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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26

Nom and Dad and my brother and sister and all the folks at home. Thanks for the food and water we have in this shell hole. Take care of my buddies. Take care of me. Amen"
 In this case the kids name was Private Ken Miller of Greensburg, Kan. veteran of Two lima. Private Miller won't mind if you substitute the name of your boy for his as the boy who prayed in a foxhole for the home folks. The link between foXhole and home is never bro- ken unless you break it here yourself. Your fighting sons look 10 you in the 7th War Loan to demonstrate that you are help ing them in one of the most di- rect ways open to you, the ac- quisition of the most War Bonds you have ever bought in any War Loan.
 THE EDITOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26

dent of Veterans of Foreign Wars will be marsnal of the third divi- sion which will be comprised of Germaine DeZinno. department president of Disabled American Veterans; U. s. Time Drum Corps and all ladies auxiliaries.
 The fourth division will be led by Marshal Francis A. Cullen. It will include the East End Community Drum Corps; Gold Star Mothers; Ameriian Red Cross and the U. s. Cadet Nurses.
 Walter Dews. commander of the American Legion, Corporal Coyle post, will march at the head of the fifth division. This group will in- clude the Scovill Drum Corps, the Scovill Sweater Girls and the Girl Scouts.
 Marshal Michael Dezinno will lead the sixth division with St. Thomas Drum Corps, St. Thomas Cadet Corps and the Boy Scouts in this group.
 The parade staff includes Capts. Ellis Phelan, William Dillon, Phil lip Kelley. Floyd Hallock, Her man Schaeffer. Francis Grove and Harris Whittemore. Charles Kel- ley is major and Richard Upson, lieutenant.
 The annual essay contest for chil- dren will be held this afternoon at 3 in the city hall. Priezs will be awarded at exercises at the Soldiers | Monument tomorrow.
 Gold Star Mothers will be honored at a luncheon at the Elton at noon. The citys observance will start with the celebration of Mass at Immacu- late Conception church at o'clock. Veterans organizations will attend and there will be a massing of col- ors. The veterans will go to St. Jo- sephs church for Mass at 10 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
STATE BUSINESSES
 ACTION ON BOND
Final InstalIment Made on Security Posted for Ex-
 Controller

Litigation brought by the State of Connecticut to collect s50,OO0 bond furnished by the late Mrs. Ellen Hayes for eX-Controller Daniel J. Leary officially ended today when the superior court discontinued it along with 38 other cases which had been pending in the court for more than two years.
 Payment of the debt was under taken by Colonel E. Seery Hayes, administrator of his mothers estate, and the final installment was de- hvered to the state last Aug. ?.
 Before the final installment of Sl6,0O0 was paid. by means of an increase of mortgage on Hayes property, the superior court ap- proved a states motion to remit the interest and costs connected with the bond. The interest had been list ed at $8,497, and the costs at S81 50.
 Since 1941 the foreclosure action brought by the state to recover the s50,O00 remained inactive on the docket. The prosecutor stated at a nearing NOV. b, l94l that by keep ing the action inactive on the docket the state will have security for pay ment of the balance due and the defendant would have opportunity to liquidate it.
 The suit was included in the list of old cases called during the annual call of the docket May II. Since it was not claimed for a continuance within two weeks, as specified by statute, it was automatically dropped.
 Three actions brought by the re- ceiver of the Merchants Trust Con- pany against the late Mrs. Hayes also were discontinued in superior court. All were based on promissory not debts. The suits were filed in October, 1899.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
WAR DEPARTMENT
 RECLAIMS FUSES

The U. S. Time Corp, has been named one of four industries to un- dertake reworking of time fuzes, for the Navy, which have deteriorated in the humid Pacific climate. John M. Ivory, vice president of the local concern announced today that the Navy Department had notified his company of the program.
 In his statement as received from the Navy, MT. Ivory states:
 Time fuzes for inch 5-inch and 6-inch shells which have deterior- ated in the climates of the South Pacific and sub-polar regions are being reworked by the Navy Bureau of Ordnance at approximately half the cost of new fuzes.
 Renovation of large quantities of these fuzes. which otherwise would have to be scrapped, already has begun at the Hamilton Watch Com pany, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; The United States Time Corporation, Waterbury. Connecticut; and the Bendix Corporation, Elmira, New York. Additional work on the pro- ject will begin soon at the Elgin Watch Company, Elgin. Illinois.
 The fuzes are of designs available at the beginning of the war. Harsh atmospheric conditions of Green land, Newfoundland and the Aleu- tians, and the even more destruc- tive humidity of the South Pacific in time made them rusty and un- reliable without reworking. As ships returned to ports in this country, ammunition equipped with such fuzes was replaced.
 The old ammunition is broken down at inland Naval Ammunition DepotS, where it is reconditioned for further issue to the Fleet. Rework- ing of the fuzes, which calls for pre- cision SkillS, is beink undertaken at the four plants enumerated. In evolving feasible methods. the Bureau of Ordnance had the assist ance fo the manufacturers.
 In addition to the financial econ- omy involved, the fuze renovation program will result in great savings of critical materials, manufacturing facilities and manpower, all of which are thus released for other phases of urgent war work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
Saturday, Reu<em
BY JAMES M. MOORE

The existence in Waterbury Of racial prejudice-and regrettable to say, in some instances, hatred-is shameful by it's existence, yet pro- portionately judged is of less magni- tude, we believe than it's presence in many other communities. The danger lies, however, in it's existence and not in it's proportion for by it's very nature it is the type of viscous weed which is capable of finding nourishment for growth despite its size.
 Prejudice Is Snobbery
 Racial prejudice like any type ognize that fact we will cease ren- dering mere lip-service to the de- termination to eradicate it's pres ence and will strive for more tangi- ble results. Snobbery, an unpleas- ant trait, is to be found in our selves, and it is there we must look for the formulative cure for racial prejudice.
 It will not be an easy task to undo the self -entanglements of snobbery for once ingrained its ac- tivities are subtle and nefarious If We mutually condemn racial prejudice as wrong, by mere agree ment. and then do no more about it within our own selves we will still be equally guilty of snobbery and have made no headway. We cannot sit back and attempt a cure by legislating against prejudice There isn't man made law which can touch and therefore forbid the thoughts and feelings of any man as that man retains those thoughts and feelings to himself and shapes them into sterile traits of hatred and superciliousness.
 Racial prejudice is an emotional conception enormously rationalized into many concrete forms given | identity and condition by our own aggressive actions toward persons of another race. The antidote is not to be found in an emotional approach. While fully aware of the equality of all before God, we can- not exclude the fact that humanity is an infinite multiplicity of dif- ferent natural states, dispositions and vacations. There has always been, in the order of things, and always will be, difference in for tunes, capacities of individuals, rights and authority all of which have their source in a Being and therefore are with order. To at- tempt to reduce civil society to one dead level is futile effort in op- position to nature, itself
 Different Levels
 Therefore we are not recommend ing in the approach to the solution to racial prejudice that all men con- slider themselves socially and ma terially equal for they are not and never will be. That is not snobbery! It has been ordained that there shall be different grades of order with diversity of functions, in our temporal existence. What import ance we give these different levels usually is influenced by the changes of history and its ameliorations of habits, customs, styles and fads. That, only, is the extent of their importance, as well.
 Racialism And Society
 However it is with the dignity of man and his endowment of moral freedom that We are concerned, in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
LITHUANIAN UNIT
 POSTAGE PICNIC
Italian Relief Committee Presents Group of Tal=
 ented Artists

A picnic will be sponsored tomor- row at the Lithuanian Park on Chestnut Hill road by the Lithuan- ian Independent Cemetery associa- ton, with an attendance of several hundred persons expected
 Arrangements for the event have been made by a group of delegates from Lithuanian societies which are interested in maintaining the ceme- tery.
 John Satula's orchestra will fur nish music for dancing from 3 to g p. m. Refreshments will be served.
 Matthew Vosylius is chairman of the picnic committee, assisted by Joseph Svinkunas, William Kras- mickas, and Anthony Lenart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26

Final rehearsaIs have been held during the last few weeks for Regina Eoonard's annual dance recital to be held at the Temple hall this evening.
 A Hawaiian scene with g danc- CTS in colorful costumes will sing and sway to the enchanting strains of the Hawaiian chant.
 Groups and solos of ballet, tap, toe, acrobatic and baton will en- certain in snappy routines by many well known performers.
 Doors will open at zoo p. m., overturne at S:1' p. m.
 Mrs. Esther Rutman studio pianist will play tonight's show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
LATEST MEMBERSHIP
 FOR YWCA 2,OO3

Membership in the proposed Y. M. c. A. when the charter member ship drive closed last night stood at 2,003, more than four times the goal of 800, it was announced by Miss Ann Mccarthy, membership chair man.
 The charter members will be cali ed to first meetiss June 4, ana at that time will elect Board of Di- rectors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
ALBERT H. REIHL, 30,
 GRANTED CONTINUANCE

Albert H. Reihl. 30, of Myrtle avenue was given a continuance un- til June on arraignment in city court today as the result of break early this morning into the Burns tavern at 1881 Thomaston avenue.
 Reihl was accused of taking three cases Of whsikey, valued at $l00. The arrest was made by Sergeant Ralph Baril, Sergeant John Mur- phy, and Detective James Stack.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
HOSPITAL BULLETINS

Mrs. Anna Mercy, 272 Willow street. was admitted to aWterbury hospital last night after she suf- fcred 8 fractured hip in a fall on the steps of her home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
DIVIDEND DECLARED
 BY SCOVILL COMPANY

A cash dividend of 50 cents a share, payable July to stockhold- CTS of record June 15, was declared yesterday by directors of the Sco- viii Mfg. Co.,. at their quarterly meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26

g u n n c rS. T h e k i d came home the other day to re- ceive a dec- oration. Un- ash dly he recalled saying this s i m p l e prayer:
 Father in H c a V e n , take care Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26

pleas court yesterday afternoon, states the two packages, valued at $437.90, were lost in transit from the railroad station to the store last July IT.
 Lena Historic of Waterbury today filed a S2,5O0 civil action in com- mon pleas court against Giuseppe Listorte, also of this city, over con- veyance of a half interest to prop erty on Tracy avenue.
 The plaintiff claims the defen- dant promised to pay her if she would give him deed for half interest, but neglected to do so. The deed was filed Sept. "A, 1943, and no consideration was involved, the writ states.
 Withdrawn from the common pleas court docket today was a $500 civil action brought by Emma Rac- cicot of Waterbury against the City of Waterbury to recover for injuries sustained in a sidewalk fall at 58 Cherry street April 29, l94S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
To inc People of this Community

Remember the Kid in Upper Four? He thinks about you, his home folks, even under the nur- derous fire of enemy machine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
SALE OF E BONDS
 AT VICTORY HOUSE
Members of Waterbury WOmen's Club Aid Cam=
 paign; Sell Sl4,5OO

Members of the Waterbury Wnn- ems club. who yesterday staffed Victory House on the Green, yester- day sold individual bond buyers ap- proximately S14,50O in series E bonds.
 James E. Moran, chairman of the Waterbury War Finance committee, yesterday announced the city was keeping step with the nation in the Seventh War Loan drive, since 38 per cent of the quota Of S6,915,000 had been received during the past two weeks. A compilation of available figures revealed S2,736000 had been received.
 Special rallies are being planned by all Waterbury industries and schools next week to boost the Mighty Seventh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
Allies Found Road To Rome A Series Of Bitter Battles
By MALCOLM MUIR, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent

After the Allies quick Sicily capture Naples
  would peninsula prospect spoiled by who both tough willy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
TOWNSEND LODGE. NO 8e

Frederick J. Willetts, Edward J.. T'hebo, Grant Dewitt, Charles C.. Rogers, William P Mercy, Frederick G. Humphrey, Paul A. Marggraff, Albert E. Leggett.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
NOSAHOGAN LODGE. NO. 21

William Kurtz, Charles W. Kel- logg. William R. Magee, Charles E.. Wlntermute, James G. Couch, J. c. MacF'arlane, Otto P Armbruster, Frank V. Anderson, Bernard Kluttig, George P. Roberts, Edwin A. Oakes, Nathan A. Upham, Stephen Lizak, David Cramond, James Marchitto, Thomas F. Stanton, Arthur T. Web ster, William A. Goldsmith, William Selby, John E. Porzenheim,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26
ODD FELLOWS HOLD
 ANNUAL EXERCISES
Tribute Paid Deceased Members of Three Local
 Lodges Last Night

Memroial Services in memory of the deceased members of Nosahcgan Lodge, Townsend Lodge, and Win ona Rebekah lodge, were held at Odd Fellows hall last night.
 Wallace J. Race was chairman. Rev. M. Webb led the assemblage ln prayer and Rev. Dr. John c. Walker spoke. Selections were ren- dered by the I. o. o. F. orchestra and Stanley S. Effinger, Joseph Barnby, T. Tertius Noble, and E. A. Dayman.
 Deceased members honored were WINONA REBEKAH LODGE NO s
 Bernice Lowrey, Emma Graham Helen Russell, P. N. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26

Damages of $750 are sought from the Blakeslee Company by the Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire h. surance Company over loss of two packages of merchandise consigned to S. H. Greenberg of Worth's.
 The complaint. filed in common
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-26

J A month later, they came back to blast the stone-built city literally to bits in -shattering bom- bardment-only to have the stub- born defenders weather the storm underground and emerge again full of fight. In April, that battle too settled down to state of rest less equilibrium. Further action in Italy seemed to hinge on new de- cisions by the Allied commanders
 Those decisions were made. The British 9th Army was shifted from the Adriatic to line facing Cas- mo. The 5th moved down to the Tyrrhenian coast. Heavy rein forcements, including French and Polish units, were brought up.
 On the night of May II, the at- tack exploded with a mighty roar that engulfed the entire southern battle line. Fighting tiared every where, but the concentrated strength of both Allied armies was flung against 25-mile sector ex- tending from Casino along the Rapido and Garigliano rivers to the sea.
 It became clear almost at once that this was more than a mere diversion to draw German atten- tion from the west. It was a full hedged strike at Hitler's fortress all on Its own. Once started, it rolled on at steady pace. Towns and mountain peaks which long had been symbols of redoubtable strength were cut of and fell be- fore massed force relentlessly ap- piled. At Casino, British and French units knifed through the mountains behind the town and
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Hitler
Continued from Page One

of his military office, TO Hitler's
headquarters TO demand the re-
call of Hungarian divisions from
the eastern front.
Aliklos carried a letter signed
by Horthy saying the Hungarian
army must be withdrawn from
the frontlinc in Poland at all
costs. He Travelled by train by
way of Berlin. After he left Ber-
lin his Nazi guards watched him
so closely that he was unable to
identify the route he took, but
his impression was that he ar
rived somewhere in East PruS-
STA.
He was escorted into bar
racks headquarters which bore
evidence of the violent explosion
which occurred during an at
tempt on Hitler's life. The
fuehrer wore a heavy bandage
on his right arm when he met
Miklos and was in violent
mood. The answer the Hungar-
ian emisSary was given to the
Horthy letter was a profane
negative. When Miklos returned
TO Hungary after his fruitless
mission, Horthy sent him TO the
-CarpathiaHs as commander OF
the Hungarian first army.
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The human heart varies in
weight from eight TO II ounces
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Capt. Bottcher,
Pacific Hero,
Dies i'm Action

WITH THE 32ND DIVISION
IN THE PHILIPPINES, Jan. 10
-(R)-Death in action on Leyte
has ended the spectacular fight
ing career of a legendary hero
of the Pacific battle fronts, Capt.
Hermann Bottcher.
The German-born soldier, who
was promoted from Staff Serg-
cant to captain on New Guinea's
bloody Buna battlefields. was
MORALLY wounded New Years
eve by enemy mortar fire, divis-
ion headquarters announced to-
day.
But on Leyte as in other cam
paigns, he had carried to the end
his own individual style of haras-
sing the japanese behind their
own lines.
Because he had served as q
major in the Abraham Lincoln
brigade in the Spanish Civil
War, Congress had to pass a
special act providing him Am
erican citizenship necessary to
his captaincy.
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Dens

Public Instruction; two Regents
of the University of Michigan;
two members of the State Board
OF Agriculture; one member of
the State Board of Education and
two Justices of the Supreme
Court.
Delegates and alternates will
go to the state convention I'M
instructed until after the party
caucus, and on the convention
floor will vote the unit rule.
The delegates are: Earl Miller,
Mrs. Hildegarde Lowe, Henry l..
Bruneel, Henry Van Hoeck,
Howard Canute. William Rom
ano, Lynn Whalen. William
Ryan, Bert Doelle, Hubert Rice,
j. Victor Messmore, Earl Tall
man, Alfred Maletta, Frank
Ruggero, Frank Zakaiski, James
Ryan, Frank Knapp, Stanley
Karczewski, August Scales, Vic
tor Morganthaler, Edward S.
Cahill, Thomas Hart, Fred Mich
olson, James Cole, Harley En-
sign, Aaron Burr and Frank
Wiegand.
The alternatives are: Mrs. AL
fred Maletta, Mrs. Nancy Asaro,
Vincent Romano, Mrs. James
Ryan, Mrs. N0nk Knapp, Mrs.
Victor Morganthaler, Mrs. Emma
Relyea, Jacob F. Theut, Leon
Kandt, George Collins, Thomas
Longstaff, John Cetrowsky, Ed
ward Leander. Walter Crowley,
William Malow, Edward Kenny,
Harry Miller, Ivan Cantry, Ray
Haight, George Foster, Paul
Schram, Fred Bruce. George
Moore and John Bante.
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Chinese Coast
Sirafed Anew
Carrier Pilots
Press Attacks
BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor


Free-ranging American car
ricr planes. fresh from Hong
kong out 50 Japanese ships of
Indo-China, bombed strafed
$50 miles of the South China
coast in quest Of remnants of
the Japanese fleet or troop con-
voyS destined for the Philip
pines.
Hongkong, Swallow and Annoy
were raided Sunday (China
time) by Third fleet air forces
which may have continued the
attack into second day. In an
nouncing the strike Monday
night Adm. Chester w. Nimitz
S, id no details were available,
but Associated Press war cor
respondent Rembert James re-
ported from the carrier flagship
that pilots found a lot of fiat
shipping" in the harbors.
For the first time Nimitz dis
closed full effects Of the Undo
China strike two days previous
ly-4l Japanese ships sunk, %
damaged, ll2 planes destroyed,
and oil refineries and storage
tanks destroyed or set afire.
E-.emy ships sunk or damaged
included two entire conveys
bound for invaded Luzon Island
in the Philippines.
General Douglas Macarthur s
spearheading motorized columns
on Luzon sped southwark to
Gambling. 30 air miles from Ma
Mia. Their advance was slowed
only by fear of exposing the left
flank as blown bridges and some
japanese opposition held back
the easfernmost column on the
main road to the Philippines
capital.
Macarthur watched in the
northern sector where Japanese
solidly emplaced on hill posi-
tons put up the only real fight
of the campaign. Accurate Jap
anese artillery and mortar fire
drove Americans from the
Amortis- Rosario road into the
woods, Two days of Naval she'll
fire silenced the Nipponese
guns.
The determined Japanese fight
guarding the approaches TO Ba-
guio and Northern Luzon was
in marked contrast with the
lack of opposition to the South.
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Poland


gaping holes in Nazis defenses
along 800 miles of front, and
seriously threatening one of the
main rear communication lines
of Warsaw.
SECOND PHASE
The new breakthrough was
the second phase of Stains
grand winter offensive.
Moscow still was silent on
German declarations that Red
Armies were striking into East
Prussia. had opened assaults at
two points north of Warsaw, and
were fighting forward again in
SlOvakia.
The breakthrough outflanked
Warsaw from the south. and
placed the ruined Polish capital
in grave danger Of enlightenment.
Stain ordered a salute Of 20
salvos from 224 guns 10 mark the
victory.
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Snow and Fog
Slow 5th and 9th

ROME, Jan. 16- R Deep
snow and poor visibility brought
a comparative calm today to the
Fifth and Eighth Army fronts in
the high Apennines and the east
ern Pc valley.
Only few patrol clashes and
artillery engagements were re-
ported, as both enemy and Allied
forces contended themselves
for the most part with clinging
to positions in which storm
caught them several days ago.