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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Blood PIosmo
Gets Credit

Atlanta, Ga, March 28.-(UP)-
Blood plaSma was credited today
with the miraculous recovery OF
many victims of the Boston Coco
nut Grove fire.
DR.. Charles Lund of Boston City
hospital, where the last patient from
the fire was discharged only last
week, told war seminar on indus
trial medicine and surgery that peni-
cillin played a minimum part in
treatment of the Boston fire vic
tins.
True. penicillin was first tested
on patients from the Grove holo-
cauSt," he said, land it seemed to
do certain good, but it is doubt
full whether a large enough dose
was given to be effective.
Much credit Is due blood plasmo
This was the first time plasma had
been used for treating burn-shock
and it proved its worth up to the
hilt."
Burn shock, he explained, occurs
as result of leakage of the fluid
portion of the blood - the plasma
= through broken blisters on the
skin.
I'm some cases we found victims
lost as much as two-thirds of their
body plasma through this leak
age" he said. land injection OF
plasma in large quantities was the
only thing that saved them"
Another field of burn treatment
developed from the fire was nutrl-
ton, Lund said.
The patient we released last week
Is an example," he said. HE had
lost As per cent Of his skin In the
fire and almost died Of starvation
IN the first three months. he went
down from 1855 pounds to 100 pounds.
We didn't realize until we'd studied
the case carefully. what a tremen-
dous amount of food he lost through
the seepage from his burns, Forced
feeding, through the veins and
through stomach tubes. proved to
be the answer"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Compensation
Agreements

Compensation Commits n r
John ]. O'COnnell today approved
the following agreements for
weekly payments during disabiI-
ity:
Richard Negri of TOrringtOn
against Torrington Manufacture
ing Company. 1894 beginning
February 2, hernia.
John Wiedcrn of $50 Birch
street, against E. J. ManvilIe
Machine Company, Inc, $50 be-
ginning February 20, fracture of
left great toe.
Arthur Laurence of MOntOe
road against Darcy TranspOrta-
ton Company, Inc, $3.50 be-
ginning February 20, confusion of
right foot.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
War On Many Fronts

was reported to have changed its
attitude and ordered the Polish
underground to cooperate actively
with the Russians advancing INTO
that country. The Polish telegraph
agency said the underground COM
mander at Rovno in eastern Poland
already had put himself at the
disposition of Russian occupying
authorities.
8. Stockholm reported that Ger
man reinforcementS had arrived at
Turku (Abo) and Hango in south
western Finland and limited that
the Germans may be planning TO
occupy the country.
4. The Dutch News agency Aneta
reported that Marshal Erwin ROM
mel, German anti-invasion COM
mander, had set up headquarters in
southern Holland and that the
populace was being forced to help
erect defenses around the city.
S. The nature and extent of the
German occupation of Hungary was
indicated by a Budapest broadcast
which said an anti-Jewish program
would be instituted at once.
Italian Front
The situation on the southern
Italian front, where the Allied as
sault on Casino has been described
as failure, remained stalemated.
Ground fighting subsidized but Allied
artillery continued to shell the town
Prime Minister Churchill refused a
request for a statement in Com
mons, but repeated his disappoint-
ment that programs had mot been
quicker"
In the Orient, the Japanes strik-
ing from Burma into India to dis
rupt communications lines around
Imphal in Manipur Province were
making progress. A communique
said japanese pressure has In
creased and heavy fighting Is in
progress on the Indian side OF the
border.
III the central and southwest Pa
ciiic. Allied war planes ranged al
most ut will In the Marshall and
Caroline Islands and the New
Guinea area. They shot down Is and
possibly II Japanese planes at Pom
ape, outpost Of Truk and sank or
damaged two supply vessels and
seven barges of WeWak, New
Guinea. Several other enemy posi-
lions In the Carolines and Mar
shalls were bombed, as was shat
tered Rabaul on New Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Litigation In
Local Courts

Decision was reserved by Super
Tor Court Judge Frank P. McEvoy
today on the plaintiffs motion to
set aside the jury verdict in the
$25,000 civil action brought by Ma
rian Cheney of Waterbury against
Andrew Givens ct al The suit was
based on injuries sustained in an
automobile collision. The jury rolled
in favor of the defendants.
A reconciliation will be affected
by John and Ann Alibrio of Wa
terbury, who are involved in a di-
vorce action, it was reported in SUI
perior court today by their lawyers.
Judge Frank P. McEvoy, who was
told the parties would meet with
the probation officer this morning,
asked the lawyers and couple to
meet with him later in the day. A
hearing on motions for custody of
their child and support had been
scheduled for today, but was called
off after the jurist was told of the
latest developments.
Presentation of evidence in the
$4,000 damage suit brought by Les
lie E. Packer of Waterbury against
William Laube, Jr., of Middlebury
was scheduled to continue in COM
mon pleas court this afternoon. The
hearing opened this morning before
Judge Miles F. McNiff.
The litigation is based on a build
ing contract made Feb. 5, 1910. The
plaintiff states he has been paid
$10050 and a debt of $1,334.3 So re-
mains. His complaint states the
parties agreed to settle the claim
with payment of $1,07492, but the
sum has not been advanced by the
defendant.
In a croSs-complaint filed by the
defendant, it is alleged the plaintiff
furnished defective materials and
performed the work in negligent
and unskilled manner, and failed to
follow specifications. The building
owner states he has been compelled
to spend large sums of money on
the building and that it is worth
a great deal less than it would have
been worth If the plaintiff has car
ried out the agreement. He asks
damages of $500.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28

set such enthusiasm, and to help uS
bear the constant presence Of mis-
directed youthful spirits, we have
a tolerance gained from our years
Of working with other people.
THE youngsters are more adapt~
able. "We-e-ell, maybe. But our exc
perience counts for more. Think OF
the advantage the well-trained huSs
band has over his youthful fellow
soldiers when 1t comes to making
up his bed without wrinkle, eats
ing all the green's on his plate, mops
ping the barracks floor or washing
dishes in the meSshall. And march,
ing a couple of miles with a gas
mask on is no worse than cleaning
out the attic on a hot Saturday
afternoon in August!
AS for the fathers, they begin
basic training with at least a half
mile lead. Jumping hurdles on
the obstacle course is cir1ch for
the papa who has come homo
many night to stumble over q
tricycle., red wagon, and two pairs
of roller skates parked on the front
walk. Reveille blown by a bugler Is
no more haraSsing than the walls
of three-months-old baby at $50
a. m.
You think the older man may
find it difficult to handle rifle
and learn the manual of arms?
Actually, father quickly learns
that his rifle is very much like the
baby he left behind him. It squirmS
out of his grip when he tries to
hold it in the proper position. It
makes a lot Of noise when he would
prefer silence. 1t is designed to des-
troy whatever it points at. He
catches hell if he drops it. And it is
continually having to be cleaned If
| father can manage the baby, father
can manage the gun!
In basic training, the soldier has
to be constantly ION the ball." He
must think about the job at hand
and not about the family back
home. We old boys get pretty worn
down by the daily routine-but we
can look back and remember that
the pressure of business, long work
hours and family responsibilities
also kept us harried in the pre-war
life, when the youngsters were run
ming around to dances, football
games and house parties.
We find it hard at first to be
tossed around and shouted at by
corporals and Sergeants who are
only about half our age and twice
as dumb. Boys fresh from homes
and schools are somewhat used to
being told what to do; but many Of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
ERNEST A. SAY
ESTATE $13,264
North End GrOCer's Inven.
tory Highlighted By
$4,000 Property

The inventory of the estate of
Ernest Albert Say, well-knovr
grocer in the North End for many
years, has been placed ON file with
the Office of Probate Judge Patrick
Healey. The total estate of the de-
ceased was valued at $13,264.76.
Mr.. Say, who died Feb. 81, left
real estate in total value Of $4,000
consisting of property known as
lots 223 and 222 on the Map of
Overlook and located on Grace ave-
nue., valued at $1,000 and two lots
known as 124-125 on Map of Cottage
Pax lOaieo On the ca=terly side of
Lexington avenue and Concord
street and valued at $4,000.
Personal estlte of the deceased
was made up principally of stock
holdings in the value of $1,067.76
and miscellaneous holdings in the
amount Of $197.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28

what led inavit- Rev. J. DOnneIly
ably in His approaching death. Come
Holy Week the more important of
these events will be commemorated
with special ceremonies which dur
Ing the centuries have developed in
the Church as fitting and practical
forms of meditation and prayer.
AND THE WAR
This wartime return of the holy
season should find serious followers
of Christ sober in heart and mind.
We must recall that God Himself
spilled the last drop of his blood
to redeem mans sin and to bring
among men new gospel of saliva
ton through love. Both we and our
misguided enemies are children of
the same God. The Cross that was
boisted on Calvary bore the Vic
tim and Saviour of ll-Americans,
British, French, Italians, Germans,
Japanese.
Both as Americans and Chris
tians we regret the evils that have
reused our nation to its armed
might. We give whole-hearted serv-
ice to our nations cause, but we
must ever pray that, the wrong
made right, we may not rest but
will work and work to fashion the
ties of charity that will help all
men to live in freedom, harmony,
good will and peace.
THE IRISH REFUSE
Ireland, its people and its Parlia-
ment, have declared their intention
10 cfinI| foct fn f1on fo0IIt 20 1ifN tho
they have maintained until now in
the war. With their stand many
sincere people do not agree, though
they have been able to offer no
argument more convincing than the
weak and improved assertion that
Southern Ireland is being used as
base of espionage.
However it seems that at least we
American champions of freedom
must be consistent. Do we believe
in the rights of sovereign, though
small, nations? Do we believe that
these rights cannot be trampled
on in the name of expediency? The
peopse of Ireland do not want war
and the Government of Ireland
dutifully respects the wishes of its
people They who hurl invective at
the Irish for their stand might APP
pear more sincere if really believing
that Ireland'S policy is not to her
advantage, they attempted to con-
vince the people and the Govern
mens, and not by insults but with
arguments.
BEING "TECHNICAL'
To the point is this succint para
graph of Richard Reid in the Cath
olic News of New York City.
ION a commuters train Monday
morning we could not help hearing
someone in back of us remark that
the United States Army ought to
90 into Southern ireland and take
it over if De Valera will not &C
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
10 Hurt In Boston
In Trolley Crash

Boston. March 20. UP)-Nineteen
Boston Elevated Railway Co. pas
sengers nursed injuries today as
result Of subway collision between
two trolley cars crammed with
homeward- bound boxing fans last
night. Nearly $50 other passengers
were shaken.
The accident occurred when one
car crashed into the rear OF a Sec
ond trolley which had stopped at
Mechanics station to unload pas
sengers.
OF the injured, five were hospital
lied. George H. Morgan, IL. of Dor
chester: Daniel w. Lynch, 81, OF
Dorchester; Leo Daykin. Al. OF
Medford; Thomas r. Lynch, IS, of
Somerville, and Arthur A. Stockell-
burg. 81 If Arlington
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH F. DONNELLY

cede to the wishes of the State De-
partment. His companion asked
him how he squared that attitude
with. the principles of the Atlantic
Charter and the rights Of small ma
tons, reminding him that it was
the violation of the independence
of Poland by the Nazis that brought
England to Poland's defense and
started the war. "This is no time
to be technical" said the first COM
muter, and the second one didn't
press the point. They drifted of
into some other subject, but it was
a long time before we could get
the implications of this one off our
mind"
HARDLY AN ENEMY
Labor the publication of the
Railroad Brotherhoods says that
the best evidence of the truth that
Southern Ireland is not disposed to
aid Hitler is found in these facts:
More than 100000 Irish boys are
in the British army. Not one was
conscripted. All are volunteers.
cat least 100000 Irish men and
women have crossed the Irish Sea
to work in British munition fac
tories.
ireland has supplied England
with an immense amount of food
and has agreed to suspend pay
ment on 60 per cent of 1t until after
the war. 1t has done this though
Britain refused to supply ireland
with needed coal. :"
CLARENCE X. STREET
Apparently none of the birth
controllers knew who invited Clar-
renee K. STREET to the meeting OF
the Planned Parenthood Associa-
ton in New York not long ago. But
Mr.. STREET did attend and in his
speech vigorously kicked around
their precious theories and the press
got the whole story.
Mr.. STREET. said that the Atlantic
democracies have used their free
dom to enter upon a suicidal course
of restricting their own population.
He said that he would look to the
future with less dread if we had as
our population the 250,000 900 peo-
pie that President Lincoln visioned
as our population in the year OF
1880.
He quoted figures for the 100000,
900 people England, America,
France and pointed out that from
1925 the rate of increase was
1916, but in 1931-35 the trend had
become a decrease Of sc. And for
the same periods Japan rose from
an increase of 1873 to 1877. He con-
cluded: The facts and figures tell
their own story"
A MEAN MASTER
Stain really hurled blockbuster
among the we-love- Russia Like any,
thing boys of Union Square when
he recognized the Badoglio regime
in Italy. The comrades were en-
tirely unprepared. One day the
Daily Worker was writing of the
thieves and Fascists" followers of
the King and Badoglio and con-
demned our Government for hav-
ing any dealing with them. The
next day when the report had been
made public the Daily Workers said
hopefully that it had not been con-
firmed. And by the third day they
had fallen into line again and they
asserted that Stain has acted
realistically and endorsed the step
just as vigorously as in the past
they had denounced our Govern
ment for having aught to do with
Signor Badoglio.
Today as ever for the Communists
whatever Stain does or says is
right. And SO many ordinarily in
telligent people accept such stupid
and slavish conduct without even
a mousey protest!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
WiIIkie Woos
Wisconsin

La Crosse, Wis, March % - U.
Po = Wendell L. Willkie today car
ried his campaign for election of
his slate of "a Republican conven-
ton delegates in the Wisconsin
presidential preferential primary
April into La Crosse and Wood
counties where he polled more votes
than President Roosevelt in 1910.
Willkie was scheduled to meet
CLIO and AFL labor leaders here to-
day after delivering a blistering at
tack on the Roosevelt administra-
tons labor program and foreign
policies before crowd of more than
5000 persons at Milwaukee last
night. Willkie said he would repu-
date the contention that an ire
pressible and inevitable conflict
must exist between management
and labor.
What we need to do in these
United States is to break down diff
ierences, stop conflict and unity"
he said.
Labor has a justifiable complaint
against the government for having
brought about those conditions
which caused strikes, he added.
Willkie said that labor to grow
great must purge its leadership of
the arrogant and corrupt, develop
its sense of public responsibility and
make its own organization more
democratic.
He charged that the Roosevelt ad-
ministration had failed to carry into
practical application the broad gen.
eral terms Of q moral foreign policy
stated In such documents as the
Atlantic Charter and the program
for the United Nations.
Instances where he said the ad-
minttration fell down in the prac-
teal application OF democratic pro.
cesses were its dealings with the
Vichy French He said this caused
many nations to mistrust the pur
poses OF the United States in its
dealings with King Victor Emman-
uel and Marshal Pietro Badoglio OF
Italy and with the pro-Fascist ele-
mentS Of Jugoslavia.
Willkie also criticized the admin.
iStration for failing to take an un-
mistakabie stand on the Polish
boundary dispute.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Bombs Rain
On kuriIes
BY RUSSELL ANNARFT

An advanced Aleutian base, March
26-(UP)-Army and navy bombers
dropped tons of explosives on the
northern Kuriles again last night
hitting for the first time the small
islands of Onekotan, 90 miles south
of ParamuShiro.
AS in previous raids this month
the japanese sent up no aerial re-
sistance. They waited out the raid
while bomb crashed into garrisons
on Paramushiro and Onekotan, il
Illuminated the bleak, snowy islands
with 100000 candle power flashes
The flyers obtained valuable re-
connaisSance photographs.
The bombers' course on Kurile
raids has taken them from olv
hemisphere to another. In the latest
attack, they took off from their
Aleutian base on Saturday, dropped
their bombs on Sunday after cross
ing the international dateline, and
returned to their base Saturday.
One army plane making special
flight westward yesterday failed to
return and no trace of it has been
found. The raid was announced in
Pearl Harbor Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Woman Painfully
Injured By Auto

Genevieve Smith, SO, Ga Glen
Dale Drive, suffered multiple in
juries when she was struck by al
automobile while crossing East Main
street just off Exchange Place at
1890 this afternoon.
The cars driver, DIR. Edward
Kirschbaum, City Medical Exam
liner, drove the woman to st.
Mary's Hospital where her in
juries were listed as a compound
fracture of the left leg, question
of fractured skull and nose, and
multiple abrasions of the face,
hands, and legs. Her condition
was given as fair.
Police are investigating the &C
cident.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
SPRING SNOWFALL
HAS BRIGHT SIDE
Fewer Seasonal Fires May
Result Says Head of
Forestry Dept.

New Haven, Conn, Mar. 28.-The
freak snow storm that ushered in
Spring last week may have been
bad news to most of us, but to
Walter o. Filley, head of the fores-
try department at the Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station, it
meant that Connecticut forests
stood better chance of escaping
damage by fire this season.
A serious lack of rainfall and
snow this winter left the forests in
ideal condition for fires to start.
Until last weeks snow, dry, I'M
packed leaves lying on the forest
floor were giving woodsmen plenty
to worry about. A single spark
reaching this material may spread
fire throughout an entire forest. The
snow, however, pressed down and
moistened the leaves thoroughly
reducing the chances Of loss by fire
to a large extent.
The period from March is to
mid-April is always critical one
for forest fires, Mr. Filley said, but
this season it was expected to be
particularly bad. Precipitation dur
ing January and February was re-
ported at 4.57 inches under average
by the Hartford Weather Bureau
and at ISL inches less than normal
by the New Haven Bureau.
Increasing the hazard still more,
what rainfall did occur, came most
ly during periods when the ground
was absormally frozen, and drained
off before it could be Of any bene-
fit.
Snow is even more beneficial than
rain in moistening the forest floor,
Mr.. Filley said, because It remains
on the ground for a longer time,
soaking and packing down the
leaVeS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Bv LOUIS F. KEEMLE
UNITED Press War EditOr)

Red Army forces WhipsaWed the
Germans into increasingly danger
Gus positions all along the front
from within pre-war Poland to the
Black Sea today.
The air war in western Europe
continued unabated and there were
signs all over the continent that
the pre-invasion position of the
Reich was becoming more alarm
ing to Hitler.
The Germans were Keeling back
on al slectors of the Russian front.
In the north, the First Ukrainian
Army had captured Horodenka in
southeastern Poland SIS miles from
the old CzechoSlovak frontier and
were on the upper Prut opposite
Cernauti, gateway into Rumanla.
Along the middle Prut, the Sec
ond Army extended its line along
the Prut to 80 miles and were with
in nine miles of Iasi. The fall OF
that railway junction would leave
only secondary single track branch
lines and poor roads for the With
drawal of an estimated 100000
Germans hemmed in between the
Bug and Dniester rivers above the
Black Sea. The Russians had Storm
ed into the outskirts of Nikolaev
sea port near the mouth of the Bug.
$4,000 Trapped
In addition, the Russians had
about $4,000 Germans trapped
around Tarnopol with little chance
of escape and perhaps twice that
number In the narrow salient
northeast OF Kamenets Podolski, the
exit now reduced to a 22-mile
stretch and the first and second
armies were retreating in panic and
abandoning arms and equipment in
great quantities.
In the air offensive against Ger.
many, British Mosquito night bomb
ers returned to rain more destruc-
ton on burning Essen In the Ruhr,
site Of the great Krup armament
works, which had been blasted by
2,BOO tons OF bombs the night be-
fore, The attack followed day
light assault by 1900 or more
American planes on nine German
airlields In France and the import
ant rail center OF Tours.
German anxiety over Allied inyh'
sion plans was perhaps indicated by
n change OF tactics In which the
enemy planes turned from fire raids
on London 10 wide sweeps extend
ing 10 western England and Wales
London believed they were looking
for signs OF the mnsSing OF troops
and material ut other than east
coast ports In preparation for IN.
VaSion. The raiders, who dropped
bombs at various points, lost II
planes.
Other Developments
Several other Developments pre-
aaged gathering storms clouds Tor
the Germans. They included:
I. Marshal Josip (TitoJ Brozo-
Vleh's headquarters announced thai
.JugOalav Partlsans. with Allied aid.
had captured the strategic island
OF HVar, IN the Adriatlc 70 miles
below the Dalmatlan Port Of Split
The Island would make a possible
base for an Allied landing In Jugo-
olnVla, and IT, any event Us possess
6ion would facilitate the fiow Of
supplies 10 the Partlsans.
z. The Polish exile government