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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
Rolling Figurer!
Troops Carried on Pullman Cars in Army Move
ments Equal One Trip Around the World
for All Residents of New Haven County

en- County, like servicemen from all
parts of the country, are getting
their first Pullman rides, according
to George A. Kelly, vice president
of the company. Now most of them
are making six or seven trips by
Pullman, as the intense training
program of the armed services nee
essitates that many moves or more
prior to embarkation for points
abroad, he said. In addition, the
Army and Navy believe in all the
comfort possible for the members
of the armed forces, he declared,
and about 6 percent of all military
movements by rail are by Pullman
sleeper
Pullman is now carrying about
100000 troops every month in mass
movements, it is revealed by Mr..
Kelly, who pointed out that in addi-
ton to this heavy and steadily in
creasing military passenger burden,
civilian travel itself is also at re-
ord-breaking level. He believes that
Pullman's passenger volume for
1943 may exceed the 1912 all-time
high of 10 billion by 30 or more per
cent.
The military and civilian pas
senger burden of Pullman and the
railroads today is so heavy, Kelly
said, that there is unfortunately
little margin left for some of the
conveniences travellers enjoyed in
peacetime. Service today is wartime
service, and by their understanding
and tolerance of this fact, travellers
can help us greatly in the perform
ance of our vital Job"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
HOME GROWERS
FACING Bate
Invasion of Dangerous
Pests Threaten to Defeat
Victory Garden Drive

Storrs, July 26-Connecticut home
gardeners who have been battling
with spray and dust to protect theiI
cherished crops from insect ravage;
now face their most important bat
tie and time is on the side of the
enemy, according to Prof A. E. Will
kinson, vegetable specialist at the
University of Connecticut.
Teh heaviest infestation Of aphids
for many years and by far the most
dangerous pest of the current CROP
year is here now, says Mr.. Wilkin-
son. Acres of potatoes and many
fields of tomatoes have already been
damaged beyond salvage, he says.
Caulifiower, Brussels sprouts, pep
pers and egg plants are among some
of the other crops endangered from
this source.
Home gardeners who have been
fighting this pest with Bordeaux
mixture or arsenae OF lead are
merely wasting their time and ma
terials, says Mr.. Wilkinson. These
materials are effective against
chewing insects" and plant dis
eases but the aphids are sucking
insects"
While there are other remedies,
nicotine sulphate is the one recon-
mended. For large fields the form
ula for spraying is two pounds of
ordinary soap and half pint of MIC
otine sulphate to fifty gallons of wa
ter. For small plots one teaspoonful
of nicotine sulphate and an inch
cube of soap to gallon Of water
will be enough. If nicotine dust is
used, slightly less than four pounds
is needed to fifty pounds of hydrated
lime for larger areas and two ounces
of the nicotine sulphate to twenty
ounces of hydrated lime for small
areas, will be about right.
Neither the dust nor spray should
be applied except on sunshiny days
and then only after nine o'clock in
the morning. The spray or dust
should be applied when there is very
little wind
The aphid is a small, fragile,
green to pinkish insect, with or
without wings, found mostly on the
underside of leaves. The winged
form may either arrive or leave at
any time but those without wings
stay with the host plant until it is
destroyed. The dry weather has
favored the aphids. A long. hard
rain would destroy the aphids but
an ordinary rain would make little
difference.
Unless the aphids are controlled
at once there will be serious cur
tailment of many crops, says Mr.
Wilkinson. Applications of either
spray or dust should be made every
three to five days until the pest
is under control. There is also
heavy infestation of the late crop
of flea beetles but the nicotine sui
plate will also help to control thi
pest.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
Writing Ban
For Mrs. Luce
BY JOHN r. MORRIS
United Press Staff Correspondent


New Delhi, July 26. (UP)-A war
department ban today deprived the
army newspaper, Obi roundup, of
its Congressional columnist-
Clare Boothe Luce-and her weekly
quota of verbal SUITS at such things
as the OPA and bureaucracy.
After II weeks in which Mrs. Luce
contributed free a regular column
to the publication for U. S. soldiers
in China, Burma and India, the
war department ordered the feature
discontinued
The order was issued under reg
ulations which prohibit material
containing matters of political con-
troversy from being printed in SOL
der newspapers.
Roundup editors last week sug-
gested editorially that Mrs. Luce
try for the vice-presidency to get
meat pair of gains presiding over
the senate"
Plans for the column entitled
Here the Gavel Fell" were born
before Mrs. Luce was elected to
Congress from Connecticut. During
tn first Burma campaign, Mrs. Luce
visited here and made a host of
friends among the staff of Lieut.
Glen. Joseph w. Stilwell
In one of her columns Mrs. Luce
reported that the price fixing eff
forts at home had left consumer
and producer alike with tongues
hanging out, eyes rolling dizzily and
the larder, pocketbook and gas tank
empty"
The Office of price administration
she said in another was "caesared
by Democratic lame duck Prentiss
Brown" and was headed for a blow
up; New Deal agencies "are fleeing
like Eliza crossing the ice, while the
blood-hounds of Congress close in"
She added that the President is
power hungry" Her first column
expressed feeling for young people
of the United States in the decade
of the rubber stamp Congresses.
Greenwich, July 26-CUP)-Rep.
Glare Boothe Luce expressed regret
today at a war department ban kill
ing her column, Here the Gavel
Fell" but added:
my pen is no longer at your serv-
ice in OBI, but it is and always will
be here at home"
Mrs. Luce said she had many
"fattering" offers from syndicates
to write a column but turned them
down because it Seemed to me
patriotic privilege and great honor
to write exclusively and without any
remuneration for our men over
seas"
Il felt had been completely fair
and unbiased in my presentation of
the Washington scene,' she said,
"but it is now clear that I must
have been in the hair Of those who
are not anxious to have our men
overseas know how many people feel
about the home front
II note with interest that my COL
umn was not suppressed until con-
gress had recessed. To all loyal
readers of the roundup, to your
able and courageous editors, to the
men of Stilwell, hail and FAREWELL"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
new SUBSIDIARY
FACTORY OPENS /
Branch of Hamilton Stand
ard PrOpellOrs Division
Starts Near Pawtucket

Pawtucket, r. l., July 26-Another
war industry swung into operation
here this week when the new OAR
lington plant of Hamilton Standard
Propellers division of United Air
craft Corporation began grinding
propeller blades.
In line with the policy of utilizing
all available production facilities
Hamilton Standard put the first few
machines into operation without a
formal plant opening. The plant
will be prepared for scheduled pro-
duction quotas in the early fall.
Darlington is the third branch
plant of United Aircrafts propeller
division. In addition to the main
factory at East Hartford there are
shadow plants at Westerly, R. L.,
and Norwich, Conn, Darlington will
be the largest of the three shadow
plants, being about ten per cent
larger than Westerly and more than
twice the size of Norwich. 1t is
about two-third the size of the
factory at East Hartford.
The new plant consists of the
large center section of the old
Royal Weaving Company mills
which have been idle since 1925.
First production at Darlington
will be blades for Hamilton STAN
dards Hydromatic propellers. Later,
hubs, spiders and barrels for several
different propeller models will be
built and at least one of the models
will be assembled here from parts
made by the various plants of the
division and by subcontractors.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
0PA PRICE LIST
SHOULD Be SHOWN
Conspicuous Display of
Table of Point Values
Speeds Up Service

Waterways meat dealers and
frocers were requested today by
Frank T. Green, chairman of the
local rationing board to display in
a conspicuous place the present Of
flee of Price Administrations Off
cial consumer table of point values
for meats, fats, canned fish and
dairy products.
Surveys have revealed that there
is no more effective method of speed
ing up service and generally reduc-
ing the delays and inconvenience
of rationing than to display the
point table in a prominent place, "
said Mr.. Green.
He also recommended that food
retailers keep the table of trade
point values in handy spot. Some
meats sold at retail are listed only
on the trade table and customers
should be able to see them. Besides
this, the retailer needs the trade
table to check the point value OF
purchases from his supplier.
The consumer table may be OBJ
tanned from the local post office and
the ratinoning board, West Main
street, and trade tables may be got
ten at the rationing board.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
BogdoIio Had

BY United Press

1t took 81 years for Marshal
Pietro Badoglio to see his opinion of
Benito Mussolini justified, and when
it came, he succeeded the dictator
as premier.
Badoglio, now IL, already was ia
nous for his part in World War L,
and had served as italian chief of
staff when the Blackshirt Fascists
poured into Rome in 1922 for the
bloodless revolution. Watching the
march from a balcony with King
Victor Emmanuel, Badoglio said:
"Sire, with just one company of
Caribinieri, l could sweep those
Blackshirt upstairs into the sea-"
The king said no.
That remark made BadOglio an
enemy of Mussolini but Badoglio
stayed prominent in Italian military
affairs, saved the Ethiopian cam
paign and retired as chief of staff
only when the Fascists had to find
a goat for their reverSeS.
Badoglio was born at Grazzano
Monferrato, in Piedmont, on Sept
%, 1871. His active military career
began In 1896 in the Eritrean cam
paign and he fought in 1910 against
the Turks in Libya and came out OF
that war a major.
Made a Marquis
BY the time Italy entered World
War I he was a lieutenant colonel.
He was blamed for the italian dis
aster at Caporetto but received a
major share of credit for victory
at Vittorio Veneto. After his victory
at Sabotino in 1916, he was made
marquis. In November, 1919, he was
made chief of staff.
Immediately after the rise OF
Mussolini, Badoglio was sent out OF
the country on goodwill missions
by the king to avoid clash with II
Duce. In 1924 and 1925, he was am
baSsador to Brazil, being recalled TO
take the commission of marshal IN
the army
Looked upon as monarchlst
leader, Badoglio nevertheless fol-
lowed Mussolini's direction.
The tall, quiet Badoglio became
governor of Libya in 1929, holding
the post five years. The king made
him his honorary cousin as mark
of devotion. When the Ethiopian
campaign began to bog down, Mus
solini asked Badoglio to save 1t. He
did and became viceroy OF that new
territory in the empire.
He return from Ethiopia to be-
come commander in chief OF the
army until the reverses i'll Albania
and North Africa led to his resigna-
ton and retirement III December,
1910
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
FAVOR DEAN PLAN

Commissioner John j. Kear-
ney (R), announced today that he
will revive the demand for the ap-
pointment of dean of women at
the Wildly High school at the next
meeting of the board of education
next Monday evening.
Those to ride along with him on
the same recommendation are:
Comsr. Harold l.. Parkinson (R),
Harry c. Post and Joseph DeLuca,
both Republicans.
after what we have heard from
other cities as to the necessity
for deans of girls in high schools,
as published in newspapers re-
Gently and otherwise, I can't see
how the board can delay any
longer in creating such a post, y
said Comsr. Kearney.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
T0DAY'S WAR
MOVES
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Office
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE
United Press War Analyst
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE
UNITED Press War Analyst)

The full consequences of Musso-
linis downfall canont wet be ap-
praised, but one thing appears rea-
sonably certain it has brought
measurably nearer the removal of
Italy from the war.
That is quite likely to come about
by surrender, resulting in armed AL
lied occupation of the country, with
out the necessity of invasion or fur
Their bloodshed.
Otherwise - which at the mo-
ment seems less probable - the AL
lies will have to fight their way
into the country, but it would be
against people and an army whose
will to resistance is almost gone.
Allied occupation of Italy would
have an early effect on the mill
tary course of the war. 1t would
put Allied bombers within deadly
range of the industry and COM
system of southern and
eastern Germany, to make COM
plete the devastating work of the
Allied Air Forces in the west.
More important, it would open the
way to the Balkans, both across the
Adriatic and from the south by the
Aegean islands. Italian forces,
which have been Hitler's chief tool
in maintaining his hold on the Bal
kans, would be withdrawn.
1t is doubtful if Hitler can long
er rely on effective military sup
port from Bulgaria, Rumania and
Hungary, who are thinking mainly
how they can best salvage some
thing of their national interests
from the approaching Axis debacle.
Hence, to guard his Balkan flank
Hitler either has to send strong di-
visions of German troops or leave
a gaping hole in his supposed "for-
tress Europe. 1t is difficult to see
how he can do it without counting
disaster at the hands of the Rus
slams on the eastern front.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

For the second time in history the
State of Connecticut has taken over
the Ore Hill Iron Mine in Salisbury.
Mrs. Edith M. Stone, owner of the
famous iron deposits, signed a lease
option this week with Governor
Raymond E. Baldwin giving the
state the right to investigate the Ore
Hill Mine with view to getting it
into war production soon. In taking
o,eS the mine for investig;. ton Gov
ernor Baldwin bee ONES the first
governor since Jonathon Trumbull
to put the iron resources Of the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
HOSPITAL BULLETINS

Fred Harmon, 70, North Field Rd.,
WatertoWn, an engineer for the New
York, New Haven, and Hartford
Railroad, was taken to Waterbury
hospital in the police ambulance
this morning, after sustaining a
fractured nose and compound
fracture of the thumb in a fall at
the railroad yards. Railway police
said he fell from his engine to the
ground while tightening bolts. The
engine was standing still at the
time.
Nancy Keefe IL, SO Washington
ST., was reported in fair condition
by st. Mary's hospital this morning.
The child suffered a possible skull
fracture when she fell while roller
skating at the pavilion at Hamilton
Park yesterday.
Patricia Evans, 10, 24k william
ST., who was struck by baseball
during game at Hamilton Park
yesterday was treated for a bruised
leg and discharged by St. Mary's
hospital.
Mrs. Christopher Dugan, los
Proctor ST., sustained fractured
ankle yesterday when the car driven
by Mrs. jeanette Brassbridge, same
address, in which she was pass
enger, went out of control while de-
scending Washington St., and crash
ed into the Waterbury Buckle Shop
Co. building. Mrs. Brassbridge was
treated at the hospital for lacera-
tons and discharged. The car was
badly damaged.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
HILL STREET MAN
GIVEN DISCHARGE
Alibi Accepted By Court;
Charged With Selling
Meat Without Stamp

AnthSay Baranuk, so, rs Hill street
won a discharge from City Court
Judge Charles R. Summa Saturday
on a charge of offering meat for
sale that was not properly in
spected.
Defense Atty. Perry Graicerstein
placed on the stand Frank Botman,
81 Crown strete, who said that he
had received a carcass OF veal as
payment for work for farmer, and
that he had asked Baranuk to keep
it nhis refrigerator for him. This
unstamped carcass, fouond by meat
inspectors led to Baranuk's arrest.
Also in Saturdays session, Will
liam Grodesky, 20, Cottage Place,
an auxiliary fireman, was granted
nolle on charges of intoXlcatlon
and ringing a false alarm when
Prosecutor Albert w. Hum4nel told
the court that the fire department
was not anxious to press charges.
Nolles upon payment OF S. each
were granted in the cases of An
gelo Marcia, %, of 126 Congress
avenue; Carmine Cerfaratti, 48, 9Ol
Cooke strete; Bonn Kempler, 80, 81
Frand street and Henry Scott. AZ,
437 Willow strete, w. Bakunas, 81,
O Poplar street, was given a nolle
without any cost and a S. bond was
called in the case of Ben Rodney
Al, of AIT WATERFOWL avenue.
George Schaffer, SO, 20 Chestnut
avenue, violation of the rules OF
the road, nolled for S..
Rose Geneva, a. IS Bradley ave-
nue., breach of the peace, continued
to August 4.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
NEWS 4.


Rev. John T. D. Franzen, pastor
of the West Side Hill Methodist
church, stated that the forces of
Righteousness have emerged tri-
umphant from every conflict with
evil and that God has cutlived
every worldly crisis, in his sermon
yesterday morning.
He declared that in the present,
as in the past, evil writes today's
verdict, but Go dwrites the verdict
of time
Practitioners enjoyed church
lawn picnic lunch after the morning
worship.
Rev. Samuel A. Budde, vicar Of
CVhrist Chapel, has returned from
a 10-days conference at Shrine
Mont, Orkney Springs, Virginia.
Accompanying him was Rev. Har-
old j. Edwards, rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church, Seymour.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
Compensation Agreements

William Hull, Torrington,
against Handy Machine Co., $2495
beginning June IA, for amputation
two thirds left middle finger,
liberation right middle finger and
fracture Of left ring finger.
William Speed, Torrington.
against Handy Machine Co., $25
beginning June %, injury to right
ankle. Accident occurred June 81.
William Cahill, Torrington,
against Holland Furnace, &C.
CURED May %, 500 beginning June
5, injury fractured right wrist.
John Prokop, Torrington,
against Scovill Mfg. Co., s25 per
week for six months, 20 per cent
loss Of function as result of loss
of second finger left.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

Taking all of New Haven County's
1890 people around the world
more than once in sleeping cars
would be a tremendous undertaking,
yet that is actually about the size
of the troop movement job reported
today by The Pullman Company.
Since Pearl Harbor, Pullman has
carried about 100000 troops a dis
lance of IL billion passenger miles
in its sleeping cars, the company
reports. These figures are said to
cover mass military movements
alone, and do not include the heavy
travel of furloughed men and others,
Many of the boys from New Hav-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
Factories To Import
"Heavy Labor" Soon

for individual men, he added.
We're in favor of this type of
conversion because it's clear that
if nothing is done to supply such
housing facilities for the in-mi-
grating workers, our factories will
be greatly hindered in their pro-
duction, he declared.
Meanwhile, city residents of
eastern section of the city are still
expressing their opposition to the
plan announced by the Scovill
Manufacturing Company to utilize
the former Chief Two-Moon resi-
dence as boarding house." des-
pite the fact that the building
would be used for patriotic pur-
poses, a spokesman said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
DANGER IN OVEN
CANNING SYSTEM
U. S. Department of Agri=
culture Issues Statement
on Hazards of Plan

The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture today cautioned home can
ners against the oven method of
canning food. Oven canning-at
any time a slow and unsatisfactory
way of applying the heat necessary
to can food safely-has developed
wartime hazards, home canning
specialists explained
Serious accidents to persons and
property as result of misunder-
standing of canning techniques
have been reported to the Depart
ment.
Exact temperature control is nee
essary for home canning, and oven
regulators that cannot be serviced
because of war conditions may add
to the hazard. The heat control
devices on many kitchen ovens help
to do an excellent job in baking
food, but they may not be depend
able at the range of temperatures
necessary for successful canning.
The jar cap on a ne WARTIME
jar-with glass top. rubber ring,
and steel screws band-needs care
full adjustment to allow escape of
steam during canning SO jars will
not break. If the band is not given
a quarter turn-back after cap is
first screwed down, the glass may
shatter during processing. Any
type of home canning jar cap,
crewed down too tightly before pro-
cessing. Any type of home can
ming jar cap, screwed down TOO
tightly before processing, may ruin
the seal even if no accident occurs.
Cold packing of food also may
cause difficulty. The Department
recommends the hot pack-that is,
heating the food to boiling and i'll
ling it boiling hot into hot jars for
immediate processing.
Home canning specialists explain
that even hot packed food expands
in jars during processing and gives
off steam that must escape to pre-
vent explosion of the jar. When
the cap on glass jar is so tight
that enough steam can not escape
pressure accumulates inside the jar
until it may become great enough
to shatter the glass, blow out the
rubber, or otherwise prevent a per-
feet seal.
There is special hazard in an
oven, because ovens have no device
to relieve the force of such an ex-
plosion, and the oven and oven
door have to take it. In a water
bath Gamer, force of an exploding
jar is slowed down by the surround
ing water, and pressure Gamer
has a safety valve to let off steam
when pressure is too high.
A recent folder, wartime Can
ming of Fruits and Vegetables" is
sued by the Bureau of Human Nu-
triton and Home Economics points
out these added disadvantages to
oven canning: Juice bubbles out
or steams away; peaches and pears
are likely to darken . . For the
vegetables that need high heat to
kill bacteria, oven canning is not
safe. Even though the oven goes
to $50 degree F., or higher, food
inside the glass jars stays at about
the boiling point" And the boil
ing point of water. 212 degree F., is
not sufficient heat to kill danger
GUS bacteria in reasonable time
in beans, peas, corn. and other nom
acid vegetables and neat.
For home canning of both the
non-acid vegetables and meat, the
Department recommends only a
steam pressure Gamer, and for
fruits and tomatoes the boiling wa
| ter bath.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
DOING 1T THE HARD WAY

zFort Myers, Fla. - (U.Po -Ber-
nard Galkin, prior to his induction
In the Army, wrote the best-seller,
How to Get Commission IN the
Army, which sold $500 0copies.
1alkin was recently commissioned"
a corporal at Buckingham Army Air
Field here. Maybe he should read
his own book.
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state into war effort. Willard B.
Rogers. Chairman of the Develop
ment Commission, will supervise
core drilling and other exploratory
measures which will determine how
soon the Ore Hill Mine can be made
to produce for the war. Shown above
are Mrs. Stone and Governor Bald
win seated. Standing, l. to r., Sid
ney A. Edwards, Managing Director,
willard B. Rogers, Chairman, and
Kenneth P. Gregg. Research Direct
or of the State Development Com
mission.