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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25
GERMAN U-BOATS LOSE THEIR
PUNCH

The amount of merchant ship tom
mage sunk by German U-boats during
January was among the lowest
monthly figures for the whole war,
according to joint Anglo-American
statement issued last week by the
Office of War Information.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25
and gets about twice q, muel, eleefrielfy
Tor LIS money as u e'e Is yeurs nsol

STATISTICS are tricky things to toss around.
Obviously, q of bathtub wouldn't hold water
very well That figure merely that some
8 out OF American homes have bathtubs.
Obviously, also, the electric figure applies only
to homes that haze electric service But as
nationwide average OF ell those homes it is tacf
and perhaps surprising to many people.
Most families own more electric appliances
now than they did in 1929. Over the years, as
they used more electricity, they earned lower
rates and the rates, too, were steadily reduced
So though your bill today may be as much as
it was in 1929 more you're probably
getting fvice as much for svhaf you pay. And
remember that the price of electricity has stayed
dos0n while most other prices are going up.
That makes it just about the biggest bargain
in your wartime budget!
For this you can credit the electric companies,
manned and managed by business people, under
public regulation Their hard work has made
electric service dependable and cheap.
Hear Report the Nation outstanding program Of
the week every Tuesday evening. 1884, E.WT, CHS.
Dsn't Waste ELECTRICITY Just Because isn't RaonedI
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25
Feeding The World

The organization headed by Elk
Governor Herbert H. Lehman known
S United Nations Relief and Rehab-
litation Administration is operating
With British funds which have been
oted to the amount of $320,000,000
nd lesser amounts from fourteen
,ther countries, including Norway.
In the meantime, ourCongress is
.,utting through an appropriation OF
1880. 100000. Apparently there is
cry little known outside the Admin
stration as to how Lehman intends
do the job.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25
coNTINUE FARM PORK SALES

Farmers may continue the sale oil
pork from home-slaughtered hogs
without license or permit and may
deliver any quantity of pork to per-
sons not living on the farm, until
March II, the War Food Admins
tration has ruled. However, farmers
are required to collect ration stamps
for pork SO delivered,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25
WHERE rs THE WORLDS
UNLUCKIEST TOWN?

1t is the little Hungarian noun
tain village of Kaplona which has
been beset with all sorts Of catas-
trophies from plaques to avalanches
for nearly one hundred years. Read
the unusual story of tragedy and bad
luck in the March 5th issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Americas Fayorite Magazine With
THE BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
Order From Your Newsdealer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25

Here is a message for men who
expect to enter military service! Be-
fore you leave for the service, place
your social security account card
with your other valuables; and.
above all, leave it in good hands.
You will need it again when you re-
turn to civilian life. For information
concerning account numbers or Old
Age and Survivors Insurance Insur-
ance benefits, call or write the Bal
timore office of the Social Security
Board located 32 South Street.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25

Finland takes steps to quit the
var. But she can't equal the strides
The Nazis are taking in Russia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25

Soviet States plan battery of en-
voys. That is putting the diplomats
in the first line trenches.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25
SOME OF THE HIGH SPOTS


by Js II. SoHcS
Washington, d. c., February al
Why are there strikes in wartime
According to John p Frey, an out
standing labor leader in the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor family,
American labor has been forced to
contend with an almost impossible
administrative condition in our gov
ernment," and as result there is
in fact no national labor policy to
which labor can look for definite
guidance.
Donald Nelson, War Production
Chief, is convinced that this Nation
will have healthy postwar economy
as long as it is based on sound com
petition. He adheres to the idea that
reconversion should be manipulated
oy the Government; however, he is
not convincing when discussing the
"details of his claims that small bust
ness must be restored by some OF
he supermen of the Administration
for instance, Maury Maverick, OF
Texas, who has tried many of the po-
itical experiments, and rarely ever
las succeeded in making any of them
work.
A new giant on the Republican
lorizon Is Governor Bricker Of Ohio.
lie addressed the Lincoln Day din
Ter and was the speaker-guest at a
National Press Club luncheon in
Washington. He made marked i'm
PRESTON as he analysed the Admins
.ration's confused prog r a m o /
spend, waste, borrow and tax" He
insisted that if those policies are ex
tended into the postwar period that
Jur tottering ''state autonomy will
)e lost and free enterprise destroy
I'd"
In asserting that mo group or nc
Union should be permitted to strike, F"
3ricker became the first major party
,andidate to declare for stronger war
line labor curbs. The Governor took
he line recently attributed to high
military leader: Every strike delays
ictory."
There is no limit to the number OF
confused political issues in Washing
on Even the Congress seems to have
.ost most of it's balance as it splits
IN such issues as reconstruction, re-
legotiation, subsidies, soldiers vote,
md the political necessities and liza
,ilities of fourth term in the Pres
dency.
Some More Cross Word Puzzles
The name of the Administrations
main front battle is imitation" But
When Mr.. and Mrs. John @. America
ook into matters they soon discover
hat they have to battle with their
ncome to pay higher taxes. Public
expenses are greater than the Ma
ional income, hence the fourth bond
rive. The Government is permanent
in the red, but that doesn't have
much effect on personal incomes be-
ause people are making more mon
y than ever before in history. They
AVE to if they are in business for
themselves as normal expenses have
increased anywhere from Is to Is
per cent. Persons on salaries are pay
ng higher prices for food, clothing,
md the necessities of life than ever
,efore.
Poor old over-burdened Uncle Sam
ONES through with proposition to
ubsidize farm produce and take ex-
ia billions of dollars out of the Trea-
ury for that purpose. Uncle" has
he idea that if he pays for certain
art of the public food bill that he
an put lower ceilings on foods.
. &H
Feeding The World
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25

U. S. is printing new banknotes for
use in France after the occupation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11
Importation Of Farm
 Laborers Advocated
2,2OO Extra Hands Needed By April I; Camps to Ba
 Established for Girls on Tobacco Farms

used on small farms than was tho case last year.
 Five large camps in which t1 house about HOO of the Jamacian workers are available in Somers. Portland, Windsor, Rocky Hi1 and Collinsville. The others will live in camps owned and operated by farmers. The five camps will ba operated by the War Food Admin istration which will furnish the meals and also provide the man~ agers, maintenance men, and othep necessary camp personnel.
 The Connecticut Extension Serv~ ice will maintain a farm placement man in each camp who will be req sponsible for maintaining a satis~ factory relationship between farm@ CTS and the workers, and to compile the weekly reports required by laws The farm placement men will be uns der the supervision of L.. P. Ball, ass sistant State Farm Labor Super~ visor, who is located in the Hart~ ford County Farm Labor Office. Mir. Ball will also supervise the Ja~ macian workers.
 Although it was impossible to re- cruit girls for tobacco farm work last year, MT. Putnam expects to secure them from Boston for the 1914 growing season. They will live in four camps to be established this year. each accommodating about 50 girls. The camps will be under the supervision and operation of the Connecticut Extension Service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11

Storrs Conn, January 1. = Pc liminary plans to import about 2,z0O farm workers into Connecticut tnls year are announced by Paul L Putnam, State Farm Labor Super visor at the University of Connecn- cut. Included in the plans are four camps to house girls who will work on tobacco farms.
 The Office of Labor of the War Food Administration, Washington will be requested to supply 2,0OC Jamacians, MT. Putnam stated, and the balance will be girls and posSi- bly, some boys recruited from near by states. Last year 1066 Jamacians were brought into Connecticut. The majority of the workers will be needed for the seven months per- for beginning April IS, but MT. Put nam expresses the hope that the first importation can be made about April first. It is expected that more of the imported workers will be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11
First Church Books
 Dr. Arthur O. Rinden
Congregational Worker from FOOchOw, China, Here
 January I6; Educated at Penn College and Yale

ing between United States and China" says Dr. Arthur O. Rinden, Congregational worker under the American Board of Foreign Mis- sions, from Foochow, China, who will speak Sunday, January l6, in the First Congregational church of Waterbury. pr. Rinden will be the guest of the Waterbury church from January IA to 16, speaking be- fore several groups.
 Chinese morale is high" con tinues Dr. Rinden. 'The Christian missionaries have never been more welcomed by all classes of the Chinese people than right now. This is only partly due to tf.a fact that both missionaries and Chinese Christians have been the most ef- fective and courageous relief work CTS since the war began nearly six years ago"
 Dr. Rinden, appointed by the American Board in 1926 to be Sup ervisor of Rural Churches in Diong- loh (Foochow), Frukien province, China, has survived 65 bombings most of them taking place in day. light hours. His wife and family were returned to America at the outbreak of the war so that he was separated from them for nearly three years.
 Dr. Rinden continued his work among the churches during the months of warfare. When he finally left for the U. s. A. Foochow was blockaded. He walked over a narrow mountain trail for 50 miles to a point on the coast where he caught bootleg boat, which sailed through mine-infested waters en route to Shanghai. There he boarded 8 steamer bound for America.
 When Dr. Rinden first went to China he walked hundreds of miles annually. He saw the Nationalist government sweep into Fukien Prov ince, and, as a result, China'S flor gotten man." the farmer, was re- membered. CooperativeS were en- couraged, money was loaned, and a huge program of road building de- veloped. Later, when the present war began these same roads were torn up by the Chinese to prevent the passage of mechanical units of the invaders. Then, once again, he walked, travelling over the mutilated highways or the narrow country paths or on the river by boat.
 Dr. Rinden was born in Iowa and educated at Penn College and Yale University.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11
Lafreniere Remembers
 Three Sons In Will
Thomas DeMunda Bequeaths Property and Cash to
 Seven Daughters, One Son

wYIls Of three we'll known local residents have been placed on file with the office of Probate Judge Patrick HeAley.
 The will of Odile LAfreniere, well-known French resident who died Dec. 90, 194S contains five clauses providing for the distribu- tion of his estate.
 Following the payment of all just debts and funeral expenses the will provides that all the real-estate fin the deceased'S name, in Canada, is bequeathed to son Liguorie Lafre- niere, while to two other sons, Do- nat and Dorill, all the furniture and $500 in cash is bequeathed respec- lively.
 Following this division all the rest, residue and remainder of the es- tate, both real and personal, is de- vised to the son Donat Lafreniere. The will was made out Jan. 1, 1888 and was witnessed by Alice Chart rand, Antoinette Lafrienere, and Germaine Piron.
 The Will of Thomas De Munda who died Dec. IA, 1943 leaving one son and seven daughters was today accepted by the focal probate of- flee.
 To . daughter Evelyn Plat the home located on Oakville avenue plus lots No. 18-19-20-21 on the same street are devised. A son Jo- seph DeMunda is bequeathed $850 in cash, as is daughter Rose De- Munda.
 To daughters Mary Mussary, He-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11
SPECIAL AWARDS
 IN BOND DRIVE
Citation of Merit for Sales men, Banners for lOO%
 Concerns

During the Fourth War Loan, the State War Finance Committee be- ieves that retailers can and will fulfill the goals set up for them. They are: to increase by one-third the number of stores participating to increase substantially the num- Der of employees taking part in each store, and to sell at least $15 mil lions in E Bonds through retail out lets.
 We'll over half of the retail forces In the state took part in the Third War Loan in September. and they sold more than $10, 500, 900 in Series E Bonds.
 To each salesperson in the state filling the $500 individual quota a citation of merit will be awarded by the Treasury Department. All re- tail establishments filling their overall quotas of an average of $200 in E Bonds for each person en- ployed will be granted permission to display special blue, gold and white Fourth War Loan banner.
 Among the organizations endors- ing the nationwide retail plan for the Fourth War Loan are the Ma tional Retail Dry Goods Association the Chambers of Commerce of the United States, the National Better Business Bureau. the American Ho- tel Association, the American Ma tional Retail Jewellers Association, the Beauty Industry Council, the Cooperative Food Distributors of America. the Limited Price Variety Stores Association. the Liquor and Wine Industry War Bond Council, the Mail Order Association, the Ma tional Associations for Chain Drug Stores, Food Chains, Retail Clothiers and Flrnishers, Retail Druggists, Retail Grocers, Automobile Dealers, Industrial Stores, Restaurant, Re- tail Furniture, Retail Hardware and Shoe Retailers and the National Council for Shoe Chains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11

DOOC to seaman, second CLASS.
 In fact, the word boot itself Is the key to the new Navy mans re-edu- cation. For boot is the Navy term for recruit, term derived from the regulation requiring new enlistees to wear canvas leggings, or boots, dur ing recruit training.
 In short order a boot hears other terms which he soon incorporates in his speech. AS his training con- tinues his progress can be traced from the Navy terminology and along with which his talk is sprink- led.
 Inside a week, for example, he's using such prases as barber bait, square needle, gear, hit the sack, knock it off, and square away-just to mention few. Here's a pocket guide to their meaning:
 Barber bait-Old salts of 8 week or two call you barber bait when you first hit the station. It's a term reserved for anyone whose hair has not been shorn in Navy fashion.
 Square needle - Each recruit is given a physical exam immediately on arriving here. In the course, of this, he is vaccinated for smallpox and receives anti-tetanus and yell low fever lamentations. To be tn- noculated is to get the square needle. Or to get the torpedo or propeller needle. All three phrases have the same meaning.
 Gear-Gear I . general term which covers your personally effects and the $133 worth of clothing which the Navy issues you once you've passed the physical examina- tion. Your clothes, incidentally, are G. Tor Government issue.
 Hit the sack-You hit the sack (go to bed at 9:30 each night. At 5:30 in the morning you do the op- posite-hit the deck. Incidentally, your sack is your bunk, the floor of your barracks is called a deck, the walls of the barracks are referred to as bulkheads, and the stairs in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11
NEW PRICE-CHECK
 DRIVE ARRANGED
Personnel of Local Ration Board to Participate in
 Discussions Tomorrow

Participation in e new price-check campaign to be conducted by ration boards of the state will be discussed by personnel of the Waterbury board at a meeting tomorrow afternoon. The board headquarters will be closed to the public after 2 o'clock tomorrow, it was announced today.
 According to plans made by the State OPA, checks on compliance will be made by paid personnel of all local war price and rationing boards, with volunteers to serve at the headquarters while the regular workers are conducting their investi- gation.
 Each paid employe will be asked to give four hours of his time for the checking work, 1t has been re- ported, with hours to be staggered so that a sufficient number of work CTS are on hand at the headquarters to perform regular functions.
 Different types of rationed com- modities will be price-checked each week, but no advance announcement will be made to the public on the particular items to be considered.
 Tomorrows meeting was arranged on instructions from the State OPA which ordered all boards to meet this week and plan the campaign. Details on the local drive will be dis coSed at the meeting.
 Another conference in which local board members will participate has been scheduled for tomorrow night at o'clock at the Morris town hall. Representatives from panels of the Litchfield county have been invited, and State OPA Director Anthony F. Arpaia will participate in the dis cussion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11

len eoiVry, and Emily IA Porta the will provides for the bequeathing of $500 in cash to each. Another daughter Josephine Rotella is g1v- en $25 in cash.
 A second clause in the will pro vide, that to the daughter Rose De- M,lnda and the son Joseph is be- queathed all the furniture in the home on Oakville avenue and to both is given the right to free use, without any cost of said home for not longer than a period of one year after the death of the testator. The remainder of the personal pro- perty is then to be divided among all the children.
 Also accepted for probate today was the will of the late Lorenzo Martone prominent store keeper on North Main street who died Dec. 21, 1943. The will which is joint will made out by the deceased and his widow provides that everything left by the testator should be bequeath- ed to the widow. The will was made April 16, 1922 and was witnessed by Leonardo Licursi, Angeline LicurSi and Frank Dassito.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11
STATE PERSONNEL TO ASSIST CITY
Tax Commissioner Walsh Offers Cooperation in As-
 sessOrs' Office Changes

State tax authorities will work in conjunction with the local assessor s office relative to subsequent changes in the local office based on the re- cent recommendation of Walter w. Walsh, state tax commissioner.
 Mir. Walsh today conferred with Mayor John s. Monagan following request by the latter, whereupon it was decided that a staff from the Hartford office would be assigned to supervise all material changes to be made in the local office.
 The Hartford staff will come to Waterbury at periodic intervals or at the request of local authorities to advise and supervise pending actual revision of the local system as well as to place final approval on all changes.
 It has not been stated what will be the first revision in the local as- sessor's procedure which was term ed in the recent findings of the state tax office Gas an inherited outmoded system, but it is expected that the first step will be general review of the present setup with the view in mind of isolating and scrap ping any comparatively outstanding flaws.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11
HEALTH OF CITY
 REPORTED GOOD

Local residents were relatively free of dangerous communicable diseases last week according to the weekly morbidity report issued by the State Department of Health, wherein WatertClry is listed as hav- ing but one case of meningitis, one case of scarlet fever and one of labor pneumonia.
 Of the latter type illness 165 eases were reported for the state, a rise over last weeks total of 134. However, BOT cases of influenza were reported for the state but no avail able specific statistics as to locality were given relative to this latter type illness.
 Ninety-one cases of scarlet fever were listed for the state of which the Town of Groton was combating thirty-three and Hartford fourteen.
 No cases of diphtheria. infantile or typhoid fever were reported for the entire state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11

barracks are known as ladder. The first floor is lower deck; the second floor is topside.
 Knock it off-Once you've hit the sack your acting petty officer will shout out knock 1t off-meaning no more talking.
 Square away-In each barracks are lockers in which your gear is slowed. It has to be squared away folded in a prescribed manner and slowed in a certain order. AS a re- suit, the phrase squared away is used to mean having anything in good order or well organized.
 Soaring Sawbuck-You meet the Soaring Sawbuck on your first pay day. You receive $10 and you immediately plunk out two for a chit book" which contains tickets for a haircut, uniform alterations at the tailor shop, copy of the Bluejackets Manual, and half soles for your shoes.
 Field Day-No track and field meet. A two hour period Saturday mornings in which yuo clean your barracks until your mother would be ashamed of her housekeeping in comparison. This precedes inspec- ton.
 Run the Grinder-The grinder is the road around the drill field in a recruit unit. It's roughly seven eights of mile in length. A sprint around this helps give you an alo- petite for breakfast. Or may teach you to knock 1t of if you're talking in ranks.
 Cant Line - Nom used to call it clothes lines. In the Navy you do your own wash and your clothes are strung on the gant lines to dry by the use of short pieces of rope known as clothes stops.
 Chow-Chow is the Navy term for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11
SMALL NATIONS
 FORUM SUBJECT

Talks favoring a federation Of European nations after the war were heard at a forum on Small Nations" at the Central Y. M. c. A. last night.
 pr. Alexander Rogowsky, a native of Austria, declared that European federation would eliminate harmful frontiers and have one army, one uniform and one command repre- senting all Europe Europeans should be educated to feel that they are Europeans first and that de- scent is secondary. Austria and other small countries cannot solve their problems after the war any more than Vermont, if Vermont were to declare itself independent, ' he added.
 Mrs. John s. Staneslow, panel chairman, declared that the small nations would be much better off economically and socially If they formed e voluntary part of larger powers with adequate natural re- sources.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-11
BOWLING IN,
 LAWLOR AIDE
Mayor Names Sweeney's Successor as City Pur-
 chasing Director

Henry J. Bowling was today ap- pointed director of purchases by Mayor John S. Monagan. Upon re- ceipt of the appointment MT. Dowl- ing made known the appointment of James Lawlor as assistant in the same department.
 MT. Bowling has been serving in the capacity as assistant to Martin Sweeney who was not reappointed. MT. Lawlor was formerly employed by the Scovill Mfg. Go.
 Employees of the purchasing de- partment besides the director and his assistant consist of two others, a secretary and messenger. The total 1914 budget appropriation relative to the department is $12,256.61 with $10, ,89060 charged to salaries.