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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21

Although she i; still busy de- signing frills and ruffles for such stars as Ginger Rogers, Katherine Hepburn, Gail Patrick, and Dean- na Durbin, Miss King has become ; nonresident director of new de- partment at Stephens College, Co., i lumbia, Mo.
 The two-year course is titled Fine and Applied Fashions" It has two fundamental aims, Mis- King said.
 Good Grooming Taught
 First, we are striving to provide a legitimate basic course in fash- ion for the girls who wish to make a career in this field.
 Secondly, in more general way, we are teaching good grooming"
 This, she explained, is part Of Stephens overall program to pro- vide it's students with personal as. surance as well as technical knowl- edge to fit them for home and bus mess life An example of the interest in this type of course is shown by the en- rollment in th2 first session, Miss King said upon her return from a 10-day stay at Stephens. 300 On Waiting List
 ''The personal appearance class is damned and 300 more students want to enroll-we're just going te have to enlarge our program, guess,' she said.
 The other courses are selling too, she said, and she plans to ex- pand the department from its pres ent eight faculty members to pos sibly 10 or 15. Some of them will be Stephens graduate students and others will be drawn from fashion art and drama fields.
 The current faculty include! former teachers of Power and Con. over models, Paris fashion artist New York fashionists and Mis-! King.
 Ranks In Top 4
 The dynamic designer, native of Seattle, Wash, entered the fash ion field a sa fashion artist for g trade newspaper, later advanced tc designing and a position as one o1 the four top-ranking designers ir the world.
 When women started pouring into the nations war plants, she was commissioned by Boeing Aircraft ir Seattle to design safe and practical yet attractive clothes for these fem mine employees. She also did sim liar joo fo rHenry Kaiser the famed shipbuilder.
 Now she's running college de. partment by remote control. Ac- customed to whirlwind assignments and action, Miss King organized tht courses. interviewed and hired the faculty, supervised construction anc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21
PAC ACTIVITIES
 TOBE EXPANDED
CIO Chicago Convention Delegates Expected to
 Approve Plan
BY ARTHUR GUNDERSON United Press Staff Correspondent

OAAAOCO ACoo 0teSAA OVAAOSPVANS"S
 Chicago, Nov. 21-CUP)-Sidney Hillman, chairman of the CIO polit- ical action committee, said today he expected the PAC tC be kept intact and predicted that it's activities, heretofore confined mostly to the nations industrial centers, would be expanded to the rural areas, par ticularly the midwest.
 Hillman, herefor the national convention of the CIO, said the PAC, if continued, would stand as "a potent force to mobilize public awareness of the issues before Con- gress' between elections.
 The CIO convention will take up the function of the PAC at its busi- ness session this week. Continua- ton of the PAC already has been recommended by the CIO executive council and the 2,OOO delegates meeting here are expected to ap- prove its extension.
 Hillman said he expected the PAC ito do it's best to see that the pro- gram fought for in the election campaign is carried out" and that one of the methods to do that would be to keep the committee active.
 He predicted that the role of the PAC between elections would be to expand into rural America, outside of the areas of industrial control where the committee proved the most effective during the cam paign.
 Hillman said the region center ing in Minneapolis, including the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa, would be one of the areas where PAC would continue to be very &C., tive.
 The Democratic party carried Minnesota, claSsed as one of the doubtful states in prediction polls, largely through the efforts of the PAC, he said.
 A resolution on the PAC advo- cates its continuation 'aS now con- stituted," meaning the committee will remain under the auspices of the CIO and will not become a se- parate entity.
 Possibility of divorcing the LAS from the CIO has been suggested since the election.
 The resolution also says that the POO shall service, advise and coordinate the work of the political activities of the CIO in the field"
 Offices will remain in New York, but may be separated into state organizations that would replace the present regional setup.
 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife Of the President, was the principal speaker at the opening session of the convention yesterday and said the CIO was to be congratulated lon the work you have done in the election as citizens .. which prov ed a real recogniation of the ser iousness of the times"
 A great battle has been won, she said, but other great battles still remain and appealed to the CIO to go on educating groups to really think through questions, mot as labor, but as citizens of the biggest and strongest democracy in the world"
 In 8 telegram of greetings to the convention, President Roosevelt said i've are united in this nation, united in caurse against com mon foe. That unity of purpose has brought us victory after victory. It will continue to do so until the war is won on all fronts. After that it will help us to win a peace that will endure for the lasting bene- ] fit of mankind"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21

We would like to give q porty 10 express our ihonks to some very nice people. But we can't. bee0Use no building in Connecticut would hold all inc p0rtyners who use their telephones with consideration for others on the line. So we'll express our appreciation right here = for thovshfuly spacing your calls throughout the day for not tying up inc line with very long coils for reofing the other fellow just as you would like to be ireoted by him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21
COLDER TOMORROW
 SAYS ZIMMERMAN

Boston, Nov. 21-(UP)-The New England extended weather forecast:
 "The temperature during the next four days will average from two to seven degrees below the sea- sonal normal.
 Colder tomorrow and early Thursday followed by somewhat higher temperatures late Thursday and Thursday night. Colder again Friday.
 Normal temperature for the pe- riod at Boston and New Haven Conn.,, is 39 degrees; Nantucket, 42;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH F. DoNNELLY

in Russia, that in Russia the work ingman gets his due. And they feel in their own country sense of illustration, that somehow they have been robbed of their patrimony. Now doubtless they are badly wrong about Russia, but they are not wholly wrong about their own country. Too long have social abuses been tolerated in Europe and its heart, the people, is rightly restless and fertile soil for the Commun- ists' bland promises of Utopia.
 BUT NOT HERE
 However, in America the scene is different. The Communist with his propaganda has tried vainly to tell our middle-clasS and capitalist America that far away is a happy Soviet that does things so much better than we do them. But Amer ica simply lifted it's eyebrows and stared the Communist down. We don't argue that our American way of life is better. We simply know that 1t is the best way of life under the sun. We know that there sarl bad blots on the social fabric, but even with it's blots-which we must be determined to remove-we know that 1t is the best system in the world.
 Of course this is not only Amer ica's opinion of America. The ordin- ary man in other countries agrees as the immigration figures show While Russia has to take drastic steps to keep large sections of the populations from leaving Russia, the United States has to be firm in keeping large sections of other countries from moving in.
 THE CHANGE
 So the Communist in America has had a long and hard row to hoe. He has jumped on every social sin to use it for his cause, and even here his success has been so paltry that now he has jumped out of his Com munist garb to move, if possible, in respectable circles. Let us not pre- tend that he has not had some suc- cess. He has and it has been a bitter and sometimes fatal experience to not few people. But he has not had the success he hoped for and, if we would but learn from his ener- getic devotion to his cause, we do not think that he will ever have the success he plans on.
 SOUND COMMENT
 The editor of the Denver Catholic Register has sound paragraph in this weeks issue on this general sub- ject:
 "Our personal opinion is that the Republicans hurt themselves by overworking the Red scare. The Roosevelt administration has, at times, been a little too easy at the boring-in process of Communism But we certainly never feared Com munist control of the Democratic Party of President Roosevelt. It is true that Browder and his con- temptible little organiza tion of se- dition- lined up for the President. But Earl Browder in 194C only got 46,251 votes out of total of 49,815,312. The total number oi fellow in this country is put by expert estimates at not more than 150,000 to 16O,000. Hence the Reds and the Pinks together might number about 100000: They are g crowd that will bear watching fol the fellow-traveller have many high-powered intellectuals, the col lege professor nuts, among them The original Communist group that siezed Russia is not numbered al more than 100000. The Reds have g definite program of trouble-making and are powerful far beyond theil size; but do not let us over-estimate them"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21
The Best Way To Say
 Happy Birthday

and Japan call it quits.
 twill be e happy day when Western Flee. tric can again put ifs 75 years of experi- ence back 10 work making telephone equipment for civilian use. Meanwhile, we appreciate the potienee and understand ing of the p, 1900 Connecticut people who are waiting for service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21

A GOOD TRICK - WITH ROPE ONLY Fancy patterns are just the thns # you are cowboy with Ioriat But if you let your telephone cord get badly knked, the wires inside may break under inc san Thus you risk inc temporary loss of your service and odd 10 the acute shortage of telephone equip menf. To help yourself and 10 help the war Pease fry to keep your telephone cord free of kinks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21

Concord, N. H., and Passport, Me, 34; Portland, Me-, 35; Burlington, Vt, 33.
 Precipitation will average be- tween one-quarter and two-thirds inch, occurring as snow in north ern and eastern Maine and as snow flurries in the remainder of north ern New England tomorrow. Snow flurries will occur over all New England tomorrow. Snow flurries will occur over all New England about Friday. Rain is likely in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island beginning late Satur- day or Saturday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21

o f t h e m a j or issues of the cam- paign, and the ir- responsible m a n- ner in which the caluInny 70 o me munist- -PAC" was hurled into every radio and news paper in America Communism " a s not an issue of the c a m p a i g n and such reck le s s handling of the truth is inexcus-
 able in any cam-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21

remodeling of classrooms in about four months. Most of this was &C., complished from her Hollywood of- flee workship, the rest in flying To- day visits to Stephens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21
Expert Who Dresses Hollywood Smash Hit As College Professor
(NEA Telephoto)
By HAZEL HARTZOG Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

King internationally known san overa Hollywood the college longd stance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21
THE SPURIOUS ISSUE

Though the election is over and the emotions have subsided, must confess to a smouldering indigna- tion at the reckless manner in which Communism was made at least one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21

THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, manufacturing and supply vnitof inc Bell System, will have lille lime 10 celebrate its sevenH-fifth anniversary this month.
 lis 10000 employees have most urgent task - 10 continue turning out vast quon- tities of communications equipment for our fighting forces - vntil both Germany
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-22
TELL COURT ANGLE
Of YOUTH PROBLEM
Judge HarwOOd and Probation
. Officer ThOrburn Speak At
Rotary Club Meeting

Judge Ben Harwood of the Thir-
teenth judicial district court and
Robert ]. Thornburn, probation Off
Ger, spoke concerning juvenile de-
linquency when they addressed the
Laurel Rotary club Tuesday. Their
appearance was the third in a series
of youth programs being presented
this month.
Judge Harwood was introduced
by Joe Jolley, November program
committeeman. The Judge gave an
outline of the juvenile set-up in
courts. The law provides juvenile
offenders shall be handled by the
district court and that lesser courts
have no jurisdiction. The court dis
likes to pin a commitment record
on a youngster, for the thing re-
mains throughout life. The powers
of the court are limited in bringing
about correction and rehabilitation,
the law provides that the coun-
ties may employ a probation Off
Ger, who has certain authority and
works with the court.
The judge introduced Thorburn,
who recounted experiences he has
had since taking ver the duties of
the office and made recommends
tons for changes in the law.
The probation officer said today's
youth is no different from other
generations and that most of the
trouble kids get into is unpremedi-
lated and is largely the result of
vim and vigor.
Another statement was that kids
are smart and are doing a lot of
as we'll as making ways
FOR kinds of pleasure. This and
he vim-vigor statement were sup
by examples. He exhibited
;wo explosive gadgets he had col
ected from kids and recounted some
If his methods in. handling youthful
Thorburn said that although the
youth problem" is very old, more
are now thinking and talk
ng about it than ever before, and
Is a result of this widespread at
ention something may come out of
he attempts to arrive at a cure
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-22
J.. ?. TH|EL DIES At
HOME HERE MONDAY
Retired Rancher's Funeral Is
Set For Friday-Had Lived
Here Since 1916

John Peter Thiel, rs, retired
rancher, died at his home Monday.
He had suffered several paralytic
strokes since last Easter.
Mr.. Thiel was born in Kolb, Rus
STA, Sept. 10, 1869, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry William Thiel. In
that country he married Marie
Yuckert in 1895. They came to
Tacoma, Wash, in 1912, moving to
Laurel in 1916. He operated a
ranch until his retirement eight
years ago.
Survivors besides the widow are
one son, Conrad of Laurel; four
daughters, Mrs. William Thaut of
Tacoma, Mrs. Henry OSWALD, Mrs.
Henry Benin and Miss Amelia Thiel,
all of Laurel; a sister and a broth
er, % grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
Rev. T. C.. Strobel will conduct
funeral services Friday at 2 p. m.
at the German Congregational
church and burial will be in the
Laurel cemetery.
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-22
TB SEAL SALE TO
OPEN NEXT MONDAY
Mrs. Crawford, Laurel Chair
man, Sends Letters Asking
For Financial Support

Mrs. Marion Crawford, Laure!
chairman for the thirty-eighth an
nual Christmas seal sale of the
Montana tuberculosis association,
mailed letters this week to many
Laurel people and gave information
on TB skin tests that were made
here last month. The letters said:
"The Laurel Woman's club is
again sponsoring the tuberculosis
Christmas seal sale.
"Our annual tuberculosis skin
testing program was given during
October 1914 by Miss Mary Van
Vactor of Helena, field nurse for
the state TB association.
Following are the results: 366
tests given, 1876 under Is years of
age and $50 over Is years of age;
positive reactors; 55 X-rays; AZ
home calls; a adult active cases.
Cost, $422.79.
Having no public health nurse
in the county. Laurel must raise
more money. Buy larger quota of
seals this year to continue the
The annual selling campaign will
open here next Monday, Nov. 81.
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-22

$26,287.50 worth of bonds were sold
in Is business days. The war
finance committee said last week
that it hoped to have the job done
by the first of December, and
if that is accomplished it means
$87,212.50 will have to be raised in
sever business days (~including this
weeks Wednesday,, or an average
of nearly $12,5OO a day.
Laurel's f bond sales at the close
of business Tuesday night were
~$20,287.50 and sales of other types
of bonds to individuals amounted to
$4,000, which accounts for the pre-
viOusly quoted total.
No figures are readily available
concerning corporation purchases.
They void have nc bearing on this
loans quota, for they are credited
merely to the county as a whole.
The quota and sales have to do
with individuals. In the early
loans if the individuals did not do
well the day was saved by corpora
tions moving in large slices for the
credit of the tagging towns or dis
This time the individuals
stand alone, with no Santa Claus
in the offing to make up de-
Attention of the u. S. treasury
and workers all the way down the
line is on the sale of f bonds, the
series designed for and bought by
The general public. The other kinds
are for special or unusual purposes.
Of Laurel's $113,500 total quota,
is allocated for f bonds.
To date less than one-third of that
amount has been purchased.
The war finance committee called
attention this week to the fact that
J. H.. Moran, manager of he Royal
has arranged a special fea-
,ure for Wednesday, Dec. 10, for
which free tickets are being issued
o bond buyers.
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-22
POSTOFF|CE ADVISES
F|RST.CLASS POSTAGE
FOR GREETING CARDS

Patrons are urged by the post
office department to mail Christ
mas greeting cards as first-class
matter, by using Scent stamps,
rather than using the 1k-cent rate.
1t is pointed out that first-class
mail has the following advantages:
(1) First-class mail is handled
first.
(2) The greetings may contain
personal messages and be sealed.
(3) In Isl the person addressed
has moved, the card will be for
warded or returned. if the address
of the sender is shown. Cards bear
ing only III cents will not be for
warded or returned.
Cards to persons overseas must
be fully prepaid at first-class rate.
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-22
North School Beats
It's Own Record In
Buying Army Jeeps

The Laurel North school, buyer of
jeeps for the United States army,
is beating it's remarkable perform
ance of last year. A pupil, acting
as reporter and telling of the ac-
complishment, said this week:
""The North school has already
invested in enough bonds and
stamps to buy a jeep. Last year
it took us until Dec. a to get our
first jeep, while this year it took
us only until Nov. 16.
eve kept a chart which had blue
print parts of a jeep on it. AS
we got enough money to buy each
part of our jeep we would paste a
black and white picture of the part
over the blueprint one.
"The name of our school will be
painted on the jeep that we buy.
ave have $26 to begin the pur-
chase of another jeep, and we wish
to buy more jeeps than we did last
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-22
Soldiers Serial Number Tells Much; How, When
And Where He Entered Uncle Sans Army

in which he was indicted or enlist
ed. There the nine service COM
man,ls in the nation.
For example, if CT Joe enlisted
from the ninth service command,
he will have 10 as the first two
digits. A good many Laurel soldiers
have either 10 or SO as the first
two figures.
Another sidelight of the serial
number is the alphabetical letter.
An "A" precedes the number of an
enlisted member of the women's
army corps; az" precedes the
number of the WAC officer; 90"
begins the serial number of a male
officer; a warrant officer p~refixes
his serial number with a "W'; and
the army nurse has an an"
In the army, animals too have
serial numbers. Horses and mules
have their Identification tatooed on
their ears. A similar process is
used in making the carrier vigeons
of the signal corps. Dogs have the
prefix tx" and wear their numbers
tags.
Serial numbers of enlisted men
in the present army were set up in
1910. The regulation established
CONTINUED in next column
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-22

Enlisted men may look alike the
world over, yet each carries one
identifying feature, setting him
apart from every other man in the
army-his serial numberl
CT Joe's serial number won't tell
such personal things as his tele-
phone extension, but it will tell how
he entered the army and approx
mately where he enlisted or became
a selectee.
If this serial number begins with
the digit /, he enlisted some time
after July 1910. Had he enlisted
prior to that time he would have
had a 6 as the first digit, denoting
in the United States
him what the Gl
calls Regular Army"
If his first number is a 8, he
came into the army through Sc
service. II his first number
is a 2, he was a member OF the
national guard.
If he entered the army through
selective service or enlisted after
July 1910, the second digit of his
serial number will. be the same as
the humber Of the service command
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-22
BEET GROWERS
RECEIVE FIRST.
1914 PAYMENT.
More Than Two Million
Come To District In
Checks This Week

Denver, Nov. 22.-Beet frowers
served by the Great Western Sugar
company received this week more
than $25,175,000 for the 1914 crop
at the highest ton prices in the
history of the industry, expected
finally to reach a four-state average
of approximately $13.21 per ton
from company and government
sources, according to Frank A.
Kemp, president.
Of this total amount, the company
mailed checks Nov. 20 totalling APP
proximately $18,S49,O 900, the largest
initial payment since 1881. covering
beet deliveries through Nov. 5, by
which date approximately 81 per
cent of the crop had been deliver
ed, he said.
The Nov. 20 checks included COM
pany and Support" payments aver
aging approximately $10.59 per ton
for the Colorado Wheat
land, Wyo., area, and $10.21 in the
Billings, Mont, and Lowell, Wyo.,
district.
Kemp said that company checks
will be mailed Dec. Is covering
beets delivered after Nov. 5, plus
adjustments of the Nov. Is pay
ment in Colorado and Nebraska for
any additional amount due under
the so-called Glow content guaran-
tee" the exact level of which can
be determined only on completion
of the harvest. First payment to
Billings and Lowell growers will be
supplemented after completion of
the beet-slicing campaign by adj
justment to the exact company and
support price due on the final sugar
content of beets sliced at the two
factories.
In December or January growers
will receive the government benefit
payment tentatively estimated to
range in various districts from an
average of $2.55 per ton to $2.87,
which will complete the total aver |
age payment for the crop of ap-
proximately 1921 per ton from all
sources.
The Nov. 20 payment was about
$12,471 900 in the Colorado district;
$3,694,000 in the Nebraska Wheat
land district; and $2,684,000 in the
Billings-Lovell district.
Despite very unfavorable weather
conditions which delayed planting
and thinning last spring, the crop
yielded about 11.8 tons per acre for
the territory as a whole. Nearly
normal yields were obtained through
out most of Colorado and in north
ern Wyoming, while lower than
average tonnage was realized in
Nebraska and Billings areas due
largely to severe halls during the
growing season, which seriously
damaged all crops. Sugar content
of the beets was excellent.