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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

The story of It. Comdr. Joseph Timothy O'Callahan, heroic chap lain of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Franklin, with screen star Pat O'Brien in the title role, will be dramatized in ''The Fighting Chap lain" on Columbia networks The Sea Has a Story" series tonight, (WABC-CBC. 9:30-10.
 Cigarettes go to Navy convales- cents and listeners get an earful of melody and mirth on the Thanks to the Tanks" quiz show starring Quipmaster Bob Hawk, tonight at 7:30 o'clock over CBS Stations |. Between questions and laughs. Song stress Dolly Dawn offers the new novelty tune, "Oh Brother!" Thou sands of free smoke will be sent to the U. S. Naval Hospital, Samp- son, N. Y, and U. S. Naval Con- valescent Hospital, Arrowhead Springs, San Bernadino, Calf.
 Baritone Igor Gorin offers group of popular operetta favorites when he appears on the Howard Barlow concert, Monday, July g, at 8:30 p. m. over NBS Stations .. Gorin will sing Gershwin's T Got Plenty of Nuttin'," Romberg's Stout Hearted Men, Herbert's Gypsy Love Song" and Donkey Serenade" by Friml. Howard Barlow leads the orchestra in Offenbach's Overture to La Belle Helene" "Navarraise" by Massenet and Gershwin's Win tergreen for President"
 The orchestras of Glen Gray. Clyde Lucas and Charlie Barnet will be featured next week on WOR- Mutual's Spotlight Bands broad casts, Monday. Wednesday and Fri day. 9:30 to 10 p. m.
 Tonight, Spotlight Bands" will present Glen Gray and his orches- tra playing at the Harmon General hospital, Longview, Texas, Betty George. Skip Nelson, Fats Daniels, vocalists and Bobby Hackett, trum- peter are featured with the orches- tra.
 On Wednesday, July II, Clyde Lucas and his orchestra from Kings Port. Tenn.
 On Friday, July 13, Charlie Bar net and his orchestra will be heard az they play for the men at Madi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09
METEOR JUST ORE

New Orleans (UP) The huge meteor" in Audubon Park, around which several generations of chill dren have played here, is really nothing but big lump of Mexican iron ore that was on exhibition at the Cotton Centennial in the 1880's. The last remaining relic of the Centennial, it was considered too unwieldly to move.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

plane parts manufacture at the Briggs body plant for three days and picketed the OPA because they were getting beans and jam in their luncheon sandwiches instead of meat. Forget nine strikes in none of which more than 800 workers were out; it is possible that no war goods have been held up for need of the parts lost in these walkouts.
 You have left 74,800 persons who walked off war jobs over two of the five contentious issues that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

production, should be completed on the assembly line or in the finish ing plant.
 These figures can not be added to those for minor strikes to get the 71,853 figure mentioned. That is because more than 13,000 who went out briefly at Chrysler's, in one of the jurisdictional fracases, had returned to work before I reached town.
 Add those 13,000 to the score. Ig- nore the 7,500 who left their air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09
LAST LINCOLN PASS

East Burke, Vt. CUP)-The last pass issued by President Abraham Lincoln before his death is stored at the Burke Mountain Club here. It reads: Allow the bearer A. B. Darling, to. pass to, and visit Mo. bile, if. and when that city shall be in our possession. A. Lincoln, April 13, 1865"
 Lincoln was asassinated the fol- lowing evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

Who remembers the good old days when you and your gang of six eight hired cottage at Bantam Lake for two weeks packed enormous suitcases which you strapped to all parts of couple of early model Fords, and went sailing along the road for carefree time at the good old lake swimming and boating days and dancing and singing in the evenings feeling pret ty fit in your well pressed ducks, and harmonizing on moonlight nights, your just developed tenor range leading the crowd in Love Me, and the WOr-uld in Mine'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

are going to make reconversion very nasty headache for industri- al America.
 I have checked the strikes that I found in Detroit, most of which now have been either settled or suspended temporarily at this writing. have talked with a great many vitally interested Detroiters on and off the record. I have studied dizzy aggregation of of- ficial and unofficial statistics. And I come up with virtually unan-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

Money payments in wages have advanced in Ceylon but the in creases have not kept up with liv- ing costs. so real wages today are actually below prewar levels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09
Good Evening.
THE DOPE
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

f THE DOPE They have a name for him or her,
 That unfortunate forlorn hope; He may be all the world to his mother
 But otherwise known as a dope. The dope just doesn't measure
 Up to some standards, I fear, She's not just dumbbell,
 IeastWiSe so we hear. He even passes his grades,
 His 10 is fairly high, But as far as the young folks are concerned He rates pretty small fry. The dope doesn't count for much
 In the social younger set, Don't invite her, you hear,
 She's just washout, my pet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

The Mattatuck Historical Society has issued Part II of brochure dealing with Inns and Taverns in Water bury Part took in of the old ones and Part II discusses mainly the old Scovill House which de- Stroyed by fire early in the century, and the Elton which was to be the of the Scovl House. The bro- chure states about the Scov House. "but in 1902 53 years old and standards in hotels we'll as in other types of buildings had changed enormously The Mat tatuck Historical Society article has much interest to the reader since the Elton our foremost hotel since the early 1900s. Many too will remember the dis cusslonS that came up about suitable name and since 1t was not named the Mattatuck Hotel it is generally felt that no better could have been selected The Elton has remained welrun institution since Almon C. Judd took 1t over down to the present day. standing on one Of our prominent facing the famous Green where history in the city started and from which stemed the streets and important structures that made the town and later the city In so locating itself the Elton became an important factor in the progress of the city, We recommend Inns and Taverns in Waterbury, Part H.
 He didn't count the Ks sent to G. I's but fellow Waterburians there's bit of advice to you in this lit te story: Americans at home and abroad in the last 12 months have posted about four billion letters to be sent Place these letters to end and they would reach fifteen and half times around the world with the pOstscripts reaching halfway to the These are the computations of Ted Malone, whose humaninterest program airs weekday mornings the American Network. Malone also says: If you alone had written all of these letters and been able to write them at the speed of two lettexs minute every minute of every hOur every hour of every day. it would take you 38 centuries. You would have had Christ-and even then, you would not quite yet be finished Even today, you would have one more letter to write So send this letter to someone he'd like to hear from yOu."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

Ceylon has a force of 2,000 men organized to bolster activities Of 75O Essential Service Labor Corps members engaged principally ;Il food production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

"on Stage Everybody" He wni >oli. fine his musical labors to the air. lanes till August when he returns to Universal to score another movie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09
DETROIT: Test Tube Of Labor Strife
Capital Typy Nation. Industrial Relations Problems

This is the first of four articles by S. Burton Heath, analyZing DetrOit's labor problems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

Tomorrow: Bones of contention.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-17

rigan, rejected by both the 400 of Cleveland and
New York, succeed sensationay abroad? The
answer is not too difficult Mrs. Corrigan is prob
ably the only American who ever lived up 10 every
Europeans dream of what rich American is like.
She is probably the only American who could afford
tor thought it worth her time.
Frankly, Mrs. COTrgan's scale of entertaining,
her presents and her generosity made even Indias
tabled MaharajahS look like penny pnching pikcrs.
The report that her income alone amounted 10
million year was probably not too much eXagger-
ated before 1929 and the depression.
But even the depression did not seem to affect
Mrs. Corrigan. Other eXpatrates, their fortunes
gone, came home after 1929, but Mrs. Corigan re-
manned in Europe going from extravaganza
TO another She could afford il. Indeed, in the 3Os,
when the Republic Steel Company bought out the
Corrigan Mckinney Steel Company, she received
a sum known TO be in excess of S2l 100000.
This astute woman, who might have been
another Carnegie or Morgan or Vanderbilt if she
had been man. put every penny of this vast
sum into gilt-edge United States Government bonds,
which is probably the reason her huge fortune
and fncurnr arc still intact today.
Two factors aided Mrs. Corrigan enormously
when she began storming the somewhat moldy and
moth-eaten citadel of European society via London.
European society for sale. and Mrs. Corr-
gan had the cash. That the first factor in her
success The second her friendship and al-
ance with Lady Londonderry, one of Engand's
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-17
BY INEZ ROBB
No. 3-Mrs. Corrigan Feeds Mobiles

No. 3-NIrs. Corrigan Feeds Mobiles
T@HE measure of Laura Corrigan's success as the
most sensational social climber in Europe be-
i tween the wars is bedded in an anecdote of the
early thirtes
"She runs the best restaurant the conti-
nent," said a prince privileged TO write the magic
initials "HRH." before his name
'Yes, your royal hghness" said an aide after
a moments thought, but not the most exclusive"
There may have been more exclusive tables than
Lauras in the world between the wars But there
is doubt that her preWorld War IL hreadline
was the most glittering on the globe. Before Sep
tembcr, 1889 the Corrgan soup kitchen catered TO
the fanciest clientele outside of a novel BY The
Duchess or Ouda.
1t may have been the century of the Common
Man, but no one had told Mrs, CerFiean
BY 1888, people in Cleveland who had snubbed
Laura could read that among the guests at gala
Corrgan dinner in Paris were Prince and Princess
Rene IN Bourbon-Parma tthe Prince brother of
the Grand Duchess Charlotte of LuXembOurg);
Princess Guy de Faucigny-Lucinge, Princess SiXte
dc Bourbon-Parma, the Duke and Duchess de
Chaunes and the Princess de Caraman-C Chimay.
Also, the Count de Castellane. Countess Mar.
gucrte de Num- Prince and Princess Ctr0 F1Ona-
rino dc Biteti Viscount de la Rochcfoucauld Coun-
tess Albert dc Nun. Princess de Cana vPFiHee and
Princess Guy dc Polgnac ct cetera ad infinitum.
Mrs. Corrigan, triumphant on the day of such
a dinner party. would attend to details with all
the skill and force of a general Complete with
'frOWners,' those little patches worn 10 impede the
progress of lines and wrinkles around the eyes and
forehead, she would make a last survey of the
seating arrangements at her table.
How did Laura May Whitlock MacAlartin Cor
no June II. 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-17
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foremost aristocrats and leading hostess.
If not the daughter OF thousand belted
earls Lady Londonderry was at least the daugh-
Ter of the first Niscount Chaplin. Lord Lon
donderry former air minister in the Brit
ssh Cabinet and Lady Londonderry had become
that peculiar British institution known as
. celebrated political hostess
With Lady Londonderry her guide, her
mentor and her friend, Mrs. Corrigans only
worry eventually to regulate the flow OF
upper class traffic through her dining room
And, il bruited about, the Londonderry
charities were constantly enriched with fat
anonymous gifts that usually could be traced
10 Mrs. Corrigan.
Occasionally she made a mistake, but not
often. Once for some reason, she incurred the
dislike and dispeasuro OF the then Prince OF Wales,
then the leader of LondonS Bright Young People.
But II the Prince OF Wales ignored Mrs Corr
gan's upward and onward sweep, not His Majesty
Alfonso XIII OF Spain.
on one visit TO London, His Majesty travelling
tHCOEUtrO, rang up the Corrigan mansion. When the
Toledo, Laura haughtly informed the man at the
other end of the line that she knew no Duke
Of Toledo
Toledo was the King of Spain in mufu.
AIRS. CORRIGAN, no whit embarrassed or ap
TN peased by his explanation, merely snapped at
His Majesty indignant:
We'll why didn't you say so in the first place."
before dashing off TO arrange party for him.
From London il was an easy social step TO Paris
for Mrs Corrigan.- Soon she occupying the
"Toyal' suite at the Ritz, the occupied on
occasion by the late Queen Marie OF Rumania and
other roaming royalties. n
be charged with being eXtravagant or pushing, but
no charge her with being ungenerous
The germ of what she did later in stricken war
raVaged France was always inherent in the woman
She supported and aided innumerable persons,
institutions and causes and always anonymously.
When the Corrigan Mckinney Steel Company was
absorbed by the Republic Steel Corporation for eX
Mrs. simulated that certain
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-04
JAPS LASH OUT
..... WITH AIR RAID
Continued from Page O,e)

damaged 2,846,932 tons of jan
anese shipping, and destroyed o.
damaged 1875 enemy planes dur
ing the last seven months of sea
and air blockade of the enemy
homeland, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur announced today.
Gen. Macarthur said Gen.
George C. Kenney's fighters and
bombers flew some 100000 sorties
and dropped 100000 tons of bombs
on enemy land targets and Jap
enese shipping.
At the same time, Macarthur
announced he had conferred with
Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander o.
the u. S. Army Strategic All
Force, on future air operations
which will heap as much as T.,
900 tons of explosives and incen
diaries on Japan in single attack
The tonnage of Japanese ship
announced as sunk or damaged il
the first seven months of 1945 by
the Far Eastern Air Force flier:
EQUALS more than two-fifths O.
Japans merchant Navy as regis
tered with Lloyds of London. 1r
1899. 1t is equivalent in tota
weight to 80 Queen Mary's ane
one lie De France although mos
of the Japanese ships were FOL
smaller craft.
On the enemy shipping, 1882, 10'
tons were sent to the bottom, sos,
O91 probably sunk and 1903, Is;
damaged. Two per cent of the
ships sunk or damaged in July
were warships, IS per cent lug
gers, river boats and other small
craft and 20 per cent stable mer
chant vessels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-04
1T UNDERWOOD GUEST
SPEAKER ON WEEKLY
"CHEST" RADIO SHOW

native Wilmingtonian recently
liberated from a German prisoner
NJ wa camp, 1t. Thomas Under
wood last night described the ma
tion's obligation to Americans who
are still prisoners of war, on the
Community War Chest program,
Crisis in Wa. Town." heard over
radio station WMFD.
Held a prisoner by the Germans
for nine months at Stalag Lutt l
It Barth. Germany. 1t. Underwood
il member of the Army Air
Forces.
Yesterday evenings dramatiza-
ton, entitled The Way Back" is
the story of an attempted escape
from a War prisoners camp and
reveals the work of the War
Prisoners Aid, which helps our
men, confined by the enemy. to
prepare for the day when they
can walk forth again as free men.
The story was narrated by
Victor Jory, stage, screen and
radio star and featured an all
male cast including John Lund of
the Broadway cast of 1.-The Hasty
Heart" Francis De Sales, and Guy
Repp, we'll known radio players,
and Al Ward, known for his work
in directing and acting in the Vivian
Leigh-Lawrence Olivier production
of Romeo and Juliet"
The role of the Nazi was taker
by William Malten, who himself
was the victim of the Nazis in Ger.
many and France.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-04
Meadows Income Tax
: Nav Be Questioned
CREENNIII]

GREENVILLE, N. c., Aug. g.
(P)-The State formally entered a
motion in Super or Court here to-
day that the original income tax
returns of Dr.. Leon R. Meadows
from 1884 to 1943 inclusive be
brought here as violence in the sec
ord trial of DR.. Meadows on
charges of embeZzlement and false
pretense.
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, who is
presiding over the current trial
which ended it's ninth week today
said he would rule on the state s
motion when court reopens Mon
day
The income tax returns would
be used by the State in an effort
to impeach Dr. Meadows. Solicitor
Dave M. Clark and other prosecut-
ing attorneys had indicated several
times during the three weeks DR..
Meadows was on the stand that
they would request such an order,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-04
LIONS AUXILIARY TO
HONOR GUARD AT DANCE

In celebration of the 155th an
niversary of the United States
Coast Guard, a dance, for the
Guard personnel sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary Of the Whining
ton Lions club, will he held at
$50 p. M. Saturday at the Second
ard range street U. S. O..
Members of the Lions club are
invited to attend the dance, which
will be formal for girls, it was
stated.
Due to the small Coast Gua-o
staff in this area, no formal cele'
bration will be held locally hs
personnel of the service, CHIEF
William E. Butler, captain of the
Port of Wilmington, announced
Established August 4, 1870, the
Coast Guard was founded by
Alexander Hamilton, and was the
first national military service
created by Congress. Although the
first Coast Guard captain of the
port set up office at the custom
house nj December of 194l, a Goa ST
Guard cutter was based at the
Wilmington port long before tina!
time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-04
SYMPHONY DRIVE
GETS UNDERWAY

RALEIGH, Aug. 3.-The State
wide campaign for 100000 to ex-
pand the activities of the North
Carolina Symphony Orchestra was
underway today.
The intensive phase of the drive
was launched in Raleigh last night
when Governor R. Gregg Cherry
made an earnest appeal for the
support of the Orchestra by music
lovers and other public spirited cit
liens.
The Governors message was
broadcast throughout the State on
hookup of IA radio stations.
The half-hour program also in
cluded brief talks by R. L. McMil-
Ian, Raleigh attorney and chair
man of the campaign, and DR..
Benjamin Swain, Director of the
Orchestra, after which DR.. Swain
and Mrs. Swain gave violin
plano concert of popular selections.
Governor Cherry, ex-officio chair
man of the Symphony's Board Of
Directors, said North Carolina is
is State of many and varied re-
sources. The greatest of these re-
sources is its fine people, and per-
haps the greatest service that l
can render, as Governor of North
Carolina, is to do all l can to
aid the development of this re-
source to the fullest extent. For
this reason, 1 am glad to sponsor
and support the expansion program
of the Symphony
Describing the practically of the
expansion program, Mr.. Mcmillan
said: Il should like to think IT,
most people who are now contri-
buting and who will contribute to
the campaign are doing more than
purchasing tickets to fine concerts.
l should like to think that they are
contributing to an important part
OF the life of North Carolina.''
DR.. Swain said the chief objec-
tives of the expansion program
are to inspire the love of fine
music in all the people, to expand
our services by giving an increas-
ing number of concerts, free child
ren's programs, and broadcasts;
to inauguarate a series of popular
and industrial concerts to es-
tablish permanent symphony or
chestra that will be a source OF
inspiration and joy to the people
of our state and nation and to open
up professional career for must
clans, including returning service
men and women of outstanding
musical talent and ability
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-04
DAVIDS0N'S GET
REDUCED TERMS

After o. M. Abernathy, of Kure
Beach declared yesterday to Sup
erior Court Judge w. H. S. Burg
wyn, of Woodlawn, that he did not
desire that severe punishment be
melted out to Gerald c. Davidson
and Harriet Davidson, convicted of
stealing valuable ring from Mr..
Abernathy, the first sentence of
from one to three years each in
the State prison was rescinded.
Upon withdrawal of notice OF APP
peal by the defendants counsel,
Aaron Goldberg, the pair were
resentenced to terms in the New
Hanover county jail.
In the case of Gerald Davidson,
the term was from six months to
three years to be served under
the direction of the State Highway
department if the prisoner is
phys cally capable of hard labor.
A term of from six months to
two years was melted out to Har-
riet Davidson which may be served
at the County farm.
In other cases coming before the
special term of the New Hanover
Superior court yesterday, Clyde
Stalvey, accused of assault on a
female, was renanded to Record
er's court.
Archie Smith, Negro, charged
with assault with intent to commit
criminal assault drew second mis-
trial on the same charge after the
jury failed to agree by one-vote
margin. Court attaches said that
the vote was eleven for conviction
and one against. Judge BurgWyn
questioned jurors as to the pos
sibility of agreeing, but members
of the body said that they did not
believe they could reach ver-
dict.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-04
CHARLES E. SMITH

Funeral services for Charles Ed
ward Smith, 10, who died Wednes-
day afternoon in a local hospital
after a short illness, were con-
Quoted Friday morning at II
o'clock from the late residence,
at 1903 Princess street, by the Rev
E. W. Pate, pastor of Calvary Bap-
fist church. Interment followed
in Oakland cemetery.
He is survived by four daugh-
tiers: Miss Lucille Smith, Mrs. E.
F. Allard, Mrs. T. J. Morris, all
OF Wilmington, and Mrs. L. Pres
ton Wells of Mount Olive; two sons
Charles C. and L. G. Smith, both
Of Wilmington; three sisters, Mrs
J. T. Brown, Mrs. K. c. Merit
and Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith
all of Wilmington; and five broth
ers, R. D., F. L., H. P, ]. K
and J. A. Smith, all of Wilmington
Pallbearers were G. S. Joyner
Ronald Eakins, H. L. Allard, H
R. Savage, r. L. Smith and ]. D
Harrison.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-04
1t. Lawson H. Ballard
In Swannanoa Hospital

First Lieutenant Lawson H. Bal
lard, who served with the 102nd
"Ozark" Infantry division during
the campaign in Europe, has been
admitted to the Moore General hos
pital, Swannanoa, for treatment.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Law
son Ballard, 26 Spofford Mills, he
participated in the campaign OF
central Germany and fought west
of the Rhine, being awarded the
Combat Infantryman's badge.
1t. Ballard attended North Car
DINA State college and was an
employee of the Spofford Mills
prior to receiving his commission
in December, 1913, at Fl. Benning,
Ca
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-04
Collaborationist Gets
Life Term For Treason

PARIS, Aug. 3.-(R-Helene De
Tranze, 10, beautiful and blonde
was sentenced today to life at hard
labor, and six of her male COM
panions in the Georgian Odichari
gang were sentenced to death for
turning over French patriots to the
Nazi during the occupation.
Other members of the gang drew
sentences ranging from brief i'm
prisonment to years at hard labor.
Chalga Odichari, leader of the
gang, is still at large.