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service, l2 for overseas duty, 5 for each battle star, i2 for the child, not points for the good conduct medal. This gives him a total of 90 points.
 @. My husband is just being draft ed into the Army. We have not lived together for the past two years; am I eligible for the government al- lowance? K. N, Manchester.
 A. You are entitled to receive family allowance If you are not legally separated or divorced from the soldier. If there is a legal sep- aration, 1t would be necessary to have @ court order for support in order to receive the family allow ance. The necessary forms will be furnished upon request to Personal Affairs Branch, First Service Com mand, Boston IS, Mass.
 c. received family allowance until my husband was discharged in July. Our baby was born in June but was not able to obtain a copy of the birth record until few weekS ago. Can apply for family al. lowance for the baby now for Julyi T. w., Boston.
 A. No, you may not. The applica' ton of family allowance should have been filed prior to date of discharge of the soldier, without the birtf record If necessary, but may not bt filed now.
 @. My boy friend is going over. seas and says he'll make an allot. ment to me to save for him. Can ht do this? J. B., Roslindale.
 A. No, he cannot, The soldier may authorize a Glass E allotment only for a relative, a dependent, to bt deposited to a bank in his owT name or that of a relative or de- pendent, or for payment of com Ynercial insurance premiums.
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Asserts Spray
 PIon Would Curb Fever
RY CLARENCE REY
United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Lansing, Mich, (UP)-Hay fever sufferers may never again sneeze convulsively or wear dark glasses to cover their watery, bloodshot eyes if plan suggested by a Michigan State College professor is adopted on a nationwide scale.
 The professor, Dr. H. B. Grigsby, of the college botany department, has completed an experiment which he believes has produced the answer to the hay fever vic- tims' prayer. The experiment. consisted of spraying ragweed plants about to blossom with varying solutions of the chemical weed-killer 2-4-D. Stunts Plants Growth
 From these tests, Grigsby found that solution of one part of the chemical to 5000 parts of water would curb growth of the plants SO they would not polleniZe.
 Although the plants were not killed, they were stunted to such an extent that their blossoms can not appear until after the first froStS.
 Grigsby contends that if farmers and city residents would spray the ragweed on their property, pollen would not be given off. and the midsummer sniffles which annually annoy thousands of Americans would virtually disappear
 It would not be such an all-con- suming task either, according to Grigsby. He explained that rag. weed grows only in cultivated areas, generally along fence rows, and not in waste areas.
 No Damage to Crops
 It would be a simple and cheap task for each farmer to spray the plans on his land just before the pollen ic given off, Grigsby as- serted. :, Average cost of the spray would be less than $3 per acre, he said adding that not many farms have more than one acrse of ragweeo plants.
 The spray can be used anywhere without fear of damaging crops Grigsby declared, because of the comparatively weak solution.
 The weak mixture was devised to prevent killing the plants be- cause of their usefulness as a deter ent to soil erosion. the MISC pro- lessor said. Plants sprayed with g strong solution die. in about lC days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
THE WATERBURY Do0aAT WATERBURY, CONN., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Detroit Strike WaDe Threatens
 To Become q National Headdche
Shutdown of Big Three Would Hit Entire AS States
By S. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Correspondent

Detroit, Sept. 26 = At least 128,- 933 persons received unemployment compensation cheeks in the Detroit area during the week ending Sep- tember IS. If the United Automo- bile Workers should strike one or all of the big automobile plants, that figure will slyrocket tragically.
 From where you sit in some city far from Detroit, employment sta- tistics may seem dry and imper- sonal. But unfortunately, this head ache isn't just Detroit's. It is the entire nations. That is so because:
 1. Unions all over are watching the JAWS effort to preserve war time take-home pay for peace time hours.
 3. Diminished buying power in any large city affects every cor1- munity that exports raw mater ials or consumer goods to the sick city.
 3. If a single one of the big auto- mobile manufacturers here is shut down, jobs will begin to evaporate, by tens of thousands in every state of the union.
 HITS 4S STATES
 A big automobile plant is not self sufficient manufacturing entity. Not only does 1t buy raw materials in vast quantities, but it buys parts from everywhere. Because General Motors is scheduled for the first strike, if one comes, let us consider how 8 shutdown in General Motors might affect you, far away.
 Into every Chevrolet car goes 3,005.97 pounds of steel, made in or near Pittsburgh from ore mined in Minnesota or Wisconsin and smelt- ed with West Virginia coal and Pennsylvania limestone.
 Into each car go 24.11 pounds of copper from Arizona; 27 pounds of lead from Missouri; 18.45 pounds of zinc from Idaho; 15.68 pounds of black carbon from Texas; IS pounds of paint thinner and 8.8 pounds of lacquer from Delaware; 55.46 pounds of cotton from Mississippi;
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tires; Trico in Buffalo, made wind shield wipers; Packard, in Warren, O., made electrical wiring. These were only some of the major sup pliers. Windows, upholstery mater ial, sealed beam units for head lights, clocks, lock cylinders, car- peting and paint also were pur- chased.
 INDIRECTLY AFFECTS ALL
 General Motors had, 30O,000 men and women on Its payrolls when the conversion to war production tok place. President O. E. Wilson has announced hopes of employ ing 100000 after reconversion. But this is small in comparison to the indirect employment given to min- CTS, lumbermen, farmers, transpor- tation workers, and factory workers who make the parts and incidentals mentioned above. Moreover, there are the salesmen and servicemen, the oil workers and filling station attendants who would be buster If new cars were coming out.
 On a smaller scale, and With Vari- ations in some items, the same is true of the other big companies that are due to follow General Mo- tors If there is a strike.
 The widespread ramifications of automobile manufacture-the em- ployment 1t gives indirectly, and shuts of automatically when manu- facture ceases are not cited for or against either party to the wage controversy now under way here They have no bearing on whether the workers deserve raise, or whether the company can afford to give 1t.
 What they do demonstrate Is that directly or indirectly, the weekly pay envelopes of scores of thou sands of families who never saw Detroit will be cut of, unless some formula is found by which this wage controversy can be settled without a major strike.
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water which I promptly vomited. But not so the second drink at eun- set. Our daily rations consisted of two small drinks of water, one drink of condensed milk and three biscuits.
 The wind held for three days giv- ing time for a lifeboat romance to develop between Helen and Peter. Like most shipboard .romances it terminated on dry land. They are both fine persons and I hope they won't mind my telling this story.
 Helen's father, A. H. Collin, son of the former Premier of Holland, also was a passenger who took turns at steering. He was @ wise man. He let love run it's course and kidded Helen when she joined Peter at row. ing.
 When the wind died down our troubles really began. We fried all day in the blistering sun. It was too much for the ships dog, whisky. We had to increase his water ration. How envied that dog.
 We had to row hour after hour across the glassy sea. The water problem became more acute. one afternoon when I was toiling ct an oar-or thought was-someone shook me out of my daze and thrust bottle. between my lips. ! sucked 8 few drops of water.
 Your face got so green we thought you were passing out, they said.
 H. J. A. Killing of the Shell oil Company later told me of the har- rowing voyage made by his boat. They had 5S people aboard, so crowded they couldn't move from their original positions. Two men went mad on the third night, one of them for hours chanting Q song summoning 30 "Perahos" (sn1all fla- tive sailboats). He called for:
 Thirty Perahos, each carrying two cofflns.
 which leaves two spare coftins for me.
 'rhey're coming now. and we'll all have cofflns, "whoopee'
 The third lifeboat carried Collins two other daughters, Antoinette and Allet, plus the ships engineer who was writhing in agony from back wounds and implored his compa1- ions to kill him. He died as the life- boat reached shore. But this Is get- ting ahead of my story.
 Most of our passengers spoke Eng- fish and at night we would sing American popular songs. But the last few nights our throats were too dry for anything but a few occasional croaks.
 I discovered it's possible to make a bed from two oars and. whats more, sleep. On March i3, the sixth day of our voyage, we arrived off an island in Sennanka Bay opening into the Sumatra side of the Sunda Straits. It took several hours to get through the coral reef to the shore.
 A few agile boys climbed coconut palms and threw down the nuts. We broke them open and greedily drank the cool, delicious coconut milk. We gulped the sweet, white meat. We found a small stream in which I submerged my face and drank and drank and drank.
 That night we crossed to the nain- land, sumatra, and laid plans to get @ native boat and crew with which to escape to India ahead of the advancing Japanese.
 Tomorrow: Captured.
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Ond in the series of dispatches Dy William McDOugaIl, recently res- cued after more than three years internment by the Japanese In the Samaritan Jungles.
 By WILLIAM MCDOUGALL United Press War COrrespOndent) Singapore, Sept. 26 - (UP) - They say miracles don't happen, but was saved by one.
 Hours after the Dutch ship Poe- Joe Bras in which I was escaping from Java in 1942 had been sunk by Japanese dive bombers in the Indian Ocean I saw mast appear on lifeboat. gathered my strength and began swimming for 1t. Then sail appeared on the mast. was too far away to shout so uttered a prayer,
 God" prayed, make that sail go down."
 My miracle came to pass. The sail collapsed. caught up with the boat and was rescued.
 After the Poeloe Bras slid down stern first l heard some cries punctuated by pistol shots. A few Dutch Army men had jumped over- board with pistols in their belts. They used them to blow out their brains rather than drown. I saw woman prevent the sui- eide of one officer. He was thrash- ing about frantically, screaming in terror and believing suicide threats. The woman swam to him, spoke soothingly, took him in her arms, quieted him and kissed him. swan away. l didn't see them again.
 LifebOat
 The sky became overcast. The swell increased. Riding the crest of a wave I spotted what first looked like a periscope but proved to be a lifeboat mast. Hope spurred my tired arms and legs but as neared the boat 1t hoisted sail and rapid- ly made of, paying no heed to my cries.
 Then another mast appeared and the sail that fell down in answer to my prayer. As I neared the boat l saw another swimmer and pointed 1t out to him but he was swimming slowly. The boats occupants paid scant attention to me. They were busy rehoisting the sail. But when I reached the boat they pulled me in.
 Thanks a million, boys," gasped and added, there's a man behind me-"
 But they wouldn't wait.
 We can't take him in," they said "too much water aboard. We must think of ourselves"
 For a few moments I stood in the water, knee-deep, gazing into the sunset. Nothing all my life will seem more beautiful. Then I collapsed and vomited from exhaustion and the sea-water I had swallowed.
 The lifeboat skipper, Peter Pauv shook me from my stupor sometime later, showed a can into my hand and ordered ball for your pass. age" I did.
 Aboard the boat were a beautiful girl, 24 men and the ships dog. The girl was Helen Collin, Q comelS Dutch ash-blond. She bailed anc rowed with us, 8 real thoroughbred
 A chill night wind shivered oul sodden bones but speeded the boa northward.
 Dawn brought our first drink O
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1888 pounds of wool from Nebraska; no pounds of rubber fabricated in Ohio from synthetic rubber made In Louisiana from butadiene made in Texas out of Oklahoma petroleum, A pounds of wood from Oregon and Washington and Minnesota; 53 pounds of glass made in Illinois from New York sand and California soda.
 This list merely skins the surface, and mentions raw material sources selected to illustrate the nation wide ramiflcations of an automo- bile's conception. Each material mentioned is acquired by GM from the state mentioned, and also from others. There is not one state, of the AS, that does not provide at least
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one material to GM.
 But that is not all. Before the shift to war production General Motors had its own plants in two cities in California, two in Con- necticut, one in Georgia, two in Illinois, seven (besides Detroit) in Michigan, two in Missouri, five in New Jersey, six in New York, seven in Ohio, one in Tennessee, one in Wisconsin.
 An there were 1S,000 manufactur- CTS and dealers from whom General Motors purchased materials, parts and supplies. Garter in St. Louis made carburetors; Bendix, with plants in Indiana and elsewhere, made carburetors and brakes; Smith in Milwaukee made frames; rub Der companies in Ohio provided
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Good Evening.
AT THE FULL OF THE MOON Suggested by Sight of Same A Few Nights
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER


How speak of the full of the moon without getting
 sloppy,
 Quite sentimental and also bit Soppyl But that she sails across the sky, Bright and full and serene high. circle of light when nighttime falls Shedding her light when darkness pals, Occasionally hid by Atinerant cloud, Sometimes for minutes enveloped in a shroud. An early fall moon, can't you see the face of man With comcal squint registered on his pan? How speak of the full without getting gooey, A trifle maudlin and also a bit screwey! Thar she sails for the moon is a she Her light shines bright through the tallest tree. How speak of the moon sailing aloft Without getting foolish and also a bit soft!
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NEW TREAT FOR BOssIE

Sunset, La. (UP) --Bossie and Dobbin will be receiving live stock feed made from stringy sweet potatoes on their farm menu. A plant to process the yanns will De built kere this fall.
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Many happy days of leisure to Miss Margaret Hunter, who recently resigned her position with the Chase Brass Copper company after 27 years of faith ful service . . Once again Shirley Woolworth Ray re- ceived good news from England. This time, husband Vincent promoted to captain at an Eighth Arforce fighter base . Almost every month since he arrived overseas the intrepid Waterbury arman has received
 merit of award. He hold the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf clusters and has flown 60 missions But his mind is close to Waterbury evidently His Mustang is chris tened the Shirley Vee". =. Happy days to MT. and Mrs Lomer Manseau who yesterday married at St. Margarets church. Mrs ManSeau is the former Ma taIe A1tieri a teacher in our local schools . When Dr. Edward J. Godfrey asked at recent dinner meeting why he didn't practice what he breaches and eat all his vegetables he said he always is careful to include them in his daily die-but he preferred more appetzing vegetable than peas It. Ronald Delaney, who spent many years in a NaI prison camp, looks very handsome in civvies ....
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Les and Jim Baker walked off with distance and accuracy prizes in the fly casting contest at the annual outing of the Fish and Game club Sunday Tn CheShHe The former the best in the distance cOmpetltl0n the latter the most accurate. Walter Ruegg cOpped
 first prize in the bait casting contest while high scores i'm the skeet competition went to Bill Lattmer, Fred Smith and Johnny Kumann. J. Williams had little opposition in being crowned king of target shooters
 Sgt. James N. Jamele chief of section in Battery s" 231st AAA Searchlight Battalion and Pic Edward Jannele cousin with Co., l. 397th Infantry of the Sev- enth Army recently met in Stuttgart Germany Sgt. Jaee arranged the meeting with Pfc Janee by travel ing to Stuttgart from his units location Ninth AIT Force fighter base adjacent to Furth, Germany. Sgt Jamees searchlght unit was prior to the cessation o hoStiities charged the task of defending many vital Ninth Air Force Bomber bases whose B-26 "MauraderS and A26 Invaders flew in close support of the ground troops forming team which blasted ahead across France and Germany. The powerful beams from their searchlights credited with guiding to safe landings nearly 4000 of these planes which were lost in murKy weather on the return from days bombing raid Sgt Jamee commands Searchlight section of this organiza tion. Sgt Jamele is the son of Mr. and Mrs Antonio Jarnele of 69 Clairmont avenue in Waterbury, Conn Before entering the Army he was employed by the American Brass company in Waterbury. He is well known as a football player in Waterbury and Clair
 mont circles Entering the Army in 1943, he has been overseas the past 13 months and has visited such his torc cities as Paris Brussels Leige, and Nurnberg Pfc Edward Jaee lives at 1406 North Main street in Wa terbury, Conn
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The Army Knovs AH 7he Ans1Uers--Any Questions?

Q. Is the mother of soldier en- titled to receive an allotment if she is working and her husband is working? c. O., New Bedford.
 A. The mother may receive an allotment from the soldier, that is an amount of his pay to which no allowance is added by the govern ment. Family Allowance is paid to a parent when the fact of dependency exists, and this fact must be estab- lished by certificate before payment is approved and paid. ...... 1
 a, Gan a Massachusetts boy who was tnducted into the service re- receive the Massachusetts State bonusP M. S., Taunton, Mass.
 A. Tn order to receive the Massa- chuSetts State bonus, the person on whose behalf application is filed must have been resident of this state for at least six months imme- diately prior to his induction, and his induction must be credited to this state. The writer may wish to make inquiry to State Adjutant, Providence, R. l., for information as to any benefits which may be paid to servicemen by that state.
 o. A soldier in the service for almost three years and 35 years of age in November 1945, when he ap- plies for discharge will the Army kepe him for 90 days? EMIL, Fall River
 A. The present policy is to dis charge men in that category as promptly as possible. There may Joe some delay if the man Is over- seas or in an essential position, but there is no regulation which requires that man obtaining discharge on this basis wait period of 90 days if 1t is possible to discharge him sooner than that.
 o. My husband has been in the Merchant Marine for three years. He is 21 and we have one child. If he leaves the Merchant Marine, will he be drafted into the Army? O. B., Milton.
 A. The drafting of a man into the Army comes under the jurisdic- ton of his local draft board. That is the only agency which can give you information as to whether or not your husband would be subject to induction.
 o. We have three children. My husband is in the Philippines. Can he get out because of the children or will he, haeve to walt until he gets enough pointsp R. F., Bpr- lington.
 A. The three children give 3e points credit to your husband. He | would not be eligible for discharge on this basis alone. He is also en- titled to one point for each month of service and one point for eacf month overseas, and five points fol each battle star and for certain awards.
 o. entered the service on Nov 2, l942 a Nd was discharged in June 1943 under the 38 years of age rul' ing. Am I entitled to mastering out pay? G. B. C., Lawrence.
 A. If you were discharged at youl own request ito accept position 1T essential industry, you are not en titled to receive mastering out pay
 @. My son has been in the Arm. three yearj with one year overseas and he has one child. He also ha battle stars and good conduc medal. How many points has h. got? R. H., Saxonville.
 A. Your son has S6 points for tota
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The Town Crier Tells .. trainload of Ken tucans have arrived in ArooSook County Me-, to help with the potato harvest Forest fires in New Eng land cause close to $5O0oO damage in the past year sweeping over close to 10000 acres the word from the Forest Service of the Agriculture Department
 Dwight E. Dean, dean of Connecticut and American bankers was 97 years old at the time of his death few days ago. He worked period of 30 years with time of for just long vacation three weeks to see the Worlds Fair in Chicago in the year 1893 He spent his entire life in Falls Village, picturesque town to the northwest of us Our Town Crier was interested to note story with pictures in The Hartford Times of the 2OOyear old Big Elm which will become firewood in the near future the Queen of Films in another part of the town to succeed The Queen is in the south end Of the Wethersfield Green The Queen, 137 years old will now reign Do any of you remember the blue-fringed gentian that special sort of early fall flower that blooms only ill certain sequestered spots? You have to look for them know their hiding place It seems the New England Wild Flower Preservation society is ask ing for protection for the fringedgentan Being some what scarce when they discovered people are apt to pick them in abundance, that the flowers are be- coming scarce. Like the Mountain Laurel that once face oberation it looks though the buefr1nged gentian might be doomed There is no flower more blue it is said deeper than the deepest wild asters and more fringed.
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HERE AND THERE

HERE AND THERE ... Jim Mitchell City Hall cOncessOnare has added several lines of merchandise to his display since his return. The affable Jim re- ceived royal welcome from his many friends when he stepped into the Marble Palace few weeks ago after many months illness Local restaurants are now temptngly offering such decacies as roast beef au ius ham, and butter Veteran Harry KrasOw is as busy as the prOverbia bee attempting to pick up the threads of his law practice Harry is also running for town clerk the Republican ticket according to report Courageous Waterburians who took off by
 motor for vacations in western states are now wOr- ried they won't have gas enough to get home, be- of gas shortage in that area caused by strikes
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ED NOTE: Following is the sec ond In the series of dispatches by william McDOugaIl, recently res- cued after more than three years internment by the Japanese in the Sunatran Jungles.
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Tomorrow: Captured.
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o. entered the service on Nov, 2, l942 aNd was discharged in June 1943 under the 3S years of age rul- ing. Am I entitled to mastering out pay? G. B. C., Lawrence.
 A. If you were discharged at your own request ito accept a position in essential industry, you are not en- titled to receive mastering out pay.
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@. My son has been in the Army three yearl with one year overseas, and he has one child. He also has 6 battle stars and good conduct medal How many points has he got? R. H., Saxonville.
 A. Your son has 36 points for total
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Good Night.