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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09

bNWAA O 4U8AAAB 4AAtDt AASAA 0W~A AA0AAA of family sketches nS Kathryn Forbes of San Francisco that ap- peared in book form under the title, Mama's Bank Account" The producers are Oscar Hammerstein 2d and Richard Rodgers, noted currently as the nbrettist-lyricist and composer of "Oklahoma!s It is their first venture as producers.
 70 Remember Mama" is one of the warmest, most human things that the. theater has produced ii, several seasons. There are no great tragedies in 1t, but there are many passages that bring throat Jumps over the simple little things that happen to people. A purist robably would hesitate to call it a play, as matter of fact, because 1t has little if any plot. Like the book on which it is based, 1t is more series of family vignettes.
 The family concerned is Norwe- gian-American, the setting is San Francisco and the time some 30 years ago. It consists of father mother, 8 son and two daughters in their teens, a younger daughter, 8 rambunctious uncle and three aunts. What story there is is con- cerned with the ambition of the oldest daughter to become a writer and how she eventually succeeds. The rest is mainly how Mama, a strong but soft woman, keeps the family thriving and happy on papa's small salary.
 The play opens with the oldest daughter, supposedly grown, sit- ting at her desk on one side of the stage reading from a manuscript she has just written about the family. As she reads the lights ga LID on large setting in the center of the stage-the family kitchen and the action picks up from hel readings Releasing her done-ur hair with removal of pin, she steps from her desk, a teen-ager and walks into the big set to join the action. At several times during the play she steps out of character but so naturally that it is never irritating-to further the story by brief narration. The production { mounted on one large and two small revolving stages.
 In the role of Mama is MadJ Christians, who gives the tines' performance of her by no means pedestrian career and one of tht best performances turned in by ar actress in a dozen seasons. It is an unforgettable job. Oscar Homolks is the uncle, a gruff but likeable sort who dies nobly in bed; Joar Tetzel is the eldest daughter and gives a fine portrayal; Bishop is the father and Adrienne GessneI is the tiInid, old-maid aunt wl1c wants to marry an undertaken Others in the cast include Carolyn Hummel, Frances Helen, Oswald Marshall, Mario Brando, Ellen Maher, Ruth Gates, Louise Lrimer and Bruno Wick. Also, Uncle Eliz- abeth, remarkable cat.
 Van Druten directed. The set- tings by George Jenkins and the costumes by Lucinda Ballard are noteworthy.
 George Abbott's prdouction ot "Snafu" follows his pattern of fast. anything -for-a-laugh comedy and there are moments when it is very funny, but it is out of his middle drawers. The authors are Louis Solomon and Harold Buchman and their title is that Army slang ex- preSsion that means situation normal, all fouled up."
 The pot concerns the return home by parental persuasion of a 15-year-old youth who lied to get into the Army and saw g. years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
OPERA PRESERVED
 TONIGHT AT SIS
Benefit Sponsored By War Service Committee of
 Music Society

The production of verdi's La Tratiata" by a Metropolitan Opera cast will take place tonight at Loewis Poli theater. The Charles |. Wagner production is sponsored by the War Service Committee of the Mattatuck Musical Art Society.
 The benefit performance will bee gin at S:15. The singers and ore chestra will be directed by Giuseppi Bamboschek.
 The cast will include young sing- CTS who will be assisted by 6 large chorus. An orchestra of over thirty pieces will play the score.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
SHE'S SURE IT'S LOVE

Boston - (U.P.) = When Mrs. Anne Nucci, 8. of East Boston re- ceived a 154-page-long letter from her serviceman husband, she com. mented: "It's really a case of true love. That letter took 3 1-2 hours to read.n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
IJp And Down Broadway
Bx JACK GAvEK United Prsss Drama Editor

YORK-cUF)The theater like thsa lot of dappotn ments mad then somng that sees to make p for a ct them Mama" the copensaons The the John Drn author Of he Voice of the Turtle another of the
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Cook Who MadeC Cake,
For Roosevelt Dies

Eugene Concion, 81, chief pastry
cook at the Mayfiower Hotel who
baked President Roosevelt,s BIRTH
day cakes for the last four years
died at work Monday.
Requiem mass was celebrated at
10 am. today at st. Gabriels
Church following funeral services at
the Hines funeral home. Burial was
In st. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
A native Of Buenos Aires, Argen-
tina, Mr.. Concion had been a pastry
chef at the Mayflower Hotel for
more than 20 years A resident of
the District for 80 years, he was en-
ployed at the Shoreham before 60
ing to the Mayflower.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Amalia Concion, of 3f29 Ninth street
NV; three sisters-in-law, Mrs.
Mary Beccaro, New York City; Mrs.
Clelia Destesfanis and Mrs. Lena
Bozzonetti, and a brother-in-law,
Joseph Scridante, all of Washington
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Advertising Seen Near
Greatest Usefulness
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-The War
Advertising Council told leaders Of
American industry yesterday that
the need for the agency's services
would be still greater after the war
and that its existence should be con-
tinued into the reconstruction pe-
Rod.
Declaring that advertising "as q
public servant has only started or
its period of greatest usefulness, >
the council said in a message:
Reconstruction will be period ol
confusion Of thought throughout the
world. The white light Of informa.
ton and persuasion will be needed
as perhaps never before. Were the
mechanism which has helped mobil.
lie these forces to be scrapped, II
would probably be necessary to re-
create it painfully, bit by bit, at q
future time"
The council, formed shortly afte,
Pearl Harbor to promote ADVERTISING
cooperation with war agencies IL
the development Of home front cam.
paigns, estimated that industry ha,
contributed nearly $1,000, 600, ,0O(
since the start of the war for such
purposes.
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Tokyo Assumes Soviet
Will Retain Neutrality
BY the Associated Press.

oy the Associated PresS.
The Tokyo radio said today "ii
can safely be assumed" that Soviet
Russia will not break her neutrality
with Japan in the immediate future
ito play belligerent part in the
Pacific war"
In a broadcast beamed to the
United States, q special commen-
tary written by Kosaka Tomula
doctor of law and authority on
international relations" manifested
continued concern over Soviet Pre-
mier Stalins Characterization OF
Japan last week as an "aggressor
nation"
Tomula interpreted the reference
as a light diplomatic gesture"
He asserted Britain and America
were suffering much from the ex-
tremely independent character OF
the Soviet European policy" and
were forcing themselves to be
genial with the Soviet aid"
| Therefore, the broadcast said, II
Stalin's speech could be called mort
friendly to Britain and America
than those he made in previou.
years, that could be interpreted Al
Stains idea of alleviating the
natural resentment Of the Anglo.
American government against the
Soviet Union for its diplomatic sue.
cesses In Europe by lip service, and
calling Japan an aggressor nation
would be the easiest service Of the
kind"
Evening star., 1944-11-15
u. 5. Sends Wheat
10 Bolivia, Counters
Argentine Pressure
By the Assoeiated Pre-,

~ tuw AsSO9l8too SIU98.
The United States i aiding Bo-
livia to resist economic pressure
from Argentina by sending = ship
load Of wheat to Bolivia, which 4
facing cereal shortage.
Announcement Of the shipment
was made BY the State Department
last night.
All the details behind the transac-
tion are not clear. It appears that
Argentina was attempting to disci-
pline Bolivia, which has joined the
United States and most Of the other
American republics in refusing to
recognize the Buenos Aires govern
ment Of President Edelmiro FAR
reu.
Several pertinent facts are known:
The Argentine government nou-
ned Bolivia without any preliminary
warning that wheat shipments from
Argentina to Bolivia would be cut SO
per cent.
The reason advanced was that
the Argentine Army maneuvers had
dislocated rail transport. This was
a sort Of double-meaning explana-
tion, pointedly reminding the Bo-
livians that the Argentine Army
was on the move and ready for
action.
The wheat cut created a serious
situation in Bolivia, where storage
facilities are inadequate. Failure
to receive supplies would lead
swiftly to q food shortage.
The United States Government
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Red Military Expert
Recalls Jap Attacks
Ion Soviet Border
BY the Associated Press.

0y tue A6SOCl2too FtcbB. \
MOSCOW, Nov. l5.-Col. Ivar
Tolchenov, Soviet military authority
said today that the war In the Pa.
|ciflc was developing unfavorably fol
Japan and recalled to his lecture
audience that the Japanese had "at.
tackled and raided the Soviet Unior
several times"
His listeners included japanese
correspondents and Red Army men
CHS address came nine days
after Premier Stain had declared
Japan an aggressive nation"
Russia and Japan are at peace
under q nonaggression pact.)
Japan risked fighting two great
powers, the United States and Great
Britain, as q consequence Of hel
long time policy of expansion" Col
Tolchenov said. Japan has also at.
tackled and raided the Soviet Unior
several times. We may recall thu
Mongolian border action by the Jap.
anese in 1899, when they were
strongly rebuffed."
The veteran Red Army omcer sale
the Pacific war was passing the frs
stage of Japan's well-prepared Of.
fensive and now was entering tn,
second stage of the Allied counter
offensive. He declared Japanese ses
and air forces were inferior.
Jap Fleet Not Paralyxed.
"The Japanese Fleet has not sui.
fered blows sufficient to paralyzs
its activity, but its losses will
greatly affect its possibilities o1
resistance" he added. "Importan,
events are ripening under unfa-
vorable circumstances for Japan
Since the American landing In the
Philippines the battles are becom-
ing sitter"
Col Tolchenov said the Japanese
originally conquered the Philippines
with an army Of 10000 against
American forces numbering barely
1000.
THE balance Of power has
shifted in favor Of the Allies" he
said. American industry turns out
1000 planes a month while Japanese
plants hardly produce more than
400 or $500 in the same period
Even given equal losses, the Allied
Evening star., 1944-11-15
German Army to Be Educated
About Principles Of Nuzis

The London Times declared there
no longer seemed any doubt that
Heinrich Himmler was the actins
leader Of Germany, adding that NO
one had appeared to challenge ex-
tension Of his powers.
Curiously, the name Of Himmler
was conspicuously absent from the
new decree that "all soldiers are
now permitted to take over q func-
ton in the (NazD party or its
branches"
In addition to Hitler It was signed
by Hermann Goering--once No.
Nazi but himself SO long silent that
he, too, is now subject to "ill, mad
or dead" rumors. Other sigma
tories were Field Marshal Gen. VII
helm Keitel and Chief OF Chancel-
lOry Martin BOrmann
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Chungking Continues
Talks With Communists
y the Associated Press

| oy tac AbsOClhteu FTeA6.
CHUNGKING, Nov. 15.-Liant
Han-chao, minister Of information
said today that the final answer tt
the question of whether there was
any prospect Of agreement in ne
gotiations between the Chungkine
government and the Chinese Com
munists 'can only come from Ye.
man," capital of Communist China
He told foreign correspondents
that the recent return to Chung
king of the Communist delegate
Gen. Chou En-lai, one of the Com
munists' "big three" was q clear
indication that negotiations were
continuing.
Foreign Once Spokesman K. C
WI commented that Soviet Pre-
mier Stains recent reference tc
Japan as an aggressive nation "car
be taken as an indication that
Russia will have closer cooperation
with China"
Cabinet Spokesman p. H. Chang
replying to questions concerning the
exact scope of Chang Kai-shek',
command, said that "the generals.
simo is the supreme Allied COM
mander of China, (French) Indo-
China and Thailand,"
Evening star., 1944-11-15
~ the Associated Press.

= -
LONDON. Nov. Is. - The Nazi
party, using the name Of long silent
Adolf Hitler, clamped tighter hold
on the retreating German Army to-
day.
A new decree ordered all German
officers and noncommissioned ON
GERS who were members Of the NaM
party to educate their men In the
Nazi sense" both on duty and OF
duty. Previously, men were re-
quired to leave the party during
their periods in the armed services.
The decree was broadcast by the
Iransocean propaganda service.
The London dailies all gave prom
inent space today to the various
Hitler reports.
Evening star., 1944-11-15
|OId Jenny Pelican
At Bronx Zoo, Dies

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-"Old
Jenny" the lethargic pelican whose
sole claims to Bronx Zoo distinction
were her virtuous life and that she
probably was its oldest inhabitant,
died today.
An adult bird when she arrived
at the zoo in 1904, she We'd with
Pete. hippopotamus born In 1903,
for the longevity record.
Evening star., 1944-11-15
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Evening star., 1944-11-15

ordered . ship bound from Aus
tralia with wheat to put In at /
Chilean port and unload cargo for
transhipment to Bolivia.
Reports have been current for
months that Argentina has been
Evening star., 1944-11-15

air forces will continue to grow
and exceed the Japanese. At pres
ent the United States Fleet is two
or three times stronger than the
Japanese Fleet"
He also noted the transfer OF
British warships to the Pacific.
TT Is difncult to predict the out
come OF the Philippines operations
but the Allies prepared them well
and there Is reason to believe they
Will achieve success" he told the
rapt audience. "The Soviet Union
which occupied the main German
forces on the eastern front, gave
the Allies enough time for prepara-
ton for the Pacific"
Evening star., 1944-11-15

using threats and indirect pres,
Rres to break down the solidarity
OF the American republics, which.
like the United States, refused to
recognize the government Of Presi-
dent Farrell.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-08-18

living in Pacific huts, have plenty
to eat, and a good PIX. Don is also
slated for furlough in the near fu-
ture, Costello said
PFC. VIC DoSSEY, serving in
Saipan with the U. S. marine corps,
was unable to write his parents
for some time, because he was on
the front lines, but recent letter
tells them that he is o. k, in spite
of being hit a couple Of times by
shrapnel in the hand. And he got
few of the yellow devils himself,
Dossey says.
PVT. HOBART D. GILKEY
writes to tell us that he received
six Examiners in a bunch recently
and "the pictures and articles about
my old schoolmates were really in
teresting" He is serving some
where in the South Pacific and
looks forward to the time when he
can come home. Gilkey has met
about five Coolidge men in service
since going overseas, he says, but
did not tell us who they were. His
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H.
Gilkey, former Coolidge residents,
now make their home in California.
CPL. CLIFTON ASHLEY arrived
Thursday on 20-day furlough after
being released from a naval hos
pital at Corona, California, where
he had shrapnel removed from his
chest. He is the son of w. c.
Ashley.
FLIGHT OFFICER HAROLD &.
KLINE writes his mother, Mrs.
Mabel Mills, from an air command
base in Italy that he now has put
in IA missions "and l am up again
tomorrow. So far l have two dam
aged planes and one claimed de-
stroyed, but won't know about the
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-08-18

last for sure until my film is devel-
oped. these planes are fixed so
that when the guns fire the wing
camera takes pictures, so you gen.
orally have proof of what's done" ="
All their missions are from to 7
hours in length, Kline says, "and
it's really hell at times, but would
not have been satisfied until | had
come here so-"They have lost a
lot of good pilots, Kline says, but
are getting a multiple number of
enemy fliers for every one of ours
that goes in. He has seen German
fliers shoot our boys out of the sky
while they were parachuting to
safety from doomed planes, he
says, and would not have believed
it If he had not seen it with his
own eyes. He ends his letter with
the reminder that mail call over
shadows everything, even pay day,
and chow"
PVT. RALPH HARMON writes
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sy Har-
mon of Valley Farms, from New
Guinea that it rained from to 10
hours every day when he first got
there, but is raining only a little
each day now-which Is better for
mans morale. The bananas on
the island are still green, but Har-
mon has eaten so many cocoanuts
he can't even stand to look at them
any more, he says. Recently, he
was at a Red Cross service club
where the men who had been there
at various times wrote their names
in record books, "and 1 saw Palmer
Cooper's name there" 1t made him
little less lonely just to see the
name of another boy from home.
PVT. EARL (BlLL) PENIX has
been transferred from Amarillo
Army Air Field, Amarillo, Texas
to a base near Fresno, California
according to a letter received by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Penix. His wife is with him on the
coast.
EUGENE SHIPLEY was promot-
ed from private first class to cor
poral shortly before leaving from
New York for overseas duty, ac-
cording to word received by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Ship
ley. They have not heard from
Cpl. Shipley since he left.
GLENN LooPER, S 2/c, serving
somewhere in the South Pacific
with the medical department of q
fleet air wing, writes his sister
Mrs. Lodene Gregg, that he hasn't
received the Examiner in over 6
ninth land that is pretty bad.
Looper was never better than now
he says, and is working with as fine
a bunch of fellows as ever walked
the earth. He asks about Coolidge
and who is home on leave and fur
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-08-18
News Exchange Column For
Coolidge Men In The Armed Forces

SGT. JOSHUA F. MOSER, who
was wounded during the first days
of the invasion, writes his sister,
Mrs. J. L. Freeland, that he is now
back in action. when l rejoined
my company in France all my mail
for the past month was piled up
there awaiting me-" 1t was real
morale booster to hear from all the
home folks after his weeks in the
hospital, Moser said. 81 am an
eswering your tleter on a cigarette
carton as | listen to the So an hour
artilrely blasting away" he told his
sister.
J. r. NOTTINGHAM, r 1/C, who
has been serving in the South Pa
cific. is back in San Diego for a
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-08-18

short stay, according to a letter re-
ceived by his mother, Mrs. J. W.
Nottingham, this week. Noting
ham is a gunner on an airplane
carrier.
CPL. DON GREGGs friend, Pvt.
Costello of Superior, who has been
with him for many months in the
Aleutian Islands, was home on fur
Tough last week and made it a point
to come here to see Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Gregg and give them news of
their son. The two men trained
together in the States before going
to the Aleutians, where they "saw
rough days together" Costello said.
But their hard days are now over,
he assured the Greggs, for they are
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-08-18

Tough. cit must be kinda dry
around the old town with so many
of the boys gone. Some Of them
should be due for a leave and home
duty any time now. You remem-
Der Joe Espenoza? He's been gone
quite awhile and should be showing
up around town most any day now"
looper is the soon of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. L. Looper.
S/SGT. THOMAS 3. SMITH,
wounded during the first days of
the invasion, writes his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Boyd Smith, from
a hospital in England that although
the shrapnel wound in his leg is
very painful he believes he is get
ting along o. k, at least, that's
what they tell him. 81 will prob
ably get out in time to get back
in this fracas again." he says.
however, I'm not in any hurry"
He sure would like to be back
where the sun shines again, for
when the sun comes out in England
it's just an accident, Smith says.
He is interested in how the crops
are looking here and asks if there
are many cattle in the valley. Are
Joe and Asbury 'Schell still there?
l haven't heard anything about
them for a long time. And how
much water is in the dam now?"
PVT. WALTER H. SMITH has
completed training and has been
graduated from the Army Air
Forces Training Command at Cha
mute Field, Illinois, according to
word received from there this week.
While attending school at Chanute
Field he received instruction in the
electronics course and in various
technical operations vital to the
maintenance of the country's fight
ing planes. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Smith of Waikiki
Inn.
PVT. WALTER DUNBAR has
been transferred from Camp Mccoy,
Wisconsin, to Camp Lee, Virginia,
according to a letter received by
his mother, Mrs. Mamie Dunbar,
this week.
1T. WILLIAM MERRILL has re-
Gently been transferred from Hon
to New York, from where he will
do Army Air Field, Hondo, Texas,
leave in the near future for over
seas duty. He is the son of Mrs.
Kathleen Merrill of Eloy and the
grandson of Dr. and Mrs. William
Jackson. He was recently here on
furlough.
PVT. CRAIG BLACKWELL has
been transferred from Palm Springs
California to San Bernadino Army
Air Depot, San Bernadino, Calf
ornia, where he will attend air.
craft mechanics school, according
to word received this week.
n
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-08-18
The Letters
PEACE
Are Looming Bigger
i'm both theWEST
and the EAST

Are YOU getting ready for the big
days ahead?
How about repairing or remodeling
YOUR home /. for the happy return
of C. l. Joe or Jane? Or. how about
painting up and redecorating?
From business standpoint are
your farm buildings, your plant, your
shop or store ready for the rush of
pent-up buying and lowered restrictions
that will undoubtedly follow "UNCON-
DITIONAL SURRENDER"
Again we ask. as we did last week
HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THE
COST OF WAITING a cost which
may be more important factor than
the possible fluctuating costs of a world
turning to PEACE.
Again we repeat. come in and see
us today. . look over our materials
-. and the equipment now available
i. to get started we'll on the new
day a'dawning. =
The 0'Ma||ey Lumber Co.
COOLIDGE PHONE 81
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-08-18

You won't sleep well tonight = if you
let them down. The only way to rest easy
is to do your duty to the full.
Buy War Bonds. More than you ever
bought before. Enough so that you can
look every returning soldier in the eye,
and say: 81 did my share!"
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-08-18

The bIoodiesf, costliest hours of the war
are upon us.
Our fighting men are giving every
ounce of their strength, straining every
nerve to win.
And they expect US TO wage fhe
same kind of fight with our dollars!
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-08-18

PVT. CRAIG BLACKWELL has
been transferred from Palm Springs
California to San Bernadino Army
Air Depot, San Bernadino, Calf
ornia, where he will attend air
craft mechanics school, according
to word received this week.