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BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
l Evening.
OUR TOWN
(Introducing Horace Devoe, Well Known Ticket Agent)
f
ff—tn. Uke one couldn’t remember when Horace Devoe
~ Wasn’t ticket seller at our local depot.
Horrie waa a fixture there, just like the station clock,
Except lor the time he spends In the Bisbee block
Where he sleeps and eats In his three-room flat,
No family at all, Just that great big cat
That seems to have, folks allow, at least nine lives,
Horace liking cats, they say, and has no time for wives.
Horace has sold us tickets here In County Wayne,
Ptor Chicago, Boston and Biddeford, Maine.
The young folks off to college have bought a round trip ticket,
and loads of them through that old familiar wicket.
He's poured over time tables, told us where to change trains,
How to check baggage, and to be sure to take pains
To make the right connections in Boston, Mass.,
And not try to work off any old pass
That drummers used once upon a time,
Because R. R. passes haven’t been worth a dime
For perfect ages, we'll venture to say,
At least they’re no good out our way.
Horace was always dressed natty and neat,
You had to look smartish on his sort of beat.
He got to know lots of big travelling guys,
And, It is said, he copied their ties.
His long hours and having no wife
Sort of kept him from our social life.
But we all liked old Horace, didn’t we, Em and Ruth,
Who punched our tickets from Racine to Duluth! EM EM.
Corporal Ruth Beckling of the Women’s Army
Corps who is stationed at Shaw Field, S. C., was mar
ried last Friday at the Post Chapel to Private Donald
l. Kane, an airplane mechanic of Shaw Field. Corporal
Beckling is the niece of D. E. Shea, 163 Spencer Street,
Naugatuck, Conn. She wore her winter off-duty dress,
as did her matron of honor, Corporal Gertrude New.
The bride wore a corsage of pink and blue sweetpeas,
while Corporal New wore white chrysanthemums.
Best man was Private Socrates Purnos, S-Sgt. Ernest
Jones gave the bride away. Private Kane is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kane, Fitchburg, Mass-Cor
poral Randy McCarthy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
McCarhy of 202 South Elm Street, now home on fur
lough from Lincoln, Nebraska, with his wife, the
former Ruth Murphy of Hitchcock Lake, was inducted
into the armed forces two years ago yesterday morning.
... Ruth Ann Donnelly, eighth grade student at Sacred
Heart Parochial School, is still laid up at her East Main
Street home with a broken leg. She hopes her physi
cian, Dr. Frank Bowes, will remove the cast next week.
Her mother is affiliated with the ration board office.
Double feature today. . . . Here’s a combination of
•uggestions or criticisms that just ACCENTUATE the
positive and ELIMINATE the negative (You may pro
vide your own music) but our imaginary orchestra in
the lobby of the Tower has started “Hearts and Flowers”
as theatrical managers “listen in”. Here’s the suggestion
that the negative should be eliminated and that some
thing should be done about something important ior
busy theatregoers: . . . “Editor, Tall Tower Topics: It
would be a pleasant accommodation if the theatre pub
licity department decided to publicize the ‘break’ in the
shows so as the patrons might know the starting time
of each show, or if possible the time each feature begins.
The question, “What time does the next show start?”
must act as an irritant to the employes as much as the
hackneyed interrogation, ‘What kinda pie ya got?’, asked
incessantly in the eateries. Yours for constructive criti
cism._J. V. Walker.” . . . Now here’s for the elimination.
A woman who represented herself as “peeved mother”
telephoned this lament: “Is there a ceiling price on ad
mission tickets for children to Waterbury theatres? Can
mere slips of girls rule that a child patron is more than
12 years of age today and only 11 tomorrow and charge
her an adult’s price of admission? Should a child going
to a theatre these days take her father’s Social Security
card, mother’s marriage license and his own birth cer
tificate to avoid being charged the adult price of admis
sion merely because the ticket seller doesn’t like the way
she arranges her hair, etc.? If a child pays an adult’s
price is she entitled to an adult’s ticket and permitted
to sit down stairs and not rushed upstairs, etc? The
“peeved mother” had several other complaints along
these lines leaving no doubt that her child is being
forced to pay an adult’s price of admission occasionally
at local theatres and on “the coldest day of the year”
had to walk home because the price of the ticket “ate
up” her bus fare. Diplomatically we told the lady she
could write to the Governor, her Congressman, Eleanor,
the old “Dies Committee”, Will Hayes or Sweeney, but
if she wanted direct action it would be better , like Mr.
Walker, to take the incident up in a “constructive way”
with the management of the theatre she is peeved at.
Try it, Lady, and see if “life can be beautiful”. We
wouldn’t know. Too many cinders up in the tower
fhese days! >.
“Things are going to be different, folks, things
•re going to be different” in the paper and tin salvage
drives in Waterbury and already we can see a big
improvement in collections. Sounds like a radio or
vaudeville “wheeze”, but the program of activities is
really going to be different. It is going to be revamped
and revitalized and periodical “pick-ups” will be less
of a surprise to residents and more in conformity
with a set schedule. There is no questioning the gen
erosity, the willingness and the fine civic spirit of
Waterburians. They will collect, prepare and set out
tin cans, paper and whatnot for the war effort if they
are only given advanced notice. In the past the sys
tem has failed miserably along this cooperative line.
Occasionally the public would get a last-minute notice
to place their donations on the walks in front of their
homes. Often it was too late to do anything about it
with the result the collection would be “below antici
Stions” of the committee. We suggest this time that
e dependable and always-willing Boy Scouts be
mobilized in the next endeavor. The school children
have been the most successful collectors to date. Why
not break up the city into zones, the zones into compact
areas and the areas into a limited number of streets
where the Boy Scouts or youngsters from the neigh
borhood schools could visit and give a house-to-house
notice that the trucks would be coming that way the
following day. They could also be assigned to the
streets on the day of collections and in the cases of
aged residents or the infirm carry out their donations
to the curbstone. Get the youngsters interested. Im
bue them with the proper spirit and an appreciation
sf the serious necessity of the drive and new records
trill be established. Let’s concentrate on teamwork
C dispense with the individual fan-flare and watch
results.
Good Night.
‘HUMP HOPPING’
VETTO TEACH
BLIND FLYING
By SARA RASKAS
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
St. Louis, Jan. 30— (UP) —Blind
flying is something the "hump
route'’ pilots know a great deal
about. It cost them their lives in
many cases if they don’t.
First Lt. Robert W. Metze, 21
year-old transport pilot and son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Metze of
St. Louis, describes a typical flight
over “the hump" in the Himalaya
mountains of the China - Indian -
Burma theater.
He recenaly returned home after
more than a year of “hump hop
ping’’ during which time he totaled
194 missions, requiring 667 flying
hours.
Unarmed, except for an army
revolver and with a crew of only
two men, Lt Metze was one of the
unsung heroes of the cargo com
mand who made the raids on
Tokyo possible by carrying supplies
to the bases of the giant B-29s.
Monsoon Black-Out
Lt. Metze said, “you take off
from the base in India with
ground fog huddled about your
plane and over the field, crouchi g
all around you like human forms
waiting to blind and smother you
if they can.
“Then you’re in the air, soaring
over the 'hump in the monsoon
downpour with nothing but black
ness in front of you and death
waiting below on the jagged moun
tain peaks, in the Japanese patrols.
And in the eamps of the border
bandits.”
The pilots average about one out
of every four flying hours by in
strument alone, and every once in
awhile the Japanese knock off one
of the ships.
The veteran pilot will be sta
tioned at Rosecrans Army Air Field
at St. Joseph, Mo., where he will
instruct blind flying.
Awarded the D.F.C.
For his service, Lt. Metze was
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross and Air Medal, with one oak
leaf cluster to each. He also holds
the Presidential unit citation.
The young flier wears a flight
Jacket designed especially for the
Air Corps men stationed in the
China-India-Burma area. On the
back of the jacket is an American
flag, on the inside are both Chi
nese and Burmese flags with an
nouncements in different lan
guages, that a large award awaits
those who guide a forced-down Am
erican flyer to the nearest Allied
lines.
The reward offer is necessary to
tempt<bid of members of the bandit
bands near the Burmese and Chin
ese borders.
Lt. Metze said, “they will turn
over a downed flier to the highest
bidder. Sometimes the Japs offer
more. Then we never hear from
him again.”
‘BROWNOUT’ORDER
TO BE ENFORCED
Stores, Theaters Must Dis=
continue Lights During
Coal Emergency
Strict enforcement of the emer
gency ‘brownout” effective Feb. 1
and designed to save coal and oil
used to generate electricity became
the responsibility today of C. A.
Newton, War Production Board dis
trict manager, upon receipt of in
structions for Walker Mason, re
gional WPB director.
The district manager was directed
to enforce the WPB fuel conserva
tion ctder which broadly bans illu
mination of all exterior displays
and excepts only those lights nor
mally essential to public health and
safety. Actually, the "brownout"
will mean darkening store windows,
billboards, neon signs and theater
marquees 24 hours a day.
Instruction placing the prime re
sponsibility for administering the
"brownout” order with the district
manager also outlined the machin
ery to be set up so that the maxi
mum savings in coal and scarce
fuels can be realized.
Hardship cases, based on supposi
tion that the order endangers public
health and safety, may apply to the
district WPB office for relief, but
according to the regional director,
determination will be based entirely
on that premise.
The district manager announced
that copies of utilities order U-9 are
obtainable at the nearest WPB of
fice.
Military Rule Of Border Towns Sets
Pattern For Destruction Of Naziism
The Allied program for military government of Germany after
surrender of the Nazis is being tested now in border towns captured
on the Western Front- This is the first of two articles by Tom Wolf,
presenting a first-hand picture of military rule in operation.
By TOM WOLF
NEA Staff Correspondent
ALSDORF, Germany, Jan. 30— Planning for the Military Government
of Germany has been 100 per cent more thorough and practical than it
was for Sicily and Italy. That becomes clear in a small frontier communi
ty like this mining town of Alsdorf. Of the normal 20,000 inhabitants
6500 remain. The question of Nazlism Isn't a big problem in Alsdorf, be
cause all the ardent Hitlerites got out of town before Ninth Army units
got in. Those who stayed here did so against the specific and frequent
exhortations of the party. Tney are
not, therefore, likely to be great par
ty enthusiasts.
The noteworthy fact is that if
many Nazis remained, the Military
Government detachment here would
be able to cope with them. They
carry with them very clear defini
tions of NaziLsm and of Nazis and
have clear and specific directives
on what to do with various classes
of Nazis.
Moreover, they have a general
idea of how the Military Govern
ment Is going to function after the
German surrender. There are go
ing to be three occupational zones
—one British, one Russian and
one Americna. Berlin itself will
be jointly ruled by a tripartite
commission, while each nation
will govern the area its troops oc
cupy, with general guidance from
the commission in Berlin.
CLEAR, DISTINCT POLICIES
This is a tremendous and vitally
important advance over the sit
uation in Sicily and Italy, where
Military Government Detachments
were hopelessly handicapped in
their fight against Fascism be
cause higher headquarters never
bothered to define what constitut
ed Fascism or a Fascist—the very
things which were to be elimlni
nated.
Among the Military Government
Detachments' equipment today are
handbooks totalling thousands of
pages setting forth clear, distinct
policies. “In the case of high party
officials, dismissed from office will
not suffice. In the case of holders of
less important party or governmen
tal offices mere dismissal will suf
fice.”
Directives as to who shall be
arrested are explicit. All Gestapo,
all Security Service of the S. S„
police officials in key provincial
and national posts, all party ad
ministrative officials down to the
Krels (county) level, all party ad
ministrative officials down to the
Bereichsleiter( about two-thirds up
the scale of party leaders) face ar
rest.
In addition, specified members—
usually all officers and some non
coms—of military Nazi organiza
tions like the Woffen and S. S-, S.
A., Hitler Youth, Flying Corps etc.,
are to be arrested. So all chiefs of
military and civil administration of
Identification papers of a German civilian of militray age are handed
over for inspection by an Allied Military Government soldier. The Ger
man was brought to AMG headquarters by an American MP. left. Ail
streets are patrolled vigilantly in towns captured by Allies.
occupied countries.
Military Government Detach
ments are supplied with a very de
tailed four-page questionnaire to be
filled in by all officeholders in
quiring to their part party activity
and financial standing. Party mem
bership before 1933 or excessive
wealth thereafter makes anyone b
prime suspect.
In addition to these vital cri
SGT. FREEDMAN
GUESTSOLOIST
Civic Orchestra to Sponsor
Second Concert of Sea
son Sunday
Sgt. Stanley Freedman, native of
this city, will be the guest soloist
with the Civic Orchestra Sunday
evening, Feb. 4, for the second con
;ert of the season. Mario DICecco
will direct the orchestra in a fine
rrogram which will be devoted in
part to just strings.
Mr. Freedman, pupil of Harold
Bauer and Moshe Paranov, will play
Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 in
3 Minor and will be assisted by the
:ntire orchestra.
Mr. Freedman has had a distin
guished career beginning as a boy
:o show decided talent. He is the
;on of Mr and Mrs. Nat Freedman,
715 Ccoke street, the present he is
piano soloist with the official Army
Air Forces Orchestra in New York
STANLEY FREEDMAN
Sergeant, U. S. A.
;ity. At the time of induction he was
m the faculty at the Julius Hartt
School of Music in Hartford. He
won the MacDowell Club award in
1942 in competition with 300 pianists.
Other numbers to be heard on the
jrograrn will be Tschaikowsky’s Cap
riccio Italienne; and Mozarts’ Elne
Kleine Nachtmusick and The Hol
aerg Suite, both for strings.
Subscription tickets may be used.
3ingle concert tickets are on sale
it McCoy’s and will also be sold a)
the box office.
Catholic University
Law Dean Decorated
Rev. Dr White Receives Bronze Star for Gallantry in
Naval Service; Spoke Here as Guest of K. of C.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 30.—
(Special;— Rev. Dr. Robert J. White,
dean of the Law School of Catholic
University of America, who is on
leave of absence serving in the
Chaplain’s Corps of the Navy, has
been awarded the Bronze Star
Medal of the United States Navy,
according to word reaching the
University authorities. The deco
ration was awarded for Father
White’s services as fleet chaplain
of the U. S. Eighth Fleet while
operating in the Central Mediter
ranean.
Dean White, who is a native of
Concord, Mass., served in World War
I as a navy lieutenant before his
ordination to the priesthood, and
was awarded the Legion of Honor
by the French government for his
work in France from 1917 to 1919.
He terminated his service with the
rank of lieutenant commander in
the Chaplain's Reserve of the U.
S. Navy. He is a lormer national
chaplain of the American Legion.
He returned to active duty with the
Navy's Chaplain's Di vis ton early in
1942 and was assigned as chap
lain of the Navad Medical Center
at Bethcsda, Md., until transferred
to sea duty.
Father White's cltatior follows:
"For distinguishing himself by
meritorious achievement as Fleet
Chaplain of the U. 8. Eighth Fleet
during a period of almost contlnu
J
oils offensive operations against the
enemy in the Central Mediterranean
from November 9, 1943 to Decem
ber 25, 1944.
“Displaying exceptional skill and
energy, Chaplain White efficiently
administered the varied activities
of the Chaplain’s Corps and main
tained a high standard of morale
and spiritual welfare throughout the
fleet. He ably organized chari
table undertakings for the relief
of the sick and impoverished in
war-stricken areas which had been
newly liberated from enemy occu
pation. During the amphibious
invasion of southern France, while
serving on board the flagship of a
naval task force commander, he ex
hibited extreme coolness and in
trepedity under enemy fire and by
word and example inspired the per
sonnel of the assault and support
forces to carry out their tasks with
valor.
"The exceptional courage, re
sourcefulness, and outstanding de
votion to duty displayed by Capt.
White reflected credit upon him
self andn the naval service."
Father White spoke here several
years ago as guest of the Knights
of Clumbus. Former local Catho
lic University students and a detail
of Legionnaires welcomed him to
Waterbury.
Lack Of Fuel Affects
Activities In Schools
Night Events May Be Curtailed Until Conditions lm=
prove; Heat to Be Reduced in All Schools
Heat in Waterbury schools will be turned down after
closing time and evening activities in the buildings will be
curtailed because of the fuel shortage, according to a ruling
of the Board of Education last night. The conservation
ruling will eliminate league games usually played in the
evening, unless the board gives special permission in certain
cases.
The fuel problem was Drougnt. up
when the board was presented a list
of requests for use of school build
ings. Mayor John S. Monagan
stated that many of the activities
noted in the requests are the ones
the petroleum administration had in
mind when a recent directive on
conservation was sent out. He said
mayors were requested to make ef
forts to eliminate use of solid fuel
in places of recreation.
Mayor Monagan commented the
board should declare a policy on
conservation of fuel at once, adding
it would have a chance to review the
situation in another two weeks. He
suggested then that heat should be
cut down as soon as schools are
closed.
The board tentatively approved
the various requests but made the
permission subject to later action
by the school activities committee.
It was pointed out the board would
terminate the outside activities
whenever the fuel situation seemed
to warrant action.
Dr. Thomas J. Condon, superin
tendent of schools, was authorized
to give notice that at the end of the
week no games could be played after
5 p. m. It was pointed out many of
the school games are scheduled for
4 p. m., and there would be suffi
cient time to complete them by the
new deadline. It was indicated the
school committee might grant per
mission for an extension in espe
cially meritorious cases.
Permission for school activities
was granted by the board as follows:
Waterbury chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,
to collect funds in the schools for
their annual drive; Board of Edu
cation of the Blind, to conduct a
sale for the blind in Crosby and
Wilby High schools on Tuesday. Feb.
20. and in Leavenworth High school
on Wednesday, February 21.
The Waterbury Girls’ club was
permitted use of the community
room in Apderson school on Thurs
day afternoons for a dancing class.
Tentative permission for use of
school buildings was granted as fol
lows: Avigs basketball team, use of
Abbott gym Thursday evenings for
basketball practice beginning Feb.
1; Leavenworth high school athletic
council, use of Wilby gym, evening
of Feb 21 for annual alumni game
and dance; Panthers basketball
team for use of Hopeville gym Mon
day evenings for practice, beginning
Feb. 5; Boy Scouts, use of Sprague
gym. Feb. 15. Feb. 22. March 29. and
April 26; Casper Davis Drum corps,
use of Sprague gym evening of Feb.
24 for a minstrel.
BETA HI-Y CLUB
ARRANGING PROM
The Beta Hi-Y club will present
the annual Junior Prom on Feb
ruary 9th in the Y. M. C. A. ball
rom. Bill Ryder is the general
chairman with Arnold Rossi in
charge of publicity, assisted by Lee
Prescott, Warren Randall, Gordon
Gibson, Chris Rlgopclous, Verne
Miller and Leonard Mecca. In
charge of the program committee
is George Frantzes and assisting
him are Nell McKay, Steve Ve
deskis, Robert Coleman and Rich
ard Dixon. The decoration commit
tee includes Randall Duphiney, Ed
ward Pimentel, George BellveaU.
Fred Lux, Patsy Guerrera, George
Perreault, Bill Judd will act as
chairman. Don Liebreich heads the
refreshment committee and is as
sisted by Andy Allard, George
Tracy, Robert Miller and Joe Lux.
The dance Is seml-formal. CHIT
Slater and his orchestra will fur
nish the music.
New members added to the Beta
Hl-Y club last evening were Verne
Miller, Leonard Mecca, Patsy Guer
rera, George Perreault, Robert Mil
ler and Richard Dixon.
BUY WAB BONDI AND ITAMFI
REELECTED
HIP
ANTHONY GWIAZDOSKI
St. Stanislaus Benefit Society
entering upon its 36th year elect
ed officers at its annual meeting
Sunday. Anthony Gwaizdoski was
chosen president for the tenth
time and Szestav Kobylinski,
treasurer, for his 25th term. The
society voted $500 for the pur
chase of a war bond. Other offi
cers chosen were: vice president,
Stanislaw Felburd; financial sec
retary, Antoni Kadziwicz; record
ing secretary, Michael Mirytko;
treasurer, Kasyer Czestou Koby
linski; Cp. Kasy, Andrzej Stanis;
Morgan Ilolkoski, Marszatek Bol
eslav Kryrembek; Hrorzy Tioto
Korbuszenskl; Antoni Krobuszew
ski, Edward Skibinski, Komitat do
la tow.
STAFnNDUOED
BY FANNICK POST
State Commander Cites
Figures on Jewish Youths
in Armed Forces
Record of Jewish men in the
armed forces was lauded by State
Comdr. Fred Robbias, South Nor
walk, at the Installation of officers
of Fannick post, Jewish War Vet
erans. and auxiliary, at Bisnov’s res
taurant last night.
Comdr. Robbins told of a recent
survey which showed tha the per
centage of Jewish men in service is
far in excess of the population
ratio of Jews. He said that of 600,000
Jews serving in the U. S. armed
forces, about 3.000 have been killed,
about 5,000 wounded, and about 3,000
have received citations for valor and
merit posthumously.
Other speakers at the ceremonies
were Mayor John S. Monagan, Rev.
Roger B. T. Anderson, state Ameri
can Legion chaplain; Mildred
Smuckler, Bridgeport, regional vice
president; Mrs. Sadie Cohen, de
partment president. Comdr. Morris
H. Shapiro, Mrs. Mary Lltsky. Past
State Department Comdr. Martin
Horowitz, New Britain, J'.arry J.
Beardsley, Rabbis David Polish. Wil
liam P. Oreenfeld, and Max Oifter.
SCOUTS AUTHORIZED
TO UTILIZE PAVILION
The park board last night grant
ed permission to the local Boy Scout
Council to use the Hamilton Park
pavilion February 13 for a demon
stration. It was indicated the coun
cil win assume full responsibility
for the use and will pay the actual
coats which are Incurred, Including
those on lighting and cleaning.
teria, which are missing in Sicily
and Italy, the very means where
by the Military Government If
being imposed on Germany is auto
matically going to help break Nazi
ism. The keynote of Nazloism has
been highly centralized control from
Berlin. The Military Government
will of necessity be imposed region
ally as the armies move inland This
rebirth of regional decentralized
government will in Itself do much to
defeat the whole Nazi trend and
spirit of government.
It is still too early to make any
sweeping judgments of the Military
Government. In the first place, we
have as yet only "a toenail hold”
on the Reich. Secondly, thus far it
has been easy for the Nazis to get
out of town before our armies get
in, thus postoning many of the most
complicated problems the Military
Government is going to have to fac«
east of the Rhine.
The advance Military dovern
ment Detachment arrived in Als
WORLD WAR II
A YEAR AGO
BY UNITED PRESS
American bombers and fighters
blast at Frankfort and industrial
and railroad targets at Hanover;
bag 46 enemy planes.
American troops advance within
a mile from Cassino while the 5th
Army pushes closer to Rome.
Soviet troops continue their re
lentless advance on all sectors
and at one point are only 15 miles
from Estonia.
In the Pacific, escorted torpedo
divebombers strike at Rabaul; 31
Jap planes destroyed.
In Berlin, Adolf Hitler says that
there can be only one winner—
Germany or Russia: declares that
a German victory "means the
preservation of Europe.”
i, ■■ ~~ ■ -T-—
dorf October 18—two day* after
spearhead elements of the Ninth
Army entered the town. It estab
lished headquarters in bomb shel
ters beneath the administration
building of the Anna mine, which
is the city’s chief industry. ' •
The burgomeister (mayor) was
still there- A career civil servant, a
mayor for 25 years, he had joined
the Nazi party In 1933 to keep hit
Job. Since he was a notably good
administrator and security officers
had no objection to him, he was
kept in office. The Military Gov
ernment Detachment had no black
and white lists of good and bad cit
izens before entering this fairly
small town and knew no one to
take the Mayor's place. Tills will
take care of Itself in bigger cities,
but it is worth noting that Detach
ments have no easy way of finding
anti-Nazis to replace office holders
in the smaller communities.
AMG SUPERVISES
The Military Government of
ficer made clear to the mayor that
it was his Job to run the town;
that the Military Government
was here to supervise, not to ad
minister. Since Nazi labor ogan
izatlon officials had fled, the Mil
itary Government appointed a
temporary manager of the labor
office and ordered the mayor to
get all male workers registered.
At the same time the manager of
the mine was ordered to send a
letter to all miners ordering them
to come back to work.
Simultaneously, in conjunction,
with Military Security officers,
Alsdorf’s Nazi structure was
checked. In the flush days of Na
ziism the city had boasted some
2500 party members grouped in
two ortsgrupper — third lowest
(above the precinct, which Is
above the block) organization ir>.
party hierarchy. Then in 1942,
with many away at war. the two
ortsgruppen had amalgamated into
one.
As a general policy, the Nazis
aren’s being arrested below the
ortsgruppen levels. Alt ogsther only
about 40 were arrested and sent to
civil internment camps to the rear.
There they were checked again—
some to be released after military
operation leaves the area, others to
to be held for possible prosecution
later.
To date there have been no over
acts of unfriendliness. After all.
there has been little chance for
any. The problem of Naziism most
ly solved itself here. At this stage
the Military Government has been
put to few tests.
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In pretty pastel solid shades—
also colorful plaids — rayon
satin bindings — in a popular
crib size, 36x50 — inexpen
sively priced.
$2.98 «*,
Infants’ Chenille
Bed Spreads
Large crib size—exceptionally
well covered with chenille —
with colorful floral designs. All
worked upon a fine count
white muslin. In two pattern
selections.
$4.98 .»■ $5.98
Infants’ Cotton
Wrapping Blanket*
A splendid washing and wear
ing quality — in a good size
and weight—colors are white,
pink and blue. Two price as
sortments to select from.
49c»„d 59c
each
Infants’ Rayon Satin
Comfortables
These come with pillows to
match — well filled — soft
and downy — a comfortable
that combines warmth, beauty
and durability to give baby
greater sleeping comfort. In
gleaming blue and pink.
,5.98 ,
6* 7
.98
Infat>*:;’ AH Wool
Crib Blankets
Here's 3 100% pure wool
covering In a large size,
42x60 — In blue, pink
and white—real warmth
without weight — bound
with correspondingly
colored rayon bindings.
S7.98
each
I
Girls’
Rayon Panties
In tea rose only — a limited
quantity — elastic back brief
style — sizes Include 4 to 12.
49c
Infants'
Diapers
We have both Curlly end Chix
— "nuff” wild.
$2.50 dor.
THE MILLER SPECK CO.
Waterbury — Cheshire
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