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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
Fitzpatrick Confers
With Gear Of Music
Former Waterburian Representing Labor Department
in Efforts to Effect Truce; John L. Lewis Scored

Fitzpatrick has been ordered to con-
fer with James G. Petrillo, the music
Gear" of America. Petrillo's orders
have cancelled musical programs on
the air, in army camps, in recreation
centers, in concert halls and where
not.
Petrillo's latest front-page build
up" comes from statements ridicul-
ing a brother "czar''-John L. Lewis
The New York Times carried the
following story on Mr.. Petrillos
heat wave and Mr.. FiZtpatrick's
very quiet entry into the picture:
James G. Petrillo the head man
of the musicians union who used
to play trumpet, took up char
acter acting yesterday afternoon.
With words and gestures he pooh
poohed John L. Lewis as "a guy
calling strikes every two weeks
and not having anything to show
for it.
'Mr. Petrillo's dramaturgic out
burst took place in his Office at $40
Lexington avenue and was occa-
stoned by a charge by the makers
of radio prescriptions that he was
'ducking' a Department of Labor
conciliator assigned to mediate the
ten-month-old dispute over the
manufacture Of disks.
"Attired in blue shirt on which
his initials were inscribed. Mr.. Pc
trillo disposed of the charge by an
nouncing that his attorneys would
consult with the conciliator, James
w. Fitzpatrick, today.
Then Mr.. Petrillo, whom the rec
ord makers and broadcasters have
frequently called a dictator, rose
from his desk. He raised his mod
erately bushy eyebrows, bumped
his shoulders, drew in his chin and
crossed his arms.
eve don't pull any John Lewis
stuff here he said, with an appro-
pirate growl. When We call a
strike, we call a strike. He calls a
strike every two weeks and where's
he got. He's busy trying to be
President, the Secretary of Labor
or something
Mr.. Petrillo quickly warmed to
his role. He envisioned Mr.. Lewis
attending a labor convention, not
ing with some emphasis that the
leader of the United Mine Workers
would be in the gallery
When he wants to talk every
body can go out and get drink of
water because John walks very
slowly to the platform added Mr..
Petrillo.
He next noted that Mr.. Lewis
was given to mild talk. BY way
of illustration he offered an mag
mary quotation:
eyes, sir. William Green is
rat. Phillip Murray is a double
rat. And that Petrillo h e's three
triple rat"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
Walter WincIleII
In NezO York

JdNtu QOptS III bdlQ heaQ ROW any
more! The editor got an I'M
usual request from a soldier up
state. Wanted picture to pin up
in his barracks. And whose do you
think? Not Hedys. Not Betty
CRADLES or Lana's-but Lincoln'S!
Elmer Davis should worry. He
gave up $4,000 year to work for
IL and looka what happened. Elmer
may now appreciate Daryl zan-
uck and others who tried to serve
the side of law and order, only to
be pushed around by certain people
who should be executed for trea-
son . Boy, could you write a
book . Remember Chester Conk-
lin, the walrus- mustached comic of
the silents? He's now a stock clerk
at the Lockheed plant on the coast
l.. WJz-Blue offers minutes
of Alec Templeton music from 1890
p. m. Mondays, Wed. 81 Fri.
Claudette Colbert is really here, they
say, to have a specialist look her
over. Some specialists sure are
lucky.
An addition to the widely re-
ported story about Doolittle being
flown from Chungking to India
(after the Toxic raid) is this one
The Chinese-piloted bomber car
ried "a persons plus refugees (who
were hidden) Doolittle wa;
amazed when the plane arrived
safely with such load How,
he asked Moon Chin, the pilot (noV
in town., Ibid you ever get off the
Iground-taking on those 8 refugees?'
. Refugees" Moon Chin grimlJ
replied, never weigh much"
Broadway Is Like This: Charlie!
Kraft, the speciality dancer II
Early to Bed, lost his rent coin
The cast replaced it via collection
and there was lots more An
gela Greene of that new hit Is il
three ciggie adverts-Dunhill, Fleet
wood and Philip Morris Anna
Stem, the actress is at Doctor
Hosp . Vinton Hayworth of thu
CHS emoting staff Is uncle to Gin
ger Rogers and Rita Hayworth. On
by merger, the other by nature
Wonder which he'd prefer being
alone with on a deserted isle?
H'wood studio ran a 81 rattle for j.;
$4,000 mink coat. Every extra ant
stenog on the lot bought tickets q.
So it was won by director J. Pas
ternak!
Movie studios are running GU
of leg photos because of the ire
mendous demand by soldiers AM
sailors 1.-THE Shark Was
Boojum" play by Owen Davis vii
be produced by two press agents
Yokel and Faggen. The coin, the,
say, is at the Irving Trust
Tammany Leader M. Kennel
phoned. Said he read the iten
about the Naval Academy mai
who got his military bearing usher
ing at the Strand movie theatel
|. When Mr.. Kennedy was
Congressman he appointed the la
to Annapolis The latest wa
casualty, you may be interested t
learn, is the lipstick. Due to tn
shortage Of wax 1t will no longe
be kiss-proof NBC has LITE
the ban on "Hitler's Funeral March
Jimmy Van Heusen's tunes in Bing
picture, Dixie, are grand, especial
ly "If You Please" Cynic
definition of Love: A great thin
to be in so long as you have a
emergency exit.
YOUR GIRL FRIDAY.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
NO IDENTIFICATION
PICTURES NEEDED

Deputy Chief Air Raid Warden
Michael Hayes announced today
that photographs are not necessary
now for new civilian defense VOL
unteers applying for Identification
cards.
Revised regulations do not require
two photos of applicants be sub
mitted when applying for cards, he
said. Some applicants, he said,
have come to police headquarters
with their photos. Others are de-
laying their applications by think
ing they have to obtain photos.
Two couples now working in
textile mill in Bacup, England, have
total ages of 100 and lib years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25

James William Fitzpatrick, play
wright, author, actor, political ana
lyst, and presently trouble shooter"
for the U. S. Department of Labor,
has been given an assignment which
is likely to be one of the highlights
of his interesting career. The for
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
ONE EYE NO HANDICAP

Camp left-handed and blind IN
one eye, Private Ralph L. Mayer OF
San Francisco won highest shoot
ing honors in the 77th Infantry
Training Battalion. He used Ga
rand rifle and shot from his left
shoulder.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
CHAD APPLEGATE

Sam Wood, producer-director OF
For Whom the Bell Tolls was an
actor in the early days of silent
movies. Because he didn't want to
disgrace" his Philadelphia family,
he emoted under the name Of Chad
Applegate. Gary Cooper and Ingrid
Bergman are co-starred.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25

mer Waterburian is now trying to
reconcile some of the differences
which the Musicians Union is ex-
periencing with radio executives and
the general American public. Mr..
Evening star., 1943-05-02
By Miriam Gutenberg.

# bombs never fall scores Of American
communities will have reason to be
grateful to the men and women volun-
teers who trained themselves to combat
death from the skies.
Instead of fighting bombs, the volun-
teers have been fighting fires, floods and
;ornadoes. The machinery put together
to minimize the effects of air raids has
become a permanent defense against
disaster "by natural causes"
In many communities, jolted from
eeacetime inertia by the threat Of air
raids. arrangements have been made
and machinery has been set up for which
there was crying need long before the
war.
Mutual aid arrangements are an ex-
ample. Sometimes ordinances, some
times lack of foresight kept fire COM
GAMES from crossing county or municipal
lines to aid neighboring communities.
The urge to "hang together" in wartime
has prompted mutual aid agreements
which will be useful long after the war.
Fire Control Centers.
None of the counties around Washing
ION. for instance, had fire control
center from which all the countys serv-
ices could be directed. If a volunteer
fire company went out on FIRE and
another fire broke out, the second fre
lust burned. Nobody knew what COM
nantes were "in service" and what COM
panies could be called.
Now all the counties in this area have
fire control centers where all fire calls
are recorded. The second fire now would
not be allowed to burn without an effort
ss2ing made to extinguish 1t. In addi-
ton, both Maryland and Virginia have
passed legislation guaranteeing protec-
t;on to their men injured while serving
In adjacent communities.
The civilian defense blood plasma
banks, established for civilian casualties
of air raids, are regarded as another
permanent benefit of wartime-bombs
or no bombs.
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Continued on Page B-so
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Is carried on, with the large proportion
of women workers. AS in other Govern
ment agencies, the shortage of manpower
caused by the war has projected women
into fields heretofore monopolized by
men.
One of the busiest spots in the armory
Is the receiving room just off the drill
floor. Here come, in a never-ending
stream, new finger prints from the Army
and Navy, war contractors, police de-
partments throughout the country and
other sources. In the Justice Depart
Building the job Of stamping and re-
cording the incoming prints was done
by hand. In the armory postal cancel
ing machines, capable of handling 10000
prints an hour, are used for this purpose,
These machines are proving their value
both in saving manpower and speeding
the classification of incoming prints.
Expert Classification.
After print has been recorded, it goes
to the classifying room, where experts
in finger-print classification determine
to what group it belongs. Finger-print
classification requires high degree Of
Evening star., 1943-05-02

The fire was well under control when the
outer brick wall Collapsed and the roof
and two upper floors fell on so firemen
handling hose line on the second floor.
A call went out for the civilian defense
demolition crew.
Within an hour 25 skilled volunteers
were on hand with mobile cranes For
more than Is hours the men worked at
removing debris. They recovered six
bodies and assisted in getting out many
of the other firemen who required hos
pitsl treatment.
Since war production factories have
been considered likely target for enemy
raiders, plant protection has been en-
phasized. On at least two occasions
forces trained to protect factory property
and personnel have been put to work.
AS it happened, on both occasions not
bombs but our own planes crashed on the
factories.
When plane crashed into Curtiss-
Wright factory building in Erie County,
Pa, the plant control center called doc
tors and nurses and plant personnel
trained as stretcher bearers and first
aiders reported to medical depots. Cas-
ualties were taken to a central medical
station in the plant for immediate treat
ment before they were sent to hospitals.
The plant protection forces also went
into action at the Frye Packing Plant in
Seattle, Wash, when plane crashed
into the factory, killing and injuring
workers and starting a fire.
Fire parties at the plant manned and
operated hose lines, doing just what they
had been told to do should bombs fall
on the plant.
The disaster occurred at midday when
most members Of seattle's civilian de-
Evening star., 1943-05-02
War Emergency Gives America Permanent Defense AGAINST Disaster
Interesting Gases Cited.

trolled the area around the blaze. Air
raid wardens went to the assistance of
the auxiliary police in helping the regu-
lar fire department.
Wrote the chief of the Seattle Fire De-
partment to the director OF Seattle's
civilian protection division:
Services performed were on an indi-
vidual basis in that no mobilization call
was sent out They indicate that the
pattern of civilian defense has been
deeply imprinted on our people, and that
If disaster strikes on a city-wide scale
the civilian protection division will func-
ton effectively"
There are scores of other examples:
In Kansas City, Mo-, three auxiliary
police were instrumental in solving q
hit-and-run death.
In CALIFORNIA; Livermore Valley,
civilian defense volunteers - operating
like the vigilantes of old-rounded up two
Nazi prisoners who had escaped from a
Mexico bound train.
Caring for Homeless Victims.
In VALLEJO, Calf, 5000 volunteers went
to work after storm unroofed 40 houses
and balloon explosion demolished 10
homes. The homeless were housed and
fed. Essential public services were
restored. A list of 600 bedrooms, which
had been compiled by the Defense Council
for use should bombs render citizens
homeless, was used for the homeless Of
the storm.
In Cheyenne, Wyo, an explosion in a
large grocery store turned the place into
shambles with clerks and customers
trapped in the debris. Rescue workers,
trained in civilian defense courses, gently
lifted out woman with broken pelvis.
Another woman. caught under a girder,
was rescued after the volunteers blocked
Evening star., 1943-05-02

ever fell and volunteers were in action
at the scene from the first alarm.
Only the medical staffs were a1erted,
but through Boston hundreds Of air
raid wardens, auxiliary police and fire.
men reported to their chiefs for orders.
They were Immediately dispatched to
take part in rescue work and traffic
control.
For the first time, the master dis
aster" file was used. The file was part
of a system devised to operate during
bombings to keep a check on casualties.
After the night club fire list was
compiled at Boston City Hall to serve as
a basic list for the Identification of vic
Tins. Civilian defense volunteers han
died the thousands of calls for informa-
tion about the dead and injured.
A courier system had been developed
between the city's hospitals, first aid and
casualty stations, morgues and head
quarters of the Boston Committee on
Public Safety. Within four hours 300
volunteers. including those stationed at
the various receiving points for the in
jured. had names of all casualties listed
in the master disaster" file. Within six
hours names of those then dead had been
listed. From that time on, by checking
and cross-checking, an accurate list was
kept of all casualties-the victims of q
disaster that could have happened in
peacetime.
The demolition division trained to ex-
tricate victims from bombed buildings,
also got workout in Boston, in another
night club fire.
Trained Demolition Crews.
On the night Of November is, 1912.
hremen responded TO q dve-alarm blase.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

Wichita Falls, but it's chuck wagon has
had several workouts in emergencies.
During flood, 200 families were served
5,532 meals. The emergency feeding I.
service served scores of firefighters who
had gone to their stations without break
fast to fight dawn fire. A third call
came from town 100 miles away,
virtually leveled by tornado The chuck
wagon set up its portable lighting system,
put the coffee pot to boil and served food
for "a hours-until an Army field kitchen
arrived to take over p
Baltimore & Ohio tank car train
was wrecked and caught fire near Tiffin, s
Ohio. Gasoline from the wreck was being
carried by sewer to number of homes. g
While auxiliary fremen helped extinguishs
the blaze, $50 afraid wardens wereP
dispatched into the town to tell peoples
to put out their fires and ventilate their
houses for fear Of gasoline explosion.
Fire and Explosion. R
Harlan, KY, got taste of what could.
happen in an air raid when giant oil !:
tanks exploded on the morning of July 8, I
1912. As mass Of fame shot into the !
sky, some people were seriously injured
IN the explosion and adjoining tanks
were in immediate danger Of catching
fire. people began to panic. Some I
started to flee up the mountain tos
safety.
In the midst of the confusion, a groups
Of determined men started operating
down In the hollow" in Harlans
crowded, narrow streets. One Of Them
b
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Br Vast New Fngerprnt Division Miracle Efficiency
By Oliver Mckee.


he In
In combating crime and experimenting uevs from justice
identification
factories
Evening star., 1943-05-02

member Of its armed forces, asked the
FB1 for help in locating his father. an
overseas veteran of World War I. He
said that he had no recollection of his
father, and that he had been trying to
locate him for many years He told the
FBI that his father had been born in
Belfast, and that the index finger of his
fathers left hand had been amputated.
Flngerprint experts of the FBI then
went to work, and were soon able to
Identify man in Burbank, Calf, then
employed in war plant, as the young
Canadians father. The identification.
happily was established just before the
son was due to sail overseas, thus per-
mltting reunion of father and son be-
fore the latter's embarkation.
Most of Nations Adults Listed.
Though there are some duplicates in
the 65,00o,o0O fingerprints now housed in
the District National Guard Armory, the
files contain the prints of a substantial
proportion Of the country's adult popula-
ton. AS the war continues, the propor-
ton will be even greater. Mayor La
Guardia has sent several hundred thou
sand sets of fingerprints of residents Of
New York City who have been volun-
tarily flngerprinted in connection with
the civilian defense program and the
OCD expects to deposit with the FBI
approximately 100000 sets of finger
prints of employees of public utilities
throughout the United States.
In addition to the Identification Divi-
sion and its 5000 employees, the F8I
has moved to the District Arn,ory many
of the activities Of its Training Division,
where new agents are instructed in the
latest methods of crime detection and
other agents are given refresher courses.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

up the girder with bricks. The butchers
life was saved because he remembered
his AFRAID instructions to get under
something substantial. He chose his
meat block and it held.
Cheyenne's Mayor commented after
ward that this disaster proved conclu-
siyely that not one minute of the time
spent by residents of Cheyenne on civilian
defense training was wasted"
Major Emergencies.
In Everett, Wash, civilian defense units
were modified for major emergencies
twice within three days. The first disaster
was 33-unit apartment building fire.
After the auxiliary protective services
had done their work, the war aid and
evacuation unit found homes for the
refugee apartment house dwellers and
kept record of their whereabouts after
they had been moved.
Three days later, the volunteers were
credited with saving large portion of a
cabin camp outside the city. When the
water supply gave out and flames sweep
ing from one cabin to another threatened
the whole settlement, the regulars called
their auxiliaries who controlled the blaze
with fire break
In Wichita Falls, Tex, group of men
who called themselves the "Chuck Wagon
Gang" turned their wagon into an
emergency feeding service when the war
came and the town fathers Of Wichita
Falls were convinced their town with It's
oil tanks and oil farms" was logical
enemy target.
OF course, no bombs have fallen on
Evening star., 1943-05-02

Government secure similar information
with respect to applicants for civil service
positions. Here, again, finger prints
have demonstrated their value in protect
ing the Nations internal security.
During the fiscal year 1s43, FBI director
j. Edgar Hoover recently told the House
Appropriations Committee finger print
search showed that more than $4,000
applicants for civil service appointments
had police records.
Interesting Gases Cited.
Among the cases cited by Mr.. Hoover
was that of an applicant for a position
as senior flrefighter with the Army Quar-
termaster Corps. The FBI files showed
that the man had been arrested in Texas
In 1926 on charges of arson This infor-
nation was Immediately furnished the
Civil Service Commission so that it would
be in a position to judge whether man
who had been charged with arson should
be lntrusted with the duties of a senior
tireflghter," Mr.. Hoover explained.
Among the applications received by the
commission for position as head operat-
ing engineer at an important war plant
IN Kentucky was that of man who said
ne had clear record, and had never been
arrested. With those of other applicants
MS f1ngerrints were taken and forwarded
10 the FBI. check in the criminal files
showed that he had been flngerprinted IA
times for such offenses as issuing fraud
ulent checks and impersonating a Gov-
ernment officer.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

Another case was that of a man who
was sentenced to prison ineMmnesota 81
years ago, after being convicted Of second
degree forgery. The FBI uncovered his
earlier criminal record when he applied
for a job as. chief accountant in a war
plant in Minnesota.
The FBI receives dngerprints for all
personnel of the armed services. These
are checked against the bureaus criminal
files and if the search discloses crin1i-
nal record, that fact is promptly reported
to the War or Navy Department.
Soldier Identification.
Finger prints, in battle deaths, or air.
plane accidents, may constitute the only
means of soldier Identification. Last
September an Army medical officer at
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind, sent the
FBI the finger prints of three soldiers
killed in nearby airplane crash, whose
identity could not be established by the
military authorities. Each of the three
was identified by the FBI-all from the
finger prints taken at the time of their
enlistment.
Body of Alien Identified.
Early in November, 1912, the body of
a dead man was washed ashore at
Bourne, Mass. Though it was apparent
that he had met with a fatal accident
at sea, the body contained no identifca-
tion marks or papers On receipt of the
fingerprints the FBI quickly identified
the body as that of an alien seaman who
had been fingerprinted in New York City
on September 18, 1910. The flngerprint
card contained the date of his birth. his
citizenship and the name and address
of his wife
A few months ago, young Canadian,
Evening star., 1943-05-02

2,203 identfications in the FBI files.
All applicants for employment in plants
having contracts with the Army and
Navy are finger printed, and their prints
are then searched through the criminal
files of the FBI. Results of these
searches are reported to the War and
Navy Departments, and not to the
manufacturer.
routine check in January of an
applicant for position with steel plant
in Chicago revealed that the man had
been arrested in 1894 for conspiracy to
overthrow the United States Government.
Last November, man applied for a
job as painter at navy yard Examina-
tion of his finger prints, submitted to the
FBI by the commandant of the 18th
Naval District uncovered the fact that he
had been arrested nine years ago for
crime syndicalism by the Los Angeles
police.
Vital Wartime Protection.
Though police record need not bar a
person from employment in a war factory,
it is of vital Importance that the War
and Navy Departments have a full
knowledge of the background of those
seeking war jobs. For such information
is a safeguard against possible sabotage,
and will enable them to prevent the
assignment of those regarded as poten-
TALLY dangerous to posts in which they
might have access 10 information Of
value to the enemy.
1t is no less important that the Federal
Evening star., 1943-05-02
An Army of 100000.

There are dozens Of other permanent
fixtures arising from the compelling urge
of communities to protect themselves but
the shining examples are the men and
women themselves-an army of 12,000,-
600, trained to take orders and do their
jobs.
Before the war, there were also volun-
teers in time of disaster but they were
unframed. Their leader was usually the
man with the loudest voice or the towns
most substantial citizen who knew
finance but not how to deal with scores
of willing but untutored helpers.
Fully manned fire and police forces
didn't need as much volunteer assistance
before the war but the armed forces have
drained away some of the best men.
Boston Fire Furnishes Example.
The Boston night club fire has become
the classic example Of civilian defense
In time Of disaster. The defense corps
acted as 1t had learned to do II bombs