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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
BOARD OF WORKS
 NOW SEEKING BIDS

Contract for various construction jobs for the city are being called for and will be received and opened at the Board of Works meeting next Tuesday night.
 Bids are being sought for new plumbing throughout the City Hall, new wiring and electrical equip meth for Brookside Home, and con- siderable work on the Washington avenue bridge.
 The latter consist of removing the wooden flooring now on the bridge and replacing same with steel-grid work. Also the addition of steel beams, concrete bulkheads. supporting of water pipes, painting, maintaining sidewalks and inciden- tai work
 The bids will be received up to 8 p. m. June 5th by the Board of Works at which time they will be opened and the awards made. City Purchasing Director Henry J. Dow ling is now advertising for the bids.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
MADE
 IN NOTE ACTION

A settlement out of court was made today in the $400 civil action brought by the Colonial Trust Con- pany of Waterbury against Laura Lucian and John J. Delaney, both of this city The litigation was based on a promissory note for S42O exe- cuted last August II and on which a balance of $239.88 was listed.
 Withdrawn from the common pleas court docket today was the $1,000 suit brought by the Fidelity and Guarantee Fire Corps of Balti- more against Oliver and Howard Provost of Waterbury, The action was based on the stealing and des- truction of a car which had been left by Suey Pon at Oliver Provosts Garage on Scovill street last Feb ruary g. The vehicle was abandoned and burned. The insurance company sought recovery for it's premium payment to the car owner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23

ering a five months period-report- ed by Brig. Gen. c. O. Thrasher in command of the Rheims area-show a saving in shipping of 10000 tons; in cold cash, IA million taxpayers dollars.
 Backing up Uncle Sam's policy are 595 CT junkmen - 558 enlist ed men and 37 officers using peacetime skills at wartime work and happy over the amount of sal wage handled and the results they gain. Implementing Yankee in- genuity and knoW-hoW are the brawn of 4,O0O German prisoners of war and the, skills of 1875 civ- ilians, many of whom are former members of German labor bat talionS.
 RESTORE COATS
 The nine square blocks of re- pair factories" boast the best machinery tooled in the U. s. A. More than 100000 overcoats were put back in shape here. Back for repairs and reissue also came hundreds of thousands ot overshoes to find their missing size g or size II mates, to be backed up with new stiffeners, and cold patched to make tears or splits leak-proof.
 In the shoe-repair section, 250 German prisoners work at cob- blers' benches, They are so eX- pert in restoring usefulness to footwear that one amazed GI eX- claimed: Good Gosh! You'd think they were all bucking for Pfc!" The 10000 pairs of old sloggers tumhling in each day add to a permanent backlog maintained by this depot which cannot be issued to our Joes- Army regulations forbid-out make serviceable footwear for bare footed Europeans and DPS" the displaced millions in Europe Automobile tires and inner castings, no longer useable, are cut up to make rubber soles and heels, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
Army, Navy Accent
 Calls For Youths

gressional decree be given six months training before being sent into combat.
 Almost all the remainder of men to be called up will be under 30. Sel- ective Service announced yesterday that all men 30 and over would henceforth be deferred indefinite ly" as long as they hold useful jobs,
 At the upper end of the scale men 40 years old and over may be dis charged upon application.
 Men over 30 who have already re- ceived their induction notices will oe sent back home.
 Although the armed forces do not rant any more men 30-38 they will however, be taken if they do not make an effort to contribute to what Selective Service calls 'The National Health, Safety or h. crest" Local boards have full au- .hority to say which jobs fit that description.
 With the Army cutting down it's resent force of 8,300,000 to ap- .roximately 6,968,OoO and the Navy cheduled to reach it's full strength approximately 4,030,000 by June 30, raft calls are to be about 9O,000 in uly and succeeding months. Unex- ected success in the Pacific could .ake further reductions possible. ,urrently calls are 120,000. They ave been over 100000 for several lonths.
 Besides the 45 per cent of the uly call-up composed of youths aching draft age, B per cent of he balance will come from men 3-23. The remaining p per cent will come from men 2629 with a ceW 30 and over.
 Selective Service said stricter de- ferment standards were being drawn up for men 26 through 29. These will be issued shortly.
 Local boards were ordered to re- view all cases involving men 1925 who are classified physically unfit for service. Presumably some of these men will be inducted. Un- doubtedly some of the physical and mental ailments have been cured since the men were classified or can be corrected in the service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
 COMITTEE MEETS

Waterbury's Civilian Defense au- thorities will meet tomorrow after noon in the office of the mayor to discuss final plans for disbandine the clty's civilian defense facilities, ln accordance with national and state directives.
 This morning various members ot the volunteer staff which worked at the report center posed for pictures taken for future reference.
 The city has been notified by the State War Council that all civilian defense equipment loaned here, par ticularly trailer pumps, are for sale and may be purchased by the muni- cipalities first. The bumpers have been used for fire-fighting purposes by various local industries
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
JOHN E. COOLIDGE
 CHOSEN PRESIDENT

John E. Coolidge of this city was elected president of The Waterbury Masonic Temple Corporation at the 34th annual meeting held in the Masonic Temple last ev ming. James w. Abercrombie was elected vice president and Harold B. Post reelected secretary and treasurer
 Elected to the board of directors were MT. Coolidge, MT. Abercrom- bic and MT. Post also George A. Baronian, John L. Lineburgh, ST., Herbert w. Coe, Frederick c. Marg- graff, Calvin T. Hughes, George H. Wells, Walter L. Wood, and Louis WenZel
 Thomas w. Corby was reappoint- ed agent for Temple Hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23

through the farm or home loa through the farm or home loan provisions of the GI Bill of Rights The same thing applies to any vet eran whose taxes have piled up on his home, whether it is on a farm or in the city
 Q. I plan to go back to school as soon as I get out of the army I have two children. however. Will the Government give me additional allowances to care for them.
 A. No. You can get a maximum of $75 a month. That is all.
 Q. Is it necessary that the loan to be guaranteed be secured by a mortgage?
 A. Each loan guaranteed must be secured by a mortgage except when the principal amount of the loan to be guaranteed does not eX- ceed $500 and the lender does not require it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
U. Time Corp. Files
 Second Zoning Appeal
Petitions Superior Court for Ruling on Legal Status of
 Middlebury's ZOning Commission, Various Acts

The U. S. Time Corp, today pe- titioned the Waterbury Superior Court for a Declaratory Judgment and naming the Town of Middle bury, the towns zoning Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals as respondents to the action.
 The writ is returnable to the Su- perior Court the first Tuesday ot June and is independent of the com panys appeal to the Court of Com mon Pleas. The company, in effect, seeks to determine whether the town was in constitutional error in creat- ing the zoning ordinances now in eff feet in Middlebury.
 Atty. Edward B. Carmody secre- tary of the company declared today that the town created the ordi- nances following the construction of the plant within it's confines and failed to provide for any industrial zoning thus leaving the U. s. Time in an isolated position. As reported here previously the town through its boards forbidS future eXpan- sion of the concern.
 The writ as filed asks;
 "(a) whether the Zoning Commis- sion of Middlebury was legally and validly created;
 "(b) whether the Middlebury Board of zoning Appeals was, at the time of the hearings and at the time of rendering it's decision deny ing the company's application to build a second-story addition to it's plant, legally constituted commis- sion:
 co whether the Middlebury Zon- ing Ordinance was, in general, legal ly and validly adopted and all the provisions of the General Statutes of Connecticut pertinent thereto fully compiled with;
 (d) whether the Coming Ordin- ance itself, in so far as it may be const0ued to forbid the company to continue. change, or extend it's man. ufacturing and industrial uses upon it's property in Middlebury or to erect a second story on it's present building in Middlebury, or to extend the same laterally or to erect other buildings on it's said land, is valid or is unreasonable, arbitrary, confis- catory, unconstitutional and invalid as to said property;
 "(e) whether the Building Inspec- tor and the Zoning Commission and the Board of zoning Appeals may legally refuse to permit the plaintiff to extend it's manufacturing and in dustrial uses on said property, to erect a second story on it's said building, or to extend it laterally or to erect other buildings on said land provided the company does not vio- late the provisions of Section ' and Section of the zoning Ordinance; and
 "uO what uses may be made by the plaintiff of its said lands, what additions or alterations may be made 10 its existing buildings, and what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
By EPSIE KINARD NEA Staff Writer

New York, May 23-The U. s. Armys war aga-Lst waste is keep ing millions of dollars in taxpayers pockets, saving thousands of tons of vital shipping, and providing clothing badly needed by the desti- ute of Europe
 There is no glamor in this cam paign-military version of the junk mans trade-but every salvaged item for use in Europe or transfer to the Pacific for the Sunday punch saves production capacity at home, and men. materials and tools for reconVerSion.
 Army hoppers are filled with vast quantities of junk assembled at Quartermasters' Salvage Depots. Typical depot is Q-256 at Rheims, France, It receives discarded uni forms, slogged-out shoes, dilapidated tents, battered mess gear, battle scared field (cooking) stoves, win ter overcates and arctics which are converted into useable clothing and equipment
 Into Q-256, which was a com- bination of wholesale grocery ware house and sausage-factory, occupied by the Germans before the U. s. Army moved in, 50,000 pounds of salvage is poured daily. It is picked up from battlefields and seny in by companies. This otherwise waste material is segregated by German prisoners who do the dirty work of salVaging, sorting and filing.
 GOOD AS NEW
 Stuff that can be made good as new" goes into Class B. Into Class x is dumped all material judged undesirable for GI issue but useful for wear by prisoners of war and destitute refugees. All other waste classified as scrap is broken down into basic material and reprocessed to make something else again.
 Results of Army reclamation cOV-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23

further buildings may be erected on said landS,'
 The town divided it's area into three zoning divisions, namely, res idence and farming Lakeside zone business zone. The company points out it had already constructed its present facilities before the zoning regulations were formulated and were given to understand they would be permitted to expand.
 As reported previously the zoining board and board of appeals and the towns building inspector rejected appeals of the company to tontruct a second story to it's building, The company is now appealing these verdictS to the Court of Common Pleas. Todays' action, filed by Atty. Wm. w. Gager seeks to determine the constitutionality of the towns ordinance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
ROTARIANS INVITE
 DANBURY SPEAKER
Life and Work of Cecil Rhodes, Famed States
 man to Be Reviewed

Howell Wright assistant to vice. president of the Bard-Parker Com pany of Danbury will speak on the lifetime of Cecil Rhodes famed statesman, and world citizen at the meeting of the Rotary club Hotel Elton May 29 at l p. m.
 The speaker has been interested in the life and work of Cecil John Rhodes since his graduation from the Cheshire School in 1902. Dur ing the last twenty-five years he has made a collection of books, let. terS, manuscripts, pictures, anC Rhodes memorabilia, which is nov in the Yale University Library anc known as the Howell Wright Col lection of Rhodesiana and Soutf Africana.
 The address emphasizes two Ro. tary objectiveS: - Service above self" and "the advancement of in- ternational understanding, good will and peace, and makes considerable reference to the Rhodes Scholar ships. It was prepared for the Rhodes Annual Memorial Cere- mony in Capetown, South Africa March 18th, 1945. On account o1 the war, the speaker was unable te obtain transportation. However the Office of War Information made a recording of the address which was sent by plane and broad casted in South Africa. MT. Wright has been invited to make an ad- dress On the aame occasion 1T March 1946, and expects to spenc several months in Rhodesia ant South Africa in furtherance of his. torical research and the Yale Col l lection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
CLUB ARRANGING
 MEMORIAL PLANS
Deceased Members to Be H0nOred at Exercises
 Sunday Afternoon
Washington Hill

At the regular business meeting | of Washington Park Community Club last evening it was voted to- have a carnival starting May 18th, through June 2rd. both inclusive, with Al LaWlor acting as chairman. Committee will meet this evening. Place for the carnival to be held will be anonunced in day or two.
 Final plans were made for the an- nual Memorial Day exercises for deceased members of the club will be held Sunday afternoon. at 2:15 Rev. James Broderick, pastor of St. Francis Xavier church will give the invocation and Rev. Webb Wright of the South Federated church, will give the benediction. Speakers will Be Cornelius F. Maloney, controller of the City of Waterbury, who will be the personal representative of his Hon. Mayor John s. Monagan, who has a previous engagement to be in Washington, D. c. Saturday and Sunday. John Kenny and Arthur Bowling, of the faculty of Wilby High school, and Jack Henry per- sconnel manager of U. s. Time Corporation. Mrs. Mary Byrnes and Mrs. James Carroll will render solos appropriate for the ocacsion.
 All relatives and friends of de- ceased members are invited to at tend.
 Friends and former neighbors were both shocked and grieved to receive news last evening of the un- timely death of Mrs. Dayton Lasher a former resident of Sylvan avenue for a great number of years. MT. Lasher was an employe of the Wa terbury Buckle Company and after his death, Mrs. Lasher tcol: up her residence with her son and has lived there ever since. Yesterday she suffered a shock and died at her home in Staten Island, New York She is survived by her brother, Dr. Charles H. Beeres of Country Club road and son Dayton s. Lasher, and one grandchild.
 The Lasher family were con- municants of St. Francis Xavier church while living in Waterbury, and Mrs. Lasher was a wonderful neighbor and friend to everyone she knew. Expressions of sorrow heard on all sides and deepest sym athy is sent to her family in the loss of such a wonderful mother.
 Troop g, Boy Scouts Troop Com- mittee will take part in the news paper drive Sunday, May 27th cov- ering Washington street, to Hamil- ton avenue, Baldwin street to Pearl Lake road. Although no boys will be allowed on the truck, the lads will help in loading the paper for the men.
 President Thomas Conway re- quests that all Earbenders be on hand at Washington Park Com munity House, Sunday afternoon, May 27 to take part in the Annual Memorial Day services, to be held for departed members of the Wash ington Park Community Club All Earbenders will meet at the Com munity House at l o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following have filed mar riage intentions at the bureau of vital statistics, town clerks office:
 Charles Winifred Mackey. U.S.N 172 Chestnut avenue, and Barbara Jane Nelson. 104 Jerome av snue Bristol.
 Benjamin Leo Lovesky, 220 South Elm street. and Jeanne Marie Lo- vesky, 220 South Elm street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
DAMAGES OF $5,00O
 SOUGHT IN ACTION

Damages of $5,O0O were claimed in common count writ filed in su- perior court today by John E. Petit nichi of Waterbury against Luisa Pc 5tinichi, also of this city.
 The plaintiff states he furnished labor and materials in the building of poultry house for the defend- ant, and states the services were worth $3,489.90. The sum of S850 was paid to him, leaving a balance of s2,6399O according to the plain tiff'S complaint.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
By PAUL HARRISON

Washington, May 23-(UP)-The Army and Navy are placing their accent on extreme youth for the remainder of the war against Japan.
 Approximately 45 per cent of the July draft call of 90,000 men will be made up of 18 year olds. The per- centage may be larger later on. The
 18-year olds must, however, by con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
AIR-SICK BIRDMAN

Patric Knowles, who has served in the flying forces of both the U. s. A and Canada and is a veteran private pilot, has to act air-sick when he takes a -plane in Para mounts Masquerade In Mexico
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23

Cromer, England, war memor.al may include a home for the aged. Fire farmers are being urged to raise more poultry for sale abrod,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21

A curious lasSitude-"a carelessness
which 1t is impossible to explain"
Marmont calls it-overcame him.
Even when his staff urged that re-
treat was essential, he sat for nearly
an hour sin a stupor," seemingly
incapable of giving the order to
move. His broken regiments stream
over the only available stone bridge
across the Elster for hours in the
darkness. Then, "by the idiotic
mistake of a French subaltern," the
bridge was blown up. Horse and
foot were forced into the stream.
Poniatowski, "the last of the Poles"
was drowned attempting the cross
ing under fire. Approximately 10000
Of the rearguard surrendered to the
Allies advancing through the bat
tered streets of the town.
Meanwhile, Napoleon, still punch
drunk" retired along the road which
eventually led him to Cherbourg and
capitulation, July IS, 1915. The best
Of his famous "grande armee" had
persisted at Leipzig. He raised other
forces for his last stand in Belgium,
but the dead could not answer
his call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
FoxhoIe Shrine
By David Laurence

C' photographs of wives and children
are light in darkness.O' "
This IS the shrine at ,Dhich I bend the
knee, =
Here where tho tapers burn INCREASINGLY:
T,oo only tapers, whose unpdrering Ho1tt
Is the deep blessing OF my troubled
night. 81
T,Do only tdpers, In Whose aureole ~
Is sdnctuary-circled. fawless, whole.
One taper lighted from the Others fame,
They burn Nth equal fire. The self.
same name
Breathes on the air about them, and
they stand
One on my right. and one on my left
hand.
No earthly ,oind can blow these tapera
Howeper fierce the storms of fear and
doubt,
The gusts OF malice or stupidity -
Nothing can mar their pure serenity.
Epil falls back before this holy places
Where lope made manifest shines 81
Upu face. 5.ei- -
BIS
And God is good. uho gaze me for mn
otDn
These two tan tapers from His psry,
throne! a.
JOSEPHINE JOHNSON. a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
Where Napoleon Failed

The Americans who today are in
Leipzig may not remember the fact,
yet it is true that they are descended,
many hundreds of them, from men
who fought in the same historic
neighborhood in 1918. At that time
the would-be conqueror of the world
was Napoleon Bonaparte. The broad
plain at the junction of the Elster
and the Pleisse Rivers furnished him
with as suitable background for
last gamble with fate as he could
find. Waterloo in Belgium was an
ante-climax. It really was at the
Battle of Nations in Saxony that the
Little Corsican who had made him.
self an emperor met his definitive
defeat.
President Louis Adolphe Theirs
tells the tale in modern journalistic
style. Napoleon, he says, did not
wish to fight at Leipzig. The Allies
including Prussians, Austrians,
Russians and Swedes-compelled
him to do so. Both sides appeared
in maximum strength. The French
numbered 114,000, their foes 1926, 1000.
About 1000 cannon were brought
into the field. Contact was estab-
lished on October Is, and the conflict
began in earnest the following
morning. Napoleon directed opera
tons from wooded height near
Thonberg. The contest-regarded
by most annalists prior to 1914 as
"the most prolonged and sanguinary
on record"-continued with neces-
sary intermissions until evening on
October 10. Twice there was a
chance that the French might
emerge from the ordeal victorious.
On one occasion they were denied
success by a horde OF Cossack
lancers suddenly ordered into the
fray by Gear Alexander. Still more
important, however, was the deser-
ton Of Ney by the Saxon troops
upon whom he had relied more than
he should.
But the deciding factor was Napo-
Icons own psychological condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-21
The Political Mill
Bv Gould Lincoln

President Roosevelt's death and the
elevation of Harry S. Truman to the
presidency has focused attention on the
law of presidential succession. Con-
gress, by the authority of the Constitu-
ton, has written this law
1t provides specifically that in the
event of the resignation, death, disabil-
ity or removal of both President and
Vice President the Secretary of State
shall become acting President. Should
anything prevent the Secretary OF State
from serving, the line of succession
would continue. first to the Secretary
of the Treasury, and then to the fol-
lowing in the order named:
The Secretary of War, Attorney Gen.
eral, Postmaster General, Secretary OF
the Navy and Secretary of the Interior.
The Offices of Secretary Of Agriculture,
Secretary of Commerce and Secretary
of Labor had not been created at the
time of the passage Of this act.
1t is specifically provided in the act
that the officer who becomes acting
President must have the same qualifl-
cations required for the Chief Execu-
tive by the Constitution-he must be
natural-born citizen of the United
States, must be at least IS years old,
and have been resident for IA years
within the United States. Further, he
must have been appointed to his cab
met post by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate.
Under this statute, should President
Truman die, resign or be removed from
office, the Chief Executive would be
Secretary Of State Stettinius. The law
provides, however, that the acting Pres
ident who succeeds to this high Office
shall call Congress into special session,
If it is not already in session, within
20 days after his succession.
The language of the Constitution
dealing with these matters is as follows:
In case of the removal of the Presi-
dent from Office, or of his death, resig-
nation or inability to discharge the
powers and duties of the said Office, the
same shall devolve upon the Vice Presi-
dent, and the Congress may by law
provide for the case of removal, death,
resignation or inability, both Of the
President and Vice President, declaring
what officer shall then act as President,
and such officer shall act accordingly
until the disability be removed or a
President shall be elected"
Congressional students of the Consti-
tuition are divided over the question
whether Congress, when called into ses-