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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13
FACTORY READY
 TO OPEN DRIVE
Rubber COmpany's Fifth War Loan Campaign
 Starts Tomorrow

Naugatuck, June 13.-The U. s. Rubber company Fifth War Loan drive is scheduled to go into full op- eration Wednesday, 1t was an- nounced today.
 The general committee consists of Clayton Fellows, chairman, Ste- phen Knapik, Genevieve Pajeski, Frank Wood, Alba Ferenio, Carl N. Moore and John J. Wrinn.
 The advisory committee, headed by H. L. Carter, includes H. N. Bar rett, R. J. Ford, George Froelich, Clifford Owens, M. J. Garrick, R. E. Lowell, and Victor N. Peterson. Buckley,
 The budget and score-keeping committee is composed of William Bcukley, Stephen %napik, and Vic- tor N. Peterson.
 Robert E. Lowell is chairman of the activities group. Also serving are John Deegan, Genevieve Pajeski, Matty Phelan, Earl Douty and Will liam Baukat.
 Carl Moore and Mary Wither are taking care of the publicity.
 Rev. Joseph KOchunas, assistant pastor at St. Mary's church, will be the principal speaker at tho graduation exercises of the 1914 class of St. Francis par0chial school Sunday at 3 p. m. Rev. Ali bert Taylor, school principal, will present diplomas.
 Rev. George Dunn will read the list of graduates. The exercises will be held in St. Francis church.
 Six Naugatuck high school seniors who have joined various branches of the armed forces, are expected to receive diplomas "in absentia" at the high school graduation exer- cises Friday night at the Futile grounds.
 They include: Robert Burns, Don- aid Harvey, Harold Roy, Leroy Smith, Rudolph Smith and William Patterson. MT. Patterson will start duty Wednesday.
 Emil Mannweiler, chairman of the board of education, will dis tribute the diplomas to the gradu- ates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13
Altar Guild Card Party

Mrs. Arthur H. Merriman was hostess for the weekly card party of the Altar Guild society of St. An- thony's church. held Monday after noon at her home on Summit road. Prizes for high scores were won by Mrs, Oscar Montambault and Mrs. Elizabeth Dupre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13

Naugatuck, June 13. - The question of whether it pays the town to lease the Gem Thear at the present figure $1Oo monthly caused lengthy debate at the well fare board meeting Monday night.
 John Fnse board member asserted the rental is not paying expenses involved by the town and said it bargain rate considering the of the theater and the cost of supplying heat which included in the terms of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13
MAILMAN FINDS
 2,,4OO CIGARETTES

Twelve cartons of cigarettes which fell of truck last night were found by mailman on Walnut street this morning and turned over to police who returned them to the Cruess Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13

Blind D. Sergeant, who once worked in factory for the blind where brushes were made, now helps during the narrower short age in Blackburn. England, as a voluntary chimney sweep.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13

dresses about 100 years old is made again today. The clothing ls needs ed for Naugstuck's Centennial cele. bratiOn.
 Mrs. Norman Wood, teIephons 3534, will give any information need ed and make arrangements for the collecting and marking of the arr ticles.
 All members of the Ameriacn Le- zion auxiliary are requested to meet Wednesday evening at 7:45 in Py- thian hall. They will attend the Elks' Flag Day exercises.
 Improvement Is shown In the condition of Joseph Harper of I6 Beebe street, a patient at St. MaFy's hospital, Waterbury, where he was taken Saturday suffering with . throat infection.
 Circle B of the Aid society of the Congregational church will meet on Wednesday from l:30 to 4:30 p. m. at the YMCA for Red Cross sew. ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13

Genei al vaccination against smallpox has been ordered in Oax- aca, Mexico, to step an epidemic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13

Buy Bonds and Stamps
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
Tax Inequities

| At the joint meeting Of the City Planning
called primarily to discuss expansion of the
city limits, but also included revelations con-
corning the system of double taxation pre-
vaIing in New Hanover county, Mayor Bruce
3. Cameron used the Board of Health as an
outstanding example of the manner in which
city taxpayers are overburdened for its op-
Grafton.
The total cost of the department. he dis
closed, is $68,066, of which $44, "a comes
from city taxpayers as their own contribu-
ton, and because of the double taxation sys-
tenn they also put up $4,000 of the countys
share. Thus, of the $500 appropriated for
the Health Department, Wilmington taxpayers
pay s57177, and county taxpayers contribute
approximately $4,000.
There is no excuse for this great disparity,
nor can it be justified. 1t exists because it
has long been the custom to saddle the city
with the bulk of county operating costs and
nobody has seen fit to organize effective op-
position
Wilmingtonians owe debt of gratitude to
Mayor Cameron for bringing tax inequities
into the open-a debt which can be paid only
by supporting his effort to do away with
them. If there ever was time when unity
Of action was needed among the city's entire
population it is now, well in advance of the
next legislative session, so that when the law
makers assemble again at Raleigh the repre-
sentative from New Hanover county will put
his shoulder to the wheel along with the COM
poste shoulder of the city's population to have
a corrective bill passed.
1t is the more necessary that the nequt-
able health department levy be remedied be-
cause the department is essentially county
function and should be supported by the coun-
ty at large, of which Wilmington is but
part. A single appropriation should be made
for its support by the county and appo-tioned
among all property owners in proportion to
the assessed valuation of their property Will
mington should not longer be compelled to
pay SO per cent of the cost, with only II
per cent coming from the county outside of
Wilmington.
The same rule should apply to all jointly
operated city and county functions. When it
is applied there can be substantial reduc-
ton in the Wilmington tax rate, and not until
then An equitable redistribution of the tax
burden and reasonable division of RESPONSE
blity for government between the city and
the county are projects calling for the de-
termned and unified cooperation of all ele-.
ments in Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
Gifts And The Giver

Harry Mclean, the unconventional philan-
thropist, got back into the news the other
day by throwing $4,000 in bills and silver out
of a hotel window to the surprised and de-
lighted citizens of Windsor, Ont. Not so long
ago ne was passing out money and good cheer
to hospitalized soldiers
II like to see people happy is the Toronto
contractors excuse.
Mr.. Mclean must get considerable pleasure
out of the distribution, too, which is prob
ably a good thing. For certainly he is a mis-
understood man. That was apparent when he
presented the desk sergeant at the Windsor
police station with a $4,000 check "for your
burial fund.-
The sergeant took the check to the chief,
with the comment that he thought the guy
was crazy The chief was about to agree
when he saw and recognized the signature
on the check. But it was Mr.. McLeans sol
vency and not the sincerity of his generous
impulse that made the chief reverse the in
sanity verdict.
Now, it's sad commentary upon our ma
terialstic civilization when we class a man
like Harry Mclean with such zanies as flag
pole sitters, bowling dervishes, and men who
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
The Case Of Russia

Cornell University made itself unpopular in
many quarters last summer by offering its
students an Intensive Study of Contemporary
Russian Civilizations It was charged among
other things, that one of the teachers had
taught Communism to soldiers, and had in
doctrinated civilian students with the princi-
Piles of that social and economic philosophy
But the university heads, undaunted are Of
tering the course again this summer-and with
plenty of prospective takers.
All these fears and grumblings are pretty
silly. The principles of Communism, after all
are accessible to anyone who wants to study
them. Withholding the facts of life will not
preserve purity in politics any more than it
will in morals.
It is time that we started to understand
the aims, accomplishments and errors of a
country with whom are allied in war,
and with whom we are destined to do bust
ness when the war is won.
Since 1917 millions of Americans have had
a fanatical distrust OF Russian Communism
Both the American and Russian governments
have fostered this distrust.
IL WOULD Hot De easy TO eValuate the ire
quent, unpr edictable shifts of Russian policy
Yet even an elementary study of Russian Com
munism to date might show us for the first
time how far the country has advanced from
feudalism and illiteracy in a quarter-century
Such an understanding as this might help
to avoid resumption of mutually suspicious
dealings after the war-a course that could
be fatal to any hope of lasting peace
But we could not do it all. Russia, on her
part, would have to erase the deliberately
distorted picture of cruel, decadent capitalism
and its downtrodden victims.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
Let Macarthur Alone

In reading the correspondence between Rep
A. L. Miller of the fourth Nebraska congress
sional district and General Macarthur, it ap-
pears TO us that the commitments are made
by M. Miller, not General Macarthur I'm
less there are other documents not as yet
made public there is nothing to support the
claim made by the Generals fans that he
is in receptive mood for the Republican
nomination.
in the two letters he addressed to Mr.
Miller, one dated October 2, 1913, and the
other February II this year, General Mac
Arthur carefully avoided personal politics In
the one he commended the Nebraska repce-
sentative for the wisdom and craftsmanship
Of your comments" In the other he said
''We are doing the best we can with what
ilave,'' in the battle against the Japanese
adding I will be glad . . when more sub
stantial forces are placed at my disposition ;
It is these letters which are said in an
Associated Press dispatch bearing Harold
divers by-line to have cheered General Mac
Arthurs hackers. So far as externals may be
judged, the gentlemen who assume he has
committed himself seem to have taken great
deal tor granted. General Macarthur some
time ago declared he has no political aspira-
tons, and to our knowledge has never re-
tracted that declaration. On the other side,
he has told the Filipinos that he is coming
back, and ever since he landed in Australia
has demonstrated his determination to do so.
Steadily he has moved his fighting forces
northward through perilous seas and across
enemy infested islands, doing the best he
could with what he had,'' and looking for
ward to the time when more substantial
forces are placed at my Disposition recon-
quering stronghold after stronghold in fulfill
ment of his pledge to the Filipinos to free
them from the japanese. Neither by published
word or action has ne shown the slightest
inclination to seek political office. Isn't it time
for the bloc of Republican leaders who would
force him into politics to stop their propa-
in which he is doing SO well?
General Macarthur probably would make
a good president. He has administrative ex-
perience, as he demonstrated in the Philip
pines. But this is not the time for him to
be drawn into the political web. He is needed
where he is, in the work he is doing. The
men who would divert him from that would
do better to concentrate their efforts upon
getting for him the larger forces he needs
for the task he has in hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
Helping The Oppressed

In spite of the confusion and contradiction
OF post war policies, there can surely be no
disagreement among the Allies with President
Roosevelt's pledge to the victims of Axis op-
preston in Europe and Asia. 1t may carry
only slender hope of immediate aid, but it's
solemn promise OF punishment for the perse-
cutors can and must be kept
The Presidents most direct appeal was to
Germans and all others under Nazi rule to
conceal the prosecuted and help them to es-
cape
It was an appeal to decency and humanity
which will certainly be needed, although its
fufillment is beset with difficulty and danger.
The danger is clear to every compassionate
person in Nazi-dominated countries-that in
saving a hunted mans life, he is putting his
own in Jeopardy. But this has not kept many
humane and courag eous people from aiding
Mgitives.
There must be many others who have act
ed against their conscience through fear. Now
particularly in the satellite countries, they
may dare to act with decency even though
ths danger has increased.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
Daily Prayer
FOR PROTECTION

He that dWelleth in the secret
place of the Most High shall abide
under the shadow of the Almighty.
1 will say of the Lord. He is my
refuge and my fortress: my God;
in Him will l trust. Surely He SHALL
deliver thee from the. snare of the
fowler: and from the noisome pes
thence. He shall cover thee with
His feathers, and under His wings
shalt thou not be. afraid for the
terror by night: nor for the arrow
that flieth by day; nor for the
pestilence that walketh in dark
ness: nor for the destruction that
wasteth at monday. A thousand
shall fall at Thy side, and ten
thousand at Thy right hand. Only
with Thine eyes shalt Thou be-
hold: and see the reward of the
wicked. Because Thou hast made
the Lord, which is my refuge;
even the Most High, Thy habita-
ton; there shall no evil befall
Thee; Neither shall anyn plag
come nigh to Thy dwelling. For
He shalt give his angels charge
over Thee to keep Thee in all Thy
ways. Amen-Psalm 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
Belated Regrets

Director of Censorship Byron Price has IN
Dictated that excerpts from alleged correspond
ence between Miss Vivian Kellems, Connectl-
cut industrialist, and Count Frederick Won
Zedlitz, German steel representatives in Ar
gentina, found their way from the Office OF
Censor ship TIC an interested government agen-
cy and thence to Rep. John Coftee' VINO
read them into the Congressional Record.
This leak was a violation OF pledge
by all agencies to keep such investigated cor
respondence to themselves, Mr.. Price said.
He has promised cooperation in discovering
who was faithless enough to violate these
condolences"
That's fine. But it seems rather too oad
that more than week had to go by ana
a congressional investigation be proposed be-
fore Mr.. Price was moved to action against
4aithlessness' that must have been I'M
mediately apparent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
The Literary Guidep0st

able to him in this book. put
nam; $50
The campaign biographies have
begun to appear. Karl B. Pauly
has done a better than usual Job
on his man in 'Bricker of Ohio"
AS is usual in such books, he does
not give much space to his candi.
dates mistakes, and he does bear
down pretty heavily on his vir-
tues - especially Brokers record
OF astute financial administration
in Ohio. The book is cleverly de-
signed to present Bricker to his
best audience in the finest pos
sible light, the audience being of
course the business world. (Put-
nam; $2)
The peculiar delusion that all
pioneering was done by illiterate
stalwa-ts in fr in 6 e d buckskin,
worn at the shoulder and side
from Juggling blunderbuss, dies
hard in these United States. AIDE
laide L. Fries deals it another
clout, however, in The Road to
Salem" which is the story of the
Moravians who about 1888 migrat-
ed from Pennsylvania to western
North Carolina. taking with them
their culture almost intact. Daniel
Boone was then living on the Yad-
kin; yet few miles away these
Moravians were making music
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
BY JOHN sELBY
A miscellany

"A Il1SCCl1duy-
Thomas B. Morgan is not Cath
Ollie, yet for 10 years he was very
close to the Vatican, and today in
a position to discuss that much
discussed little State with as COM
plete authority as any Protestant
could muster. The Listening
Post" is that discussion it in
cludes something about the back
ground that produced the Vatican
State, much about the way in
which it is administered, much
about many of the people who
live and labor there, and a thor
ough discussion of the Holy Faith
er's sources of information and the
ways in which he can evaluate
these and use them. Mr.. Morgan's
acquaintanceship with the present
Pope in the days when he was
the Holy Sees most effective dip
lomatic agent has proved valu-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
With Ernie Pyle

In my column the other day
about our experience when the war
correspondents villa was bombed,
said that after it was over I
didn't feel shaky or nervous.
Since then, little memories of the
bombing have gradually come
back into my consciousness. I re-
call now that l went to take my
pocket comb out of my shirt peck
ct to comb my hair, but instead
actually took my handkerchief out
of my hip pocket and started
combing my hair withs the hand
kerchief.
And at noon I realized I had
smoked a whole pack of cigarets
since 7:30 am.
Me nervous? Why, l should say
not.
The day after the bombing, I
got a little package of chewing
gum and lifesavers and what-not.
l tore the return address off the
package and put it on my table
in order to write note of thanks
to the sender.
The package and address were
it please accept my thanks?
Spencer, Ia. So will whoever sent
both lost in the bombing. All I
remember is that it was from
I've spoken of soldiers wartime
pets so many times that you're
probably bored with the subject.
But here's one more.
The headquarters of certain
tank regiment where I have many
friends had a beautiful police dog
named Sergeant. He belonged to
everybody, was lovable dog,
liked to go through a whole re-
pertoire of tricks, and was almost
human in his sensitiveness.
He had even become plane-raid
conscious, and when he heard
planes in the sky would run and
get in his own private foxhole-
or any foxhole, if he were away
from home.
Sergeant was dutifully in his
foxhole yesterday when he died.
Shrapnel from an airbu-st got him.
He wasn't killed instantly, and
they had to destroy him.
The outfit lost two officers, four
men and a dog in that raid. It
is not belittling the men who died
to say that "Sergeant's" death
shared high place in the grief
of those who were LEFT.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
By ERNIE PYLE

WITH FIFTH ARMY BEACH
HEAD FORCES IN ITALY,-(by
wireless)-The other day Wick
Fowler, war correspondent, of The
Dallas News, and l were walking
along the road in Nettuno. saw
a jeep coming with a one-star plate
on the front bumper, indicating
that the occupant was a brigadier
general. I peered intently, trying
to make out who the general was.
While l was absorbed in this en-
deavor, the jeep drew abreast and
the general suddenly saluted us.
l don't know why ne saluted-May
be he thought I was the Secre-
tazy of War. At any rate was
so startled, and so unaccustomed
to being saluted by generals, that
fumbled a second and then re-
turned the salute with my left
hand.
Wick says he'll be glad to ap-
pear at my court-martial and put
in a plea of insanity for me. On
the other hand, I did try, while
Wick never raised an arm. So I
don't think even a plea of insanity
will save him. Wick was a nice
fellow, too.
We still don't know, incidentally,
who the general was.
You've read about the little Cub
planes that fly slowly around over
the front lines, doing artillery spot
ting for us. They're a wonderful
little branch of the service, and
the risks they take are t-emen-
dous.
The Germans try to shoot them
down with ack-ack, and occasion
ally German fighter will sneak
in and take a pass at them. But
the Cub is so slow that the fight
ers usually overshoot, and the Cub
can drop down and land immedi-
ately.
The saddest story I've ever
heard about a Cub happened here
on the Fifth Army beachhead. A
Long Tom''-or 155 rifle-was the
unwilling villain in this case.
This certain gun fired only one
shell that entire day-but that one
shell, with all the sky to travel
in, made direct hit on one of
our Cubs in the air and blew it
to smithereens. It was one of those
incredible one-in-ten-billion posi-
bilities, but it happened.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
LETTER BOX
FILE TODAY

To the Editor:
Today at 6 pm. is deaGlne for
candidates filing for election ID
this county. The scarcity OF NE"
and capable men who have lieu
at the time of this writing IS 4
serious reflection on our conlLlU
nifty spirit.
All good men are overoa0sQ
with work now, but their "o-A
will go for nought unless 1t eau
be continued under a progressive
intelligent, democratic govern
ment. Men in the armed serVl'''
are fighting for this ideal goVeiD
ment while we at home do nouND'
about it.
1t is still not too late for son..
capable, patriotic citizens to oN',
their services in developing
stronger County and State-aho
they don't offer they shouIa w
drafted for the job at when 'N''
are best fitted. al
This community has, and % W.
have, too much at stake Ia w.
next term to risk their rep e''.
tation with any but the best Nv, W.
we can think of. Our future d. a.
the hopes of our fighting nleH' w.
pend on our action To-Day bs
morrow it will be too late ~
sorry and critical. .hs
Each of US should assume ~
responsibility of demanding I'M.
service of qualified men ana T Tss,
en- to file for office today t .t,'.
can be considered a big con'l's3
ton to our total war effort ~, t,p
and it costs nothing but !.
minutes in earnest though d"
conversation. ,,n
Robert Dannenbaum, Cnll.n
Junior Chamber of Col1lIll ',...
Anericanism Conlnll'N
Wilmington, N. c.
April IS, 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15
rs Years Ago
Today
(From the files
of the Star-NeWs)
APRIL Is. 1919


Capt. Herbert A. Codington, who
commanded the 117th Field hospi-
tai in France, a unit of the Goth
Division, arrived here yesterday
after being discharged from the
service at Camp Jackson, S. c.
Capt. Codington is remembered
here as the superintendent of
James Walke.. Memorial hospital.
The Brooklyn Nationals and New
York American teams will spend
tonight in Wilmington. They will
leave here tomorrow for Colds
boro, where they will play an ex-
hibition game and proceed to Nor
folk, where they will hitch up
again.
Mrs. J. Buren, Sudbury leaves
today for Camden, N. j., where
she will spend a month with her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. w. w. Dan
iel.
Mrs. George Gillette of Jackson
vile, N. c., passed through the
city last night en- route to Column
bia, S. c., where she will join
her husband, Capt. Gillette.
Capt. Paul L. Cantwell, 18th in
fantry, is at home on a IS days
leave.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15

| stand on their heads at the Metropolitan Op-
era House. All that Mr.. Mclean is doing is
being philanthropic with swashbuckling
flourish. instead of following the staid, &C.
cepted path
Consider the case Of the late John D. Rock
efeller. for instance. To get one of his shiny
new dimes you had to listen to six bits
worth of precepts about thrift. Or consider
the many generous grants, trusts and fourlda-
tons which, though they may do incalculable
good, seldom kindle spark in the public
Imagination.
But Mr.. McLeans generosity, like Mr..
Shakespeare's quality of mercy, falleth as the
gentle rain from heaven. And Mr.. Mclean
never bothers to ask who gets wet.
Mr.. Mclean is a rich man, and he must
pay Canada a whopping big tax. But that
doesn't put him in penny-pinching mood.
His open handedness is refreshing in this day
of high taxes, high cost of living, and COM
plants thereof He knows that he is still more
fortunate than most.
Yes it's a shame that we consider man
eccentric when he is only trying to follow
the scriptural directions for a rich man to
enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Here's hoping
he makes it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-15

Importing a pipe organ, inciden.
tally) and were expertly admins
terlng many fields. Chapel Hill;
50
And Michael Evlanoff has pro-
duced a careful and often very in
teresting biography of the dyna.
mite king who went in for peace
prizes. There is not much excite
ment In Nobel - Prize Donor"
out there is a good picture OF a
great industrialist. Revell: $3.50