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Evening star., 1943-05-17
EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. Co. MONDAY MAY H. 1e4s
SeIective Recoyeries
Appear in Quiet
Stock Market
Losses Of Fractions
To q Point Remain
Plentiful at Close
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writ.

NEW YORK, May l7.-Prices gen.
orally did q walk-out in today's early
stock market proceedings but scat
tered leaders eventually returned
with modest advances.
Dealings were sluggish through
out, transfers for the full stretch
running to around 100000 shares,
among the smallest in a month.
Selective recoveries began to creep in
after midday and, while losers of
fractions to point were plentiful
near the close, plus marks were fair
ly we'll distributed.
Timid bidding was credited to the
idea the list had undergone some
correction and. with accounts, as a
whole. on a cash basis. the forward
swing might be due for resumption
Many customers. however. stood
aside to await outcome of the White
House global conferences, develop
ments in the coal labor dispute and
clearer tax picture. The good war
news continued to aid several peace
rated stocks.
Among isolated strong spots was
Nickel Plate preferred. which touch
ed a new 1943 top in the wake of its
run-up Saturday. Supported also
were Southern Pacific. Goodyear
General Motors, J. I. Case and Mont
gomery Ward. Falterers included
American Can, Chesapeake & Ohio
Anaconda. Sears Roebuck, Inter-
national Harvester, Douglas Air
craft, Westinghouse, Du pont. West
ern Union and Allied Chemical.
Bonds were uneven.
Evening star., 1943-05-17

gether with current interest, total
ing 81 500, 1852 so, on its general mort
gage SO cumulative bonds on June
l, Chairman Henry P. Kendall an
nounced. Checks covering interest
from December /, 1910. to June l.,
l943. will be mailed by the Old
Colony Trust Co., paying agent, to
registered owners as of the close
of business May 81. 1943. Due to
the Memorial Day holiday on May
81, all transfers and exchanges by
holders must be consummated by
May 20.
Bigelow- Sanford Carpet Co. an
nounced the appointment OF B. K.
MacLaury as advertising and sales
promotion manager.
CopperweId Steel Co. has declared
a dividend of 20 cents a share on
the common stock, payable June 10
to holders of record June l. A quar-
terly dividend of 621a cents share
on the $50 par value cumulative
convertible preferred stock, SO Sc
ries, also was declared, payable June
10 to holders of record June !.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. May II lPi-Poultry. live:
Al hens, "a; all springs. 27ia; broilers.
pounds up, 81; under q pounds, 2TIs.
Butter: receipts, s30.O7a: Arm: prices
creamery. 81, AA, 4sia: se 4. 46: 90 3.
500; 50 c. ASA. ss, cooking, A: 90 CEN
FfE!ssed Es.s rseains rarlE,s 45ssa.s nrs..a ,r..,
graded; extra frsts, local ASA; cars, 3sIs:
frsts, LOCAL 3194; cars 3sh.: current re-
&sipts, 35A: dirties, "a; checks. 33Ia.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Foreign Exchange

ehanss rates ioiiow Great Britsin IN
Canada. omeial Canadian Control Board
rates for y. dollars: Duyine, 10 per cent
nrenaiuni: seilins. II per cent premium
equivalent TO diseounts on Canadian dollars
IN New YORK OF euyins. e.el per cent: SELL
Canadian dollar. in New York open mar.
ket. 9ls per cent discount or 90 "a u. B.
centa
Europe: Great Britain. ofncial bankers
Fortisn Exchante Committee rates.: 1uy-
int. 4.02: sellint. 4.14.
free, 1870; Brazil. officlaL 6.0bn: free,
5.s0n: Mexico. 2o.8sp,
RATES IN spot cables unless othervise
indicated. n Nominal.
Evening star., 1943-05-17

ness program tc
banking prob
lens brought on
by the war, ac-
cording to an
nouncement to-
day by G. c. Nc
Call, president
of the Virginia
Bankers Associ-
alton.
A m o n G the
headline speak
ers will be DR..
P a u ! Cadman,
ABA economist.
who will discuss
Money AS a
Another sneaker
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Money Market

NEW YORK. May. II Hp.-cAll none,
8, e.n Fer ,. ss dsn. Dr: :ssas sae
~; a.s e.. months y. pss sent; sanksrs
Sns s: "Gsn' S.4 .. ..s.eoSni S:s s:nt r.t. ss
(Aj u per cent On Treasury paper Of one
year Or shorter; LONGER mAturities. Per
cent.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Virginia Financiers
To Devote Conc|ave
To War Problems
Bankers Will Gother
In Richmond in June
For 5Cth Conference
Nv EDWARD c. STONE.

Virginia bankers will hold their
50th annual convention at the JET
ferson Hotel, Richmond, on June 8
and 10, devoting the entire busi-
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Steel Quotations

per 100 pounds lob. Pittsbursh: - Hot Hot
rolled sheets, base price. 2i0. Galvanized
sheets, b. DO Steel bars, 2i5.
Evening star., 1943-05-17

L1:00 AM. 202. .O20 1900 Noon 34O. $50
400 PM. 503.s2O 400 Pm. 63l, $40
Total - S4R.3lO
tUnit Of tradink. 10 shares: sales printed
In full. IN bankruptcy or recsivership or
beinE reorsAnised under bankruptcy Act,
or securities assumed By such companies.
Rates OF dividends in the fofssoint table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-Annual declaration. Tn
less otherwise noted. special or extra DIV
idends are not included.
X x-dividend. xr x-rishts. ALSO extra
or extras. Cash or stock. erAid last
year. Playable In stock. Declared Or
paid 30 far this year h Paid In Canadian
funds k Accumulated dividends paid Or de-
clAred this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
Field Hospital Keeps
Close To Front Lines
MOVING WOUNDED MILES OVER TORTUOUs
TERRAIN MAY TAKE IL HOURS, WOLF SAYS

1 went up the hill with Corp.
Robert Reynolds of Konawa, Okla,
who is boss of four squads of four
litter bearers each. He had made
the two-hour round trip between
the collecting station and battalion
aid station six times during the
past "a hours.
About half way to the battalion
aid station, we came upon a litter
squad sound asleep in spite Of the
enemy mortar bursting in the
valley right below them. For ~
hours they had been climbing up
and down these mountains with
out sleep and only one K-Ration
each for food.
DRIVER WAS KILLED
Up at the Battalion Aid Post, a
couple of casualties told how the
company aid men had walked
right through the center of a
mine field to reach them under
fire. 1t had taken the litter bear
ers almost two hours to navigate
the almost two miles from the
front to this station. It took an
other two hours to get them down
to the collecting station and an
ambulance. Tina ambulance run
is no gravy train either Pfc. Ulysses
G.. Harper, of Wetumka, Okla,
driver of this ambulance, had
been 80 hours without sleep. The
previous driver Of this ambulance
was killed when a shell went
through the cab.
The ambulance run was a slow
40-minute trip over rocky road
which was under fire. Finally
we reached the clearing station,
where a team Of five doctors and
a dentist headed by Capt. Carson
Oglesbee, of Muskogee. OKLA,
sorts the patients. We're still
only half dozen miles from the
enemy, though it has taken up
to u hours to get casualties here.
Normally, emergency operations
would be done here at the clear
ing station. But the italian noun
tains aren't normal. The nearest
field hospital, instead of being 10
to 20 miles back of the clearing
station where it belongs, is right
next door In the same field.
Here teams of doctors and
nurses are operating around the
clock, and while shells whistle
overhead. Our own artillery is
behind this field hospital. This is
front line medicine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
MRS. HELEN ROSS
SAVED FROM FIRE
TOrrington Main Street
Building Swept; $4,000
Estimated Damage

Torrington, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Helen
Ross lost all of her belongings
Tuesday night in fire which swept
through her second floor apart
ment at 532 Main street.
Policeman William Twitty was
burned about the head and face
while removing the woman from
her home, where she returned after
spreading the alarm.
Loss was estimated at $4,000 in
Guiding water damage to a tavern
on the first floor, operated by
James Keywan, who owns the
building.
Caused by a short circuit, fire
men said the blaze started as Mrs.
Ross was taking lights from her
Christmas tree. A spark ignited
the three which blazed up immedi-
ately, she reported.
Mrs. Ross ran to the street below
and at that moment Officer Will
liam Twitty was driving by in po-
lice cruiser. She hailed him and he
radiied the alarm to headquarters
Meanwhile, Mrs. Ross ran back
to her apartment in an attempt to
save some Of her possessions. Of
ficer Twitty and Fred Conklin, d
taxi driver, followed her and forci-
bly, removed her from the burning
apartment.
Mrs. Ross, who became hysterical
stayed with neighbors for the night
Firemen remained at the fire seen.
for some time to guard against out
break Of flames.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

touch O book unless it's going to
be q best-seller. This Is contrary
to British procedure. which, even
in wartime, publishes the gentle
country parsons essays which have
limited demand.
Wartime Britain offers no novel;
list or playwright Of the stature OF
H. @. Wells, George Bernard Shaw.
Barrie, Bennett or Galsworthy.
Nobody has a clear explanation Of
this. unless 1t is that most novelistS
here are Going war work.
Example: Phyllis Bentley, whose
novels have appeared in America,
has q full-time job with the Minis
try Of Information. She hasn't
written q novel since the war
started.
Sinclair Lewis latest book, "Gid-
con Planish," which got only fair
reviews in America. recently came
out over here and Is going great
guns. Ernest Hemingway's British
publishers say they're getting out
another edition Of For Whom the
Bell Tolls" as there's still steady
demand.
The blackout Is responsible for
the current boom in wartime read
ing here. People have less choice of
diversions. They're reading any,
thing they can get their hands on,
including seed catalogues.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

They're the soldiers who get the
wounded on the field, provide the
most elementary first aid-usually
simple bandages and morphine
and carry the wounded to a bat
talon aid station perhaps 400 to
500 yards in the rear.
The Medical Corps forward
most doctors are at the battalion
aid station, which Is the first of a
series of medical stations where
plasma Is available. The Battalion
Aid Station doctor improves the
bandaging and splinting and
gives plasma If necessary. Then
litter bearers carry the patient a
few hundred yards farther to the
collecting station.
IT'S EASY-IN THEORY
At the collecting station, further
treatments can be given and the
patient is sent by ambulance to
clearing station a few miles back.
The clearing station usually has a
surgical team to perform emer-
gency operations, but its primary
JSS 40 ooA OAAA6 UA1V
ing the critical cases to field
hospital few miles farther back,
the less critical to larger evacu-
alton hospitals maybe so miles be-
hind the lines. It's all done in
four or five hours. That's how it
works on paper.
Here's how it works In practice
on the Italian front: Ali SEM
blance of roads stops almost at
the base of the mountains where
the fighting is going on, so the
collecting station where the am
balances stop is here. Instead of
being few score minutes from
the front, it's grueling seven
hour round trip litter haul.
The mountainside is steep and
rocky. The mule trails up it are
narrow. One trail has been clear
ed Of mines, but there are still
mines on all sides of 1t. At night
the only way you can find your
way up Is to follow the thin
strand of Signal Corps wire lead
ing to the company command post
half way up the hill. There, too,
the Battalion aid station is locat-
ed-five or six times its usual dis
lance from the front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
STATE MANUALS
BY JANUARY IS
Secretary of State Ex=
plains Several Unex=
pected Events

Publication of the Connecticut
state manual for 1913 will not take
place until ABOUT January Is, 1914,
Secretary of State Frances B. Red
lex has announced.
Mrs. Redick said that many cir
culnstances have come about re-
sulting in the delay, the principal
one being the various special cleo
lions that were necessary this past
fall throughout Connecticut. The
first delay occurred she said when
she held up publication SO that she
might print the statistics on the
municipal and town elections.
Waterbury's special election &C.
cured and then others about the
state which led her to delay, how
ever, the manual will be more COM
plete than many in the past and
Mrs. Redick has been complimented
for her efforts during the year In
overcoming many obstacles that
have been placed before her.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
SOLDIERS vow
RESPECT FORTS
LADY IN BLACK
BY JOSEPH NOLAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
Boston. Dec. 2o-(UP-Fort War
ren's 600 soldiers have made a New
Years resolution to treat the spec
trail Lady In Black as a respected
staff member, and they're hoping
no one will break the resolution I'M
/ til they are miles away from the
! lady's island hauntS in Boston Har-
Dor.
Believed the ghost Of a COME J.
crate lieutenants wife, the mysteri-
Gus lady, so the story goes, was cap
tured during the Civil War attempt
ing to effect her husbands escape
from the fort. Unfortunately, in the
general melee preceding the cap
ture, her old-fashioned pepper-box
gun exploded in her husbands face.
Dressed in black, the plucky little
woman was hanged as a spy.
However, her restless spirit re-
fused to stay put, and her post-mor-
tai wanderingS have occasioned the
soldiers resolution.
Last winter three soldiers were
walking under the great arched sal
ly port at the forts entrance when
they noticed in the snow five i'm
pressions of a girls shoe, coming
from nowhere and leading nowhere.
A few seconds later there was a
furry Of masculine footprints lead
ing very distinctly to headquarters.
A Stoical sergeant was climbing a
ladder to the Corridor Of Dungeons
one day when he heard voice
warning him, Don't come in here"
He didn't.
Actual court-martial cases attest
to the veracity of the legend. Men
have shot at wraith-like figures
while on sentry duty, and one pri-
vate even deserted his post claim
ing he had been chased by black
clad lady.
Nocturnal poker sessions in the
old ordnance Storeroom used to be
regular feature, until one night
a stona was rolled the length of the
room. The phenomenon, repeated
twice, convinced the men that the
other end Of the island would be far
more conducive to the enjoyment of
the game.
Capt. Fred Periera Of Cincinnati,
O., stirred up enthusiasm over the
legend by offering a reward to any
soldier who dated the mysterious
lady. Several reported they had
speaking acquaintance" with the
lady. but none stayed long enough
for the courtship to progress. A
Waterman even boosted of making
a date with the ghost-lady, but two
hours before he was to meet her he
toppled backward to his death from
the rampant. His untidy demise
brought the date-bureau idea to an
abrupt end.
Recruits assigned to the fort re-
Gently decided to be hard-boiled
about the legend. That kid-stuff
about a Lady in Black wasn't going
to scare themi And, to give them
credit, the legend didn't bother them
until one morning when they found
their sentry buried in an eight-foot
hole. He had tumbled in during
the night and rolled into a 90-foot
subterranean passage. The passage
since known as "the lady'S dham-
ber"-has been studiously avoided
by the soldiers. They have found it
advisable to treat the lady with re-
spect, and they hope newcomers will
do the same.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
CHILDREN AID
SEAL CAMP A|CN
Proceeds From Various
Schools Total $526,
Committee Announces

Proceeds from the Christmas seal
sale conducted at local public
schools December and 9 total
$52602, according to report re-
leased today by Miss Barbara Kill
duff, health secretary Of the Water
bury Anti-Tuberculosis league.
The collections according to
schools are as follows: Abbott, $12:
Anderson, 1922; Barnard, $1,000;
Begnal, IS; Bishop, $13; Bucks Hill.
$2.70; Bunker Hill, $24.77; H. S.
Chase, $3.50; Crosby high. $49.43;
briggs, $25; Duggan, $11.37; East
Farms. $6.70; East Mountain, $4.35;
Hendricken, So; Hopeville, $14.71;
Kingsbury. $10.68; Leavenworth
high, $2622; Maloney, $14.50; Mer-
riman, $12.97; Mulcahy, 81; Slocum,
1882; Sprague. $3.50; Roosevelt,
$1.45; Russell, $21; B. w. Tinker,
$1,000; Walsh, $2740; Washington,
$16.1O; Wilson, $18; Wildly high.
$61.28; Webster, $12.75.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
Physician Surgeon

some ten years, recently received
formal notification of the bestowa1
of the meritorious degree, when he
was informed that the board of
regents of the American College of
Surgeons at its annual 1913 meet
ing had passed approval on his quail
ficationS.
DR.. Burke, graduate Of Crosby
high, Holy Cross College and Yale
Medical school, served a years in
ternship at st. Marys hospital here
before going to st. Marys hospital,
Brooklyn, N. Y, for further study.
Since then ne has enjoyed a wide
practice in and about Waterbury
and has become one Of the city's
most prominent physicians and sur
geons.
Dr. Burke who maintains offices at
1875 West Main street, resides with
his wife and three children on
Eastfield road. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Patrick j. Burke, reside
at liz Walnut street. He is at pres
ent expecting a call to the U. s..
Navy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

They're frankly worried at the
change the past few years have
wrought IN Transatlantic publishing.
The demand here for American
books Is 80 great the trade can't
keep up with It. Publication Of
British books in America, SO per
cent Of output In the days Of Arnold
Bennett and John Galsworthy, has
fallen to only two per cent now.
Britons are so curious about the
American scene that they don't
care whether or not our novels have
an English angle. But to sell Brit
ish book in America it's almost nee
essary for part Of 1t to be laid in the
States.
Half Of an English novel to be
published In America in January
Being Met Together" by Vaughan
Wilkins - Is laid in the United
States.
War books - those Of Willlxie,
Davies, Sheehan, Packard, Massock
are in every London bookstore.
"Your war correspondents are
writing more wildly than ours" an
official Of the British Publishers
Association told the United Press.
He couldn't recall any British
statesman who has written a book
Of the caliber of zone World" or
Mission to Moscow" since the late
Sir Neville Hendersons Failure Of
q Mission"
London publishers lay the cur
rent success of American authors
to two factors:
First, they say, we've learned to
write;
Second, American publishers won't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

doctors, nurses,
a m b u ! a n C e
drivers, litter
bearers, enlist
ed personnel =
is a hero in the
fullest sense Of
the word.
Organization
ally, few mem
berS of t h e
Medical Corps
are supposed to
be under fire.
Every company
in the line has
with it COM
nanY aid men,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
JEWRY CONCLUDES
FEAST OF LIGHTS

Lighting Of the eighth candle In
Jewish homes last night concluded
the observance of Chanuko. the jew
ish feast of lights and religious
liberty. Services were held this
morning in synagogues.
The lighting Of the candles OPEN
ed Dec. % when one light was pro-
duced. On the second night q Sec
ond candle was lit and an additional
one on each successive night.
The feast is traditional celebra-
ton of Palestine'c liberation from
the tyranny Of one Of the Syrian
despots who ruled the land centuries
ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
Clio SEEKS HELP
ON LEGISLATION

Support Of Congressman Joseph
E. Talbot of Naugatuck on several
legislative measures now pending
will be sought by the CLIO at con-
ference scheduled to take place
Monday night at 95 Bank street.
The union will ask backing on the
Green-Lucus bill which provides for
soldier n-the-spot" voting in
battle areas, and on the Murray
Wagner Gingell bill which provides
various veterans benefits. Legisia-
ton on subsidy payments continual
ton viii be sought and the union
will ask for repeal Of legislative
measures which bar certain types
Of war contracts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
uTTERBUG INSURANCE

Since Dorothy Lamolr had TO
perform a particularly ambitious
jiterbug routine in Paramount's
new musical "And The Angels
Sing" the studio took out special
insurance policy covering the best
undressed actress on the screen.
Fred MacMurray and Betty Hutton
share starring honorS with Miss
I.amour In the 11lm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
FELLOWSHIP FOR
DR.. JOSEPH BURKE
American College of Sur
geOns COnfers HOnOrs on
Prominent Local Doctor

A fellowship in the American Col
lege of Surgeons has been conferred
upon DR.. Joseph F. Burke, prom
inent local physician and surgeon
and member of the surgical staff Of
st. Marys hospital, Waterbury.
DR.. Burke, a native Of Waterbury,
who has been practicing here for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
BUSIEST ACTOR

When Porter Hall reported at
Paramount to start work in STAND
ing Room Only" comedy co-star-
ring Paulette Goddard and Fred
MacMurray, 1t marked his fifth
featured role In as many months
and as many different major stu
dioS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
BY TOM WOLF
NEA Staff Correspondent

At the Front, Italy, Dec. 90
When they begin passing out deco
rations for the Italian campaign,
they ought to strike special medal
for the frontline members of the
Medical Corps. Every one 70 them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

Editor Tall Tower Topics In answer to letter ap-
pearing in your column Dec. 81, wish to make few
anything that jeopardzes the working mans right to
decent living at fair rate of ay The c. l. o.
Committee at Frenchs has been active from the first day
the recent layofs The Committee has to it that all
contract agreements in regards to releasing from
their jobs have been enforced rgidy and have held
ferences in injunction with the management together
with u S. Cancellation group to help enforce transfers
t. other American Brass Company branches AS to the
low hiring rate OF other plants may state that the
the efforts of the c. o. it has hiring rate that
compares favorably with any plant in this In re-
CARDS to the and in the armed forces, all c.
O. contracts contain two clauses advocated by the
O. for people entering the service First that bonus be
paid to them when they leave Secondly, that they be
sured of their jobs when they return Finally may add
that all hiring done through the u S. S. by gov
erent edct and is done solely at their discretion Hop
ing this will clarity the C. l. position in this matter.
! remain, George Cunningham, Secretary French Small
Unit Local 251, c. l. o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29
Books By American Authors
In Big Demand By British
BY DUDLEY ANN HARMON
United Press Staff Correspondent

London. Dec 2S(UP)-Brish publishers who must with
90 per cent cut publishing American books
than they did 1899
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

Mrs Harold Doyle of 10 Webb Street will be year
older Friday of this week. She's the former Christine
Mccarthy. Gilbert Wilmer celebrated another
birthday Christmas Day George Shove former
roller hockey STAR and his better half celebrated 80
years of welded bliss yesterday Ray Fitzpatrick Jr,
wall have six candles on his birthday cake tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-29

Freight caravans are now operat-
ing on the new Cuzco-Marcapata
highway In Peru serving communi-
ties that previously could not be
reached