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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
BY NEA Service

BY NEA Service
Memphis, Tenn, JULY suppose
everyone in Memphis was Matched
out at the ripe old age of 81, all
ready to vote" r. G. Milan, %,
drug clerk, observed bitterly in a
letter to the editor of The Press
Scimitar here.
He has worn out a lot OF shoe
leather and all his patience after
SO landlords had refused to rent
apartments to the Milams because
Of their 1-year- old daughter.
He went home to the crowded
quarters of relatives to ponder his
family's plight, to ride Patricia
Frances piggy-back and play bear
with her. And the more he looked
at her, the sweeter Patty looked
at him, and the madden he got.
Finally Milan wrote Edward j.
Meeman, editor of The Press
Scimitar, putting his house hunt
ing problem squarely up to Mem
phis. Caustically, he said, please
excuse my shaky writing, as I am
a bit nervous because since I
learned about Memphis, I have been
keeping our child chained up in the
basement under the store here, and
it un-nerves me every time I take
her down pan of water"
LEARNS SHE'S POISON"
He had thought that little girls
were made of sugar and spice and
everything nice" So naturally he
was alarmed when prospective land
lords acted as if little girls were
horrible
1--WE thought she was lovely and
we loved her so, and everyone
thought she was such beautiful
child he wrote of blond, 24-pound
Patty, who hadn't become a "handi-
cap" until he moved to Memphis
from Cards, Miss, six weeks ago.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

Steve and Dick Dowling of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Bowling of Herkimer Street. experienced the thrill that
comes once in lifetime Thursday afternoon in New
Louisville suggers in sporting goods store their und
vded attention when their genial pop shook hands with
ole acquaintance. The fellow eyed the youngsters
as their eyes went from this rack to that and bent down
and shook hands with each. He was Red" Rofe, de-
pendae third sacker of several championship New York
Yankees teams and present Yale coach He so nice
to the kids they forgot all about the bats and gloves
and listened attenvey to every word directed to them
Red" told them that they too, could some day make
the big leagues they always play the game square and
never say quit for many game has been won with two
out the last of the ninth Steve and Dick will always
remember Thursday, New Haven, and Red" Rote.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
ARMY SCHOOL
HAS MUSEUM
OF AXIS BOMBS
BY JOSEPH LATIN
United Press Staff Corresponde


Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md.
(UP)- nAexhibition of japanese,
Italian and German handicraft, grue
some enough to merit a place in
Nine. Taussard's wax chamber of
horrors, forms a unique museum
here.
The museum was opened recently
at the Army's bomb disposal school
to allow American officers to famil-
iarize themselves with enemy bombs
which their assignment will require
them to meet later under less auspi-
cious circumstances.
These men are charged with safely
disposing of enemy missiles which
fail to explode but provide a con-
slant threat to personnel and install
latoins so long as they remain in the
ground.
The bombs, ranging from two-ton
block busters to handy little "pota-
to-masher" grenades, are flown back
from the fighting fronts in every
theater of war.
Instead of delicate japanese prints,
this museum presents ugly scream
er" bombs, SCARED from their i'm
pact with the earth of Guadalcanal,
and huge Italian "parachute' mis-
siles rather than the works of Mi
chelangelo.
Easy To Tell buds
The exhibits are constantly chang
ing as the enemyS creative ingenuity
molds new designs for death-dealing
weapons; the Army likes to keep its
men posted.
1t is easy to tell which bombs
failed to explode through the inef-
ficiency of some enemy munitions
worker and those which never were
put to their intended use because Of
the efficiency of the American arm
ed forces.
The captured bombs are shiny and
new; the unexploded bombs are
twisted and blackened.
One part of the gallery illustrates
that death-dealing, tank-busting
bombs don't have to be ugly. With
the right touch here and there, the
italians demonstrate that projectiles
can be downright pretty.
One such bomb is known as "the
butterfly" because it is always paint
I'd in bright colors and opens up into
u sort of pair of wings to slow its
descent.
Deadly Pineapple
Another is a green-tinted afafir
about the size, weight and shape of
large pineapple which, it is report
ed, has almost the same deadliness
Of our bazooka in dealing with tanks.
Then there's the artistic BOBBY
trap perfected by Mussolinis men. 1t
Is large grenade with four spools
of thread, each of different color,
which can be used as BOBBY trap
on almost any type of terrain.
The threads can blend with the
desert sand, the jungle verdure, rocky
crags or thickly wooded areas. You
merely pull the proper string out
and wait for somebody to trip over
it.
1t. A. j. Gavaldon took each bomb
apart and explained its deadly mech
anism.
He came to one particularly in
genius enemy device, and pointed
out that it is one of the most effec-
tive enemy weapons to be developed
in recent months.
But he lowered his voice and
looked around, we've got something
better" You listen with firm re-
solve that this is one secret that shall
never get past you, but suddenly you
hear the lieutenant saying briskly:
and over here we have another in
teresting Japanese bomb -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
EAST SPRINGFIELD
OPERATOR AWARD
Westinghouse Employees
Suggestion on Tank De-
vice Wins $3.50

Springfield, July 26. - A former
filling station operator with only
three months manufacturing axper
fence at the Appliance Division OF
the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company in East
Springfield has received an $3.50
award, the largest in the plants his
tory, for a suggestion to improve a
device used on Army tanks.
The award was announced today
by w. H. Nelson, Suggestion Com
mittee Chairman, who revealed that
1877 employees have received $5,606
for ITS suggestions accepted during
the eight month period ending July
Is. AS a result, more than $4,000
man hours and thousands of pounds
of critical materials have been
saved, he said.
The announcement was made in
connection with the presentation
of War Production Awards of In
dividual Production Merit to 1877
employees at special meeting Of the
War Produ Observation-Disclosures
War Production Drive Labor-Man-
agement Committee.
Hughbie l.. Malcolm, now a testor
at the Westinghouse plant here but
formerly the operator Of two service
stations in Concord, N. H., his ma
tive city, and nearby Pennacook,
was the employee receiving the top
award. His improvement of the
tank device, used on all the Army's
land battleships, reduced considera-
bly, the maintenance required by
the device, saving thousands OF
hours of maintenance.
Studied for Hours
"When I came down here from
Concord to work at Westinghouse
I left my family at home and took
little room near the plant" Mr..
Malcolm explained. II had a good
deal Of time to myself and after 1
came off the second shift at II p. m.
I'd study this tank device for hours
at a time. Then made a lot Of
sketches in my room, trying to firlo
out what 1t needed to make 1t oper-
ate perfectly over a longer stretch
I ran into a lot of blind alleys be-
fore hit the right answer, but I'm
sure glad I stuck to it. I figure
that anything that makes our tanks
run better will make the enemy run
faster"
Mr.. Nelson declared that NAL
coins suggestion must be consid-
cred extra ordinary, when it is con-
sidered that he had practically ne
manufacturing experience at the
time he developed this improvement
Mr.. Malcolm, who is 80, lives with
his wife and 14-month old son
David, at "a Cameron street, Spring
field. He is now a Glass A tester.
High man among the award win
ners was Edward Raciborski, OF
North Wilbraham, Mass, who re-
ceived $1,22O50 for three ideas he
submitted as a group leader in the
packing and shipping department
for suggesting new methods of pack.
ing transmitter parts. Mr.. Raci.
borski, Westinghouse employee for
II years, has personal interest in
war products, having brother In
the Army.
A material conservation saving
of more than $1,000 pounds of cou-
per, tin and other alloys was
achieved by the suggestion of Joseph
Groleau who received an award Of
$527.
Other winners of awards included;
Edward Fisher, $275; Douglas Reg
nier and Harry S. Parker, $16450'
E. M. Avery. $135; j. E. Hanlon
$l14.50; and Russell G. Cameron
Jr., $1,000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
mo DOGS OR CHILDREN"
Turned Away by So Landlords Me mphs Little Girls
Challenges and Wins Cys Hospitality With Letter

'I work 60 hours a week, and
every day now for over 80 days
we have tried to rent a two or
three-room apartment and I have
had so many people (96) tell me
what horrible creatures year-old
girls are, that I am afraid to let
her grow much older.
cts new to me-this city Of
Memphis and its full-grown chill
dren, but if someone will tell me
the usual procedure of getting rid
of year-old children, 1 would ap-
preciate it. If someone who knows
how it's done will help me this first
time, I will try to attend to my
next child without any help from
you good adult people of Memphis.
LETTER GETS RESULTS
80 I am asking you to help me
get started here. have to have
an unfinished apartment, so the
sooner I get rid Of this terrible child
of mine, the sooner we can get an
apartment and enjoy your fair
city"
Milam's letter got results-16
offers of apartments; an offer of a
home for the child; an offer of
influence to get the child into an
orphanage. His sracasm was taken
literally by several persons who
called up to bawl him out about
trying to get rid of that cute little
grill"
His wife, on finding suitable
place, said, 1--WE were wrong
Memphis really has a hearth" She
was especially touched by the seri-
BUSINESS of a little boy who phoned
Lady, my uncle owns a big apart
ment building. I'm going to call him
up and tell him he's GOT to rent
you an apartment. Don't, please,
do anything to that cute little
girl"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
CERTIFICATES FOR
AIR RAID WARDENS

Chief Air Raid Warden James j.
Curtin urged all Wardens desiring
to obtain their state certificates to
attend Wednesday evenings special
meeting at 7:30 in the Wildly High
school auditorium as this will be
the last opportunity. At the end OF
the meeting examinations will be
given, and the "passers" will be
entitled to the certificates.
John Cluett, assistant training Of
ficer for the state, and j. Francis
Boland, training officer of Water
bury, will direct the lectures.
DR.. E. j. Godfrey, leader of the
medical emergency service, will also
give demonstration on first aid
applications.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

Present day law violators can take comfort in that
the following little gem does not apply to them 1t is
an order the General Court of Connecticut dated 1850
g. that if any person commit burglary >. such
person SHALL for the first offense, be branded on the
forehead with the letter B. if he shall offend the
second time he shall be branded BEFORE and also be
severely whipped diff he shall offend the third tme
he shall be put to death being ncorrigble In the
event that the crime takes place on Sunday the order
provides that for the first oense "besdes the former
punishments he shall have of his ears cut off, and
for the ofens he shall lose his other ear in the
same manner" The orders of 1850 also list IA capital
offenses among them basphemy and disobedience to
parent.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
CANNED BUTTER FOR ARMY

Jersey City, N. j. (UP)-The most
unusual new food to be found in
some time Is the new Canned "but-
ter" developed by the U. S. Army
research laboratory here. It is made
with fresh curd cheese and milk
powder.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

During tn efirst quarter of 1913,
Lend-Lease shipments accounted
for ID pound of butter out of every
100 pounds produced In the United
States, and IS eggs out of every
100 eggs laid.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
CHICKEN OWNERS
GIVEN WARNING

Chicken raisers have been plenty
of trouble of late. One Sylvan ave.
nue. chicken has had warning from
ProSector Albert Hummel to keer
his chickens penned and out OF hi.
neighbours victory garden. Other
growers have been bothered by g
scarcity of feed, not to mention can.
nabilism agomnst their flocks, ano
the sweet sounds of the roosters at
dawn on Sunday morning.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
BY FRANCIS MCCARTHY
United Press Staff COrreSpOndent

Advanced Naval South Pacihc(UP)More than yeas
small medical them some OF ts
outstanding of the United States arrived at m
tiny Outpost Democracy establish hospital for war
casualties Within their arrival site had been selected and
commenced shortly thereafter the magnitude OF
which best vsuazed from the size Of the hospital stanea
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
Navy Base Hospital In South
Pacific Is City Within Itself

EDITORS NOTE island in the South Pacific war zone
determination carved from tropical jungle
military ~ Naval
Hospital ~ of five articles of which this the
history Of no q
epic Of courage resourcefuness
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
IL TX Topics
I&TG9S11ai ,,11 BY THE IN TOWER
Good Evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Leon of Franklin Street
observed % years of matrimonial bliss yesterday The
former is the general manager of Lake Quassapaug
while the latter is the former Lena O'Bren. MIR
and Mrs. Ralph Devino of Euclid Avenue celebrated
their 9th wedding anniversary Tuesday OF last week
The same day Angie Carissimi observed another
natal day.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

Tommy sherwood of South Elm Street, popular
employe of Miller and Pecks is spending week of his
vacation seeing all there is to in Detroit. Mr.
and Mrs Joseph Evans of Hill Street celebrated their
sixth wedding anniversary Saturday. The latter IS
the former Estelle VitkuS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

Bob Mobile, popular accordonist, rendered
memorable farewell party at his mothers home on Ives
Street last week in compliment to his entering the
Armed Forces The sailor treated royalty by
large number of friends and relatives who made the
Party genuine success Bob is graduate of Leaven-
worth High and former employe of the Waterbury
Tool
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

Wartime work is helping more and more people
to reach their goal because they're reaching their gold
This is the time of year when our only regret is that
we have but vacation to spend in our country
The average gets liz letters year. according to
post office figures. Not if he pays his bills. Stats
tics show that the of hair dye has increased The
old gray hair she amt what she used to be. When
man lets money go to his head it touches his soft
spot
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

Noe J. Champagne, better known to more intimate
acquaintance Louis completed so years OF faithful
service last week at the Scov Manufacturing Company
He has been the job continuously for hafcentury
and made mighty proud record for himself. He is
now in the Repair Department running hand screw
machine on the job every day, and doing good JOB
Louis born in Canada and to Waterbury when
he was years old. He has been resident of the city
for some IS years. Last weekend he and Mrs. Cham
They have and daughter Maurice Breen of Glass
Production is their son-in-law Mr.. and Mrs. Cham
payne have granddaughter and great granddaughter
living in New Haven. Louis says that sleeping is his
hobby and occasional bottle of beer hits the spot He
has saved few thousand dollars in War Bonds and he
looks forward to his diamond anniversary
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

Mexico plans to have $500, 900
acres Of irrigated land by 1916. J
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26

Chile's horserace betting u soar
ing.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23
PRESIDENT NAMES SCOUTS
 AS DISPATCH BEARERS

According to word received by Stanley Fries. local Scout Master. the Boy Scouts have been commits stoned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as government dispatch bearers for the Office of War In formation. Though Scouts have had numerous war sime jobs. this Is the first in which Scouts have been named exclusively.
 The first job vii be to act as dis patch bearers for a series of posters soon to be made available by the OWI This series Of posters will soon be on display in the local mer- chants windows. They will arrive each month or as near to that as mail service will allow. Scouts in turn are to contact the merchants and arrange for the distribution and placing of the posters.
 All Scouts who satisfactorily serve as dispatch bearers will re- ceive special certificate entitled Dispatch Bearer for the Office Of War Information. United States Government This order is signed by President Roosevelt, Elmer Davis, of OWL. and E. K. Fretwell. chief Scout executive.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23
ALEUT CHAPEL
 OB FRYING
 EASTER TIDE
Continued from page two)

Continued from page two) many trees and no wind.
 Perhaps. they hope, next year, or the year after they will be back But wherever they are or wherever they go the sacred pictures. crosses and relies of their faith will go with them. They were the first things packed when being eyacuat- ed for To the Aleuts his religion is his life.
 They may be homesiek bewilder- ed at the exigency Of war and feel .range in. what Is to them. an al- most foreign land. but that has to do only with things more secular. Under the roof of their little church and before the fliekering candles and brightly hued and gold leafed ikons they seem to forget the world and unpleasantness of war. Easter To them is. as to all Christians. a time of rejoicing and may be a battle front they will for get for the time being and find joy and comfort in their age-old Christian faith.
 " V
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23
NEW PILOT FOR
 ELLIS AIR TRANSPORT

KETCHIKAN-C Clarence Walters. who joined the staff of Ellis Air Transport here the first of the month, made his first passenger flight this week for the company
 Pilot Walters has several years of flying to his credit in Alaska and the northwest. Before coming to the Territory Tn 1885, he was pilot and mechanic for Western Air lines at Yakima. Wash. for three years From 1885 to 1922 he op- erated a flying school and charter service at Juneau and for the past year he was airlines manager of the airlines division of the Alaska High way.
 During the time he has been in Ketchikan he has been familiariz- ing himself with local flying con- ditions and routes, in conformance with Ellis Air Transport policy, be- fore making passenger flights.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23

Japanese. German and Italian air men are going to bomb the Ameri= can mainland soon.
 The only difficulty he said
 is the wide span of area between Japan and America. Japan already has solved this question IL is clear Germany and Italy also have made the necessary preparations and be fore long the Axis air force will wing its way to the United States to drop a rain of bombs and blast the skyscrapers.
 II was just a year ago that Jimmy Doolittle led the American bombers in the first-and SO far only-at= tack of the war directly against Tokyo and other large Jap main land cities
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23
Fishermen Get
 AA1 Priority
 In New Ruling

tfon be placed on purchase orders
 The undersigned purchaser certifi- lies. subject to the penalties of sec ton 85-A of the United States criminal code. to the seller and to the Production Board thar to the best or his knowledge and belief the undersigned Is authorized under applicable War Production Board regulations or orders to place this delivery order. to receive the items ordered for the purpose for which ordered and to Use any preference rating or allotment number which the undersigned has placed on the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23

order CHIP allotment symbol. MIRO AA-1 rating.
 Fl is not necessary to secure per mission To Use the above certifiea- ton if purchaser Is bona fide fisher man Also accounting for purchases is unnecessary but bills must be re- tained by fishermen for two years.
 Expenditures must be for main tenance and repair and operating supplies only and must not exceed the amount spent during the same period of last year
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23

The Sentinel Is in receipt of the. following communication from the Governors office:
 Seattle District office of { h Q United States Maritime Commission has informed the Governors office that it is no longer necessary for fishermen to make application to the Commission for preference rat ing certificates to cover expendi- tures for maintenance. repair and operating supplies
 Fishermen are automatically en- titled to Al priority. but Il is re- quired that the following eertifiea-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23
LAPS PROMISE THEIR PEOPLE
 THAT U. S. WILL BE BOMBED

NEW YORK-Major General Ken ryo Sato. chief of the Japanese War Ministry and Military Affairs bur eau, in a broadcast recorded by the Associated Press this week and held in observance of the anniversary of the bombing Of Tokyo, said that
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23
NEW YORK BOMBED
 ACCORDING TO TOKYO

NEW YORk-Ihe Tokyo news paper Yomiui Hoji marked the an of the American plane raid on Tokyo this week by repro ducing a lurid picture purporting to show New York city being bomb
 ed by "a fleet Of Japanese bomb CTS" sending the skyscrapers top
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23
JuINESE LIVES 130
 DAYC 0N

IOND0N-The War Transport Ministry disclosed this week the story Of Chinese who survived la5 days alone on q lie ralI after his ship was torpedoed
 This is 41 days longer than any .aH has ever been known before to endure the rigofs or Iifeboat or raft
 Tae ship Was sunk in the south
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23

Atlantic. He was picked up hy coastal forces close to the South American coast recently
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-04-23

pilng into the streets
 This report was heard in a Tokyo intercepted by Columbia EfoadCasting System
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

Forty miles separated the Rus
sian columns southwest and north
east Of Zhlobin. Zhlobin itself was
only a temporary and hazardous
clearance point for the Germans,
whose main base on that front had
been shifted TO Bobruisk, site of
a major cluster of air fields.
The Germans counterattacked up
TO 20 times in Is hours half way
between Gomel and Mogiley yes
terday, but finally gave way under
overwhelming Soviet pressure and
yielded 80 towns and villages to the
Red army.
Bloody fighting ragged all around
the pocket, from the lower reaches
of the Berezina river 10 the upper
Dnieper, uD miles above Gomel.
Nearly $500 Germans were killed
yesterday alone, and hundreds we're
taken prisoner.
In the base of the pocket, the
Russians pursued the enemy nine
miles up the railroad from recap
tured Gomel toward Minsk and
seized Kostyukovka. Large guam
titles of booty, including guns, NOR
,tars, flame throWers and supply
dumps, were revealed TO have been
seized at Gomel.