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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-23
Nelson Commends
u. S. Newspapers

washington June %. - CUP -
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the
War Production Board today paid
tribute to the practical patriotism"
of American newspapers in welcom-
ing establishment of an industry
committee to stimulate production
of pulp woods for use in manufac-
ture of munitions and newsprint.
The committee, named by the
American Newspaper Publishers AS
sociation, will be headed by Walter
M. Dear, publisher Of the Jersey
Journal, Jersey City, N. j.. and
Rormer Anpa, president.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-23
NO MEAT PROBLEM

Oregon City, Ore, (UP)-What's
this talk about meat rationing, Mrs.
Orion Gleason wants to know, kind
ly cycling Pinkey. Pinkey, a doe
rabbit, recently gave birth to a lit
ter of II rabbits, making a total Of
20 offsprings in the last So days,
which just about takes care of the
Gleason meat problem.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-23

Register Now for Summer School.
Term Begins June 3Oth. Post Junior
College Of Commerce.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-23
MINERS RETURN
TO WORK WITH
NEW COAL PACT
BY RAYMOND LAIR
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, June %. - (UP) - Striking bitumnouS
anthracite miners began returning to the pits today
to work until October 81 under government control The
backtowork order, relieving grave crisis on the home
front which had threatened to bog down production
came the United Mine Workers Policy Committee.
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Evening star., 1943-04-20
Seder Services Mark
Opening Of Passover;
Chaplain Lev Speaks
Men in Armed Forces
Guests at Willard Of
Vets and Welfare Board

Seder services last night marked
the opening of the Passover observ-
ance by members of the Jewish
faith.
Hundreds OF servicemen were
brought by bus, train and private
cars to the Passover celebration in
the ballroom of the Willard Hotel,
held under the auspices of the jew
ish Welfare Board and the Jewish
War Veterans. Among the guests
were Deputy Chief OF Chaplains
George F. Rixey and Mrs Rixey.
The services were conducted by
Cha plain Aryeh Lev of the Chief
OF Chaplains Office, who said that
Moses still lives" adding:
His staff has been taken up bv
the United Nations and they will
not lay it down until, as President
Roosevelt declared at Casablanca.
the brutal Axis will be beaten into
unconditional surrender and human
slavery will be forever abolished.
Urges Deepened Faith.
Let a deepened faith in God in
Vlgorate us as we confront this Pass
over" Chaplain Lev asked. THE
song chanted by emancipated Israel
OF the Red Sea will resound in the
Mediterranean, in the Atlantic and
in the Pacific, in every corner of the
globe where men are franticallv
struggling to preserve the four free
doms."
Meanwhile, Chairman Donald M
Nelson OF the War Production Board
answering inquiries on whether
Jewish war workers should take time
OF to observe the Feast of the Pass
over emphasized "the Importance of
maintaining unbroken production of
essential war items"
Work Is Permissible.
Mr.. Nelson called attention tn the
statement of DR.. Israel Goldstein
president of the Synagogue Council
OF America, in connection with the
observance of Jewish HOLIDAYS last
tall. DR.. Goldstein said that work
on molly days in aircraft war pro-
ductlon was permissible when in
dlSpensible and Immediately essen
tai DR.. Goldstein urged that every
ef1ort be made to provide for those
who desired religious services on the
plant premises or by attendance at
nearby synagogue.
United Service Organizations work.
ers at the Jewish Community Gen.
ter were designated by the War and
Navy Departments to direct the OBJ
servance of the Passover Seder feast
and religious rites in camps and
stations in the District area. In
addition to the Willard services,
others were held at Walter Reed
Hospitals st. Elizabeth's Hospital
and Beth Sholem Synagogue.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Grandniece Of Author
OF Uncle Tom sCabin'
Killed by Bus Here
Mrs. Anna Beecher Albert,
IS, Struck at Crossing;
Subsisted on Age Relief
| D. 6. Traffic Toll
Killed in l943 3--------- Is
Killed in same period in 1912 40
| Toll for all of 1912 100

Mrs. Anna Beecher Albert, rs, of
926 Ninth street SW., author and
grandniece of Harriet Beecher
Stowe, was fatally injured by a bus
last night as she crossed the street
at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
Police said the driver of the bus,
Frank j. MCGOWAN, Is. of Al Chill
lum road, Chillum, Md. completed
his run to Eighth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, ap-
parently unaware that he had
struck the woman.
Miss M. Helen Palmer. editor with
the Smithsonian Institution. said
Mrs. Albert was a grandniece of
Harriet Beecher Stowe. author of
Uncle Toms Cabin"
Subsisted on Age Relief.
Miss Palmer said Mrs. Albert lived
alone, subsisting only on the $24
monthly old age assistance relief
given her by the District govern
ment. She said Mrs. Albert was the
author of several books, including
Coordination of Time and Space %
Mrs. Albert was said to have no
close relatives.
A witness to the traffic accident,
Louis Bernhart, Sc, of Alexandria
Va, told police he ran after the
bus and attempted to draw the
drivers attention, but was unsuc-
cessful.
Police took the driver into GUS
tody at the southern terminus of
the bus line, but released him to
appear at coroner's inquest. the
date of which has not been set.
Mrs. Albert died in Emergency
Hospital.
Cycle Policeman Hurt.
Responding to a burglar alarm in
the 3100 block of Woodland drive
NV. today, Motorcycle Policeman
James P Fox. Is, traffic division,
skidded and fell to the street. He
was treated at Georgetown Hos
pital for fractured right arm.
Reported improving" in Provi-
dence Hospital today was Mrs.
Myrtle E. fudge, 81, of 3lol Naylor
road Sc, after the auto she was
driving skidded on the slippery
streets last night and crashed into
truck and parked auto in the
2400 block of Good Hope road Sc.
She was treated for a fractured ver-
tebrae.
Struck by a bus while he was
crossing the street at Pennsylvania
avenue and Thirteenth street last
night, Steven H. Womelsdrof. IS, of
Coalton, W. Va, was treated at
Emergency Hospital for head in
juries.
James J. Geehan. 81. streetcar
motorman of S. Allison street NE,
was exonerated by a coroner's jury
yesterday Of responsibility in the
death April IL Of George Freeze,
SO. Of 203 D street NV.
Police said the injured man
walked into the path of streetcar
operated by Mr.. Geehan at Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Mr.. Freeze died in Emergency
Hospital Friday Of fractured skull
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Interfederation Conference
Amends Constitution

The Interfederation Conference
last night Endorsed continuance of
sports in schools and amended the
conference constitution to provide
that any former chairman of the
conference who served year Or
more automatically becomes a mem
ber at large. Former chairmen who
become member at large through
this new article are Jesse c. Suter
Robert A. Plymale, Col A. B. Barber
and Thomas E. Lodge
The group authorized a letter Of
congratulations to Fred w. Cast,
who recently was awarded The
Evening Star Trophy by the Prince
Georges County Federatio of
Citizens Associations.
Delegates reported on activities
since the last meeting Walter
Wasson, representative of the Dis
trict Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions. told how one of its members
had dropped bomb on Sfax With
the inscription From the District OF
Colulnbia's Citizens Associations.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Bushfie|d Named 10 Study
D. T.. JobIess Tax Rate

Senator Bushf1eld, Republican, of
South Dakota was appointed yes
terday by Chairman McCarran of
the Senate District Committee to
study changes in the District Un-
employment Compensation Act,
passed by the House some time ago
Senator Buck, Republican, of
Delaware, to whom the bill orig
inally was assigned, asked to be re-
lieved of the task.
One Of the purposes of the bill
is to check the growth of the un-
employment reserve fund. which
has been accumulating at far
greater rate than benefit payments
neceSsitate.
Evening star., 1943-04-20

Morris Cohn, 1906 Fourteenth street
NV, who operates a grocery be-
meath his apartment. had refused
to return a radio to the defendant S
two soldier companions.
Mr.. Cohn testified that two SOL
diers on December Is had brought
radio to his store for safekeeping.
About 2 am. the following morning
he said he was awakened by the
two soldiers and Smith, who asked
for the radio. Mr.. Cohn said he
told them he didn't have the key
for the store and that they should
come back the next day. An argu-
ment then ensued, he said.
Mr.. Cohn said the defendant,
after displaying his auxiliary police
badge, fired a shot aimed at the
floor. No one was hit and the three
men left, he said.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Aircraft Carrier Intrepid
Will Be Launched Monday
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Aprl. 20
The big aircraft carrier Intrepid.
fourth Navy ship to bear the name
and a sistership of the Essex and
the new Yorktown, will be launched
at the Newport News Shipbuilding g.
Drydock Co. plant here Monday.
Mrs. John Howard Hoover of
Washington, wife of Rear Admiral
Hoover, will christen the f1attop
in brief ceremonies from which war
time restrictions will bar the public.
Miss Jeanne Hoover will be maid
of honor for her mother. Matrons
of honor will be Mrs Shepler Fitz-
gerald and Mrs. Robert Kirkpatrick,
both Of Washington. Capt. o. A.
Neyman, senior chaplain of the
Norfolk Naval Operating Base, will
deliver the invocation.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Auxiliary Policeman Found
Guilty in GunpIay Case

Reginald I. Smith, 81. 1889 Har-
rison street NV, an auxiliary
policeman. was found guilty by a
Municipal Court jury yesterday on
a charge of assault. Date Of sem
tence will be set later by Judge
Nathan Margold.
He was accused by police of draw
ing his gun and firing a shot when
Evening star., 1943-12-10
BY ORLO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Dec. l0.-With the
Iowa and Del Monte Prehight
Schools landing two places each, the
Associated Press Service All-Amer-
lea for 1943 presents an array of
football talent that includes three
former members of the college ALL
America and five players who
starred in professional ranks before
donning Uncle Sans uniform.
If there ever was dream team
the one selected by the Associated
Press after Nation wide survey of
expert opinion, forms such a COM
bination. 1t includes the aces of
nine service units from every sec
ton of the United States Five of
the players are in the Army, the
same number in the Navy and the
llth is a coast guardsman from the
marine base at Camp Lejeune, N. c.
Here is the lineup: Ends, Chief
Specialist Robert Fitch, Camp Le-
jeune. and Sergt. Jack Russell.
Blackland CTexD Army Air Field;
tackles, Corpl. Johnny Mellus, Camp
Davis, N. c., and Ensign Raymond
Bray, Del Monte (CalifD Preflight;
guards, Seaman IS. c. Garrard
Ramsey, Bainbridge, Md Naval
Training Station, and Sergt. Marion
Rogers, South Plains Tex Army
Air Field; center. Ensign Vincent
Banonis, Iowa Preflight: backs,
Corpl. Glenn Dobbs, Randolph Field
tTeXD. 1t. q. e. Len EShmont.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Racing Wogers Reach Record
$71O,779,432 Despite War

would be to reach the SIS 100000
mark for the State before many
more seasons.
Daily Averages Soar.
With New York sporting a daily
average of about $1,500,000 for the
campaign, the Nation as a whole
showed par" of s46s,782 for each
days racing. Eight States were over
the million mark in revenue for the
year. with California and New
Hampshire joining this select set as
Florida, cut to 15-day season in '43
bowed out Kentucky, New Hamp-
shire and Michigan had fewer rae
ing days, but despite the shorter
working hours, each showed a boost
in betting.
Maryland, with its racing cut
from $50 to 80 days, wagered S44,-
709, 1854 this year as against $5l,l54,-
65l in 1912. Profits to the State
were sl,250,O00 as against sl,753,-
68383 last year Both, of course, are
big percentage increases in view of
the big slicing in the dates.
All in all, the season provided
loud evidence of the fact promoters
of amusements have been shouting
for months-"there's plenty of
dough around today"
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Todd Among Five Ex-Pros on Service ANAmerjca Eleven
Keen Backs Lined Up
For Prep-High Grid
Clash Tomorrow

Tony Boyer of Georgetown Prep,
Clyde Scott of Bulls, Cotton Smith
of Friends and George Hughes OF
st. Johns form the tentative start
ing backfield for the prep school
all-star team meeting the high
school all-stars in tomorrow after
Moons benefit football game at Grif-
fifth Stadium.
This potent combination was an
nounced after conference includ-
ing Coaches Al Grossman of Bulls.
Angus Lamond and Johnny Long Of
st. Johns and Bo Richards of Con-
zaga. who are handling the prep
squad.
The high school all-stars likely
will have as their starting backfield
quartet Ed Nicholson ofEastern, Russ
Keith of Wilson and Billy Earl and
IMyron Gerber of Washington-Lee.
Coaches handling this squad are
Rasty Doran of George Washington
and Harry Deming and Frank Kava-
lier of Washington-Lee.
The high school squad was
strengthened yesterday by the re-
turn of John Schullenbarger, ace
Coolidge paSSer, and Keith, who had
been out with illness. Irv Morris,
Roosevelt back, and Milton Robey.
G. w. tackle, still are on the sick
list, although there's possibility
! they will be in uniform tomorrow.
! Schullenbarger's return helps out
the high school passing attack and
with Anacostia's Jim Flaherty and
Techs Whitley EmsWeller also avail
able this team presents a particu-
larly dangerous aerial threat. 1t
should help against the speed and
scoring potentialities of Scott and
Smith, who finished first and second,
respectively, in the scoring for the
District and nearby scholastic grid
derS.
Tomorrow's game, proceeds Of
which go to the Metropolitan Police
Boys Club and the Smokes for
Yanks fund, begins at o'clock.
Music will be provided from o'clock
on with a pageant and parade be-
ginning at 80. Halftime entertain
ment also is scheduled.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
-Four Irish Gridders
On Collier Eleven
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec 10.-Four play
ers from Notre Dame and two from
Michigan gained places on the 54th
annual all-America football team
picked by Golfers Magazine and just
announced.
Ends-Pete Pihos of Indiana and
Herb Helm of Northwestern.
Tackles-James White of Notre
Dame and Art McCaffray, College
of Pacific.
Guards-Patrick Filley of Notre
Dame and Mervin Pregulman of
Michigan
Center - Casimir Myslinski of
Army
Backs-Angelo Bertelli and Creigh-
ton Miller of Notre Dame. Robert
Odell of Pennsylvania and William
Daley of Michigan.
Six of them hail from Midwestern
States.
Pihos is from Chicago, Filley from
South Bend, Ind; Pregulman from
Lansing. Mich: Myslinski from Steu-
benville, Ohio; Odell from Sioux
City, Iowa, and Daley from St. Cloud,
Mimi
Fasteners are White of Edge
water, N j.; Bertelli of West Spring
field, Mass, and Miller of Whining
ton, Del. McCaffrey is from Seattle
Wash, and Helm from Billings,
Mont.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
IS. E. Loop Ponders FuI|scoIe
Grid Cards With Civilians

and Louisiana State advocated play
as-you-go football for 1914, with
teams of equal strength arranging
schedules among them.
IF we could get five or six schools
to resume football, all playing fresh
man civilians under 18, think we
could arrange a good schedule" said
Coach Frank Thomas of Alabama.
Wed be willing to try it at Ala
bama"
Coach Wallace Butts of Georgia
and Athletic Director T. P. Heard Of
L. S. U. offered similar suggestions.
Heard urged adoption of rule
change which would extend athletic
eligibility to transfer students, He
said this would have the effect Of
allowing any bona fide student to
compete.
Financial problems involved in
continuance of the conference Office
of athletic commissioner also were
on the agenda.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
By SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Dec l0.-The Ma
tions racing, which was being
mourned as a casualty Of war just a
year ago, was live enough corpse"
during l943 to take a record smash
ing financial ride into the Strato-
sphere, with betting of nearly three
quarters of a billion dollars.
Reports of the wartime dearth OF
racing were so greatly exaggerated,
as matter of fact, that although
four States were amputated from
the scene during the year, and one
other was cut to just mere shadow
of its former self, the Is survivors
kept the mutuel machines going
with a grand total of S7l0,779, ,432 in
wagers, compared to the 1858 ,579, 1895
in 1912
States Profit Heavily.
And with this ride on dollar sign
to new all-time ighs-S147 ,199,537
more than the 1912 total-there was
a corresponding boom in State rev.
enue from the sport that New
York Commissioner Herbert Bayard
SWope says is also a big business.
Spear-headed by New York's aston
ishing totals. the IS operating
States cut in for a fancy $685.
4S430 in revenue from the turf.
This bankroll was S7847 ,102 SO more
than the States end in A.
Although Illinois, New Jersey
Massachusetts, and Michigan hit
new tops" and California came
more than halfway back to its
gaudy prewar days. the real gravy
on the mashed potatoes was provid
ed by New York. "Two-buck Bill"
and his cousin, "Five-buck" and
"Ten-buck, shoveled $284,635. I'll in
on the oat-burners during the l90
day Empire State season, not only
skyrocketing some Sll0,000000 over
the 1912 total, but also netting the
States cash registers $19,050,692.
This was so far in front Of the
S10000000 prediction made when
mutuels bowed into New York three
years ago that some racing officials
already we're thinking how easy it
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Georgia Techs Steber
Wins BLOCKING Trophy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLINTON, S. c., Dec. 10. - The
1943 Southeastern Conference win
ner of the Jacobs Blocking Trophy
is John A. Steber, Georgia Tech
guard.
This was announced last night by
DR.. William P. Jacobs of Presby-
terian College, donor of the trophy
He said Steber won by a narrow
margin over teammate, Jack
Faulkner, and Leonard Finley OF
Tulane. The winners are chosen by
poll of sports writer's.
Bill Mcmillan of the University
of South Carolina was adjudgec
the winner for that State. The
Southern Conference winner has
not yet been announced.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Steve Asks George
ToSit on Bench
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-The
New York Giants are hoping
that George P. Marshall, prexy
of the Redskins, will be on the
Washington bench in Sundays
game, as sort of maScot-in-
reverse.
When I saw him down there
last Sunday" remarked Steve
Owen. coach of the Giants. Il
knew we had the game Won"
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Sees Ball Famine
As Threat to Golf
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PINEHURST, N. c., Dec. 10
A shortage of golf balls will be
golfdom's biggest problem next
season unless players send old
balls in to their pros to be re-
processed, in the opinion of Gene
Sarazen.
The former American and Brit
ish open champion, visiting here
briefly before entering the Miami
open later this month, said the
golf ball shortage is really
serious" and urged all players to
cooperate by having used ones
made over. If this is not done,
he said. courses will be closed,
pros will be out of jobs and play
ers will be swinging at potatoes :"
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Skins Fighting Mad i,
In Poor Physical
Trim for Giants
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Made fighting mad by recent i'm
pllcatlons that they consorted with
gamblers, the Redskins settled down
today to their most serious prac-
tice OF the week In preparation for
the crucial game of the pro foot
ball season against the New York
Giants at Griffith Stadium Sunday.
They feel they have been fully
cleared Of the rumored wrongdoing
by lack Of any such proof and the
squad. according to Coach Dutch
Bergman. is ready for the toughest
kind of battle.
Bob Masterson, crack end, rose
from a sickbed to take part in the
workouts, but another Redskin went
to bed with FLU" Alex Piasecky,
one of the heroes of the Bear
game, came down with heavy cold
and now is on the ailing list. AL
though Willie Wilkin, hefty tackle,
had brace of bad knees, he will
be In uniform Sunday.
In Bad Way for Fullbacks.
Bergman is in bad way for q
| 1ullUdCh. oOU OCy lAAOuI COOA q lldSVy
crack on the knee in the Giant game
last Sunday in New York and prob
ably won't play long this time while
Andy Farkas, one of the main run
ming threats, is complaining of
bruised ribs.
| Wilbur Moore, star halfback and
one of Sammy Baugh's main pass
receivers, definitely is out Of the
game and may not get into the
league playoff, if the Redskins make
it. Ray Hare's injured toe has been
painful, but Ray says he hopes to
be able to play Sunday. In all, the
squad is In Its worst physical con-
dition Of the year at a time when
every man is needed badly.
The Skins need a win or tie In
Sundays game to clinch the East
ern chamionship and from New
York come reports that Steve
Owens Giants are in top physical
shape. including Bouncing Bill
Paschal. the breakaway back who
ran wild against the Redskins last
Sunday and scored both Giant
touchdowns that beat the Washing
ton club, 14-10
The local wagering fraternity has
installed the Redskins as l3-point
favorites.
Both Polish Pass Defense.
Both the Redskins and Giants
have been drilling this week in pass
defense. although there isn't any
comparison between the passing on
the two teams. Sammy Baugh stands
out like a light over Tuffy Leemans
and Emory Nix, the two Giant pass
ers, but the Giants did a great job of
covering Baugh's receivers last Sun
day
The Giants will come to Washing
ton tomorrow with an edge over the
Redskins in rushing, 1926 yards to
l.034. But the Redskins have a wider
edge over New York in passing with
1881 yards to 66l Washington has
completed 12l of 224 passes while
Giant passers have completed 50
of 142.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Chicago High Champs
Invade East, South
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Dec. l0.-Chicago's
high school football champions will
test the ability of prep teams in the
East and the South in post-season
games.
st. George, Co-champion with
Mount Carmel, left yesterday for
New York where 1t meets the East
ern city's unbeaten champion,
Mount St. Michael, in the Polo
Grounds Sunday.
Mount Carmel will meet Jesuit
High, champion of New Orleans, in
the Southern city on December 26.
Evening star., 1943-12-10

with all except Rogers and Ramsey
tipping the scales above the 200
mark. The backfeld balances the
weights at an average of 1876, with
Todd the lightest at ITS and Dobbs
the heaviest at 1876.
The four backs form an almost
perfect combination, with Dobbs
doing the passing, Eshmont and
Todd the broken field running
Smith the plunging and any one
of them the kicking.
While the Iowa Seahawks lacked
a top passer, Todd made their
ground attack feared weapon
especially in the 14-l3 loss to Notre
Dame He left that game with a
broken Jaw.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Four Other Selections Also Were Stars in National Leuque
Dobbsl Smith Eshmon With Former Redskin in BockfeLd

Del Monte Preflight; Ensign Dick
Todd, Iowa Preflight. and Cadet
Bruce Smith. st. Mary's Prefight.
Dobbs, whose aerial display at
Randolph was something to be-
hold, made the college All-Amerlca
last year while pacing Tulsa to an
undefeated season, and Ramsey won
guard honors on the all-college II
in AZ with William and Mary.
Smith. who played last year for
the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station, was an All-America back
IN l94l, while an undergraduate at
Minnesota.
The ex-pros are Todd, who
starred for the Washington Red
skins after leaving Texas A. and