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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25

overseas under the AEF, Mrs. 70.
binson has lived through tense
years Of the japanese invasion and
the subsequent occupation Of Picking
and Tingchow.
Born In Bergen, Norway, MRS.
Robinson came TO the United States
with her family ct nine years Of age
and Lived In Concord, Mass. She
attended the Concord High school
and earned her r. N. at the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital. After two
years professional work she went to
France with the A. e. r. (Massachu-
sets General Unit and for nearly
two years during the first World
War was located at Bordeaux. Later
she was connected with the Veter-
ans Hospital In Boston.
In 1923 she married DR.. Hugh L.
Robinson, now head Of the Lu Ho
Hospital in Tungchow, North China.
and two years later sailed with him
to that land. For Ave years the Rob.
insons lived In Lintsing, an interior
station Of the Board, but after re-
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went to Tungchow, which is -
miles east Of Picking.
The care of her home, a husband
and four lively children would seem
to be q sufficient Job for any woman
but Mrs. Robinson also has taught
English at Flu Yu School, as well
as acted as teacher to her own chill
dren and some of the neighbors.
Her nurses training has stood her
In good stead. She has done dia-
gnostic classification Of the LII Ho
records and has spent days ct q
time giving incubation against cho-
lera.
Perhaps right now we who are
behind the Chinese doctors and
nurses, and their less skilled but
equally indispensable helpers, have
a bigger duty than ever to keeT
ourselves awake and up and doinG
In order that our service to oul
neighbors who suffer so much neec
never cease" says Mrs. Robinson.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25

expected about October 10 In
Aroostook.
ENGINEERS TO RESCUE
The Farm Security Administra-
ton, determined to see Its bor-
rowers get out Of the red and to
protect Its investment in them,
sent It's engineers into the county.
It sent them there to revive for
gotten system Of pit storage,
which had flourished decades ago
before huge commercial storage
houses and private construction
had become common.
Before plans were perfected, a
half-dozen huge, power-driven
shovels were rumbling north over
the Maine highways. The state
had loaned them to meet the emer-
gency.
It's all over now. With their for.
tunes on rails, In storage houses or
buried warm and deep In the earth,
Aroostock residents gather to talk
Of the most hectic season within
their memory.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
Biggest TRANSFORMING" Job
Saves Names Potato Surplus
HARVEST ARMY WINS ITS BATTLE, BUT BUMPER CROP
SWAMPS WAREHOUSES AND BUSY TRANSPORT LINES

~ NEA SERVICE

Pressure Isle, Me-, oct. 20-Men-
aced BY the advance Of cold wave
from the Arctic, short on labor, en-
barrasei for barrels, woefully waI1t-
ing In storage SPACE, with too little
truck transportation and rail facil-
tiles available too late, the potato
people In this northeastern corner
Of the United States have just been
through the fight Of their lives
and they won It,
Their purse fol the victory is a
record-srnashing crop OF more than
100000 bushels Of potatoes
about one-eighth Of the nations
production.
Aroostook, the biggest county east
Of the Mississippi and producer OF
about 80 per cent Of Names tre-
mendous potato crop, yielded a.
100000 bushels last year.
But this year they planted po-
tatoes right UP to the doors, and
the crop was almost doubled.
with government support-prices
at sass q barrel, that means un-
precedented wealth. for the coun-
ty.
Such prosperity couldn't hap
pen TO people needing 1t more.
Tickle markets during the last
is years and undependable grow
ing conditions had put Aroostook
County into hook to every agency
that would lend farmers money.
About 10 per cent Of the county's
farm owners and 80 per cent OF
the part owners were heavily
mortgaged when the last census
was taken.
HUGE YIELD PROMISED
Early in September 1t was EVIL
dent that the potato lands were
pure pay dirt. The tremendous
tubers averaged 20, 30 and some.
times 10 barrels more per acre than
last year. And the acreage itself
had been increased rer cent.
The War Food Administration,
which through FSA and its Office
OF Labor, had shuttled armies OF
migrant workers into labor shorS-
age areas throughout the nation
during the summer, nlobilized
what manpower 1t could muster
500 Jamaicans who had spent the
summer in Wisconsin, Gil Arkansas.
43s Kentuckians, 400 West Virgin
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
|KEARNEY, RYAN
CARRY ATTACK
Statements Attack Ex-
pense Of New Reservoir,
DO Nothing Govt

John J. Kearney, republican can
didate for mayor last hight again
struck out ct the local administra-
ton with the statement that 1T
ought TO DO q good project II IL Is
going to cost $4,000 more than the
contract price," Mr.. Kearney had
reference TO the Pitch reservoir the
handling Of which had been done
with inefflcency by the present adj
ministration. His latest attack came
when he was informed Of the APP
proval given the construction yes
terday by 90. Carey chief engineer
Of the FWA.
Mr.. Kearney charges that the ad-
ditional expense came from the city
hiring q contractor who did not
have sufficient experience, and did
not know how to take into consider
alton In estimating his price the
various factors that might be en-
countered.
He charges that tie extra money
the contractor Is seeking is as re-
suit principally Of the problem en-
countered after the contract had
been awarded when the builder ran
into O poor foundation that had not
been foreseen.
Malcolm PRIME, New York engin-
eer hired by the city as consultant
engineer stated that the greater part
Of the extra funds required Is as
result OF the increased costs Of ma
teital and labor as result Of the war,
and not merely because Of the
foundation conditions.
Edward M. Ryan, state chairman
Of the American Progressive party,
In O statement issued Saturday urg-
ed the support Of John J. Kearney
and his party associates.
Mr.. Ryan declared that he felt
certain that Mr.. Kearney would
hold the normal Republican votes
and add to them the votes Of other
fright thinking. intelligent voters"
Referring TO the present admin
istration as o "Do-Nothing" govern
ment Mr.. Ryan stated, when Kear-
ney Is elected words will be trans
ferred into vigorous actions"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
LOAN CAMPAIGN
BOOSTS SAVINGS
Ten Agencies Sell $751;.
100 in Bonds During
September

Given impetus by the recent
Third War Loan drive, war bond
buying took q spirited leap in Sep
tember, almost doubling the pre-
vious months sales.
A total Of 842,790 was attained
in Waterbury from 10 general buy
ing sources which did not include
purchases of special securities made
during the Third War Loan drive,
and which are issued only during
such special campaigns.
Banks led In local purchases with
the other Q general purchasing
sources following close behind. Ray
mond Tracy Of the local bond COM
mittee stated that the campaign
plus an intensified payroll deduc-
ton program aided impetus to the
months buying.
The latest figures issued the other
day by g. Horace Baldwin, assist
ant chairman Of the recent drive
showed that Waterbury attained a
total Of $l9,900,325 IN its recent
Third War Loan campaign which is
q figure some 6 million over its or
iginal quota.
The committees summary showed
independent issuers second with
@T66. 565, distributed among $751; ,625
Series e., 3T40 Series r., and sl6,-
200 Series q.
These were followed by the post
ONCE. which sold q total Of $780,
04i.25, consisting Of $i68.506.25 Sc
ries e. bonds and e62.4S5 In
stamps.
Others were: Federal Seserve,
ele0, 4a3.76, all Series =: state
theater, slO2. 1880. e64. 202.50 Series
Il and 9l7.D60 Series q: Loew's
Poll, 7l,2oo.76. Series E: credit
unions. 9a8. aSIB0; e26, 1sT.S0 Series
=. e1.700 Series r and $4,000 Be-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
LETTER OF THANKS
TO WILSON POST
Lieutenant Danan Appre.
ciatiVe of Gift of
Cigarettes

Wilson Post, American Legion,
which has been doing its part IN
keeping servicemen supplied with
cigarettes, received the following
letter from Lieut.. Franklyn Danen,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Danen, 222 Pine
St., who Is stationed with the Air
Corps ct Barksdale Field Louisiana.
1T Is with grateful acknowledge
ment Of your welcome gift that I
write TO you, my friends and neigh
bors."
"The letter written by J. @.
Hazel, your secretary and treasur-
err, and sent to me through my sis
ter was q swell surprise. Needless
to say, your choice Of O gift was
excellent and you can be sure that
! will enjoy them thoroughly.
I would like to compliment you
on the fine work you are doing in
behalf Of the men In the Armed
Forces, and also for the great work
you are doing at home"
Servicemen who received cigarets
from Wilson post included Odel
Steven. Hilbert Goodwin, Jesse
Johnson, william Mariana, Marcy
Rivers, Arthur Burke, JOSEPH
Burke, Phillip Fogg, william Klein,
william G. Rhiehart, Charles
Rhiehart, Jerome Steward, Mat
Txaew Mott, James n Wyrick, J. L.
Jordan, Henry Jones, L. Ward,
Milton Beamon, Preston Jones,
Charles Goldson, Charles r ! e,
Eric Burke, william Lee True
hart, Charles Diaz, Alexander
Graves, Jr., Walter Gomez, Hay
wood Calling, Wally Clap, Law
renee Cam, Joseph Calling, VIII
liam Nesbit, Joseph Kelley.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25

before the Fall Rally Of the Litch-
field District Council Of Women Of
the Congregati onal Christian
churches.
II November l941, Mrs. Robinson's
husband (Dr. Hugh l.. Robinson)
started to rejoin his family in Amer
lea. He reached Manila, Philippine
Islands, just after Pearl Harbor. The
first word his wife received from
him came through a passenger on
the first GRIPSHOLM in August
1912.
She learned that her husband was
allowed to stay outside the intern
ment camp, but returned regularly
to give aid to those inside. Always
cheerful, kind, and extremely hard
working, he seemed q model doctor
to the wife Of an Associated Press
correspondent who was q fellow
prisoner. Dr.. Robinson is one Of the
passengers returning home on the
second repatriation ship GRIPS
HOLM in the fall Of 1913.
A trained nurse with war service
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25

PelIegrinO LOngo, 80, who was
arrested last week on draft evas.
ion charges has been released
from New Haven county jail
under $1,000 bonds, pending .
hearing in U. 8. District Court
In the spring.
LongO who Is o native Of Italy,
explained yesterday that he pro.
tested induction because he had
not received his final citizenship
papers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
SCRAP CAMPAIGN
GETS POOR START
Only 40 Tons Collected
Here Saturday; Urgent
Appeal Made to Public

Up to last night 140 tons of Wa
terbury's quota Of 750 tons of scrap
had been collected, it is reported by
Frank Lyman, chairman Of the To-
cal drive. No pick-upS will be made
today or tomorrow on the city's
streets but Wednesday has been set
aside as a half holiday by Cover
nor Baldwin at which time the To-
cal drive will receive further i'm
petus when trucks will gather the
scrap donated by the business
houses and stores in the downtown
area.
Residents who failed to place
their foregathered scrap on the
streets in time for Saturdays coll
lection are being urged to put their
scrap in their cars and take it to a
central dumping place at the cor
ner Of West Main street, and Park
place, near the Y. M. G. A.
The figure Of 140 tons Is disap-
pointing one and far below the av-
erage that should have been at
tanned by now. Mr.. Lyman further
urges that the people Of the city
look further into the darker corners
Of their homes In the attempt to
collect ever piece Of available scrap.
no matter how small. that this es-
sential material may be gotten to
the steel mills Of the country.
Incidentally, tin cans do not come
under In the category Of scrap
metal" and win not be collected by
the trucks. Special arrangements
have been made for tin collections.
The Salvage Committee has been
observing a rth-and-south sched-
ule in this work for several months
past.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25

ians and a sprinkling Of others who
could be spared from other crops,
and rushed them into the area.
Canadian college students and
Mickmack Indians heard the call
and moved across the border. The
courty's schools were closed to
enable children to take part.
Some 600 Boy Scouts and Con-
necticut, Rhode Island and Mas
sachusetts volunteered for a month,
and hundreds Of soldiers worked
only for their Army pay.
Storage houses were filled early.
Barns bulged under pressure Of the
mountains Of spuds stored In them.
Available trains, loaded to capacity,
sped in everlengthening lines to
southern storage houses. Potatoes
were packed In spare rooms, vacant
tenant houses.-everywhere.
And still there was not enough
storage space.
Potatoes could not be left in the
field until room was found for
them. Killing frost usually is
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
AbsenteeiSm

Records on plant absentee
ism In Waterbury will be sought
by the State War ManpOwer
Commission and intensive pro-
grams for redutCOin will be
started at factories where abb
senteelsm Is greater than five
uer cent, IL Is reported. State
war Manpower Director VIII
liam J. Fitzgerald reports that
. large portion Of state firms
have not kept adequate records
and do not know the extent Of
absenteesim. Standard infOr-
nation win be requested from all
employers, Il was announced.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
Navy Day

The Kiwanis Club has invited
members Of the Rotary and Lions
Club, servicemen, and veterans to
their guests at a Joint meeting
Wednesday noon at the Elton IN
observance Of Navy Day. Several
Navy men will address the gather
ing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
Fall Congregational
Farley In Watertown
Mrs. Olga R. Robinson to Address Ltchfeld District
Council Women; Served as Nurse Overseas

WATERFOWL, oct. 2S-Leaving her
doctor husband, New England born
and bred, still carrying on In Tung-
chow, Occupied China, Mrs. Olga r.
Robinson, r. N. Of the American
Board Of Foreign Missions, return
ed to America with her children
when the Far Eastern situation be-
came tense. Mrs. Robinson Will
speak Friday, October 20, in the
WATERFOWL Congregational church
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
Truck Parts

Location Of needed truck parts
will be undertaken as q new serv-
Ice by the Office Of Defense
Transportation, according to an
announcement by John w. Ame-
lung, New Haven district manager
Of the ODT division Of motor
transport. Edward F. Cole has
been appointed as maintenance
specialist and will undertake con-
facts for truck operators who
experience difficulty in securing
parts.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
"MyStery Woman

The mystery woman" who at
tempted suicide on East Main
street last week was transferred
from st. Mary's hospital TO the
state hospital In Middletown by
police. Her condition was de.
scribed ~ improving.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25

ries @; Rowland Hughes. e2l, $50 so.
Series e: Miller and Peck, SIS
1880, Series = and Radio station
WHRY, S3.11260. Series y.
The September figure brought the
grand total for bond purchases 70
S34, S0l ,00T.l1. Banks have con-.
tribuied more than 80 per cent Of
sales with e1o.B25. 06o.70.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
Action, Camera!

A movie starring Randolph
Scott currently being filmed VIII
depict Lieut.. Col. Evans F. Carlson
Of Plymouth and his Marine Raid
ers. who made history in the foray
against the Japs on Maxim Island
and q month Of guerrilla fight
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
ODD CANINE TASTE

Lovely youngn Gail Russell, who
steps into screen big time in "The
UNLIMITED" owns o dog named
Hank. He Is o combination OF
dachshound and cocker spaniel and
he has a distressing taste for news
print. Unless carefully watched he
chews Up all her press clippings.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
- SPOTLIGHTZNG -
Brass City News

ing on Guadalcanal. The picture
will be called "Gung Ho", motto Of
the Raiders which was borrowed
by Col. Carson from the Chinese
Eighth Route Army and mean
work together"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
SAY 1T WITH MUSIC

Sacred, popular and operate mu.
sic. as sung by Bing Crosby and
Rise Stevens, win all be included
In the scene Of Leo McCarey's Par
amount production. Going My
Way?"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
ALL IN THE FAMILY

Although he can't play the role
that was written for him In 1.-THE
Story Of DR.. Wassell," De Miles
discovery Robert Preston, now a
lieutenant in the army air forces,
will be represented in the De Mile
picture by his wife, Catherine
Craig. She has just been cast In
q choice role Of the film, which
stars Gary Cooper.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-25
PARISH FESTIVAL
OPENS NOVEMBER IL

The annual parish festival Of the
Holy Name society Of the Blessed
Sacrament church viii be held on
the evenings Of Nov. IL and IL and
Nov. 10 and 20, Rev. Edward /.
Morrison, pastor, announced yester-
day. Thomas Cassidy, GranAvlew
avenue, will be chairman.
There are approximately 5000, 900
bicycles IN use on British roads.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Arts Club Begins New Season
Bv Florence Berrrman

Of March. In April there will be
Watercolors of Washington by Jo-
seph Goethe and a memorial show
Of work by Alice Barney.
Other artists with whom Miss Mil
ligan hopes to complete arrange
ments for exhibitions include Omar
Darlington, Frances Ferry, Charles
l.. Heinz of Provincetown and Edwin
Dickinson of Wellfeet. Mass. There
is also a prospect of an exhibition
from the Museum of Non-objective
Painting, New York City.
Zuelma Barc0ns Exhibition
An exhibition of monotype block
prints by Zulema Barcons, at the
Division of Graphic Arts, United
States National Museum, in the
Smithsonian Building, introduces
Washingtonians to another artist
from Latin America. But, although
she is a native of Buenos Aires.
Argentina, Miss Barcons is not
stranger to this country. She lives
in New York City and studied at
the National Academy there, as we'll
as at the Beaux Arts in Paris and
the Escuela San Fernando in Marid.
Her block prints are made by a
process which she originated, COM
prising various combinations of
monotype and block printing. The
ink is applied in several ways, to
achieve different effects. In one
group of color prints the pigment
is put on the backs, giving them
the appearance of transparencies.
Practically all of the 38 prints on
view are variations of single
theme, the nude human form. A
woman's figure, simplified and
stylized, is fitted into q circular
space about 6 inches in diameter.
1t is depicted in different positions,
crouching, kneeling or bending, with
head thrown forward or backward,
and long hair playing definite part
in the design. Miss Barcons has
given these variations fanciful
names: Snow Rain" Winter"
Sun" etc.
Many of the same designs are
printed in different ways, providing
technical variations. Delicacy OF
tints gives the color prints more ap-
peal than those done in browns or
other single colors. One design
utilizing male figure is printed as
white line block print and in one
other technique.
This exhibition. which should
prove OF most interest to students
Of graphic processes, will remain
through October "A.
Evening star., 1943-10-10


A few years ago. the city of
Juneau, Alaska, in symbolic and
probably unique gesture, dedicated
certain civic publication to Harry
De Vighne 1t seems singularly
appropriate that such a document
should be inscribed to its chief
character. the one who is bound
by invisible but dynamic forces
land by that tangible agency, the
telephone ITSELF to more names
in this list of characters than is
any other.
In publishing his "reminiscences,
which he calls THE Time of My
Life: A Frontier Doctor in
Alaska" DR.. De Vighne joins the
great and growing company Of
writing physicians. There is, Ger
tainly, an appeal in doctors
memoirs that is shared by no other
class OF autobiography. They are
instinct with humanity. and life and
death are written large in their
pages; but the real essence OF their
hold on the imagination and SYM
pathy lies in their evocation of a
powerful vicarious experience where
by we become at once sufferer and
savior and share alike the pam
and the plaudits.
Victor Heiser established the cur
rent succession with his inimitable
"An American Doctors Odyssey"
Closest in flavor and spirit to his
work is, perhaps, Hans Zinssers LAS
I Remember Him"
The battle lines Of medicine are
Evening star., 1943-10-10
The Interpreter
BIZ Philip Glib

BIZ Philip Gibbs. Doubleday,
DoranJ
Philip Gibbs, in this novel, revital-
ICES the isolationlst and interven-
zionist pre-Pearl Harbor debates,
and expresses In rather fulsome
terms Englands gratitude to Amer
lea for lease-lend and the sympa-
: thetic attitude Of this Nation in the
dark days of 1910 Like most Eng
lishnnen, he is grateful for the vari-
Gus steps which plunged America
into the cataciysm, and his admira-
ton for President Roosevelt's for
eign policy amounts to adulation.
He tells the story of John Barton,
war correspondent of the New York
Observer. who is induced to come
to America to interpret the English
character and war aims. The high
light of this assignment is "a hectic
debate between Barton and a pub
licty-seekng Senator His marriage
to Lady Ann Ede and her death in
the London blitz seem to bar further
romance, but only until he meets
Sheila O'Connor. brilliant American
harpist. On the last page, Mr.. Gibbs
springs an O. Henry finish. but it is
completely shallow and appears tc
lack any semblance Of conviction.
"A, r. K