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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12
Work of Local Music Writer Published
 Fanny 0. Eekh0Ft
 To Be Concerts
 Guest Artist

A new composition for piano en- titled, "The Suuirtels' Pichic," has been accepted for publication by the Century Publishing C6nipatly of New york City and will be printed finder the maine Of Fanny e. Eek hart. The authoress is prominent ly known in Waterbury musical cir cles as Mrs, Fanny Rubin.
 Mrs. Rubin is co-autfot of the recently published Great Music," $ book for the. intettnediate student. A graduate 0f vale School 6f Music Mrs. Rtibiti taught piafio iii New Haven, For several years she has devoted time to c0tnp0sing ana to date has over twenty original ctm- positions iii addition to many ar- engagements for piano published by e. Schftiirer and the leading music houses of the tinted States.
 Mrs. taubif's Russian Fantasy will be included in the program to De presented at the Waterbury Wotf1etis Citib Sunday evening, Oct.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12
First Church Bills Former Novyofficer
 Rev. W. r. AppIebee
 Occupies Pulpit
 Sunday Morninu

The Rev. Wendell Thomas Apple bee, Jr., will preach at the First Congregational Church service at il tomorrow. MT. Applebee was assist. ant in young peoples work at the First Church for two years. He has served as Naval chaplain in Hawaii Japan, and China, and is now doing postgraduate work at Yale Divinity School. His subject will be, But We Have This Treasure
 Church School for fourth grade and older will meen at 9:45 A. M, while children of pre- school age through the third grade will meet at II.
 The Comrades of the Way will meet in the church parlors with John Eusden at 5:30 P. M.
 The Ellen J. Whiton Book Club will open its season Monday even- ing at 8 in the Gray Lounge on the second floor of the Y.W.C.A. Miss Irene Walker, executive director of the Y. Y.W.C.A., will speak. Books will be exchanged as usual and refresh rr1ents served. Mrs. Ellery c. Kill DOuIn dllu MIoS iyu1d OOIlCS VIII Uc hostesses.
 The First Church Guild will meet in the church parlors "Wednesday morning at 10 to work for the Christmas sale. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 with a business meeting following.
 The Fall Reception for the First Church parish and friends will be held next Friday evening, to 10 in the church parlors. The Rev. John c. Walker of the Second Church will be guest speaker, show ing some pictures takes last sum- mer in Western Europe. The Wonl- ems Guild with Mrs. Edwin c. Brad ley, Jr., as chairman will have charge of arrangements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12
Robert Carroll

Robert Carroll of 4s Cottage Place died this morning at the Veterans
 Hospital, Newingtori after a briei illness. Mf. Carroll served in the U. 8. Navy during World War II for 25 months. He was employed at the Rod and Tube Mil of the American Brass Company for II years prior to entering the service
 A native. of Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada, MT. Carroll came to this city II years ago. Sur vivofs include his wife, Mrs. Juiia tMeCarthyj Carroll; one daughter
 Diaf1ha Marie Carroll, both of this city; his mother, Mrs, Annie Muck Ter of New Brunswick; two bfoth- CTS; Lawrence Carroll Of New Brunswick and Albert carroll oi Skohesa, Maiiej five sisters, Mrs
 Theresa Gillispie and Miss Ofeti6
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12
Crosby 1926 Class |Holdinr Reunion

The class of ig26, Crosby High School, will hold 1t 20th reunion to- night at 7:30 at Diorios Restau- rant. Members of the faculty who taught the class will be guests of honor. Arthur Tanner will be toast master.
 On the arrangements committee
 are: Idris Alderson, Jf., Jean Arch ari1bault, Mf. and Mrs. Daniel P. Butler, William F. Dillon, Edna M. Harmon, Atty. Stephen A. Honiick,
 Mary c, Muleahy, Herman Sandlts, Arthur p. B. Tanner and Mrs. An lthony Termine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12
Bremen Cheek Closet Blaze

Firemen were called out to three alarms yesterday. The first, shortly after noon, was to the home of hoteiizo DeLucia of 7S Seymour Street where a blaze started in q bedroom closet. Damage was con- fined to the first floor.
 At 7:21 P. M. four pieces of ap- paratus responded to false alarm at Boyden and Hanover Streets. At 1922 A. M, firemen from Engine Company extingiished . fire in a sedan on Hamilton Avenue
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12
FUNERALS

Military funeral services for Pvt. Michael A. Maffia of 675 South Main Street, who died while serving with the Army at Fort Mcclellan, Ala, will be held Monday at g A. M. from the Colassanto Funeral Home, 932 Bank Street, to the Church of Our Lady of Uourdes at 9:45 for a solemn high Mass of requiem. Bur- ial wila be in Calvary Cemetery.
 A bugler and firing squad from the Hartford National Guard Head quarters will be present at the cere- monies.
 Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow from 2 to 10 P. M.
 The funeral of Mrs. Josephine Macarit1e of 235 Wilson Street, was held today at 8:45 A.. Nj. from the DaPorta Funeral Home, 67 Holmes Avenue, to the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for a solemn high Mass at 9:45 A. M. Burial was in St. Johns Cemetery, Middle Village, L. l.
 The funeral of James J. Sullivan of 89 Hall Street, West Haven, brother of Stephen Sullivan, 30 Beecher Avenue, Waterbury, was held today at 9:30 from Leddy and Chamberlain Funeral Home, 251 Elm Street West Haven to St. Pau1's Church, West Haven for a solemn high Mass of requiem at 10. Burail was in West Haven.
 Funeral services for Mrs. John H. Brew of Foster Road, Middlef5iry, will be held today at ? P M, at the Brew home with the Rev. Herbert Barrall of St. Johns Episcopal Church officiating Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Watertown. Carroll, both of New Brunswick; Mrs. Eloise Loveland of New York City. Mrs. Marjorie Delisle of Wa tertowt1 and Mrs. Homer Miechaud of this city. ..
 Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 8:30 from the F,rigon Funeral Home, 66 Sast Clay Street to St. Ann's Church where sol errin high Mass of requiem will be celebrated at o'clock. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home to- morrow and Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12

20th, in concert under the aus piees of the Hebrew Ladies Aid as- sociatior. Appearing with Mrs. Rubin will be Jacob H. Bellin, plan ist, Mabel beegan, viodinist, and Ed ward F. SceEhet, baritone. Mir. Bellin was accoinpahist to Enrico Caruso for several years and ap- peared with the great tenor in con certS at Buckingham Hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12
SEA sDFTENEn

Sea water often was used Tor soaking the cattlehides from which tanners of Colonial days made their leathef soles, Laid out in Ati inlet of the sea, the hides were weighed down with stones and left to soften ifi the tides ebb At1d low.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12
Politics -ln-
 Passing

A conflict between local and state Democratic party rules was recent ly pointed out by Town Committee Secfetary Neil Malotey. At the lo- cal senatorial conventions, as well as at the local town and the district probate conventions, motions were offered, accepted, and voted to allow the Town Chairman the right to fill any nominee vacancies that might occur prior to election In the case of the probate convention such au- thority was delegated to the con- vention committee of three, But Democratic Party state rules say that in case of the death or resig- nation of any congressional, sena- torial, probate or county convention candidate .. The Democratic State Central Committee shall have power to fill such vacancy" There's never been test of local or state rules in this matter and probably may never be, but it's interesting to note that local organizations still believe that nomination rights are theirs and not the state body's, which seems like a pretty good ob- sefvatiofi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12
sCENtu sHoT TOMER

The natural bridge of Virginia once was used as a shot tower Molten lead poured from above was picked out Of the stream below as hardened peiietss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-12

In this connection Waterbury delegates are critical of the man. fier in which the recent Shriev- alty Convention at WallingfOrd was called. No formal notice of the same was sent to any local delegates or to Town Chairman Maurice F. Tangney. The only way the local delegates knew about it was through a check-1p made by the Town Committee after it had ascertained through letters and telephone calls that a date for the county convention had actually been set. While this convention only occurs every four years, it does seem as if the hold over convention committee ought to be able to devise 8 process whereby it could communicate its plans to the delegates named to attend the session. The Fifth Congressional District convention committee functions efficiently in this regard, what with Chairman Frank Healey and Secretary Ber- l1arti Rielly on the job to see that notices are sent to the Town Chairman notifying him of the date, place, and number of dele gates.
Evening star., 1946-08-25

though they may have done so al
ready for all we know. Suppose we
should bring the Soviet Union to the
condition of Germany and Japan, what
then? The people of Europe and Asia,
hundreds of millions of whom are liv-
ing under famine conditions, would
have no hope of recovery for half
century, and no man could predict
what the outcome would be.
We are not going to succeed in saving
the lives of all those who are now
starving to death. The task is already
too great for us to perform. We can
save only a part of the tremendous
number. We are now helping to feed
the Italians, the Germans and the
japanese, as well as the masses of
people in China and India. Would
we be willing to take on the job in
Russia as we'll?
Wars go in chains. with the links
getting bigger and bigger When we
went to war with Spain in 1898 we had
no thought of going any farther than
the island of Cuba which we proposed
to hberate. But as result we crossed
the Pacific, suppressed an independence
movement in the Philippines, and gave
the Chinese the impression we were no
better than the European powers, who
were then seizing differing parts of
their country. When the Chinese
Boxers attempted, two years later,
to drive the aggressors into the sea-"
they included us in that category, and
We had to send an expeditionary force
to Pekin
Again, when the First World War
ended 1t did not "end all war" as we
had told ourselves it would: we at once
found we had another potential enemy
in view across the Pacific. Now we
have found a next enemy" to be on
guard against. Wars breed the spirit
of war and continue the process. They
breed 1t in us as we'll as other peoples.
We cannot solve the problems of Eu-
rope and Asia by fighting Russia. We
did not solve those of the Far East bv
hghting Japan. Europe is a continent
OF 40o,o00,000 Of people and Asia of
4'ooo,oOo,ooo, the great majority of whom
are permanently on the verge of starva-
ton. With such conditions existing
among most of the masses as have
existed for centuries, 1t Is a conceit on
our part to think that we can abruptly
bring about a change in their ways of
life and thought. Powerful as we are
we have no such capacity.
Food Needed First.
Before we can induce or impose ideas
on the peoples of Europe and Asia we
must first provide food. The next step
required is education, a process of
decades at minimum. Upon 20 or
more nations who have never known
what the democratic form of govern
ment is, it is not possible to bestow
the American way of life' abruptly.
We could not have that way in this,
our own country, If masses of our
own people were constantly in want
OF the means of bare existence and
80 per cent were illiterate, as is most
of Asia.
We are attempting to perform what
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Educational Reforms
Under Way in Britain

LONDON.-England has begun edu-
cational reforms which may decide
whether the "old school tie" and the
Oxford accent" will survive the Social
ist revolution.
The next three decades should show
whether the Eton and Harrow cricket
match will remain high point of Lon
dons social season, or whether top
hated fathers will be forced by leveling
taxation to send their children to state
schools under the new education act.
Five thousand blitzed schools must
be rebuilt. Thousands of teachers must
be trained before classes can be re-
duced in size and secondary education
really extended efficiently from the
present age limit of IA to the projected
Is.
In the meantime the independently
owned school f1ourishes as it never has
before. Many believe the class barrier
between the Cockney urchin and his
smooth speaking brother is growing
wider instead of narrower in postwar
England.
At present the ordinary British schools
boy goes to free state primary school
at S, then to an elementary school which
he leaves to go to work at IA. If he Is
picked out, or gains scholarship. and
If his parents will agree to forgo the
money he can bring. he may stay in
secondary school until he is 16 But the
boy who gets secondary education js
the exceptional youth, with easier hons
circumstances than the majority.
\
DistxabUie1 ~ the Associated PressJ
Evening star., 1946-08-25
CHURCH REVENUES FALL ALARMINGLY

lis that we are bled white by taxes
and that our patriotic response to the
war effort leaves nothing for charity"
The collected figures belle that. Even
after an unprecedented 40 billion dollars
was paid in taxes in 1914, and all living
expenses had been met the survey said
I'VE still had at our command 67h
billion dollars to spend any way we
chose"
billion OF that amount to churches and
character building agencies. Nearly
twice as much was spent on tobacco,
three times as much for movies and rec
reation, seven times as much for alco-
holic beverages, nearly 10 times as much
for jewelry, furs and other luxuries.
The percentage Of gifts to churches
and church philanthropies as compared
with national income in 1914 was 73
per cent lower than it was during the
depression year of 1882" the institute
said. In l945, the per capita giving was
the lowest of the 26 years covered-1.35
per cent of income
DR.. Charles v. Vickrey, president of
the nonsectarian, nonprofit founda-
ton, blames "avarice, selfishness and
greed for the existing state of affairs,
He ascribes the comparative prosper
ity of the church during the depression
and its paradoxical decline now to moral
rather than to economic reasons.
One economic explanation, however, is
that the wealth Of the country is chang
ing hands and the new holders have
not yet begun to practice philanthropy,
or acquired the habit Of public gener-
oSitv ,5s5sf z5et5r
Evening star., 1946-08-25
By Jean Meesan

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Church men,
bership is up; church income is down.
That is the basic conclusion of a survey
OF 26 years of revenue to religion, Just
completed by the National Stewardship
Institute of the Golden Rule Founda-
ton.
In analyzing its figures the institute
split the 26 years of the survey down
the middle. For the first 13 years, 1920
1882, church giving totaled $5,534, 4,9O6,-
178; for the second 13 years, 1888 -1945,
1t totaled s4,479, $50, ,es5-a decline of
better than one billion dollars. For the
same two periods. the per capita aver
age for church members slumped from
s2o.31 per year to 1890.
Contrary to Trends.
This slump came while church mem
bership was increasing more rapidly
than the population" while national in
come was increasing, while there were
multiplied expenditures for luxuries
and unprecedented savings" the insti-
tute reported.
tIhe survey was based upon Official
annual reports of churches of all de-
nominations. The lowest number OF
religious groups covered was Is in the
first year of the survey. the highest was
rs in 1922. Sometimes figures avail
able were projected to include all church
members but institute officials are con-
f1dent that "these piled-up figures are
not an exaggeration. Their only fault
is that they are an understatement."
What's the reason for the decline?
The popular alihi," the institute said,
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Obstacles Fail
To Halt Jews
Fleeing Europe

Much Of Europe's surviving Jewish
population is on the move; and Pales-
tine is the goal toward which thousands
seem determined to migrate despite
obstacles
From the continents bomb shattered
cities and crowded displaced persons
camps to the traditional Zionist prom
ised land" at the southeastern corner of
the Mediterranean Sea is difdcult clam
destine journey under present conditions.
Lines of this postwar Jewish exodus,
which United States Gen. Joseph T.
McNarney has said showed signs of
organization, are necessarily ill-defined
However, news dispatches indicate that
Poland, with the greatest prewar Jewish
population in Europe. is a general start
ing point. The British and American
zones of Germany and Austria are popu-
lar midpoints where Palestine-bound
migrants often seek rehabilitation in
UNRRA camps before continuing to
italian ports to embark on small vessels
for the Holy Land.
Others have sailed from Constantia.
Romania, from Greece and from France
wherever suitable or unsuitable YES
sells could be obtained for a sea voyage
that often takes several weeks.
Britain's efforts to halt the infiltration
OF illegal" immigrants have led to a
virtual blockade of the Palestine coast.
Jews attempting to enter outside of the
quota system recently have found them
selves removed to detention camps on
the island of Cyprus.
In Germany, further efforts are being
made to check the travels Of Jews who
no longer wish to live in Europe, tha
graveyard of almost 100000 of their
co-religionists during the years of NaN
domination. Both the United States and
British zones in Germany have raised
barriers against large scale movements
in their direction.
Gen. McNarney, as American COM
mander in the European theater, re-
Gently declared that ''the United States
has never adopted the policy that the
United States zone is way-station on
the way to Palestine or any other place"
With 10000 Jews receiving UNRRA care
In the area under his control, Gen. Nc
Narney added that if unlimited accom-
mediation were offered I'VE could expect
another 100000"
Army spokesmen said that most of the
Jewish displaced persons in the United
States zones of Germany and Austria
came from Poland.
Distributed by the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1946-08-25

Financial statements were not avail
able from the Catholic church and
Jewish temples operate Independently
OF each other. However, DR.. Vickrey
after wide consultation with recognized
authorities says there is no reason to
believe that these figures will vary in
percentages.
Four Billion Loss.
Thus, the foundation came to the
conclusion that: If contributions from
the entire church memberships ca
492,669 Protestants, Catholics and
Jews) decreased at the same rate that
was officially recorded for the sc, ,628, ,673
reporting, the total decrease for the
support Of religion and related charities
during this (26-year) period was more
than two billion dollars, and If the near
ly IS million nonchurch members were
as negligent in giving to privately sup
ported, public service institutions as
church members were, the total loss
was not less than four billion dol
lars"
The institute was set up under the
foundation ito develop in the average
citizen an awakened sense of social re-
sponsibility and resultant adequate
support of religious. character building
and welfare organizations" The imme-
diate aim is to build church giving to
the level of the depression years. II the
church received from today's incomes
the same percentage 1t had in 1882. the
survey says, it would practically quad
ruple the income OF every church and
welfare organizat ton"
OtstributsA ~ Ne Associated Prsaa.)
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Recourse to War Plunges
World Into Deeper Evils
Famine and Destruction Inevitable Consequences;
i. S., in Role of World Power, Must Meet
Responsibilities in Europe and Asia
By Senator Ebert d. Thomas

Chairman Of the Military Affairs Committee
Foreign Relations Committee OF the United States Senate
Evening star., 1946-08-25

(See THOMAS, Page CD
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