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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
News Of
Connecticut

WilIimantic, Conn.,, May sup
State police today held Mrs.
Alice M. Mcdonald. 80, OIL a charge
Of arson, and said she admitted set
ting fire to the Green Meadows Inn,
which she operated, to collect in
surance to pay her debts.
The fire, on April 81, caused about
$1,000 damage to the inn annex.
A foreclosure judgment Of $1,000
was granted in superior court
against the inn several months ago,
and the court set May II as the
date of redemption. Police said that
$4,000 insurance was carried on the
property.
Storrs, Conn, May 3.--(UP)-
Paul l.. Putnam, chairman of the
special farm labor wage board, said
today the secretary of agriculture
had established minimum wages for
farm workers imported by the gov
ernment to work in Hartford and
Holland counties.
Putnam said the SCALE effective
Immediately, was: 40 cents an hour
for general farm labor for nine
hour day; ard SIS 1-2 cents an hour
or SIS for a nine hour day for team
sters, tractor operators and truck
drivers.
Hartford, Conn. May 3.-UP)-
Police were still puzzled today why
Pvt. Carl X. Hicks chose to take a
nap OH a slanting roof 70 feet above
the ground and thrilled a Sunday
night theater crowd while rescuers
removed him, still asleep, from his
precariOus resting place.
Hicks was slumbering on the roof
Is feet from the edge Of the three
story building, when his danger was
noticed from below. Two policemen
edged their way along the slope to
grab him by the collar and haul him
to safety. Meantime, fire apparatus
was stationed in the street below
with nets in case the soldier slipped
over the edge.
Hicks was turned over to military
police at Bradley Field.
Hartford. May 3 up Gov.
Baldwin discovered today he had
made an error in appointing War
rem F.. Cressey, Stamford Republic
can, as a member of the State Board
of Pardons, because the job should
have gone to a Democrat.
Cressey, former president Of the
State Bar association, was noml-
mated last week TO succeed Richard
Joyce Smith, a Westport Democrat.
This gave Republicans a majority
on the bipartisan board. although
Gov. Baldwin said the appointment
was made without a thought of
politics"
Under the statutes, the governor
must nominate to all boards and
commissions by May /, where they
require general assembly approval.
1t may be necessary, therefore, for
him to make n recess appointment
to the pardons board after the cur
rent legislative session &C Journs.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

graphed infinitely with blue prints
taken of its many parts. Portfolios
we're cut in both sides of the hull
and folding steps and catwalks
put on SO that the public might
vt;w the interior. The only means
of entrance Is through l5h inch
opening atop the coming tower.
Superintendent Of Police Daniel
Carson will arrange for the rop-
ing off of an enclosure in the City
Hall plaza, in which the captured
sub will be displayed. Admission
for adults will be obtained
through the purchase of a War
Bond, while children will be adj
mitted by purchasing War
Stamp. These purchases must he
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

made in connection with the sub
marine showing but can be made
in advance, the chief requirement
being that the purchase be in adj
dition to those already contracted
for
Chairman J. Francis Smith of
the local War Bond Committee
announced the appointment of
Mrs. Robert w. Harvey to serve as
Co-chairman of the affair. Mrs.
Harvey is preparing her committee
names and they will be announced
shortly. During the exhibition of
the submarine, Bond ard Stamp
booths will be manned by volun-
teers provided by the War Savings
Committee for the sale of War
Bonds and Stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
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ESTABLISHED 1888

Rogers-Peet Are Not Resting On
Their LoureIs-They've Still A Fair
Size Job On Their Hands To Con-
vince All Men Good Clothes Are
More Thrifty.
Wisely thrifty men know it
they've learned through thot
greet -experienee-thot
Rogers-Peet suits and topcoots
with British and American WOOL
ems as q background will give
service mileage thot's SO wonder
full thot the price-$55 to $40
fades out Of the picture as the
smallest part Of the transaction
-but-the pleasant memories Of
Rosers-Peet quality Iinser on to
remind you quoIity poys.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
PLAN CONVENTION

A meeting of the executive COM
nittee of the Young Democratic
Club of Waterbury will be held to-
morrow evening at 8 o'clock in
Democratic headquarters on North
Main street. President Nicholas Zap
pone will preside.
Discussions will take place on the
clubs participation in the coming
convention of the Young Democratic
Clubs of Connecticut at Norwich
Inn, Norwich, May 14-15. The bus
mess session late Saturday after
aoon will be followed by the GUS
omary dinner-dance.
The Waterbury club is the oldest
unit in the state. 1t has been repre-
sented at every state convention
since the first one held In Meriden
in 1881.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Catholic WomenHere
Praised By Bishop
Work of Council Outstanding Says Most Rev. Maurice
F. McAuliffe; Rev. Lawrence Doucette, Speaker

Rev. Lawrence W. Doucette assistant director of the
Diocesan Bureau of Social Service Norwich professor at
Annhurst College in Putnam, assistant pastor at St.
May church in Jewett City, and prominently identified
with social service matters in this state the speaker
at meeting of the Waterbury Council of Catholic Women
held Yesterday afternoon at the Diocesan Bureau of Social
Service 56 Church street This meeting launched the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
RAISE ALUMINIUM OUTPUT

Portland. Ore. (U.P) North
west aluminium plants, mainly in
the Portland area. now are produc-
ing so per cent more than the total
national output before the war, ac-
cording to Raymond Miller, engi-
neer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Committee Pleased
With Enthusiasm OF
Regional Residents
Waterbury to Exceed Official Quota By Impressive
Margin; Small Wage Farmers in Vanguard
of Investors

Last-minute investments in war bonds were widely
reported in various sections of Region with gratifying
assurances that Waterbury and vicinity will rate highly
when final tabulatons completed The official close
If the Second War Loan campaign takes place tonight
Notwithstanding the fact that it evident several days
ago that Waterbury would exceed its official quota
IF residents visited the Victory House banks and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

When Mrs. Betsy Culver Of Wat
ford, England( celebrated her birth
day recently no one was sure
whether 1t was her 10lst, 102nd or
1O4th.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

People of Portugal are having
difficulty in handling the country's
new coins, which are of a size, COM
position and design entirely new to
them.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

Dudley C. Bush has been made
an honorary freeman OF South
Motion, England, his being the first
person so honored since 1882.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

OF COURSE you CAN! There's conflict between rationing
and saving used cooking make gnpowde for
at the front And the very simple First the
doesn't ask for your fats until you've got all
cooking good out of them And second you
lot of them in using them what you left vitality
important No housewife need think she has little in
Because just simple tablespoon of used fat will make five
machine gun bullets Save precious drop Keep 1t in
When full rush it to your meat dealer.
Evening star., 1943-07-04

theme. 1t features a large green
beetle with Hitler's head, fly
swatter and the command in large
letters. swat That Pest With War
Bonds" 1t seems typical of the in
souciant spirit of many Of our young
people
A boy in a New orleans high
school has depicted bird wearing
Uncle Sans hat, supplying worms
to a nest full OF famished young
birds labeled China, Greece, Rus
sia, Poland and Britain, to Illus
trate war relief. Propaganda Has
Power" is the theme chosen by a
Garfield, N. j., student for his
streamlined modern poster. which
incorporates a newspaper clipping
reproducing The Evening Stars
"rumor-monger" cartoon of a year
ago by Clifford K. Bergman, which
was cited by the President.
1t is invidious to mention even
these few, considering the large
number of interesting and we'll
done works. The exhibition is dis
pldyCu III al
ner, executed by DR.. Walter Baer-
mann, industrial designer and for
mer head of the California Gradu-
ate School of Design. AS a back
ground to the children's work he
has used enlarged photographs OF
high school students. scenes repre-
sentative of different parts of the
country and photostatic enlarge
ments of quotations from Walt
Whitman, Abraham Lincoln and
others expressive of the democratic
way of life. The presentation Is not
entirely happy; for example. the
juxtaposition Of Photographic heads
of vastly different sizes produces
nightmarish effect. But this should
not keep visitors from enjoying the
students work.
Evening star., 1943-07-04

Wig said he knew a number OF peo-
pie in the Hitler encourage who
hated NaZism and would be glad Of
a chance to work against it if they
could do so without imperiling their
families. He volunteered to go
abroad for the purpose of contracting
these individuals This was before
war was declared. The plot was
carried out, and it worked so well
that, when hostilities opened, Mr.
Williams received advance news Of
Hitlers turns almost in their en-
tirety.
Van Narvig's organization, as 1t
is described in the admittedly highly
camouflaged present book, consisted
of six people. One was a woman
on Hitler's secretarial staff whose
post was in Berchtesgaden. Two
were Gestapo men. Another was a
man on Ribbentrops staff. A fifth
was a girl in Goerrings Office. and
the sixth was a man close to the
German Foreign Office. All sent
long reports in code more or less
regularly. The present book con-
sists, in the main, of these reports.
Sometimes. they did not reach
America until after the event they
predicted. but they were always ac-
curate. They described practically
every major move of the Nazi war
strategy. They also gave many pic
turesque vignetteS of life in the
household of the carpet-eating
house painter.
Supporting this stream OF news
from abroad was the resourceful
Van Narvigs radio receiving set, by
which, according to the present
record, many of the German mill
tary orders were picked up during
the assault on France. The opera
ton of this mechanism reads like a
spy thriller; 1t simply exceeds
credibility, but 1t has the same au-
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Roughly Speaking
By Louise Pierson. (Simon &
CAL,,,yoS

~
This reviewer had never heard Of
Louise Pierson before he saw her
name on the cover of this auto
biography. He asked several per-
sons in the Office. all fairly well
informed. but they had never heard
of her, either. That made her auto
biography something of a mystery.
since such books ordinarily are writ
tenor, at any rate. published
because their authors are widely
known.
Well. this particular author was
born Louise Randall. That was in
Quincy. Mass. in 1890. and her FAM
lily had more money than most
people would know what to do with.
But her father knew what to do
with it. He spent it. with the result
that when he passed on the family
had only $500 a year to support its
three surviving members. However,
that did not feaze Louise: she de-
termined to become q self-made
woman.
Since then she has had her ups
and downs. and these are what her
book is about. Don't make the mis-
take that the reviewer almost made.
Don't pass up Roughly Speaking"
just because you've never heard of
its author. It's really a good book.
rough-and-tumble sort Of book
filled with laughter and pride and
patriotism, book that has some
thing Of the cocky quality Of q
George M. Cohan song. The prob
ability Is that a lot Of people are
going to hear Of Louise Pierson from
now on. PHILIP H. LOVE.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
High School War
Art on Exhibition
At Library
By Florence s. Berryman.

Something of the spirit for which
we celebrate today as a national
holiday is implicit in the National
Exhibition of High School War Art
sponsored by the United States Of
flee of Education and the Office OF
War Information. in cooperation
with the Library of Congress, where
1t is on view until July Is.
The intelligent grasp of various
phases of the war. indicated in these
works by high school student artists
bears witness to the freedom of
speech and education. and encour-
agement of cultural values in our
school system. In Nazi Germany
by contrast. government decree re-
Gently abolished all art courses from
the universities. as having no right
to exist in wartime.
The purpose of this exhibition, ac-
cording to Owl, is ito demonstrate
the usefulness of the arts as a
weapon of war and to encourage the
continuation of free artistic express
sion in generation which will be
most vital in a postwar world
High school art has already con-
tributed to the war by providing
murals for the USO. art work for
civilian defense. Army camps and
canteens. and other agencies.
To accept children's art work as
an esthetic end-in-itself is not a
constructive attitude (although there
are artists and others who do just
that. The real significance of this
exhibition of work by American boys
and girls is its revelation of their
mental awareness of today's DOM
inent issues. The war themes were
undoubtedly projects in the various
classes; that the instruction was
effective is obvious from the clean
cut comprehension of ideas shown in
the finished work. In addition, the
children must have been given con-
siderable latitude in developing
themes, for there is much variety
and no little originality in the work
shown. In fact, the ideas run ahead
of the technical execution in many
instances.
Washington schools are repre-
sented in this display of several hun
dred works in all graphic media
(oils, water colors, drawings, photo
graphs, prints and posters). chosen
from many hundreds submitted from
all parts of the United States. Local
schools include Sidwell Friends
School, Central, Coolidge, Hine
Junior and Roosevelt High Schools.
A poster from Hine Junior (not
signedD is amusing, effective and
different from anything the writer
has seen on tho "Buy-War-Bonds'
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Stars For Dimmed-Out NIGHTS
BY Louise Sfrofher Shebard,
Central Librarian, washington Public Library.

tactful, will get out their opera
glasses or telescopes, find good
book on astronomy and start the
rewarding path of discovery.
Some will want to learn star
names. Reliable star maps, easily
used by amateurs, may be found
in Half Hours With the Stars" by
r. A. Proctor, or Guide to the
Consultations" by Samuel G. Bar
ton. Edgar G. Murphy's Beginners
Star Book" is an easy guide to
the astronomical uses of the opera
glass. the field glass and the tele-
scope" w. T. Olcott's Field Book
Of the Stars" is pocket-size guide.
General discussions Of modern
astronomy can be as mentally
astringent as mystery story and
have the same quality of taking the
reader out of the present world.
Edward A. Faith. in Through the
Telescope" limits himself to what
could be read in one evening by a
reasonably rapid reader. Intro
ducing the Consultations" and
When the Stars Come Out" by
Robert H. Baker, have the same
popular approach. Sir James Jeans
has revised his Universe Around
Us" to include such discoveries as
Pluto, the rotation of the galaxy
and the apparent expansion of the
universe. The New Handbook of
the Heavens" by Hubert j. Bern
hard and others at the HAYDEN
Planetarium would be a good gift
for serviceman, as it includes
maps of stars visible in South Africa
or Australia. as we'll as the northern
consultations.
The books mentioned are available
at the Public Library. Eighth and
K streets NV, and its neighbor-
hood branches.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Current Books
By Mary.Carfer Roberts.

thentication as the rest of the book.
Another Of Van Narvig's exploits
was to investigate the Gestapo or
ganization in the Western Hemi-
sphere, and he succeeded so well in
the undertaking that he got news of
a sort of Gestapo convention. held
in Havana, and even managed to
work himself into one Of its meet
ings. He compiled a list of the
names OF some Of the operators on
this occasion and put his findings
at the disposal of the Department
Of Justice, according to Mr.. VIII
liams.
Meetings Of the high German
planners. the Japanese inclusion In
the Axis and its terms, the ofncial
German casualty figures, the assault
on the Balkans, the push in Africa,
Evening star., 1943-07-04

Snail we cnange the names OF tne
stars?
The editor of Sky and Telescope
presents, in the April issue. A. P.
Herberts scheme for remaining the
stars in honor of famous aviators
scientists or poets. He argues that
the thousands of students of avia-
ton, navigation and meteorology
would save countless hours il star
names represented more familiar
persons or things.
Such q suggestion contains the
seeds of controversy. Will the names
he proposes-Finucane, Sterling and
Mollison-be as familiar to aviators
1000 years from now as "the Plei-
ades. Bootes setting late, and the
large Bear, by others called the
Wagon" are to US? These were the
stars which Ulysses, sailing home
from Troy, "gazed with fixed eye
on" and these are the stars, give
them what names you will, that we
gaze at today. Boys on blacked-out
ship decks. others lying on desert
sands, men and women manning
airplane spoilers stations, families
sitting quietly Together in their
own dimmed-out back yards, all
have sudden new leisure to look at
stars.
Many will be content Just to rest
and gaze, but others will begin to
wonder. Some may simply want to
learn few star groups bv name.
In Eliot Clarke's Astronomy From
a Dipper," one starts from scratch
which Is the dipper. Then. having
learned three or four Of the constel-
lations. a tactful person may permit
himself the pleasure of showing off
his knowledge and instructing an
other" Others, not necessarily less
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Guide to Art

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
Constitution avenue at Sixth street
NW,-Paintings and sculptures by
great masters as represented in the
Chester Dale collection Of 10th cen
tury French paintings; paintings and
drawings by 10Th century French
artists loaned by French museums;
the Widener collection Of decorative
arts, Chinese porcelains. Gel amics and
Italian Renaissance and French 18th
century furniture: paintings loaned
by Belgian government. Weekdays, 10
War paintings by artists commissioned
BY Life,
NATIONAL MUSEUM, Natural His
tory Building. Constitution avenue at
Tenth street N.W.-National collec-
ton OF f1ne arts-paintinss, sculpture.
etc, Evans, Gellatly, Johnson and
other collections. Special exhibitions.
Arts and Industries Building Ma
tional Museum, Division cf PhotoR-
raphy Sundays and weekdays Tex
cept Mondays, q am. to 430 p m;
Mondays. 1:30 to 4E30 pm.
CoRCoRAN GALLERY OF ART.
nue. NWHPaintinss PAINT aa by BY American &
artists, also by 10th century foreisn
artists. casts from antique: Barye
bronzes, works OF contemporary sculp-
tIre Clark eolleetlon old masters
ceramics. etc. Exhibition OF Berry,
man cartoons.
SMITHSONIAN TITU TON
main building. south side of Mall At
Tenth street NW.--Division OF
Graphic Arts. U. S. National Museum
Collection of prints and illustrations
of technical processes. Occasional ex-
hibitions Prints by National Asso-
citation OF Women Artists. Inc.
FREER GALLERY, south side OF
Mall at Twelfth street N.W.-Orien-
tai art; paintings and prints by J A.
McNeill Whistler. also other American
artists. Daily except Mondays.
a m. to 4 30 pm
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. First
street between East Capitol and B
streets S E.-Division of Fine Arts.
Exhibition of prints, American Illus
trations. architectural photographs.
Jefferson Bicentennial exhibitions.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY.
1901 Twenty-f1rst street NV
Paintings of contemporary. artists.
chiefly OF French and American
schools: also prints. Weekdays, IL
am to g pm; Sundays. 3 to T D. m.
Paintings by Abraham Rather to
June %
TEXTILE MUSEUM OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA. 233O S street
N.W.--Containing rugs, tapestries;
and other textiles OF the Near and
Far East. Closed for the summer.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Brief Reviews of New Books

William H. johnson and Louis v.
Newkirk MacmillanD- Text for
those who want training in the
electrical work required by the
Army. Comprehensive.
Surprise. by Gen. Waldemar Err
furth military Service)-The work
OF the great German strategist on
the element Of surprise in war.
Translated from the German for the
first time.
LIFE HISTORIES.
Jacobs Ladder, by Frank Kingdom
(Fischer) Autobiography of a min
lister and educator who was born In
England but became an American
by choice. Worthy of respect.
Elisabeth Ney. by Jan Fortune and
Jean Burton (Knopf)-Biography OF
the well-known sculptress. A roman
tic life.
The Pine Tree Shield, by Elizabeth
G. Flint doubleday. Doran)-Story
OF the life OF the forest ranger. Writ
ten from personal experience by q
rangers wife.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Managing Your Mind. by S. H.
Kraines and E. S. Thetford Mac
millan) How to beat the pressure
of modern living. Probably helpful
to those who have to be helped.
ECONOMICS.
The Basic Teachings Of the Great
Economists, by John w. Mcconnell
(New Home Library)-A review Of
various schools OF economic think
ing, from the Middle Ages to the
present.
JUVENILES.
Polkadot, by Elizabeth Derr Davis.
son and Theresa Kalab Outton)-
Charming story Of . little fawn.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
H0,card University
Shoes Student York.

Howard University Gallery of Art
is concluding it's season with an ex-
hibition of student work. to remain
until July 9. 1t includes painting,
graphic arts. design and ceramics.
Students whose work is on view rep
resent all classes. from freshman to
senior years as we'll as those major
ing in art.
Among them are Doris Brown and
Percy Kicks, who designed and
painted as their class project a
mural 8 by 4 feet in dimensions.
This was presented the middle of
March to the USO lounge in the
Phyllis Wheatley YWCA. 1t de-
picts recreational activities offered
by the USO and YWCA to serv-
ice men, women and war workers.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Secret Sources

SCSICI SO0I(CS
By Wythe Williams and VIII
liam Van Narvig. (Zif-
DaDiS.)
Some day, it may be permitted to
Wythe Williams, veteran foreign
correspondent and radio news COM
mentator, and that partner Of his
who, at present, Is hiding behind
the pseudonynm of william Van
Narvig," to tell the whole story that
lies behind this book. When and
If that happens. the public will read
how two American newspapermen,
working without an organization Of
any kind, set up an espionage system
In Germany which covered the most
intimate details of Nazi strategy and
furnished practically a day-by-day
picture of life in Hitler's own house.
hold. An amazing yarn, indeed, and
one which any one might be per-
mitted to doubt If it were not au-
thenticated by highly respectable
people. Against the future day
when the whole Of it may be given
out. the perpetrators of the coup
now tell as much as they dare, and
even so much is enough to keep a
reader sitting right up In the ham,
mock. War books to date, have
fallen very much into patterns, but
this one Is like no other so far, and
surpasses the best Of them in the
sensational nature of the tale it
has to tell.
The idea, 1t seems, was Mr.. Will
liams'. He wanted exclusive news
from Germany to use in his broad
casts. But exclusive news from Ger
many was not to be had by politely
asking for it. While he was mulling
the problem over. he met the man
whom he calls Van Narvig," a natu-
rallied European with a wide &C
quaintance in Germany. Van Mar