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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-12
Pneumonia Cases Prevalent Here

Virus pneumonia cases have in- creased in the city during recent weeks, especially among children, it is reported.
 pr. Edward J. Godfrey, city health officer, said an epidemic IS not imminent, but warned that all precautions be taken. Safeguards against this type of infection he said, include the avoidance of crowds, especially the advoidance of sick persons, plenty of rest and ex- ercise, and the observance of sensi- ble dietary habits.
 The health officer said the sick ness lasts about a week, and its period of greatest incidence extends between December and April.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-12

There was one time never thought I'd see the
 day could burn this mortgage. That was when troubles came all together .. it didn't rain but it poured. talked it over with the folks at the bank They knew me. They knew my boss. They knew the facts about the town. They rearranged my payments, when thought would lose my home We've been through lot together ..'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-12
U. 5. Flyers Ouerdue

San Francisco, Dec. 12. (UP)- Twelve American airmen are miss ing in flights over North China, Peiping dispatch broadcast by Melbourne radio said today. The broadcast, heard here by United Press, said the airmen went out in six -bombers and were more than 48 hours overdue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-12
TIE BROADWAY SCENE

 Ec we have failed to learn thsi wt have changed That new times bring new lyfaos 10 a song That all our plans and dreams arc disaffangcd And shat was right is now n1osi surely wrong We have forgotten that e kiss can facr. That golden phrases lose the min, of youth. And thAi ihe time has coEle to bt afraid And face the soorn of boredom and oi truth. That was another year when stan were high. And piollns we're soobing in tht night. When any moment held a dream to buy. And there wAs time for danger and delight. Let us be fAir-the Golden Moon h down. A chill rain sweeps upon the sullen toRnl
 DON wAHN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-12
Attention Readers

Democrat readers Wfii csn- Ger a favur C they wil netify the Circulatien DspaFtmsnt of any Irregularities er deiays ln the eeilveFy of theiT papeFA Please phens a-aial befsrs c ,. m. Week nights and before s.1e D. m. SaturaayA.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
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Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, red stamps
T-5 through KS good through
April %; stamps Y-5, rs, Az
through d. good through June 2;
stamps E-2 through J-2 good
through June 30; stamps K-2
through P-2 good through July 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4. blue
stamps CO through Ga good
through April %: stamps H.
through M-2 good through June
2; stamps N-2 through So good
through June 80. Stamps To
through X-2 good through July 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp IS valid for S pounds
through June 2. Next stamp
scheduled to be validated May !.
Gasoline-A-15 coupons are valid
through June 81. B-6, C-6, B-7
and CT coupons good for S gal
Ions each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l, 2 and 3
in Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one, two. three
four and five coupons good for 10
gallons per unit through heating
year. Consumers in this area
should not have used more than sc
per cent Of their ration as of today
Evening star., 1945-04-14
House Unit 10 Check
Newsprint Use
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An investigation to determine
what newspapers and industries, II
any, are failing to comply with
newsprint ALLEGATIONS will be started
next Saturday by the House News
print Committee.
Chairman Boren announced hear
ings also would be held Monday on
the possibility of increasing paper
and pulp imports from Canada and
Europe after We day.
Discussing the hearing planned
for next Saturday, Mr.. Boren said
that I'VE want to find out what
papers and industries are failing to
comply with the general curtail-
ment order.
The committee helped formulate
the policy for newsprint use and it
is being done on the basis of a vol
untary agreement. We desire to
know who has not complied, why
and what the War Production
Board is doing about it"
Of next Mondays hearing, Mr..
Boren said the WPB, State and
War Department and the Foreign
Economic Administration will be
asked to send representatives to sit
in a round table discussion with the
committee.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
Death Of Roosevelt
Leaves Federal Pay
Raise Bill in Doubt
BY JOSEPH YOUNG.

The death of President Roosevelt
has left in doubt the fate Of the
proposed legislation to increase the
pay of Government employees, it was
learned today.
The pending bill was championed
by Mr.. Roosevelt, who strongly
urged passage of legislation to pro-
vide true time-and-a-half overtime
and to increase basic pay for Gov
ernment workers.
Until the attitude of President
Truman regarding the bill is learned
Chairman Downey Of the Senate
Civil Service Committee has post
poned hearings on the pay bill,
which had been scheduled to start
Monday.
Needs Truman Support.
Senator Downey feels it would
be useless to 90 ahead with the
hearings unless the new President
expressed sympathy with the bills
provisions.
With the pressure Of his new
duties, it may be weeks before
President Truman can turn his at
tention to the measure, it is felt.
However, Senator Downey has ten
tatively set the date of the hearings
for a week from Monday.
The go-ahead signal for the pay
bill was given by Mr.. Roosevelt in
his message to the Congress last
January, when he called attention
to the inequities in the salary scale
of a large number of Federal en-
ployes. Pointing out the vast ma
jority of Government workers have
had no pay boosts since the start
of the war Mr.. Roosevelt called on
Congress to correct the situation.
Fear Delays.
He also urged Congress to provide
true time overtime for
work over 40 hours, instead of the
time-and-a-twelfth now in effect.
Government officials are con-
cerned over possible delays, since
the present overtime provisions ex-
pire June 30. Should no action be
taken by Congress by that time,
there would be no compensation at
all for overtime, they point out.
The bill introduced by Senator
Downey calls for a fiat IS per cent
basic increase in pay as well as
regular time-and-a-half overtime.
Similar bills have been introduced
in the House.
Hearings by the House Civil Serv-
ice Committee on the measure are
scheduled to begin next month.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
Club PIuns Hike

The Capital Hiking Club will have
a 10-mile hike along Northwest
Branch from Green Meadows, Md,
to Riggs Mill, Md, tomorrow. The
group will met at GAS am. at the
end of the Brookland streetcar line.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
Cumpuiqns on Trolley

OMAHA (P).-Passengers gasped,
smiled and applauded when E. E.
Harrington, Omaha bus driver,
stopped his vehicle in midrun,
turned toward them and made a
political speech. He promised, If
elected commissioner, to make "as
good a commissioner as I have been
a motorman."
Evening star., 1945-04-14

Court and Of w. Bruce Matthews
to be United States marshal for the
District.
The Democratic Central Commit
tee for the District recently filed
a protest against the Matthews
nomination on the ground that Dis
trict jobs should go to District resi-
dents. Mr.. Matthews is a resident
of Maryland and formerly served
in the Maryland Legislature.
Asked for comment, Chairman
McCarran said of the Democratic
committee protest: II glory in
their spunk. Washington Jobs
should be filed by Washington resi-
Evening star., 1945-04-14

architect. The dedication December 7, s4o the
anniversary of the dedication in 1872 of the old
Jefferson Public School, located at Sixth and streets sW In
this historic building used for elementary
school, the Jefferson Junior High School organized
developed named after Thomas Jefferson in
Grafton of his service president of the school board while
President Of the United States Hugh Stewart Smith,
principal this capacity in the old building and
worker for the modern building ample SITE
Helen Catch Duton views the building from the
northeast looking the recreation center.
Evening star., 1945-04-14

THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
AND LIBRARY-Located at Eighth and streets S.W, the
building city blocks from Seventh
ninth and from to streets The building faces the north
overlooking Recreation Center the confronting
section three stories contains the
auditorium gymnasium and cassrooms The wings of two
stories Southwest Branch of the Public Library, with
separate Seventh street. occupies the east wing
wing the metal and woodwork shops and
domestic The architecture Colonial
designed under direction of Nathan C. Wyeth municipal
Evening star., 1945-04-14

$3.50, 900 for expansion of the Alex
andria Naval Torpedo Station.
Principal item in the nearby Mary
land program is $685., 900 for expan-
sion of the naval radio station at
Cheltenham. The program also in
cludes:
Bethesda Naval Medical Center,
S340 900; Indianhead Naval Powder
Factory, 5000, 900; Piney Point Naval
Torpedo Testing Range, $150,000;
David Taylor Model Basin at Carde-
rock, $l50,0O0, and Solomons Naval
Mine Warfare Test Station, $55 900.
Evening star., 1945-04-14

dents-and I mean bona flde resi-
dents"
He has named a subcommittee,
headed by Senator Hatch, Democrat,
of New Mexico to consider the Mat
thews nomination.
Hearings on the nomination Of
Judge Margold will be resumed as
soon as time permits, Senator Nc
Carran added.
Evening star., 1945-04-14
District Nominations
To Continue in Force

Nominations which had been sent
to the Senate by the late President
Roosevelt and on which action has
not yet been taken will continue in
force unless President Truman
withdraws them, Chairman McCar-
ran Of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee explained yesterday.
Among still pending Roosevelt
nominations are those Of Municipal
Court Judge Nathan r. Margold to
be an associate justice Of District
Evening star., 1945-04-14

augurations of Presidents Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover.
Besides Miss Hitchcock, Mrs.
Speel is survived by another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dunlap Pearce Penhallow,
Watertown, N. Y, whose husband
was commanding colonel of the
hospital at Pine Camp, N. Y, until
his recent retirement: a brother,
Thomas White, San Francisco, and
three grandchildren
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17
Curtis ChiverS
Suffers Burns
In Explosion

Curtis C. Chivers, 4017 Clinton
Avenue, well-known Minneapolis
man, suffered third degree burns
in an explosion at Twin Cities Ord
nance Plant, New Brighton, Tues
day morning.
Chivers was rushed by ambu-
lance to st. Barnabas Hospital,
where his condition is reported as
fair. He suffered severe burns on
his right arm, and minor burns on
the face.
Chivers is an adjustor at the
plant, where he has been employed
in war work for three years. He is
also chief advertising solicitor for
the Minneapolis Spokesman, where
he has been employed since 1888.
He is also chairman of the Mime
apolis NAACP 1915 membership
drive.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17
Baptist Women's Group
To Give Drama. Review
ut Zion on Sunday

The Women's Auxiliary of the
Minnesota Baptist Association will
present a Christian drama and a
princess review at Zion Baptist
Church, Sunday, Aug. 10, at 3 p. m.
The women of both cities will
participate. More than twenty
women from churches of the Twin
Cities have registered to act as
queen and each will have twelve at
tendants. At the conclusion of the
Review, the most popular queen
will be crowned.
A symposium on the detectives
of the Missionary society will be
discussed by Mrs. NJ. E. Bell, who
will talk on Home Missions; Mrs.
H. W. Bolts, ST., on Foreign Mis-
sions," and Mrs. Estelle Sims, on
christian Education" An all male
chorus will sing gospel and sPir-
itual songs.
Mrs. Mayme Burrell is the state
president of the Women's Auxil-
larry. Mrs. Mary Crump, financial
secretary of the association, is
chairman of arrangements.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17

The full picture Of how Ameri-
cas- railroads are just now be-
ginning to feel the impact of dis
elimination and jimcro practiced
by key railroad unions, is revealed
in Grace Discrimination in Unions"
a pamphlet prepared by Herbert R.
Northrup, former instructor in
economics at Cornell, and research
associate for the Carnegie Corpora
TONS NEGRO in America" survey.
According to the Northrup
pamphlet the following railroad
unions exclude Negroes by color
bar in bylaws:
A. ALL affiliates
Railroad Telegraphers, Order Of
Railway Mail Association
Switchmen's union of North
America
B. Independent unions
. Locomotive Engineers, Brother
hood of
. Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, Brotherhood of
. Railroad Trainmen, Brotherhood
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of
. Railroad Yardmasters of Ameri-
ca
o Railroad Yardmasters of North
America
. Railway Conductors, Order of
Train Dispatchers Association,
American.
The unions which habitually ex-
clude Negroes by practices based on
unwritten rules:
A. ALL affiliates
Q Electrical Workers, International
Brotherhood of (craft locals only)
B. Independent unions
. Railroad Shop Crafts, Brother
hood of
Unions which confne Negroes to
jimcro Auxiliary locals:
A. ALL affiliates
0 Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders,
Welders and Helpers, Brother
hood of
Q Railway Carmen of America,
Brotherhood of
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This Is Why u. S. Railroads Face Crisis!

. Railway and Steamship Clerks,
Freight Handlers, Express and
Station Employees, Brotherhood
of
B. Independent unions
. Railroad Workers, American
Federation of
All AFL Unions
All of the unions mentioned are
either independent or belong to the
American Federation of Labor.
None Of them are affiliated with
the CLIO, nor does the CLIO include
any such organizations.
AS far as the independent unions
are concerned, there is no central
body to challenge their discrim-
inatory practices, but the practice
of the AFL affiliates are directly
contrary to the preaching of the
AFL itself, which constantly states
that the workers must organize
and unite under its banner without
regard to race, color, creed or ma
tiOnal origin"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17

a report from an UNRRA official
had indicated no difficulty had been
experienced in the placement of
Negro personnel in the European
theatre as team members or as
team leaders. A direct report from
Europe, however, obtained by
NNPA, reveals that a Negro has
been appointed a team leader to
serve in Germany only after long
period of do-nothing waiting and a
threat to report the UNRRA Off
cial who was blaming the delay on
the military authorities. SHAEF
(Supreme Headquarters, Allied Ex-
peditionary Forces) subsequently
denied having ordered that no Ne
groes as team leaders be sent into
Germany.
Both these instances seem to in
dictate that policies of UNRRA as
set down by the top officials and
contained in the UNRRA charter,
are being emasculated by lesser
officials without knowledge of the
director and deputy directors.
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Lieut.. Bob Gardner
Flies to st. Paul
In Army Bomber

The bomber that landed in St.
Paul, Sunday, August IL, from
Tuskegee Army Air Field, Tuske-
gee, Alabama, piloted by Lieut.. W.
Deiz, brought Lieut.. Robert Gard
ner, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Gardner, Hardwood Ave, and Co.
Rd. c., home to be with his brother
Jesse, who is quite i'll in Bethesda
hospital. 1t also brought home
Lieut.. N. Walter Coins, son of Mr..
and Mrs. N. Walter Coins, 696
Carroll Avenue, to spend a few
hours with his family. The plane
left the airfeld at 900 a. m. and
landed in st. Paul at lis p. m. The
crew, minus Lieut.. Gardner, left for
Tuskegee, about 4 p. m. in the
afternoon, in order to return to the
field before darkness. Others of
the crew were Captain Weather
spoon, Lieut.. Nurse Faulkner and
two enlisted men.
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he proceeded to the back cars. At
first he couldn't see anything be-
cause of the steam, but he heard a
woman screaming.
Woman Pinned in Window
When the steam cleared a bit,
he saw her jammed in the tele-
scoped window of the observation
car, and pinned from the waist
down by wreckage. She was in
such terrific agony, Ingram said,
her only thought was to grab for
anyone who passed, then fight him
as he attempted to free her.
A ladder was obtained from
somewhere, and Arnold climbed to
the window and lifted a chair car
off her back, which seemed to re-
lieve her somewhat.
"At first when l got there, she
was praying and saying she wanted
to de-" the young waiter reported.
AS workers with acetylene torches
struggled to free the womaS, Ing
ram repeatedly passed cold towels
up the ladder to cool her face. The
heat was almost unbearable, but
he said, 81 just told myself if that
woman could stand the heat up
there, I could, too, and stayed by
her as long as could" He even
took his turn at an acetylene torch
although he'd never used one be-
fore.
Man Crushed to Death
After finding the woman, Ingram
on his first round of the cars,
walked up to a man standing as if
waiting for him to pass. "How are
you doing, buddy?" he asked, but
received no answer. He flashed a
light in his face. The man was
dead, crushed to death as he was
passing through the cars. In the
day coach, a passenger sleeping
with his head on his chest when
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Unless a permanent FEPC is
enacted, these workers will have
little protection against the whims
and personal preferences of super
visors and department heads when
cuts in stats are made. Even the
few who have been on jobs for long
periods are not sure they will be
protected by seniority. The present
FEPC, war agency, will have to
be dissolved within 6 months after
the cessation of hostilities.
Ask Seniority Emphasized
The United Federal Workers of
America, CLIO government en-
ployees union, has proposed to the
Civil Service Commission that
principal weight be given to SEMI
ority when layoffs occur. This is
not now the general practice. The
UFWA has uncovered a memoran-
dunn written by one government
agency head leaving the dismissal
of employees entirely to the within
of supervisors. 1t read in part:
List under category, the
names of persons now in your
section in preferred order for
possible separation. Each list
should name first the person
who Gall things cOnsidered)
may seem least useful for our
present work irrespective of
salary scale and of course, ir-
respective of all considerations
of dependency, long service,
etc. :"
According to a survey of govern
ment employees, the majority of
them want to stay in Washington,
preferably in a government job.
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Lehman who is in London attend
ing sessions of UNRRA.
Hendricks made this statement
to newsmen at a special conference
requested of him. He said the
Ethiopian request had not reached
his level in the agency.
Request Turned Down
In the meantime, however, the
NNPA has learned that one of the
UNRRA men who is scheduled to
go to Ethiopia, proposed taking his
secretary along who is a Negro.
He was told frantically that the re-
quest could not be granted because
Ethiopia did not want any Ameri-
can Negroes sent on the UNRRA
mission. Efforts to confirm the
Ethiopian request, reported to have
been made by the Ethiopian Min
lister to the United States, Blatta
Ephram T. Medhen, have proved
unavailing. The minister is also in
London attending the UNRRA con-
ference.
During the same Conference with
Mr.. Hendricks, he pointed out that
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again" he stated. A doctor dressed
wounds in his head caused by fly
ing crockery. Gilchrist, who had
been sitting at a table in the head
diner, was thrown against and over
the table, suffering back and stom-
ach injuries.
Grever said that a man and his
wife, and their two children, who
were in the party of six he had just
served, mentioned they were going
back to the observation car, and
that was the last he saw of them.
Charles Beasley, 904 Bryant
Avenue No., a waiter, said, eve
had just finished dinner when the
crash occurred. Everybody was so
excited, we hardly realized what
actually had happened. My back
and arm were injured when l was
struck by a table that was torn
loose, and also by a falling chair.
At first / was stunned, and had to
lie there awhile before l could get
up. After the wreck was cleared,
we were brought home on another
train"
Beasley stated that Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyd Crawford of Minneapolis who
were on their way to the West
Coast for a visit, had just walked
out of the diner before the crash.
The engineer of the second sec
ton, in spite of the terrific, head
long crash, miraculously escaped
without injury. The fireman, who
jumped from the cab of the engine,
before it rammed the stalled first
section, received minor injuries.
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six, and was in the pantry unload
ing my tray when it happened"
Grever said. He was completely
knocked out by the impact which
demolished dishes in the pantry.
When he regained consciousness,
everything was in chaos. 1--WE
never seen anything like it, and
never want to see anything like it
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The South, says Mrs. Douglas,
is on the verge of a new economic
era, and she gives much of the
credit for its new awakening to
the Negro church.
One of her principal observations
was that there is a growing feeling
that job discrimination is one of the
most serious drags on the whole
south, and that the problems must
be solved on a national and not a
regional basis. In this connection,
she said she found that many
Negroes do not agree with the prin-
ciples of the Durham Conference,
where the theme was that the South
should be left to solve the South's
race problem.
Want Full Citizenship
A desire for full citizenship is
increasingly evident, she says,
among the Negroes in the South
along with the will to implement
that desire. Fully cognizant that
there are still powerful forces ar
rayed against Them" declared Mrs.
Douglas, land that in some cases
they risk loss of jobs and even
physical violence, they openly or
ganize and support the movements
which they believe will help them
realize their goals"
There are some exceptions
to this rule, she pointed out
under questioning. Little sup
port of FEPC, for example,
comes from the teachers and
professional groups. The teach
ers fear reprisals and show a
cOmplacency in the fact that
most of them have been given
equal pay with whites through
the efforts of the NAACP, pro-
fessional men, in the main, are
too busy making money" to
take leadership in the prob
lens of the masses.
The courage of some of the
people is demonstrated, how
ever, in defying threatening
opposition. In New Orleans,
for example, the interracial
Mayors Committee on Racial
Relations adopted a resolution
endorsing the Senate bill for
a permanent FEPC with only
two dissenting votes even after
one of its members active in
the Community Chest directory
said the Chest would frOwn
upon such an endorsement.
The Community Chest is con-
trOlled by the Chamber of
Commerce and social agencies.