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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

@. I was married to a soldier last August, and receive Family Allow ance from him. I have two chil- dren by former marriage so will you please tell me how long I have to wait before I can file for Family Allowance for them? M. E. Ded- ham.
 A. If the children are living with you, you may file immediately; in fact they should have been includ- ed in the application filed on your behalf, Stepchildren of a soldier are eligible for Family Allowance as soon as they become members of his household.
 @. My husband is a S-Sgt., if he wishes to draw rental allowance does he apply for it or should I? M. H. Burlington.
 A. If you husband wasn't drawing rental allowance before Nov. '43, he cannot apply for it now. If he wishes Government allowance for support of his dependents he should apply for Family Allowance. If he does not wish to do so his wife may file application herself.
 e. My husband was inducted Aug. 1942, went to Devens in Sep tember 1942, the first Government check I received was in December of that year. AS there any more due me? I wrote to Newark about it. {. S. c. Taunton, Mass.
 A. At that time applications For Family Allowance were effective the first of the month following that in which they were filed. Your hus- band could not file until he ac- tually reported for duty in Septem- Der, and if he did so immediately it would be effective 1 Oct. 42, first check due in Nov. It is suggested that you ask him to contact his personnel officer for information as to the date application was filed. The check received in December was for the month of November. The agency you contacted is cor rect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

workers of Amer Rev. J. DOnneIIy ica, and the number of workers cast into their impoverished lot is greater than the number normally employed in either the steel or the automobile industry.
 FROM POVERTY
 TO GREATER POVERTY
 Before tSae 192Vs- the majority of the cotton textile workers lived in New England but during the 20's the textile industry was drained out of New England so that, according to this report, the burden of the indus try's price cutting could be placed more heavily on the shoulders of the workers. So from a low wage area the industry moved to the lower wage area of the South and now four out of five cotton textile work CTS live in the South.
 The industry for the most part is located in the small towns of the South. Alone in the "back country" the industry dominates the com- nlunity and has not the competition of other manufacturing industries. CHEAPER TO LIVE
 IN THE SOUTH"
 What is the wage of the textile worker?
 In 1920 the industry averaged $22.56 a week. During 1943 it aver aged $2316 week.
 But it is cheaper to live in the South, they say. No, that's not true. But 1t is true that workers are forced to live more cheaply, more poorly and more beggardly in the South. It is cheaper because people have to eat less, wear the cheapest of cloths, live in unsanitary shacks and deprive their children of the opportunity of schooling.
 It is cheaper to live in the South if one is forced to live like the tex tile workers, which means mo radio, no books, no newspapers and no paid-for recreation beyond one movie per family per month.
 '1t means for the husband, no tobacco, a new suit every two years and new overcoat every six years.
 Tt means $3.87 a year for the entire family of four to be spent on drugs and medicine.
 ''It means eating a lot of beans, potatoes and bread and not very much meat-in short 1t spells out malnutrition ."
 And the profits of the industry are reported to have increased from 212 millions in 1941, to 427 millions in 1942-and for the first six months of 1S43 they were up 600 per cent above pre-war profits.
 THE STRUGGLE
 The story is a depressing one. The Textile Workers Union of America has prepared it and will send a copy to those requesting it at their ad- dress. 15 Union Square, New York 3,M. Y.
 The Union wants to put in effect immediately a 60 cents per hour minimum wage and gradually 8 $2,- 800 per year floor on the income of the textile workers family.
 The solution of the problem for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH E. DONNELLY

the workers will rest in the organ ization of all the workers in the in- dustry. Today the TWUA represents 100000 of these workers but they are mostly in the North and even their standards cannot be safely raised while the industry in the North must compete with the subs standards of the South. The strug- gle to correct the evils and the inc genuity that is brought to the solv- ing of the problems of the industry will probably write another bright page in the American story of or- ganized labor, pages which are many but. which are unfortunately Iln- thumbed by most of labor's critical public.
 TIME TO DECIDE
 Half 8 Million Forgotten People" underlineS the reason why our coEln- try must be-and thank God is- part of the social revolution that is rumbling through the world. We do believe in America that freedom if it is worth dying for must guaran- tee its defenders their right of se- curity, their right to a job, their right to conditions of food, clothing and shelter that befit their dignity and free men and children of God. These things, or at least the right to these things, must be part of postwar America.
 In other lands men have bargain ed their liberties for bread. But we are determined to keep our liberties and have the bread too. We are de- termined to keep our economic sys- tenn but to correct its abuses and to build sound social order that will betray none of the rights of man. We do not want Communism. We do not want Socialism. We do not want Fascism. We want none of the isms; we want to keep all of our lib- critics. But we know that we can have them and with them all of our people can have little security 8 little more of the necessities of life and so the opportunity for a little happiness. We plan no Utopia but we do believe that we can live in a country with less social injustice for great seg- ments of our population.
 We live in an hour of great social change. The change must result in a better social .and economic world. And 1t is my. humble opinion that, if the way to such a world is not built into the peace treaty that fol- lows the war, humanity will stagger along for another twenty or twenty i've years of makeshift and cbm- promise to World War III when the demons of fear and want will utter ly destroy our civilization. And from so great an evil may a merciful God deliver us!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28
1000 USED-ARMORED
 TRUCKS AVAILABLE

City purchasing officials have been notified that some 2,O00 surplus used-armored militery trucks Ire now available for purchase by muni- cipal authorities. It has been sug- gested that these vehicles would be suitable for police use as roit cars.
 It was urged that all municipali- ties place their name on the list of their regional office of the U. S. Treasury Procurement division A publication entitled Surplus Report CT and containing news of available equipment will be forwarded to cities and industries and the like, from time to time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

new and unusual performances by this common piece of construction equipment. It has even been used as tank in wiping out Jap machine gun tests in the Southwest Pacific, when one c. I. just drove his bull- dozer over the pillbox, burying the very much surprised Japs under a shower of rocks, earth and broken concrete.
 Self loading scrapers combine the power shovel and the truck. Discharging its load at a predeter- mined rate, this machine spreads and levels the earth as it speeds along the ground. Mounted on large pneumatic tires, it can navi- gate the softest terrain and speed over it almost as fast as an autO- mobile. One of the largest sizes now in use is the giant ''Tournapull" whose body holds 60 cubis yards of earth and sand, and which is driven by two 200 horsepower supercharged diesel engines.
 SOLVES PROBLEM <. =. '.
 In one long sweeping mite, It digs and carries as much excavated material as a man can dig in g week. It repeats this process as fast and as often as the operator can manipulate the controls. Thus the Armys problem of moving great quantities of earth in a short tiTnes with tremendous saving of man. power, has been solved.
 Already, the history of World War II is brimful of heroic jobs done by crawler tractors, Scrapers and graders. Rendova, the SolomoIls, Sicily, Normandy-everywhere our fighting forces go, you will find these construction giants building roads, smoothing shelltorn landing fields and building new landing strips and airdromes.
 Bombs dropped on fields cause craters requiring hours to fill by hand shovel methods. The bulIdozer and other engineers construction equipment i'll the holes in a matter of minutes-and the field can again be used by our fighting aircraft: n fact, success of our mobile forces and our aircraft in the perf0rn- ance of their missions depends on
 the engineers ability to move earth
 speedily. Truly, this is dirt-moving war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
BY UNITED PRESS

04 OGNA 6O 4 4SG0O
 Soviet troops capture 15O addi- tiOnal places, including Zhabin and Skartyn; retreating Germans blow up bridges and mine roads.
 In Italy, the American 5th Army advances two miles to capture heights at La FalcOnars; British Sth extends its EangrO River bridgehead.
 British RAF renews its attack on Berlin as streams of planes fly across the Channel from dusk to midnight.
 In Berlin, Paul Joseph Goebbels, German Propaganda Minister, de- clareS that Germany will never accept terms of unconditional sur- render.
 In Papan, the Hideki Tojo Cab- inet adOps a 1O-pOint plan, stress ing aircraft production and air defenseS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28
By S-SGT. JOHN L. KENT Written for NEA Service

By S-SGT. JOHN L. KENT
 Written for NEA Service
 Wherever our VroopS go. they fight mud, sand and earth as well as the enemy. There are roads to be built and repaired, airstripS to be constructed, and rubble to be removed. Even before the smelling stops, engineers move in with their earth-moving equipment, paving the way for advancing armies and their motorized weapons and sup plies.
 In the assault on the Marianas. the first pieces of equipment to be run of our army landing bargeS were not guns or trucks, but ordi- nary construction bulldozeTs- the kind of machine used back home to level roads and push the earth back into trenches dug for laying of water lines and sewer pipes.
 The bulldozer is only one of the trinity of Army engineers wonder weapons, but it is the most im- portant because of its versatility. Assisted by the grader and the self loading scraper, the other two in this trinity, the bulldozer is our secret weapon"
 WORK MIRACLES
 The grader levels the ground as it runs up and down the road or landing strips; the scraper digs, loads and dumps the earth; but the bulldozer in addition to push ing the earth and rocks to make way for the grading machine, can pull up tree stumps, knock down trees and move logs out of the way. It can pull stalled vehicles out of mud, pull loaded skids or pallets" of supplies along the beaches where wheeled vehicles would be mired ir the soft stand and mud, and with winch attachment hoist or ferry material across inaccessible places swampS and streams.
 Stores come back regularly o1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28
Jesse  Looks at the NEWS

Goebbles theme for the week: AMERICANS GOBBLE UP TUR-
 Sign in a Bronx restaurant late Thanksgiving Day: "No turkey. Take it on the lam if you don't like ham; Scram if you won't eat lamb; But don't damn, it could be worse, we might serve Spam!"
 In some of the New York night clubs the management is auction ing off War Bonds by offering bot ties of liquor as prizes. Sort of Bot led-in-Bond Rally, huh?
 In Topaz (Utah) nobody com pIained about the weather for a solid week because there was no weather to complain abOut-the City's thermometer was broken!
 A group of G. Is were on a tour of captured city in Italy when the barker informed them We are now passing prominent Italian brew cry" Passing it hell" the crowd shouted as they disappeared inside the prominent brewery"
 A 1O-year old lad in Astoria u. I.) pulled a comic book out of an ash can and discovered an envelope containing $115O in War Bonds.
 Pearl Harbour Ono we didn't spell it wrong, just read on) just joined the WACs in Los Angeles. Pearl has son and five brothers in the ser- vice.
 The Navy wolves refer to WAVES as Grable-bOdied seamen
 Parade reports that New York CT is thinking of buying the 42d Street Station of the 3rd Ave. Ele- vated Railroad and converting 1t into pier for his Long Island Es- tate.
 The same writer tells of a Canad- ian who has an automatic clock turn on light above a cage of ca naries each morning; whereupon the birds wake up, sing and thus wake up their slumbering mistress. I still prefer an alarm clock, who wants to be awakened every morn- ing with the bird?
 The head of a firm who made specially of caShing checks in New York just was sentenced to prison for doing business without banking license. Keep this clipping In your hat for the next time any body asks you to cash a check ..
 The Dutch have mOveable bath tub service, travelling on wheels so that refugees can bathe. Hello, Op- orator, will you please call me when this bathtub stops at Lake Placid!
 Incidental Intelligence: Because General Macarthur used to dig his own private fox holes in New Guinea, the lads who served under him there refer to him as Doug
 A radio celebrity asked his gal friend to share his lot. "What size is it?" she inquired
 They're saying of a certain Hol- lywood producer who has Lincoln complex, that "he was born in log cabin in Delaney street"
 FoOtnOte: 73-year old Bill Mulli- gan of Texas has worn only two pairs of socks in IS years. His secret of sOcksess: II never war sOcks!"
 The NaziS, as they retreat, leave hundreds of goats behind them. Probably the only reason the goats are still living is that they're the only things alive that could buck the Flehrer and not be purged.
 Mexico expects to grow only one. third khe xvl.eak consumed hv ifa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28
ELIZABETH BIXLER
 ON WTIC SUNDAY

New Haven, Nov. Elizabeth s. Bixler, dean of the Yale School of Nursing and professor of nursing, will speak on Nurses in Wartime" during the "Yale Interprets the News" program this Sunday night, Dec. 3, from 6:15 to 6:30 over sta tion WTIC, Hartford.
 Miss Bixler, dean of the Yale School of Nursing since last MarcE, was formerly director of nursing at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

Norwich State Hospital, Norwich, Conn. She has been member of the Yale faculty since 1927, serving as assistant clinical professor of psy- ehiatric nursing before her appoint~ rfent as dean.
 She was graduated from Smith College in 1922, received the M. A. degree from Radcliffe College in 1924 and was awarded the B. N degree by Yale in 1927.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

The striking photograph above was selected by President. Roose- welt to win the Grand Prize award at the recent annual photographic contest and exhibition of the White House news photographers. Taken by 0. R. Woodsum, for Acme Newspictures and NEA Service, it shows realistic training at Camp Mackall, N. C., with men of the 465th Glider Field Artillery Bat talion advancing on the run be- tween simulated shell bursts. Con- test judges awarded it first prize in the spot news picture class. An- other Acme cameraman whose work won 8 first" was George Gaylin, whose effective view of the Capitol in a wartime winter setting, left, led the scenic class. From first prize winners in four classes, the President picked the Grand Prize photo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28
The Army Kno1Os All The AnslDers--Any Questions?

@. What is the rate of pay pe1 month of a S-Sgt. overseas? H. M. Peabody, Mass.
 A. His base pay is $96.00, plus 20 per cent of that for overseas duty, and per cent for each three years of service This does not include allowances, which ary according to length of service and status of de- pendents.
 o. May a veteran attend a school outside the U. s. under the G. I. Bill plan for assistance? s. H. oBSton.
 A. Yes. The Veterans Admins tration has held that a veteran may pursue education and training in an institution outside the limits of the United States, its territories or pos sessions, subject to the recognition and approval of the school by the Administrator.
 o. receive the Government al lowance from one son in the service. My daughter has joined the WAC; can I receive it from her also. M. Newton.
 A. If you are dependent upon your daughter for substantial or chief support, she may file appli- cation for Family Allowance on your behalf. In any case, your daughter can send you a voluntary allotment from her pay.
 @. am not dependent upon my son, but would like to apply for an allotment of his pay to put in sav- ingS for him. Where do get the application form? D. H. Wellesley.
 A. Such an allotment of pay is a Class E and must be authorized by the soldier himself, through his per- Sonnel officer. No one else may ap- ply for 1t on his behalf.
 @. My husband has been reported missing in action; will my Family Allowance payments stop? D. B. Jamaica Plain.
 A, No, they will continue until there is further report as to his sta tus. Your checks will be issued by the Office of Special Settlement Ac- counts in New York, instead of Off, flee of Dependency Benefits, New ark ?, N. J.
 o. Is S-Sgt. eligible to draw a rental allowance? N. P. Holliston.
 A. If he held that grade prior to l Nov. 43 and had applied for it be- fore that date he may draw it, but no applications may be filed for it after that date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

c Q m I o ' a D le thinking of nnil- lions of Am err jeans.
 These half-mil- Ii on forgotten people are among the unhappy, ill., fed, i'll : clothed and i'll . housed t hir d of UT people who have never shared in the fruits of lib- erty. The story is the story of the cotton te xtile
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

which Nazi and Jap barbarisn brought into our homes are not put on public display.
 The Sixth War Loan gives you an opportunity to pay honor to the quiet courage of these gold star families. Plant, neighbor. hood and community drive ther. mometers register your recog- milton of their sacrifices. Their burden, perhaps, will be made a bit lighter if you and others like you give visible evidence of your determination to do every thing possible to bring the boys home sooner and hold the blood price which this community pays for final victory to a minimum. Keep lending at home to end dying on the battlefields. Buy an extra $l00 War Bond today. That's the very least you can do to speed the victory.
 THE EDITOR.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28
HALF A MILLION FORGOTTEN PEOPLT

The mail recently brought small booklet bearing the above title. The story of the booklet is a depressing one, a story that should jolt the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

don't cry in the streets. Perhaps
 if they did you would need no other reminder tn at your pur- chase of an ex- tra War Bond or two is the easiest contribution any Am erican can m ake tow ard victory. Tn e h1o0d and fearc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28
To fhe People of this Community

Folks from this community who receive one of those heart soaring telegrams of regret from the War and Navy Departments
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

The Waterbury meeting is one of a series of such regional ses- sions planned in the interests of Connecticut aviation development. Reservations, open to Connecticut persons interested in aviation, may be made through Secretary Sidney A. Edwards, 165 Capitol avenue, Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

Mexico expects to grow only one. third the y'lseat consumed hy its people in the next year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

The Nazis, as they retreat, leave hundreds of goats behind them. Probably the only reason the goats are still living is that they're the only things alive that could buck the Fuehrer and not be purged.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-12
ADDS GLAMOUR!
7 IS

Like winking star in the eve
ming sky like shinmering
moonlight like the sparkling
moments that gIorify your life:
are these twinkIing charmers!
OutrageousIy fIattering to your
figure they promise new daz-
zling glamour new conPlI-
Manufacturing appeal. Excitingly
styled there's youthful fas-
cination in every delightful de-
sian. From a new and captivating
collection Of fall dresses in
Juniors, Misses and Women
sizes.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-12
Your Last
Chance!

Only a few days left to
get your overseas pack
ages ready. See Federal's
complete list of items!
Evening star., 1944-04-03
|WiineheI| Plans Suit
Against Hoffman
lin Court Here Today
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 3.-Walter
Winchell, after radio broadcast
last night in which he replied to
charges made against him by Rep
resentative Dies, Democrat, of Texas,
ANNOUNCED he would file libel suit
for s250,000 today against Repre-
sentative Hoffman, Republican, Of
michigan. ....
TITS the first suit I've ever filed
against any one" the columnist de-
clared.
He said the suit, to be filed in
District Court in washington, would
be based on letter from Mr.. Hoff =
man to the editor OF the Marcellus
(Mich) News.
Mr.. Winchell quoted the letter as
Saying that Mr.. Hoffman, through
his pressure in the House, had had
Mr.. Winchell stripped of his Navy
uniform, stripped of his duties and
stripped of his pay"
Letter Published Recently.
He said the letter had been pub
lished very recently, after Hoffman
had demanded that the Secretary
of the Navy give the House the
facts ON Winchelfs Navy status"
and had received those facts.
Mr.. Winchell is a lieutenant COM
mander in the Naval Reserve on in
active duty.
Hoffman carelessly forgot he was
not protected by congressional i'm
munity this time, Mr.. Winchell
asserted.
Mr.. Hoffman said in Washington
that there isn't any law against
filing a libel suit. Winchell ought
to know more about libel suits than
any one else"
Mr.. Hoffman said he did not know
anything about letter to the Mar
cellus newspaper and added:
Il imagine it was statement
that appeared in the Congressional
Record. The newspaper gets the
Record"
In his broadcast over the Blue
Network Mr.. Winchell discussed II
charges Mr.. Dies had made against
him.
Denies Smear Bund Exists.
Mr.. Dies told you that I was part
OF a smear bund," he declared. "Trhe
duty Of Mr.. Dies was to examine the
smear bund, if any, while it was
being incubated, not denounce it
when it was full grown-and the
reason Mr.. Dies did not is that it
never existed"
After the broadcast Mr.. Winchell
told newsmen his sponsors had cut
out two major parts of his talk.
Il wanted to say to Mr.. Dies. 4
have asked you for a subpoena for
the last time-now 1 defy it," the
columnist said. Mr.. Winchell has
asked repeatedly that he be al
lowed to answer the Dies charges
before congressional committee.
He also wanted to speak of con-
gressonal attacks on the Dies Com
mittee, he said.
His actual broadcast he dismissed
as my idea of boring, windy talk.
I did it reluctantly"
Mr.. Winchell's sponsor, the Andrew
Jergens Co., announced on the pro-
gram that the Dies Winchell con-
troversy sis closed as far as this pro-
gram is concerned"