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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
Mothers Club Plans
May Supper At Elton

AT business meeting tomorrow
evening the Mothers Club OF IS,
Peter and Paul will complete plans
for q supper to be held on Sunday,
May 10, at 7 o'clock at the Hotel
Elton.
Mrs. Joseph Gallon, chairman Of
the affair, will be assisted in her
arrangements by Mrs. Stephen Nc
Grail, Mrs. John Blake, Mrs. Henry
Rosette, Mrs. Frank Byrnes, Mrs.
Raymond Synott, Mrs. Louis REFS
niger, Mrs. Lawrence Skelly and
Mrs. Lawrence st. Louis. Reserva-
lions must he made through Mrs.
Gallon or Mrs. McGrail not later
than Thursday evening.
Tomorrow's meeting will take
place at 8:15 o'clock ut the school
hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
ELTON CLUB

Scorers in the Monday afternoon
tournament under the direction OF
Mrs. W. S. Smith included north
south, Mrs, Phillip Shaler, Mrs
Homer Bernier, III; Mrs. Keith An
derson, Mrs. Earl Plerson, 90; Mrs
Asa York Mrs. Joseph Reilly, 90.
east-weSt, Mrs. Louis Schmidt, Mrs
Il. o. Hess, l05; Miss Marie Corr,
Mrs. W, S, Smith, o.; Mrs. Edward
Graham, Mrs william Andres, 83I
The official standing: Mrs. Shaler,
Mrs. Bernier, 384ia; Mrs. York, Mrs
Reilly, 1893; Mrs. william Cleary,
Mrs. Charles Connell 363h.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
THIRD CHURCH

The Get-Together Club OF the
Third Congregational church Will
sponsor dessert bridge on Friday
afternoon, May IA, from 1880 until
s o'clock at the parish hall.
Tomorrow afternoon the club will
meet ut the home of Mrs. Ralph
Mills OF Chambers street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
HEBREW LADIES

The Hebrew Ladies Aid held u
board meeting Monday afternoon at
the Institute, Plans were discussed
for the membership Nah Jong and
Bridge TO be held Oh May "a. Among
the members welcomed yesterday
were Mrs. Joseph Vanderman, Mrs,
Jack Hynor and Mrs. Herman Nit
kowsky
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
CORNELL CLUB

Winners in the Monday evening
tournament under the direction OF
Mrs, J. G. Mioriarty included: Sec
ton A: Mrs. Raymond O'Neill, Mrs.
Roger Peabody $40; Mrs. Carleton
Stevens, Mrs. Henry Lange, 484; Mrs
Harry Laudeman, Mrs. Joseph Bor-
molni. 48l 70; Mrs. r.. j. Holcomb,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
Contract Bridge

Mrs. T. G. Chapman, 479.
Section b: Mrs. Stuart Creighton,
Mrs. Roger Conner, ITO; Mrs. Jo-
seph Maher, Miss Elizabeth Naka,
1851 Miss June AdamSon, Miss
Mary Guororitz, 1851.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
Club Notes
LYRA SOCIETY

The Lyra Singing Society will
hold special rehearsal this evening
ut $50 o'clock at Turn hall, All
members, who are participating In
the May % recital, are requested 10
be present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
BATTERY &c"

The Battery "G' Association
which met last evening at the
American Legion Home, postponed
It's election OF officers to It's May
oath meeting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
BEAR HAD ", NECKPIECE

Fairbanks, Alaska tUP)--Fred J.
Nelson barber shop operator here,
reports he has killed n bear with q
perfect ~" neckpiece OF white fur.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11

With current production Of war
planes passing the 6,000-a-month
mark, II Is recalled that only one
American-ma airplane reached
the fighting front in the first year
Of the last war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
RIRLICAL EGG

Probably the first mention Of the
egg as food Is found In the Book OF
Job In the Bible. In Job SO II is
said: us there any taste in the
white OF an eRg2"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11

.;s0:. .s1.. .sV.. '.;e;. .se.. .ses. Z
Evening star., 1943-01-01

tributions thereto are an inspiration
to one who takes the time to sur
vey and total them.
Insurance companies are large in
vestors in Government securities so
that the bulk OF savings put into
the insurance companies in the
form of premiums helps in financ-
ing the war. Likewise, investment
IN life insurance serves to divert
funds from consumer markets and
thus to reduce infationary pres
SureS.
Since the wars beginning, more
than 85 per cent of all new life
insurance investments have been
made in United States and Canadian
bonds. Since the attack at Pearl
Harbor, life companies have in
vested-up to the date of this writ
ing-more than $3,150,OO0, 900 in
United States Government bonds
At this time these bonds contribute
the largest single type of investment
In the companies portfolios.
This capital contribution to the
war effort will continue for the du-
ration. Canadian companies have
done similarly magnificent Job
They have purchased more than
one-seventh of all Canadian wal
Evening star., 1943-01-01
Stock Market Rise Herad Wars Turn in Favor Of United Nations

liquidation. BAD news, which brings
about . recession such as the one
toward the end Of 1912, encourages
further speculation on the probable
postwar reorganization of such roads
as New York Central. Southern
Pacific, Illinois Central, etc.
Railroads in Strong Position.
How long 1t will take for insti-
tutional holders to largely complete
liquidation Of such second-grade
bonds is not possible to determine.
Once such steady pressure is eased,
however, it Is not at all impossible
that prices for such bonds will re-
spond to the enormously improved
financial structure, efficiency and
earning power of the marginal"
carriers. Certainly present traffic
levels are likely to be maintained
at very high levels for another two
years. Even If Hitler should be de-
feated late in 1943, and regardless
OF rate adjustments and the out
come of railroad labor demands for
wage increases, the ability of such
carriers to weather any later period
OF recession in traffic will be enor-
mously improved over their position
in 1888.
Defaulted bonds continue to main
tain the upward trend which has
now lasted two-and-a-haf years.
Many Of the railroads in reorgani-
zation have been authorized by the
courts to make large payments Of
back interest to the holders of de-
faulted underlying and junior bonds.
Having gone into reorganization In
the middle and late thirties, and
subjected since to successive waves
of liquidation, there has been, since
the low prices reached in June, 1910,
very little concentrated selling from
institutional sources on the very
low priced bonds in this defaulted
classification. Thus, with the steady
Improvement in earnings and news
background, it has been possible for
defaulted railroad bonds to move in
steady bull trend while most other
securities, including common stocks,
have been trending irregularly
downward.
Close Scrutiny Required.
While there is still opportunity
for appreciation in carefully selected
bonds OF carriers undergoing reor-
ganization, the sharp rise in these
issues makes close scrutiny impera-
tive. Most Of the opportunity for
further appreciation seems to reside
IN the common stocks of the rail-
roads as they will emerge from re-
Evening star., 1943-01-01
loan bonds issued since the do
minion's entry into the war.

loan bonds issued since the do
minion's entry into the war.
The magnificent record in selling
War bonds made by the producers
of life insurance is another bright
chapter in advancing the wars pros
ecution. 1t is inspiring to the busi-
ness to know that more than 10000
volunteers among the producers
Joined with such alacrity and with
such enthusiasm in a far-f1ung and
well-planned campaign for selling
these War bonds and getting
pledges. Undoubtedly, the goal of
$4,000, 900, 900, set for December 81,
will be reached.
The work of the agent in respond
ing to his obligations to his Gov
ernment has not altogether been
confined to the financing of the war
effort. Thousands all over the Ma
ton are taking important parts in
civilian defense and emergency work
brought about by the war: Under
writer's associations throughout the
country have set up bureaus near
many Army camps to advise men,
bers Of the armed forces Of their
privileges under the Soldiers and
Sailors Civil Relief Act and the
National Service Life Insurance Act.
The National Association of Life
Underwriters has worked closely
with the War and Navy Department
in the administration OF those
matters.
Evening star., 1943-01-01
Bond Prices Register
Little Change in
First Year Of War
Larger Buyers Turning
To Governments for
Income Purposes
BY AARON M. JONES.


Despite the impact Of war upon
the financial markets, the trends
established In the various groups OF
bonds in the last peacetime year of
1941 carried through into 1912 very
largely unchanged. increasingly the
larger buyers of fixed income bear
ing securities have been turning to
Governments, and this general trend
away from AAA utility and indus
trial bonds has served to provide a
considerable demand for the large
supply of Government securities Of
fered in 1912.
Banks, insurance companies, trust
funds and other institutional hold
ers, steadily increasing their per-
centage holdings of Governments,
have recognized the advantage of
the Series &c" bonds for income
purposes and also for the larger pur-
chasers, various Government tap
issues. Neither Governments nor
high-grade corporates have been
able to get above their peacetime
l941 high. and, measured in thirty
seconds, there has been a more or
less general sagging tendency in the
prices OF all high-grade bonds.
Easy Money Era Closing.
During the war, Government con-
trolls are sufficiently potent and the
money supply is still sufficiently
large to prevent any near-term
drastic break In prices. Neverthe-
less, wars enormous demand for
money, as against the previous easy
money era, seems to hold out little
hope that high-grade bond prices
can move other than rregularly
downward. especially as the increas-
ing cost Of living makes small bond
yields less and less attractive to the
ordinary type OF unconstitutional
investor.
In yet another section Of the bond
market, far removed from the high
prices and low yields of the Gov
ernment and high-grade corporate
picture, are the igh-yielding $50,
$40 and $50 credits of the so-called
marginal" railroads. Among these
bonds, throughout 1912, the range
has been extremely narrow and de-
spite the highest revenues and earn
ings since 1899, such bonds were
priced at the close of 1912 very little
above their lows both for 1941 and
1912 and only moderately higher
than the lows reached at the time
Of the fall Of France.
Banks and other institutions have
almost unanimously followed q pol
Icy Of disposing Of these second
grade bonds and every rally Of hve
points brings in another block Of
Evening star., 1943-01-01
War Contributions
.0f Life Insurance
Are Inspiring
More Than Three Billions
Put Into U. S. Bonds
Since Pearl Hurbor
BY GEORGE A. HATES,

BY GEORGE A. HATES,
President District Of Columbia Life Under
writer's Association.
When historians pen the record
OF the present global war--a war
of ideas and ideals-the important
and inspiring part that life insur-
Evening star., 1943-01-01
Curtiss-Wright Production
Shows Spectacular Rise

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Curtiss-
Wright Corp. the Nations largest
producer Of airplanes. engines and
propellers. announced today current
production for q single week ex-
ceeds the annual rate Of a short
time ago.
G. w. Vaughan. president Of the
concern and head OF the Aircraft
War Production Council of the East
Coast, said the industry would ex-
pand output in 1943 to what once
was considered impossible" propor-
tions
The aerial box scores contained
in current war communicates, +"
Vaughan said, hint only vaguely at
the miracles of design and produc-
ton performed by the aviation in
dustry in producing warplanes for
all the fronts over which we are now
engaged.
During the succeeding months,
this superiority is going to be even
more pronounced as we reach an
output rate that even we thought
impossible up until Pearl Harbor.
The workers in our drafting rooms,
machine shops and assembly lines
are seeing to that"
Evening star., 1943-01-01

UIIdG dIIy bdCII- nS1es n 0usH'
flee we make here Is small indeed
compared with those OF our fighting
forces.
Active participation Of the United
States in the war has brought about
preaching changes in the Amer
lean economy. Many lines Of busi-
ness which had long records Of
prosperity have had their earnings
greatly cnrtailed. A few others,
which were not prosperous in peace
time, have greatly benefited by the
war.
The investment business is dis
tinctly in the group which has suf-
fered severely because of the war.
Greatly increased taxation, plus the
Evening star., 1943-01-01

ance Is playing
therein should
C e r t a inly fill
many a brilliant
page.
The life insur-
a n c e industry,
its agents, exc
cutives and rank
and file of home
office and agen-
cy personnel are
IN such close CO.
ordination with
the Nations war
efforts and their
individual a n d
co11ectivo con
Evening star., 1943-01-01

OF their time and
energy to the
S a ! e Of War
bonds.
w hile it Is
very difficult for
bondmen to op-
crate prohtably
at present, we
are not COM
planning.
The big Job
now Is to win
this war, and we
bondmen m u S t
carry on with
T. he realization
Evening star., 1943-01-01
Lots of Gloss Needed

TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. l (SpeciaD -
According to Libbey Owens Ford
Glass Co. approximately 100000 900
square feet OF glass will be necessary
for the windows Of the l.600, 900 new
homes 1t has been predicted viii be
built in the first year Of the post
var era,
Evening star., 1943-01-01
Puper Pennies Tried

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. (SpeciaD "A
penny shortage in Boise recently led
to issuance by the Retail Merchants
Bureau of cardboard pennies. The
substitute was welcomed, but the
United States Treasury expressed the
hope the substitute wouldn't spread.
Evening star., 1943-01-01
Vegetables in Demund

Scarcity Of meats and canned
foods is causing American house.
wives to pay more attention to cor
recting the Nations most serious
diet deficiency in fresh fruits and
vegetables. Farmers in 1941 moved
1892 carlots Of fresh produce
through A. & P.'s produce af1liate,
10 per cent above 1910, and the COM
pany expects to move as much or
more this year.
Evening star., 1943-01-01

OFVTCERS
ChaA il. xindle, President
Arthur G. Balsef. Vice President
wiHred b. Dians. Secretary
Howard d, Kramer, Treasurer
Evening star., 1943-01-01

organization. The risks, therefore,
are considerably greater than in
1910 when many defaulted bonds
could be purchased for their prob
able value In first mortgage bonds
OF q fairly high quality.
Evening star., 1943-01-01
Bond Club Members
Sacrifice Business
To Help Win War
Tuxotion and Victory
Needs Draw Heavily
On Investors Funds
BY MYLES H. QUAIL,

President. Bond Club OF Washinrto ton and
investment firm partner.
Many members of the Bond Club
OF Washington joined the fighting
forces during 1912. Virtually all of
those left are devoting large part
Evening star., 1943-01-01

necessity Of financing the war, are
now taking substantial portion Of
the average investors income which,
under normal conditions, would be
invested in stocks and bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
SCHEDULE LISTED
FOR HOLY WEEK
Confessions Heard Today
in Preparation for Holy
Thursday


WateyvilIe. April 2l.-Confessions
IN preparation for Holy Thursday
will be heard this afternoon from 8
until $3.50 o'clock and this evening
rom 2 TO 3 o'clock ct st. Michael;s
e. O. church. Lenten devotions
this evening consisting Of rosary
and benediction Of the most Blessed
Sacrament, ct 1880 o'clock. Mass to-
morrow morning will be at 1880
O'Clock. The Ladies' Aid Society will
receive communion in a body. Holy
hour In the evening from 1850 un-
" $50. Mass Of the Pre-6ancti-
fled at Q o'clock. Good Friday
morning. Saturday morning the
ceremonies win begin ct tbs with
Mass ct T:l6 o'clock.
Court WeIch
Court WEIGH. Foresters Of Amer
Ice viii meet tomorrow evening at
8 O'Clock at Foresters hall. Private
william LOnergan Of the Personal
Replacement Depot Of Fort Shen-
apg0. 0fenvilIe, Penn, who Is on
fuEtough VII be an honored guest.
Private LoneEgan Is o past chief
ranger Of Court WEIGH.
Sewing for Red Cross tomorrow
afternoon from z until { o'clock at
GpFagIie school sewing room.
Girl Scout Troop No. n will meet
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
with their leader, Mrs. Anthony De
Blast ct gprague school gymnasium.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21

Kinney. Charles Plat. from the
post office. James Little, transpor-
tation officer. Arthur Craig and
Arthur Reynolds. bomber recOnnais-
sance; chief AIR Raid Warden
James Curtin: Jean Stevenson,
AEr. Green's assistant: and Eleanor
Whalen and 1GrS. Lester Greene
Representatives Of the local medical
units.
Martin CattaneO. formerly oi
Waterbury and former defense
municatiOns setups for mutual aid
Thomas AGarxtxn discussed the prob
lens Of fire service. Dr.. Arthur
Mcdonald spoke on medical service
Dana DeTVis discussed the prcb-
lenns o. bomber reconnaissance
rescue and decOntaminatiOns. Ma
jOr Porter emphasized the problems
Of transportation
Dr. Mcdonald congratulated Dr.
Edward J. Godfrey and Dr.. Harold
Root for the fine medical Setup
they have established in the city d
Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
NEGRO DIES IN
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Itinerant Barber From So.
Carolina Pays Supreme
Penalty at Wethersfeld

wetherslield, Conn, April al
Cup)-Wilson II. FunderburR, %,
negro, died In the electric chair
last night for the mutilation rape
Staying Of ii-year-old Christine
Paramore, negro girl, April 2, 1912,
Nlnderburk, who protested he had
been framed, was convicted OF
attacking the child, stabbing her 81
times, and leaving her body IN q
sandpit In Riverside Park.
A few hours before he was TO 60
to the chair. Funderburk was told hy
state Prison Warden Ralph n
Walker he had only few hours "a
live. He spent this time with the
prison chaplain who accompanied
him to the execution chamber.
Funderburk, an itinerant barber
was said to have a wife and two
children In South Carolina,
OF the crime, Coroner Frank Z
Healy said that "in all the criminal
history Of the state there cannot
be found a murder so atrocious q
performed by this fiend,"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21

Building Activity
To Be Stimulates


Restrictions on wartime civilian
construction have been slightly
eased IN certain minor construction
categories By the WpB, the office
Of war Information said today.
An amendment OF Conservation
Order L.Al broadens the types OF
projects not restricted BY the order.
Formerly, certain minor constr0c.
ton, defined By dollar limits, was
obtaining material, The amend
ment retains the dollar limitations
but removes from the restrictions
this minor construction regardless
Of whether or not priority assist
ance Is required, provided no mater
ials are used for utilities connec-
tons. Applications for priority as
siStance should be made on either
a PD.200, PD-200-C or pD~lO5 form.
Minor construction referred 10 IN
the amendment Is that which fits
into one Of the following categor.
les:
Residential construction costing
less than $500 and not listed in a
group of special projects,
Multiple residential costing less
than $1,000, and not listed IN =
group Of special projects.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
OPA To 6Iorify
L0wIy Hamburger
In Point Value

washington, April 2l.-UPD-The
3nce lOwly hamburger viii require
still more ration points when the
new meat list is issued.
The once Of Price Administration
claims the quality Of hamburger has
increased markedly and that its
value - i've points Per pound - is
two to three points lower than for
other meats bOasting no better
quality"
Sausage VIII be reduced in point
value even more than e was twO
weeks ago. So win cold cuts and
better.
FONT vaIues Of all frozen fruits
and vegetables and an TatiOned
sOups-canned. bottled and Gshy-
drated-Eere reduced sharply by an
order effective at midnight tonight
Simultaneously. bIackeyed peas were
made rafiOn-free.
Point values Of frozen foods were
cut more sharply i'm commercial
cODtatner sizes, two to 10 pounds.
than in smaller domestic sizes. The
new and old point values for the
most popular cOntainer size Of frOx-
en- fruits. weighing Is ounces, were
reduced from IL to six poirts.
ValueS Of frozen asparagus green
and waved beans, lima beans. corn,
peas and spinach were reduced from
- to six points per pound All other
frozen vegetables IN the smaller
sizes. including baked beans. were
cut from eight points q bound to
four.
In commercial sizes of two pounds
Up to and including lO-pOund sizes
ali frozen fruits, fruit Juices and
vegetables were given q point value
Of four points , pound In domestic
cOntaizler sizes, the basic point
value Of frozen juices was reduced
to 4 points q pound, and Of frozen
fruits and vegetables. to 8 points >
pound,
The point vaIne Of both house
hold and commercial canned and
bottled soups was reduced from eight
points . pound to six points, except
for tomato soup. which was cut I'm
half % four points q pound The
point value Of dried and Gehydrnted
SOUPS was cut IN half and the num-
Der Of weight classifiestiOnS reduced
from eight to four points . pound
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21

washington, April 2l--(UP)-Rep.
Glare Boothe Luce, R., Conn.,, said
today there would be no necessity
of drafting 17-year-olds within the
near future "unless our military
chiefs have greatly underestimate
the strength Of the enemy"
'"rhere is no manpower shortage,
but rather a manpower stoppage,"
she said. 1.-THE proper application Of
existing manpower would provide
enough for the needs Of industry,
agriculture and the armed services
If they ever made rules and stuck
to them for two days in succession"
Mrs. Luce said there would be q
"justiflable reaction" against low
ering the draft age to II.
"In 1899 and 1910 we pointed to
boys in the German army as evil
dence of EQUALIZATION" she said,
I'VE used the expression mere boys
She said such an attitude concern
ing 17-year-Olds was justifiable, as
most youths shave not finished even
their high school education at that
age"
"A need for lowering the draft age
has not yet been demonstrated" she
said, land as a member of the mil
itary affairs committee I should ops
pose any such action-at least until
General Marshall said it was neces.
sary, and perhaps even beyond that"
Commenting on proposed national
service legislation, Mrs. Luce said
she would rather see them draft
women for the auxiliary services
the WAACS, WAVES and SPARS-
than for purposes of civilian labor"
IF my daughter, who is complet-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-21
F. 7. PHILIPS
WILL PROBATED
Widow Chief Beneficiary;
Children to Share Dn-
bOSly Estate

Two wills 1ere filed IN probate
court today with Judge Patrick
Healey. One was the win Of the
late Francis T. Phillips Of 80 Hew-
lett street who was . prominent
individual in the city's financial
circles.
The deceased left an I1s property
Of every description to his wife.
Ruth Johnston Phillips. AIRS. Phil
lips is also the executrix Of the viii.
Two sons and one daughter were
also named heirs I'm the win. They
are Francis 7. Phillips. JE., 80 Hew-
lett street; Charles R. Phillips. 20
HeW1eet street, and Elizabeth Phil-
lips Of the same address.
Mr.. phillips, president and treas
urer Of the Francis T. Phillips Com
pany, investment securities firm and
former treasurer of the r. ?. Griggs
Company, died March - ut the
Waterbury Hospital after q brief
illness He was . former member
Of the Board Of Aldermen and the
treasurer Of the local Republican
party.
The other viii 1iled IN probate
court today was for the estate Of the
late Mada Dub0sky Of IS Elizabeth
street. who died March 26. The
following were named as her heirs:
Vera Tfayie. - GtaTview avenue.
daughter; Annie Constantine. IS
Brewster street, daughter: and
Helen DubOkAy Of Is Elizabeth
street, daughter. The win states
that al the daughters win SHARE
and share alike. A Henry Weisman
was named executor Of the docu-
ment