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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
HIS INVENTIONS SPEED UP JOBS
 IN THE ARMY

Fort Douglas, Utah, oct. 27. tUP) "A one-man threat to the labor shortage iS an old-fnshion mechanic c-inventor named Charles E. Stafford, who bears the title of Colonel, director of nnaintenance division, headquarters, Ninth Serv. ice Command.
 Stafford htas dreamed up five de- vices now saving thousands of man-hours for the Army. Like all good, old-fashioned inventions, they are SO simple that everybody who sees them says, "Now why didn't I think of thatp"
 For example, there's Stafford's milk ttlrner-over. It seems that out at the Mira Loma, Cal, Quarter master Depot, where col. Stafford was stationed in 1042 and l04S, one of the regular time-consuming chores was turning over thousands of cases of canned milk so that the cream wouldn't accumulate at the tops of the cans.
 Each case was turned over lra- dividually, Stafford designed a huge wooden drum with Q square coHn- partment, big enough for 20 cases at a time. Now they load the wheel, roll 1t l80 degrees, and unload it. Simpler
 Two loading devices, one for f1ve-gollon cans and the other for 55-gallon drums, have cut time for certain loading operations in half.
 The can loader-aI1 adaptation of several old ideas with some orig inal features added--was developed to handle water and gasoline. or "btit2" cans. It is a roller skate wheel conveyor leading from stock pile to freight car. A booster, powered by Q gasoline engine, is located in the middle of the conveyor line to propel the cans through the loader by friction of conveyor belt on cans.
 The drum-loader, or un.loader, starts out with an angle-iron track leading from the car to an elevator.
 The elevator has a vertical chain- track, with six cradle arms, which lift the drums to the top of the pile, from which they are directed along improvised wooden tracks to the place where they are to be stacked.
 Not content with apply costs of oil to tent stoves with Q paint brush, stafford figured out @ dip. ping vat that dunks not only tent stoves, but all manner of metal parts, into the protective coating in fraction of the previous neces- sary time.
 His latest gadget is tool for cutting box straps, wire or heavy cord from boxes, bales or cartons, and is equipped with an opener suite able for opening the boxes or cars tons after the binder is cut. It Is claimed the tool saves time and pro- tects the hands of the operator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

famous on the air, an act in which he is heckled by Ward Wilson, an eerie of stage voice known as Beetle.
 Paul Whiteman and his Radio Hall of Fame orchestra provides the music for the full hour broadcast. And let's hope the program won't be cancelled to make way for some political spellbinder, 0 type of broad- cast of which I grow heartily sick every prediction period. Of course, I can always tune out, and find something else better to my liking on aother station, but it's aggravat. ing not to find Q show you're accus" toned to finding at certain hour.
 
 To me always, one of the greatest advantages that radio offers the public is this ability to tune out or In as . man may wish. If you 60 to q theater or movie and you don't like the fare dished Up, you're out the money anyway, and there's the trouble of finding substitute enter. tainment. It's very much Q take it or leave it proposition, an attitude which A'n sorry to say is prevalent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
1904
MEMORIES

1904 MEMORIES i04 turning back the in the Book of Memories times the old remind and few left to of the dance Carmel Hill, just forty years ago. mo Bhcne in its spendor on sivry Bantam Lake, farther southward, rratts dear Weaays and Molly and beau the old three seated wagon just forty years was there ever such night bright day When the fiddle and banjo danced the hours eh fantaistc with devoted handsome Joe While sat the stairway, just forty years ago naWn brusa in tho sky as homeWard we did turn; night jt Ike t. how hearth doth ycaFn wnu uevnf come times 4 " ss ssss " hssr of 1sioss cs forty ysars 0go
 -oONTNHBUTnD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

Special to Sinatra fans: Your favorite is scheduled to appear on the Radio Hall of Fame program over WATR and the Blue Network, next Sunday, october 29, at 500 p. m.
 Along with the "Voice" will be Phil Baker, his accordion and Ward wilson, Bakers original Beetle" stooge, Ella Mae Morse, tive singing favorite, who may possibly sing Q duet with Sinatara, comedief1rle Lu- lu Mcconnell, and the Deep River Boys, distinguished Negro quartet.
 Baker will enact one of the rou- tines which originally made him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
WAVELETS s
By ED LEAMY

today in SO many shops and stores, with this difference = theater and movie managers do want to please you, on the other hand, some store clerks are utterly indifferent. Not So long ago, and not Q hundred miles from here, had occasion to buy some overs. The price asked, court. eously enough for 0 bunch of yel- low pom-poilis, was two dollars.
 Isn't that Q little high~ l said.
 "Try to get them for less was the retort, that's the price every- where
 Maybe. But last Saturday after- noon in a florists shop in New York e similar sized bunch of equally fresh pom-porns was selling for fifty cents. Nor was that just clearance of-stock price. The store is also open on Sundays.
 Courtesy and consideration for others Is such @ simple gesture but these days 1t seems to have fled the land for the duration. Have you noticed how absent 1t Is par- ticularly on crowded trains. One Sunday night on the New York Bridgeport train recently there was Q service man and a girl occupy ing six seats, until the conductor made them surrender to standees the four seats for which they had not paid. Again. last Saturday: Two women occupied four face-to- face seats near the entrance to Q coach on another overcrowded train to New York. They sat with their backs to the locomotive. The seat facing them was filled with two suitcases. looking Doldiers and sailors. women, girls and men jostled their way through the coach seeking e place to sit down. To all enquiries one of the two seated wo- men replied that the seats in front of herself and her friend were tax. en. Then along came determined looking woman who asked them bluntly if they had passenger tick cts for the suitcases. Told no, she promptly heaved the luggage out on the car platform, and she and an. other passenger rode in compar. active comfort to New York The applause was spontaneous and sin. cere.
 PICK UP 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
SAVED SUGAR FOR PYLE

Boston (Ur)--Ieeading of war cors respondent Ernie Pyle's sour life ct the front without sugar, Boston City Hospital nurses made . practice os putting leftover sugar into c box, saying, "Thls is one for Ernie" The hoard never reached him, however, because the ship on which it WIS sent was torpedoed in the northern Atlantic,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
soRRYi

No madam, we have no steak, Gould we sell you loaf of cake9 Sorryl we're out of noodles, But of macaroni we have oodles, Sorryl we have no lamb chops, Our chopped beef today is tops. Yes madam, I'll surely post You when we have three~rib roast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

Raymond Cavanaugh, of Mrs, Mary Cava- naugh of lSS South Elm Street. has gone through France and Belgium and is now in Germany He writes that in Belgium the Tanks received royal welcome, but in Germany Hter's picture and the Maxi swastia is evident everywhere reminding the dOughboys of the MIRA days back home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
Good Evening.
E6 EM.

Johnny Kopcha, former Democratic alderman and ex-uroprietor of the Grand Bowling Alleys, renewed accuantances with city hall friends yesterday morning Hes now in Uncle Sam's armed forces. The hrst daughter and third child born to Mr. and Mrs Henry sullivan at St. Marys Hospital Tuesday of this week. Mrs Sullivan is the former Julia Calvin substitute school teacher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

Some time just before Christmas WATR Biue's Breakfast at Sardis program, which each day awards c Good Neighbor orchid, will announce the winner of . nationwide contest to determine Americas Good Neigh Dor of the year. t.
 : The ultimate winner will be picked from the entire list of 2e0 daily win. nerS during 1894, and will receive as q prize from Tom BreneFnaii.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

AdoIph Laniuskas of 219 Alder Street, sixth grade student at St. JOsephs ParOchal School celebrated his 18th birthday yesterday at which time iOval group of his neighborhOod pals were guests at bountiful birthday party {. Freddy Hall of Watervile Street who brought the famous Dance Marathon to Eagles Hall many years back has resigned manager of the Plaza Theatre
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

Irene Weloy has been declared "Gir of the Week. at the Waterbury Tool native of Bergen, Norway, she came to this country when she three Needless peace has settled down the world hopes to visit her old home. Irene has many relatives over there, but her family has heard nothing from them in over three years Today the Weloys only ties with their old country are few Scandinavian holidays customs and the radi tional Norwegian dishes they about Christmas time Irene has been working in the Drafting department for almost year. She enjoys swimming dancing reading, knitting and sewing Recently she began studying pho tography.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

Facts About Food. . A food bulletin states that satine crackers go back to Civil War days Plain soda crackers of the earliest American foods going back to about 1792 much larger than the current crack were taken long voyages and pioneers took them along in their covered wagons The Ships Biscuits were quite large, much that the smaller sized saltine was welcomed . It's just coincidence that oysters in season during the months that have the letter R. This happens to be the period that the bvaves appear on the market beginning in September and ending in April The oysters are harvested during these months because they spoil quickly in the summer season. Speaking of oysters, the question always rises what sort of crackers should be eaten with oyster stew Oyster crackers hold first place. though they different than lots of other crackers except they small and it's easy to dump handful into the stew. New Eng flanders, the other hand believe in breaking large cracker and mersing 1t, and then again there is the good old hard pilot cracker which recommends itself to fish stews and soups.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

Good n
Evening star., 1944-08-04
By ALICE EVERSMAN.

II Is sincerely to be regretted that
the postponement OF the local debut
Of the Stuyvesant String Quartet
for one day, due to Wednesday &
storm, diminished the audience last
night ct Meridian Hill Park. for this
ensemble provided some Of the nm
est quartet playing this city has
enjoyed. II Is group that main-
tains the highest standards OF
chamber music arts being individ-
ually musicians Of distinction vet
willing to submerge their PERSONAL
tiles for more perfect united effect.
Their ability WAS given instant rec
ognition and their success grew with
the progress OF the program.
In tonal quality and In style the
Stuyvesant players have achieved q
oneness that is or single instru-
ment Of wide compass. This fine
blending Is preserved further in
their agreement In Interpretation
which is uniform In spirit and di-
rected with high musical standards.
They are In truth apostles Of the
art OF chamber music in the finest
sense and without the intrusion OF
personalities. The members OF this
group are Sylvan Shulman and Leo
Kahn, yiolins; Ralph Hersh. viola,
and Alan Shulman. cello, the latter
now In the maritime service and
the only one OF the players in uni
form.
Additional interest was given the
concert by the first local hearing
Evening star., 1944-08-04
|perciyaI Melbourne,
|Aufhor and Former
d. c. ElnpIoye, Dies

Percival @. Melbourne, Is, author
and engineer, died yesterday at
his home at Laurel, Md, after .
long illness.
Mr.. Melbourne, as an employe Of
the er.ginsring department Of the
District government. bad made ex-
tensive surveys OF Rock Greek Park.
He later was transferred to the Dis
trict Water Department, and was
assistant water registrar when he
retired in September, l941.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr..
Melbourne was the son Of a. British
journalist. He attended Columbian
College. now George Washington
University, and before going to
work for the District government
was associated with the engineer
ing firm of Herman K. Viele.
He was author of "A Child's His
tory Of the War With Spain" and
edited the Memoirs of a Senate
Page" He was lay reader and
vestryman Of st. Philips Episcopal
Church, Laurel, and was a regular
contributor of illustrations to the
Living Church. He also was Mason.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Marguerite Chew Melbourne, a son,
Percival G. Melbourne, jr., U. s. NJ r.,
and three daughters, Mrs. James F.
Carter, Arlington; Mrs. H. Stanley
Hirichs, Laurel. and Mrs. John H.
Holmes, Alexandria.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at st. Philips
Church. Laurel
Evening star., 1944-08-04
Stuyvesant Four Set Standard
In Meridian Hill Park Concert

|of the Creston Quartet, which
proved to be choice work fun Of
esprit and originality. Creston, for
all his modern tendencies, has 4
sohdity In his writing OF the old
school and q clear impression Of
what he seeks to atain. The Quar-
tct. In four movements, Is delight
fully changeful in mood, each
movement presenting particular
objective which the composer
reaches In clear. concise writing
There Is placed side by side, for
instance, q scherzoso quaint and
unexpected in rhythm and har-
mony, and an andante ecclesiastical
In which the Gregorian theme ex-
|pands IN tonal richness and emo
tional significance. This Is followed
BY q fugue, restrained and clear
cut in form, The entire work has
q fresh viewpoint expressed logical
ly and with skill.
Full opportunity to Judge Of the
range Of the StuyveSant players
ability was offered further by the
Mendelssol1n Quartet in E Minor,
|op. A No 2" and the Dohnanyi
Quartet In d Flat Major, op. Is"
The three movements OF the latter
have spiritual foundation of broad
conception that the composer has
kept foremost while bringing to
bear on its development all his
free flowing imaginative powers. In
this and in the charm and elegance
of the Mendelssohn, the, Stuyyesant
members established themselves as
artists of Superiro caliber.
Evening star., 1944-08-04
Generals
Continued From First Page ,

into the attitude of the generals.
the announcement said. ITS func.
tlon Will be to investigate who hac
taken part in the plat and GUS,
those who participated"
Among those on the court of in
qulry, the official news agency listed
Marshal Gen. Won Rundstedt, de.
posed commander in France ane
frequently reported victim of thu
purge. Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
chief OF the high command, also
was named to the court.
Other members include Gen
Heinz Guderian, new chief of staff
infantry Gen. Schroth, 1t. Gen
Specht. Infantry Gen. Kriebe. anc
1t. Gen. Kirchheim, DNB said.
Five Already Deposed.
The announcement listed these of.
ncers as already deposed: Gen. Oh.
orlcht, Col. Won Stauffenberg, Col
Wertz Won Quirnheim and 1t. Col
DR.. Won Haeften. 1t said these were
executed by shooting on July 90"
Among the traitors who pleaded
guilty by committing suicide" the
DNB announcement listed Col
Gen. Ludwick Beck, Gen. Wagner
Col. Freytag-Loringhoven and 1t
Col. Schrader."
Hitler was disclosed in earlier
German broadcasts to have been
employing mass promotions of Nazi
party leaders to higher military
ranks in an apparent move to
tighten party control over the army
All life within German territory
was reported in a DNB dispatch
to have been placed in the hands
OF Nazi party leaders with orders
to "exhaut the final strength for
a peoples WARRIOR now it is ques-
ton OF life or DEATH
Evening star., 1944-08-04

who saw Col. Startling shoot: Every
shot would have been fatal; they
were right where they ought to have
been"
Col. Startling was made a Ken
lucky colonel by Gov. Ed Morrow
during the Harding regime. 1t was
for outstanding work" in protect
ing President Wilson in the United
States and abroad.
"Podner" was his favorite way
OF greeting friends. He liked to
fish, hunt and putter around in a
rose garden back on his 75-acre
farm six miles from Hopkinsville
He was an elder In the Presbyte-
rian Church at Hopkinsville and q
32d degree Mason.
He was so when he married Mrs
Ida Lee Bourne of Lancaster. Ky
They. lived at the Mayflowe,
and their friends always considered
them an ideally happy couple.
In a radio broadcast on the eve
OF his retirement, Col. Starting
summed up his outstanding impres-
sion Of the five Presidents whose
lives he had guarded:
"All were humble, and all wert
great"
Evening star., 1944-08-04

the kind one reads about in detec-
tive fiction magazines-and perhaps
little more rve-tingling II one
knew all the secrets he kept so
well.
j 1t spanned more than so years
of experiences as kid deputy sher-
iff, soldier, railroad detective and,
finally, as boss Secret Service agent.
Easy to Meet.
Big, easy to meet, and with a
cowboy gait. he was Colonel"
Bill" or Ed" to thousands of
national and world figures; big
Conan" to youngsters who saw him
on tour and who mistakenly be-
lieved it was the FBI that guarded
the Nations Chief Executive.
An excellent shot himself, he su-
pervlsed crack Secret Service de-
tail of more than a dozen men who
were as silent as the tomb on the
job, but who could speak quick and
true with their guns If duty called.
He caught train robbers as a
young man with a six-shooter and
brought his towering frame and
Drawn into play more than once as
first sergeant, provost guard, in the
Spanish American War.
Travelled a Million Miles.
His Government work carried him
more than a million. miles as presi-
dental guardian and advance man
making routes safe for presidential
travel
At times he dabbled in politics.
Presidents were known to have given
him some quiet jobs to do at the
Capitol.
But the whole story of bill"
Startling will never be known. He
believed in living up to the letter
as we'll as the spirit of the title
Secret Service"
Strangely enough Big Bill'-he
weighed 204 and stood six feet, one
half inch-had his most exciting ex-
periences as a railroad detective
His apartment in a hotel close to
the Executive Mansion contained q
little "rogues gallery of its own
pictures of robbers and yeggs he
had captured while in the employ
of several Southern railroads.
In all his years as Secret Ser
vice man not single attempt at
a presidential assassination oc-
CURED.
Many Threats Received.
Not that scores Of threats were
not made. They were-but they
never reached the stage where they
were carried through.
That, perhaps, tells the whole
story of the Secret Service guar
dianship duties.
1T is mostly-I would say 100
per cent-preventive work. he once
said. If a man writes in making
6, threat, we try to put him away
tin an institution before he can
come to Washington or lay in wait
IN town the President intends to
visit. We have a way of running
them down and it's one of the best
in the world"
When Giuseppe zaneara shot at
the then President-elect Roosevelt
in Miami in 1888 and killed Mayor
Anton Cermak of Chicago instead
Col. Startling was in Washington be-
cause Mr.. Hoover was still Presi-
deot.
During the Wilson administra-
ton the White House crime labo-
ratory," where a dozen handwrit-
Evening star., 1944-08-04
Births Reported

William and Mary Bateman. girl.
William and Dorothy Bazzle, boy.
Morris and Muriel Bisker, girl.
Raymond and Viola Bremmer; girl.
Andrew and Lorraine Brown. boy
Ereaer,ck and Dorothy Bryant. girl.
Raymond and Clara Clark, boy:
HAYDEN and Charlotte Combs. boy.
Edward Edward and Elizabeth Crouch; boy.
Gi bert and Constance Curl, boy.
Alfred and Mary Dalseg, boy.
James and Elaine Elam, boy.
William ana Margaret Engdahl. eirl
William ano Marcia Erhart, boy.
earson Gism snd sns oSse L1Sfseef snf nary Boy girl
Lester and Wilda Flick. girl
Emil and Evelyn Fusarini. boy.
Ralph and Loretta Garner. boy.
John and Pauline Garyin. girl
James and Kathleen Gilmore. girl
Chadbourne and Marsuerite Giipatric, boy
Wilbur and Verla Gorenfio. girl
William snd Mary Craft. boy
ssmSel s ana and eases Norma oriia. avsS sirl 00'
John and Alice Hall. boy.
Robert and and ks.hsr!ne Hi"; HICKEY. o9ii 'pirl.
Reister and Alpha Higgins. girl.
Frank and Ruth Hine. boy. .g~u.
John and Caroline Hines. boy.
Oliver and Frieda Heslop. girl
Ninian and Helen Hughes. boy.
Julian and lice Hulfsh boy.
Fenton and Ada HUTCHINSON. boy.
Joseph and Helena JesSei, eirl.
Robert and Maraaret Kutz- boy.
Joseph and Beverly Lawrik. boy
Franklin and Winifred Lynch, airl.
James and Marianne Mahry, girl.
Almond and Amelia Maiello siri.
Rafael and Lucille Miettunen. girl.
orer and Elizabeth Mcculloueh, girl.
Carson and Catherine Mcdonald. boy F-
Worden and Florence Mcdonald; girl.
james and Betty Mccarthy. girl.
Je-ome and Constanee McGinty; girl.
Marvin and Viola Oliff, boy.
Henry and Mildred OTIS boy
Grover and Margaret Palmer, girl.
Richsrd and Charlotte Parker, girl.
David and Janis Patton. boy.
HaIrell and Mary Permenter. airl.
William and Matte Peyton. boy.
Austin and Mary firrone, boy.
William and Julia Price. boy
Elmer and Mildred Price. girl.
Russell and Juliet Purcell. girl.
John and Evelyn Reilly. girl
% RieSsrd anu and s chsrlie Robinson. a1ls nt boy.
Wilton and Elizabeth schrider, girl.
Edwsrd dvr,d and Evelyn segimEer, boy.
James and Wilma Simms. boy.
John and Vivian soibere. girl,
Francis anu and ASis Nancy sisen, steRart, BOY. BOY.
William and Frances Sutphin, girl.
John and Jessie Thackrey boy.
sms snS sna vesoris WaRsr Tlas 'Gz ar
James and Marian Wathen. girl
Louis and Marion Wetmore. boy
Ronert Rssss and Arlene williams. boy,
Robert and Leah Yowell. boy.
William and Ruth Barnes, boy.
John and GLADYS Faust, boy
Charles and Norma Jorsensen, girl
John and Sanetto Robinson. boy.