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Bradley beam., 1944-05-20
She's Strictly G.I, Too!

She's the girl knew back home. The girl who looked lovely her organdie evening the senior promh girl who her Saturday nights with you visiting the local she's Jnebut she uniform and the flag you do.
 Yes soldier that's the Wac who works you daily The lady who has volunteered her that together and she help bring this quick victorious clusion.
 Before the she stenogphe school teacher tech nician houekeeper model the soldier who from all walks of life and all of civilian The Wac different from the civilian Her attitudes and habits basay The donned uniform indication that she changed than have Like G Joes she works under the advantages and disadvantages soldier She "ho beds about the and uniforms that don't fit and often refers unpopular Officer G that "so-and-so."
 In other words soldier she's of her daily life identical She has the have for quick victory, home family and happy future after the
 Here Bradley there few of who haven't had the portuny watch Wac work We've found and hardwong G Perhaps they all tops neither all the CI Joe We've danced with them the Hal shared coke" with gripes them hamburger the PIX We wearing bow their hair the shopping the day they cvvies And we've heard them that purely feminine lament Eve got a stockingw
 You know all this, but CIs" need reminding We need the Wacs terminate quickly possible. Their jobs this Base essential day that shove-of for will needed to take place.
 Let's with understanding respect they deserve as fellow GIs doing job and doing it we'll
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20
CHAMBER HEAD LISTS PLAN FOR RECONVERSIONS

A ten-point reconversion program providing a gradual return to peace-time economy in the United States and cautious elimination of rationing and similar wartime con. trols has been advocated by Eric A. Johnston, president of the U. s. Chamber of Commerce.
 The program is expected to pro- vide an impetus to the return of ex-servicemen to jobs in the post war setup.
 Testifying before special House Committee on Postwar Planning, MT. Johnston said that unnecessary controls shold be abandoned but that until raw materials and finish ed products approximate demand ''it will be desirable to maintain priorities, allocations, rationing and price ceilings"
 According to a report by the United Press of the committee hear ing, MT. Johnston advocated enact ment of legislation to facilitate re- conversion, declaring that execu. tive agencies with new laws could deal with many problems but that
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20
Wacs Mark Second Birthday of Branch

Washington (CNS) - The sol dier in skirts observed the second birthday of her branch of tho Army last Sunday.
 The occasion actually marked the anniversary of the Women's Army Corps forerunner, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, created by Congressional legislation May IA 1922. Two days later Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, of Houston, Tex, took the oath as director of the WAAC It is more than a year before the Auxiliary was actually taken ints the Army and it's name changed to Women's Army Corps.
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20

} As a result of this effort, three certificates were awarded the Base by the Treasury Department and . PAY Thunderbolt was christenea "The Spirit of Bradley Field" and dedicated to the Base. But even greater than these honors is ths fact that thousands of Bradley dollars are now fighting overseas in the form of planes, ships, guns and hundreds of other items need ed during war time. Ten years from now, when the bonds mature. those who purchased them will re- alize the wisdom of their invest ment.
 In next weeks issue of ths BEAM, further details of the com- ing Fifth War Loan Drive will ex- plain how you can help surpass our past record. At present, no quota or goal has been announced, but it is hoped that Bradley personnel will equal if not beat last February's efforts. With the Invasion of Hit ler's Europe imminent, our country will need millions of dollars more to buy materiel to see that tho "push" is not held up for even a second because of lack of equip ment. With every foot of enemy soil captured by use of our man. power and machines, we bring the war that much closer to a victor. .ious end. Your investment in War Bonds is one of the greatest single contributions you can make toward winning the war, AND WE ALL WANT TO WIN.
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20

The Principal Chief Nurse of a Station Hospital must, of neces- sity, have Army experience. In ad- dition, she must be proficient in the clerical work attached to the posi- ton. She should possess a desire to travel and an aptness for Army life. All of these qualifications are found in the Principal Chief Nurse of the Bradley Field Station Hos pital, Captain Alice E. Garanflo.
 The Captain was reared in Lit tie Rock, Arkansas. After finishing grade school, she decided to study commercial subjects, which were to aid greatly in the formation of her nursing career. She then entered the Baptist State Hospital and was graduated as a registered nurse in 1927.
 After approximately a year of Public Health Nursing, she enlist ed in the Army Nurse Corps and was stationed at the Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ar kansas. Reenlisting in September 1884, her second hitch was com pleted at Fort Sam Houston, Tex as.
 From then on, until Pearl Har- bor, the Captain was employed by a firm of doctors in Jackson, Mis- sissippi, as office nurse and private secretary. On that, fateful day in December of 1941, she bade her civilian nursing days goodbye. The New Year found her in Fort Me Clellan, Alabama.
 Captain Garanfo was transferred to the Air Corps the following year and was sent to the Charleston Ar my Air Base. She next reported to the Bradley Field Station Hospital and was assigned as Principal Chief Nurse. On her birthday this year, May tenth, she was promot- ed to her present rank of Captain.
 As the captain has spent so much
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20
War Cost Reaches Staggering Figure

New York, N. Y.-(ALNS)-Ac- cording to the Tax Institute, . research organization, the cost of the war to nations on both sides will have reached 900 billions of dollars by the end of 1914. This estimate is based on such data as is available from both Allied and Axis nations.
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20
Bond Drive To Begin
Fifth War Loan Drive
 Gets Underway June First
Expect to Surbass Fourth's Total

Bradley Field having amazing purchases and bond aoments during the Fourth War Drive will be asked "show stuff" the Fifth underway June first and continue until July thirtyfrs
 During the Fourth War Loan Drive Bradley personnel mill and civilian showed New England that they willing a out" in the effort but also willing their their future Called $3850 and $OO0 the counting Braeytes had purchased $9OOOO in bonds.
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20

of her time below the Mason-Dix- on line, Bradley Field is a most welcome change; being a person who loves to travel, she is enjoy ing the opportunity of seeing New England for the first time.
 Captain Garanfo is unmarried. When off on leave, she generally goes back to her old home in Jack son, Mississippi, where she and her brother, Robert, reside.
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20
MATINEE SUNDAY .: 14OO Hours Gary Cooper : Laraine Day - in THE STORY OF DIR.
 WASSELL THEATRE Fl ONLY
25O,ooo Babies
 Added to ODE Rolls

Newark, N. J.-(CNS)-The Of flee of Dependency Benefits has announced that more than 250, ,0O0 babies born to wives of servicemen have been added to it's accounts since September, 1922.
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20
MRS. WM H. MANN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF BRADLEY FIELD WOMEN'S CLUB |.

At the Annual meeting of the Bradley Field Womens Club May fifth, 1924, the following officers elected:
 President ................. MRS. WILLIAM H. MANN 1st Vice-Presdent. MRS A. GARDINER LAYING 2nd Vice-Presidest. MRS. MICHAEL FULTON 3rd Vice-Presdemt. MRS. LOGAN CAMPBELL Secretary. ........... MRS. FREDERICK STAHUBER Treasurer. ............. MRS. WILLIAM B. RAMSEY following Committee Chairmen appointed: Red Cross Charmas. Mrs Dewey B. Johnson NOifcahon ChGirnnGn Mrs Herbert W. Farrell Chairman. Mrs. William L. Fenwck Publicity Chmrman Mrs. A. Gardner Layng Permanent Assistant Donald R. The above named officers and comprise Governing Board of the Bradley year, May, 1944 to May 1o45
Bradley beam., 1944-05-20

Confirmed OF Page Foar
Evening star., 1944-06-07

Want to send a note to Hitler?
Save waste kitchen fats to make
explosives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

justice, she was the first one at the
office and the first 10 open the mali.
She refused TO take a vacation. Much
later her employers began TO suspect
why She didn't want anybody else to
open the letters
When the managing director told
her she ought TO have a raise in sal.
AIRY, the hard-Working Miss Elliott
waived him off airily.
"Oh, I'm perfectly satisfied" she
said. II don't need any more TO live
and besides, am very grateful to
the directors. They treat me just
like one Of the family"
And just like one OF the family,
according to Ga charges filed against
her, she proceeded to tap the till
with such efficiency that most of the
companies fluid assets disappeared
without anyone's being the wiser.
Much of the money that passed
through her hands was in bills of
small denomination, and many of her
creditors were paid off in small bills,
regardless of the size of the account.
They thought it just an 'eccentricity.
The secret of her success appeared
TO have been a duplicate set of books
which, the prosecutor said, she had
printed to match the authentic ones.
They were filled with fanciful fig
ures which indicated that the affairs
Of the company were thriving, and
when the auditors arrived for their
annual inspection, these were the
books they were shown.
"Ah, Miss Elliott" they would ex.
claim, everything is SO neat and so
explicit; business looks encouraging"
There were times. it was charged,
when the shortages came close to
detection, but an extra stroke of
genius here and there managed 10
avert disaster. On one occasion the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

tually toured the neighborhood hand
in hand. If any poor family went
without presents and an overlooking
basket, it was because no one had
told Lady Bountiful.
Her constituents We'd with one an
other 10 do favors for her, not only
because they liked her but also be
cause she thought nothing of hand
ing out $500 or $500 tip.
Miss Elliott was scarcely more than
a girl when she entered the employ
of the Wombwell Colliery Co. and
the WOmbWell Cooking Co, inter-lock-
ing concerns in -BaFHsley suburb. In
1929 she became secretary at a sal
airy of 2,400 a year and rapidly
gained the confidence of the directors,
the banks. the auditors and her fel.
low employees. Everybody comment
ed about her devotion 10 her Job and
her outstanding ability.
Every day, even on the mornings
when she went TO court to dispense
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

According TO the prose.
cutting attorney, she'd been
playing the role of an up
to-date, feminine Robin
Hood and a | m o s { in the
shadow OF the celebrated
Sherwood Forest where
that big-hearted outlaw had
long ago robbed the rich TO
assist the poor.
Did the townsfolk need
air raid shelters? Well, get
them built and send the bill
to Lady Bountiful. Band.
ages? Order them from the
ch g m ! S [; Lady Bountiful
would pay. A new fire en-.
CINE? Certainly. and see
mat you get the very best
model Books for the library.
tables for the Red Cross
workrOoms, a new flag
for the pole in the square,
toys for evacuated children
why worry a bout them
when all you had to do was
ask Lady Bountiful?
The Girl Guides of Barn.
sley wanted a new head
quarters but hey aban.
doned the project because it
would cost $4,000 10 build
Miss Elliott heard of il and
put a contractor on the Job
at once.
On hris TN as, Santa
Claus and the jolly, 47.year-
old businesswoman vir-
22 April 30, 1871
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30
LONDON.

rNGLAND'S LADY Bountiful" sat
- i'm court the other day, Il flush
kw of embarrassment spreading
over her gentle, attractive face, as
she listened to the public prosecutor
accuse her of Systematically and in
geniously robbing her employers of
$366,500 over period of seven years.
Her name is Dorothy Elliott and
she was, until quite recently, the sec.
rotary of coal combine. A symbol
of responsibility, she had been serv-
ing for some time as Justice of the
Peace of West Riding, the section
surrounding Barnsley, England.
Then why on earth had she helped
herself TO such a staggering sum
If indeed, she had taken il, as charged
and what had she done with all
that rnnnnN2
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

II cooking company made out a check
\ for $1,000 pounds approximately
i Sl4S000) to tho Golfers company,
but Miss Elliott. the prosecutor
said, altered Il 10 27,O0O pounds
-tabout Sizes, 000) because she knew
there wasn't much more than that
in the coking companys account.
Bank officials trusted her so i'm.
plicitly that they dealt with her 10
the exclusion OF other officers OF the
two firms. Not long before her ar.
rest she applied TO the WombweH
branch OF the National Provincial
Bank for a loan of 5000 600 for the
collierY company. She gave what
seemed "A sound financial statement
and the loan was granted
That was the end OF the primrose
path through Sherwood Forest Sir
Samuel Roberts, chairman OF the col.
liery. was also director Of the bank.
At a meeting in London, the directors
were going over some OF the recent
loans. Suddenly Sir Samuel blew a
gaSket. He coughed and sputtered
and his face purpled alarmingly
Other directors thought ne would have
a stroke. He had just discovered that
his remarkably solvent company
was borrowing money.
Testimony at preliminary hearing
showed that the $2,400a.year Secre.
tary had spent $32,5OO at one dress
shop. $4,000 at another So. 500 with
picture dealer S6,250 with a chem
list, $31 $50 with building contractor.
$4,000 for landscaping on her farm.
She asked neighbor 10 buy some
blooded cattle for her NJ an auction.
He got IL COWS for s., $50 and she
gave him "some small change for
that trouble. When he looked at his
tip he discovered it was SfOO
Lady Bountiful pleaded not guilty
and was released in bail for trial at
the Leeds AssiZcs.
Il don't wish to dispute the
charges" she said, hut / do not 4d
nit liability"
Her plight was similar to that of
Mrs. Dorothy Martin, also a highly
trusted employee who got into trou-
bic. AS chief clerk of a Lansing.
Mich. ration board, she campaigncd
TO black out the vicious Black
Market" But investigators charged
that Mrs. Martin had Illegally dis
posed of 100000 gasoline coupons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
By RICHARD e. HARRIS United Press War Correspondent

ABOARD S ESCORT AIRCRAFT CARRIER, Atant1c Area party last night in the aviation machtnis little rubbed station puttered around all old rnabou vnext dn6r 5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
SCHULTZ TO HEAD
 TRUCK TIRE BOARD
Headquarters to Be Estab- lished at HIS Grand St.,
 Waterbury

William r. Schultz of Tofrington has been named chairman of the Central Truck Tire Board, it was announced today by John J. Dunn, manager of the Waterbury Field Ofice of the once of Price Admin istTation.
 The Central Truck Tire Board has been established for the pur- pose of rationing truck tires and tubes and has jurisdiction over all the Litchfield County, as well as Waterbury, Middlebury and Vol colt. The establishment of this Board is part of a new tire inspec- ton program which was initiated by the once of Price Adlninistra- ton on January 18th for the plir- pose of insuring tighter control over the inspection of tires and the issuance of certificates for tires. Mir. Schultz is also a member of the Tire Panel of the Torrington War Price and Rationing Board. Other members on the Truck Tire Board are Arthur c. Harris, who is also chairman of the Tire Panel of the Waterbury Board and Thomas W. Geoghegall, who is member of the Tire Panel of the Watertown War Price and Rationing Board.
 The headquarters of the new Truck Tire Board are located at 1l5 Grand street. Waterbury and all applications for truck tires and tubes should be directed to that ad- dress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

cred her bare living necessities said Mrs. Clark. There was no margin for the bonds she longed to purchase. She, too, wanted to do her share to BACK THE ATTACK.
 'Tn her eagerness to help she thought of her few treasured heir looms, and sold a heavy gold watch which had been handed down from generation to generation in her family. It was with great pride that she showed me the bond she had been able to buy with the pro- ceeds. She told me the watch had been a very dear treasure but that the bond was doubly precious be- cause of the sacrifice she had made for it."
 Mrs. Clark also spoke of group of blind men and women in a Northern city who not only bought bonds to the hilt of their ability but who, led by their Seeing Eye dogs, went from house to house asking others to buy and getting the orders. Such devotion and patriot ism she said was a challenge to us all.
 Are we really all doing our part to the fullest? This is war and we must sacrifice to bring it to an end-a victorious and speedy end. We must all buy more and more bonds-to set an example to others, but most of all to convince our own selves that our hearts are really in the job of defending free way of nfe."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

Back home there would have been women to fuss at George for not washing his hands before pass ing the sandwiches, to complain of the, cigarette smoke and the cooking odors, to tell Tony he was putting too much grease in the skillet, to look with jaundiced eye at the stock of dirty coffee cups.
 No women were present; every body was happy.
 This shack originally was called the WaSp's Nest, because it was started by six survivors from the Aircraft Carrier Wasp, which was sunk in the battle for Guadalcanal. Torpedo-shy to man, they chose 1t because it nestles directly be- meath the flight deck of this ''baby fiat-top," with easy access to es- cape. And they were permitted to do 50 because the senior officers have an understanding for such men.
 All but three of the original clique have been transferred, leav- ing only Metalsmith 1st cl. B. J. Loschiavo, 26,. of (456 60th St. Brooklyn; Machinist Mates 1st cl. John R. French, 27, of (6571s 10th St,) Upland, Cal, and Machinist Mate End cl. Tony Repekta, g, of $50 Green St. Worcester, Mass, who became torpedo-sfy not on the Wasp but on the cruiser As- toria.
 The new clique no longer feels "Wasp's Nest" is appropriate, but they have found no new name. MachiniSt Mate 1st cl., George Earle, 9, of (209 Suydam St. New Brunswick, N. J., the spark plug of the group, suggested "the en- listed mans ready room," or "the poor mans wardroorn," but both seem too long,
 The party started with a card session, held on a table easily made by putting a board on the slop bucket, pail on that, topped by a final board, the whole adequate enough until in the heat of the game someone thumped the top too hard. Club chairs of boxes and bulkhead made it a little crowded around the table, but Earle pointed out the other comforts of home.
 One was the electric phonograph, damned into a corner of the al1- service buffet, created by cutting off the upper half of the forward end of the steel shelves where work ing gear was kept. On the same top was the kitchen, consisting of one electric hot plate, one glass silex coffee pot, bread knife, sev- eral cups, 8 can of condensed milk and a mug of sugar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
$5O,OOO TESTIMONY RESUMES TUESDAY
SOnthbury Resident Sues Torrington Firm After
 Unusual Accident

Presentation of testimony will be resumed Tuesday morning before Superior Judge Frank P. McEvoy and jury in the $50,000 civil &C., ton brought by William Wright of Southbury against the Oneglia & Gervasini Construction Co, of Tor rington. The hearing opened yes- terday.
 The plaintiff claims he was sever ely injured March q, 1942 after gravel and other debris from a truck of the defendant concern crashed through the windshield of his car and made him lose control of the vehicle. The plaintiffs car struck the Stiles Brook bridge on the Woodbury- Southbury highway. He was unconscious for three weeks fol- lowing the accident, the plaintiff points out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

In another corner was the library. It was rather brief-a steel desk attached to the bulkhead, half dozen books, among them For Whom the Bell Tolls" This cor- respondent recalled the sleeping bag episode in that book, and a diligent search was started by Ma- chinist Mate R. R. (Railroadj Rus. sell, 27, of Selma, Cal, who finally gave up and said he guessed he would have to read the whole damned book.
 Earle put his favorite record, ''Boogie Woogie," on the pl1ono- graph, despite the priests of his apparently long suffering ship mates. and prepared to make cof- fee. Cleansing the coffee pot was handily accomplished by thrusting 8 foreflnger into the glass stem, swishing water around to loosen the grounds, raising the card table and dumping the residue into the slop bucket.
 They had been saving for this one party, and eggs, butter, bacon, bread and jam soon began to Ac- cumulate l1nysteriously on top of the steel buffet. No man told ar- other where his contribution came from. and no questions were asked.
 That is the way of cliques in the shacks of warships and every warship of any size has it's shacks. If an outsider had walked in, the food would not have been pro- duced; it is share and share alike within the clique, but nothing for the outsider.
 Tony did the cooking, while the card game went on and Mervin Hubbard. 20, and c. E. Pitzer, 19, from Richland Center, Wis, and Bremerton, Wash, respectively, argued on the merits of their home towns. No sooner was a dripping sandwich completed than it was handed out, and the cards got greasier and greasier.
 "Now. where can you get any thing like that on the beaci?" asked Earle. With scalding coffee, it was. indeed, the finest of sand- wicheS.
 Somebody wake up Bennie, sos he can eat," said Yeoman 2nd cl. Walter Scott Coffman, 30, of (iO85 Hunter Ave.) Columbus. O., second in command after Earle. The youngest of the lot. Seaman 1st cl. George Daniel Bell, 19, of North East, Pa, who apparently still was on probation, went to fetch Ben nie. Asleep or not. a sailor is always ready to eat.
 He returned with Machinist Mate 3rd cl. Benjamin Chwalk, q. of (138 Lake st.) Jersey City, N. J., who. yawned, ate the sandwich, yawned, stretched, and departed.
 The two older members of the group, Machfnist Mates 1st q. John c. Reed, 35, of Dallas, Tex, and James L. Breen. 26, of Reno, Nev.. tried to revive interest In the card game but failed. Earle, the spark plug, leaned back, wiped a crumb of his mouth with the back of his hand, and grinned at this cor respondent.
 ''Tell us when you think the war will end," he said, with the air of a well-fed club man beginning an evening of weighty discussion. "Go right ahead-weve got 8 garbage chute that feeds it right out of the shack and over the stern."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
Reporter Describes a Party In A Shack On Baby Flat-top"

Wasps quarter craft carrier at Richard G. Harris United Press correspondent learned on 45-day cruise recently. Here's why:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
WAR BONDS BOUGHT
 AT ELKS' REUNION

More than $6,o0O worth of bonds were sold last night as more than 400 Elks turned out to honor vet eran members of the local lodge at the annual old-timers' night pro- gram.
 Entertainment included a tap dance by Charles Sasso and solos by James Calvin, William Polar, and Ben Rodman. In an unique contest, a quartet composed of Ben Rodman, Harry Cashin, Frank Oliver, and Frank Summa, singing old songs, defeated a quartet composed of Conrad Larsen, Rocco Ricciardi, William Pollard, and James Calvin which sang new songs.
 Freddie Hall acted as master of ceremonies and Frank Comiskey accompanied the singers on the piano.
 Each of the 100 fonored "old timers" were presented with a gift by the lodge.