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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
MEET YOUR NAVY
PROGRAM POPULAR
Bluejackets Own Broad
cast Every Friday Night
Directed By. Chaplain

Great Lakes, Ill, october 20. -
Serving in the fleet today across the
far reaches Of the world are more
than twelve thousand sailors who
are graduates Of the famous 200
voice bluejacket Choir, trained and
directed by Chaplain TIjalmar Han
son at the u. 8. Naval Training
Station OF Great Lakes, Illinois.
There were 80 Great Lakes Choir
graduates aboard the gallant carrier
Lexington when she was torn apart
and sunk, and correspondents
aboard her tell Of hearing these
courageous men singing "The Old
Rugged Gross" for, and with their
shipmates.
Every sailor has the opportunity
TO auditor for q place In the Choir,
but only 200 are selected and they
ar in the Choir Company during the
period Of their boot training. All
rehearsals are held IN their few
leisure moments away from regular
Navy duties.
Some Of the boys have sung In
church choirs at home, q few were
trained professional singers in ci-
william life and many Of them have
never sung before. Some say the
religious influence OF singing in
this seaman choir Is their first APP
proach to o spiritual feeling.
Tough, young Americans, facing
death In the foXholes OF North
Africa and the heat OF Ouadalcanal,
have turned to prayer In their dam
gerous moments. so. too, according
to stories drifting back from our
great fleet, do the former Great
Lakes choiFmen aboard ship seek
comfort and courage In singing such
inspiring favorites as 1.-THE Church
in the wildwood" and Onward
Chrif ian Soldiers" when their lives
and ships are endangered.
Hundreds OF letters have come TO
Chaplain Hanson, letters from sail
ors who sang in his choirs, letters
from mothers and fathers Of the
men, letters from people who enjoy
listening each Friday night to the
choir as they sing on the bluejackets
own broadcast, meet Your Navy.
One mother wrote that each week
she pulled her chair very close to
the radio and though she knew
there were several hundred men in
the choir 1t was only her own boys
voice she heard. Every mother
seems to be able to pick out that
one loved voice.
Another wrote that he felt lost on
the huge aircraft carrier to which
he was assigned until he spotted
the Great Lakes Choir emblem on
the sleeve of another sailor. One
was in the Choir over year ago, the
other a recent graduate but In a
few minutes they were old friends.
Chaplain Hanson answers every
one Of these letters as he knows the
Importance Of the message, Keep
EN- Happy With Maize After the
war, Chaplain Hanson plans giant
reunion for all these singing sail
ors. Almost every letter anticipates
this.
They'll all be there, almost all that
is, some of the Great Lakes Choir
men will never come back. 1t Is Tor
those shipmates that the Choir 81
lently dedicates its hymn each
week and Meet Your Navy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22

ain, wishes that girls would be
more careful about addressing their
letters. Ten per cent are IHiistak-
emily directed and keep le5 British
postal clerks busy Just sorting then,
out. Each V-matl letter should
have the name Of the addressee. his
setrial number and his Army p. o.
number.
Major Hun1es Is proud Of the fact
that not one V-fnall letter has beer
lost en- route. He's had some pretty
tough problems 10 deal with, too,
When o letter was salvaged from
clipper crashed at Lisbon, only the
name Emma" was left. The major
figured Emma must be an Army
nurse. He wrote to 20 Emmas IN
Britain, but none claimed the letter,
He decided Emma had moved on
and wrote 10 North Africa. Two
weeks later q reply came tellins
him he'd found the right one.
Mail delivery to our soldiers IN
Britain Is better than In any other
theater Of war. !,
''In this country the transporta!
ton is tops" explained Major
Humes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
$4,000 BOND
TO Be POSTED
ChurCheIOw May Take Ap.
peal to Supreme Court
Is Report

Bonds were set ct $4,000 today
for the release Of Michael Chur-
chelow In the event he should APP
peal the s to z year prison sentence
imposed In superior court last
Tuesday after he was convicted on
charge Of criminal assault. States
Attorney william b. Fitzgerald who
prosecuted the charges recommend
ed bonds Of 10000 while Defense
Counsel Edward Mascolo asked for q
10000 bond at q hearing conduct.
ed before Judge John A. Cornell
this afternoon.
The jurist pointed out that bail
was set tentatively pending action
by Churchelow. The prisoner who
Is now at Wethersfleld has until
next Tuesday to appeal his case to
the State Supreme Court Of Errors.
In setting the bond Judge Cor
nell said he was morally certain
that Churchelow was guilty but that
he has Q right to review, and the
motion for settinN Of O bond should
be granted.
Attorney Mascolo pointed out
that property owned BY Churche-
lows uncle and wife had been
offered as security but there was q
wide difference between the book
value and market price Of the
premises. He stated that the ac-
cused, In view OF the reputation his
family has acquired through con-
viction in his case and that Of O
brother several years ago, Is unable
to secure bonds from anyone out
side Of his family. Judge Cornell
said the market price valuation
would be acceptable II the superior
court clerk so determined.
The defense lawyer In asking for
o smaller bond pointed out that
Churchelow's brother, Peter, who
had been convicted Of q similar
charge had been free under o &c.
600 bond. He said in that case the
accused received O sentence OF 8
to Is years and Furthermore had
committed q second similar offense
while he was free on first bond,
but the court did not see fit to Inn
pose higher bail.
Suspended sentences Of o year In
jail were imposed by the jurist in
the cases Of Mrs. Hilda Monahan
and william Smith Of Naugatuck,
who had pleaded guilty to charges
Of misconduct.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22

Another CT showed up With
pair Of onyx book-ends weighing
90 pounds. A third lugged an Old
Master measuring 8 feet by 6-just
a remembrance for the folks who'd
kept writing.
Authorities here clamp down on
such WITNESSES but they acknowl-
edge that mail is the most impor-
tant morale factor in the soldiers
life. When there's a hitch In de-
livery KIs keep the phones busy
with requests to cable New York
and see what's the delay.
II don't care what happens Just
so long as I hear from my wife,
Tech. Sgt. Stanley Twardus, Or
lando, Fla, told me.
'"rell them to Just keep writing
and never mind the food parcels q
chimed in sgt. James r. Green,
Mounds. III.
Prefer Food Delicacles.
The CT In Britain Is good about
writing, but he gets three letters for
every two he sends. Packages pour
In to him at the rate Of 20 for every
one he ships out. Ninety per cent
Of the STUFF he can obtain here ct
his Army post exchange - tooth
paste, cigarettes, shaving cream.
He's probably too polite to say 30,
but he'd rather have TO- I delicacies
- timed salmon, tuna fish, crab
meat, archovies, olives, fruit Juices,
Some go through the disillusion-
Ing experience which had shaken
an ofiicer I met today.
"Gee," he moaned, en- o Z h Q r
writes she was sending me q ham
but the postmaster wouldn't let
her because it's perishable. So now
she says she's mailing me O wonder.
full new canned food SHE'S just dis
covered-Spaml"
Sending SPAN TO Britain Is like
mailing rice TO a Chinaman - the
GI here gets II for breakfast, lunch
and dinner.
Ever since the Army postal base
here reeked one day with O parcel
OF rotting fish, authorities have
banned perishable edibles. But q
soldier may write for anything else
he wants so long as he limits re-
quests to a parcel q week. Things he
sends home are chiefly objects dart,
such as old silver teaspoons.
Urges Full Address
V-mail is the fastest possible way
Of writing to your soldier boy friend,
but Mai. Bernard J. Humes, Troy,
N. r, head Of operations Of the
U. s. Army Postal Division in Brit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
OLD-TIME REVUE
STAGED TONIGHT
Community Club Presents
Bill of Entertainment as
Benefit

A real old fashioned minstrel show
and dance will be given by the
Washington Park Community club
for the benefit Of men and women
In the armed forces at Community
House. tonight and Saturday eve.
nings, at 8 O'Clock.
John V. Lynch will serve as inter.
iocutor. Patrick wallace Is the d.
rector and James Farren, pianist,
End men In the cast are Mrs. Anna
Johns, Mickey" Urkevic, Miss Helen
Kelly, and Mrs. Olive McManamy.
soloists at the affair will be VIII
liam Peal, Mary Mazurek, Helen
Kelley, Marguerite z. Tierney, Frank
How'd, Helen KlimaSzewski, John B.
Cuddy, Anna Johns, Nick Priinus
Margaret Carroll. Peggy Carroll
Catherine Kane, Betty Burns and
Olive McManamy.
Others In the cast are:
Catherine Kane, Albert Mont,
william Peal, John v. Lynch, John
B. Cuddy, William Boyle, Joan Car.
ew, Helen sushko, Mrs. Loretta
Brick,
Jino Primus, Miss Josephine
Czahowskl, Miss Frances Oplack,
Fred Kuster, George Lynch, Helen
Klimazewski, Marguerite Tierney,
Betty Burns, Edith Plankey, Mrs.
Margaret Carroll,
Miss Mary Cullen, Miss Arlene
Klimazewski, Miss Rose Anna
Lynch, Miss Peggy Carroll, Miss
Mary Veilleux, Miss Mary Mazeru,
Miss Rose Zydiak, Miss Dorothy
Thomas, Miss Catherine Morris.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22

"And 50 to Bedlatn" (1oG,bs Mer.
rill: $3.50 Is another welcome re-
lief from the heavy dredging Of
war writer's. The author, who wrote
0 couple Of swell books on the
Ozark country, has outdone herself
In this Offering. You get an inside
view Of the artists, writer's, and
photographers who bring out those
swell ads with bathing beauties,
Spring-like fashion scenes, tooth
paste blurbs, chewing gum gags, and
embellished plugs for natures var
ious remedies.
Particularly do you like I h Q
pandemonium that exists in an
advertising office - much the same
that exists In any office-pranks,
eccentricities. etc. You get O belt
OUT Of Neva's search for an apart
ment, out Of the chertib'S foot
prints that Artist Mike Ribniiar
paints on the walls. You see big
business in eli It's bluster and In.
flation, and you also see the in
side Of this divisions human
side that will bring you many o
chuckle.
WHOLESOME, outdoorsey-that's
briefly O description Of Roundup
Tine" O composium Of stories on
the great southwest edited by
George Sessions Perry (Whittlesey
House: So
Perry, long known for his stories
from the wide open spaces, has sell
ected o grand list Of yarns, some
flctional, some wildly biographical,
and some excerpts from recent fic-
tional classics. ..... .
Recommended Is 1.-THE River Of
Blood" by Edwin Lanham; the
swell piece by Conrad Richter,
early Marriage" wildly con-
trasting the hardships and matri-
Mony in the old southwest with
present-day rapid-fire unions, and
the reprinted parts Of the great
novels, 1.-THE Grapes Of WRATH"
by John Stelnbeck, and Laugh
Ing Boy" by Oliver La Fargo. It's
O grand book to have In your
library, and one that will afford
many evenings Of relief reading.
THIS WAS LIDICE
THE little town OF Lidice, Czecho-
slovakia, was about to celebrate its
600th anniversary when the relent-
less mailed fist Of the Maj war
machin punched its way into that
helpless town and perpetrated a
crime that will forever live as one
Of the most dastardly In history.
Gustav Holm recreates that town
in his novel. This was Ldice"
putnam: $2.75). He retells the tale
OF how, before the brave Czechs
could defend themselves, they were
sold out at the Munich Conference
how occupation by the Nails and
murder Of Reinhard Heydrich re-
suited in a reign Of terror that re-
suited in the death Of nearly the
entire populace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
Compensation
Agreements

The following agreements for
weekly payments during disability
or for specific payment in case
of permanent injury were APP
proved today by Compensation
Commissioner John J. O'Connell:
Louis Strda of Torrington
against the American Brass Co
OF Torrington, $24.ll beginning
sept. /, injury to left hand.
Walter Szostek Of Torrington
against American Brass Co, Of
T0rrington S24.35 beginning oct.
Il, injury to right foot.
Gregory Maniak Of Torrington
against American Brass Co., Of
Torrington. SIS beginning October
IL. injury TO right great and
second toes.
John Breen Of Bethlehem against
Anna and J. Townsend Russell OF
Bethlehem, ee.06 for IS weeks, 20
per cent loss Of use OF right arm.
Joseph Lichwalla OF Oakvllle
against Waterbury Steel Ball Co.,
~ beginning sept. 20, liberation
Domsnic RsndIno Of rorrinston
against ToFzlnglcn 90. e2obs be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
EEEP YoVR cARpfN roolS N AAY RACK n ls EcoMokNY 4

Aim Of lubricating grease, or oil.
All bearings Of wheel tools should
be oiled. 1t Is possible to obtain
new handles, where the old ones
have broken, and these should be
set in place this fall.
New spraying and busting equip
ment Is more dlfncult to obtain than
are cultivating tools. Clean old ones
thoroughly Of oil old spray mate"
rials. Take the nozzles Of sprayers
apart ad clean. Oil the pumps Of
sprayers, and set them away with
out screwing down the tank caps,
80 that the rubber gaskets are not
compressed. Busters should be
cleaned adm the outside metal parts
oiled, but instead Of oil powdered
graphite should be used on the In
side.
Make q resolution when your
tools have been cleaned, to keep
them clean In the future. This will
prolong their lives, and make q sub
stantial saving. A rack in which
every tool has It's place will be found
well worthwhile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22

Hartford, Conn. oct. 22.-Frofn
It's beginning I'VE years ago, the
Federal Wage and Hour law has
been q source Of benefit to New
England employers as well as thou
sands Of employees, whose standards
Of living were bettered by placing Q
floor under wages and o ceiling over
hours. Enacted by Congress as the
law Of the land on october "a, 1898,
the Fair Labor Standards Act
eliminated unfair competition.
It was no longer advantageous for
the chiseler to move from one state
to another to obtain cheaper help
because the Wage and Hour law
required the payment Of Q basic
minimum hourly wage for q speci-
&c number Of hours everywhere
until today the standard Is 40 cents
an hour with payment Of time and
one half the regular rate Of pay for
hours worked in excess OF 40.
1900 Complaints
One Of the first inspectors In the
New England region was Leo A.
Gleason, who worked his way up
through the ranks to the top posi-
ton Of the regional director which
he has held for over two years.
Regional Director Gleason, in
reminisclng over the early days Of
the Wage and Hour Act when he
was an inspector, recalled to mind
that the Boston Office was literally
buried with complaints Immediately
after II was opened ave years ago.
Over 1900 complaints were entered
by employees against employers.
After q short time, employers, be-
ginning to realize that the law also
was good for them in that 1t elm
mated cut throat competition,
started to enter complaints against
other employers they knew were
violating the law.
Regional Director Gleason de-
clared: 1.-THE Wage and Hour Law,
In Its FIVE years Of existence, has
been spccessftil because It has been
enforced to the letter. Both en-
ployes and employers have felt its
benefits, and are fully aware Of the
high type Of public service which Is
being rendered day in and day out
by the Wage and Hour personnel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22

Tools are as necessary to the
Victory gardener as weapons to o
soldier and there Is much the same
obligation to keep them In order.
In spite Of the fact that more
tools and garden implements have
been manufactured for next year
than were available last, the guam
tity will still be far behind the de-
nand.
Only those who are without tools
should buy new ones. Old tools
should be cleaned, oiled and re-
paired before they are put away for
the winter, to make sure that they
will be nj good condition to serve
next year.
The greatest enemy Of tools Is
rust. This attacks the metal parts
during the winter when the tools
are in storage and does more dam
age then than In the summer, when
they are In constant use.
To check the rust, first clean ell
outside metal parts, by washing
thoroughly. Caked mud should be
softened and removed. Then dry,
and cover the metal with O thin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
MUR.R.D.DERi

MUR.R.D.DER! q
WHEN ELilda Blake married
David Moreau and he popped off to
sea to help win the war, she was
soon to find herself In 0 fine ket-'
tie Of fish-some Of them dead ones.
Hilda goes TO San Francisco to the
Hnouldy home Of her husbands r''-
tefS-R whole slew Of them. And
staying there Is, beginning with
Pauline, the eldest.
That's not tipping the authors
hand-she tips II herself by rep
resenting Pauline as o vicious,
sadistic, soul-curdled, thoroughly
horrid character, and 1t Is no sur
prise when she gets hers, proper,
with 0 i2-inch butcher knife.
The who.will-be-n next element
Is ever present. Elsie, the amiable
alcoholic sister, has your SPIN.
pathy. for as aftermath Of . l6-
cylinder bender she suffers o
complete blackout, which con.
veniently covers the time Of the
first murder. Mary Collins rings
the bell with this one, which will
keep even the wise-guy reader
guessing.
PETArN TRAi-oSR
MARSHAL pETA1N, viewed after
June, 1910, as @ sad old man trying
TO pull France together following
the NaA conquest, Is among those
responsible for the condition Of his
country, says Francis Martel in
"Petain: Verdun TO Vichy" (Dut.
ton: $3.50. Martel Is o little shrill
with motion In denouncing the hero
Of Verdun as the greatest traitor
in the history Of France. But he Is
convincing.
Petain soured on democracy un-
I'll he was ready to accept any
thing, even Fascism, In Its place.
After being shelved as q colonel
while younger men were promoted
to high places before the first
World War, Petain suddenly be-
came O general because he alone
had preached defensive tactics.
Even ct Verdun, Petain was pessi-
mistic about an Allied victory, and
this led to the selection Of F'och as
chief Of the Allied armies. Because
the British favored Foch, Petain
became bitter toward Frances ally.
The book piles ur many bits OF
evidence against Petain: megalo-
maniac, defeatist, totalitarist, and
perhaps q traitor. Much Of what
Martel says is q matter Of record.
other things must wait for history
for proof.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
The War On
Many Fronts
(By United Press)

Allied armies cut ahead toward
the new German line In Italy today
with American troops holding q
four-mile gain by crushing . bitter
enemy counter attack and captn-
ing two towns along the ruined
roads to Rome.
Paced by increasing cir support,
the Allies aimed for Venafro, east
ern anchor Of the deSenses the NaNs
were 8ixing In high ground for the
next major battle.
The twin towns Of Piedmcnte
DAlife and Allie, 10 miles north.
east Of Capu& and the same dis
lance southeast Of Venafro, were
seized. At Allie, nesting IN the
mountains, the Germans failed to
dislodge American troops In o hard
fight.
Another German counter-attack
near Cancello, six miles inland on
the north bank Of the Volturno
failed in the face Of Allied fire
while in eastern Italy the British
Eighth Army sent patrols stabbing
out to test the attack paths
through which they may flank the
enemy line.
Allied cir attacks ranged from
north Of Rome to the full length
Of the battle line and from the
vital coastal italian highways to
the Balkan areas where planes
made two new raids in support Of
.JiiRosiaV RtiefrillaS
Sixteen enemy planes were de-
stroyed through yesterday, some Of
them German dive-bombers oper-
ating In Jugoslavia. American
Lightning fighters raided Skoplje,
Jugoslav transport center, for the
second time this week, and Wei
lingtons attacked the Adriatic port
Of Split, damaging three ships.
Wreck Iron Mine
Mounting aerial aid 10 the par
tisans In Jugoslavia came as the
guerrilla warriors were reported to
have broken across the Danube
possibly cutting that vitaly water.
way-to carry the war into Hungary
and to have wrecked an enemy
operated iron mine at Ljublja, In
central Bosnia. Two fresh divi-
sions Of German troops were said
to be in action against the parti-
sans.
In Russia, Germans died by the
thousands In their fruitless continue
ing efforts to slow the crushing So
Wet drive carrying through the big
bend Of the Dnieper toward the
Black Sea and bidding to capture
the vital centers Of Kiev and Nell
topol.
Reports from the front put the
Russians 60 miles past the Dnieper,
a sweep of another six miles
through the German rear to boil
ster their chances Of wrecking dis
aster on q million enemy troops in
Dnepropetrovsk and in the Crimea
to the south. The Red army adj
vance guards were q miles from
Krivoi Rog, their next main objec-
tive In the southwark rush.
At Kiev, bodies floated down the
Dnieper and Uttered battlefields as
the Germans threw in heavy Panzer
units for one counter-attack after
another.
Melitopol was cleared Of Ger
mans except for the northern out
skirts and the fighting there-rival-
ing Stalingrad-was in its 18th day.
Allied warplanes In Britain struck
small but telling blows at Hitler's
Europe. Mosquito bombers sped
across western Germany, possibly
striking deep, since Swiss dispatches
reported air raid alarms had &C.
Cured ON its borders.
American medium bombers at
tackled French airfields by daylight
today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
HOSPITAL BULLETINS

X-ray pictures revealed that
only minor injuries were sustained
by II year old Donald Breiner, 50
Arnold Ave-, when he fell on q
Ave foot wall last night. The boy
was admitted to Waterbury hos.
pitaI early this morning when he
complained Of . head injury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
WRIT OF CAPAIS
ISSUED FOR MACON

A writ Of caplaS was issued IN SUI
perior court today for Jesse Macon
who has been charged with con-
tempt OF court. The accused will be
required to appear Tuesday OF 10
O. m. to answer the accusations arts.
ing from failure to make support
payments to his family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
Fire Blotter

Firemen Of Eng. II Company
extingulshed . brush fire On VIII
SON st. this morning.
Firemen % Engine 9 Company
answered q cali for aid at 1871 VIII
low st., where Q woman had lock-
Cd herself cut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
MASS PRODUCTION ORIGIN

Ell whitney. in l7oe. took q gov
eminent contract 10 manufacture
rifles. He made machine tools that
turned out gun parts which, for
the first time, were interchangeable.
From this he Is known as the
Father Of Mass Production"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
Rowley w. Phillips
Addresses Workers
No Definite Settlement Of ManviIIe COmpany's Labor
Difficulties; Explanations Given on Job Contracts

Developments IN settling the issue
between management and labor Of
the 3. J. Manville Co. are reported
at q standstill, pending word from
the various federal agencies which
nave been requested by the Q. /. o.
union agents to enter the picture
and investigate the conditions Of the
contracts held with the company.
Rowley w. Phillips again appeared
at the plant yesterday and person
ally addressed the workers at O meet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22

lentless fighting spirit" during uIi-
successful attempts by the Japs to
reinforce Guadalcanal.
The presentation was made by
Rear Admiral r. A. Daubin, COM
mander submarines, Atlantic fleet,
at the base here where Mrs. Tolman
Is employed.
Com. Tolman, whose mother lives
at 8 Academy Lane, Concord Mass,
was operating his destroyer as q
group leader, and was credited with
the demolition Of important build
ings on New Georgia Island and
with contributing UNNECESSARILY" to
the destruction or evacuation OF all
Japanese forces on Guadalcanal.
During a screening operation COW
ering troop landing. the De Haven
was attacked by eight Jap dive
bombers. Although bomb struck
the navigating bridge, stopping the
destroyer in the water, Com. Tolman
continued to fight off the attack
until the destroyer was sunk by two
internal explosions.
h foubade--bomDg
Output of iron and steel ingots
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
, HIGHLIeHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
It Is To Laugh At Advertisers
Antics In "And So To Bedam'

almost outlaws Of And to Bed
H Putty Knife
experiences newspaperman