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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29
SURGEON GENERAL
in RADIO APPEAL
Doctors at War to Be
Featured Tomorrow Att
ernOOn Over VITO

The State Department Of Health
In calling attention to Social Hy-
giene day on February 8, makes the
announcement that Thomas Parran,
surgeon general Of the U. s. Public
Health Service is to be the principal
speaker on the radio program DOC
tors at War" on Saturday 30, at 5
p. m. (EWT).
This weekly program Doctors at
War" is a vivid radio drama pre-
sented by the American Medical
Association, National Broadcasting
company In official cooperation with
the u. s. Army and Navy. The pro-
gram is carried locally by VITO
Hartford, Conn.
In every war venereal disease
have been an outstanding problem
This war is no exception. Every
one should listen to this program
to hear what federal and state
authorities are doing to control
these diseases. The cooperation
Of every person is needed to pro-
tect the men in uniform and those
on the home front.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29
BY UNITED PRESS

,Foppish Dino Alfieri, italian am
bassador to Germany, has beer
horsewhipped by German officer
who, returning wounded from the
African front, found his wife in the
Fascist ENJOYS arms, the secret
German army radio station Gustave
Siegfried Fins said today.
AS the result the German army
has in effect demanded that Al
fleri be dismissed and sent home.
The officer in the case reported
the circumstances to his general
and asked permission to challenge
Alfieri, who by virtue Of his office
enjoyed the status Of gentleman, To
q duel, the station said.
A court of honor was summoned,
as is customary. The court for
babe the duel, due to the fact
that the offender Of the honor OF
the officer is a representative Of a
foreign power with which we are
allied at the present moment, and
the duel If allowed might affect our
relations with that country"
The court said the officer had
done his duty by thrashing Alf1eri,
reporting the case to his superiors,
suing for divorce and asking for a
court of honor.
Though the court of honor re-
fuses permission for the duel" the
verdict said, compelled to such an
attitude by the war situation, it is
aware of the fact that this settle
ment does no give satisfaction to
the officer and suggests that Alfieri
should be asked to leave his post"
The German army radio station
said that only great diplomatic
pressure prevented the court from
giving permission for a challenge
and forcing Alfleri to fight or fee.
Alfieri, a veteran of the Fascist
castor oilers and sandbaggers, is
known as "the charmer." He is So
years old. His claim to fame is
that when Emperor Halle Selassie.
with the Italians overrunning his
Ethiopia country In search Of easy
conquest, appealed to the League
Of Nations, Alfieri organized gang
OF Fascist toughs who from the
league galleries booed and hooted
the emperor.
The Gustave Siegfrled Ems sta
ton identified the ofiicer as Capt.
Joachim Won Ere. Of the star Of o
tank division In the German
Airika Korps. who returned 10 ind
his wife with "a man Of southern
type. half undresed." II named the
oliicers OF the honor court.
II said that the captain dashed
AlfieFi across the face several times
with q horsewhip. threw him down
stairs and threw his clothes after
him.
aAlaed must disappear" the sta
ton said. THE Italians fllould
send ,ig another ambassador. IN
lnr1 AItIerl disappears very soon We
aIsnn forgot that he 4 q representa-.
I've ol hls majesty The king q
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29
The Heavens In February
Bright Sirius Close Neighbor -
Earliest Known Two Stor System -
BY CLEMENT s. BRAIN1N, Phi. D.

their masses are about one and one
third times that Of the sun; in
brightness, the sun Of their radia-
tions Is equal to about ten times that
Of our sun. The distance Of Procyon
from us Is about ten light.years and
1t takes a large telescope to distin-
guish It's dual nature. North Of
CAMS Minor lies the constellation Of
Gemini, the Heavenly Twins, which
contains the two bright stars, Castor
and Pollux. Although only Pollux is
In the list Of the twenty brightest
stars which are conventionally term
ed flrst-magnitude stars. Castor is
very nearly as bright as Pollux, and
pair well merit the name Of twins
which has been theirs since the very
earliest times. It is easy to recog-
nize them as they are only four and
one-half degrees apart. Castor lies
further north, or nearer the celestial
north star, than Pollux. Several
hundred years ago an astronomer
who was making an early catalogue
of stars called Castor Alpha Gemin-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29
NEW RADIO SERIES
TOSTART MONDAY
Uncle Sam Over WATR
Will Inform Public What
They Should Know

A new radio series, designed to
inform the American people con-
corning the basic war issues, will
take to the air over Station WATR,
waterbury, beginning next Nom
day night at Gas. Entitled "Uncle
Sam" this series was conceived
and Is produced by the once Of
war Information. 1t will be heard
at the same time each week, Mon
days through Fridays, and each
episode will be . complete story IN
itself.
The protagonist, ''Uncle SAM"
wiz tell Mr.. and Mrs, John Citizen
the things he should know and UNI
derstand about the war effort so
that he can help win the war.
This program comes in answer to
the demand OF the people that
they should be kept better informed
regarding all the issues at stake.
information will be given an all
the issues involved In this war, in
Guiding the nature Of the enemy,
the United Nations, their war aims
and post war aims our fighting
forces and the imperative need for
"all out" production and sacrifice
on the part Of our home forces. =
Top radio stars are in the cast,
headed by Ray Collins, who will be
the "voice Of Uncle SAM" Top
flight writers such as Don Quinn
Of Fibber MCGEE and Molly, Car
rol Carol Of the Bing Crosby
show, Carlton Morse OF zone Mans
Family" and Arnold Perl Of the
United Nations Information Once,
all have contributed their efforts to
help make this a brilliant and i'm
portant program.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29

Drum and Pollux Beta Geminorum,
which Is not in accord with their
present relative brilliancies. This
may have been. intentional, or an
error, or may indicate that at that
time Castor was as bright or bright
er than Pollux. As a matter Of fact,
Castor Is the more interesting Of
the two for 1t Is easily seen even In
Each Of this visible pair Is itself
small telescope, as q double star.
revealed by the use Of q spectre
scope to be really a double star,
and q small neighboring star, itself
also a binary, belongs to the Castor
system. In this star we have, there
fore, really star-system composed
Of six stars which revolve In pairs
about their binary centers Of grav-
ity and as o whole about the COM
mon center of gravity Of their whole
system. On the other hand, Castor
and Pollux do not form a physical
ly bound system in spite Of their close
position in the sky and their close
connection In our minds. Castor
is approaching us at the rate Of
eight miles per second, Pollux is re-
treating from us at the rate Of about
two miles per second. A similar
status is, of course, true In general
of the great majority Of the stars
which are seen close together in
the sky. Two stars are in the same
constellation only because they are
seen In approximately the same d.
rection from the earth; they may be
separated from one another by truly
great astronomical distances. How
ever, there are cases where stars
which are close together as seen In
! the sky really do belong to closely
united physical system. Such is the
case with the clusters like the Plei-
AIDES and the Hyades in the neigh
boring constellation Of Taurus the
Bull.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29
Transatlantic Planning Speeds Up
"All Ashore" When A.E.F. Troops Land
By TOAE WOLF

NEA Service STAN Correspondent
Port Of Deharkation, British Isles.
THE war gray Of the troopships Is
lust coming In focus on the horizon
beyond this port of debarkation, but
plans for debarking the conveys hui
man cargo Of fighters from the
States have been readied for days.
The convoy was some days from his
port when q coded message was dis
patched from the States an
nouncing its impending arrival.
As soon as It's unit composition
was known here, the U. s. Army's
Transportation Corps, Of the Serv-
ices OF Supply, contacted British
Movement Control. BMC Is COM
Inanded by a major general who's
rs tough as they come and, in the
opinion of the U. s. Transporta-
ton Corps, equally able. It has
final word Of the conveys port of
debarkation location, units, camps
and transportation thereto.
The first question decided was
the port Of debarkation. This is
determined by the status Of the
port other convoy schedules and
trend Of enemy raids. A port cur
rently bombed is not ideal for de-
barkation.
RAILROADS A HEADACHE
Next, the camp is chosen. This
Is not greatly difficult, since
troops are not sent overseas be-
fore requested, and not requested
before houseable. Campsites are
sometimes barren fields when the
troops embark In the U. s., but
are ready by the time they arrive.
with ports and camps chosen,
railroad cars, locomotives and
sidings must be requisitioned
troop trains must be sandwiched
into already heavy war traffic
schedules. This trick Is especial
1y neat when the arriving units
are bound for many different des-
tinations and the exact hour of
arrival Is uncertain. The solution
Is In planning the debarkation on
q 24-hour basis. If the convoy is
too late, the schedule is carried
out the following day. The
United Kingdoms railroads are a
J peacOttme economic headache, since
they often parallel each other, but
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29

iancy at q favorable opposition.
This great brilliancy Of Mars, how
ever, Is but Of q few weeks duration
and for the rest Of the time Mars
does not equal the brightness Of
Sirius. The light OF Sirius Is of a
beautiful blush white color, Its true
luminosity Is equal to about forty
eight suns like ours combined into
one. We know this because Its dis
lance Is quite accurately known to
be about eight and one-half light
years. This means that It takes
light travelling at the rate Of 1885,
600 miles per second about eight
and one-half years to reach US. It
Is thus one Of the closest stars In
the sky to the sun and earth.
Sirius Is about thirty four times
as great in mass as the sun and 1t
Is q particularly interesting fact to
note that Sirius is really a binary
or double star. What we see as one
star with the rlnaided eye will, even
in a telescope Of moderate power,
be revealed as actually composed
of two bodies. We have here a star
system in which the visible COM
ponentS are about 100000 miles
apart and revolve about each other
In orbits. The period of revolution
Is forty mine years. The larger COM
ponent of the Sirius system Is about
twice as big and about twenty
thousand times as bright as the less
er component. The lesser member,
however, is noteworthy because 1t Is
the first OF the ultra-dense stars to
be discovered. The average density
of its material is about fifty thou
sand times that Of water. This Is to
be compared with the average dens-
ity of the earth which Is only five
and one-haf times that Of water.
The heaviest element known today
on the earth is the rare metal os-
MUM of the platinum group which
is heavier than lead. mercury or
gold and has q density Of about
twenty-five and one-half times that
of water. Sirius was also the first
star to be observed to have a mo-
ton with respect to the other liked"
stars, which was discovered By Hal
ley in 1Tt8. This observation has
contributed greatly to the develop
ment Of sidereal astronomy and to
a better understanding Of the true
structure and physical constitution
of the universe Of stars. About 1920
It's motions were so well known that
the astronomer Bessel concluded
from certain variations In Its or
hitaI movement that q companion
star must exist and this calculated
deduction was proven correct by the
discovery OF the existence OF the
darker companion BY the use Of Q
large and powerful telescope IN 1862,
CAMS Minor. the Lesser Dog, lies
directly east OF Orion and northeast
or Sirius. II Is interesting 70 the
naked aye only because Of rs bright
est iunnlnaFy. the irst-magniiude
star PFoeyon or Proclon. The name
ltsaif means "beforc the doc" or
HfeFeFunneF Of the dos" 90 PIoeyon
always rises q little while before
Sirius. rrocyoIl. like sirius. 4 z
binary star and the tWo compcllcille
leT1IEe about one n1Qihef once g
lhi5Iy nine ge1ra A11o1 to11IneE
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29
CHAIRMAN UPSON
ASKS COOPERATION

Calling attention to the vital need
of tin, J. Warren Upson chairman
Of the local salvage committee. has
issued an appeal to all housewives
to save and donate tin cans for the
monthly collections. The city has
been collecting less than half Of It's
5o-ton monthly quota. The next col
lection win be held February 6 IN
the northern half Of the city.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-29
PAPERS FILED IN
5000 LAWSUIT

Rose Spring. also known as MFs.
kilgore. has been named defendant
IN 5000 damage suit llled A all-
perl0F court by Albert Spring. 10th
are residents Of this city. The &C.
ton was returned n the form Of q
common count writ and details
Will be included IL 4 substituted
complaints 70 be flie1 later.
Evening star., 1943-09-20

UHDNC CORPORATION TMoMA-a subsidiary of Todd
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Foy's Ad Libb;ng
Averts Rush in
Theoter Blaze
7 the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Comedian
Frank Fay got off his best gagline
yesterday and fast-talked an audi
ence of 1,400 into an orderly exit
from the Shubert Theater when fire
broke out in shaft on the side of
the theater.
When smoke from the blaze seeped
into the theater. Mr.. Fay ad libbed
I'm going on. Jobs are too hard to
get to let anything interfere with
this one"
AS spray from fire hose splashed
in at the second balcony, the star of
the show 'Laughtime," quipped: ::
I've got pressing iron backstage.
If anybody wants his clothes pressed,
come back and III do the job for
him"
He then saw to it that every one
left the theater quietly.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Negro Council Requests
New Trial Of CoIman

BY the Associated Press.
The National Negro Council has
asked President Roosevelt to order,
as commander in chief. a new trial
of Col. William T. Colman. Self
rioge Field (Mich) officer court
martialed in the shooting Of a COL
ored private.
Col. Coiman, found guilty of care
less use of firearms and en- four
charges of drunkenness on duty,
faces a demotion to the grade of
captain with no chance for promo
ton for three years.
The final verdict" said a state
ment by Director Edgar G.. Brown of
the council, was equivalent to ac-
quittal, merely an order to reduce
him from the temporary colonelcy
back to his regular rank of captain.
The social demands of these
Wartimes necessitate the speedy cor
rection of this outrageous and sorry
spectacle Of the miscarriage of JUS
tice."
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Navy DiscIoses Loss
And Damage 10 Planes
In Norfolk Explosion
BY the Associated press.

'1s the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 2O.-The
hum of shells, saws and hammers in
reconstruction work can be heard
night and day at the Norfolk Naval
Air Station, where workmen are
busy repairing the damage from
Fridays explosion of depth charges
which killed 26 persons and injured
more than $50 others.
1t also has been revealed that an
undisclosed number of planes were
destroyed and others were damaged
in the blast, which caused property
damage expected to run into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
Injured Man Dies.
The death toll in the explosion
rose to 26 with the death last night
Of Henry Nowocien, seaman, second
class. u. S. N. r.. of Buffalo, N. Y.
More than 80 of the 200-odd per-
sons injured in the blast and fire
remained in critical condition.
A naval board of inquiry TODAY
SoaAellluCO ibo cllOlI Us W QeUeTnl0e
officially the cause of the explosion.
which eyewitnesses have attributed
to sparks set off by the friction of
a depth charge dragging behind one
OF a six-dolly train of "a charges in
transit from hangar to planes.
Among buildings destroyed were
two hangers, the chief petty Off
GERS club, trade school building, an
ONCE building and several barracks
type buildings.
Crater Covered Over.
BY s pm, Friday-the day of the
explosion-the Navy public works
department had cleared away the
debris and the damage at the dis
pensary building, where many pa
tients were reported thrown from
their beds. Plywood was used to
make temporary repairs there.
The crater from the explosion.
which was so feet long and Is feet
wide and Z feet deep, already has
been concreted over. 1t was flooded
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Soldier Hitch-Hikes to Altar,
BuIIetining Progress to Bride
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Ore. Sept. 20.-The
organ played, the candles burned
the coffee brewed and the bride
"stewed."
The bridegroom. Pvt. William R.
Lewis, just kept right on thumbing
his way to the church. sending an
occasional bulletin of his progress.
The wedding was set for 8 pm
Saturday. First word from the bride
groom came at 7:50. The minister
mounted the pulpit.
THE bridegroom has telephoned
that he is hitch-hiking, is now at a
government camp and will be at
the church as soon as possible" he
announced.
The bridegroom's father set out to
look for his son.
The coffee for the reception was
turned off. The organist played on.
The candles burned lower and
lower.
The minister again mounted the
pulpit.
THE bridegroom now is in Gresh-
am" he announced.
At 1918 in ran Pvt. Lewis looking
as if he had just been over all the
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Shaw Ad Thanks Friends
For Letters on Wife's Death
Py ~, AccociotoJ DroSr

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, Sept. 20.-George Ber-
nard Shaw, whose wife died on Sep
tember II, inserted the following
in the personal column of today's
London Times:
Mr.. Bernard Shaw received such
a prodigious mass of letters on the
occasion of his wife's death that.
though he has read and values them
all, an attempt to acknowledge them
individually is beyond his powers.
Therefore, he begs his friends
and hers to be content with this
omnibus reply and to assure them
that the very happy ending to
very long life has left him awaiting
his own turn with perfect serenity"
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Hard Fighter in Pacific
Injured on Visit Here
BY the ASsociat tied press

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Idaho.-Pvt. Ernest l.,
Griat went through the Pearl Har-
Dor attack and 18 months of cam
paigning in the South Pacific and
didn't suffer scratch.
On peaceful Idaho farm recently
ne was examining a rifle. 1t dis
charged, and Pvt. Griat was wounded
in the hand. +.-.
Evening star., 1943-09-20

by water from bursting water mains,
which also have been repaired.
Western Union officials said the
company had handled 5000 tele-
grams of inquiry from relatives
about men located at the air station
Thousands of telephone calls also
were reported.
Evening star., 1943-09-20

obstacle courses at Camp Abbot,
where he was stationed, 200 miles
distant.
The sergeant gave me my pass
too late for me to catch the bus so
I had to hitch-hike, he explained.
Il rode in garbage truck, an am
bulance, an old model car that would
do only Is miles an hour and then.
in a truck again. The truck had a
fiat tire and I got another ride
Then I recognized my fathers car
and rode the rest of the way with
him."
The bride, Miss Geraldine Morris
of Portland, forgave him, and the
ceremony proceeded.
The book Of the week Is the War
stamp book. It spells Victory If
filled in.
Evening star., 1943-09-20

*125, 900 men and ,conen ,cork in Todd
Mipy0rds on our three coasts-63, I37 haze
one or more close relatives in the armed ser.
pices. Over u, 900 former Todd ,oorkers
are in the Army, Navy or Marines.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
IF y0v MAvEN'T 4 BOY 10
M0RK FOX. "ADOP7" owe,

isn't there some youn9ster In the fight for
whom you say a silent prayer. a neiehbors
boy young fellow who worked with you .
that swell kid who delivered the groceries. Get
his address. Write and tell him that you d like
to adopt" hin for the duration so you II
have someone out there to work for He'll get a
great kick out of knowing that you re fighting
as hard on your job he Is on his.
Evening star., 1943-09-20

the big battles are still ahead, that we've
just begun to fight.
For his part, he'll follow the advice of
our military men >. and keep giving his
job everything he's got until the white
flags over Berlin and Tokyo become more
than the visions of wishful thinkers.
That's why he's S among the Todd work.
men who have been on the job every
working day since Pearl Harbor. He's
got too much at stake to let down now.
Thousands of other Todd workers ..
and millions in other industries see
this war the way he does. They're stay
ing on their jobs every hour, knowing
they can't afford to take chances with
the safety of our men fighting overseas.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
%%h%s havg ahmuhHhtmh1wa
I'm WORKING Every DAY...To help THEM THROUGH 1T"
c. L. Erickson Shipyord Foreman

EUGENE ERICKSON is in the Coast
- Guard, G. L., Jr. in the Air Corps.
Both are in the last stages of training in
this country.
With his two boys almost ready to
shove off for the battle fronts overseas,
and brother in England for more than
year, c. L. thinks plenty about how long
this war will last
He hears lot of talk of how quick and
easy we're going to win how the
German army will fall apart before our
troops get there how the paper cities
of Japan will 60 up in smoke when the
first blockbusters fall.
And on the other side, he hears the
warning from our military experts-that
SEATTLE-TACOMA SHIPBUILDIN,
more than quarter of century, build
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-01-14
The oAeoAA De4i4e
By RUTH TAYLOR

"Freedom the right to seek hearts desre-and to
the other hunt for his
Doesn't this thought express the ideals and dreams of all of
We all seekers after hearts desire that vision that
guiding star leading through Encouragement heartache
and despair toward shining goal at the rainbows end.
The right to seekfreedOm about, to be mans
slave and mans MASTER but free for those things
which Wan-a home, economic security job in which
others because wish That right
laid down to in the Constitution That is right will
abogae though may voluntarily lay it aside in times
Of common danger.
Our hearts desre-the goal of happiness which
to all of matter how may express it. Our hearts de-
sire for the bettement of ourselves and of those hold
be sacrifice that hearts DESIRE the priests
the building of home that hearts dsrethe conquering
benefits for chdrenour free schools great universities
hearts desire not the for any of but is
created out of needs hope and fahno by the
will of another
ITO let the othe hunt for hswe cannot keep freedom
to ourselves Freedom is lonely thing right of
Cor himself alone Special privilege license not liberty Free
dom by its nature universal We forget that the
slave we'll the the aer we'll the cap
Our homes safe respect neghbors home
children grow strength and learn wisdom make these
opportunities free all children We freely worship as
allow ngbors the privilege No church. regardless
Of denominations is safer than its negboring cathedral church,
synagogue Freedom based the selfrespect man. and
his corresponding respect for his neighbor
Freedom the right seek ones hearts desre-and to let
the other man hunt for his