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Evening star., 1943-01-09
Sibley MarkfnK Time.

While the War Production Board
is proceeding with its efforts to have
the program revised, sibley Hospital
Is marking time with six empty
buildings on its hands. These were
emptied Of tenants In answer to
request from the Federal Works
Project to have details In readiness
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10

Mexico City announced that here after the public may transact bus mess with the city traffic depart- ment without employing a middle man."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
One Man War Plant Now Classified As Vital
"Tom Thumb" Parts Play Big Role in Electrical Sys=
 tenn of Giant American BOmbers

Lima, O., Dec. 10.-Behind the door of a small jewelry shop in this city a one -man war plant Is meeting and bN ing all production schedules as it turns out Tom Thumb parts for then electrical sys- tems of giant American bombers.
 The one man is 67-year old Les ter B. Pratt, neat, spry and bespec- tacled manufacturing jeWelrey who converted" his shop and himself to war production almost a year ago.
 Works After Dark
 Visit his shop at 10 o'clock some night and you'll find the little pew eler bending over the Lilliputian lathe on his work bench. Under print light he may be turning a tiny jewel-tipped shaft for a volt age regulator, the little electrical "watchman" that keeps the power in a bomber's wiring system at a steady pressure" so the 20-odd in struments in the cockpit operate accurately.
 This shaft and other delicate parts for aircraft electrical equip ment MT. Pratt believers to the Lima Works of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.,, for whom he is 2 sub contractor.
 Some of this work" Ec said, Sis so fine and the tolerances so ex- acting that I must use my magnify ing glass, just as if were repair
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10

1 ing a watch. One shaft l made was as thin as a sewing needle and | it had to b eaccurate within five l ten- -thousandthS of an inch" | Although he has continued re- pairing watches and making jeWelry of his own design, MT. Pratt drops this work when a war order comes into his shop.
 We need bombers more than brooches or silverware," he said, "so a Westinghouse order has top pri- ority in my shop. Watch repairs can wait while I'm making the pieces | needed for voltage regulators"
 "One- Man" Plant Now 12 Men
 Another Westinghouse assistant in Lima is Charles Weaver, former builder of racing cars, who started out as a one-man plans less than a year ago. Now he employs a dozen men in the cement block building where he had a battery and ignition repair shop before the war.
 Charlie Weaver is one of those about but seldom find,' said Harry Brurndrett. subconJracting super visor for the Lima Works. He was a tool-roon machinist at our plant before he went into business for himself.
 His first order amounted to $35- it was for airplane generator parts but since then he's done more than $80,000 worth of work for us.'
 Some fo the machine tools in the Weaver war plant are right out of Rube Goldberg-maGe of odd parts and driven by electric motors sal vaged from discarded washing ma chimes. But they do the job.
 Both of these subcCntractors," MT. Brundrett said, and about 250 others are helping the Westinghouse Lima Plant meet the enormous de- mand for tors, electric motors and other electrical equipment for planes, tanks and ships. Under this share the work system, all these subcontractors have added a million man-hours to the plants war effort this year.
 "Subcontractors range in size from MI. T1dtG 5 tlIly SIiOl) tO SlaIlI luQuS- trial concerns" MT Brundrett said And the size of the subcontracts and the products varies just as much. One minute we may ask somebody to build a quarter ton die and the next subcontract may be for regulator screws so tiny that a thou sand of them will fit in a penny matchbox. One big die cost $11O,OOO and there have been some $2 sub contracts for plating a single part required in development of sample model of new aircraft generator. |"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Milk Supply Improving

Boston, Dec. 10. (UP)-New Eng lands milk supply is expected to be back to normal by the end of this month.
 Next weeks supply will be 5 per cent better than the present week s has been according to Samuel w. Tator, representative of the War Food Administration. It also will b a total of per cent above the low point that was reached last month.
 Tator said that most of New England's cream will have to be supplied from the middle west and that the quantity of milk available for manufacture of cottage cheese and other dairy products will be limited until March.
 Tator said that the gradual im- provement ill supplies during the winter months will be followed by a sharp upswing in March until the seasonal peak is reached in June. The rate of gain during the next few weeks, he said, will de- pend largely on weather conditions and the dairy feed situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10

The offering at the Second Con- gregational Church Sunday, Decem- Der 12, will be for the Christmas fund of the Board of Home Mis- sions for the benefit of aged and disabled Congregational and Chris tian ministers and their families.
 Miss Louise Dorgeloh and Ellen Bowes will lead a discussion on the topic, Things That Count in Court ship, at the Pilgrim Fellowship meeting Sunday in the Chapel.
 The "Coomos" Pilgrim Fellow ship was organized last week by the seventh and eighth grades. This fellowship will meet Sunday after noon at o'clock.
 Mrs. Hartman and Mrs. StroW will again be in charge of the Nur- sery Department Sunday in the Con- ference Room during the church service. Parents who wish to at tend the morning worship may leave their babies there and be assured of competent care and supervision.
 The next Communion Service with reception of members will be held January 2. If there are any who would like to unite with the fellow ship at this time, either by letter from another church or on confes- sion of faith, they are asked to speak with Dr. Walker before December 26.
 The following names are taken from the inactive list of the church roll. The pastor has not heard from these friends for some time past He is anxious to have their correct addresses and to learn if they wish to have their names kept on the roll of the Second Congregational Church. Any information about these people will be appreciated.
 Mrs. Milo B. Peck, Miss Mildred Parker, Arthur Miller, Mrs. Susan McKinnon, Margaret McKinnon William McKinnon, Mrs. Hermine Frederick Kallcck, George E. Baer, Mrs. Archibald J. Baker, Lester F. Beardslee, Howard B. Beaumont, Mrs. Doris Craig Clements, Mrs, Emma Denison, Mrs. Katherina Buell. Doherty, Francis Dupont, Mrs. Gladys Roberts Evans, Mrs. Gladys Roberts Evans, Mrs. Bertha Platt Gladden., William B. Harmed, James E. Heady, Mrs. Emily I. Hotchkiss, Clifford Jones, Lloyd B. Jones, Orrin Kahl, Stewart A. uint, Mrs. Albert Schlosser.
 Christmas in Second Church
 Evening Department Christmas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
RECITAL HELD AT
 PEARL ST. HOUSE
Pupils of Mrs. Sylvester E. Perkins Featured in
 Splendid Program

The third annual recital of the pupils of Mrs. Sylvester E. Perkins was largely attended Thursday even ing at the Pearl Street Neigrborhood House. A program was carried out in which all pupils of Mrs. Perkins took part and at the conclusion prizes were awarded. Those receiv- ing prizes were Cornelia Hunter, Nathan c. Connor, Jr., Lila Nor fleet, Marian Pierce, Bermer Ros- COG and Dorothy Goldson.. Alfred Names, Jr., was soloist. Others taking part were B. Berline Connor, Julia Moore, Myrtle Jenkins, Bev- erly Maness, June E. Gaines, Shir- ley Finderson, Sally Booker, Sylvia Hunter, Ester Copeland. June E Garner, Ann Booker, Rudolph Coop CT, Elaine Furgerson, Mabel Best hoff.
 Tho judges were: Mrs. Robert Birt, Mrs. Catherine w. Melbourne and Miss Gertrude Mckinney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Hooper, M0n
 In Fly Row

Washington, Dec. lO.-UP)-Rear Admiral Stanford c. Hooper, who for 25 years was a top Navy com munications executive, is the officer who was forced to retire" because of his opposition to policies Of Chairman James L. Fly of the Fed eral Communications Commission, Rep. Clinton Anderson, D., N. NJ, asserted today.
 Reports that a high ranking of ficer had been practically cash tered" because of differences with Fly were brought out first two weeks ago at a hearing conducted by a House committe investigating EGG, but his identity remained secret until today.
 Testimony to the committee re- Vealed that Hooper, former director of the Nays radio liaison division and its representative on the inter departmental advisory board on communications, has sought access | to EGG files of merchant marine radio operators for purposes of loy- atty investigations but that Fly reportedly had opposed it.
 The two men also were said to have differed on security measures in Hawaii before the Pearl Harbol attack and on proposal to merge international communication facili- ties, move favored by Fly.
 Anderson said that Hooper'S fight to keep known subversives off U. s merchant ships and his opposition to the international communications merger resulted in his transfer tC an obscure inspectors job and sub seuuent retirement" He said he had been reliably informed" that Secretary of Navy Knox had tolo an investigator that he had to get rid of Hooper at Fly's request"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
Collection To Help
 Disabled Ministers
Second Church Offering Sunday to GO to Christmas
 Fund of Home Mission Board

Party - Tuesday, December IA 8 p. m.
 MT. and Mrs. Club - Wednesday, December 15-8 p. m., Davenport Hall. A Christmas Party with Santa Claus, gifts, carols, refreshments. Each person is asked to bring To- cent gift for the tree.
 Pilgrim Fellowship Christmas Dance Friday, December F - 8 p. m., Davenport Hall.
 Junior Department Christmas Party Saturday. December 18 - D. m., gymnasium.
 Kindergarten Department Christ mas Party - Tuesday, December 21 8 D. m, parlor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
WRITERS, ARTISTS
 IN CONFERENCE
Cultural Session to Be Held Next Month at Mid=
 dlebury College

Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 11-Some i twenty writers artists, economists political scientists and philosophers will gather on the campus of Mid dlebury College on January g and g to participate in the second annual Cultural Conference. The theme this year will be Cultural Values in a Changing World"
 These men include Mordecai Ezekiel, economic adviser to the Secretary of Agriculture; James Patten, president of the National Farm Union; A. Clayton Powell, chairman of the Peoples Com mittee; Edgar A. Mowrer, of tks Chicago Daily News; Frederick Schuman, professor of Political Science at Williams College; Doug las V. Brown, economist of Dart mouth: Andre Morize of Harvard; J. Donald Adams, book reviewer of the New York Times. Additional conditional acceptances have been received, with many more still to be heard from.
 The Cultural Conference was ini- tiated at Middlebury College last year when a similar group met to discuss Cultural Implications of the War" Stimulating symposiums followed by brisk question-and- answer periods continued for two days.
 Complete plans for the 1944 Con- ference have not yet been released, but it is assumed that they will follow plan similar to that of last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
JOHN MARSHALL CHESHIRE, DIES.
Funeral of IOIYear-OId Resident to Be Held
 Tomorrow Afternoon

Cheshire. Conn, Dec. l0-CUP)- Funeral services will be he'd tomor- TOW for John H. Marshall, 101, who 6>ed yesterday after a long illness. Marshall was a descendant of Thomas Hooker, one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony and CO., author of the Fundamental Orders which governed the colony until a constitution was adopted.
 Marshall was born at Ogdensburg, N. Y, and lived in Cheshire 84 years.
 Mir. Marshall is survived by his daughter in Cheshire; sister, Mrs. Hebert Benton, New Haven, who observed her 93rd birthday in October; 8 nephew, Warner Gould Marshall of California; four grandnephews, Lieut.. Marshall Hughes of the Army, John and Ward Hughes, also in the Army, and Donald Hughes, Sacramento, Oalif.
 The funeral will be held tomor- TOW at 2 p. m. from the home in Cheshire, with Rev. Dr. Norman S. Howell of St. Peter's church off, ciating. Burial will be in St. Peter S cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10

Flying FortreSses at cruising speed use 250 gallons of gasoline an hour, and at full throttle the rate is almost doubled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
BELIEVES HE'LL GET MORE
 SLEEP IN NAVY

London-(UP)-Ronald Pike, 18, come up for his British navy medi- cal examinations soon, and his mother hopes they'll take him-so he can get some sleep.
 Pike gets up at 4:30 each morning to get to his 12-hours-a-day job running a heavy derrick in a paper mill. Several nights week, like thousands of his countrymen, he goes directly from work to an all- night home-guard shift. He gets through with that just in time to get to work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
By Hal Cochran

factories as well as for the re-con- version of facilities now used for war production to peacetime pro- duction.
 Invited to the Norwich meeting will be representatives from the larger communities in Windham and New London counties. These will include selectmen, city engin- eers, Chamber of Commerce off, cials, power company and railroad executives. Sidney A. Edwards, managing director of the Develop ment Commission, will preside at the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
THIRD REGIONAL
 MEETING TUESDAY

The third in a series of regional meeting designed to coordinate the State Development Commission s factory location service with that of local gaencies will be held at the Norwich Inn, Norwich, on Tuesday, December 14, Willard B. Rogers, Commission chairman, announced today.
 Pre- vi.ous regional conferences held in New Haven and Bridgeport have produced concrete plans for the listing of available sits for new
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
LIONS TO ENTERTAIN
 DISTRICT GOVERNOR

The Waterbury Lions club, meet ing in tho Elton yesterday, made plans for reception on Wednesday night for Col Lott Breen. Bridge port, district governor of Lions club Representative from Connecticut Lions clubs will attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-10
IRISH=AMERTCANS
 MEETING TONIGHT

The Irish American club will hold social ant, card game for mem- bers at tonight's meeting at 8:3O at 108 Bank street. William Fitzell wll preside.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
War Housing Center
Opened in ST. Marys

A war housing center to serve as
a clearing house for information on
all housing in the Cedar Point
Leonardtown and Piney Point sec
tions of st. Marys County, has been
opened at the Lexington Park prof.
ect at Patuxent River. Md, Milton
Fischer, regional representative of
the National Housing Agency, an
nounced today.
The center, under the direction
of Stephen M. Bojanowski, will list
all the new war housing in the area
provide accommodations for eligible
war workers and their families and
assist in handling applications for
conversion under the Home Owners
Loan Corp. program initiated last
spring. These listings will include
both publicly and privately financed
housing and existing vacancies.
Under the conversion plan, the
Government will lease buildings,
houses and summer cottages and
convert them into additional units
with public funds, Mr.. Fischer said
OF the 936 Government financed
war housing units in the county. 80
are completed. SCI are under con-
struction and IS are yet to be start
ed, he said.
Evening star., 1943-11-27

niflcent building-is the great recog-
nizable symbol of religion. 1t draws
people from many parts of the coun-
try, and offers a great missionary
opportunity" The bishop, he un-
derstood, was to have an influence
in effectuating this ideal.
The College of Preachers, on Ca
thedral Close was characterized by
him as unique institution to
which leaders of our own people
gather 1t offered a chance, said
DR.. Dun. to "be the leaven in the
Episcopal Church and beyond. 1t
can be a place" he added, where
deep and troublesome problems of
the day can be faced honestly in
prayer. No other place is so well
fitted"
In the fourth place, the Bishop
elect declared, Washington as the
Capital carried the prestige of the
United States in the world to come. :"
and offered tremendous and
frightening responsibility for re-
ligious influence.
Reluctant to Change Work. )
But the principal problem he
faced in trying to decide whether to
accept the bishopric to which he
was elected last Tuesday, DR.. Dun
explained was whether to leave his
present post as dean of the Episco-
pal Theological School at Cam
bridge, which is selecting and train
ing young men for the ministry
The main difficulty 1 face" said
Dean Dun, lis not any question
about the importance of the work
here, but that feel so keenly the
Importance and responsibility of my
present work. There is nothing more
fundamental to the life of the
church than the quality of young
men going into the ministry.
1T is question with me as to
whether to take part in the prepa- =
ration Of young men to be bishops
or to be one myself" He estimated
that Is or 80 graduates of the in
stitution Of which he is dean were
members Of the House of Bishops
Of the church.
DR.. Dun also frankly discussed
with the press his physical condi-
Evening star., 1943-11-27

officer often assumes religious at
mosphere."
Dr. Pugh said he wondered why
the Patton incident was kept from
the American people so long, es-
pecially since it was widely known
among the soldiers in North Africa
and Sicily.
Generally, DR.. Pugh said, the
morale of Americans in the front
lines is high.
ITS behind the lines" he said,
where you have morale problems. "
He said soldiers, wherever he
found them, were unable to under
stand home-front strikes.
There are two or three men con-
nected with these strikes he said,
"of whom the boys don't think much.
These labor difficulties hit the SOL
diers harder than any Patton Incl
dent
DR.. Pugh left Washington on his
world inspection tour on August Is
at the invitation OF President Roose-
welt He said his primary objective
was to further the relationships be-
tween Protestant chaplains and
their churches back home and to
achieve degree of unity comparable
with that which exists between the
Catholic Church and its chaplains.
He said he was gratified to find a
spirit of unity among chaplains of
all faiths and exhibited St. Chris
topher Medal and a Mizuzah, which
had been given him by Catholic and
Jewish chaplains for protection dur
ing his flights.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Silver Spring Planning
Celebration for Il. Kelley

Ten Silver Spring organizations
already have signified their inten-
tions to participate in home
coming celebration to be held for
1t. James Ford Kelley. who has
been decorated seven times by the
War Department, when he returns
from England.
The organizations include the
Maryland State Guard, the Minute
Men, Cissel-Saxon Post, American
Legion: the Silver Spring Volunteer
Fire Department., the Montgomery
County police, the Rotary Club of
Silver Spring, the Silver Spring
Lions Club, st. Michael's Mems Club,
Silver Spring Board of Trade and
Civilian Defense.
The United States Army Air Forces
also will have a part in the reception.
The committee in charge of tine
homecoming program yesterday an
nounced that any organizations de-
string to participate should contact
Fred L. Lutes or George T. Day at
the Suburban National Bank.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Patton Incident Had Bad Effect
On Troops, Dr.. Pugh Says
Cleric Talked
With General
While on Tour

1t. Gen. George c. Patton's SLAP
ping of a shell-shocked soldier in a
hospital behind the lines in Sicily
was viewed yesterday by DR.. William
B. Pugh, chief executive of the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States as having "a very bad effect"
on American soldiers overseas.
DR.. Pugh recently returned from
be-girdling tour of American
soldiers in more than a score of
countries, said he spent an hour
and half with Gen. Patton in his
headquarters in Palermo. He de-
scribed the general as a rough and
ready type" who mixed "cuss words"
with biblical quotations.
He has definite opinions and
stands by Them DR.. Pugh said.
Il imagine he thinks he's right ell
the time Later, DR.. Pugh said, II
don't like self -opinionated people
myself"
Sees No Excuse.
II don't think there's ever any
excuse for general to strike a SOL
dier." he commented.
At press conference in the offices
Of the General Commission on Army
and Navy Chaplains, DR.. Pugh said
the Patton incident was a wide
spread topic of conversation among
soldiers in the Mediterranean thea
ter Of war. Chaplains serving in that
area, he said, were disturbed by the
episode.
When he entered Gen. Patton's
headquarters. he said, he found the
general with a Bible close to his
hand. He said he drew the con-
clusion that the hospital incident
was in the generals mind at the
time, though no direct allusion was
made to it. Gen. Patton talked a
good deal about taking care of the
men and sustaining their morale.
DR.. Pugh said.
Was Reading Cromwell Biograp ply.
Gen. Patton was reading a biog-
raphy of Oliver Cromwell at the
time, DR.. Pugh said The clergyman
described Cromwell as a man who
had his opinions and stuck to them"
Maybe that's what appealed to
Gen. Patton" DR.. Pugh said.
The minister said the generals
talk with him wasn't always a
parlor conversation" Every once in
while, he said, Gen Patton would
utter few words which DR.. Pugh
classified as "cuss words" and would
then excuse himself At the same
time. he said, the generals talk was
lnterspersed with quotations from
the Bible that amazed me-"
DR.. Pugh observed, however, that
when a minister of any religion
visits a high-ranking officer that
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Fairfax Board Calls
20 Fathers 10 Service

Fairfax County Selective Service
Board officials announced that no.
tices to report next month for in
duction into the armed services
have been sent 20 pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers in the county.
Board officials said II white faith
erS have been ordered to report for
induction on December and eight
colored fathers have been ordered
to report on December l6
These are the first pre-Pearl Har-
Dor fathers to be called for induc-
ton in Fairfax County, although
several have volunteered, officials
said.
Meanwhile nine pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers who were inducted Novem-
cer by the Bethesda-ChevyC Chase
Draft Board No will report for ac-
tive service Monday. These were the
first pre-Pearl Harbor fathers to be
inducted by board in the Wash
ington area.
Evening star., 1943-11-27

ton, volunteering the information
that he had undergone eight or nine
major operations when a child after
being stricken with infantile para
lysis. He admitted he was lame,
but said he loved bicycling and fire.
quently made trips with Mrs. Dun
and his two boys up to distance OF
Is miles or more a day. This, he
said with a smile. sometimes pro-
vided amusement for the people OF
his home town, and, he added, If he
came to Washington as bishop he
would be willing to provide the same
kind of surprise here.
He likes to take walks, Dean Dun
said, and has spent much time
canoeing. He also explained that in
his country home at Heath, Mass,
he liked to put on old overalls and
do what he called rough carpentry
work" He said he had done sub
stantial reconstruction work on the
summer home which formerly was
creamery.