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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08

(Contlnueo from Pase 1l in l94S, two occurred In 2,2S4; and in l942, six in 2,le2.
 Infant Mortality
 Keeping step in the marked de- cline was infant mortality which ranged between 24 and 37 deaths per thousand.
 Prenatal care and hospitallzation during confinement have been major factor in reducing deaths in both instances, local health of- ficials asserted.
 A sharp decline was also noted In deaths occurring from influenza, pneumonia, appendicitis and di- seases of the puerperal state. The curative power of sulpha drugs was instrumental in sharply cutting deaths from these diseases, health officials declared.
 T. B. Decline
 The continued decline of tuber- culosis in Waterbury during the wartime years is especially note- worthy, Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, health officer, said, inasnuch as a marked tubercular rise was noted in other industrial war areas be- cause of the migration of workers
 The influx of war workers Is how ever, associated by the health de- pertinent, with the approximate 100 per cent rise in venereal diseases here since le4l. Many of the cases had received previous treatment prior to taking up residence here, Dr. Godfrey said. Other cases were detected by military doctors during examinations of draftees.
 Malaria Cases
 A slight increase in malaria cases has also been noted by the health department since the return of Wa terbury servicemen stricken with the disease from the Pacific the ater. Local health authorities are not alarmed, however, since the malaria mosquito, which serves as a carrier, is not abundant in this state Afflicted servicemen have also been instructed in methods to thwart the spread of the disease, such as remaining away from stag nant water where the malaria mos quito breeds and sleeping in we'll screened homes.
 Heart. Cancer Cases
 Following a trend which has been general for more than a decade the majority of deaths during the war years were caused by heart dis ease and cancer. The death rate from cerebral hemorrhage has also been mounting.
 Of particular concern to the Health department during the war years was the alarming increase in meningitis cases, which jumped from one in l942 to 2l in l94S Thirteen cases occurred here last year.
 Indicative of the theory that busy mind is not inclined toward nor bidity, the suicide rate, averaging between ' and 13 since l94l. res mained the same as it has for the past decade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Catholic
 Information What's the Use of Pain
 and Sorrow?

A banker in a mansion, with chronic indigestion and an imbecile son, both impossible of cure despite his millions.
 A widow in a hovel, worn and tue hercular, with eight little ones cry- ing for food.
 Men, women, children of every class, down through the ages-- pain, trouble, deprivation, sorrow dotting each life.
 Whatsthe use of it all?
 The God d-Man in a garden, weep- ing and sweating. The God-Man on a cross, weakening and dying
 What was the use of that?
 Sacrifice Is the a1swer. Suffer ing and sorrow offered up to God by God. A sacrifice that redeemed mankind.
 If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me" (Matt l6:24). said He who showed the way.
 crosses! Our crossesl Little and big. Each of us gets them tc take or to leave. Physical, men, tai. heart-rending: but if we seize them and raise them to Him on the Gross, they form the most pleaful of all human petitions. They take away punishment deserved for our sins. They obtain Gods favors for others both living and dead. They attune our hearts with the Heart of our God.
 The greatest of all sufferers was Christ, who is God. And Mary His Mother, biased among women, was permitted to be the Mother of Sorrows for all of her life. Never a Saint who did not suffer intensely and purposefully, though often through smiles. So there's lots of use in pain and sorrow if we offer them up as sacrifices to God.
 If it's anything Catholic, ask a Catholic;, or write to, Catholic Inc formation, 62S Baldwin Street, Wa terbury. Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08

(COntfnued from Page U former Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the present Army chief of staff, Gen. George c. Marshall. President Truman mad Secy. of War Henry L. Stimson have defended Hull adn Marshall against the charges.
 Rayburn said the Barkley resolu. ton will come before the House Monday under a unanimous con- sent motion. House Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Mass, said the COP will not object if ad- ministration forces will permit a vote on an amendment to increase the committee to 12 members-six from each House and six from each party.
 One Vote Action
 If there is objection to acting on the resolution Monday-one vote can bar action under unanimous consent procedure-it will have to go to the Rules Committee and House action will be delayed until later in the week.
 House Republicans said they will put as strong as possible a fight for the l2-member committee but Will accept Barkley's proposal rather than have no Congressional investi- gation of the Pearl Harbor catastro- phe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Catholic 7hought And Opinion
By REV. JAMES J. SULLIVAN

picked cherry blossoms, and pro. duced those fine-ltned wavy draw. lngs. @
 If we are to have . better wOEId
 we must capitalize on that half z of their mentality that is filled with curiosity. We must impress
 them with something mere than
 the atomic bomb. i~
 We have broken through the wall of isolation that the war-lords suc- ceeded in building around Japan. We know that they are litera.e and intelligent people. We cannot hope to have them cast away their foolish and dread worship of the emperor unless they are convinced, by their own observation, that we have something better to offer. For the cult of the emperor, false as 1t is, has seemingly spiritual over- tone. This they will cling to, even in defeat, perhaps because of de- feat, rather than accept a way of life that is material and gross.
 What Shall We Give Them?
 We must impress upon them that our way of life is based, not on the atomic bomb, of thousands ot planes, but on the teachings ot Christ. We must impress upon chem our reverence for the individual soul-a soul that returns, one day, not to sword-swinging ancestors, but to the Just God. We need not forget the brutal death march on Bataan: we need not be unmindful of the smiling o,sceit of the Japan csc enVoys; we need not forget the frightfu1 history of Japan for 8 moment. But we are now, we arc told, about to busy ourselves on O. world structure that will insure lastS, ing peace and justice.
 It is imperative then, that we. keep out the economic "sharpies"
 who may see in prOstrate Japan
 a gOld-mine. It would be advan.
 tageOus to see to 1t that the liv. 4 ing standards of the masses of Japan be improved markedly. # Nothing would so shake their
 faith in the divinity of the em- T, per0r as this. s-
 The task, certainly, is staggering It will call for the utmost intelii;, gence and understanding from those who undertake to administer Japan. The temptation to seal them of like lepers. to mutilate them as they mutilated our men. Is almost overpowering. But the solution that will be most effective and most practical is the Christian solution. They are, after all, our brothers. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08

Coombs Fellowship will hold their first meetings Sunday Sept. l6, under the leadership of Henry F. Liebeck. assistant minister.
 The Youth Canteen sponsored by the Pilgrim Fellowship of the Sec- ond Church will be opened sor1e- time during the first part of Octo- Der.
 These organiza tions are open to young people both of the Second Church and the community and in. formation as to requirements for membership to any of these organiz- ations may be received by calling Henry F. Liebeck assistant minis ter of the Second Church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Conquest In The Past

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 The history of conquest makes stirring reading. From the earliest explorers, who set out across the unchSxted ocean in an eighty-ton vessel. to the modern expansion of the great economic empires through out the world, the thrill of adven- lures, and the unknown, has been c signal factor used by writers of hiS- tory and fiction to arouse the pa- triotism and delight of the reader.
 We who read our history in Eng fish are accustomed to tale defin- itely slanted. Sweetness and light have permeated that generous por- tion of the globe over which the union jack waves. And, incidentally, W. read of the shadow on the earth I where any country other than Eng land has attempted expansion. Those wicked Spanish rulers, for ex- ample, sent out their explorers to pillage and rob the natives. This is all old stuff and is interesting mere- ly as an angle of approach to his- tory as 1t happened, and as 1t has been loosely written. Itemizin: tss sins of Spain and Portugal and italy in their periodic attempts to build an empire pays small dividends in what we are facing now. Even the sins of England (and these must be mentioned gingerly, for England was successful in building up her empire) can be of little value to us now.
 The Discovery Of Japan For the staggering fact of today is that we have opened up another continent-we have discovered a new people. America has taken Japanl
 Actually. this is discovery more breath-taking and significant than the discovery of America. The dis covery of America is, actually. a process that required centuries There was the courageous voyage of Columbus and his hardy men; there were the dauntless pilgrims on the New England coast; there were the Spanish missionaries on the west coast. The discovery was ac- tually an unfolding of the great continent, proces: that may be said to be going on even today. And it has been primarily, a physical dis covery, mastering of the land and waterways. The natives who lived here, for some strange reason, melt ed like snow before the waves of immigrants. There were no social problems presented by the Indians. Tn the long view. the Indian wars were mere skirmishes.
 The discovery of Japan is dif-
 feren. and without parallel. We
 are not there seeking trading
 posts, or land. We are there be.
 cause Japan has, apparently,
 placed herself completely in the hands of her cOnquerCr. This Is what makes the discovery of
 Japan almost terrifying.
 We find ourselves the captors of one hundred million people as bar barrie as the native Indians, and at the same time as scientifically ad- vanced as we are. They are watch ing us, as only a Jap can watch, with an attitude that is half hate. and half curiosity. For certainly, we are as strange to them as they are to us. They thought of us as a race of ''gofties" who had nla- chimes to do our work. We though of them, for too long, as a people ! who ripped around in klinoncg,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08

pastor of the Westfield Congrega- tional Church in Danielsof, Conn, h January l944 he became Director of Christian Education and Youth Work for the Chicago Congregation al Union which position he still holds.
 Notices For The Week
 Tuesday, p. m. Brownie Troop Nc. 6S will ahve its first meeting after the vacation in the Scout Hous:; .. 6 p. m. Girl Scouts, troop No. 8 will also meet for the first time.
 The Sewing Group will meet n the church parlors on Wednesday at 10. Workers take lunch-coifee served.
 Boy Scouts Troop No. 25 will naesC in the Scout House Friday, 7-s p. n.
 Rev. and Mrs. Harold E. Craw of La Grange, H., are spending Sum- day with the Misses Ruth and Olive Camp and Mrs. Aaron Benedict on Sands street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Busy Young Peoples Church. Program Set
Second Congregational Activities to St0Ft Next Week; Youth conteen oF Pilgrim Fellowship Begins in October

The numerous youth organlEa- tions sponsored by the Second Con- gregational church will begin next week. These organizations are many in H1umoer and are arranged for all age groups enabling the youth of the church and community to par- ticipate in educational activities of various kinds.
 The opening of the 19l5-1946 year will begin with the Sunday School which will meet at 10 Q. m, tomor- row. Monday, Sept. 10, the Cub Scouts of Pack No. 2 will meet in their various Dens under the leader ship of the Den Mothers. The Girl Scout Mariners will meet at 7:S0 p. m. in the Church gymnasium. On Tuesday September II the Brownies will meet at 400 p. m. under the leadership of Mrs. James R. Waide- lich and Mrs. William II. Wells, the Brownies are a pre-girl scout or- ganization for girls of eight years of age to eleven; the Boy Scouts of Troop No. 2 will meet ct TOO p. m, in the gymnasium under the leader ship of Scoutmaster Philip s. Dean; and at 7:30 p. m. the Air Scouts of Squadron No. 2 will meet in the Scout room under the leadership of Commander E. D. Anderson.
 On Wednesday, Sept. l2, the Girl Scouts of Troop No. 3 will meet in the gymnasium under the leader ship of Mrs. E. H. Harvey and Miss Marie Laun; at 7:S0 p. m. the Sea Scouts of Ship No. will meet with Skipper Philip Kirby. The Second Congregational Knights will meet Thursday, Sept. 13 under the lead- ership of James Macdonald. Friday, at 400 p. rn., the Junior Choir will rehearse under the leadership of Choir Mother Mrs. Fred B. Webster and Mrs. William c. Russell.
 The Pilgrim Fellowship and the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08

(Contlnued from Page D mission to convert heating equip- mens ct Crosby high school for use ol oil, it was disclosed. Never theless old-fashioned stokers in use at the building for many years were removed and replaced with more modern equipment, as Q first step to possible use of oil next year. a It is the hope of the education department that eventually all school buildings will be heated with oll, MT, McGough stated. At the present time oil is used at Slocum, KinRsbury, and East Mountain schools and at the Anderson gym naslum. Many other schools which formerly used oil and then con- verted to use coal during the war years are expected to switch again as soon as the oil ration panel gives its consent,
 Mary Abbott
 Mary Abbott school is undergo ing the heaviest changes in phy- sical appearance. All of the class rooms have received new floors and new paint, and practically all of the interior has been renovated. The heating system has been 'hanged, with new radiators placed in all rooms. Brickwork Is being pointed, windows have been caulked, and new cement walks have been laid on the grounds. In a few weeks the building is expected to be in top condition.
 walsh and Duggan school yards have been graded and oiled, and lawns have been repaired or renewed at many other grounds, including those of Tinker, Bunker Hill, Hope vile, and Crosby high schools.
 Heating equipment has been re- paired at several buildings but the heaviest work in that field has come at Washington school which re- ceived new boilers. That is one of the schools which is expected to be heated by oil as soon as re- .strictionS on the commodity are lifted.
 Vandalism
 6EOkGH WALlOOWS WGGG dS&AN @ worry of school authorities this summer, with hundreds of replace .nients necessary. Heaviest dam age was noted at Merriman, Tinker, Chase, and Hopeville schools, but practically all school buildings needed some new windows, 1t was reported.
 This year for the first time the Job of setting In new glass was given to contractors rather than to the regular carpenters staff. Just this week the Board of Education asked for c transfer of $l.000 to meet the contractors bills for the job.
 The building inspector said 6 number of boys who have been caught in the act of breaking school windows have been turned over to juvenile authorities and that in some instances recovery has been made for the damage. Any payments secured, however, go into the city's general funds and are not used directly for replacing the broken glass.
 MT. McGough said that many of the jobs started during the past few months are still in the process of completion, but that all are ex. pected to be finished by the close of the year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Admits Murder

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 found until Thursday afternoon, five lays later. the belt still tight about her neck.
 Miss Dreyer'S body lay In a clunp of poison ivy off the Fayette city, Connellsville highway, about six miles from her home. where Hauser had tossed 1t. not knowing whether ishe was dead or alive.
 The youth said the girl was lying on her side when he left, tattered bits of her skirt, blouse, pantieS and slip scattered about. But when found, the body was on its back, in- dicating that she tried to sit up.
 Haussr was arrested at i2:25 D. m. yesterday on the farm of Leonard Hobbs, of Frankford Springs, by Corp. William c. Munz and Pvt. Robert B. Lepley. He attempted to flee. but was captured and subdued. Pete Prokopovich, IT, of Monessen, who was with him. was absolvsd of any connection with the crime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN

POI Cherry Street
 Rev. E. Einar Kron, pastor Sunday, September g. Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. m 9:30 a. m.-Church School Will open again after the summer vacation, in charge of Roland O. Palmer. . 1O:46 6. m.-Hoiy Communion will be celebrated at the service. The Communion sermon will be on the subject There Are Treasures"
 Calendar for week of Sept. 9 Monday 500 D. m.-Deacons and Trustees will meet in the church. Wednesday,
 200 p. m.-The Iduna Circle will meet at the home of Mrs Gustave Johnson, Sunnystde avenue, Oaxville. 500 p. m. = Church Choir will meet for practice in church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
FIRST METHODIST

Rev. John J. snavely, D. D., Pastor Morning Worship l0:S0. September .9. Organ prelude Hymn: Come MJ Soul" Responsives and Prayer. Scripture Lesson. Apostles Creed: Offertory Anthem. Communion Meditation: Rev. N. Elmer Honnold. Hymn: Beneath The Cross of Jesus Holy Communion:
 Communion Hymns Benediction. Organ Postlude.
 Music
 Mrs. Ruth A. Jones, organist and director, Miss Margaret R. Mitchell. soprano. Mrs. Eunice H, Jones, con- tralto, Robert L. Greenwood, tenor, J. Laurence Benthann, baritone.
 Church School i0:SC worship; ii:0S younger class es; ll:35 older classes: ll:4S Wood- ruff Assembly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08

(oontinued from Page D s--------------------- Miami. The two other crew mem- DOTS were co-pilot R. A. Kelley, Mi ami, and flight attendant Gertrude Graham, Hawthorne, N. J.
 King apparently tried to make an emergency landing after radioing the Army that he was in trouble Mrs. B. H. Harwell said she heard the plane flying very low over the Harwell plantation shortly after 2 a. m. Then, she said, there was a tremendous explosion.
 Her !@on, Hicks Harwell, 12, found the wyacSage few minutes after dayhreak.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
 (WatervilIe)

Rev. Samuel Budde will be at St Paul's tomorrow for the service oi Holy Communion at 9 o'clock.
 There will be working meeting oi the Women of St. Paul's on Tues day, Sept. llth at the Parish hall This will be an all day meeting.
 The Women of St. Paul's will spon- sor a dessert card party at the Parish hall on Wednesday after noon, Sept. 18th at 1:30 o'clock.
 The Weevers of St. Paup's will hold their first meeting of the sea- son this afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08

(Contlnued from Page D the three plants is now in its second week.
 WLB
 Union officials in Waterbury have expressed a desire to cooperate with the WLB. and the sessions today and tomorrow were called to urge the striking workers to return to their employment.
 The Ansonia meeting has been scheduled for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. while the Waterbury ses- sion will be held at D. m. to- morrow at the Wilby auditorium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
ST. IoHN,s LUTHERAN

Rev. John N. 0. Mohrmann, Pastor
 No morning services will be con- ducted tomorrow.
 A mission festival will be held at { p. m. with Rev. Louis J. Roehn of Hudson, N .Y., as guest preach. CT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
FIRST CHURCH Sunday Services

Rev. B. Kenneth Anthony, Pastor
 Rev. Harold E. Craw of Chicago will preach at the morning service of the First Church in Waterbury Sunday at II o'clock. MT. Craw was assistant in the First Church from 1934-1937. He went from here to be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
sT. JOHN's EPIsCOPAL
Rev. Francls Ayres. pagtor

Holy Communion will be adniin- istered tomorrow morning at 8 and again at lO:46 with 8 sermon. The flowers on the altar will be in memory Of John T. Aonzani.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
MILL PLAIN UNION

EBVs wy EuuIIl Fa1IuE Church school will be held tomor. row Enornin.. at 0:3o.
 A worship service !. III be held at lO:l5 with the pastors sermon be- ing The Kind os Men Qed Can use.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
THOMAsTON BETHLEHEM
 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAe

North Main Street at Electric Ave,
 Rev. E. Einar Kron. Pastor Sunday, September 9.
 Fifteenth Sunday after trinity.
 Holy Communion will be celebrat. ed at 800 a. Tn.. when the sermon subject will be Treasures that En-, dure." ",
 Thr church school will hold itE. first session Of the fan season at i0:O0. in charge of Philip 6. John son, NeW pupils ere Neleople sa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
ST. PAUL's METHODIST

Edwin N. P. Hempel. Minister Sunda, Septemebr g
 o:30 a. m. Sunday School
 i0:45 a. m Worship services with sermon by the pastor. Topic: Fishers of Men. Tuesday, September il
 T:30 D. m. Midweek Devotiofis. :. e:l5 D. m. Sunday School board meeting. Wednesday, September i2
 7:45 p. Tn.-Meeting of the onicial board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
CHRIST CHAPEL Rev. Samuel Budde, pastor

Sunday school will reopen Sum- day. Sept. IS at e:30 a. m. Par ents who have children four and five years of age are invited to enroll them in the kindergarten, and older children in one of the upper grades.
 The winter schedule of services will be resumed on Sunday. Sep- tember 18th. The service of Holy Communion will be held at 8 a. m. and the late service at l0:45.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
TRINITY PARISH

70 FTUSpcCt SLtceI Rev. Roger B. T. Anderson, Pastor Sunday September g.
 500 a. m. Holy Eucharist.
 iO:O0 q. m. Holy Eucharist and sermon.
 The choir will sing at this serv- Ice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
ALL SOULS
Rev. T L- sinclair. D

Rev. T. L. Sinclair. pastor Sunday. September e.
 500 a. m.-Holy Communion. e:SO a. nl.-Church School. iI:00 a. rn.--Morning Prayer and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
BUNKER HILL CONG.

bUNhE4N HILL NUNOs
 Rev. Alan M. Fairhank, Pastor Sunday School will be held tonlor- row morning at e:46.
 Communion Sunday will be ob- served at the il a. m. worship at which the pastor wis speak on the subject. "A New 4Ieaven and a New Eatth.'
 A church cabinet meeting will be held Tuesday evening at 8.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
FIRST BAPTTST

Rev. David 2, Gaines, pastor
 The pastor will preach on "A New Appraisal of the Church" at the lO:3O service tomorrow morning, which will be broadcast by WATE
 At the evening worship which will be a union service. Rev. Samuel Budde of Christ Chapel will preach
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08

 They wore no shoes and their trou- sers were patched. I found Lowell Lu, c Chinese correspondent of the Central News Agency. who said he had taken over" the puppet central press.
 Upstairs Chinese and Japanese typists and radio operators were working side by side.
 Outside. as my car passed through the streets, pu3pet police showed both fear and forced pleasure when they saw my Allied uniform. The Japanese M. P.'s invariably stared at me in anger. but they were under orders from Gen. Asuji Okamura to behave themselves.
 Chungking's M. P.'s saluted with q smile of comradeship.
 
 Diamond industry workers in Cuba a0ikakAd and had khAiP Ua0es
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL
 (OakvfIIel

ALL SAINTS EF1SCORAL
 (Oakville)
 Rev. Boston Lackey will be at All Saints tomorrow for the service of Morning Prayer at 9 a. m. There will be a meeting of the Vestry of All Saints Monday even- ing, Sept. 10 at 7:30 o'clock at the Parish hall.
 The Women's Auxiliary of All Saints will meet at the Parish hall Wednesday. Sept. 12 at o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Confuse Chinese

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