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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
City To Participate In March Of Dimes Campaign
VETERAN FLYER
 RETURNS HOME
Best City in World" De. cIares Lieut.. Faber After
 Exciting Experiences

waterbury Is the best city in the fighting son when he set foot on the soil of the Brass City, yester- day, aitre participating in the big push from the shores of Normandy to Aachen, Germany
 Lieut.. Harry Faber, Steven road, Middlebury one of the 1900 Ser- viccmen arrived in New York city Saturday after beng granted 30- day leave for meritorious action on the battlciields of Europe, could only look with awe at his home town, bustling with wartime 6ctiv- ity, and declaredd, "rhe peace in wonderful. It's wonderful to be home again-wonderful,"
 Resplendent with ribbons and medals received on the field of battle, the soldier said this furlough came as great surprise. He re- ceived the promotion to second lieutenant on the field of action December 5.
 Serving with the s7th Chemical battalion of the First Army, Lieut. Faber was with the first wave of troops which landed on the Nor mandy beachhead on D-Day, and was wounded on June l2, Return ing to action several weeks later he again received slight woundns m late summer.
 Besides the Purple Heart, with two clusters, the 27 year old offi- cer years the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, and the Presidential citation ribbon and the European thcater ribbon with thre stars,
 The officer is the son of MT and Mrs. Harry Faber, Faber avenue and graduate of Crosby high schoo, Post business college, and the Connecticut College of Pharmacy New Haven, Prior to entering serT vice in August, l943, he was em- ploycd at the Lederle Laboratories D\roit. Mrs. Faber is the former LSothy Wilhelm, Middcbury. Tine couple have three-year old daugh- ter, Shron,
 Lieut.. Faber spent his first day at home visiting the parents and relatives of buddies he had left be- hind on the European front. And believe me-" he said, "the list is a t long one"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

"Infantile paralysis, dreaded ill., ness, is impartial and strikes rich and poor alike" he pointed out.
 Meanwhile headquarters for the campaign which will last through Feb have been opened at the FL tor under the chairmanship of Atty. Francis Mcdonald and w. J. Pape. William T. DerWin park department supervisor of recreation has been named director of all sports activi- tics fostered as benefits for the fund
 Daily national network announce ments will be heard over WATR and VERY in addition to local talent providing an impetus toward the campaign. Daily reports and news paper storys will be printed in all local papers.
 The Waterbury chapter has vide spread responsibilities it was pointed out, by officials today, including the problems presented by this illness in the towns of Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Prospect, Wolcott, Middlebury, Southbury, Watertown and Thomas ton as well as Waterbury proper.
 About 35 patients from Waterbury alone are being handled at the pres- ent with Mrs. VanMegroot local physiotherapist now engaged in ad- ministering muscular reducation and massage treatments to the many af- flIcted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
Veterons Attention

A discharge from the armed forces and the return to civilian life Is but the beginning of nu- merous small yet important de- tails which are encountered. These are important because they involve such matters as your claims, benefits, certificates of service and others all of which have bearing on your future.
 Three agencies exist In Water bury created here to assist you in properly dealing with such per sOnaI affairs. They are all lO- cated In the City Hall and are the Veterans Advisory Office. the Veterans Administration Office and the local Draft Boards. The personnel of these agencies are familiar with the rules and reg uIatiOns applicable to all members of the armed forces. Seek them out for any and ali assistance, which your city has made avail able aS part of it's efforts to re- pay you for your services with your country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
TRUST COMP PANY'S
 OFFICERS NAMED
TufeI Succeeds Torrance as President ;l alter Be-
 comes Board Chairman

Members Of the board of direc- tors of the Waterbury Trust Co.,, have elected John F. Tufel as pres ident and treasurer of the company to succeed Walter F, Torrance who has been named chairman of the board. MI. Tufel has been serving as vice. president,
 At the stockholders meeting which preceded the directors meet ing the following directors were chosen; Harry s, Coe, Edward M, Cookson, M, J. Daly. James II. Dar- cey, Paul F., Fenton, William T, Jebb, Theodore Lilley, Edward II. Madison, Ralph H. Paine J. Francis Smith, former Gov, Charles A,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
LEGION ARRANCES
 CLASS INITIATION
I34 Candidates to Be FOr- maIIy Inducted TOmOr-
 row Evening

The largest contingent Of yeter- ans of World War II. to join an An erican Legion Post in this state l34 men, will te initiated into Cpl. Coyle post, at 8 p. m. tomorrow in Speedwell Hall, Il Fast Main street, Adjt. Joseph A. Brenneis announces. Cpl. Cople post has initiated about l75 veterans of World War II to date.
 Fenton Niver will head the degree team, which will also induct six vet erans of the first World War. Mayor John s. Monagan will be the prin- vipal speaker at the ceremonies.
 Legion District Comdr. William Eaton of Ansonia; State Adj ierce Clark of Plainville; and George Baron, district membership chair man, New Haven will be among the officials present. Delegations from Legion Posts in this vicinity, includ- ing Naugatuck, Bethlehem. Water town, Waterville, and Wilson Post, Waterbury. will attend.
 After the initiation, Ira Will Hams, a magician, will entertain and a buffet supper will be served. Dis charged servicemen and those home on furloughs and leaves are invited to view the ceremony as are friends and relatives of Legionnaires and of the men being initiated.
 The degree team consists of Jo- seph Brenneis, top sergeant Leo Drummond, Walter Dews, Morris Shapiro, George Karnofsky, William Shanahan, Ray Walker, John R. Clark, Al Carrigan, Jack Sweeney, Wallace Inglis, Leander St Martin, Sam Lindsay, Michael Dezinno, Charles Armstrong, Robert Carver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
OLSEN'S FRIENDS
 REFUTE CRITICISM
Former Budget Director Had Repeatedly Warned
 of Pension Problem

Associates of the citys 2ormeH budget director T. E. Olsen who res signed last year to resume private practice as a CPA in his home tate of New Jersey, today denied claims of the recommendation of the city'A penion commission that perhaps the director had failed to properly emphasize the problem" of the ac~ cruing pension obligations of the city, reported on here elsewhere in the Democrat today.
 "Yearly at budget preparation period MT. Olsen urged that some measures be taken to offset this vast problem, 1t was stated by his former associates.
 "In addition he had urged thAa the city start immediately to pre- pare a fund, monies of which were to be used to meet compensation claims of employees and possibly ex- tend to personal liability cases against the city" these same SpokeSmen declared.
 The former budget director. who has been acclaimed locally aS Cno person most instrumental in estab- fishing the city on the sound fiscal basis 1t now enjoys, after @ period when its finances were at the lowest stable condition, resigned last year and is now heading the general auditing department of the firm of Joseph Seaman & Go. of New Jer~ Sey. He was president of the Com necticut Municipal Finance Offlcers association at the time of holding his position here.
 "The former director was wen aware of the problems of city pen-i sion,' his associates stated, land made efforts to handle the problem, going so far as to consult actuarial and insurance authorities in hia spare time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

A fractured ankle caused by shrapnel fire is the extent Of the wound received by Private First Class William C. Moore, 10, son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas r. Moore, 1O3 Concord street, who was re- ported by the War Department last Friday to have been wounded in action December 28 in Ger many.
 A letter from Private First Class Moore was received by his parents yesterday from a hospital sOme- where in France in which the lO- cal soldier stated he had been hit by artillery Are and that his com paniOn with him In the fOx-hOle was severely wounded In the head and died later.
 In Europe since the end of last October the local soldier trained at Camp Fannln, Texas and the University of Indiana ASTP school in an armOrcd infantry group, Camp Campbell, Ky, be- fore leaving this country. He k n graduate Of Cheshire Academy, 1043,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
First Lieutenant


 Russell C. Bartlett, 24, son of MT. and Mrs. Clarence J. Bartlett, g Ice street, has been promoted tO first lieutenant and awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, it has been announced by Major General Howard D. Da- vidSOn, commanding general of the Tenth Air Force now serving in Burma.
 A pilot for combat cargo squadron that operates against the Japs, Lieutenant Bartlett also holds the Distinguished Flying CrOSS. He is q former emplOye of the American Brass Company and attended Syracuse University.
 Major A, D. Cox, Jr, has returned to his post at Camp Shelby, Miss, after spending few days with hi' mother, Mrs. Floyd R Drake, 2t Elk avenue.
 Pvt, James Allard, 23, was wound ed in action December IA fin France according to n telegram received from the War Department by hii wife, the former Vera Partlla, l2; River street, He has a tWo-year-olt son, James Jr. The infantryman, former cmploye of ScoVlll Mfg. Co, has been overseas three months,
 Pfc. i,eandrc Bisaillon, 2i, ant Pvt. Joseph M. Scott, who were wounded in the European theateI are now recuperating at Fletcher General hospital, Cambridge, Ohio
 Pfc, Bisaillon, wounded in tht left hand by sniper on July 20 l044, nt LeSay, France, has beer awarded the Purple Heart, Prior tt going overseas last April, he was ai CmDloyc of the Lux Clock Co. HI wife, Irene. lives at Bishop street
 Pvt, Scott, was serving az ma chine gunner when he suffered sc were body concussion from artlller, fire in the battle of the Hurtgei forest in Germany. He was Q mem Der of the police protection force n Waterbury Tool, division Of Vickcrs Inc. before entering the service il March, l043.
 Scott iB Q former chairman Of th' Woodbury Democratic committed and also served on the school boart there,
 Corporal Ferdinand J. Hcbert, 1! spending leave at his home, 2 Wesbury Park road, WatertoWn,
 A veteran of D-Day invasion Corporal Hebert was injured by ar tillery shells and machine gun firt while serving as forward observe' for naval gunners off the coast o Normandy. After brief hospltaliza ton in England, he returned tt France and participated in the driv, for St. To.
 He will report on January 2l t' Camp Callan, California, for rest The former cmploye of the Prince ton Knitting Mills, who entered service in l042, wears two battl, stars, the Purple Heart, Presidential Unit citation and Good Conduc Medal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

bride, 5 Fredertck street, IN taklnB a two week indOctrinatiOn course of study in Army Air Forces min- istry at San Antonio, Texas. He is the former pastor of St. AnthOny's church, Portsmouth, R. I.
 Tec-5 Cpl Robert r Harrlss son of Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Harriss Of l7 Ambrose street wrote recently to his parents relative to his arrival in Southen France and told of attend ing Mass services with the altar constructed on rock pile and snow capped mountains serving as q background, Cpl, Bob in his letter stated that 1t was an experience he will long remember,
 Eight members of the former 208th Coast Artillery band, who re- ported December 28 at Fort Devens, Mass, after spending furloughs here, are returning to their bases in the South Pacific, where they spent 32 months. Five members ot the band are still in hospitals in this country,
 Although the men were to be re" assigned to Camp Miles Standlsh, Mass, upon reporting to Fort Dcyens, upon the completion oi their furloughs, further orders were not received, and they left for Cali fornia, The confusion resulted from q mix-up about the units number and name, it was explained by Con- gressman Joseph E. Talbot, since the name for the former 208th Coast Artillery band had been changed before they returned home,
 Since the men did not come home aS a unit, they must return to the authority which issued the furlouBh, according to War Department rcgu- latlons.
 Cpl. $. S. santarsiero son of Leonard Santarsicro, SO Beacon street, has completed year Of service oVorSeaS with an Eighth An Force fighter group, and has been commended by the group for mefi- torious work during the year
 Pwc. Donald D. Viall, g Edgehill avenue, recently was awarded the Silver star po9thumuouSly for gnl- lantry in action on October Q, i044, in Italy.
 Serving with Lieut., Gen, Mark w, Clarks Fifth army as member oi a field artillery battalion of the 845th Custer" infantry division, VallI voluntarily accompanied an artil- lery observer to the crest Of Il hill to relay his fire directions to the radio operator,
 DIsregarding intense enemy fire which was directed upon the slope, Vial! made his way to the position until killed by small arms fire,
 The soldier was the son Of MT, and Mrs. Wendell P. VIall 23 Edge hill avenue,
 Capt. Joseph II. Freedman, who has been serving as Chief Jewish chaplain in the Middle East visited his mother Mrs, Erna Freedman, l89 Chestnut avenue. yesterday. After short visit in Washington, D. c. where he will re- port on activities, he will return to Egypt.
 Private Mary II. Meyer, WACS, who has been stationed in England since March 27, l944, has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal, according to letter received today by her parents, MT. and Mrs. Robert Splettstosher, l2l Oak street.
 Private Meyer, and her step sister, Private Mary II. Slettstosher, now stationed in New Guinea, both en- tered the WAC on December 9, l943. Their brother, Seaman Second Class Joseph Meyer, who has been serving on q transport in the South Pacific since l942, is now Il student at the naval school, San Pedro, Calf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
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ESTABLISHED 1885

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 A Mt. Rock overeoot is Rochester hond tailored from stem to stern with those smooth smart suove lines characteristic of our good overeOots for men who appreciate the satisfaction of wearing quoI- ity clothes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
STATE CUARDSMEN
 PRESENTED GIFTS

Nine State Guardsmen were pre- sented with wallets last night by Alan c. CurtiSs. director of Elm ployee relations at the Scovill Manufacturing Go. The wallets were the gift of 50 Scovill women em- ployees, who the Guardsmen taught
 military drill for the past eight
 weeks at the Armory.
 The recipients were Capt. Pa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
Templeton, MT. Torrance. MT. Tu-

Templeton, MT. Torrance, MT. Tti- fel, Glenn II. Wayne Harold r. White and John O. White.
 Other officers named were: sOc- retary, Walter Chesson: assistant treasurer, William L. Loomis; as- sistant treasurer, Calvin M. Rich ardson; assistant treasurer, Louis Masters; assistant secretary, Mat thew r. Holloway; trust officer. Frederick w. Davis; and assistant trust officer, Miss Mary E, Horsley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
Infantile Paralysis Victims Benefit By
 Public's Generosity
Haclth Officer Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, Chairman, Urges
 Full Support of Annual Appeal; Activities .s,,. Are Outlined

waterbury's participation in the nationwide March of Dimes campaign to combat nfantile paralysis got under way here today under the leadership of Dr. E. J. Godfrey city health officer and president of the local chapter Ug ing the full support of the campaign Dr. Godfrey cited the almost prohbive costs of the prolonged therapy neces sary for treating the stricken individuals which makes necessary the fullest support of the campaign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
TAO BODIES RECOVERED

London, Jan. i6 -- (U,P) -- An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from the Belgian front said the bodies Of 140 American soldiers who were caps tured and mur"ared by the Na2l First SIS Panzer Division south of Malmedy last month have been re- covered by the advancing U s, First Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

Lieut.. (jg) Donald J. Plercey, II. $. N. R., 43 Woodruff street, has returned from tour of duty in the Pacific where he served as a cO-pilOt in the Navy'S Bull dog Squadron" Q LiberatOr search plane unit.
 His plane made numerous suc- cessful combat strikes shooting down or damaging several of the cnemy'S sea and aircraft.
 Lieut.. Piercey received the Air Medal, when his bomber destroyed D fivc-ship convoy west of Truk. He is the son Of MT and Mrs. A. w. Piercey, Waterbury.
 T Sgt. Alfred NJ, Falzonc, 26' North Main street, veteran of 6C missions over Europe, is now a the AAF Convalescent hospital, For Thomas, Ky. He has been awarded the Air Medal, Purple Heart ant a cluster, CroiX de Gterrc and Dis tinguished unit citation. He spen . iurlough here last month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
GYMNASTTC DRILLS
 FOR NEW MEMBERS

Raymond Lombardi, president of the Waterbury GymnaStic Society. and Nicholas Moffo will be given an exhibition for new members at a meeting tonight at 7;30 at the Third Congregation church hall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

trick Healey, Sgt. Prank Lyman, Sgt. Clinton Ranslow. Sgt. Maurice Griffin, Capt. Patrick Healey, It. Joseph Palmento. Sgt. Arthur Blewitt. Sgt. Michael Delpo, Cpl. Daniel Hawkins and Cpl. Charles Murphy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

Mexico is preparing plans by which municipalities may recover the old title of free municipalities D and regain all that the title implies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

Two old fashioned remedies cough mixtures which contain pare goric and the blue bag" for Stings are still the best, say the Britisi Medical Journal,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

John W. Stokes, prominent To- cal undertaken. has been honor ably discharged from the United States Army following more than two years of service. He was in- ductcd in September, l04@, and trained at Fort DeVens, Mass, Lee, Va, and Stewart Field. New burgh, N. Y. He was subsequently assigned to the tactical unit at West Point Military Academy where he spent the past fourteen months with hte future generals of the U. $. Army.
 MT. Stokes has resumed super vision of the Stokes uneral Home on Riverside street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

Railways in Sweden are convert ing their railbuses and other motor- driven vehicles to producer-gas op- eration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
Chaplain

Chaplain
 Chaplain James Thomas kil- bride, 35 Frederick street. is taking a two week indoctrinatiOn course of study In Army Air Forces min istry at San Antonio, Texas. He is the former pastor of St. AnthOny's church, Portsmouth, R. I.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
AFL Comes Out Against
Mexican Water Treaty

Washington, D. C.-The American
Federation of Labor joined with the
railroad brotherhoods and many other
national organizations in opposing the
proposed treaty giving Mexico 1,5O0,-
600 acre-feet of water from Boulder
Dam and the Colorado River.
Appearing before the Senate For
eign Affairs Committee, AFL Legls-
lative Representative Lewis G. Hines
declared the treaty would wipe out
necessary and proper immigration
safeguards for the protection of AM
erican workers and the American
public.
Other organizations which have en-
listed in the fight against the treaty
include the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the American Legion, and the
National Grange.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
FIRST CENTRAL BODY
GOES OVER TOP IN
FREE UNION DRIVE

New York-The A. F. of LIS Free
Trade Union Fund is over the top in
Charleston, w. Va.
The Kanawha Valley Central Labor
Union of that city has oversubscribed
its quota of 81 500 and thus becomes
the first c. L. U. in America to COM
plete it's drive.
Matthew Woll, President of the A.
F of LIS Labor League for Human
Rights and Chairman of the Free
Trade Union Committee sent con-
gratulations to officers and members
of the Central Body:
"YOu Have Led The Way"
"You have led the way in demon
strating that members of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor are going to
help free, democratic labor to it's feet
in other lands.
Military successes are important
but we must not forget that an armed
victory will be empty unless the seeds
of democracy grow anew in the freed
lands.
"You have set an example which
will quicken every A. F. of l.. Cen
trail Body in the United States and
Canada to successfully complete Free
Trade Union Campaigns"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-03-29
MIRA Pepper Shows


(Continned From Page One)
Presidents William Green and Philip
Murray at showings of the MIRA Re-
vue "You Can Defend America
which dramatizes the program of
teamwork
New Spirit In Coal Situation
George Light, Chairman of Brit
aims National Trade Union Club in
London, revealed a new experiment
in union, management and govern
ment relations in the British coal in
dustry, which will be read eagerly by
all who are genuinely seeking an ans
wer to the problems being discussed
between the miners and operators OF
America at this time. In his cabled
article entitled, "Coal Raw Ma
terial of Heat or Hate?" Light says,
can entirely fresh element is enter
ing into the British coal industry
which may cure the bitterness that
until now has sabotaged all hope of
teamwork" Then he goes on to quote
a joint statement by union leaders,
company heads and government Off
cials in which they say in part:
"Great changes must take place in
the organization of our industry, but
one change above all is necessary. Ill
will must go. A new spirit must come
1t is. our job to build it together all
of us engaged in the industry and
every member of the public until
coal-mining becomes a pattern of
teamwork, instead of an industrial
sore spot.
"All of us must plan, work and
fight for such spirit. We have found
in the program presented in the MIRA
handbook, Battle Together for Brit
ain (based on the U. S. handbook
"You Can Defend AmericaO, the new
factor that creates it. Already in
many districts where this program is
being applied, stoppages have been
averted, settlements reached and a
new atmosphere of confidence is
spreading"
Henry j. Kaiser, John r. Steelman
are among other contributors to this
special issue of New World News
which also gives news of the Cali
fornia presentations of the industrial
drama, "The Forgotten Factor, seen
by nearly 10000 war-workers and
their families under labor manage
ment sponsorship.