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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
News Oddities

Boston, June 9.-CUP)-The office
of Regional OPA Administrator
Kenneth B. Backman disclosed to-
day that one application for ration
book No. 3 was accompanied by this
notation:
Mother has left home When
she applies, will you please let us
know where she is?"
Pressure Isle, Me, June 9-UP)-
The potato famine has extended
even to ArOOstOOk county, which pro-
duces more potatoes than any other
county in the United States.
The sight of potato farmers
haunting local stores in quest of
enough spuds to tide them over until
their own crops are diggable is a
current oddly.
For years the Bangor & AroOs-
took, known as "The Potato Rail
road, has featured on its dining
car menu an enormous baked pOta-
to smOthered in butter. Today, trav-
elers are lucky to get an understood
spud-cut in half.
Worcester, Mass, June 9-(UP)-
Three year-old Joan Coghlin was
asphyXiated today when pill given
her by her mother because of illness
lodged in her bronchial tubes.
The child was a daughter of Ed
win B. Coghlin, president of the
Coghlin Electric Co.
Pawtucket, r. l.. June 9.-UP)-
Traffic halted and men and women
pedestrians scrambled wildly in the
street here today when a 100-pOund
bag of potatoes tumbled from a
vegetable truck and burst.
BY the time the bewildcred truck
driver had clambered from the seat
there were no potatoes to retrieve,
Detroit, June 8 - (UPD A
book overdue ia years has been re-
turned anonymously to the Detroit
Public Library,
The book, FenelonS Adventures
of Telemachus", written in French
and English, was listed as missing
in the November 10, 1929 issue OF
the Detroit Gazette
II would have cost the borrower
or his descendants more than 81 000
3 ceutS day for II ycars-ii the
nne had been paid,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
CONTRACT FRAUD
HEARING UNDERWAY

Providence, R. l., June 9.-CUP)-
A WATERFOWL, Mass, construction
company, its president, treasurer
and an employe pleaded innocent in
U. S. district court today to a GRIM
inal information charging war con-
tract frauds. The defendants each
furnished $4,000 bail pending trial at
a date to be set
Defendants were the Watertown
(Mass) Construction Co., its presi-
dent John KaZaniain, its treasurer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
MILITARY ORDERS
MUST Be OBEYED
Governor Baldwin Issues
Appeal to Public for Com
plete Cooperation

Calling upon the people of Conn
ecticut to regard military and fed
eral regulations as "our personal
orders for our part in winning the
war;" Governor Raymond E. Bald
win revealed last Monday night in
his weekly broadcast over a state
network that State Police are on
the highways under orders to check
headlights to make certain that
they comply with Army regulations
Pointing out that this month
marks the third anniversary of the
founding of the first State Defense
Council in 1910, Governor Baldwin
said: Events have changed our
lives; armies have written countless
new pages of history since that day
in June, 1910, when we called to-
gether the men and women who
comprised our first Defense Coun-
Gil to be prepared to meet whatever
the need might be. In the months
and years that were to come, Conn
necticut found that we had acted
wisely and not a tall too soon"
Protection and procurement were
the two fundamental aims of the
first Defense Council, the Governor
said. protection of the public and
procurement for industry"
Today, with the nation fighting an
offensive war abroad and here on
the home front the State War
Council and local war councils in
cities mad towns throughout the
state are on the alert in all things
that may be required to help the
successful prosecution of the war,
Governor Baldwin said. And the
statauS of the War Council has been
broadened and strengthened.
eve are developing the work of
the War Council to a point of even
greater efficiency and we shall deal
intensively and resourcefully with
the more complex problems of addi-
tional manpower and woman power
for our industries and farms; in
creasing production of food on our
farms and nour war gardens--pre-
serving that food and using it most
effectively: working out ever better
our problems of transportation n
the light of decreased gasoline sup
plies"
"Our War Council" Governor
Baldwin said, will seek the solu-
ton to human problems that have
an important relationship to win
ming the war: the housing of work
ers: the proper care of children
whose parents are working; combat
ting juvenile delinquency; control
ling social diseases and other condi-
lions that may menace the public
health; improving transportation
for workers; providing recreation
that is needed more than ever under
the intensity which most Of our
people now are devoting to their
work, and because of the restric-
tions which it has been necessary
to impose on travel. These are jobs
for the task forces of the War
Council"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09

he was a maneuverer supporting and sometimes
opposing administration plans He has friends on
both sides of the party line. On the bench exrovert
Byrnes was lonesome and perhaps welcomed the
call to be the Presidents second the first econom-
c sterilization director. He likes spc-andspan blue
suits, a little hard liquor, songfest with Senate
cronies. Now in bigger job than ever before, Ga
year-old Jimmy Byrnes must call on all his push,
pull and squeeze experience to stall initiation to pre-
vent overproducton here underproduction there, He
has FDR's implicit faith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09

ligament, which requires weeks to
heal.
The ankle joint is most fire.
quently sprained, because it bears
the weight of the body and is sub
ject to the greatest strain and labor.
For the same reason, a sprained an
kle is most disabling of all such
injuries.
LiGAMENTS SUPPORT JOINTS
The ankle joint is supported on
both sides by strong ligaments, but
those on the inside of the ankle
are generally the strongest There
fore, strains usually occur when the
foot is rocked inward. Fractures are
more frequent when the foot 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
TWO DODGER KILLERS

St. Louis, CUP)-The st. Louis
Cardinals fight with the Brooklyn
Dodgers this year seems likely to
depend largely, as it did in 1912, on
Mort Cooper and Max Lanier. The
two ace pitchers each subdued the
Dodgers five times during last years
campaign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
COAL STRIKE HURTS
u. S. STEEL MILLS

New York, June g. (UP)-Steel
mills of the nation will operate this
week at the lowest rate since United
States entry into the war as result
of last weeks coal strike, the maya
zine The Iron Age reported today
The trade authority said that
steel production this week is down
2 IL points to 945 per cent, lowest
since late December of 1941" and
added that effects of the strike may
be felt for many months.
It asserted that the shutdown mad
resulted in an "irreplaceable loss
of $4,000 tons Of steel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09

of movement.
If the ligament
is torn, the extra
stretch may save
the bone it is at
tached to. If the
ligament is strong
er and resists the
strain, the bone is
likely to be brok-
en-. Sprains vary
greatly, f + o m
those causing a
few moments dis
comfort and limp
ing, to those in
volving act u a
rIIDtIlre nf the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
BY ROSETTE HARGROVE
NEA Staff CorreSpOndent

London.-Faced with a growing
baby boom and shortage of places
and trained personnel to receive
these highly important reinforce
ments to her population, Britain is
hurriedly mobilizing its midwives
for emergency service.
The government has called upon
all certified midWives and nurses
with midwifery certificates be-
tween the ages of 25 and IS to
register. Of some 1900 who an
swered the call, those engaged in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
BY MORRIS KING
Nea Staff CORRESPONDENT

On War Mobilization Director James Francis
Byrnes - lawyer, editor, congressman senator ST.
preme Court justice White House alter ego-reSts the
Hercuean job of synchronzing all the conflicting
temperamentS, all the overlapping plans of
effort. From LOG cabin start on the wrong side
of the tracks in Charleston s. c., tatheress little
fivefoot-siX Jimmy climbed from errand boy to the
Supreme Court, knowing defeat only his first try
for the Senate in 1924 In Congress and the Senate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
BABY OF LEAGUE

Jack Moesch, 16-year-old New
Yorker who is a utility inflelder for
the Baltimore Orioles, is the young
est player of the International
LAaz4A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
BY DIR. THOMAS ID. MASTERS
Written for NEA

Sprains are usually partial, but
sometimes complete, tears of some
of the supporting ligaments of a
Joint. These occur when the joint
is forced beyond its normal range
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09

Herbert P. Daunheimer of Ports
mouth, and an employe, John Aruds
of Somerville.
An idictment returned by the fed
eral grand jury charged that the
government was defrauded of $25 900
by the company which took sub con-
tracts for government housing pro-
jects and failed TO deliver cement Of
required specifications
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09
DAVEY CONFIRMED

Washington, June 9-(UP)--The
senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination of Peter M. Davey al
postmaster at Bridgeport, Con.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-09

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

OF East Orange, N. j., and Stanley
o. Fenkel of Philadelphia.
Here is a very interesting de-
fensive hand that came up during
the tournament, and it was both
pleasing and surprising to see that
so many pairs made the fine de-
fensive play. The declarer allowed
the queen of hearts to hold the first
trick, and when West continued
with the seven, dummy's king won.
A small spade was then played
from dummy. What would you do
if you you were in the East position?
Would you play second hand low?
If SO, you would not defeat the
contract.
Here is the way to reason this
play--if your partner holds either
the ace or queen or even the jack
of spades, it may be his only prob
able re-entry into the hand. There
fore, you must jump in with the
king, hoping to save his reentry
You nope that this re-entry is the
ace of spades, because you assume
that the declarer probably has four
club tricks. two sure heart tricks
and possibly two diamonds. If he
makes a spade, it will give him his
ninth trick.
If you let the spade ride around
to your partners ace, he will re-
turn another heart. Then when
you get in with the spade king,
you won't have another heart to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

radio version of THE Student
Prince on the Chicago Theater of
the Air. program over Mutual with
Marion Claire on Dec. II from Chi
cago.
The sponsor of Abbott and Cos
tello has dreamed up something new
for the boys. Each week, on the
program, and all programs sponsor
ed by the same company, a Yank
of the Week is designated. This
fellow is some member of the
armed service who has distinguished
himself and who warrants coast
forecast verbal salute and three
hundred thousand smokes for his
valor. Most recent hero to get
the honor is Marine Private John
Eliza of Wyatt, West Virginia who
slowed away on one of the landing
ships that stormed a Bougainville
beach. In the midst of the Is Japa-
nese pill boxes he started hurting
hand grenades. This accounted for
six japanese soldiers and aided his
adopted unit in taking 16 of the 10
pill boxes.
Before that a Brooklyn hero, Mer-
chant Marine Captain Jonathan
Wainwright, son of the general who
defended Bataan, was honored.
When Captain Wainwrights gaso-
line loaded merchant ship was struck
by a German bomb in the Gulf of
Salerno he was forced to abandon
1t but he reboarded the blazing YES
sci to help rescue injured crew
before the ship exploded.
Maureen O'Hara, heard recently
on Screen Guild Players" over CHS
in Edge of Darkness" has confided
she is to become a mother. "And we
are buying double of everything.
Both my husband Will Prices and
my family had twins three genera
lions back!"
Gertrude Warner, who plays
Della Street" in the New Adven-
lures of Perry Mason" is girl
who's pretty happy that the CHS
sound engineer is equipped to re-
produce, by record, the noise of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
. BY MARY ANDERSON
NEA Correspondent

New York-If Bobbys top wagon
is minus one wheel, Suzy is tired
of her blocks, the stuffing is splitting
out of little Marys baby doll, don't
throw the toys out this year. With
production at SO per cent OF last
year, even toy manufacturers are
suggesting that parents swap toys
their youngsters have outgrown, fix
them up and give them a fresh coat
of paint for this Christmas.
You'll find it easy to make" toys
that are now hard to buy. For in
stance, one young woman was NOV
ed by her younger nephew'S request
for a sled for Christmas. Unable
to find the kind he wanted in the
stores, she tracked down a second
hand one, rubbed it down with
sandpaper and gave, it two coats
of bright red paint. 1t meant that
one little boy isn't going to be dis
appointed by Santa Claus.
Many communities have some
central place which might be used
for a toy swap headquarters. New
Workers do it at, among other
places, the Henry Street Settle
ment House Swap Shop. People
come from all over the city, getting
points" for the items they bring
in, which they use to buy some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
Food Plentiful,
But Containers
Become Scarce
BY ANN STEVICK
NEA Staff Correspondent

Washington, Nov. 22-When prom
ised new consumer items, such as
washing machines and other house
hold essentials, get back into pro-
duction next year, they're likely to
be made on such a small scale in
comparison to demand that some
rationing or priorities plan will
have to be used to distribute them.
You may have to go to your
dealer and make out a case for
yourself as you do now for a new
telephone. The dealers decision
will rest on rules of eligibility for
the new product and an appeal
from his decision would probably
go to the regional WPB office.
CONTAIN YOURSELF
Now that the War Food Admin
istratioN has gotten together with
the farmers and pulled new all
time high agricultural goals out
Of the hat for next year, they are
worrying about how to get the
food to you. Containers are short
for vegetables, eggs, fruit, and al
most everything else. Eggs will
have to go to market in fiber
cases as far as possible. Make
shifts will have to do when those
give out, as they are expected to
do. If you have egg or fruit
crates, get them back to your
dealer as soon as you can.
SET YOUR CAP
Save all metal jar tops this
winter, VIA warns housewives
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

he made good as marksman be-
cause when he was boy in South
Dakota, he and his brother had to
save on shells and never shot two
at one bird. WELL" said Burns, "I'll
tell you. I've got an uncle, Uncle
Moots, who is SO fast with a gun
he can stand in front of mirror
and beat hisself to the draw!"
Because the laughs we're so long
and hearty on Sundays Chamber
Music Society of Lower Basin
Street." the program ran overtime
and Or" Milton Cross closing pro-
nouncement had to be eliminated.
Listeners, wondering who next
weeks guest stars will be, can relax.
The lineup reads: Alec (CBS Car
nivaD Templeton and the Ink
Spots!
Connie Moore, who came to the
Hollywood screen five years ago
from morning radio program in
Dallas, Texas, is now back in radio,
but strong. She's been signed as
permanent singer and actress on the
Sunday America - Ceiling Un-
limited" program over CHS.
The draft has reached into Kay
Kyser's college of Musical Knowl-
edge" band to tag four fathers with
the Ia brand, and they're expecting
to depart shortly.
Dinah Shore will be one Of the
stars on the two-hour Thanksgiving
day program sponsored annually by
a watch manufacturer.
Credit Groucho Marx with one
of the weeks funniest quips. When
he heard Mischa Auer had been
signed as guest on the program
which regularly has singers Fay Nc
Kenzie and Bill Days, Groucho
cracked: "First we have Days, nov
we have the Auer. This must be
the Marx of Time program
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

thing else in the Swap Shop. Ad-
joining carpentry and sewing shops
provide facilities for repairing wag-
ons, Sleds, dolls and about every
other kind of toy.
If a father is a bit handy with
tools, it isn't too difficult to repair
or make attractive toys for Christ
mas gifts. Perhaps a friend owns
working equipment, in which
case group of fathers might get
together to mend old toys or build
new ones, with mother having fun
doing the paint jobs.
Cigar box wood makes excellent
doll house furniture, as it can be
worked easily with fret or jigsaw
or even sharp pocket knife. Pack
ing cases or scrap lumber can be
used to make doll houses, which
can be as simple or as elaborate as
Pops architectural and carpenter
ing skill permits. To help furnish
the house, Mama can make tiny
Grapes, and rugs-the latter being
simply old wash cloths cut to APP
propriate size and, perhaps, fringed.
She might also make an entire new
wardrobe for her little girls pet doll.
These can be made of materials out
Of the fabric scrap bag. Worn and
useless gloves provide leather for
doll shoes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

parents $4,000 for each offense
their children commit.
Some towns have set-up 'juve-
nile joints high school
students can gather to have fun.
And that seems to be one Of the
most sensible steps yet taken to
keep 'teen-agers out of trouble.
Take look at the DRY Dock"
Fort Madison, Iowas answer to the
complaint from adolescents that
they had no place to congregate
that wasn't objectionable to their
parents.
The cost Of turning some empty
rooms into a high school hang-out
was paid for by parents and bust
ness firms.
The Dry Dock has everything
necessary to Juvenile joint"
1t has a juke box, which almost
pays the DRY Docks" expenses.
It has enough floor space for dane
ing. 1t has booths and soda
fountain. And it is open every day.
A SIMPLE SOLUTION
1t Is always jam-packed with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
Current Rationing Regulations

MEATS AND FATS
&C. III ~ and "K will be valid through Decen
IL will be in force through
PROGRESSED FOODS
Green A "B and &C" stamps in Book Nv will be valid through
December 20
Stamp through
January Is.
In Ration airpane sheet of
purchase Of shoes
"a Iad three gallons through
b and &C. worth gallons ID" valid
half galons e. worth gaon and r.
ap1 IT valid for five gallons.
stolen
should with the
istraton number of their which
Without With
coupons Possession
violation Of ration regulations
of which
gallons unit marked value Of each Is so gal
units gallons All enced numbers
ration certificates value gallons
all such used time the winter regardless
determined
amount oil during the winter and the size Of storage tanks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

Wartime scarcities make every
jar lid valuable either for Gaping
or keeping food. Tops on coffee,
pickles, peanut butter, and may
onnaise will help out with next
years canning.
ODDS AND ENDS
Foods on the market in war
time paper containers will often
keep better if put in tightly COW
cred glass jars Cork stocks are
in excess and will go back to in
dustrial uses, practically all re-
strictions having been removed .
Home made food gifts will be espe-
cially welcome this year Soap
will have an important part In pre-
venting plague in the postwar
world. Stocks of soap in Europe are
dangerously low.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

Indeed. it is very much the right
dress when any special occasion
comes along and you want to look
particularly nice. The midriff
treatment gives it it's festive air.
Pattern No. 1854 is in 6, 8, 10 IL
and IA years. Size takes 21s yards
35-inch material
For this attractive pattern, send
Is cents, plus / cent for postage,
in coins, with your name, address,
pattern number and size to the
Waterbury Democrat Today's Pat
tern Service, LOG 7th Avenue, New
York II, N. Y.
Have you seen the new issue of
Fashion" our 52-page guide to
new sewing styles for fall? Order
copy today. The price is rs
cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
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MNfck0nM
Arrange An
Old-Tnine Table
For Christmas
BY GAYOR MADDOX
NEA Staff Writer

Decorate your Christmas table In
an old-timey way. Keep the war
out of it," says Mrs. Dana B. Mer-
rill, noted photographer and ar
ranger of tables More than ever
this year, We need everything pos
sible to remind us of what Christ
mas really is"
Mrs. Merrill believes that blue
spruce, hemlock and white pine
are the loveliest possible green's for
the table. For this year, her sug-
gestion is an arrangement of can
dies and natural greens, using very
low candlesticks. In the center of
the table place one and in it a tall
red candle. en- each side place two
or more candlesticks and in them
candles, each one shorter. Cover
the bases of the candlesticks COM
pletely with green's, using your own
taste and originality. Select small
cones and burs to place among the
green's. Don't use the very large
ones.
hemlock is fWypteaoi
Blue spruce Grapes exquisitely,
llC4illOCh 40 1CdJllCly anu NcuCdGC
and can be placed in regular
flower holders, and white pine is
fleecy and almost threadnke. Mix
red berries in with them if you like,
and keep the arrangement delicate.
No Gadgets
Avoid Christmas gadgets, she
adds. They cluster up the table
when convenience is the main thing
to plan for. Most hostesses are
without help, therefore the table
should be arranged to make hop
ping-up unnecessary. Have small
extra table nearby where dishes can
be kept. Also, for the home dinner,
use bread and butter plates. They
are needed for olives, celery and,
perhaps, cranberry sauce as well as
for bread and butter.
Pink beige IS one of the new col
ors suited for Christmas tables. Pale
green, ivory, and almost any pastel
shades are good. But don't use dead
white. A cloth with a woven effect
is good and there are many new
ones on the market today. There
is a lot of American glass, too,
some with chasing, some good imi-
tation of Waterford, and the Cape
Cod heavy American glass is very
effective.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

curfew for boys
and girls under
a certain age.
Some have set
up a "children's
forum" W h er e
kids can h av e
their say about
what they want
and need in the
way of recreation,
gui d a nee, and
other conditions.
At last one city
Is right now con-
sidering a law
6nip0 naolipapt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
WINNERS in SALVAGE
DRIVE TO BE CHOSEN

Members of the salvage commit.
tee will meet tomorrow night to
compile the final figures for deter
mining the winners of the 81 900 in
war bonds to be given as awards
to those contributing the most in
effort in the recent scrap campaign.
j. Warren Epson, chairman of the
salvage committee and Frank Lyman
campaign director will meet with all
members of the committee, 1t has
been announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
WE, THE WOMEN
- WE, THE WOMEN
HANDOUTS FOR JUVENILES
HELP FIGHT DELINQUENCY

young folks, many of whom would
spend their time in real joints
if the DRY Dock had never been
opened.
This is such a simple solution
to the problem Of giving young
folks supervised place to hang
out that it is a wonder so few
towns and cities in the country
have set up Juvenile joints
There ought to be one in every
residential district in cities, and
one in every town, no matter how
small.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
WAVELETS
By ED LEAMY

typewriter. Trudy would be q fiop
IN a real lawyers ONCE, because
she can't type at ALI
A proud mother is Ethel Owen, OF
'rhe Parker Family" dramatic COM
pany. Her daughter, Pamela Brit
ton, appearing in Oklahoma" has
Just been signed by MGM. Ethel
herself is starring on Broadway IL
Three Is a Family"
Bob Burns wasn't going to let Ma
jor Joe Foss, the Marine flying ace,
get ahead of him. F'osS had told how