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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
SOCIAL
 FUNCTIONS
Social Notes

Misses Evelyn Murphy, Louns. bury avenue. Marie Mcnueh, Mar. Jorie Barry. Kay Kelly. South street, and Rita Mccarthy. Hamilton ave nue, are spending two weeks with Miss McCarthy's sister, Mrds. Pat. trick Quilter, at Bay View, Mil- ford.
 Mrs. Kenneth W. Kelly. Ives Ives street. and daughter sharon Ann. recently left with Mrs. Kelly's brother, A-C A. Ingalls, to spend two weeks at the home of their parents in Middlebury, Vt.
 Mrs. Carrie Karns, willowb street. recently returned following a two weeks stay in Boston. Mass.
 Miss Elsie Northrop, Country Club road, Middlebury, has returned 10 her home after a two weeks vacation at Lake Anlston, Amston, Conn.
 Lieut.. j. g. and Mrs. Edmund Sciullo announce the birth Of a son Edmund Mathew, Jr., born August l2 at Waterbury hospital. Mrs Sciullo is the former Mary Scale Of Easton avenue. She plans to join her husband in the fall at Little Greek, Va, where he is statoined.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Miss Lois woilcnbcrg of West Hartford, has returned after spend- ing thre weeks with her Rrandpar. cnts, Mir. and Mrs. Vincent Tacin. eli, ives street.
 Mrs. Raymond Mantiglia and Mrs Arthur Myers are spending two weeks in New York city where they are registered at the Abby hotel Mrs. Mantiglla also will be the guest Of her sister, Miss Lena Meo Of Baldwin, L. I.
 Miss Muriel Ruth Andrews. daugh- ter Of Mir. and Mrs. Jessie J. An- drcws. Henry street. oakville, has been awarded a part tuition scholar ship to Pembroke college in Browv University.
 An old-fashioned ham dinner was held last ngiht in Prospect by the women of the Prospect Congrega- tional church with more than loo persons attending. The sum of s75 was raised to be used for the pur- chase of new equipment for the church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

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 The dance programs included Mia slayenska, Leonided MassiDe an Igor Youskevitch. former Ballet Rlisse stars, in c series of famous pas des deux.
 The eight weeks season featured. as usual. the New York Philhar- lnonic-6ymphony Orchestra under noted conductors: grand opera, bal- let. and a series of distinguished soloists. starting with Fritz Kreis- Ter in the first outdoor appearance Of his career on opening night
 In spite Of some unfay0Fable breaks in the weather. attendance was uniformly high, approaching or passing the 10000 mark on seV- eFal nights.
 DAVID BR0EKMAN. music d. rector for the United States Treas. nFy war savings program. is about to start work on the Treasury Star Parade and Song Parade radio pro. grams for the sixth war loan.
 It will be complicated Job of writing, direction and production, because f Germany Is beaten be- fore the start Of the next war loan dFlve--Lentatively set for around mld- November the whole pro- gram may be changed to conform with the new title. First Victory Loan"
 BFoekmen Is meanwhile working on the fourth movement Of his own Second Symphony, which he hopes to have completed by Oct, %,
 S0SEP H0FMAhN, pianist, who has been making outdoor appear aDees ln various parts of the eouns try this summer, plans 8 concert tour fOF the Iel4.th season, which will start on the Pacific Coast tn January, Moving eastward on 2 crowded schedule, H0fmann will give Q Carnegie Hall recital on March 2s, hlS only appearance Of the season iD the New York mes tFopolltaD district,
 EARL WILD, young concert plahs ist, has Fejolnsd the NEG musical staff after two years service tD the Navy, Wild, who recently received an honorable discharge, was NEG Symphony Orchestra before enlsFs Ing the service, While ln the Navy he was given leave for various Fe. eitals snd concerts, including one at the White House for President Roosevelt end Anthony Eden, and as soloist under AFtur T'oseanlnl ln 6eFEhWin's sRhansody ln Blue"
 
 ANOTHER return from the aEHn' ed forces Is that Of 0yeFgy eansoF, Hungarian pianist, after two years ln the Army, He plans 2 CaFneele Hall recital on Nov 20, the date be originally had two years SEQ and cancelled to enter the Army. He spent the first siK months Of hls military career as ammunition eags FieF in . field artillery unit and Ias ter was detailed to special services and gave many concerts ln camps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
COMMUNITY CHEST
 EXECUTIVES MEET
Mrs. Ruth Garfield of Wa. terbury to Take Part in
 Panel Discussion

Mrs. Ruth Garfield. assistant ex- ecutive secretary of the Combined War Fund and Community Chest Of Waterbury will be an active par- ticipant in a panel discussion to be held at the all-day conference Of the onnecticut War Fund Friday at Pease House. Saybrook. The panel will be headed by ogden Bigelow of Greenwich, state campaign chair man.
 Austin F. Adams, president of the Combined War Fund and Commun- ity Chest and a member of the state executive committee of the Connec- ticut War Fund, and Edward P. Graham, executive secretary Of the Combined War Fund and commun- ity Chest. both of this city, will also attend.
 Plans for the War Fund campaign which begins Oct. 9 will be formu- lated at the meeting by more than 300 representatives from every city and town in Connecticut. Milton II. Glover, president of the state or- ganization. will preside. Robert St. John. radio news commentator will address the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
ELTON CONTRACT CLUB

The Tuesday evening tournament Of the Elton contract club, conduct cd by Mrs. W. Sherman Smith at The Elton. resulted in these high scores: Mrs George Moeller and Mrs. Frank N. Hess. 63: Mrs. c. A. Dodson and Mrs. Henry Preusser, 5l: Mrs. Idris R. Anderson and Mrs. R. D Schroeder. so lO2.
 The final standing: Mrs. Moeller and Mrs. Hess, l6S: Mrs. Alderson and Mrs. Schroeder. ia6: Mrs. Dod- son and Mrs. Preusser. ias.
 The "Wednesday evening tourna- ment resulted in the following top scores: Herbert Root and Alvin Davis. 70k: Mrs. I. B. Clark and Mrs. David Price. 68; Mrs. Fred pont and Mrs. Aaron Jacobson, 6TH The standing: MT. Root and Mir. Davis. l35lA: Mrs. Ida Birdsall, l34: Mrs. Jacobson, i32.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
IOS ABSENTEE BALLOTS
 PLACED ON FILE HERE

A aDtal of lOs absentee ballots from servicenen have been returned for filing to Mrs. Mary c. Kilmartin, town clerk. it was revealed today. 4 tcaal Of 7l7 of these ballots have been forwarded from here. while approximately 1000 applications for absa3tee ballots also have been for wardsd. on raquest. The latter are in many cases, for use by new voters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

and service clubs.
 EARLY fall dates for Pierre Li- boshutz and Genia Nemenoff. dno- pianists. include an appearance with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Worcester (MassD festival on Oct. I2 and with the Boston Sym ph0ny on Oct. 20 and 2i.
 THE New York Philharmonic Symphony has put up an initial s60, ,OO0 to establish a pension trust to provide for retirement of musl- clans of the orchestra and office employees. Normal retirement age for musicians will be 60. except for wind instrument players, who will retire at 55
 Participating musicians will re- eeiye Q retirement allowance of $40 for each year of service, to a maxt' mum of ibsI. 900 for 90 years or more. Musicians will contribute sIl0 to el65 q year and the sym- ph0ny soeiety's annual contribution will be more than five times the ag- gFegate contribution of the partiei' pants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
CLUB
 NOTES
Put. Cherries Leos
 HonOred ot Picnic

Ptt. Charles teas. orange street, Sas honored recently at a picnic Nt Lake Plymouth by a gfeap ol friends and relatives. A hot dog roast was the feature of the after. noon.
 Attending were Mir. and Mrs. W oldroyd. MT. and Mrs. n. DorRe- loh, Mir. and Mrs. Bert Surdam. Mir and Mrs. Howard Lynch. Mir. and Mrs. C. SUrdam. Mir. and Mrs. C. lunch. Mir. and Mrs. Newton Leas Miss Louise Dorreloh, John and Philip SUrdam. Alfred Evon, Rich- ard Lynch and Arnold Evon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Weddings
KEYSER-LEAS

Mir. and Mrs. Newton Leas. Orange street, announce the marriage of their daughter, Hazel. to Seaman i-c Robert KeySer, U. s. Navy. son Of the late Mir. and Mrs. Albert Key- ser. this city. The wedding took place Friday at St. Johns church, Rev. Robert Riemenschneider per- forming the ceremony. Mir. Keyser has returned to his station at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the bride is residing at the home of her par ents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Albert Fusco was fined S340 at Belfast. Northern Ireland. for using milk anG saccahrine in ice cream.
 All retread work on tires used in essential services in Panama is be- ing done by United States com pany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Tlnisla has banned the sale Of alI wines Of the t9a3 vintage,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
BOARD OF FINANCE
 IN SESSION TODAY

4 meeting of the finance board will be held at { ?. m. thts after- noon at which time various pro- posed transfers. will be reviewed by the members and acted upon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
CIRCLE TO MEET

Pine Rock Circle. No. %. will meet tomorrow evening at 8:l5 at Me- chanics Hall. The quarterly financ- ial report will lSe read. Miss Mary Franklin will preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Contract Bridge
CORNELL, BRIDGE CLUB

The "Wednesday afternoon tour. nament of the Cornell Bridge club, conducted by Mrs. John C. MoEf- arty, 60 Linden street. resulted in the following high scores: North and south. Mrs. William Andres and Mrs. Prank Ballantyne. 90: Mrs Charles Phelps and Mrs. Joseph Byrne. 90: east and west. Mrs. Joe seph Reilly and Mrs. A. Jacobson. @ i.2: Miss Leon Mitchell and Mrs. Erie caul. e3. The official stand. ing: Mrs. Andres and Mrs. Bal. lantyne. s33: Mrs. Neilson and Mrs Doherty. als i.2: Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Dews A-l7 l-2: Mrs. Reilly and Mrs, Jacobson. 4i6,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-28
By JACK GAVER

United Press stan CorrespOndenO
 New York Sept 28-tUP)-For two minutes last night l was the most popular man at the corner of Fourth street and Broad" way. I had two extra tickets to the Sinatra broadcast.
 Only sintara himself Cor possi. ply 0 guy with four ti:ke0 could have taken the play away from mo. This corner Is c good tWo.thirds of e long block from the theater used for the broadcast but as soon as I rounded 1t I was running Q Gauntlet of kid sisters with narrow gauge ore-track minds.
 "dot any extra tickets, mister" came at me so fast and from so many sides that I eapitulated sooner than I had expected, But I sold out for a priee--answers to the question, Why do you like Frankie7"
 one girl said 1t was because he was natural, another Swooner adores him because he treats his fans SO well. A third said it was because he let his fans take pictures of him at his New Jersey home. Still another said because he's drolly."
 For this last I could get no co. herent explanation although 1t was obvious that "drooly" was intended In e complimentary sense and aS an addendum to Webster The girl said he definitely did not mean "drivel" and was I trying to Do funny because 'if you are, you're not. Misterl"
 The fan who had been permitted to take pictures of the singing idol at his homo was insistent on show. ing the snapshots. The prize one displayed sinatra stripped to the waist and the camera flend used it to knock the props from under Q base eanard,
 "I4ookl" she exclaimed, pointing to the Sinatra right arm, Muscle"
 continued on my way to the tneater on this anatomical note with the recipients of the tickets alternately promising to kiss mo and to remember me in their prayers. The other damned me with loud brays for having no more tickets.
 Franks first program of his CBS fall series in the big town climaxed Q hectic day that began with his arrival at Grand Central Station from Hollywood this morning. He ran Into q throng of girl admirers who relieved him of his collar but otherwise left him virtually un. seathed.
 Tho broadcast went of with OK. treme decorum because of earnest pleas by Frank before he went on the air that there Do no screaming and shrieking. The government FeS cords the programs for tho boys overseas and frowns upon the din. So does the sponsor, who likes to have his commercials heard, And he doesn't sell bobby sox.
 Immediately after the broadcast Frank ruShed from the theater's stagedoor into car for c trip to Jersey to sec his sick father. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-28

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Barbleri of l57 East Liberty Street quietly observed the twentyfifth anniversary of their wedding yesterday. They were married In Hartford, September 27 10l9 They received rev callers but observed the event quietly for the most part as their sons are in the service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-28

Harold Amateis of SyosSet L, l., Radoman Secono
 Glass with the Navy, recently spoke at the OakvlHe F
 Company bond rally in which he wildly described ms adventures since joining the coors At that tune ne wac still lnping and carried a cane and the oVauon ne received in Oakville will always be fond memory TOT him. Last Sunday he made the headlines m NeW York paper and his yarn so interesting I'm passing along to you. It during the early stages ol Vne battle for Munda. And the squadron hao JusC a uiA eashed their torpedoes with letha accuracy % leo S~ midst of Jap task force. Now they were choppmg around Vea La Vea Island under the protecuoh or te black night Orders to be back at the RenooV paSe before dawn, Everything had been hunKyoory so tsr then one of the pungng Pts Scraped on coral ree ana had to slack off to five knots, While the rest ot the squadron continued to RendoVa, one o thelr nuoe dropped out of formation to help the danage9 clats toward home Aboard the escort craft was KaoloIali Second class Harold AmateiS, of SyosSet L. 4 who nao been an architect before he enlisted January 4s4I Anateis who wears - in addition to the NaVy any Marine Corps Medasome 27 Shrapne scars aV random over his stalwart frame is now in the Navy Hospital at St. AlbanS, Queens. With shuooer, ne recalls what slow going 1t was that night OH vea a Vella How the sun shed dazzling light ana now the two crawling PIT boats must have looked to enemy dive bonberS they came screaming ooWn ana A.et ally ripped them to pieces The damaged PT was lels flaming, and all her crew who had not been kllleu Hau zone oyerboard Aboard Amateis boat = whose 50-cah- Der machine guns had brought down at least one o ne Rttackes-wounded men were spraWled rom pow to la tail Amateis himself had bullet through his lett arm Despite his wound however Amates pitched in to give
 first aid to his more severely injured mates-aPPlyng tourniouet to one mans manged leg filling the wound of another with life-savng suta drugs LooKng UP rU his work Amates of the wounded men rom the other PIT struggling in the water. I'm gong atGeF him" he told his commander Don't be crazy the SKIP per warned "Youre wounded ana these waters are lu of sharks" But Amates plunged in and in some
 miraculous fashion reached the rapidly sinking sallor and got him safely aboard. It was pretty rugged business But you get the impression talking to tne modest Anateis that what happened that sunny morn inf off vela La Vea was all in days work for PT boat man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-28
My Four Years In HitIer's Gray Paree

rat on the black market cost from 100 Co lB0 francs a pound,
 The only Alleviation ok this starvation were free lunches given by Vichy Go Che Paris sohool chll~ dren. m January, iels, Viohy also started some communal xestau~ rants, where one could buy a Fneal, for from 6 Co la francs, depend- inR on the sine Of ones income. The meals were raibl0 at first bus later became . aeAndAl of ungaN~ itary slop. one GlA,N was Q nate de poisson" consisting Of putrld fish waste pWlverlRed into Q paste, GERMANS LIVED WE'LL
 Against thls background, the German living in Paris had tickets which permitted him to buy month"; ly, at legal prices, 2 l.2 pounds of butter, Cagalnse less than half e, pound of all fats for the Frenoh)s three pounds of meat (againat halt pound for the French: and addl- tlonal ratlons of six pounds of bread, one of sugar, cheese, and pre- serves,
 Throughout the occupation Ger man soldiers had milk In their cof- fee in Paris. Most of the time Paris children got none The condensed milk sent from Switzerland and the United States for the children mye- torlously vanished, reappearing, # at oil, on the black market, By Q strange coincidence quantities of empty milk boxes could be found near tho alrflelds around Paris from time to time.
 without help from friends and relatives who sent food from the country, Paris would indeed have completely starved during the oc- cupatlon.
 (TOmoFrowv A Day In Family
 Life, l0a3,l
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the deal.
 There was no need to fear legal retaliation. I frequently attended trials at the Paris Tribunal, The judges seemed Go have no eases to deal with other than black market, But never heard Q single case in which agents of 0 German buying office were mentioned. The ictins of justice" were all small fry Q coffee shop owner who had sold his tin bar covering ct an above.ceiling price; O workman who bought 90 pounds of meat in the country and sold 1t to his neighbors; o girl who bought 200 grams of bread with Q forged ration ticket.
 CASES SETTLED"
 Tn the case of the real black market, infringements of the law were settled" Vichy preferred this to letting the gigantic scandal bee come known. And, anyway, it was profitable for the Vichy government to allow "settlementS''-in which 1t took an Illegal cut,
 For example, in June, l04S, Food Minister Bonnafous pulished some statistics: In lO42 about l00,0o food black market cases were discovered, of these only 12,4ei were fined and 4600 were jailed, The fines totaled only l0s million francs. But income from "lettlements" with black mar- qeteegs totaled somewhere over e bils lion francs. It Is interesting to note that for each settlement he ar. ranged the price control enforce ment officer received 10 per cent Of the amount involved,
 Anything in which the Ger mans were interested came outside the law. Thus, by lo4l the Germans had already deereed that about half 0 dozen Paris restaurants and Q doE- en night clubs were "hors-class"-i.e. they need not submit to price con- trol, Maxime's, Fouquet's, Rotisseri perigourdine, etc., led the way in prices which jumped from about 100 francs (currently S20) head h leA2 to 10000 0 head in le44.
 At the same time, the Germans
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-28
HIS SHOP HIRES
 DISABLED VETS
 ASJOURNEYMEN
HAZEL HARTZoG United Press staff COFrespOndentl


 United Press staff CorrespOndentl
 Los Angeles, Sept. 2s. (uP)-Witt Juniper, Q gentle-eyed Pole who learned the fine are of toolmaking two score years ago in Riga, today was teaching his trade to disabled war veterans in project in "sociap' engineering,
 Tn his modest one-story frame machine shop, the Juniper Tool Works, Junipers experienced help CTS are turning out handmade pre- cision metal dies and molds to help win the war
 Working beside these experienced craftsmen are crippled veterans Of this war, learning the trade--but not as apprentices, they are Journeymen.
 And that Is Junipers program - to teach these young men a profit- able and useful trade, at the same time paying them wages sufficient to support them and their families adequately,
 Prefer Trade To College
 "Doubly handicapped without means of making decent living and without arms and legs and hands and eyes-too often they hobble off and the dream of their youth dies In perhaps Q night-watchman's job" Juniper explains,
 The Globe bill of rights gives many lads the chance to go to col- lege and learn Q profession, But every fellow doesn't want e college education. Many would have liked to be journeymen in the traditional tyades--printerS, macfinists, tool makers, diemakers, jewellers, tailorS --and so on through the whole list of skilled and honorable callings without which society could not function,
 Now It's a fact that the govern- ment doesn't provide much of on opportunity for SerVicemen really to learn these vacations for the trades hold out no ready welcome to Voca- tional school journeymen, And, be- sides, many lad has married, and he now cannot afford to go through Q long, 10 paid apprenticeship in 0 shop"
 Juniper's plan-laid out like one of his blueprints-would solve this problem. Tt would pay our debt to these men and 1t would provide them with training so that they can carry on our sklllS,"
 Hopes Idea Spreads
 Juniper would like to see every craftsman In America with sufficient plant capacity to place crippled vet- erans on the payroll as journeymen and teach them the trade,
 Hes doing 1t now-and he's look Ing for five more medically diSeharg. ed serVicemen who want to learn the trade, Juniper Is confident, too, that he will Do able to provide jobs for more veterans because his buSi- ness includes making molds for the new plastic industry,
 Juniper was apprentieed to a tool master when he was i4, He came to the United States many years ago and has had his own business since 1928.
 He hos two sons. One Granville, 24, Q musician, was permanently crippled in the Canadian Comman- do raid on Dieppe in lo42. The other, Gordon, 10, a master tool maker, is now fighting with the Canadian Army In France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-28
Nazis Cleaned Fortunes In Black Market Profits
Written FOr NEA Service

Written for NkA service
 This ls the second of three aRt. lcles about life during Che Occupa- tlOn of Paris, lt was written by an eminent journalist who lived in Paris throughout the occupation. Because he has relatives still live ing ln areas dominated by the Germans, his name cannot be re. vealed,
 Paris, Sept. 2e-The black market, which for the four years of the oc- cupation starved and robbed the people of Paris, was @ legal business, officially backed by the German government.
 Only when this fact Is thorough ly understood can one begin to grasp the gigantic power which this economic tyrant assumed in Paris. At the very same time that the Germans were loudly calling for price ceilings and upbraiding weak French morality" for the existence of the black market, of- ficial Nazl agents were creating the greatest black market the world has ever known,
 Tn order to be able to buy French materials to satisfy eri- tical Nazi needs or critical co. prices, Q series of buying offices" were established, licensed by the German government, They were German directed and dominated, although Q few of them maintained some French agents on their staffs'
 The capital of these buying of fees was equivalent to the credit of the German government, should that be needed. Usually, the billoin francs which France was paying every three days as the cost of oeeu- patton suffieed for the deals made by the buying offices.
 The employees of these buying offices not only paid fantastic prices, but themselves often took Q commission on the sale. In ad- ditlon the officers and civil eif1- ployes of the German price cons trol committee had to be cut in on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-28

requlsitioned 70 per cent of all food sent to Paris from the coun- try. Beside this official requisl- ton, about half of the remaining food was sold to the black market, leaving about 90 per cent of the official ration" available to the population through official chan nels. No wonder the people of Paris seldom saw meat, fats, milk or fruits.
 To appreciate the hardship oS tho black market look ct these figures obtained by the Founda.