on the chart. Weight
fees must be added for trucks and
trailerS.
Vehicle owners desiring TO consult
these charts should take their l943
registration cards with them in
order to determine the classification
numbers of their respective vehicles.
This number is shown in the lower
center of the card