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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-01
Hayes Busy
As Harriet
BY CHARLES GENTRY

PLAYING HISTORICAL char.
acters over any length of time is
likely to make any actress, slight.
hysterical, but not Helen Hayes
who is currently busy being Mrs
Harriet Beecher Stowe in the in
triguing play at the Cass thi!
week.
THE most absorbing part
about portraying some one In
the past is, 10 me, 10 discover
how modern all these women
were," Miss Hayes told us in an
interview yesterday.
Take the asp away from
Cleopatra and give Ninon DE
L'EnclOs another facial and
you'll find that their reactions
TO any problem must have been
the same as any wOman's to-
day.
~ became chiefly interested
I'm Mrs. Stowe when l was doing
a radio series about famous
American women. My husband,
Charles Macarthur and / soon
found after a few broadcasts
that we had run the gamut from
Dolly Madison to Gypsy Rose
Lee, so we Immediately took
refuge in the encyclopedia and
there we met Harriet"
1.-THE authOres Of Uncle
Toms Cabin had long been an
interesting figure 10 me, al
though I didn't know too much
about her and certainly didn't
realize that she, whom Presi-
dent Lincoln called, The little
woman who started this great
war was still a controversial
figure today.
"Of course, we found out very
shortly that we couldn't take
Harriet" on tour in the South,
but had had an inkling long
before"
Miss Hayes smiled in amused
Renaissance before she began hel
tale.
TOUCHY TOPIC
"YOu see when Charlie and l
first found Harriet" we were
so excited about doing her on
the radio, we prepared an elab-
crate script about the little
woman who became a crusader
and whose novel held such great
influence over the entire North,
prior to the Civil War.
Not thinking about possible
Southern listeners, we dreamed
up a script we thought was per-
feet and submitted Ii to the adj
vertising agency which accepted
IL and told us that they would.
Of course, have to refer to the
sponsor.
after two days, the agency
called and in rather embarrassed
tones explained. You see Miss
Hayes our sponsors are the Du
Points and they say that they
only manufacture dynamite,
they don't want to put II on the
air"
Miss Hayes is still absorbed II
the part and intends to tour tC
the West Coast. staying well e
the north of the Mason-DiXon line
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-22
BRANCH OFFICES TOOPENMONDAY
Work of Renewing Opera. tors Licenses to Be Ex-
 pedited By Extra Staff

For the convenience of the mo- torists residing in or near the cities and towns note = below, Com- missioner John T. Mccarthy an- nounced today that he will be able to open the sub-branch ofi1ceS in their respective districts again this year. OfflceS in AnSonia, Bristol, Manchester, Meriden, Middletown, New Britain, Putnam, Rockville, Saybrook and ThompSonville will be opened on Monday, April 24th. Daily offlce hours, including Satur- day, April 29th, will be from 8:S0 a. m. to 500 p. m. The of1ces will be continued in operation up to and including April 29th.
 All applications must be properly made out and signed with the ap- plicant'S written signature.
 Commissioned Mccarthy stated that he hoped motor vehicle owners would apply at these temporary offices as soon as opened, and as early each day as possible, 50 as to distribute the volume of business and not congest the offices in the closing days of the month. The usual personnel will not be avail able and if too many wait for the last few days it will not be possible to serve them promptly and with satisfaction to all concerned.
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bury Art School for several seasons and also studied in New York City. Several years ago she moved to Florida with her mother, Mrs. Gertrude A. Knowles, widow of Thomas D. Knowles. She had been an art instructor in Tarpon Springs for some time.
 Besides her mother, Miss Knowles is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Floyd Lawson, Torrington; Mrs. Frederick E. Pierpont, Waterbury; and Mrs. Holden Messenger, Massil- lon, Ohio; an aunt, Mrs. Marie V. Knowles; widow of George H. Knowles. Waterbury, She was a niece of the late Floyd Neale, 11a- tionally known WOR announcer for many years MT. Neale was one of the pioneer announcers in radio.
 WOODHOUSE-W William A. Wood- house, 70, retired mechanical en- gineer of 90 Brennan Road, West Hartford, died Thursday at Hart ford Hospital. He leaves his wife. Mrs. Nellie Sprague Woodhouse; 8 son. Louis w. Woodhouse of West Hartford; two brothers, Joseph Woodhouse of Bristol and George Woodhouse of Seattle, Wash: three sisters, Mrs. Florence Burns of Wa terbury, Mrs. Etta Hewett of Tor rington and Mrs. Ella Lockwood, Bridgeport. The funeral will be held at 3 p. m. today at the fu- neral home of Newkirk and Whit ney, 776 Pennington avenue. Bur- ial will be in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford.
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the departments quarters in the former Welton street school.
 Tomorrow evening following brief session in Columbus hall mem- bers of Sheridan Council and Mt. Manresa band will visit the Bergin funeral home to pay their final re- Spects. Resolutions memorializing their esteem and their appreciation for his many years of friendship, service and loyalty will be adopted at a future meeting.
 MT. Walsh is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise (Dunais) Walsh of 164 West Main street; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Carroll and Mrs. Daniel Lawlor, both of Waterbury, and Mrs. Blanche Landergren, Pittsf1eld, Mass, and a brother, Maurice Walsh of this city. He also leaves several grandchildren including Lieut.. Roger c. Carroll with the Army overseas; Cadet William R. Carroll, stationed at Maxwell Field, Ala, and Thomas Carroll, Jr., student at LaSallette seminary, Hartford.
 The funeral will be held Mon day N 9:15 a. m., from the Ber- gin funeral home, 290 East Main street, to the Immaculate Concep- ton church at 9:45. Friends may call at the funeral home this eve ming and tomorrow afternoon and evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-22
K. Of C., Retreatants' To Honor Roger Walsh
Death of Popular Member Widely MOurned; Played
 Prominent in Catholic Activities; Rites Monday

Members of Sheridan Council, Knights of Columbus, and of Mt. ManreSa Retreatant band will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in K. of c. hall to pay tribute to the memory of one of their best known members, Roger J. Walsh. MT.
 Walsh, long a member of both or- ganizationS, and an employe of the welfare department, died last eve ning at St. Mary's hospital follow ing a two weeks illness.
 'Rhody" Walsh as the deceased was known to a legion of friends held a warm niche in the affection of Knights of Columbus and others for his leadership in Catholic ac- tivities. As a promoter of the Mt. Manresa band of retreatants he participated in the annual pilgrim age of Catholic 1aymen of Water bury to the JeSuitS' retreat house on Staten Island. Through his en- thusiastic interest, Sincereity and year-around activities the band in- creased from a few members to more than ninety on the occasion of the 1943 visit. Only lack of houS- ing facilities at the home prevented more from joining in the movement.
 He held various offices in the Knights of Columbus and was a trustee of the Columbus Club at the time of his greatly regretted passing. It was Rhody's sincerity that left an 1ndelible impression on many friends and acquaintances and commanded their respect.
 The deceased was @ native of Waterbury. He and members of his family were identified for many years with the activities of St. Thomas church. To the residents of the north end, particularly Cooke street, Rhody was very popularly known. His efforts in the intere% of St. Thomas parish and it's Holy Name society were most note- worthy and extended over g long period.
 In recent years MT. Walsh and his family resided at 164 West Main street and he was a daily communicant of the Church of the Conception. He was associated for years with the Colby Sherwood, the Fitzmaurice Shoe store and other leading shoe estab- lishments of more recent prominence and prestige. For the past few years he was an employe of the welfare of the city of Water bury and was night superintendent
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rolled in long shell.
 Tropical Sunrise
 Against a flowing tropical sum- rise the squadrons of Barracudas, Dauntless dive bombers, Avengers, CorsairS and HellcatS were Silhouet- ted in the distance.
 The first wave of bombers swoop- ed down on the tiny target, dumped their explosives from low level and roared away. The time was 6:58- two minutes before the appointed hour.
 By o'clock sWarmS of warplanes were rolling over Sabang in con- tinuous procession, droping load after load on the jungle isle. At the same time the carrier captain said tersely:
 We have just heard that the strike is dead on time. That's all"
 The fleet wheeled in broad circles under a tighe umbrella of fighter planes. Then the Barracudas bgan returning. As they wheeled to a stop on the decks, the grinning crew men clambered out to report a suc- cessful venture.
 Within an hour all British air. craft returned undamaged, except for one Barracuda which was punc- tured by shell burst.
 One plane was lost, and of that incident an American carrier signal said:
 Hats off to the British submarine which proceeded to a point two miles off shore and rescued one of our pilots under the fire of shore batteries"
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Nozis Slash AtSoviets
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ners attached to the First Ukrain- ian Army under Marshal Gregory K. zhukov, Vatutins successor, were breaking all armored attacks in the Stanislawow sector and drawing more and more armor up- on them without the necessity of withdrawing from advance positions along the Czechoslovak border to the southeast.
 The Germans probably will be- come exhausted after four or five more days of counter-attack after which zhukov may begin his anti cipated drive into Hungary's Car patho- Ukraine, formerly the east ern tip of Czechoslovakia and Gen. tral Poland.
 Battles yesterday frequently reached the hand-to-hand stage, the midnight communique said. In one sector, the Soviets killed nearly 1000 Germans and destroyed 16 tanks in repulsing seven consecu- tive attacks, while in another 52 tanks were knocked out.
 Stormovik attack planes support ed the Red Army with raids on enemy railway communications and troops concentrations. Twenty trucks, two locomotives and 25 rail- way cars were destroyed.
 On the Estonian front, other So- v1et planes bombed German shale oil factories at Kokhtila, 35 miles west of Narva, and Kurtnalager, 37 miles southwest of Narva. Numer- ous f1res were started at both tar- gets, with flames at Kurtnalager visible for nearly SO miles.
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 The Liberators attacked through clouds, setting rolling stock afire and ripping up tracks at two of the main functions serving the Ger mans on the northern Romanian 1ront. The raid was the second within week on Turnu- -Severin. which lies 20 miles southeast of the iron gate in southwestern Romania.
 Interception
 Nearly 100 German planes inter- cepted the raiders. but they and their escort shot down 35 of them at a total loss of eight bombers and five fighters.
 The official German DNB News Agency said the raid devastated "densely populated workers dis trictS" in Bucharest. The bombers also dropped mines in the Danube, on which traffic already had been halted because of the danger to shipping, the Clandestine Radio At- lantic reported.
 But the main blows continued to be concentrated against western Eu- rope as the zero hour for the opening of a western front ap- preached.
 The London Daily Mail said the Allied air offensive against German railway centers has proved so ef- fective that the German general staff has been forced to recast it's strategy on the assumption that no railway in the invasion zone will be useable by the time Anglo o-Ameri- can troops swarm ashore.
 "Hitler's generals are hastily re- planning defense measures so that an movements of troops can be made by road" the Daily Mail said.
 Radio Vichy was heard broadcast ing that nearly 300 persons were killed by British bombs in the sub- urbs of Paris Thursday night, while 153 were killed and 400 dwellings destroyed at Rouen.
 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, ment, said in broadcast that chief of state in the Vichy govern bombardments ''unheard of in vio- fence and cruelty" were being car- ried out against Paris, French dwellings and French workers.
 Other raids have been made against Rouen," he said Thou sands of killed and injured are still buried under the debris. On top of all, our country has been dis armed and it is our Allies who are throwing themselves against us."
 Premier Pierre Laval, also broad casting. contended that the pitch of the latest attacks warns us of the merciless intentions of those who. under the pretext of liberating France, are heaping ruins and sor- row upon her. We shall, fear. yet have to face up to the real test"
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facilities, licenses or privileges ay the United States to the press, to radio broadcasting, to television, or to any other medium of public ex- pression shall not vest in the Con- gress or in any executive agency or in the several states the power to limit, restrict or regulate the con- tents of any printed publication, radio program or cratoive work emanating from any medium of public expression except as any of these media may offend against the common law governing fraud, ob- scenity or libel, or except as acts of treason are committed and punish able under article III in section B."
 Court Decisions
 Lawrence cited court decisions on the commerce clause and on the press and concluded that congress sional powers "are virtually abso- lute now under the commerce clause"
 He also asserted that under the postal power the rights of the press have been gradually curtailed by a process of judicial attrition that has escaped general notice"
 He said that the supreme court had held that, because congress granted radio licenses, it could prescribe the conditions for the use of those licenses.
 'The grant of a license to a radio station is analogous to the grant of a privilege to newspapers and magazines to enjoy second-class mail rates" Lawrence said. 'The courts have decided that Second- class mail rates are privilege and that, because of the grant of such a privilege, the congress has right to prescribe the conditions under which the privilege shall be exer- cised.
 Under that broad grant of power already standards have been set up in the second-class mail statutes and it is not to be doubted that if congress at any time desires to regulate the conduct of the press it may do so under the Second-claSS mail statutes"
 Lawrence said the most recent supreme court decisions have ut terly disregarded the abuses in delegation of legislative power and have tended to support executive agencies in their unqualified right to prescribe their own standards or yardsticks for the interpretation of congressional acts"
 Remedy
 '"The remedy against this trend of judicial interpretation is not to be found by packing the court with Republican or conservative judges in the event that fate brings vacancies in the next several years,' D he said. "The remedy lies by direct steps to safeguard the freedom o1 the press in the constitution itself For the trend toward narrowing the first amendment began before the new deal came to power"
 Other speakers listed on the ASNE program today included Arthur Treanor of the Booth news papers on neWsprint, John Knight; of the Knight Newspapers on cen sorship, Erwin D. Canham of the Christian Science Monitor on "The responsibility of Freedom of the Press" and A. H. Kirchhofer of the Buffalo Evening News on ''The Postwar Challenge to Newspapers.
 Admiral Ernest J. King, chief of naval operations, and Lieutenant General A. A. Vandegrift, Marine Corps commandant, were scheduled for oh-the-record talks. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Sec retary of Navy Frank Knox will speak at the final session tonight.
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en his progress report" to congres- Sional committees yesterday.
 Democratic Leader Alben w Barkley, Ky. approving the idea of an international conference, said it was "a very good idea" to have congress, which ultimately would have to approve United tates par ticipation in the stabilization pro- gram, participate actively in the conference.
 Such participation" Barkley said which would be both non-parti- san and bipartisan, would give congress a working knowledge of the plan we would eventually be called upon to approve.
 Impression
 ''The impression grows that such an international stabilization pro- gram as ecretary Morgenthau out lined is important to the worlds economy and with such agreement as already has been reached among the various nations informally, 1t seems that a formal conference now should be held"
 Republican Leader Wallace H. White, Jr., said he would look with great favor" upon congressional par ticipation if a world monetary con- ference is to be called.
 Tt would give us intimate knowl- edge of the problems involved and would enable us to better act in our own capacity on any legislation which we might be called upon to consider to put the stabilization plan into force" White said.
 Informal conferences have been held in Washington during the past year between U. Treasury experts and those of 29 other nations, and tentative agreements, already reached establish the United States, Great Britain, Russia, China and France as the "big five" of the pro- grams participants. Under these agreements, while the United States would contribute $2,500,000, ,000, Great Britain would put up $1.250,- 0,000, Russia, $1,000, 0,000000, China $500, 100000 (more or less) and and France an amount as yet un- determined.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-22
BRISTOL HAIRCUT
 PRICE INCREASED

Bristol, April 9 = Prices for slaves and haircuts have each gone up nickel, it was announced Erie day by the Master Barbers ASsocia- tion. The increases already have gone into effect. The new scale is 75 cents for haircut and 40 cents for a shave.
 A spokesman for the barbers said that the increase has been under consideration for several months and was adopted finally to bring the scale in inc with that in neigh boring communities. HaircutS were raised to 70 cents and slaves to 35 cents at the start of the defense boom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-22
OBITUARY

STEEVES-Mrs. Alice (McDer- mott) Sleeves of Prospect road, Prospect, died early this morning at her home after a brief illness.
 A native of Prospect, she was a daughter of the late William and Mary (Moran) McDermott. She was a communicant of St. An- thony's church, Prospect.
 Her only survivors include several cousins in Waterbury.
 The funeral will be held from the Bergin funeral home, 290 East Main street, Tuesday morning to St. An- thony's church, time to be an- nounced. Buial will be in old St.. Joseph's cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday and Monday afternoons and eve- nings.
 JEFFREY-Miss Alice Maria Jef- frey, 58, Torrington, died Wednes~ day night at Lewis Convalescent home where she had been patient for week. She had been in i'll health for the past year. Miss Jef- frey was daughter of the late John Jeffrey, Torrington's first florist.
 She is survived by one sister, Miss Lillian Jeffrey, Torrington; an uncle, Albert E. Leggett; an aunt, Mrs. Margaret Leggett, both of Waterbury: and several cousins.
 The funeral will be held today at 2 p. m. at the Gleeson funeral home, Torrington, Rev. H. Francis Hine, rector of Trinity church, of- ficiating.
 KNOWLES Miss Doris M. Knowles, 41, former Waterbury res- ident, died yesterday in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Miss Knowles was an artist and resided here for many years. She studied at the Water
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 Dealers simply may feel that "old- fashioned brute discipline of an un- disguised military and governmental nature is good for Americans"
 And third, said the Connecticut congresswoman, "the New Deal fav- ors compulsory military training for purely domestic, economic reasons. "
 Mrs. Luce said that another ter rible depression" facedt he nation which will be aggravated by the returning soldiers if sound financial legislative steps are not taken"
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(COOC1nueQ rom Page ID sailed 10 miles into Nilkolaev port" the admiral related. For five miles they traversed the entrance, both sides of which were held by the Germans.
 'The marines were commanded by Senior Lieutenant Olshansky. He landed his men right in the midst of the Germans in the Gen. tral port area while the Red Army still was knocking at the city'S gates."
 The marines occupied a group of quayside buildings and held them for 48 hours. diverting more than a regiment of German infantry, a tank company, several artillery bat teries and flame thrower squads from the defense of the city's inland side.
 'They achieved their objective. The army broke through and drove the Germans from Nikolaev.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors, especially Welfare Dept; Knights of Columbus; Waterbury Lodge of Elks; School Dept, for floral offer ings and the expressions of sym phany and kindness shown us dur ing our recent bereavement, the death of our beloved brother, Will liam Ryder.
 (Signed
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Continued from Page D proportion. A single person earn ing $100 week would pay $19.90 of 1t in withholding taxes, while a married man with or without chil- dren would suffer no deduction if he earned as little as SIP week.
 The schedule, if adopted, would go into effect next Jan. and ap- ply to salaries received in 1945 Withholding taxes now in force would remain effective throughout the remainder of 1914.
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mission. Also on this commission is Gustave Henschen, whose name Is as familiar on the air-wave as that of Mir. Melton for his orchestral di- rection Fifth Congressional Dis trict Democrats haven't picked a toastmaSter for their Jefferson Day Dinner as yet, although the date is now definite as Saturday, May D.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-22
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors, for floral offerings and the express sions of sympathy and kindness shown us during our recent be- reavement, the death of our be- loved, sister.
 (Signed) The Family of
 ANNA A. CONNOR.
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MASS

BRACKEN = Months Mind Mass of requiem will be celebrated Mon- day morning, at zoo o'clock, at St. Margaret's Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Ed ward J. Bracken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-22
FUNERALS

The funeral of David Edward Cooley of 485 Watertown avenue, will be held Monday at 2 p. m. from the Alderson funeral home, 70 Gen. tral avenue, with Rev. Alan M. Fairbank of Bunker Hill Congrega- tional church, officiating. Burial will be in old Pine Grove cemetery, Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from to 5 and 2 to 9 D. m.
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The fuenral of Mrs. Clara Syn- mott, widow of Joseph Synnott, Queens Village, L. l., formerly of Waterbury, was held from the Belle vile funeral home, 68 East Clay St., today at 8:15 to St. Ann's church at g. Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
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WALSH In this city, April Fist, 1914, Roger J. Walsh, of 164 West Main Street.
 Funeral Monday morning. at 9:16 o'clock, from Bergin Funeral Home 290 East Main St., to Immaculate Conception Church, at 9:45 o'clock.
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DIED

STEEVEs-In Prospect, April 22nd, 1914, Mrs. Alice (McDermott) Sleeves, of Prospect Road. Pros- pect.
 Funeral Tuesday morning, from Bergin Funeral Home, 290 East Main Street, to St. Anthony's Church, Prospect, time to be an- nounced. Burial in old St. Joseph's cemetery.