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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10

Connecticut participated to a great extent in the creation of the devast- ating atomic bomb used so effective ly on two cities in Japan, State 'Di- rector William J. Fitzgerald of the War Manpower Commission said to- day.
 The state, through the efforts of the War Manpower Commission. sent out several hundred highly skilled workers to the Pacific Coast and Tennessee to work on the pro- jects which were of very secret na- ture at that time.
 Connecticut also contributed con- siderably ill small parts used in the bomb. These parts were furnished by several firms in the state. The firms engaged in making these parts had the highest priority ratings for manpower and maintained produc- tion of vital parts at high pace.
 Large Quotas
 Director Fitzgerald said that the War Department in Washington placed large quotas on Connecticut in the recruitment of skilled workers for the Hanford Engineering Project in Pasco, Washington; the Western Engineering Company and the Man hattan Project. These quotas were met each time.
 When we began to recruit work CTS in Connecticut for these projects of utmost secret nature, we were criticized severely by the press and manufacturers for taking workers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
Secret Red Arsenal
 Backs Siberian Army

the city of Komsomolsk. This was almost literally the creation of the Soviet youth movement. Thousands of young men and women. partic- ularly young women. Volunteered to go to the remote Far Eastern area where the site had been picked out along a desolate stretch of the uninhabited Amur river reaches.
 The city was built from scratch, By 1889 it had a population of TO- GOO and now it probably runs over 100000, due to the vast wartime expansion.
 All of the Far Eastern centers have doubled and tripled in size during the war, partly due to evac- uation of war industries from the west but even more from the ex- parsion of existing facilities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
Citation For It. KisiIuk.Of ThomoSton
 Bombordier Be-
 comes Medical
 Teehnicion to
 Save Buddy

Atlantic City, N. J. - cTOm Doul- bardier to medical technician 1n one fast switch may sound fantas- tic, but in an emergency nothing is fantastic - especially when It means saving the life of buddy. That's why 1st It. William P. Kisi- lux, of Thomaston, Conn.,, received a special commendation from Gen. eral George c. Kenny, commanding general of the Far Eastern Air Forces.
 He saved the life of his waist gunner by his quick thinking in giv- ing first aid in time.
 It. Kisiluk is now being processed at the AAF Redistribution Station No. 1 here, where he recalls the 1n- cident. It happened on the first daylight raid his B-24 group flew from New Guinea to the Philip pines.
 We were without fighter cover over the target" he said, "and just after I had dropped the bombs we were attacked by about 30 Jap fight CTS. My plane took beating. It was peppered by cal 80 and 20-mm shells, one of which cut the control cables.
 Both our waist gunners were hit, but one of them was hurt badly. His back, neck, face and hands were all shot open, and he was bleeding profusely. Looked like he'd never live to get back to the base unless something was done in hurry"
 1st. It. Kisiluk did something in 8 hurry
 First he gave him an injection of morphine to relieve the pain. Then with materials from the first aid kit he cleaned the wounds and cov- cred them with sulfa powder to pre- vent infection. The gunner was still bleeding, and there was nothing with which to stitch his slashes, so the bombardier taped them to- gether.
 ''The doctor at the base was so amazed" he grinned. that he gave me quart of liquor" It. Kisiluk flew 43 combat mis- sions while in the Southwest Pacific, and was awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. Peter Kisiluk, who live at 355 East Main street, Thomaston, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
Milton Smith Car FotoIity
 Driver Free on
 His Own
 Recognizonee

Milton H. Smith. four -year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Milton Smith. 102 Bridge street, was fatally injured when struck by a car while crossing Pemberton street yesterday after noon.
 The driver of the car, Antonio DiStefano, 47, 35 Pemberton street, was released by Coroner Frank Healey on his own recognizance pending completion of an inquest. Reckless driving charges were placed against DiStefano by Motor Patrol man Matthew Guarini.
 The boy was crossing Pemberton near Bridge street. on his way to get an ice cream cone. Coroner Healey said. DiStefano had been driving easterly on Bridge street and was proceeding South along Pem- berton street when his machine struck the boy.
 The boy vas born in Waterbury July IT. 1941. Surviving. besides his parents. Milton and Rachael (Grenier) Smith, are three sisters, Linda, Barbara and Eoseann; and his maternal grandparents, MT. and Mrs. Alfred Grenier, all of this city.
 Funeral services will be held Monday from the Mulville Funeral Home, 270 West Main street at Il o'clock. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow and Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
Driver Held In Accident At Chase Co.
 Edword Dwyer
 Suffers Fractures
 Of Both Legs

Leonard Charete, 20, 112 Baldwin street, driver of a truck which struck and severely injured Edward Dwyer, 42, 222 Lounsbury street, a brakeman in the inside yard of the Chase Metal Works, Waterville, yesterday morning, was given one cay continuance after he was ar- raigned before Judge John L. Calf ney in City Court this morning on charges of driving with defective brakes and improper registration.
 Dwyer, who sustained fractures of both legs when he was pinned be- tween platform on the engine and a metal truck operated by Charete, was reported in fair condition at Waterbury hospital today.
 Other cases: Nicholas Andrack, g, Terryville. road rules violation, nolled for $15; Fausto Cherubini, 49, Southbury, road rules violation, boiled for $6; Charles Wasukani, 43. Torrington, no operators license, nolled for $6; James Murrican, 30, 18L Macauley avenue, breach of the peace, nolled; Antonio Distefano, 47. 35 Pemberton street, reckless driving, continued to Sept. 6; Salva- tore Antonelli, 25, 83 French street, Watertown, road rules violation noiled; Louis Richardson, fl. A Cottage place. non-support, contin- ued to Sept. 20.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
NEWS OF MEN nv THE SERVICE
 At Rest Camp Enjoys Two Weeks
 Respite from Heot. Routine

New Delhi. India-SiSg George {. Lanouette. brother of Mrs Louis Brandt. of IT West Liberty street, Waterbury, Conn, recently spent two pleasant. restful weeks at the U s. Rest Camp at Khanspur, in northwestern India near the famed Khyber Pass. Lanouette has been in tn Army for 29 months. 20 of which have been spent overseas.
 Khanspur rest camp is one of sev-
 n set up in India for rest and re- operation O. Army personnel. Four Ire located along the Himalaya mountain chain in North m India, two are in the outskirts of Calcut- ta. and one is located in Madras in Southern India.
 Troops in India and Burma-both enlisted men and officers-qualify for rest camp vacations after being stationed in the theater six months. Primary purpose of the rest camps is to give the GIs respite from In- dia's sweltering summer heat. At the same time the soldiers get a wei come change of scenery.
 None of the time spent travelling to or from the rest camps or the Is full days of vacation is charge able against furlough or leave. It's all on the Army, with camping, rid- ing, summing, swimming, loafing, and a minimum of things military.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
WLB Ruling In FaDor OF Veterdn Employees |. Increase Granted in Vocation Pay for
 EmpIoyes Credited With Five or More
 Years Service

the second-week vacation of em- ployes who have worked at least five years for the Scovill Mfg. Co.,, the Oakville Mfg. Co, the Chase Brass and Copper Co, and the American Brass plants in Water bury, Ansonia, and Torrington.
 At the present time the second weeks pay is equivalent to 48 hours of straight time earnings, or about Is or 1.7 per cent of gross earnings.
 The VILE also provided for ex- tensive benefits to ex-servicemen. Vacation payments on the basis of seniority accrued while they were in the service are provided for veter- ans who were in the employe of the concern six months before starting military duties. The veterans will receive vacation pay on the basis of earnings for 40 hours or else two per cent of the gross earnings, whichever is greater, according to the ruling.
 The concerns were directed to in- clude in the gross annual earnings the vacation payments made during the preceding year. The Chase Co.,, and American Brass O., had al- ready been following that practice.
 It has been estimated that about 5000 workers will benefit from the ruling, with the average gain to be between $8 and SIP.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
Compensation Agreements

Compensation Comaniss o n e r John John O'Connell today ap- proved the following agreements for weekly payments during dis ability:
 Joseph Wioncek of 131 and 1-2 Orange street against Waterbury Battery Co.,, $16.51 beginning May 4, burn to left arm.
 David Nebiolo of 90 Ward street against American Brass Co.,. French Small Tube branch, $29.26 beginning Aug. 3, confusion of left ankle and sprain of right hip.
 M. Joseph Hannon of TOT Frost road against American Brass Co.,, $50 beginning July 28, dermatitis of both hands, arms, and shoul- ders.
 John B. Grady of Hodson hotel against American Brass Co., $23.O9 beginning Aug. ', injuries to right knee and left hand.
 Arturo Bernasconi of Torrington against American Brass Co.,, of Torrington, $29.81 beginning July 28, injury to right leg.
 Luigi D'Amico of 1001 North Main street against Autoyre O., Oakville, $3o beginning Aug. 8, hernia.
 Edith DeFantis of Seventh street against Anthony Dance and James Della Bella, doing business as Coffee Shoppe of 141 Union street. S17.47 beginning June "A, second degree burns to both hands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
Silver Star Awarded To t.O'Brien
 GoIIontry in Bel
 gium Last Jonuory
 Now Recognized

First It. John J. O'Brien, son of MT. and Mrs. Patrick O'Brien, 184 North Main street, has received the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action in Belgium, January 15.
 The citation reads as follows:
 ''Lt. O,Brien, with his tank pla- toon, was leading infantry in sn attack on a town. During the fight ing his tank was knocked out by a mine, and It. O'Brien quickly mounted another and continued forward"
 With the. enemy driven out ot the town, he moved toward the next objective. Again his tank was knocked out by mine. Making his way toward tank destroyer vehicle, It.. O'Brien mounted it, and, using its radio, directed his tanks, despite the heavy fire, to meet a strong enemy counterattack. Three enemy tanks were destroyed, materially aiding in repulsing the counterattack.'
 The 25-year-old Waterbury officer, who served in England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland wears the Presidential Unti Cita- tion, Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal and four battle stars. He is former --lploye of the Waterville division of Chase Brass & Copper Co. His wife, Mrs. Alma (Juliano) O'Brien, and son, Richard, 14 months, live at 21 Welton Place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
Increase In Home Foods Sought Here
 State Administro-
 tor Appeals to Cor.
 den Workers

State Food Administrator Henry B. Mosle, acting on an appeal from Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, today urged that local war garden and home preservation of food committees do everything they can to increase the production and preservation of food for winter.
 "The responsibility for the pro- duction of food in war gardens and its preservation for use at home has been entrusted to your committees. , MT. Mosle wrote in letter to local chairmen. Tt is my earnest hope that you will continue to support and further stimulate, first, home food production and, second, and most important, the preservation of as much food as possible for the evening winter"
 Secretary Anderson's letter was sent to Governor Raymond E. Bald win and referred by the Governor to MT. Mosle. Increased food pro- duction and its careful use and con- servation are essential" the secre- tary wrote. "Unfavorable weather has affected many crops adversely emphasizing the need to use all possible means to accomplish this purpose"
 MT. Mosle referred to the secre- tary,s appeal, and added: ''There is increasing evidence that the winter ahead is going to be crucial in the matter of food. Demands. from European sources for food continue to be heavy. Army requirements are still absorbing a considerable part of our total production. Crop reports indicate that our total pro- duction of grain. this year can be considerably less than what is needed
 United States Department of Agriculture reports, MT. Mosle said now contain a warning that SUD- plies of meats, fats and oils, sugar condensed and evaporated milk and canned fruits and vegetables will continue in short supply for a period of months. Except for wheat potatoes and most fresh vegetables the 1945 crop will not be adequate for all demands.I Transportation difficulties, he said. may make it impossible to more to consumers all of the available fruit and vege- table supply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
State Aids I, Makir,e DeDastating Bomb
 WING Director FifzseroId Reports on

out of the state to the Pacific coast At that time we were unable to tell the nature of the project but contill- ued to recruit workers. must sn1 with pride that Connecticut played an important part in the construc% ton of this new and devastating bomb not only in manpoWer but more so in the manufacture of inl= portant parts"
 The men who were recruited for these projects were interviewed at the offices of the United States Enn- ployment Service in each of the lS cities. After 8 man was accepted he was sworn to deep secrecy and sent at Government expense to the pro jects. He was not permitted to dis- close the nature of his work to any member of his family.
 The War Manpower Commission in Washington recruited more than 179, 900 such workers for the super secret atomic bomb project. Director Paul V. McNutt informed Mir. Fitz- gerald. Because of the extreme se- crecy the recruiting job was one of the most difficult undertaken by the War Manpower Commission in Con- necticut and the nation. Workers recruited for the project were una ware of the nature of the job even after they had been employed some months.
 179,OOO Recruited
 Of the 179,000 workers recruited throughout the nation and Connec- ticut, approximately 80,000 were for the Hanford Project on the West Coast; 90,O0O for the Clinton pro- ject and some 5000 for the Man. haitian District activity as 1t was re- ferred to by the Army.
 | A large number of workers from the state for the bomb project were referred by the Hartford office of the United States Employment Serv- ice. Workers who went to the coast and returned after working there for months, said that big cities sprung up over night in the areas where the new bomb was being made.
 workers who took part in that project in the West Coast and Ten- nessee can view with pride their ef- forts to shorten the war in the Pa cific. For there is no doubt that the atomic bomb means quicker end to the war" MT. Fitzgerald said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
Shippers Get New Request Capacity Freight
 Loods Recom-
 mended

Shippers must load every freight car to capacity, the Office of De- fense Transportation reminded again today. District manager Frank V Riche, pointed to the heavy freight traffice on railroad lines to the Pa cific coast, at time when critical car shortages exist in several sec tions of the country.
 "A tendency on the part of some shippers to relax their efforts to make each freight car do all the work for which it was designed must be corrected at once" MT. Riche warned. "All provisions of an ODT general order. prescribing minimum leadings, must be observed. Checks have already uncovered some condi- tioras which have been corrected. These checks will continue
 He said that the great majority of shippers are doing their best to help obtain the maximum use of the car supply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10

At Camp Oglethorpe, Ga, Capt. James Kilbride, 35 Frederick street, was one of the battle ex- perienced chaplains interviewed by Beryl Sellers of the Associated Press. The subject of the inter- view was "G. I. Religion" In speaking of the soldiers who con1- plain, Capt. Kilbride said:
 "It's common saying that any good soldier gripes, but the only gripers are those in the rear ranks"
 Capt. Kilbride is a Waterbury Catholic priest and has been through the Mediterranian cam paign, and is now stationed at Oglethorpe where he is taking a chaplain's refreSher course.
 He is the son of MT. and Mrs. James T. Kilbride, Frederick street, and entered the service in May, 1942.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

United Press Foreign News Editor
 Behind the Red banner armies of the Far East advancing into Man churia today stands the most secret war arsenal of the Soviet Union.
 Practically no foreigners have ever had glimpse of the vast new Rus sian industrial complex built within the past IS years for the specific purpose of independently supplying the Red banner armies in event of war with Japan.
 The only exceptions may be few Japanese consular agents who long since have been forced to leave the area and some of the American avi- ators who travelled the Soviet 'un- derground" westward after making forced landings in the maritime provinces.
 Heavy ArTaaments
 The Soviet arsenal is rated as the third arsenal industrial district of Russia and may have stepped into second place in certain heavy pro- duction fields due to the destruction of plants in European Russia.
 The chisf known centers of the Far eastern arsenal are Komsomolsk, Khabarovsk, Chita, -Ude, IT, kutsk, Petrovsk, Vladivostok, and Blagoveshchenk.
 Although I occasionally met in Moscow Russians who had worked in the Far eastern war factories I found them even more secrstive con- corning these vast new enterprises than they were about the secret ar- senals of the Urals and western Siberia.
 However, study of the outline of the three pre-war Soviet five-year plans discloseS that the Russians were literally pouring money into the Far East at the time of the out break of the European war.
 The last five-year plan called for spending about 10 per cent of the total Soviet outlay for capital ex- penditures in the Far East and the maritime provinces.
 By the end of 1942 the plan Sd41OA 4Ol OO4AAkJ4Cb4O11 Ol O 4Q44y nl~ tegrated defense industry, including great steel mills, coal mines cok- ing planes, electro-chemical plants, metallurgical establishments of all kinds.
 Full Production
 The new industrial base was to be independent of all others in Rus sia and to be able to provide fully the needs of the Red banner armies for artillery, shells, transport, and tanks. The shipbuilding industry was also expanded to provide river gunboatS, submarines and de- stroyers for the Far Eastern fleet.
 At the same time vast steps were taken to expand agricultural pro- duction so that the cold and unfer- tile region would be self-suffic in food supplies.
 The start of construction of the Far Eastern arsenal came in 1928 at the same time it was decided to create the special Far Eastern armies.
 Built Entire City
 One of the most spectacular achievements was the building oi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
PFC. ROBERT F. WAGNER

When the AAF Engineer Com- mand, of the 845th Engineer Avia- tion Battalion, recently received the Meritorious Service Plaque in Italy, Pfc. Robert F. Wagner was one of two Waterbury men authorized to wear special insignia. The other Waterbury serviceman is Pfc. Carl Hockert, Fairview avenue.
 The award was presented for "su- perior performance of duty in the accomplishment of exceptionally difficult tasks in the Mediterranean theater of operations" The 845 built several air strips in record break ing time.
 Wagner is the son of MT. and Mrs. Ernest Wagner, 285 Grand view avenue, and graduate of Leavenworth high school. He has been in the service 38 months, serv- ing overseas since last December. His wife, the former Mary G. Hy- land, resides at 52 Lockhart ave- nue.
 Hockert has been in service three years, with 30 months overseas service to his credit. He is a for mer employe of the Bond Bakery. His wife, the former Eleanor Bag ley, resides at the Fairview ave- nue address.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
PVT. MILTON J. CUNNINGHAM

In a recent letter, Pvt. Milton j.. Cunningham, Waterbury soldier, now stationed in Germany, spoke highly of those entertainers who have offered their services overseas, and especially of those of the Jew ish Faith. Wrote Pvt. Cunningham:
 "A few days ago in Passau, Ger many, 35 of us were able to see the Jack Benny show including Ingrid Bergman, Martha Tilton, former vocalist with Benny Goodman's band. Larry Adler, famous harmon ica player, and many others.
 "As I watched Jack Benny mak- ing soldiers laugh, I couldn't help but think how many show people of the Jewish religion have travelled to far away places to do their bit in making the dreary life of a soldier easier to bear.
 Any of these performers could have remained cool and comfortable at some seashore or mountain re- sort back in the States, but they preferred to travel far away from home to try to bring a few laughs to the weary G. I.s."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
SGT. CLIFFORD E. BAKER

Sgt. Clifford E. Baker, "A son of MT. and Mrs. William T. Baker, 45 Center street, is manager of an Army livestock center in the Pa- c;fic. Sgt. Baker is a graduate of Crosby high school, former en- ploye of Chase Rolling Mills, and has played drums in several or chestras before entering the Army over 40 months ago.
 Said Sgt. Baker, T always have loved animals, so I was pretty hap py when this job showed up. It beats directing traffic or tramping around on foot"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
Divorce Suit Filed In Superior Court

Rita Chouquet Laing of Water bury filed a divorce action in su- perior court today against Gordon Frank Laing, also of this city. The couple married Nov. l2, 1943, al Millinocket. Maine, and the plain tiff claims her husband became in- tolerably cruel the following Dec, % She seeks permission to resume use of her maiden name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10

Five-year employees of four Wa terbury brass plants win receive in- creases in second-week vacation pay, according to ruling made by the regional War Labor Board and announced today by John J. Dris- coll, secretary of the c. I. o. State Council. A request for a pro-rated vacation pay for employees with one to five years service was denied, however.
 The WLB ruled that two per cent Of gross earnings should be paid for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
ON Uss HORNET

0GN O00 hOAN4NGA
 Four Waterbury, (Conn) Navy men have returned on leave from a tour of Pacific battle duty aboard the Navy's storied aircraft carrier the USS Hornet, now undergoing typhoon-damages repairs at a West Coast Naval base.
 The Waterbury men are: Frederick E. Dillon, 21, machinist's mate, third class, USNR, son of Mrs. Gladys Mo- Cullogh, 186 Tanning street; It. Alex R. Hettlinger, 39, USN, Edward May nard, 25. machinist's mate, third class, USNR, whose wife lives at 440 North Main street, and Rodney Pritchard, 26, water tender, first class, USNR. son of Harry Pritchard ASA Highland avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
PFC, WILLIAM J. MIGRATE

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 Pfc. William J. McGrath, who has been a patient at the Camp Butner N. c. Army hospital, recently re- ceived a medical discharge. Mo Grath, son of MT. and Mrs. Johr McGrath, served in France and Ger many for six month, and was wound. ed in the foot during action in Ger many on February g. Prior to en. tsring service in June, 1943, he wa! employed by the U. s. Rubber Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
MISNOMER

The Jerusalem artichoke did not come from Jerusalem. The name is a confusion of the term, "gira- sol," meaning ito turn in the sun, " from the plants habit of facing the sun.