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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
CONTINUED COLD WEATHER LOOMS
Evacuation of Residents From HeatIess Homes
 Expected Shortly

Boston, Jan. 6. - (UrD - The weather bureau forecast continued cold weather today and tonight and Executive Director J. Wells Farley of the Massachusetts public safety committee warned that evacuation of residents from heatless homes may become necessary at any hour.
 Farley's announcement came shortly after State Emergency Fuel Conservator Thomas F. Sullivan re. ve.Lled that the kerosene supply in the Boston area was at its lowest point of the winter and all reserve stocks had been consumed.
 The continued cold, he said, will make the serious situation much more acute.
 There are no more reserves on hand" Sullivan sasd. we are de. pendent entirely on day-to-day tank car shipments which are insufM- cient to meet our daily demand and which are subject to delays caused by weather and defective tank car equipment"
 The lack of kerosene was the most serious problem today in the ever shifting fuel oil picture, but the supplies of bunker oil still were critically short. The Navy agreed to release a total of 10000 barrels from reserve stocks in the greater Boston area, but that was not ex- pected to be much help as the nor- nial requirement. of heavy fuel in the area Is 24,OOO barrels day.
 Boston University already had closed one building to have oil supp plies and other schools were plan- ming similar conservation measures.
 Mayor Maurice J. Tobin of Bos- ton, regional rationing executive El- don Q. Ghorp and Regional OPA Di- rector Kenneth B. Backman left for Washington last night to see if they could stimulate oil shipments to New England.
 They will present to federal ofi1- cials the result of an emergency con- ference on the possibility of evacua- tion.
 'Th!s is not any place for talk ing" Farley said after the confer- ence. "You can't burn words, ration coupons or statistics. It's perfect nonsense for anyone in responsible positions to try to evade the fact that we are confronted with Q very serious situation"
 The seriousness of the situation was underscored !. y the fact that nearly ell cities in the state have made plans to evacuate any person unable to obtain fuel for his home.
 Schools, public buildings, and pri- vate agencies all were prepared to handle any shivering resident while public safety oflcials canvassed pri- vate homes to obtain lists of per- sons willing to shelter less fortunate neighbors.
 we are not going to evacuate anybody unless they ask for aid first" Farley said, "but we are ready to care for them if they seek shel- ter"
 Ofncials continued pleading for oil consumers to convert to coal and Fuel Co-O Ordinator Harold L. Ickes announced in Washington that scarcity of anthracite is not Q valid reason for not switching. Sufficient hit,lminous coal can be shipped to New England to meet all demands, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
PROGRAM PREP ARE
 FOR 'OLD-TIMERS'

"Old Timers Night" will be ob- served next Tuesday. evening by members of the Holy Name Society bf the Church of the Blessed Sacra- znent. Past presidents of the so- eiety will be among the honored guests of the occasion. A special program of entertainment, followed by refreshments, has been prepared Ay the committee of arrangements. Z President Thomas P. Cassidy has issued a general invitation to all members to attend the meeting. The 1Eiddlebury Changers will be pre- aented as one of the several feat ifres of the bill of entertainment.
 A prominent veteran of World War No. 2 win be the principal speaker of the evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06

Three local men who were accused of taking 9i4 from John OberSt of Nnugatuck last Nov. 20 were sen- 1tnced Co six months in jail by 3udge Frank P. McEyoy in superior court yesterday afternoon after they pleaded guilty to the theft. The men, who were charged with using violence in committing the crime, nfe Jeremiah Moriarty, 47, of 256 EIOuth Main street, Jeremiah Phelan 42, of So Union street, and Martin D;Ieary, 42, of indefinite address. Several other cases were disposed of Ak the afternoon session.
 Police recovered the money taken hp the three men. The victim had caElaed an old-age pension check and was walking on Scovill street when nd was attacked.
 M Three Months
 Esrnest Wooster, 40, of Naugatuck, pleaded guilty to charge of charge of breaking and entering and was sentenced to three months in jail. He was accused of breaking into a tavern in Naugatuck Dec. "A and taking $15 in cash.
 A suspended sentence of three months in jail was imposed upon Frank Pugliese, 2S, of 217 Bank street after he pleaded guilty to pool selling. He was ordered to pay court costs and was placed on probation for a year. Conductor of a football lottery, he was arrested Dec. 3 after some of his customers" conn plained they failed to receive returns due them.
 Frederick E. Corey, 18, of 257 Will low street, and Haraden E. Demirs, 10, of GA Scovill street, were granted indefinite continuanceS. Corey pleaded to four counts of breaking and entering and to 6 charge of theft of a motor vehicle, while Dem- 4rs pleaded guilty to two charges of breaking and entering. The youths who were connected with the ",Vest- port gang were accused of a series of thefts in the Waterbury area. A eas station in Prospect was among the places ransacked by the accused. Corey also was charged with taking a car from 6 used car garage on Watertown avenue. Sentences were put of to allow the youths to ob-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
VICTORY HOUSE
 RADIO STATION
Programs to Be Presented to Boost Stamp, War
 Bond Campaign Here

Starting January 9th at Victory House a hroadcAsting service known as the Vistory House Broadcasting Service will start on a venture oi broadcasting to the downtown pub- lic every Saturday for the winter and then every winter for the dtira. ton. This Is supervised by the WsH Savings Ohice on LeavenwUrth street. The broadcasting service was established to promote the sales If War Bonds and Stamps among he merchants and public. Tho truadcaSting will be presented from 11:0O a. m. to 6:O0 p. m. inclusive with various programs such as news, music, etc. The programs will ba presented by merchants just as 8 radio station presents them. but for the merchants to obtain the time they must first buy War Bonds and Stamps or else give the amount that their stafH and personnel invests in War Bonds on the 10% plan, If the mount Is, for instance, $500 then the merchant will receive $500 in program time.
 The officials of the victory House Broadcasting Service includes Roy Schwartz, program and production director; Bennett Klamkin, an- nouncing and record director: Mor. ton Kramer, chief announcer: Jane De Pietro, business director: Eugene Suagnola, news and material editor. The aH1nouncers are Morton Kramer, Roy Schwartz, Bennett Klamkin, Eugene Spagnola. War Bonds and Stamps sales at Victory House, which will continue from 12:OO until 500 includes Herman Shore and Angelo Forinico.
 Special recordings have been ob. tained from Waterbury's WATR and also news bulletins from their news room will be presented.
 The programs of the day include news at HOO. 100, 800, 500. and 5:56. Also music pro0rain at 11:15. l2:45, 1:l5, 200, 2:30. 3:15, S:45 straight through to 4:30 and 5:1S and 5:3O.
 Other special programs will be included at 11:S0, 12:30, 1880, BIAS, 3:30, 4:45, etc.
 Programs will also be presented over a radio hook up to the plb- lie address system eEninating from local and network station.
 So if you happen to be downtown Saturday and hear '"This iS the vic- tory House Broadcasting Service" or 'sThiS Is Victory House" you should know well where 1t is coun- ing from.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
c. Y, o. Chairman

ters the initial discussion of the season should be a very interesting. cen. The affirmative will be taken by the Church of the Blessed Sac- rament speakers.
 Although many of its male mem bers are now serving Uncle Sam in various branches of the armed forces the Ci.y Council of the c. Y. O. as well as the educational com- mittee of the Knights of Columbus have decided to "carry on" during the emergency period. The tourna- ment has become recogn' zed throughout the state as an annual institution. The Department of Ed ucation in Washington, D. c. has listed the event among the various public educational forums of the nation.
 Sixteen c. o. teams, represent ing as many local parishers. will compete for the James F Arnold Memorial trophy now held by St. Lucy'S chap.er. Previous winners of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06

Jan. 27-Socialsm and the Right to Private Property.
 Feb. 3-Union Leadership and Finances.
 Feb. 1O-The Closed Shop.
 Feb. 17-The Ideal of Industrial Democracy.
 Three new members of the fac- ulty will take over the classes in Parliamentary Law and Public Speaking, with Attorney John Greco in charge of the Parlia. mentary Law class at g o'clock each Wednesday and Joseph M. Sullivan and John R. Clark con- ducting the classes in public speaking.
 The classes are free and all in- terested may attend. New inem- bers may enroll for the second term tomorrow evening,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
CYO Teams To Meet
 In Opening Debate
Fifth Annual Tournament for Arnold Memorial Trophy
 Opens in K. of C. Hall Tomorrow Evening

Government control of public util- ities during the war emergency will be discussed by Catholic Youth Or- agnization speakers tomorrow eve- ming in Knights of Columbus hall when the fifth annual debating tour nanent opens under the joint di- rection of the c. Y. o. and the K. of c.
 The co1tending teams will be St. Francis Xavier's and the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Tn view of the previous records of both chap
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
HEDY LAMAR SUES
 STUDIO FOR SALARY

Hollywood. Jan. 6--(UP)- Hedy Lamar is suing her studio for the part of her salary the government won't let it pay her only because she wants to pay her taxes herself
 She isn't mad at anyone and has no objection to a e25. GOO limitation on her salary. she said today tn ex- planning the suit she filed yesterday against Loewis, Inc, to force the company to pay her the full amount of her contrnct- 900 a week for 60 weeks or e80O00.
 It was the first court test of fhe order of Economic Director James P. ByFnes limiting individual iil- comes to 425, GOO c year after ali taxes have heen paid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06

The second session of Water bury's Catholic Labor school will open this evening at the Water bury Catholic high school. The school which is a chapter of the Diocesan Labor Institute will be in session each Wednesday eve- ming for the next seven Wednes- days.
 Glasses on Labor Problems and Practices will be continued by Rev. Joseph Donnelly, the direc- tor of the school, and the follow ing schedule of subjects has been arranged:
 Jan. 6-Short History of the American Labor Movement.
 Jan. Communism, Nazism and Fascisn in brief.
 Jan. 20--C Communism and Union Labor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06

city championships in debating have been the church of the Immaculate Conception, Church of the Blessed Sacrament. St. Joseph's and St. Lucy's. Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded annually to the individual members of the three winning teams.
 All debates are open to the gen. eral public.
 Alex Mole, president of the c. Y. o. Council is directing activities for his organization, while Grand Knight Cronan is chairman ex-of- ficio of the K. of o. educational committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
ANSONIA PRIVATE
 DROWNS IN LYNN

Lynn, Mass, Jan. 6. (UP)-Pvt. Michael Molski, 24, of Ansonia, Conn, drowned in Lynn harbor early today when he fell through the ice in back of Central Fire headquarters apparently while en- route to Fort Hickman, Nahant, where he was stationed.
 Firemen heard the victims cries as he broke through the snow-cov- cred Ice and pulled the body from the harbor with grappling irons. Molski had left the Fort early last evening on an authorized pass and in the company of five other sol- dierS.
 4 board of army onicers isinvesti- ing the death.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06

The armed forces will enroll TO- 900 young men 6 month out of about 1900 900 who reach the age of l0 next year, according to estimates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06

Connecticut's first baby of 1943, born at 30 seconds past midnight at the Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, earned $50 before he was a minute old. And he was right on hand to claim his rights when 1t came to collecting.
 Above, tiny Warren Ellsworth Endriss, is shown with his mother, Martha (Helbig) Andriss, of 59 Piper road, Hamden, getting his little fist tightly clasped around one corner of the $50 War Bond
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
SUPPLEMENTAL GAS
 OK. TO LIVERY MEN

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 6.-(UP)- The state public utilities commission today informed holders of livery cDmmuter permits in Connecticut that the OPA has approved grant, ing of supplemental gasoline rations to these holders in the!r legitimate travels.
 The commission said 1t had re- ceived some complaints from hold CTS of these permits that lccal ration hoards were turning down appeals for supplemental gas rations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06

Buenos Aires. Anger tina, has a Nnmen's hockey league.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
Conversion Problem

Now let's consider the conversion problem of the hcme owner who is now using oil. The rationing registration for home fuel oil indi- cates that more than three hundred thousand homes in the state use either fuel oil or kerosene for heat- ing and cooking. One-third of these homes have central oil-heat- ing equipment which distributes the heat tot he various rooms by steam or hot air. The remaining two
Evening star., 1943-09-09
90 Big for Us"

From the London Daily Express
Anglo-Saxon war power was planned
under the shadow of defeat. 1t grew up
amid reverses. 1t set its targets higher
under the twin and simultaneous blows
Of Tobruk and U-boat sinkings. The
resolves formed in these dark days are
expressed in action and weapons now.
They smite the Italians with fire and
steel. They numb the elite of the Ger
man Army itself into surrender in
Tunisis. The italian staff officer throws
up his hands as he describes the invasion
and his surrender. I'VE knew it was
too big for U.s." he says. Whatever strange
developments the course of invasion Of
Southern Italy may reveal, we shall not
build hopes Of future successes in Italian
change OF heart. These people re ioice
now when their Blackshirt tyranny is
overthrown. But they are not risking
their own necks to overthrow 1t. Let us
look at our own efforts and the skill
of our own fighting men who are smash
ing the evil power that for two decades
has kept Italians in this abject state
Let us pile up the weapons and harden
our resolve, SO that the blows yet to come
upon the Germans shall seem to them
as overwhelming and irresistible as the in
vasion feet seemed to the Italian COM
manders on the beaches of Sicily.
Evening star., 1943-09-09
Boeinq Puy Rates

The decision of the War Labor
Board to approve new pay rates in
the plants of the Boeing Aircraft
Company at Seattle and Renton,
Washington, marks another step in
the as yet Intellectual effort to solve
the manpower problem without a
national service act.
The Boeing plants, which turn out
hard-hitting Flying Fortresses, are
located in areas of acute labor short
age, and they also have suffered
from the loss of workers who have
quit their jobs for higher pay in
other industries. The result has
been slump in production of the big
bombers.
In the hope Of contributing some
thing toward correcting this labor
condition, the WLB has approved
pay increases which go we'll beyond
the IS per cent limitation of the
Little Steel formula. Plainly the
boards purpose is to offer q special
monetary inducement to Boeing
workers and, even though it may
meet with some success in this in
stance, such policy can only be
expected to stimulate discomfort
among other workers engaged on
vital war jobs, and who also feel
that they ought to be making more
money.
This move by the WLB fits into the
general picture of the effort by the
War Manpower Commission to solve
the labor problem by indirect meth
DDS. First there is an effort to coerce
men into taking war jobs Then
comes an attempt to hold out some
special inducement. And the net
result falls far short of any real or
permanent solution In fairness, 1t
should be pointed out that neither
the WLB nor the Manpower Com
mission is responsible for this state
OF affairs. Neither agency shapes
the policy of this administration,
and each is doing the best 1t can
! with the poor tools ut hand. But
Evening star., 1943-09-09
The FIGHT Goes On

In time of victory, no less than In
time of defeat, 1t is essential to cling
to sense Of proportion, to remember
that war is a slow process and that
q true evaluation of the struggle is
not to be found in the good news or
the bad news of single day or
week.
This Is period OF good tidings
On all fronts the battle is going in
our favor, and the announcement
OF Italys capitulation gives q tre-
mendous lift to the spirits of the
American and British peoples. But,
as the President has suggested this
victory, great as 1t is, does not herald
the end of the war, and all of us
should be careful not to magnify its
Importance in relation to the true
picture Of the conflict as q whole.
In this connection 1t may be helpful
to 60 back one year, to September
OF 1912. That was q month OF un-
warranted pessimism In this country.
The Germans were still .hammering
away at Stalingfad, and many Amer
leans were ready to concede the loss
OF the great city on the Volga. The
Allied victory at El Alamein was still
In the future, and uninformed specu-
lation was turning on the none-too-
bright prospects Of stopping the
Afrika Korps short of Suez. High
administration officials were telling
us that we should damn well under
stand" that we might be losing the
war.
Now, a year later, we can see that
the gloomy events of that month
preyed unduly on our minds. The
outlook, to be sure, was not bright.
but neither was 1t as dark as we
permitted ourselves to believe. Those
who yielded to pessimism simply
were lacking in sense OF proportion.
The danger is that victory, In its
own way, will have similar effect
on our attitude toward the war.
Certainly, the fall of Italy and the
successes on other fronts, justify q
frm belief that the tide has turned
In our favor. 1t seems unlikely that
either Germany or Japan ever again
will be able to muster enough
strength to threaten. seriously any
vital position that we now hold. And
yet, even assuming this, it by no
means follows that we should take an
early victory for granted.
As the President said last night.
"our ultimate objectives in this war
continue to be Berlin and Toxic"
And II the Germans and the japanese
fight to the end the taking of those
objectives will be long, bitter and
costly job.
In September Of 1943 no less than
in September of 1912, we have need
OF a sen/e of proportion.
Evening star., 1943-09-09
Air-Minded

In peace, though the air was al
ways with us. it was never utilized to
the fullest extent. True. it was
justly popular for breathing. 1t also
came in handy at filling stations,
where small amounts were trapped
and kept in captivity under restless
pressure for the convenience of
patrons with Debated tires. Small
use was made of the air for trans
portation. Now, in war, we are air.
minded as never before, and not
solely for strictly military operat tions.
The atmosphere has other uses, only
now opening up.
For example, take the case of a
Camden IS. c. fisherman, who,
armed with fly rod, whipped Her
mitage Lake in vain. Cast after cast
he made, covering every square foot
of the lake, until even the fish were
tired of seeing his lures. Evidently
they were too smart to be fooled. AS
the saying goes, there were no flies
on the fish, and. by the same token,
no fish on the flies. In desperation,
the angler deserted one element and
went to another. He cast a fly into
the air, and reaped prompt dividends
In the form of fat duck, which he
reeled in after game fight. The
fisherman Is reported as still going
around in a daze. In the odd situa-
tion OF scarcely being able to believe
his own story. II he Is q true angler,
however. he will get over that. and
In time will even be telling his
friends that that was q mere trifie,
and they should have seen the size
Of the eagle that got away.
Evening star., 1943-09-09

the fact remains that those of US at
home are not producing the war ma
terials that we should be producing
for the men at the front, and, in
turn, this production failure traces
back to inadequate manpower con-
trolls. There are those who hope and
believe that the latest steps an
nounced by Director Byrnes Of the
Office of War Mobilization will bring
a satisfactory solution. But If this
is not the case, and there seems to be
little basis for optimism in this re-
spect, then, surely, it will be time for
the President and Congress to get
behind national service act, which
would impose legal obligation on
all men to serve their country where
they are needed.
Evening star., 1943-09-09

then In the Siberian expedition
against the Bolsheviki. Later, he
engaged in reform politics with no
great satisfaction. His support of
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1892 brought
him appointment to the diplomatic
service in which he should have had
opportunity to demonstrate the
quality of his talents. Successfully
Ambassador to Poland Minister to
Ireland and Ambassador to Belgium
and Luxembourg he witnessed the
preliminaries of the present conflict
with growing horror and dismay. In
Brussels in the spring of 1910, he
beheld the capitulation of King Leo
pold III and returned home to write
OF that event a poignant and moving
narrative.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Cudahy, perhaps
unduly impressed with the power of
Hitler's wehrmacht and somewhat
unreasonably skeptical of American
efficiency in meeting its developing
challenge, drifted into variance with
the foreign policy of the administra-
tion. He was one of the isolation
lists" until Pearl Harbor. More re-
Gently he was director OF civilian
defense and frequent speaker at
patriotic meetings in Wisconsin. Had
he survived the victory which Gen.
eral George c. Marshall declares now
is inevitable, he might have served
his country well in the epoch of
peace to follow.
Evening star., 1943-09-09
Nieht-B Blooming Water Lily

Serene upon the sleeping ,oater
Floated the nights pale, lovely
daughter.
Hidden, secret from the day,
Sheathed In living green, she Ian
Wrapped in satin, smooth and cool
As jetoel jade, as beautiful.
Dusk made her the apatar
OF the making evening star.
Then her petals opened up
Into a gold and iuory cup
trimming toith cool and lunar mine.
My ttoo hands reached to make her
mine,
Shattering stars a,Day from dream-
ing
There In the pools dark crystal
cleaning.
/ held In sudden, hushed delight.
Such beauty foperine In tbs night,
THAT all my hun,bled soul could do
Was Just be still, Lord. seeing you.
JANE COFFIN.
Evening star., 1943-09-09
Whut Makes Formers?

From the Abilene tKans,) Reflector Chronicle.
Farming" says a city man who has
been working as hired hand, SIS COM
pounded OF equal parts of hard work
and philosophic frame of mind
Now 1t might be interesting to figure
out which OF these two qualifications
comes first. Probably the hard work
For without that essential all the
philosophizing in the world wouldn't
fill the bins and pay the mortgage
Nevertheless philosophy is important
Without 1t fellow subjected to the
"slings and arrows of outrageous for
tune" rs exemplified In normal farm life
wouldn't last long.