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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-29
Smith Sch|ey
Vows Spoken
By Cand|e|ight

Miss Lorraine Smith. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Smith Jr., and Sgt.
Robert Schley Jr.. son Of the Rev.
and Mrs Schley ST.. were Joined
n holy wedlock al a candle light
ceremony IN the home o. the
brides parents on Mt. Elliot Fri
day.
Miss Smith was given in mar
rage by her brother-.n-laW. James
Durar; The huge living room Of
the Smith home was fanked with
palms, evergreens and baby NUNS.
gift 10 the bride.
THE BRIDE was goWned in ira
dltlonal white satin, fashioned with
fitted bodice with billowy over
skirts Of net. which extended the
full length Of the train.
The tiny white satin buttons ex-
tended from the neckline 10 the
waist with sleeves OF mutton lamb
design. The finger-tip veil Of illu-
SION was trimmed with seed pearls
The brides bouque: was OF baby
NUNS, carnations and sweet peas.
Her only attendant. Mrs. Fred
ericka ) Duran;. wore a pink satin
gown with chiffon skirts carrying
= bouquet identical 20 taat u the
brides with s'reawerS ~ matching
PINK. Floyd Bond attended as best
man.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-29
MISS IIIIA OIIN'ER

I
panied by Miss Rose Lee Nerr..
weather, sang. % Prom Lsc Me" and
'. Love Noa Truly. Ms. Jes..ne
Smith chose stunning creation OF
-rcy crepe WIKI black acceSsor. es
Tor her daughters Wedding Mrs.
Sch.cy. mother II the croow. wore
q printed crepe on black back
--oUNd
Assisting a hoStesses At the re-
ccpuon were MeSdamcS Je>,.ne
Smith. Alvc-ta s. Thompson. Mss
ES'clla Schlcy, Dorothy l.. Nerri-
weather. Rosa Lee Merr.Wcather.
Daisy B.lInsslea, Rewa Billings
lea. Alice S. Apple and Dorothy
Hall
The couple received many beau.
otul ard aScfGl gifts
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-29

Every woman wants romance. Wants
men to think about her. love her
heart-winning ways. And what can
capture a mans heart. what can ap-
peal to him more. than lovelier,
smoother. softer looking hair. That's
why Piuko has been used by women
everywhere for years. It will do all
that for your hair. and more. II will
help you keep it looking its loveliest.
To Beauty Your Hair
Pluko, a genuine Black and White
creation, has long been a favorite of
beautiful women because it makes
hair comb out softer and smoother;
helpsitarrange more easily and keeps
it set in all the hair styles that are
now 30 becoming. And when you use
Pluko, your hair will stay looking
well groomed longer.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-29

nsrd and Robert H. Ryland or the
last day Of the month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
SCHOOL PRESENTS
 ANNUAL PROGRAM
St. Margaret's Cast Plays Before Capacity Audience
 at WOmen's Club

A program of Irish songs and folk dances was presented by chil- dren of St. Margaret's parochial school at the Waterbury Women's club last night. The event was the schools fourth annual St. Patrick's day revue and minstrel. Mert Con- nor was interlocutor and end men were James Moran, Thomas Der win, Robert Mccarthy, and Alfred Pronovost.
 Among those who took part in the program were Thomas Der win, Marlene Romano, the Mur- piy Sisters, Richard O'Connor, Anne Sheehy, Samuel Nejame, Aus tin Driscoll, Mary Ann and June Nejune, Roland Passariello, George Harrington, Anne Sheehy, Madeline Hajjar, Frank Driscoll, Julia Me- jame, Barbara Brodeur, Jerry Gra- ham and Marion Hayes, Jack OBrien, Rose Mary Flanagan, Marie Hajjar, Alice Vanasse and Robert Mccarthy.
 Rev. J. Oliver Cronan was di- rector with Hubert Bergin, accom- paniSt, Dewey Gauthier was stage director.
 The committee included Rev. John A. Conlan, honorary chair man; Father Cronan, chairman: Mrs. Harold V. Brennan, program committee; Miss Grace Walsh, spon- sor committee, assisted by Mrs, A. T. Bedore, Mrs. William Deadly. Mrs. Michael McKenna, Miss Charlotte Moran, Miss Helen Ljung- qu1st and Mrs. James P. Walsh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
HOMEMAKERS HOLD LUNCHEON AT NOON

Prospect March 17-The Prospect Homemaking group met Thursday at the home of Mrs. Clifford P Wallace at 10:30 a. m.
 A covered dish luncheon was eerved at noon. Mrs. Harry Steiler president, presided at the meeting
 Miss Frances Whitcomb, county home demonstration agent, spoke on the renovation of clothing.
 Those present were:
 Mrs. Albert Reichenback, Mrs. Harry Steiler, Mrs. Earl Cooley, Miss Francis Whitcomb, Mrs. Ruth Van Wagner, Mrs. Charles Hodges Mrs. Clifford P. Wallace, Mrs. Ava Cinq-Mars, Mrs. Arthur w. Davis, Miss Nellie Cowdell, Mrs. Lillian. Miller, Mrs. Donald Booth, Mrs. Frank Plumb, Mrs. John s. Stanes- low and Mrs. J. Russel Putnam.
 Children present included: Clark Cing-ars, Judy Van Wagner and Linda Reichenbach.
 Church Notes
 St. Anthonys Roman Catholic church: Rev. John P. McTeague, pastor. Masses tomorrow at g and 10:30 a. m. Confessions are heard before each Mass every Sunday.
 Sunday school right after the 9 o'clock Mass.
 Lenten devotions Tuesday eve- ming at 7:30 p. m. Daily Masses are ct .. m. during lent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17

Thus Services of Supply in the Communications Zones have de- veloped remarkable teamwork in providing transportation, ordnance, engineering and communications for the armies. One additional serv- ice-vital to the very lives of our soldiers-is the work of Com 2 in cooperating with the Medical Corps.
 The Medical Corps performed miracles in its avowed purpose of bringing the hospitals to the sol- diers, instead of vice versa.
 In some cases this has been done by the dropping of medical supplies from the air. Tn others supplies have been packed into shells and shot from field artil- lery pieces to units temporarily cut off. During the Normandy break-through supplies were rushed forward by loading them on the huge trailers ordinarily reserved for transportin tanks. In one case IT tank transports delivered over 5000 tons of medical supplies to front line hospitals.
 The rapid treating of casualties more than any other factor-more than great surgical skill, more than blood and plasma, more than the wonder drugs - has been re- sponsible for the doctors fine rec ord in saving twice as many wound-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
(. OF (. SECRETARY
 SEEKING CARTONS
All Sizes Needed to Pack Clothing for Overseas
 shipment

Frank Green secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has ap- pealed to all local industries to save all cartons of medium and large size for purposes of packing the donated clothes during the United Nation Clothing collection to be held April 1 to the 18th. The cartons will be picked up between April 10 and 12
 Waterbury, as announced here yesterday, is striving toward a quota of one-half million pounds of clothes for the peoples of Europe, Far East and the Philippines of whom 30 million children alone must be clothed.
 The collection here will be an in- tensified one conducted through the medium of the clergy, schools, civic, fraternal and religious organiza- tions, all industries and personal contacts.
 WHAT CAN YOU SPARE
 THAT THEY CAN WHARF"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
Ireland Keeps Torch or Christianity Afan1e Passing Centuries Provide Proof of Valiant Elf. forts of Early Missionaries - St. Patricks
 Name Revered Throughout World
 Writes P. J. Flaherty.

land as the symbol of the Holy Trn- ity, to be carried through the chan mel of Gods graces to the end of time.
 The observance of St. Patrick's Day this year will be more of a sol emn dedication than in past years. Though Fire lies within 8 neutral zone, many of its sons and their descendants are paying the supreme price on all the battle fronts today. The Irish people, en masse, will blend their prayers to offer to their great Creator a plea to end this world massacre and bring peace again to all.
 Linking the present date with the early centuries, we find that the celebration of St. Patrick's day has been carried along by the Irish people W ith deepest veneration. Years of violent coercion and persecution did not erase from their hearts that faith given them by St. Patrick, under the guidance of Gods hand.
 Those Christian teachings carried to many climes by Irish missionar- ies are revived with special grace on each St. Patrick's day.
 P. J. FLAHERTY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
By TOM WOLF NEA Stan Correspondent

Paris, March l7-The Signal Corps is fond of saying that Con- gress can make c general. but only the Signal Corps can make him a commanding general. A general without communications simply can't command farther than he can yell.
 The greatest strain on communi- cations, as on all of the Services of Supply. was, of course, providing signals for General Pattons break. through. One of our armies has strung as much as 25,OO0 miles of phone wire in a single week, but Patton was moving too fast to be kept in telephonic touch.
 Signal Corps experts plugged the gap with Very High Frequency radio. VHF IS a new development which enables a radio beam to be aimed with rifle accuracy at a re- ceiving station. Outside of hairline directly between transmitting and receiving stations the beam cannot be intercepted. Thus Patton's hun- dreds of miles in the rear without the Germans, only a few miles away, being able to intercept the messages.
 Fortunately the French communi- cations system was found to be in far better shape than planners had feared might be the case, and SO 8 decision was immediately taken to discard plans to build an entirely new network in favor of restoring the French system.
 The Germans did relatively little major destruction. Most of their efforts had only nuisance value like removing the wiring plans from the Paris switchboards, thereby forcing us to lose endless testing every phone to find out where 1t went.
 HELP FROM ABOVE
 When the Signal Corps decided to refurbish the French system, it needed additional splicers. Within 8 month 30 civilian experts answered 8 hurry call and were on the spot. Today there are more than 136 ma- jor headquarters connected by phone-one of them with POO To- cal extensions, handling more than 30,000 calls every day.
 The most dramatic piece of Sig nal Corps work came in connection with the Won Rundstedt break through in December, when the Germans cut our North-South com- munications network. How the Sig nal Corps saved the day is still on the secret list, but the day was saved-and quickly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
Hospital Bulletins

The condition of five-year-old Lorraine Lafreniere, who was saved from suffocating by quick action of four local policemen Thursday, was described as good at St. Marys' hospital this mOrn- ing. The child was stricken with a cerebral hemOrrhage following a fall at her home, and the police men administered first aid before she was removed to the hospital.
 Alfred Dean, B, of 89 Water vile street was in fair condition at St. Mary's hospital today where he is under treatment for injuries sustained in 8 collision last night on East Main street near Hamil- ton avenue. The car he was driv- ing struck Q c. R. 6 L. bus.
 Henry Kolakowski, 26, of 261 River street. whose car smashed into the rear of the bus immed- lately after the other collision, was slightly cut, but required no hospital treatment.
 Ernest FlOriO, 38, of 3 West Burton street was admitted to Waterbury hospital last night for treatment of spine injury sus- tained yesterday while working at the Waterbury Mfg. Co.
 Perry Brauman, 19, of 24 Plaza avenue, was admitted to Water bury hospital yesterday afternoon after he suffered . back strain while working at the BenruS Watch co.
 Robert Wells, 37, of Cheshire is at Waterbury hospital for treat ment of injuries sustained yester- day afternoon when a tractor he was operating went out of con- trol. Hospital authorities said he sustained possible fracture of the skull and cOncussiOn of the brain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
AUDETTE SERVED
 ON U. s. s. HOVEY
DestrOyer-Minesweeper Is Sunk in Action; Local
 Man Among Survivors

George Audette, Y2-c, 23 Water
 town avenue, Is survivor of the
 USS Hovey, destroyer minesweepe1 sunk by a Japanese aerial attack just before the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.
 The Hovey, with one of the most impressive minesweeping records of the Pacific war, had entered Lin- gayen Gulf two days before S-Day to help clear the waters of enemy mines. She, and her sister sweeps had already undergone constant air attacks in the long voyage from Leyte up the west coast of Luzon. and entering invasion waters of- fered no respite.
 It was night and the Hovey had completed one sweep when Jap planes attacked and sank another sweeper in the group, the USS Long. The Hovey immediately secured the area and picked up a number of Long survivors as well as some per- sonnel from another ship that had been hit. Then, shortly after 400 a. nn., the enemy came back again.
 This time, the Hovey took a di- rect, fatal hit from an aerial tor pedo. Before the abandon ship order was given, the crew members had the satisfaction of seeing their attacker go down ~ in flames from the fire of sister minesweeper But the Hovey was sinking fast, went down, in fact, three minutes after the order to abandn had been issued by Lieutenant Ben N. Cole, USNR, of Charlotte. North Caro- lima, skipper of the ship.
 The survivors were all picked up within two hours and later were to two of the battleships then entering the area for the in- vasion bombardment. A total of 46 men, some of them Long survivors, are listed as missing in action.
 The Hovey, 8 converted destroyer, received its baptism of fire on De- cember 2, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Since then, the speedy vessel had returned the compliment to the enemy at Guad- alcanal, Russell Islands, New Georgia, Empress Augusta Bay, Pa- lau and Leyte. According to Lieu tenant Cole, sch was the first Amer lcan ship to enter Japanese waters at Guadalcanal - and the first veS- sel to return to Philippine waters when she started sweeping opera tions off Leyte three days before the invasion. Five enemy planes have been credited officially to the Hovey's gunners, and 8 claim has been entered for three more kills during the Luzon operation. Her reputation includes the claim of having swept more mines than any other ship in ttN Pacific.
 Yeoman Audette is now in this country on leave, before being as- signed to new billet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
MORE VOLUNTEERS 1 AS NURSES AIDES
Enrolment Figures Show Increase Locally as We'll
 as Nationally

The number of persons volunteer eng their services to the Red Cross Nurses Aides has spurted upward recently, according to both figures throughout the nation and in Wa terbury.
 Am all-time national enrolment record of 10,631 volunteer nurses aides for February was reported by Mrs. Walter Lippmann, chairman of the nurses aide program for the American Red Cross, while Mrs. Howard P. Hart, local chairman of that branch of the Red Cross, re- ported that 8 class to start next has the largest enrolment since the inception of the program here.
 Mrs. Lippmann said the increased enrolment record was most grati- flying, since "this means simply that the women of America needed the Presidents call in January and re- Sponded to assist in the nursing circles"
 Red Cross Nurses Aides through out the United States now number 168,616, according to Mrs. Lippmann. Each aide, in addition to her &C., hour instruction course, must be on duty at. least 150 hours annually. During the nursing emergency, when the armed forces must take more civilian nurses to meet military needs, the aides have been asked to serve at least 10 hours per week, the National Red Cross officer said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
CHASE EMPLOYE
 DIES IN SLEEP
Funeral Services to Be Held Tuesday Morning
 for Basil KIimaszewski

Basil KlimaSzewsh, 57, of 2o3 Newbury St., was found dead in bed shortly before II o'clock last night by his son-in-law, Pvt. Ed ward Drost of the Waterbury fire department.
 MT. Klimaszewski was born 1n Poland and came to Waterbury B years ago. He had been employed by the Chase Brass & Copper Go. the past 29 years. He was a mem Der of St. StanislauS Kostka church and of the Ognisko society and the Polish National Alliance.
 Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary (KremskD Kimaszewski; two daughters, Mrs. Edward DroSt and Mrs. Carl Gustavson, both of this city; a brother, Martin, in Poland, and two grandchildren, Joyce Car ol Drost and Marshall Klimaszew- ski, Jr., both of Waterbury.
 The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 8:15 o'clock from the Mulville funera1 home, 270 West Main street, to St. Stanislaus Kost- ka church at g. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening from ' to 10 o'clock and Sunday and Monday from 2 to 10 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
CHURCHES OBSERVE
 ST PATRICK'S DAY
War OvershadOws Gus. tomary Festive Spirit of
 Great Irish Day.

Tempered by the gravity of war times St. Patrick's Day was ushered in today with special services at many Catholic churches as scores attended to pray for the welfare of the many thousands of Waterbury men of Irish heritage now serving so gallantly with the armed forces.
 The wearing of the green" pre- vailed however and many were the kindly quips and jokes exchanged with those whose antecedents hailed from Ireland, by Waterbury's resi- dents of Italian, Polish, English and other extractions. The god-natured and warm friendliness always so evident on St. Patrick's Day was prev alent but 1t was obvious that 1t was secondary to the grim serious ness of the war.
 Irish tunes with their lit and sad ness were being whistled d hummed and poured forth from tho usands of radios. Green ties, flowers, shirts, ribbons and buttons were in evidence but mainly in Subdued way.
 Principal celebrations were to be held by the Washington Hill Com munity Club tonight and 8 similar gathering at Buckingham Hall. Numerous informal house parties were scheduled for celebration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
REACH AGREEMENT
 IN LABOR DISPUTE
Labor, Management at Plume & AtWOOd's Issue
 Joint Statement

Hopeful that such action "wil eliminate any further defflcultie. along this line" a joint agreement as to future policy was drawn up between management and labor representatives of the Plume & At wood Co.,, following a work stop- page effected by some 250 employ eeS.
 The agreement was drawn up yesterday following meeting of representative officials comprised of Gordon Hurlburt, vice-president of the concern, Ovide Garceau representatives, of the CIO and rep resentatives of the state depart ment of labor.
 I na joint statement issued by both groups, it was announced that the company and the union, Local 251, C.I.O., drew up plan to try out suggested operations within the plant to settle the dispute. Details of the plan were withheld.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
Members Of Boys Club To Save Coins For Gift
vOln In Movement to Purchase Portable Ice.Cream A %er. Plant for ServiCemen Overseas

The 8OyB Club of Waterbury,
 Ftth Boys Clubs throughou t the pattcn, is sponsoring . contribution From their boy members toward purchasing c Portable Ice-Cream plant. The pennies and nickels from these boys will buy this plant to be given by the Boys Club of Ameri- kan as a gift to the armed forces.
 The plant. which has q gasoline emotor and is the first of its kind Do be used on actual fighting fronts Will be shipped directly to the Paci- klc area where the lighting men haven't had ice-cream for more than three years. Costing $2,OO0 to be raised in pennies in the 250 Boys Clubs throughout the country, the plant represents 1900 pounds of aluminium which will be flown by transport plane to front-line battle areas.
 In fox-holes, on battle plains, and in dense jungles, the plant which will produce ice-cream at a temperature of 120 degrees Fahren- heit for 1000 men every eight hours, Will bring a taste of home to hun gry and tired Yanks as they enjoy this familiar American treat.
 The quarter of a million Boys Club members who last year pre- sented a doughnut wagon to the Red Cross and the year before gave e1 800 to the War Department for the purchase of a Jeep, are tossing their own candy, cake and ice- cream money into special collection units
 Boys Club of America is a philanthropic organization of 25O members clubs located in coneested
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO

American heavy bombers attack targets within Vienna for the first time. U. s. medium bOmbers pound at railway center of Creil, 25 miles north of Paris.
 Adm. Lord Louis MOuntmbat- tens headquarters announce the landing of U. s. paratrOopers in North Burma a week ago in suc- cessfuI airbOrne opeartoin aimed at disruptign communications of enemy forces drivin gtoward the Indian border.
 Russian troops on the Ukraine front push on IS miles to within ten miles of the Dniester river; Russian units to the northwest capture Dubno in eastern Poland.
 Allied forces capture Japanese airfield at L0renfau on island of Manus, in the Admiralties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17

ed as could be saved in the first World War. In 1918 eight of every 100 soldiers who reached a hospital died of his wounds. Today only four of every 100 die.
 Bringing the hospitals forward has meant a huge tent-hospital program. Today there are, for example, Il general hospitals last word in medical equipment in tents on the continent.
 Next to rapid evacuation, the greatest single life-saving factor has probably been the forward use of plasma and whole blood. A critically wounded soldier can get whole blood at a field hos pital, perhaps dozen miles be- hind the battlefield. Such a pos- sibility was undreamed of prior to this campaign.
 FLY BLOOD TO FRONT
 The whole blood program, the need for which was shown in the North African campaign, has been developed on a giantic scale. In the first four months of the op- erationg over 75.000 pints had been flown from the States to the front.
 Today blood donated in the States may be giving life to a wounded soldier at the front with in four hours from the time it is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-17
Features Of Your Social
 Security Act

Editors Note: This Is the sev-
 enth of a series of II articles on
 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and related programs. These ar- ticles will appear in this newspaper as space becomes available. If you wish further information about any of the subjects discussed, you are invited to contact the nearest So- ciaI Security Board office or the other agencies mentiOned.)
 The other articles have given in- formation as to old-age and surviv- ors insurance payments made to wives, widows, and children. What protection, you may say, "does the unmarried or widowed worker have?"
 The single worker has of course the same retirement rights as hans any other employe. The widowed worker likewise has his retirement insurance and also has life insur- ance in favor of any children under the age of 18.
 There are, however, many cases where the single worker is the sole support of one or both of his aged parents. In situation of this kind, the parent, If 65 years of age or over, can receive monthly pay ment upon the death of the worker, Such payment Is made, however, only If the worker is not survived by widow Cor widower) or a child under 18. This type of payment is likewise made only if the parent was wholly dependent upon and by the worker at the time of his death.
 If the parent is not 65 at the time of the death of the worker, he may receive an immediate lump sum death payment. He can then receive monthly payments at age 65 if he can prove that he was depen- dent upon his son Cor daughter) at the time of death. This proof must be filed with the Social Security Board within two years of the date of the workers death, regardless of the age of the parent at the tine. Thes following will illustrate this type of payment.
 James Anderson was unmarried and was the sole support of his aged 66. James was reg ular employe of 8 foundry until his death in January 104S. His earn ings averaged $lS0.00 . month.