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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Eye Banks in Key Cities
To Aid Sight Restoration
by NEA Service

New York. (NEAD-Eye banks.
similar to the well known blood
banks. are being organized on a
nationwide scale 50 that 10000 to
10000 OF the estimated sightiess
persons in the United States may
have their sight restored.
In certain categolies of blindness
healthy corneal tissue may be graft
cd upon eyes to replace tissue that
has become cloudy or opaque. but
,ew surgeons are qualified. Few blino
persons. individually. could avail
themselves OF this opportunity but
the recently created Eye Bank for
Sight Restoration. Inc, hopes to
make this dream come true for
many.
As its name implies. this or
ganization is actually bank - All
institution whose capital Stock is
nmnan eyes Healthy ewes re-
moved from persons immediately
after death are sought by the Eve
Bank.
Tissue must become Immediate
~ available for transportation
Under present methods. this It's
sue can be preserved for only 72
hours. Speed is imperative. One
of the prime functions of the Eve
Bank is to obtain eyes promptly
after they are removed, anud pre-
serve them for grating upon the
eyes OF those who are accessible
for the operation.
Sponsored by a council OF rs
leaders in the fields of science and
business. the Eye Bank. with head
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Loses Two Friends
loses TlOo Friends
Roosevelt Estate Worker
NiSiOned Giant in FDR

Hyde Park, Feb. i CUP) -
Charles Van Curan shook his head
and said, Il never expected TO see
me alive, standing here, and him
buried in a bean field"
He was talking about the late
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Gray-haired Van Curan is rs, and
worked for Mrs Sarah Delano
Roosevelt for As years. Now he sits
in a tiny square house all day long
and keeps an eye on visitors to the
Presidents grave.
Prediction Half Filled
When I first came here from
CzechosloVakia," Van Curan said,
Mr.. FRANKLIN was only about l8
We planted beans right there where
he's buried now, and sometimes
when he was home from school-he
would stand and watch me at my
work.
He was always good with books
or boats, and knew that he would
amount TO something some day.
used to tell my Wife. We may not be
here to see it, We may both be dead
and gone, but that boy will be
famous"
But later, when it happened,
never did feel like he was the pres
ident Of the United States. ! saw
him only las. February. He grab
bed my hand and said, hello there,
Van curan.' and I said hello, but IL
didn't seem like ! was talking to the
president. He seemed just Ike Mrs
Rooseyelts boy"
Hopkins Friend, Too
The snow fell faster across the
grave, and Van Curan turned up his
coat collar,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Partners Call
Quits In Hot
Legal Bottle
meSSFs. WOlSman,
oFOenhsRg Effect
Quick Settlement

A settlement was made yestor-
day afternoon In the partnership
suit Of Attorney A. Henry Welsman
OF Waterbury against Jack Greene
berg, also Of this city, his former
partner In rooming house BUSH
ness at 100 Central avenue.
The settlement conference was
called shortly after Attorney Benz
jamin Slade OF New Haven, counsel
for the defendant, questioned Atty.
Weisman about an application
made two years ago 10 compromise
a debt 10 the Merchants Trust Co,
The local lawyer In his application
asking for settlement OF a bank
debt OF several thousand dollars for
$1,000 had claimed he was without
funds.
The defendants attorney con.
trasted that claim against @ claim
made by Atty. weisman In the
partnership trial that he was the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Presenting
TeIevision
Not Easy
Problems Arising
With Presentations
Are Many, Varied

washington, Feb. i.--CUP)- -rele-
vision, Richard w. Hubbell said to-
day, Is not an electronic peeping
Tom.
It Is not an all-Seeing device like
ly 10 make ladies self-consclous
about undressing even In their
boudoirs, he said.
Nor Is Il some kind of free NOV
les which science mysteriously prof.
eets In your home.
These are just few Of the err
roneous ideas the public has about
the newest airways entertainment
medium, Hubbell told television
institute here.
fubbell, who Is moustached and
trim and looks like movie juven-
lie, said he was going to explain
some OF the facts Of life of televl-
sion" he learned as televlsion con-
sultant for Radio Station WIiW OF
the Crosley Corporation Of Cincin-
natl.
Because television combines RAJ
dos ear and the cinema's eye APP
peal y Nfers the widest scope OF
program IndJeEldl Oh any HSuAuHl,
he said.
But there the trouble begins.
You can't Just combine the pro-
duction methods of radio and
screen and hope to keep the family
tuned in on your television show.
In the first place, the script must
be written by an author who thinks
of sight and sound before he puts
the lines on paper.
Actors must combine radios
microphone technique with the
movies attractive mobility. In tele-
vision the microphone follows the
speaker about. There can't be any
of the script-in-hand practice, as
In radio.
Furthermore, studios must be
elaborate, with many tricky gad-
gets such as the movies require.
The cheese box" studios many
radio programs now use just won't
do, he continued
These are Just few Of the prob
lens.
Step outdoors, he went on, and
try to televise some news event
such as a presidential Inauguration
or a football game and you'll run
into more.
For instance, you're going to need
one of the newly developed CAM
eras that are more sensitive to
light than the human eye.
All these and host of other
problems are involved in bringing
sound pictures into your living
room.
Then just what is this television?
Hubbell talked for an hour without
coming up with a definition.
II couldn't define it." he said.
1T took me $4,000 words to explain
it in a book. How could I do it
here?"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01

Mr.. Hopkins was my friend, too.
/ never did know quite just what he
did, but I liked him. I would come
down to the house to take down the
shutters ard he would be sitting
there grinning. He always got up to
shake my hand.
And always figured that he was
another man that must be doing a
lot OF good in the world. I used to
tell my wife, they're young. and
they'll still be here after we're gone.
And they're doing good, so that's
important
Didn't Seem Right
Van Curan shrugged, then, all Of
sudden. Mr.. Franklin died down
South. And then the other day /
went home and my wife told me
that she had just heard on the radio
that Harry Hopkins had died
Van Curan leaned against his
box-like hut 1T didn't seem right to
me-" he said, They worked a lot
harder than do, and they died so
young. How come they went SO soon
and I'm still alive, mama?' I asked"
But Van curan said his wife did
MT know the answer. She just said,
come in, Charles, and close that
door"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01

unexpected shortage wheat spells winter for thousands
Of ASIA Although had bumper
crops export mills
the replace Nations relief" asking rs 10 30 per
than planned buy
wheat have increased their similarly Chart above
shows how wheat deficiency will affect nations abroad.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Civic Theoter
Units Active

There is plenty Of activity these
evenings in the workshop of the
Civic Theater where preparations
are underway for the performances
OF the delightful Broadway comedy,
Over TWenty-One" The cast OF
players are busily rehearsing the
many amusing scenes, under the di-
rection Of Clay Franklin, while in
an adjoining room the stage crew
Is assembling an appropriate set
with sounds Of hammer and saw.
The cast includes Well-knoWn faY-
orites as well as talented neweom.
ers. The players are Rye Trier
jackson, Rita Sepanski, Catherine
McGrath, Rita Clarke Miller, Nancy
Stetthaeher, David Davies. 81 Rabi-
nowitz, Taleott Clapp, Tom Ho-
garth. Charles Lynch, and Peter
TFier.
over Twenty-One" win be pre-
scented on February n and ~ In the
Womens Club auditorium
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01

financial hacker Of TIE roomlnb
house.
The Superior Court action, IN
which the attorney asked for ei0.@
900 damages, went 10 trial Tuesday
afternoon before Judge Francis A..
palloli. An early recess was called
yesterday Z ,rnlng, while the plain
tiff was still on the stand, 80 That
o settlement conference could be
held.
0reenberg brought q counter
claim against The lawyer, claiming
81 200 10 cover a back debt. HIS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
NEW RALLET MANAGER

Jean Despres, vice-president OF
all sales divisions of Coty, Inc, an
nounces in behalf of the Rallet Cor
poration the appointment Of Miss
Mildred Wedekind as manager Of
lie Rallet Corporation and Marie
Earle, Inc.
Miss Wedekind will be assisted
by Miss Irene Kuhlman and Miss
Clara Larkin. Both Miss Wedekind
and her assistants bring with them
long experience in the field of
toiletries.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01

Independence, Mo. tUp)4 Theh
wives may not believe they ca4
cook, but the tlnkle Of many coins
into 4 cash register recently cnalks
ed 10 hearty approval Of Lions club
members hot pancakes The club
members sold pancakes al day re-
Gently to obtain funds for the riona
club sight Conservation program.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01

Buyers from the United States
are acquiring blOoded Aberdeen
Angus cattle In Argentina for
shipment 70 the States.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01

quarters at 2l0 E. Gath street, New
York. is extending its work through
out the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-01
Democrat Photo, coviello.

Simple cardboard containers like
this one arc used to send 10 the
Eye Bank human eyes for imme-
diate use in a cOrnea graft Oper-
alton to restore sight. The eye
is placed in preservative solu-
ton in thes small glass bottle,
which is packed In absorbent cot
ton in the cOntainer.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

"TH continue to sing the
songs 1 believe i'm, and there
are many other singers who
will do the same"
The famous singer-actor, his
powerful hands spread eloquent
ly, was discussing the relation of
the artist to society.
1.-THE escapists are becoming a
minority, he continued, punctu-
ating his remarks with emphatic
gestures. There are far more
actors, musicians, writers and
painters who fight with their Ia
Tents than ever before"
AS a singer, Robson is great
ly impressed by the increasing
influence of folk music.
"Such composers as BlitZstein
and Seigmeister have recently
completed important works based
almost entirely on folk songs.
But for that matter, folk tunes
don't have to be incorporated in
to longer works to do job. Often
they are more effective in their
original form.
Singers like Josh White, Burl
Ives and Lead Belly are making
appearances on the concert stage
and are filling the house with
out dressing up the tunes. Peo-
pies Songs, Inc. is spreading the
music of the people to every part
of the country through their bull
letins-and without Incorporating
them into symphonic studies or
folk operas. Altogether, it's real
ly getting around"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
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PICKED as the STARS movie
jury this week were Mrs. H. So
lano, w. Naddy, wallpaper
colorist, and Boyan Alesh, a mer-
chant seaman.
Mrs. Solano, a housewife, en-
joyed it very much. She thought
that the charms of Lana Turner
and the fine acting of John Gar
field added much to an exciting
and consistently entertaining mo.
vie.
She thought Hume Cronyn, as
a shrewd and cynical lawyer,
turns in one of his customary
superior performances.
Naddy, also felt that the movie
was far above the average.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27


work songs, fighting songs,
songs of protest-an these repre-
sent a vitality important phase of
musts. Obviously, symphonies
and operas and all so-called 'clas-
sicar forms belong to the people
too-but we can't lose sight of
the tremendous importance of
fighting music in times of strug-
gle.
when you've got fight on
your hands-and we progressives
have certainly got one now-you
can't ignore your strongest wea-
pons. Certainly folk music is one
of these. You can fight better
with song like Jim Crow or
-Four Insurgent Generals, and
speak to a larger audience, than
you can with a Brahms Sympho-
ny. And during period of strug-
gle, if at no other time, the fight
ing song should get the en-
phaSlS.
n II n
With FIN radio in the offing,
Robson feels that the tremend.
Gus influence of folk music and
peoples art will become even
greater.
1.-THE artist must be clear in
his thinking as to the use of his
talents" he concluded. 'He can
not allow himself to become dis
couraged by occasional set-backs.
Sometimes when sing Joe Hill
or some other song of the peo-
pie, reactionary members OF the
audience walk out. This doesn't
bother me. It's a fighting song
of the working class. It belongs
on the program.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

Gus poison into the culture and
morality of our times. The young
and romantic teen-agers; the emo
tionally unstable of any age, may
see in this movie only the story
of two very attractive young PEG
pie, desperately in love, who are
driven beyond human endurance
by circumstances over which
they have no control.
'Pm afraid" he went on, "that
the fact that the movies audiences
are told that crime does not pay
will not appreciably alter the ro-
mantle effect of the story"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
SPostmun's Rinq"
makes sizzling
love story
BY MARJORIE MILTON

DESPITE the heat generated
by M.G.Ms faithful adaptation Of
James M. Gains sizzling love
story, "The Postman Always
Rings Twice, many movie-goers
will be left very cold indeed.
This story of two victims of
circumstance caught in the web
of fate never once introduces the
suggestion that perhaps the web
has been spun by the victims. To
carry the analogy still further,
Frank John Garfield) and Cora
Llama Turner) are as unsavory
and spidery a pair as one could
turn up in several weeks of mo-
vie-going.
Frank, who describes himself
as "a hobo with itching feet, is
given a job by the proprietor of
a roadside service station and
hamburger joint. When he and
the proprietor's wife, Cora, get
one good look at each other, they
are Immediately engulfed in an
emotion of such magnitude and
overwhelming pow r that
they are driven to plan the muir
der of their benefactor, a kindly
and likeable old gent, played by
Cecil Kellaway.
Y n
LATER, the compelling force
Of their all-consuming passion for
each other leads Frank to betray
Cora, Cora to turn on Frank in
a vicious counterattack, Frank to
run off with another woman and
Cora to plan desertion of Frank.
The implication seems to be that
the undeniable biological appeal
of Miss Turner and the <sledge
hammer subtleties of Mr.. Gar
fields wooing would drive any
enc to murder and betrayal.
Given an excellent cast, good
direction and a punchy, hard-hit-
ting script, this movie will have
a terrific impact on a lot of peo-
pie.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

Garfield and Turner were ex-
cellent," Naddy said, land the
courtroom scene was very well
handled"
A1esh, member of the Ma
tional Maritime Union (CIO), had
a number of comments to make
about the movie.
This kind of story has lot
of appeal for a lot of people,
Boyan offered his OPT in i o n
II feel that a movie of this
kind injeets subtle and insidi-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

American Activities In its
smearing of the atomic scien-
fists as "subversive" and sun1
American" Utley criticized the
Committee politely with ais
the respect that the past rec.
ord of that Committee shows
is due it,"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

Here's another news COM
mentatOr this one on the pub
lie side of the fence. Have You
listened to Rod Holmgren's
Labor Flashes" over VIGIL?
He broadcasts five nights
week at 8 o'clock. I've listened
to several of his brOadcasts,
and it's been worth 1t every
time.
HolIngren doesn't make "a
statement that he doesn't back
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

DESPITE the heat generated
by M.G.M's faithful adaptation Of
James M. Gains sizzling love
story, "The Postman Always
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

UP with facts and careful
thinking. You can learn some
thing from him every time, and
and he gives you solid dope on
the things that are b0thering
you: housing, OPA, rents, and
all the other things that are
knocking at your door. Listen
to him--and if you like what.
he says, write VIGIL and say
so, telling why. Orchids are
just ~ important ms shilIeIahss
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
o s
UHey on Rankin
by FRED QUINCY

Radio required by federal law Gin public
est This is because the air public property Boadcasters
sued licenses by the Federal Communications Commission h
basis which that YOU issue these licenses through the FEC
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
Films
Music is q weapon
soys PouI Robson
BY RAY FLERLAGE

Progressive artists playing vital role in the present srug
gle democracy said Paul Robson here this week in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

#
Here's one to chew on: On
July 18th I caught the News
commentary of Mr.. Clifton Ut
tley. This gentleman broad
casts from WMAQ five morn
ings a week at 6:45. Speaking
Of the House Committee ON I'M
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

Respect! Rankins Committee hasn't laid finger
yet has refused investigate defending ypicay
Americana has instead bounded progreves consistently Listen
Mr. Utey Get Radio Audience Committee busy
WMAQ But be specc-sen the broadcass
tons don't much attention to general comments
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

The FEC agrees in its
Using represents the Z,
Of for br0adcasting should
American broadcasting solely of
tons,' amounting to advertisers rather
$780,, 10000 q year. But, The hat of listeners"
Radio along the theory Duane
of New Yors five advertising
radio program is the tha<ssels the goods
In considering the role of the general public connection with
RADIO the FEC listener
the quality program notably Cleveland
Ohio Madison Wis., already
dependent listener organization"
Has organization set its RADIO AUDIENCE COMMITS
TEE yet? That's the best way to make weight felt!
Evening star., 1946-03-10
100000 DUCKS
BY Jerry Brondfield

ers for three more Warner, mean
while, dutifully tours the hatchery
like an anxious papa patrollmg a
maternity ward.
Probably no one in this country
knows more about domestic ducks
than Hollis Warner. His mail brings
food of requests for advice and
information. Everything from:
How do l start a duck farm?" to
I've got duck and he won't
quack. What's the matter . ?"
The answer to the last is self-evident
to anyone who knows ducks. It's
''he" and he'll never quack. Only
the female quacks.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Here's How To Have
Daily Regularity
AFTER 35*

Nature has placed marvellous hy-
drogel substance in apples, prunes
and many foods to help you keep
regular. AS you grow older, you
usually need more of these foods.
but you eat less. That is why thou
sands of folks over 35 have turned
to Serutan. Serutan is a concen.
trate of hydrogel substances-not
a pill-not salts-not an oil-but
an all vegetable preparation that
provides smooth, soft jell to aid
more normal, natural elimination.
Why dose yourself with harsh pur-
gative or habit forming drugs
when it is so easy to enjoy the
tasty, toast like granules of pleas
ant tasting Serutan right along
with your meals? ? Sold by drug and
health food stores on a money-back
guarantee. For your own sake start
using Serutan today!
For o,s&se eonsip&,Ios. see doao,.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Raising them has plenty
of headaches - they're
even liable to drown -.

nOMESTIC ducks - unlike Topsy
u don't just grow. The per-
plexities in duck life are as varied
as those encountered in the raising of
peas, ponies OF petunias -. Or
maybe even that unpredictable kid
next door.
Hollis V. Warner, owner of the
worlds largest duck farm at River
head, Long Island, is one man who
meets and masters all ducks
complexities.
Warner, who has been in the busi-
ness Is years. raises more than
5000 ducks year on his 25O-acre
farm along the marshlands of east
ern Long Island. When you look
around you'd think it had been
showing ducks. They cover the
ground and adjacent creeks and
inlets of the Bay.
Peak production is in the spring,
when Warner is apt to have a quar-
ter of million ducks on hand.
During the fall and winter, when
eggs are less fertile, the number
drops to about $1,000.
Proxy Parents
WARNER doesn't depend on nature
for figures like that. In volume duck
raising. maternal instinct takes a
back seat to electricity. A battery
of huge incubators and hatchers does
the work, holding about $4,000
eggs at one time.
Humidity in these proxy parents
is kept a careful so per cent, tenn
perature a constant 99.5. Any drastic
change automatically sets off a
screeching siren, smmoning aid be-
fore any damage is done.
After five days a test is made to
weed out the infertile eggs. The rest
remain in the incubators for Is
days. are then removed to the hatch
Evening star., 1946-03-10

THIs pleasant precaution,
taken early and often, may
help head off a cold or lessen its
severity.
Wet or cold feet, like fatigue,
drafts, sudden temperature
changes, can lower body resist
ance so that germs called the
secondary invaders" find it
easier to invade throat tissue.
When they do, they produce
much of the misery you know all
too well.
HosU Listerine Antiseptic
Can Help
This delightful antiseptic
reaches way back on throat sur
faces to kill millions of these
secondary invaders" gives
Natsfe helping hand in halting
Evening star., 1946-03-10
They Are Ounces

WARNER, a mild. soft-spoken man
who launched his enterprise after
getting out of Cornell University,
doesn't think much of a ducks
mentality or temperament.
"A duck" he says with apparent
sadness. lust doesn't seem very
bright. For instance, lose thou
sands of dollars year because they
can't profit from experience with
sea gulls.
"In the dead of winter, after SWIM
ming around, the ducks will come up
on the beach dripping wet, and very
often will freeze to the ground. Then,
while they're helpless, the gulls come
screaming down and dive-bomb 'em.
Even when they don't attack
them physically" he continues, "the
gulls will swoop over the creeks in
a series of aerial acrobatics that
drive the ducks into dither. Then
the ducks get SO water-lOgged
from their panicky attempts to
escape they drown. That's right
- they drown. -
Ducks scare very easily. Warner
has seen them shaken to their very
souls by a feather flying in front of
them. or by the sound of loud. sud-
den laughter near by.
Egg production drops off from
scared ducks. Normally duck is as
regular in laying habits as chicken.
TW-l-laAk
Evening star., 1946-03-10

the mass invasion of germs.
Naturally, plenty of rest,
warmth, and light foods will help
immeasurably in fighting off the
infection.
Fescer Colds in Tests
You need only look at Lister
ines impressive record made in