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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-18


 With the French Couturlers get- ting back Into action again, and an. nouncing they approve Of Slacks, this might Do Q good time to repeat the late Alex Wooilcott's line; That if the hindsight of some women wal aS good as their foFesight-they wouldn't wear slackSl 4 Chicago hotel guest took siS sleeping pills, fell asleep and then took . walk up the street, in ths nude, and asked . startled woman "DOes the Bus stop here?" 4 police- man wrapped him in . newspapeF, under Help Wanted".
 one of the radio singing stars had SO much difheulty getting Q nurse to mind her 2-year-old infant, she took him to the studio with her. The child slept fine,
 4 Boston barber has . sign In his window, ready for V.Day. T will close on the dot of victory, leaving my customers, whether hRlf.shaved or with half haircut"
 A Milwaukee man, after going home by trolley, found . set of teeth in his pocket. His ad in the paper brought seven different people claiming they lost 'em.
 Sign in a New York Cab: Don't Do . 0ne.arm driver. Hall my cab and use bOth!"
 A Bedsort, Indiana, woman Is ad- vertising for Q husband who's 6 good clean man, doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't stay out late at night but gets a pension. With e life like that he deserves onel
 An army newspaper, in reveal. ing that Paulette Goddard was elected their favOrite Pin-DOwn Girl, commented: "She's the type that has . beautiful prOfile-all the way down!"
 Sign for Lewis & Conger's Sleep. shop: Getting the Baby to sleep is hardest when she's about iei" You're welcome ...
 A New YOEk Woznan died recent. ly and left her SlOo, 600 in cash to IS Peklngese pups. So silly. Think how many days you could eat din. ner at the StOrk Club for that much dough! s
 Speaking of dogs, the tragedy of he flea is that he knows for sure that no matter how he brings up his children they'll go to the dogs.
 A Brooklyn burglar walked into ifs laundry and tried to sell the boss lOme jewelFy he'd stolen few days before from the mans home. He'll probably get out of his jail about the same time his laundry is de- livered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-18

ton with men overseas and will probably have his baEooka on hand.
 Hope Emerson, whom dlalers will remember aB the slx-foot former blacksmith who turned actress and was c stooge on the Jimmy Durante. Garry Moore programs before they moved to Hollywood, has been signed to play Elsie the Cow in the new I'd Wynn Happy Island" programs over WATR and the Blue network Friday nights. Elmer the Bull will Do portrayed by Craig Mcdonnell,
 Milton ]. Gross, announcer on Wilfred Pelletier's World of Song" programs, hos been signed as spokesman and interviewer for "T'he Doctors Talk It Over' new series which starts on the WATR Blue network Friday, Oct. 6. The programs will Do dedicated to the physicians Of the nation and the medical profession at large.
 Arthur Lake, the Dagwood of the Blonde programs, iS making new comedy picture, Next Comes Love" Playing . role in the film k Louis Adlon. He's Lakes father.in. law.
 Even Q sound-effects man sornes times mods. On 2 recent Mfr. and Mrs. North thriller, the murdered victim was supposed to have ben Killed by two bullets fired one after the other, but the man with the noise gadgetS, short on blanks be- cause of wartime restrictions, had only one shot on hand, Director g, James Andrews told him that the single one shot on hand, Director 3. James Andrews told him that the single blank would have to do then, and the sound. effects man looked up dreamily, and asked: "Yes. but which should I omit the first or second shot?
 Blue network officials were non. plusSed after this weeks Dunnlnger broadcast when the studio audience practically refused to leave tho studio. Guests who knew in advance that Dunninger, Cornell Wilde and Johnny Long would oil be there mobbed the stage with autograph books and for awhile the studio looked like the lobby of some movie house before c world premiere. The studio police force came to the rescue and escorted the Master MentillSt and his judges out before they had all their clothes torn of by admiring fans.
 That enormous green stone in author Fanny Hurst's ring Is not Jade, as most people imagine, but c real emerald. The gem measures about an inch in height and nearly an Inch ct the base; it was ace quired by the narrator of the Fanny Hurst Presents" WATR radio dramatizations in the early years of her success as Q writer.
 At the premiere of the Thursday night Fred Waring Show, over WATR and The Blue Network, the bandmaster's most ardent fan, Mrs. A. McMahon of New York City was appropriately the first to enter the studio. Mrs. McMahon hasn't missed c WaFtng broadcast in three years.
 Prank slnatra tried on c CT battle | helmet, drove a CT jeep all over Camp Haan's outdoor theatre | grounds and otherwise conducted | himself in strictly CT manner when | he and his airshow gang visited | Camp Haan near Riverside, Cali | fornia, recently. It was Sinatra's | first broadcast before an all-male | soldier audience. Wacs and enlisted | men thronged the post theatre wings | to get 6 glimpse of 'The Voice" about whom they had heard so much.
 South Africa has branded as the worlds meanest wartime thief the person who stole 2C0 checks from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-18

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
RIVAL NOMINEES
 RENEW ATTACKS
Baldwin, Hadden, Me- MahOn Continue POliti.
 cal Tour of State

New Haven, Conn, Sept, 2G.- tUP)-Speaking at q meeting of the New Haven County Republican Wo. mems association last night, Gov, Raymond E. Baldwin defended the abolition Of the state public works department as on economy meas. ure, declaring that GO per cent of the administrative cost had been eliminated by assigning the same duties to the state comptrol- ler'S office.
 ITO do this job" he said, "wc have reduced the number of per- sonnel from @ to eight"
 Lieut,-doV. William l.. Hadden, called upon former Gov. Robert A, Hurley, c candidate for rec election, to give one reason why the people Of the state should re. verse their decision when they elect. cd Baldwin governor two years ago"
 Brien McMahon, Democratic can. didate for the U. S. senate, who spoke to New Haven county Demo- CratB here last night, declared that either we go forward with RooSe- welt to complete victory, perma- nent peace and full employment, or we return to the Isolation. both political and economic, of the Hard- ing Coolidge Hoover administra- tIonS,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
COURT JUDGES
 CONVENE HERE
SimpIified Type of Warrant for State Municipal
 Chambers Desired

The Assembly of Municipal Court Judges will seek c sislpllfied, uni- form type of warrant for the mu- nicipal courts of the state through action of the General Assembly It was announced after Q meeting of the executive committee of tn as. sembly in The Elton Inst night
 Judge T. F. Conway of Waterbury was honored at the dinner for his services during his term of office as president of the assembly,
 The assembly will also ask the General Assembly for permission to change the date of the annual meet ing of the judges, now set by statute for the second "Wednesday in July tO the second Monday in September,
 William M. Maltbie chief justice of the state supreme court of errors, spoke on the work of the municipal courts as related to the new Yale university clinic for inebriates
 Four committee heads wera named at the meeting. They are; Proba. ton, Judge Hadleigh II, How'd Litchfleld criminal procedure, Judge John P, Downes New Britain; civil procedure, Judge James M, Kelly, Middletown, and civil procedure Judge John Mnresea New Haven,
 Judge Nathan Reback of New Ha' ven presided,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26

 CARRIER PASSES
Bernie" Riley Served on Postal Force 3S Years;
 Rites Thursday

Bernard v. Riley, veteran letter carrier of Se years of service and one of the most popular postal enl- ployes in Waterbury died suddenly early this morning At his home 20e Lounshury street. Hundreds of business men and personal friends share the sorrow manifested today among Mir. Riley's associates over his passing, For years his route was along Grand and South Main streets and he was personally acquainted with hundreds of residents, News of his unexpected passing came aS shock to all, Re was Q very faith. full employe and O cheerful co.worker Post officials paid tribute today to his many years of service, to his character and friendly disposition,
 Born in Waterbury, the son of the late Bernard F. and Nellie (Con- nor) Riley, he was Q resident of the Washington Hill section of the city all his life. Rr. Riley was 0 communi- cant of St, Francis Xavier church, . member of Foresters of America and Q member of the National as- sociation of Letter Carriers.
 Surviving are three sisters, Nellie T., Margaret M., and Anna E, Riley.
 The funeral will be held Thursday morning from the Mulvllle funeral home 270 West Main street, to St. Francis Xavier church for Q solemn high Mass, time to be announced. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call ct the funeral home this evening from ' to 10 o'clock and tomorrow from to 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
TWINS TAKE "TRIP

BoBton, Sept. 2O,-(UP)-An Army officers l0-week old twins left Lo- gan International airport today on the first leg of an i,800-inile trip to New orleans, La, to see their father.
 The infants, . boy and c girl, were accompanied by their mother, Mrs, Charles A. Roesiter of Maiden, whose husband. former submaster Of Maiden high school, Is stationed at Camp Plauche, La.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
Wounded
 Find Haven
By RICHARD w. JOHNSTON United Press War Correspondent

United Press War Correspondent
 Aboard U. s. s. Samaritan off Peleliu, Sept. IS -- (Via Navy Radiol -(U, p - Marine Sergeant Paul L, Stevens began crawling up the lethal slopes of Bloody Nose" Ridge at Q Q, m. today. Glanclng seaward from the tiny Peleliu he saw this gleaming white ship move In and drop anchor,
 stevens called to Q buddy in his signal corps wire-running outht:
 Look, hospital ship coming in"
 Before he got on answer Japanese mortar shells were whistllng down around the squad, bursting on the chalky cliffs. A fragment tore through Stevens arm.
 Now 1t Is noon, and Stevens, who Is 24 and from Preston, Minn,, Is sitting on the afterdeck of the Samaritan, his arm dressed and waiting for chow, which wl lbe Q welcome change from three days Of K rations,
 Other wounded are making the shore to ship journey, coming up two gangways ct the rate Of one minute, but few made such dram- atic transition from the explosive beaches and ridges aS did Stevens.
 He shakes his head and mOrVels at the change, looking hungrily at the clean wooden decks shining ship sides, swift and efficient eorps- men and orderlieS, and of course nurses, too.
 Morale Rises
 The nurses on this open deck ward-for ambulatory eases-are too busy to chat with patients, but the mere sight of an attractive brown haired green.eyed girl, smiling and sympathetic, is Q mighty morale boost for tired and dirty Marines who have been fighting filth and Japanese for more than 70 hours,
 The Samaritan, one of our new est and most spacious hospital ships, has been At Saipan and Guam and It's staff of i6 specialists, more than 100 corpSmen and ie nurses are oil experts, By nightfall tho ship will be moving with some 700 wounded Marines aboard, assured Of the best of care, encouraged by eheery sur. rounding, and luxuriating with Ice cream and ice water.
 saw some of the Marines fight ing on the island yesterday, Some of them were brought aboard sui. fering terrible wounds from japa- nese mortar fire and grenades--a arms or legs gone or smashed to bloody pubs, faces torn, or their bodies swathed in great blood. soaked bandages.
 But many were less seriously wounded and we talked with 0 num- Der of them.
 Pfc. Fred Douglas, Boston, Mass, was one of thei uckiest Marines, The NipS inhltrated behind his foXhole and tossed in c grenade, Several of his buddies were killed in the at. tack but Douglas was only lightly hit,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
Mooseheart Acclaimed As Ideal Youth Center
U. s. Senator James D. Davis, as Mill Hand Vlsualized
 Home for Youngsters; Worldwide Fame

A community that embodies some pf the qualities of colony of beavers, the modern version of bed- lam and your grandmothers fairy lales = that's Mooseheart, Illinois, She City of Children, declares on article in the October Issue Of Coronet magazine. A completely Delf-sustaining city, Mooseheart has l,240 acres of land, 200 buildings, @ complete and accredited school sys- lem from nursery through high lchool and business college --- and provides yearly for thousand Otherwise homeless children,
 unlque in all the world are the residents of the City of Children, continues Coronet magazine. Rang ing in age from one month to lS years, forty per cent have neither mother nor father, sixty per cent have lost one parent all are com- pletely normal To avoid an insti- tutional atmosphere, the children are housed in cottages, each Of which is Q complete house unit with kitchen, dining room, housemother and cook. No more than l6 children are permitted in any home, Junior and senior high school students have married couples in their resi- denee for both father and mother advice.
 Dream Comes True
 The unique idea of the City of children was born in the heart Of an immigrant boy, Working as a millhand in 0 giant steel industry in the early l900's, he saw mSny accidents and watched many Satur- day night penny collections for the widows and orphans, some day" he vowed, I'm going to build an orphanage. It won't be drab and full of poverty It's going to be fun" In 1906, he joined q strug- gllng fraternity 250 men who called themselves the Loyal Order of Moose. He told them that in order to survive and expand they must adopt some worthwhile cause. His orphanage became that cause . and in 1913 the Honorable James J. Davis (today'S Senator from Pennsylvania saw his boy hood dream come true, The now. mighty Moose Fraternity of half Q million men dedicated Mooscheart as e home for the homeless children Of any deceased member
 According to Harvard Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, one of Moose hearts seven Governors, Mooseheart is Q Rock of Gibraltar md . model for social legislation" Coronet con- tinueS. Located in the Illinois Fox Rlter Valley the city has every modern facility including hospital post office, railroad, athletic field, stadium and business school Fifty to eighty per cent Of It's food Is raised on It's farm, Each child has certain duties that must be per. formed each day as part of eom- mugiity living .. and to teach the children, who have everything, the value of nancy, Superintendent W, J. Lelnweber instituted c pay syS-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
Highlights Of Governor Dewey's Campaign Speech

Last Saturday night the man who wants to be President for sixteen years made his first speech of this campaign. Gone was his high sounding pledge, Forgotten were these days of tragic sorrow. It was q speech of u:-sllnging, ridicule and wlsecraeks. It plumbed the depths of demagogy by dragging in- to this campaign the names of Hit Ter and doebbels; 1t descended to quoting from "Mein KAmpf" and to reckless charges of fraud" and "fnlsehood,"
 My opponent describes as fantastic charge" the statement that his Administration plans to keep men in the Army when the war ls over because it fears there Will be no Jobs for thm in civil life. Well, who first brought that up?
 Here Is the statement by . high official of the Administration as reported in the publication of the United States Army. The Stars and Stripes. He said;
 We can keep people In the Army about as cheaply as we e0ula create m agency for them when they are out"
 Nov, who said that? It was the National Director of Selectlve Service appointed by Mir. R00se. welt and still In office.
 Now, were we prepared for war, or were we not It Is simple queS. ton of fact,
 Tn l940, the year after the war began in Europe, the United States was in such q tragic condition that it could put Into the field as n mos bile force no moro than 7b,000 men, The Army was only "2b per cent ready. Now, MT. Roosevelt, did those statements come from doeb. belS7 Was that fraud or falsifica' tion2 Those are the words of Gen, George 0. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, under oath.
 quote again; December ', io4i found tho Army Air Forces equipped with plans but not with planes" Did that come from doebbels2 That statement wal made in on official report on Jan { of this year by Gen. II. II. Arnold commanding general Of the Army Air Forces,
 Does my opponent still desire te use the words Justification" ana "doebbels2" Does he still claim we were preparcd7 If so, let's go fur. ther,
 New, why is it we were not
 ready when we were attacked?
 Let's look at Mir. RoOsevelps own
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
Mhnlrsoma Relations

tenn and bank,
 Wholesome Relations
 Normal and wholesome youthful relations are fostered in every way, Dances( dinner parties and normal dating facilitate natural relation ships. Wise training assures an inc telligent, healthy attitude toward the matter of sex.
 Occasionally one of the kids gets out of line, Coronet relates, If the alteration is small, the Superin- tendent deals with 1t himself. If it is serious, culprlts are sent to FeH Hall, a house with every conceivable convenience and only one drawback its 8 miles from town and occu- pants must walk, not accept ride. This psychological punishment Is effective - F'eE Hall Is seldom oc. cupied,
 The City of Children Is Q place you have to see to believe, concludes Coronet magazine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
TEMPERATURE A
 AT7,63 AT NOON

-he temperature in downtown Waterbury hit Al degrees at ' o'clock this morning and rose to @ by noon today. High for the past 94 hours was @ at 1 D, m. yesterday, aeeord- ing to records kept by the city en. gineer's office nt the city hall,
 In the wake of yesterdays kiil- Ing frost, Agent Raymond Atherton of the LitehfIeld county farm bu. reau reported that in the valley areas corn was the chief sufferer Corn will not Dc lost for silage but tho cost Of getting 1t ready for stor- ago will Do increased by the killing of huskings, he added, Damage N other crops was not extensive since most Of these were at the end Of tho productive seasons,
 The seasons first furnace bla2ea brought out firemen yesterday Lo i46 Hillside avenue and iS Ludlow street. overflow from on oil burner summoned the engines to b33 North Main street,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
INDUSTRIAL CHORUS
 CONFINES TOMORROW

All industrial employees of Greater Waterbury arc eligible to join the Industrial Chorus, affiliated with the Y, M. 0 A. 4 business meeting of the chorus will Do held tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the First Congregational church, Miss Helen Chspman. president, viii Dc in charge. Director c. LoFing DurWeli Wili be on hand to discuss plans fog rehoAwals starting october {.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
MAE MCKENNA
 CLAIMS S2,5OO
Edward COughlin Suit De. fendant Based on Che.
 shire Accident

Mae McKenna of Waterbury to- day filed Ss,So0 civil action in common pleas court against Edward H. Coughlln, also of this city, as the result of on accident which occurred January 30, on the Water bury. Cheshire road in Cheshire, near Prospect,
 The plaintiff claims the defend. ants car left the right side of the road and Swerved into the path Of her car, She states the muscles of her neck, back, and chest were sprained, The complaint states further the plaintiff paid $S07,l5 for repairs to her car.
 Also filed in common please court today was 0 $500 clvn action brought by Frank D. Gregory of Ansonia against Carl W. Johnson of Watcr- bury, The plaintiff claims he won O Judgment in the Ansonia city court June %, 1889 against the de- fendant, and that only S 10 of 1t has been paid, The original judg- ment is listed at $i04,Sl and costs of $2487, with the balance said to be $209,68,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
BUCKLE COMPANY
 REFLECTS SMITH

The board of directors of the Wa. terbury Buckle company meeting yesterday following the annual BeS. sion Of the stockholders reelected Julius B. Smith, president and treas- urer; Martin T. Lynn, vice.presl- dent; Henry Y. c, Hill, secretary, and George Y. Buscher, assistant secretary,
 Directors chosen at the stock holderS' meeting include; Irving 1T ChaSe, John P. Elton, David 0, driggs, Warren Y. Kaynor, JuliuS 3. Smith and Elton S. Wayiand of Waterbury; 0. Sanford Bull and Henry E. c. Hill Of Middlebury, and Martin E. Lynn of Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
M'HALE DIRECTS
 WEST END SHOW

The trafiic light ct Highland ave. fiue and Chase parkway Is Q SatlS. factory traffic control, members Of the West End Community club voted last night after Q report by Bernard Donnell and Paul Reed who inVeSti. gated after the club received cofn- plairts from several West End res- id0ntS about the operation Of the light.
 Cliff McHale will supervise the re- hearsal on Friday night of the clubs minstrel show, Members of the fnln- strel show committee are Mrs. ThelTna Kroha, Mrs. Mary PepIn, Mrs. Mary Cooney and Mrs. Floyd Hamm. The committee will hold c special meeting on october 6, It was announced. President John Hannon presided ct the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26

words. In Q message to Congress In 1895, he said; There Is no ground for apprehension that our relations with any nation will be otherwise than peaceful"
 In l037 he said, "IEOw happy We are thAt the circumstances of the
 moment permit us to put our money into bridges and bOule- wards rather than Into huge standing armies and vast lmple- ments of war"
 But war came just two years later. It was In January of l94O that I publicly called for . two. ocean Navy for the defense of America. It was that statement of mine which Mir. Roosevelt called. and I quote hls words: "Just plain dumb" Then AS now, we got ridlcule instead of action.
 In March, lo40, MT. Roosevelt had been in office seven years Yet the depression was still with us, We still had ten million Ameri- cans unemployed, These are not my figures -- these are the figures Of Jhe American Federation fo Labor
 Let's get thls straight. The man who wants to be President for sixteen years Is, indeed indis- pensable. He Is indispensable to Harry Hopkins, to Mime. Perkins, to Harold Ickes, to Q host Of other political job holders. He ls indispensable to Amerlca's lead- Ing enemy of civil liberties - the Mayer Of Jersey City. He lS in. dlspensable to those infamous machines, In Chicago - in the BFOnx-and oil the others. He Is indispensable to Sidney Hlllman and the Political Action Commit tee, to Earl BrOwdeF, the eX- convict and pardOned COmmunist leader,
 America hos not lost It's passion at belief in freedom. America haa not lost its passionate belief in ops portunity. It need never lose those beliefs. For here in this country oi ours there is plenty of room for freedom and for opportunity and we need not sacrifice security tc have both freedom md opportunity
 To achieve these objeetiVeS we must have integrity in our Govern ment. We need c new high standard of honesty in the Government oi the United States. We need c slngle- ness Of purpose, q devotion to the people Of this country and to the gigantic problems we face ct home after this war.
 We need humility and courage With the help Of Almighty God we shall achieve the spiritual and phy- sical strength to preserve our free- dom,