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

us full-grown men are more accus-
toned to doing the telling ourselves.
However, we learn to take orders
without talking back.
Youths bring to the Army a fine
sense of adventure which carries
them through much of the dull rou-
tine of the training period. We who
have grown beyond that sense Of
excitement bring with us the de-
termination to carry this war
through to a victorious conclusion
so we may in safety and in dignity
return to the homes and the lives
and the families we have establish
ed.
We expect to have blisters on
our feet and aches in our backs.
Our pin-up girl for the barracks
may be a 4-year-old daughter. If
we're fat, we may lose 20 pounds
of blubber during basic training, or
if we're skinny we may take on 20.
The point is, we believe we are
not too old to learn new tricks and
not too old to fight. We can take
it!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Designer Will Change
Offending Window

Wakefield. Mas. March 20. up
"A stained-glass window depicting
the Virgin Mary with q Warship IN
her arms will be revised at the re-
quest OF the chaplin OF the u. 8.
Naval operating base at Norfolk
Va. according 10 Designer Wilbur
II. BuFnham OF Wakefield.
Because the theme Of the window
has offended certain church groups
he has been asked to substitute a
figure OF the Christ Child for the
proposed representation OF q de-
stroyer-cscort. Burnham said last
night. Upon completion. the win
dow will be Installed at the Nor"
folk chapel.
'I regret very much that the
change Is being made" the designer
said. but as YOU can imagine this
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28

Boys from prep schools and col
leges are used to dormitory life
and do not fret about the lack
of privacy in barracks. We older
men miss our easy chair and our
reading lamp, but we learn to
adapt and can soon slep soundly
in the midst of 81 varieties of mid
night shores.
Practical jokes are not so easy to
take. 1t doesn't seem funny to us
when the giggling kid in the rank
behind us slips the top off our can
teen and lets the water slosh down
the seat of our pants. And it's down
right annoying when you rise grog-
gily at pre-dawn reveille and reach
for your shoes only to discover that
some rosy-cheeked prankster has
tied the laces in knots. But to Off
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28

@e
churches h g
crucihxes nd
the images of
the saints are
hidden by pur-
pie coverings,
t h e liturgical
sign Of mourn
ing.
The gospels in
= the Masses of
this week recall
those events in
our Lords life
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
CABOT LODGE JR.. IN ITALY

Boston. March 2s.-(UP)-Lt. Col
Henry Cabot Lodge. Jr,. now Is I'm
the thick OF things on the Italian
'front.'" according TO letter received
here yesterday.
The letter YVES received by former
State Senator James J. Mulvey from
Major Chester A. Dolan. also q for.
mer state legislator now believed
In Casino.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
DETAIL FOR TODAY
Sarge

The Army sergeant SARGE to
his intimates) has long been de-
picted as a tough, unrelenting,
grizzled veteran with a face like
a bulldog and a tendency to eat
rockies uncooked. This myth
must be exploded. There are
some who answer this description
but they are rapidly disappear
ing Many draftees are supplied
and disillusioned when they see
their first three-striper. Instead
Of a tough guy. they see a slim
youth who has no trace Of rough
talk, wears glasses and even. has
a meek look about him. This
gives the rookie ambition-why,
even HE might be called SARGE
some dayI
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
By Pvt. Waiter Spearman, Jr.
Written for NEA Service

"AASSGA Ava ANEA hPNANANC
I'm just too old to make a good
soldier and just too young to miss
the draft" complain thousands of
pre-Pearl Harbor fathers entering
the Army this spring as draft
boards scrape their manpower bar
rels.
TOO old? Nonesense" replies
Army. "We1l make soldiers out
Of you" And the Army does -
for it knows that the older men
have qualities that compensate for
sagging muscles and middle-aged
ideas.
Youngsters think coming into
the Army is something like going
to summer Boy Scout camp. We
oldsters are much less disillu-
stoned when we yearn the hard
fact of Army life.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
WASP AVIATRIx KILLED

Camp Edwards Mass. March 20.
Cup - Miss Frances s. Grimes
OF Richmond. Va, q WASP men,
Der OF q tow target squadron. was
killed yesterday when her plane
crashed shortly after a take-ofi
from Otis Field.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28

particular window has caused con.
siderable controversy. ! feel that
the idea endeavored to express
was mlsinterpreted by those who
were offended"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Speculation On New
Republican "Setup"
Additional Evidence Manifested in General House,
Cleaning of Double Machine" Leaders

A strong interest was being displayed today in the
situation existent in local Republican ranks as result
was chosen party town convention chairman instead OF
the party group leaders, choice of Judge T E. Conway
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
VESUVIUS DIES DOWN

Naples, March % - OTol - T''"
eruption of Mount Vesuvius entered
the dying OUT phase to-.~y --.A
observers believed the danger period
had passed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28

Haiti has restricted the export of
rice. corn. beans, cocoanuts and
meat products.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
THE PASSION AND
YOUR THOUGHTS

A more solemnly sorrowful period
Of Lent begins with Passion Sun
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28
Older Draftees Learn
Age Has Compensations

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Army Life Brings Less DisiIIusionment To Men
Conditioned By Fatherhood And Business Routine
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17
Anaconda Faces
New j. :. Suit

NEW YORK, May II ms
A second suit against the Ana
conda Wire and Cable Co in
connection with its alleged failure
to make prescribed tests on wire
and cables made al its Marion,
Ind, plant for the armed services
and lend lease. was on file today.
A taxpayer action is now pend
ing under the old "informer"
statute under which private
citizen plaintiff could have
claimed 80 per cent of the pro-
ceeds.
The new action, under an
amendment 10 the inforTner stat
ute permitting the government TO
intervene. was brought by the
department of justice in civil
complaint charging fraud in con-
nection with the company'S aft
daVitS- and bills submitted aFHeHF
it's claims for payment on govern
ment orders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17
Red. Pole
Deal Near

WASHINGTON. May II INS)
"A new Soviet proposal for SET
Element of difficulties with Poland
was expected momentarily in dip
lomatic circles today.
The proposal might come direct
from Moscow. or il might come
out of the brief case of FIR. STAINS
laus Orlemanski, who has an
nounced that he brought back
from his conferences with Stain
wonderful news on Poland"
In any case. diplomats and state
department officials agreed that
a strenuous effort is being made
To settle all difficulties among the
Allies, so far as possible. before
the moment of the Allied invasion
of Europe.
A substantial step in that direc-
ton was taken with the announce
ment of agreements on postinva-
sion control of Belgium. Holland
and Norway.
Two top-ranking u. s. ambas-
sailors were discussing the Polish
problem with Secretary of State
Hull today-W. Averell Hartman,
who arrived 10 days ago from
Moscow, and John G. Winant
who arrived this week from Lon
don.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17

Services for Mrs. Bessie Waltz,
So. lifelong Detroiter. will be
held at 80 p. m. Friday at the
Schmalzriedt funeral home. 1888
Grand River. Mrs. Waltz died
yesterday at her home, 1875 Ar
tesian.
She is survived by her husband,
Clayton L.; three daughters, Mrs.
Frank Hedge. Mrs. Cyrus Richie
son and Shirley Waltz; a grand
daughter. Joan Hedge: sister.
Mrs. Kathryn Rawlings. and two
brothers. Charles and George
Krejci. Burial will be in Grand
Lawn Cemetery.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17
Mr.Chdpnndn
Burial in Troy
Obituaries


Funeral services for the Rev.
James Chapman. retired Method
ist minister, will be conducted at
the East Grand Boulevard Method
Isl Church tomorrow at 2 p. m.
MIR. Chapman who served three
Detroit churches as pastor as well
as churches elsewhere in the state,
died at the home Of his daughter,
Mrs. Harold G. May, 598 Chal-
mers. on Monday.
He was born in Cornwall. Eng
land in 1867 and began his minis
try in the United States in 1895.
Interment will be in Troy, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17
RedsMassiinQ
For Big Drive

MOSCOW. May II tUP)-A
German attempt 10 bomh Soviet
troop formations on the Estonian
front indicated today that the
Red army may be maSSing It's
northern forces for renewed
drive on Mama and Talllnn IN
conjunction with summer Of
fensive along the entire eastern
front.
Disclosure Of the concentration
OF Russian troops at Estonia fol-
lowed reports that the Red army
was nnassinS huge land forces be-
hind the central front drawing
seasoned fighters from the Crimea
and lower Ukraine and reserves
from the interior for what was
expected 10 be a decisive battle
on the plains OF Poland.
tThe German TranSOcean
News Agency said the Soviet
troops movements and concen-
trations indicated that the sum
mer offensive would be
launched simultaneously IN sew
eral SectorSD
The Germans threw large
formation Of planes into the at
tempted attack on Russian troops
on the Estonian front. but a com
n1unique SAID Soviet hlers shot
down Is of the enemy planes IN
repulsing the raiders before they
reached the target.
The conlmunl9ue also disclosed
that Russian planes struck be-
hind the enemy lines for the NTH
successive night 10 lift the rail-
way junction of Polotsk, IN north
western White Russia, Monday
night. while Red army tank forces
turned back a new series OF Ger
man attacks yesterday on the
Soviet bridgehead on the west
bank of the lower Dnestr River
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17

Services for Mrs. Margaret Ann
Linton, 36, will be held at 2:30
p. m. tomorrow I'm the Din funeral
home, 1925 Hamilton.
Mrs. Linton. who died yesterday
at her home, 500 f. jefferson, is
survived by her husband Ralph
NJ; 14-month-old son, Ralph,
Jr.: her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Mitchell of Detroit; and
two brothers and three sisters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17
Brother Faces Trial
For AIDING Deserter

Raymond J. Bernor. n. OF 10415
Mack, is today under $1,000
bond waiting trial May % after
pleading not guilty before u. S.
Commissioner J. Stanley Hurd to
harboring his brother, Thomas, a
deserter from the navy. The two
were arrested Monday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17

Parade training classes open 10
all members Of the AWVS are
being held each Thursday at 1870
An. tn the downtown YWCA-
All members are urged TO attend
20 prepare for the Decoration
Day parade.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17
Negro Leader TO Talk

Walter White. national secre-
tary of the National Association
for the Advancement OF Colored
People, viii address a meeting at
Bethel AME Church. Frederick
and St Antoine at s p. m. Friday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-17

Order War Stamps delivered
To your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13
On
Broadway

several friends (who saw him
with her) not to tell his girl
friend.
DIO DE JANIERO'S prettiest
~ person Is now a bride in
Texas. Her maiden name was so
euphonious. to wit: Maria The
resa Martiniss de Mello.
Joy Hodges admirer on the
coast wired the biggest bouquet
for her premiere. II came COD.
accidentally.
1t. Eddy Duchin shoves off
for the war zone soon.
The Ava Gardner-Artie Shaw
idyll is back in the waste bas-
ket.
But so is the Virginia Hill
Junior Laemmle romance.
Irene Vernon of the N. Y.
Latin Quarter" show and Maj.
z. Duryea Bowling have learned
that they must annul their re-
cent merger.
Fanchon. the ballerina. isn't
stoop-shouldered, at all. That
topaz which bangles from her
neck weighs 348 karats.
Gen. Robert w. Johnson's
Junior "a Pvt.) was wed at st.
Paul to Wave Betty Void.
The latest fad among femmes
is a new midget-sized cigar.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13

as chairman of the Senate COM
mittee on campaign expendi-
lures.
He indicated he would have
important things TO reveal anent
the two naval officers who got
beaten up by members of the
ALL transfers union.
How the inquiry got into the
hands of Green's committee in
the first place would be one Of
the sweet mysteries of Capitol
life II every one on the hill
didn't know the answer. He
simply grabbed it.
Jurisdiction having been as
sumed, senatorial courtesy for
babe II being taken away from
him. And there is no use ask
ing me what the seeking of
naval officers by Dan Tobin's
happy hooligans has to do with
campaign expenditures, because
! haven't the faintest idea.
Senator Green said he had
not yet decided whether il
would be profitable to continue
the investigation.
II do not, however, mean
profitable-ha! ha.--to me-" he
explained.
A reporter asked what atti-
tude the Statler> people were
taking toward the investigation.
May heaven help me, this is
what he replied:
There attitude Is correct"
LIE WAS asked about the pos
IL sibility Of an open hearing.
And this-honest / amt making
none of this up!--is what he
said:
81 have an open mind about
an open hearing"
Well, that is all we got out of
him except a few more assorted
'ha! ha's!"
A few minutes later, how
ever, / got some information
which indicated Senator Green
is not quite so nonchalant
about the affair as he pretends.
A certain very important per-
sonage told me he had over
heard Senator Green in earnest
discourse with another senator,
also a rabid New Dealer.
81 don't want Green to think
was eavesdropping," said this
parsonage. $50 keep me out Of
It." But this is what he said:
This Stafier business Is dviV-
ing me crazy. IL Is creating too
much connection and ! am afraid
Il 10 going TO get out Of hand"
ITO which the other senator
replied:
"T'm afraid so too. and I
know the ~chief II badly wor-
riedv"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13
e. ". DURLING

a reader who was one of AIMS
pupils. Would like TO know
what kind OF a teacher she was
and how many apples she re-
ceived daily.
The best western stage play
OF all time was The Round
Up" starring Maclyn Arbuckle.
and in which he spoke the i'm
mortal line: Nobody loves a
fat man."
In one scene in this play
there were 10 bucking broncoS
on the stage. These broncos
really bucked. On several &C.
casions they bucked right off
the stage into the orchestra pit.
How far back can you trace
II your family line? How
many ancestors do you think
you have had?
Is claimed If the average man
goes back 20 generations he will
find he has had about a million
ancestors.
That's a lot of ancestors.
The thing TO consider is that
your child can inherit some
thing from any one of these
million ancestors.
That's why a musical genius
suddenly appears in a family in
which nobody can remember
there having been a person with
musical talent.
The youngster has probably
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13
THESE DAYS
By George E.
Sokolsky

country, there will be chosen
instrument for that purpose
government-owned and operated
enterprise.
That is the way the Russians
like to be and il is their affair
and it has nothing to do with
us.
TIVE SAME might be true of
l. the British, French and
Dutchs if they go into this
business.
Those countries are broke and
they can only engage in vast
and costly enterprises if we lend
them the capital.
No American company should
want to be the chosen instru-
ment of government in an inter-
national cartel which must, in
the end, prove offensive to
every American concept of good
business and good government.
Copyright. 1914. By King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13
Letters From
A Soldier

caribou, The seal and the fox,
and make a pet of him!
The porcupines were about
the only wild beasts they didn't
tame-the porcupines and the
bears. The porcupine is inclined
to be a pest, and a bit too
prickly for a friend, and the
bear is too big.
81 re m m b err one night"
reminisced Sgt. Mills, "when 1
had q kettle i was carrying, and
/ came around . corner and
there was q bear as big as that
tree. Was / scared! I'm tell
ing You, I couldn't move. I just
was unable to move. All 1
could do was look at the bear,
and he looked at me. And In a
minute or SOL don't know,
maybe he was ~ scared of me
rs 1 was of him-he just turned
around and ran away"
T GET back to the tanned
Il beasts of the wilderness, the
CTS tanned them because they
were there, and they didn't have
any other pets, unless they
were imported. One man paid
$3.50 for malemute brought
up from Seattle. Dogs were
scarce and. like everything, ex-
pensive. When everything has
to be carried in by ship, it's
costly.
So what dogs they did have.
they took care of well. More
than that, they found a use for
them. In the fast-rushing
streams the salmon grow big.
and some of the men trained
the dogs, to dive in, when the
salmon were running, and come
up with a fish. And in summer,
when the sun was still shining
at IL o'clock at night, so the
sergeant told me, they used to
have fish fries. It helped pas
the long hight of daylight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13

Some people seem to
achieve this blessed state of
mental vacuity. especially coll
lege students. Seriously, though.
when you are trying to think
of nothing, you are thinking
about something, for you are
thinking about nothing. To
think about nothing you would
have TO think of a nothingness
that existed somewhere - that
is, you would still be thinking
about something.
2-You go into one boss
office and say, I'D like some
further instructions about that
job" He says. How often do
i have to repeat what / say?
You fellows will have TO work
that out yourselves" Another
boss says, Why, certainly. I'm
sorry / didn't make myself
clear. First tell me your idea
about it," Which do YOU think
Will get the most work done?
Remember always the desire 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13

tract with Zanuck at 5000 per
week per picture.
On the grounds that the tilt
"is too much of a jump"
This seems a waste of time
considering that the more she
makes the more the government
will take from her.
WHEN Jean Harrington (who
w took an overdose of sleeping
pills and left farewell notes.
came to at ST. Clare's Hospital.
the first thing she said was:
What did the papers say?"
She probably will lose her Stork
Club membership. Thatll learn
her.
Mervyn Leroy and Sally
Wright are in a trance.
Joan Webster OF School for
Brides" will middle-aisle with
Art Singer. manager OF the
troupe.
One of Hollywood's male stars
will be quizzed over winning
$40. 900 In a midtown hotel here
recently. The loser has hollered
TO the gendarmes, alleging he
was swindled.
A man about town took his
wife to luncheon at a mid
town place. Later he phoned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13
DEAR G.. A.:

DEAR C. A.:
YOU appear to be weighing
L alternatives that don't exist.
II Is bootless to talk of marry
ing the man when he hasn't
asked you 10 be his wife. and
when. if l read his performance
Alright, he has no such intention
in mind.
I think he nipped the affair
in the bud for strictly self
defensive reasons-and not be-
cause he had begun to repent
the compromising situation, as
a blindfold to large altruistic
foresight.
At first, he proceeded care
lessiy to exploit your gullible
devotion and greenhorn quest
for romantic adventure. But he
was given pause by the dis
covery that, in your bargain
ing code. such conduct amounted
to a promissory note of mar
riage. and by the fact that
your family, and all your
friends were up in arms against
the alliance and watching il
with skeptical eye, proclaiming
In unison that il meant no good.
II nobody cared what hap
pened- 10 you and If yea hadn't
let him understand that you
just naturally supposed his be-
havior was a prelude TO matri-
mony, / dare say he would have
let the affair drift on indefi-
nitely. keeping you in perennial
suspense.
As IL happened, the combina-
ton OF your earnest expectancy
and the protective attitude OF
your family and frie nd s,
prompted him 10 backtrack TO a
decorous routine.
think you might profit by
going back home TO start anew.
VI. III.
EDITORS NoTE-Mary Ha-
Worth eounseis through her col
umn, NOT by mail or personal
interview. Write her in care Of
The Detroit Times.
Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13
WASHINGTON SCENE
BY George Dixon

COMING out of the Senate
~ Office building the Other
day / ran into his excellency
Gallo Plaza. ambassador from
Ecuador, and he said:
"How are you?-
81 am not prepared TO
answer that question at this
time" I replied. 1T requires
further study and consulta ton.
Also, there Is probably much to
be said on both sides"
Il speak English pretty weIl,"
snapped his excellency, "but
yours Of today. ultimo, II be-
yond me. Would you mind tell
ing . visitor to these shores
what the devil you are talking
about?"
With an effort I pulled myself
together.
"Sorry," I apologized. "khave
just been TO Q press confeFenee-
Of Senator Theodore FfsoGs
Green of Rhode Island, on the
Battle Of the StatIer' and he
has got me talking like that.
'Tt will probably be days,
even weeks before I will be able
TO give . yes or no. answer TO
anything"
CENATOR GREEN called the
~ conference in his capacity
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13
One Word Led to Another
The Detroit Time
By Patterson
Detroit Times
: BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

What kind of speeches would Daniel Webster and
Henry Clay have made the national hookups?
don't mean duet.
Would Calhoun have had good gag writer? Would
Lncons speech Gettysburg have pleased his sponsor
We in for another 80 quick days of presidential
mutteration the impartial networks Webster made
terrific speeches to the union Today hear better
talks asking us to save box tops.
How about Washington, Jefferson and Jackson?
Say, that Jackson fellow eats out lot.
We writing of ghosts of the past past without
ghost writer's.
All these thought their own thoughts and spoke
their words Ideas weren't placed in their mouths
like cotton in dentist chair.
That's racket and probably came in with
tonal hookups To date gag writer has topped John
Randophs famous tribute Like mackerel in the
light he shone and stank."
The last great orator we had was William Jennings
Bryan. Bryan wrote his own speeches by lamplight.
The trouble that he spoke them in the hot sunlight
y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-13
WALTER WNCHELL

WENDELL WHLKIE didn't
w know the real reason for
his disqualification. When the
flash Of his passing reached the
midtown spots at 2:30 ayem-
1t sent many people home de-
pressed.
Beatrice Lille was welcomed
back to the u. S. with a barrage
of legal entanglements. aimed
at the contract she has with
Billy Rose. She has q previous
contract with the Shuberts.
James Cagneys sister, Jeanne.
will become Mrs. X. Spaulding
any moment.
The reason for the weekend
humidity can be traced to Carole
Lands and 1t. Bob Topping.
Louella Parsons inherits S
minutes OF the new program re-
placing Basin Street" in De-
cember.
CELESTE HOLM. featured In
~ the new hit. "Bloomer Girl"
got $3.50 per week In okla
homa."
The new salary plus radio jobs
brings her 81, $50 per.
The War Labor Board has
Just held up okaying her con-