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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
YMCA CONTACTSI PRISON GAMPS|
State Delegates Hear of War Work of Organiza-
 ion; Officers Elected

'sThe Y. M. 0. A. has contact with 600 prison camps. and more than six million prisoners of war throughout the world" said Her. bert 6. Smith, general secretary of the Waterbury 'Y", speaking at the 76th annual convention of the or. -ganization in New Haven Saturday. His subject was "Our World Service in iol3.s
 "Aithough practically no informa- tion may be sent out of Japan re- garding prisoners, the "" has con- tact with internment camps through representatives of neutral nations. According to information received from confidential sources, the "" is operating even in Ger. many and Vichy France" MT. Smith pointed out. All this help, he said, is made possible through the international organization, and the financial support of all local r. M. 0. A. groups.
 Other local speakers included O. Arthur DuBois, personnel manager of the Scovill Mfg. Go. and director of industrial training at the Y. M. 0. A., speaking about '"The " on the Industrial Front; and pr. Charles l.. Larkin, member of the national "Y" council, who con- ducted e panel discussion on "The Foundations of a Just and Durable Peace"
 MT. Smith, MT. DuBois, pr. Lar kin and Leon II. French were elected to the state executive, corln- mittee. Principal speaker at the convention was Francis B. Sayre, former high commission to the Philippines.
 The local delegation included: Clarence L. Tappin, Thomas s. Smith, Louise williams, Clayton s. Brown, willard B. Carr, E. Row- land Chase, Rita Crane, Anna M. .DeBellis, Michael 0. Bowling, c. Arthur DuBois, Mir2a Eastwood, 0. Raymond Garung, Aubrey E. Greenlaw, J. Warren Griflths, Ruth Herman, Walter D. Malins, Bernice Nichols, Doris Nielson, Mary Or- lando, Arthur L. Purinton, Joseph R. Rimany, Jr., Edward A. Readel, Evelyn Shugdinis, Marjorie E. Slater, Herbert s. Smith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
WAR MEASURES
 FACE ASSEMBLY
Legislature ReCOnvenes Tomorrow After Long
 Week-End Recess
(NEA Telephoto)

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 18.-(UP)-- The general assembly reconveneS to- morrow after a long weekend re- cess to take up three major war measures granting the governor and the tSate Defense Council addition al emergency powers.
 The house tomorrow was expected to start debate on bill creating a Connecticut War Council of about 20 members to act as Gov. Baldwin's war cabinet.
 The Judiciary Committee, in the meantime, was expected to report favorably another measure grant, ing the governor emergency war time powers to suspend any state statute which he considered inter- fering with the progress of the war effort in the state.
 And the military affairs commit tee probably will report favorably 8 bill increasing the power of the State Defense Council.
 All three bills were administra- tion-sponsored.
 Meantime, Gov. Baldwin, speak ing at Bridgeport, said the war pow CTS bill was probably the most in- nocuous any governor in the union asked fcr." He said 1t did not give him 8 "vast grant of power.
 He said the bill would give him authority to do some things-in @ hurry that the general assembly cannot"
 "This," he added, doesn't seem to me to be asking too much
 The legislature will meet four days this week, and hundreds of new bills were expected to be introduced. Fri day is the final date for filing of new business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
Celestial Navigation
 Plan Being Developed
Important Development for Aerial NavigatOrs Looms
 With Completion of Yale Professors Invention

parted in six weeks and an accom- plished navigator familiar with the current methods can learn 1t in the space of two hours.
 Tt is especially valuable in night flying and for fights over long dis- tances," say Professors Brouwer and Keator. whenever two stars are available in the sky for obser- vatio11, navigator can get a fix of position, an accurate estimate of the planes latitude and longitude.
 "It is expected that a graphical method, such as this one, is likely to meet with some disapproval on the part of navigators accustomed to conventional methods, such as those used on ships"
 Meridian Hoop
 Tools used in the new method are a small sphere, a metal meridian hoop used to draw lines of latitude and longitude, a spherical protrac- tor, great-circle ruler and spher- lcal compass, which has r1icrom- eter for accuracy and is used to draw the circles of position. Obser- vations of stars, sun, moon or plan cts made with bubble sextants and the navigator plots his position by drawing arcs and lines on the sphere.
 The portable sphere weighs only a few pounds and is usually held in the lap while plotting. This ar- rangement has a tendency to reduce the effect of vibration. The prin- cipal advantage of the method is its great simplicity, which is likely to prevent blunders, especially under conditions of high altitude flying. The lack of oxygen at high attitudes lmpairs mental acuity, fact which contributes to mistakes in calcula- tion. Tn the spherographical system,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18

roll which will hang in the church sanctuary, He also delivered the arthmetical calculations are at a minimum.
 The simplicity is due to the fact that sphere is a more natural" method of figuring positions while in flight since the surface of the earth is curved and all current methods call for the use of flat charts which are imperfect simula- tions of the globe.
 Tn the spring of l94o, McNdillen saw President Charles Seymour at Yale and then took his project to Professors Brouwer mad Keator who helped him to develop his techniques and apparatus and checked his re- suits from a scientific and teaching standpoint. They found the method satisfactory for aerial navigation and he stayed at Yale until De- cember of last year working out the final details. He is now in Brazil where he is engaged in business.
 Crude Instruments
 MT. McMillen first became inter. ested in simplifying existing meth- ods of navigation as a result of his experiences in flying over various sections of Brazil. His first attempts were made on a wooden globe with crude instruments which have now been replaced by metal globe and accurate devices for the ir1ea slire- Inent of position.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18

sermon, rvictory--And Then what in which he stressed the need pf some kind of collective security after the war.
 Patriotic selections, appropriate to the occasion, were rendered by the senior choir under the direction of O. Loring Burwell. k Two moro names, Henry Chase Ely and Willias MatthewB, are e Dc added to the honor roll iil the near future.
 At a meeting of the young peopIeis society last evening at the church, Mrs. Leila T. Alexander o9 the Pearl Street Neighborhood house discussed Tensions of Our Inter- Racial Re- lations." Mrs. Alexander expressed fear of bitterness arising from var experiences, and called for Q broad- ening of democracy to include all races and creeds on equal footing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18

New Haven, Conn, Jan, l6--A new method of celestial navigation, which cuts the time necessity for plotting positions in half and re. duces the hazards of flyers travelling long distances over open water, has been developed by a Yale graduate with the aid of two university fac. ulty n1embers-an astronomer and an engineer.
 Quite different in technique from usual methods, 1t has been labeled the Spherographical System of Gel estial Navigation by its discoverer, Drury A. McMillen, class of 1909 in the Shef1eld Scientific school, who is a resident of sao Paulo, Brazil. McMillen spent several months at Yale perfecting his apparatus.
 Accurate Determination
 Dirk Brouwer, director of Yale Astronomical Observatory, and Frederic W. Keator, assistant pro- lessor of mechanical engineering ard teacher of navigation for the past IS years, describe McNdillen's system as one which rapidly and accurately permits determination of position in flight to an accuracy of from three to five miles," This is adequate for most purposes of aerial navigation.
 The spherological approach elim- mates consuming mathemati- cal computations, reference to tables and the necessity of introducing an assumed position. The navigator in the air may be uncertain of his ex- act position since wind drift may blow his plane of his course as much as 20 miles in an hour.
 Present methods of teaching nav igation require at least 13 weeks of intensive 2 days a week teaching According to the Yale professors. the McMillen system can be i'm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
News Oddities

Woonsocket, R. l., Jan. 1e.-(UP) The prayers of 8 WoonSocket householder today had been aswered by a fuel oil dealer who supplied him with % gallons of oil.
 The dealer, who refused to iden- tify himself for fear of a barrage of prayers" said he received this let ter:
 once upon a time, when I want. cd something very bad, I would go to church and pray, and I would obtain something very good.
 But 1t. doesn't seem to work like that now, SO am praying to you, MT. Odl Man, for 50 gallons of oil, and I need, 1t very bad 1T hope you will Do very good and bring it very quick. I will be very thankful and will ask God to bless yoll-after I get it." .
 Boston, Jan. 1S.-(UPl-Traffic in Bostom's West End was detOured today while flremen sought to re- cover nearly 1000 gallons of gaso- line which leaked from filling sta- tion tank into sewers and manhOles.
 Suction pumps were used In an effort to save the precious fuel and police prepared to evacuate residents of the area if the fire hazard sn- creased. Little hope was held of saI- vaging much of the gasoline before t washed away or seeped into the ground.
 Ossining, N. Y. Jan. 1S-(UP) Joseph Francel pleaded with his RatiOning Board that his need Tor new tires was Q matter of life or Death" The board told him to take Q train to work. Francel is state executiOner at Sing Sing prison.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
RURRTARTNR LAUNCHED

Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. ie. (UPl- The U. 2. Submarine Capeiin will be launched at tho Portsmouth Navy Yard Wednesday, it was announced today.
 Mrs. Isaac 0. Bogart. of Chevy Chase, Md. wife og c navy captain now on duty, will sponsor the new submeTsible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18

AAAVJ WV4V AuASV
 and inconspicu- ous. The strong,
 aggressive Jews had been either executed or inn- prisoned lon ago. The veal thy and influen- tial, who had friends in the outside world and might thus be construed to hA 0nnnSYHiratOrs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
MAHANEY FAVORINC
 LOW LICENSE FEE

Passage of Iegislation allowing servicemen to secure Q joint hunt Ing and fishing license for Q nonii. nal fec Of 3b cents will be urged on the General Assembly by Rep. Dan- lel !. MahRney fDl 0f thig city. TIe said he would flle such q bill tomorrow.
 Leelslatien having the same gen- erai purpose he's already been in. tFoduced nt llss State Capitol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18

The Nazis have pilfered their pos- sessions and withdrawn every right from them, but have not, since that time, actively and physically naolest- ed them.
 And there was actually little req son why they should be molested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
DRUM CORPS HOLD
 SOCIAL TONIGHT Pride of Welch Circle to Meet Tuesday Night at
 FOresters' Hall
WATERVILLE Correspondent: Mvs. William E. Rooney. l9O Dwight EG
 Telephone 3-S47S

Waterville, Jan. 18-A party spofl- sored by Casper Davis Drum Corps will be held this evening at the Drum Corps rooms, in the rear of the post office for all members, at 7:30 o'clock.
 Pride of Welch Circle No. 1348 Companions of the Forest will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at Foresters hall. Mrs. Francis Whelan, chief companion will preside.
 Scout Troop Meet
 Boy Scout Troop No. S1 will meet tomorrow evening at 2 o'clock at Fraternity hall. William Christie, ScoutmaSter in charge.
 c Y. O.
 C.. Y. o. of St. Michael's church will meet tomorrow evening at o. clock for religious instruction. A social hour will follow.
 Sector D-55
 A meeting or all WorkerS or Sec- tor D-55 will be held this evening at sector headquarters on Edgehill ave. nue. Plans to select a sector warden to succeed Richard Senior who is resigning, due to other duties will be made.
 Personals
 Mrs. Leonard daugler of Perkins avenue who has been e patient at St. Mary's for the past two weeks has returned home.
 Mir. and Mrs. Leo Gerard of Ter race avenue announce the birth of a son, James Leo. Thursday Jan. lAth at st. Marys' hospital. Mrs. Gerard was the former Eleanor Brenneis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
HAST TRAIN from BERLIN"
 By HOWARD K. SMITH New Dread For The Jews
INSTALLMENT XIII

all over Germany smashed by Storm Troopers in plain clothes spontaneous" demonstration against the shooting of Naz consular official in Paris by the Jewish youth Herschel Grynszpan the Jews in Germany have led quiet miserable existence has been passvey rnisa He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
NERCONIERs, HoLTnAY

Not only is Lucky Jordan" Alan Ladds first solo starring movie but it introduces two newcomer beas1s ties as leading women, Helen Walker and Marie Macdonald.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18

PelI trying 10 surlmll apeeula- |alnn in f00ananflA and rRw nlalaginlS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18

The vanilla vine is a species of orchid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
PARISH HONORS
 MEN IN SERVICE
Formal Dedication of Flag Takes Place at First
 Church

Dedication of a service flag, bear ing the names of 36 parshioners now serving in the armed forces of the country, highlighted a Sunday serv- ice at the First Congregational church. Rev. B. Kenneth Anthony, pastor. read the names of the honor roll which will hang in the church sanctuary. He also delivered the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18

BuY WAR BONDS. STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18

c. Y. o. of St. MichaeHs church will meet tomorrow evening at 2 o. clock for religious instruction. A social hour will follow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
Scout Troop Meet

Boy Scout Troop No. 31 will meet tomorrow evening at 2 o'clock at Fraternity hall. William Christie, ScoutmaSter in charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
Personals

Mrs. Leonard 0augler of Perkins avenue who has been Q patient at st. Mary's for the past two weeks has returned home.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-01
HOLLYWOOD
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

When World War I broke out.
Erich's career doomed because of
bis knowledge of military uniforms.
his ability to wear them and his
general knowledge of Europe. He
played arrogant. monaele- wearing,
heel-clicking German officers, and
worked as assistant director and
technical adviser.
For nine months after the
armistice he was out of job, and
then he talked the late Carl
Laemmle into letting him direct
and star in Blind Husbands" 1t
was a hit. Next came Greed"
considered one of the greatest of
the silents, but q boyoffice flop, and
two financial triumphs. The Merry
Widow. and The Wedding
March" In 1886 he left Hollywood
and went to France.
As q director, Won Stroheim won
reputation as a fanatic for de-
tail. TO he'll with the cost" He'd
srend I'll day shooting one scene.
Before starting The Merry Wild
ow," he hired 500 extras as soldiers
arc drilled them for two weeks.
While directing THE Wedding
March," he had the monogram Of
fictitious country sewn on the
unseen underwear of the palace
guard
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-01
He Returns, But
Is Not the Same

LONDON, April l.-CUP)-When
handsome Ronald Vincent went
away to war two years ago, pretty,
blonde GWendoline Payne said: II
don't care how he comes back so
long as he comes back"
Vincent, now %, came back and
yesterday he was married to his
19-yearold sweetheart in North
London. But he wasn't the same
Vincent who went away.
He was a gunner at Tohruk and
was gravely wounded a year ago
He was blinded and his hands we're
shot away, but friends helped him
through the wedding ceremony.
A sergeant friend who suffered
the same disabilities in the last
war, and two one-armed friends at
tended him. A blind organist play
ed the wedding march. The best
man signed the vestry register.
When the sherry was passed al
wedding breakfast table, Miss
Payne held the glass to Ronald's
lips. He drank, then she kissec
him.
do it again." Vincent said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-01
Yanks Bomb Jap
kiska Runways

HEADQUARTERS, Alaska De-
fense Command, April | UP)-Jap
anti-aircraft gunners sent up a
furious barrage of flax Monday
when medium and heavy bombers
of the 11th air force made a smash
ing attack on the runway the Japs
are laboriously constructing in
Salmon lagoon, the army defense
command disclosed today.
Pilots who brought flights of
bombers in at 1,200 feet to loose
more than 80 tons of bombs on the
nearly finished project reported the
Japs gave them the works, filling
the sky with machine-gun fire and
low-bursting ack-ack.
Seven of our planes suffered
battle damage as they roared
through heavy flax but there were
no casualties and the bomb loads
were seen to land fairly on The
earth fill which the laps have
pushed out slowly and doggedly
with shovels and carts
The raid was the 30th for March
and the increased volume of anti
aircraft fire was thought to be a
fair indication that the Japs were
trying desperately to prevent the
strip from being bomb-wrecked like
other Kiska projects.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-01
Lewis, Farmers
May Cooperate

Chester c. Davis full authority over
farm prices has embittered some
farm organization leaders who seek
higher prices.
The appointment of Davis, on the
commentator of the farm lead
erS, was generally regarded as a
compromise between the farm bloc
supporting bills to increase farm
prices and administration opposi-
ton TO any increase in farm prices.
AS a result of the food program
conference at the White House
Tuesday the farm leaders now be-
lieve a compromise to be unlikely
Mr. Roosevelt. they said. en-
phasi2ed that he has a labor wage
fight coming up and that he could
not afford to jeopardize his chances
Of winring that battle with Lewis
by allowing farm prices to rise.
They said he appeared determined
to keep both wages and farm prices
stable.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-01

WASHINGTON, April | (UP) =
Usually Informed farm and
labor sources said today they had
heard discussions of the possibility
that John L. Lewis and farm or
ganlaa ton heads might cooperate
II an effort to boost wages and
farm prices.
They emphasized that there have
a. yet been no formal negotiations
looking toward such farmer-labor
coalition. But they said that there
have been informal discussions in
both groups. Neither labor nor
farm organization leaders would
comment on the reports.
SEEKS INCREASE
Lewis is seeking wage increase
Of $2-a-day for his 100000 bitumi-
nous coal miners. The War Labor
Board has indicated clearly that it
will reject the demand when it re-
ceives it, probably this month.
The failure of President Roose-
veil 10 give Food Administrator
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-01

Movie Meanie: Hollywood has
discovered the man you love to
hate"
Not that the fabulous Erich Won
Stroheim ever was lost, or needed
e-discovering. Until Hitler moved
into France, ne was making $1,000
a day in French pictures in Paris.
For the last couple of years he's
been starring on the American
stage notably in Arsenic and Old
Lace"
But now, after 20 years, and
thanks to Adolf Hitler, Erich is
back before the cameras playing
diabolical German villains.
It's Just like old times.
As Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
in Faramolnt's Five Graves to
Cairo" Won Stroheim is showing a
new generation of moViegoers how
a uniform should be worn The
pours himself into them and dis
playing once again the German
military arrogancy which won him
1.-THE man you love to hate" title OF
the silent screen.
WOMAN BEATER
AS Field Marshal Rcmmel, bull
necked Erich slashes pretty Anne
Baxter across the face with a riding
crop. He was always one to beat
lid the ladies'. In the silent days,
he broke Constance Benefits back
in Three Faces East" and slugged
Betty Compton into unconscious
ness with his fists in Foolish
Wives" When a crying baby in
terfered with his love-making in
Heart of Humanity" he tossed the
baby out a sixth story window.
Modern censorship will not per-
NIT a duplication of such feats, al
though the riding crop slashing II
Five Graves comes pretty close
But don't worry. Erich will be IL
there heiling and heeling to the
limit. In fact, as Nazi surgeon
in Producer Sam Goldwyn's The
North Star" Eric his such a hee
that even the Nazis hate him.
PEN PORTRAIT
| Vii OCICCli, VA COdinC, NOii NSA "
helm is like the rest of the screen!
merchants of menace. Happil,
married for 25 years, a father anC
a regular guy.
Hollywood has a lot of memorie!
for Erich Won Stroheim and vict
versa. He gave up an army career
IN his native Vienna to come to thu
United States in 1909 He was {
/ department store bundle wrapper
railroad section hand and riding
master. In 1914, he was working al
a life guard at Lake Tahoe wher
he agreed to herd string of saddle
horses 500 miles to Pasadena, Calf
When the owner OF the horses re-
fused to pay him, he took a street
cal from Pasadena to Hollywood
and went to work as a film extra
at SO day.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-01
Senate Approves
Calf. Budget

SACRAMENTO, Calf, April L
UP)-A revised budget fixing state
expenditures at $451 ,442,326 for the
next two years was returned to the
Assembly today for reconciliation
of minor changes made by the Sem
ate.
It was believed the Assembly
would concur in the upper house
amendments or that at worst a
compromise would be reached
quickly in conference reports to
both chambers.
The Senate approved the general
appropriation measure last night, 80
to |, after debate of about As min
utes. The final Senate figure,
reached by the Senate finance
committee, was less than $4,000, 900
above the total called for by the
Assembly.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-01

the first sign of any illness.
The boys, George Deitsch, 49,;
william Schultze, 13; James Scheer,
IA; Peter Reynolds, Ia; Galeno Of
ier, 13, and John Nutarfrancisco, 16,
broke into an improvised coop in
The garage of DR. John A. Ward, a
veterinarian. Tuesday night and
took six chickens.
DISCOVERS THEFT
Discovering the theft yesterday
DR.. Ward told police he had inocu-
lated the chickens with a deadly
drug several days ago in an expert
ment TO develop an irnmunization
against brain diseases in fowl and
dogs. The meat, as well as the
eggs of the chickens, he said would
cause serious illness, eventually re-
sulting In death if not treated in
time.
Police Immediately spread a gen.
eral alarm telling of the poisoned
poultry and warning all persons
not to buy chickens from strang-
erS.
HEARS WARNING
One of the boys heard the warn
ing in a radio broadcast last night,
rounding up his companions. they
reported at the hospital, contrite,
little pale from fright, but not
showing any real effects of their
picnic as yet.
After being given emergency
treatment, they told hospital au-
thorities they had taken the chick
ems to a wooded park, roasted them
and had a feast.
DR.. Ward refused to press charges
against the boys, police reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-01

at Camp Peary, near Williamsburg,
Va.
Among the men who arrived at
Fort Warren, Wyo., at the quarter
master replacement training CEN
ter are four Ell Centrans. They are
Tommy d. Jones, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herschel Jones; David A.
Boone: Burl Hunter, son of Mr.
Boone. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie
and Mrs. Everett Hunter; and
Doyle L. Smith. son Of Mrs. Bessie
K. Smith