The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-01
FELLoW ANSERrCANs

Louis CrlscuoIo: Sergeant q. s.
Air Forces Halls from New
Haven, Conn. =. During the Battle
Of Guadalcanal Crlscuolo was a
member Of the ground crew that
kept American planes flying from
Henderson Field - kept them flying
despite lack Of sleep, constantly
threatening Jap landing parties and
endless enemy bombings -. At one
time bombs rained on the field
for four consecutive nights, but at
dawn each morning Sgt. Criscuolo's
planes were ready to take off - for
which exceptionally raerltorious
conduct" the War Dept. awarded
him the Legion Of Merit"
Luigi CriscuolO: Investment bank
or Of New York city Prolific
letter.writing apologist for Fascist
Italy Naturalized American
citizen, hailing from Salerno, italy
Though now an American, he
still sports the royal title Of count"
Lectured on the miracles" Of
Fascist italy and was q columnist
for I'll Grido Della Stripe" Black
Shirt propaganda sheet, which was
banned by the U. s. Government
and whose publisher-editor was de-
ilaturalized This Criscuolo pub
fishes for private circulation" a
weekly newsletter called 1.-THE Ru-
hicon" In his rag he complained
that the New York Times was too
''rabid" on MuSSolini and urged
italian friends and decent Ameri-
cans to boycott the Times"
One CriscuoIO fills the sky with
bombing planes, the other flllslt
with hot afr. \
Jay Noble: Junior Grade Lieuten-
ant In the U. s. Navy =. A typical
American boy - he might have
been any one Of the thousands Of
''boys next door" - brought up in
a typical American small town,
Lockport, New York On Sept,
Q, 1912 from washington the Navy
Department released It's eleventh
casualty list, and the memory Of
this Noble became inscribed forever
IN the hearts Of the American peo-
pie On that day. without tell
ing when, where or why, the Navy
reported 1t. Jay Noble missing in
action"
Robert Noble: convicted sedition-
is from California Was dis
honorably discharged from the
United States Navy and then en-
harked on his career" In 1041
at O legislative committee hear
ing he declared: eyes, I'm for Hit
Ter" Because the Los Angeles
leader Of the Friends Of Progress,
an organization he created after
Pearl Harbor to replace the National
Copperheads u. Worked closely with
West Coast NaziS This Noble
charged that General Douglas Mac
Arthur had deserted his troops at
Bataal1 For his patriotic" en-
deavOgf in behalf Of his country he
was sentenced by a Los Angeles fed
eral court TO five years in prison.
One was Jay Noble, the other
ig-Noble.
IL. Paul L. Schwartz: 24-lear old
Army officer from Syracuse, N. Y.
Z. Enlisted two years afo as a
private and came up through the
ranks Led O daring patrol
through the Jungle, killing and
wounding q large number Of Japs
HIS patrol captured and de.
stroyed considerable ammunition
and equipment and then withdrew
in the face Of q strong Jap flank.
ing movement because I'VE had less
than q dozen men left and didn't
have much defense In depth" :.
1t. Schwartz was decorated with
the DISC for extraordinary hero
ism n action" In New Guinea and
received the silver Star for "lead-
ership and courage during an attack
on Buna village.
Z. Perrin Schwartz: President and
editor OF Social Justice, the Fascist
weekly magazine founded by Father
Charles z. Coughlin and hailed by
the NaA propaganda machine :.
Under Schwartz's guidance this pa
per, on February %, 1912, implied
that the U. s. planned" the Jap
anese attack on Pearl Harbor
This foremost fifth column publ
cation In America, after too long,
was finally barred from the mails
by the u. 8. Postmaster, who there
by earned the gratitude OF the Most
Rev. Edward Mooney, Archbishop