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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

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 Besides, whenever the band mem bers have any free time, they're off in a corner tanning. And, the MPs find it easier to do their disciplin- ing if they don't know the other WAACs too well.
 PRAISED BY PRESIDENT
 Their commandant, Colonel Ho- bart B. Brown, almost bursts his buttons when he talks about them, he's so proud. I'm having a hard time keeping the band here" he said, half seriously They've been trying hard to get it away from me"
 They probably heard President Roosevelt say after he had returned to Washington from Fort Ogle- thrope that the girls, had played the Star Spangled Banner the best he had ever heard"
 They should play well. Most of the girls left symphony orchestras and bands to join the WAACs. To mention few: Corp. Betty West was a saXophonist with the Ft. Wayne, Ind. symphony; Aux. Yer najean Wikstron played the drums with the Chicago Women's Sym phony; Afc Agnes Powers played with many New York show bands; and Sgt. Yvonne Bennington was with the Philadelphia Women's Symphony.
 WONDERFUL BRASS"
 We have a wonderful brass sec tion," says Band Leade Marjorie Pickett of Mason City, Iowa, which is unusual for women. And Sgt. Pickett is an unusual woman, her. self. A former bassoonist and per- cussionist with both the Mason City Band and Womens Symphony Or chestra, she's one of the few women to have been sent to the bandmas- ters' school at Fort Myer, Va.
 Any complaints from your neigh bors about the noise?" asked, and they let out Whoop: HAVE we!'
 The main trouble, it seems, is the other WAACs long be- fore the o'clock cannon. And that's enough to make anyone loathe you" they chuckled.
 We don't really do it on pur- pose, but to be in the groove by the time we have to play reveille, we've got to get out at 5:3O a. m. and parade up and down the street to wake ourselves up and get the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
4th Celebration Here
 Safe, Sane, Victorious

taxed far beyond their capacities.
 Motor highways l 'e almost deserted, a smost would be mo- torists observed the pleasure driv- ing ban. 300 Connecticut motorists who ran afoul of 30 OPA inspec- tors patroling Connecticut roads over the weekend will face hear ing commissioners Friday. Not a single traffic fatality was reported in the state-something unheard of on previous Fourth of July eel berations.
 In Waterbury, thousands of war plant workers were on the job as usual. There was exactly one in- stance of firecrackers reported, no fires, no paradeS, no fatalities, either from accidents or drown ings, and no speeches! The wealth CT was consistently damp and threatening throughout. The hol- iday was the safest and deadest in the citys memory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
SIX AWARDS FOR
 C.L. &P. COMPANY
Official Recognition for Excellence in Advertising
 Formally Announced

The Connecticut Light and Power Company won six awards for excel lence in its arvertising during 1922 in the national contest conducted by the Public Utilities Advertising Association. The contest committee announced the awards recently at Chicago during the Association S annual convention.
 The company received awards for its newspaper advertising support ing the war effort, employe news paper, annual report of stockhold- CTS, annual report to employees, spe- cial booklets and for its movie en- titled Powerful Connecticut"
 The region in which The Connec- ticut Light and Power Company participated includes the utility companies in the six New England States and Canada.
 The Prize Committee stated that because of the tremendous number of entries submitted in the con- test, the winning of the awards is tribute to those members of the company who were responsible for producing the advertising.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

Who remembers the good old days when along about this time the family planned their major summer auto mobile trip which took them weeks trip through the Berkshires starting off in ope PopeHartford all wearing long dusters hats swahed in yards of heavy vang arriving the first day at inn about ninety miles away with only two stops for flat res four detours and bad of sunburn for the entire entouage? And who remembers the next day, which was somewhat similar flats sunburn two three hours lost getting bearings after getting lost dirt roads the Berkshes with final arrival half way up New England and five hundred miles to go?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
Editor, of Tall Towers.

Editor of Tall Towers: It gratifying to learn of the proposed canine hostery to house the stray dogs who roam the streets of this city Due to the fact that employed at time near the current dog pound where they entertain mans best frend during
 its moments of careesness yours truly always held the notion that there considerable room for improve nent especially during the winter months when these ,nimas needed heat to warm their shivering bodies Also the intrepid Deputy Dog Warden Guido "Jlggers 2aladno should not be forgotten, who fearessly can oag the vicious animal under the most trying cir :u1nstances have witnessed the return of Mr. Falla dino and his old superior Coleman OLoughlin from week of night and day fighting rabe epidemic, to suffer the laxity of hot shower bath to clean and refresh them and not cot where they could recne and relax I hope these facilities exist in the building Respectfully yours, J. V. Walker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
FLORIDA KEYS HIGHWAY READY IN FIVE MONTHS
BY LYNNE BRANNEN, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent

Tallahassee, Fla, July 6-(UP)- Florida's greatest road-building pro- ject, which has been compared with the Alaskan highway because of the many engineering difficulties in- volved, is one-third finished and its final completion date is slated as Dec. l.
 It is the 123-mile Overseas High way' from Florida City to Key West. the United States Gibraltar of the Caribbean"
 Chairman Thomas A. Johnson and Chief Engineer J. H. Bowling of the state road department both agree that if nothing serious occurs to de- lay construction work. the Overseas Highway, renovated from end to end and shortened by IT miles, will be ready for service in five months.
 This 22-foot roadway originates at the tip of the Florida peninsula and winds southwesterly into the Caribbean, crossing 32 small islands of the Florida Keys which are link ed together by bridges ranging from fraction of a mile in length to one nearly 10 miles long.
 Sought By Army And Navy
 Built at the specific request of Army and Navy officials, the fin ished road will have an assessed valuation of some $3O,00Q0O0, even though the present project, jointly financed by the state and Federal governments, will be completed for slightly less than $4,000000.
 The Overseas Highway is being constructed over the right -of-Way ot the abandoned Florida East Coast Railroad. a $25 5,O00, 900 dream of the late railroad king, Henry M. Flag Ter. This railroad was completed in 1912 after nearly eight years work.
 During this time construction was halted several times when storms roared through the Keys sweeping bridges into the sea and washing out portions of the railroad bed The last train to run over these tracks brought survivors of hur- ricane, Sept. 3, 1885, to the main- land from Key West
 J. C. Meredith, former Panama Canal engineer, supervised early building of the overseas railroad venture, but he died in 1909 three years before it was finally put in service.
 22 Bridges In 5 Miles
 The present project includes i'm provement of 89 miles of roadway, five miles of which consists of g bridges, 19 having been sub-let to the Clearv Construction Co of West Palm Beach. The state road department is doing all the work on 42 of the 89 miles. Two segments, totaling Al miles, have been let out on contract to Groves. Lunden and Cox Contractors of Minneapolis, Minn.
 Two sections, totaling 32 miles, will not be touched because they lie in the Overseas Toll Bridge dis tracts. These sections were com- pleted several years ago at an ap- proximate cost of $5,O0O,000, and have been kept in excellent condi- tion by proper maintenance work.
 Key West-an hours boat trip from Cuba-has become one of the most important U. s. off-coast mill itary centers, since it commands ship lanes between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
 It is a war-booming city of &C., 900 population, which should be more popular than ever for tourists after the war, now that the long, hoped-for Overseas Highway is practically a reality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

, weekly concert, half-hour drilling, and every afternoon you can see them in their green and white seer sucker fatigue clothes high-step- ping it down the road on the dou- ble.
 They learn judo too-that handy little improvement on jiu-pitsu- just in case they come up against an "ornery' civilian who won't git when he's told to.
 The Police are Colonel Browns pets. It was he who wrote the first manual of instructions for MPs in World War I, and organized the first Provost Marshals School to give special training to Military Po- lice.
 He's stricter with the MPs than the others, Colonel Brown explained, because they are his personal rep resentatives. If they are to main- tain discipline, they must be ir- reproachable themselves.
 VOLUNTARY JOB
 No one is made an MP unless she wants to be one, and she's got to have plenty of personality and fortitude to go with that desire.
 Civilians have an idea that the main purpose of MPs is to look for trouble, Colonel Brown lamented. But quite the opposite is true, he pointed out. MPs have three du- ties: To help keep soldier or WAAC out of trouble. If one of them is in trouble, get him or her out of it. And, last, to regulate traffic.
 There's no club yielding with these women. That's where the personality comes in. They're pret- ty, persuasive and purposeful-and they generally get results the first time they ask for something.
 NEVTRt -rsc cr-noA YsR~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

Generally speaking, the MPs keep the WAACs in line, and the band keeps lem in step. At right, though, some of the musicians are shown holding a private jam session in their barracks. Below, Sgt. Marie Smarup inspects a couple of Fort Oglethorpe's MPs before
 they go on duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

Fancy that . :. . It used to be "See America First" :" Now it's America First, America later If you're all wrapped up in your self you carry little weight. Most of us think could do much better if we only had the opportunity which we ing heaven and earth to improve their score mostly earth. When starting to mount a ladder start at the bottom step So far, good. After that suppose you take it step at time from bottom to top. . Julius Caesar born in the month of July, which gives us the name. Keep smile your face and you always find pleasant reflections in the mirror
 War Time shall remain in effect until six months after the end of the present Folks who hoard soap because they fear shortage doing others dirt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
w o R L D w A R A YEAR AGO
 JULY 6, 1942
(By United rPess)

(By United rPeSS)
 Moscow officially admits a Ger man offensive from Kursk area to approximately 120 miles from VOrOnezh.
 U. s. War Department an- nounces first battlefield encounter between U. S. troops and those of Germany in Libyan battle on June 11-12.
 Press reports out of China an- nounce that U. s. Air Force in China had sunk a Japanese gun- boat and demolished more than 25 planes.
 U. s. Navy reports July raid by U. s. submarines in enemy occupied western end of the Aleu- tian islands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
SCOUT MEETING
 HELD TONIGHT William Christie, Scout= master in Charge of Reg=
 ular Session
WATERVILLE Correspondent: Mrs. William E. Rooney. 190 Dwight St
 Telephone 3-S475

Waterville, July - Boy Scout Troop No. 31 will meet this evening at 2 o'clock at Fraternity hall. Will liam Christie, scoutmaster, in charge.
 Women's Society for Christian service of Grace Methodist church will meet tomorrow evening in the church parlors. Mrs. Arthur TWelves president, will preside.
 The Altar Guild of St. PaulS Episcopal church will meet tomor- row evening at 8 o'clock in the church hall. Mrs. Clifford Clark, president, presiding.
 Casper Davis Auxiliary, Amer ican Legion will meet Friday even- ing at Fraternity hall. Election of officers will be held. Mrs. John Me- Mahon, president, will be in charge.
 The Red Cross sewing group will meet this week to sew at the home of Mrs. William Rooney, Dwight street on Thursday afternoon from 2 until o'clock.
 Moving pictures will be shown at St. Michaels church hall Friday evening at o'clock.
 Court Welch, Foresters of Amer ica will meet Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at ForesterS hall.
 Casper Davis Drum Corps will meet this evening for rehearsal in their club rooms in the post office building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

Private Frank N. Perugino 354 Army Air Base Sioux City, Iowa, sends the camp paper, 'The Bombarder' which has this and is pretty good It is called "A Prvates Prayer and goes like this "The Sarge my shepherd shall not want. He maketh pick up burnt matches He leadeh thru mud puddes; he restoreth by step He gudeth the of obstacles for my healths sake Yea though walk thru the valleys, must run up the hills He nnoneth my head with abus and my cup runneth Surely cadence and KIP will follow all the days of my life and shall dwell in the hair of my sergeant forever. Amen"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
3 CONNECTICUT
 YOUTHS IGNORED

Washington, July 6 - U.P) - Awards to officers and enlisted mer of the Eighth United States Army Air Force for extraordinary achieve. ments in the European theater ot operations were announced today by the War Department.
 The list included:
 Connecticut:
 Distinguished Flying Cross)
 Charles F. Maas, Captain, Route 1, Bridgeport.
 Michael Kruge, Technical Serg- cant, AnSonia.
 Raymond L. Simmons, Technical Sergeant, 35 Argonne street, New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
SHELTON SOLDIER
 KILLED IN EUROPE

Washington, July - U.PD - The War Department made public today the names of 134 United States soldiers killed in action in the Aleutian, Asiatic, European Middle Eastern, North African, Pa cific and Southwest Pacific areas The list, with next of kin, included
 (Killed in European area)
 Connecticut:
 Markiewicz, Staff Sergeant Jo- seph L. - Mrs Ellen MarkieWicz (Wife) Blacks Hill road, Shelton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
PRACTICES WITH AIR RIFLE

Roseville, Cal. (UP)-Police Cap tain Joseph N. zanolio keeps his shooting eye in trim despite the wartime shortage of bullets and shells.
 He uses a $2 air rifle on the po- lice range, and he can already hit a dime at 20 yards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
THIRD OF FOUR ARTICLES
MPs And Band, Permanent Groups,
 Are Fair Haired Gals In WAAC Camp DON'T USE CLUBS BUT THEY KNOW
ARMY'S PERSUASIVE POLICY
By ROSELLEN CALLAHAN
 NEA Staff Writer

This the third of four articles WAC aweek training i the
 Kitchen police one of those duties WAAC entirely without WAAC. "
 police strictly upper strata And there upper Training Center at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga-he
 And we have plates instead of WlnooWs they goat Imagne about chintzD
 They're both bit cannsh fixtures the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
NAVARRO EXPLAINS POINTS

Stiff Navarro, double talking CO., median, is an addition to the cast of "The Heavenly Body" M-G-M comedy costarring Hedy Lamar and William Powell, Nazarra will play a milkman who attempts to ex- plain the ration point system to Spring Byington. Alexander Hall is the director and Arthur Hornblow Jr. js producing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC

Favorite with the soldiers contributed by Truman w.
 the Russell Islands) Somewhere the Pacific, where the like Each day followed by another it from bad Where the Coral dust blows thicker than desert sand All and dream about, is for a fairer land. Somewhere In the Pacific mail is always late A Christmas card in April considered up-to-date. Our pay is paid on payday, and get 1t to the cent, The heck with all the money for can't get it spent Somewhere in the Pacific, where the flying fishes play, With hundred mosquitoes replace each you ay Give me old Connecticut let the country dell, <s< this God -forsakSn outpost substitute
 (SOnd Nioht
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

Judy Garland of the screen made her debut with symphony orchestra last week singing before 3OOOO at Philadephias Robin Hood Dell. Andre Kostelanetz conducted. Garland sang several Gershwin numbers as we'll as songs from some of her pictures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06
Good Evening.
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME

We used to worry about Jim and Joe, After the Fourth it always so. They started right in summer of fun Kept things gong the run, From early till late at night, Made the premises look sight. It's vacation-so they said, The time of destruction, the time of dread For Nom and Pop who mopped their broWs, the folks the farm for the chickens and the COWS But Jim and Joe aren't around any more, With all the others they are off to war. And now we think we wouldn't find it too hard To them raising ructions in the old back yard!
 FEM EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

The former Blake home North Street, Litch- field recently purchased by Mrs. William Carroll of Torrington is the vacation residence this son for the sisters at St. Francis in Hartford and St. Mary's in Waterbury,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

Miss Marguerite Maloney of A Willow street is the first from Waterbury to be commissioned second lieu tenant in the United States Marine Corps Womens Re Lieut. Maloney is in the city with her sister, Miss Edna M Money awaiting orders to report at Son Diego, Calf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

Watco News, published by the employees of the Waterbury Tool Company, says in the June 26 issue that Personnel Counsellors have desks in three build ngs where they available at specified hours to help employees who have problems to settle with the cOunsellors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

over Station WOOD in Chattanoo- ga, Tenn, and for the dances given by the officers, non-coms and local service clubs.
 "Humph," the MPs snort. If the band thinks they have their hands full, they should just try day or two of our drilling and physical training" You see, we've got to be strong enough to carry WAACs off the drill field when they faint"
 Every morning they're out on the field perfecting their precision a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

bugs out of the band'
 In spite of no KIP, the band has a tough job-including about twice as much laundry as the other WAACs. We use two to three shirts a day." the girls grumbled, and sometimes more when we play for officials
 Besides rehearsing their roper toire of 250 marches, 100 overtures and a hundred or so popular pieces four hours each day, the band has to prepare a program for broadcast
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

NEXT. at's a great life
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-02
Doubles Match
On Saturday

Bruce Richmond manager Of
Archway Recreation ana Frank
Oliver VIII meet the Cuomo
brothers. Dominick and Matt, of
Fairview Recreation. IN To-
game home and home bowling
match for a 500 purse Saturday
night.
The first FIVE games Viii be
rolled AZ ArChway az s p m and
the series will be completed at
New FajrvIew al 10 p. m.
Brightmoor Merchants. An $40.
average league and Brightmoor
875 House. Will hold meetings
Sept 7 and 10 respectively At
s p. m. 90. West Detroit Recrea-
tion Community circuit viii organ
ize Sept al $50 p, m There
are openings for teams and lndi-
viduals
Ramona Recreation S25 and $50
House loops meet Sept. Z AT 8
and Q p m There are still A
few openings M the State Far
Recreation N15 House Phone Ted
r o balm A. TY 1858.
RoIaWllo Recreation also has
openings IN I'S S35 10 SIS house
circuits. Call.UN 1890
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-02

sixth year lbs was. as 1c-
Scribr1 nv KearnS an diversified
number that looked like Henry
Kaiser might have built it IN
couple OF weeks II took 30 men
10 carry cake 40 46 10 is
pedestal near tie plate Il was
an crSatz piece of pastry Chat
had all customers EaplnE.
once the cake was balanced
on lis extensive base. The FIRST
layer popped open and 10 small
girls arose 20 sing Happy
Birthday 10 You after which
they leapcd out and turned
cartwhcelS on the field Obvi-
ouSly the cake was still not
empty Grimm shook il gently
and another layer opened and
out through papeI-maChe FROST
ing came a ballplayer IN a Mil
waUkce Uniform. lie Jumped
down The - feet from the top
Of the cake 10 the ground
while Nccck over Tho public
address system announced:
There's that pitcher Charles
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-02

halfback expects 10 he inducicd
late this month. Five others Of
the 1912 team would have been
eligible 10 play tins season, but
are m the army or navy They
are Jerry Wilkins. George Norris,
BIZ Welch. Paul De Rjdder and
Fred Andres
Among those in tho group out
yesterday were Jerry DeSToSior.
Syl Bleak Ed Burgess, Bob Wi
ciak, Don Denewith, John Tyson
and Irwin Mccarthy backs, and
Gene Spratke, Bill Thimm, Dan
Ryan and Ed Mccarthy. linemon.
Spratke though only is years
old. is 6 feet 4 inches tall and
weighs 200 pounds Thimm also
is a 200-pound six-footer
The Shamrocks open their Sep
tember l9 with Lansing Resurrec-
ton az Keyworth Stadium The
annual battle against Hamtramck
follows on October 3,
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-02
New Rule
Costs Rip
a Record
~ tinted Pres,

Tmetf RIp) SeWclL Pittsburgh
Pirates hurting ace can no longer
boast the ll-game winning streak
he thought he accumulated earlier
IN tho season.
The streak ran for only seven
games and The record hooks verify
that statement
The National Leagues new suS-
pended game ruling IS responsible
for the change IN Sewells record
II so happened that the originator
N 'he ephuS hall was sent into
4 subsequently suspended game
July S as a relief hurler
The score was tied when he
took the mound and the 81 Louis
Cardinals added a run to make IL
6-5 before the game was called in
the eighth inning
The league ruling states that on
tfie-feSt- meeting ot-the teams
tho game shall be resumed with
as nearly the same lineups as
possible Thus in Yesterday s
contest, Mort Cooper, who was
hurting for the Cards when the
game WIS Catied. protected the
-n44a- ft4tHs--Lead--tte tes--f,tff f,tffei+1trrr rr-twU
ScoreleSS innings, and forced
SeWell 10 shoulder the defeat.
George Munger, pitching for
the champions when the margin of
victory was attained. received
credit for winning the game.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-02
Ers --I- .-s-. ...la-.t.a
Seterd Returns
To ST. Lddis|dus

Stan Setera Will he back Al his
old Job this fall as coach Of the
81. LadlSlaus High football team,
following a medical discharge
from tho navy
Setcra entered the navy as an
ensign but a recurrence of an old
football IN Wrv resulted IN hlS dis
charge He formerly played foot
ball AT Wayne University, and was
named grid coach at the Ham
iramck paroChlal school when it
first entered competition a few
years ago.
New football coaches in the first
division Of the Catholic League
this season include Don Rider At
ST Ceccha Jake Speelman St
Gregory, and Joe Clinton, 81. Leo