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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20
OAKVlLlE Correspondent: Alice StafstromI
 Phone 060-
ANNUAL ROUNDUP SLATED TOMORROW
Pre=SchOOl Children to Re- port for Customary Physi-
 cal Check=Up

Oakville, June 20.-The Summer Roundup for pre-school children will be conducted at South school on Thursday afternoon from 130 to 3:30 p. m. All children who will en- ter Falls avenue, Polk or South school for the first time next fall are urged to attend.
 Tn dances which have been held monthly since December for the older pupils of South school under the direction of Miss Frances Grif- fin, principal, were concluded on Monday evening. This dance was for the graduating class. The hall was prettily decorated in the school colors, and refreshments were served.
 Gerard Canty's orchestra furnished music.
 Among those who attended were: Frances Murphy, Rose Fosco, Betty Avellani, Margery Matecki, Claire Bova, Alice Donaghy, Eleanor Reiss, Virginia Green, Jean Miller, Bar bar LaVigne, Jean Di Primio, Lor- raine Morrow, Irene Carter, June Dwyer, Carol Greason, Barbara Neidt, Violet Yakuleich, Rosa D1- Nunzio, Irene F'iftal, Harold Garner, Martin Maccione, John Hillman, Billy Hassel, Russell Pope, Fortune Lombardi, Joseph Fitzgerald, Alfred Druante, Charles Krantz, Willard Feenn, Albert Zaccaria, Soren Neldt, Raymond Finnemore, James Splno, Billie Durante, Peter Sc Santo, Mickey Keilty, Roland Vadnais, Pe- ter Simons, and Edward Michaud.
 The committee in charge consist ed of Irene Garter, chairman, Lor- raine Morrow, Charles Krantz and Billy Durante.
 Birthday Party
 A lawn-party, celebrating the birthday of Stephen Hovik, III, of Philadelphia was held at the home of Miss Mickey La Pic, 195 River side street, recently. Miss La Plo will marry Stephen Hovick in the near future. Music and refresh ments were features of the evening.
 Quests attending were MT. and Mrs. William Palomba. MT. and Mrs. Bob Palomba, MT. and Mrs. Louis Palomba, MT. and Mrs. Rocky Pa lomba, MT. and Mrs. James Palom- ba, MT. and Mrs. Leo Forget, MT. and Mrs. Nick Di Marie, MT. and Mrs. Dominick Durante, Mrs. Pat Palomba, Mrs Angelo Durante, Mrs. Orazio Gigliotti, Mrs. Bernard Roselli, Mrs Benny zeoli, Miss Rose Durante, Miss Jane Zeoli Miss Margaret Zeoli Miss Margaret Pa- lomba, Miss Diana Forget, Leo Forget, Jr Anthony Palomba, James Palomba, Jr., Bobby, Patsy and Billie Palomba, John, George and Bob Palomba, Mary Durante, Alfred, Anthony, Billie, Dominick, and Henry Durante, Carol Ann Regina Roselli. Bernard Roselli, Jr., Stephen Hovick III, and Miss Mickey LaPio.
 Oakville members of Watertown Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, are reminded that there will be a spec ial meeting Wednesday at 7:45 o'clock in Masonic Temple for the of balloting and to confer the regrees upon a class of candi- dates.
 This week, rags for salvage may be left at the vacant store at the corner of Main and Buckingham streets, owned by MT. Joseph Lovetere. If the store is not un- locked when rags are taken there, they may be left outside the door. A member of the committee will put the rags inside sometime dur ing the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20
lITCHFlELD Mary Fiolek, Correspondent telephone 553-12
PLAN RECEPTION
 OF NEW MEMBERS
Special Meeting of Church Committee 10 Be Held
 Sunday

A special meeting of the Congre- gational church members is sched- uled for next Sunday to act on re- ception of new members. The pas tor, the Rev. T. Bertram Anderson and Mrs. Anderson, will attend commencement exercises Sunday at Wesleyan University where their son Frederic, will receive his di- ploma
 Michael Ryan, Jr., will spend a vacation in New York with his aunt, Miss Mary Ryan.
 Mrs. Chester Bissell of East Litch- field made high score at last weeks final meeting of the Neighborhood Bridge Club.
 The Sisters of St. Joseph of Hart ford have leased the home of Miss Clarisse Deming for the summer. MT. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Driscoll and children are at their Bantam Lake Cottage for the summer.
 Miss Barbara Mckenzie, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Orville I. Mckenzie of Torrington road, entertained members of the Litchfield High school class of 1942 at her home Saturday evening. Miss Mckenzie is i member of the office staff of American Air Lines, New York City.
 Mrs. Wilson Merritt, in charge of girls athletics at the school, and her daughter, Prudence, will join Colonel Merritt for a vacation at White Horse Beach, Mass. Miss Margaret S. Beckwith will spend several weeks at Hotel Mar tin, Milwaukee, Wis. as guest of her brother. J. Gall Beckwith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20

Senior essay prizes for best essay, for deliverance and construction of essay were awarded as follows: First prize. $10-Margaret At wood 2nd prize, S5-Helen Innes.
 Judges were Mrs. Rolfe Clements, Mrs. Spencer Roesing and James Macdonald of New York university.
 A years subscription to the Readers Digest and a certificate awarded to the highest ranking honor student was awarded to Miss Margaret Atwood.
 The Rensselaer, medal of engi- neering for the senior boy receiving the highest marks in science and mathematics was awarded to Ches- ter Paczowski.
 At the conclusion of the presen- tation of awards, Principal Albert Ebner congratulated the members of the graduation class for their scholastic ability and cooperation during their four years in high school.
 War Bond Rally
 Sgt. LeRoy Audreff, U. s. Marine corps who has had considerable experience and saw much action in the Pacific and knows the condi- tions under which our boys are fighting at OkinaWa and other areas of warfare in the Pacific and Sgt. Terry McGregor Marinette, who had great deal of experience in taking care of returned wounded and knows conditions under which women of the U. s. Marine Corps work will be the principal speakers at the 7th War Loan bond rally to be conducted in the high school auditorium Thursday evening, June 21. The rally is being sponsored by the Thomaston Welcome Home and Advisory Committee for Veterans of World War II. In addition to the speakers, the Thomaston Wom- ems Choral club will render two numbers under the direction ot Director William Wehrle. Several selections will be given by the Thomaston Junior orchestra and two sound reels of action against the Japanese will be shown.
 The committee feels that the program is very attractive and should be very enjoyable and hopes for the cooperation and attendance of every person in town.
 It seems that all people in town should be interested. particularly those who have boys stationed in the Pacific The committee also feels that if the people of the town do not turn out for this rally they are most assuredly breaking faith with the 700 boys and girls who have left this town to do their bit for their country. Those boys and girls most certainly are worth keeping faith with so turn out in large numbers to this very impor- tant rally.
 Mrs. Frank Melvin Dies
 Mrs. Mary Melvin, 53, wife of Frank Melvin of North Main street, died yesterday at the Waterbury hospital where she had been a pa tient for the past ten days. She was born in Glastonbury and had re- sided in Torrington before coming to Thomaston IT years ago.
 Besides her husband she is sur vived by three sons, Private First Class George E., in Germany, Frank E.. in the South Pacific area, and James of Thomaston; four daugh- terS. Mrs Clara Hebert and the Misses Lillian, Mary and Emma Melvin; also grandson, Robert Hebert all of Thomaston.
 Funeral arrangements are incom- olete. Friends may call at the Lyons Home, E'S High street, this evening and Thursday afternoon and evening.
 Attend Graduation
 MT. and Mrs. William H. Lyons, of Bristol street, accompanied by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20
Your GI Rights QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON sERvlcEMEN'S PROBLEMS
By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff COrrespondent

Washington, June 19 - Here are some general questions from serv- icemen and their relatives:
 Q. My son is in Germany. He has written that he has one star on ETO ribbon. say that this means that he has been in a battle. My husband says no. Who is right?
 A. You are right. Taking part in a battle permits a soldier to wear bronze star on the ribbon designating the theater of the bat tie. For every five separate and dis tinct battles, as defined by the Army he is entitled to wear a silver star.
 Q. I would like to find out the status of the son of very dear friend of mine who was reported missing in action" in Germany last summer. He was a flyer and the family hasn't heard word from the War Department. What can I do to find out if he was taken prisoner?
 A. You can do nothing. As soon as the War Department gets ad- ditional information regarding the status of the man which would make him officially killed in action, or alive it will be communicated immediately to the family.
 Q. My husband has been in the Navy for IA months. He enlisted in limited service and has not served overseas. He will be 37 years old soon and we have six children. Is there any chance of his getting out before the war is over? Is he eligible for GI loan? We would ike to buy farm.
 A. Under certain conditions of special hardship your husband can get a discharge by asking his com- manding officer and appealing to the Bureau of Personnel. Without taking the initiative it is not likely he will be discharged before the war is over. He will be eligible for a GI loan and all other benefits of the CT Bill of Rights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20

l while serving as an interne at St. Vincent Hospital, New York.
 Lieutenant Lyons is a graduate of Crosby High school and Holy Cross College. On completion of his college course he entered George town University Medical school July l, 1922 under the Navy program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20
Attend Graduation

MT. and Mrs. William H. Lyons, of Bristol street, accompanied by their son Daniel, attended gradua-
 tion exercises at Georgetown Uni- versity, Washington, D. C., Sunday when another son, William B. Lyons received his doctor of medicine de- gree and a commission of lieuten- ant (junior grade) in the U. S. Navy. He will be on inactive duty for a nine month period from July
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20

Mrs. Joseph Farley of Cheshire road is a patient at St. Mary's hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20

8; 2 of s5, Edgar Johnson, grade T;
 3 of $2.50, Leona Sheldon, grade 12.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20
Decision Expected

Naugatuck, June 20-A decision by the National Labor Relations Board concerning request of the United Rubber Workers of Amer lea, co. I. O. for a plant election
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20
Merchants Bureau
 Announces List Of \ Firms Cooperating
Food Establishments Unite in Movement 10 Give Clerks s FulI=Day Holiday During Months of July and
 X August; Other Stores May Join
UG AT UC K

to be canned immediately, but other than those few, there was no apparent demand by the general populace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-20

A large class of candidates was initiated at the meeting of Nauga- tuck Lodge of Elks Tuesday night in the lodge rooms. Exalted Ruler Paul E. Buckmiller presided.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

Cross Center next Tuesday, May S. at 8 pm.
 A conflict has arisen over the title to the American Legion property and it is lml ortant that all original and present members be present at the meet ing.
 Frank Trick, Adiutant
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05
:ag Boy ln ,tlon Hospital

Walter Crawford, son of r shuravlof, of this city, ,,other of Mike Shuravlof, , in a hospital in London, ling to word received here family through the Red
 It was the first word of the information Ii weeks ago that he was a ,sr of war in Germany.
 Crawford was 8 waist ,r on a Flying Fortress at me he was reported mis-
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

Seventeen girls attended the Campfire meeting Tuesday and learned "Wohelo Call" and prac- tIced some otter songs. We pas sed ranks and played games the rest of the time.-Marie Cope, Scribe.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05
vn Topics

e Griffin Memorial hospital hold open house next Sat- 7, May 12, which has been hated throughout the na- ss Hospital Day. The pub cordially invited to visit ospitaI during the event, to i'd from 2 to 4 pm, with an nal tea as an adjunct of the ration.
 rs. o. A. Torgerson, Mrs. A. les Johnson, Mrs. Paul Her
 Mrs. Harry Christofferson, Emil Knudsen and Mrs. D L. Butler will pour during fternoon.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05
;ks Flown In

first shipment of baby 8 by plane to Kodiak was yed here yesterday from Se-
 The chicks, for Charles e, Mission road, left Seattle 2 and arrived in Fairbanks anne day, were in Anchorage rd and here the 4th. Only yas lost enroute. They are Hampshires.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

Robert E Hubbard and Mar garita J Powell filed notice of intention to wed ths week aud then left by plane for Anchorage A wire from the Commissioner at Anchorage tn the local Com missioner indicated they were obtaining the Incense in Anchor age.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05
Notice

There will be a regular meet ing of the Kodiak Volunteer Fire Department at the 6rehall. at 3 pm Sunday, May 6. All members please be present.
 Jack Altman, Fire Chief
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

string may drop in their change to help Kodiak's Penny Drive for that institution. The hospital IS famed for it's children's work, and maoy of it's patients are from Alaska.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

Collection bottles for the Se- attle Children's Orthopedic hos pital have oeen placed Tn local business houses where anyone de-
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

|ormation that contracts for |ng local mali from the docks Pianes to the post office have
 let to Patrick Lynch & Pany was received by the
 Aoer of Commerce from
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

t. Wilton White, son of Mrs. Kraft, arrived by plane
 Anchorage, where he is sta d, to spend a few days with 'ife and lnfant daughter.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

Chouinard, who has been in States, arrived in Kodiak week via Port Bailey. He the trip north on the acade
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

[. and Mrs. Vincent Pelle
 are the parents of a son Vincent. weight 6 pound lnces. born at the Griffin orial hospital at 7:l0 pm sday. It is the couples sec child.
 !. Pellegrini, who has been oyed at the base since l94O. lief clerk of Public Works.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

Delegate BartieSt Mrs. Kathryn Francis local postmaster, said she had received no eoh6rma- tion.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05
NOTICE

A special meeting of Kodiak Post No IF of the American Legion will be held at the Red
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

ek Ginchel, Portland, and hlng, superintendent of the Juan Fisheries, both arrived 'ane yesterday.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05

'k Jenkins, liquor enforce
 official from Anchorage, ed yesterday and will be a few days.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-05
Alaska AirI,nes INCOMING

INCOMING
 W. E. Donaldson, O. F. Ham, merly, c. E. Clark. Catherine Katinikoss.
 Jack Ginchel, Jack Jenkins, MT. King. OUTGOING
 Father Edgar Gallant, W. F: Meek, Peggy Farmer, Forest Ayers, Harry B. DeLand, Rob- ert E Hubbard, Margarita J. Powell
 Clyde Galbreath, w. E. Don-, i aldson, J. R. Mayes, Hugh Ab- ston and infant
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29
COckerel Gains Weight With
 Head Cut Off

FRUITA, Colo, Oct. 29-(P)- Mike, the five-month old white wyandotte cockerel, has gained a pound since it's head was cut off forty-nine days ago. L. A. Olson, Mikes owner, said the chicken weighed three and a half pounds the morning of September tenth, when it was beheaded, and it hits the scale now at four and a half pounds.
 Scientists, who examined the bird, said the reason for its ex- istence despite the loss of its head was that the basal portion of the brain remained connected to the spinal cord. Mike is fed small amounts of food several times daily, corn being dropped into it's open throat.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2s, 1945
Senate Divided Over Military Training

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29-P)- A demand for prompt action es- tablishing universal military training program in peacetime' faces the military committee, who are as sharply divided at the Sen ate over the issue. Senator Cur ney said he would ask for hear ings on the measure introduced last January which parallels close ly President Truman's proposal to tag every physically able young man for years war training.
 Acting chairman Johnson fore cast however that the committee would be in no hurry to plunge into the subject on which so many Senators haven't made up their minds.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29
U.S.-Russian Relations Increase In Friendliness

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29-(P)- A myriad of international prob lems held a promise of early crit ical tests of President Truman's newly proclaimed twelve-point foreign policy. One touchy point may disappear. This concerns Russia's demand for an Allied Control Council for Japan. The issue may be compromised in the near future.
 The brightest spot the diploma tic authorities see in the interna- tional situation is the evidence of improving Russian and American relations. This optimism stems from the friendly reception ac- corded U. s. Ambassador Harri- man, when he delivered the per sonal message of President Tru- man to Marshal Stalin last week
 The nature of the message and Stalin's reply have not been dis closed. There is some belief in Washington that negotiations over the policy details, particularly European peace treaties and Jap control council are still in prog reSs.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29
THE NOME GGET
BLOWGUN USED BY BORNEO NATIVES TO KILL LAPS

Facts about the blowgun, which Dyak natives of Borneo are re- ported to have used to kill Japs in the Brunei area, thus aiding the Australian liberation forces, are described by the National Geo graphic Society.
 Americas fighting men have seen this ancient but very effec- tive weapon in use for months on Palawan Island of the Philippines, next door to Borneo on the north east. It is a Paul-Bunyan-size yer sion of the bright tin peashooter, or puttyblower, which they used a few years back to send pellets dipping across the schoolyard-or classroom.
 Blowguns up to ten feet in length, made of rigid native woods, have long been used by primitive savages on Borneo, Pal awan, Sumatra, Celebes, Timor, and neighboring tropical islands to kill birds and beasts for their diet. The killing is done by small darts blown from the long tubes with a quick puff. The tips of the darts are soaked with a vegetable poison which takes rapid effect in the bloodStream.
 The darts, carried by the quiv- erful, are usually eight to ten inches long and made from hard, straight palm fiber Whittled to the thickness of a steel knitting needle. For hunting animals, but rarely for hunting birds, the sharpened points of the darts used by Borneo natives are coated with the poisonous sap of the upas tree, and notched so that the tip will break off in the wound. At the butt end of the dart, a small wad of pitch serves as the piston by which the dart is blown through the tube.
 Natives skilled with the device can hit small targets 50 yards away, and reach game in tall tree tops.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29
BUREAU SHIP NORTH STAR IN DISTRESS

The North Star, Bureau of In- dian Affairs motorship, which is on it's annual trip to the Arctic, has wired that it has been caught by the gale at Gambel, where it has been discharging freight It is keeping in constant communi- cation with the radio station.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29

Six vice-presidents of the United States have become presidents Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge and Truman.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29
GRAND JURY POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY

The Grand Jury, which was scheduled to meet today, has been postponed until Wednesday, so that everyone may aid in assisting those business houses which are evacuating.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29

Jasper-Look at the pretty tele- phone girl at the next table!
 Jerry-How do you know she's a telephone girl?
 Jasper-I> said Hello" twice, and I got no answer.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29

Sorghum can be any number of varieties of a small grained cereal grown largely in warm countries.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29

PIONEERS ATTENTION Regular meeting of the Pioneers of Alaska will be held Wednes- day evening. October 3lst. at the WhaleY House.
 Robert F. Baldwin, Secy.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29

Jimmy-Tve got a swell posi- tion on the team. I'm chief of the air force.
 Johnny-What do you do?
 Jimmy-I blow up all the bas- ketballsl
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29

MAX'S WIFE-Portrait of Mrs. Max Schmeling, made at Hamburg where Schmeling was acquitted of giving false infoY.
 nation to . British offices.T
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-29
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Evening star., 1945-10-05
HarryC. Grove Heads
Connecticut Avenue
Citizens for 18Th Year

Harry c. Grove, for Is years pres
ident of the Connecticut Avenue
Citizens Association, and Miss Eliz-
abeth r. Groves, for 27 years treas
urer, were reelected to office last
night at the associations first fall
meeting.
Other members voted to- ofice
were John D. Babbage, first vice
president: Leon Pretzfelder,. second
vice president; Mrs. John D. Bab-
bage, secretary, and David Babp
and M. D. Clark, delegates to the
federation.
A motion offered by Mrs. w. w
Coblentz, asking the citizens to sup
port the plan of Representative
D'Alesandro, Democrat, OF Mary
land, suggesting that the National
Broadcasting and hamburger Cos.
towers be placed in public parks
and not In residential neighbor-
hoods, was passed. Copies of the
resolution will be mailed to Rep
resentative D'Alesandro, the Com
missioners and the Board Of Zoning
Adjustment.
The members also approved a bill
Of Representative Skies, Democrat,
OF Florida, which would provide for
the evacuation and repatriation of
the remains of servicemen and
women who died and are buried
outside the United States and whose
remains could not have been previ-
ously shipped home due to wartime
shipping regulations. A copy of the
resolution, which was offered by
Mr.. Clark, will be sent to the House
Military Affairs Committee.
Asking that the Capital Transit
Co. mot only attempt. but do better"
about the Saturday afternoon, night
and Sunday bus service on Connect
icut avenue. Mr. Babbage said he
had frequently waited 20 minutes
for buses and most the time they
were too crowded to pick up more
passengers.
The citizens asked that the emer-
gency legislation permitting roomers
IN strictly residential neighborhoods
not be extended at this time. The
request will be sent to the District
Commissioners and the Zoning
Board.
Harry M. Sieber proposed that the
association lend its support to max
ing the 1948 Olympic games in
Washington reality and to the
construction of the proposed War
Memorial Stadium here. The citizens
voted to do so.
Evening star., 1945-10-05
Speech Instructor Named

Miss Vivian Fftanides, formerly
with the Virginia School for the
Deaf, has been appointed by the
Washington Society for the Hard
OF Hearing as instructor for classes
in speech improvement and better
voice. The classes will be held
Wednesdays at 7:3o pm. at the So
ciety's headquarters, 2431 Four
teenth street NV.
Evening star., 1945-10-05
Junior S Tunic Coal

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Pnosed rounded shoulders omho yoke pockets
block opeoorf leather belt obsote
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Juniors cot Third Floor
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17
New Bern Officer Gets
New Armament Position

NEW BERN, Oct. 16-First 1t.
Charles N. Parker, a P-38 Light
ming pilot from New Bern, has
been appointed armament officer
of the Sunsetters Fighter squadron
of the 18th All Force Fighter com.
mand in the Philippines. He is
also chemical officer and fire
marshal of his unit.
Son of E. L. Parker of New Bern
and Mrs. Asilee Valevis of near
New Bern, he has two brothers
also in the service. One is in Paris
the other at Lincoln, Neb. Over.
seas with the Jungle air force for
more than seven months, Lieuten.
ant Parker holds the air medal
the Asiatic-Pacific campaign rib
bon with three battle stars, and
the Philippine Liberation ribbon
with one star.