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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-06


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 The Orchid Garden: George Jean Nathan's summary in Esquire in which he losses orchids and seal. Hons at women in the shows (, Joan Fontaine and Arturo de Cor dova in paramount'S "Frenchmep's Creek" The Hummerts' produc- ton of "Valliant Lady" on the air The hilarious Burns and Allen nonsense via CBS Vaughn Mon- roe's version of 'In Times Like These" from Meet the People" The lovely poem and melody called: T Walk Alone" Hot Lips Paige at the Onyx Club toying with: "Take Your Shoes off, Baby, and Start Runnin' Through My Mind"
 Manhattan Murals: The soldiers doing their daily exercise drills near the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. The residents in the vicinity open their windows and do them too, The butcher shop at 47th and Sd where Q sign says: If you love your dog don't bring 1t in here as our cat dontl" The sign in the delicatessen at e6th Street and B'way: Come In Please. Go Out Pleased" |. The window display ct Helena Rubinsteins-attraetive pc. per.DaliS The tiniest restau- rant in town: The Old Denmark on '. 67th near Lexington. One table for { The sign on the West 57th Street Church (between 9th and 10th Avenues); This Is the Gate of Heaven, Closed During July and Augustl"
 The Late Watch: Ben Grauer Is beating the pneumonia via sulta drugs at Mt. Sinai The Copa had Q find in Kenny Clarke, just out of the Navy. He was at the bar piano Life staffers took Q poll: "Who Is the Most Desirable Wolff" George Frazier Jolly. Good Fellow didn't even qualifyl .. President Vargas of Brazil has decorated Comdr. Gregg Toland, formerly of H'wood Anna LucaSta" (all Negro cast) was originally written about . Polish family-which ex- plains the surname George Her. rick, the sportsman. wedS Jane Fox Oct. 26th Insiders hear that ChaS. (SockeD Coe was offered the top Job in The Natl Assn of B'casters but spurned 1t .. Ver- sailles threatens to feature the pret. tieSt chorus in town for It's new show on the i4th starring Andy Russell and Dwight Fiske. Its title: "The Home of the Pin.Up Girls"
 Sounds in the Night: Tn the Stork: She's getting to look like Q plc- ture of Whats the Uso9'" Tn the Cub Room: Hes the perfect broom for the witch he carries around with himl" At Ruby Foo's Den: Hes one of those pro. ducers who has Q sweetheart in every part" At Reubens: When that bore walks into Q room it's Beautiful And you are beautiful. God made you beautiful. I wish I could make you, Beautiful"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-06

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-06
NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE

Corporal John R. Beebe of ala Watertown avenue is serving with an Army Signal Corps unit In Eng. land. The son of Mir. and Mrs. Wil- bur Beebe of Country Club road, he entered the s.rvice Feb. 2S, iels and was sent overseas last December.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-06

Mr. and Mrs. John Labeck of At. wood street, Watertown, were in. formed yesterday by the War De. partment that their son, Private First Glass Michael Labeck, 26, pre- viously reported missing, was killed in action June % in France, A grad- uate of Watertown High school, the youth was employed at the Water- town Manufacturing Company bee fore entering the service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-06

Thomas A. Thomas of iS5 Brad. ley avenue has been promoted from private first class to corporal at his post in Ireland, according to an an. Iaouncement from the European Air Service Command headquarters. AO has been overseas 10 months, seEv- ing as . clerk in the Air Corps sup. ply division.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

particularly true In the waste paper
and rag collections"
Seven Areas Designated.
The warden service has been au-
thorized to set up the salvage pro-
gram In seven areas with q deputy
warden and salvage chairman In
charge Of each. The areas and the
names Of the deputy wardens and
salvage chairmen, respectively, are
as follows: Trinidad, Arthur L.
Neeley. Fred Nalley; North Capitol,
Francis B. Hughes, Mrs. Francis B.
Hughes: Lincoln Park, Joseph M.
Essex, Hobart =. Douglas: Cathedral
Heights, Mrs. A. H. Lucas, Maurice
Folsom; Friendship, John r. Ched-
ester, John T. Chedester; Kalo-
rama, Dean Stanley. Dean Stanley,
and Washington Heights, M. r.
Warren. Clarence McCune.
Mr.. Colhfiower said the Cooper
alton Of the press, radio. motion
picture industry and the women 4
division has not only been constant
but most outstanding tn It's con-
tribution to the program. All these
efforts are nulli1led, however. In any
area In which the collection facilities
are not Carried out in accordance
With the plan"
Points to Convenience.
1T Is inconceivable, he added
I'm the District Of Columbia that the
convenience to our citizens OF reg
ular collections and the placing Of
salvaged paper on front porches
steps or directly in front Of apart
Evening star., 1944-07-23
Roseda|e Playground
Now Far Ahead in
PAPER Collection

Rosedale Playground jumped far
into the lead in the collection OF
waste paper through The Evening
Star Recreation Department sum-
mer salvage program with a two-ton
collection Friday which brought its
total for three collections to 8,785
pounds.
The result was accomplished in
part through the cooperation of the
management OF the Beverly Theater,
which issues free tickets to children
bringing in the largest amount. The
tickets 60 to the 10 boys and the 10
girls with the greatest totals each
week
Collections for the week were
almost 10000 pounds more than for
the preceding week at the play
grounds.
Together with the schools carving
on through the summer, the play
grounds have helped bring the total
OF collections since the start of the
drive last fall to 6,55s92 pounds.
Standing OF the Fairgrounds fol-
lows:
One ton or more: Rosedale, 8,7S5;
Raymond, 4,75s; Congress Heights
$500; Edgewood, 2,4S5; Chevy Chase
$500; Virginia Avenue, 2,095.
Half ton or more: Hearst, 1850;
Twin Oaks, 1874; Georgetown, 1900;
Shaw, 1898; Hamilton, 1926; Mon
roe, 1924; Rudolph, 1925; Palisades
1925; Hardy. 1919; Peabody, LOTS
Other standings: Kenilworth
s25; Takoma, 9l3; Smothers, 8o6;
Janney, 655 Columbia, $50; Payne
$40; Barnard, 637; Randall, 5S7:
Stoddert, $50: New York Avenue
573; Rose Park, 500: Gallinger, 496;
Taft, $50; Cook, $50; Paul, 425;
Western Stadium. 4l9; Barry Farms
400; Truesdell, $50: Banneker, 375;
Douslas-Simmons, $50; SyphAx, 800;
Fillmore. 800; Bundy, 265; Logan
$50: Howard, 245; Happy Hollow
243; Francis, 242 Fort Greble, 233:
Murch. 2l0; Knox Hill, ITS; Turkey
Thicket, 80: Burrville, IS; Randle
Highlands. 90
In the school collections, Kings
man went into the lead among grade
schools, exceeding Lafayette by
about 1000 pounds. Schools which
made collections and their totals
are as follows:
Mcfarland, 267,51e; jefferson,
32846: Kingsman. 1926; Lafay-
cite, l56,328; Wheatley, 10S,801
Bancroft, s9.747; Taylor. 1924;
Woodbridge, 7o,os8; Garrison, ST.
725; Park View, 6.764: Orr, 66, 6,4s2:
Noyes, 63.s5s; H. D. Cooke. $3.50;
West, 50,2o4; Langdon, 47,6e3; Car
berry. l4,215.
Collections tomorrow will be as
follows:
Fairgrounds.
Hoover Garfield
Virginia Avenue Congress Heights
Randle Highlands Fort Greble
Naylor Gardens Knox Hill
Smallwood Payne
Randall Syphax
A. Bowen Barry Farms
Douglas Dwellings
Schools;
JEFFERSON Orr
Evening star., 1944-07-23
7 Watdens 10 Set In
Area Groups for
Salvage Drive

Seven deputy wardens have been
appointed to set up salvage organ
izations in their own areas, it was
announced last night by Chairman
James E. Colliflower of the District
Salvage Committee.
The appointments were made un-
under new agreement between the
Salvage Committee and the District
warden service. The plan was de-
veloped on account of the necessity
of improving the city-wide salvage
program, based on the 66 salvage
areas which coincide with the ward
en- areas.
The plan" Mr.. Colliflower said,
calls for sufIicient volunteers plus
boy power to distribute periodic re-
minders and to assist in the actual
regular salvage collection. This is
Evening star., 1944-07-23

nent house, entrance should not
bring out considerable more ton
nages than ID being collected.
The individual has only to save
newspapers, magazines, Wrapping
paper, paper bags, old books and
Evening star., 1944-07-23

miscellaneous wastA paper, bundled
securely, ana placs y out for collec-
tton before . Am. On regular col
lection days" ~
Collections take place in Northeast
Washington on the hrst Saturday,
Evening star., 1944-07-23

The marriage of Miss Mary
Agnes Fraenza. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Michael Fraenza
OF Jamaica, Long Island, to Mr..
Eugene Stewart Atwell, son of Mr..
and Mrs, M. Leo Atwell of this
city, took place June l6 in the
Church of st. Nicholas of Tolen-
tine in Jamaica. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. John
P. Corley and was followed by q
wedding supper.
The couple will reside in Albany,
N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

Around-the-clsek bombing requires
around the month War Bond buv,n,.
Evening star., 1944-06-18

OF every 500 Americans saved In
1943 they loaned forty-four to the
Government to help pay for the war.
Evening star., 1944-06-18
u. 5. Workers Urged
To Help in Harvests

The War Food Administration
appealed last night to Government
employees to join the United States
Crop Corps and spend their vaca-
tions aiding hard-pressed Mary
land and Virginia farmers to har-
vest their crops.
The greatest need will be in the
peach and apple harvest during
August. September and October, ac-
cording to M. L. Wilson, director of
extension work for the VIA.
"The farmers of America have
been asked to produce the largest
crop in history in 1914, with the
farm labor force at an al-time
low" Mr.. Wilson declared. ITO
supplement the efforts of the regu-
lar farm force, 100000 emergency
farm workers are needed from
towns and cities-5O0000 more than
last year.
Il urge all Government employees
in the Washington area who can do
farm work to make plans now for
taking their vacations at one of
the special farm work camps"
Evening star., 1944-06-18

the same defendants on charges OF
consptring to criminally defraud the
Navy In sales Of cable made between
August 20, 1889. and April II. 1912.
The corporate defendants were
fined an aggregate Of $77,500 on
February Is, lo43, Mr.. McNally said,
after refusing to contest the tndict-
ment. The indictment against the
individual defendants was dismissed
at that time, he added.
Development Of Indictment.
This new suit, which grew out
of the criminal indictment, seeks to
recover damages which may amount
to several millions Of dollars, Mr..
McNally said.
The. suit charges that the Rock
bestos Co. licensed the other de-
fendapts to sell an insulated elec-
trio cable on which the company
held d patent. Rockbcstos then en-
tered into q conspiracy" with the
licensees mot to bid comparatively
ON Navy contracts and did conspire
and agree to submit collusive bids
at predetermined and llnreasonably
high prices" the suit states.
It adds that the defendants used
false bills receipts and certificates
knowing the same to contain
fraudulent or fictitious statements
and entries"
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Merchant Ship Building
To Be Increased, Land Says

BY the Associated Press.
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land
chairman of the Maritime Commis-
sion, said yesterday the volume of
work in merchant shipyards "is to
be increased very shortly and not
decreased or cut back"
The present shipbuilding program,
previously announced as more than
20 900 900 deadweight tons for the
year, is based on recommendations
of the joint chiefs of staff, who are
urging increased efforts to deliver
ships speedily, Admiral Land said
in a statement
He said his announcement was
intended to offset IAN epidemic of
irresponsible rumors" that cargo
ship construction was soon to be
curtailed. The rumors are so per-
sistent, he said, as to indicate delib-
crate efforts to sabotage the ship
building program.
Every worker could be assured.
he said, that this job is not likely
to cad within any period we can
foresee definitely"
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Mounting Air Power
Will Confront laps,
Bond Buyers Hear
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Japan will face increasing Amer
lean air power from now on, high
Army and Navy ofilcials said last
night, with 100 aircraft carriers
expected to be in commission by
years end and more B-29 Super
fortress raids In store.
The reports came from 1t. Gen.
Barney Giles, acting commander Of
the Army Air Forces, and Rear Ad-
miral Dewitt c. Ramsey, chief OF
the Navy Bureau Of Aeronautics,
in War bond broadcasts.
Were tightening the aerial moose
around the necks OF the treacher-
Gus war lords Of Japan" Gen. Giles
said. He described the first B-29
raid on Yawata, Japan's steel cen
ter, as highly effective" and said
the Japanese now win have to keep
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Legislation TO Speed
Contract Settlements
Wins House Approval.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Legislation for "speedy and
equitable final settlement" of termi-
mated war contracts was approved
tentatively by the House yester-
day after q move to give Controller
General Lindsay Warren veto power
over the agreements was beaten
down.
A final vote, however, was put
of until tomorrow when Chairman
May of the Military Affairs Com
mittee sought to force a separate
roll-call vote on his proposal to
give Mr.. Warren preauditing pow
ers. A motion to adjourn carried,
and blocked Mr.. Mays move.
Twice before, though, the House
had indicated its opposition to the
Kentuckian's proposal.
Follows Senate Bill.
Subject to the House action to-
morrow, the legislation follows the
general provisions Of bill ap-
proved last month by the Senate
In line with recommendation by
Bernard M. Baruch, White House
adviser.
sWritten by the House Judiciary
Committee, the bill embodies recon-
mendations by the Naval Affairs and
tie Special Postwar Economic Com
niittees and limits the Controller
Generals authority to auditing
settlements only for fraud and to
determining that contractors and
procurement agencies adhere to con-
dtions Of agreements between them,
-.--'--+--->-~ $4,000 Salary. y.--,-=----.-'---~
Settlements are to be made in ac-
cordance with regulations of a di-
rector of contract settlement, ad-
vised by a contract settlement board
representing the major Government
procurement agencies. The dirctor' 8
salary would be $4,000 annually.
To help contractors "unfreezeH
their capital for prompt reconver-
sion to civilian economy, the legisla-
ton requires that they be given
interim financing within 80 days
after they apply for it. This f1nanc-
ing would be through loans and dis
counts, commitments and guaran-
ties, in contemplation Of contract
examinations.
Evening star., 1944-06-18
HuIsey
Continued From First Pag'

Sd Fleet which will operate in
the Pacific Ocean in the same way
that the 5th Fleet is operating
under Command Of Admiral Ray
mond A. Spruance," Admiral
Nimitz said. Admiral Spruance has
missed few actions in the Pacific,
The 61-year-old Admiral Halsey,
who drove the Japanese from the
South Pacific and thereby worked
himself out of an assignment as
commander of the South Pacific
forces, was given the kind of post
he wants-a feet Of his own to
lead against the Japs.
Gained Complete Control.
Admiral Halsey commanded naval
forces throughout the long months
of fighting that ended with elimina-
ton Of the japanese in the Solomon
Islands and complete naval control
of the South Pacific area
Since then his new assignment
has been a prime subject for specu-
lation in naval circles. Always, 1t
was agreed by. those who knew him,
that If he had his way he wouldn't
be bound down to desk job,
When he formally reinquiShed
his South Pacific command a few
days ago, he told officers and men
there-he referred to them always
as "shipmates"-that "I'u see you
on the road to Tokyo"
That Admiral Halsey enjoys bat
tle-and he's master strategist-
Is demonstrated by story his ship
mates like to tell. 1t was in the
midst of one of the early naval air
strikes. A junior officer saw him
reading a novel on the bride. He
asked Admiral Halsey how he could
relax enough to read during bat
tie. The admiral answered, 1--WE
planned the battle, didn't We? And
it's going according to plan, isn't
it?"
Forces at Minimum.
His early actions against the jap
anese figuratively were carried out
as a scrap with his bare fists" for
naval forces at that time had been
reduced to minimum.
He saw plenty of battles and has
some of the highest decorations. He
commanded the force which took
the aircraft carrier Hornet close to
Japan's shores in 1912 so that Army
bombers under 1t. Gen. James H
Doolittle-then a lieutenant colonel
could take of to bomb Tokyo. He
took his force deep into the Jap
anese waters In January. 1912, for
a strike at the Marshall and Gilbert
Islands-the first big naval offen-
sive action of the war. He carried
out the first raid on Wake Lslanc
after Japanese conquered the little
Marine garrison there
Born in Elizabeth, N. j., October
30, 1882, he is the son of Capt. Will
liam Frederick Halsey and like tc
say that he has spent his whole life
in the Navy. He was appointed te
the Naval Academy by President
Mckinley in 1900 and was grad.
uated in 1904. He won the Nav,
Cross in the World War for his serv.
ices as commanding officer of de.
stroyers conveying troops and sup.
plies across the Atlantic and battlinf
German submarines.
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Soipon
Continued From First Page.)

north to the Guam-Saipan region
in the Marianas. Task force planes
hammered the Bonin and Kazan
Islands, 588 miles southeast of
Yokohama.
Supporting the Marianas invasion
American flyers blasted far-flung
japanese airbases within range of
Saipan.
Reports from newsmen at Saipan
predicted slow, savage land fight
ing there with scant prospect of a
rapid cleanup.
Major Shield to Empire.
Rembert James, an Associated
Press correspondent with the Mar
ianas expeditionary forces, said the
Japanese view Saipan as a major
shield on the southern approaches
to the Rising Sun emepire. 1t lies
along direct air and shipping lanes
between Japan and Truk, in the
Carolines, and other southern jap
aneSe bases.
Mr.. JANIS reported Saipan air.
fields could be used to put all the
Marianas under complete American
aeerial control and would bring the
Bonins, the KaZans and other
islands Immediately off the Japanese
mainland under the bombsights of
land biased American planes.
ADMIRAL Nimitzs Saturday COM
1ee told of the Kurile raids
|Jp1ae and IS. Army Liberators
[hAHtt Matsuwa and Shimushiri
Egtday. Five interceptors roared
kup M atsuwa and n at Paramu-
isi1iro. One enemy fighter was shot
down and a Japanese bomber dam
aged.
The same day Navy Ventures
bombed ParanusfayQ.s and Shu-
+ I ~ Getting IS japanese fight
1iberators again hit Shi-
HI Thursday. Some of the
tAfnerican planes were damaged.
Army, Navy and Marine planes of
the Central Pacific command
bombed Japanese installations in
the Marshalls and the Eastern Car
olines June 13 and Is.
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Damages Of Millions
Are Seen as U. 5. Sues.
Is Firms in Fraud Case
Iy the Associatea Press.

Ey the ASSOcihted Press.
NEW YORK, June II. - United
States Attorney James B. NJ. Nc
Nally announced today that q suit
for damages which may amount to
several millions of dollars" had been
filed in Federal Court against nine
corporations and six individuals
charged with defrauding the Gov
ernment. M
The suit charges that the defend
ants, who received contracts In
excess Of 40;OO0, 900 from the Navy,
submitted collusive BIDS in the sale
of patented electric cable for use In
ship constructton.
Through thessuit the Government
seeks to recover $1,000 in damages
for each alleged fraudulent sale Of
cable made under approximately
365 contracts with the Navy Bureau
OF Supply and Accounts.
Defendants Named.
The defendants are:
Rockbestos Products Corp. and
Arthur G. Newton, president.
General EiecCrlc 90.
Okonite CD. and Frank C. Jones,
president.
Collyer Insulated Wire Co. and
Robert G. Moeller, secretary treas
urer.
Phelps Dodge Copper Products
Corp.
American Steel and Wire Co. of
New Jersey.
General Cable Co. and Dwight r.
G. Palmer, president.
National Electric Products Corp.
and william c. Robinson, ST., presi-
dent.
Anaconda Wire and Gable Co.
and w. E. Spackling, vice president.
Mr.. McNally said the action grew
out of an indictment which names
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Suicide Certificate
Issued in Poison Deuth

A certificate of suicide Was issued
by DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald, Dis
trict coroner, in the death yesterday
of Miss Mary Mcmahon, 81, OF 4f10
Beecher street NV, photographer
for the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Miss Mcmahon died from the
effects of poison taken in theSapart-
ment of a friend, Harger Schell,
2305 Forty second street NV, po-
lice said. .
Evening star., 1944-06-18
U.s.. .BombersHammer
Sorong, Destroying
50 Enemy Planes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
more than so Mitchell bombers
escorted by large force of Light
nings, raided Sorong, on the north
western tip of Dutch New Guinea
and destroyed more than so planes
on the ground and in the air, adj
vanced Allied headquarters in New
Guinea announced today.
Sorong-which Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur termed 'the enemy's last
effective base in New Guinea-was
hit Friday in a raid by which head
quarters said complete tactical sur
prise was obtained"
Most of the japanese planes were
destroyed on the ground The
Lightnings struck down seHeral craft
which were coming int6the air.
warships in Harbsr.
A headquarters spokesman said
several enemy warships were in the
harbor during the attack. Fires and
explosions from burning planes and
dumps covered both the Samate and
LEHMAN airdromes.
L
Hollandia, recently-captured air.
drome on Dutch New Guinea, and
about TOO miles from Davao on
Mindanao Island in the Southern
Philippines.
The American 9th Army Friday
drove the Japanese from key
ridge 300 yards north of the
Mokmer airstrip on Biak Island,
OF Northern Dutch New Guinea.
Four 5-inch guns and large guam
titles Of supplies were captured.
During that night Japanese mortar
and small arms fire were directed
against the newly positions.
The Americans began this en-
veloping movement toward their
second objective, Borokoe airdrome,
after repulsing three tank sup
ported counterattacks Thursday.
Truk Bombed Again.
In aerial forays Thursday, 68 tons
of bombs were dropped on Truk
in the Carolinas, and 100 tons
blasted airdromes at Rabaul, New
Britain. The Truk raid, at mid
day, stirred aloft Is interceptors.
One was shot down. American
planes also attacked Palau and
Yap, important bases southwest OF
the invaded Marianas.
Meanwhile, in Eastern China,
Japanese columns, trying to cut on
American bases, virtually encircled
Changsha and swept on down the
Hankow Canton Railway toward
Lukow, Is miles below Changsha.
Chinese Burma Road fighters,
trying to re-establish land sup
ply line to United Nations air fields
in China, captured Kamaing. 1t
was the enemy headquarters in Mo-
gaung Valley and one Of three ma
ior japanese bases in North Burma.
Japanese reinforcements, poured In
over Jungle trails to aid their vir-
tually encircled comrades at the
other two Burmese bases-Mogaung
and Myitkyina.
Sixty miles northeast of Myit-
kyina native troops made token
junction with Chinese forces in the
Salween River sector Of Southwest
China. They joined guerrillas who
captured two hamlets on a noun
tain trail linking Burma and China.
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Womun Found Decd in Home

Mrs. Phyllis F. Wilson, 20. wife OF
James r. Wilson, all Fort Davis
street Sc. was pronounced dead
by physician about $50 pm. yes
terday, soon after she was found
on the kitchen floor Of her apart.
ment. Police said four burners Of
the kitchen oven were turned on
and q note was found.