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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
A. C. E. Conducts
 First Spring Meet

The Waterbury branch of the As- sociation for Childhood Education held its first spring meeting yester- day at Leavenworth high school. Guest speaker was Mrs. Frances A. Prendergast, psychiatric social worker of the local Society for Men, tai Hygiene. Mrs. Prendergast was introduced by Miss Maude Dem mock, program chairman.
 Miss Goldie Gordon, who presided at the meeting, announced that Professor Lila Belle Pitts, associ- ate professor of music education at Teachers college, Columbia uni- versity, will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting and lunch con of the Conn. State A. c. E. at the Stratf1eld hotel in Bridgeport, Saturday, April IA. Prof. Pitts is the author of the recent book, Music Curriculum in a Changing World" The speakers subject will be Music for Children"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10

A private firm in India plans to make 100 railway locomotives year after the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10

Dorothy Mercier, a senior at Will by High school, and member of Miss Betty Garrity's art class, has been awarded the Achievement Key of the Connecticut National High School Art Exhibition. Her prize winning exhibit has been sent to the Carnegie Institute of Fine Arts Galleries at Pittsburgh, where the National High School Award Ex- hibition is taking place.
 Miss Mercier did the art work in the 1945 class book. She is also Art Editor of the Balance Sheet, Vice-President of the Dramatic Club, Secretary of the War Bond Committee, and member of the Danaides Tri-Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
Personal

Mrs. Agnes c. Finlay will preside at the meeting of Good Will chapter No. 112, Order of Eastern Star, Thursday evening at D. m. A short business meeting will be held and a reception for the newly of ficers will take place. A special en- tertainment will be held after the meeting.
 The first card party of the Indus trial Chorus, unit of the Educa- tional and Industrial Division of the "Y", will be held tomorrow at D. m. in the Central Y. M. c. A. Miss Betty Phillips and Miss Ethel Gall way will conduct activities.
 Sixty tables were in play at the annual card party of the Water bury Public Speaking club held last night at the Central Y. The commit tee, headed by Mrs. Norman Gables, consisted of Francis J. Kelly, James McKenna, Miss Mary Sheehan, Miss Mary L. Martin, MT. and Mrs. Roy A. Ferris, Miss Henriette E. Rah- mann, Miss Mary Dillon and Miss Helen Bartsch.
 Commander and Mrs. Robert J. Harrison, White Oaks, Southbury, were recent dinner guests of MT. and Mrs. William s. Driscoll, Cheshire road, Prospect. Commander Harri- son returned to this country after IS months service in the southwest Pacific war theater.
 Miss Marion Jones of Ledgeside avenue is spending three weeks in Miami and Naples, Fla.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
Cpl. E. A. Migliaro
 Wed In California

Mrs. Dorothy Brennan of Kelso, Calf, announces her marriage of her sister, Miss Eileen c. Stanley of Washington and Calif., to Corporal Eugene A. Migliaro, Jr., USING, stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif., son of MT. and Mrs. Eugene A. Mig liaro of Granger street, Waterbury. The wedding took place Nov. 25 at the First Methodist church in Crompton, California, with Rev. R. H. Hoaper officiating at the service.
 Mrs. Josephine Kirkman of Crompton was matron of honor and Pfc. Edward Eindsidler of New York city, USING, also stationed at Camp Pendleton, served as best man. Corporal Migliaro attended Leav- enworth high school and has been in the service over two years. His bride, who attended schools in Washington, will make her home in Waterbury for the duration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
Membership Goal Set By Council

A goal of 4,000 was set by the Waterbury Council of Catholic Women last night as this years membership quota fh the annual drive which will close May T. At the open meeting held at the Diocesan Bureau of Social Service, 56 Church street, Rev. George Dyer of St. Thomas church, former director of NorWalk Council of Catholic Wom- en, spoke to the large group of as- sembled parish chairmen and col lectorS, in conjunction with the of- ficial opening of the drive. The meeting followed an executive board meeting at 7:30.
 It was announced that letter from Administrator Most Rev. Henry O'Brien was read in all churches Sunday, endorsing the drive pro- gram and urging parish women to join the Council.
 It is the wish of the acting bishop that all Catholic women become members. The Council, which is the official Catholic Women'S Organiza- ton of the Diocese, works with the Diocesan Bureau of Social Service, and each is dependent on the other. It is also in close cooperation with other volunteer social agencies in the city. Members of the Council lent their services in the recent Red Cross drive and have participated in blood plasma campaigns. During war loan drives, members of the Council of Catholic Women staff victory house on the Green. A group of Council women will assist one day in the work of sorting clothes in the current United Nations Clothing Drive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
ELTON CONTRACT CLUB

The second session of the ladies' city pair championship was held yesterday under the direction of Mrs. William sherman Smith. Win ners include:-
 North and South: Mrs. Phillip Shaler and Mrs. Homer Bernier, 138H; Mrs. R. D. Schroeder and Mrs. Robert Strohacker, 125; Mrs. w. G. Bailey and Mrs. D. w. Rose- brugh, 123.
 East and West: Mrs. Charles Pet itjean and Mrs. Aaron Jacobson, 129h; Mrs. R. B. Rose and Ms. Josiah Evans, 128; Mrs. Arthur Will Hams and Mrs. Henry Pressuer, 1221a.
 Official standing: Mrs. Walter Norton and Mrs. Leon Lovejoy, 265; Mrs. Pettijean and Mrs. Jacobson, 245h; Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Rose brugh, 243.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10

will be discussed and movies win be shown by K. ]. Jaros. Reports will be presented by the theater
 committee. which is headed by Ro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10

meo carosello. vice president of the club Mir. Carosello will report on
 the food drive for people in Italy. All members with sons in the serv-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

MT. and Mrs. George Goggin Of Huntingdon avenue, announce the engagement of their daughter. Mary Elizabeth, to Joseph Croughwell, son of Mrs. Mary and the late Pat rick Croughwell of Beecher avenue. The wedding Is scheduled for June a at 9 a. m. at St. Michael's church in Waterville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10

Ice are requested to submit t names to be placed on the ssrgirt roll. Albert wilkie. president. uEaeI all members to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
Community Club
 To Meet Tonight

The Mary Abbott Community Club will hold regular meeting tonight at 8:30 in the Mary Ab- bolt school gymnasium. Plans to hold a bazaar in the near future
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
Students To Hear
 Noted Psychologist

Do mThomas Werner Moore, o. S. B., Professor of Psychology and Psy- chiatry at Catholic University, Washington, will address the stu dents of the College of Saint Eli- zabeth on Mental Hygiene In The Home" in Xavier Auditorium on Tuesday evening, April IT, at 7:15 o'clock.
 Author of number of books on psychological subjects, Father Moore stresses in his writing the import ance of wholesome attitudes of mind tied up with the practical use of ideals and principles of life. He en- deavors in his lectures to familiarize his listeners with the possibilities of making emotional adjustments to the difficulties of life"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
BETROTHAL ANNOUNCED

MT. and Mrs. William E. Judge of Bridgeport announce the engage ment of their daughter. Miss Jane Catherine Judge, to Kenneth E. Russell, son of MT. and Mrs. Leon M. Russell. also of Bridgeport. Miss Judge is a graduate of Central high school and St. Mary's School of Nursing. She attended Yale Uni- versity and is presently at the Jun for College of Connecticut. She is a member of the staff of St. Vim cents Hospital in Bridgeport.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10

Japanese are reported Co be un- dertaking the larg escale produce ton of vitamin oil in the northern Celebeg.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01
Hapsburg Throne
Title Tested By
Two Norwegians

OSLO, Norway. Dec. S-DoCu-
ments identifying a humble Christ
iansand artisan as the long-mi5S-
ing Austrian Archduke Johann
Salvador Won Toscana have been
ruled authentic by Norwegian
courts and as a result, at least
two Norwegian pretenders claim
today to be the rightful heirs to
the Hapsburg throne.
The documents also have added
another chapter to the tender re-
nance of Mayerling and an al
ticlimactic one. The papers which
identify one Hugo Koehler, who
passed on last May in Christian
sand, as the missing archduke say
Crown Prince Rudolf was SLAIN
by Baroness Maria Vetsera.
Ever since his mysterious van
ishing 80 years ago, Archduke Jo-
ham has been the subject of nu-
merous highly imaginative stories.
He was reported at different times
to have been traced in Latin
American countries, South Sea
islands. and various odd and out
of-the-way places.
Hitherto there never was any
proof for the authenticity of the
alleged discoveries but the mar
rator's word Now for the first
time documentary evidence has
been submitted to a court.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01
Press Convention
Held In NORWAY

October 20 marked the Norwe
gian Press Association's frs t
convention in nearly five years
Of a total prewar membership
of $50, 1913 or every fifth Nor
wegian journalist had been i'm
prisoned by the Nazis, nearly 100
had been forced to flee the coun
try, 5 were executed by the in
vaders while IA died in prisons in
Germany. OF all organized groups
in Norway, the journalists have
possibly been the hardest hit.
In the address of the evening,
Mr.. Torolv Randall, president of
the organization, outlined the
grave responsibility confronting
the free press in liberated Nor
way. Mr.. Randall has only re-
Gently returned to Norway from
the United States where he serv-
ed as director of the Norwegian
| Information Services New York
office since 1912. Freedom of
the Press has again returned to
Norway" observed the speaker,
with the result that we have
been extended a most vital and
powerful tool for the reconstruc-
ton of a healthy and sound DEM
ocracy We must use it with a
clear understanding of the re-
sponsibility which accompanies
the right to administer this pow
erful moulder of public opinion
1t will be our duty to see that the
spirit of cooperation which has
pervaded Norway during these
years shall live on among oui
people, shaped and guided by our
traditional freedom of speech"
Concluding his address, Mr.
Randall lauded the activities OF
Norway's journalists in establish
ing the famous underground press
So intense and well managed was
this branch of the underground
movement that the total daily cir
culation of illegal newspapers dur
ing the war exceeded the pre-war
circulation of all of Norway's
newspapers combined. This was
no small accomplishment wher
one considers that even before the
war, the ratio of newspapers anc
periodicals to population was pos
sibly the worlds largest.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01
Even Danish Chickens
Sabotaged Production

The story was recently related
in a Copenhagen daily:
A suburban chicken farmer in
Denmark had been forced by the
Nazi occupation powers to sign
a contract for delivery of 200 eggs
daily to a nearby German garri-
son. For awhile deliveries came
promptly but soon the chicken
slackened their productivity and
yielded only 100 eggs-then $50
and 10.
A stern Nazi major drove out
to the chicken farm and upbraided
the farmer for not fulfilling his
contract. In reply the farmer in
vited the major to. the chicken
house and showed him how sign
on every post read: 200 eggs
must be delivered daily" so that
even the worst dumbclucks might
know the wishes of the high COM
mand.
when this did not help" said
the farmer, II took twenty of the
hens outside and executed them
at sunrise right before the eyes
of the rest of the flock. That did
not help either!"
The major returned to the bar
racks without further arguments
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01
'kIondike Or Bust
New Northern Book

Gertrude Jensen of Portland,
Ore. has just completed a manu-
script for her new book. "Klon-
dixie or Bust" which was the slo-
gan of the gold rush days. Her
story will give not only historical
facts of the early days but will
present many of the well-known
characters whose names will
never be forgotten in this drama
tic period of our American pio-
neering.
Mrs. Jensen is a member of the
Women's Research Club of Port
land. She and her mother made
a trip North during the last sum-
mer. when she obtained much val
liable data.
Mrs. Jensen is a former Klon-
diker and an active member of
the Alaska-Yukon Society of Port
land.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01
Amongst Scandinavians
Here and There

sistant postmaster of Seattle.
Serving with the United States
Group Control Commission, Cap
tain Ringstad wrote the postal
plans for the control of Germany,
and during the last few months
before his return to the United
States, was busy "de-Nazifying"
the German postal system.
Carl Oscar Borg, the great In
dian painter of the Southwest who
left u. S. for Sweden in 1888 'to
settle there permanently" is back
in this country and in California
where he has spent 80 years of
his life.
The name of Pfc. R O bert E.
Westholm of Seattle, who died in
action at Okinawa, has been Sc
lected by his former comrades for
h e i r new baseball diamond on
Mindoro Island, the soldiers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. West
holm, 1912 42nd Ave. S. W., said
today The 24-year-old soldier
whose companions knew his love
of baseball, had won the Bronze
Star, the Silver Star and Two
Purple Hearts. He participated in
the invasion of Leyte and landed
with the 3S3rd Infantry Regiment
at OkinaWa, where he died after
being wounded by an enemy
sniper.
The Silver Star for gallantry in
action and the Air Medal with
nine Oak Leaf clusters have been
awarded Maj. Cleo I. Aspegren,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Aspe-
gren of Kirkland.
Col. Erik Henning Nelson has
been promoted to temporary brig
adier-general in the Army Air
Forces. He was one of the flyers
who made the round-theworld
flight from Seattle in 1924.
Jean Hersholt last month was
elected president of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sci.
ences by unanimous vote. This is
the organization which annually
awards the coveted Oscars" fol-
outstanding screen performances
and productions.
When Ingrid Bergman Travelled
in Germany with the Jack Benny
entertainment troupe, she bumped
into a blond chap, whom she adj
dressed as folloys: "I'll bet you're
a Swede too" The blond chap re
piled: Yes" Miss Bergman, Pm
not only Swede, but I lived mex
door to you in Stockholm when
was visiting my uncle, my home i.
in Benedict Canyon in Beverly
Hills on the same street as yours
and l used to work at Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, which i!
next door to the Selznick Studio,
where you worked
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01
Norway Builds
In Arctic Cold

The reconstruction of Norways
Nazi-leveled province of Finn
mark is no simple task This was
emphasized by Mr. Erling Nor
vik, acting governor of Finnmark
in a report disclosing some of the
problems facing builders in the
ravaged wastes of Northern Nor
way. BY the time that Nazi earth
scorching above the Actic circle
was complete, over 10000 resi-
dents of the Finnmark and Nord-
Troms districts had nothing left
but the clothing on their backs.
Six thousand farms were burned
to the ground, 10000 homes and
buildings were completely destroy
ed, cattle were slaughtered, boats
were sunk or set adrift. Even
fishing nets were burned or hack
ed to pieces. Roads, fields, har-
bors, and coastal waters were
sown with tens of thousands of
mines.
Of the $50 telephone and tele-
graph stations in the area, but 20
remained. Twenty thousand tele-
phone poles were sawed or blast
ed into pieces, insulators were
crushed, and large sections of pre-
cious copper wire are missing. In
these barren. treeless areas it is
necessary to freight in all mater
ial and reconstruction must take
place in the dark bitter Arctic
night. At North Cape the sun
set on November Is and will not
rise again until January % of next
year. Despite these handicaps,
however, between seven and eight
hundred poles have been shipped
in and over $4,000 more have been
temporarily pieced together to
provide a communications link be-
tween the larger centers.
The fate of a shipment of nails
and caulking wedges to be used to
repairing fishing boats in this dis
trict typifies t. he perplexing
transportation problem. An order
placed in Oslo late in September
aid not reach Harstad on the
north west coast until October q
and when the order of precious
nails will finally reach the Arctic
provinces is not yet known.
Deadly electric mines in the
harbors could be swept only with
specially equipped mine sweepers.
The one German sweeper available
on the northern coast was sunk
by floating mine and two months
. elapsed before another could be
procured. OF the five magnetic
mines in Varde harbor only four
have been located and until the
fifth is found all supplies must be
landed elsewhere and trucked
country.
[ Unavoidable delays of this type
!, are especially distressing in a race
, against time. The housing of the
population in these Arctic pro-
vinces has been only partially SUI
, cessful and the continued evacua
; ton of residents to the already
crowded southern districts pro-
vides the only solution this Win
ter
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01

Americans from Sweden. BY
Louis Adamic. Chapter V. in A
Nation of Nations. New York,
Harper & Brothers, 1945. PIP 1922
144. Price per volume $3.50.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01

Another so prefabricated houses
have been donated by the Swedish
to the Danish island
of Bornholm.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01

Sonia Henle is very fond OF
movie star Van Johnson, accord
ing to statement made by her
in Chicago last month. And Van
must like Sonia too, because he
phoned her and wanted the Nor
wegian star to spend Christmas
with him in Chicago. In case you
don't know it, the great heart
throb of American womanhood is
of Swedish descent, and his ia
the, a real estate broker in Rhode
Island, was the son of Swedish
immigrant parents. Who said
.Norwegians and Swedes didn't get
along very well?
Lieut.. Comdr, Nels G. Hassel-
blad of Seattle, U.S.N.R, and Mrs.
Hasselblad announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Adoree.
to Chief Pharmacists Mate Franz
"A. Townema, U.S.N., son of Mrs,
Peter A. Townema. The bride
elect is tn e granddaughter of
Mrs. Gustav V. Hasselblad and
the late Captain Hasselblad. The
wedding will take place in Janu-
airy.
From Oslo, Norway, Ornult
Poulsen arrived in Seattle NOV.
IS on a fish buying trip.
For Seattle to sell fish 60 Nor
way sounds very much like coal
to Newcastle" but it's not as
strange as it seems.
Before the war" Poulsen ex-
planned, my firm in Oslo import
ed about 100000 year of mild
cured salmon from this area. AS
a matter of fact we export our
own salmon because We have a
good world market for it and thus
it is too valuable to be consumed
locally"
Poulsen spent the last two years
of the war as prisoner OF the
Germans at the notorious Grini
concentration camp outside Oslo.
A Seattle airman, S-Sgt. Fred
William Olsen, 90, who Failed to
return from his ninth bombing
mission over Italy in March, 1914,
has now been presumed dead"
the war department has informed
his parents.
Memorial services for the flyer.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Olsen,
1852 33d Ave. W., were held re-
Gently in st. Johns Danish LII
theran church.
Sergeant Olsen, a graduate of
Queen Anne High school, was dec
Grated with the Air Medal stJrtly
before his last flight as waist
gunner of a BIZ.
Besides his parents he is SUI
vived by a brother Edmund S.
Olsen, and two sisters, Helen M.
Olsen and Mrs. Edwin r. Ehret,
al of Seattle.
Regular shipping service be-
tween West Coast ports and Sean
dinavian countries has been re-
sumed. The cargo-passenger ship
Uruguay" of the Johnson Line
was in Seattle early in Deem
ber Other ships of the Swedish
Johnson Line, Transatlantic, Sa-
len Line etc, are to follow soon
Norway also will begin its peace
time shipping on the coast. The
brand new motorship Pacific Elk
press of the Fruit Express Line
owned by Bjorn Bjornstadt and
Sigurd Herlofsen of Oslo will soor
be seen here. This ship looks more
like yacht than a freighter, has
room for 100000 boxes fruit, anc
also has luxurious passenger ac-
commodations. Denmark's mer'
chant marine also has extensive
plans for Pacific Coast peace-timG
traffic.
Chaplain Harry w. Lundblad
former Augustana pastor in The
Northwest, was a wa ard d the
Bronze Star Medal early in TN
-.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01

Capt. Emery T. Ringstad. home
after 81 months of duty in Eu-
rope, has resumed his post as as
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-12-01

Chaplain Harry w. Lundblad,
former Augustana pastor in the
Northwest, was a ward e d the
Bronze Star Medal early in the
year for meritorious service with
a combat engineers unit in Ger
many. He has now received his
honorable discharge from his mill
tary assignment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-06
Insurance Taxes

We are in entire sympathy with
the theory o. regulating insurance
companies Just as Tar as II is reccs-
sary to go to bring them in line
with reason and with fairness to
their policyh0lders and toward the
states within which they operate
We think. however. that there is a
very real prospect that proposed
taxes on these concerns which are
being considered at the present time
viii be passed OK. to those sclf-samc
poliCvhnIders, and that revenues
turned int public Golfers will be
provided at the expense of the in
surcd.
The tax may not be added to the
premium. but il can easily be de-
Quoted through smaller dividends. In
either instance. the p0llcvh0ldcr foots
the bill. FRANKLY. we are not famil-
lar with the y0Inminous measures
that have been prepared for tho cur
rert General Assembly. and il is pos
sib,o soma safcglards along this line
NAV be included. If they have not