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WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1945
“Our Country
Needs...”
Volunteers Needed to Carry on Wa ter bury ’ s In
dispensable Community Service Projects
— Current Appeal Stresses Importance
of Paper Salvage.
Mrs. Donald J. Post, executive
director of the Civilian Defense
Volunteer office, is making a spec
ial appeal through the Democrat
weekly for assistance in carrying
out the special services of its var
ious community service centers
which include the Child Care Cen
ter, Chase Dispensary, Wtaerbury
hospital OPA, Girl’s Scouts and
other agencies.
OUR COUNTRY’S NEEDS
By Mrs. Donald J. Post
This is a rather different appeal
for volunteer aid and it will have to
be written in a more serious vein.
Not that any help of any kind in
the agencies is a jocular subject—far
from it—but the topic for today is
one of our nation’s MOS1 serious
problems.
• And that is the salvagirg of paper.
In the fall of 1943, a critical short
age of paper developed, not only in
Waterbury, but all over the United
States. Perhaps it was due to lack of
knowledge of the uses that waste
paper can do toward the war effort
or perhaps it was lack of time and
interest.
The school children have done a
marvelous job in collecting, but they
can carry only a small bundle from
home tb school. The sfreet depart
ment has done its share in the curb
collections, but unfortunately, the
weather was not always on their
side.
Now, it is absolutely essential that
we gather together all the paper
available in our homes and offices.
There is an eminent danger of
jortage of paper! Let me tell you
What the War Production Board
states: "Eight million tons of waste
paper will be needed this year to
keep mills in full production. This
means 667,000 tons must be collected
every month.’’ That’s a pretty tall
order, isn’t it? And this cannot be
accomplished unless YOU VOLUN
TEER to do a VOLUNTEER JOB in
your horns and dig out that waste
INDIVIDUAL
I* n c’lmtom
tnllored milt.
No matter wheth
er you are abort,
tall, atout. Men
der «r average
built.,. aeleet the
fabric and color
you prefer and
we will dealgn an
Individual ault for
you.
24 GRAND ST.
(t'p One Flight)
paper, tie it in bundles, and have it
ready on the aidewa'ks on Sunday,
March 25 for the collection trucks.
Do you know that a stack of
newspapers as high as a broom
handle will weigh about 100
pounds?
Do you know that that quantity
of waste paper will make:
20 protective bands for 250-lb
bombs
100 fine locknut protectors for
bombs
50 cases for 75mm. shells
1105 cartons each containing fifteen
50 caliber bullets
2128 cartons each containing fifteen
45 caliber pistol bullets
200 containers for blood plasma
200 containers for field rations
50 V-boxes for food and equip
ment.
1470 boxes for emergency life boat
rations
2041 cartons each containing one
life preserver light
2911 cartons containing ten cart
ridges for inflating lifeboats
650 cartons for U. S. Army K
rations
1087 cartons each containing ten
dozen boxes of yellow fever
vaccine
Please will you flatten and pack
waste paper into a box or bundle
that can be handled easily.
Please will you flatten cartons
and brown paper and tie it in bun
dles 12 inches high?
Please will you tie magazines and
books in bundles so they can be
handled easily for collection?
Please will you fold newspapers
flat and tie them in bundles about
12 inches high?
Help hasten victory by saving
every pound of waste paper and
making it available for cellection.
Remember Sunday, March 25—get
your bundles out early and let’s
help America SEND WASTE PA
PER TO WAR!!
DECISION RESERVE D
IN COMMISSION CASE
Decision was reserved by Common
Pleas Court Judge John F. McDon
ough yesterday afternoon in the
$600 civil action brought by Joseph
P. Hosey, local real estate broker,
aaginst William and Elizabeth Syn
nott of Waterbury.
The plaintiff claimed he had been
engaged by the defendants last
August to sell their property at 71
Fleming street, but they refused to
sell it after he procured a purchas
er. He seeks a commission of five
per cent on the purchasing price
of $10,700.
German Key City Fails To U. S. Third And Seventh
Fall of Mainz, Germany, above, means advancing U. 8. Third and Seventh Armies have—and Germans
lose—A-l rail and road facilities on the route to Frank furt, approximately 16 miles to the northeast, and to
Wiesbaden, due north. Tall spires of St. Martin's Cathedral, left, and St. Christopher and St. Peter's, right,
are seen in this prewar picture of the city.
Current Rationing Regulations
MEATS AND BUTTER
Red stamps Q-5 through Z-5 and A-2 through J-2, In Book IV, each
worth 10 points, are now valid. Stamps Q-5, R-5, and S-5 will expire
March 31. Stamps T-5 through X-5 will expire April 28. Stamps Y-5
and Z-5 and A-2 through D-2 will expire June 2. Stamps E-2 through
J-2 will be valid through June 30.
PROCESSED FOODS
Blue stamps X-5 through Z-5 and A-2 through S-2, each worth 1#
points, are now valid. Stamps X-5, Y-5, Z-5, A-2, and B-2 expire March
31. Stamps C-2 through G-2 expire April 28. Stamps H-2 through M2
expire June 2. Stamps N-2 through S-2 expire June 30.
SUGAR
Sugar stamp 35 in Book IV, valid for live pounds, will be in force
through June 2. An additional sugar stamp will be validated May 1.
SHOES
Airplane stamps 1, 2, and 3 in Book III are each valid for one pair
of shoes indefinitely.
GASOLINE
A-15 coupons are valid for four gallons each through June 21.
B-5, C-5, B-6, C-6, B-7, and C-7 coupons are valid for five gallons
each.
FUEL OIL
Period four and five coupons of the 1943-44 issue and period one. two.
three, four and live coupons of the 1944-45 issue are va'id to Aug. 31. All
coupons are worth 10 gallons per unit.
District Chairmen
Discuss Fund Appeal
Red Cross Committee Surveys Donations to Campaign;
President Joins in Urgent Appeal
Though the tallying of funds re
ceived today toward the Red Crosa
War Fund drive was not completed
at press hour, receipt of campaign
funds from one of Waterbury’s large
Industries spurted total receipts to
$125,000, Thomas F. Moore, treas
urer, said. A further announcement
may be made later today, It Is be
lieved.
Scovlli’s Hillbillies will be the
feature attraction at a Red Cross
OPEN DAILY 9:30 to 6—THURSDAY NOON TO 9—EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT
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War Fund rally to be held at 5:30
this afternoon, it was announced
by Norman Neale, who is in charge
of arrangements. Contributions will
be received by several Red Cross
workers who will be stationed near
Victory House.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Herman
Koester called a meeting of district
chairmen to sum up the progress
of the drive. A meeting of chair
men of the industrial campaign
will meet this afternoon at Red
Cross headquarters, Field street, to
report on the progress of the cam
paign at the various factories.
President Roosevelt, appealing to
the nation to over-subscribe the
$200,000,000 Red Cross War Fund,
said the need for Red Cross aid
never was greater and "will not
soon be less.”
"There was a time when you and
I gave to the Red Cross largely ih
a feeling of aid to others," the Pres
ident said. ‘That was a giving in
humanity and in decency. This year
we give in necessity for our own.
The need never was greater. It will
not soon be less.
"As your president I have never
indulged myself or the American
people in the pastime of predicting
the advent of peace. I do not know
wrhen victory will come. I do know
that tonight there are over seven
and a half million Americans over
seas or fighting afloat in this great
war. I know that there are nearly
70,000 Americans in enemy prison
camps. And I know there is nothing
unpredictable about their need.
"This is no call for charity. Tills
is our chance to serve those who
serve us.
"As their commander-in-chief I
call upon you, my fellow Americans,
to over-subscribe the 1945 Red Cross
War Fund. We cannot give too
much to those who have given us
the heroic hazard of their lives."
Society Notes
CORNELL BRIDGE CLUB
The Wednesday evening tourna
ment of the Cornell Bridge Club,
conducted by Mrs. John C. Moriarty
of 60 Linden street, resulted in the
following top scores: North and
south, Mrs. John Halloran and Mrs.
Max Kraft. 74; Miss Florence Plumb
and Miss Donna Vernorai, tied with
Miss Helen Hadfield and Miss Mary
Grikin, 65 1-2. East and west, Mr.
and Mrs. Vincent Kelly, 66; Mrs.
Mark Margiotta and Mrs. Domenlc
Guerrera, 61 1-2.
Official standing; Mrs. Margiotta
and Mrs. Guerrera, 265; Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. Gabriel, 255 1-2; Mr. and
Mrs. Vincent Kelly, 262; Mrs. Kraft
and Mrs. Halloran, 249 1-2.
Winners in the Anal session for
the Western Connecticut trophy,
held yesterday evening under the
direction of Mrs. W. Sherman
Smith. Elton Club, were Alvan David
and Herbert Root, 384; Mrs. D. S.
Price and W. S. Smith, 366 1-2; Mrs.
Leon Lovejoy and Mrs. Madeline
Marshall. 345; Martin O'Brien and
M. F. Witherwax, 335.
Scores for the evening were as
follows: Mrs. Walter Norton and
Miss Nancy Norton, 66; Mr. O'Brien
and Mr. Witherwax, 65 1-2.
In the Sweepstakes section, top
scorers included Mrs. Francis Cassi
dy and C. L. Perkins, 73 1-2; Mrs.
Lucian Blond! and Mrs. W. A. Hall,
73; Miss Marie Tedeschi and Miss
Gertrude Kraus, 71.
Winners for the series were Mrs.
Ida Blrdsall and Mrs. Domenic
Florio, 376: Mrs. Bernard Wilhelm
and Mrs. J. J. Breeland, 352 1-2.
BUY WAR BONDS and STAMPS
RUSSO APPOINTED
ON RELIEF GROUP
Dr. William Verdi of New Haven,
Michael Russo of Waterbury and
Joseph P. Mosarra of Stamford are
among the 165 persons appointed to
the National Advisory Committee of
American Relief for Italy, Inc., it
was announced today by Justice
Juvenal Marchisio, president, at
national headquarters. 29 Broadway.
Justice Marcliislo said others are
to be added to the committee.
States other than Connecticut
represented are the following: Cali
fornia, Delawere, Illinois, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Texas,
Washington, West Virginia and
Wisconsin. Also, the District of
Columbia.
American Relief for Italy, Inc., is
the agency certified by the Presi
dent's War Relief Control Board to
send food, clothing and medical sup
plies to liberated Italy.
Visiting tourists to Uruguay in
creased 10 per cent last year.
French Gals
Seek Revenge
By 8AM SOUKI
A Middle East Port. March 22—
(UP) — Liberated Frenchwomen,
still haunted by the nightmare of
Oerman concentration camps, are
going home.
Their memories are of the days
when their Oerman captors made
them enter the crematorium and
hack out any gold teeth they
might discover in the mouths of the
dead.
They still shudder at the memory
of the times when they were forced
into death cells to crush the
skulls which the fires had not re
duced to ashes.
Now they want revenge.
They want to return to the foul
camp at Birkenau and the nearby
crematorium of Auschwitz and
there point out their torturers.
These Frenchwomen have been rec
cued by the Russians who are ad
vancing on Berlin.
These women were rounded up
in France during the occupation
and taken to Birkenau on variuos
charges ranging from defying
German orders to suspicion of be
ing in contact with the Free
French.
Ruthlessly, they were torn from
their children, from their homes
and herded into box cars sent to
Germany. They were stripped, giv
en coarse uniforms and then put
to work. They slaved 12 hours a
day, breaking stones, repairing
roads and digging ditches.
Every day some weary women
would drop. Nine hundred of the
camp s 8.000 inmates died every
month, but more came to replace
them from Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Belgium and France.
After three months the Germans
paraded all the women and strip
ped them for “selection." Two doc
tors examined every woman. All
Judged to be too tired for further
use and those with any sign of an
infectious skin disease would be
separated from the rest.
Still naked, they were pushed in
to large cells. They knew what
their fate would be. and the living
were deafened by the shrieks and
moans of those about to die.
With sunset they were led to the
shower rooms and from there to
the gas chamber. Then the smoke
would start curling from the ere- |
American Artillery
Fire Devastating
New Concrete-Piercing Fuze Reduces Pill-Boxes, For
tifications to Rubble; Latest Device Explained - *
Springfield, Mass., March 22 —
American artillery pounding the
Eastern Rhineland and Jap forti
fied positions In the Philippines are
using a new concrete-piercing fuze.
Brig. Gen. Guy H. Drewry, dis
FREEDOM OF PRESS
STRESSED IN TALK
Freedom of the press is a basic
democratic right and responsibility,
not a grant of privilege, William W.
Vosburg, Jr., editor of the Republi
can, declared at a talk before the
fifth of a lenten series of confer
ences at Christ church in Water
town last night.
Mr. Vosburg sketched the rise of
dictatorship in other lands via the
throttling of the press and urged
“eternal vigilance" as the particu
lar price of this safeguard of all
liberty.
A. B. CO. EMPLOYES AID
ITALIAN RELIEF DRIVE
Joseph McEvoy, chairman of the
shop committee, announces that CIO
workers of Italian extraction who
are employed at the American Brass
Co., will conduct a drive for soap,
canned milk and canned baby food
for Italian relief in the Waterbury
plant tomorrow and Saturday.
matorium's chimneys.
The Frenchwomen on their way
beak to France hope some day to
return to Birkenau to point out
their torturers. The Germans
branded their prison numbers on
their arms, and these Frenchwomen
are proud as they show you the
mark.
They are going home, hoping to
find children, sweethearts and par
ents they have not heard from all
these terrible years.
trict chief, commanding the Spring
field Ordnance District, said today
that the new fuze can be screwed
on the nose of every artillery shell
from a 75mm gun shell to a massive
240mm howitzer shell. This unique
interchangeability feature Is an
other of the achievements of the
Ornance Department, Army Service
forces.
Inside the pointed metal fuze is
placed a sensitive high explosive
which sets off a booster mechanism
containing a slightly less sensitive
explosive. The booster, in turn, sets
off the explosive in the shell.
The new fuze is strong enough
to permit the shell to pierce cer
tain types of pillboxes or other
concrete fortifications before the
explosion occurs. It is also suffi
ciently accurate to permit a frac
tion of a second's delay before the
shell, embedded in the concrete,
blows a section of thick concrete
into a million pieces.
Artillerymen have the satisfac
tion of knowing that some concrete
fortifications that had formerly been
invulnerable to light and even heavy
artillery are now crumbling under
direct hits from the concrete-pierc
ing fuze.
Where armor-piercing shells had
formerly temporally knocked pill
boxes out of commission without
destroying them completely, shells
equipped with the new fuze reduce
them to rubble, so that tanks can
pass over the ground and stubborn
enemy defenders can do longer
filter back to reman the fortifica
tions.
General Drewry pointed out that
the new fuze makes it possible to
concert a regular high-explosive
shell into a concrete-piercing round
and thus obviates the necessity of
manufacturing a special - purpose
concrete-piercing shell.
A regular fuze would not stand
up under terrific impact and the
shell would explode before pene
tration of the concrete had been
achieved.
HORT cuts to a wonderful Spring ....
smart, whacked-off coats, their simple
silhouettes enhanced by unusual detail . . . the new easy shoulder
and wide sleeve treatments ... the clever use of color
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