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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-08-10

An Advanced Pacific Base De-
layed) Proving that battle yir-
tue resides In no single section OF
the country alone, the roster OF
headquarters squadron of one of the
most decorated aviation combat
units IN the Marine Corps, contains
the names Of enlisted men and off,
GERS from every state but two. Miss
ing are Vermont and Nevada.
The Marine aircraft group, now
on duty In the Pacific under COM
mand Of Colonel Kenneth ". Weir
OF East Hampton. Long Island, New
York. received a Presidential Cita-
ton as unit with the First Marine
Division for merit0rious actions dur
Ing the engagements to secure Hem
ders0n Field, Guadalcanal, In Aug
list and September. 1912.
The Equadr0n's numerical state"
personnel. with few exceptions,
closely parallel the propOrtionate
population percentages of the entire
country. Illinois leads the list, fol-
lowed by Pennsylvania. New York
and Canif0rnit. Utah, Maine. Ari-
zOna, Arkansas, Delaware and Wy
0ming each contribute one man.
Connecticut Is represented by six
men: Private First Glass Fred O.,
Loehmann. 20 Arden road, Water
bury; Corporal Carol J, Alex, 705
Stanley street, New Britain; TECH
nicai Sergeant Stephen y, Cram. 81
EdgewO0d avenue, New Haven
Sergeant Roy ", Hummel, Highland
avenue, Seymour; Sergeant George
y. Nichols, 10 Roosevelt Drive, Long
River Village, MiddletOwn, and
Sergeant George Y, Nichols, 10
Roosevelt Drive, Long River Village,
Middlet0wn, and Sergeant Joseph b.
Walullk, ~ West Center street,
Mandatory
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-08-10

Local men who are stationed at
Massachusetts, State College, AM
herst, with an Army specialized
training reserve unit are: Edward T.
Healey, SIS Pemberton street: Alan
NJ. Hansen. Yale avenue. Middlebury
Thomas r. Godburn. AZ Hinsdale
avenue; Edward s. Croft. 10 Farm
ham avenue: William q. Brown. IL
Herkimer street: william q. Ma
they. ITO Pearl Lake Road. Charles
II. Lord. 345 Highland avenue: Ed
ward J. Kelly, II Maple avenue: vii
liam c. Anderson, "a stiles street:
and Robert r. Hill, 1853 Piedmont
street.
Miss Marjorie T.. German Of 245
Atwood avenue has enlisted I'm the
WAVES and is awaiting an assign
ment for basic training at the Naval
school at Hunter College. Bronx. NJ.
Y She is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. c. German.
Robert 7. Sullivan, son OF Mrs.
Mary A. Sullivan of 30 Homer street
was commissioned an ensign In the
Naval Reserve last week at the Ma
val Air Center at Pensacola, Fla.
Robert ALBION, 20, former steeple-
jack, in a letter 10 his farents, Mr.
and Mrs william J. Albion, l6l Corr
wall avenue. wrote that he was one
OF a group of Seabees who erected
fiagpole at Guam after Its capture
by the American forces. He enlisted
In the Seabees over year ago.
Among 81 members OF Fort Ben
ning's first class OF medical depart
ment enlisted technieians awarded
diplomas recently was Private Car
men A .DiMaria Of q Cherry street
according to news received here to-
day. Private DiMaria entered the
service January of this year,
Private First Glass Michael j
Codianne OF l47 Fairfield avenue
who was reported wounded IN ae-
ton In the Mediterranean area, Is
now q patient at hospital In Italy
according 10 the latest word re-
ceiyed by his parents, Mr. and MIS-
Louis Codianne,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14
Agricultural Census
Of Mississippi
Reveals 2S1,0o2 Farms

In the 1910 Agriculture Census, Mis-
sissippi enumerated 28l ,092 farms, with
6.952.93l acres of cropland harvested.
There were 19,l56,05s acres Of land in
farms. or 63.1 per cent of the area OF
tho state. The average size OF the farms
reported was 65.S acres.
The value of the farms Gland and
buildings) was placed at $474,9S6 062'
Farm implements and machinery in the
1910 inventory we're valued at $4,000
500. In the ten-year period, l93O-l94O
the number Of farms In Mississippi
operated by full owners Increased by
l1,3i5; the number of tenant farmers
decreased by 32,79S; the number OF
troopers decreased by $50; the num-
Der of managed farms remained prac-
tically stationary. Many plantations
changed from tenant and cropper oper-
ations to operations employing hired
labor. The 1910 Census shows i4A per
cent of the Mississippi farms reported
wages paid.
Cotton is the chief crop in Mississippi
Other leading crops are Irish and
sweet potatoes. corn, hay, oats, sugar
cane and peanuts. The state ranks high
in the production of strawberries and
pecans The value placed on vegetables
harvested for sale texcludng Irish and
sweet potatoes) was 81 ,674 .799.
Mississippi was second only to Tex
as in the number of Mules reported in
1910 inventory, with $4,000. There were
22s,939 farms reported, l1,33S,l6l chick
ems raised Cattle and calves enumerat-
ed totaled 1,l39,600.
Production reports for the leading
crops at tie 1910 Census were as fol-
lows: sweet potatoes 4,S49,435 bushels;
corn harvested for grain, 36,03i,Sl2
bushels; Irish potatoes, l,384,605 bush
els. all hay ,003,4 49 tons; oats thresh-
ed, 4185 456 bushels. Sugafcane grown
for sirup was reported by 49,976 farms,
with an acreage of 23635 acres, from
whicD 3 0S6,67S gallons of strip was
produced There were 1861 farms re-
ported the production of peanuts and
1855 of these reported harvest of
9,942.2l2 lbs Of peanuts grown for nuts
only valued at $45S, 709.
The percentage of the states farms
reporting the growing of cotton at the
1910 Census was 1872 percent, or 259529
farms. The production totaled 1,53S,o92
running square bales from 2,449,2Sb
acres. The valuation of the cotton lint
was STA, 433 GAL.
United States Summary
The number Of farms in the United
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14

in diameter.
Cutting pulpwood with bow saw was
demonstrated by Mr.. J. III. Tombstone
a representative of saw company. He
went on to say that two good men using
. cross-cut saw can cut three units of
,t,lpwood per day. These same two men
men using a bow saw with the same
effort can cut four. units and if they
will single out ard use bow saw each,
they can cut with the same effort, five
units.
These saws are economical; the one
man saw complete sells for about $3.50
and the two man saw complete sells for
s575. The blades can be purchased with
out the bow and tLey will last about
three months where they are used every
day. These saws will cost from $l.20 to
It's each.
Not only are these saws practical in
cutting pulpwood, but they may be used
on plantations for cutting fuel wood.
Commissaries should stock them for the
labor.
This saw company has made the set
ting and filing a simple job. Mr.. Touch
stone said that with little experience
q man can set and file one Of these
saws in less than thirty minutes.
One of the chief advantages, besides
tie initial cost of this type of saw is
that is can be used satisfactory by one
man, and with the shortage of labor
tits will enable many farmers to get
!, sovaral more DAYS work during the
year. The farmer can take this saw and
20 to the wood lot and saw wood when
re is unable to work at his crop
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14
oun!Y hqert's Notes

The forestry demonstrations held in
Ho mes County this week were partici-
pated in by IS farmers and pulpwood
dealers.
MI A. W. Lindenmuth and Mr.. x. W
Hughes advised the farmers to never
clean cat woodlot, always leave
stand Of high quality, vigorous growing
trees unless it is necessary to get all
of the timber off Of the land for cult
walton. Ii an owner Of woodlot finds
it necessary to sell all of this timber
due to financial reasons, he should
leave from one to ten good, healthy
vigo Gus growing trees per acre to pro-
duce seed, stated Mr.. Lindenmuth.
The idea of selective cutting is to
in out and sell the surplus trees leav-
ng only the number that can be sup
DRIED by the land, and the best policy
follow in thinning is to cut all of
h ecrooked Scared, knotty and double
yrees, leaving those that have possibili-
Of developing into good saw logs. At
ter all he man sells his timber
., saw logs usually does the best sell
NJ job.
Tn 0tac:ice of pasturing woodland
with livestock h not been recommen-
led ly agricultural leaders in the past
years, but great many of them are
changing ard are now recommending
that sufficient number of cattle be kept
in the forest to keep the grass from
becoming fire hazard in the winter
months. In other words, it is better to
ave less reproduction than to have a
disastrous fire, one that will destroy
:. ~. ~. 4rnnn LIZ itncha.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14

HOTtense burke mao Charge VI wv
5 ates at the time of the 1910 Agrieul-
.ural Census was 6,096,799. Or TINS
number, 5,96s 100 operators reported
.vtal income from all sources OF si,5i1,-
GA ,5G7. The average gross farm income
ON major sources was $1,000 per fatm'
An 1920 the number of farm enumera-
.ed was CASA while tie total for
100 was ) 1857 The first Census OF
Aer.cal uYe 20 record te numoer OF
..ms OF the Nation vas that OF 1901
ii ch $. owe. a total of I,i49 073 farms.
cfe-eS totals for these farms for the
t.pecliye years were: 1910, l,050,s52,-
~ acres; 1920, 955, SS3,715 acres; 1900,
1881 744 acres; and 1850, 29356O,6l4
acres.
Field crops and vegetables were valu-
cd at s5,174,572,362 in 1910. Trese crops
in 1920 were worth Sl3,S07 ,034, Us,
when was the greatest valuation ever
recorded by = Census enumeration. In
700 field crops and vegetables were
valued at $2,725.2 1872 203. The earlier
slnsuses did not compute the total
values of these crops but gave only pro-
Iuctioa totals in terms of tons, bushels
pounds etc.
Livestock on the farms of the United
States in 1910 was valued at S4,533 O52,-
j13 In 1920 this figure was $S,0l2S76-
=. he total value Of livestock in 1900
vas $3.075.477 703 and the first report
which was made in the Census of 1900
rave to total value Of livestock as
49, o0o46
Tho value of poultry over four months
old on farms April l 1910 was $780,
$50 2l5. TIE flCck reported, over three
months old on January /, 1920 was valu-
ed at s373.394o5 7 Poultry on farms
enumerated June /, 1900 was estimated
to be worth sS5 S07.SlS.
1915 Census Planned
The agricultural resources and pro
duction Of the United States at war will
be measured with the taking of the
coming Census of Agriculture sheduled
to begin the first week in January 1915.
Basic information on agriculture, in
Guiding statistics on farm acreage crops
livestock. farm labor, and other items
related to farm operations will be OBJ
tanned.
Officials of the Bureau of the Census
Uritcd States Department of Commerce;
he Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agricul-
ture: tie War Food Administration, rep
se2 natives Of f9ral associations, and
agricultural economists and statistici-
ms worked jointly toward developing
=. simple yet comprehensive Farm and
Rancl Schedule for the Census. Months
+ ircearatioa preceded tie compile
ION of the schedules and final selection
e questions TO be asked.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat OF the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe
and heal raw. tender inflamed bronchial
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell you bottle of Creomulsion with
the understanding you must like the
way 1t quickly allays the cough or you
are to have your money back.
CREOMULSlCN
For Coughs. Tkee, Colds. Bronchitis
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14
Holmes Junior College

Euell Dickard had charge of the y
meeting held last Wednesday during
assembly period. The subject Of the pro
gram was "Overcoming through Prayer
Carthal Bridges made talk on THE
Confessions of Authors" pointing out
that the most needful thing was to look
up where there is light.
Euell Dickard closed the program
with prayer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14

President r. NJ. Branch has announe-
ed that Holmes Junior College Christ
mas holidays will begin Wednesday
December goth and end Tuesday, jan
aary End.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14

" dnesday evening prayer meeting SER
vie, which was held in TIE auditorium
at $50 o'clock.
TIE program was in honor of those
soldiers Of the Y. s. Armed Forces who
aill not be at home to help celebrate
and enjoy Carintmas this year. The
Scripture was taken from Luke 2:1-14.
Euell Dckard read u letter from
"Johnry' 20 his mother and also a
prayer that most of Uncle Sans sold
iers are praying at this Christmas sea-
son.
The program was closed with silent
prayer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14

Hortense Burke had charge of th'
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-14

Miss Martha Turner's physical educa-
ION classes are planning Christmas
program to be given in the gym next
Thursday evening at 700 O'Clock.
The program will consist of various
lences nd pageants carrying out the
spirit of the Christmas season.
Tho students have drawn names and
tho program will be climaxed with the
annual Christmas tree and presents for
all.
Holmes Junior College Choir, under
the direction of Mrs. Martha Tye Nc
K.e, will present its annual Christmas
program next Sunday evening at 700
o'clock in the college auditorium.
Following this part of the program
= one-act play, 1.-The Open Door,, under
tho direction OF Mrs. Zilpha Mansell
will be given.
The characters are as follows: John,
ohm Be nett Tucker; Mary, his wife.
- ces CuiGsy; Kate their daughter
;r>inia Holder; Michael, stranger.
- uric Hill: and Stephen, friend,
" yne Roberts
T ply .akes pl ce in England at
III, present time
tveryore is cordially invited to at
ted
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-07
After VE-Day

The Office of War Information has compiled
report which it has distributed only among
advertising firms in which it predicts that
dislocations in civilian life after VE-day are
s1ikely to be widespread and, in some quar-
tiers, serious H.
Elmer Davis, owl chief, says the informa-
ton in the report was obtained from govern
ment agencies on the promise that it would
not be made public, but neither he or any
government official explains why the public
is not to be let in on the secret AS the public
has been sedulously ignored since the war
began, on most matters of vital interest, this
is in keeping with the Washington policy.
It is known, however, that the report cites
War Production Board estimate that about
5000 900 persons will be changing jobs in the
year following VE-day, that substantial por-
ton will be abso455ed in the reconversion Of
industry. but that 'in most cases war job
will continue to be the best job for at least
six months after VE-day.''
Every difficult situations may develop in
some areas where the cutbacks will have
the heaviest impact said the survey, citing
WPB sources.
owl said there were no accurate estimates
of how many persons would be unemployed at
any single time during the changeover from
war to peacetime production. The employ
ment problem between the ends Of the Ger
man and the Japanese phases Of the war
will not be ''unmanageable'' it was predicted,
and the ratio of unemployment to total popu-
lation may be no larger than in 1929.
owl predicted an increase in inflationary
pressures after vE-day and even after victory
over Japan, adding that price controls may
continue for "quite some time
1.-THE necessity for raising vast sums from
the public will continue practically undinlinish-
ed for some time after We day, according to
the treasury department. the survey said.
Perhaps the shifting of workers would not
be so fraught with trouble if they were gen.
orally taken into the governments confidence
and could arrive at their decisions with the
benefit Of definite knowledge of what is in
store, so far as all authentic sources of in
formation can determine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-07

bomb, apparently combination Of air raid
and gas attack which is harmless to man.
message from France says that mine
detectors have been used by G. rs to locate
caches of brandy, that French farmers buried
to keep them from the Germans. And if this
can be done, it seems reasonable that we
may see modification of the detector capable
of locating woodchucks and gophers land oil
divining where grandma left her spectacles or
mother hid the family nest egg.
Perhaps, too, the bazooka will come to re-
place the scarecrow and shotgun as guardian
OF the vegetable garden. And Junior, sent to
find the wandering herd and bring it in for
milking, may line UP their position with his
portable radar set and summon them with a
Go, Boss on his walkie-talkie
It may even be necessary to revise Mother
Goose to read 1.-THE jeep's in the meadow,
the cows in the corn.''
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-07

seem a small thing to grippe
about when talking in terms
Of a victorious campaign.
1--WE still are losing men ev-
cry time we catch up with the
Germans" he wrote. He start
ed to tell about Bill getting it
the other day, but he remem-
bered that he'd never mention
ed Bill and it would take too
much space now to tell who he
was. Besides, it probably
would just worry her If she
knew one of his pals was kill
ed.
"But at least it's better to
lose them when we seem to
be making good progress than
losing them the way we did
at Anzio, just sitting there and
taking it." He wondered if she
ever would be able to under
stand how it felt at Anzio.
Probably nor. Besides, he
hadn't been able even to tell
her he was there until after
his outfit broke out Of. the
beachhead.
You would like Lyon" he
started to write and then stop
ped realizing that he was about
to tell her she would like Lyon
because it had streetcars, de-
partment stores, factories and
a big railroad station. She
would think he was going nuts.
He tried again.
"You would like Lyon be-
cause it has little sidewalk
cafes.''
He let that stand, although
he suddenly remembered he
had written her the same thing
about Algiers, about Rome
about San Maxine and about
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-07
With The AEF
What's A Soldier To Write?

Grernoble. BY now, she prob
ably thought he was fighting
the war from one sidewalk
cafe to another.
He started to describe the
other French towns, but rea-
lized he was thinking only in
terms of comparison with Italy
and Africa. Besides, he thought
bitterly, he hadn't been allow
ed to stay in them long enough
really to look around.
''No, it doesn't look like I'll
be home for Christmas this
year either" he wrote, wonder
ing if the censor would cut that
out. The third Christmas, he
thought. Last year in San Pie
tro and the year before in Tu-
nisia. And every fall she wrote
that she guessed he'd be home
this Christmas.
For a long while he sat there
crosslegged on his bedroll lis
tening to the artillery thunder
through the sound of heavy
rain. The candle burned low,
but he couldn't think what else
to say.
IT finally got rid of my cold,"
he wrote at last. '"They say we
will be issued winter clothes
pretty soon. We are going to
need them. I snapped Joe out
Of his sweater yesterday. He
doesn't need it back at the c.
P"
He scratched out the initials
&c. p" and wrote Command
Post" and then wondered if
she understood the difference
between where he was and the
command post.
Suddenly he wrote quickly,
I love you," and signed the
letter. It was less than one
page.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-07
Congressional
'SUTTLETIES'
The inside on the Washington
scene Of interest to the
Carolinas
BY HOWARD SUBTLE
Star-NeWs Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. - Adop'
ton by the national government
Of the principle Of federal aid to
education administered by educa'
ton" as recommended by PRESS
dent Roosevelt in his address to
the White House conference on
Rural Education, would be "a fine
movement in advancing the cause
of education" DR.. Gordon W.
Blackwell, director OF the Institute
for Research and Social Sciences
of the University of North Caro-
lima, declared here last night ds'
cussing the two day rural edu'
cation conference which closed ait
e.. a series Of meetings in the east
wing Of the White House.
DR.. Blackwell, one of the three
Tar Heel delegates, explained the
confab as part of the NATIONWIDE
movement to take re-look a.
our educational needs for the mex!
10 years and act to meet them
The conference on rural educa'
ton, he said, demonstrates recos'
milton by the government OF tns
necessity for a more adequa'ss
school program for farm families
just as the study Of higher educa'
ton problems by the House Edu'
cation committee, headed by Rep
Graham A. Barden, of New Bern
is a recognition of federal re-
sponsibility in the success OF our
colleges and university"
I'VE had fine conference, d.
Blackwell declared. cts resul'
will be most beneficial to the Ca!o.
linas, for rural education is OF
great Importance to the south.
The Tar Heel educator said rura
education leaders today are tnlilH
ing in terms of education for coil'
munity living and for wise u'll'
cation Of our resources. Such It.
suits may be achieved" he aoa.
ed, without any major change IL
curricula, but rather with the az
plication Of courses to pracuc''
modern day needs"
DR.. Blackwell served as secfe
tary of a group of educators AZ
signed to discuss and recomrneNu
program of education for CONF
munity living"
DR.. w. Carson Ryan, head o.
the Division of Technical Trainlns
at the University of North Ca1o!ina
was, secretary Of a group deallhs
with the scope of education 1oS
rural people"
The third Tar Heel delegate wa'
DR.. Albert Coates, director OF th'
University Of North Carolina IS III
stitute Of Government,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-07
The Literary Guidepost

legend that is nonsense if I ever
heard it. Mrs. Johnson shows
what one may expect in fields as
different as teaching thumb-finger.
ed beginners and composing what
Hollywood mistakingly calls
Scores for movies. They are
instead, as Mrs. Johnson's text
indicates clearly, hastily composed
background music. think the
author has been a little sanguine
but she knows what she is talk.
ing about.
And Lloyd Goodrich has done a
top-shelf biography and apprecia.
ton Of one of our really great
painters in 'Winslow Homer"
This sometimes odd genius with
the bald head and the hedgerow
moustache has deserved just such
a treatment for a long time. Mr..
Goodrich's research is careful and
original, and it was difficult too.
macmillan; $3.50
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-07
BY JOHN sELBY

There are two schools Of thought
about learning to understand mu-
sic; two important ones, that is.
One is that man should first sub
ject himself to music, battle in it,
as it were, and later ask help on
the things he does not understand.
The other is that he should sit
down in the midst of a flock of
photograph records, radios, books,
scores, diagrams, and perhaps a
huttering female or two, and there
analyze what he hears as he hears
it. I personally, after 20 or more
years of experimenting, think the
last method is whoosh, but a lot
of people disagree. One of these is
sgd Skolsky, Of Albany, N. Y. Mrs.
Skolsky has had the energy to
write a considerable book called
Evenings with Music" in which
the material aforementioned is pre-
digested, and ~ evenings of plot
ted out for the prospective student.
These evenings do everything but
tell the student when to sneeze, and
if were to be forced to follow
such a regimen in order to get
pleasure out Of music, should soft
" sneak out of the house and get
drunk. Music teachers still think
music is difficult subject, per-
haps because it's good for business.
Dutton; so.
Harriet Johnson is a reformed
music educator" She is now
music editor for the New York
Post. and as such she has her feet
sturdily planted on the rock Of
Manhattan. She has done a book
called "Your Career in Music"
which is, I think, pretty usef,,l.
There is legend that there is no
room In music except at the tcp.