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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
Calls 1t Neluet Prauda Peeks Under Britain s Curtain

Moscow, July Is - (UP)-Pravda newspaper of the Communist Party today launched a new slogan "Britain's velvet curtain n-appar- ently as a Soviet riposte to the famous iron curtain"
 Pravda charged that the .heavy folds of the velvet curtain 'muffle the sounds of shots, human groans and the murmer of discontent" in all parts of the British Empire and the Middle East.
 Boris Izakov wrote the three column story that summarized the situation behind the velvet cur tain"
 He said military operations are going on in Palestine with differ ences between the Jews and Arabs as a convenient excuse
 1zakov said Greece doesn't know peace and order. Hitler's hirelings Of yesterday, under the protection, Of British bayonets. are persecut- ing and torturing the freedom lov- ing people. ,
 In the British zone of Germany the German armed forces still are not demobilized and "deNalficatior is being carried out sylnbolically. ; he said
 Here, he said. is the situation in other parts of the world where the velvet curtain" hangs:
 INDONESIA = The war has been going on for more than five months.
 1NDIA-The key to Indian inde- pendence is in London.
 TRANSJORDANIA Actually Transjordania remains British military base in the Mideast and the story about granting it inde- pendence looks like an unpleasant trick
 IRAQ-"Is vainly trying to get rid of an unjust treaty which is the instrument of it's colonial enslave- ment,
 SYRIA - LEBANON = Foreign troops haven't been evacuated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
Building Permits

Permits issued by Building h. spector John r Hartley include: Salvatore Verderane. demolish barn and chicken coop, l53 Edge wood Avenue.
 Frank Guarino. additions to diner, l047 South Main Street. s20o.
 Emil Petitjean, erect storage building, l3 Meriden Road $500
 Philip Speidel, erect one-car garage, 1889 East Main Street, $500
 Charles Olson. erect double case window l2l Chestnut Avenue, Sl00
 Andrew Champagne, erect one family dwelling, River Road s6,00O.
 Abraham Frost, erect dormer window 3 Clifton Avenue. Sl0O.
 Frank Stokes, erect one-car garage, 2l0 Madison AeenIe, s4OO. Lawrence Montambault, sddi- tions to tire shop, 1858 Thomas ton Avenue. S750.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
12.IocoI Area Men Released

Six Waterburians were among the l2 men from this area discharged from the Navy Sunday at the Lido Beach, L. l., separation center They were:
 Sebastian DiPalma, musician sc 55 East Farm Street.
 Frank Weston, firemen 1Ic. 50 Ray Street.
 Michael Giuliaio, Jr., seaman 1/c 20 Irion Street.
 Thomas J. Addona, seaman 17c 139 Beech Street.
 John E. Czahowski, seaman 1kc 89 East Farm Street.
 John c. Carlson, seaman 2/c, le Esther Avenue.
 Those from the Waterbury area were:
 George Duke, seaman l/c, 4e South Eagle Street, Terryville.
 Henry Rollett, motor machinist's mate SC. 75 Roosevelt Avenue, Tor rington
 Frank w. Zeigler. seaman lIc, 4s Davis Street, Oakville. Frank T. Rasmussen. yeoman sc 46 North Main Street, Terryville. John Lent. radarman PC, 72 New Street, Naugatuek.
 Earl K Phillips. ships cook sc 1 r Tolles Square, Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
Nation s Rubber Supply Adequote

Akron, O., ,~July 16.-UP)-The nations supply of natural and sym .heble rubber now appears adeouate to maintain the rubber industry ana It's all-tlme production rate for l946, President John L. Collyer and the B. F. Goodrich Company said today.
 Rubber manufacturing operations were 40 percent higher during the flrSt six months Of l946 than in any pfeWar year and some manufac- turers had expressed doubt that there would be sufficient rubber to continue at that level
 Collyer, in a press release said the output of rubber products in l946 has been at the highest rate III history He estimated that con- sumption of natural and synthetic rubber in this country this year Will approach 100000 tons. over 70 percent of it's synthetics.
 Collyer said it would be some tune in l947 before there is enough natural rubber available to test fully it's relative worth with sym thetic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
Preservation OfFood Most Essential Now
By MIRIAM WEINRIB Waterbury Nutrition Council

The Department of Agriculture announced the designation of the week Of July Is to 9 as National Home Food Preservation Week. This week will focus attention on the necessity for home canning and preservation of food supplies for the coming winter months at a time when food supplies are badly needed throughout the world It will serve as the begin- ming Of intensive food preserva- ton efforts throughout the sum- mer and fall months.
 Home food preservation not only wlll increase supplies for Ameri- can families, but it also will help release those foods that are parti- cularly adapted for shipment to the famine areas abroad.
 During the war years victory gardens produced over million tons of food annually and our housewives preserved 3i2 billion quarts of fruits and vegetables yearly during the same period. Tn view of the world wide food short age, the need for repeating and even exceeding these accomplish ments is greater now than it was then. Record corps of home grown and commercially produced vege- tables and fruits are available and everyone Is urged to take advan- tage of these supplies. Peaches, especially, are plentiful through out the country and easily adapt ed for putting up
 The war years are behind. In front of Us is the task Of retool- ing for peace" said Secretary An derson 'TThe immediate problem that faces a war-torn world is food. Food spells peace and democracy Food spells rest in stead of .foment It is the obliga- tion of every American to conserve and to preserve this precious food In this way we assure our own people a better diet, as well as help the famine stricken of the world.
 That is why I am appealing te the women of America for a repeat performance of their war food pre- servation record This week from July 15 to P has been designated as Home Food Preservation Week to emphasize the importance of home canning and preservation oi food this year This week. of course is only the inauguration of the real program ahead For after this week of spade-work and education comes the constant performance through autumn that should result in making this year the greatest season of Home Food Preservation in history
 T need not repeat the urgency ot this job" continued Secretary An derson, the demands for food are unprecedented But the women of American know how 10 meet emer- gencies. They've known since pion- ger days. Ana I'm sure they vii come through with flying colors
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
More Officers To Be Chosen

Plans for a recruiting drive for of : ficers and enlisted men to make up the Second Battalion, l02d Infantry Regiment, National Guard, soon to be reactivated, will be discussed to- night at 8 at the State Arnory. Ap- plicants for officer ratings will be interviewed by Lt.-Col. Wilfred A. St. Martin, battalion commander. There are 35 openings for officers in the battalion. Last week 9 can- idates applied for these openings When 50 per cent of the officers are enlisted men in headquarters units are signed up, federal recognition will be given, Colonel St. Martin said Tn other units recognition will be given when 25 per cent of the off, cers and 10 per cent of the enlisted men are recruited.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
Shyest Bride!
 Reasons Four

To Il d on, July 16- (UPl = Daphne Bales, Is, today was ac- claimed as the weekend's shyest bride.
 She: CD Slept at a cousins house tn night before-so neighbors wouldn't see her leav- ing for church, f2) asked her uncle to give her aWay-couldn't bear to have her father do it; e3) was married on the 18th so there would be no sightseers, and (4 refused a white wedding dress-"just a simple suit will do.'
 Daphne married Lance Cor poral Norman Hopper, who wasn't shy about the matter at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16

land Avenue has returned home after spending the weekend in New Hampshire,
 Mrs. Eva Adomaitis of Highland Avenue is entertaining Mrs Anne Yasilonis of Chicago, IL
 Weekend guests of MT. and Mrs. Martin SAatas of Highland Avenue were MT. Shatas's brothers, Eugene Shatas of Meriden, and Andrew Shatas Of Poughkeepsie, N Y.
 Miss Aldona Orantas, daughter of MT and Mrs Anthony Orantas Of Washington Avenue, spent the day at Rye Beach, N r., Sunday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
Moloney Chosen By Chase Union

The Chase Brass Workers Union, Local 565, last night named Harold Maloney chairman of it's Political Action Committee. Appointed to assist him were William Root, Jr., Edward Horgan, William Roach. Salvatore St. Maria. Leonard h. sogna and James Carney.
 The local. an affiliate of the In- ternational Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers is being repre- sented by delegation at meet ing held by the State CIO in New Haven today to adopt program to combat incfeasing living costs, In the delegation are President James McGrath, James Carney and Will liam Lacey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
City
 Record Good

Two cases of measles nd one each of scarlet fever and whooping cough are the only communicable diseases listed for Waterbury by the state health department for the week ending July IS.
 State totals for the period are whooping cough, 30; lobar pneu- monia, Is; scarlet fever, 4; infantile paralysis, 4; measles, 138; menin- gitLs, l; chickenpox, 34: humps, 6e; gonorrhea. 30 and syphilis, 38.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16

EGYPT-.Is vainly trying to ob- tain the evacuation of British troops. London is not in a hurry to evacuate Egypt as well as other countries behind the velvet cur tain
 CYPRUS-l8 trade union leaders sentenced to prison and Marxism considered a crime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
New Presiding Elder Chosen

Rev. H. A. Norville has been ap- pointed presiding elder Of the New England Conference of the A NJ E. Zion Church Bishop w. J. Walls, the Rev s. w Weller. pastor of Mount Olive A. M. E. Zion Church, announced this morning.
 MT Noryille succeeds the Rev. H, R. Jackson who served in the of- flee for IT years, MT. Jackson has been transferred to the Long Island district of the New York Confer ence, where MT Norville served for l2 years.
 The first quarterly conference Of ,ae local church will be conducted ~ MT Norville Thursday evening at 8. All officers and those who wish to ueet the new presiding eld- CT arc requested to be present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
TROUT REALLY BITING

Charleston, w. Va (UP)-There is really something queer about the trout in West Virginia this year. King trout has named an open sea- son on anything that looks like food.
 According to Game Protector Har- sison Shobe, he saw, within a few minutes, trout taken with minnows, helgramites dry flies, spinner, and one greedy fish was even fooled by a wet fly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
Marine Detachment Meets This Evening

Cpl. Jamele Detachment, Marine Corps League, will meet tonight at at Florio Post Hall. Plans for the annual state convention to be held at the Hotel Garde, New Haven, August 10 and II will be discussed
 The national convention will be held at Atlantic City October 3 to 5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
Men Tn SerUice
FRANK T. RASMUSSEN, $ zc

FRANK T. RASMUSSEN, s Dc
 Frank T Rasmussen, seaman first class, 46 North Main Street, Terryville, has returned to the United States abroad the US.S. Pine Island from Japan for dis charge. The Pine Island arrived at Norfolk, Va, after completing a 1300o mile homeward cruise to loln the Atlantic Fleet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16

and Springfield, before arriving here.
 The last time Waterburians were treated to circus here was in l944 when the ill-fated Ringing Broth CTS, Barnum and Bailey Show set up it's tents in Brassco Park. Sparks Circus last showed here in 1881.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
ARMY DISCHARGES

Pfc. Raymond A. Cohen. son of MT. and Mrs. Peary Cohen, 142 Euclid Avenue, was discharged from the Army this weekend at the Fort Dix, N J., separation center. Others from this area released from the service were S-Sgt. Robert K Kirschner, l43 Maple Street, Naug- atuck; S-Sgt Reale J. Lemay, 33 Westbury Park Road WatertoWn, and Capt. Margaret Chittenden. "A FairvieW Avenue, Naugatuck, who is now on terminal leave
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-14

flccrS and flight officers addressed
}. Name the veteran British and
American stage and artist
who died last month in England. He
had appeared III "DIsraeli, The
Green Goddess "ihe House OF
RothSchild, etc.
s. The House recently granted a
$1,000 pension 10 Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt. true or false
r. Motion picture t Douglas
Fairbanks Vas recently released
from the Navy. What was his rank
at tim cot separation?
al time OF separation
which French King
9 British troops may now marry
German or Austrian women; true or
false
1#. Christopher Columbus did or
"#5 not set ..t ua the mainland co..
Aa-,..et
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-14

bore in June. Sectional convention
viii be held in Delaware in July and
national convention i'll Louisiana in
AUGUST.
Nine schools and eve counties
Will be represented here, Warren.
Granville, Person, Caswell, Durham,
Orange and Vance.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-14
How's Your |. O.?

|. Name the thirteen original col
onies.
?. Johnny Appleseed was a real
or f%ictional character
3. Air IN sunlight is of higher tenn
perature than air IN the shade true
or false
4. BY what title was warrant Of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-14
cASVAlS

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
PURGATORY SOLD
AND TODAY N. T..
WILL SELL HELL

RALEIGH.-North Carolina has
sold Purgatory, and might do bust
ness with someone looking for a
piece of Hell.
Those are the names of two
pocosins in eastern North Carolina
owned by the State Board of Edu-
cation. The board last week sold
several tracts of sWampland in
Guiding Purgatory. It still has
He'll on it's hands, but is willing to
sell reasonably.
One time a fire warden called
UP Raleigh headquarters to report
there was a fire in He'll. He had
hard time convincing his super
iors he wasn't on a hinge.
Pocosins are semi boys which
are alternately very dry or very
wet and often have excessively
acid soils. Evergreen shrubs and
scrubby pines cover them. Much
of the land included in these tracts
have never been surveyed and
even the board doesn't know how
much it owns, nor what it's worth
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
The State Laws and City
Ordinances

The City Planning Boara VI Will
mington was created by ordinance
of the City Council on June %,
1913. The ordinance provides that
there shall be five members,s OF
whom two shall be the Mayor and
the City Manager. The other three
members are civilians, appointed
originally for terms Of one, two
and three years, and for terms OF
three years each thereafter. None
of the members may receive any
compensation for his work. The
Board elects its own chairman. It
is required to meet at least once
a month. and the meetings are
open to The public. Expenditures
may be made only within amounts
and for purposes previously ap-
proved by the City Council. The
duties of the Board include the
preparation of master plan for
the City showing streets, parks,
etc, the making Of findings con-
corning the location of public
buildings and the location and ex-
tent of public utilities, and the
preparation Of zoaing plan. I'm
der the original ordinance the
Board could proceed only by sub
hitting recommendations to the
Council. This is still in substance
the limit of its powers, and it
ought to continue this way, but the
Council has delegated further spe-
cific authority to the Board in one
or two instances, which will be
discussed later.
During the first year of its op-
erations the Planning Board tried
to size up the job ahead, and it
became increasingly clear that
one of the major tasks would be
to submit some sort of regulation
concerning the location of build
ings, particularly business build
ings. In this respect Wilmington
has been woefully lacking. Bust
nesses large and small have for
the most part, excluding only a
few small specially zoned areas,
been allowed to build and operate
where they pleased. Commercial
and residential values have suf-
fered alike as result, and living
conditions have been adversely af-
fected. Seeing the need for some
more direct attack on this prob
lem, especially in the postwar
period when construction was ex-
pected to be active, the Council
on Nov. %, 1914, adopted second
ordinance vesting in the Planning
Board the zoning powers de-
scribed in Article IA, Chapter 100,
Volume 3, of the General Statutes
OF North Carolina, plus all the
powers described in am act OF the
special session of the General AS
sembly of 1921 entitled can act
Providing for the Establishment
of Planning Commissions in the
Cities and Towns of North Caro-
lima, and Prescribing the Powers
and Duties of Such Commissions.
| These two State laws adhere IN
spirit to the form of the Original
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
City Planning Boards Vital
Role Is Related By Chairman

City ordinance creating the Plan
ming Board, in that the Board pro-
ceeds only by means. of submit
ting. recommendations to the City
Council. But the zoning statute de-
fines methods by which coming is
established. 1t provides that for
zoning purposes the City may be
divided into districts - some dis
tricts being for residential use,
some for commercial, some for in
dustrial, and so on. 1t describes
the method of conducting public
hearings, and defines the proce-
dure for ultimate adoption of a
zoning plan by the governing body
of the City.
Also in the Councils ordinance
of Nov. %, 1914, the Planning
Board is charged with the respon-
sibility for preparing plans and
maps 'for the systematic future
development and betterment of
the City, submitting such plans
to the Council for its action.
The Act of the special session
of 1921, adopted by the General
Assembly on December 81 of that
year, goes into further detail as
to the powers of Planning Boards
After authorizing governing bodies
in the cities and towns of the State
to create such boards of five
members, the Act provides that
new street 1ayouts and new sub
division plans must be submitted
to the Planning Board, which then
transmit them to the governing
body with its recommendations;
that the planning jurisdiction Of
the Planning Board extends one
mile from the corporate limits,
and that the Planning Board may
submit recommendations to the
governing body On a variety OF
subjects including Cd parks, both
new and old, (2) the economic and
industrial prosperity of the COM
munity. 60 the health, comfort
and convenience of the people, "a
traffic matters, 80 the financing
of public Improvements, and 60
plans for new streets, bridges,
parks, airfields, rail d water
terminals, docks, canals, markets,
public buildings and public utili-
ties, whether any of these be al
ready in existence or proposed.
To complete the picture OF the
legal background of the Planning
Boards work reference should be
made to the interim zoning ordi-
nance adopted by the Council on
May 9, 1945. This ordinance is in
tended to remain in effect only
until the Council enacts general
Zoning ordinace. The ordinance
undertakes to bring about an
interim control of business and IN
dustrial construction by providing
that whenever a permit for such
construction or alteration is re-
quested of the Building Inspector,
the application shall be submitted
to the Planning Board If the pro-
posed construction lies within
city block two-thirds or more Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
Products

Four Socony products-kerosene,
light heating fuel, and two grades
of gasoline-will be stored here.
Socony's tanker fleet, operating be-
tween Texas ports and the Atlantic
coast, will serve the new terminal.
IN confirming the company S
new construction program officials
also brought the news that Socony
is invading the southeastern states
with its own name-brand products,
which include Mobile gasoline. At
present Socony does not distribute
its products under it's own name
south of Pennsylvania.
Completion of the Wilmington,
Norfolk, and Charleston facilities
will place Socony in a position to
serve large and growing area OF
the southeast" Walker said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
Whole State
Gains Farms
And Acreage
FARMS SMALLER
State Figures Reveal Mum.
Der of Farms is 291,178
Acres 18,969,627

Although the number Of farms
in the eight Southeastern North
Carolina counties increased by
1926 farms between the years OF
1910 and 1915, total acreage of the
farms dropped to 1,713,374 acres in
1915, 21,353 fewer acres Of farm
land than the district had in 1910.
These figures, taken from pre-
liminary figures compiled IL. the
1915 census of agriculture by the
Bureau of the Census, Department
of Commerce, were included in. a
report which showed that North
Carolina as a whole gained 1900
farms for the five year period.
Despite the loss of acreage in
Southeastern North Carolina, On
slow county was the only one of
the eight to lose in farms and
acreage. The other counties,
while losing acreage, game d
farms. ...
The number of farms in the 100
North Carolina counties increased
by 4.6 per cent, from 278,276 farms
in 1910 to 291,178 farms in 1945,
while farm acreage increased
seven-tenths of one per cent, from
1885, 1888 acres in 1910 to 1859,
627 acres in 1915.
Average size of farms declined
3.8 per cent, from 67.7 acres in
1910 to 65.1 acres in 1915.
Dat,ilacY fio1rac ara.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
Terminals Here

At Dasle terminals located here are
Fear .'I T Refining company, Cape
Oil co terminal company, National
Tex.vao mnpany, Shell Oil company,
Oil a 49, vi company, and Standard
csno eompany of New Jersey. The
house, pa Fear Terminal company
Oil 'e os the facilities of the Pure
company, the Gulf Refining
compay' the Arkansas Fuel Oil
psn4 pdn n.y. the Republic Oil com.
and ~, a.. me American Oil company,
whi1e' ,roI Refining company,
tas e IN. National Oil shares it's facili-
pany. ''oo'iieaSterh VII COM
na nepoert Gerlach is operations
sjon 1ager for the southea stern divi.
il IL " n, Socony and Henry Sharpe
Wis.,. wllnlngton as a field super.
'''0s for the company.