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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
- SPOTLIGHTZNG --
Brass City News

church tomorrow at noon in con-
nection with the dedication and
blessing of the church service flag.
Rev. Peter Dzubay. pastor, will
off1ciate at the services, which will
follow the Divine Liturgy.
A mission will be held at the
church at 8 p. m. with clergy from
various parts of the state to par
ticipate.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

the openings have not been fire.
quent, and other employers have
hesitated to hire part-time workers
In the belief there Is still potential
fulltime labor material In the city.
Another hindrance In utilizing the
available part-time labor has been
reluctance Of applicants to take Ger.
tain jobs. Many Of those registered
have specified hours on which they
will be available, and in many cases
the hours have not conformed with
the current openings or the regu-
lar factory shifts. Some Of the
workers further have specified the
particular establishment they wish
to enter and this likewise has re.
duced placement possibilities.
Demands for full.time workers,
however, were far In excess Of the
supply, Miss Harmon said. Through
cancellation and Tes.ling the active
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and limb which occur during the
warmer months, and Patrolman
Dwyer again urges boys and girls
to be extremely careful on the
streets. His statement follows:
Two Coasting Afishaps
During the month Of February only
two accidents were reported TO the
police department and both Of these
were sliding accidents. However In
March the story on the situation Is
altogether different, A total Of seven
accidents were reported, all Of the
pedestrian type. In the two sliding
accidents both drivers were arrested
but In the seven pedestrian n1ishaps
none Of the drivers were notlfSed
for court.
Living up 10 past performances.
dashinE into the street Is stlll mum.
Der one on the hit parade. Five chill.
tiron were struck while doing that
lmpulsive act, one was playing IN
the street, two were sliding and one
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

walked into the side Of o car while
she was holding an umbrella In such
o manner as to block her view OF
traffic. The nine accidents hap
pened In as many different loca.
tlon which groves that streets are
as dangerous rs the people who use
them make the situation such.
There IL no such thing as O
driver being too courteous or o pc
destrian who can be too careful
when using the highways, The con.
flict is there, the driver on one hand
and the person on foot on the other
side Of the picture with the pedes
TRAN always on the receiving end.
You cannot win, so be careful.
List Of Accidents
Below Is the summary Of acci-
dents:
February 10, 5:A6 D. m. Dolores
Julian, 10, 20 woodward avenue,
sliding on Beecher avenue, clear
daylight. 81. Peter and Paul School,
February 10, 7:l5 p. m. James
Moore Jr, IS, io7 South Leonard
street. Sliding on Fifth street. st,
Joseph's School. Clear dark.
Rose CaredoExi, ~, II Pilgrim
avenue. Ran out into East Main
street. st. Thomas school. Showing
daylight. Sis p. m.
Robert Gauvin, 3, SO South River.
side street. Ran out into Bank
street. No school. Raining, daylight,
4:l5 p. m.
sally Rosenbaum -, 10 Hawkins
street, Walked into car while she
was holding umbrella. briggs School,
Raining, daylight, A:l0 p. m.
Judy Ihrahim Z, 1888 washington
street, Ran out into Baldwin street
near washington street. No school,
Clear, daylight, 500 p. m.
John Floyd IS, 285 Monroe avenue,
Playing In roadway and ran into
path Of car. Chase school. Clear
daylight, S:l5 p. m.
Marjorie Cream IL, 50 Washing
ton street, Dashed out between two
cars on roller skates. st. Francis
school. Clear dark. 7:45 p. m.
Lena Biondi ~. Rockaway avenue
Ran out into East Main ut Merline
avenue. Hendricken school. Clear
dark. 1856 p, m.
Seven drivers involved were local
ores and two from outside the city,
All were male and their ages were
as follows: as, 20. 81, 50, SO, ~, 50,
l6 and 10 years respectively.
The girls for the first time have
taken the lead away from the boys
In that thrilling but dangerous game
of keeping out Of the clutches Of
Ole Man Accident. The score is two
to one. Six girls injured and only
three boys. So girls get busy and see
to 1t that they don't Outsmart you
in this game of Safety
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
NAVY TO RELEASE
GOOD NEWS SOON
NeWSweek Also Claims
Gen. MOntgOmery's Re-
ports Cause Surprise

The current issue Of Newsweek
i1timates that the U s. Navy de-
partment will shortly announce
some interesting news concerning
war developments in the Pacific.
For reasons of security 1t is init
mated that the authorities must
withhold q number of details. Other
tid-bits Of information on events
issued In advance of publication
are:
Washington Is a little curious
about why General Montgomery re-
ported directly to Prime Minister
Churchill. although he Is under the
command Of General Eisenhower.
The Army is carrying its camou-
fiage even into gum and sugar
wrappers, insisting that they be
olive drab so that careleSSly dropped
wrappings won't reveal the presence
Of troops to enemy. planes.
Keep an eye on Developments In
the former International Zone Of
Morocco, arbitrarily taken over In
1910 by Spain. There's been no Of
fetal announcement, but the Giraud
administration recently protested
strongly with full Allied approvaD
against anti-French acts there.
These include confiscation OF French
communications services and their
code books at Tangier and reStric"
tions on movements Of French OF
ficials. There's also strong evidence
that the Axis is developing thriv-
ing espionage center at Tangier, an
ideal spot for watching shipping
through the Strait OF Gibraltar.
It's now known that German
agents in Brazil have been buslly
trying to smuggle diamonds into the
Reich. Not long ago. 5000 carats OF
Brazilian gem stones were picked up
In Lisbon. They had been carried 10
Portugal In a Swedish ship operated
by a Greek crew, and there's EVIL
dence that they were intended Tor
important Germans, perhaps even
Nad bosses, as a hedge against de-
feat and initiation. In another case,
the British intercepted q neutral
ship and removed thousands OF bags
Of coffee on q tip that diamonds
were secreted In the bags. The cof-
fee was turned over to a pro-Allied
firm for examination, but London
won't tell whether or not the gems
were found.
Newspapers are getting ready to
fight Washington's decision to bar
the press and Let Owl exclusivly
handle the news Of the forthcoming
International Conference on Food
Problems, slated to be held In an
"out-Of-the-way" y. Q. city.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
Truck SaIvaged

The 10 tom truck which
plunged into the Naugatuck
River near the Diamond bOttl-
ing plant ON South Main street
Thursday night was hauled out
yesterday and Is back In Oper-
alton. The truck hit q parked
car went through q fence and
Down an embanhment, and the
driver and two other occupants,
uninjured, waded and swan to
shOre. Raymond Stanislawski.
Of Derby, the driver, was given
q nOIIe ON payment Of SIS In
city court. yesterday on a
charge Of reckless driving.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
LeatherneckS!

r. S. Burr, Annapolis graduate
and former member of the United
States Marine Corps will sum-
mariZe the history Of the Corps
and describe some of his own ex-
periences at a meeting of the
Bunker Hill Mems League Mon
day night at 8 o'clock in the Bun
ker Hill Congregational church.
The monthly business meeting OF
the League will precede the speak
ing program. Sergeant Maxwell p.
Dickerson Of the local recruiting
Office will also show some Of the
latest training pictures.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
Casualty

Michael StlaxzerI, 81, BanfOrd
Avenue, Oakville. had the thumb
Of his right hand amputated
yesterday at Waterbury hospital
where he was taken after he
had caught his hand in an auto
matte machine at his employ
ment at the AutOyre Company,
Oakville.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
"Overtinle

Reconsideration and review
work growing in volume as ef-
forts are made to fill quotas from
the dwindling manpower reservoir
has resulted in considerable "over-
time" for members of the city's
draft boards. Sessions have been
heightened as board members
comb the registration lists for
men who may be re-claSsified int
Ia. Odlcials urge married men
without children and subject to
call to send written statements on
their present status in regard to
dependency and occupation. A re-
quirement of the Selective Service
act is that registrantS keep in
touch with their boards.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
No Arrests Made In
Police Inquiries Of
Various Incidents
Only Two COasting Accidents Reported In February,
with Arrest Of Two Drivers; Police to Press
Educational Campaign

After dropping TO total Of only two during the month
Of February accidents to children In tine city rose again
last month"; during which six girls and boy struck
by cars on the cis Streets it disclosed today in re-
port compiled by Patroman William c. Dryer of the po-
lice Departments accident prevention bureau The bur-
can engaged in an educational campaign designed to i'm
press on Waterbury children the increasing dangers to life
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
Notified

Michael PerstO, Brooklyn,
n. r., was ordered 10 appear
in town caurt, WATERFOWL, yes
terday on charges Of passing q
stop sign and Illegal operation
Of q motDr vehicle. PeratO,
who said he Is employed In Wa
terbuFy, was arrested by State
Trooper Victor Kelly az the
LitehlleId barracks. He win be
aFralgned Tuesday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
A WALTERS MAY SWIM AGAIN

Iowa City, Ia. (UP) - Another
Walters may swim for the Univer-
sity Of Iowa seven years after his
brother, Ray, won the only Nation
al Collegiate championship ever
won by q Hawkeye. Bernie Walters,
former Illinois State High school
breast-stroke champion, may COM
pete In the NCAA championships at
Columbus, O., March 26 and ~.
He recently was rejected by the
Army because Of physical DISABLE
ity.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
"MuSiCaI Tea

Dedication ceremonies for Will
lam Thompson Memorial Hall will be
conducted in the hall OH Bishop
street Sunday, April IL, In conjunc-
ton with the eighth annual must
cal tea given by Wilson Post. Amer
lean Legion, and auxiliary, from
4 to 6 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
Testimonial Arranged
For Men In Service
Knights of Columbus Directing Spiritual Remenl.
brance Ceremonies; Veterans, Policemen, Fire
men, Postal Employees Cooperating

Some 500 of the armed forces Veterans OF World
War No. /, State Guards fremen policemen, postal en-
poyerS and Knights of Columbus expected to parc
pate In public demonstration Palm Sunday, April 18th,
in honor of all Waterbury serving with the colors
The various contngents will march in body to the Church
the Immaculate Conception for communion services and
later to the Hotel Elton for communion breakfast.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

Observers on duty at the OBJ
servation post at City Hall last
night reported q chimney fire at
the four story brick building, SO
center street. Engines 2, 10, truck
1 and the booster responded to the
alarm, and the blaze was extin-
guished without damage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

Many Frenchmen in Chile trav-
eled far to attend a service In VAL
divi In memory Of the French sail
ors who gave their lives at Toulon.
West Africa Is shipping all its
wild" silk, taken from empty moth
cocoons. to the United Kingdom to
be used in making parachutes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

&ue4MSryav'E
eeIADlIsslgD ices
Scotch Misted Yet?

Scotch Misted Yet?
When you think Of the double life
this hand needed Rogers-Peet
topeoot Ieods-ond the double
duty ii perfOrms-the $1,000 O
mon invests is returned him many
times oveF-beeouse-0 Scotch
Mist's fine-roin or shine-every-
~heTe-0nytime.
It's q glorious hand droped top-
eoot mode from choice shower
PROCEED in the yorn Scotch chew
lots from old SeOtIGnd- fobFies
woven from the wool OF black
nose pedisEeed sheep Of the fO-
NOUS chsviot Hills wonderful
combination for long lived COM
fort. style and protection.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

Rev. Conrad OLeary, o. F. NJ,
one Of the most brilliant speakers in
the Franciscan Order, will deliver
the principal address. City Control
Ter Cornelius F. Maloney will Off
ciate as master Of ceremonies for
the occasion. Acting Superinten-
dent of Police Daniel J. Carson, Fire
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
w o RI D w AR
A YEAR AGO
APRIL 3, 1912
(By United Press)

US. Navy announces loss Of air.
craft tender Langley between Aus
tralia and Java IN Feb. 81; de-
strOyer Peary. in harb0r Of OAR
win, Australia, on Feb. IS, and
naval tanker Pecos by japanese
dive b0mberS on March I.
Russians report recapture Of
two more positions in SmOlensk
sector.
US. Flying Fortress strike first
blow in Burma hOstilitieS.
President Roosevelt dominates
DIR. Carlton J. ii. Hayes TO sue
coed Alexander w. Weddell as U.
S. Ambassador 10 Spain.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

Special ceremonies win be held
at St. MaEy'S Russian Orthodox
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

tribution Administration has an
nounced investigators will visit the
city next week to check compliance
TO the federal regulation which re-
quires stamping Of meat cuts.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

BUY WAR BONDS, STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

Newspapers are getting ready to
fight Washington's decision to bar
the press and Let Owl exclusivly
handle the news Of the forthcoming
international Conference on Food
Problems, slated to be held In an
"out-OG-the-way" y. 8. city.
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23

Stores Will Be
Open Wed. P. M,
Beginning Oct. /
Group Held Meeting Yester-
day. Plan Dinner For
October Gathering

At a meeting of the merchants
of West Jefferson, held yester-
day morning, it was decided by
the group that all stores that had
been closed on Wednesday af-
ternoon during the summer,
would begin staying open at this
time, starting with October. This
decision was reached by unani-
nous vote after a discussion by
the group.
Plans were discussed for hav-
ing an informal dinner meeting
in October and E. E. Jones, Glenn
Parker and Don Blackburn were
appointed as a committee to work
out plans for this.
There was a discussion of clos
ing hours on Saturday during the
winter months and the group de-
cided to adopt 800 o'clock as the
closing hour on Saturday night.
VIM. Terry, chairman of the
merchants committee on the
Third War Loan, reported much
progress and urged that the mer-
chants re-double their efforts and
help raise the county's quota.
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23
w. J. SCHOOL BOND
SALES, $17,5OO., TUES.

The West Jefferson High
School celebrated War Bond
Day in a big way on Tuesday,
when the total sales reached
S17,5OO.OO, according to a re-
port made by Principal B. H.
Duncan.
While the students have been
working since the drive start
ed and will continue to work,
Mr.. Duncan pointed out, Tues
day was designated as special
Bond Day and all students who
had untitled stamp books were
asked to convert them to bonds
or to make an effort to buy
bonds and to sell them to the
general public on this day.
1--WE are well pleased with
the results" Mr.. Duncan de-
clared.
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23
House Unanimously Approves
Fulbright Peace Resolution

days of debate, during which its
advocates argued that America
could remain aloof no longer from
world affairs while it's foes pro-
tested against 'entangling" alli-
ances."
The brief resolution, sponsored
by Representative Fulbright 3D.
Ark, says:
"Resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives (the Senate concur
ring), that the Congress hereby
expresses itself as favoring the
creation of appropriate interna-
ton machinery with power ade-
quate to establish and to maintain
a just and lasting peace, among
the nations of the world, and as
favoring participation by the
United States therein, through its
constitutional processes"
When the House vote was an
nounced, hackers of the resolu-
Continued on Page a
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23

Washington - With only 20
members dissenting, the House
voted Tuesday for a United States
postwar policy of international
collaboration.
The historic expression came
in a top-heavy rollcall vote of
$50 to 20, for the Fulbright reso-
luton which would record Con-
gress in favor of having the Unit
ed States work with other nations
to Establish and to maintain a
just and lasting peace"
The action moved the resolu-
ton over the Senate, where it
will be considered by the For
eign Relations Committee along
with approximately a dozen 9TH
er foreign stand statements SINH
lar in purpose but different in
scope and language.
Just three. Democrats and 26
Republicans voted against the
resolution at the climax Of two
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23
Mass Attack On W. Europe
Promised By Churchill Soon

London - Winston Churchill
pledged parliament and the world
this week that a second front in
France and the Low Countries
(which already exists potentially'
will be thrown open with a
mass allied attack 'at what we
and our American allies judge to
be the right time"
In his two hours and seven min
utes' war report to commons the
doughty prime minister ranged
the whole global scene of the
war, warmly defended the allies
Italian campaign, which he called
third 'front.' and forecast a
Stalin-Roosevelt- Churchill con-
ference before the end Of the
year.
During the long speech, one of
his most studied and most COM
prehensive if not one of his great
est rhetorically, Churchill sketch
ed enormous allied progress in air
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23
Naples Is Burned By
Nazis; Russian Army
Drives Toward Kiev
Japanese Base At Kaiapit Is
Won By Australians In
Hard Fight

The Allies continued to make
progress in Italy and the Germans
set fire to Naples yesterday evil
IDENTIFY planning further retreat.
Relman NORM, Associated
Press correspondent, said persons
who filtered through the battle
lines into allied-held territory
said the Germans had turned Ma
pies into a city of horror. Nazi
curfew patrols were declared to
have killed thousands of Itali-
ans in the past two weeks. Ty-
phoid and typhus epidemics were
reported raging.
American Liberators flew 500
miles up the Adriatic coast of It.
ally to bomb Venice for the first
time, setting fires which sent
smoke curling a mile high. They
cast bombs en- route on Pescara,
half way up the Ariatic. The
Middle East command announced
also the occupation of two of It.
aly's Dodecanese islands-Coo
(Cos) and Lero-and the Greek
island of Samos. Raj fighters
already are operating from Coo.
Continued on Page ~
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23
Board Explains
Ration Program
For Copper Wire
Farmers Should Make Appli.
cations To The County
USDA Board

Farmers of Ashe county who
wish to obtain supplies of copper
wire for farmstead wiring should
make application to the county
USDA War Board, which has
been charged with rationing of
this item locally, it was announc-
ed by J. w. Gambill, chairman of
the board.
The new procedure for ration
ing copper wire was announced
by the War Food Administration
and replaces former distribution
methods by which farmers ap-
piled for preference ratings. 1t
provides that both old and new
users of electricity obtain copper
wire in the same manner.
'Rationing of copper wire now
is set up on a state and county
basis" Chairman Gambill said.
North Carolina was allocated a
Continued on Page 4)
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23

and sea warfare, disclosed Ameri
can troops had landed in Sardinia
and asserted Mussolini never
would have escaped if Italian
Caribinieri at Gran Sasso had
obeyed the orders they had to
shoot him if he attempted a get
away.
Cries of "Hear, hear" swelled
into an approving roar through
the chamber as Churchill declar-
ed: 'The bloodiest portion-make
no mistake about that-the blood
lest portion of this war for Great
Britain and the United States lies
ahead of us. Neither this house
nor his majesty's government will
shrink from that ordeal"
Even now, the prime minister
declared with feeling, Hitler's
'main preoccupation" is with the
mere menace of an inevitable and
decisive thrust at Germany's
Continued on Page 81
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23
$4,000. Reported
Yesterday; Much
Interest Shown
Schools, Merchants And Many
Other Groups Actively En-
gagged In Drive

Ashe county citizens must buy
approximately $109,000.00 worth
of bonds within the next seven
days if the county is to meet it's
Third War Loan quota Of $193,
10000, a check-up revealed late
yesterday afternoon, which show
ed sales of $84,0O00O. This will
mean a little more than an aver
age of $15,5 10000 must be sold per
day during the remainder of the
drive.
Much interest is being shown
by all groups working on the
drive and it is felt by leaders that
this will result in increased sales
before the drive ends. Most of
the schools of the county, mer-
chants and their employees, post
masters and others are working
hard on the drive. II want to
thank everyone and ask them to
redouble their efforts so that we
may reach our quota, Ira I.
Johnston, county chairman of the
drive, declared.
Reports yesterday afternoon
from sources of sales show the
following: Northwestern Bank,
Jefferson, $43,091.64; West Jeffer-
son post office, $34,425.00; Lam
sing post office, $4,425.O0; First
National Bank, 100000; Ashe
Building and Loan, $656.25; JEFF
ferson post office, $356.0O; other
sources, $52.81.
Sales on the 18th day of the
SIS, 100000 third war loan for
the nation, slipped to $425, 900, 900,
the treasury reported yesterday,
leaving the drive still $3.50, ,0OO,-
600 short of its goal.
Continued on Page y
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23
80 Ashe Men Are
Accepted By Uncle
Sam This Month
Twenty-three Go To Army;
Fifteen In Other Branches
Of Service

Of the inductees sent to Uncle
Sam for pre-service examinations
from Ashe county recently, thlr-
ty-eight were accepted, according
to the list released from the To-
cal board, yesterday.
In the list, twenty-three went
to the Army while others enter
ed the Navy, Marines and Coast
Guard.
The list of those accepted is as
follows:
Army: James M. Brown, Giles
w. Graham, James c. Sheets, Vic
tor w. Osborne, Kyle Ray Harris,
Starret w. Mullis, Freeman Bau-
guess, Ezra Dale Denney, Marvin
E. Osborne, Thomas w. Wilson,
Willard G. Phillips, Earl R.
Wheatley, Claude A. Sheets,
Ward B. Edwards, Clell c. Bare,
Continued On Page Four)
The Skyland post., 1943-09-23
SGT. E. G. JONES COMPLETES
AIRCRAFT ENGINE COURSE

Sgt. Edward C. Jones, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward E. Jones,
West Jefferson, graduated last
week from a course in aircraft
engines conducted by the Army
Air Forces Training Command
at the Wright Aeronautical Cor
poration at Patterson, N. J.
While at the Wright plant,
Jones received specialized train
ing in the repair and mainten.
ance of Wright airplane engines.
Now he is qualified to take his
place as a specialized member of
the combat crew of an Army Air
Force unit.
Sgt. Jones has been spending a
few days at his home here with
relatives.