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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
MiddletOWn' S Postwar
Program Rated Highly
Local Peacetime Prosperity Feature COmmendabe
Objective Declares Expenditure Director

MiddletoWn Is at work on a post
war planning program which will
help shape her own future and at
the same time furnish pattern that
other Connecticut communities can
adapt to their individual needs, Elk
ecutive Director Carter w. Atkins of
the Connecticut Public Expenditure
Council, 81 Lewis street, Hartford,
declared today. 1.-THE distinctive
feature Of the Middletown plan," he
continued, ''is determination to
win local peacetime prosperity
through local efforts, without first
running to the Federal Government
for help and handouts"
Mr.. Atkins explained that since
last October the Expenditure Coun-
Gil has been working closely with
civic and business leaders Of Mid
dletown to help them weld all the
business and social elements of
local life. into single cooperative
effort to achieve postwar prosperity.
To provide other towns and cities
with an eaSy-to-follow pattern, Mr..
Atkins said that the Expenditure
Council has issued a 32-page book
let describing the organization and
work Of the Middletown Post War
Planning Council.
A foreword by Charles Seymour,
chairman Of the Connecticut Post
War Planning Board and president
Of, Yale University, points out that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
eyes, We Like These els"
British Churchman Whose Vcarage Adons Training Camp
Addresses Article of Appreciation Americans Home
X X X

There is a friendly understanding air about your
officers and think this one of the reasons for the
good discipline which prevails. Officers explain "the
reason" when order is given. There is nothing of
the martinez about them.
1t would be silly to tell you that all your boys
little angels, with wings complete What can, how
ever, tell you is that among the lads camped my
ground 1 have never seen one the worse for liquor
And I see most things that happen around here.
It is, of course, true that in Britain we do not
exchange greetings with women who unknown
to us, but var lads do that over here in decent
friendly fashion. In railway carriage, British
silent and austere Your lads chat away to every
one in turn, and they introducing new fashion
among our railway passengers. have seen a digni-
fled old lady sharing meat pie with one of your
boys, who produced it from some secret receptacle
The old lady was soon beaming with delight.
THEY'RE OUR BEST AMBASSADORS
Thus it comes that your lads doing more to
bring two countries together than all the dis
QUESTIONS and allocutons of respective philoso
pliers They are showing us that you are nation
all your own, with your own pride, traditions, aspi-
rationS and achievements, but also that you
with us and allies in this death-grapple with NaN
and Jap bestiality and brutality
Your lads doing great work for the United
states They are proving to us what splendid edu-
catonal system yours must be, otherwise it would
never produce the alert, clear-eyed, wel-informed
I see around me every day.
Write to your boy often you can. You can
have idea how he prizes letter from home. Send
him your newspapers, for 'home" to him means just
everything. Send him photographs of the family the
old home.
Large numbers of your lads tell me they find
the English dandy" good guys, fine and friendly"
and SO forth We do all we for them Our women
folk their buttons and their Stripes" do
their laundry for them, and many such acts which
would nightly please you American mothers.
Yes we British like these G. rs of yours We are
proud to be their friends, and want to assure you
that they among friends, who find their greatest
happiness in doing for them all that possibly
do. We know that you have done, and will do. the
same for boys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
new DEAL FOREIGN
POLICY ATTACKED
Congressman Talbot, State
Officials, Claim Russia
Outsmarting u. S.

Claiming that we have no con-
sistent foreign policy and that we
have already lost the peace Cong.
Joseph E. Talbot (R); and other
prominent Republican leaders Bit
terly asSailed the Washington adj
ministration in speaking at din
ner held at Marks restaurant in
Waterville last night.
Other speakers who critized the
administration included Atty.-Gen
Francis Palotti and State-C Controller
Fred r. Zeller, both Of whom charg-
ed that the New Deal is not the
friend Of labor and is comprised OF
"old men" incapable of properly
handling the foreign and domes-
tic affairs Of the country.
Many leading Republicans of the
city were in attendance at the din
ner particularly those who had been
prominent in the group who had
openly critized the local G. o. P.
leaders. Town chairman Vernon
Hall and other local party leaders
were not invited it was understood.
Con. Talbot, who 1t was stated did
not indulge in political aspects OF
the administration in his attack up
on it, dealt principally with the ma
tons foreign policy stating, in ef-
feet, that Russia has already proven
to be smarter than we have been at
any Of the so-called conference
tables and has succeeded IN gaining
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
INSTITUTE OPENS
HERE TOMORROW
Various Organizations to
Be Represented at ALL
Day Consumers Meet

Representatives of churches, bust
ness firms and all types of organiza-
lions will be represented at tomor-
rows all day consumers institute to
be held at the Connecticut Light &
Power Co. auditorium. The public
is urged to attend the all-day ses-
sion which is free of charge and
which will feature principal speak
ers from the state discussing such
topics as wartime nutrition, bal
anced diets, conservation of food,
canning, black market, etc. The in
stitute is sponsored by the Con-
sumers council of Waterbury.
Delegates from the following Or
CARNATIONS will attend Waterbury
Women's club, Waterbury hospital,
st. Mary'S Hospital Aid society,
American Association of University
women, Wilson post and auxiliary,
WatertoWn Consumer committee,
WATERFOWL chapter, Red Cross;
Autoyre Co., Book & Lunch club,
Women's Christian Temperance
union, Block leaders, Zone l and 4,
Middlebury; Mount Olive Zion
church, Sugenheimer'S store.
Dauhgters of the American
Revolution, Prospect ration board,
Quota club, First Methodist
church, Winona Rebekah lodge,
Scovill Mfg. Co. War Food Adj
ministration, Junior League Worth's
store, Mercy Boyd's book store,
Chase school Parent Teachers asso-
citation, Daughters of Union veter-
ans, Chase dispensary and Second
Congregational church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11

personally. His name was given to
her by a friend, and she wrote him
frequently"
Edwards said that when he was
shipped back to the States, Brownie
scrubbed note of introduction on
the back of the valentine to his
pretty, brown-haired correspondent,
Jeanne Graham of Rolfe, Ia, a
student at the American Academy of
Art.
They agreed to meet in a Chicago
hotel lobby.
Edwards telephoned Miss Ora
ham that he would be in his Ma
rine uniform, with the stripes of a
sergeant and ''Second-hitch" stripe.
She said she would wear muskrat
coat.
The lobby was crowded with doz-
ems of muskrat coats, and Ma
rines seemed to be everywhere. But
they finally met.
They have been taking in Chi
cago sights while Edwards COM
pletes special-training course be-
fore returning to California.
II hope V-mail will continue our
romance until the wars end" Ed
wards said.
He has served with the Marines
all over the world during his near
ly six years in the corps. What's
more, he said he wants to make
career of the outfit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11

every town can be helped by the
experiences Of another, and recon-
mends that each town and city
carefully study the so-called Mid
dletown Plan"
The booklet, mailed today to more
than 5000 public officials and husi-
ness and civic leaders throughout
the state, sets forth the Middletown
planning problem, describes the
plan of action designed to meet it,
tells how the people of Middletown
are getting the facts, and makes
concrete suggestions for other COM
munitieS
The objective is set forth as 'the
achievement of peacetime prosperity,
through local efforts SO far as
humanity possible, of that part Of
Connecticut for which Middletown
is the natural trading center To
attain the goal, "a broad-gauged
approach" is advocated, defined as
including all the kinds Of business
which produce the goods and Serv-
ices which result in private employ
ment (and considering public works
not as a prime source Of employ
ment, but as adjustable makeweight
to fill up any deficiencies"
The second part includes an
organization chart Of the Middle
town Postwar Planning Council,
explains the executive set-up, and
gives the personnel and functions
of all committees, including II fact
finding subcommittee.
Next, the booklet tells how the
voluntary groups Of citizens go
about their work OF collecting and
assembling the necessary factual
information. QUESTIONABLE an d
summary data forms used by the
fact-fining subcommittee are re-
produced in the back Of the booklet.
In the final section, seven steps
in organizing and carrying on a
local postwar planning program
are listed to provide "a working pat
tern which other communities can
adapt to their own circumstances. /"
Throughout the booklet are prac-
tical suggestions to help other towns
and cities "cut the cloth to fit their
own postwar planning needs"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
FINDS CREAM
OF TARTAR AN
AID TO SURGERY
BY BETTY ALEXANDER


Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
st. Louis, April 11-Cream of tar
tar has come out of the kitchen and
into the operating room to save hui
man lives.
DR.. M. G. Seelig, a st. Louis sur
geon, explained his discovery re-
Gently in the Journal of the Amer
lean Medical Association. Cream of
tartar can replace talcum powder
as a busting agent for surgeons
gloves.
For, DR.. Seelig, reported, tale
causes many kinds of complications
after Observation-Disclosures, addo-
minal distractions, peritonitis. FIRE.
quently, additional operations are
needed because tale framentS sowed
seeds of complications in the oper-
ationS field, as they fell from the
surgeons rubber gloves.
Gloves Frequently Fear
Miss K, for instance, Is going to
have an appendectomy. The sur
geon slips on a pair Of rubber gloves,
busted with tale to aid him in
donning them. He washes off the
gloce surface, but itss impossible to
get off all the fragments. AS he
operates, a finger in one of the
gloves tears and tale drops into the
incision. Miss K doesn't recover
from the operation as she should
she has adhesions and another oper-
alton Is necessary.
Statistics show that in about IS
nav oaVnf ~ atinvoc 70
gloves are torn, DR.. Seelig reported.
Often the talic remains in the Incl
sion as an irritating foreign body.
But, the article continued, pa
tents who have had several opera
tons as a result Of tale infections,
have completely recovered after an
operation where cream of tartar was
used as a busting powder in the
surgeons gloves.
DR.. Seelig and his assistants ex-
perimented with about so Substi-
tutes. He described the busting
agent they were seeking, one that
wouldn't dissolve when gloves are
Sterilized under intense heat, one
that wouldn't leave particles in n
ciSionS.
France a Main Source
They tried chalk because it's been
used harmlessly in women's face
powder for so many years. But 1t
caused adhesions in experimental
animals. And they tried starches-
but starch dissolved under intense
heat.
Cream of tartar was the answer
Tartar is not yet in general use
as a busting agent, DR.. Seelig said.
Doctors have large supplies of tale
on hand. Also, one of the main
sources Of cream Of tartor is I'M
available on account of the war
the wine centers of France. For tar
tar comes from wine deposits.
cts true, also" DR.. Seelig ex-
planned, that tartar shortens the
life of rubber gloves. But pair of
rubber gloves costs abaut Is cents.
Using tartar increases the cost
about IL cents.
Operations can cost thousands
Of dollar-and human lives"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11

duallv would aid Rev. J. DOnneIly
In bringing the world to God we
must begin by bringing Him first
the little world of our own heart.
PROVING THE RESURRECTION
Arnold Lunn, the distinguished
convert and writer, tells that when
he was twenty-five years old he
heard a brilliant lawyer says: II
am not Christian but if were
offered the choice between two
briefs, the first to defend and the
second to attack the Resurrection,
I would hesitate for long time,
but I would probably end by decid-
ing that it would be easier to con-
vince jury that Christ rose from
the dead than to defend any alter
native explanation Of the disap-
pearance of Christ's Body from the
tomb"
According to Mr.. Lunn the re-
mark was passed off very causually
by the lawyer and re never pushed
his probabilities to a conclusion, nor
did he ever become Christian. But
Mr.. Lunn was very deeply Impress
ed by the remark and it haunted
him for years until finally under its
emphasis he examined and re-ex-
amined the case for orthodoxy of
belief. Finally after long study Mr..
Lunn found the proof of the Re-
surrection SO conclusive that he &C
cepted Catholicism as the only norm
of correct living, and from a agnos-
tic enemy Of Catholicism he has
become one of the most Staunch,
able and ready defenders of the
Church and its teachings.
COUNT SFORZA AND Plus X
Reviewing Count Carlo SforZa'S
recent book, Contemporary Italy:
It's Intellectual and Moral Origins,
1.-THE New York Herald Tribune re-
viewer says that Sforza charges
that documentary evidence disposes
of the "legend' that Pope Plus K
made q last minute effort to halt
the last World War by an appeal
to the Austrians, and that when the
plea was rejected the Pope died Of
a broken heart 1.-THE Vatican,
Sforza charges was not actually
opposed to the Austrian attack on
Serbia
Pope Plus x died on August 20,
1914. Archduke Francis of Austria
and his wife were murdered at
Sarajevo on June %, 1914 and Aus
tria declared war on July %, 1914.
The last official act Of Plus x was
to issue q command to the universal
Church to pray for peace. These
are facts Of history easily con-
f1rmed.
But we mention Sforza accuration
not to refute 1t but to make 1t the
occasion of quoting two passages Of
the able refutation of the charge
by Matthew Smith the editor Of The
Denver Register. The interesting and
moving quotations are from John
Farrow's Pageant of the Popes, p"
and from a letter written by Pope
Plus x.
AS THE WAR MOVER NEARER
Farrow states that Plus x was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11

more than her share of the War
gains. Citing our policy toward such
countries as Poland and Lithuania
the Congressman asked how we were
to explain to the thousands of Lith-
uanian and Polish persons of eX-
traction in this country such a po-
Icy as our present one toward their
mother countries.
Atty.-Gen. Pallotti and Controller
zeller dealt more in the PERSONAL
ties of the administration leaders
charging them with incompetency
and employing tactics similar to
those of Russia and even the Costa
pc.
Endorsement of Thomas E. Dewey
as the Republican choice for pres
idential candidate was given by all.
About 40 attended the dinner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
OLD-TIMERS TEAM
READY FOR GAMES
Vile Club Being ReOrgan=
lied By Baker, Wagner
and TruelOve
WATERVILLE
Correspondent, Alice MacMul-
len, Phone 3-7217

Waterville, April II George
Baker, Harry Truelove and Henry
Wagner are getting preparations
started for the reorganization the
Waterville Old Timers Baseball
Club.
Fred Greatorex, Jack Scanlon and
John Brew are getting the Chase
Old Timers Club underway. These
two clubs will meet in their annual
classic later in the spring. When
weather permits practises will get
underway.
Many beautiful flowers and
plants banked the altar OF the
st. Pauls Church Easter Sunday.
The flowers were in memory of de-
ceased parishioners.
A special service of Easter music
was arranged by Miss Alice Loren
son organist and sung by st. Paups
Girl choir. A breakfast was served
after the 800 O'Clock communion.
A festival service of Holy commun-
ion was celebrated at 11:00 Rev.
Thomas Shannon from Pine Orch
ard, Banford, was the minister.
Rev. Murray Dewart assisted.
At st. Michael's Church a special
musical program of Easter music
arranged by Miss Winifred Delaney
organist was sung. SoloiSts were the
Palo sisters and Perillo sisters.
The Waterville Division of Scovil
Recreation Association will present
its first annual minstrel tomorrow
evening at 800, at the company's
recreation hall, "Doolittle Alley"
Billy Carbon will be master of
ceremonies.
officials in charge include Will
liam johnson, president, by the AS
ISOLATION, and G. Dewitt Mosey,
who heads the entertainment COM
mittee which includes Billy Carbon,
Archie Hollywood, Roland Grenler,
Eileen Noonan and Ester Petronla.
George Baker Sr. will speak at
the meeting of the Torrington chap
ter of Old Timers Baseball ASso-
citation next week in Torrington.
John Kemmey, fireman, is recov-
ering at his home and Is expected
to be back at work in few days.
Service Briefs
Home on Easter furloughs were
Paul Dubay, Ed Powell, Sylvio Di-
Stiso, all stationed at Engineer Re-
placement center at Fort Belvoir,
Va; Ed Truelove, North Camp
Polk, and Sgt. Wesley Rood Of Fort
Hill who has returned from rs
months in the South Pacific.
Cpl. Don Baker, U. s. A. is play
ing second base for his company
ball team in New Guinea.
william Kelly has been dis
charged from the hospital at Camp
Rucker, Alabama, where he had
been o patient several weeks.
Harp" Dunn. q. s. A. veteran Of
the sicily and italy campaigns, Il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11

The sergeant, who comes from
Evergreen, N. c., said that it all
happened during one of the bonn
bardments that feature the bloody
Pacific fighting. 1t was one of those
days when the Marines were sit
ting in sheltered groves, swapping
stories and letters.
my buddy, Brownie" Edwards
said, showed me a V-mail valen-
tine which portrayed a nude. 1t
was drawn by a young lady artist
and was accompanied by an ap-
propriate verse.
Brownie didn't know the artist
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
MEDICAL SOCIETY
MEETING THURSDAY

Dr.. Louis j.. Softer Of the Mount
Sinai hospital, New York, viii speak
on physiology and diseases Of the
adrenal gland at a meeting Of the
Waterbury Medical association at
Castle Memorial at $3.50 p. N. Thurs
day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
zoe BOUNTY FOR CROWS

York, S. c. (UP) - Crows are
so numerous In York country that
York state legislators have intro
duced a bill in the South Carolina
general assembly to provide pay
ment of 20 cents for each crow
killed in the county. Z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
uNuCO CLUB MEETS

The Unico club will hear David F.
BabSon, executive Of Mattatuck
council, Boy Scouts, speak on Scout
ing activities this evening at the
Elton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11

OeeQ OF DOM.
Christ suffered
and died for the
sins Of men; the
world Is suffering
and men are dy-
ing in cons e.
quence Of aban-
donment Of God
and His Law. But
we can av e
Christ's hope and
promise ly If
we seek it in the
return Of a chas-
ten world to God.
And ~ wn inf7iVis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
V-Mail Valentine to His Buddy
Starts Romance for Marine Vet
BY JAMES l.. BIXBY
United Press Staff Correspondent

Chicago April 11P)sg Jimmy Edwards Barine veteran of
uadalcanal and other Pacific revealed that
rowed vaIentine-sent by Vmahad brought him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH F. DONNELLY
NEEDED HOPE

Easter finds devout Christians
Worshpiping at the tomb Of the
/. Risen Saviour. It Is the season OF
hope and promise, and seldom In
history has the world had greater
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11
now serving as a military policeman
I'm ENGLAND

now serving as a military policeman
in England.
It has been reported that three
Vile boys took part in the Naval
operations during the invasion OF
the Marshall Islands, namely, Joe
Gunterman, Tom Clarity and Rus
sell Buxton, all of the Navy.
Norm Dubay and Don Dubay met
recently in England. Don is with a
Fourth Tank Unit and Norm with
the Fifth Tank Unit.
George Goggin, U. s. N. has been
transferred to Oceanside, California.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11

Harp Dunn, q. s. A. veteran Of
he sicily and italy campaigns. y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-11

william Kelly has been dis
charged from the hospital at Camp
Rucker, Alabama, where he had
been o patient several weeks.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
AIR FIELD, Tex.

". kGIlcd. SUI Vi
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Rhea. OF
Millboro Springs, Va, was gradu-
ated recently from Flexible Cum
merry School here. This qualities
him to wear the aerial gunner's
silver wings as a member Of a
bomber combat crew.
MEDITERRANEAN THEATER.-
Technician Fourth grade) George
F. Scheytt, 1921 Seventeenth street
Sc, has received the Army Good
Conduct Medal on this front, where
his company is engaged in the in
Perception of enemy aircraft.
AUSTIN, Text. William A.
Patterson, 1916 Legation street
NV, has been assigned to the First
Troop Carrier Command after re-
ceiving his wings at Bergstrom
Field.
SCOTT FIELD, Il.-Tech. Sergt.
Claude j. Blackwell, 1917 Bay street
Sc, was one Of IA graduates from
Army Air Forces Training Com
mand radio school who have been
decorated for action against the
Nazis. Sergt. Blackwell, who has
participated in combat sorties over
Evening star., 1944-02-21
- 1t. Angelo F.

to his entrance in the Army Air
Forces in December, 1912, 1t. Elmo
was employed by the Government
Printing Office.
KWAJALEIN ATOLL, MAR.
SHALL ISLANDS. - Marine Pic.
Robert (Tex) Tibbetts, son of Mrs.
katherine Tibbets, 1945 Calvert
street NV, donned a new Japa-
nese uniform when the Fourth
Marine Division landed on Ennu-
Dir Island.
His own uniform soaked by heavy
surf which had splashed into, his
landing craft, Pfc. Tibbetts located
Jap warehouse and selected a
Jap navy outfit of white blouse and
trousers.
Pfc. Tibbetts was an electrical
contractor in Washington before he
Joined the service in November,
1912.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.-Ensign
Evening star., 1944-02-21

lenen1y occupied Europe. received his
ninth Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to
the Air Medal.
MAXWELL FIELD, Ala.-Avia-
ton Cadet William p. Lee, SIT Ninth
street Sc, now completing preflight
training here, has been awarded an
experts medal for proficiency in
firing the As caliber automatic pis-
t0I
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Expert on Soviet Trade
Joins Stuff of UNRRA

BY the Associated Press.
The United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation Administration yes
terday took on another deputy d.
rector general, Nicolai I. Feonov,
Soviet trade expert, to round out
its list Of top-ranking officials who
viii direct relief Of liberated Europe.
Feonov's appointment as deputy
director general IN charge OF sup
plies for the European regional Of
flee OF UNRRA in London was an
nounced by Director General Her.
bert II, Lehman.
Evening star., 1944-02-21

MUROC, Calf
E I'm o, son Of
Mrs. Catherine
Elmo, 4503 Ken
nedy street, Hy-
attsville, Md, is
training h ere
with his Liberia
tor bomber crew
for overs e a S
duty. He recent
ly completed the
course at Tar
rant Field, Tex,
" h ic h entities
him to be pilot
and commander
Of a B-24 heavy
bomber Prinr
Evening star., 1944-02-21
- WITH ID. o.
FIGHTING MEN@

Col. Webster Anderson, 4607 Con-
necticut avenue NV, recently was
awarded the Legion of Merit for
outstanding service as chief of the
Defense Air Branch, Office of the
Quartermaster General, from Au-
gust, 194l, to May, 1912 Maj. Gen.
Edmund B. Gregory, the Quarter
master General, made the present.
alton and read the citation. Col.
Anderson graduated from West
Point in 1928,
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Horrimon's Daughter
Fourth in Ski Races
81 the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Feb. II. - Kathleen
Hartman, with her father, Ambas-
sador w. Averell Hartman in the
gallery, placed fourth yesterday in
the women's slalom race OF the Rus
sian Republican ski championship.
She covered the course on Lenin
Hills, outside of Moscow, twice in 40
and so seconds. The times of the
winner, who Is q skiing instructress,
were AZ and 43 seconds, respectively.