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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
MILITARY RITES
 GIVEN SOKOLOSKI
Glider Crash Victims Funeral Largely Attend
 ed Thanksgiving Day

Naugatuck, Nov. 26-Impressive military rites were held Thursday morning for Flight Officer Rinaldi w. Sokoloski, son of MT. and Mrs. Stephen Sokoloski of 15O North Main street, killed last Friday in 8 glider crash in North Carolina.
 St. MaryS church was packed and people stood outside marking one of the largest funerals ever held at the church. People from all walks of life paid tribute to the 2l-year- old youth who died in the service of his country.
 Six soldiers from the Army Air base at New Haven were bearers and eight others from the same base were guards. Naugatuck post, American Legion, Union City chap ter, Disabled American veterans, and District 20, Polish War veter- ans, were represented.
 It was the first military funeral here for & Naugatuck serviceman killed in service. Flight Officer Rinaldi is the fourth Naugatuck man to give him life for his coun- try in this war.
 Rev. Joseph Kochunas celebrat- ed the high Mass and Rev. Thomas Griffin was in the sanctuary. James J. German, soloist of the Imma- culate Conception church, Water bury, sang Abide With Me" at the recessional and the Star Spangled Banner" after the Mass. Miss An- na Lynch was organist.
 A solemn procession took place at St. James cemetery with Father Kochunas and Father Griffin of ficiating at the committal service.
 The eight soldier guards fired a rifle salute as the casket was low cred.
 Representing the Polish War Vet erans were Alexander Grabowski. second state vice-commander, and Paul Szczepanski, John Magone and William W. Davison represent ed the Union City chapter, D. A. ", and the Legion post. Color bearers were Thomas Gunnoud, commander of the Legion post, and John J. Sheridan. from the same post.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26

tributed $280, while employees of Risdon Mfg. O., donated $58O.5O. Local 45, United Rubber Workers of America, donated a check of $2o. Employees of Eastern Malleable Iron Co.,. donated STATS.
 Other contributors were: Nauga- tuck Glass Co.,, employees, $47.50; St. Hedw.g's Soldiers Circle, $50; Ladies Auxiliary, Polish Veterans, $15; Po- fish Central Committee, $50; MT and Mrs. Marshall McCann, $10; Ruby Scully, $5; Mrs. A. w. Hea- cock, $l; F. Phillips, $1; A. Lysa- koski, $1; M. A. Shepherd, $1; A. N Garceau, $1; W. E. Rosenski, $1; O. E. Kaercher, $1; s. A. Canty, $1; Josephine A. Maber, $5; Richard T Cooney, $l; Mrs. William Mariana $1.
 Rudolph Lenners, $1; MT. and Mrs. Charles Vest, $2; Corey Broth CTS, $5; Jesse o. Jepan, $l; Raymono M. Shea, $5; Dr. w. J. Butler, $5; Edith M. Steever, 5: Pops Liquor store, $10; Harry's Liquor store, $50; MT. end Mrs. John H. Schmuck
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26

Naugatuck, Nov. 26-Pfc. Edwin Terrill of Truax, Wisconsin, is wis., iting his mother, Mrs. Jeanne Ter Till of May street. He was recent ly graduated at the head of his class with a special diploma at the radio shool of the Army Air Corps Technical Training Command, Truax, Wisconsin.
 He will leave Tuesday for Me- Clelland Field, Sacramento, Cal, where he will rejoin the First Air. ways communication squadron as an instructor.
 A card party will be held this evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Mill vile Library. There will be prizes and refreshments will be served.
 A Thanksgiving program will be presented tonight at by Beacon Valley Grange in Grange hall. Mrs Dorothy Benson, lecturer. will be in charge. Plans for installation of the Grange were recently reelected to office in Excelsior Pomona Grange. They include Mrs. Mae Miller, lecturer, William Brush, faster, and John Campbell, a mem Der of the executive committee.
 Associates of the M. Freedman company entertained Miss Helen Roche of 19O North Main street at a dinner party recently at the Ho- tel Elton.
 Miss Roche will be married Sat- urday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Mary's church to Joseph Mulesky of Spring street.
 Those present were: Mrs. Jean Yacek, Mrs. Florence FarrOw, Mrs. Josephine Carroll, Miss Rose Freed man and Mrs. Edna Freedman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
$5,4 APO Pledged Last Two Days;
 Quota $29,5OO
$3,169 More Donated By Rubber Company Employees; Peter Paul Workers Give $28O, RisdOn Subscribes
 S58O; Eastern Marketable Iron Sends in STA

Correspondent, Larry shepley-Phone Naugatuck 3945
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26

Naugatuck, November 26. = Contributions to the Naugatuck War Fund total $17520 it announced today by Chairman Milton Lent. Contributions since Wednesday amounted to $5,420 Naugatuck's goal is $29, 500.
 Additional contributions from employees of the United States Rubber Company, as announced by MT. Lent, amounted to B 999 Employes of Peter Paul. Inc con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
MELVILLE LIBRARY
 PARTY THIS EVENING

Naugatuck, Nov. 26.-The Millville Library association will hold a public card party tonight at 8:30 in library hall. Bridge, pinochle and setback will be played and refreshments will be served. Officers comprise the committee. The library was open tonight for exchange fo books.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26
Does
 Your Indigestion Come From Below Your Stomach?
When Irregularity Holds Up Normal Digestion. Try This For Happy Relief From Heartburn, Gassy Bloated
 Tieht.Around. The-Belt Misery

Do you know that more than half of your digestion doesn't take place in your stomach at ah7 Yes, . very important atage occurs below the belt, dfter food leaves the stomach. When we're irregular. these later stages of digestion slow up. become sluggish, our food Is apt to ferment and become sour. and we may suffer from acid-indigestion. heart burn, and that pufed.up, full. tight-arour' the-belt misery.
 So. when you suffer from this ki,d indigestion. try Espotabsl They worS low the belt" to encourage welcome eline tion and thus help promote proper diRestis Then. seo the di6ereneel Just ask v druggist today for EspotAbs and use or e directed. 2E<.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-26

For chaining the legs of her little grandson to table for hours at a time, Hada Condo de Rapetti was arrested in Cordoba, Argentina, and expressed great surprise at the po- licemen's Interference" with her method of child training.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Billions For Victory

It is Congress- privilege and duty to decide
how $50, 600, 600, 900 can be extracted annually
out of a national income that was $ll4,OOO,-
OOO 600, last year and may reach peak OF
$145, 600, ,O00, 600 for the calendar year 1914.
The Treasury of course will make sugges-
tions. On the record, spending tax start
ing at 20 per cent and working up to IS per
cent is expected to be proposed. Expenditures
for basic necessities would be exempt from
the tax. Ten per cent would be considered
as savings, refundable after the war.
This is what Secretary Morgenthau pro-
posed to the Senate last September, at which
time the scheme was rejected as being too
complicated. Treasury spokesmen have been
talking up the idea ever since, and it is
taken for granted that Mr.. Morgenthau will
bring his baby back this winter, perhaps with
some new makeup to change its appearance
bit.
There also will be agitation for fortnight
sales tax of perhaps 10 per cent. Chairman
George of the Senate Finance Committee,
would increase the Victory Tax to 10 per
cent and extend it to include corporations.
Nobody yet seems to have proposed what
would seem to be eminently simple, work
able, and as productive as the paying ability
of the nations taxpayers can be made to
stand. That is the idea Of putting everything
but the kitchen sink into Straightforward
pay.as-you-earn income tax BILL
The merits Of the income tax seldom are
questioned. 1t is the one tax based on ability
to pay It could easily be redesigned to re-
move inequities accumulated over the past
uuarter.century The rates can be manipu-
lated without change in the machinery.
Unquestionably the income tax had about
reached its limits until the pay-as-you-earn
principle was suggested and found immediate
general favor.
With the two welded and tax rates fixed
at such levels as would produce the necessary
revenue, this one all-inclusive tax could be
substituted for the present onerous pay-after-
you've -spent-the-money income tax, the Vic
tory Tax and any other levies
There would still remain estate taxes, gift
taxes, customs, presumably at least some
excise taxes Though there might be question
why) and Social Security taxes.
Perhaps this idea is not as sensible as it
looks But with all the schemes that are
floating around isn't it worthy of consider
alton?
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Our Secret Weapon

There no longer is much mystery about the
secret weapon credited with tipping the
scales against Old Fox Rommel in Egypt and
opening the way to important United Nations
successes south of the Mediterranean.
Words and pictures have described the high
velocity 105 millimeter gun mounted on a
fast N-3 chassis which blasted the Nazis'
tanks out of the way and enabled Montgom-
ery's British to sweep westward toward a
junction with our own expeditionary forces.
Our tank buster can travel faster than any
lPZ Panzer) 8 or Pr in Africa. Its gun
projects shell which can pierce the armor
of any tank in existence. American ordnance
experts say that if tank were armored
heavily enough to resist those projectiles it
would require concrete runway on which
to travel and therefore would be useless under
battle conditions.
have such a weapon and the Nazis do not,
we enjoy an advantage which Anglo-American
initiative undoubtedly is exploiting.
But more important than the tank buster
itself is the fact that our ordnance experts
were able to analyze and fill need that
had existed ever since Hitler's Panzer di-
visions rolled through the Low Countries and
France.
Nor was the development of the tank buster
the result of brain storm, lucky accident
1t resulted from the application Of ordinary
industrial common sense, the method by which
our ordnance technicians can be expected to
approach every such problem as it rises.
We had the high velocity 105-mm. gun. We
had the fast tank chassis. All we did was
combine them, stick on some 5O-calber ma
chine guns for anti-aircraft protection, add
some light armor, and send them into action.
The Axis had things all it's own way for
years because the Nazis always were Jump
or two ahead of the democracies in arma-
ment. Now the shoe is on the other foot.
Herr Hitler's technicians are the ones lying
awake wondering what to do against the
product Of American inventive genius.
If the tank buster were our only achieve
ment, this might seem like too much Growing
about a single egg. Fortunately, the no-longer-
secret weapon is only the first In series Oh
items now on the production lines when WILL
be very, very bad news for Hitler.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Way To Do It

Government expenditures have become so
fabulous that an inclination has grown on the
part of many people to avoid the subject on
the ground that the war comes first Ostrich
like, they ignore couple OF important facts:
Before battles can be won, the machines to
win them must be built. That takes money
Secondly, the all-important matter of how the
money is raised to build these machines may
finally determine who wins the peace.
During the coming year the government
will have to borrow upward Of go billions of
dollars, over and above the amount it collects
in taxes. 1t must borrow the bulk of the money
directly from the people in one manner or
another. Treasury experts know and the local
banker knows, that the banks cannot absorb
100 much public debt without undermining
the institution of private banking which is
the foundation Of the economic system, as
well az bringing about disastrous initiation.
Borrowing directly from the people is the
hard sure way Of winning the the war and the
peace. And that is the way we must do it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Yank Is For Fighters

recent editorial suggestion that civilians
to make clear one important angle. Yank is
not for civilians. Only men in the armed
services can be subscribers. The Army in
sists that the publication must not even appear
to be in competition with civilian newspapers
and magazines.
What was suggested was that civilians
should subscribe in the name Of soldiers,
sailors and marines who would enjoy Yank
but are not in position to pay for it them
selves.
Yank's headquarters to which such SUBJ
scriptions can be sent, are at 2O5 East And
Street, New York City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Laval Can't Do It

Pierre Laval is reported to have promised
in France. This is supposed to be part of
the price for the reunion of France and NOV
ing OF the capital back to Paris. Presumably
further consideration is to be Nazi support
for M. Laval as the Quisling of France
Well, Laval can't make good. He can purge
some anti-Hitlerites-a few hundreds a few
thousands, even tens OF thousands, But only
Hitler, by the methods he is using in Poland
and Greece, can wipe out almost the entire
population of major nation.
And that is the only way that anti-Hitlerism
can be eradicated in iberty-loving France.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Idle Tires

Uncle Sam has received about eight million
boarded under the rationing-purchase plan
About half are in usable condition and can
be resold, TO persons whose motoring con-
tributes to the winning of the war. The others
will supply reclaimed rubber An interesting
if not important sidelght is the wide range
in productivity among different sections of
the country. Around Denver and Omaha al
most every car owner had spare tire In
Atlanta, Detroit, Jacksonville, about one in
five had sixth casing. In New York, where
storage space is at a premium, only one in
n had an extra tucked away
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
The Literary Guidepost

uaole conveys are creeping along
the shore beneath. And while he
is snooping about certain de.
serted pavilion on a certain far.
from-deserted estate, he is CAUGHT
by certain girl. And asked to
tea.
This looks amazingly like the
beginning Ct a love-mystery-thrill.
er. An bless Mr.. Rame's heart,
1t isn't. Tunnel From Calais"
does not ignore the female en-
1lrely, Duf neither does it produce
fuil-blown love affair in tn e
space OF few days, which is one
OF Its great advantages.
IN any case, there is an enei.
neer about, and he is ridden with
the idea that the Nazis are tim.
nellng the Channel; his friends call
him "Chunnel" in derision. Mac
rae does rot think it funny and
thereby hangs the book. There is
no letdwor from the first to the
last page, and sat in chill horror
2e1ore rearing fireplace as Mr.
Rame's digging machine emerged
from the quarry wall, it's snout
spinning, ITS great length souirn-
ing like mechanical and malevo-
lent train OF moles. The deaoue.
ment is just as effective-perhaps
more so.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Raymond Clapper Says:
Democrats Only Concede
To One Change In Policy

Committees have proposed a joint
committee on budgetary control
to make continuing check of
federal expenditures. If investi-
gators went into the executive de-
partments and did their work well,
they could have a great deal of
manpower and womanpower. Many
government offices, including war
agencies and the War Department
itself, are overloaded with people
who have little to do and must
read newspapers, or think up some
thing else to do, 10 fill up part of
their time. Probably thousands
OF workers could be dropped and
sent out into more useful work,
and never be missed.
Congress can do that kind of
auditing. The House Naval Al
fairs Committee has saved the gov
ernment billion by forcing rene
gotiation Of cushy contracts, and
it has exposed some easy-money
brokers in war contracts. The
Senate Truman Committee is being
continued. But the equally desira-
BILE Tolan investigating committee
is having trouble. Speaker Ray
burn is cool toward continuing
it.
Curiously Donald Nelson and
others in the executive branch
who have been investigated by
the Tolan Committee endorses it's
work as useful to the war effort.
Speaker Rayburn wants all spe-
cial committees abolished. He
wants nothing but the old tradi-
tional routine standing commit
tees, whose chairmen inherit their
jobs by seniority whether they
have ability or not. 1t is an in
teresting commentary on the
House leadership, which is about
to okay one-hundred-b d-billion-dol-
lar budget, that the Tolan Commit
tee must make a fight to be per-
mitted to continue it's constructive
checkup on the war effort.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Photographs

The Smithsonian Institution has
just issued a colume with the title,
distribution and Variation of the
Hawaiian Tree Snail Achaintella
Apexfulva Dixon in the Koolau
Range, Oahu" Sounds like an ideal
belated Christmas gift for someone
you don't like.
1t has been discovered that if
an extremely high-pitched sound
is directed at a rat, it will go
into convulsions with brain dis.
turbance similar to epilepsy. Feed
the rat liberal amounts of B vita
minis, with a little calcium. phos.
phorus and marnesium, and the
convulsions will be much milder.
Today South Africa serves as
workshop for the armies fighting
Rommel. Millions of replacement
parts for tanks, planes, machines
and guns used by the Allied troops
are made there and shipped of
flown to the fronts.
Elephants live in Africa, but
youngsters in the johannesburg
zoo like to ride tame beasts from
India, or camels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
BY JOHN sELBY
'Tunnei From Calais" by David
Rame macmillan; $3.50.

Tunnei From Calais" by David
Rame macmillan; $3.50.
1t is amazing that the war has
been on more than three years
without book OF fiction based on
the much-talkedabout Channel tun-
mel. The wait is finished-David
Rame is publishing "Tunnle From
Calais" this week.
1t will he recalled that one rea-
son Britain never has been very
receptive to the idea of burrow-
under her private Mare Nostrum
is the possibility that it might
have beer used invade her.
That, OF course, is what Mr..
Rame's tunnel is dug for. Whether
or not it is possible to complete
the bore in less than two years,
as he has his Nazis do, I cannot
say. Certainly it is possible with
the machine he dreams up, and
that is all that is needful.
The booa begins in a pub near
Dover. A young naval lieutenant
named Macrae is throwing darts,
and watching the local characters
as he plays He is in the neighbor-
hood to Locate and do something
ABOUT a light that shows from the
cliffs Just at the time the most val
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Local Auiators Want
First Aid instruction


Airmen at the local airport al.
looking to Red Cross ladies III
technical instruction in first alu
the Red Cross headquarters a"'
nounced Wednesday.
In a class begun Wednesaa.
morning at the airport, 100 pllo,'
enrolled to learn first aid praI,
tees from Mrs. E. A. Laney ana
Mrs. Guerard Simkins, Red Cro''
instructors. nm
Spofford Mills has donated ~.
yards of material for making M ~.
triangular bandages needed by Va -
Army men taking the course
was reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Defense
Timetable
BASIC TRAINING COURSES

BASIC TRAINING COURSES
New Hanover High school, room
109, at 8 p. m.
Monday night. Fire Defense
Tuesday night General Course
GAS DEFENSE B
Glasses to be held at the new
Hanover High school room IVS' d.
8 D. m. every other WEDNESDAY
commencing Wednesday night Jan,
uary II, February 10 and a. Al
volunteers registered with 0. T. u
are urged to make plans 10 eolN'
plete the course.
FIRST AID 10 HOURS
All volunteers registered WIN
o. c. D. are urged to make plals
to complete the course during wv
week beginning January %.
High school-Room 106, at D p
m. January 25, 26, 27, %, %.
FIRST AID 10 HOURS
Each Thursday night, at lralls.
Camp Office at p. m. Le"i'
Weinberg, instructor.
NEGRO CLASSES
Will be announced at earlle''
date possible.
If you hear or observe any'nlN5
suspicious in character report
promptly to:
Wilmington Police. 5244. ,,
Wrightsville Beach Police, f0O'
Carolina Beach Police 223l
Carolina Beach Clerk 200l'
Captain Of the Port. 2-227o
County Defense Council, 3lz5'
Sheriff. 1852.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Serious Charges

Ha.iy Bridges, who has been ofhclally
branded a Communist, and Joseph curran'
who has followed the Red party hne consist
emily, are c. I. o. union heads Ihey have
charged that lease-lend cargoes are deliber-
ately being slowed improperly. This reflects
upon the good will of the A. F. of L. Inter.
national Longshoremen's Association, which
80. s,,oh loading on the east coast.
without passing judgment IN advance, il
would seem that President Joseph p Ryar
=, the eastern stevedores is fully justified il
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21

demanding that the Maritime Commission and
the War Shipping Administration investigate
these serious charges.
The public has a right to know whether
the stevedores are sabotaging the war pro-
gram for selfish aims, or whether left-wing
CIO.'er are sabotaging it in their anita.
F. of L. campaign.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-21
Interpreting
The War
By KlRKE L. SIMPSON

With Russian forces renor+o,
most as close to Kharkov in ~
upper Don region as thev ara s
Rostvo on the lower Dom
proaches, apprehension is risin
Berlin. This anxiety is reflostau
by Nazi military and other con,
mentators whose words ara
corded by British and Aner;a te'
listening posts. oil
However misleading the Carn,.
war bulletins from Russia cont:n i'''n
to be, it cannot be doubted l-ue +b0.
an attempt is being made On 'i0' "a
home front to prepare the ca0 VIC
man pubic for worse news tb.
it heard last winter. Russian arun a''
les which Hitler boastfully told hi.
people had been smashed hevons r-s
recovery are now being describna
to German listeners as bigger ho.
ter armed, better led and mn..
aggressive than ever.
Just what this conflict betws,,
Nazi military and civil autborit.
means to the state of Gern,,s
morale is unfathomable at this dis
tance. 1t marks so sharp an aboT
face in German propaganda tecb
nique, however, that it might h.
an important clue to what Is an
tually golrg on behind the Maj
lines.
The theme of the broadcast from
Berlin ana other German cities is
that Germans must again tighten
their belts increase their war cf
fort, match the courage and sf.
fering of the armies in Russia and
hang on TO the bitter end.
Here and there hints Green in
f>~" greater Axis retreats in Rus.
sia than marked the dark hours Of
last winter NJ a y be necessary
There is little effort either bv
these home-front propagandists or
by German prisoners interviewed
by American news writer's in Rus.
sia to conceal another costly Hit.
Ter underestimate of Russian mo.
rale and fighting resources.
In the upper Don theater. be.
low the Voronezh bulge, new
and critical threat to the whole
southern end Of the German bat.
tie line appears to be developing
The Russian offensive there seems
to have caught the foe mapping
The Nazi high command obvious.
ly did not expect a heavy blow
there; it left defense of that crit
ical front largely to secondary al.
lied troops German divisions on
the now broken line below Vor.
onezh must have been Withdrawn
southward to bolster the marrow,
ing Rostov defense arc.
Whether Kharkov, great Ukrain.
ian steel center, is the Russian
objective is not yet clear. Its re.
capture wc,Id be of tremendous
tactical, strategic and psychologi-
cal value lu the Russians, no doubt
There a'e even greater posi-
bilities. however, in sustained
Russian push southwestWard 10
Kupyansk and beyond to cross the
Donets bypass Kharkov and strike
across country toward the Dnieper
river crossing.
Italian lress reports depict the
Russian drive below the Voronezh
hinge as a major offensive by IT,
self, not merely northWard ex'
tension of the Don-Cadcasus battle
front. If it is aimed not at Khar-
kov but at severing the network
of railroads in the Doaets valley
and between the Donets and the
lower Dnieper, it would justify that
appraisal. Success could close
vaster Russian trap on the Toe
than any yet developed or threat
ened