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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
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St. Mdry's Nurses Hold Coronation

The Graduating class of St. Mdry's Hospital School of Nurses held its Coronation ceremony last evening in the hospital chapel.
 Miss Dorothy Danaher, president of the Class, had the honor of crowning the Statue of the Blessed Virgin. Shc was assisted by Mary Ann Post, daughter of pr. and Mrs. Edward Post, and Kathleen John son, niece of Rosemary Johnson, a member of the Class, as bridesmaids.
 The Rev. Bartholomew Skelly, of the Church of St. John the Evan gelist in Hartford, addressed the aS- sembly, following which Rev. Law renee Skelly, chaplain of the hospi- tai, gave benediction.
 pr. Joseph Reynolds played a mu- sical program, with Mrs. Robert Mc- iKernan as soloist.
 Tomorrow evening the members will hold their Class Banquet; and on Thursday they will be the guests of the Faculty at a Tea and Re- ception The latter will be held in the Nurses Home from three until five o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24

Grippo, who managed MeliO Bet tina, very likely heavyweight, un- til the Army took over that chore, is almost as well known to Park Ave. salons as he is to Eighth Ave. saloons. In either milieu he will, at the drop of a consonant, aban- don his card tricks for a learned lecture on the art of hypnosis. His boxing stable, he says, is trained under hypnotic suggestions, which induces a tendency to keep out of the way of right hooks and left jabs while not forgetting to coun- ter-nllnch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
SOCIAL AC7IVI7IES=W
AAUW Appoints
 Committee HeddS

At its recent annual meeting the Waterbury Branch of the A. A. U. w. appointed it's committees for the year. They include:
 Educational: Chairman, Miss Alice O'Neill, Miss Dora Milenky and Miss Florence Turnbull: program: chairman, Miss Isabella Rowell, Mrs. James A. Miller. Mrs. Earl w. PierSon, Miss Miriam Rhodes, and Miss Mary Schmidt; social: chairman, Mrs. Ellery Kilbourn. Mrs. Harold M. Kopp, Miss Dorothy M. White, Mrs. Stanley Robinson, Miss Helen M Hogan, and Miss Mary E. Shanahan; international relations: chairman, Miss Elizabeth G. Kane, Miss Jane M. Given, and Miss Constance E. Farnham.
 Legislative: chairman, Miss Margaret H. Croft, Mrs Karl Winter, Mrs. J. w. Wheeler, and Miss Geneva A. Page; member ship: chairman, Miss Edith L. Hart, Mrs. Percival Dixon, and Miss Elizabeth Hazen fellowship endowment: chairman, Mrss Joel I. Butler, Mrs. Forrest Purinton student loan: chairman, Miss Kathryn Hayes, Miss Josephine F. Menotti, and Miss Gertrude A. Traurig; publicity: chairman, Mrs. Frank J. Kenney, and Mrs. Walter Upson; economic and legal status of women chairman, Miss Inez L. B. Clough, Miss Alma M. Eaton and Mrs. J. Sydney Wakeley.
 Mrs. F. N. Meyer of Northfield road, Watertown, entertained the members of a picnic at her home She was assisted by Mrs. Harold M Kopp, chairman, and including Mrs. Henry Copeland, Mrs. George
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
Weddings
County VIC. T.U Meets TomOrrOW

The sixty-ninth annual conven- tion of the New Haven County group of the w. c. T. U. will be held tomorrow at the Cheshire Methodist church. Mrs. w. Mansfield will pre-
 Mrs. Mabel PreusSer of this city,, former president, will conduct the noon hour prayer, and will show the film He Went Straight Home. Mrs. Mary J. Wells, editor of the White Ribbon Banner, will conduct quiz at the morning session. ..
 In the afternoon Mrs. Frances l.. Roth, executive secretary, com- mittee on social protection, State Defense Council, will talk on state Program for Social Prtection."
 The medal contest is in charge of Harr w. Brinley of East Haven. Mrs. Ella F. Burr, state president, will speaw on Sign of the TimeS." All friends interested are invited.
 Waterbury members attending the session will leave tomorrow morning from Exchange Pl, on the 9.30 and 10 o'clock Cheshire busses,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24

The knowledge that they are up against a boxer who is hoped up with all kinds of evil eye" powers has had depressing effect on op- ponentS of Grippe fighters.
 Grippe has rambled the country over, mixing boxing with sleight of-hand He tries to avoid night clubs and theaters, preferring to work at private parties. It's more fun, you can give only one show night, and it's pleasant to have a highball handy while working.
 His feats with a deck of cards or a handful of coins are slightly beyond belief. We watched him on a recent evening concentrate on bulging the eyes of Reuben Ma oulian, director of the Theater Guild hit oklahoma who is a fancier of legerdemain. Mamoulian left the party slightly dizzy from having closed his hand firmly on half dollar and opened it to dis cover that it had turned into an English penny.
 MAMOULIAN, incidentally, has -L'I directed the Theater Guilds Three greatest hits, which besides oklahoma were "Porgy' and "Porgy and Bess.' For couple of years he was largely idle, but the Guild hit has brought him such a flood of offers that he was forced to hire a secretary to sort them out. He is going to Hollywood soon, to pick and choose among the offers. then will return to Broadway to direct some plays.
 TETON SINCLAIR, in town to U receive the Pulitzer Prize for his latest novel, almost brushed el- bows a couple of times with his first cousin, the Duchess of Windsor. Sinclair, the radical novelist, and Wallis Warfield, who married into royalty, grew up together in Baltl- more and lived for time in the same house After her marriage to the Duke of Windsor Sinclair wrote book, "Wally Makes Good, but it was the only one of his scores of books which has never been pup lished. He and the Duchess are still on good terms.
 nNE of Sinclair's bitterest feuds V was with Eisenstein, the Soviet movie director with whom he col laborated in making the picture, "Storm Over Mexico" years ago Eiseustein left in a rage, accusing Sinclair of "sabotaging' the picture by editing out it's revolutionary i'm plications. One of Sinclair's treas ures is a cablegram from the Rus sian government assuring him that Eistenstein was no longer in favor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24

The "ScOtS-Guard" serves all fronts. Invest in the playing card of "diStinction". Provide for the needs of humanity. Another Wa terbury contribution to the war effort. Manufactured and sold eN- cluSiVely for the benefit of the United Nations Relief Fund, Inc. Available nt Waterburys depend- able store Grieve, Bisset 4 Holland. Cards mailed to SerVicemeD over sens nt no additional cost. Postpaid $1 .OO. ScOtSgunrd. F. o. Box 453. City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
BISHOP O'BRIEN
 CONFIRMS CLASS

Confirmation services for a class of POS were held last Saturday afternoon at the Church of the Sacred Heart with Most Rev. Henry J. OBrien. auxiliary bishop of Hartford, officiating
 A weeks series of missions for women of the parish was concluded at closing exercises held at p. m, Of missions for men was held at yesterday, and the first of series 7:30 yesterday evening, under the direction of Fathers Edwin Murphy and Carl Loganbach, of the Fathers of Precious Blood order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
Contract Bridge
CORNELL CLUB

Scorers in the Friday afternoon tournament under the direction of Mrs. J. c. Moriarty included: North South, Mrs. Roger Peabody, Mrs. Rose Brugh, 1O812; Mrs. Geo. Cash man, Mrs. Keith Anderson, 91 east west, Mrs. John Brophy, Mrs. John Corden. 85: Mrs. William Kearn, Mrs. Roland Druin, 84
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
SECOND CHURCH

The MT. and Mrs. Club of Second Congregational church will elect its officers Wednesday evening at the church.
 The meeting will be preceded by a covered dish supper, and musi- elan will entertain during the eve- ming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
Walter WiH1cheII
 M NezU YOrk
MAN ABOUT TOWN

The Harrison Williamses' mansion was the scene of a brawl when a Wall Street pal of MT. w. started banning F. D. R., who was loudly defended by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor John Jacob Astor, III, will be in a private uniform in 90 days .. Isn't that Mrs. Bill Rob- lnson over there in Reno? . Press expert Steve flanagan, who blitz'd the Philly Convention for Willkie in 40, is plotting the same stunt for Rubber Car Jeffers for President in "A The draft age will be raised again-above 38 A. A. Berle, Jr., has been recooping at Great Harrington, Mass, follow Ing 8 breakdown. Returns to his State Dept desk this week MT. Farley has been testing Democrats about Hull-Farley ticket, while dittoing Repubs with a MacArthur- Farley slant Chums hear that Pare Lorentz (juGt unwound from Sally Bates) will wed Elizabeth Meyer, dhtr of the Washington Post prop.
 A favOrite Congressional sport is "ribbing" Rep. Clare BOOthe Luce of Conn. .. One colleague recently leased her with: Don't you think that it is beneath the dignity of the House to have one of its members voted among the six women in America with the most beautiful legs?" She replied: Don't you realize, Congressman, that you are just falling for some subtle New Deal propaganda designed to distract attention from the end of me that is really functioning?"
 Locals hear that Winnie Gardiner and Frances Latimer have melted and that he's quietly wed his 4th Chas. Rogers, owner of beauty salons, and Jeanette Lloyd, an At lanta realty heiress, are middle aisle bound . Naval It. Tru Da- wis is free again. If he remarrieS, says tntimates, it'll be Betty Hensel, Missouri socialite, daughter of a retired steel baron Leila Ernst, the ingenue, expects his final de- cree in Chicago in Sept. R. K. o. plans big things for her after that It's a boy for the Fred Whites Christine Cromwell, daughter of James CromWelD . . The funniest official memo to cross Army desks dealt with the problem of what to do about WAACs and men in the Air Corps Photographic school using the same dark developing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24

The AAA suggests that consider ation be given to the lowering of age limits for the granting of driv- ing licenses as a means of easing the shortage of persons qualified to drive private and commercial ve- hicles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
ELTON CLUB

Scorers in the Friday afternoon tournament under the direction of Mrs. w. s. Smith, included: north south, Mrs. Charles Audet, Mrs. Homer Bernier, 96 1-2; Mrs. John Vaill, Mrs. Robert Strohacher, 91 1-2; east-west, Mrs Edward Gra- ham, Mrs. Edgar Adams, 94 1-2; Miss Marie Corr, Mrs. Louis Lougee, 79 1-2.
 The official standing: Mrs. Audet, Mrs Bernier, 354; Mrs. Vaill, Mrs. Strohacher, $50 1-2; Mrs. Graham, Mrs Adams, 336; Mrs. Idris R. AL derson, Mrs. R. D. Schroeder, 345.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
NEWS , U4UIIHES

A sermon on "Glorifying Christ" was delivered yesterday by Rev. E.. Einar Kron pastor of Zion Evan gelical Lutheran church at yeSter- days services. The choir, under the direction of Miss Ethel Ziglatzki, sang during the service.
 In response to the Lutheran World Action appeal for funds to support the work of the Lutheran church among men in the armed forces, foreign missions and prison camps, contributions were received throughout the Lutheran churches in the city A national appeal for a million dollars is being made by l the church for work of service cen- ters and chaplainS corps along with other war programs.
 | Rev. Martin J. LorenZ, pastor Of 1 First Lutheran church installed the officers of the Intermediate league of the church at the morning Wor- ship service yesterday. The newly | installed officers include Karl Kos losky, president; Ruth Liffin vice. president; Julia Lancaster secre- tary; Elaine Wilke, financial secre- tary, and Marilyn DeBonis treasur- CT.
 An interesting exhibit illustrating | the work of the churches in war ! time Britain is now on exhibition at the Second Congregational | Church This is in the form of a large book consisting of fourteen | pages which in turn automatically by means of an electric motor and which show, through the medium of striking captions and photographs now the Church, in spite of build ings destroyed, goes out ito the Armed forces" ito the factories, y ito the air raid shelters" etc.
 This book has been compiled by the British Information Services and will help towards that under standing between the churches on both sides of the Atlantic on which so much of the future happiness of mankind depends.
 This exhibit is on display in the corridor on the first floor and may be viewed by any who may be in tereSted, during the coming week,
 Mrs. Charles E. Read outlined the duties of a chaplain on an island in the Caribbean sea in a talk deliver ed to young people of the First Methodist church last night entitled The Work of a Chaplain in the Armed Forces" Based on letters re- ceived from her husband. former pastor of Havre de Grace, Md, who was recently promoted to the rank of captain at his overseas post, Mrs Reads speech explained the many different and varied tasks of a chaplain, from hikes and trips to writing letters.
 Mrs. Read is residing in this city for the duration with her father, George CoWperthWait of Bristol Terrace. Her husband has been in the service a year and half and served previously at Fort Mcclellan, Ala.
 The service of worship which fol- lowed the talk was led by Dorothy Kenyon.
 The Circle of Cheer will hold a meeting this evening at 8 p. m at the church.
 The following officers were in stalled at the morning worship yes terday at the Intermediate Luther league of First Lutheran church, Rev. Martin J. Lorenz, pastor, an- nounced: President, Karl Koslosky; vice president. Ruth Litfin; Secre- tary, Julia Lanvcaster; finacial sec retary, Elaine Wilke treasurer, Marilyn DeBonis,
 Rev. Samuel Johnscon of Boston, forner ,aStor of St PallrS MethO-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
IA CLUB

Mrs. Joseph Blum of Kenyon street will entertain the ladies of the Irish American Auxiliary at a bingo party at her home on We'd nesday evening, May 26.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24

Dubpernell, Mrs. E. E. Eisenwinter Mrs. Henry Mattoon, Mrs. Karl Win ter. and Misses Dorothy M. White and L. Estelle Whiteside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24
BIG TOWN MEDLEY
Sterling Studio
By MARTIN KANE United Press Staff COrreSpOndent

NEW YORK-(UPOne the astonishing
 N James Grippe Sc D., P D. consulting psychologist pzhgh who spends entertaining socaies with of skill in the dealing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-24

Rev. Samuel Johnscon of Boston, former pastor of St. Paul's Metho-
Evening star., 1943-04-04

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Evening star., 1943-04-04
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Evening star., 1943-04-04
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Evening star., 1943-02-01
Clearing Streets Urged
As Means Of Saving Cars.
To the Editor OF The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In view OF the very extensive CAM
palgn to teach automobile owners how
to take care of and preserve their ma
chimes. and especially their tires, It
does not appear that any attention has
been directed to those owners who con-
tinually store their machines on our
streets.
MY observation leads me to believe
tnat thousands, If not tens of thousands
make no use of their garages. Ma
chimes are let stand on the streets in
all kinds of weather, rain, snow or
sleet, bitter cold or hot sun.
The depreciation due to such weather.
Ing is very great, especially as con-
Germs tires.
l have observed cars standing in the
same spot five or six days at a time
Yet there is, I believe, police regula-
tlon against cars being parked at the
same place over 48 hours.
1t seems to this writer much could
be done to save rubber tires by COM
pelllng owners to place their autos in
their garages and at the same time
clear our streets from the menace OF
SO many parked cars. j. A. B..
Evening star., 1943-02-01
PIeusure?

A burning question-that is.
gasoline burning question-nowa-
days is what to do with belated
guests who have, patriotically, walked
over earlier in the evening and are
therefore temporarily car-less. The
weather was fine when they started,
and the distance only eight blocks
but now those eight blocks are
drenched In pouring rain. They look
at 1t in dismay, and say. hesitatingly,
viii you drive us home?"
One thing seems sure-the host
must not make the usual careless
retort: why, certainly, it's pleas
ure." If it's a pleasure-and it NAV
seem like one, when the guests already
have stayed an hour longer than
they were figured to remain-then it
is unpatriotic and illegal to drive
them home. On the other hand,
keeping them until morning, while
the host camps out on a sofa, seems
a rather roundabout and unsatis-
factory way of winning the war.
One solution would be to drive the
guests home, after all, but growl at
them all the way, so that by no
stretch Of the Imagination could it
be called a pleasure trip, and then
apologize after the war. This, too.
seems rather devious. Will the OPA
please clarity this situation?
Evening star., 1943-02-01
Mr.. Flynn Withdrows

EDWARD j. FlynnS decision to ask
the President to withdraw his nom
lnation to be Minister to Australia
seems to offer the best solution of
what had become an embarrassing
and troublesome problem.
When Mr.. Flynn announced this
step, 1T had become apparent that
the administration lacked the votes
to secure his confirmation by the
Senate. This was not entirely at
tributable, as Mr.. Flynn implied. to
the partisan determination of Re-
publican Senators to vote as a BODY
against him, There was, undoubt-
edly, a certain element of partisan
ship in the fight against the nomi-
nation. But the inescapable fact
is that MIR. Flynn could have been
beaten only through the refusal of
a substantial minority of his own
party to support him, and the latest
indications were that nearly one
fourth OF the Democrats would have
voted against confirmation.
The opposition to Mr.. Flynn, at the
outset, rested largely on complaints
impugning his personal integrity.
During the committee hearings, how
ever, when all the facts were brought
together, 1t became evident to the
falr-minded that these complaints
had not been substantiated. But.
during these hearings, the committee
also went into the question of Mr..
Flynn's qualifications for the i'm
portant diplomatic post to which he
had been named, and several tnflu-
entail Senator'S indicated they would
oppose the nomination in the belief
that Mr. Flynn was not the best man
for the job, especially in view of the
prevailing military situation In the
Southwest Pacific.
Presumably, the President will
grant Mr.. Flynn's request for with
draWal OF his name rather than force
the nomination through to a finish
fight That will give Mr.. Roosevelt
an opportunity to choose another
nominee, and the probabilities are
that he can select any one OF a num-
ber OF Democrats for the post without
encountering any serious opposition
Republican or otherwise-in the
Senate.
Evening star., 1943-02-01
New Childbirth Technique

Announcement of "a new type OF
spinal anesthesia," alleged by its
sponsors to make possible com
Portable and painless childbirth" has
aroused considerable public interest
The current edition of the Journal of
the American Medical Association re-
produces the opinions of physicians
who have used the new method and
who therefore are qualified to discuss
it, Their Judgment, it seems, is that
it is 100 per cent effective If 1t
is not. indeed, "the last word in OBJ
Stetric analgesia." the fact that it
may constitute helpful development
remains interesting enough to en-
gage the attention Of people of all
classes
The improved technique was de-
viSed by DR.. Robert A. Hingson and
DR., Waldo B. Edwards, both officers
Of the United States Public Health
Service. stationed at the Marine Hos
pital. Stapleton, Staten Island New
York. Since January s. 1912, it has
been used in l9 different clinics
Associated with medical schools and
Well-established hospitals" The A.
M. A. periodical says: "Altogether
some $50 women have been delivered
Of babies by this method without
maternal mortality and with but
three instances In which infants
Evening star., 1943-02-01
VALLEY PLACE S. E.

Dear Sir:
Just finished reading what K. S. S.
had to say about his mockingbird want
what rakish angle he held one of his
wings
well, he hasn't anything on us
Henrietta, Josie and Madelyne-three
Government gals apartmenting together
over in the Southeast.
we have little owl that comes
nightly to serenade us either by the
light of the silvery moon or when pitch
dark. It makes no difference to our
feathered friend
Il can't tell you what he looks like
because none of us has ever seen him.
We think, however. he is small because
his little cluttering clatter doesn't hint
Of great volume behind It, 1t just seems
to roll out Of him. Back in Missouri,
we didn't have owls like him, SO I don't
know how to place him. That's what
I hope you can do for us and the main
reason why I'm writing this letter.
He didn't come to brighten our lives
until right after Christmas and at first
we thought 1t was the landladv's little
boy making a noise on the drum set
he got for Christmas.
But soon We knew him for the owl
that he was, and now VIC listen for him
each night. Sunday night was warm
and he froze' up. But before daylight
Monday morning, after it had turned
colder in the night, We heard his clut-
tertng clatter-the only time we've ever
heard him OF morning
Il think he was trying to make up to
us for his no serenade the night before
Doesn't this kind of owl sing on warm
nights?
You'd be surprised what the creatures
OF nature can come to mean to work.
weary war workers. Our owls song gives
us a nightly lift.
Il hope he doesn't 60 away but I'm
afraid he will when spring comes. What
can we do to get to see our serenader?
The feeding station we aim to activate
soon will avail nothing In this case.
Must we climb the pear tree outside our
window In order to see him? We're
pretty big girls to be doing that.
Still. we want to see our little owl.
What do you suggest2
Sincerely, M. M. r."
Our correspondents bird is probably a
screech owl
This is a fairly common permanent
resident, often observed in the city. For
several years, one or more roasted every
winter in the trees Of the old Agricultural
Department grounds.
The barn owl at one time was an
uncommon permanent resident, accord
ing to May Thatcher Cooke, in her
Birds of the Washington Region" It
has nested. she says, in the towers of
the old District Jail and in various towers
of the Smithsonian Institution, and
uses the latter as a winter roostinR place
Apparently deceived as to the season bv
the heat from the building, young have
been Matched here in late fall and
winter.