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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18
LAY, PROFESSIONAL
 PERSONS INVITED
Alcoholics Anonymous to Sponsor Public Meeting
 June 27

An open meeting for lay and pro- fessional people alike will be con- ducted by the local chapter of Alco- holics Anonymous at the Water bury Women's Club, Wednesday, June 27 at 8:30 p. m.
 Purpose of the meeting is to fur ther acquaint the public with the functions of the A organization. Officers of the local chapter declare they are of the belief that presen- tation of the societys purposes and it's methods of dealing with the so- cial problem of alcoholism will prove mutually beneficial
 One spokesman declared to The Democrat:
 We have found, through exper- fence, that professional men and women are in strategic position to make A. A. available to vistims of the obsession of alcoholism and we are, therefore, seeing to enlist their cooperation"
 Alcoholics Anonymous, a national and international organization,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18
PAGE EIGHT
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff CorreSpOndent

Washington, June 18-From the top men o1 cyte U. s. payroll with their chromium plated water pitch CT sets, green carpets, double outer offices and triple buzzer systems, to the lowliest janitors-called custo- dians-the population of this town is in the throes of a violent epi- demic known as Malignant Jitters.
 Specialists have isolated the dead ly germ responsible for the disease. It is known as the "firus virus. J Symptoms include: An uncontrol- able desire to thumb through want ads, severe perspiring every time the President announces a press con- ference nervous tremors when a representative from the Bureau of the Budget approaches, and spots before the eyes when the phrase "VJ-Day'' is heard or seen.
 Another peculiar effect of the malady causes infected persons to confuse prescription counters and dispensares with bars and taverns when looking for medicine to help them.
 NOT DEADLY
 Records reveal that Malignant Jitters $ common in the District of Columbia but hasn't appeared in its present deadly form since 1886. Doc- tors say that the cause of the di- sease is the fear of finding onself in the condition colloquially known as being fired"
 Strangeness of this word in Washington is aggravating h e epidemic. Fired" has become sort of an abstract term among Gov- ernment employees, used only field officers to describe some thing that happened to an abstract person known as the working man. To the upper bracket officials it has de- veloped an "aurevoir" connotation meaning more precisely, I may have been relieved of this post temporar- fly, but I'll be back with something better very soon."
 High officials in the Depart ment of Justice, Department of Agriculture and Department of Labor have been stricken especially hard With their bosses already vic tins, they expect to succumb very soon. In spite of anti-virus shots be- ing given to employees at the Treas ury Department, the disease is spreading there as r,lnors persist that MT. Morgenthau is leaving. An especially violent attack of the Jit- ters is coursing through the top ranks at eVterans' Administration. OWI SEEKS TREATMENT
 The most contagious form of Jit-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18
NAzIS SOUGHT
 TO RID ALSACE
 OF FRENCH TIES
BY ROGER KOEFFLER United Press Special
 COrreSyondent

StrasbouIg, June 13.-tUP) -,s, their efforts swiftly to Nazify Alsaca after its occupation in 1940, the Germans regulated every phase of life. down to the kind of hat a man could wear and the names he could give his children.
 Beginning with the landscape ant ending with the individuals diet, the Germans set about eradicating every trace of French life which has flourished in the district since it was returned to this country in 1918
 All monuments which commem- orated the history of French AL sace, regardless of their worth or decorative value, were destroyed. All the streets and parks which bore French names, or names alluding to French history or French mythol- ogy were renamed, glorifying Nazi personalities or ideas. Even the AL satian dialect was purged of French expressions.
 Beginning with these externals, the Nazi leaders worked down to the family and the individual. They made an attack on family life by giving persons of French extraction the choice of expulsion-probably to oland-or the divorce court. in the case where the husband was Jewish, or had volunteered for military serv- ice in behalf of France, or had ever lived in France, divorce could be ob- tained without further reason.
 For those who were hesitant about taking this step, concentration camps were established. The Germans created the "model' type of Aryan and demanded that everybody con- form. Wearing typically French hats such as beret or derby, was sure way to arrive at the concentration camp. The Nal salute was obliga- tory and typically French expres- sions of all sorts were prohibited.
 Non- German first names, such as Yvonne, were required to be changed to German names such a. Children were obliged to join the Hitler Youth group and everyone else was obliged to join some Nazi organization. Fnally, conscription was introduced and men were drafted for the German army
 The press was standarized and liberally fed with German propa- ganda, but here and there traces of independence were maintained, which are now busy destroying the effects of Naziism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18
NAVY YARDS IN
 NEED OF HELP
Skilled Mechanics Wanted to Repair Damaged Bat-
 tle Ships

Despite the fact tha employment in West Coast Government ship-re- pair yards increased monthly dur ing the first four months of 1945, the hiring rate has not kept pace with enemy attacks on naval ves- sells in the Pacific, William J. Fitz- gerald, State Director of the War Manpower Commission reported to- day.
 AS result, MT. Fitzgerald said he had been informed, ship repair in Government yards on tho Pacific Coast is tagging to such an extent that the end of the war against Japan may be seriously delayed.
 In all West Coast Government shipyards, about 15,000 workers are urgently needed beginning now, MT. Fitzgerald said. The most important need is for highly skilled craftsmen, such as electricians, machinists, sheet-metal workers, coppersmiths, instrument makers, triggers and or dnance men, he added.
 Unless we can find the number of men needed in the West Coast shipyards quickly, we cannot hope to do the repair work on the ships which are needed on the Pacific battle lines and to keep a desperate enemy on the retreat" said MT. Fitzgerald.
 T have been informed by the Navy Department that naming these ship repair jobs is equally important to putting highly trained gun point CTS on combat ships to mee' the on- rushing attacks of the Japanese suicide airmen."
 Any worker desiring employment should apply to the nearest office of the United States Employment Service. We have assured the Navy Department that all available facil- ities of the U. s. E. s. will do the recruiting job that is necessary. In turn, the Navy has agreed to pay travel expenses of workers to the job.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18
Walter Willchell
 COaSt-tO-COaSt
MAN ABOUT TOWN

Gloria Swanson's intimates hear that after only Az months of mer- ger with millionaire Wm. A. Davey she will see Renotary. The charges, if substantiated, will be sensey! New Yorks Lang ford murder mystery is expected to .lead into the black markets of the textile industry The victim (Mr. Langford), slcuthS say. was among tine top b. m. operators Lois Long admits to chums she will leave for Renoville after June 23rd Her It. Comdr, husband (whom she is divorcing with a heartache) is on . the seas. The Dark of the Moon" conductor, Walter Hcndl, will middle-aisle it with actress Mary Newbold Williams on June 18th at The Lil c. Around the Cor ner :. Fay Wray and groom Rob- ert Riskin (recently resigned owl chieD expect their next image on Christmas Day Wendy Barrie is now Mrs. D. Meyers of Park ave- nue 4. When he dons civvies again Elliott Roosevelt (who has been on 164 missions for his country) will go on a corcker-for his father and nom.
 In the June 11th Congressional Record Rantin' Rankin is quoted tin parD as follows: Somebody in the Staet Department, in the War Department, and even around the White House, has been giving out information to Walter Winchell" .. In plain talk, Rankin means that if he could get into that good-his news might be accurate.
 All Wonderful News Items, true or not: That Ambassador to Chile Claude Bowers may inherit Nelson Rockefeller's post in the State Dept. The new U. S. Tttorney Gen. eral (Tom Clark will be urged to run against Texan Pappy O'Daniels for the U S. Senate. Intimates be- lieve Clark would lick him in the first hour of balloting :. Coasters hear that Metro isc dangling $125,- 900 at Robert E. Sherwood to pen the biog of FDR Some high ups at the War Dept were puzzled at some headlines which stated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18

New coal deposits have been To- cated in Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18
LITHUANIAN DAY
 AT VICTORY HOUSE
Bond Sales Total $23,495; Musical Program High-
 lights Activities

War Bonds amounting to s23, ATS were sold at Victory House Satur- day when Lithuanian Day" was observed py the -Lithu- anian council. Sale of war stamps totaled $81.50
 Vocal and instrumental selections were rendered by Edward Rabishaw during the noon-hour entertain ment.
 Those working at Victory House were: Dr. Peter Vileisis, Dr. Mat thew J. Colney, Kastitus Devenis, Mrs. Eva Tracy, Mrs. Joseph Du- bauskas, Mrs. Edward Kolpa and Mrs. Mathew Colney.
 A F'a ather's DaV and doI1hle hirtF h
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18
Federal Job-Holders
 Jittery As ''Firus Virus" Plague Afflicts Capital

ters is spreading through Office of War Information. Practically all of its personnel in the Overseas Branch, deployed from Kalamazoo to Tahiti, have come up with the symptoms and are seeking treat ment for it.
 Although the President has taken emergency steps to quell the fury of the epidemic by asking congress to provide unemployment insurance for victims, he is largely responsible for the whole thing.
 Apparently he is determined to cut the size of the Government. And the deadly seriousness with which his Bureau of the Budget is sArrying out his wishes in pairing budgets is giving bureaucrats cause for worry.
 New coal deposits have been To- cated in Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18

day party was held yesterday at the home of MT. and Mrs. Martin Bulerick of Poplar street. The birthday observance was in honor of Mrs. William Bulerick and her brother, Joseph Lopsh. The fathers honored were Martin Bulerick, ST., and Dr. William Bulerick.
 Those attending included: MT. and Mrs. Martin Bulerick, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Stasaitis, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Dubauskas, Dr. and Mrs. William Bulerick, Dr. and Mrs. Mathew J. Colney, Miss Julia Bull erick, Joseph Lopsh, and Miss Mary Anne Bulerick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18

A Fathers Day and double birth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-18

highly recommended and lauded by the medical profession, may be con- tacted in Waterbury by writing to P. o. Box l096. Waterbury. All cor respondence is kept in confidence.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Civil Service 10 Expedite
Refunds 10 Laid-0ff Aides

Harry B. Mitchell, president of
the United States Civil Service
Commission today promised Rep
resentative William T. Granahan,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania the COM
mission will do everything in its
power to expedite payments to Fed
eral employees"
This refers to expediting pay
ments from the retirement fund to
Federal employees who have been
laid of. Because of the large num-
bers OF employees involved there has
been some delay in making these
refunds.
He said, however, some of the
delay is due to the fact that pro-
cessing Is required in the Federal
departments where these employees
work.
Mr.. Granahan said the employees
themselves can help to speed pay.
ment OF refunds If they will make
sure the records of their payments
and length of service are for
warded promptly to the Civil Serv-
ice Commission by the agencies in
volyed,
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Philadelphia JeweIer
Held on Bribery Charge

Albert E. Price, Il, Philadelphis
jewelry manufacturer, was held ir
81 500 bond yesterday for = hearing
September 10 by United States Com
missioner Needham G. Turnage on
Ia bribery charge.
The Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton reported Price attempted to
influence an officer at Boiling Field
to approve an $1,000 jeweiry con-
tract by offering the ofiicer 5000.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
William F. Dix, Author,
Insurance Official, Dies
6y the issoe,.t.d p,...

Ry the Associated Press.
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N. Y,
Sept. 12.-William Frederick Dix,
T7s secretary of the Mutual Life In
surance Co. of New York for ~
years. died yesterday at his sum-
mer home here
Mr.. Dix was consul general OF
Montenegro from 1918 through 1921
and was decorated by King Nicho-
las in 1921.
He was the author of three novels,
was one-time editor of the Church
man, the Home Journal and Town
and Country.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Six District Area Men
Given Cash Awards in
Farm Price Contest

Six Washington area men. fve Of
them associated with the Agriculture
Department, received cash awards
last night in an essay contest spon-
sored by the American Farm
Economic Association on postwar
price policies for agriculture. VIM
ners were announced at dinner at
the Mayfiower Hotel.
Frederick v. Waugh, Arlington, of
the Office OF War Mobilization and
Reconversion, was awarded q third
prize Of $3.50, and the following
men received $3.50 awards:
Gordon p. BoaIs, 3987 Mckinley
street NV, once of Foreign Agri-
cultural Relations, Agriculture De-
partment; Willard w. Cochrane, Ar
lington. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics; Carl G. harrington, Chevy
Chase, Md, director of the grain di-
vision OF the Production and Mar
keting Administration; James @.
Maddox, Fails Church, BAE, and
Rainer Schickele, 1749 Harvard
street NV, BAE.
The first prize Of 5000 was award
cd William H. Nichols of the Uni
verslty OF Chicago, and a secnd prize
OF $2,500 went to D. Gale johnson,
also of the university. Awards were
announced by Chester c. Davis, pres
ident of the Federal Reserve Bank
OF st. Louis and former War Food
administrator. Mr.. Davis also served
as chairman Of the judges selecting
winners among some 300 entries.
Secretary Of Agriculture Ander-
son. Undersecretary OF Agriculture
J. B. Hutson and Judge Marvin
Jones. former food administrator
attended along with members of the
House and Senate Agriculture Com
mittees.
Virtually all Of the winning papers
suggested revision of the farm
parity formula.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
10 District Men Ordered
To Report for Induction

+ Ten Washington men are sched-
1uled to report today for induction
into the armed forces. They are:
Barker Lloyd Riley, George, jr. $
Clarke, Robert Stewart. Joseph
Hume. Donald Hamilton. Harry
Lannen. John Heelen, John
Price, Herman Hodges, Thomas
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-20
$500 Reward
In Hit-Run

A total of $500 in rewards was
offered today for information
leading 10 the arrest and convic-
ton of the driver of the automo-
bile which struck and fatally
injured George W. HaddiX. 43, of
l44S0 Flanders Monday. HaddlX
died in Saratoga General HoSpi-
tab Wednesday,,
The Traffic Safety Association
of Detroit offered a $3.50 reward
augmenting the standing offer by
Wayne County of $50 for lnfor-
nation in a hit-run fatality.
The coupe, a 1885 or 1886 Ford
with light blue body, yellow
wheels and dark top, hit Had
dix at Seven Mile road and Gra-
flOt
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-20

Only married students, those
over 20, those physically handi-
capped or those who liYe mnrc
than two miles from the campus
are permitted to drive cars.
The Student Unions campaign
10 lift the auto ban began to back
fire, First the college threw the
organization and its posters and
banners out of a building. Then
the groups leader, Bill Almy, %,
of Flint, found himself in trouble
with his landlord-the college.
Almy, veteran of three years
overseas, was told that the school
needed his room in the Union
Building and that he could live
in the dormitory.
1--WE had enough OF barracks
life" Almy said. land I won't
move into the dormitOry. I'm
going TO sleep in the car they
won't let me drive until they
put me back in my ROOM"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-20
Defeat Of Truman
On USES Forecast

WASHINGTON. Oct. 19 GNS
appeared imminent to-
day for President Truman as the
House prepared 10 vote on a pro-
poSal to return the L. S. En-
ployment Service 10 the states.
Supporters of the President
apparently in minority, were
fighting 10 uphold Mr.. Truman S
request that the employment Of
fees be retained under govern
ment control until July I. 1917.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-20
Promote Officers

WASHINGTON, oct. 10 GNS)
The war department announced
that qualified reserve officers who
failed 10 receive promotion while
on active duty Will be Jumped one
grade in rank at separation CEN
tCTS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-20
Mongolia Votes
On Independence

? CHUNGKING, oct. 19 CUP)-
Interior Vice Minister Lei Fa-
Chang and a party of II have left
Peiping for Urga. capital of Outer
Mongolia, TO supervise a Mon
golian plebiscite on independence
from China, il was announced to-
day. The party was transported in
Soviet planes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-20
Gen. Kenney Opposed
To Sharing A-Bomb

BOSTON, Oct 10 - General
Kenney, commander of the Far
East air forces, today declared
that he was not in favor OF shar-
ing the atomic bomb.
"We got the bopb first and
we should keep H." Kenney
said. cit is Just another bomb"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-20
Sea Academy Graduates

KINGS POINT, N. Y, Oct. 10
INS)-The first peacetime class
to be graduated from the u. S.
merchant marine academy was TO
receive ensign's commissions at
exercises today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-20
MISC Board UpIOlds
BAN OH Student Cars
By RHYS JONES
Detroit Time, lansing BureAa

LANSING, Oct. 19The auto still the blacklist at
Michigan State College today the schools governing board
protests bV he students
Evening star., 1945-12-25
Rivals Might Do Well to Equip Nelson Ranch

far as we know, is unique in base
ball. For the most part big
league clubs have depended upon
their road secretaries to pass out
any driblets of news there might
be and to preside generally as
hosts to the press. Some of them
have done a conspicuously good
Job, too. Eddie Brannick. to take
the classic example, probably
has created more good will for
the Giants than any other man.
But the Braves, surfeited with
new money, decided they could
use a full-time hand in their re-
construction program, and they
have told Sullivan to let 'er rip.
Nearest thing to Sullivan's job
appears to be that just created
by the Yankees, though their
man, Red" Patterson, will dou-
BILE as road secretary.
The old racing driver, Ira Vail,
has opened likker store just
around the corner out in Port
Washington and will be okay as
soon as he quits scraping around
for the foot feed on the money
box.
Another oldtimer note: Bob
zuppke, the famous coach. and
Ernest Hemingway, noted novel;
ist and night club pugilist, met
in Havana recently after q lapse
Of - years. Hemingway played
on zuppke's Oak Park (Ill.) High
School eleven in 1915.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

son would be so wrapped up In
his new possessions that he would
plumb forget about three or four
of the big money tournaments
this winter and let the other boys
divvy up the prizes.
A letter writer drops this in
the Christmas stocking: New
York basket ball fans booed Ar
kansas players each time they
toed the foul line, trying to up
set the shooter. These jeerS were
made by subway alumni des-
perately going to any length to
protect a bet. N. Y. U. came
away with a one-point victory,
although Arkansas is the superior
team. The N. Y. U. players, out
of courtesy, might have held
their hands up for silence. So
, might the officials or the Gar
den announcer. But this did not
happen. No wonder these clean
cut college boys from the South
west, the Middle West, the South
and other sections, who are used
to playing before sportsmanlike
student and coed crowds, are
disgusted with the New Workers
and think we are all money
hungry, boorish, discourteous
touts."
1t. Bill Sullivan, jr., leaves An
napolis January / to take over
his new job as public relatidhs
man for the Boston Braves. We
record this not only, because Sui
Ivan did a good job as Navy
publicity director during the war,
but because his new position, so
Evening star., 1945-12-25
By KRIS KREEGER,


NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 25.-Con-
trasting products of wartime foot
ball-combat veterans and teen-age
freshmen-will feature the respec-
tive supporting casts for all-America
Halfbacks Bob Fenimore and Her
man Wedemeyer in the Sugar Bowl
game.
Four ex-soldiers who saw plenty
of shooting probably will start with
Fenimore for Oklahoma Ags, and
nine pink checked freshmen are ex-
pected to take the field with Wede-
meyer for st. Mary's Gaels.
Some of the Aggie veterans were
playing college football when most
of the current Gaels were hardly
big enough for a high school Junior
team.
Veterans See Varied Service.
Jim Reynolds, for instance, was
frst-string tailback in 1941, before
he took time out to fly So fighter
missions over Europe. He switched
to fullback when he returned to
find Fenimore in his old job.
Bert Cole, reserve tackle in 1941,
became a bomber pilot, was forced
down in Czechoslovakia, hooked up
with some guerrillas and dropped
to a quarterback's weight on a
potato-soup diet. He gained enough,
however, to take starting tackle
berth this season.
j. D. Cheek, the other tackle, was
q National GuardSman and went
across with the 45th Division. Gen.
ter Otis Schellstede dropped with
the paratroopers on D day. Tackle
Terry Monroe and Center Bob Har-
grove are war veterans serving as
reserves.
All-FrOsh Line Strong.
Throughout the regular season,
the Gaels' first team was composed
of Wedemeyer, Spike" Cordeiro and
nine freshmen. Although out
weighed in seven of its eight games,
however, an all-frosh line yielded
Evening star., 1945-12-25
Armstrong Of Oklahoma Aggies
Grew Up' to Be Ace Receiver

jim Lookabaugh hadn't heard of
him when he reported for practice
at A. and M. in 1943.
Neill was something of a track
man, in fact, but since manpower
was so short at A. and M. that year,
everybody was going out for football.
Well, in that season he caught 80
passes, more than any one else in
the country, for BIT yards. In 1914
he snatched 27 for 342 and played in
the 1945 Cotton Bowl against Texas
Christian. The past season he
nabbed only" 18, but gained 312
yards with them. He explained that
I'VE used fewer and longer passes
because our running game was bet
ter and I learned to run with the
ball"
His blocking and defense also
were outstanding.
All-America Bob Fenimore, who
has been pitching to Armstrong for
three seasons, explained the success
of the combination: II throw them
anywhere and Neill catches them"