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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
War Workers And Soldiers Join Sunshine City's
 Same Old People Sitting On Same Old Benches"

the airport is slated for rapid con- version into a commercial base. One of the largest in the south, capable of accommodating the biggest land and sea transoprt planes, this im- mense airport will give St. Peters burg start in the race for inter national ports of entry.
 BASEBALL TO RETURN
 Reopening of the ferry line con- meeting St. Petersburg with Bra denton, Sarasota, Fort Myers and other southern Florida points is seen as an early probability with the city's purchase of the fran chise. Postwar plans include an aviation auditorium, new public library, redesigning and extension of waterfront parks, vastly in- creased recreational facilities, cre- ation of large tropical park on the shores of Lake Maggiore, an out door swimming pool and other im- provements at Spa municipal beach, and new steel and concrete stands at Waterfront Park, where the St. Louis Cardinals will train again when travel restrictions are no longer necessary.
 With the baseball clubs confined to the north the past two springs, Waterfront Park and Miller Hug gins Field, where the New York Yankees work, have taken on an arid appearance.
 Tine palatial Don Cesar Hotel on Pas-a-Grille Beach was purchased by the government while in litiga- tion for $440,O00, as an Army Air Corps hospital. It is one good buy the government made, although it cost $600,00O to transform the hotel into a hospital.
 The late sculptor and realtor Tom Rowe put $1,250,000 into the Don Cesar. It was his idea to leave monument to the health propensities of the district, and he certainly has in this ideal re- mobilization center.
 Admiral Farragut Naval Academy of Toms River, N. J., acquired the former Jungle Hotel and Country Club property on Boca Ceiga Bay, and has opened a Florida unit with full enrolment. Babe Ruth used to golf there.
 The only hotels still occupied by the military are the Colonial and Concord, which house members of the Army Transport Service. Other wise St. Petersburg is free of the armed forces, where as in 1G42 more than 10000 Air Corps students filled two large hotels and most of the apartment houses. When the Air
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
KNIGHTS TSPLANNINC GOTH ANNIVERSARY
Formation of Another De- gree Class Announced at
 Banquet Last Evening

In the presence of former State Deputy and the neWly-appointed Supreme Master of the Fourth De- gree William J. Mulligan of Hart ford Third Degree of the Knights of Columbus was conferred on class of 50 candidates at the Wilby H. $. gymnasium yesterday afternoon.
 It was Supreme Master Mulligan's first visit to Waterbury on official K. of c. business in ten years, the last occasion being the state conven- tion held in Waterbury in the spring of 1885 when he resigned the office of State Deputy and was succeeded by Superior Court Judge William J. Shea of Manchester.
 Assisting Supreme Master Mulli- gan in conferring the degree were Districts Deputies Burke of Meriden, Reilly of New Haven, Spring Of ThompsonVille. and DeMichel of Torrington. District Deputy Daniel P. Marcantonio was unable to at tend due to illness.
 Following the degree a reception and banquet for the new members was held at the Hotel Elton. Speak CTS at the dinner included Grand Knight Thomas F. Bane, the Rev. J. Oliver Cronan, chaplain of Sheri- dan Council, and MT. Mulligan. Past Grand Knight Cornelius F. Maloney officiated as toastmaster and Deputy Grand Knight Edward D. Bergin was chairman of the committee in charge.
 During the course of the evening plans were announced for celebra- tion of the local councils 60th anni- versary, which will start in April and conclude in May.
 Formation of another class of candidates to be initiated in March was also announced last night by Grand Knight Bane, as well as formation of class from Water bury to take the Fourth Degree in May at Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

mated that another lZ0,UOU dropped in last winter.
 Not only has St. Petersburg it's full quota of pre-war visitors, but it now must make room for thou sands of crowded Tampa's war workers and military personnel. This was made possible by the government taking over the five and -mile-long Candy Bridge across old Tampa Bay as war measure.
 There was a time when St. Pet ersburg hotelmen, in the interests of exclusiveness preferred the Candy Bridge toll of 36 cents a car and five cents passenger, but now that this city is absorbing solid shares of Tampa payrolls they see free passage as blessing.
 CITY IS CROWDED
 After all, St. Petersburg has nothing to offer outside of sun shine, beaches, fishing ard per sonal service. In addition to it's cigar making and other usual in- dustries, Tampa has three ship yards, several war plants and McDill and Drew Army Air Fields
 Innumerable families of men in uniform are in St. Petersburg un-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
Head master
 In Bad Jam

Lenox, Mass, Jan. % - U.P0 - The headmaster of the Duncan school was scheduled to return here ioday and explain how the g boys in the student body ranging in age from eight to 20 were left in a virtu- ally heatless building under condi- tions which health authorities des- cribed as 'intolerable.
 White awaiting the return of Headmaster William c. Duncan from New York where he had been since Tuesday on business trip, the undergraduates who reputedly paid tuition of $1 400 each were housed in private homes in this fashionable Berkshire Village.
 In sub-freezing weather Saturday, Walter E. Lahart, plumber and member of the Lenox Board of Health, jorneyed over snow-covered roads to the school to investigate a report that pipes had frozen within the 40-room mansion built 35 years ago by the late New York million aire banker, J. Harris Fahnestock, Lahart found the students, twenty of them. including one lad with a fractured leg, huddled around a pot-bellied stove in the laundry on the first floor. The rest of the build ing was dark and chilled.
 Below stairs, two other students were at work with blow torch at- tempting to thaw pipes that reput- edly froZe fast during the cold wave that swept into New England We'd nesday.
 Lahart's report to other board members rivaled that of Charles Dickens in his description of the school in Nicholas Nickleby."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

Corps moved out, St. Petersburg be- came Maritime Training Center. The latter required four hotels, two two of which, the Whey Park and Soreno, the largest and most lux urious on the waterfront, were turned back and reopened to patrons this season.
 OLD FOLKS PARADISE
 Nobody seems to know how the elderly people happened to con- verge on St. Petersburg, but if it was promotion it certainly was a winner. The old people have the money and the time. St. Petersburg was once described as the City of the Walking Dead. A much better appellation would be Fountain of Youth. Old people get young again in St. Petersburg.
 The Mirror Lake Shuffle Board
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
STRAND

Director George Cukor has only one fault to find with the thorough ness of the U. S. Army training in shooting the opening sequences of Winged Victory" now at the Strand Theatre.
 He had moved his cast to the Fort MacArthur Reception Center, San Pedro to make the scene for this Daryl F. Zanuck production. The six leads. Barry Nelson, Mark Dan- iels, Edmund O'Brien, Don Taylor, Rune Huffman and Lon McCallister Gin civilian clothes, suitcases, etc0 whose army careers are followed through the picture, are in the group of recruits" to be marched by Sgt. Ray Middleton into the Reception Center. The marching was supposed to be the ragged out-of- step variety of first day in the Army men. The boys started out of step, slouchlng and shuffling, but the hut two three four" of Sgt. Middleton soon had them in step in brisk militray order But the time they came into camera range, they looked more like West Point paraders.
 AS the fifth take" ended wrong, and Cukor's patience showed signs of wearing out, group of new in- ductees -freshi from the las An- geles Induction Station were marched into the camp.
 Nasty arrangements were made and Cukor got his out-of -step, out of cadence marching on the first take, because, instead of the Winged Victory" soldiers, the group of inductees were doing the scene.
 Selected short subjects complete the bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

Club is the largest sports tourist organization in the world with 620O paid memberships. More than 10000 play on 1O3 courts, which make a pretty picture under colored lights at night. More people engage in games on the clubs five acres on the shore of Mirror Lake than at any other sports center in the country. There are three magnificent club houses, two of which were con- structed at an expense of $200,OOG apiece. Old folks also indulge in lawn bowling and roque, and there are immense card-playing and chess areas.
 Old people come to St. Peters burg seeking the company of those who speak their language. They thoroughly enjoy themselves. No resort serves a better purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
CONCORDIA BALL
 COLORFUL EVENT

A wide variety of costumes was in evidence at the Concordia club rooms on Bank street Saturday night, as tine Concordia Singing society conducted it's annual mas querade ball. Music for dancing was furnished by Emil Marks or chestra.
 Arrangements for the colorful event were made by a committee composed of: John Kirsch5aum chairman, Alexander Drapatin Frederick Bother, Eric Kuegler. Er- nst Kuhr, Ernest Mueller Fritz Neubig, Otto Molleitt, Julius M Reichenbach and William Beirbaum
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
(By United PreSs)

More than 800 Flying FOrtresscs and Liberators drop 1900 tons of bombs on Frankfort, Germany; 1O2 German planes shot down.
 Red Army pushes the Germans from the Moscow Leningrad area and around VOIsOvO, advancing to Kikeritsy, F miles from the EstO- nian border.
 In Italy, the 5th Army pushes on north of Casino; Berlin admits loss of Mount ROtOndO, north of CastelfOrte.
 Strong Allied carrier forces at tack TarOa, WOtke and Kwajalein in the Marshalls.
 British troops make steady ad- vances in the Arakan area in Burma.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
SHORTAGES GIVE
 PARIS TOUGHEST WINTER OF WAR
By MALCOLM MUIR, JR.

By MALCOLM MUIR, JR.
 United Press Stan COrrespOndenU
 Paris, Jan. 29-(UP)--Disillusion- ed Parisians frightened their belts, turned up their coat collars and braced themselves today for what has become tougher winter than they ever knew under the Ger mans.
 For weeks the realization had been sinking in. It was brought home with a final jolt by sudden closing of one-third of the city's bakery shops, a continued sharp drop in the supply of even black market foodstuffs and the failure of long promised coal stocks to arrive.
 The average Parisian's disillu- Sionment was not directed at his American allies. It was simply a belated recognition that the de- mandS of all-out war can pay little heed to civilian needs. Under the Nazis a portion at least of peace time transportation found it's way to Paris carrying wood. The Ger I man-sponsored black markets flour ished. Under Eisenhower, all avail able trains and trucks are used to smash the Boche.
 Homes, Offices Cold Whether the food or the fuel shortage hit the people hardest was difficult to say. But any warm day in Paris, rain or shine, is re- garded automatically as a perfect day" Near-freezing temperatures are the rule in homes, hotels and especially offices, which can be reached only by climbing from one to eight elevatorless floors. In shops and department stores 1t was difficult to distinguish sales personnel from customers because both shivered under hats, mittens and coats. Shared also vas the | threadbare state of the coats as well as the suits and dresses they hid. Ready-made suits can be bought on the black market but the prices begin at $200. Leather shoes bring $l00 a pair.
 It was in connection with food that one Parisian called the black market absolutely essential if you're to live" But for all but few it's prices were hopelessly out | of reach. Beef and pork smuggled in from Normandy or Orleans sell for from $3 to $4 a pound. Butter costs $7 pound, milk $2 a quart and sugar from the northern beet fields $1.80 a pound.
 Transport Still Critical
 Coffee alone among the basic commodities had dropped in price and that, as one black market pro- prietor put it, was because such large quantities have been obtained from our American friends"
 Transportation, the third major shortage which hit Parisians where it hurt during the gasless Nazi days, was not much better today. The raopening of the metro (sub- way eliminated many grueling bicycle trips, but this was more than offset by the fact pre-inasion Allied bombings severely damaged surrounding rail lines and knocked out more than half of all French passenger cars. Added to that rail lines passenger rates were up 40 percent while within the city taxis now charge those who can afford them up to $2 a mile.
 Paris is free and it's people are duly grateful but, as on shop keeper summed it up, flor us, the war still goes on."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
JEWISH VETERANS
 INSTALL TONIGHT

State Comdr. Fred Robbins, South NorWalk, will be the principal speak CT at the installation of new of- ficers of the Fannick post, Jewish War Veterans, and it's auxiliary which will be held this evening at 7:30 D. m. at Bisnov's restaurant. Mildred Smuckler, Bridgeport, re- gional vice president will attend Miss Sadie Cohen, New Haven, de- partment president vii linduct the women.
 Also attending will be Mayor John s. Monagan, Rabbis David Polish William P. Grenefeld and Max Gift CT; Rev. Roger B. T. Anderson, state American Legion chaplain, Harry J. Beadsley and Martin Horowitz New Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

gressional directory, wrote letters to the radio announcers and when- ever I call up somebody and get his secretary, say, this is Con greSsman A-Bear'
 "She says, 'Who?'
 And I say, it's not 8 wolf-its a A-Bear, but 1t gets the same re- suits
 She laughs and thinks that's pretty funny, which is all right by me. She doesn't forget A-Besr. That's important The constituents call me A-Bear and I don't want any of 'em coming up here and saying A-Bear is going high hat, calling himself, Hee-B Bert
 As for the A-Bear candy, 1t is fine. If your name isn't Ickes. drop in and hen give you a piece.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
Last of a series
By HARRY CRIMSON NEA Staff Correspondent

PETERSBURG 29At first glance Petersburg appears Ameca-the old
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

Faint fittin' night said Farmer Brown, By time it's mornin' bet 1 won't get to town. Just lookt that bloWin' the meaders, Watch those crazy lads takn' double headers. It'll be dfiftin' tonight, said Browns son Ned By mornin' we'll be lucky if make the coW-shed Those wind-breaks along the south meader lot, Will be all covered over, like not Worst driftin' I've hereaboutS Cant the wall and snow! the eve spous Snow shoves good in this hard-packed snow, How we'll dig out we just don't know. Ole Lem Baker says it's the worst he Nothin Il get out but a January thaW, But Januarys most and we'll have to work quick, Cause suppoSn' someone to take sick Faint fittn' night, says Farmer Jones, Poor old Shepn find his buried bones! EM EN-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

Fire private car owners will be unable to obtain gasoline for long time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
Good Evening.
SHOWED IN
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Good Evening.
 SHOWED County Reports Drifts Im
 passable
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-01

rates come into the picture and
whether the ore will hold up.
sPB DOESN'T MIND TAKING
A LOSS
A BIG decision, however, has
been made. The SPB has stated
that unreasonable capital costs
will not be permitted to be q
barrier to the disposal of Gen.
eva" This means they plan to
sell 1t no matter how much they
have to cut the price. This is
what observers think the steel
companies have been waiting
for. The price will be set when
the present studies are complet-
ed.
Rep. j. w. Robinson a., Utah)
mas been following the progress
OF SPB's handling of the matter
very closely. He is confident il
Will be snapped up soon by one
OF the big steel companies. He
explains that within a month
a restriction which put certain
strings on the deal for prospec-
tive purchasers will be auto
matically off. according to the
law.
Robinson's only criticism Of
the whole affair is that SPB was
late In making its first study and
report on the plant. He also sees
Geneva as the key TO the fu-
ture industrial progress of the
West.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-01
REbIR1H OF A NATION

The atmosphere Of the recent French elections
'wos perhaps more important than their results The
significance Of the revolt against the Third Repub.
lie and its constitution. the support for General de
Goue and the strength Of the Communists cannot
be discounted. But cannot foil to be impressed
by the sobrey and seIf-disoipne with which the
French peoples wishes we're made known.
Order returned to Europe with the French cleo
tions Democracy, which hos been warped and de-
oroded, wos triumphontly indicated ioIence was
renowned as q necessary and inevitable companion
Of reodjustnnent.
With these free and peoeeobe elections. France
did much to show herself once more strong and re-
sponsible. With this one STEP she did much to re-
offirm hsr heritage ond resume her pIoce as major
power
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-01
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

to make II the most modern and
up-to-date one that had ever
been built. The know-how of
many years of steel manufacture
ing was incorporated into it.
u. S. steel engineers didn't stint
when they built it. It's the best
and everybody agrees it is. But
still nobody wants it. The big
question Is: why not?
Saddled with what might be-
come the whitest of all white
elephants, the Surplus Property
Board made an investigation.
Here are some of the things
which were uncovered:
There is skepticism as to how
long the ore will last in the
West.
Operated experience in the
plant failed to prove that Utah
coal could be cooked economical
ly in the Geneva blast furnaces.
There Is not enough confid-
ence in the development of suf-
ficient markets in the West to
justify the risk of taking over
the plant.
There is uncertainty about
commercial freight rates to prin-
cipal coastal consuming points
which are competitive with the
cost of water transportation
from eastern seaboard plants.
Last of all, possible purchas-
ers were worried that they
might pay too much for it and
lose their shirts in peactime
competition.
After making the study. the
study, the Surplus Property
Board decided a further investi-
CATION was necessary. Now ex-
perts are trying to find out just
what the chances are of COM
pany taking over the plant and
making a 60 of it. They're try
ing to figure out what markets
will be, exactly how freight
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-01
. IN HOLLYWOOD

you think the program should
say: Show conceived. produced
and directed by Ken Murray
from remark by Hal Block?'"
SQUELCH: Carole Lands,
who won't admit to- having a
hunk of dough invested in Hor-
ace Schmidlapp's B 20 d w y
show, "Polonaise, tells about
the pre-NeW York tour of the
musical when Jan Kiepura was
heckled from the audience. Are
you a London Pole or a Lublin
Pole" shouted til heckler in
The middle of 4 big scene.'
Kiepura turned 10 the audience,
announced II am Gallup
POLL" then resumed his singing.
TIP ON FINANCE
IDEA: There's a story going
around about the time Dennis
O'Keefe was an extra working
in a George Raft picture. One
day Dennis was flat broke and
approached George for a loan
Of $50. George took Dennis aside
and gave him $100 and this ad-
vice.
Look" said George. "Never
borrow the exact amount you
need, always double it. If you
get it, take out what you need,
then put the rest in the bank, 90
when the time comes and you
don't have it all, you san always
give the guy back half of what
you borrowed"
INTUITION: Travis Banton,
the famous movie desinger, is
firm believer in woman's intui-
ton. He's very careful about
selecting costume colors, even
when a picture Is to be In black
snd white. But what gets Travis
Is that women, writing In to
compliment him on dress in a
black and white picture, always
mention the color. And nine
times out of ten they correctly
name the shade.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-01
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD-Samuel Gold
wyn welcomed Director William
Wyler back to Hollywood with
cocktails in his office, luncheon
in his private dining room.
Former war production boss
Donald Nelson, now car of the
independent movie makers; 1t.
Col. Cy Bartlett, Arthur Ungar
and others greeted Willie back
to the cinematic fold after al
most four years as a lieutenant
colonel in the Air Corps. Willie 5
war movie, IT h e Memphis
Belle" and others. rated right
along with his last civilian di-
recting chore, Mrs. Miniver."
Now he will direct GLORY for
Me-" Goldwyn's story of three
returned soldiers, then head his
own company along with Frank
Capra.
CROSBY DUET
BOAT RIDE: Andy Devine
says he'll never tire of telling
this story about himself and
Bing Crosby. One night they
went to the beach together for
a fish dinner. 1t was a beautiful
night; they were in a mellow
mood, so they decided to go for
a boat ride Only boat they could
find was a dirty old fishing
smack tied up to the Santa
Monica pier. Luckily, the skip
per was aboard and agreed to
take them out for while. Bing
said he'd like to handle the
wheel, so the skipper agreed.
Andy turned on the radio and
out came Crosby's voice. a ses-
sion OF Crosby recordings. For
an hour Bing harmonized with
himself while steering the boat.
REMARK: Several years ago
Hal Block told Ken Murray he
ought to put together a vaude-
vile revue. Other night Block
went to see Murray's hit Holly
wood show, "Blackouts", and
noticed that the program said,
"Show conceived, produced and
directed by Ken Murray" AZ
ter the show Block went back
stage and chided Ken: Don't
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-01
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON-On the shore
of picturesque Utah Lake near
Provo, stands 100000, 900
steel mans dream-the Geneva
steel plant.
What happens to it will, to
large degree, influence the econ
omic future of the West Coast.
For years West Coast industry
has charged that it has been
held back because of the East's
monopoly of the steel industry.
Manufacture of steel is consider
ed basic to the prosperity and
growth of industry in an area.
Along came the war. The slip
building industry on the Pacific
Coast needed a source of tons
of steel plate close at hand. The
expanded mining industry and
other industries in the West
needed steel. So the Govern
ment stepped up production In
the II Western states by about
100 per cent. The Geneva plant.
which represents approximately
one-sixth of the total wartime
Government expenditure in iron
and steel facilities, was the most
important part of that expansion
program.
But then came the end of the
war. Everybody expected there
would be rush to buy or lease
the plant. There were no takers.
Henry Kaiser made an offer
which the Government promptly
turned down. United States Steel
Corporation said they were
thinking it over but then an
nounced they weren't interested.
There were a couple of other
half-hearted offers, none of
which the Government would
consider.
GENEVA is everything that
could be asked for in a steel
plant. No expense was spare,