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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
MINSTREL TALENT
 NEEDED FOR SHOW
Pat Wallace to Direct October Benefit Event for
 Community Club
Washington Hill

The Washington Park Community club is planning to hold an old fashioned minstrel show, about the third week in October. Talent from the Hill as well as other parts ot the city is desired.
 One-half the proceeds will be used to bolster the sick committed treasury, the other half will be spent to send cigarettes to the young men of the Hill in the armed serv- ices.
 The committee will hold e meet ing tomorrow night at the Com- munity House at 8 o'clock. J. B Cuddy and George Lynch are CO., chairmen, and Patrick Wallace has agreed to direct the show. Other members of the committee include Mrs. E. Plankey, Miss Mary Cullen Marguerite Tierney, Mrs. George Lynch, Mrs. R. Lynch, MT. and Mrs. John Lynch, MT. and Mrs. F, A. McGrath, Ted Donahue, J. Dal- ton, MT. and Mrs. Gus Muncinni Mrs. B. Walsh, William Boyle, and Ed Leach.
 Mir. and Mrs. Chris Braun of Keefe street, and daughter, Mae have returned from Waldoro, Me, where they were guests of MT. and Mrs. J. Weld.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
|4 More Cities Captured
 AsU.S., British Push On
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hicles cannot negotiate the noun tain trails.
 American troops were credited with the capture of Montecorvino, ROvella and canpagna, while the British took San Cipriano.
 "The Fifth Army continues to re- group and move forward ground forces coFnmunicue said.
 Potenza, Q communications center of nearly ll,O00 population s miles east of Salerno, fell to the British Eighth army after a british patrol slowed away in a railroad train and rode almost to the outskirts to oh- tain information about enemy dis- positions.
 The capture of Potensa brought the center of the Allied line across the Italian ankle almost to a level with Salerno on the west coast and British-held Bari on the east coast. From Potenza railroads radiate to. 5aler11o, Taranto and Fogeia.
 Light Resistance
 The Eighth Army was meeting only light resistance from German rear guard units, principally in the form of demolitions and mines. one sharp clash between light British and German forces in the Taranto area resulted in 90 Nazis being killed and three of their arrnored cars being destroyed.
 Though the Fifth Army still Is 70 to 25 miles south of Naples, field. dispatches said . great pail of smoke could be seen over the city and Italians flltering through the Allied lines reported that the Ger mans were footing, burning and de- stroying 1t.
 One dispatch said refugees called Naples, Italy's greatest port, ''city of horror" with German troops kill- ing thousands of Italian civilians.
 An Italian captain who slipped through German lines in civilian clothes said the Nazi command was mining the Naples area in expec. tation of an Allied attack.
 Flying FortresseS, medium, light and f1ghter-bombers and fighters continued to give around .the. o'clock support to the Fifth Army, bOmb- ing and strafing enemy troop con- centrations and transport in the Naples area. ,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
SLATTERY TO BE
 GUEST OF HONOR

John J. slattery, well-known postal worker, bowler and former Washington Hill baseball pitcher, will be the guest of honor Thurs day night at Q bachelor dinner sponsored by some of his many friends and co-workers from the Post Offlce and Washington Hill Athletic Club. McGrath's restaurant will be the scene of testimonial to the popular young man, who i'll be- come the husband of Miss Adeline Francis on Saturday, October 2.
 Members of the committee in charge of the affair include James Sheehan, Les Coughlin, Harry Quinn, Pat Moran, John 0reaney William O'Neill, Joseph Shea, and Tom Walsh. City Clerk Joseph Shea will preside as toastmaSter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
FUNERALS

The funeral of Burton Linus Aur- finger of 944 West Main street, will be held at the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, tomorrow at 2 p. m. Burial will be in Hillside cemetery, Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home this eve- ming from 2 to g.
 The funeral of Leone Napoliello, ASA Lakewood Rd., will be held to- morrow at 8 a. m. from the Cola santo funeral home, 932 Bank St., to St Lucy's church at g a. m Bur- ial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today until 10 p. m.
 The funeral of Robert M. Spiers, 4O9 Willow St., was held from the AlderSon funeral home yesterday afternoon with Rev. Dr. John Snavely officiating. Burial was in Riverside cemetery. The bearers were George Bailey, Ernest Cipria- no, Angelo Colangelo, Anthony Gu- gliotti Anthony Ass2s and James Grimins.
 The funeral of Mrs. Edith Stone, 335 Homestead Ave-, was held today at 3:3O p. m, from the AlderSon fu- neral home, 70 Central Ave Rev. Francis o Ayres. rector of St. Johns Episcopal church, will officiate Bu- rial was in old Pine Grove cemetery.
 The funeral of Thomas Baker, 2l6 Cooke street, was held yesterday from the Clark funeral home. Rev, Samuel A. Budde, vicar of Christ chapel, officiating. Burial was in old Pine Grove cemetery.
 Bearers were James Carew and Peter Alexander. representing the Fulton Park Bowling club; Robert Montgomery and Robert Ironside representing the Waterbury Burnl club. James Llttlejohn, and Daniel Meek. representing the Ancient Or der of Foresters.
 Funeral services for ?. William 9chlosseF, Burton road, Beacon Falls, formerly Of Waterbury, wegs held today mt D. n. at the Alder son funeral home, 70 Central age' nue. Re-. Arthur 2. Lewis of Dt Alchaers church, MaugAfuek. on clalIng. Burial Was in PInesbridec eemel<Ey. Beacon Falls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22

tracts to factories in this area, she stated
 Discourage Transfers
 The 6O-day waiting period pro- vision in the stabilization plans was ordered to further discourage trans fer of jobs without good cause. It will apply in all cases of workers who leave their jobs for higher pay elsewhere or for other reasons not recognized in the stabilization plan.
 Under the new vacation" pro- vision, however, the workers may become eligible for unemployment compensation, 1t was reported. The benefits would accrue after the first five weeks, according to state pro- visions. Some circles believe, how ever, that amendments may be add ed declaring the vacationers to be ineligible for such compensation.
 The local stanilization plan also will contain new job lists, with sep arate classification for critical jobs and those otherwise needing con- trol. Mrs. Dewey stated that, although the changes will be made in the form of amendments, the whole old plan will in reality be rewritten. All the changes will be in accordance with orders from Washington, made to all critical shortage areas.
 Rush Expected
 With the recruiting and placement of all local workers diverted from plants to the U. s. Employment Service, the staff is said to be pre- pairing for unprecedented business. So far no indication has been made that the staff will be enlarged. Fac tories may be allowed to continue their own placement work until about october IS, however, 1t is be- lieved,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22

State College, Pa, Sept. 22.- Leroy J. Carlson, 59 Baldwin ave- nue, Waterbury, Conn, has started classes at the Pennsylvania State College as an engineering student under the Army Specialized Train ing program. He IS among the 775 trainees selected by the Army as having qualifications for engineer ing study and assigned recently to Penn State.
 Frank P. Barbino, son of MT. and Mrs. Anthony Barbino of a Ged- des terrace has been advanced tc the grade of sergeant at Hamilton Field, Calif., where he is stationed with the Army Air Corps as @ radio mechanic. He received his train- ing at an Army school at Bocs Raton, Fla, and @ radio school at Scott Field, Ill. A brother, Joseph, is stationed with a field ar- tillery unit as @ private.
 Washington, Sept. 21.-CUP)-' The Navy announced the names of 55 additional casualties. In ad- dltion, 1t listed two names whose casualty status ha schanged. The list includes:
 Keefe, William Harold, radioman PC. Missing. Father, William T. Keefe, g Melbourne terrace, Wa terbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
PREPA AIRING CLASS
 IN HOME NURSING

The first Red Gross nome nurs- ing course of the fall will open Friday, Oct. ct T:30 p. m. at the local chapter house on Grove street, 1t was announced today. The course will be conducted for two hours each Friday night for . period of l2 weeks. Another class will meet each Tuesday and Thursday night for two hours for six weeks, starting oct. 5. A few registrations are still open, 1t was reported. Arrangements for other classes will be made in accordance with requests of individ- uals or groups desiring the instruc- tions. Mrs. Albert Hummel will be instructor of the class which will meet weekly, while Mrs. Arthur Field will be in charge of the other course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22

The change in the stabilization regulations come at Q time when local labor circles are said to be in "a hot spot" because of the newly announced contract regulations and the lack of new applicants for jobs, Whether or not the new "job-freeze' plan will aid in removing the area from the critical shortage category and thereby lead to renewal of war contracts and issuance of additional ones is said to be problematical, but authorities believe the regulation will aid the whole employment pie ture considerably.
 Explanation
 Mrs. Mary M. Dewey, area WING director, who conferred with state WING officials in Hartford yester- day, stated the restriction on acc ceptance of new contracts does not necessarily mean that no new con- tracts will be placed here. She pointed out that if military time tables should suffer from transfer of contracts to other localities the rule will not be followed. She added also that som of the local war contracts can't be filled elsewhere and will continue to be received here.
 At the present time many local plants have backlog of con- tracts and the new regulations are aimed at stopping issuance of new contracts until the old ones are filled, it was reported. Mrs. Dewy stated that probably the greatest effect of the regulations will be felt by subcontractors, that lack of help will prevent the large man. ufacturing concerns themselves from feeling great effect from the contract restrictions immediately. Lack of labor was described as the basis for the new restrictions, and with response to the current recruiting drive said to be poor, officials are reported to be very concerned over the local situation.
 Mrs. Dewey stated that the con- tract restrictions have no effect on the need for additional workers and that they are significant in the re- cruitlng work only in so far as now all applicants will be placed ac- cording to a priority plan. The greater the response to "go-to- work" appeals the greater will be the pos- sibility of issuance of new war con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22

At . meeting held by the Hope. vile Community club, ili the South Federated church parish hall last evening, plans for the annual Halloween parade were made.
 A parade committee, appointed by President John Hy1and, con. sists of Charles K. Ahearn, Robert Sturges, Harry GanuIl William Muus, Steven MazSarella, MariCe Griffin, Mrs. s. Maxzarella, Miss Mary MazxarelIa, Mrs. John lily. land and Miss Elizabeth Dwyer.
 A report by the Sunshine Box Committee stated that 114 Hope. ville servlcemen had acknowledged receipt of gifts sent to them by the club, and that arrangements were being made to send further gifts to others in the armed serve ices.
 The weekly Wednesday swim ming classes for women from 1880 to 0:30 start tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
LABOR FARLEY
 TO BE RESUMED
Or-Management Units of American Brass Co.
 Meet Monday

The recently adjourned confer ences between the American Brass co. and the CIo Mine, Mili and Shelter workers union will be re- sumed here Monday according tc e management spokesman. The ad- iournment had been agreed upon tc permit the CIO leaders to attend the unions international conven- tion at Butte, Mont, and next weeks resumption will again bring together company and union repre- senatives from Waterbury, Torring- ton and Ansonla.
 The unions proposals, which il1- cluded @ six months leave of ab- sence and confinement pay for women workers leaving their jobs to bear children, are expected to be replied to by the management at these negotiations. The CIO off, cials have pointed out that theii proposal for the six months leave is based on the premise of pro- tecting the workers seniority rights and pay increases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
OBITUARY

. PALMA - Frank Palma, 65. oi 82 Avon avenue, died in Middletowll State hospital yesterday after long illness. He was born in Italy and came to Waterbury 70 years ago.
 He leaves a brother, Michael Pal ma, Stony Creek, Conn: and three sisters, Mrs. Ignazio Pisani and Mrs John Pilla of Waterbury, and Mrs. Lucia Altieri of Italy.
 The funeral will be held Friday from the Colasanto funeral home, 932 Bank St., at 8:15 to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church ct 9 where Q re- quiem high Mass will be celebrated Burial will be in Calvary cemetery, Friends may call at the funeral home this evening from 2 to 10 and tomorrow from 2 to 10 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22

equipment which arc received from the Allied United States and Great Britain.
 "The entire Soviet population is working unceasingly for the front to bring the hour of victory nearer.
 'Our American friends who are participating in the manufacture of supplies and provisions are render ing great support in the fight with our common enemy.
 Every Soviet citizen is not only assisting his army and his govern. nent to defeat the enemy but is giving great financial support to the Soviet government by buying war bonds. pt ,.
 Tt is desirable that the American people, by successful participation in the war loan in the United States, promote the joint effort of the Allies to achieve victory over the bitter enemy within the short est time"
 Mongenthau said stalln's mes- sage was further testimony to the vital importance of the drive. He recalled that British Prime Minis ter winston Churchill. who bought the first bond, indicated that the success of this drive will appre. ciably shorten the war.
 Mongenthau said today's message was from 'an equally distinguished and authoritative quarter" and would be an inspiration to the American people, helping them equal or even Slrpass the 3i6.000,- 0OO,O0 goal of the drive.
 Morgenthau said the example set by the Russian people in buying Soviet war bonds was an inspiva- ton to the people here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
OIL DEALERS MEET AT YMCA TONIGHT

Members of the oil Dealers assoc clation of Waterbury will meet this evening at T:30 at the Central Y. N. c. A. to discuss regulation Of prices to the consumer on range oil and the new price schedule inaued by the OpA on fuel oil. Repreaen- latlveS from the Hartford and Bridgeport associations win be ln at- tendance. Raymond nedell i1 presI- dent of the leeal organization
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
U. s. Merchant Marine

U. s. Merchant Marine
 Third Assistant Engineer Will liam M. Thomas, Jr., 22, of Ala meda, Call, awarded the Distln- guished Service Medal of the United States Merchant Marine by the President of the United States. Engineer Thomas, who this week graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N. Ys earned the award when serving aboard . merchant vessel as Q Cadet-Nfid- shipman. His ship was tOrpedoed and Thomas displayed unusual heroism and gallantry by entering the engine room of the blazing vessel and saving an oiler who had been injured and was unable to leave the ship.
 Corp Gennaro Lombardo, who suffered a leg wound in action in the South Pacific area, and is now a patient at an Army hospital in Australia, has just been made the recipient of the Purple Heart, ac- cording to word received by his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Michele Lom- bardo, A Primrose street.
 Formerly employed by the Amer caan Bhass Co.,, he left with a Na- tional Guard unit, in January, l94l.
 Second Lieut.. Clayton J. Toffey, son of MT. and Mrs. Fred F. Tof- fey, Middlebury road, has received his silver naviagtors' wings on com- pletion of his 18-week course at the San Marcos. Texas, Army Air Force navigation school.
 After completing manuevers in Louisiana, Pvt. Albert Ambrose, sor of MT. and Mrs. Ambrose, 1903 Bank street, has been transferred to Camp Berkley, Texas. He was formerly employed by the Amer ican Brass Go.
 The hoped-for news that Lieut.. Ronald Delaney missing in action since Aug. IT is alive has been re- ceived in O report to his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Oucas) Delaney, 25 Full ton St., from General J. A. Ulio. U. s. A., stating that he is a ''pris- oner foi the German government"
 Capt. R. F. Spadola has returned to Camp Butler, N. C., after spend- ing furlough with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. R. A. Spadola, 77 East Farm St. His brother, Sergt. D. E. Spadola Is reported somewhere in the Middle East"
 Private First Glass Joseph Nocera Jr., son of Joseph Nocera of 6s Ridge street. recently was promoted to Corporal at Camp Forrest. Tenn. where he Is stationed with a medi- cal detachment. He is the husband of the former Irene Potter of Ridge street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Drastic Action In
 Labor Roundup Plan
6O-Day Waiting Period Among New Regulations to : Be Introduced Here; Mrs. Dewey Explains Contract

Incorporation of new nationally prescribed regulations In the Waterbury area job stabilization plan will be Formulated by the abor-management committee and
 Aw pan which first must receive the approval of the regional WING office in Boston, will take effect within few weeks 1t reported today Among the noteworthy provision will be extension of the present S0day waiting period for persons who voluntarily leave jobs without to dovc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Full Weather Report

Boston. Sept. 22 (UP)-Weather forecast
 RHODE ISLAND and CONNEC- TICUT - Continued rather cool tonight and Thursday morning.
 MASSACHUSETTS - Continued rather cool tonight and Thursday morning. Intermittent light rain in extreme southeast portion end. ing this evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
TODDLEs TO DEATH

Spencer, Mass, September 22. = (UP) - Barely able to walk, l5- month-old Raymond Simonovitch toddled away from his home last night, tumbled into a shallow pond nearby, and drowned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
MASS

HAYEs-A months mind Mass of Requiem will be celebrated tomor- row morning at o'clock, at the Immaculate Conception Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs. Mary Hayes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
StoIin Says Buy Bonds

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22

1943, Frank Palma, of s2 Avon Ave. Funeral Friday morning, at S:15 o'clock, from Colasanto Funeral Home, 932 Bank St., to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, at o'clock. Burial in Calvary cemetery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-12

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-12

er, and has been forced publicly
to admit error and bias.
How an agency largely staffed
by competent newspapermen can
commit series of glaring boners
that would shame the average
journalism student has puzzled
observers in Washington. It's a
long story.
+ Efforts have been made to put
all the blame on New Deal ideal
lists in owl. Such an assumption
is unfair. Dat oil Debbil system"
that works so ponderously in the
government is the villain.
Patterned After Newspapers Y
. The owl news bureau is roughc
BY patterned. after, "a newspaper
editorial office. However, it is so
hedged about with red tape that
no editorial staff qhoWeyer bril-
liant, could operate efficiently.
For Instance, owl has a copy
desk like any newspaper. On a
newspaper, copy desk is charg-
ed with catching and killing bad
grammar, errors of fact and per-
sonal opinions written into the
story by the reporter.
The copy desk has complete au-
thority. A reporter can cry his
eyes out over the way the desk
butchers his story, but unless he
can prove the desk editor is cold
turkey wrong, the revisions stick.
In short, no copy is sacrEd and no
writer is a sacred cow who can
write no wrong.
It's different for the copy desk
men at owl. They're vulnerable
httle fat boys in a pasture full of
tpuchy sacred cows, which are the
other federal bureaus.
. own is clearing house for fed
eral information from other bu-
feaus, save only the armed forces.
The other agencies. are the "re-
porters" in this information set
up. They write the stuff, and for
ward it to owl for final clear
ance. But the owl can't even cor
rect mistakes in grammar or OBJ
vious factual errors without per-
mission of the originating agency.
They tell of a girl scribe for one
bureau who squawked murder
about the violation" of her copy
when an Owl blue pencil jockey
suggested it was wrong to use
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-12
with EMILE KEYES
tFrom The Palm Beach Post Times)

( ed in deep, boiling lard, these are
made of black-eye pea, flour, gar
lie, onions, salt and pepper" =. I'd
ben frightened off by the deadly
look of the ones I'd been offered
from greasy paper bag Though
| a certain West Palm ABeacher
down here, who admittedly has a
delicate stomach, eats a bag every
night; says they are the only
things he likes here) but that
was before encountered those
from Pancho's, thanks to Nancy
Shea +. Pancho is a thin, why
little Conch, who speaks Spanish
-. but between him and his wife,
he made it clear that his tiny
front porch shop doesn't begin
business until 6 p. m. 6. It was
then $40 and Mrs. Shea was
scheduled to leave at 6
Through the medium of an in
gratiating pidgin Spanish she
got the idea cross and he brought
out his iro skillet, pumped up
the gasoline stove, invited us to
smell the batter and got to work
In his pidgin English, he got
across the idea that the only
real accompaniment for bollos
was beer, so we traipsed back to
La Concha'sg bar with our crisp,
liping hot booty, and must
confess we weren't. even, polite
enough to leave some for Mrs,
Shea's friend who. was driktifxl
her up to Miami that evening
Properly made they re-
semble fried scallops in size and
looks, taste like wei, like
bollos
In between times, / managed
to get some picture of the hell
that was Pearl Harbor on Dec.
z, 1871 Many of you have
probably heard Mrs. Shea tell it
more graphically and engross-
ingly than l could relay the story,
though it held me, fascinated,
even when it was sandwiched in
between the rhumba music at
Habana-Madrid and the popping
of the grease in Pancho's tiny
kitchen I learned, for in
stance, that only three bombs
fell on Honolulu, that the attack
was concentrated entirely on
Pearl Harbor and Hickman Field,
contrary to our usually confused
ideas of geography !. and the
Shea quarters were only a few
blocks from that field That is
why it seemed to her as though
the world had really come to an
end that horrible morning. when
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-12

The stories submitted to Owl
are prepared by paid press agents.
They don't give the agency that
pays their salaries any the worst
of it. Some of them follow the
prudent rule of buttering the boss
with fulsome flattery. In normal
newspaper practice, the copy desk
would butcher out this personal
goosegrease. Not so at owl, where
the hogtied copy desk can't change
ia letter without anguished moos
I.frpm the sacred cows.
Under the owl clearance sys-
tenn, if, usually takes eight hours
for a story to win approval from
every agency even remotely af-
fected. This is supposed to prevent
conflict and ill-feeling between
agencies. In one utterly trivial re-
cent release, it was mentioned
that the tennis racquet supply was
adequate. Some mental giant
along the clearance line wrote in
except strings" His correction
necessitated a long check with a
WPB materials branch, half a
dozen other clearances, and the
story was found originally cor
rect.