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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Bank Burglar Alarm False

The riot squad. top police officials and other allied personnel and equipment were dispatched to the Citizens and Manufacturers Ma tional Bank on Leavenwofth Street shortly after l0;30 A. M. today as police hurriedly went into action to avert a bank robbery
 It. Patrick Hillborg, desk officer at headquarters, said the burglary scare occurred when someone acci- dentally stepped on the banks burglar alarm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Local 25I Cancels Outing Ton7orrolU

The outing scheduled for tomor- row at Lake Quassapaug to cele- brate the 10th anniversary of the founding of Local 251 has been can celled. Announcement of the can- collation. was made by Renato Ric- ciuti, president of the Greater Wa terbury Industrial Union Council.
 Plans for the celebration had been in progress for several months. The event was to mark the anniversary of the granting of charter to To- cal 251, pioneer local unit of the Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers Union. c. I. o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Woman Didn't Know
 Big Hawk Was Tame

Lanesboro. Mass, Aug. 16- UP)-When hawk landed on the head of Mrs Ida Crandall of Lanesboro, Monday, she seized it and stamped it to death, not knowing that Little Homer wouldn't hurt anyone
 It was learned today that the hawk was a pet found in the woods by the son of former Councilman Albert w. Cheev- CTS Since then he had been eating out of their hands, liter ally.
 Cheevers said he didn't blame Mrs. Crandall for killing it and added Homer was used to be- ing fed by hand and he may have dropped down to see her for a handout."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Advisory Center Closing Saturdays

The Waterbury Veterans Advisory Center will be closed at l2:30 PM each Saturday. Miss Nancy Jane Delaney, executive secretary, an- nounced today. The Center has re- mained open each Saturday, to date, until P. M to permit operations of the Veterans Administration of- flee located on the second floor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Temporary Job Lasts 80 Years

Branford, Aug. 16-CUP9 Lester J. Nichols considered the job as shipping clerk a tem- porary one when he was hired 30 years ago by the Malleable Iron Fittings Company.
 Nichols was 97 years old Wednesday and still with the company. but now secretary, as sistant treasurer and a director.
 He said he intended to keep right on working until I can retire at the age of 1O0."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Current Films
 Time Schedule

LOEWS POLI-"Caesar and Cleo patra": 2:05, 5:25, $50 P. M. The French Key: 100, 4:30, TAO P. M. LOEW'S STRAND - Centennial Summer: 2:45, 6:01. 9:17 P. M. ''Deadline for Murder: 1:27, 4:43, 7:59 P. NJ.
 WARMERS STATE - Night and Day.: 1:30, 400, 6:30. 9:10 P. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Building Permits

Permits issued by Building In spector John T. Hartley include:
 Phyllis Harrington, erect front stairway, 60 Gaffney Place, sl00. Marl Kramer, erect alcove at front entrance 14 Myrna Ave- nue, $100.
 Edmund Connolly, alterations to dwelling, Wheeler Avenue, $500.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
New Homes Planned On Madison Street .

The General Land Company ob- tained six construction mortgages pn property on the southerly side of Madison Street from the First Fed eral Savings and Loan Association of Waterbury, according to docu- ments filed in the town clerk office yesterday.
 Six one-family dwellings will be constructed on the property the mortgages were for 5000 on each unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
.Woveriy Street
 Man Found Dead

Joseph Rehnberg, 49, of l05 Way erly Street was found dead at his home shortly after II A. M, today.
 Assistant Medical Examiner pr. Harold P. Merrill attributed death to a hear5 attack He said hte man apparent> ha1 been dead since last night He was found by his wife who returned from a vaca- tion Soday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
NOTICE SEWER ASSESSMENTS

The Board of Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Water bury, at a meeting held August 18th, 1946, made assessment for sewer purposes on property and against property owners on Academy Ave nue, from Radcliffe Avenue to Groveland Avenue, in the amounts set to their respective names, to witt Easterly Side
 Theodore DeCorso Sl25 .00 Rocco DeCorso 125 .00 The above assessments are due and payable at the office of the Collector of Taxes, City Hall, Wa terbury, Connecticut.
 Attest
 JOHN DI CORPO, 8-15-3t. Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Skowhegan's Betty Grable Pays $40

Skowhegan. Me, Aug. l6-tUP)- A neat Ally with plenty of form is a description that can be applied 10 Betty Grable of Skowhegan as well as to the one in Hollywood
 The Skowhegan one filled out not sweater-but the last half of the daily double at SkoWhegan Fair Grounds to pay $40
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Topps Realty Stock S38,OOO

Topps Realty Company, Inc, 65 Grand Street, filed a certificate of organization in the town clerks of- flee in City Hall this morning list ing capital stock of S38,O00 all paid in cash The stock is divided into 3ao shares at par value of Slo0 each
 Sidney s. CaSsel is president and treasurer and Hannah Cassel is sec retary. Both are from Waterbury, The directors are the officers and Lester Palestine. Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
NOTICE SEWER ASSESSMENTS

The Board of Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Water bury, at a meeting held August 18th, 1946, made assessment for sewer purposes on property and against property owners on Lyndale Avenue, from Dallas Avenue northerly 375 feet, in the amounts set to their respective names to witt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16

only one run after tlse fifth inning during the entire World Series of l943.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16

Lee w. Theln, quality super visor in the Research Department of the Chase Brass and Copper Company, has taken over the position of process metallurgist following the death of Maurice Wood and will continue with both assignments. He graduated from Yale University in 1925 and is a member of the American In- stitute of Mining and Metallur- gical Engineers and the American Society of Metals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16

The above assessments are due and payable at the office of the Collector of Taxes, City Hall, Wa terbury, Connecticut
 Attest
 JOHN DI CoRPO, 8-l5-3t. Clerk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16
Legal Notices
 NOTICE SEWER ASSESSMENTS

The Board of Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Water bury, at a meeting held August 18th, 1946, made assessment for sewer purposes on property and against property owners on Donald Terrace, from Monroe Avenue westerly 370 feet, in the amounts set to their respective names, to wit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-16

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24

DESPITE federal seizure and opera
ton, fully 2,100 of the 4,50o bituminouS
mines are idle.
Neither John L. Lewis, the miners
union satrap, who ordered the men back
to the pits for two weeks, nor the
government which is supposed to have
the supreme power in the nation, is
able to get fully one-third of the 4oo''
600 miners back to work ever during
the two-week Lewis truce.
The soft coal fuel shortage has all
but tied up the country's principal III
dustries. Plant after plant has either
closed down or curtailed production to
a minimum. Private consumers are told
they may have to 60 without coal next
winter or receive the smallest supply
since before the wal cut so sharply into
civilian distribution.
Yet a third of the miners refuse to
work, exen on an order from their
union boss.
Could this indicate that Lewis lacks
the power he is credited with possess
sing?. It might be, to a limited extent.
But the main reason, as the econo-
mists explain, is that throughout the
war miners received such high wages
and saved so much money they are
intent upon enjoying a long vacation,
union and government to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
If the economists are right, there
is a very serious warning to the non
union American people in their explana-
ton of the situation. Even if the sit
uation in other major unions is similar
only to a limited extent, it must be
apparent that peace in the labor world.
though anti-strike legislation were to
be adopted by Congress, cannot be re-
stored until vacation" is spent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24
Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

When a player holds nine trumps
in the combined hands and the
adverse trumps. break three-one,
he will usually complain of hare
luck. Occasionally, however, the
loss of a trump trick may be util-
lied to declarer's advantage.
1 saw a fine player go down on
today's hand, not through hard
luck but through carelessness. He
lost a diamond, a heart and two
spades, but the fact that the hearts
broke badly could have saved him
a trick. The opening club lead
should be won in dummy with
the queen and the king and ace
of hearts cashed, which leaves
West with the good queen of
hearts.
Declarer then should lead a dia-
mond towards his king-queen.
West will win with the ace and
exit with either a club or a dia-
mond. If he plays back a diamond,
South wins with the king, cashes
the c of clubs, goes over to
dummy with another club and
trumps the ten of diamonds. Then
he leads a small heart. West must
win and can lead nothing but a
spade. Thus declarer loses only
one spade trick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24
Welcome AT Camp Davis

While the war was at highest pitch,
the Army's subsidiary post at Fort
Fisher. ostensibly operating as a firing
station for anti-aircraft forces in train
ing, was secretly used for the technical
development of devices for shortening
the wal but never made known to the
public. What went on in this direction
at the reservation was as closely guard
ed as the walls of a castle in by-gone
years of warfare.
1t is now the purpose of the Navy,
in taking over Camp Davis, to pursue
parallel experiments of which only the
vaquest ideas are revealed. That they
will involve grave danger to the popu-
lation in certain areas is indicated by
plans for purchase of Topsail and
n%eighboring islands, with the intent of
moving all inhabitants, and also that
the plant will be operated for the Navy
by the company which played such an
important part in the activities at Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, in connection with
the development of atomic bombs.
The creation of new ordnance is
contemplated, according to the little
information available. A new type of
projectile to be guided from land and
travelling faster and farther than any
thing of the kind in naval warfare is
limited.
What else the Navy plans in it's
new Camp Davis project is probably
not known to Navy men, save the few
of top rank with technical experience,
which is as it should be.
W%llmington's qualification is that the
camp is not to be abandoned, as SEEM
ed probable so long, and that the work
to be done there is intended to fit the
Navy for any type of war it may be
called on to wage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24
Enlist Now

With the United States military es.
Enlistment running behind the need
for troops, because of the precipitate
rehabilitation following VI Day, and
because the selective service law has
had its teeth extracted except a couple
OF %lnclsors, and these filed down, it is
good to know that the Wilmington area
is leading the Durham district in volun-
tary enlistments. May the record not
only remain unchanged, but the num-
Der of recruits be substantially increas-
ed.
That the total has not mounted more
rapidly is surprising, in view of the Jobs
situation, the housing shortage and the
rising cost of living.
For the young man who is experience
ing difficulty in finding satisfactory
employment, the Army obviously Of
ters the best out. Once mustered in
there is no further worry over rent.
the next square meal or, for that mat
ter, for the younger men especially, the
difficulty of carrying on educational
pursuits. Every physical requirement
Tor the recruit is taken care of and
special courses of study are provided
for the studious during enlistment.
After doing a trick in the Armv the
youths otherwise unable to attend COL
lege or university are offered a full
course at the school of their choice
without cost to themselves and a liberal
cash allowance is made by the govern
ment for living expenses.
furthermore, and of even greater
Importance, is service to the country
IN an emergency that threatens a
crisis. If there ever was a time, out.
side OF actual warfare, when it was
essential to carry arms in defense anc
for the protection of the cardinal princi
Piles which are at the foundation of OH
national life, it is now.
Let the recruits increase.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24
Doctor Says
some TATTOOlNC
CAN BE REMOVER
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN. NJ n

A.
Questions received from readar.
this week included the followin,.
QUESTION: Can tattoo marks \.
removed?
ANSWER: Tattoo marks ~.
made by inserting pigment (c.r
bon) in the skin, where it remsin,
as a foreign body. If the colorin1
matter is in the outer lavers =,
the skin, the skin can be removal
and clear skin can be grated in
its place. Although chemicals baT.
been applied to tattoo marks in
the hope of causing a slough, tbi,
method is not satisfactory.
QUESTION: Where NAV a viz
tim of poliomyelitis obtain aid ia
go to college?
ANSWER: Apply for infor.
nation to your State Division Of
Vocational Rehabilitation. You viii
be gwen a medical examination 10
determine the extent of your dis.
ability and to determine whether
or not further Improvement is DOS
sible in your case. A vocational
counselor will analyze with Won
your special interests and incl
nations. If you can profit from =
college education, financial as.
sistance will be provided you to
facilitate your attendance.
QUESTION: Is it possible for 4
woman to have more than two
breasts?
ANSWER: Extra breast tissue
is found in the axilla of many
women, just outside the normal
breast. When milk comes into the
breast after childbirth, these It's
sues also swell. Extra breast It's
sue may exist at any point along
the milk line extending from the
axilla over the breast, along the
abdominal wall, into the groin.
and up the thigh. Occasionally, an
extra nipple is also found there.
There is no support for the idea
that these extra breasts are espe-
cially liable to become cancerous.
QUESTION: My daughter has
asthma. Is there any remedy for
it?
ANSWER: The treatment Of
asthma is an individual problem.
Certain individuals have a tenden-
cy toward asthma, having inherit
ed an allergic constitution. The
cause is some substance to which
the patient is representative (dust,
food, pollen, molds, dandruff, bac-
terra, etc.,. In addition, there is
a nervous factor which may make
matters worse. Not everyone who
Wheezes, coughs, and is short Of
breath has asthma.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24
Colonial Airlines' Case

From the time Colonial Airlines first
sought a certificate for . operating
planes in the South, CAB has been
a%ntagonistic, for reasons not easilv ex-
plalnable to the public.
1t was Colonial which asked to send
Its ships to Wilmington, when no other
commercial air line could be interested
and while the city had no air service.
This application, though supported by
Wllmlngton's progressive citizenship,
was turned down cold.
Wilmington has been grateful to
National Airlines for giving the city
air service along the coast, by which
passengers, freight and mail NAV con-
meet with other planes reaching out to
all sections of the country. But the
people here cannot understand whv
CAB forbids Colonial to enter the
South, not only in the first place but
now when it seeks to offer service IN
Bermuda and Caribbean destinations
via Wilmington and Charleston.
The boards action denying Coloniaps
application for this service but snecifv
Ing 1t may fly it's planes to these desti
nations from New York and or Wash.
mgton is in line with it's previous at
tltude, and, as viewed here, quite a,
unreasonable.
1t is heartening to learn that Repre-
sentative J. Bayard Clark, Senate
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24
BY JOHN SKIES

Mr.. o. A. Groom of Bolton came
in to see me yesterday.
Naturally, it isn't anything un-
usual for somebody like MI. Groom
to drop in to see me. But Mr..
Groom had a son l should like to
have met. Suppose l tell you about
him, and let some of those who
knew him fill in some more in
formation.
His name was Capt. Clifton A.
Groom. He went through those
famous sieges on Bataan and Cor
regidor. He survived the Death
March before he was captured in
the Philippines by the Japs.
Here're excerpts from a letter
written to Mrs. Groom. Captain
Croom's mother, by Major Calvin
E. Chunn:
II was a close personal buddy
o. your son before the var and
during it we were both in the
gallant 45th Infantry philippine
Scouts; We were together in Ca
banatucn risNo camp No. l for
long time. Cliff was a barracks
leader for a great part of the time
and he was very popular with his
men and officers.
This letter shows only one typi-
cal instance of Cliffs absolute
bravery. l never saw anyone SO
unafraid and SO ready to fight
hard. He disregarded the enemy
like a Hollywood star does the In
dians in a frontier Eight. Cliff pour
it on the Jeps and was always
to give them more. Only one
man ever came close to Cliff in
swashbuckling deeds of derring-
do and that was his battalion COM
mander and very close friend,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24
Religion
THE LIGHTED CROSS
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS

Out of my window in Winter
Park, Florida, l see nightly the
lighted cross of the Methodist
church. 1t is a constant thought
starter. No mortal may measure
the influence of this shining white
symbol upon the minds Of observ-
ers-the reminders it imparts, the
aspirations it quickens and the
meditations it arouses. Night after
night, the lighted proclaims
the essential message of Christi
anity, with no man knowing the
extent of its influence.
Every Christian church should
display the cross in it's archi-
lecture, for symbols speak in ways
no mortal can measure. They are
the silent messengers Of God.
Many wayfarers see, in imagi-
nation, the figure of One hanging
upon the cross. in supreme sig
%nificance Of salvation. Forgiveness
and comfort shine from the SYM
Dol, and the call to the sacrificial
life. George Matheson's words are
recalled to many:
20 Cross that liftest up my head,
I would not seek to fly from thee:
I lay in dust life's glory dead.
And from the ground there bios
SONS red,
Life that shall endless be-"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24
There Are Still Echoes From Bataan
In The Ears OF These Bolton Parents

Maj. Dudley G. Stricken. Unfor-
tunately, Strickler's luck failed to
hold and he was killed by a Jap
sniper right al the front line in
the Agloloma Bay battle. Cliff, be-
ing next senior, took over the COM
mand of the battalion and pushed
it on to victory, completely an
Initiating the Jap regiment which
had landed behind our lines and
was trying to cut our road of sup
ply.
During Cabanatuan, Cliff grew
a garden and was able to piece out
the meagre fare. He was in good
shape and optimistic when he LETT
for Japan; he departed with en-
%couraging words to his comrades.
Recently l received a letter
from Miss Helen Grieve in Eng
land. Cliff went with Helen before
the war and we frequently double
dated. In fact, we went on a picnic
together the day before the war
started - on Sunday to Pagsanjan
falls southeast OF Manila. I was
involved in the underground mail
service and occasionally could get
notes to her in Santo Tomas. NV
friend sent food to me which I al
ways shared with Clifton"
Thus, a simple, but eloquent,
note to the folks back home.
But, where Major Strickler's
luck ran out in front OF a jap
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24

bullet in the Philippines, Captain
Groom carried on through those
miserable prison days. Then he
was put on a Jap ship to be sent
to a prison in Japan. Off the China
coast, in the China sea, a U. S.
submarine stalked the prison ship
and finally tcrpedoed and sank it.
Captain Groom lost his life when
the Jap ship sank.
And now Captain Groom is in
line for the award, posthumously,
of the Distinguished Service Cross.
Excerpts from the recommends
Hon FIR the ward. as sent to Gen.
Jonathan Wainwright by Major
Chunn:
About 7:30 pm. "a Jan. 1912
the 45th Infantry combat team,
deployed on the left of the Abucay-
Hacienda line was ordered to with
draw in compliance with Gen. Dou-
9las MacArthur's directive to estab-
'ish a new line of resistance along
the Pilar-Bagac road. Just as Cap
tain Groom issued his orders, his
company was attacked by the enc
my in force. He quickly met the
situation and organized a delaying
action in order to get his men out
with the regiment. In the fire fight,
one of his platoon sergeants, a very
valuable man, was seriously wound
ed and unable to crawl back to
the line. Captain Groom voluntarily
crept out into "No-Man's Land,
took hold Of his sergeant and pull
ed him back to safety
Just as the company re-organ-
lied on the road the enemy again
attacked in force. Captain Groom
quickly deployed his men and ami
hllated the pressing Japanese.
Then he moved down the road a
few hundred yards nearer his
regiment. He was attacked again.
again anrihilated the enemy.
did this a total of five times,
each time personally leading the
action. exposing himself frequent
ly. His total disregard for his w
life, his fearless bravery fired his
soldiers with Tremendous courage"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24

CLYDE R.. Hoey and Senator DIN U.
Johnston. of South Carolina, are ready
n carry Colonial's case to CAB with
the full power of their united influ-
ence.
Colonial will file a new application.
When this is done these three men,
if supported by their constituencies,
may hope to secure a favorable ruling
upon it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24

An ounce of example i'll doing, set by parents
and teachers, is worth q pound of lectures
courses and study groups. The home and
school must plan : shared community action
to demonstrate the meaning of democratic
citizenship. Burton P. Fowler, Germantown
Friends School of Philadelphia, Pa
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24

Good health is a national asset ana ~,
must not permit it to be jeopardized anv
longer through sheer failure to organize and
make available to every American the sci
entific skills of modern science.-Labor Sec.
rotary Lewis B.. Schwellenbach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-24

When Lieut.. Col. Robert E. LIE
was assigned to frontier duty An
Texas in 1886, he had some DOUBTS
about his future: He was feaful
that his military career might lave
come to a dead end.
Border duty, overseeing a 'hu-
m%anizing'' experiment witt the
Comanche Indians, promised d
desolate comparison with ne life
of superintendent at West Point,
the post Lee was f%orsaking Wash
ington had a way of overlooking
men in the nations far places
when promotions were distributed.
The transfer meant separation
from his family.
Lee patient as always, did no
protest. He went to Texai and the
Is months he spent there are the
basis of this interesting hook, by
a research professor of hijtory a
the University of Oklahoma anc
author of other noteworthy book!
on the Southwest.
1t is an illuminating story, no
only because of its insight into
the character Of the man who be
came the military leader Of TIT
Confederacy, but because Of III
description OF soldier life on the
border. Lee could not have found
a better training ground FOR the
rigors Of 1876.
MARGARET, by Caroline
Slade Vanguard; So.
No matter how much you've read
about juvenile delinquency, its
hard to realize that a civilization
called modern could produce a girl
like Margaret. Completely con-
scienceless, without trust or affec-
ton for anyone - or anything eX-
cept money - she has depths Of
d~epravity beyond anything ever
seen in public prints.
And the sober, devastating con-
clusion is that she is beyond re-
demption, the pattern of her LIE
has been set beyond chance Of
change.
The reader would like to regard
the book as fiction; it's too terrible
10 be truth. But Caroline olaoe
presents the story in unvarnisheo
case history style, and it is 100
convincing TO be entirely disco