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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
WAR COUNCIL MET
 THURSDAY NIGHT
Protective Units Warned to Be Prepared for
 Emergencies
CHESHIRE
 Hubert Rigney Cheshire Phone S94

Cheshire, Dec. 30-We have got out from under two snow storms that required more or less shoveling and it looks very much as though we were headed for another. Well, it is only 92 days to the top of March Hill when all the trouble of the winter will soon be forgotten.
 On Thursday evening meeting of the Cheshire War Council was held and Frank w. English, com mander, presided. There was poor attendance. The matter of the possibility of robot bombing of this area was taken up. Protective units have been warned by the state council to be prepared for any emergency. The recent earth tre- nor was the occasion for many persons to call up on the phone to ascertain what the trouble was. This was contrary to civilian de- fense instructions which had been issued long ago. We are not a well-disciplined people,; we have had great deal of freedom and do not like to be told what to do.. The years training that is proposed for all youth will make this a much better country because all will learn early in life that to follow instruc- tions as given makes it much pleas anter for all.
 There will be meeting of the official board of the Methodist church parlors at 800 on Tuesday evening.
 Pvt. Douglas Marks is spending a furlough with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Raymond Marks of CheSh- ire street. Pvt. Marks is stationed at Camp Clairbourne, Louisiana.
 T-Sgt. Robert Huebner of Fort Bragg, N. C., is visiting with Mrs. Huebner, the former Pearl Duchane of Wallingford road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

. that's the acme of loyalty. And Grace was one of the 70 women trolley and bus operators recruited by Mrs. George Seitz, wife of a Commodore at the Navy base.
 How attractive, energetic Mrs. Seitz became involved in solving the transportation problem of this town, which has trebled its popu- lation since the wer began, is a story in itself.
 T was taking a course at Will liam and Mary in Personnel Man. agement," she explained ."One eve- ming t,le instructor ask: the class, as a problem, how we'd go about solving the labor shortage in Nor folk. I blasted away at the lack of transportation facilities here, adding it was shame that Navy boys who had so few passes for town had to stand in line for hours before being able to ride into town, if at all, be- cause cars stood idle in the barn.
 "A visitor in the back of the room asked me how I'd go about solving the situation. told him I'C ring the door bell of every idle Navy wife in Norfolk and ask her to go to work driving bus or trolley"
 The visitor turned out to be an executive in the Virginia Electric Power Company, snd challenged her to take on the job of recruiting. At first she tried to beg off be- cause as the wife of Commodore Seitz she had many social obliga- tions and two daughters to take care of. When they said she could name her own hours and that she held the key to better shore leaves for serv- icemen, she weakened.
 But first she demanded a matron and pleasant lounge room for the girls, where they could shower and change and where those who came in from late runs could stay until morning. Applicants who heard her and radio appeals for re- cruits and came to be interviewed found pleasant, feminine atmos- phere, which did as much to sell them the job as Mrs. Seitz's patriotic appeal to help out.
 Unlike World War l, when opera tors threatened to strike if they hired women, the men were more than anxious to train the girls, Mrs. Seitz says. And the girls, most of whom have never driven a car or been the least mechanically in- clined, are as good if not better than
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Organizing Children
 In Home-Front Units
Thorough Canvas to Be Made of City for Greatly
 Needed Waste Paper; Schools to Open Drive

overseas so that the paper is never recovered for still further use or resalvage.
 J. Warren Upson, Herbert Scott Smith and others of the salvage committee today appealed to this army of home-front salvage "Sol- diers' to give their full effort to the coming campaign.
 Authorities today announced the following collection scheduled for the various schools with the first to get underway next Tuesday, in accordance with that days sched- uled: Monday-St. Ann's, Maloney, Merrimen, Washington, St. Francis and Hopeville; Tuesday - Tinker, Duggan, Barnard, St. Joseph's, Rus sell, Bunker Hill and Roosevelt; Wednesday - Bishop, St. Thomas, Driggs. Kingsbury, Sprague, St. Margaret (parochiaD and Notre Dame: Thursday,-St. Mary's Sa- cred Heart, Hendricken. Anderson, Chase, East Farm, East Mountain and SS. Peter and Paul; Friday Walsh, Wilson, Slocum, Webster, Bucks Hill and Abbott.
 Collections from the schools will be made by Sidney Albert of the committee and others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

Waterbury's school children will be sworn in as troopers" of a home-front army of waste paper collectors who, starting next Tues day, will begin their assault on the critical shortage of this vitally needed number one salvage mater ial.
 Pledged to back-the attack of their brothers, relatives and friends now fighting on all the battle fronts of the world the local grammar school troopers" will start next Tuesday to wage attack.
 Each member of this waste paper army will wear an arm band Signi- flying his membership within the ranks and will be promoted and ranked within the army according to the percentage of paper he or she collects.
 An acute paper shortage now ex- ists, it was stated today by salvage authorities, created by such major factors aS-the sharp increases for the 1945 military supplies; greater manpower demand elsewhere which has cut into collection procedures; serious shortage in pulp wood stocks and the greater quantities of paper wrapped material being forward
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Severe Quake Hits England

London, Dec. 30-(UP)-A severe earthquake. probably the heaviest experienced in Britain in recent years, shook 8 wide area of north ern England early today, but pre- liminary reports from the scene indicated that little if any damage resulted.
 The shock centered in the heav- uy-industrailized section between Manchester and Darlington, and many people pushed from their beds to air raid shelters in the belief that German bombers were attacking the area.
 Seismologist J. J. Shaw of the West Bronwich Observatory said the tremor was "a severe vibration for this country"
 It began at 1:36 a. m. and in- creased in intensity for 45 seconds, continuing for two full minutes.
 Buildings in Manchester were shaken violently and many resi- dents were tumbled from their beds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
MRS. RICHARDSON
 FUNERAL SUNDAY
Sunday Church Schedule Announced, Masses MOn=
 day at 7 and 9
PROSPECT Mrs. Edmond MOrin, COrre- spOndent-TelephOne 5-OS57

Prospect, Dec. 30.-Church notes St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Rev. John F. McTeague. pastor Masses will be celebrated Sunday morning at and 10:30 a. m. Sum- day school will be held right after the g o'clock Mass for all the chil-
 dren of the parish. On Monday, New Years day, Masses will be celebrated at 2 and a. m.
 Prospect Congregational church. Rev. Daryl Williams, minister Sunday school for the children of the Congregational church will be held at 10 a. m. in Chapel school.
 Sunday morning worship service will be held at Il o'clock in Chapel school.
 The funeral of Mrs. Fife CTal- ma6ge) Richardson will be held Sunday afternoon at o'clock from the Snyder funeral home, IA Will low street, Waterbury. Rev. Daryl Williams, pastor of the Prospect Congregational church officiating Burial will be in Prospect cemetery. Mrs. Richardson was born in Tor rington, but had resided here in Prospect for a great many years. Surviving besides her husband, eight children, brother, Harry Talmadge, of Prospect, sister, Miss Jessie Talmadge of Torrington and B grandchildren.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Nevs or Connecticut

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 30.-CUP) Repair and remodeling of Connec- ticutS governors mansion, halted nearly year ago by War Produc- tion Board restrictions on the use of materials and labor, will be re- stunned soon, State Senator Frank H. Peet, chairman of the commit tee in charge of the project, an- nounced today.
 WIPE restrictions have been re- moved, Peet said, and work on the 19-room house could be completed in six to eight weeks if allowed to proceed uninterrupted.
 The comptroller's office report ed that $73,O75, including the pur- chase price of $39,50O, already has been spent on the residence,
 New Haven, Conn.,, Dec. 30.-UP) Mrs. Salvatore Fico and her seven pound daughter today were resting at St. Raphael's hospital after los- ing 8 race with the stork at the hospital entrance. The baby was born in taxi with hospital phy- sician, summoned by the taxi driver, in attendance.
 Mrs. Fisco's husband is stationed with the navy in the South Pa- cific.
 Shelton, Conn, Dec. 30.-(UP)- Mrs. Minnie Crofut Webster, D., to- day was & candidate for state rep resentative in a special election to be held next Thursday to fill the vacancy caused by the deatah of her father, Rep. Frank V. Crofut. Mrs. Webster will be opposed by Andrew M. Johnson, Jr., R.
 Stratford, Conn, Dec. 30-The body of William c. Hamilton, 29. Bridgeport war veteran, today was recovered from HouSatonic river.
 Hamilton, discharged as major from the Army last August, leaped from a Merritt Parkway bridge Nov. IT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

A. A one-page buff-colored certi- ficate was mailed to you or if you so ordered to your beneficiary with in four months after your applica- ton went to Veterans AdminiStra- ton. This stakes out your claim on a CT insurance policy, and it's the only evidence you'll get for the dur ation. Ante-bellum unabridged in- surance policies would have used much precious wartime paper, so Veterans Administration cut them down to a one-page certificate.
 This certificate is a vital record. It may have strayed in the mail, or you may have tossed it aside be- cause you didn't recognize it as an important document. Better write to Director of Insurance, Veterans Ad- ministration, Washington, D. C., for letter establishing your policy ownership.
 In rare cases a few months delay might mean that your application had failed to get approved and was on its way back. The fact that in- surance allotments have been taken out of your check doesn't make you a policyholder. The deductions begin as soon as application goes in. then If the policy is not approved you will get refund.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

erally because her husbsnd has been transferred to another base and she's going along.
 This excellent attendance and long service is due in great part to the personal interest Mrs. Seitz takes in the girls. A happy home and social life mak.s for a con- tented worker, she believes, and so she has organized a bowling team which plays weekly matches with servicewomen, started a bas- ketball team, and is planning a nursery school to take care of operators children while they're working.
 And best morale-builder of all, they've been assured by the com- pany that the jobs are theirs even though the end of the war may bring normal times and old opera tors back to Norfolk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

additional firms reported to be drawing up applications to the Springfield ordnance office, which is in charge of allocations.
 The U. s. Rubber Company's Fiske plant at Chicopee Falls, Mass, has benefited principally from the soldier-work program, with 15O sol- diers reported to be employed now at the Fiske plant under the fur tough plan. No report has been given that the Naugatuck branch of the concern is also seeking workers, but an official at the Springfield office yesterday disclosed several firms outside of Waterbury have made ap- plications.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

the men drivers and motormen, and have approximately less accidents chalked up against them.
 During the first week, some of the girls admitted, they'd come back from their eight to nine-hour runs on the verge of tears and ready to quit-not from traffic tangles but from the heckling they were given by male passengers.
 "Oooh, 8 lady driver" the men would mock, "do you think we ought to take chance?"
 But the girls scon learned to trade wise cracks with the best of them, hence their own little coterie ot regulars" who'll wait for sev- eral trolleys or buses until threiS comes along.
 There is little turnover in person. nel, a transportation executive ex- ulted. A girl never has quit in 8 huff. When one does leave it's gen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
BANK CUSTODIAN
 RETIRING TODAY

Joel E. Dickerman, 83, custodian of the safety deposit branch of the Citizens and Manufacturers Na- tional Bank for the last 9 years will retire today. MT. Dickerman, who recently was feted by asso- ciates at the bank, will be succeeded by his assistant Major Edward Bell.
 MT. Dickerman actually has been associated with the bank for 28 years, having entered as an em- ploye of the originally Manufac- turers Bank. predecessor of the present bank, as teller, and upon merger of the two institutions he became custodian of the vaults.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Hooeue Held Under Bond

St. Albans, Vt, Dec. 3O.-UP)- Earl Hoague, 22, of Swanton was held here today on manslaughter charge in the death of Fred Wanzer, 42, of Swanton, who allegedly died as result of a lie told by Hoague's 16-year-old sister.
 The youth was ordered held in lieu of $2,O0O after indictment yes- terday by the Franklin County Grand jury.
 Hoague accused of striking and knocking down Wanzer when the youths sister Eleanor allegedly claimed she was raped by the older man. She later denied this story, police siad. Wanzer died of a head injury sustained in the fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Current RatiOning Regulations
MEATS AND BUTTER

stamps "R5" points Sunday butter point
 PROCEsSED FOODS "Y5", indefinitely points through will take effect Dec. S1. indefinitely coupons previously in effect, have been cancelled.
  Airplane stamps No and Ration valid indefinitely for pair of shoes GASOLINE purchase gallons
 
 Pertor period five the 04SeA will according oPA valid coupons worth 10 gallons per unit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
CANDLE RESPONSIBLE
 FOR DAMAGING BLAZE

Fire considerably damaged a three-story wooden building at 94- 96 Edson avenue last night when a sulphur fumigating candle on the third floor burned through metal pan and ignited the floor.
 Water Seeped down to damage the apartment of MT. and Mrs. Frank Joy on the second flor and the rent of Mrs. Frances Creel on the first floor, Capt. Eugene Legge, aide to the fire marshal, reported. MT. Joy discovered the fire shortly be- fore 2 p. m. and summoned fire men.
 The building is owned by Ray mond Oliver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
SALES
 $162 BILLIONS
 OF WAR BONDS

Washington, Dec. 90 CUP) = Net sales of war bonds for the three years ending Dec. 3l will total $162O00 .O00, 600, according to Ted R. Gamble, the governments su- per-salesman and head of the Treasury War Finance Division.
 Gamble, a Dollar Year man and a former west coast movie house operator, says that in the three years since Jan. 1, 1942, in- dividuals will have bought and held 39,000, ,000, 900 of the securities.
 Other non-bank groups, includ- ing corporations. will have bought $54, ,00O, 100000 of the bonds. Add to this $69, ,0O0,0 900 of net pur- chaSeS by commercial and federal reserve banks and you have the grand total of $162, 900 100000.
 Net purchases of non-bank groups other than individuals will show the following breakdown at the end of the calendar year 1944: Corporations =. .... $23, 900, ,000, 900 Insurance companies
 and savings banks 1b,000,000,0 900 State and local gov
 menus ........... S,VOU,UVV,VOV Federal agencies and
 accounts ....... 13,00o, o,000,0 900 This is the first projection of its kind ever made by the War Fi- nance Division for public scrutiny. The national debt as far as the sale of bonds is concerned, includ- ing sales prior to Jan. l, 1942, will be about $225 ,000, 900, 900 by the end of the year, Gamble says.
 He breaks down bond holdings in the following manner:
 Individuals ..... s 52,0O0, ,000, 900 Corporations ...... 27,000, 900, 900 Insurance and sav-
 ings accounts ... 27,000, 900, 900 State and local gov
 ments ........... 4,OOO, 900, 900 Federal agencies &
 trust accounts =. 22,oOo, 900, 900 c m m re ial and
 federal banks ... 93, 900, 900, ,000
 
 Total ......... $225, 900, 900, 900 Of tie total $132 0OO, ,O00, 900 will represent net purchases of indi- viduals and other non-banking groups.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
DIVORCE PETITION
 PLACED ON RECORD

Evelyn Swenterly Davis Of Pros- pect today filed Q divorce action in superior court against Ward O.. Davis of Naugatuck, on the ground of intolerable cruelty. The couple married July lo, 1887 at Elkton, Md, and the cruelty allegedly started April. 1889. The petitioner seeks custody of their child. an allowance for its support, and alifnony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
FORMER SCOVILL co.
 WORKERS RETURNING

The majority of the 66 tube mill workers of the Scovill Mfg. CO. who quit their jobs at the scovln co. in a walkout last May and since have been reinstated over company protest by the NLRB have signified their intention to return, it was stated today by Robert Walkinshaw of Local 56p. CIo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

Hello, Grace, you're 8 little ''te t o n 1 g h t, aren't you?' she asked the oper- ator. i've been waiting l5 min utes for you"
 s h e was one of t h e opera tors eg u l a r passengers, a n d in N o r f o ] k, W ere it's al- most worth your life to g e t to and from town
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
SERVICES
 FOR NEW YEARS DAY

The Roman Catholic church ob- serve the Feast of Circumcision Monday, January l. All churches in the city will have a schedule of Masses for the most part in the or der of Sunday Masses.
 The Circumcision is a major feast of the church and holy day of ob- ligation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
DIES AT FIRE

Boston, Dec. 31. CP)-District Fire Chief Timothy F. Donovan, 6S, of Jamaica Plain, member of the Boston ire Department for 70 years. collapsed and died last night while directing f1remen battling . three alarm blaze which sweep Q one story business block in Jamaica Plain.
 Donovan collapsed shortly after emerging from one of the smoke filled stores and died enroute to q hospital. Fire damage was $16. 900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
EARBENDERS MEET
 IN WEEKLY GAMES

The Earbenders will resume their 45 playing Sunday afternoon, De- cember 31, at the Washington Park Community house, at the usual time.
 The schedule is as follows: Cuddy vs. Murphy, O'Donnell vs. Fitzmour- ice, and Reynolds vs. Grimes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Quincy Yords
 Top '43 kork

Quincy, Mass, Dec. S1-(UP)-- The Bingham and Quincy yards of the Bethlehem Steel O., built and delivered l2o ships to the Navy drir- ing the past year, 26 more than in l943, General Manager W. II. Col- lins revealed today.
 He said the two yards had built every type of combatant ship from destroyer escorts to aircraft car- riers. However, he emphasized that Q tight 1046 schedule will require increased cooperation.
 Collins also said that the Boston yards of the Bethlehem Steel co. had repaired 1.641 ships, converted a and made major overhaulS on 1i2 ships during the past year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
NORFOLK NAVY WIVES TAKE
 THE WHEEL TO EASE TRAFFIC
BY ROsELLEN CALLAHAN
 NEA Staff Correspondent

Norfolk, Va.-The corner was crowded with home-going workers. Two trolleys passed, but the mother ly looking woman who had headed the crowd waited for the next car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Nx ~G Questions Answers Y0VHR 14V RVHIAfG On Servicemen's VII VI SNSSulsS Problems
Insurance Certificates Are Vital Records
By ANN STEVICK NEA Staff Correspondent

Washington letter from servceman furloush this question:
 O. National Service Life Insurance policies hard to Atlantic Charter because check for for the last six months but it. What supposed to have to show that I'm nOic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

The electron is invisible, has practically no mass, and moves with a speed of 28,000 miles a second in television tube and $500 miles per second in an ordinary radio receiv- ing tube.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
RecOnverSiOn Plans Deferred For AII-Out War Production; Plants Need 100000 Workers
By ROBERT ,. SULLIVAN

YORK; 30-(UPO-The corporations which late in 1924 forced to selve their reconvercn hue De of expanded military likely gather their peaceme plans until the United Nations Germany and pile to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
ELECTRoNICs IN TELEPHONY

Improved rectption in long-dis- tance telephony is due in part to electronic booster stations," where messages are amphfied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Oddities h The NetUs

Boston, Dec. 3O-fUP)-Fireman James A. McCarrOn leaped into subway pit last night to rescue a dog standing close to a live rail. The dog promptly bit him.
 Springfield, Mass, Dec. 30-CUP) Displayed in a glaSs-enclosed ex- hibition case at the Museum of Ma tural History here is a cigaret. Be- meath it a sign reads: Tt is be- coming rare"
 AthOl, Mass, Dec. 3O-(UP)-Sec- Ond It. Rodney CIOutman, 27, pro- noted on the battlefield from the rank of sergeant after he single handedly captured 400 Germans in France last August, is missing in action, according to word received by his parents here.
 Portland, Me, Dec. 30-(UP)- A veteran of the African and Ital- ian campaigns, Sgt. Melvin E. Hawkes. of Portland was:
 Inducted into the Army Dec. 3, 1922.
 Shipped overseas Dec. 5, 1943.
 Arrived home on furlough Dec. 3, 1914.
 HOultOn, Me-, Dec. 30-(UP)-Ap- parently in good health when she retired last night, Mrs. Dorothy B. Merritt, 29, of HOuItOn died in her sleep-the same manner in which her 3-year-OId son died last Sep- f0Wns>Rr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

Improvement was reported in the condition of Frank !. Kim nerney, 50 WoIc0tt road. at st. Mary's hospital, where he was taken in serious condition after suffering . cerebral hermorrhage while driving near his home early yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Gil- christ will be held Monday at 2 p. m. from Hickcox Funeral Home, 195 Main street, Watertown. Friends may call at the funeral home Sat- urday from ' to g p. m. and Sum- day afternoon from 3 to and from ' to Q in the evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

Louis Walsh, prominent srChl- tect of this city and leader in Boy Scout affairs was said to have been operated on ct St. Mary,s hospital, today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

Cpl. Charles E. HOsier, S6, 26 Plaza avenue, victim of hit-run driver Christmas day, was re- ported considerably improved at Waterbury hospital today. His name has been removed from the danger list.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
CHURCH PROGRAMS GIVEN FOR SUNDAY
OAKVIlLE Correspondent: Alice Stafstr0u
 Phone 6SS-

Oakville, Dec. 30 Saint Mary Magdalen Church = Saturday there will be confessions from { to 6 and from to 8 in preparation for Holy Day, New Years. There will be no confessions on Sunday.
 Sunday-MaSses as usual with children's Mass at 800 in the Sac red Heart chapel.
 Monday-New Years, Masses 6, 2. 8, g o'clock.
 All Saints Episcopal Church = Sunday, Church School will be held at 9:30. Instead of the regular prayer there will be a special Festi- val Service of Lessons and Carols" at II o'clocmk. The Choir will have special music. Rev. Robert Reimen- schneider will lead the service.
 Holy Communion will be held Monday. New Years at g o'clock.
 Woman's Auxiliary will meet Wednesday at l o'clock ir the parish hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30

BUx wAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-30
Hospital Bulletins

Robert Derby, IS, 195 Warner street, was admitted to Water bury hospital for treatment of possible internal injuries suffered when he struck a boulder while cOasting down Warner street, near Long Hill road. His condition was reported fair this morning.