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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
GAME CLUB PLANS
BENEFIT PICTURE

Naugatuck, March 3.-Final plans
are being made fro the annual mo-
ton picture show of the Fish and
Game association.
The show will be given at the Gem
theater April 10 and the proceeds
will be used for the purchase OF
game for distribution in this area.
Final arrangements will be an
nounced following a meeting of the
game association pt the town hall
next Wednesday night.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

be asked to accept employment in
Naugatuck, and officials are hope
full that q large number Of New
Haven workers can be brought to
Naugatuck, despite the S5-mile
round trip necessary for communi-
cation.
Meanwhile efforts will be con-
tinued to recruit members from the
Waterbury area towns through the
new Victory Manpower plan %hich
became effective last year.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
MIDDL EBURY MAN
PAYS $40 FOR NOLLE

BRISTOL, March 3 - Harry q. An
drews, SO, Of Middlebury, was grant,
ed a nolle on payment Of $40 by
Judge Frederick w. Beach In City
Court Thursday when charges OF
drunken driving and failure to no.
tify the MVD Of q change Of adj
dress were changed TO breach Of the
peace.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
Factory Buildings
Cost Near 100000
Plant for Processing Synthetic Rubber in Liquid Latex
Form and Storage Warehouse Planned Shortly

been engaged as engineers for the
new latex unit.
The latex production will be In
addition to the present dry form of
synthetic rubber produced at the
plant.
Work on the two buildings is
expected to start Immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
Borough Funerals

Naugatuck, March 3,-Funeral
services for Angelo Errichetto, IL,
who died at his home, "a Svea ave-
nue. and who had been resident the
past IS years, will be held Saturday
at $3.50 from the residence to St,
Francis church where a requiem
high Mass will be celebrated at 8.
Burial will be in st. James ceme-
terry.
Friends may call at the residence
this evening after Z o'clock.
Funeral services for Joseph Rosko,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

ST., who died Monday in 0reenpoint
Hospital, Brooklyn, N. X, after Q
short illness, will be held Saturday
at s:i5 a. m. from the Fitzgerald
Funeral Home, $40 North Main
street, To st. Hedwig's church where
high Mass Of requiem win be cele-
brated at 0. Burial viii be In 81.
Peters cemetery, Derby.
Friends may call at the funeral
home this evening until 10 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
LEADERSHIP COURSE
STARTS AT LIBRARY

Naugatuck, March "a class Of
instruction leading to ultimate Girl
Scout leadership was inaugurated at
the Whittemore library Thursday af-
ternoon. A weekly class will be held
for the next six weeks at the IL
brary, with waterbury Girl Scout
official In charge 70 instruction.
Mrs. Robert Schrieber Of Cherry
street and Mrs. Philip Rioe Of Wal
NIT street are in charge Of arrange
ments. Any local women interested
are invited to take the course.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

Bethany March 8. - five-weeks course Of training
for class of eight pocewoen at the State Police Acad
envy here will to close March 10, but plans for any
graduation ceremony will not be made until Commissioner
Edward Hickey returns from tour which he has been
engaged In STUDYING police methods in other states.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
TWO BRUSH FIRES
BRING OUT FIREMEN

Naugatuck, March 3.-Two brush
fires were extinguished Thursday
afternoon by local fireman. One
was at the John Carroll residence,
81 Andrews avenue, and the other
at the Goldberg property, Galpin
street extension.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

On his l08th birthday, william
Brets of Welverdlend, South Africa,
declared that II his country needs
him he was ready to shoulder . gun
at any time.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03
Leo J. Mulcahy
Heads Bethany
Barracks Class
Seven Students Being Trained for State Police Serv-
ice, Other for TOrringtOn Police Dept; All Enjoy.
ing Five Weeks Sessions; Graduation Plans

Correspondent. Larry shepley-PhOne NaugasuCk seas
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

Tomato plants are used in sub.
marines to detect harmful gases.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

BUY WAR BONDS q STAMPS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
+. U. DIRECTOR
OF EDUCA ton
SPEAKING AT U.

Mildred K Stoltz, state director of
education yesterday attended meet
ing of the Ravalli County Farmers
Union and addressed meeting of the
Missoula County Trades Council in
the evening.
Today, Mrs. Stoltz was scheduled to
address the student hsiy Che State
University at its codyocation at IL
o'clock, and a luncheon at the Wom-
ems Coop House at noon.
At four o'clock today, she will speak
before the Sociology class and tonight
she will be the featured speaker a. p
dinner given by the University Teach
ers' Union to which number of town
people have been invited.
The topic which will be discussed
by Mrs. Stoltz at the various gather
ings will be the building of demo-
cratic world, and the part that must
be played in that effort by the farm
and labor organizations. She will
also discuss the educational program
of the Farmers Union, its purposes
and its development.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
JAPAN PUTS THE ACCENT
ON OIL

Despite the fact that the Japanese
gained rich oil-producing areas in oc-
cupying the Netherlands Indies and
Burma, the Tokyo radio indicated
early this week that Premier Hide6i
Tojos government was having diff
Guilty in getting sufficient quantities
fof high-grade lubricants to run Jap
ans war machine smoothly.
A clear indication of oil troubles
was contained in the official Japanese
announcement that the TOTO cabinet
had designated the fuel oil industry
as critical war industry, placing ii
on priority part with Japan's five
"key" dustries-aviation shipDuild.
ing, coal, iron and steel, and trans
portation.
The oil problem was also stressed
by DR.. Harushige Inouye, director of
the Tokyo Technical Laboratory of
the munitions industry, in a recent
speech on the activities of Japanese
scientists. While claiming that the
oil fields of Java, Sumatra and Burma
were being steadily developed" In
ouye said that the production of high
octane gasoline required special tech
niques" and limited that Japan might
have to produce such gasoline from
products other than natural OIL pre-
coal.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25

The keystone of war production II
the Pacific northwest was the Bonnie
vile Power Administration which il
the face of mounting material short
ages and curtailment of construction
was able to more than double its pow
er deliveries to war industry during
the past year. With this introduction
Power Administration goes on to show
that in addition to the tremendous
volume of power delivered directly
into war industry over the federal
transmission system, the Bonneville
Administration pumped nearly 1000,
100000 kilowatt hours into the sys
TENS of 10 other major northwest util
tiles, thus enabling them to meet their
own war commitments. The develop
ment of the northwest power pool in
cooperation with these 10 utilities
was the principal emergency opera
tons measure undertaken by Bonnie
vile during the year
Much skepticism existed when the
Bonneville-Grand Coulee projects in
the state of Washington were first
put under construction 10 years ago,
but in the light of accomplishments
since then, particularly in their con-
tribution to the war program, there is
wide agreement with the statement of
Frank ]. Taylor of the Saturday Eve
ming Post, who said: 1.-THE 100000, 900
investment by the people of the
United States in the Bonneville-Gran
Coulee projects during the last 10
years has proven as gilt edged as any
war bond, cheap at any price"
The Bonneville report shows that
during 1943 it's power flowed into
northwest war plants with capacity
sufficient to produce in one year:
enough calcium carbine to make ap-
proximately 3O,OO0,O0O cubic feet of
acetylene, sufficient to build 200 Lib
erty ships; enough ferrosilicon to de-
oxidize 100000 tons of steel, suffi-
cient for 100000 medium tanks;
enough additional ferrosilicon to pro-
duce 4S,000,000 lbs of magnesium met
al, sufficient for 100000 incendiary
bombs; enough ferrochrome to pro-
duce 100000 tons of armor plate, suffi-
Gent to protect 10000 heavy tanks,
and motive power and electric heat
for the production of 208 ships.
Only through availability of power
produced at Bonneville and Grand
Coulee dams was it possible, the re-
port shows, for northwest plants to
produce ferro-alloys for the armoring
of thousands of tanks, aluminium for
a myriad of airplanes, motive power
and electric heat for the high speed
production of merchant and naval yes
sells and for the manufacture of many
other weapons.
Looking to the post war period the
report shows the Bonneville Power
Administration is prepared on de-
day to call for bids on
S26, 100000 worth of projects. This
backlog represents about $4,000 man
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
Jerry O'Connell
Named State CIO
Political Director

SEATTLE.-Roy w. Atkinson, re-
gional director of the National CLIO
Political Action Committee for the
states of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington, today announced the ap-
pointment of former Cong. Jerry ].
| O'Connell of Butte, as director of the
/ CLIO Political Action Committee for
the state of Montana. O'Connell is
considered one of the leaders of the
party in Montana, and as member
of congress was a staunch supporter
Of President Roosevelt and his pro-
gram
The new director has had wide po-
/ litical experience in the Treasure
state, having served as chairman Of
the state railroad and public service
commission, and as member of the
state legislature for three sessions, in
addition to his congressional tenure.
He will have charge of the Clio po-
litical drive in the 1914 elections in
Montana. He will not be candidate
for public office in the coming cam
paign.
Regional Director Atkinson asserted
that the CLIO would join with the
Farmers Union, the AFL, the Railroad
Brotherhoods, pension clubs, progress
sive fraternal organizations, church
groups, and liberal small businessmen
and professional people, in concerted
political action to elect candidates
who are pledged to the CLOS program
for an about war effort until COM
plete victory is won, and postwar
planning for peace with security and
opportunity at home and abroad.
1.-THE CLIO program is based on faith
Garner, white-collar worker, farmer,
professional man, storekeeper or
housewife. Their welfare should be
the nations chief goal, and they
should be given full opportunity to
participate in the economic and polit
ical decisions which affect them. The
CLIO, representing over five million
Americans and their families, will
continue to cooperate with all other
organizations interested in demo-
cratic solution of the difficult prob
lens which confront u.s." Atkinson
stated.
Atkinson is leaving today for trip
through Montana, and along with
O'Connell will attend a state wide
of progressive scheduled for
Great Falls on March 18th.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
ON THE MARGIN
By BOB

| Now that the steam is beginning
to rise from the top of the political
pot l have been asked by the editor
| of The Voice to sort of gather some
of the vapor and analyze it and sub
nit it for what it is worth to the
readers. In doing this, it must be
understood that the contents of the
script are based, generally, not on
definite information but on the II
hear !. :" type of lore.
Perhaps it might be well to try to
dignity my column by "a statement of
definite fact even though some of the
value of the report is questionable as
it has already been widely advertised.
However l hope my readers-if any
will permit me this temporary lapse
into the factual field, when I state
that Left Erickson, associate justice
Of the Montana supreme court has
announced that he is a candidate for
governor of Montana on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
believe that the people of the state
are really interested in the coming
campaign for this office, and the prin-
cipal reason l indulge in this pro-
lixity about Justice Erickson's an
nouncement, is that | believe the cir
cumstance has definite bearing on
other, less factual reports which | will
relate
According to reports, by the press
and others carried on the wings of
rumor, ]. Burke Clements, chairman
of the state industrial accident COM
mission who has remained in his Of
flee without re-appointment for nearly
year to the puzzlement of many,
threw a dinner recently at the May
flower hotel in Washington, d. G. for
group of democrats. 1t was, ac-
cording to Authoritative sources"
dinner with a menu worthy of the
swank locale, including quail and
champagne. These same sources re-
port that the meeting was called by
Clements to start backfire against
Justice Erickson. Some credibility
might be attached to this report as
ClcLueHtS 10 SeuSl diiy DciSfeu " nave
been permitted to continue in his Of
flee for nearly a year, through the
influence of Senator Wheeler with
Governor Ford, and while Clements is,
of course, rated leading democrat,
what's party politics between
friends" And maybe if Ford were
reelected, Clements would still be
sure of his job.
Anyhow, present at this quail and
champagne love feast were four be-
sides Clements who have been re-
ported to have given consideration to
lend their talents to the people of
the state as governor. These four
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
TOWN and FARM
in WARTIME
RATION TOKENS IN USE SUNDAY
Prepared by OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION

RATION TOKENS IN USE SUNDAY
During the three-week period, Feb
ruary 81 through March 20, in chang
ing from the old rationing program
to the simplified token plan, two sets
of stamps, green and blue, will be
used for processed foods, and two,
brown and red, for meats and fats.
The old stamps, brown and green, will
be used exactly as in the past at
their regular value through March 90.
The token plan will be fully in effect
on March 81. Beginning then, proc
essed foods can be purchased only
with blue stamps and blue tokens, and
meats, fats, and oils only with red
stamps and red tokens. The blue and
red stamps, effective February 81 are
valued at 10 points each. All tokens
are valued at one point each and will
be given for change only when a pur-
chase is made. No more than nine
tokens need be given as change" in
one transaction.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
SCHOLARSHIPS AT
UNIVERSITY

-Four 500 scholarships have been re.
ceiyed by the school of pharmacy at
Montana State University from the
American Foundation for Pharmaceut-
ical Education, Dean G. e. Mollett has
announced.
These scholarships, covering tuition
for full year in the school of phar-
macy, will be available during the
spring, summer and fall quarters.
They will be awarded to new students
on the basis of scholarship. The
American Foundation Tor Pharmaceut-
ical Education granted scholarships to
all schools accredited by the Amer
lean Council on Pharmaceutical Edu-
cation
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
TO REVIEW FARMER
DEPARTMENTS

Local Selective Service Boards have
been ordered to review promptly de-
ferments of agricultural workers be-
cause of the sharp curtailment of
available manpower for the armed
forces, Selective Service has an
nounced. ut is not expected that
local boards will defer or continue to
defer registrant as necessary to and
regularly engaged in agriculture I'M
less by his own personal and direct
efforts he produces 16 or more war
units each year." Selective Service
asserted. About 100000 men in ag-
riculture were deferred in class TIC
and III-C as of January 1, 1914 OF
this total, 100000 are single men be-
low % years of age and more than
one million are nonfathers. In all
other war production and war sup
porting activities less than 125,000
non-fathers below the age of % were
deferred as of January /.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25

"Other lnflatlOnary items
amounting to $50,632,841.26.
The investigation of the Federal
Power Commissions staff has found
that $54,660,127.94 is the original cost
of the Montana Power Company's
electric plant as of January 1, 1887,
the effective date of the uniform sys-
tenn of accounts. According to the
power commission about 1870 of the
book cost is involved in it's order to
the power company to show cause
why it should not be ordered to dis
pose of $2,707 690.26 now classified in
the account designated as Common
Utility Plant Acquisition adjustments
in accordance with an appropriate
method developed from evidence at
the hearing, (2) to dispose of $685.
S4126, representing write-ups and
other inflationary items in its electric
plant accounts, lin accordance with
such plan as the commission shall
approve or prescribe, and 90 to pre-
pare additional studies with respect
to $4,031 ,25269 in its electric plant
account for the purpose of determin-
ing the appropriate classification and
disposition of this amount in accord
ance with the requirements of the
commissions uniform system of &C
counts"
The company's annual report for
1912 to the state, shows that its &C.
counts value the entire plant of the
company at $131, ,533SS. This in
cludes other properties such as water
plants and the gas plant and deduct
ing the value of those as carried
leaves the electric plant with book
value of something over $119000,000.
No rate base for the Montana Pow
er Company has ever been prescribed
by the Montana Public Service Com
mission according to statements made
by the state body. 1t has been gen
orally assumed by the public that the
book valuation of the electric light
plant as reported, has been used by
the company as a basis on which to
fix it's rates. Since the company has
always shown a substantial profit on
the basis of the book valuation, which |
according to the Federal Power Com
mission is nearly twice what it should |
be, it seems evident that if such is |
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
DARNAND'S CAMPAIGN IN
HAUTE SAVOIE
v

Joseph Darnand, Vichy's pro-nazi
encouragement for the maintenance
of order, is now conducting an inten
sive campaign against anti-nazi
French patriots in the Haute Sayoie
area. Numerous contingents of Vichy
militiamen and German troops. are
pouring into the region and occupying
Village after village" according to
the Stockholm Svenska Dagbladet
which described current conditions in
the area as follows:
within the two departments where
Darnand is now ruthlessly concentrate
ing, people can no longer move freely
from one department to the other.
Telephones may be used to very
limited extent. kilograms can only
be sent after obtaining special per-
mits. Local mail is closely censored
and the delivery of mail between the
towns of Annemasse and Annecy,
which are only a few kilometers apart,
require two or three days in transit.
Business life is seriously handi-
capped, and in several places it was
even impossible to keep local indus
tries in operation, since workers were
prevented from leaving their homes
while house-to-house Investigations
were being made. In every home peo-
pie expect to hear knock on the
door at any moment, followed by the
arrest of a member of the family by
the Gestapo or Vichy police.
There is scarcely one person
among the peasantry who is not di-
rectly affected by the present tense
situation, due to the fact that they
have sons who have joined the parti-
sans or because of previous arrests of
other members of the family"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
.C0-0PERATIvES
ONE OF -FOUR
DEM0CRACIES"

CHICAGO (CLNS)-A. Philip Ran
dolph, international president of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
declared here at a cooperative rally
that the cooperative movement is the
way to achieve economic democracy,
which he outlined as one of "the four
democracies" which all races and peo-
pies should enjoy The four democ-
lracies, he said, are:
"Ethnic Democracy-giving equality
to all races.
"PoIiticaI Democracy = giving free
dom from tyrants of government.
Industrial demonstrating free
dom from industrial dictatorship.
(The unions, he declared, repre-
sent industrial democracy
"Economic Democracy-giving free
dom from economic want
The negro people, Mr.. Randolph de-
c1ared, suffer most acutely from the
lack of these. four democracies.
1.-THE cooperative idea is the best
mechanism yet devised to bring about
economic democracy, Mr.. Randolph
said. 1.-THE main problem today and
during the past several years is the
equitable distribution of our economic
wealth according to mass productive
ability. 1t doesn't seem sensible that
2 per cent of the people in the United
States should control 80 per cent of
it's wealth through their control over
production"
Declaring that the cooperative
mechanism automatically works to
bring about more just distribution of
economic goods, the union leader
urged "all people, and particularly the
negro people, to use this tool of CO.
operation which is at hand to help
us make this world better place to
live for us and our children"
The meeting, which was attended
by $50 people, was sponsored by the
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
LESS PAPER WORK TO BUILD

Less paper work for persons who
build privately financed housing con-
struction is assured by War Produc-
ton Board Order P-55-C. This order,
announced jointly by the WPB and
the National Housing Agency, elm
mates filing of detailed list of ma
terials and permits use of materials
that will conserve lumber and fuel.
A simplified procedure for farm hous-
ing, which was excluded from Order
PESO, was provided in GIMP regula-
ton 6, direction 1, effective Feb. Is.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
INSIDE THE AXIS

to occupied Northern Italy for forced
labor
1.-THE refugees who were first to re-
turn were arrested by the fascists and
then handed over to the Germans"
the newspaper said. "The Germans
released thera after registering their
names.
1.-THE returned refugees then in
formed refugee acquaintances of theirs
still in Switzerland by letter that they
might return to Italy without fear. A
stream of refugees started back, with
out meeting difficulties on the Italian
border.
Three weeks later the situation
changed, and the remaining refugees
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
Bonneville Forms Northwest Power Pool
To Meet Huge Demands of War Industry

months of labor and the expenditure
fat least $15,000,00 for equipment
and materials. The money for these
projects was appropriated by the con-
gress prior to and during the early
months of the war, being held in re-
serve for continuance of the agency's
peacetime program
DR.. Paul ]. Rayer, Bonneville Power
Administrator, has proven staunch
friend Of rural identification and
works in close cooperation with the
Public Utility Districts and REA CO.
operatives of the northwest. He was
guest speaker at the annual meeting
of Region 8 in Lewiston, Idaho, No
vember 15.-NRECA Bulletin.