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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30
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NORMAN POWELL, son Of
1 y Dick Powell and Joan Blon-
dell, is the proudest little boy in
Hollywood. He's wearing SER
geant's stripes and a decora-
ton. Dick was telling about it
on the set of Riding High" in
which he's working with Doro-
thy Lamour and Victor Moore.
Seems Sergeant Elmer Taylor,
stationed at Honolulu, who's
been fan of Norman's parents for
years, sent the youngster a small
set of stripes and a replica of the
Purple Heart which the sergeant
won.
y
Joan Crawford has had such an
interesting career, carved out by her
own ambition and energy as well as
her talent, that we can look for her
to take another big step forward
now that she has changed studios.
Somebody said that Bette Davis
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30

sured workers who lose their jobs
through no fault of their own and
cannot get other jobs within short
time; and old-age and survivors in
surance which pays monthly benefits
to insured workers and their fami-
lies when the worker is old and re-
tires, or to his family when he
dies, whatever his age. The social
security board believes the next
step is insurance against disability,
temporary or permanent, with pro-
vision to cover also the costs OF
hospital care.
The need for such a program is
pointed up by the fact that of more
than 8 million disabled workers be-
tween 16 and GA years of age, nearly
one million have been disabled for
more than a year. Around mil
lion people are i'll on any one day
in the year-many of them for pro-
tracted periods of months and
years; many with no prospect of
recovery. N4
Six Cents on the Dollar.
No, new governmental agency
would be necessary to administer
disability insurance, and no addi-
tional reports would be required of
employers. The cost of the entire
social insurance program, including
disability protection, could probably
be met through total contribution
rate of 5 or 6 cents on each dollar
of pay roll from employers and or
6 cents on each dollar of wages from
employees. The total Of 10 or IL
cents on the dollar (the rate would
depend on the exact benefits pro-
vided) instead of cents which will
be the figure in 1949 under the pres
ent law would provide insurance
protection against all the most i'm
portant economic risks faced by all
workers. American families would
be assured of an income when
wages of the breadwinner stop be-
cause of unemployment, old age,
illness, disability, or death and
would also have insurance protec-
ton against the costs of hospital
care.
Twenty-eight nations now provide
insurance protection to their work.
ers against temporary disability.
With only one exception (Spain), the
United States is the only country
which provides insurance against
old age without also providing
against the risks of chronic or per-
manent disability.
"When can we best afford the adj
ditional cost of an expanded social
insurance system?" asks Arthur j..
Altmeyer, chairman of the social Sc
curity board. "Now, when earnings
are high and all the wheels of in
dustry are turning, workers and en-
ployers can set aside the contribu-
tons needed to ensure future rights
to benefits" he replies. ''There is
no way in which increased earnings
could be better invested, from the
standpoint of either the family or
the nation. For the family which
actually meets with disaster-sick-
ness, unemployment, chronic dis
ability, or death-insurance benefits
give a far greater protection than
could have been obtained If the
workers insurance contributions
had been kept as his individual saw
ings. In any period of recession,
the money now saved would be paid
at time when it is most needed
and to those who most need it."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30
Current Social Security Board Report
visud|izes Coverdge Of Added Millions
Benefits Outlined
For Farm Help,
Donestics
Il,

Our social security program
as a nationwide undertaking
began eight years ago this
August. In its seventh annual
report the Social Security board
points out that while great prog
ress has been made toward Sc
curity for the American people,
there are serious gaps in the pro-
gram as it stands.
While many millions of people are
covered by the insurance features
of the social security act, other mil
lions are not. More than half q mil
lion are regularly drawing monthly
insurance benefits amounting in all
to about 1115 million dollars a
month. These are benefits paid I'M
der the old-age and survivors insur-
ance system which covers wage and
salaried workers on business or in
dustrial jobs. The benefits 60 to
these workers and their families if
the worker qualities at age IS or
over and is no longer at work, or to
the family in case of the workers
death, whatever his age. There are,
however, some 20 millions of work
ers who are now excluded from old
age and survivors insurance.
The same is true of unemploy-
ment insurance. Millions of people
are covered by the state unemploy-
ment insurance laws, operated by
the states but with administrative
costs paid by the federal govern
ment. During one year when jobs
were hard to get nearly 5h million
people who were out of work re-
ceived benefits for weeks at time.
Now during the war boom when
jobs are so plentiful, fewer than 120,-
600 people are getting unemploy-
ment benefits in any one week. The
number may go down even further
as the war continues.
But when the war is over, millions
of former soldiers, sailors and war
workers will be looking for jobs.
Many will be entitled to unemploy-
ment insurance while they are look
ing. There will also be many who
will need the insurance payments
but will not be eligible as the laws
now stand.
Under the public assistance pro-
grams of the social security act,
three million needy people are re-
ceiving monthly cash payments
which last year amounted to more
than 10000 900. These payments
60 to persons who do not have
enough to live on and cannot pro-
vide for themselves because they
are old and cannot work, because
they are blind, or because they are
too young to work and have lost
parents support or care. There are
about two million old people and one
million children on the lists. The
blind number around $1,000. But
many other people who lack the
bare essentials of life cannot be
helped under the present public as
sistance programs because they are
neither over IS, nor very young, nor
blind.
Gaps i'm Insurance.
Most serious, however, according
co the social security board, are the
gaps and shortcomings in the insur-
ance features. The purpose Of these
programs is to furnish some income
for families to live on when the
breadwinner cannot earn wages or
salary. But wages or salary may
stop for reasons other than unem-
ployment, old age, or death. If
person cannot work because he is
sick or disabled, not only does his
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30

"DO IT yourself is patriotic
~ motto this wartime year.
Thrifty re-upholster your own
furniture-with these clear, step
by-step directions that also show
you how to give a Cliff to sag
ging springs; how to repair web
bing and lumpy padding; how to
make seat pads.
Instructions $40 give directions for re-
pairing and upholstering.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30

would have to look to her laurels,
with Joan right on the ground, and
as willing as Bette is to play I'M
sympathetic parts if they're good
ones. Just give Joan a couple OF
good pictures and she'll have the box
office eating out of her hand, as she
did in her palmiest days.
Danny Kaye, who will make his
film debut in Samuel Goldwyn's cup
in Arms" has accepted an invita-
ton from the Entertainment Nation
al Services Assn, Inc, to make
two-month tour of recreational CEN
tiers in the British Isles and Africa.
Assignments for Susan Hayward
are stacking up these days. She's
booked to play Loretta Yeung's
younger sister when Paramount
makes "And Now Tomorrow"
nice role, and Samuel BrOnstOn has
arranged to borrow her to play the
wife of Jack London in the film
based on London's life, which he'll
make for United Artists release.
Michael O'Shea will play Jack Lon
don.
Sounds incredible, but we're told
that Bob Hopes nose, thanks to his
wise cracks, has become so famous
in England that promontory near
Torquay has been named Hopes
Nose"-that the comedian received
the news while he was still at work
on Lets Face It."
3
George Reeves nose is sort Of
famous, too; it's been broken seven
times. He's the young man who
was snatched out of Westerns to play
opposite Claudette Colbert in $50
Proudly We HALL" AS for the nose
he was boxer when he went to
Pomona Junior college-won the
Golden Gloves heavyweight cham
pionship of the city for three years
and his nose was broken entimes.
b
"A perfect piece Of casting took
place recently when Ralph Willever
was given the role of a sailor in
MICS "Just Plain Bill" That was
his first job after he was rescued
from torpedoed troopship off Ice
land, and was honorably discharged
as result of disability.
y
Lionel Barrymore has inherited a
distinction that formerly belonged to
Joan Crawford; when she left MGM
recently, she'd had continuous con-
tract longer than any other player.
Barrymore is starting his 18th year
with the studio. His next picture,
"Three Men in White" will be his
6Srd for Metro.
Years ago, when Rita Hayworth
was still stock player, she report.
ed for work one morning to Seymour
Felix to dance as one of 40 girls.
''This morning." said he, II want
you to think, act and dance like
Marilyn Miller" The other day
she arrived for work in ''Cover Girr'
and heard him giving orders to 40
girls. 'This morning." said he, II
want you to think, act and dance
like Rita Hayworth.
\
ODDS AND ENDS-Phl Baker, return.
ing to NeD York from California, asked
hosc long iDe've been at sgar i0ifh the Nazis
said out in California they arent fighting
anybody but the yaps Donald Woods.
who has received favorable notices for his
work in the neso picture, "Coregid0r," is
the same Donald Woods heard as Dr..
Leslie Foster on the Sunday broadcasts Of
"Those We Lore" /. Though Alan Ladd
soens into uniform Immediately after fin
ishing aChina," he's receiping 1000 fan let.
tiers dGfy-fhe greatest amount Of fan
mail In the history OF motion pictures, says
Paramounf .Ciny Sinnss Is touring
deseyg army camps again after yeceipine
thousands 81 letters from he boys.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30

pay check stop but he has the extra
expense of his illness. The social
security board thinks we should
have insurance against disability and
the costs of hospital care, along with
our present unemployment insur-
ance and old-age and survivors in
Surance.
About 20 million workers, includ-
ing some of the lowest income
groups in the country, are not COW
cred by the old-age and survivors
insurance provisions of the social
security act. Most of these do not
have the protection of any social in
surance system. Farm workers, do
mestic servants, employees of nom
profit educational, religious and
charitable organizations constitute
the largest groups of wage and sal
airy workers left out in the cold.
The self-employed, such as farmers
and storekeepers, are also excluded.
More than 100000 persons already
are drawing monthly payments I'M
der old-age and survivors insurance.
Thousands more have earned rights
to benefits and will be able to claim
them whenever they stop regular
work. The benefits go to insured
workers and their families when the
worker is 65 or older and is no long
er employed. and to the families of
insured workers who die either be-
e~.~ - nRA~~ Al,oxv 1xa RE
AS the law stands today, the old
age and survivors insurance system
covers wage and salary workers on
business and industrial jobs-that is,
all kinds of jobs in factories, shops,
mines, mills, stores, offices, banks,
hotels, restaurants, laundries, tele-
phone and telegraph offices, and 9TH
er places of business or industry
carried on by private firms, corpora
tons, or individuals. This leaves,
however, a good many who are not
covered, merely because Of the ma
ture of their employment. For ex-
ample, the $4,000 executive en-
ployed by a corporation comes I'M
der the federal insurance system;
the man working for himself whose
income may fall below 81 900 year
is not insured, because the present
law excludes the self-employed.
When a Worker Is Disabled.
Every time the clock ticks off
second, five people in this country
get hurt or get sick, to such an ex-
tent that they are unable to carry
on their ordinary activities for one
day or longer. If the disability is
slight, the worker may not lose
much, but to a man dependent upon
his earnings, every dollar counts.
The loss is especially serious if the
injury lays him up for life.
Yet the big majority of workers
disabled off the job have no insur-
ance protection-nothing to make
up, even in part, for the pay they
lose and the extra expense they
have to meet. Congress has directed
the Social Security board to make
recommendations for such changes
in the present regulations as will pro-
vide for insurance payments to ease
the blow of these calamities.
Disability insurance is one Of the
missing Orders in the social insur-
ance structure we have been build
ing in this country since 1885. Al
ready in place are two of the main
supports-un unemployment insurance,
which pays weekly benefits to in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30
Amazon's Secret

Three French explorers, lately
returned from Brazil, claim to
have traced the source of the
Amazon to the Nilcocha glacier in
the Andes, at a height of $4,000
feet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30
Eoeh symbol represents 5000 placements

Right physically employed
everybody it's the boom When
marginal workers will dropped Them
these people will be
deceny The social security board
benefits social millions who will fall into the
age crippled class in few years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30

When a worker loses his income
through sickness or injury, he gen.
orally is unable to support his fam
ily for long, after he is unemployed.
Frequently he must meet heavy
medical costs, SO his savings are
soon exhausted. His wife and chill
dren then often suffer privations.
The social security board recon-
mends that the laws be amended to
cover such cases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-30

Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
Is required in filing orders for asfew Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order TO:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
Shower Given For
Miss Dorothy Bowen
Prospective Bride HOnOred By Relatives, Friends;
Scout Troop Losing Members to Uncle Sam
WASHINGTON HILL

Mrs. James Conway of Keefe
street and Mrs. Annie Mcbride were
hostesses at China shower last
evening at the formers home in
honor Of Miss Dorothy Bowen, whose
marriage to James Conway, Jr., is
an event of August 14th.
The home was prettily decorated
with yellow and white streamers,
and white wedding bells holding a
conspicuous spot throughout the
house. Table centrepiece was a
large wedding cake, with bride and
groom the center of attraction.
The bride to be was presented
with a shower gift by the prospec-
tive sister-in -law, the Misses Doro-
thy and Teresa Conway, who put
on a short skit, to provide the
comedy of the party.
A wartime menu in the form of q
buffet luncheon was served to those
who attended which included: Mrs
Bridget Bowen, Mrs. Francis Bowen,
Mrs. William Keaveney, Mrs. Vim
cent Wall, Mrs. Peggy Crowley, Mrs
Michael Mulcahy. Mrs. Joseph A.
Bowen, Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, Mrs
George Hughes, Mrs. Mary "
Smith, Mrs. Esther Taggett.
Also Mrs. Ralph Peterson, Mrs
Joseph j. Bowen, Mrs. Thomas
Shea, Mrs. AL. Athousis, Mrs. Will
liam Shannahan.
Out-of-town guests included Mrs
E. Nestler and Miss Rose Bertrand
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
Child Care Center
May Open August l
Necessary Equipment Expected to Be Installed With
out Further Delay; Committee to Discuss Plans

Formal opening of Waterbury's
frst Child Care Center at the
Kingsbury Home, 80 Prospect street,
Is now expected to take place on
August /, The Democrat was in
formed today.
Held up for some weeks now by
delayed priorities on various pieces
Of necessary equipment city officials
and members of the Child Care
Committee believe that the Center
will be in readiness for August
and the first Chi iren will be ad-
mitted on that day.
Present plans call for admission
Of six to ten children on the first
few days the Center is opened with
q gradual increase in the number
until the entire quota of go has
been reached. At the present time
there is a waiting list of thirty to
forty children at the institution.
Miss Pauline Moor is the director
of the Kingsbury Center and will
be assisted in the early days of oper-
alton by three teachers, trained in
child care work or who have had
previous kindergarten and day nurs-
cry experience. 1t is expected that
the staff will be increased to eight
by September 1st.
Ofhcials today were still awaiting
word from Washington on priority
rating for the Center's ice box,
which has been one of the main rea-
sons for delay in opening the Gen.
ter. Other priorities are also being
processed in Boston, but are expect
ed early next week. In the event
that such priorities are not obtained
by August /, officials have arranged
that the Center may be operated on
substitute facilities which already
are being assembled in the event
they are needed
A meeting of the Waterbury Child
Care Committee is scheduled to be
held at the Kingsbury Center next
Tuesday, at p. m. at which final
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS
TRICTof WATERBURY. SIS. PRO-
BATE COURT, July 22nd. 1913.
ESTATE of MARIA FORINTO, late
of the town of Waterbury, in said
district, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the Dis
trict of Waterbury, hath limited and
allowed six months from the date
hereof for the creditors of said
estate to exhibit their claims for
settlement. Those who neglect to
present their accounts, properly
attested, within said time. will be
debarred a recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment to
MARGARET DeZUINO.
Executrix.
414 South Leonard ST..
Waterbury. Conn.
. Per Order of Court
JOHN J. HOWARD.
7-22-3t Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23

Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y; Mrs. A.
Mayell, Atlantic City, N. j.; Mrs.
Marie Kearney, Mrs. Joseph D.
Peters and Mrs. Richard D. Peters,
of Bridgeport; and Mrs. Annie NC
Bride, of Ottawa, Canada.
Troop 9, Boy Scouts of America, Of
Washington park, are already feel
ing the effects of World War No. 2
in the loss of two of their assist
ant Scoutleaders-"Bimbo" Bailey
(Raymond) who has been in the
Navy for some time, and yesterday,
Eugene Johns, left with group of
young men to join the Navy also.
Last Saturday night, Eugene was
presented with gift by the fellow
members of his troop around the
campfire at Camp Mattatuck. Eu-
gene has always been a very popular
member of the troop having started
at the bottom and worked himself
up to being the first Eagle Scout
in Troop 9, since Washington park
adopted them. We are sure, the
Navy has taken one of the most out
standing youngsters from this sec
ton, and we know he will be
credit to the Hill in everything he
is asked to do. Good luck, Gene!
Residents of this section are Won
dering why people bring theiI
lunches to Washington park-and
walk off leaving all the old papers
and bags strewn all over the grass
for the hard working park depart
ment employees to pick up the next
day. What with the shortage of
help, this makes an additional task
for them-when a can is placed in
conspicuous spot in the park to
take care of this refuse, it wouldn't
be a great effort to roll up these pa
pers and deposit them in the refuse
can, thereby keeping the park look
ing somewhat respectable and if a
sudden wind came up, the papers
wouldn't be blowing thither and yon.
and be nuisance for the neighbors
to have to pick up in their respec-
tive yards, or the street cleaner have
a job to do to keep the cutters
clear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-23
|LAUNDARY HEADS
HARD PRESSED
O. N. Osborne on Commit
tee to Help Iron Out
State Problems

o. N. Osborne of the Waterbury
Wet Wash Laundry is member OF
the eight-man advisory committee
named today by the State OPA to
help iron out problems of the hard
pressed Connecticut laundry indus
try. Members of the committee have
been recruited from representatives
of small, medium and large power
laundries.
The group met with Joseph B
Basine, state price officer, In OPA
headquarters in Hartford yesterday
and planned a meeting there July
20 with War Labor Board, Wal
Manpower Commission and OPA
representatives Purpose of the group
is to present laundries' problems tt
OPA, according to Mr.. Basine.
The members: George Jones, pres
ident of the Connecticut Laundry
Owners Association of Norwalk
Carey williams, proprietor of tht
New Method Laundry, Hartford
o. N. Osborne of the Waterbury We
Wash Laundry; M. A. Kirshnit o
the Latimer Laundry, New Britain
F.. R. Smith of the Troy Laundry
Norwich; Charles Dobbs of the Mon
arch Laundry, New Haven, and vii
liam G. Minty of the Pembroke
Laundry, Bridgeport.
Mr.. Minty was named chairman
of the committee.
Manpower, wages and job stab
ilization and price ceilings are tn
three principal problems of laundr,
owners in the state, according tt
sources close to the industry. Al
OPA spokesman, confirming this
said that to obtain effective actor
on the problems VINO, WLB ant
OPA must work together.
Wartime pressures under which
all laundries in the state are nov
operating cannot be relieved over
night" said the OPA spokesman
Government officials in Connection
are sympathetic with the position o
the industry and are trying to worl
out a solution to the main prob
lens" however, he stressed.