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Evening star., 1943-07-04
Proof House Readies
Bullets for Battle
BY a Special Correspondent,
North American Newspaper Alliance.

ST. LOU1S.-Let's take q walk with
q bullet!
A safe place to make this unique ex-
pertinent is in the 200-yard-long con-
crete runway that parallels the firing
range in the proof house Of the gigantic
St. Louis Ordnance Plant, one of the
worlds largest producers Of machine
gun and rife ammunition.
Obviously, no man can keep up with
a bullet as it hurtles through space at
half mile a second. Nor is 1t necessary
to maintain such speed to enjoy the
strange auditory experience Of pacing .
projectile. For In the proof house bull
lets stream continuously for ~ hours
day from test rifles into targets. You
merely wait until test is under way
and then begin your walk.
AS Bullets Explode.
AS you leave the firing line you hear
the hard stunning crack of the So
caliber cartridges as they explode in the
cramped concrete confines Of the target
range. Their choked reverberations
bounce back in taut ear-rattling roars.
Halfway down the passage the high
pitched cracks rise to shrill, screaming
crescendo. At the pit end you hear the
rush OF the half-inch projectiles and
their solid impact as they bury them
selves into bank Of sand
That's when you're particularly glad
you're safe inside protecting concrete
walls and not in an Axis tank because
Of what Uncle Sans 50-caliber armor-
piercing bullets can do to armored enemy
vehicles.
Indeed, the thick slabs of armor plate
used to test armor- piercing bullets for
penetration look like sieves when the
gunners are finished with them.
Watching Them Hit.
In this strange shooting gallery you
can also get q worm's-eye view Of the
bullets as they bite their neat little
holes into paper targets.
Through bullet proof glass skylight
IN the roof of the pitman's basement,
you can actually see the red trace OF a
tracer bullet stabbing into q target,
sometimes to glow dramatically for
few pink seconds before expiring.
Few people other than ordnance work.
ers or Army officials have ever seen the
inside of this fascinating bailiwick of
ballistics. For "a hours day 1t is under
armed guard. For three eight-hour
shifts its bullet-proof concrete walls re-
sound to a continuous muf1ed boom as
Evening star., 1943-07-04
BY John r. Ward,
ASsociatAA Rrasa ata6 Writer.

by JOQn II. WaIU,
Associated Prsss Stan Writer.
CAMP BIZERTE, Colo.-Rattesnake
and transforms don't cramp tho Amy's
style IN turning out Air Force techni-
clans At this new camoufagsd f,eld
camp.
Twenty miles east Of Denver, the camp
was established shortly after victory In
Tunisia and was named to commence
rate the fall Of Bizerte to the Yanks
Hundreds Of men are trained each week
for placing advance airdromes In opera
ton.
Because the whole idea Is to simulate
actual combat conditions, the snakes
and the sudden downpours At into the
program very nicely. The rattlersIas
one oficer put it-"teach the men that
not all dangers come from the enemy"
Camp Bizerte is . sprawl1ng tent city
stretching along q dry creek bed. fringed
by cottonwood trees.
Final Technical Training.
Students OF the Air Forces technical
training command schools at Lowry
Field come here for final training and,
says Capt. Vernon P. Doughty Of New
port News. Va, camp commander. are
presented with this problem:
An advance airdrome has Just been
established, or taken from the enemy
1t must be placed in operation quickly
and smoothly, and defended against
enemy counterblows. Much of the con-
struction materials must be improvised.
Natural camouflage materials must be
quickly and scientifically employed. The
men must be fed without fancy field
kitchens.
Improvisation, Yankee resourcefulness
and ingenuity, is stressed for every oper-
alton.
Using Wrecked Planes.
Second 1t. Matthew A. Landry Of
Port Arthur, Tex . guard on Rice In
stitute's gridiron eleven in 1898, showed
newspapermen the hulks OF planes,
wrecked in accidents, which were hauled
to the camp to simulate aircraft smashed
up in combat or abandoned by the
enemy. They are scattered through .
grove OF trees.
This fuselage Of . Lberator bomber
provides aircraft armorers with q place
to store equipment and guns, and also
\ place in which to repair equipment,
said 1t. Landry Not only that, its wir-
ing and parts come In handy for q wide
variety Of uses"
Grass and bushes were transplanted
over trails and roads In the area-natural
camoufiage which continues to grow and
thus cannot be detected by the infra-
red Aim Of reconnaissance photos, which
distinguishes dead" material from
growing vegetation.
1t. Landry singled out q Mitchell
bomber, with its wings and landing gear
sheared OF.
Men Are Resourceful.
This one isn't flyable, Of course, but
the wiring and other mechanism In the
fuselage Is intact" he said. Thus, for
our purposes, it is as good as brand
new plane. Students can trace pur-
posely-made kinks in the wiring and
make repairs. They use whatever tools
are at hand and not the wrench of every
purpose method of the classroom"
Student resourcefulness was reflected
In the anti-aircraft gun emplacements
spotted around the camp. At one en-
placement, section of metal culvert,
obtained from a nearby road, had been
placed on end and packed with sand,
Evening star., 1943-07-04

closed in the faces of hungry patrons.
After the war some old-line agencies,
now banished from the Capital, will re-
turn. To them, whether we desire it or
not, irrespective of what party is in
power, workers will be brought here to
deal with problems Of reconstruction.
During the census period 192O-193O, the
decade of the Coolidge and Hoover ad-
ministrations. the population increased
from 1851 to 486,869.
2. Large-scale unemployment, unless
preventive measuers are taken.
Among these preventive measures, one
of the most promising is a housing pro-
gram.
3. A decent standard Of living.
Our greatest underdeveloped national
resource is our population. The shock
ingly large number of Army rejects is in
large measure result Of too low a
standard Of living. War is dramatizing
an extravagant waste that in peacetime
Is almost unnoticed. Decent housing is
the basis of decent standard of living.
4. A city without slum. A solvent
city. A city with an adequate supply of
proper dwellings. A more spacious city.
These four go together. Sluns are
costly. One large slum area in Washing
ton costs for services half a million dol
lars annually more than 1t pays in taxes.
Other American cities are on the verge
Of bankruptcy largely because Of the
subsidies solvent property pays to main
tain their ,slums. An adequate supply OF
proper dwellings is an economy-recent
studies Of juvenile delinquency begin
with reference to unfit and overcrowded
homes and then go on to quicker and
easier remedies.
The Future Washington
The future Washington must provide
proper housing for all its people from
rich to poor. It must reclaim its slums
If only to rid itself Of the financial bur-
den. But 1t cannot rebuild for the we'll
to-do alone, leaving dispossessed fami-
lies to further overcrowd existing dwell
ings. That would mean new slumS.
Evening star., 1943-07-04

Louis ammunition. The men and women
who give it the final inspection in the
Proof House have very personal reason
that it be Of unsurpassed quality. The
majority of these people have relatives
in the service. Dozens of the gunners
have already been called into the Army.
Dozens more are waiting to go. These
men just can't afford to take chances.
They might use this ammunition them
selves.
Evening star., 1943-07-04

tens Of thousands Of test cartridges
streak down dozens Of roaring shooting
ranges.
Actual Combat Conditions.
The Proof House Is the only place
in the world where the product is "hired"
only after 1t Is fired. Here under every
condition Of actual combat Uncle Sam
fires sample lots before accepting the
hundreds of millions Of cartridges pro-
duoed by the United States Cartridge
Go. which operates the huge et. Louis
plant for Uncle Sam.
Because they may be used In Siberia
or Alaska, some cartridges are kept at
u degrees below zero before being fired.
Others are immersed In water for "A
hours before firing to insure that Amer
ican troops will keep their powder dry
even in the drenching tropics.
Measuring Velocity.
Uncanny devices. such As the Boulenge
chronograph, record velocity by measur-
ing the tiny fraction of q second in
which a bullet sewers an infinitesimally
thin copper wire and then perforates .
thin metal target many feet beyond.
The phenominally large use Of ma
chine guns In aircraft In this war places
great responsibility on the primer In .
cartridge and requires the most meticu-
lous kind Of primer testing. For ex-
ample, a misfiring primer in q gun
mounted In q wing may jam the weapon
and immobilize 1t until the plane lands
when the faulty cartridge must be elected
by hand. A slow primer in . gun that
fires through a propeller may actually
cause a pilot to shoot of his own pro-
peller.
Machine Gun Fire.
Machine guns that fire through pro-
pellers are synchronized to fire In that
split Of a second when the whirling
blades are clear of the gun. To do this
super high speed Job, the primer in every
cartridge must ignite exactly on time.
The firing speeds Of primers are mea-
sured by the electrostatic hang1re ma
chine which fires machine gun by
remote control. Even though the ma
chine gun chatters faster than a tobacco
auctioneer, the hangflre machine records
the firing speed Of each separate primer
to within ten thousandths Of a second.
Precision Standards.
These few Of the many rigid Proof
House tests of finished ammunition
make 1t easy to understand why the de-
ceptively simple looking cartridge re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03
ORDNANCE SIAFF |KEPT BUSY HERE.
$75, 5,OOO,OOO Worth of War Materials Inspected
 ByLocaI Ofice Monthly

Sixty to seventy-five million dol lars worth Of war material every month ishandled by the Waterbury regional office of the Springfield Ordnance District, which tabulates, inspects, and issues clearances for munitions manufactured in Water bury, Lieutenant Frank II. Hurley, in charge of the office here, told members of the Lions Club yester- day at the Elton.
 The waterbury sub-office is equipped with more than two n1il- lion dollars worth of gauges and a complete testing laboratory, Lieu tenant Hurley revealed.
 The speaker, who cooperates closely with war plant engineers, reported that he has bade as many as 200 changes in specifications within week in artillery mount contracts in an effort to keep abreast of latest engineering de- velopments.
 Now that production Is in high gear, Lieutenant Hurley said, em- phasis is placed entirely upon quality.
 Also at the meeting Major William St. John, who has spent 19 months in the Pacific combat zone spoke briefly. Waterbury kids in the South Pacific get on extra kick out of kicking the Japs when they do 1t with materials made in Water bury, said Major St. John.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03
DRIVER HELD IN
 DEATH OF GIRL
Daughter of National Vice. Commander of Legion
 Killed By Truck

Middletown, Conn, Sept. 2-(UP) Frank Frates, 50, Acushnet, Mass, was held criminally responsible to- day by the coroner for the death of Miss Joan Connell, 19, this city, who was hit by Frates' trailer truck at Westbrook Aug. 12.
 Miss Connell, daughter of Arthur J. Connell, National vice command CT of the American Legion, was waiting for bus on the Boston Post Road with a boy friend when the trailer of the truck swerved into a pole, knocked down several fence posts and hurled the girl 50 feet over fence. She died two hours later.
 Coroner Morris H. Wrubel, hold ing Frates responsible under a new ly-enacted negligent homicide sta ute, was told by the driver he was waving to two passing truck drivers ana did not see Miss Connell or her friends at the roadside and was un- aware o fthe accident until he was overtaken by State Police.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03
CONTEST STARTS
 TO NAME BOMBER
$z5 War Bond to Be Pre- sented Author of Most
 Suitable Title

A $25 war bond will be presented to the person submitting the best name for the bomber which will be financed by the proceeds from the Waterbury Buy . A Bomber cam paign, the total amount of $500, 900 expected to be raised within the next 10 days, announced James E. Moran, financial chairman, today.
 Short, punchy and euphonius titles are wanted. Some of the names the committee has received SO far are: waterbury Walloper, "Brass City Belter", "Waterburian," and 'Mattauck Mangler."
 But MT. Moran isn't satisfied with those names and thinks there's room for improvement.
 Everybody in aWterbury is eligible to participate in the contest. Entry blanks will appear in the newspa- pers next week and it is expected that a contest box will be placed on the Green for filing the entries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

meat Quarters worth per weeE) and anything needing fats (s ounces per week, only ? of them butter). Solution to the meat problem is the weekly joint which can be made to stretch over two meals. three with luck. The crisis usually comes in midweek. If by Wednesday you can get fish, you are all set for two more main meals, but that's baout all the fish a family will eat.
 No matter how complicated ra- tioning may have made life in gen. eral, the impulse to entertain your friends remains. When you lay your hands on something special, you make the mental reservation that you1l have guests and eke out the rest of the food somehow with something substantial like spaghetti or soup and "therell surely be enough to go around"
 STRICTLY POT LUCK
 Entertaining in wartime Is all very informal, of course, and on a here's what we can offer : you and we're more than |. glad to share 1t . with you"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

basis. Any canned delicacies you have left in your cupboard from palmier days you hoard for just such an occasion. Having no ser- wants also precludeJ any frills in the way of table service, and your friends, like myself, are trained not to use more dishes IT cutlery than absolutely necessary. They know they will help wash up afterward.
 Over here, food not only is the main, but the. recurring topic of conversation. You exchange rec ipes, pass hints along and aren't ashamed to admit culinary 6isas- ters. (You have to eat your mis- takes because nothing can be wasted.) This summer the absence of salad oil of any kind has set all substitute salad dressings a n d mayonnaise - it's extr ordinary what you can achieve with corn starch, dried eggs, vinegar and Q handful of herbs.
 The beginning of every new ra- tioning period is like Christmas = you wonder what Lord Woolton,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03
RAYMOND LODGE
 WAS ENTERTAINED
Given Purse By Guests; Enlisted in Army
 Aug. 3l
WATERVILLE Barbara Burns, Correspondent.
 Telephone 3-0231.

Waterbury, Sept. 8 Raym on d Lodge, who enlisted into the Navy Aug. 3l, was given a party at his Driggs street home recently. He was presented pursc, Those present were: MT. and Mrs. P. T. Ryan of Thomaston, MT. and Mrs. John Horsman of Seymour, MT. and Mrs. Albert Johnson, MT. and Mrs. Will liam Coleman, MT. and Mrs. John Hyland, MT. and Mrs. Bart O'Con- nor, MT. and Mrs. Irving Tucker, MT. and Mrs. Robert Wilcox, MT, and Mrs. Martin Lodge, Mrs. Helen Hurlbert, Mrs. Rene Blacker, Mrs, Mary Lodge, Mrs. Charles O'Neal Mrs. Raymond Brodeur, Mrs. Mar garet Gagain.
 Also the Misses Eileen Olson, Margaret Gagain, Helen O'Nealr Betty Rush, Mary Burns, Lucille MacBurney, Lorain Hurlbert, Ann Frasier, Ann Hyland, Nancy O'Con- ner, Mrs. Ray Lodge, Eugene Nor. iarty, Eddie Hyland, and Robert Brown. Devotional Meeting
 Womens Society of Pythias Ser vice held a devotional meeting We'd nesday evening in the Grace Meth odist church. The leader was Mrs N. E. Lowell. Those who attended were: Mrs. Alan Fairhurst. Mrs Joseph Caron, Mrs. N. E. Lowell Mrs. Clarence Barker, Mrs. Mary McNamara, Mrs. Fred zuagg, Mrs Eva Bergwall, Mrs. Arthur Twelves Mrs. Bertha Platt. Mrs. Harry Lat timer and Miss Ruth Norton.
 There will be a sewing meeting held on Sept. 22nd. All members are requested to be present.
 Sacred Haert Devotions will be held this evening at 7:30 at St Michaels church.
 Peter Garrity, has returned to his home on Fort Hill avenue from the Waterbury Hospital. Hi condition is reported as greatly inn proved.
 There will be a months anniver- scry requiem Mass for the late Thomas Denihan Tuesday morning at 800 at St. Michaeps church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

the Food Controller, is going to give you or take away from you. Not that you have much of anything left over. This time it's the jam ration which he very generously doubled. Last period he put more points on dried fruits and the one before that he reduced the cheese ration. The present allowance is four ounces a week.
 PLENTY OF FLOUR
 Bread and flour are unrationed, but fancy breads, iced cakes and pastries can no longer be made. The British housewife may whip up a little cake for a special oc- casion but there's very little short- ening, and dried fruits come pretty high on points.
 Britain is definitely not short of food. She is not even on a min imum" diet, thanks to Lend-Lease Bu; that doesn't alter the fact that 8 housewife here has to be cross between a strategist and mathe- matlcian when 1t comes to feeding the family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03
BY RosETTE HARGROvE NEA Staff Correspondent

NEA CSaxK CUEEeapOmuent
 London, Sept 3--When British housewife looks through the food recipes in a magazine from Amer lea, she sighs.
 That's about the best way to sum up the difference between food rationing in America and in Britain at the end of four years of war.
 Most of the ingredients which the American recipes throw in as a matter of course have been in- accessible to the British house. wife for two years at least. Fan cy" things such as nuts, orange peel, shell eggs, cream, most spices just don't come her way any more.
 In terms of living, the overall result of four years of food ration ing is not getting too little to eat. It is a diet so monotonously the same day-in and day-out that you'd give your eye teeth for just bite of one of those shortcakes the American magazines advertise.
 The dilemma which always stares you in the face is how to turn the very plain foods, which are ade- quate in England, into something appetizingly different. Like every thing else in wartime England, It takes planning.
 BETTER MAKE FRIENDS
 The first problem is choosing the grocer with whom you will register for your butter, cheese, fats, bacon, tea, sugar and preserves. You choose your dealer with as much care as you select a husband. In both cases yo,. have to give a very good reason before changing him.
 Having once chosen him, you take care to remain in his good graces. A few minutes conversation when you go in with your weekly order is well worth your while, and if you can find out his primary in- terest-whethe it's his children, politics or the Home Guard so much the better for you. By and large, there is increasingly less under the-counter" selling and favoritism, but standing in well suppliers means being tipped off in advance about incoming stocks of goods. This helps no end in planning your meals.
 Meals have to be planned for at least a week in advance, partly be- cause of rationed food, partly be- cause of rationed deliveries. Deltv- cries either have stopped entirely or are limited to once or twice a week, and your order must be in at least four days in advance. Carrying par cels has become so much part of your life that your pocketbook al- ways contains some sort of bag to tote things.
 RARE MEAT
 Greatest menu problems involve
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

Anthony Ranaudo of 61 East Dover Street former painter temporarily engaged in the carpenter shop of Longlegs stork It was baby boy born Wednesday afternoon at the Waterbury Hospital to his charming better haf the former Anna Zwolnsky of Union City Passing out the Hennessy Specials for the first time was
 pleasing experience for Anthony, though he was so excited he offered smokes to the same pals twice The newcomer is to be chrstened, Patrick Allen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

Mrs. Margaret Ragis of Central Avenue, whose son, Edward is Army corporal in Denver, Colorado likes her new job at the new Clock Shop plant in Middebury and feels she's doing her bit for victory. Even admits the graveyard" shift agrees with her. James "Shimmers" Sheehan of Engine in Brooklyn hopes to catch few f0ur-fOrty shows in New York City this weekend He boarded afternoon chOOchOO yesterday, though he just made it by the skin of his teeth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03
Good Evening.

O'nornng Fred g'mornng Bohl
 Say, did tell you about my cornP Best darn corn you ever ate,
 Says our commuter a bright September morn You guys sure made awful mistake,
 garden? why there's nothing to 1t, Just a bit of spade work and digging,
 As long you pursue 1t. G'mornng Bill g'mornng Saml
 Boys was it hot last night! f Worst darn hot night I ever knew,
 Never slept 8 wink until 1t was light. Boysl what hot summer we've had,
 Hottest darn summer ever knew, See you tonight on the six-fifteen
 If I last the whole day through. G'morning Charles, g'morning Georgel
 How's tricks? did tell you about my tomatoes? Best darn tomatoes you ever saw,
 How're you boys managing for potatoes2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

Tall Tower Topic . The bombing of Italys famous Leaning Tower" of Pisa reminds us that our striking railroad station tower is copy of the one in Pisa As we know from early history the Leaning Tower dates from 1173 when it started by Romano Pisano. The freak tower does bit of leaning each year, of the wonders of the medieval world The only rregularity about local replica is that the clock seldom if ever goes, but the tower is all right and that's straight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

Jimmy Fryer, assistant treasurer Of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association ct so Leaven. worth Street, opened new savings account at that
 institution shortly after yesterday ln honor Of his son. born a few minutes earlier at SC. MaFy's Hospital t0 his lovely wife the former Annabelle M Msdraih, daughter Of hlr and Mrs. Edward J. Me- (irafh of 200 Bunker fEil Avenue. Eta 6 daugsteT end son at the EFyeFs domielle at 1881 East Main GiRnet nov.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

Tommy Needham has resigned as organist at St.. Pauls Episcopal Church to accept position as organ ist and choirmaster at Trinity Church, Thomaston senior at Crosby High School the youngster has been active in St. Pauls Young Peoples Fellowship enjoying
 successful reign president last year He also repre- sented the P F. at the Concord Conference so you can understand why St. Paul parishioners accepted hlS resignation with regret.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03
SPECIAL RATIONS
 FOR STOLEN AUTO

Yesterday New York police locat- ed the car stolen from Clarence Read of g Carver street in Tup- per's Lake, N. r.
 This morning Read is on his way back with his car, the local gas pa. nel having furnished him with a pocketful of special issue coupons to enable a friend to drive him there and both of them to drive back.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mulligan are celebrating their second wedding anniversary today. The latter is the former Elizabeth Bergin. MT. and Mrs Henry DonOhue will have six candle their wedding anni- vorsary cake today The former is Boy Scout Execu- tive in Derby and before taking over that position worked as assistant to Waterbury's Scout Executive Dave BabSon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

Mrs Loren Chase will be hostess at picnic at her home next Wednesday for members of the Wonen'S Auxiliary of All Saints Church. Jimmy Sciascia is now with Uncle Sam's Army at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Herb Darling is enjoying training as pre- flight pilot cadet at San Antonio, Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-03

Mrs Rose Sandy and daughter, Carol, with Carol DiPetta of Cleveland Ohio are using the guest towels of Mr. and Mrs Sal Borrelli of Cherry Street for a few days Before the Borrellis get through showing them the Brass Center of the World the Ohioans may want to forget they ever come from Cleveland,