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WMC Investigating Violations Of Stabilization Programs
Statewide Survey Now
In Progress To Check
Infractions Of Rules
Officials Believe Majority of Violations Due to Lack of
Familiarity With Law; Employers on Whole
Are Cooperative
Btate Manpower Director William J. Fitzgerald of the
War Manpower Commission today said tnat a state-wide
check of employers of all types to determine to what
extent they are complying with priority referrals, employ
ment ceilings and manpower utilization techniques and
other regulations of the War Manpower Commission will
be started immediately to halt violations of the Stabiliza
tion Program.
MULE SKINNER
NO SOFT JOB
Waterbury Youth With
‘Blue Devil” Division Has
Interesting Experience
Wit hthe Fifth Army. Italy-Pri
vate First Class John Holdrldge of
Waterbury, Connecticut,- normally a
radio operator, was pressed Into
service as a mule skinner recently
and underwent a harrowing exper
ience on the Fifth Army front In
northern Italy.
He serves In Headquarters Com
pany, 351st ‘'spearhead” Regiment
of the 88th “Blue Devil” Division.
Assigned as extra help on a mule
pack train carrying supplies to the
forward elements of the regiment,
Holdrldge and three others found
themselves separated from the rest
of the train at night.
The mules were tired, the soldiers
exhausted and the approaching
dawn would expose them to the
enemy. They moved Into a small
barn for rest and shelter. One man
■went ahead to reconnolter and met
a medic, who said they were ahead
of the Yank lines and almost within
earshot of the Germans.
Thij medic directed the mule skin
ners to a supply dump.
At the supply dump, they had
breakfast, were given two more
mules and new directions. They ar
rived at the point where the com
pany they were seeking was suposer
to bii but found another outfit dig
ging in.
Tli* Germans then started laying
In a barrage and mule skinners and
mules got out as quickly as possible.
At the supply depot again, Holdrlge
and his companions found another
train being outfitted for a trip to
their unit. They Joined the new
train, which reached the objective
without Incident.
Holdrlge holds the Combat In
fantryman Badge, the Good Con
duct Medal and the European The
ater Ribbon with one battle star. His
wife, Mrs. Anna Holdrldge lives at
158 Maple street, Waterbury.
Hopkins Undergoes
Mayo Clinic Exam
Rochester, Minn., March 1. —
(UP) — Harry Hopkins, confidante
and advisor to President Roosevelt,
was undergoing a physical examina
tion today at the Mayo clinic.
Hopkins arrived bv plane Tues
day on his return from the "Big
Three” conference at Yalta.
Mayo clinic suld Hopkin.s was "in
Rochester for examination and ob
servation of a recurrence of a con
dition that he has had for several
years. Preliminary examination
dlscloies no complications”.
me survey is Demg maae, ne sara.
Jointly by members of the WMC
staff and Inspectors of the Wage
and Hour and Public Contracts Di
vision of the Department of Labor.
These steps were necessary, Mr. Fitz
gerald continued, because of viola
tions of the manpower program
which have been called to his at
tention in recent weeks.
The state WMC head emphasized
that he was convinced that the
great majority of state employers
arc complying with the commis
sion’s regulation.1;. However, he said,
violations have been uncovered most
ly due to the fact that employers
were not familiar with the terms
of the stabilization program in
their respective areas. In one city
In central Connecticut agents of
the WMC uncovered many violations
of the program disclosing that many
male and female workers in that
area were hired without the neces
sary statements of availability.
“The new state-wide check up he
said, Is being made to bring em
ployers who are not complying with,
the WMC program into line. By
utilizing the Department of Laboi
inspection force we save manpower
and time in recruiting and training
our own staff of inspectors.”
The Wage and Hour Division has
many experienced Inspectors operat
ing throughout the state and they
are well acquainted with employ
ment records. These inspectors will
not only check on violations of the
WMC program but will also scan
the extent of compliance with the
Wage and Hour law and wage stab
ilization procedures of the War
Labor Board.
The first wide check-up will start
in Hartford and then take in other
cities
The stute director said that he
was confident that the check-up
by the Inspectors would reveal that
Connecticut employers as a whole,
were cooperating to the fullest ex
tent with the terms of the WMC
Manpower Control.
LEADER DESCRIBES
DUTIES OF C.A.P.
Capt. Gerald M. Monaghan, CAP
Connecticut Wing Intelligence, yes
terday addressed members of the
Kiwanis club racing the back
ground and functions of the CAP
in this state and throughout the
nation.
Originally organized three years
ago under Civilian Defense the CAP
Is now designated as the 32nd Army
Air Force a part of the regular
forces. Playing a major part In the
coast-line defense against submar
ines at the war's outset 20 mem
bers of the group gave their lllves
In this latter activity, Capt. Mona
ghan stated.
Though actual flight training is
not given under CAP auspices,
Capt. Monaghan explained, the
Wing has already inaurguated a
program of flight scholarships for
promising young men to lnsiu-e op
portunity for them to put In use in
Lite air the skills they have learned
n ground school.
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GIVEN FURLOUGH
CANIO R. GENOVESE
Pvt. Canto R. Genovese, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Domenic Genovese,
84 Barnes street extension, is
spending a 15-day furlough with
his parents.
Pvt. Genovese trained at Keesler
Field. Miss., Coe College, Ccdat
Rapids, Iowa, Santa Ana, Calif.,
and Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
where he completed his course as
radio operator and mechanic.
A graduate of Leavenworth High
school where he starred as a foot
ball player and was chosen all city
fullback. Previous to entering the
service In 1943, he was employed
at the Southern New England
Ice Co.
Three women from the Water
bury district recently graduated
from the United States Naval train
ing school for yeomen at Oklahoma
A. & M. college, Stillwell, Okla.,
and are now rnted as seamen first
class. They are: Stella J. Zdano
wicz, 28 St. Margaret avenue, Wa
terbury, who attended Wilby high
school and Post Junior college, lias
been assigned to active duty at the
Naval Barracks, New York city for
further assignment. A brother,
Daniel P. Zdanowicz, Is a Motor
Machinist's Mate 3-C in the U. S.
Naval Service.
Charlotte Stewart Leuchars,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Leuchars, 15 New street, Naugatuck,
who attended Naugatuck high
school, has been assigned to active
duty at the Naval Barracks, New
York city fbor further assignment.
A brother, William O. Leuchars. is
in the U. S. Marine Corps.
Louise Jane Thompson, daughter
of Mrs. Mildred M. Frazier of
East Side Woodbury, who attend
ed Woodbury high school and*Beck
er college, has also been assigned
to atclve duty at the Naval Bar
racks, New York city for further
assignment, a sister, Lt. Charlotte
R. Frazier, is in the service.
Raymond Blinov, signalman 3-e,
participated in tiio invasion of Lu
zon lie reported in a letter to his
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Irving Blsnov,
44 Bronson street. Bisnov said his
amphibious craft was the first to
hit the Luzon beach. The petty of
ficer is a former employe of Pulton
Market, Inc.
Marie Katherine Maker, daughter
of Mrs. Jessie Maker, 50 Uerndale
avenue, who has been stationed at
Port Oglethorpe, CJa„ lias been us
ilgned to Port Hamilton, N. Y.
Capt. Roy L. White, former Wa
terburlan, commanding the 38th In
fantry regiment, stopped a Nazi at
tack and staved off three addition
al assaults at Roclierath, Belgium
December 17, it was reported yes
terday.
Capt. White, son of Mr. and Mrs. i
Ueorge White, 81 Burton street, I
lartlclpfcted In the Normandy in
vasion last June 6, and hus been
iwarded the Bronze Star Medal and |
lie Purple Heart. The officer en- |
lstcri in the National Guard as a j
irlvate 12 years ago and began ac- ;
Ive duty when his outfit was fed- j
irallzed four years ago.
His wife, Irene, and his two chil- j
Iren live at 380 East Main street, j
few Britain, in which city he was j
ormerly employed by the Stanley
roots.
Pvt. Philip L. Plntoff, son of Mr.
,nd Mrs. Joseph Plntoff, Main
treet, Waterbury, is spending a 21
lay leave here. Previously stationed
t Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.,
nd the Mississippi ordnance plant
n Flora, Miss., he will return to
ndiantown Gap, Pa. Pvt. Plntoff
/as a former student at Ohio State
mlverslty.
Battle Flag
Siven Widow
New York, March 1—(UP)—Mr*,
/ebb Miller, widow of the first,
rnJted Press correspondent killed
i this war, received the tattered
attle flog which the Liberty ship
amed for her husband flew during
le Invasion of Normandy.
Lt. Cmdr. Zygmunt Prunibs, U. S.
I. 8„ chief officer of the Webb
filler, presented the flag to Mrs.
tiller yesterduy at United Pres.-,
eadquarters.
"I'm going to fly It next from the
,afl In my Connecticut garden the
ay we win the war,’1 Mrs. Miller
ild.
Webb Miller lost his life In a
ackout accident in London n May,
140, on the eve of his departure to
>ver the British campaign In Nor
ay. He was at the time European
sws chief for the U. P„ a noted
stnran fo a quarter-century of
irelgn correspondent.
The Liberty ship bearing his name
as the first to be christened in
uior of a correspondent. It was
unched at South Portland, Me.,
peember 5, 1943. Blx months later,
i D-day plus two, it first unload- j
1 troops and cargo off the Nor- ,
an coast. Tlic ship was a target |
r c.hrapncl and other light-calibre i
■e as It stood for ten hours a mile
fshore.
uy War Banda ft Stamps
John J. McElligott, 76 South street,
has received the Purple Heart medal
awarded posthumously to his
son, Sgt. John J. McElllgott, who
was killed In Belgium, December
S3, 1944. The soldier went over
seas February 19, 1944, after train
ing at Pine Camp, New York, ai d
Camps Maxie und Hood in Texas
He attended Crosby high sch'-ol and
was employed at Chase Metal Works
previous to entering the service on
February 19, 1942.
Staff Sgt. Henry Byrnes, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Byrnes of
22 Niagara street recently received
the Bronze Star for heorlc achieve
ment while serving In Germany
with a tank corps, attached to the
Eighth Infantry division.
The soldier, who went overseas a
year ago, received the Purple
Heart awarded for wounds received
during the battle of Brest last
September, and also holds the Good
Conduct Medal.
He trained at Camp Polk, La.,
Camp Coxcomb, Cal., and Fort
Benning, Ga. His wife, the former
Vivian Galligan, resides at 25
Greenleaf avenue.
Pfc. Tony Azzara, 22, mat killed
in action in Luxembourg:, January
27, according to a War Depart
ment telegram received by his
wife, Mrs. Madeline (Radasso)
Azzara, 32 Hill street. The soldier,
who was previously reported miss
ing in action in that area, is the
father of two children, Anthony,
2, and William, seven months old.
Entering the service last June,
Azzara trained at Camp Croft,
S. C„ and Fort Meade, Md., the
infantryman was serving with the
8 fill. Division of General George
S. Patton’s Third Army at the
time he was killed. He was a
former employe of the Waterbury
Manufacturing Company.
Besides his wife and children,
the soldier is survived by his
father, Domenic Azzara, Becklcy,
W. Va.; his mother, Mrs. Mary
Abedin, 32 Cherry sree; a brother.
Marine Corporal John D. Azzara,
stationed in Washington, D. C.;
two sisters, Mrs. Abdul Harris,
Waterbury, and Mrs. Joseph Mais
ro, Oakville.
Promotion of Lt. (j.g.) Edmund
H. Linn, 25, (ChC-V)S, USNH,
Lockridge, Iowa, to Lieutenant, has
been announced recently by Lieut
Comdr. Paul V. McHenry Civil En
gineering Corps) USNR, offlcer-in
charge of the 23d Naval Construc
tion Battalion, on duty in tne Pa
cific area.
Lt. Linn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lcland Linn, Lockridge, Iowa, was
commissioned as a Junior grade lieu
tenant in the Navy September,
1943, and was sent to the Naval
Training school for Chaplains at
William and Mary College, Wil
liamsburg, Va., for indoctrination.
Following this he was assigned
to the 23d Battalion, repotting for
duty, June 14, 1944. He has been
stationed at an overseas base six
months.
' A graduate of Iowa Wesleyan col
I lege, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and of
I Vale School ol' Divinity. New Ha
ven, Colin., he holds Bachelor of
Arts and Doctor ol Divinity Degrees,
respectively, from these Institutions.
He was ordained us a minister May
16, 1943.
Chaplain Linn is on leave of ab
sence from the First Baptist church
Waterbury, Conn., of which he Is
assistant pastor,
Pfc. Howard E. Palmer, Oakville,
who returned to this country *
month ago fro mthe European thea
tre, has reported for reassignment
to an Army camp in New Jersey.
During his 19 months service In
the Mediterranean and Europe, lie
was awarded the Distinguished Serv
ice Cross, the Silver Star and the
Purple Heart. He Is a former em
ploye of the Oakville Pin division of
the Scovill Mfg. Co.
THIRD CLUSTER
RICHARD SPELLMAN
First Lieutenant
An Eighth Air Force Bomber Sta
tion, England — First. Lt. Richard
C. Spellman, 20, of Prospect, Conn.,
co-pilot on a B-17 Flying Fortress,
has been awarded the third Oak
Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal at
this Eighth Air Force base in Eng
land. The presentation was made
by his group commander, Lt. Col.
William J. Wigglesworth, of Eau
Claire, Wis.
Lt. Spellman is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl C. Spellman, of Sum
mit Road, Prospect.
Prior to entering the Army Air
Forces in November, 1942, Lt. Spell
man was a student at the University
of Connecticut. He received his
pilot’s wings in March, 1944, at Vic
toria, Texas.
S-Sgt Harvey West, 141 Waterville
street, an aerial gunner on a Liber
ator flying from an 8th. Air Force
base in England, has recently re
ceived the fourth Oak Leaf cluster
to his Air Medal, according to word
received by his wife. Prior to enter
ing the Air Force in December, 1941.
he was employed at the Lux Clock
Mfg. Co.
Two Waterbury. Conn., members
of the Women’s Reserve were en
rolled recently at the Naval Train
ing School (Yeomen-W) on the
Iowa State Teachers College cam
pus, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The enrollees arc: Vivian M. Ross,
20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Ross, 248 Wood street, and Frances
Moulton Colgrove. 31, daughter of
Mrs. Alice Case Colgrove, 164 Pros
pect street.
Lewis A. Moll of Waterbury,
Conn., has been promoted to
staff sergeant at ergstrom Field, I
Troop Carrier Command base near
Austin, Texas, according to recent
announcement by Col. Samuel J.
Davis, base commanding officer.
Sgt. Mell attended the Rutgers
University for six months and was
u musician at the time he entered
the service.
Sgt. Mell is the son of William L.
Mell, who resides at R 8, Norwicli
town.
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| Pvt. George Lewis GUlotte, son of
Mrs. George GUlotte, 1055 Chase
! Parkway, has been honorably dis
charged from the Army after two
years' service.
William S. Oyurickso, son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. Gyurickso, Chestnut
avenue, is spending a 35-day leave
here after serving in the South
Pacific for several months. The
Navy man was recently advanced to
P. O. 3-c.
He entered the service in Febru
ary of last year, and trained at
Sampson, N. Y., and Newport, R. I.
His wife Is the former Doris Mary
Maloney of Johnson street.
From an Air Base in India —
The Air Medal was recently award
ed to Corporal Edward L. Clark, of
174 Prospect street, Waterbury,
Conn., an aerial engineer serving
with a Combat Cargo Group which
operates under Major General
George E. Stratemeyer's Allied
Eastern Air Command.
The award was made for partici
pating in more than twenty-five
aerial flights over enemy territory.
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Private Vincent lannac
cone Loses Life in Bel
gium Offensive
Pvt. Vincent Iannaccone. Jr., 19
who was discharged from an Army
hospital on December 23 alter re
covering from wounds suffered in
Luxembourg, was killed In action in
Belgium on January 16, according
to a War Department telegram re
ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Vincent Iannaccone, 21M Union
street.
The soldier entered the Army,
December 7. 1943. und trained at
Port McClellan, Ala. After spend
ing a furlough here, he went over
seas last July.
He attended Leavenworth high
school, had been a member of the
Boys' Club for 12 years and of the
Warriors' Athletic club. He was
formerly employed by the U. S.
Rubber company.
Besides his parents, Pvt. Iannac
cone, Is survived by four brothers,
Cpl. Anthony Iannaccone, with an
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