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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15
FIRST AID COURSE
STARTING TONIGHT
Registration Open to Town
Plot Community; Ann
bulance Fund $l,7OO
Brooklyn News

Benjamin Ljunquist and Alfred
Hensel will be instructors of a
standard Red Cross first aid course
which will open tonight at 7:30 at
the parish hall of Our Lady Of
Mount Carmel church.
Registration for course, which is
open 10 all residents of the COM
munity, will be accepted at tonight's
meeting.
More than SO persons attended
the social sponsored by the Lithu-
anian Chamber of Commerce aux
iliary yesterday afternoon at the
Lithuanian Republican hall on
Bank street. Proceeds from the
event will be turned into the Lith-
lIanian National War Relief Fund.
The committee in charge included
Mrs. Peter Krugelis, Mrs. Peter
Wasilauskas, Mrs. Edward Pranaitis,
Mrs. Anthony Orantas and Mrs.
Matthew j. Colney.
A total of $l,700 has been contrib
uted to the Red Cross ambulance
fund of the Lithuanian Council for
the Defense OF America, it was re-
ported at a meeting last night. The
sum includes private donations and
proceeds from special events spon-
sored by the organization.
Work of the white market COM
mittee was discussed and plans were
made for cooperating in the efforts
against black market activities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15
M0NLSTS OPEN
FORUM SEASON

The Waterbury Zionist District,
of which Joseph j. Gaber is chair
man, will open its series of forums
for the season tonight at $3.50
O'Clock. at the Bethel Synagogue
on Cooke street.
The series will be opened by
Maurice Samuel, author, traveller
and publicist. Mr.. Samuel is we'll
known to many Waterburians. He is
a brilliant speaker, incisive, pene-
trating and stimulating.
Mr.. Gaber has announced that
the Forums are open to the public,
and all are cordially invited to at
tend. No admission charge Will be
made and no collections taken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15
on f2exlz9 f.
REAL PERSON
BY DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICk
To Be Real Person, We Must
Do Something About Ourselves

tree is unaware of that fact and
cannot deliberately cooperate. We
are not simply creatures; we are
self-creators. AS Wordsworth put
it, 80 build we up the being that
We are"
"Of all animals" writes Prof.
William Ernest Hooking, sit is man
in whom heredity counts for least,
and conscious building forces for
most. Other creatures nature
could largely finish: the human
creature must finish himself.
Human happiness is at stake in
the success or failure of this IN
dertakin. No external good for
tune can bring abiding enjoyment
to a half-made, unorganized per-
sonality. Without eXaggeration it
can be said that frustrated, dis
integrated, inhibited, unhappy peo-
pie, who cannot match themselves
with life and become efficient per-
sonalities, constitute the greatest
single tragedy in the world.
Wars come and go; economic
circumstances alter with time and
place; natural handicaps and ca
tastrophies, inherent in human ex-
istence, fall with varying incidence
on everyone; social inequities are
cruel to some, and inherited pros
perity ruins others; but through
every situation in this varigated
scene, in mansion and hoveI, vC
and peace. wealth and perjury, do
nestle felicity and discord, among
the uneducated and in university
faculties. an omnipresent calamity
is found, strangely impartial in its
choice of a matrix.
Under every kind of circumstance
people entrusted with personality,
unable to escape it but incapable
of managing it, are making a mess
of it, and are thereby plunging into
an earthly hell.
This statement involves no I'M
derrating of the importance of
external conditions; yet happiness
is never caused by circumstance
alone and is often created despite
it. A well-integrated person, sup
ported by a sustaining philosophy,
organized around worthwhile
purposes, can capitalize adversely
and can even be frustrated into
sublimity." Such a person, how
ever, must start with life's pri-
MARY datum-that we have our
selves on our hands, and that the
most determining fact in our ex-
perience is that hour by hour we
are getting to be we. From other
facts we may run away, but after
every consciously or unconsciously
Unanswered escape, we find our
selves back where we started, with
ourselves on our hands. Every
ciruitous alley of evasion brings us
back to life's central demand with
our beautitude or misery dependent
On our response to it: Be a real per-
son.
TOMORROW: What can you do
about heredity and environment.
Copyright, l943, Harper & Brothers,
New York
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15
CONFORTI RITES
TOMORROW AT 8
TOrringtOn Insurance Man
Leaves Daughter With
Nurse Corps in England

Torrington, Nov. l5.-The funeral
of Frank d. Conforti, 81, of II Lin
den street, insurance man, who died
Saturday at Charlotte Hungerford
hospital, will be held Tuesday at
a. m. at the home and at 0 O'Clock
at st. Peters church. with solemn
high Mass of requiem. Burial will
be In old st. Francis cemetery,
Born In Dunbar, Pa, he had lived
In Torrington, 36 years. and had
been associated with the Metropolis
tan Insprance company since 1924,
He was secretary of Concordia
Lodge, Sons OF Italy. for 30 years,
was founder and charter member OF
the Dante Alghieri Society, He
leaves his wife. the former Bessie
Brown, two sons. Lieutenant Victor
p. Conforti, a doctor In the Navy
and Clement of Torrington, two
daughters. Lieutenant Phyllis Con-
forti. Army Nurse Corps IN England
and Mrs. Charles Frate OF 0ulfport
Miss: q grandchild. three brothers
Henry and Michael OF Torrlagton
and Emil Of New Bedford, Mass
and several nieces and nephews.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15
ACTION EXPECTED
ON WAGE SCHEDULE
Teachers Committee May
Report on Equal Pay for
Women Plan

Action on the equalization OF pay
proposal Is expected to be taken at
a meeting OF the Board of Eduea-
tien tonight when the teachers COM
mittee is scheduled TO make a res
port Present indications we're that
the committee will recommend post
ponement OF the proposed revision
in view OF the expense lyolyed and
the fact that the school budget has
already been drawn W,
COMMISSIONS Anna MADDEN sew
eral months ago called attention TO
the inequality In the pay OF men
ard women teachers, and Commits,
siorer Joseph DeIuca followed up
with q proposal for changing the
schedule. Although the matter was
referred 10 the teachers committee
many weeks ago the committee has
repeatedly delayed presen alton OF a
report.
I. Is believed progressi sys-
TEN OF increasing pay OF women
teachers may be suggested, II has
been pointed out more than s25 900
would be needed II the full increases
were 10 be made at one time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15

Eyelashes usually do not become
gray with age, points out the Better
Vision Institute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15

commentator on national and inter-
national affairs and author Of the
recent ~. S. Foreign Policy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15

The central business of every
human being is to be real person.
We possess by nature the factors out
of which personality can be made,
and to organize them into effective
personal life is every mans primary
responsibility. To be sure, the word
personality" has accumulated many
meanings.
When Daniel Webster walked
down State street in Boston, busi-
ness was temporarily suspended
while people rushed to the doors
and windows to see him pass, and
to the popular imagination he
seemed to take up half the street.
Such impressiveness, in common
parlance called personality" is a
priceless gift, but to consider its
achievement mans main business
would be preposterous.
If all goes well, the normal in
FAINT grows up to be a Unconscious
organism with capacities for men,
Dry, thoughtfulness, purposefulness,
and affection, and, being thus a
man Is unique in the universe. An
organism, conscious of its own being,
that can remember, think, purpose,
and love is personal. While these
attributes in a rudimentary degree
are possessed by animals, in man
they have attained a development
differentiating him from everything
else. While we are presented at
birth with the markings of personal
life, their successful organization
into unified and efficient PERSONAL
ity is one of the most difficult, as
it is the most essential task in hui
man experience.
In confronting this task, man is
the only creature that can con-
sciously help to create itself. The
fulhllment of the possibilities of
its species may be the primary
function of seeding tree, but the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15
ADMIRAL
PRESENTS REPORT

Boston, Nev. Is - (SpeciaD =
Admiral William E. STANDBY, re-
cent United States Ambassador to
Russia, will address the Information
al Session of the Second New Eng
land War Conference, to be held on
Thursday evening, November 13, at
the Hotel Stateler, it was announced
here today by the New England
Council.
Admiral Standby, who served in
Russia from February, 9, 1912, to
october /, 1913, will bring an up to
the minute report on conditions in
and our relations with that coun-
try. Speaking on the same pro-
gram will be Walter Lippmann,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15
Governor To Present
e. Awards Tomorrow
American Brass Company Plants Receive Third Re-
newaI HOnOrs President Judd COngratuIates Help

War. During this time American
Industry has demonstrated that
there is practically no limit to
what can be accomplished by a
free and patriotic people, who are
determined to preserve their way
of life.
almost over night The Amer
lean Brass Company, together
with thousands of other COM
panies, was called upon to pro-
duce more than was thought pos
sible. But your determination and
cooperation brought immediate
results, and on May 6, 1912, our
Connecticut plants were awarded
the Navy e for outstanding
service in time of war. Six months
later, on November 6, this award
was renewed in the form of the
combined Army-Navy e. PRODUCE
ton Award. On May 6, 1913, we
received the second renewal and
now, in recognition of your fur
Their efforts, the award has been
ACA!CWCO' 1OA Vic Ollh VI OAAtlC.
This renewal bears testimony to
the resourcefulness and determin-
alton Of every one Of you. 1t is
this spirit that has made it pos
sible for America to have the best
equipped Army and Navy in the
world. But our job is not finished.
Our Armed Forces and those of
our Allies, who have been giving
such a splendid account of them
selves, must continue to be sup
piled with all of the equipment
necessary for the successful prose-
cution of the War. And in reply
ing to Admiral Bloch I have re-
newed our pledge to devote our
energies and facilities to the I'M
interrupted production of mate
rails so vital to our men at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15

In q letter received from G. @.
Bloch Admiral USN, chairman Of
the Navy Boards for Production
Awards, Clark S. Judd, president OF
the American Brass Co., has been
informed that the three Connect
cut plants of the American Brass
Co., have been awarded the third
renewal of the Army Navy e. Pro-
duction. Award for meritorious
service on the production line.
Governor Raymond E. Baldwin
will make the awards at each plant
tomorrow at Waterbury, Ansonia
and Torrington in one minute brief
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15

services which will in no way inter-
fere with the plants production.
Those in attendance at each cere-
mony will be members Of the Labor
Management War Production Drive
Committee.
In letter to company officials
Gov Baldwin wrote, your state
government is very proud Of you.
You are grandly maintaining the
high tradition Of Connecticut as
the Arsenal of the Nation" as well
as the fine tradition of the workers
OF your company in other wars"
Stating that he wished to add
my appreciation for your fine efforts
and teamwork that have made this
record possible" Mr.. Judd issued
the following message to the en-
ployes:
almost two years have elapsed
since our Country entered the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15

Governor
far-fung battlefronts OF the
world.
The American Brass Company
is we'll represented in the Armel
Services, and today there are 5000
former employees of our Connect
cut Mills in various branches Of
the service. I wish to pay tribute
to these men and women, many of
whom have distinguished them
selves.
"And to every one of you on the
Industrial Front, in our Mills and
Offices, whose teamwork has made
this production record possible, I
wish to add my appreciation to
that of the Officers of the Army
and Navy for q Job Well Done"
Sincerely,
CLARK S. JUDD,
President
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-15
NO WEAPON USED

ST. Louis tUP)- Assistant Pros
ecuting Attorney Thomas M. GioIa
refused to issue a warrant against
a Negro who allegedly knocked out
his wife's eye In fight because mo
weapon was used and the evidence
n insufficient"
Evening star., 1943-08-11
B. K. Good, Ph. D., Dies at 81;
Operated Elevator at Capitol

A former college professor who
left the classic shades of a seat of
learning to take a Sl45-a-month job
as elevator operator in the Old
House Office Building because it
gave him a chance to talk with the
great and great, died last night
in Providence Hospital following a
heart attack.
He was DR.. Benjamin K. Good, 81
holder of A. B. M A. and Phi. D. de-
greeS.
Casual visitors had no way of
knowing that DR. Good, operating
an elevator for the past six years,
was at ease in the presence of ped
ants and could discuss variety of
subjects with expert knowledge.
Born in Union City, Tenn, he had
held several responsible posts before
coming to Washington. He taught
school from 1906 until 1920 in West
Tennessee. and in 1921 received a
degree in education from West Ten
nessee State Teachers College. He
was head of the Austin (TeX) High
School history department from 1924
to 1929. In 1882 he was awarded the
doctor of philosophy degree. the goal
OF all scholars. He taught history
Evening star., 1943-08-11
WinsIow Lewis Rites
Held in San Diego

Funeral services for Winslow
Lewis, 78, were held in San Diego,
Calf, today. Mr.. Lewis died Sunday
while visiting his son there.
A native of Ontario. Canada, MI.
Lewis came to the United States as
young man. engaged successfully
in the printing business in Detroit
and Duluth and later went into
newspaper publishing in California,
where he was associated with the
late Senator Shortridge
A resident of Washington for
more than 40 years, he was en-
ployed at the Government Printing
Office until his retirement in 1929.
For many years he was prominent
in the development and activities
Of the local Typographical Union.
The body will be brought East
for burial at the old Hebron Lu-
thern Church Cemetery, Madison,
Va, where Mr.. Lewis leaves q num-
Der of friends and where he was a
Evening star., 1943-08-11

at the University of Texas for two
years, and later served as a special
examiner of executive papers in the
Archives Department.
According to friends, DR.. Good
has not been in good health for some
time. The job of elevator operator
gave him chance to relax and to
chat intimately with members of
Congress and governmental nota-
bles. He found them very friendly
They found him we'll informed on
historic and current topics.
Associates of DR.. Good said he
was greatly interested in politics
and derived keen delight ais he per-
formed his unskilled duties amid the
political atmosphere on the Hill. He
discussed legislation with law
makers. The practical knowledge
he gained from association with
political leaders, DR.. Good told as
sociates, would be most valuable to
him should he decide, to return to
teaching. 1
He lived alone near the Capitol
and walked to work Fellow workers
said he was very conscientious about
his job, reporting for duty often at
6 am. when he wasn't due to start
work until 7 am.
Evening star., 1943-08-11

Representative from Indiana, who
obtained for him an appointment on
the Capitol police
He was assigned to the Supreme
Court, which at that time occupied
the old Senate chamber in the
Capitol Building. He served on that
assignment at the door of the
chamber until 1918 and was made
an employe of the court on February
Is, 1915, remaining on its rolls until
his death.
Mr., Barnard leaves two sons, Rob-
ert H. Barnard, a Capitol employe,
and Charles E. Barnard. employe
of the Government Printing Office
and daughter, Mrs Lorene B.
Sullivan, with whom he made his
home at Il006 Upshur street NE.
He is also survived by six grand
children and one great-grandchild
Funeral Services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at Lees funeral
home, Fourth street and Massachu-
setts avenue NE. The Rev. Oscar
F Blackwelder. rector OF the Church
of the Reformation. will hold the
services. Interment will follow at
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Mrs. Nina BeaII Dies
In Baltimore Hospital

Mrs. Nina Newton Beall, IS. wife
of Ralph r. Beall, 4613 Rosedale
avenue. Bethesda, Md, died yester-
day in a Baltimore hospital after a
long illness.
A native of Gibson, N. c., Mrs
Beall had been a resident of the
District for IA years. Her husband
is employed at the Times Herald.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Beall
is survived by two sons, Ralph N,
10, and George Edison, 10 months;
her mother, Mrs. J. Newton. Glib
son. N c.: three brothers, Giles Y.
of North Carolina, 1t. Benjamin B.
Newton, now serving overseas, and
Pvt. Willard M. Newton of Cali
fornia, and three sisters, Mrs. Ar
thur w. Dew, Richmond, Va; Mrs.
Edison w. Briggs, Bethesda, and
Mrs. Juanita N. Harris of North
Carolina.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at the Reuben
Pumphrey funeral chapel, Bethesda.
Burial will be in Rockville Cemetery.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
ADVERTISEMENT. A
ADVERTISEMENT
Quick Relief from
Pile Irritation

80 years ago Buffalo druggist
created an ointment for relief from
the itching and smarting of Piles.
1t brought such quick cooling,
soothing, astringent relief that its
fame spread throughout the coun-
try, and made Peterson's Ointment
a favorite in thousands of homes.
Ask your druggist for a 35c box of
Petersons' Ointment today, or 60c
tube with applicator. Monday back
II you are not delighted with relief
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Red Traffic Light
Reunites Brothers

BY the Associated Press.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - There al
ways will be soft spot in the
heart OF Seaman Raymond C.
Woodby and Soldier Bennie I.
Woodby for a traffic light.
The Knox County tTenn.) BROTH
ers paused for light on opposite
sides of the street in city in
Hawaii. They discovered each
other while waiting for the green
signal.
1t was the first time in many
months they had seen or heard of
the other, the sailor wrote his
Knoxville wife.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Surplus of Food

British Southwest Africa now has
a surplus of cattle, sheep, butter,
cheese. wool, guano and minerals
available for export to the Union,
and also is in a financial condition
which makes it valuable market
for the South African products.
Evening star., 1943-08-11

member of the Masonic order.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Florence
Fray Lewis, Mr.. Lewis leaves one
daughter, MIS-. T. E. Allen, Be-
thesda, Md; son, Parker M. Lewis,
San Diego and three grandchildren
Evening star., 1943-08-11

the S u p + t m e
Court in age and
length of serv-
ice, Uncle joe
or Sheriff as
he was known to
fri e n d S, was
born June II
1861, and after
erv in & t W c
terms as sheriff
Of Carroll Coun-
ty, Ind, came
TO Washington
from Flora. Ind.
IN 1901 at the
S u G G e S ton OF
Charles Iandic
Evening star., 1943-08-11
J.L. Barnard, 81, Dies;
Served High Court

Joseph Leroy Barnard. 81, guard
at the United States Supreme Court
since 1901. died yesterday in Provi-
dence Hospital after an illness of
two weeks.
One of the oldest employees of
Evening star., 1943-08-11
StuIin Promotes BerIinq

MOSCOW, Aug. 11.LPremier
Stain has signed a decree promoting
Zigmund Berling. commander of
Polish forces in the Soviet, to the
rank of maor general, it was an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1943-08-11

Give up that vacation drive cheer
fully; we need gasoline to take the
enemy for a one-way ride.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-28
COLOSSUS OF THE SEVEN SEAS

While .eNact tqures connot be obtojned - nor
could thev be used Il me. we're ovojIoble - there
seems to be no doubt t-ot the United States will end
this war as the Colossus Of the seven secs the greet
est norjtfo'e power tins world ever hos seen.
DiQestina information mode public by the owl,
II oppeors thot when the Dor begon our Allies we're
oble to scrope together q million tons Of shipping
ond we had some z millions. I'm every instance we
ore using eodwel9-t figures
In the first p months Of wor the British lost
third OF their p million tons Lowing them somewhat
under IS millions, They hove not been able to balance
losses with new construction for the war os whole
So me British r0erchont morIne probably will wind
up under 70 million tons-how much under of course
is for Hitler to Try ood find out
We went 10 var with close to 2 million tons and
we have hod more than 20 million tons delivered since
Pearl Horbor BY New Yeors morning the gross pool OF
American Shipping is expected to approximate 40
million tons-oost twice as much as Greet Britojn
mistress Of the seven SECS possessed before the war
began.
II GOES without soynQ that We sho not octuoIIy
have 40 million tons Of shipping on JonuoY next
We have lost neoyily to the AXIS oready, and sho
lose more Butwe alone OF the greet maritime powers
have more cargo ships today than had before the
wor ard il is O sofe guess that shoII end the war
with perhaps twice the shipping 0reot Britain will
have, ond infinitely more than any other power.
This situation is not outlined in spirit Of boosting
We ore mighty proud Of the skill ingenuity and sue
cess with which our shpbuiIdng industry, much Of
It n1provsed for the purpose hos beaten the Uboots
We should be even more pIeosed if circumstances hQd
made It possible for our Allies the British, to do os
we'll There IS nothing big-heorted in this We want
this war won ond fost and it could be won foster if
our Allies had more ships.
Rather, we mention our c0untY's complete
oscendoncy on the seven secs background for some
qualifications and warnings which will require another
article
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-28
BATTLEsHIPS SABoTAGED

Credible rur0ors come from several sources that
the Nozi botIeshps Sohornhorst ond Luetzow hove
been sobotoged by their own crews in O Norwegian
fjord. The personnel according TO one mon who claims
to have been on eyewitness, is disheorened and re-.
beIious From other sources come reports that the
Nozi soors feor being forced into suicide venture
against the British fleet
Whether or not these stories ore true there seems
little doubt thot the Gerons bob in the ored forces
and OF home, reoIize nov tnot the war is lost How
long they can be held 10 hopeless fight there IS no
way Of telling. Gern7ony probably will crack before
she is crnoctcoliy beoten in bottle We must plan as
for 1Oyeor ~or but We hove the right to hope thot
the breakup Of Nozjsn0 viii come next yeor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-28

Louis Mountbatten and Lieut..
Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell, as we'll
as by the flight of the five fell
low-traveling sc n a ors who
made the trip in the other d.
rection on their recent swing
around the world.
How much aerial traffic there
is over this long hop, and the
exact routes or airports of ar
rival and departure, cannot of
course be revealed. But before
the war, ii was at least three
day flight, carried out in day
light only, and with overnight
stops for crews and passengers.
Under pre-War schedules oper-
ated by Imperial Aairways and
the Dutch KNILM lines, it was a
oneday hop from Calcutta 10
Singapore, a second day over the
Dutch East Indies to Port OAR
win, Australia, and a third day
from there TO Brisbane, Sydney
or Melbourne. The airline dis
stance, Calcutta TO Port Darwin,
was over 1000 miles. TO Bris-
bane 5000 At times the second
and third days flights were
broken if flying conditions were
not good.
The fact that planes are now
flying nonstop right over and
around Jap-held Burma, NAL
ava and the Dutch East Indies
merely gives an indication OF
how postwar flying schedules in
that part of the world may be
speeded up. BY steamship from
Calcutta to Sydney was often
two and three weeks voyage.