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' Funds Transferred
For New Equipment
Members of Board of Finance Visit Controller's Office
to Witness Operation of Machines
Members of the city's financi
board yesterday viewed the opera
tions of the new payroll machliu
Installed In the office of City Con
trolled Nell F. Maloney. The mem
bers watched the operators. Ml.*
Helen Allman and Miss Marie Ce
asarlo run off sample work ordin
arily undertaken on the new equip
ment. The members visited the
controller's office following theli
regular finance board meeting yes
terday afternoon.
The sum of $275 was transferred
yesterday by the board for the pur
chase of an electric typewriter for
use In the budget director’s office
and elsewhere. Budget Director
Arnold E. Furlong requested the pur
chase to facilitate the need for
making numerous copies of the
various reports Issued by his and the
controller’s office.
The sum of $500 was transferred
In the education department budget
of which $200 will be used for the
purchase of an electric refrigerator
and the remainder In connection
with the hot lunch program.
A combination tractor has been
approved for purchase by the board
for Brookslde Home at a cost of
$460, uporl request of Supt. Mat
thew Doyle.
Thomas F. Moore, secretary of
-the park board yesterday forward
ed to the finance board a financial
accounting of receipts and expendi
tures at the golf course and the
Hamilton park pavilion. They are:
Golf course: Cash balance. Jan.
1. $3,481.53; receipts through Feb.
25, $82.24 expenditures through
Feb. 25, $286.58; cash balance. Feb.
26, $3,277.18; accounts receivable,
$30.19; accounts payable, $306.03;
net fund balance Feb. 26, $3,001.35.
Pavilion: Cash balance Jan. 29,
$1,615.69; receipts through Feb. 25,
$51755; expenditures through Feo.
25, $978.77; cash balance Feb. 26,
$1,154.26; accountsc receivable
WOMEN’S CHORUS
MEETS TONIGHT
Members to Gather at
Grace Methodist Church
at 7:30 O’Clock
WATERVILLE
Correspondent’* Phone—3-6511
Waterville, March 2—The Wom
en’s chorus of Grace Methodist
chufeh will meet this evening at
the church at 7:30.
T^e Methodist Youth Fellowship
met at the church last, night, at 8
o'clock. Following a devotional serv
ice and business meeting a social
hour was enjoyed.
Mr*. Homer Rood has returned
to her home, 1829 Thomaston ave
nue after spending a few days with
relatives in Mystic.
Mrs. Edward Johnston of Sheffield
terrace was admitted to the Water
bury hospital Wednesday night for
observation.
Theodore Seeley lias returned to
work after being confined to his
home for the past two weeks.
John Cluncy, who has been a pa
tient at the Waterbury hospital for
many weelts has returned to his
home. His condition Is good.
The weekly Bible study classes
will be held tomorrow evening at the
Watervllle Union church. Rev. Ed
ward Hansen of New Britain will
teach the 6:30 class and Rev. Milton
S. Nilson will have charge of the
7:30 class.
Mrs. William Nolan entertained
recently for her son, Billy, who cele
brated his fifth birthday. Decora
tions were of yellow and white and
a large birthday cake was the cen
terpiece. Billy received many nice
gifts from those present who in
cluded: William, Joan and Irving
Tucker, Beverly Paradis, Irene and
Marilyn Tucker. Julie Ann Lane,
Mary Jane and Karen Ann Stevens,
John Flaherty, John O'Rourke, Jean
McCarthy, Joseph Lyman. Andrew
and Robert Kowal, Susan and Den
ise Seery and Mary Ellen Fitzglb
bons.
Sprague school will reopen on
Monday, March 5, after a 10-day
vacation period.
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$36.97; Recount* payable. $332.19;
net fund balance Feb. 26. $959.04;
available for the Hamilton park
bond sinking fund, $350.
The aum of $1,380,786 conatl
tuted the city's rash balance as ot
Feb. 28 according to the monthly
report submitted to the finance
board yesterday by City Treasurer
Serge Belanger. The accounting Is
as follows:
First National bank of Boston
'general), $183 846.04; First Na
tional bank of Boston < Pitch ac
count). $77,805.42; Waterbury Trust
Co.. $155,000; Waterbury National,
$235,000; Citizens Ac Manufactur
ers, $236,029.92; Colonial Trust
'street and general improvement),
*190.986.88: Colonial Trust <gen
eral), *300.000; Citizens Ac Manu
facturers 'child carei, *1,060.75
Colonial Trust 'taxes in advance
of levy), *1,057.08.
PLANT EXPANSIONS
DUE TO CONTRACTS
Scovill’s. Chase’s Increas*:
imr Facilities Here, Other
Out'of-Town Divisions
Additional contracts In amount of
almost *6 million for enlargement
of the Cleveland, Ohio, branch of
the Chase Brass Ac Copper Co., have
been announced by the local or
ganization.
About 140,000 square feet of new
construction will be used to Increase
production of mortar shells while
60.000 square feet of additional space
will double the casting capacity of
the Ohio branch plant. Actual cost
Will be *5,950,000.
This is in addition to the recently
reported plans for a half-million
dollar expansion of facilities at the
Waterbury Mfg. Co., branch here to
Increase the output o£ 90 mm. cart
ridge cases and add new production
lines for 105-mm. cases.
The Cleveland expansion is said to
constitute plans whereby the casting
furnaces there will be able to roll
almost 30,000 pounds of ammunition
strip and convert the strip Into 105
mm. cases.
Last December a contract for a |
*2,900.000 expaaslon for casting and
strip capacity was awarded in De
cember by the Defense Plant Corp.
It has been announced by the
Scovill Mfg. Co., here that addi
tional equipment costing $2,600,000
for facilities will be financed by
the DPC. The new expansion is
expected to be largely conlined to
mill equipment.
AMERICAN BIRDS
LECTURE THEME
C. P. Grant to Exhibit Re*
markable Photos at 2nd
Church Forum
Cleveland P. Grant will present
his famous bird lecture “Adventures ,
In Color with American Birds’’ at
the Forum of the Second Church
on Sunday evening, March 4 at 7:30
p. m. His wife, Ruth Grant, will
accompany him and will act as his .
projectionist. This is a well-round- ,
ed bird lecture with excellent lllus- j
tration in natural color motion pic- !
—.i
' lures, including game birds, song i
birds, and sea birds. Mr. Grant
spent fifteen years of study, search •
and photography; months of plan- 1
ning and observation to film one
•CLEVELAND P. GRANT
courtship or hatching; twenty hours ;
at a time in a blind to take a sin
gle scene—that this graphic and in- ■
timate portrayals of the beauty and
wonders of bird life may be shown
on the screen.
Cleveland P. Grant, Director of
Extension, Baker-Hunt Founds- 1
tlon, Covington, Kentucky; past
President, The Audubon Society of
Ohio; past President, Chicago Or
nithological Society. When Mr.
Grant graduated from Oberlln Col
lege he Joined the staff of Field
Museum of Natural History as Ex
tension Lecturer, and then as Act
ing Curator in charge of School Ex
tension Department. In the past
twelve years Mr. Grant has deliv
ered more than thirty-five hundred
bird and animal lectures to over a
million people. Many of his films
have been released to the theaters
of the nation through Paramount
He Is an annual event on a hundred
leading courses. Each year Mr. and
Mrs. Grant have a new film. Mr.
Grant’s lectures have the same
charm as huve his frequent maga
zine articles which appear through
out the country. He is an excel
lent speaker, an expert photograph
er and a great naturalist.
COMPETITION FOR NYLON?
You won t be as wild about nylon
when you can get It, after all, says
SHE Magazine In Its February issue.
And then proceeds to explain that
petroleum and sea brine have been
combined to make ‘‘Velon." "Velon"
has everything nylon has but also
doesn’t stain or burnt
Whittling Down The Japs
On Land, Sea And In The Air
MANPOWKK—From Iwo Jlma, through the Pacific Inland* to the
Philippine*, Japanese troop* are paying the price of aggression. Scene
above show* bodies of Jap* after bitter street fighting In Manila.
SEAPOWER—The U. H. Navy ha* frightened the Jap fleet Into hiding,
while Allied warahipa, aubmarinea and bombing planea blaat enemy
ahlpa, like the one above, that do try to run the gantlet.
WT
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AIRPOWER—Jap airfield* everywhere, from the homeland to farflunf
island bases, take a beating. Wrecked Jap planes above are resalt of
USAAF bombardment of Clark Field, Lucon.
In every uspcct of the war, Japan is suffering from attrition made pos
sible by Allied superiority of men, material and fighting ability. Photo*
above symbolize the steady pounding being given the enemy on land,
sea and In the air.
The Manpower Situation
The outlook for enactment of
rational service legislation of the
;ype recommended by the President
ippears very uncertain, despite the
ictlon of the House Military Affairs
sommittee In approving a modified
'orm of the plan, states the current
ssue of Guaranty Survey, published
py the Guaranty Trust Company
>f New York,
Widespread opposition to the pro
posal has been voiced in Congress,
is well as In labor and industrial
•ircles, The Survey continues. There
s reported to be a belief among
nembers of Congress that labor
ihortages in critical munitions pro
irams are due more to inefficient
nan-power planning than to the re*
usal of men to accept war jobs.
Tlie bill approved by the commit
ee provides that “in addition to
he land and naval forces, every
cgistrant between the ages of IB
Speech Old
Says GO P's
Washington, March 2 — <U,P.) —
Jemocrnts praised President Rouse
elt’s report on the Crimea Con
erence yesterday, but Republicans
xpressed disappointment that he
Id not give congress Information
n undisclosed aspects of the Big
hree decisions.
That was the way congressional
etlon to the speech divided gener
,lly. Typical comment included:
Acting Speaker John W. McCor
nack. D„ Mass.: “A dramatic mess
ige of historical Importance."
Senator Robert A. Taft, R.. Ohio:
Nothing that I didn’t know be
ore.”
Senator Olln Johnston, D., S. C.:
A wonderful speech. I’m glad
Vmerlca was represented at the con
erence in the spirit of trying to
vork out a lasting peace, and not
ust to get something for us."
Senator J. William Pulbright, D..
irk.: "I’m disappointed there was
l’t more to it."
Senator A. B. Chandler, D., Ky.,
.aid the speech was proof that the
Big Three are getting along well."
Senator Millard E. Tydings, D„
lid.: "A very constructive achicvc
nent and a frank, full report on
-he Yalta conference."
Senator Kenneth McKellar, D.,
renn.: "A great speech."
Senator Richard B. Russell, D.,
3a.: “A sound, straight-forward ap
proach to the establishment of world
peace."
House Republican Leader Joseph
IV. Martin, R., Mass.: "Congress was
llsappolnted that nothing especially
pew was disclosed. I did enjoy, how
ever, the story of the President's
trip and conference at Yalta," he
said.
Representative Charles A. Halleck,
El , Ind.: "It was a pretty good re
port of reports already reported."
Representative Earl Mlchener, R.,
Mich.: "A most Interesting and
worthwhile report delivered In a
luman way. The country will await
-he details."
Chairman Sol Bloom, D., N, Y„
pf the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee: "The principles which the
president declared were so humane
wd far-seeing that it seems un
-hlnkable that there can be any
ioubt of their eventual adoption by
he entire civilized world,”
Representative Alvin O'Konski,
i., WU„ a leading urlUc of the Po
and 45 who la not a member of
such forces on active duty and Is
not exempted or deferred” shall be
"liable to perform work in an ac
tivity In war production or in sup
port. of the national health, safety,
or Interest, or In an agricultural
occupation or endeavor essential" to
the war program. It would au
thorize local draft boards to place
men between the ages of 18 and 45
)n essential war jobs if they re
fused to accept them after being
asked to do so and would "freeze"
j men in essential jobs for the dura
' lion of the war unless they were
permitted by their draft boards to
I leave them,
The War Manpower Commission
j has announced a program of stric
ter enforcement of employment
"ceilings," with flagrant violations
to be referred to the War Produc
tion Board for the application of
such sanctions as the withholding
of materials, power, fuel, or trans
portation. Violations, however, are
said to be "amazingly rare," and
It is predicted that only a few
"crackdowns” will be needed. Pend
ing Congressional action on na
tional service legislation, It Is plan
ned to extend the system of labor
Inventories and employment "ceil
ings ’ over much wider areas than
have been covered heretofore,
Inventories of labor in less es
sential businsses arc to be made
nation-wide, and "ceilings" are to
be applied to all such concerns
employing eight or more workers
with optonal authorty to area di
rctors to bring smaller employers
under the system. Regional offices
are reported to be preparing for
"sweeping moves" to lower "ceil
ings" for non-essential and non
eritical businesses In areas of labor
shortage.
A number of legislative proposals
for the war and early post-war
periods, similar at several points to
the President's recommendations,
are offered by James P. Byrnes in
his first quarterly report as Direc
tor of the Office of War Mobiliza
tion and Reconversion. In the field
of manpower regulation, Mr. Byrnes
believes that Congress should con
sider legislation to strengthen ad
ministrative controls over men re
jected by the Army for physical
reasons. If the steps taken by the
War Production Board to withhold
priorities from manufacturers not
complying with manpower regula
tions should prove ineffective, he
recommends that Congress consider
legislation to strengthen the au
thority of the War Manpower Com
mission. He suggests also that the
War Labor Board be given power
to enforce its decisions In the courts
without resort to seizure.
Ush settlement: "All this talk about
a free and Independent Poland!
How can there be such a Poland
when 130,000 Polish boys now fight
ing on all fronts cannot even go
back to Poland without being sent
to Siberia, as enemies of their na
tive country, How can there be free
elections in Poland when Russia Is
now deporting Poles to Siberia? If a
compromise had to be reached, why
didn’t they stop these Russian de
portations and allow these Polish
boys to return to their homes after
the war?”
Airplanes operating through
Camaguey, International airport
of Cuba, In a year have totalled
4,tWO.
PEACE TREATY
CONTEST SET
$ 10,000 Offered as Awards
in War Bonds; Compete
tion Closes April 15
New York, March 2.—An op
portunity for every American to
write a practical peace treaty which
can be applied to the world at the
end of the war was announced to
day by Joseph W. Prater, chair
man of the Board of the Oraham
Palge Motors Corporation ar.d
chairman of the Judges' committee
of the National Peace Treaty Con
test.
Total prises to be awarded for
the best peace treaties of 1,000 words
or less written by Americans will
be 110,000 In war bonds, Mr. Frailer
said. The contest, to open March 17
and close at midnight, April 15, Is
open to ah legal residents of the
United States or Its possessions, and
to men and women serving In the
armed forres wherever they may be.
National headquarters are at 350
Fifth Avenue, New York.
Inspiration for the contest came
from the best-selling book written
by William B. Ziff, "The Gentle
men Talk of Peace," Mr. Fraser
s.dd. “The aim of the National
Peace Treaty Contest," he ex
plained, "Is to seek out from the
minds of the millions of plain Amer
icans, the best practical plans and
ldcaN for a Just and durable peace,
so that when our delegates at
around the peace table, they will
know what the people want."
Vice President Harry S. Truman,
who Is a member of the contest
Judges' committee, declared today
In a statement made In connection
with the contest: "I hope that the
National Peace Treaty Contest will
be of great assistance in realizing
our hope that the coming peace will
be a permanent guarantee of no
more wars. Nothing should be left
WORLD WAR n
A YEAR AGO
(By VMM Preasi
In Itely. Allied forma bout hock
German full-oral# mmuII on Ike
Anile beachhead: II. Gen. Mark
Clark report* the beachhead
'■firmly” held.
Oen. Douglas Mac Arthur report*
the beachhead In the Admiralty
Island haa been reinforced.
About l.See Allied bomben
pound taryeta In Germany and
France almoot without halt, meet*
Ini no heavy oppoalUon from the
Luftwaffe for third time In week.
Soviet* make further rain* In
the enrlrcllng drive* aplntt Pskov
and Marva.
undone to achieve this goal."
Other member* of the Judges’
committee besides Prauer, Truman
and »lff, are: Sen Owen Brewster,
Republican of Maine; Ray Rand,
former army private who was
wounded at Salemno; Fannie Hurst,
author and novelist; Mrs. Warren
R. Cain, Loa Angeles Catholic club
woman and blue star mother; Dr.
Rockwell R. Hunt, dean of the
Oraduatc School, University of
Southern California; Rev. Ralph W.
Sockman. minister of Christ
Church, Methodist, New York city;
William Oreen, president of the
American Federation of Labor; and
Clinton S. Qolden, executive vice
president, United Steel Workers of
America, CIO.
The contest will be opened on the
evening of March 17 with a nation
wide radio broadcast to be heard
In all major Amerclan cities.
The rules, os announced by the
Judgea' committee, provide that en
trants must be legal residents of
t.he United States or Its possessions,
their views and Ideas for the organ
isation of world peace must not ex
ceed 1,000 words and that entries
must be post-marked before mid
night, April 16, 1945. The first prize
will be u $2,800 war bond, second
prize a $1,500 war bond, third prize
a $1,000 war bond and 97 other prizes
ranging from $600 down to $26 In
war bonds.
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Survey Shows 61 Per Cent
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Chicago, March 3 — Sixty-one
per cent or American house wive*
—double the proportion found In a
1M1 survey—now have fortified mar
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survey Just completed by the Na
tional Association of Margarine
Manufacturers. Many of the same
questions used in a 1941 survey of
margarine acceptance were repeated
In order to discover why margarine
consumption has skyrocketed in
those years.
A significant finding In the sur
vey Is the fact that margarine now
finds a place on the tables of the
wealthy anti Is being served In a
large proportion of homes In the
upper-income brackets. Acceptance
of margarine for both cooking and
table use among , upper-income
families has Increased six times
over figures compiled In 1941.
Housewives Indicated that they no
longer feel any social stigma at
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The survey also showed an In
creased acceptance of margarine m
man; housewives reported Ibwu
In 1MI. Smaller cities and rural
areas have kmc accepted margarine
on a larger scale than urban popu
lations.
In a datallcd breakdown or the
questioning, which waa carried on
tn twelve localltlea throughout the
Middle Weet it waa shown that
most housewives Interviewed now
serve margarine on the family table.
Out of a list of twelve foods which
have come to the tore tn wartime
buying, margarine waa the only Mena
in this llat to show an; significant
change since INI.
In the older survey, almost half
of the housewives Interviewed re
ported that they .had never deed
margarine. The 1N4 results show
close to universal acceptance.
As to margarine's varied usee, the
1N4 figures show more than doubled
acceptance for table use, seasoning
and frying. The report showed a
marked increase In the consumer's
awareness of margarine's nutritional
Importance.
The survey results show that
margarine's' color Is an Important
factor with housewives. Most of
the women questioned said that col
oring their margarine takes them
ten minutes or more and ex
pressed dislike for this extra Job.
Amplifying their statements on
home coloring, many margarine
users said they would gladly use
more If Federal and local laws were
revised so that margarine could be
sold In its natural yellow color.
The National Association of Mur
garlne Manufacturers has estimated
IMS production of margarine for
domestic and lend-lensc consump
tion at about 600 million pounds.
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