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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
Taft Enrolment 329
 As 55th Year Begins
l5O New Students From 20 States; Four New Faculty
 Members Added; Dinner This Evening

Watertown, September 70, = The Taft school opens for its 6Sth year when students return for dinner this evening. The total enrolment ia S2pof which iB0 arc new boys from twenty different states. Many mem. hers os the senior class have been following Tafta accelerated pro- gram which will permit some Co bo graduated In December and otheri In February,
 rour new members have been added to the faculty replacing men who have entered the armed forces M, weldon Halro of North ChelXns' ford, Mass, . graduate of 9owdoiu College will teach mathematics MT. Halre has been a corporal in the U, 6. Army stationed at Fort Meade Maryland, from ieAi to ioAS ane last year taught and coached at the Killingsley High school in Daniel son, Conn.
 Arthur W. Ross of Cambridge Mass, Q graduate of Colby College will teach French and German. MT Ross has done graduate work at thC University of 0renoble and ct thC Sorhonne, Paris, France.
 Jack Trevithiek of New Hartford Conn., with degrees from Trinity College and Yale University, will teach English. Mir. Trevithick hai been instructor in English ct Trim fly and assistant professor of Eng liSh ct The citadel, Military Col lege of South Carolina,
 Robert L. Young of Staten Island New York, . graduate of swArth' more, will teach mathematics. Mir Young has done graduate work at Brown University and has taught aI the University of Wisconsin.
 Among student enrolled ct Taf' School are: Edward Baragauskas son of MT. and Mrs, Joseph Bara' gauSkas, 06 Highland avenue; Rob- ert Bean, son of Mir. and Mrs. L. e eBan, "a Hewlett street; Edware Bertuceio, son of MT. and Mrs, Ed ward Bertuccio, eS Eastwood avenue William and David Boland, 'sons oI MT. and Mrs. William P. Roland. ieC Euclid avenue; Benjamin and Rob ert Coo, sons of Mir, and Mrs. johr 8. Gee, l+0 Pennington avenue
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
PREP AIRING REPORT ON PENSION PLAN

The first public report of the eityS plans for pension system will Do released tomorrow it was agreed upon today at Q special meeting of the pension committee.
 Tho report will not actually dis. close the new pension plan but will hishlight the requirements of the city to set up such Q system. c, Ar. thur DuBois chairman Of the com. mittee has prepared c detailed ans alysis of such pension needs which will be included within the report. The statement will Do published in toInorrow's Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
Compensation Agreements

The following agreements for weekly payments during disability or for specific payment In case of permanent injury were approved today by Compensation Commis. Sioner John J, o0onnell:--
 Fletcher Dunbar of eO Hlakeslee circle against scoVili Mrg. Co., S30 for i2 and i.2 weeks, amputation Of distal and one.half of middle phaianx of third left finger,
 Alexander CaSsel Of 34 North Elm street against ecovill Mfg, O., Sle,20 beginning Aug. 3l, frac. ture of left great toe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
HOUSING AUTHORITY
 CONFINES NEXT WEEK

An organiSationai meeting of the Waterbury Housing Authority will be held Monday in the city hall at 4:S0 ?. m. The committee is a re- organisatlonal one devised to as- sume full authority over all local public housing.
 Members appointed to the au- thority are John J. Driscoll, Richard Goss, Miss Agres Fitzpatrick, Joseph DeI,auretis and Lester E Young.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
chorIes Lindbersh
 Arrives In New York

New York, Sept. 2o-(UP)- Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in New York by train today after Q tour of several months in South Pacific war theaters, but declined to divulge the nature of his mission or his future plans.
 Lindbergh said he boarded c plane at Los Angeles, but that he had come to New York by train from Pittsburgh when airline flights were cancelled because of bad weather.
 It was reported Lindbergh in. spected aircraft installations and taught high altitude flying in the Gilbert and Marshall islands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
Dislikins School Boy Kills Himself

Worcester, Mass, Sept. 20. CUP)-- Parents today blamed a dislike for school for the suicide of Richard Jahn, IT, whose body was found last night in the Grow Hill section. a short distance from his home.
 His father identified a shotgun found near the body as one the youth had purchased fraom his sls- ter's iiance shortly beforr leaving home two weeks aao
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
METHODIST PASTOR
 ROTARIANS' GUEST

Men should not be discouraged by failure, Rev. John J. Snavely, pas- tor of the First Methodist church, told members of the Rotary club at their meeting yesterday at The Elton.
 Speaking on "Using Failure to Advantage" Rev. snavely pointed out that knowing how to use failure { advantage often eliminates wrong methods. As c mirror Co wrong do- ings, it offers Q challenge to mans ability and advises him to try new methods, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
Unusual Recognition Comes To Connecticut
First State In Union to Establish Bureau for Inter. American Affairs; Commission Official Designated

Iarolord, Sapt. 90 - Connecticut hos become the first state In the Union Co have an ofncially recog- nlzad bureau of Inter American Aieairs within It's state government Governor Raymond E, Baldwin an- nounced today in making public . letter from Nelson A, Rockefeller, eoordinator of Inter-Amerioan AfN fairs, designating the Connecticut Development Commission NS the first state Inter-AmerieAn Center,
 ''It Is indeed gratifying to see Connecticut lead the way in the eS- tablishment of State-SponSored in- ter~Axnerican activities" MT, Rocke- sOller declared in his letter to the governor,
 T am glad to leArn,' the ooordin- ator said, that your plans to or- RanlRe an inter-American program within the Connecticut Development Commission have proceeded so suc- ceSsfully. We are delighted to recog- nlRa the Commission AS an Inter- American Center, and I want to take this opportunity of assuring
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
Hospital Bulletins

The condition of James Y. Neagle, Sl Elmwood avenue, past exalted ruler of the Waterbury Lodge of Elks. was reported as poor at et. Mary's hospital this morning. His name has been plac- ed on the danger list. Mfr. Neagle entered the hospital on Sept. {.
 Mrs. 0ertdure r. Rendell. $50 Columbia Blvd, was reported un. changed at Waterbury hospital where she is critically ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Rendcll is Che mother of Lt. Richard Rsndell, Army public relations officer now In the China Burma theatre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
Find hoVen
 Rid Of Nozis
BY WALTER CRoNkITE Limited Press War CorrespondenO Representing The Combined
 American Press

NEuECUCHthHk AHC SVuVaAeN
 American Press
 Eindhoven, Holland-Undated - (UP)-The Germans have been cleared from the Eindhoven area of eoutheastern Holland after stiff fight and our armer IS now speed- inn north through country donlin. ated by Allied alrborne troops
 German units still are fighting desperately on some side roads paralloling tho main highways, but the Allied sky troops now have tanks and big guns and are eap- able of beating off anything the enemy can throw against them.
 Airborne Allied forces fought off | ono brief, caValry.style attack by German infantrymen who tried to infiltrate their landing zone, and patrols are now pushing forward,
 As this is written, additional Sup- plies and troops to aid the Allied effort are coming in by air,
 The 24.hour danger period for tho Airborne forces ended late yester. day when they freed EindhoVen and established contact with British ar. nor pushing north from Belgium,
 The island" in which tho sky troops landed now is linked with tho mainland" of the British army in Belgium by this causeway Of tanks.
 The Allied Armies now can roll north unopposed for ct least c dos- en and perhaps Q score more miles along which the atrborne troops arc holding the roads. The sltua. ton tn the north iS not known here at present, although some reports gre just beginning to sift back from tho airborne units there.
 tEditorS note; The following sec- ton of c Cronkite dispatch gave no indication of the time or place tk was written.)
 .f Americans holding open the southern end of the British ar. nicred corridor Into Holland beat Back two fierce countor-a attacks to. day. inflicting serious losses.
 Purpose Undetermined
 whether the twin German ShEusts were intended to cut off the Britiah route north, or represented an effort of the split German divl. Dicns to Teunite with other forces % the east, was undetermined,
 After l2 hours one countersat- lacking force had lost 200 killed and 300 captured. The other lost or, nntiSo company killed or captured,
 Both attacks broke down con- ploteiy, although artillery was brought up and still is Shelling Ain- eFlcan areas and c landing ground WheEe more troops, guns and SUD. rales were flown in by glider today. The Germans began preparations 60 blow up canal bridges when the lntention6 of the British arrnor znFugting north from Belgium first Became evident. They blew up two Important ones over the Wiihel. Hlpa Canal well ahead Of the ad. *a1oing Allied troops. One due N9fth Of EindhovOn was destroyed Mn hour after the Allied landing,
 AllEsd tFoops tlimbiing from giid. #4 onto e ginywept field struck 4a1 foF 6 bridge three miles away, #a th8y gtoFmed down the highway |Iey WeFe met by point blank fire # tw0 e0b guarding the bride. For #saflY an holiF they were pinned 49Hn by the guns, until stalking
 @boFno forces eFept within range
 a struck the first guns breach
 sn ttalr fiINt rocket shelf. The
 @ pulled cut acress the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
BY UNITED PRESS


 In Italy, the Allied 9th Army was reported In full possession of the SoFFentlne Peninsula.
 Italian MaTshaE PIetrO BadOgllO called upon his c0untFymen tO join tho Alllesj said tout with the Germans"
 Gen. Henri HonoFe dIraud des CIared that French forces were battling the Germans for possess sion of COFslcaj announced that "events have taken . favorable turn"
 Soviet troops liberated more than I,iS0 additional places, thanked KIcv and cut the Klevs Chornlg0v highway.
 Moscow reported more than 100 German officers and Generals captured at Staiingrad.
 in London. Sir Samuel HOare said that Russia must have her Eightful place in Europe, # Europe was to be stable after the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
LABOR TURNOVER
 SURVEY COMMENDED

Praise was expressed by State War Manpower Director William J. Fitzgerald today for the recent la. bor-turnover survey conducted by the Victory Manpowef Committee of Waterbury. The state official ex. pressed the belief the survey may Dc of important aid in solving the cur' rent labor shortage here.
 The survey was conducted under the chairmanship of Edwin 0. Brad- ley of the scovill Manufacturing Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
OLD TIME DRUM CORPS
 TO BE ENTERTAINED

A reunion of the eleven ancient" drum corps of Connecticut will be held here Oct. 1 under the spoEisor. ship of Waterbury's Mattatuck drum corp, 1t has been announced by Theodore Kurtz, chairman.
 Several authorities of the art of the ancient drumming will ate tend. This talent ig ene that dates back before the days of the Revolu- ton. There will De no formal ex- hibltion Of drumming at the re- union
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
FALSE FEAR

Arkadelphia, ork., Sept. o. (UP)-- Capt. Lemuel Kelley, in a letter home, reported that American sole diers entering Pisa found the Italians nearly hysterlcal because the Germans had circulated runoEs that Untod States engineers had instructions to straighten Pisa's famous leaning tower.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
CONNECTICUT WOMAN
 HEADS AUXILIARY

Chicago, Sept. 20 - tUp) - Mrs Charles 3. Gilbert, Norwich, Conn. was elected president of the Amer lean Legion Auxiliary today At tho closing session of the manual cori- vonklon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
Two Local Schools
 Help Buy Corsairs
Leavenworth High SS. Peter and Paul ParOcEial Con-
 tribute With Stamp, Bond Purchases
| IWl aINmU3m

field school, panhury, one 0orsair: Madison school, Bridgeport, and Roger Ludlowe High school, Fair field, one Corsair; St, Stanislaua school, Bristol and schools of Lltch. field County, one CorsAir.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-20
BLAZE CAUSED BY
 SHORT CIRCUIT

Firomen responded at e,2s last evening Co Q bIase caused by a shert circuit at 1oae Nofth Main alEooe.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17
Hunting Licenses Show
Small Drop i'm 1913

Despite wartime restrictions, hunt
ing license holders during the 1912
43 season numbered 8,049, 537, &C.
cording to preliminary report sub
mitted to Secretary of the Interior
Harold l.. Ickes by the Fish and
Wildlife service. The revenue de-
rived by the states from the sale
of these licenses amounted to $13,-
455, 636.
Based on reports received from A
states, plus estimates for the 4 re-
naming states from which reports
have not been received so far, these
figures represent a decrease of AL
301, or only So per cent, in the
number of license holders, and 80
per cent in revenue received, as
compared with the 1912 figures.
That 8,035, 076 fishing licenses were
sold to anglers during the fiscal
year 1943 is indicated from reports
collected by the service from 43
states, plus estimates for 5 other
states. This is a decrease of $685.
142, or 4.6 per cent, as compared to
the 8,423,218 angling license holders
for the previous year. The revenue
from the 1943 fishing licenses was
$1,000, 1852, a decline of 6.5 per cent
from 1912. ii
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17

IT IS not necessary to make our
- economies so dull that they de-
press every one. Let's make them
gay and attractive to give us
lift and a bit of a challenge too.
This old rocker is an example.
A saw and wood chisel were
used for removing projections
and rockers. An old quilt was
found for padding and the feathers
from an old bolster were packed
into thick seat cushion to raise
the seat which has been lowered
by removing the rockers. This re-
CURED a yard and a quarter of
ticking. Four and one-half yards
of inexpensive chintz in a bold,
modern pattern did the rest. Total
cost for an up-to-date chair less
than two dollars, one that will
serve well for the duration.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17

(WNU Feature-Through special arrange
ment with Golfers Weekiy.)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17
Forest Fires Overtake
: Fleeing Men and Deer

Forest fires can spell destruc-
ton at unbelievable speed. In 1910
the great Idaho fire covered strip
of country 120 miles long by IS
miles wide within a period of "a
hours. Forest fires have been
known to overtake running deer
and even men on horseback.
The total forest fire bill ranges
from SIS to IS million dollars annu-
ally, plus heavy toll of human
lives, livestock, many wild birds
and animals.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17
BEATING JAPAN'S TORPEDO
PLANES
BY Frank Morris

(WNU Feature-Through special arrange
n1ent with Golfers Weekiy.)
was on the bridge of a Pacific
fleet aircraft carrier Suddenly,
straight as an arrow, Jap torpedo
plane came on less than 40 feet
above the water and headed directly
for our starboard bow. Through the
sights, it looked to the gunners on
this maiden f1at-top, about to be I'M
der fire for the first time, like one of
those wooden miniatures they had
learned to identify in shipboard lee
lures as Mitsubishi 81 single-engine
loW-wing job.
But this was no model. Its size
doubled every second until you could
even see the pilot plainly. On it
came, unhesitating, malevolent, into
stippled wall of steel hurled at its
nose from 5-inch cannon, 20 and
4O-mm. machine guns. The sleek
torpedo pendant from its belly
seemed as big as the Hudson tun-
mel, hanging there poised for its
plunge into the ships vitals.
The onrushing plane was less than
two hundred yards from the ship.
Now was the time for it's torpedo to
be launched. Fate and the carriers
gunners willed otherwise.
A direct hit caught the steel tube
of death before it could be released,
and it's SCATTERING explosion sent
plane and crew hurting across the
carriers bow to oblivion in the sea
almost under the big ships forefoot.
AS Carrier x plowed right through
the blazing debris, the mechs on our
hangar deck, spying two of the
planes crew floating along in their
mushroom-shaped life jackets. hurled
curses and wrenches at them.
Two More Mitsubishis Downed.
A half-minute later another tor
pedo plane came skimning at us
from the starboard quarter. Our gun
ners swung their mounts around
sharply, opened fire and caught it
squarely in midair before it could
launch it's fish. A puff of black
smoke, burst of orange flame and
the Mitsubishi crashed into the sea.
The third plane in the attacking
team made its run right on schedule
in just another 80 seconds. This one
was aimed directly abeam of our
starb0ard side. Our gunners con-
nected again. The blast of their
shells tore the left wing apart, and
the plane lurched to one side as it
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17

Many people believe that a person
who seldom gets mad will get mad
der and hold his anger longer than
other people when he is provoked
to anger. The truth is that he does
not get as mad as his easily pro-
voked neighbor, and that he does
not hold his grudge as long. People
who seldom get angry are less emo
tional than those who are always
flying off the HANDLE" and the less
frequently person gets angry. the
less intense is his anger. Control of
ones emotions is an essential thing
in modern life, and fits of anger in
dictate lack of such control.
Ledger Syndicate.-WNU Features. Il
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17

dropped aus hSh. The Jap plot at
tempted to pull out of his spin, but
his plane was beyond control and
plunged into the water. The torpedo,
meanwhile, streaked ON past the car
rier's stern, missing it by an un-
comfortable margin.
''Whee! Three runs, no hits, three
errors" A baseball fan standing
at a microphone of Carrier x an
nounced the score.
Three more torpedo planes, using
the same tactics, tried another at
tack on our task force half an hour
later. This time they selected as
their target one of our sister car
riers zigzagging along a few miles
to port of Carrier x. They had no
better luck. The guns on every ship
in the vicinity concentrated on them
until each in turn was shot down be-
fore it could do any damage. For a
while, we thought Carrier Y was in
danger, when one of the planes ex-
ploding in the air appeared to be
heading for a crash landing on her
fight deck. However, it dived into
the water on her port side, and the
flaming wreckage drifted astern.
Revenge Attacks.
Both of these attacks on us, made
shortly after noon, were inspired by
revenge. That morning we had
tweaked the Sun Enperor's royal
nose. Our task force had sent it's
planes in-hundreds of them-to pay
visit at Kwajalein, a japanese
stronghold in the western Marshall
Islands.
That visit hadn't done the Japs any
good, for it messed up some of their
cruisers and other ships in Kwaja-
lein harbor, destroyed a stable
amount of the Imperial air force and
disrupted things in general. So fling
ing those suicide torpedo planes at
us was just an example of blind
fury, and we suspected there would
be more of them tossed at us through
out that day and night.
Apparently what made the Japs
particularly resentful was the fact
that our task force had penetrated
deep into an area they had believed
to be impenetrable by an enemy sur
face force.
Steam Past Jap Bases.
To get within bombing range of
our carriers and escort
ships had to steam for most of "a
hours through passages between is
lands the Japs had been using for
months as air bases and military
outposts. Rear Admiral ''Baldy''
Pownall thumbed his nose at Wolfe
and Maloelap as he guided his task
force past these Jap island air bases
to reach his objective. It was bold
maneuver and one the Japs knew
about until the first bombs
and torpedoes struck Kwajalein.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17
PAPER Soothe, cool, relieve
n "a n diaper rash--often pre-
0A vent it with Mexsana,
nMDEN the astringent medicated
HE%A n powder. Get Mexsana.
Gigantic Grape Cluster

A huge cluster of grapes weigh
ing 112 pounds, the largest ever
seen in the grape-growing country,
was exhibited at recent Los An
geles, Calf, fair.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17
Economies Can Be Gay and Smart;
Old Rocker Is Easily Modernized

NOTE-This remode1ed chair is from
BOOK which also contains directions
for undermining an old fashioned couch
and making other home furnishings from
things on hand. To get copy of BOOK 5
send Is cents to cover cost of mailing
direct to:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-17
e xap BUY ASPIRIN
that can do more for you than St. Joseph
Aspirin. Why pay more? Worlds largest
seller at 10c. Demand St. Joseph Aspirin.
Camera Houses Operator

A camera so large the photogra-
pher works inside is being used by
laboratories of telephone COM
pany.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-11
Jury Sympathetic.
Settlement Reached

chicago, Mar. IL INS-Thanks
to a sympathetic jury which shed
$4,000 worth OF tears, Mrs. GRATIS
Smith, q, was the recipient Friday
OF one OF the largest out.of.court
personal injury settlements in ths
memory OF court attaches.
She was suing the Yellow Cab
Company for $4,000 for iujuris,
she received in 1892 when a car
driven by her husband. a concert
pianist known professionally az
Jero!d Frederic, was struck by a
Yellow Cab.
Company lawyers were putting
up stiff fight until Mrs. Smith
began telling Of the aftermath of
the accident-a shattered vertebra
which necessitated a painful oper-
alton, the loss OF her teeth, inter.
nal injuries-and the lawyers noted
that about half the seven women
and five men on the Jury were dab.
ping their eyes or weeping openly.
That was the handwriting on
the wall. Defense attorneys has.
tily asked for recess and soon
atterward It was announced the
$4,000 settlement had been agreed
upon.