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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-22
The Long Wait:
The Long Wait:
22-Day Blizzard
Blocks All Help

EDITORS N0TE-Thts is The Long Wait, The
story army fers tell Of the fire months heyspeH
on a Greenland ice cap. They Were the survivors
among nine 1Crecked ia Air Transport Command
plane. The Capt. La Fargo Who writes Il for them
is HoVest and sh0rt-st0ry writer He the Pulitzer
Prize nth has novel Laughing Boy, and the o. Henry
Memorial Prize for short stories.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22

the meeting for the purpose of a
discussion on Red Cross and various
defense activities.
Father Bogusas said many volun-
teers have already registered to
donate blood for use of men in the
armed forces when the Red Cross
mobile unit comes here from Hart
ford next month. A large number
of donors is expected to be assured
for the day, which has been de-
signated as Lithuanian day."
Arrangements also will be made
tomorrow for the mass meeting to
take place next month.
Miss Nellie Lizauskas, president of
the Children of Mary Sodality of
st. Joseph's Church, has requested
members to meet at the old St.
Josephs school at 2:30 p. m. to-
morrow. The group will go in body
to the Belleville funeral home to
pay respects to Mrs. Florence Ayot-
tie, mother of two of the members.
Miss Edna Lazdauskas, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Lazdaus-
kaS of Fox street, was named vice.
president Of the Central Jersey
Scholastic Press Association at the
annual meeting held at Rider Col
lege. A student in the journalism
division at the college, Miss Laz-
dauskas is an editor of the Rider
News and has taken an active part
in various other eXtra-curricular
undertakings.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
MAYOR PLEASED
WITH PROGRESS
Priority May Be Obtained
in Attempt to Recover
City's Funds

Mayor John S. Monagan arrived
home yesterday from his conference
in Washington with Atty. Gen.
Francis Biddle and said that the
city had made progress toward a
decision on government income tax
claims which stand this city's
claim for 100000 against former
City Controller D. J. Leary.
The suit was brought against the
fugitive former controller by the
Citizens Goodw Government associ-
alton in 1888. At that time attach
ments were secured against more
than 100000 of Leary's assets.
The meeting with Biddle was for
the purpose of having the govern
ment withdraw its claims. Mayor
Monagan said he will submit a de-
tailed report of his conference with
the attorney general to the finance
boards subcommittee appointed to
bring suit against those shown to
have received illegal payments of
city funds during the Hayes-Leary
administration. He added that
Atty. George H. Cohen of Hartford,
counsel for the Good Government
association, will also be at this spe-
cial meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
STATE CONFERENCE
ON TUBERCULOSIS
Arthur j. StraWsOn Chief
Speaker at Regional
Meeting Here

Arthur j. Strawson, executive sec
rotary of the Massachusetts Tuber-
culosiS league in Boston discussed
the great aid to caSe-finding which
is given to the cause of anti-t uber-
culosis in the examinations of in
ductees and enlistees of the armed
forces, at the sixth regional con-
ference of the State tuberculosis
association held at Lincoln House
yesterday afternoon. Members of
the Waterbury Anti-Tuberculosis
league and representatives of visit
ing health societies were present at
the conference.
Other speakers at the session
were DR.. Edward j. Godfrey, city
health officer and presiding chair
man; Miss Anna G.. Murphy, eXecu-
tive director of the Waterbury
lea ue; Miss Barbara hilduff,
health education secretary of the
league; and Miss Mabel Baird, ex-
ecutive secretary of the state asso-
citation.
Mrs. George Jackson, former &C
tive member of the league, now re-
tried, poured at the tea following the
meeting.
Plans were outlined by Miss Baird
for the 1943 Christmas seal cam
paign and a board meeting was
scheduled for Tuesday, with William
j. Pape presiding.
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filed in which employees seek COM
pensation because they have been
refused job-tranSfer stat ementS and
must wait 80 days, under area stab
ilization rules, before they can take
another job. No indication has been
given by state officials as to Wheth-
err or not the job-tranSfer denial is
ground for payments, but it is be-
lieved that each case will be de-
cided on its own merits without
formulation of general rule to
bind all.
Although the new petitioners use
the sterilization regulations as a
basis for their claims, that is the
secondary consideration in several
of them the USES official stated.
Other reasons, which would have
applied before the "job-freeze" order
took effect, will still apply in their
cases, he said, admitting however
that the Statement of availability"
factor also will be decided by the
claims division.
Base Period
The first claimant who quit en-
ployment because hours of work
varied from day to day, had an in
sufficient base period of work, it
was revealed. Under state law an
employee is eligible for unemploy-
ment payments only after his base
period pay under covered" employ
ers totals $144.
Although no rule had been set by
the War ManpoWer Commission
preventing pay of any kind for the
80 days after an employe leaves his
employment without statement, it
was generally believed at the time
of the job-freeze order announce
ment that such a penalty would re-
suit. 1t has been pointed out, how
ever, that state law takes prece-
dence over VINO regulations, and
that unemployment compensation
considerations may apply despite the
purposes of the VINO program.
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Continued from Page y
tional workers movement in many
lands. released it's several sections
to devote their. energies toward win
ming the war against the Axis.
The comintern presidum's reso-
luton was submitted to foreign
members for ratification but this
was expected to be mere formal
ity. The resolution said that the
action had been taken at the re-
quest of foreign sections since the
war started.
Long before the war it became
more than clear that as interna-
tional and domestic situations in
each country became more and more
complicated, the solution of labor
problems in each separate country
would be met by insurmountble diff
ficulties," the resolution declared.
The profound differences in his
torical development of various
countries, differences in character,
and contradictions in social sys-
TENS, differences in standards of
living and tempo of their social and
politicl development, and finally
differences in the degree of their
political consciousness and degree
of organization of workers-all this
created difficult tasks confronting
the working classes of various coun-
tries"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
TRAIN SCHEDULE
CHANGES may q
Three Trains Leaving Sta
ton Affected By New
Timetable

Schedules of three trains which
stop in Waterbury will be changed
starting tomorrow, according to an
announcement by the New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company.
Train 467, which currently leaves
Winsted at 1928 p. m. for Bridgeport
Saturdays only, will leave at 8:l7 p.
m. and will arrive six minutes
earlier at line stations, Torrington
to Bridgeport 1t is due in the latter
city at 1919 p. m.
Train 458, presently leaving
Bridgeport at 1925 p. m. daily ex-
cept Sundays for Waterbury, will
leave at p. m, have correspond
ing earlier connection at line sta
lions, Derby Shelton to Waterbury,
where it is due 1858 p. m. This train
will connect at Bridgeport with
train 70 leaving Grand Central ter
minal, New York, at 1870 p. m. and
due in Bridgeport at $50 p. m.
Train AS, presently leaving Wa
terbury at 1877 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sundays, will leave at 1871
p, m. and have a six-minute earlier
schedule from Naugatuck to Bridge
port.
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Finance Officer

church a. 4 p. M, and Memorial
Day sermon will be delivered by the
pastor.
Finance Officer Michael w.
Toomey of Corporal Coyle Post has
released the following statement on
the poppy fund. 1t is letter adj
dressed to members and friends.
May 10Th, 1943.
Dear Friend of the American Legion
The season for wearing the little
red poppy, the flower of remember
ance in observance of Memorial
Day, has arrived.
Corp. Coyle Post is proud of its
administration of the Poppy Fund.
Our yearly accounting of the use
of this fund demonstrates that the
Post is keeping faith with the he
roic dead and with cur comrades
who have suffered misfortune.
After reading the report below we
believe you will desire to become
enrolled as a supporter of the Pop
py Fund and the purposes for
which it exists.
We anticipate your offering Of
$1O0 or such other amount as you
may choose. Your help will be
greatly appreciated.
Annual Statements, Receipts
and Expenditures, Poppy Fund,
Corporal COyIe Post, No. 1, Amer
lean Legion May 1, 1912, May l,
1913.
Balance. May /, 1912 ......$ 443.31
Receipts from Poppy Sales, 10000
Donations, Friends of the
Legion .................. 1O2.5O
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
DU BOIS COMMENDS
WOMEN'S ABILITY

Hartford, Conn, May 22-(UP)-
Women in industry are demanding
equality of wages with men and a
fair and square spot in the port
war economic setup," Secretary of
State Mrs. Francis B. Redick told
a conference of business and indus
trial leaders last night.
Women now are denied the same
pay as men, she said, because of tn
limitation on working hours, and
the fact they are not given heavy
work.
G. Arthur Dubois. director of the
Scovill manufacturing Co., Water
bury, training program, declared
that "Womn can do most of the
jobs performed by men and within
the range of majority of war pro-
duction jobs. sex distinction should
not be emphasized.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
OBITUARY

FLYNN - Mrs. Nora (FitZgerald)
Flynn, rs, widow of jeremiah Flynn,
of 1893 East Main street, died sud-
denly yesterday morning at her
home, following a heart attack. A
native of Ireland, she had been a
resident of this city for go years.
Mrs. Flynn was communicate
of the Immaculate Conception
church.
She leaves daughter, Mrs Fred
erick Nonamaker of this city; and
several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held Monday
| at 8:15 a. m. from the Colasanto
Funeral Home, 932 Bank street, to
the Church Of the Immaculate Con-
ception where solemn requiem
Mass will be celebrated at 9. Burial
will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends
may call at the funeral home to-
day from 4 to 10 p. m. and tomor-
row from to 10 p. m.
AYOTTE-Mrs. Florence Gle
Belize Ayotte, 40, wife of Peter
Ayotte, of 107 Sunnyside avenue,
died yesterday at her home. The
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
LeBelle, she had lived in the West
Side section of the city all her
life.
Mrs. Ayotte was a graduate of St.
Anne'S school, Glass Of 1919. She
was a communicate of st. AIMS
, church, and a member of the Con-
sell de la Maria of L'Union st. Jean
Baptiste. Mrs. Ayotte had been
employed at the Packing room Of
the Scovill company until January
of this year.
She leaves, besides her husband,
two daughters, Florence, 10, and
Rita, 16; a son, Leo Ayotte; her
parents, all of Waterbury; two
brothers, Arthur .LeBelle of this
city and Oliver LeBelle, Jr., of Wa
tertoWn.
The funeral will be held Monday
at 3:15 a. m, from the BelleVille
funeral home, SO East Clay street,
to St. AIMS church where a solemn
high Mass will be celebrated at 9.
Burial will be in the family plot,
Calvary cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home from to
10 p. m. today and all day tomor-
row.
Members Of Conseil Dilla Maria
will meet at the funeral home to-
morrow night at 1880 to pay re-
spects.
Members of Wheeler-Young post
Veterans of Foreign Wars, are
asked to meet at $3.50 p. m. tomor-
row at South Main and East Clay
streets, to march in a body to the
funeral home to pay respects. Mrs.
Ayottes brother, Arthur, is quarter
master of the post.
ANDERSON - Mrs. Walter An
derson, IS, OF &c fremont street died
this morning at Waterbury hospital
following a brief illness. A COM
municant of st. Johns church, she
is the widow of John Anderson and
is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
r. H. Cronson and Mrs. Jean Mar
guard of Waterbury, and two grand
children, Irving Vanguard of Ma
maranack and Mercedes Vanguard
of New York City. Funeral services
will be held at the Anderson Funeral
Home at 10 Central avenue on
Monday with Rev. Francis o. Ayres,
officiating Burial will be in old Pine
Grove cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home tomorrow from
3 to 5 p. m. and to p. m.
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BRITISH BOMB
BERLIN AGAIN

Continued from Page u
and the yards at Emden for the sec
ond time. WilhelmShaven was the
Americans first German target last
January and Emden first was at
tackled last Saturday.
The air offensive against SUBJ
marines has been directed against
Mort. German ports where they arc
built and against French ports
where they are serviced, refueled
and refitted.
In the first category, fortresses
and Liberators have struck at Kiel,
Emden, Flensburg, Wilhelmshaven
and an island in Helgoland bay.
In the second category, they have
raided Bordeaux and Lorient in the
past week and st. Nazaire many
times previously.
The American eighth air force is
unwilling to estimate the percentage
&C. the submarine industry destroyed
by these attacks but there are in
dications, such as these:
Flensburg-Put out of business for
some time to come"
Kiel-"Great damage done to in
stauations."
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bombs very
destructive"
Emden-"Not many submarines
will be coming out of those yards
for while"
Lorient-"Got full hit on power
state last time over and that's the
CUTS of the whole submarine-servin
business"
The biggest triumph of all was
said to have been scored against
Bordeaux in the first all-Liberator
raid last Monday. Reconnaissance
pictures showed direct hits on the
docks.
Il doubt seriously whether they
will be able to resume anything like
serious repair work at Bordeaux"
an Eighth Air Force spokesman said.
The British coastal command has
charge of hunting down the sub
marine at sea.
Twelve bombers were lost on yes
terday's raids and three American
fighters we're lost while patrolling
the Dutch coast. Many enemy
planes we're said to have been de-
stroyed in combat.
Observation-Disclosures, Ger m n US
largest domestic radio station. went
off the air for technical reasons"
last night, indicating that there
may have been an air alarm.
London had one brief air alarm
early today-its 18th in six consecu-
tive nights. Anti aircraft batteries
went into action. Bombs were
dropped by the enemy on one Lon
don district and one in the out
skirts, causing slight damage.
-Four persons were killed when a
southeast coastal town was bombed.
several we're injured in the London
area.
One enemy aircraft was destroyed
over England during the night.
The air ministry's announcement
said that Mosquitoes also attacked
railway targets at Orleans, France,
and mined enemy waters.
Five bombers and one fighter
plane we're lost in the operations.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
Veterans Decorating
Graves Over Weekend
Annual Tribute to Be Paid Some 400 Servicemen OF
Four Wars; Memorial Day Program Outlined

American flags and geranium
plants will be placed on graves of
the country's soldiers by veterans
organizations of the city over the
week end in preparation for Mem
orial day observance. Warriors of
the Civil, Spanish American, World
War I and also World War II will
be honored duringt he wartime holi-
day. Some 1O40 graves will be
decorated.
The exercises will open on next
Sunday morning with massing of
colors at the o'clock Mass at the
immaculate Conception church, &C
cording to plans completed at a
meeting of the Memorial day COM
mittee last night. Charles Mel
vile will be in charge of the open
ing ceremonies. Among the units
to be represented will be the Cor
poral Francis j. Jamele Marine de-
tachment, incorporated under the
new name aftert he death OF the
local Marine last year.
All veterans organization are
expected to be represented at the 10
o'clock Mass at st. Joseph's church
following the downtown exercises.
The group will meet at the Sylvester
j. Stokes post rooms on Bank street.
The march to the church will be
led by members OF the church
fife and drum corps.
Afternoon exercises will be held
at Soldiers Monument at the Green,
the Sons of Union Veterans of the
Civil War in charge. Addresses
will be given following the placing
of wreaths to honor the Civil War
dead. A procession to the Freight
strete bridge will then be led by Lis
cum Post, Spanish War Veterans,
and wreath will be dropped into
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
AIR RAID WARDENS
MUST Be ON ALERT
Critical War Phase at
Presen t Makes Enemy
Attack Likely

Air raid Wardens we're warned by
the civilian defense authorities OF
the Waterbury warning district to
be particularly alert with their OBJ
servations.
Controller Frank j. Green wrote
a letter to the officials Of the dis
trict's II towns and warned the nee
essity of keeping all the warming
districts well-manned, pointing out
that at this particular phase OF the
war the situation warrants such &C
ton.
He pointed out that the eastern
seaboard may be attacked soon by
the Axis forces in order to test the
morale in this country,
This urgency was sent out TO dis
courage any relaxation of civilian de-
Tense obligations. T. E. Olsen, COM
munications officer of the War
Council, reported at meeting of
the planning board yesterday that
the need for control center volun-
teers is becoming more serious every
week.
Air Raid Warden
Volunteers for night shifts at the
air raid warning and control centerS
are vitality needed even though many
citizens have been volunteering for
various civilian defense posts, 1t
was announced today by Miss Nancy
Delaney. executive secretary OF the
OCD. Only men need apply, since
women cannot be placed on duty
after 10 p. m, she explained. Wo-
men are needed, however, to man
the two posts between 8 a. m. and l
D. m. and to work with the canteen
corps at st. Mary's and Waterbury
hospitals. Workers are needed Tor
the three daily shifts, which are
stated by eight workers each shift
at the hospitals.
Emphasis is also being placed at
present on the need for block lead
ers, especially for Zones B and c.
Time movies, in preparation for
the daylight air raid test scheduled
for June 4, will he Shown at a
meeting of air raid wardens of
Zone C of the city to be held on
Monday evening at 1880 in the Rus
sell school gymnasium. All ward
ems are urged to attend due to the
importance of the daylight test.
Air raid wardens of Zone A, sec
tors II, IL, 81, %, %, "a. 26, q,
%. 20, 30, 38, 80, 40 and Al will
attend a meeting at Sacred Heart
high school on Monday at 1880 p,
M, it was announced today.
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the river in honor of the first COM
rade to die in the war. The group
will then go to the honor roll in
Library park, where the program
will be in charge Of Caspar Davis
post.
Speakers at the honor roll cere-
monies will include Mayor John S.
Monogan and Rabbi William Green
field. The invocation will be given
by Rev. Roger B. r. Anderson. and
the benediction by Rev. R. H. Falls.
The Scovill Jacket Girls will parti-
cipate.
Another massing of the colors will
take place at the Trinity Episcopal
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
Politics
Passing

Democratic party leaders in Wa
terbury are pretty much in unison
as expressing themselves as
''peeved" "disgusted" and otherwise
discouraged" by the treatment the
city received at the hands Of the
Legislature. A few still believe that
an appeal to Governor Raymond E.
Baldwin might prevent him signing
the bills that are labeled as anti
home rule. The majority, though,
are reconciled to the thought that
their arguments all went for
naught. Singled out for praise by
these same leaders were Senator
Leon RisCassi and Representatives
Daniel j. Mahaney and John A.
Membrino who tried to stem the
tide, but who were unable to muster
the votes Necessary. Repercussions
from this session will last for long
time and we'll may produce in local
politica ranks some strange and new
Arguments.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
COUNCIL TO ACT
ON BLOOD PLASMA
Large Number of VOlun=
teers for lithuanian
Day"
BROOKLYN NEWS

More than 100 delegates to the
Lithuanian-A American Council are
expected to attend special meeting
of the organization tomorrow at
2:30 at, Nemunas Hall, 48 Green
street. Rev. DR.. Joseph Bogusas,
curate of st. Joseph's Church and
president of the council, has called
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
TAX CONFERES IN
DO-OR-DIE EFFORT
Continued from Page u

attitude of finality on today's meet
ing indicated he considered the con-
ferees poles apart without even a
working basis TO proceed along.
The chief drawback appeared to
be how much forgiveness, and
whether on a horizontal or gradu-
ated scale according to income,
would be acceptable to President
Roosevelt. But both George and
chairman Robert l.. Doughton, D.,
N. c.. of the house group insisted
that the presidents attitude had
nothing to do with the conference
deliberations.
Mr.. Roosevelt already has said, in
letters to George and Doughton,
that 81 cannot acquiesce" to the
100 per cent forgiveness feature OF
the senate-approved bill. He argued
that 1t would amount to unjust en-
richment Of the wealthy.
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Continued from Page u
the Is tht came up, threre were
shot down and a fourth probably
was destroyed.
Heavy bombers touched off new
fires and explosions at the Vunaka-
nau and Rapopo airdromes. Two
Allied planes were missing from
this raid. A single bomber started
fire visible for 30 miles at Cape
Gloucester. An Allied plane was
shot down in raids on Nabire, Dutch
New Guinea, and Saumlaki in the
Tanimbar Islands.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
AMAZON SEDIMENT

Sediment so discolors the ANA
ION river that its waters can be
detected for more than 300 miles
out at sea. The sediment runs the
course of the river, and the waters
are clear only in the tributary
streams.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22

aries of Police and Fire Depart
ments. were it not for the prin-
ciples involved and apparently the
methods used to bring about pass
age Of the measures when they
had been opposed by the city Off
Gals who would be asked 10 ad-
minister these self same changes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22

A couple of days after they
failed to land the contract to
build the new federal houses in
Waterbury, Wadhams, May and
Carey of Hartford we're awarded
job by the Bristol Housing Au-
thority. 1t calls for 100 new units
at an existing housing tract and
a 50-person dOrmitory. The Hart
ford concern bid S222.441 which
was the lowest of the Is submit
ted. BridgepOrt's CITY Construction
Company, which won the local
contract, has not as yet started
work on the Long Hill site, but
officials indicated a week ago
that equipment would be shifted
here before the first of June. In
cidcntally war housing is very
much to the front as publir
tOpih, what with people every
where tearing their hair to get a
suitable location in which they
may last out the war.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22

Connecticut men serving with
the armed forces are assured Of
plenty Of smokes in the near fu-
ture, thanks to the public's gener-
osity and the cooperative effort of
the Connecticut State Guards and
the Connecticut Restaurant asso-
citation. The goal is 100000
cigarettes. The necessary expense
will be betrayed through the do
nations of nickels, dimes and
quarters and even half-dollars and
dollars placed in receptacles now