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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-22

Melvin V. Wilkins, student at John B. Stetson university, was re- gently pledged into Theta Alpha Phi, national dramatic fraternity. MT. Wilkins, who is also historian and secretary of Pi Kappa Phi, national social fraternity has taken prom inent parts in the plays presented by the Little Theater. Among them are, "As You Like It." "Vivacious Lady,, "The Rector", Merchant of Venice" and Alton Water". He is the son of Mir. and Mrs. Raymond s. Kilkins of Hudson street, and is majoring in English.
 Pollyana class of St. Pauls church will meet tonight with Mrs. eorge Wedge of Wood street, at 7:30 o'clock. Cards will be played at 8 o'clock. Friends of the group are invited to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-22

More than 160 persons attended the weekly dance sponsored by the Youth Recreation committee Satur- day night ,at the Women's club. En- tertainment was provided by Ned Croft and James MacKervacher, Mar-on Swentor and Lee Newberry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-22

MT. and Mrs. Vito Perriello of 30 Knoll street, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary next Sunday The couple will hold open house rel atives, friends and neighbors from 3 to g p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-22

The Altar and Rosary society of Sacred Heart church iwll hold a bingo party in the school basement tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-22
Club Notes

The weekly Uso dance was held Saturday night at the Central Y M. c. A. with 480 persons includ- ing 73 sevricemen attending. Bar bara Stills and William Hover en- tertained and Jack sfufa was chair man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-22

Leap Year" stockings, made of cotton rayon, have appeared in Eng land.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06

he said, called me up and said
there was a girl in Jail for whom
she and Chaplin would like me to
appear"
He didn't learn until later, he
said, that the New York girl claim
ed the British comedian had left
her with child
When I did learn it," he said,
Il realized it might put me in
bad light, SO I told my client that
Chaplin interests had retained me
and asked her whether she want
ed me to continue as her attorney
she asked me to continue, but I
subsequently obtained her release
Radio commentator Robert Ar
den, close friend of the 54-year- old
actor, yesterday said that acting
in behalf of Chaplin, ne interceded
with Judge Griffin through an in
termediary to explain that Chaplin
would be happy to see the girl get
probation if she would cause him
no more trouble.
Beverly Hills police captain w.
w. White handed her railroad
ticket to New York and $100 pro-
vided by Chaplin, according to
Arden, as soon as sentence had
been passed
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
Arg gentino Places S
Gag on Pre- S.

BUFNOS AIRES. Jan. s. up
Publication of all news or editorials
contrary to the nations interest
or upsctting public order was pro-
hibited Thursday under a series Of
press statutes" bringing Argentina
newspapers. foreign correspondents,
and press associations under strict
control.
The statutes. published Wcdnes-
day by the mder-sec~etary Of i'll
formation and press. empowered his
office to withdraw from circulation
all publications not meeting require
mentS
O,hcr news prohibited included
all attempts against Christian NOR
ais" all attempts against good
relations between Argentina and
friendly nations Argentina is the
only South American country main
tanning relations with Germany-
all injurious statements against
public officials" and all entirely
or partially erroneous information
misleading the public in detriment
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
Joon Berry Gets
One-Woy Ticket

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6. CUP) -
Retained by Comedian Charlie
Chaplin to represent Joan Barry
on a vagrancy probation violation
charge. Beverly Hills justice of the
peace Cecil D. Holland withdrew
frCm the case when he found out
the red-haired eX-model was going
to charge that Chaplin was the
father of her child, he said Thurs
day.
Holland said he had told his story
to the federal bureau of inveStiga-
ton, now conducting an inquiry to
see if civil rights of the ageing
comedians protege had been vio-
lated under color of authority.
Miss Barry was sentenced on a
vagrancy charge and ordered by
police judge Charles Griffin to
leave town although she had an
expensive wardrobe and believed
herself still under contract to
Chaplin at $l00 week.
She was arrested when she at
tempted to get into the actors
home to tell him of her condition,
she said
Holland said he was retained at
the time of Miss Barry'S arrest for
returning to Hollywood.
"Minna Wallace, a former client,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
Alleged Gangster
Aid Faces Count

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 6. up --
Walter Bannister. A. said to be a
former bodyguard for the late
Dutch Schultz. New York gangster,
was being transferred Thursday to
Boise, Ida. TO face a federal fire
arms charge, the Z. S. marshal'S S
office said.
Bannister Was held here for two
weeks after his arrest in Glenn
county on suspicion of burglary,
but was turned over to federal au-
thorities when the burglary evi-
dence was believed insufficient.
The Idaho charge alleges Ban
mister and two companions, Roger
A. Gogg and Tom Holcomb, trans
ported two pistols and a submachine
gun from an unnamed point in
Washington to lewiston Ida, dep
uty marshal Hayden Saunders said.
He is held under 10000 bond.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
OFFICERS STUDY SUICIDE
OF FORMER EXECUTIVE

TOLEDO. O.. Jan. 6. CUP)
ciae letters written just before a
one-time Detroit advertising eXecu-
tive poisoned himself and bundles
Of documents purporting to record
$4,000 in gambling losses were
scrutinized today by Lucas county S
sheriff and prosecutor to determine
if they warrant calling a special
grand jury.
I'm moving cautiously in this,
my third. attempt to secure a
grand jury gambling indictment, "
said Sheriff Charles L. Hennessy.
T don't want to leave anything
undone that might help us build
a fool-proof case"
Hennessy met with prosecutor
joel Rhineford shortly after the
body of 47-year-old George D.
Wilcox, former contact official in
the McCann- Erickson, Inc, adver-
tiSing agency, was found in a
Toledo hotel room.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
Ruling Clears up
Beesemeyer Case

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 6. up
Gilbert H. BeeSemeyer. who was
sentenced to terms aggregating 40
years in 1880 for his part in an
s8000000 Los Angeles building and
loan embezzlement case, must OBJ
tain a discharge from parole before
seeking a pardon Att0rneH General
Robert w Kenney said Thursday.
Kenny'S statement was made fol-
lowing the action OF the state ad-
visory pardon board Wednesday.
which refused to recommend a par
don for Beeseneyer. now an en-
ploye Of the Livingston Chemical
Co., Baltimore. Nd. on grounds the
board cannot consider applications
of men still on parole.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
BY the Imperial County USDA
War Board Information Editors

War Board Information Editors
Why does WPB say that ma
teyial has been allocated for trucks
and tractors for civilian use and
then fail to produce the equipment?
Here's the story as we get il:
The boys in Washington find.
some Thursday that few thou
sand tons OF steel can be spared
for civilian use. So WPB allocates
so much to farm implements such
as harrow5, rakes and wheel tr8c-
tors: so much to crawler type
tractors; so much TO trucks and so
on down the line.
After the first portion has been
made into farm implements, no one
has any use for it except farmers
so it goes where it was intended.
But when manufacture of crawler
type tractors and trucks is under
way. these products look just as
good to the Armed Forces as if
the steel had been allocated TO
them in the first place. # they
happen to be in need Of trucks and
tractors at that time, they just
take them.
We knO wthat recently they took
over the entire craWler tractor out
put of all the factories for over
three weeks even though that in
cluded the equipment scheduled to
go to civilians.
We don't begrudge them the
machines. When they need them
to help win this war, we want them
to help themselves.
( We merely offer this in eXplana-
tion of why applications for trucks
and big tractors are sometimes ap-
proved all the way up to Wash
ington, given high priorities and
still the orders are not filled. At
the same time people may not be
having any great trouble getting
other farm implements made of
similar materials.
Preaching is out because this
isn't Sunday. But perhaps we can
mOralize.
People would get along with lot
I less Of this despised governmental
regulation if they weren't SO greedy
/ Say the Imperial Valley Pine
apple Growers hold a meeting and
decide they are going to pay only
81 an hour for harvesting pine
apples. Everything is fine until
one of the boys runs short of help
and offers S110 an hour.
Pretty soon the lid is off and
labor prices are skyrocketing.
The next year an official hear
ing has to be held. a legal labor
rate ceiling is set and there is a
heavy penalty prescribed for pay
ing more. Those few greedy in
dividual5 who couldn't live under a
rrntlcmen's agreement have brought
regulations onto the industry. And
do they hate them
We heard the other day of man
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
Murder Scare
SfirS Visitor

los ANGELES. Jan. 6. tUP)-
David c. Mcpherson. 30, civilian
official OF the army engineering
corps in Washington, was Jailed
fully clothed-on an intoXication
charge Thursday after he led police
merry chase through corridors
and the lobby of the swank Am
bassader hotel clad only in under
shirt and shorts
Mcpherson brought down the law
on his head b. telephoning that
a murder had been committed at
the hotel. Investigating Officers
found enly Mcpherson, very much
alive but Seantily attircd running
through the lobby
TIE engineer told police he ar
rived Wednesday by plane for a
series Of military conferences and
sought hard rcfreShment at the
bar for his "tiring plane trip Be-
coming tired, Mcpherson said he
had wandered off to a dusty corner
OF the Coconut Grove for a nap.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06

The War FoCd Administrator IS
given jurisdiction over all wages
and over salaries of agricultural
labor up to 5000 a year. under
amendments to the Office of Econo-
mic Sterilization ruling which were
issued Dec. Q.
/. Exclude from the definition
of agricultural labor" all persons
whose base salary, computed on
an annual basis. is over $4,000
,. Continue the freeze on wages
and salaries for agricultural labor
above 81 400 per annum; these may
not be increased without prior ap-
proval Of the War Food adminis~
traitor. Increases may be made up
to S2400 without prior approval
unless WA has established specific
wage ceilings for such labor. those
already prescribed are not changed.
3. When WA sets specific wage
ceilings. prohibit payments above
these rates without VIA approval,
even though employer has been
making higher payments under a
contract or agreement; however, no
reduction may be made below high
est wages paid therefore between
Jan. l and Sept. 10, 1912.
Bits of News: Loans on l943
wheat, barley, milo, and beans face
a Dec. 81 deadlinc Serially
numbered gas coupons for supple.
mental B and c for gasoline ra-
tioning arc on the calendar for
about March /, OPA says -.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06

to the general interest"
Foreign correspondents must de-
liver copies Of all their news and
other dispatches to the under -seere-
tary within four hours of trans
miSsion-in effect placing them
under the same restrictions as to
what they may send what Argenti-
m newspapers may publish.
The statutes directed all daily
papers 20 carry all governmental
announcements as prescribed by the
under-SeCrCtary and that all news
papermcn and foreign correspond
ent. as well as administrative, circu-
lation and other personnel must
register with the office.
Tha statutes provided penalties
of admon;tion for the first offense.
suspension for the second ofiense:
elimination from the registry for
the third, and closure of the news
paper with seizure Of all machinery
for the fourth
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
BY the Imperial County USDA
War Board Information Editors

Add lumber to the critical list.
The War Production Board labels
as a "biggcct headache" shortages
for Grating. repairs. and essential
new construction, both military and
civilian.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
PROMINENT ARIEONAN
INJURED BY AUTO

PHOENIX. Ariz. Jan. 6. up
Fred T. Golfer, eX-state senator
and leader of the fight to prevent
ratification of Arizonas Santa Fe
Colorado river compact, was seri-
ously injured Wednesday night
when struck by car, the Highway
Patrol reported today.
He was taken to Good Samaritan
hospital where it was discovered he
had two fractures of the skull. a
broken leg and severe cuts ana
bruises.
Mr.. Golfer served in the state
legislature, in the house OF repre-
sentatives and in the senate during
Arizona's earlier years of state
hood.
He was defeated in 1918 as Demo-
cratic candidate for governor b.
Thomas E. Campbell, Republican.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
EngIe Would End
immigration of
Jdps After War

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 tUPl -
Representative Clair Engle. Demo-
crat. California. warned THURSDAY
that the United States must never
permit Japanese immigration after
the war
"The 30 900 Japanese and Japa-
nese-Americans now in this COun-
try provide a problem without q
solution. said mgle. whose district
contains two Japanese relocation
camps that have been the scene Of
rioting-Tule Lake and Manzanar
He said the problem was COM
plicated because the japanese do
not assimilate, but remain Japa-
nese.
They Go not become AmaTiCans
in fact by their mode of life they
become threat to American
standards" he said
Though a frequent and sharp
critic Of the war relocation au-
thority, which was set up to
facilitate movement of Japanese
Americans out of the west coast
area, Engle conceded that prob
abby the WRA policr of spreading
them around the country is the
best way available to handle our
japanese
u do not feel they should ever
again be permitted to conpregatc
in California. he said, the feeling
against them is SO intense that I
really believe il would be danger
ouS"
Engle was convinced that the
recommendation of the California
congressional delegation that re-
location camps be placed under
justice department jurisdiction
would help a great deal
Also, deportation of alien Japa-
nese and those who have acknowl-
edged loyalty to the emperor would
be a step in the right direction" "
he said, adding that 5000 Japa-
nese in these categories were located
in the Tule Lake camp, which has
been under army supervision since
the rioting last November.
Engle declared that Japanese
Americans provided an economic
threat" to American living STAN
dards.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
GET BUTTONS

WILLIAMS FIELD, Ariz., Jan.
6 tUPD-Service buttons are now
available at this field for all men
and women discharged from tho
army since Sept. 1889 1T was an
nounced here Thursday. The but
tons will be given to those entitled
to wear them upon presentation of
an honorable discharge certificate.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
TAKES BIG COFFIN

AURORA, Ind, Jan g. CUPl-
The Aurora Caskct Co, Thursday
shipped to Dayton, o., casket
eight feet long weighing 400 pounds
Company officials said they under
stood it was for a man seven feet
three inches tall who weighed 585
pounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
WAS SMART BIDDY

CHICAGO, Jan. 6, CUPD-When
Mike Satkoski's truck skidded into
a ditch, highway police helped him
round up the chickens that escap-
ed, but hundreds of eggs in his
load were smeared across the road.
The only egg unbroken was laid by
a hen after the accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-06
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OVER THE
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who bought a box of oranges at a
packing house in California, in
tending TO use them in his own
home. He was told he would have
to pay freight to New York if he
wanted the fruit.
Pretty soon there will be regu-
lation against that. we predict
As We said, people would get
along with a lot less of this despis-
ed Governmental regulation if
they weren't so greedy.
Evening star., 1944-01-02

Win Uncle SONS ropidIy ex-
pondine fleet Of escort
eorriers becoming the wort;me
home" Of thousands Of YOUNG
Amer'eons. the Novy reveoIs in
these pictures the SURPRISING
omount Of living comfort thot
hos been squeezed into the smoIIer
dimensions Of these body Hot
tops. Designed for such service
os conveying and pIone ferryinq,
os distinguished from the bio
eombot corriers Of high speed ond
tough ormor. the strength Of the
little GIVES is in their number.
And this number is inoreosino to
scores os they ore turned out on
Q standardized bosis much as ore
Liberty ships.
On the body flot tops. quorters
tor officers and crew and recreo-
t'on room ore given first consid-
erotion offer functional needs ore
met in the disposition Of below
deck spoce For the ships officers
there ore two-to-o-room stote-
rooms. but most flight officers
sleep in dormitories with double
decker hunks roneed close to-
eether. The honeor deck solves
the problem Of mass recreation
spoee.
The union times., 1944-06-10
Unions Must File Returns By Aug. IS
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 nue will permit an International to file a group return on behalf of all of its locals, thorough consideration of the subject has led to the conclusion that it would be most complex and confus- ing for Internationals to file financial returns required by Form go for local unions. Even in group filing, each local union would be required to fill out Form go and furnish 1t to the International with a sworn off davit as to its correctness. Most In- ternationals would be put to endless trouble in compiling these forms for the purpose of making group return. Likewise, the information shown on Form go can only be furnished by the local unions.
 ''It will be less difficult and cum bersome for local unions to file their own separate returns directly with the local district Collector of Internal Revenue.
 'sThe officials and Executive Council of the American Fedora ton of Labor, after thorough and exhaustive discussion of this sub- ject with Judge Padway, are of the unanimous opinion that the most advisable course to pursue with respect to filing financial returns on Form 99O is for each local to file its own separate return"
The union times., 1944-06-10
ters Admit Veterans Without Initiation Fees

directions, which means they'll be less comfortable than we'll cut shorts and will wear out faster.
 GU tested 27 brands of mems shorts for measurements, construction and fabric quality. The best buys found were Fruit of the Loom white cotton at 39c and Leeds Deluxe white broadcloth at Soc. Other good quail ity shorts were Pilgrim Nobility Cat. No. 5165, $1 plus postage Oscars Roebuck), Mansco white broadcloth, $1 and BVD printed broadcloth, 75c.
 MEMS UNDERSHIRTS
 Prices of mems undershirts have not gone up recently, and quality re- mains the same as last year, Consum- CTS Union found in tests of 50 brands. It still pays, however, to look care fully before you buy.
 One common cause of trouble is the label. Some labels are stitched down on both long edges, without allowing for the ''give'' in a ribbed shirt Then, when the shirt is stretched in use, it tends to tear at the label. When you buy shirts. look for a label sewed along the top to the shirt binding, with the bottom edge left loose.
 Plain knit or narrow rib shirts are apt to wear longer than a wider rib. But the wider rib is more elastic and therefore may be more comfortable.
 GU examined 50 brands for size, strength and construction. It found big differences in quality, even among brands made by the same manufacturer.
 ADHESIVE BANDACES
 Don't buy bandages impregnated with mercurochrOme OF suIfathi-
The union times., 1944-06-10
Your Dollar
CROOKED EYEGLASSES
By CONSUMERS UNION

Stay away from those advertis. ing eyegIass merchants who offer you an eye examination or pair of glasses at ''bargain''price, Con. sumers Union warns in its May issue. If you go to such an opti- clan you will almost certainly be sold glasses whether you need them or not. And the salesman will make every effort to get you to buy z more expensive pair than those which have been advertised. If you insist on buying at the advertise, price, the chances are you'll ''spite glasses''-purposely incor. rect prescriptions, with poor, bad. ly fitted frames. A typical firm ill Washington broadcasts a $9.75 bar. gain offer, but actually gets $50 oI more. The same glasses would cost less at any ethical opticians.
 There are a few opticians who sell low priced glasses of good quality Such an optician is likely to be asso- ciated with a health plan or frater- nal organization. But if any optician advertises low price and then tells you the glasses sold at that price arc no good, walk out.
 MEMS SHORTS
 Last year, half the shorts Go sumers Union tested cost under 75c. This year, less than one-third could be bought below that price. Man manufacturers have dropped their 25c and 35c lines, while others have received OPA permission to raise prices.
 On top of this, quality has gonc down so that the 75c pair of shorts you buy this year may not be as good as those for which you paid soc the year before. Most of the stronger fabrics used for shorts are scarce. ''Print cloth," lower grade cotton fabric, is used as a substitute for broadcIoth. And most shorts are skimped in one or more
The union times., 1944-06-10

Hyatt, chief of the Labor Section of the War Finance Division, U. S. Treasury Departments, who made a special trip from Washington for the meeting. Hyatt, a 4O-year mem. Der of the A. F. L., said that War Bonds not only are helping to win the war, but will be of great as. slstance in helping every workins man and woman bridge the gan rom war to peace economy. He told inc delegates that 27,OOO. .OOO workers are now on the War Bond payroll deduction plan for a total of $475 million in War Ronds monthly.
 Motion pictures of actual war scenes, made by the Government for organized labor audiences. were mart ot the program.
 Inc meeting was one of the bes, held at the Labor Temple in> wears and the enthusiasm of the deleeate. IS another guarantee that Connecti- cut will meet its quota of $40 mil lion in the Fifth War Loan.
 Similar rallies by Central Labor Unions are planned in Connecticut as follows:
 Hartford - Labor Temple. 97 Park Street, June 7.
 Bridgeport Carpenters Hall 5O6 Fairfield Avenue, June IA.
 New London-Carpenters' Hall. Broad Street, June Is.
 Waterbury - Garden Hall, I68 East Main Street, June I6.
 Meriden = United Automobile Workers Hall, B State Street. June l9.-
 New Britain = Labor Temple, 454 Main Street, June 2l.
 South NOrwalk = Hatterss Hall 29 North Main Street, June p.
 Stamford = June g.
 Danbury - Hatters' Hall, 3Ol Main Street, June 28.
The union times., 1944-06-10
FREE CITY COLLEGES

CHICAGO - Encouragement for the development of free city colleges was voted by the Chicago Federation ot Labor on recommendation of Local l, American Federation of Teachers (AFL).
The union times., 1944-06-10

The whispering campaign against labor HI our armed services is a major contribution to the camp of Hitler, to all he stands for and all we fight against. Many an honest throat has been cut by whispering. Labor had better be on guard!
The union times., 1944-06-10
Negro Film Released

The OWI has released The Ne gro Soldier" film short for 16 nm showings at union and communityA, meetings. The film traces the role of the Negro soldier in all the wars en- gagged in by the US. from the Boston massacre of 1775 to the present war. :.