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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
Democratic Party VIII Seek Reelection On Its Recorc
New Kick-the-Jap Boot
Introduced By Factory
Was Developed By Company Designers in Green
COIOred Canvas, Heavy Rubber SOIes

Naugatuck, March 20 "A new
"kick- the-Jap" boot, giving protec-
ton 10 our soldiers during jungle
fighting and hard mountainous
marching, was announced today by
United States Rubber Company.
The new footwear was developed
by the company's designers, work.
Ing In collaboration with Army Of.
ficers In the tropics, in order to give
our men foot protection without
heat during prolonged work In wet
jungles.
High camouflage green colored
canvas uppers protect feet and an
kles against tropical underground,
make 1t possible for boots to dry out
quickly, and withstand frequent
soakings. Heavy rubber soles with
cleats give essential ure-footedness
for mountainous marching. Thick
duck insole gives greater comfort.
Because of special lacings, boots
can be pulled on and off easily, and
worn PARKWAY open.
First work on the new boots was
started in March, l94l, at the re-
quest Of an Army officer In the
tropics who was convinced that
special footwear was needed for
jungle fighting. Shoes we're sent to
the tropics for seversa tests and
changes were made as needed. FL
nally Army officers reported that
not only were the marching effici-
ency and general comfort Of soldiers
greater, but that the jungle boots
outlasted several pairs of reguler Is
sue field shoes.
Hundreds OF thousands Of pairs OF
jungle boots have already been de-
livered, and many more are In the
making In New England plant Of
United State Rubber Company.
Rangers Drill
The Naugatuck Rangers held a
successful drill yesterday morning
at the Hop Brook golf club. There
were 81 members Of the group pres
ent. The drilling instructors were
Sgts. Clarence Murphy and Edward
Brustade Of the army. Both gave
instructive talks at the close Of the
drill.
Tomorrow night Is members of
the Rangers will drill at the Armory
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
WARRANT ISSUED
FOR AUTO DRIVER


Herbert williams. IS. colored, 1872
Platt street. failed to appear to am
Awer 10 O charge Of reckless driving
before Judge John L. Gaffney In
city court today and a warrant was
ordered for his arrest. williams was
the driver VI car which according
10 police skidded on Hamilton ave-
nue opposite the Fedeal Housing
project Saturday afternoon, striking
q stone pillar, wooden fence and
q parked car.
PatroIman John Walsh, who In
vestlgated the accident. reported
that williams said something went
wrong with the steering apparatus
as he was passing q bus and he lost
control Of his car. williams was UNI
injured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
Completes Basic Training

Charles F, Clark. %, of West
street, has completed his basic
training with the Marines and is
now taking advanced training. Be-
fore enlisting he was active In the
Naugatuck Defense Council and with
the airplane spoilers His brother,
John, is serving overseas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

Naugatuck, March 20 - Warden
Geo J. Brophy declared ct the l2th
annual duck" dinner Of the First
Ward Democratic Club held Sunday
night In the A. o. II. hall, that the
Democratic party will seek re-elec-
tion May 3 on Its record and not
on promises. The warden reviewed
the past two years OF Democratic
administration here and outlined
some plans for the coming two
years.
The warden said that the past
Two years nave proved that the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
Clam Chowder Sale

Members of the st. MichaelS
guild will sell homemade clam
chowder Tuesday between 10 a. m
and p. m. at the parish house.
Customers are requested to bring
their own containers. Advance or
ders may be placed with Mrs. De-
Forest HART.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

4 AlJnOukII 1OOu M pASH'AANai
Private Paul Johnson OF Bethlehem
who is stationed at Fort Sill, Okla,
wasting food will get fellow IN
trouble fast in the Army. Private
johnson, who recently completed
three weeks of basic training, Is
taking a lO-week course for bat
terry clerk rating, according to MS
letter.
Marine Private Howard Birch Of
Donald Terrace has been assigned
to the public relations office at the
Marine base, Paris Island, upon
completion Of preliminary training
Private Stewart Sumpf. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles r. Sumpf OF 81
Cedar avenue Is stationed at the
Naval operations base at Norfolk,
Va. He received boot training at
Paris Island and was later assigned
to Norfolk. After being discharged
from a Navy hospital at this post.
Private Sumpf spent a furlough In
this city few weeks ago.
RAYMOND p. North who Is a
former resident of waterbury. has
been stationed at Wesleyan Univer-
sity at Middletown. Conn. as an
aviation cadet In the U. s. Naval
Reserve.
Private First Class Walter Nor
denti Of 62l Meriden road is with
signal corps unit at Mitchell Field.
N. Y.
william w. Davidson. son OF Mr.
and Mrs. James Davidson OF 247
Walnut street is stationed at Fort
Devens, Mass.
After spending a weekend fur
Tough with his family, Private
James j. Fusco, son Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Jerry Ftisco OF Prospect. has
returned to his post at Fort Devens.
Mass, awaiting further assignment.
Private Joseph Kramer. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer Kramer Of
Elizabeth street, has been trans.
ferred from Camp johnson In Flor
ida to Camp Barley in Texas. Pri-
vate Kramer a graduate Of Wildly
high school and former employe OF
Benrus Company. Is attached 10 O
coast artillery unit.
Stationed at Des Moines Iowa.
Auxiliary Helen q. Abbenante Of 81
North Riverside street Is taking a
course Mt an administrative special
list school.
Preliminary training will begin
soon for Miss Dorothy lies OF 1855
Lakeyiew avenue Mt the WAAC
training center at Fort oglethorpe.
Ga.
Miss Elizabeth Schieffer. who Is
stationed at Fort Devens. Mass. has
been commissioned a second lieu
tenant IN the Army -Iurse Corps.
Lieutenant Schieffer attended Cros-
BY High school and is graduate
OF ST. Marys Hospital School OF
Nursing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
To De InsialIed

A delegate VII sent 10 Blidge-
port on THURSDAY night by the Malt
gatuck Lodge Of Eli; when for-
mer resident, james J. Kelley. VIII
be- installed as exalted ruler OF the
Park City lodge. Wien he lived ~
NaugatlIck, he was prescription
clerk ut the drug store operated by
the late Edward p Brennan and
Charles N. Freeman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

in Waterbury with the state guards.
A voluntary drill will be held We'd
nesday night at Polish-Falcon han
with Sergt. Brustade In charge. On
May 10 the Rangers will be Inc
spected by officers Of the Army at
the Hop Brook club links.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
Late Realty
NeUS

The following realty documents
were recorded at the ONCE Of the
town clerk today:
Quit Claim Deed
Anthony Tesla to Carmelia b:
Tesla. land and property on Wood
street.
Mortgage Releases
Waterbury Savings Bank to estate
OF Aaron b. Peck.
Waterbury Savings Bank to Sal.
vatore and Maria Sanford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
NOT KEEN ABOUT HORSES

San Leandro. Cal. - CUP - MRS.
Mary Mclean. aged 80. isn't so
keen about the fact that the coun-
try has been obliged to return to
the horse and buggy days. Of which
she had ample as a girl. While
carefully working her way across
the street between moving auto
mobiles she was knocked down and
badly injured by q runaway horse
to which she was no longer accus-
toned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
CAPTAIN FLINT
WILL INTERVIEW
Those Interested in Be.
coming Air Cadets In.
vited to ElkS Hall

Naugatuck. March 29.-Command-
ing officer of the New Haven induc-
ton center, Captain Raymond W.
Flint, will be at the Elks' hall on
Wednesday evening to interview
young men interested In becoming
air cadets. Those other members
Of the board will also be present:
Capt. Foley, Lieut.. r. J. Donnelly
recorder. and Lieut.. I. /. Ginsburg,
induction officer. The meeting has
been arranged by the Naugatuck
Aviation committee OF which Ralph
S. Pasho Is chairman.
Mr.. PaSho announced that sew
eral young men have recently passed
the mental test for the Army Avia-
ton Corps. and have passed one
physical examination this week at
the air base at Windsor Locks.
The enlistment In the Air Forces
Reserve Is now possible for boys Of
II. Men between the ages Of IS and
20 may make application for avia-
ton cadet training. The IT.
year olds who are accepted. will
not be called into active service un-
til they are 10. Those between 10
and 26 may get application blanks
from either Mr.. Pasho or william
J. Lalor. secretary Of the Naugatuck
aviation committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

Because trained nurses are taking
Jobs In munition plants. hospitals
OF Australia have a serious nurse
shortage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

Black marketing cost 81 people
In Normandy $4,000 In fines
: last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

NIcaraguas labor shortage Is
reducing It's coffee production
this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
FireInen Kent Busy

F1remen were called out three
times Sunday afternoon to prevent
a brush fire In the Little Italy"
section from spreading to houses IN
the section. Plenty of water was
used to wet the ground near the
houses and infiammable material
was swept away to keep the flames
from the houses. Sunday morning
the department was called to the
Monroe home in Millville to extin.
guish a chimney fire. There was no
damage.
Naugatuck. March 29-Miss Jane
Garrick of Pleasant View street. Is
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Garrick. She Is a student
at the University Of Connecticut.
Willard e. Bittle and Henry Rob-
bins of Woonsocket, r. l.. former
residents are visiting friends here.
Pvt. Henry Furs, who Is stationed
at Camp Belvoir, Va. Is spending
furlough with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Julius Furs Of 81 Crown street.
Pvt. John Haigh has returned to
Elgin Field. Fla, after visiting his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Haigh
Of Elmwood street.
Miss Rosemary McDonough, a
student at the College Of New
Rochelle, New Rochelle. N. Y. is
visiting her father. Judge John r.
McDonough of Millville Ave.
Miss COlette Peterson, q student
at Simmons college. Is spending the
spring vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Harry Peterson
OF Mlllville avenue.
Pvt. Edward Schrull. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Schrull OF Cherry
street extension. has arrived at the
University of Buffalo to take q FIVE
months course after which he will
be appointed an Army aviation
cadet.
PFC. Walter YackowskI Is SPEND
ing a furlough with his mother. MRS.
StefIie Yackowski OF Ward street.
He Is stationed at Camp Maxey.
Tex.
Miss Anna Dillon. of Cherry street
Is a patient at st. Mary's hospital.
where she recently underwent an
operation for appendicitis.
Sofia, Bulgaria. plans TO provide
| ammo new teIenhone lines this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

"You don't need a calendar tub
know Spring is here. Noticed
where q Teller wuz advertizin'
in tn personals column fer q
handsome wilder NV means tub
be a pal. He said he had no
objection tuh matrimony. ] told
Gil Feeney bout it. Under tn
circumstances, who would?' he
Sez."
DOIN'S ROUND TOWN
MONDAY. March Goth:
Annual card party of the Wa
terbury Public Speaking club
at 8 o'clock at the Central Y.
M. c. A.
Easter seal sale for the bene-
fit OF the Connecticut Society
for Crippled Children. Inc,
sponsored by the Waterbury
lodge of Elks. Sale continues
through Eastern Sunday.
TUESDAY, March 3Oth:
Alec Templeton. renowned
pianist-composer. in a concert
recital at Buckingham hall.
BIS p. m. Sponsored by the
Fine Arts Series for the benefit
of Bundles for America"
Tickets at McCoy's.
FRIDAY. April End:
Third annual minstrel show Of
the junior choir Of Second
Congregational will be held at
8 o'clock in the church. Bene.
fit OF United China Relief.
The choir Of First Methodist
church will give a concert at
8:I5 in the church school
auditorium.
SATURDAY. April 3rd:
Chase Foremen's Association
will hold "foodless' banquet
at Temple nall.
"As long as we're gittin'
personal - I got a weakness fer
givin' out advice. An most folks
agree when ] advise 'em tub
use Cashln's Homogenized Milk.
Now that canned foods are ra-
toned most women are dom
more Nv their own cookin'-afi'
let re tell you right here that
there's nothin' like Cashin's
Homogenized Mix fer maxim
tn richest. fastest cream soups.
puddin's an all other recipes
where milk is needed Start
solvin' your ration problems
t'day with Cashin's Mix"
ZEKE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

According TO word received by Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Smolenski. 90
Spring street. their son. Pvt. Edward
Smolenski, has been promoted to the
rank of sergeant. He Is with the
ordnance corps and Is stationed at
Camp Carson. Colo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

Pvt. william Jepson, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. J. n. Jepson of Cherry
street, who was wounded In action
at Guadalcanal, Is reported 10 be
In a good condition Of Letterman
hospital. San Francisco. Cal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29
News Of Service Men

According to cards received by his
friends here, Sergt. Ellwood r. Har-
per Of Barnum, Court. Is now sta
toned In Tunisia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-29

Sofia. Bulgaria. plans TO provide
$4,000 new telephone lines this year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Green Asks Secretary HulPs Aid
To Protect Jews in Hitler's Europe
POWER HOUSE LOT
DONATED TO CITY

An eight-acre tract in Lindenwald,
known as the power house lot, has
been donated to the city for park pur-
poses by the Hamilton City Lines, Inc,
operators of the city bus system,
Council was informed last Monday
night.
A communication from William l..
Butler, chairman of the board, stated
that the lot was being presented free
and clear of all encumbrances "to in
sure preservation of the property for
a playground or other public purposes
forever"
Joseph Bowman, manager of the
Hamilton City Lines, told Council the
company purchased the lot from the
receivers of the Cincinnati & Lake
Erie Railroad Company from funds
received through the growth of war
time traffic.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
POLITICAL ACTION
is IMPERATIVE

The legislative front today presents
gloomy picture. State legislatures
have produced, in the past year,
bumper crop of reactionary laws, and
the national Congress has been almost
as bad Though its legislation directed
toward the winning of the war has
been consistently well-considered and
effective, it has sabotaged all efforts
to build up a solid home front econ
somy and to prepare for postwar con-
ditions.
Labor can do much to stop this
wave of Congressional reaction.
Union members must be stimulated to
take an active part in political affairs,
to work whole e-heartedly for the cleo
tion of truly representative legisla-
tors and to check constantly on their
post-election records. If organized Ia
Dor will join with the legitimate farm
ing interests, with consumer organiza-
tions, with all the common people of
this nation, it can put into Office a
Congress that will truly represent the
American people. The future of our
unions may well depend upon such
action on the political front.-ALPA.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
TWO MAIN PROBLEMS
MUST BE FACED

On the home front, there are two
main problems which must be solved;
first, maximum production; second,
equitable distribution. The pressure
of the war has led us, SO far, to con-
centrate on the first, and to tend to
ignore the second.
But what of the people who do this
producing? Their interests have been
shamefully overlooked, when they
have not been actually abused. Special
interest groups, with enormous infiu-
ence in Congress and in the press,
have strived without ceasing, and have
far too often succeeded, in foisting on
the American people laws, rules and
regulations which react to the bene-
fit of their own distinct groups, and
to the detriment of the public as a
whole.-ALPA.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08

savagery against the Jews and other
peoples; that as each of these Grim
inal deeds is committed, it is being in
vestigated, and evidence is relentless
ly being piled up for the purposes of
justice.
American labor seeks no mass re-
prisalS against the enslaved people of
Germany. But the murderers of our
fellow human beings, the ring-leaders
and their aides, must be named, appre-
hended, and tried in accordance with
the judicial process of criminal law
We appeal to our Government to warn
the German people to refuse openly
to be identified with the cruelties per-
petrated by their leaders and members
of their armed forces, against the
Jews, and to expose all those guilty
of these crimes, lest the German peo-
pie themselves be regarded as part
ners of the Nazi criminals.
"Only thus will German honor be
saved.
"At the same time, we appeal to the
Government of the United States to
do all that is humanity possible, and
consistent with our successful prose
cution of the war, to bring immediate
aid and succor to the Jews in the
Nazi-occupied countries. The Jews in
the ghettos can no longer be regarded
as civilians. They are prisoners of
war, and should be legally regarded
as such. Ways and means must be
found to feed the hungry men, women,
and children who are doomed to a
death of starvation. We also appeal to
our Government and to the govern
ments of the United Nations, to admit
to all territories under their control
Jewish refugees who may succeed in
escaping from the Nazi hell. Now is
the time to salvage those Jewish peo-
pie who are still alive and who can
still be saved.
American labor, on it's part, in
answer to the mass horror that is
being inflicted on our brothers in
Europe, pledges again to use all it's
efforts in the future, as it has done
in the past, for the complete destruc-
tion of the enemies of democracy and
its legions of death. We shall fight
on until our enemies have surrendered
Internationally"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Gas System Off the Cuff

Russell P. Price, city manager in
formed council members Monday
night that the gas distribution system
now was free of Indebtedness for the
first time since it's establishment so
years ago.
Final liquidation was accomplished
automatically when the city issued a
check to the Citizens Savings Bank
and Trust Company for $5,1O6.25,
representing the remainder of the out
standing debt. Identity of the last
bondholder was not disclosed.
The original debt of $655, ,727.27 was
liquidated through profits from the
plant, Price said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
Secretary Hull Asks Other Countries To Give Refugees
Admittance To Their Countries and Aid And
Protection From Hitler's Henchmen

Washington, D. C.-At conference
with Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
AFL President William Green urged
the Government warn Hitler that his
Nazi stooges will be punished for their
wholesale execution and persecution
of the Jews of Europe.
At the same time, Mr.. Green ap-
pealed for the relief of Jewish refu-
gees by any and all means possible.
He was accompanied in his visit to
the State Department by President
David Dubinsky, of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union;
Adolph Held, Chairman of the Jewish
Labor Committee and J. Raymond
Walsh, representing the CIO.
A joint statement presented to
Secretary Hull said:
"Adolph Hitler has solemnly warned
the civilized world that should the
Nazi hordes face defeat, they will not
leave a single Jew alive in their re-
treat. The same dictum of terror has
been made by DR.. Joseph Goebbels,
the voice of Hitler, and by Robert Ley,
his henchman in the destruction of
the free German labor movement.
"Today Hitler stands on the brink
of defeat. Italy has surrendered un-
conditionally; on the Eastern Front
the Nazis are crumbling; the German
legions are in retreat everywhere.
"Free American labor, which feels
a kinship with the victims of Nazi
terror, has been horror-stricken by
slaughter being carried on against the
Jews.
"We, therefore, take this occasion
to urge the Government of the United
States to warn-through short-wave
radio and all other available means
of communication-all those guilty of
aiding the Nazi leaders in their in
human campaign of exterminating the
defenseless Jewish population of Eu-
rope, that they will be held account
able as war criminals, and will be pun
ished for every innocent life they have
taken.
"In the years of his rule, Hitler has
destroyed millions of Poles, Russians,
Serbs, Czechs, Frenchmen, and Greeks
and has laid waste cities and towns.
But, for the Jews Of Europe, the Nazis
have prepared a special doom: total
determination.
"Time and again the desperate cry
of the Jews languishing in the ghet-
tos, death-chambers, and concentra-
tion camps have reached us here. Time
and again the President of the United
States, the Secretary of State, and
Americans of all walks of life, of all
creeds and colors, have declared their
revulsion at the abominable crimes
perpetrated by the Nazis upon de-
fenseless people. But to no avail.
"The United States, therefore, must
warn the German people that the
United Nations have decided to estab-
lish the identity of those Germans
who are responsible for the acts of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-10-08
LABOR DEMANDS
GRADE LABELLING
in PRICE CONTROL

Columbus.-A fve-state o. P. A.
Conference held here Sunday, Septem-
ber &c, heard vigorous demands by
Labor that subsidy program and
grade labelling be essential parts of
any national price control program.
About 700 representatives from all
branches of Labor, in Ohio, Michigan,
Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia,
including the Ohio State Federation of
Labor, were in attendance.
Phil Hannah, Federation Secretary
and principal Labor speaker at the
meeting, declared that 'Labor's pur-
pose is clear; the urgent needs of war
demand complete stabilization of the
war economy This requires, as insep-
arabic lements, wage stabilization and
price stabilization. We already have
wage freezing, and we must also have
complete price freezing. This means
that prices must be rolled back to
September Is, 1912, and kept there" J"
The delegates to the conference
came out strongly for subsidy pro-
gram which would be check on prof.
teering, grade labelling, continued rent
control, and dollars and cents ceilings
on all costs of living items at the
September Is, 1912, level.
1t was pointed out that Labor's
chief task in securing price stabiliza-
tion is to see that the public is well
informed on all phases of program
calling for printed petitions summar-
izing price control demands, to be
signed and sent to congressional
representatives; public meetings with
congressman in attendance; use of
neighborhood Labor headquarters in
organizing demands for proper price
control and cooperation with farmers
in solving manpower and machinery
problems.
Besides Secretary Hannah, Boris
Shiskin, A. F. of L. economist, Wash
ington, also spoke for the American
Federation of Labor.
Included among O. P. A. represent
atives were Robert Brooks, head of
the Labor Division in Washington and
Burkett Williams, Regional o. P. A.
Director, Cleveland.