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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
BOYS GET THEIR TURKEY

Fort Jackson, s. c. - (UP) - More than 40,00O pounds of turkey were consumed by Fort Jackson military personnel Thanksgiving Day. On the hoof, that totals 2,665 turkeys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Christmas Party

SAAHotUlaS oAty
 All children of members of the Terryville aerie of Eagles are in- vited to attend the annual Christ mas party which will be held in Eagles hall, Saturday afternoon. Members who have children and have not notified the committee that their children will attend ahe asked to notify the committee to- night, so that plans may be com- pleted for all to receive their gifts.
 Hear From Son
 MT. and Mrs. Jacob Laser of East Church road received a letter from their son, Sgt. Henry F. Laser, who is prisoner of the Japs at Osaka, Japan. In his letter received Thurs day which was mailed June 29, he stated that he Is in good health, and that the prisoners interned in the camp go out to work each day at lumber camps or about the city Sgt. Laser, a member of the U. S. Marines, was taken prisoner at the time of Pearl Harbor, being among the first American Marines to be taken prisoner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
The Thespian group of Litchfield will hold its annual reunion Dec. N.

The TheSp1an group Of Lltchfleld will hold its annual reunion Dec. H.
 The Litchfield Community Players elected their officers at a meeting Monday, at the home of MT. and Mrs. Kiel DaRoss. The elections were as follows: President, William Tyrrel; vice-pres., Beril Soderberg; treasurer, Russell Alderman; secre- tary, Bernice Brizes; corresponding secretary, Anne Weir The club al so voted to give SIS to the Com munity Center.
 Troop 30, Boy Scouts, will hold a charter night Thursday evening at the Center school. Merle Hildreth scout executive, will speak at the occasion.
 An opperetta, "A Christmas Carol will be presented by the sixth, sev- enth, and eighth grades at the cen- ter school, Dec. g at 7:30 in the evening. Miss Gail Cowan music supervisor, is directing the play.
 Mrs. Bertil Soderberg is visiting in New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
MlDDLEBURY Correspondent: Nancy Riley
 Telephone 4-641O
SCHOOL CHILDREN
 TOPRESENT PLAYS
Annual Parents-Teachers' Party to Be Held Next
 Wednesday Afternoon

Middlebury, Dec. 17-The Christ mas party of the Middlebury Parent Teachers association will be pre- sented in the town hall on Wednes- day, December g, at p. m. Christ mas carols will be sung and a play Santa Claus Comes to Mother Goose land" by the primary grades will follow. The upper grades will present Christ Is Born"
 No church school services will be held on Sunday at 9:30 a. m., but at 5 p. m. all departments will par ticipate in a Christmas program. All members of the church and par are invited to attend.
 Miss Genevieve Phelan of White avenue has returned from Boston, Mass, where she attended the wed- ding of Miss Helen McManus, a former local resident, to Raymond T. Graves, seaman second class, U. 6. N. R., which took place at the Navy chapel.
 Miss Mary Brosnan returned to- day from St. Joseph's college in West Hartford to spend the Christ mas holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Thomas Brosnan.
 Katherine Forman, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. w. w. Forman of South street, who attends the For man School for Girls in Litchfield, is at her home for the holidays.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
HOMASTON Correspondent: Harry Lynch-PhOne ThomastOn 16s
State Guards Ordered
 To Mobilize Sunday
Unit to Meet at High School Gymnasium Prepared for
 Duty; Former Resident Dies in TorringtOn

junction with the graduation. He is a graduate of the local high school class of 1886. His father will attend the exercises Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. Mathen Rumora, announces the birth of daughter Janet Carol, born Tuesday at the Waterbury Hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

It. David Doster, who received his R. c. A. F. wings at Camp Bor- dan, Canada, is visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs. Alex Doster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

turned to her home Tor the Christ mas holidays on Wednesday.
 Grange Notice
 Waterbury Grange will hold its Christmas party at the regular meeting to be held tonight in Ma sonic Temple. Each member is ask ed to bring 25 cent gift to the meeting.
 Meeting Tonight
 A meeting of LeRoy G. Woodward Past American Legion will be held in the legion club rooms tonight at ::'30 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
LlTCHFlElD Mary Fiolek, Correspondent. telephone 553-12
2.237 REGISTERED
 FOR OLD AGE TAX
Slight Increase Observed in 1943's Enumeration;
 Players Elect Officers

A total of 2,237 Litchfield persons were enumerated on the old age as- sistance tax list this fall, which makes them unable for payment Feb. 1. This is slightly less than last years list.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

Consumer goods are becoming Jcarce in Ceylon, and prices are ,oaring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

Cooperatves in China may soon manufacture penicillin, the new drug.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
OAKVlLLE Correspondent: Irene Slough Telephone 4-8993
NEW YEARS PARTY COMMITTEE NAMED
CYO Chapter to Entertain Members, Friends; Sup-
 per Sale Arranged


 for the New Years Party were made at the regular meeting of the c. Y. O. which was held on Monday night in the church hall of St. Mary Magdalen church. The party will be held in the Community hall on Main street.
 Various committees were appoint ed as follows: Refreshments, chair man, Dolores Michum, Phillip Fam iligetti, and Joseph Meehan; enter tainment, Joseph Kulikauskas, June Shaffer and Bobby Kontout; decora- ton, Edward Desjardins, Mary Ann Pierce and Rosemary Filipone.
 Supper and Sale Plans Completed
 Mrs. Kenneth Laraway, general chairman of the supper and sale to be held on Thursday, from to o. clock, by the Ladies group of the Union Congregational church, has announced that her plans are com- plete for the event and that all of her committee are functioning toward a successful evening.
 In addition to the committee al- ready announced Charlotte and Eleanor Andrews have been named as waitresses.
 Three Sons On FurlOugh
 A reunion of the three sons of MT and Mrs. John Bavone, of Dalton street, was held over the week end when they spent few days with their parents. They are, Pfc. Phillip Bavone, stationed at Camp Butner, N. c. Marine Corp. Michael Ba- vone, an instructor at Cherry Point, N. c. and Sergt. Nicholas Bavone, an Army engineering instructor at Fort Belvoir Va.
 Phillip has been in the service six months, Michael Il months and Nicholas 18 months.
 The regular session of the church school in All Saints church Sunday morning, will be omitted this com- ing Sunday morning, and in the afternoon at o'clock a Christmas service will be held for the mem berS of the church school. Rev. Leveritt Davis, of. St. Johns church, Waterbury, will officiate at the serv- ice.
 The service will be followed by a Christmas party in the church hall, at which time there will be Christmas service and distribu- tion of gifts.
 Assist In Food Program The schools of the vile are CO., operating with the Watertown Con- sumner committee in sponsoring a Food for Growth" program among the school students.
 The program is held in conjunc- ton with the regular nutrition courses in the schools and is to in- tereSt children in the proper food to promote good health and growth. Mrs. Raymond Black and Mrs. Glenn Dustin, members of the com- mittee, who are in charge of this program, have arranged to have hundreds of pamphlets distributed throughout the schools, Briefs
 The public schools will close on Friday of this week for the Christ mas recess.
 The Oakville library at the South school will be closed during the school vacation. The last day the library will be open is Dec. 18 until Jan. 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

The promise by the weather man of warmer weather in the near future is welcomed by all of us. Difficulty in operating of cars, diff ficulty in heating the house, the necessity of wearing a lot of extra. heavy clothes are things that We must put up with in the cold Wea- ther but we can always be thank full that things are not worse than they are.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

A special assembly was held at the Litchfield Center school Dec. 16 at which Mrs. Raymond E. Baldwin, wife of the governor was present. The program was opened with the "ctar Spangled Banner, being sung by the whole ensemble, accompan- jed by Miss Gail CoWan. Supt. pr. o. B. Griffin gave the opening talk and said that special pledges and stamp sales for this occasion amounted to $742.85. This amount is enough to purchase Litchfield town schools their second jeep.
 Mr. Baldwin praised the fine spirit of pupils in buying so many stamps. She said this was a fine example of what the boys and girls of Conn, can do when they get to- gether. She also said that over 800 jeeps had been paid for by the boys and girls of Conn. schools. Then certificates of the better than 90-90 sale were presented to Milton, Northfield, Bantam, and Litchfield Center and high schools. A minute man flag was presented by Mrs. Balchurns to student counsel presi- dent, Edward Brechell, representing the whole high school. The flag was raised at noon on the flag pole in front of Litchfield Center school. The program ended with America" "
 Hostesses and hosts for the danc- ing classes at Litchfield High school this evening were: MT. and Mrs. Edward Breakell, MT. and Mrs. Jos eph Del Nero, and MT. and Mrs. Charles Dempsey.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry w. Chambers have returned from Batavia. N. Y., where they spent the past month.
 Peter Webster, son of MT. and Mrs. Irving Webster, underwent a tonsilectomy at the Waterbury hos pital.
 Mrs. Liston Lewis has left for New York. where she will spend the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
More Office Help Allotted

The local ration boal ! has been allotted an extra part time clerk, and after this vacancy has been fill ed there will be three full time clerks and one part time clerk on the staff.
 Full time c.erks now working at the board office include Mrs. Oliver Mansfield who is in charge, Mrs. John Sepples and Mrs. Floyd Magee.
 Pvt. Andrew Giordano, U. s. M. C.. R., who has recently completed his basic training at Paris Island, S. C., is spending a furlough with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Matthew Giordano C. Buckingham St. Oak vile.
 Miss Selma Goldberg who has been spending a months vacation with her parents MT. and Mrs. Mor- ris Goldberg of Main St., has re- turned to her studies at the Child ren's Hospital, Boston.
 Miss Janice Damery, daughter of MT. and Mrs. James H. Damery of Woodbury Read, 8 student at Con- necticut Cillege, New London re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Donation Received

Donation Received
 A donation of S90.45 was received from St. Michael's Greek Catholic church, Thursday, by the War Fund committee. A check for $10 was also received from the Russian American Citizenship club which brought the total received to date by the committee to 4,559. The committee has been promised other donations which will take the total raised in this town well over the $5, 900 mark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Fire At Garage

An alarm, sounded at o'clock Thursday afternoon, brought fire men to the garage of Lloyd Mortar ty on Litchfield road, which was partially burned.
 MT. Moriarty stated that the fire was caused by children playing with matches in the leaves near the gar- age. When the fire started to get out of control one of the children reported the fact to its mother, who in turn notified l.irs. Moriarty.
 There was no insurance on the garage, on which the damage had not been estimated last evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

len of Willow street, who has been i'll at her home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Gifts Sent

Gifts Sent
 A gift of $5 to each of its nine members in the services of this country were sent by the Terryville Fire department, Thursday.
 Annual Meeting
 Forty five members were in at- tendance at the annual turkey SUD- per held by the Foremen's club in their rooms In the plant, Thursday night. A slate of officers for 1944 were submitted which was as fol- lows: President, Vincent Malley; vice president, Charles McNeil, sec- retary, William Sarajak; treasurer, Francis H. Platt; board of directors, Harold Rockwell, Charles Spielman and Charles Becker. Election of officers will take place at the Jan- uary meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

Supper, Saturday Night
 The Women's Guild of the Im- maculate Conception church will hold their annual public supper in the parish hall, Saturday night, with arrangements being made to serve over 200 people. A large ad- vance sale of tickets is reported, with the proceeds to be used by the Guild in carrying out their various church projects.
 The following committee in work ing hard to have this a social and financial success: Mrs. Edward Mat toon, Mrs. Margaret s. Hanley, CO., chairladies; assisted by Miss Della O'Donnell, Miss Isabel Lee, Miss Catherine Reynolds, Mrs. John Witkoski, Mrs. Logan, Evans, Mrs. Nicholas Biscoe, Mrs. Margaret R. Sullivan, Mrs. William Half, Mrs. Edward Flynn, Mrs. Raymond Cal lahan, Mrs. Mary Zimbouski.
 All home cooked foods will be served, the meat course being baked ham, southern style.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

Mrs. Liston Lewis has left for New York, where she will spend the winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

ing his right shoulder. pr. Ralph Long who treated him following the injury stated that the wound was only a minor one.
 He was born in Terryville, Mo- vember 19, 1924, son of Fred Rice and the late Anna Molloy Rice. Be- sides his father he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Joseph Klimonski of Hartford and three brothers, Fred in the U. s. Marines; Joseph in the U. s. Navy and somewhere on the high seas at present and An thony of Hartford.
 The funeral will be held Monday at the Scott Funeral Home with further arrangements to be ar1- nounced. A military funeral will be held.
 On FuriOugh
 John F. Kelly, Seaman Second Glass, U. s. Navy is spending a short leave with Mrs. Kelly at the home of MT. and Mrs. John Rus grove of Prospect street. Seaman Kelly has just returned from his seventh trip to the war zones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

Peter Webster, son of MT. and Mrs. Irving Webster, underwent a tonsilectomy at the Waterbury hos pital.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-29
NyA
Back on
Books
SoIons Vote to
Grant Funds in
Appropriation

WASHINGTON, June 20.
(UP)-In a steamroller drive
to meet tomorrow's appro-
priation deadline, the senate
today passed the 81 ,238, ,000'-
600 for continuance of the National
Youth Administration in fiscal 1914
The senate, working against ex-
piration of the current fiscal year
at midnight tomorrow, passed the
measure by voice and returned it
to the house, where the NYA had
been cut off with only enough
money to liquidate itself by Jan. l.
USES ALLOTMENT
The bill also carries $5O,5O0 900
for the war manpower commissions
U. S. Employment Service, an in
crease of $5,0OO,0O0 over the house
figure.
Sen. Bennett Champ Clark, D.,
Mo-, who had led a senate fight
against continuance of NYA, did
not renew it today, apparently re-
alizing there was no change of votes
since yeSterda: on which he could
depend.
The house is expected to refuse
the senate amendments, thus throw
ing the bill into conference. In that
event, it will be brought back to
the senate floor where NYA oppo-
nents could renew their drive to
abolish the agency.
The senate approved the NYA
funds yesterday by a vote of A.
to 81 Clark's motion to reconsider
the vote was defeated 81 to al. He
announced then that he would ask
for recommital of the entire bill to
the appropriation committee.
On motion of Sen. Robert LaFol-
lette, Prog, Wis, the senate made
a last minute change in the bill bv
eliminating provision which would
ban payment of salaries to local.
field or state manpower employment
office workers which are "substan-
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-29


create sufficient stockpiles Of scarce
critical materials and drugs.
Wallace as chairman of the BEW
asserted that Jones had testified
falsely about the BEW before the
Joint congressional economy COM
mittee. Wallace declared that the
time has come to free the boards
administrative employees from this
hamstringing bureaucracy and back
door complaining of Mr.. Jones and
his employees
n
PROMPTS STATEMENT
Wallace said he was prompted
to make his statement by Jones
testimony before the economy COM
mittee and by what he called Ger
tain inaccuracies stated by Acting
Chairman Kenneth McKellar, D.,
Tenn, of the senate appropriations
committee. He said McKellar's re-
marks, at an appropriations COM
mittee hearing on June 4, were
based on Jones previous testimony
Lefore the other committee.
Wallace said he had originally
intended to make his statement be-
fore the senate appropriations COM
mittee. After sleeping" over it,
however, he said sthe decided not
to. But the effort to misrepresent
the facts" about BEW continued,
Wallace added, SO he decided to
release the statement and ask Nc
Kellar "to make it part of our
hearings"
After reading Wallaces statement,
Jones issued short reply, pending
preparation of a detailed answer.
JONES ANSWER
"The release given out by Mr..
Wallace today" he said, "is filled
with malice and miSstatementS. He
makes two serious charges:
Il. That RFC had failed in the
purchase and stockpiling of strategic
and critical materials. The facts
are that not more than 10 per cent
of our purchases and commitments
for these materials have been in
itiated by BEW. RFC commitments
for foreign purchases have been
approximately $500, 100000 of which
not more than 10 per cent was
originated by BEW. We have ac-
tually received and paid for ma
terials to the value of 81 500 ,OOO, 900
of which less than five per cent
can be credited to BEW initiative.
%. That RFC and I have OBJ
structed and delayed programs of
development and procurement in
itiated by BEW. There has been
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-29
New Coal Strikes
In Alabama Noted
BY UNITED PRESS

New strikes broke out in the Ala
bama soft-coal fields Tuesday, Sc
riorSly threatening steel production
in the state, while a back to- work
movement in the Pennsylvania bit
luminous regions gained some mo-
mentum and virtually all miners in
other large soft-coal producing
areas were in the pits.
The new walkouts in Alabama,
which brought the total of United
Mine Workers coal diggers now idle
in the state to an estimated $1,000
men, developed when 1900 men on
the morning shift at the two mines
of Woodward Iron company, who
were working Monday failed to re-
port. A mine of the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad company,
which worked Monday, also was
closed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-29
Gen. Rodriguez
Seeking Office

MEXICALI, June 30. - Residents
of Baja California looked forward
with interest today to the coming
gubernatorial election in the Mex
ican state of Sonora next Sunday,
many confident that Gen. Abelardo
Rodriguez, former governor of this
territory and one-time provisional
president of the republic, would
gain victory over his only opponent
"a young attorney who, political
observers declare, joined the race
only as means of gaining pub
licity.
LIVELY CAMPAIGN
Despite the absence of organized
opposition lively election cam
paign has been carried on through
out Sonora by supporters of Rodri-
quez.
Following the election Sunday
campaign leaders will start prep
arations for the Inauguration on
September 16 The Induction into
office is expected to be one of the
most colorful yet held for any in
coming governor. The ceremony
will take place in Hermosillo, So
nora capital, and is expected to be
witnessed by scores of prominent
political figures from Mexico City
and other points throughout the re-
public
Gen. Rodriguez, whose residence
is Ensenada, served as governor of
Baja California from 1923 until 1929,
during which time he resided in
Mexicali.
He acted as provisional president
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-29

dJ OliC Otilci tllli VI llIt hhlo.
A massive fleet of British bombers
dropped upward of 1000 tons of ex-
plosives on Cologne, industrial
capital of the Rhineland and Ger
many's most heavily bombed city,
while a smaller force smacked
Hamburg. the reich's first port.
SEVERAL ATTACKS
The British high commissioner to
Canada, Malcolm Macdonald, told
the press in Ottawa that when the
invasion of Europe comes, it will be
in the form of several attacks in
several places, rather than one big
smash. Significantly he added:
"It won't be long now"
Just one month after their first
assault on Leghorn, Flying For
tresses returned to the vital Italian
oil refining port of 200 miles north
of Rome and in a nine minute
thunderbolt bombardment damaged
a light cruiser and four supply
ships, besides setting fire to re-
fineries and port installations.
The Fortresses flew at least l.80O
miles on the round trip to Leghorn.
where on May % they hit four
ships, blasted railway objectives.
and left fires raging in the oil re-
finery area-a feat all but dup1i-
Gated yesterday
Royal Air Force night raiders
carr led the hod in the Today of
fensive from Britain. Hundreds of
Raj bombers dropped upward of
1000 tons of explosives on Cologne,
Germany's most-bombed city, and
dealt secondary punch at Ham
burg. the biggest port in the reich.
LOSE 25 PLANES
The RAF lost 25 bombers in the
double-barreled assault which Shift
ed the offensive from the hard hit
Ruhr to the Rhineland. At Cologne.
target last May of the first 1000.
plane attack in history, clouds
obscured the results of the attack.
but big fires were seen.
The RAF raids followed by few
hours what was believed to be one
of the most successful operations
Of the Eighth United States Air
Force Flying Fortress attacks on
he Nazi U-boat lair at st. Nazaire
on the French Atlantic coast and
on German fighter plane base at
Beaumont LIE Roger northwest of
Paris. Six forts were lost.
Raj fighters and planes of the
fleet air arm teamed in an attack
on German convoy in the Straits
of Dover. AT least one of three
merchantmen and two escorting
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tne menus OF American flghtlng
men all over the world and ap-
peared on the dining tables in every
nook and corner of the United
States. For these succulent addi-
tions to summer meals the valley
growers realized profits running into
the millions. The grand total will
not be known until after the season
closes within the next few days
and all the figures are tailed.
The market was exceptionally
high all season, the yield was phe-
nomenally good, and the quality un-
excelled.
Only the tag end of the cantaloupe
crop is yet to be harvested and
shipped with most of the remainder
small sizes. The honeydew ship
ments, however, were expected to
continue for several weeks.
Tailed up early this week, the
carlot shipments totaled 3,248 for
cantaloupes, 205 carloads of honey
balls, 357 carloads of honeydews,
three carloads of PersianS, and 237
carloads of mixed melons. These to-
tails are exclusive OF the truck ship
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Supervisors Give
Office Approval

Imperial county supervisors Tues
day granted Western Airlines per-
mission to build offices for the
company at the Ell Centre Marine
air training station.
This is one of the final steps in
bringing air passenger and mail
service to Imperial county. 1t was
understood the office would be 25
feet by $50 feet nj extent and would
be used as a station and offices.
The agreement worked out by
District Attorney Charles G.. Halli-
day was to be submitted to direc-
tors of the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict, the navy, and the Civil Aero
nautics Authority and then be re-
turned to the supervisors for final
approval. The company will build
its own offices but officials of the
various agencies must approve
them.