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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-18

fts Government by Buckley & Perry, Story of Modern Europe by Riker, Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis, twenty Modern Americans 'by Cooper & Palmer Italian Convcrsa- s ton by Kany and Speroni, Spanish Review Grammar by HeS5c, Spoken Spanish for Flying Cadets by Kany,
 A transfer of $l00 from the ap- propriation for repairs to that for advertising was authorized, The funds will be used 10 advertise for bids on various school building re- pair jobs,
 Permission was granted 10 the New York, New Haven, and Hart ford Railroad Company to send a representative to speak in the schools in connection with the Safety First" program,
 Use of school buildings was per- mltted as follows
 Tech-o-Scope Of Leayenworth high school, use of the gymnasium on Friday evening, May 28, for the pupose of holding q dance,
 Waterbury Girls club, use Of the Crosby gymnasium on Wednesday afternoon, May 20, for rehearsal and on Thursday evening, May 27, from G;30 to Q D, m. to hold an en- tertainment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-18

to operators of this state.
 The Waterbury branch of ths Motor Vehicle Department is lo- cated at 480 Watertown avenue. The business hours are 8.30 a. m. to 4;30 D. m. from Monday to Fri- day inclusive and on Saturday from 8.30 q. m. to l2 noon. They are closed on all State and National holidays. The office Is under the supervision of Mrs. Alice Bradley assisted by Mrs. Mary Shiel. The motor vehicle inspectors who arc In charge of all examinations which include the road test and the law test on Motor vehicle laws are John McCleary and Thomas Lumpkin. Phone 4-6l3l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-18
Registration Fees On Automobiles Discussed Subject of Interest to All Car Owners Theme of Latest Article by Police Departments
 Safety Instructor.

General Information concerning the registration fees on automobiles Is discussed in the following article written by Drillmaster Will liam c. Dwyer of the police ac- cident prevention bureau.
 Registration fees for all motor vehicles, except commercial motor vehicles, electric motor vehicles and tractors, shall be determined by the light weight in pounds, as follows For each such motor vehicle Of light weight up to and including three thousand Ave hundred pounds the annual fee shall be seven dol lars; from three thousand five hun dred and one pounds up 10 and Including four thousand Ave hundred pounds, nine dollars; and over four thousand five hundred pounds, eleven dollars.
 Many people have wondered, about the difference in the cost Of regLs- tration for the various kinds of cars and the above will give them the information. It also gives them the approximate weight of their car and we hope that all operators will keep this in mind when driving You cannot stop few thousand pounds on a dime as some drivers have SO stated.
 Operators LiccnseS-There Shal be charged a fec of three dollars for each operators license, and ar additional fec Of three dollars fol each public service operators license There shall be charged foe oi two dollars for each examination of an operator.
 Each applicant under twcnty-one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-18

years of age must present birth certificate or other prima facie eyi- dence Of date of birth when apply Ing for an operators license. Ex- aminations will be required of each applicant who has not held a Con necticut operators license the pre- eeding year: except that the com
 missioner may waive the examina- ton of q licensed operator of a state which conducts an cxamina- ton approved by him and where such state offers the same privilege
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-18
ALMOST TOO BIG

Paul Henrcid lost out on the first stage role he tried to get, at the beinning of his career in Vienna, because of something that Is one of his greatest asset here his 6'3' height. The producer felt he would dwarf the furniture on the small stage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-18

recruiting drive" !" So boasts The Worker of the nation wide m c m b e r sh 1 p drive of the Communist Par ty that ended on May 1 of this year.
 Though most of the rubbish printed in The Worker falls of the weight of It's ow n stupidity, here I am sure we have some truth, not be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-18
Urge School Officials To Check Delinquency
Commissioner Barnes Suggests Appointment of Assistant Truant Officer; Bucks Hill Pupils Moved

Pointing out that absenteesm in local schools is increasing and sharp rise has been noted in juvenile delinquency during the past few months, Dr. Francis F. Barnes, education commissioner last night asked the Board of Education to appoint assistant ruant officer Action the proposal postponed to permit the school house committee to conduct investigation.
Evening star., 1943-11-05

numerous instances Of temporary
blindness ss'-distorted vision due to
lack of vitamin B.
Stanley also has considerable
dysentery and malaria. which is
likewise reported in other China
camps. Dysentery. dengue fever,
some jaundice and tuberculosis were
reported In the Philippine camps.
Some Will Stay Through.
Despite the hardships they are
facing there is evidence that some
lnternees have no wish for repa tri-
alton A poll taken in Santo Tomas,
Manila, revealed that SO per cent of
$500 persons wished repatriation.
but II per cent indicated their will
lngness to remain. Ten per cent
failed to vote.
The majority of those willing to
remain expressed desire to "see
the show through and give moral
support to the Filipinos, or believed
the end OF the war imminent and
desired to be on hand for the re-
opening of business. There were
lew adherents to this last theory in
emma and a number Of missionaries
desired to remain in order to con-
tlnue their work.
Many men declined repatriation
awaiting the opportunity to take
Evening star., 1943-11-05

to obtain Japanese permission te
have foodstuffs unloaded this time
during the Teia Maru's scheduled
stopover in Hong Kong on the
homeward journey, but the japanese
gave no assurance
No Word On KowlOon.
The condition of several thousand
British and Canadian war prisoners
at KoWloon is unknown, but they
also presumably are feeling the
pinch.
No relief is in sight for the ap-
proximately 100000 Chinese in
Hong Kong who now are surviving
on the last of the colonys large pre-
war supply of canned goods, plus
small imports. The repatriateS re-
ported hundreds in the city were
so weak that they could barely walk
last summer.
Throughout China and the Philip
pines the japanese have given the
camps only negligible amount of
medicines, all of which apparently
are needed for the army. Camp
clinics are run by internee ply
sicians and are maintained in SUP
plies by purchases in the dwindling
market at exorbitant prices. Cases
of beri beri and pellagra are in
creasing In Stanley and there are
Evening star., 1943-11-05
BY RUSSELL BRINES.

PORT, ELIZABETH, UNION OF
SOUTH AFRICA, Nov. 5-Nearly
10000 occidental civilians, $500 of
them Americans, still remain in in
ternment camps in Japan, China
and the Philippines. and all face
steady dwindling food supplies and
a growing shortage of medicines in
future months.
This was disclosed by a survey of
the 1900 repatriates aboard the ex-
change liner Gripsholm who came
from % of the 33 large and small ci-
Vlllan camps the japanese are
known to be maintaining in those
countries.
The food and medicine shortages
were attributed to the disruption OF
communications and rising living
costs.
The situation was said to be par
tlcularly acute on Hong Kong Island
which is entirely dependent on i'm
ported foodstuffs. Repatriates de-
clared that more than 100000 Chi
nese and foreigners. including 5000
British civilian internees, are near
starvation there.
Near Starvation.
| Without senSa tionalism, these
! sources expect a famine this winter
In Hong Kong and unless the jap
anese exchange liner Teia Maru de-
poslts cargo of Red Cross supplies
promptly-a heavy toll of deaths
will result among internees in Camp
/ Stanley.
In addition to the 6, 800 Americans,
approximately 1880 British, Cana
dlans and Netherlanders remain in
the camps scattered through Japan.
China and the Philippines. A few
hundred still are free because of
medical and religious exemptions or
! special technical employment. About
100 others are free in South Indo-
China and so others are in conflne-
ment III a center near Saigon.
Most of the Americans. some 5000
Of them, remain In the Philippines
in three major camps. Possibly less
than 100 are in Japan, the remain
der having been sent to China.
The japanese have thrown
blank wall around interment condi-
tions in Malaga and the Neither
lands East Indies.
1nternees Buy Extra Food.
In most camps the internees are
able to maintain an occidental sub
SlStence ration only through using
their own funds for outside pur-
chases to augment e-issued
ratlonS. Even this is impossible.
however, in Hong Kong, and 5000
British at Camp Stanley there are
suffering undernourishment.
The repatriates said the Stanley
internees survived last winter only
through the arrival of Red Cross
foodstuffs sent on the first repatria-
ton voyage Of the Gripsholm. These
supplies arrived only after being
transhlpped from Japan.
The internees there are all suf-
tering from malnutrition." one re-
sponsible repatriate said. Many are
so weak I am afraid it will be too
late for them if the supplies are
neld several months in Yokohama
warehouses as the last lot was"
1nternee officials have attempted
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Convict Killed, Two Hurt
As JaiIbreak Is Foi|ed
Ev The ASSocIated Press

Ey the Associated Press
JUNCTION CITY. Ohio. Nov. s.
One prisoner was shot to death and
guard and another prisoner were
wounded late Yesterday when six
oonvlcts made a desperate but fu-
tile attempt to break out of a State
prison camp here
The slain prisoner was Edward
Hykes Of New Philadelphia, Ohio,
who was serving three to fifty years
on statutory assault charges.
The guard, Nelson Palmer. 36.
was cut several time with a butcher
knife and then slugged as he fought
the six men after they attacked
him in the camp recreation room.
Robert Mccall was shot in the
leg by Tower Guard Waldo McDon-
aid, whose rifle also killed Hykes.
Mccall was serving 20 to 25 years
for robbery.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Repatriated Nazi Flyers
Protest British Propaganda

BY the Associated Press.
BERN, Nov. 5.-According to three
German aviators who were returned
to Germany from Britain recently
IN an exchange of war prisoners, the
Nazis in the camp where they were
imprisoned were fed British propa-
ganda along with the church services
every Sunday
The sermons were so anti-Ger-
man the prisoners booed and
shouted the flyers asserted in a
story in the Berlin Boersen Zeitung
in which they recounted their ex-
periences under the headline Three
Years in Captivity"
The aviators also asserted that
British prison camp authorities
'proflteered' at the prisoners ex-
pense, selling toothpaste that nor
mally retailed for pence at 10
pence
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Gas Company Asks
|WLB Approval Of
Raise for Employees

Granting of wage increase of
one-half Of l per cent to approx
mately 1,400 employees of the Wash
ington Gas Light Co. and it's sub
salaries has been asked by the
company and District Gas Workers
Union in Joint letter" sent to the
Regional War Labor Board.
The WLB on October 2 denied a 2
per cent wage increase, holding that
present rates already compared
favorably with the earnings of
workers engaged in similar occupa-
tions in this area"
The letter, sent to the WLB yes
terday, said that without discuss
ing further justification for the
original demand for per cent
increase, wage boost, preferably
one-half of l per cent, but at least
0.42 per cent, is asked. retroactive to
October /, 1912"
1t was pointed out that the gas
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Mrs. Troin to Sponsor
Submarine Lionfish

Mrs. Harold C. Train OF Chevy
Chase, Md, wife OF Rear Admiral
Train, former director of the Once
OF Naval Intelligence and now COM
mandant of the 18th Naval District
and commander of the Panama Sea
Frontier, will sponsor the submarine
Lionf1sh at double launching Sun
day at Cramps Shipyard, Phila-
delphia.
The other ship, the submarine
Manta, will be christened by Mrs.
Michael j. Bradley, wife Of Repre-
sentative Bradley, Democrat, Of
Pennsylvania, a member OF the
House Naval Affairs Committee.
There Is no such thing as a blood
less victory. Yours, too, is needed
by Blood Donor Center. Call District
$500 to make an engagement.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
BY RAYMOND P. CRONIN.

PORT ELIZABETH, Union o1
South Africa, Nov. 3 Delayed -
Travellers who left French Indo-
China early in October told me that
the French provincial government
. under Rear Admiral Jean Decoux
Vichy high commander for the Pa
cific, is in complete control of the
) region and that the japanese in
recent months have been living
strictly within the limits of the
Vichy treaty with Japan.
The French control all essential
services, l was told,
A French army consisting of reg
ular soldiers, Foreign LcgIonnalles
and Colonials is stationed on the
Tonkin border, across from which
an army Of half a million Chinese,
with some American officers, is
poised for possible action. The Jap
anese have dug in deeply, militarily
in the Saigon. Haiphong, Hanoi
Torrance and Camranh Bay areas,
but the strategic border region is
held by the French.
Puts Up Strong Front.
was told that within the last six
months DecouX has presented a
strong front to the japanese and has
rejected all attempts TO increase rice
shipments under the ViChy treaty
by 100000 tons annually. The jap
anese now are taking 1,25O0O0 tons
Of rice yearly from o-China, l50,-
900 gallons of alcohol monthly and
a great amount of crude rubber.
My lnformants told me that Amer
lean submarines have been active in
recent months off the mouth of the
Mekong River and have sunk many
japanese troop and supply ships.
During the month of July. they said,
scores Of japanese bodies were
washed ashore in this region.
Late in 1912 and early in 1943
several plots against the French
authorities were uncovered and
quickly suppressed. The Japanese
denied they were the instigators,
but my informants were of the
opinion that the Nipponese were
behind the moves to upset the
French administration.
Some Annamltes repeatedly were
collaborating with the Japanese.
but it Is believed that the masses of
the people of the country are pro-
American and they are said to be
always discussing the time when
United States troops will arrive in
Indo-China.
Faces Rice Shortage.
1ndo-China, l was told. faces a
serious rice shortage as the current
crop has been reduced at least 35
per cent by drought.
also learned from these travellers
that there was widespread unrest in
Thalland, with the masses display
Ing increasing anti-Japanese senti-
ment because they have been drain
Ing the country of its economic re-
sources
Thailand is facing a serious rice
shortage, with most of the 1912
crops flooded out and the 1943 crops
threatened by severe drought
Travellers who have recently arrived
here from both Indo- China and
Thailand highly commended the
British scorched-earth policy in the
Malay Peninsula. saying that prac-
tically all the rubber trees there
have been destroyed and the mines
crippled.
Little is known about the situation
In the Netherlands East Indies, but
reports fltering from that region
say that the japanese are getting
more native collaboration there than
elsewhere throughout the occupied
regions
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Hecht Co. Workers
Win Bond Drive Prizes

TWenty-four employees of the
Hecht Co. have been given more
than 81 200 in War bonds for excep-
tional effort during the Third War
Loan when the store exceeded its
quota by more than 100 per cent.
In addition IA special citations have
been awarded department heads for
meritorious service, the citations
being presented by Charles B. Dull
can, ST. vice president and general
manager.
Edward Erich, merchandise man.
ager, received Treasury certificate
Evening star., 1943-11-05

workers still are entitled to a o.42
per cent wage boost under the Lit
tie Steel" formula. since their over
all wage increases since January !,
1912, amounted to only 1853 per
cent.
Company officials did not esti-
mate the amount of the wage boost
If granted, but it was indicated a
considerable sum will be involved il
made retroactive TO October /, 1912
David L. McGonegal is president
and j. Loren Freund is secretary OF
the Gas Workers Union.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
0lIPSHVIHH ITuVeIeTS Report
Prisoners of Japanese Face
Shortages of Food, Medicine
Hong. Kong Internees
Reported Nearing
Starvation Point

Russell BrineS, Associated
Press correspondent en- route
home aboard the exchange liner
Gripsholn. tells in the tollolUing
dispatch OF the conditions facing
the many American and British
nationals still interned in Jap
dneSe hands. Mr.. Brines Serped
in the Toxic and Manila bureaus
OF the Associated Press before he
'Das captured by the japanese at
the tall of Manila
Evening star., 1943-11-05
T Travellers Report
French Indo-Chinu
Reported Still Under
Firm Vichy Control

fRaymond p. Cronin, author
OF the tollo,Uing dispatch. is re-
turning to America aboard the
exchange ship Gripsholm after
2l months in an internment
camp In Manila, Where he Uas
-SerDino as chief OF the Associ-
Gted Press bureau ,Uhen the Jap
dneSe inpaded the Philippines.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
PRICE CEILING S
ON KEROSENE OIL
OPA Office Issues Official
List of Retail Prices, In
dicating Slight Increase

The regional Office of Price Ad-
ministration in Boston has provided
cents-per-gallon maximum prices
for kerosene, No. fuel oil, and
range oil which results in two
tenth of cent per gallon increase
in sales to Waterbury consumers
due to the difficulties arising in de-
livery TO those living upper floors,
1t was announced today.
The new ceilings include 81 cents
per gallon at sellers yard for de-
livery into buyers tank wagon; 11.6
cents per gallon at sellers yard for
deliveries in containers in quantities
OF 10 gallons or less, 9.8 cents
per gallon for tank wagon deliver
les to resellers in quantities of 25
gallons or over; 10.5 cents per gal
Ion for tank wagon deliveries to
consumers in quantities of rs gollons
or over; IL cents per gallon for
tank wagon deliveries to consumers
in quantities of less than 25 gal
Ions, and 1877 cents retail estab-
lishments to consumers.
Top prices listed in these amend
ments do not include the three
tenth of a cent increase permitted
on tank wagon and retail sales in
the states where fuel Is rationed
the OPA regional office announced.
1t was explained that this amount
may be added, having been author
lied December 20.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
HENRY SUCCEEDS
SON, EDSEL FORD
70-Year.OId Industrialist
Returns to Head Detroit
Motor Company

Detroit, June / up Henry
Ford was elected president OF the
Ford Motor Co, today, succeeding
his son, Edsel who died last week
The 70-year- old industrialist, who
In 1919 turned over control Of one
Of the largest Industrial empires to
his son, returned TO the head OF the
company at meeting OF share
holders Of Ford Motor Co" The
action was approved Immediately by
the board OF directors,
1t was presumed that Ford, al
though IN good health, had assumed
| titular control until one Of Edsel
Fords sons, either Henry II or Ben
son, both now In the armed forces
can take over the presidency, Henry
Is rs and Benson %.
Actual direction Of the Arm may
20 TO Charles T.. Sorensen, vice
president reelected at today's meet
ing. SorenSen has been with the
Ford organization since lo05-three
years after It's founding. He Is 81
years old.
The group also reelected Charles
+. Sorensen vice president, d. j.
Craig, vice president and treasurer
II. l.. Moekle, secretary and assist
ant treasurer, and H. f, Schluphter,
assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer.
Elected directors were Henry Ford;
Henry Ford II and Benson Ford, two
of Edsel Ford's three sons; Soren-
sen; Mrs. Edsel Ford, Edsel Ford's
widow; Harry II, Bennett, company
personnel director; Craig, M. l.,
Broker and n. r. Rausch,
There had been considerable be-
lief that Ford, because Of his age,
would turn over control Of the COM
pany to Harry II. Bennett, Ford
personnel director, and Charles Il,
Sorensen, vice president, until Ed
sci Ford's three sons-Benson, Henry
II and william are ready to assume
the leadership
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
AIR RAID WARDEN
MEETING TONIGHT

George V. Grady, zone warden,
will conduct an air raid warden
meeting and gas mask instruction
school at Wildly high school on Tues
day at 7:30 p. m, 1t was announced
today Plans for the field exercises
to be held on Friday, June 4, will
be discussed.
Instructors at the gas mask school
will be Lawrence Farrell, Fred New,
Roger Sperry, and Max Weinbach.
Wardens from the following sectors
are urged to attend: /, 2, 3, 4, S, 6,
7, 8, 8, 10, II, IL, 10, IA, 20, 81, %,
%, a. Is, 26, and Al. Wardens from
the Wilson and Cooke street areas
are also requested to be present.
Zone A wardens will hold a meet
ing tomorrow at 745 p. m. at Ander-
son school, with Harry Northrop in
charge. Plans will be formulated
for the field exercises to be held on
June and wardens of Sectors AZ,
40, A, As, Sc, At, 48, 40, so, 81, So, "a,
and 70 are requested to attend.
A meeting of Sector leaders of
Zone C will be held on Wednesday
at 7:30 at zone headquarters in
Russell school, it was announced to-
day by Henry ]. Bowling, warden
Daylight air raid tests will be dis
cussed at the session, under the di-
rection OF deputy zone warden, Mark
A. Tierney.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following marriage inten-
tions were filed today with the
registrar of vital statistics:
Rocco MarcianO, 500 Wilson
street, and Mary Proetti, IA Etna
street.
Peter StOlfi, U. S. Army and
Lucy Farino, liz Fulton Park ave-
nue..
Richard c. Wright, 81 Mt. YER
non avenue and Constance A.
Lucas, IS Fulton street.
Edward Mellon, 345 Huntingdon
avenue, and Catherine BOnlanger,
80 Twining avenue.
Elder Evans, 936 South Main
street and Emma ID. Taylor, 1876
North Main street.
Edmund LaskOwski, 1874 Mill
street and Frances BakinOwBki,
252 Orange street.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
Litigation In
Local Courts

A Judgment for the defendants in
the $4,000 civil action brought by
Filomena Caporaso against Felix
DiFronzo ct al was handed down
today by State Referee John w.
Banks. The plaintiff claimed a house
built by the defendants was Of de-
fective workmanship and damage
resulted The building was com
pleted Nov. |, 1887 and later the
foundations were said to have weak
ened.
The state referee In his memoran-
dun states there was no evidence
to prove that foundations of the
house settled and walls cracked, as
alleged by the plaintiff. Hearing of
the case was completed In local SUI
perior court few weeks ago.
Withdrawal papers were filed In
superior court today in the dissolu-
ton action brought by Harry M. AL
bert against Gableman's Express Co.
The petitioner, who filed the suit
May 20 asking for appointment Of
a receiver, said dissertation among
stockholders had created difficulty
and the firm was hard-pressed by
threatened attachments.
Malcolm A. r. White of Cheshire
has withdrawn from the common
pleas court docket a $500 suit
brought against Fred Dimonte OF
Hartford as the result of an auto
mobile collision Sept. IS, l94l in
Pennington.
Also Withdrawn from the court to-
day was the $3.50 civil action
brought by Delma DAngelo and
Michael D'Angelo, both Of Water
bury against Hyman, Sam, and Jo-
seph Blecher, all of Waterbury, as
the result of fire damage to their
house at 225 Baldwin street. The
defendants were hired TO paint the
house and 1t was alleged in the
complaint blow-torch used Oct. q
1912 set fire to the premises.