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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25

are canned in order to keep the foods from spelling and perhaps serious illness. This is espe- cially true in the canning of non acid vegetables and of meats, since 1t is in these foods that the germs can grow which cause botulism.
 Botulism is caused by the toxin of the germ clostridium botulinum, which occurs naturally in the soil of Connecticut and may contam- mate food in the garden. The spores or egg forms of this germ are not harmful in themselves. But if food contaminated with them is not properly sterilized in the canning process, they will produce a toxin which is probably the most power ful poison know nto man. Even the small amount of this toxin taken in by tasting contaminated product can be enough to cause death
 The spores are very resistant to heat except in acid foods and will not be killed by the usual water bath methods of canning non-acid vegetables and meats. When process sing these, a pressure cooker should be used and the cooking times and pressures recommended for the par ticular food should be strictly fol- lowed
 The State Department of Health listed the following recommenda- tions for prevention of spoilage and avoidance of illness from home canned products:
 l. Fruits and vegetables should be thoroughly cleansed, and canned as soon as possible after they are gathered.
 2. All fruits and acide vegetables (tomatoes, rhubarb, pickled beets) may be processed by the water bath method with safety if the recommended length of time is fol- lowed
 3. All meats and non-acid vege- tables should be put up in steam pressure cooker using the correct times and pressureS indicated by the University of Connecticut Ex- tension Bulletin No. 343, or Farm CTS Bulletin 1762 of the United States Department of Agriculture.
 4. Before eating any processed food, the container and product should be inspected carefully for evidence of spoilage in which case 1t should not be used
 5. Special precaution On open ing ca nof non-acid vegetable or meat processed by any other meth cd than the pressure cooker, the contents before being tasted should be boiled vigorously for IS minutes, and contents thoroughly stirred so that heat may penetrate all DOT tionS of the food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
STRAND

Waterbury just won't let 1t go so Reap the Wild Wind" will be heId over at the Strand theater for an added engagement, completing It's run on Friday night of this week instead of tonight as previously an- nounced.
 Reap the Wild Wind" is a lustv roaring epic of the sea by Cecil B DeMiIle and stars at the head of giant cast, Paulette Goddard Ray Milland and John Wayne with the supporting cast featuring such established actors as Raymond Massey Susan Hayward, Lynne OVerman and many others too numerous to mention.
 Reap the Wild Wind has been filmed entirely in Technicolor and IS truly breathtaking spectacle. The picture is playing here for the iISt time at popular prices. having played previously throughout the country at advanced admissions.
 Sharing program honors is an- other smash hit, "A Gentle Gang Ster' with Barton MacLane and Molly Lamont.
 opening on Saturday at the picture that thousands have begged us to bring back to Waterbury, none other than the star-studded Metro Goldwyn Mayer production of 'Zieg- field Girl the musical hit of all time. Topping the cast are Judy Garland, Hedy Lamar, Lana Turner, James Stewart, Philip Dorn, Tony Martin, Ian Hunter, Jackie Cooper and others. And incidentally, in the presentation of "ziegfeld Girr' here, you are being offered the oppor- tunity to see James Stewart in one of the biggest hits he ever made remember that the actor is now serving with the country's armed forces and is making no more films for the duration. Booked in with "ziegfeld Girl" Is the laugh-a-min- ute streamined comedy, Taxi, Mister?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
Crowded Front Seats m Autos Dangerous Practice
Riding on Running Board of Cars Also Pro- hibited by State Statutes - Youngsters
 Warned by Safety Instructor.

Crowded front seats or aisle seats on a motor vehicle is discussed in the following article by Drillmaster William c. Dwyer of the police ac- cident prevention bureau. This is based on section 5730 of the state statutes.
 (A) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public high way or other public place when the operator of such vehicle shall be crowded by reason Of having more than the number of persons for which reasonable and safe seating space is provided in the front seat thereof and no person shall Oper- ate any motor vehicle, except one in use by a fire or police depart ment, when any person, except a person acting as repairman, shall be riding upon the running board, mudguard, hood or top of such ve- hicle. (B)-No person shall operate any public service motor vehicle or motor bus having seats placed in any aisle of any such public serv- ice motor vehicle or motor bus. co Any person violating any pro- vision of this section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for a first of fense and for each subsequent of- fense shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or be both fined and imprisoned.
 The above statute specifies very clearly that only a repairman has any right riding on the lenders, etc, on any car with the two exceptions listed in the section. Yet it Is a common practice for some operators especially on delivery trucks to allow their helpers to ride on the running board. This is done to save lime hrlt they fail to realize that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
MILITARY TAX
 LAW REPEALED
Waterbury to Save $3O,- 900 By Action of State
 Legislature

As the result of the repeal by the 1943 legislative session just ended, Waterbury will save $30,000 this year of the annual military tax on towns. This city would have saved $87OO more if the bill repeating the state tax on towns had also been repealed This bill was passed by the House but was not acted on in the Senate because that body, through majority of Republican votes, refused to drop the rules.
 An unfavorable recommendation was made by the finance committee on the bill repeating the state tax on towns, but the House reversed the report. Many Republicans sided with the Democrats in ignoring the committees report and in passing the bill.
 Then the bill went to the Senate and on the last day of the session it was necessary to suspend the rules in order to act on it before the legis- lature adjourned. Most of the Re- publican senators didn't vote for suspension and it requires two- thirds vote to suspend the rules, so the bill died in the Senate.
 The state tax commissioner de- termines the amounts of state and military taxes levied against each town on the basis of the local taxes levied by each town. Therefore the exact amounts which would be levied against Waterbury are not known until later in the year, but the city in making up it's budget es- inmates what the amounts will be, based on the payments of the pre- vious year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
Men, Supplies Cross
 Ocean At Rapid Rate
Allied Invasion Armies in Britain Africa BOstered;
 Germans Admit Allies Gaining in Anti=Sub Drive

Allied aerial and naval forces oper- ating against U-boats over a wider area"
 The Stockholm Aftonbladet said Schmidts remark put the reduction in Allied ship loses in a new light since German sources only last week ascribed the reduction to the fact that the Atlantic now was empty of Allied shipping"
 At London, a U. s. naval SpokeS- man ridiculed the claim that there had been a reduction in Allied ship ping.
 Therefore plenty of ships out there if the submarines really want to find them" he said, but the U- boats are having the fear of God put into them"
 It is well known that the United States is pushing men and supplies across the Atlantic at rapid rate to bolster the Allied invasion armies in Britain and Africa. Shipping ex- perts said that it takes 10 to 12 tons of shipping to transport mod ern soldier and his equipment oveu- seas as well as an additional ton or a ton and a quarter monthly to maintain him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25

last summer, many Nazis moved their families to seeming safety in Greece. Within the past few months most of these families have been moved back to the now more heav- fly bombed homeland. Months ago the Nazis started intensive fortifi- cation of the Athens-Pyraeos and Salonika areas and the southern coasts of Greece and Crete.
 Starting last February the Ger mans ordered the conScription of all Greek men between 20 and 30 They are being concentrated in- land away from invasion coasts.
 But the Germans are not the only people in Greece who have long been preparing for an Allied invasion. With pockets well-armed, guerrillas have never ceased resist ance-in eastern Macedonia against the Bulgarians; in central Greece (around Mount Olympus) against the Italians; in the mountains of Sparta against the Italians; and from the famed mythological caves of Crete against the Germans. In Crete last summer the NaZis got a glimpse of what's ahead when the Cretans mistook German paratroop maneuvers for an Allied invasion and rushed out to help them.
 The Greek guerrilla bands have been successful out of proportion to their numbers because the high ways and railroads linking Greece and central Europe are few. Blown up bridges over the Gorgopotamo river effectively disrupt all rail traffic to and from Athens for days. These bridges have been blown up more than once.
 CUT RAIL LINES
 Recently. say reports reaching London, there has been a slacken- ing off of guerrilla activity rather than the increase one would expect. Resistance weakening? No In the past few months the guerrillas have been gradually coordinating their actions. Experienced, high-ranking military men have been joining the guerrillas. Units that heretofore have been cut off from each other, each acting separately, now are being linked together under a cen- tral command. These commands are issuing orders having the same implication of the famed American Revolution order: Keep your pow der dry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
PRESERVES PRESIDENTS ROOM

Camp Pendelton, Cal, CUP)- President Roosevelt now has his Presidents Room reserved for himself in the 115-year-old Santa Margarita rnch house, which has been converted into an officers club. When the President visited the ranch house last year, he ex- pressed great interest in ti and lau9hingly told the officers to re- serve him a permanent room there. They took the rembark seriously and set aside a room especially furnish ed Tor him and named the Pres dents Room It will te used on other occasions, however, when nec- esSary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25

Greece is in for it, too During the past month the Germans have made it clear that they believe the Allies will soon strike towards Greece. A concerted campaign has been under way aimed at so terrify- ing the Greeks that they'll be afraid to help any Allied landings. Re gently the Nazis staged huge air show in Athens. Thousands of leaflets dropped warning of what would happen 70 the capital in case of invasion-invasion which the Germans say they would resist to the last Greek house and street.
 This open admission of jitters on the part of the Germans is only the elimination of a long series of litter symptoms When the bomb- ing of Germany began in earnest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
PREPARATORY
 COURSE OPENS AT Y

A preparatory course in physical culture which will condition 16- and 17-year-old youths for military service opened last night at at the Central YMCA. A siX-week period will be devoted to war cooperation, and will include instruction for the boys in general conditioning, health talks, American Ranger tactics, war fare aquatics, and marching tech- niques.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25

Miss Gertrude NOrcrOSS, execu- tive secretary of the Connecticut Society for Crippled Children, has been appointed chairman of the 1914 Easter Seal sale committee for the National Society for Grip pied Children, with which the Connecticut group is affiliated. The appointment was made by E. W. Palmer, president of the Ma tiOnal Society.
 On May 21st and 22nd Miss Norcross attended the first meet ing of the committee held in Cleveland, Ohio. Another New Englander is also on the 1914 Easter Sale committee. He is Jay H. Corliss, executive secretary of the New Hampshire Society for Crippled Children and Handicap ped Persons,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
VISITORS THRONC
 LOCAL HOSPITALS

Local hospital authorities revealed that patients at Waterbury and St. Mary's hospitals had no dearth of visitors over the weekend, includ- ing yesterday, despite the rein statement of the pleasure driving ban. While pleasure driving is ban ned motorists are granted permis- sion to use their automobiles for the purpose of visiting the sick, which is ruled as a legitimate trip. Parking spaces at both institutions were Well-croWded, they added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
By TOM WOLF (NEA Staff Correspondent

tNEA Stan correspondent
 London, May 25-It has seemed like Easter in Athens since the end of the African campaign. Reports reaching London indicate that Greeks are greeting each other with the Greek equivalent of Happy Easter" The Greek word for it has double meaning: Greece shall be free.
 Perhaps nowhere in Europe was the fall of Tunisia as joyously re- ceived as in Greece. No other country has so large an unsettled score with Italy. And now the Greeks know that Italy is in for it. NAZIS NERVOUS
 Their enthusiasm is undampened by the general conviction that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
Addresses Given On
 Patents, Trade Marks

Harold Johnston of the Scoyill Manufacturing Company gave talk on Trade Marks" and Perry A. Bor den spoke on Patents" at a meeting o fthe Mems League of the First Baptist church last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
RETURNS TO HOLLYWOOD

Ben Piazza, RKO Radios studio casting director is en route to Hol- lywood after his annual tWo-week eastern visit. Tn New York he in- terviewed new talent for Revenge" the Casey Robinson production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
Care Must BeE Exercised
 In Canning Vegetables
State Health Department Issues Warning on Danger
 of BOtuism; Hints Given on Preventing SpOiIage

Although glad to see so many people doing their share on the home-front by caring for Victory gardens, the State Department of Health in its Weekly Bulletin warn sd that directions must be followed carefully when the garden products
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25

LaVaughn Speer, who first dressed Veronica Lakes Peek-a-boo Bang and eliminated it for a severe up-do so she could play an army nurse in 50 Proudly We Hail." now is member of the WAACS.
Evening star., 1943-06-01
More Than 400 Japs
Killed as Three i. ).
Columns Join on Attu
Pockets of Resistance
Being Overcome in
Mopping-up Operations

American troops, moving in
three columns. have Joined forces
on the shores of Chichagof Har-
Dor and in travelling to the juno
ton point have wiped out more
than 400 of the enemy, the Navy
announced today.
Naval spokesmen indicated that
this junction of American forces,
which was effected Sunday, indi-
Gates that organized resistance OF
the japanese has been broken and
apparently mopping up operations
are continuing, with the Americans
stamping out pockets of resistance
The junction point is in the vicin-
ity of what was Attu Village. The
village proper had been bombed
out of existence by Army planes
during the operation of driving the
Japs toward the Bering Sea.
The three-pronged advance took
place on the night of May 1890
the Navy said.
Army Liberator heavy bombers
Mitchell medium bombers and
Warhawk fighters attacked jap
anese installations at Kiska Sunday
The Navy reported that fires we're
started in Gertrude Cove. the camp
area. on a beached ship and on the
runway.
Evening star., 1943-06-01
Black Potato Shippers Fear
Rigid OPA Enforcement Here

It's not the fear of violence from
certain local interests" that is keep
ing South Carolina potato trucks
out of Washington. as The Star was
Informed yesterday. but very
wholesome respect for the District
OPA's campaign against the black
market.
The Star telephoned a shipper at
his Office in Columbia after it had
received report that Carolina
shippers were reluctant to send poA
tatoes into the District.
Previously one source had said
that the shippers had already had
tires on their trucks blown out and
that drivers had been given drinks
and then told to stay away from
Washington.
A Star reporter called one of the
shippers and identified himself as a
newspaper reporter. But the ship
per misunderstood and thought he
was talking to some local dealer
who had ordered potatoes sent up.
Il don't know if I can get those
potatoes up to you," the shipper
said. Most of my trucks are out to
Philadelphia and other places. Any
way, I'm afraid
Evening star., 1943-06-01
0PA Potato CeiIinq
Suit Against Grocery
Settled for $1,000
Agency Valves Treble
Damages Because Facts
Were Volunteered

Settlement of the treble dam
age" suit against the United Food
Stores Corp. in connection with al
legged ceiling violations on the price
of potatoes was announced today
by the District OPA
According to John Laskev. chief
attorney for the District OPA. the
grocery company has paid the OPA
S3,800.25, representing the difference
between the ceiling price and the
price charged en- 1850 50-pound
bags of potatoes. Under the law
Mr., Laskey said. the OPA might
have collected three times this
amount. Mr.. Laskey asid the set
tie.nent was agreed on because a
representative of the United Stores
had come to the OPA Office volun-
tarily and stated the facts before
warrants in other ceiling cases had
been issued.
In statement issued today, David
Hornstein, attorney for the grocery
concern, declared that the dis
closure of the ceiling violations was
made to the OPA Notwithstanding
the fact that no complaints had
been filed against the company. He
said further that he had revealed
the facts to the local OPA before
the management or the board of di-
rectors of the corporation knew that
the transaction had occurred.
Mr.. Hornstein pointed out that the
deal had been made by one of the
buyers without the knowledge of
the company's management. He
said the profit realized from the sale
of the potatoes from the warehouse
Of United stores was less than one
half the resale profit allowed by
OPA, but he conceded that the price
was a violation because the pota- :
toes had been purchased on the open
market at price in variance with
the regulation.
incidentally Mr. Hornstein add
(See OPA, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1943-06-01
Henry Ford Elected
To Succeed His Son
Company Owners Name
Five New Directors
BY the Associated Press.


/ DETROIT. June Henry Ford
today was elected president of the
Ford Motor Co.. taking the Office
vacated last week with the death of
his son. Edsel Bryant Ford.
Other officers elected are: Charles
E. Sorensen. vice president; B. j
Craig. vice president and treasurer:
H. L. Moekle. secretary and assistant
treasurer, and H. E. Schlechter,
assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer
The new officers We're named at an
adjourned annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Ford Motor Co..
followed by meeting of the Board
of Directors
Directors elected are: Henry Ford
Henry Ford, II: Benson Ford,
Charles E. Sorensen, Mrs. Eleanor
Ford (Mrs. Edsel Ford). Harry H.
Bennett. M. L. Rricker, B. J. Craig
and R. r. Rausch.
Henry Ford. II. and Benson Ford
are sons of Edsel Ford.
New in the directorate are Mrs.
Edsel Ford. Bennett, Bricker, Craig
and Rausch.
Mr.. Bennett has been personnel
manager and long MIR. Ford's closest
lieutenant in carrying out matters of
policy and management. Mr.. Bricker
has been plant manager of the great
Ford-operated Willow Run bomber
plant; Mr.. Craig has been assistant
treasurer and Mr.. Rausch in charge
OF production activities in the Rouge
plant.
Evening star., 1943-06-01
Plunge Kills Daughter
Of Oil Millionaire
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June Mrs Janet
Snowden Gill. %, twice-married
daughter OF the late James H. Snow
den. oil millionaire, and the wife
of an Army captain on leave,
plunged to her death today from the
18th floor of the Savoy-Plaza Hotel
Her nude body was found on a
fourth-floor extension of the hotel
shortly before her husband. Capt
William S. Gill an Army intelli-
eence officer. planned to leave for
Washington.
Capt. Gill; SO. former New York
newspaperman and Hollywood
broker. told police he was taking a
nap when Mrs. Gill disappeared
When he found her missing he began
telephoning relatives.
Detectives Thomas Leahy and
Thomas Murphy said Capt. Gill told
them his wife had suffered nervous
breakdown and had been under care
of doctor at their home in Santa
Barbara, Calf. Police, who said no
notes were found, said Mrs. Gill fell
or jumped to her death.
The couple came here five days
sAeo from Washington.
Evening star., 1943-06-01
Patriotic Gestures Penulized
By OPA1 Rent Inquiry Is Told

own home, making total outgo OF
$120 a month.
The tenant made no complaint,
Mr.. Bush said, but the OPA ordered
the rent on his home reduced to $85
a month.
John F. Garrett of Alexandria
testified that he purchased a 20-acre
farm in Virginia, which had been
lying idle, intending to cultivate it
to help relieve the food shortage.
The Rent Commission refused to al
low him to move off the property a
tenant caretaker. who was paying
only $40 a month.
Finally. Mr.. Garrett said he ar
ranged to have the land cultivated
by purchasing three cows owned by
the tenant for $3.50.
Representative Jennings, Repub-
lican, of Tennessee summarized Mr.
CARROTS experience by saying
"You had to pay for the privilege
of cultivating your own land"
Evening star., 1943-06-01
oil Official Declares u. S. Will
Import Petroleum After War
Jeffers-Potterson Party Finds Solution
To Two BottIenecks in Cos Rubber Proorom

this country in sufficient quantity to
last only from 20 to 40 years at the
anticipated rate of consumption after
the war. He added reassuring note,
however, in that we could make syn
thetic oil from coal in large enough
volume to last a thousand years.
Mr.. Howard said motorists or own
ers of planes could expect to pay 10
cents gallon for synthetic motor
fuel over the present price of gaso-
line made from crude oil.
Rubber Director William M. JEFF
fers, meanwhile. was enthused over
success attained here in making
butadiene, principal synthetic rub
Der ingredient. from petroleum by
the dehydrogenation process. The
Baton Rouge plant of the Standard
Oil Co. of Louisiana had been making
(See NEWTON, Page A-l4.)
Evening star., 1943-06-01
The Smith Committee investigat-

The Smith Committee investigat-
ing rent control abuses by the Office
Of Price Administration today heard
two residents of nearby Virginia
testify that they were penalized by
the OPA when they sought to aid
the war effort.
Leslie Bush, Interstate Commerce
Commission clerk, told the investi-
gators that he offered his home in
Arlington for rent last year. hoping
to help relieve the housing shortage
and at the same time make a little
money to be invested in War bonds.
He was beseiged with offers and
eventually leased the property for
$125 a month furnished. Mr.. Bush
said he and his wife rented an un-
furnished three-room apartment, for
which he paid $65 month. and con-
tinued to pay $6 a month on the
mortgage, intere and taxes on his