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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-10
NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE

The following men enlisted rec gently in the Navy though the Wa terbury recruiting station: George r, Enhorning of RED. l, Water- bury, Carl E, Palmieri of 07 Oak street, Cosmo V. schembri of 4o Warner place, Gordon R, Jones ot i40 Meriden road, and Casmir P, Us2aklewie2 of Beacon Falls.
 Private George A. Lasky, husband of the former Jennie PascusSi Of 2i0 Madison street, is with on in- fantry unit somewhere in Ger. many" according to word received here, The son of MT. and Mrs. An. drew Lasly Of Beacon Falls, he has been overseas % months.
 Private Peter Poeius has been transferred from Camp Blanding, Fla, to Fort McPherson, Ga, He Is the son of MT. and Mrs. Domenlc Pocius of 27 West Porter street, and the husband of the former Irene Hedges of 22i Willow street.
 Private James w. Doran of i09 West Porter street is receiving basic training at Camp Croft, s, c.
 Lieutenant Mary Doran Sargent, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William Doran of 8 Doolittle street. has arrived overseas with an Army Nurse Corps unit, according to word received by her parents. Her hus- band, Corporal Joseph W, Sargent, Is stationed in Washington, D. 0,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-10
INDUSTRIAL CHORUS
 HOLDING REHEARSALS

This weeks rehearsal of the 1n- dustrial chorus will be devoted to Gilbert & sullivan's "iPnafore", 1t was announced today by c. Loring Burwell, conductor, Open to both men and women of the city, re- hearsals are held weekly on We'd nesday at 7'30 p. m. at the First Congregational church.
 The nominating committee will present H slate of officers for the year ie44.46 ct this weeks meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-10

Coscia was still wearing the wrinkled black suit he had on when he walked into police headquarters on Sept, 20 to tell Lieut.. Joseph Petit that he had killed his broth- er-in-law with . shotgun. His shirt was open at the throat, and he toyed with handkerchief while listening to the court proceedings.
 Court Officer Joseph darvey later in the morning took coscia to New Haven county jail where he will Do held without bond pending Super. for Court action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-10

Members of the Waterbury Un- derwrlters Association yesterday elected George A. BarOnian as president at business meteing held ct the Central Y. Mir. Ma ronlan succeeds William J. DOdd.
 Others elected were W. R. Gil. man, vice. president and John K. Pratt, secretary -tFeasurer. The importance of Fire Prevention Week" which began yesterday, was stressed at the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-10

States Attorney William 3. ritE- gerald announced shortly after wards thas he would appear before Judge Robert L, Munger in Super for Court on Friday to request tho converting of grand jury to rec turn an indictment in the case,
 CoselA was represented In City Court this morning by Attorneys Edward MaSeolo and stephen El- liott, When Prosecutor Albert w, Hummel called the case, Atty, El- llott stepped forward to waive read- ing of tho information, enter Q plea of not guilty, and waive eXNmin- ALlhn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-10
Private First Glass

Private First Glass Chase Brass & Copper Go, he en- tered the service In February, lo43.
 Private Gerald Ciarleello has been in the service 0 year and q half and in India almost a year. A former employe of the Water" bury Button Co.,, he is with an engineers unit
 Private First Class Michael CiarleglIo, husband of the former denevieve Sponza of 80 Oak street, Is serving at Camp Mccall, N. c. He Is Q paratreoper. He has Q son, now 2i months old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-10
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

He reached Tor his
dab, wedged under his
chair. and slashed at
the yellow bald head
of the Jap general.
The & en- al was
still twitching in his
pool of blood, but Taw
Min kept on looking
straight ahead. II
seemed as though he
knew not what was
going on about him.
But Taw Min knew
only too we'll. His
W h ole being W a $
keyed up 10 one aim
TO eXterminate the
deSpicable JapS who
were about him.
Although he never
looked TO the right or
left, his pent.up in
Stinct of revenge told
him that the Jap gen.
eral was still moving.
Like a monStrous
automaton he again
lifted his dab and
slaShed at the yellow
bald head.
That was the end
of the general. He
never budged again.
A Padaung Woman
Wears High Collars OF
Brass Rings Around
Her Frail Neck. The
laps Have Killed Many
Such to Obtain the
Brass for Making
Cartridge Cases. And
Right-A Beauty OF
Lower Burma.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

there was no sentry and she was alone
"Ho. father of wind" she called TO him
Where is thy tongue o. slave? Who Is tins man
who sells his wife for opium
what? They kept US away with guns, he
muttered
Lies but do not care. The masters
generous | have rubeS and have opium OF the
best quality and other things that make me laugh
and sing oh, fool, steer thy boat of pigs"
That night he heard her singing bawdy song
of the baZaarS, and the soft stamp OF bare feet
At Mandalay the boats discharged their
cargoes and Taw Min watched them move away.
He went down TO his wfep She was in
drugged sleep lying in filthy mess of straw, her
face was haggard with WEAKNESS.
In the afternoon officer came aboard and
handed Taw Min bag of silver rupees.
And for the next four months he steered his
boat wherever ordered adding to his store Of
silver at every voyage. His wife, shril untidy and
a drug addict, swore at him continuously and
went ashore at night with the Jap soldiers
Then one morning there was much hustle.
Coolies came aboard and cleaned the boat from
stem 10 stern. The cabin roof was repaired and
an awning shipped over the foredeck. Much gilt
work was added TO the carved deck poop and
luxurious furniture carried into the cabin.
"A great one with many mighty officers VIII
go TO Rangoon, Taw Min was told
Taw Min licked his lips and spat betel juice.
There was strong guard. and many Burmese
in bright skirts and turbans bowling obsequiously
while a fat elderly officer, his green tunic ablaze
with medals wadded aboard. Behind him younger
men, also in bright uniforms with swords. marched
hauphtily Taw Min counted fourteen.
oNrderlies and cooks bore great bundles and
I9I that night giggling women were borne in
rckshaS 10 the river bank.
That night Taw Min heard tinkling music and
smelt cooking food. Men sang queer nasal songs
and there was the popping of corks
Once he heard his wife in the bows giggling
with one of the orderes
Twice during the trip the great man in plum
colored kimono spoke 10 him and gave him
cigar of strong brown white mans tobacco. There
was one night when they made his wife dance
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

While the screaming of the drowning
Japs passed his unheeding ears. Taw
Min once more lifted his dab. This time
it descended with lightning like speed on
the skull of Jap soldier who had some
how managed to sneak up along the deck
from behind him.
Taw Min had hit him with such
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

The Ruthless Jap Juggernauf Could Conquer
But Not ERslove fhe Ancient Worrior Peoples
Of fhe Eostern Seas: and Now u Con Be Told
How They Woged q Sewage Underground
Struggle With Porons and Kris. and Subtle.
Age Old Cunning to Prepare fhe Way for
Our Eventual and Victorious Moreh on Toxic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

naked for them, and he listened long to their high
pitched, jeeriHg laughter.
On the sixth night the rice boat neared the arm
that led TO Rangoon.
This June when the river ran strong. and
the coolies had little to do but keep steerage way
But he called them UGt now and babe them keep
silent while he steered away from the arm.
He could few lights, for there was
backout but he knew the river like an old friend
II was near dawn and one of the orderlies was
shouting questions at him.
I'VE arrive soon? see no lights"
There are none here, OH monkey man..
yelled Taw Min, and showed the tiler hard over.
THE VESSEL grounded and heaved Then she
smashed down, and black water, singing with
sand. splashed the tiller chair.
Someone yelled in the cabin and shots echoed
through the roof. The sentry dropped his rifle
and chung 10 the rail- There screech and
Taw Minis wife clawed her way along the deck
Something smashed her down and she slid
overheard. The boat listing now, its deck
almost vertical.
Taw Min chung 10 his seat looking straight
ahead. He did not hear the panicked yells nor the
choking screams one by one the Japs were
washed overheard.
Then something climbed the teak towards him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

IL. But the laps dashed at them
unfit they bied and the craft
gradually reached the main
stream Of the river.
Then they caught a tow or
many other rice boats laden with
Jap troops, and a number OF
Flotilla Co. steamers, under Jap
officers. started them on the six
day voyage to Mandalay.
Several times that night Taw
Min heard his wife crying. but
a buck-toothed sentry grinned
every time he made a move.
Three nights later he heard
her voice and crept along the
deck TO see a sight that set the
blood robbing and boiling
madly in his temples.
He would have sprung for
ward, unarmed, 10 snatch her
from the Jap officers arms, but
the grinning sentry's sharp bayo-
net pricked him back.
Newt day no crput close again
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

SlIellB III Nlldl llC SCN
cred the Jap soldiers
head, W tic h rolled
down the S h a r pl Y
slanting deckand sank
in e blood-Stained
river.
The boat turned
over then, and Taw
Min, hurled overheard,
tasted the brackish
water of his river. the
river that had washed
his face clean.
And the Irrawaddy
will wash clean the
face of Burma in good
time. For Rangoon is
filled with those who
realize they were mis-
taken with the New
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

Order envisioned by the Japanese.
.Wingatess Ghindits found that the upper Bur-
niese were their friends. 1t will not be long be-
fore General Joseph J. Stilwe will have his Burma
Road open and then the way back to China Will
again be- free of the rats who now clutter it.
Then the bells of the Sule Pagoda will sound
md hn hue
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

again and the ShWe
Dagon will testify
that the True Belief
cannot be defied in
the city that is named
End of War.
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29
P~ERMANENCY FOR FEPC

The Presidents Fair Employ ment
Practices Committee has not only been an
important factor in effecting full utiliza-
ton of manpoWer in support Of the war,
but has also been an agency for achieving
the Administrations objective Of equal
ity of economic opportunity. AS such, it
has made al important contribution to
the morale of minority groups and has in
creased their realization of their stake in
this total war against Fascism.
The Roosevelt-haters in both parties
have been continually sniping at the
FEPC. They have sought to limit its jur-
isdiction, to impair its effectiveness, to
sabotage its entire program. However,
the progressive elements of the country,
organized labor, liberals, Negro groups,
and associations of other minority have
rallied to the support Of the Committee.
The House, last week, approved a $780,
600 budget for FEPC after Republican
and Southern r~eactionaries had sought to
eliminate that item from the Appropriate
ton Bill. The bill is now before the SEN
ate. where it is expected the attack upon
the Committee will be renewed. The same
forces which assured the passage of the
bill by the House can be and must be mo-
bilized to see the bill safely through the
Senate.
Passage of the bill by both Houses as
sures continuance of the committee only
through the fiscal year Of 1915. The worth
Of FEPC has been amply demonstrated.
If it has been effective in war time, there
is no reason why the committees work
cannot be equally effective in peace. The
need is for a permanent FEPC. We call
for the mobilization Of all progressive ele-
ments to fully support legislation now be-
fore the House for that end. The Silver
Bow Trades is asking all unions to sup
port the FEPC.
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29
A THOUGHT FOR THE FOURTH

With the whole world involved in a CO.
lossal struggle involving pain, suffering
and loneliness it is we'll to hesitate a mo-
ment at this time to consider the birth of
the Declaration of independence which is
observed on the Fourth of July of each
year. We hear lots about the Atlantic
charter and about the Teheran Pact, but
the Declaration Of independence en-
bodies not only the liberal clauses Of those
instruments but goes beyond them in its
declaration Of political and economic
equality and freedom. BY the Declaration
of independence a state for the first time
in history founded its life on democratic
idealism and pronounced that govern
ment exists only for the securing of hap
piness to the people. This document has
had a profound influence upon American
legal and constitutional development.
The rapid growth Of capitalism and
concentration of power in the hands of a
few wealthy families in the United States
has almost destroyed the purposes which
the Declaration of independence sought
to attain. 1t is generally thought by
highly educated people, by statesmen and
by the common man on the street that
there is an irresistible trend not only in
the United States but throughout the
world to return to that theme Of the Dec
l%aratiOn of independence that govern
ments are created for securing the happi-
ness Of the people. This thought is par
ticularly noticeable in the expressions of
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29
UNITE AGAINST
VENEREAL DISEASE

"a series of articles on venereal
disease by DR.. Walter Clarke, Execu-
tive Director, American Social Hygi-
enc Association, 1890 Broadway, New
York 10, New York. The Association
is a national voluntary health agency
closely teamed up with the Army
and Navy in the wartime campaign
to combat syphilis and gonorrhea
and all conditions favoring their
spread, and is a participating service
of the National War Fund.-
III.
1t cannot be stressed too often in this
series of articles that good health is not
served up on a silver platter. You must
take a lively interest in your own we'll
being and do something about it. You
should seek the most benefit to yourself
and your family from the health program
of your local health department and of
your trade union You should go to your
private doctor for regular physical check
ups.
People do not expect bone fractures to
mend by themselves. They Immediately
go to a doctor. There is every reason
to act in this sensible manner when
gonorrhea is contracted. Medical authori-
ties can put to use their effective method
of treating gonorrhea only when people
come to them for examinations and
treatments.
Signs of GOnOrrhea
Gonorrhea which is mainly a local dis
ease of the sex organs, is caused by a
germ known as the %gonococcus. 1t strikes
at least three times as many people as
syphilis and is highly contagious until
completely cured. Cured once, it can be
contracted again and again. A burning
sensation on passing water, followed by
a discharge within two to 10 days after
infection, are the usual first symptoms.
Found and treated in its early stages,
gonorrhea car be cured in almost all
eases, and the danger of serious compli-
cations is avoided. People get gonorrhea
through sexual relations with someone
who is infected. Neglected gonorrhea
often prevents men and women from
having children. 1T can also lead to
serious internal disorders.
Gonorrhea is able to do so much dam
age because of it's deceptive nature. After
its acute stage. it tends to pass into a
quiet period, often leading to the mis-
taken belief that the danger Of infec
ton has passed. only a doctor-after
thorough tests-can tell whether gon
orrhea has been cured.
Effective Treatment
BY use of the sulfa drugs, great ad-
rance have been brought about in the
treatment and cure Of gonorrhea. Today,
where these drugs are administered by a
physician, early cases Of gonorrhea can
be cured within one TO two weeks. But
it takes much longer to make sure that
a cure has really been achieved. Fur
thermore, these drugs may u certain
damage-even death-if used without the
supervision Of a physician.
This means you should not try to
treat yourself. You should not seek the
services of a "quack" advertising "doc-
tor" If something goes radically wrong
with your plumbing, or with your radio,
you 20 TO a skilled mechanic. Don't
tinker with your health. Don't let a
''uuack" gamble with your well-being.
Since gonorrhea is a contagious disease
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29
union LEADERS
HAIL INVASION
lBy Federated Press

In special statements to Federated
Press and in wires and cables to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill
and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, leaders
Of the AFL, CLIO and railroad brother
hoods pledged about support to the in
vasion of Europe:
Labor and capital should do every
thing humanity possible, making any sac
rifice within reason, to be helpful to our
government and to back up our armed
forces during the invasion" President
Daniel J. Tobin Of International Broth
erhood Of Transfers CAFL) wired FTP.
Decisions of governmental boards should
be awaited and governmental boards
should speed up decisions on cases pend
ing. Decisions of governmental boards
should be observed, whether satisfactory
or unsatisfactory to labor or employers
until the unconditional surrender Of the
enemy nations
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29

tennial by all its affilates and asso-
ciates.
The principles of cooperative enter
prise enunciated in Rochdale remain IN
changed and the GTA organization ad-
heres to them and operates under them.
They came at a time in the economic
history of the civilized world when the
status of the worker and the tenant
farmer was at lowest ebb. Women, with
a belt around their waists, with a chain
attached, hauled dump cars Of coal in
the mines; boys, working in match fac
tories, earned % cents a week Of 10
hours; little girls worked in the textile
mills, winding bobbins, at a wage that
scarce afforded them the simplest food.
The time for change had come. Few
recognized It when 1t did come. The
co-operators of that era we're an early
edition Of the "~starry-eyed visionaries.'
It is not written in vain: without a
vision, the people perish" First must
come that vision and then must come
those who will follow it in spite of every
obstacle and in the face of a hooking
world.
That vision, which millions now have
made real, embraced the thought that
men were not to be condemned to be
forever serfs of profit. Instead it taught
mankind that mutual help, with the saw
ings it gave, was the better way. It re-
peated in practice the question asked by
a Carpenters Son: What shall it profit
a man if he gain the whole world and
lose his W soul; or what will a man
give in exchange for his life?" It saw
men gaining the world Of riches and
losing their souls in the sordid struggle
for profits. 1t led men away from that
to a kinder and less ruthless way Of life
and TO seek to save rather than to
profit.
All that and much more for the re-
generation of mankind is behind this
centennial week. Cooperation seeks nc
monopoly save that it would %monopolize
the hearts and minds Of those who par
take of its privileges and find its bene-
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29

the soldiers and in the workers at home.
Never again will we see the brutality and
s%elfishness which prevailed during the
awful depression of 1929-1937. If we can
have prosperity by destructive wars we
can also have prosperity by productive
peace. Let us celebrate the Fourth of July
with the feeling Of reverence and under
standing for the courage of the men who
defied the greatest power in the world, at
that time, and yisualized a government
dedicated to the welfare of humanity.
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29
NEWS ABOUT
CO-0PERATIVES

Minnesota started something when the
week Of June 25 to July 1 was officially
designated as Cooperative Centennial
Week. Cooperative organizations of all
types-and particularly the ~organiza-
tons devoted to the teaching of cooper
ative principles-are getting set to mark
in fitting fashion the hundredth birthday
of the cooperative system. 1t will fit
in quite well, too, with the annual stock
holders meetings being held then by
local coop. elevators affiliated with GTA
all over the Northwest. 1t should provide
a theme for each meeting if only to
teach the truth of that admonition:
"Despise not the day of small things"
That little seed, planted in a textile
town in England, has developed into a
great tree under whose branches the
people of many nations find shelter.
The cooperative principle was first
put to the test in a dimly-lit spot. We
in the Northwest who are interested in
producers co-ops. may ask how the con-
nection is established between that enter
prise and the GTA, with its marketing
annually of more than 100 million bush
els of grain for the producer. The
Christian religion was born in a stable
but it did not stay there. 1t drew TO it
and its new principles of social behaviour
the adherence of farm workers, fisher
man and one white collar" worker
Matthew, who was what we might now
call Q. collector of internal revenu out
of that setting it rose TO conquer the
pagan faiths of the mighty Roman m
pire and to dominate most of Europe
and all of America. 1t is the principle
established that counts-not the human
means or the point Of origin. Hence, the
GTA, being itself evidence Of the truth
of the coop. principles established in
1874, welcomes recognition of the cen
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29

acquired by sexual relations with an in
fected person, the best preventive meas
ure is to avoid such relations. Every re-
relationship outside of marriage should be
looked on as a possible source of infec-
ton with a venereal disease.
Medical authorities know most of what
has to be known in order to wipe out
venereal disease. But they can apply
all their knowledge toward that end only
through adequate measures to find, treat
and prevent venereal disease. Your ac-
tive interest in seeing that every general
health program takes up the fight
against venereal disease is Of the utmost
Importance.
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29

freedom for Europe and for the world
President A. F. Whitney Of Brother
hooa Of Railroad Trainmen Cunaffili-
atea) said in a special message to ZIP:
INVASION Of western Europe bv Allied
FORCES under the command of General
eisenhower spells the beginning OF the
ena Tor Hitlerism. The members of HE
brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen will
Montana labor news., 1944-06-29

fits for themselves and their n~eighbors.
Cooperation seeks no advantage over
those who still adhere to the getting. Of
profit. It asks only the right to go on its
own way, unmolested, and leave to the
world the decision as to its justice, its
truth and its power for good. The cor
poration is a Pigment Of law, a thing
without soul. The cooperative is a liv-
ing entity, living today, as never before,
in the hearts and souls of unselfish men
and women in a global unity.