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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-15

Mr. and Mrs Agostino Fidanza of 1858 Bank Street
are more than proud of their good looking nephews from
Branford who enlisted simultaneously in the Marines
The cousins Augustus Pope and Louis Lepre have since
been separated but correspond with the other consist
emily Gus has just returned from somewhere IN the
Pacific and is harbored in California while Lou IS at
Ouonset Point R. l. Sons of Mrs Louise Pope and Mr..
and Mrs John Lepre respectively, the lads have been
Leathernecks since last December
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-15

Wallace II. Dyson, ST., recently completed 25 years
Of service with the ScOvil Mfg. Company. He began
I'm 1910 tOOImaker at the old American Pin Com
pany. When the First World War broke out, he went
away to France with the ground crew of an Army Air
Squadron. Upon his return in 1919 he went back to
his bench a tOOlmaker and with some slight inter-
ruptiOnS has been there since His son, Wallace
III. DYSON Jr. is well known at the Watervie Division
where ne was driver of the passenger car between
plants before he entered the Armed Forces Wally Jr
is serving with the Army Air Corps in Iceland.
Corporal Randall J. Mccarthy, of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerry Mccarthy of 202 South Elm Street. and comely
Ruth Murphy, only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Murphy of Hitchcock Lake, Wocot will middle aisleit
a week from next Saturday morning at SIS. Peter and
Paul Church. Randy Is expected home from his Army
Air Base at Lincoln Nebraska where he Is assigned to
q dental clinic, week from tonight It will mark his
first Through since being indicted January 20th of this
year. He recently graduated from Army dental school
In Denver Colorado and previous TO that assignment
finished his basic training at Kearns, Utah. His bride
to-be Is graduate of New Rochelle College and of late
has been employed In the Research Lab OF the Chase
Metal Works in Waterville.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-15

Joe Nolan, son of Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Nolan OF
Randolph Avenue former member Of our reportorial
staff who also handled the duties of WATR announcer
for some time has left the Worcester Gazette to join
the United Press staff in Boston Joe to the Demo-
crat after Crosby High and Holy Cross College and was
among up-and-comng scribes He was married last
spring to Virginia Tappin daughter OF Clarence Tappn
Crosby High teacher who resides on Fairawn avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-15

Crank A. McGrath of 249 Sylvan Avenue COM
pleted 40 years of service with the ScOv Manufactur
ing Company today. John Mccarthy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Mccarthy of GO South Elm Street, has
been promoted to seaman first class He's with Navy
unit in Bermuda.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-15

Vivian Wylie, easy the eyes, has been declared
"Girl of the Week" at the Waterbury Tool She's grad
uate of Crosby High School and resident OF Hopevle
She has two dandy for working for the end OF
the war; One is her brother Corporal Louis Wylie and
the other is very good friend" whose bracelet she
wears Both are in the armed forces somewhere in New
Guinea.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-15

Carolyn Geneva our lovely society editor who also
aids the a-out victory effort by working part time at
the Benrus Watch evenings, is celebrating another
birthday today though very reluctant to let us in on
which one However, her office associates decorated
the homemade cake with 20 candles and don't believe
they're too far off, one way or the other.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-15

Good Night.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-15
BOMOS OYER AMERICA

In ERFepe today every
communications center
Il the target EoT serial
bombing. with cities iiks
Kansas City, 81. Leula,
Chicago, Cincinnati,
Denver. Nashville. Rlehs
mena. Salt Lake City,
lying Ia film&
, 1943-04-14
JAW 648 Sets
Up Victory Fund
Drive

JAW Local GAS, United Aircraft,
has announced the committees for
the Second War Loan which starts
Monday, April Il. The campaign
will last for two weeks. We all
know that this is not a 1919 war,
and we must buy more and more
bonds to defeat the Axis forces.
The committee is headed by
Duffy Cottrell of Plant 1, first
shift. Homer Foster is the other
first shift committee member. The
second shift committee members
are John F. Smith and Ernest
Nease.
Plant 4, first shift committee
members are Walter c. Beare and
Martin c. Dugan. James King and
Elmer Ruth are the committee
members on the second shift.
Duffy Cottrell, chairman of the
committee, says: 1T is the duty of
every home front worker to sup
port the boys on Guadalcanal, in
Tunisia, and on all our fighting
fronts by putting every cent we
possibly can into War Bonds. The
more bonds we buy, the less taxes
we will have to pay. This war is
not a 1919 war, and we can back
up our boys in the services by
buying War Bonds"
Be An Active Member
, 1943-04-14
|'WLB Panel Or
|AirtemP Case

The Airtemp wage dispute case
was referred to a panel hearing
by the Regional Office of the War
Labor Board. The panel convened
on Thursday, April s., in the Mont
gomery County courthouse and
continued through Friday, April 8.
The panel was composed of three
members, Professor E. B. O'Leary,
University of Dayton, public mem
Der and chairman; Jack Holt,
Labor member, and e
Hodges, Acme Foundry, repre-
sented Industry.
The Unions case was presented
to the panel by the Shop Com
, 1943-04-14

mittee, consisting of Jess Jackson,
Chief Steward; James r. Smith,
and Ivan Crawford. K. M. Kirken-
dali represented Local 1853.
According to normal procedure,
the panel will promptly forward
its recommendations to the Re-
gional War Labor Board, based
upon the facts set forth before
the panel, and it was expected
that a prompt decision will be
made by the Regional Board.
A general membership meeting
Of all Airtemp members is set for
Sunday, April Is, at 100 P. NJ,
at Union headquarters at which
time the Shop Committee will
make a full report on the panel
hearing and other later develop
ments.
Attend Your Local Meetings
, 1943-04-14
JAW 785
Starts Drive
BY Mary Ann Kastner


We are glad to hear that the
Dayton Union News was well re-
ceived at the Standard Aircraft.
Several members of JAW Local
785 are going to sign up for the
Red Cross Mobile Blood Donor
service which will be in Dayton
for four weeks, beginning on April
20. We are appealing to the local
membership, and urge each and
every one to sign up for this
worthy cause.
A membership drive has been
announced for Standard Aircraft,
Plant l. The members who sign
up the most members during the
campaign will receive six months
dues. Runners up will receive
three months dues and so on.
So lets all get in there and pitch,
and Make Standard Aircraft 1000
Union. For Victory, join the CLIO.
Join CIO-For Victory
, 1943-04-14
It's @ Horse Of
Color
RUTH TUCKER
Local SO1
RUTH TUCKER
TAcaI an

of another color, according to
them, and nothing to howl about.
It's our war, they tell us, and
we agree, and it was our produc-
ton that was being held up. A lot
of these workers would liked to
have known what " went wrong"
what was holding up the work.
We would liked to have asked the
management just such questions
as they ask us: "Why was the
group sent home?" "Was a machine
broken DOWN." "What machine?"
"Why did it break down." did
you have a doctor fix it up?"
whats his name?" evil you take
better care of it hereafter?" It is
quite in order that we should ask
the management these questions.
Were these things explained?
Not at all. Instead when Group
AS reported for work the next
day they were greeted with a lot
of little yellow absentee cards
asking questions: "Why were you
ABSENT" did you see a doctor?"
etc. Somehow a monkey wrench
had gotten into the smoothly oiled
works of the absentee campaign,
and put the management in an
extremely uncomfortable spot. Not
only had they sent workers home,
but to add insult to injury, were
now accusing them of deliberately
taking off," The situation was
funny, yes, but it brought more
| scowls than smiles to the faces of
the unjustly accused; the injured
and insulted workers.
It also clearly exposed the i'm
portant fact that no such mechan-
ical "absentee campaign" is going
to solve the problems of produc-
ton. One worker on the group
casually tossed off an excellent
suggestion for combating absen-
teeism. Why not, he said, offer a
weeks vacation to those with clean
| attendance records for a certain
period. This would, SO to speak,
encourage the hesitant, and re-
ward the brave. This, it seems to
most of us, is a much sounder
approach to the "absentee" prob
lem than the present G. M. ap-
proach, which depends on in
sulting and terrorizing the workers
that he'd rather drag out of a sick
bed to come to work than take
the "hell" in store for him if he
doesn't. Many such excellent ideas
are lying tucked away in the brains
of workers who would gladly give
some time and thought to help
solve the production problems
which, whether they eliminate in
absenteeism or in lay-offs, are
holding up the works. The real
causes of absenteeism are not
touched by the G. M. campaign"
Lay-offs, not limited to n or two
groups or departments or plants,
but widely prevalent, are not elm
mated.
Be American-Register Now
1 N -
, 1943-04-14


officially threw its hat into the
ring with Eddie Rickenbacker and
launched its campaign against
absenteeism" with a long drawn
out howl in the editorial column
of the "Frigidaire War Bulletin"
TT S your war" screamed the
editorial, land war is hell" Well,
they didn't need to tell us it's our
war, we figured that out long ago
without the help of G. M. The
editorial failed to get at the real
causes of absenteeism such as: lack
of day nursery care for children
of working mothers; transporter
ton problems; unhealthy shop
conditions and inadequate medical
care; low-wage policies (such as
refusing equal pay to women)
which undermines morale; fire.
quent lay-offs indicating to the
workers that management is not
making the about production eff
fort.
These are the real bases of
absenteeism which the editorial
might have dealt with. Instead, the
assumption of the editorial was
that all absenteeism is deliberate.
The C. M. editorial also promptly
assumed that, since it's our war,
and "war is hell" it's General
Motors privilege to provide the
hell" And they thereupon pro-
ceeded to provide it with custom
airy generosity.
A big display was placed in
Frigidaire plant lobbies Of a card
board TOTO in all his glory point
ing with pride to figures showing
the daily total of "absentees" and
another set of figures indicating
Just how many of whatever it is
the plant makes could have been
produced in the man-hours lost.
To supplement this was another
new trick: a yellow "absentee"
card placed in the time rack in
place of the time card to show all
the world that Brother Joe Jones
was absent yesterday. So when
Jones comes back to work he can't
ring in, but has to fill out the
questions on the yellow card and
turn it over to his foreman for
an "OK." Well, the yellow card
campaign was p%ercolating along in
great old General Motors style,
everything going smoothly, except
we'll have to tell the truth, the
number of absentees recorded on
the scoreboard does seem to be
increasing rather than decreasing
when something unprece-
denied happened. It's unbelievable
that the management should take
it into it's head to send workers
home. But that is exactly what
happened to Group AS in Dept.
314 at the gun plant a few weeks
ago. At $50 on the second shift
the whole group was shut down
and most of the group sent home.
This, of course, caused these work.
ers a good deal of inconvenience,
financial or otherwise. It took a
good sized hunk out of the pay
check, eliminating all time and a
half pay for most. The out of town
people had difficulty getting home,
and n had to drive eleven miles
home and then come back to pick
up his "riders" at the end of the
shift, thus doubling his consump-
ton Of rationed gasoline and tires
for the day. And this is the second
time in two months that this group
has been "laid off" for a day. Hold
, 1943-04-14

Be An Active Member
, 1943-04-14

Be American-Register Now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, April 26.-The
strongly Democratic Maryland House
of Delegates apparently has gone
unwittingly on record without dis
sent in opposition to the reciprocal
trade agreements, one of the cardi-
nal policies of President Roosevelt's
administration, the Baltimore Sun
said today.
Turning up in Washington in the
Congressional Record, the Sun
added, was a resolution, presented at
the last session of the General As
sembly by Republican Floor Leader
j. Milton Dick of the House of Dele
gates, which was main plank in
the 1912 Republican State platform
The newspaper continued that Mr..
Dick, when questioned, was as sur
prised to find the measure appar-
emily had passed in the closing
minutes of the session as was
Speaker Thomas E. Conlon.
Mr. Conlon said he didn't remem-
Der the measure, although copies
were sent out, as directed in the
resolution, to President Roosevelt
the United States Senate, the House
of Representatives and the Mary
land congressional delegation, bear
ing the signature of Mr.. Conlon and
House Chief Clerk Daniel j. Lyons
the Sun stated.
Mr.. Dick was quoted as saying: 81
was surely surprised when I re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26
MARYLAND House Finds Itself
Opposed to a Roosevelt Policy
Republican Measure Assong Trade Pocts
MysteriousIy Passed by Democratic Delegates

ceived a printed copy Of it (the
resolution) the other day signed
by Speaker Conlon and the chief
clerk as having been adopted. How
1t ever was adopted is mystery
to me-"
The mystery as to whether the
resolution was really passed in the
final hustle of the Legislatures clos
ing days would not be solved, the
Sun said. until the journal of the
House proceedings for that period
is completed by the State printer.
The resolution said in part, lin
dustry, commerce, agriculture, and
last but not least the labor of Balti-
more, of Maryland and OF the Ma
ton can well scan with care and
perhaps view with distrust the war
time proposal for present renewal
before June 80 of the free-trade
agreements with Is nations. These
would subject our labor and industry
to the postwar demoralizing low
standard competition of the Hindu,
the Japanese and the impoverished,
unorganized labor of broken-down
Europe. To lift the world to our
standards of living is an economic
impossibility. To deliberately plunge
down to theirs would be national
imbecility. There is a middle course
which erects moderate barrier to
protect our labor and business,
which will permit the free inter-
course Of commodities in foreign
trade"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26
Council Of Churches
Hits Murder Of Jews
Sufferings Under Nozis
Held Beyond Imagination

B! the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 16.-The Fed
eral Council of Churches Of Christ
in America said in a research bull
letin issued yesterday that "the suf-
fering of the Jewish people in Eu-
rope is beyond anything the civilized
Imagination can picture
The bulletin, titled THE Mass
Murder of Jews in Europe" was pre-
pared by the councils Department
of Research and Education to guide
Christian churches in the observ-
ance of a day Of compassion for the
Jews on May 2, the council said.
Material presented in the publ
cation, the council stated, shows
that the Nazis have pursued policy
not merely of discrimination against
the Jews, but of deliberate exter-
mination.
The anti-Semitic program of the
Nazis, it added, has developed from
subjecting Jews to indignities and
civic disabilities to include forced
labor, deportation and massacre.
OF the approximately 100000 Jews
who were in Germany in 1899, &C
cording to the council, it is estimated
that not more than 10000 remained
at the end of 1912.
Commenting on the bulletin, DR..
Samuel McCrea Cavert, general sec
rotary of the council, said:
1T is impossible to dismiss the re-
ports as 'atrocity Stories When the
full story is known, the actual facts
may turn out to be worse than the
fragmentary reports have Indicated"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26
Easter Thieves Steal
Bathtubs, $500 Violin

Easter thieves stole a various as
sortment of goods ranging from two
bathtubs to u smoking pipes and a
$500 violin, police reported today.
Theft of the violin from the Mount
Vernon Methodist Church, Ninth
street and MASSACHUSETTS avenue
NV, was reported by its owner,
Mary Geraldine Athus, 44l8 Fifth
street NV.
The days only holdup was report
ed by Morris Goldstein, owner of a
grocery store at 1906 Fourth street
NV. Mr.. Goldstein said three col
ored men robbed him of $500 at gun
point.
The bathtubs were the property
Of Robert Fink, 904 Tenth street
NV, and were stolen from South
Capitol and HALEY streets Sc,
where they were stored
The. smoking pipes were stolen
from the Peoples Drug Store at
Tenth and F streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26
Deaths Reported

Max Minister, 81, Gallinger Hospital.
William L. Cantwell. 80. 3720 Upton
st. NV.
Minnie A. Hewlett. 70. 20O3 3rd st. NV.
Anna B. Albert. rs. 426 9th st. NV.
Gerson Nordlinger. 6s. 1888 10th st. NV.
Joseph c. Ferrara. alias Cambria. So.
United States Soldiers Home.
Maude Beak. 81, 14Oa Kennedy st. NV.
Charles J. wilver, 40, GAL Massachusetts,
ave. ne.
Florence Kalhoun. ~. sO5 5th st. NV.
Harry w. Williams. 43, 1713 Fort Davis
Thomas Z. whitehead. rs. philadelphi.,
Robert J. Kenney. FL. Medicine Lodge.
Infant Virginia WAGNER. Arlington, Va.
George dn Jones. -. SIS absh st. ne
Annie Wilson. Sc, st. Elixabeth's Hospital.
Emma White. 80, 1910 9th st. NV.
Arthur A.. Thomas, Ts. 1885 q at. NV.
Matilda Gray. SO, -424 q st. NV.
James Ions: 81. 1908 3 st. NV.
Bertha Hood. 81, 1916 18th st. NV.
Mary Bolts "a, 45Q4 Lane pl. ne.
Esss,.T Hi' sa 4a & sis 70 sisss 4 &. &.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26

a claim. The enemy plane must
have been seen to crash, to break up
in the air, or to burst into flames
in the air.
Counting System Changed.
The difficulty has been, he said,
that with American bombers flying
in formation in daylight, an attack
ing plane will be fired on by gum
ners of several craft and each may
claim credit for one victim. With
the British, flying at night and out
of formation, action against fighter
is purely individualistic and only
one man sees what happens.
To combat this tendency to dupli-
cation, system has been adopted
by which the reports of the inter-
rogations of all the men on sortie
are studied and co-ordinated by
central committee which works sew
eral days over them. BY comparing
reports, Gen. Eaker believes, they
are able to discount most duplica-
tons. Actually, he says, American
flyers lately have become so sensi-
tive to criticism that they are not
claiming their undoubted accom-
plishments and refuse to credit
themselves with a German plane
unless they actually see it crash.
Up to date, he said, 5000 rounds Of
ammunition have been expended for
every plane claimed to have been
shot down. At this rate the dec
larations cannot be greatly exag-
gerated unless the American gum
ners are unbelievab1y bad shots. and
other evidence indicates they are
the best in the world.
Not Bomber's Mission.
1t should be emphasized, Gen.
Eaker said, that the job of bomber
is not to knock down enemy air
craft except in self-defense. The
idea is to reach the target without
encountering any German fighters.
1t has been found, he said, that
an escort of fighters is not absolute
ly essential to bomber raids, but they
are highly desirable and the Amer
lean fighter strength is to be vastly
increased with longer range craft.
The great advantage, he said. is that
Germans hesitate to attack bomber
when there is anything above them.
1t still is too early, he pointed out,
to try to estimate the quality of the
German fighter pilots. There is no
question but that some now fighting
over Western Europe are extraordi-
narily skillful, while others are al
most unbelievably inept. BY and
large, the quality of these men
probably is declining with the heavy
! losses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26

tinctly undemocratic to prohibit
Congress from expressing the pop
ular will Consequently, an amend
ment might we'll be written into
the resolution to extend the act
giving Congress the right to veto
by majority votesany treaty with
in go days following its submission.
IF an agreement of that kind
could be reached with the State De-
partment, it is my opinion that the
act would be extended with the alb
sence of prolonged political debate. :"
Mr.. Hull's decision to seek renewal
without changes repeatedly was
based on the assumption by ad-
ministration lieutenants that they
could muster a majority for such
move in House and Senate. If
the issue turns on a partisan basis,
however, that fact might have great
effect on the result, particularly in
the House.
In the Senate an Associated Press
poll has disclosed 40 Senators
willing to vote for extension with
out change, with 10 opposed and 81
uncommitted. On that basis the
administration apparently would
need to pick up only nine votes
among the 96 Senators.
Significantly, the number of Dem
ocrats opposing renewal with sub
stantial changes was exactly equal
to the number of Republicans IA
voring it-seven in each instance,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26
Dive Bomber Limited
To Choice Targets,
Says Gen. Eaker
To Use As Required;
System Of Counting
Downed Enemy Revised
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star staff Correspondent.

LONDON (By MaiD-The dive
bomber, long the most dreaded and
destructive weapon introduced in
this war, now is far on the way out
Of the picture.
Rarely appearing in the news
these days, it has become IAN op-
portunist weapon" said Maj Gen
Ira C. Eaker, commanding general
of the 9th Air Force here, when
asked if the United States has any
intention of making and using
planes built for dive-bombing tactics
Eyes, as required" he said.
The dive bomber, he pointed out
may under the proper circumstances
remain the surest way to destroy
completely small, carefully spotted
target. But at most times it is ex-
tremely expensive, for so far has the
art Of anti-aircraft defense pro-
crossed since the days of the London
blitz that dive is practically suicide
for plane and crew.
Defense Kills Chances.
To use the dive bomber effectively
Gen. Eaker said 1t is necessary tc
find a place virtually undefended
probably taken by surprise. If it is
defended by ground forces with any
training against such tactics, the
chances are slim indeed. The fact
that there has been no dive bombing
all winter in the North African cam
paign, he pointed out, indicates how
far the once terror of the skies has
been humbled.
In an interview, Gen. Eaker dwell
at some length on American claim.
OF destroying German fighters
against which there have been som,
charges of exaggeration. Up to date
they total 1855, against a loss of 81
American aircraft in 81 operations
1t is possible that they have beer
high, he said, compared to those o,
the British, although the same re.
quirements are set up for accepting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26
Talks on Fire Prevention

Richard E. Hammett of the Forest
Service will speak on How Nation
Wide Forest Fire Prevention Helps
in the War and Peace" to members
of the science-technology and map
groups of the Washington Chapter
Special Libraries Association, at $50
pm. tomorrow in the Highlands
Connecticut avenue and California
street NV.