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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03
MECCA FIGURES IN BATTLE OF LEYTE
Coast Guardsman Takes Part in Invasion; Wit
 nesses Aerial COmbats

Aboard a Coast Guard-Manned Patroll Frigate in the Philippine Especial D-Coast Guardsman Men" olas c. Mecca, SO Irion street, Wa terbury, Conn, is q member oi the crew of this Coast Guard Patrol Frigate which shelled enemy shore installations at the invasion oi Leyte. fought off Jap alr attack, and later gretted liberated Plli- pinos.
 Most thrilling sight" said Mecca and other members Of the crew, twas a Jap plane being knocked into the sea, So many of us shot lt it that we are uncertain as to which vessel made the hit,
 We also saw a dogfight in the sky" the ereWmen recalled, "A Jap plane was intercepted by four 0f our fighters. Three of our planes gave the Nip a sporting chance ana circled away. This left only one u, s, plane in pursuit, but the lighting was over almost aS soon as lt started, Prom low altitude we saw thick black smoke. Then the Jap
 
 ship plummeted into the sea"
 The Coast Guard ship sped 10 the scene but not trace of the pilot or plane could be found, al- though oil and gasoline covered the water.
 Late on the day of the invasion, liberated FIlipin0s came by outrlg ger canoes to visit the ship, They said the Japs had taken their cloth. ing and their possessions, and told of the cruel treatment admins tered by the enemy,
 Members Of the crew gave tht natives food, clothing, cigarets and candy. We fight side by side witf our American brothers once more, they told the Coast dnardsmen.
 Following the invasion the yesse received a commendation from tho task force commander: "I extend my congratulations upon the Skillfu completion Of the Leyte operation and my appreciation of the wholi hearted support on the part Of thu task force."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03
CREDITORS MAY
 GET DIVIDEND
Second SO%o Possible Ac= cOrding to Report of
 Receiver

Payment of a second 90 per cent dividend will be made to common creditors of the Industrial Proper ties, Inc, if the superior court ap" proves a motion made by the re- ceiver, Attorney Alfred L. Finkel- stein. A hearing on the motion has been scheduled for Friday morning at a short calendar session of the court.
 A 50 per cent payment on com mon claims previously was made following an order of the court last April 28. The receiver points out sufficient funds are on hand for the additional payments.
 It is believed payment of the divi- dend will be a direct step toward termination of the receivership The last large piece of property held by the receivership was recently sold, and only a few uEdeveloped tracts of land remain as the con- cerns holdings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03

received genuine relief from gas pains, heartburn, belching, gnawing stomach acidity pains due to hyper-acidity. Yes,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03

Mai Edo Pasetto, who served p months with the Army Medical corps in the Southwest Pacific, is at Asheville, N. C., awaiting reas signment. The former interne at Waterbury hospital spent II months as chief of the X-ray department of the 9th Station hospital in New Caledonia and completed another II months assignment on Guadalcanal after hospital had been establish ed there. Maj. Pasetto. who practic- ed radiology in Waterbury for four years before entering the service in September, 1942, is the son of Mrs, Beatrice Pasetto, ll83 Hamilton av- enue.
 Second It. William s. Johnston, a veteran of 20 combat missions during his five months overseas. has been awarded the Air Medal as pilot with the 7th Bombardment group of the 10th Air Force in the India Burma theater. The officer son of MT. and Mrs. William G Johnston, Thomaston. entered serv- ice 24 months ago.
 Robert Fibre, ships cook, 3c, is spending furlough with his wife the former Josephine Guarino, 8 Primrose street, after spending sl> months in the Mediterranean area where he participated in the inva' sion O. southern France. His par erts. MT. and Mrs. Salvatore Fibre reside at B Primrose street. 1 Now serving in Bastogne, Pfc Frank M. Hoffman, Jr.. veteran O. the Normandy and Holland air borne invasionS. is serving with Inc Screaming Eagle, division of the | l0lst airborne division.
 The paratrooper. son of MT. ano Mrs. Frank M. Hoffman, l42 Atwood avenue, wear the Presidential Unll citation, Good Conduct Medal and Combat Infantryman's badge Be fore entering the service. in March 1 l943. he was employed by the U. 5 Time Corp
 John Jannitto. who has parll- cipated in seven major engagements ! during IS months sea duty in the South Pacific. has been promoted to radarman PC in the Pacific area A veteran of the recent battle oi Ley te, he is the son of Michael Jan nitto, 237 Willow street,
 Ensign Theodore w. Bandurskl of 78 Wood street, who was com missioned recently at Pensacola Fla, is on leave here. He VIII report next 10 Fort Lauderdale. Fla
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03
"Dan" Foley
- By - The Mon About Town

Dan Foley His death dimin- ishes by one that group known as Waterbury's "old time residents. Although he had been confined to his home with illness since last September, it seems only week or two ago that we met him on the street, looking very little diff ferent than he cid forty years ago.
 Of course We are all inclined to be sentimental and a little hypo- critical at the hour of death, yet everybody who knew him really had good word for Dan Foley. For he had a remarkable dispo- sition. Like many of the pioneer residents of the Fifth Ward, he was in days gone by very prom inent in business and politics. But he was just as good a loser as he was a winner. That is rarity in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03

the political or business arena. He had a smile for the young and the old. that kind of smile, which made his eyes twinkle and his face beam just as though he meant it. That is perhaps the reason he lived until he was four score years, almost.
 As a husband and father he was loving and indulgent. He even got along fine with his in-laws. one of whom has the same name Dan" Driscoll. He seems to be following in his father-in- Jaws footsteps, as he has already been alderman and police com missioner and has about the same genial disposition.
 Dan Foley was unassuming and kind, cheerful and optimistic, popular with a very wide circle of acquaintances and a swell friend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03

The program stretches from houSe-to-h -houSe recruitment to tight ening of the stabilization program, cutting of labor ceilings, recruit ment of Jamaicans, continuation of the Page Your -Neighbor" cam paign, union recruitment, Army exit interviewing, special informa- ton work, 'Minutemen" speakers program, use of soldier-labor, a quest for medical mems coopera- ton, and aid from county agents and granges.
 Mrs. Dewey disclosed that l2 job- transfer appeals were heard last night and that not a single state ment was issued, as the WING la bor-management committee contin- ued to follow strict policy of &C., cepting only extremely urgent rea- sons for job-shifting.
 The use of foreign labor for the area has been assured by the gov ernment, which has issued the pow CT of attorney to a representative to hire Jamaicans for jobs here, 1t was revealed. The workers will not be brought here from Virginia as originally planned, but will be hired after they get off the boat from Jamaica. A large group of the na- tives is expected to arrive in this country next week.
 A new phase of the recruiting program started yesterday when one of the WING "Minutemen" ad- dressed a club gathering.
 The speaker, Miss Edna Harmon, assistant manager of the USES, ap- peared before the Sisterhood of Temple Israel to discuss the labor shortage situation and urge enlist ment in war jobs.
 Today Mrs. Dewey will appear before a group at the Bunker Hill Congregational church at 3 p. m, for the second in the series of brief recruiting talks, and Miss Marjorie Lynch of the USES will speak at a meeting of Advent Church women tomorrow.
 The Minutemen unit is composed of union representatives. plant management, and WING and USES workers. Members of the unit will appear before organizational meet ingS for brief talks on the recruit ing drive.
 Tne Minutemen group is still in the process of organization, but al- ready lined up for the task are: Thomas Brennan, David Hart, Ed win c. Bradley, John Mankowski Renato Ricciuti, Ovide Garceau, Robert WalkinshaW, Edna Harmon, William Quill, Marion Cavanaugn Kay Nixon. Gertrude Shanney, Pa tricia Egan. Marjorie Lynch, Jen- nie Pomponio, Adele Wallach Laura Feitelson, William Hawkes. Raymond Titterington, and Mrs Dewey.
 The soldier labor plans are rapid ly expanding. with the first of q group assigned to Waterbury sched- uled to arrive at Lux Clock Co today. A total of 3l furloughed soldiers have been allocated for the Lux company, and it is understood a petition of the Scovill Mfg. Co is now being prccessed at the Springfield ordnance district office
 The new recruitment program was formulated because of the boosting of war production orders here and the continuation of the labor short age. WING officials have indicated every possible outlet for getting ad- ditional help will be exhausted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03

Care Committee will be held in February with reports to be sub mitted by the various officers and committee heads.
 In the event that the situation is cleared up at St. John shortly, it is expected to transfer some 9 school-age children from Kingsbury to the former center This in turn will allow the kingsbury Center to admit like humber of pre-school children now on the waiting list. Tn view of the critical man-power sit uation locally it is hoped that short ly trained child care workers will be obtained and the new center opened
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03
Full Weather Report

Boston, Jan. B. (UP) New England weather forecast;
 CONNECTICUT and MASSACHU- SETTS-CIOudy and not SO cold tonight with n few light snow nurries in the Berkshires. To- morrow some clOudiness and moderately cold. Lowest tempera- ture for Worcester tonight will he about 26 deErees).
 RHODE ISLAND-CIOudy and not so cold tonight. Tomorrow some clOudineSS nnd moderately cold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03
 ESTABLISHED 1885
ESTABLISHED 1885

It's A Wise Mon Who Figures The Service Mileage Of His Clothes As He Figures The Mileage 0f His Car Which He Could Do # He Had Gos. If Q mons wise enough to figure service mileage on his clothes there's only one answer - he'll wear Rosers-Peet clothes the rest of his doys - $6o to $s5.
 Rosers-Peet clothes cost less by the yeoT then ony clothes you wear Ifs cosy of proof beeouse RoseTs-Peet suit, tOpeOot or over eoot fObEies ore oil virgin wool - No rewoTked wool which me0ns woOIens good to the lest threod, hand done to the lest stitch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03
YOUTHS RECEIVING
 MERITED AWARDS
Governor to OfiCiate at 4=HCeremOnieS at Hotel
 Bond, Hartford

Hartford, Jan. Forty-four Connecticut boys and girls engaged in All Club work and Vocational Agriculture will be presented with Connecticut Youth Awards by the State Development Commission at the luncheon of the Connecticut Farm Bureau Federation in the Hotel Bond here tomorrow.
 The awards, which will be pre- sented by the Development Com mission for the sixth successive year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03


 ter to the Purple Heart.
 Sgt Brenier is improving satis- factorily," said his ward surgeon, Major Delmar R. Palmer, of Eric, Pennsylvania.
 Sgt. Grenier was a platoon ser geant in an infantry division that fought through France and into Germany.
 Capt. Walter G. Moss. 99 Cole street, and First Lieut.. Theodore J. Wothered, 132 Monmouth avenue, are members of the 339th. Polar Bear" Regiment, which recently shattered the vitals of the vaunted Gothic Line, taking Italian peaks as high as 3,400 feet east of Futa Pass.
 The 339th Infantry Regiment which landed in Italy last March 15 after a training period in North Africa, is in the 85th Custer Division, part of the Fifth Army commanded by Lieut.. General Luc- ian K. Truscott, Jr.
 Capt. Mosss sister. Mrs. Thomas Grady, 99, resides at the Cole street address, while Lieut.. Woethered is the son of Edwsrd J. Wothered of Monmouth avenue.
 The following youths were recent enlistments in the Navy from the Waterbury area James L. Aquavia l4 Woodland street. Naugatuck Richard P. Gotlibowski, II East Main street, Terryville; Charles R Brownell, 198 Orange street: Louis Stevens, Jr.. l755 Thomaston ave- nue; Albert Vellucci, Is Bergin street; Carlos T. Bernard, Brooks vale road, Cheshire: Herbert w Gilchrist, IA Grove street, Cheshire
 Pvt Carl w. Brandt, who arrived overseas only a month ago, was slightly wounded in action Dec. IA the War Department notified his mother, Mrs. Clara Brandt, g Easton avenue.
 Shortly after his arrival on the continent, he was hosDitalized be- cause of illness. according to a let ter received by Mrs. Brandt
 Before transferring for infantry training at Camp Carson, Colo, and Fort Meade, Md. Pvt. Brandt train- ed at Camp Hood. Texas. with a tank destroyer. He is former em ploye Of the U. s. Rubber Co A Ninth Air Force Fighter -bom- Der Base. Belgium-When Captain, Walter P. Green, Jr., of Waterbury Conn. answers the telephone in his office on this former German airfeld he has to think which 0. l3 titles he will assume. The Cap. tain, who was awarded a Ph D. ir organic chemistry from Massachu. Setts Institute of Technology in l940 has thirteen duties on this P-4' Thunderbolt fighter base and ht performs all of them well. accord. ing to his commanding officel Colona Ray J. Stecker, or Hazle. ton. Pa.
 Captain Green is Assistant GrouE Adjutant. Assistant Base Adiutant Group Administrative Inspector Mess Othcer, Investigating Officer Courts and Boards Officer, Postal Officer, Voting Officer. War Bonds Officer. Army Air Forces Aid So- l ciety Officer, Chairman of the PIX Council, Courts Martial Reviewing Officer, and a Discharge BoarC Officer.
 That, the Connecticut officer con- tends is some sort of a record.
 Captain Green is the son of MT 1 and Mrs. Walter P Green. ST. l5 Plank Road. Waterbury. His wife Mrs, Elizabeth s. Green, is now living in Brewer Maine. At the time he entered the army in l94C the multi-titled officer was em- ployed in Philadelphia. Pa. as a re- search engineer by the Gulf Re- search and Deyelopment Company
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03
EAT WHAT YOU LIKE!

Non $ ablcts can make ,his possible for you; for IS years thousands of
 .f0maCh AIIIi nrrrS have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03
War Manpower Staff
 To Intensity Efforts
 ToFind War Workers
Various Phases of Activities Outlined in Program Formulated; Petitions for JOb- Transfers Denied
 at Hearings

IntenSfication of the War Manpower Commissions s quest for industrial workers has been undertaken by means of 12-point program to recruit labor it was disclosed today by Area WING Director Mary M Dewey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-03
12-Point Program May Solve Labor Shorta'
NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE

The 53rd General Hospital. Eng land - While on 6 reconnaissance patrol to ascertain enemy strength near Aaachen, Germany, Staff Ser geant Roland P. Grenier, 26. of l32 Porter street, Waterbury, Conn, was wounded for the third time when he stepped on an antl-personnel mine. He is recovering at this United States Army general hos pital in England where he has been awarded the second Oak Leaf Clus- ter to the Purple Heart.
 Sgt Brenier is improving satis- factorily," said his ward surgeon. Major Delmar R. Palmer, of Eric, Pennsylvania.
 Sgt. Grenier was a platoon ser geant in an infantry division that fought through France and into Germany.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-17

Of $3.50 for the best example Of
sound news reporting. This, how
ever, does not disqualify news re-
porting for the first prize, if it
happens to be the most outstanding
piece of work.
3. ARTICLES are eligible which
were published in the calendar year
January l to Dec. 81, 1945. These
articles must be submitted to the
local chairman before Feb. l, 1916.
''The prizes will be given at a
dinner in Washington during
Negro newspaper week on a date
and at place to be designated. Out
standing citizens and members of
the white and Negro press will be
invited to attend" :
The organization of these awards
was begun by Willkie shortly be-
fore his death and the awards have
been named after him with Mrs.
Wilkes permission, as tribute
to his outstanding achievements in
the betterment of interracial rela-
tions.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-17
WIlLkIE AWARDS PLANNED
AS INCENTIVE FOR
NEGRO WRITERS

WASHINGTON, Dec. II (ANP)
Purpose Of the Wendell Willkie
journalism awards is to encourage
Negro writer's and to call wider at
tention to their work, said Mrs.
Eugene Meyer here in explaining
the basic rules by which awards are
made.
Mrs. Meyer, we'll known in the
nations journalism circles and
head of the award committee, said !:
L. "There will be first prize of
$500, which will be given for any
form of newspaper publication,
whether news, editorial or feature
article that shows knowledge, thor
oughness, clarity, fairness, and
skill in presentation, and that con-
tributes to the common under
standing of all Americans.
2. "There will be second prize
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-17
ATLANTA WHITE VETS WIVES
GROUP 5E(EDE5
FROM U. ). UNIT

ATLANTA, Dec. II (ANP). =
The Atlanta chapter of Wives and
Veterans, Inc, formerly W.I.V.E.
S., Inc, withdrew Indignantly from
the national organization because
Adam C. Powell, New York con-
gressman, will be principal speaker
at the national convention.
The Atlanta white group charged
Wives and Veterans, Inc, with be-
ing New York-controlled pressure
group which propounds nonrepre-
sentative, 'too leftist" views in the
name of the entire membership and
expresses anti-southern and anti
fascist sentiments while failing to
condemn communism. The execu-
tive committee had embarrassed"
the Atlanta group on certain reso-
lutions sent congressman and other
public officials, according to Mrs.
Jacqueline M. Camp, president.
The resolution severing it's con-
nection with the national organiza-
ton declared: eve feel that we can
not allow ourselves to be associated
with a group which has as it's prin-
cipal speaker at a national conven-
tion Negro congressman who only
a few months past called the wife
of the President of the United
States the Last Lady" (The ref
erence was made to Rep. Powell
during the controversy with the
OAR. over use by his wife of Con-
stitution Hall in Washington.)
eve feel" the Atlanta whites
charged, that the national Organl-
zation has cast slurs on our section
of the country by its approval of
such motion pictures as "The
Southerner" and by giving the i'm
preston that they were representa-
tive of life in the SOUTH"
They further charged that the
resolution of the recent national
convention "did not allow us any
voice in any matters of sectional
interest" 1t was also stated that the
national group had approved books
including Strange Fruit"
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

mas and they even acquired a chris
tan symbolism. The holly ber-
ries came to represent the drops Of
ChriSts blood, the leaves his crown
of thorns. while the mistletoe berries
became symbols of Mary's tears.
The gay home customs of Christ
mas are likewise an accumulation Of
many lands and many cultures. The
American Santa Claus developed
from Hollands St Niclaes while our
Christmas tree came from Germany
England gave us the tradition of the
flaming plum pudding and many
of our most beloved carols. Mexico
is the homeland of the poinsettia,
and the Latin countries of Europe
gave us the creche and many of the
loveliest of the religious pictures that
we like best on Christmas cards.
From Sweden we have the gracious
gesture of the Sheaf of wheat on the
gate posts so the birds can share
the holiday and the custom OF GIN
gerbread cakes in animal shapes.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
Boar'S Head Rich
In Lore and Food

The wild boar has been revered
from earliest times as having taught
mankind the art of ploWing by rout-
ing into the ground with his tusks.
Pre-ChriStian Druids, celebrating
the winter solstice, offered boar's
head to the goddess Freya and, be-
cause Of its food value, boar has al
ways been an important part Of fcs-
tive menus.
Once upon a Christmas Day--So
the story goeS-a student of Oxford
was studying Aristotle while walking
in Shotover forest. Suddenly a wild
boar rushed at the lad who, in des-
peration, crammed his book into the
gaping jaws of the beast
The student was poor and could
not afford TO lose his Aristotle, so
he cut of the boar's head and re-
covered the text book; neither was
a good boar's head to be wasted, so
it was taken to Queens college,
roasted and eaten. Whenceforth,
elaborate ceremonies attend the
bringing in of the boar's head on
Christmas Day
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
Christmas Customs of
World Accumulation
Bv ELIZABETH BOYKIN

With nternationalsm the hope
and prayer of all Of us, whatever
our political faith, it is particularly
stirring 10 think of the internation-
alism of our Christmas 1t is not
only an international celebration but
the midwinter holiday is one that
man has commemorated since long
before the Christmas era, almost as
far back as we can trace his story.
At first the midwinter holiday was
celebration of Joy that the gather
ing darkening of the days had
stopped and tRat the days were
growing lighter and longer again,
Early man had terrible fear that
there might come time when there
was no light left on earth.
The christian era likewise was
ushered in with a symbolism of light
in a dark world and so the celebra-
ton of Christ's birthday was set at
this midWinter time in the fourth
century A. d.
But the church regarded as
heather the use of lights and ever
green's to decorate for Christmas
festivities. A vigorous effort was
made to suppress their use and Ter
tullian writes: Let the heathen
kindle lamps-they who have no
light Let them fix to the door posts
laurel branches to be burned, but
thou, oh, christian. art light in
the world, a tree that is evergreen.
Make not pagan temple of thy own
house door"
But the love of man for light and
for evergreenS. even to symbol
ize his new faith, persisted and dur
ing early American times, efforts TO
suppress the idea were still being
made Massachusetts in the 18th
century enacted bill reading,
Anybody who is found observing by
abstinence from labor, feasting or in
any other way, any such day as
Christmas Day, shall pay for every
such ofTense five shillingS."
But eventually the evergreenS and
the lights we're accepted as a part
of the christian celebration of Christ
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

Your friend,
Judy Coleman, grade :
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS

Dear Santa
/ would like for Christmas
wooden gun and candy and cars
and a story book and clothes. l
am Z years old and | am in the
second grade.
David Coleman.
Dear Santa,
would like for Christmas doll,
a story book doll, some story
books, an electric iron and ironing
board, some doll clothes, some
candy canes, tangerineS, nuts, can
ly.
Your friend,
Judy Coleman, grade ,
Dear Santa Claus,
| would like for Christmas d
cooter, a wagon, some nuts and
, bicycle, a gun and holster,
Dear Santa,
| want DIR. set. My name is:
Jack CrotherS
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

goes to kindergarten and would
like for Christmas a pump that
pumps water, a scooter and some
games, some clothes, a gun, he will
be happy for anything you want to
bring him.
Sharon Goedeking