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Marshal Appeals For
Citywide Observance
; Of Prevention Week
Urges Caution on Part of All—Lists Casualties Due to
Various Causes—Announces Visits to All Local
i i" Schools to Enlist Cooperation of Youngsters
(BY THE FIRE MARSHAL)
Fire prevention week begins to
morrow, Sunday, October 4 and
ends on Saturday October 10.
The president ol the United
States has set this time, and urges
co-operation on the part of the
people In the elimination of fire
hazards and the loss of life.
Here are the exact words of the
president in his Proclamation. "I
invite the co-operation of all of bur
people in the further elimination of
existing lire hazards to the end that
DENNIS J. LAHEY
Fire Marshal
the loss of life, the destruction of
p.-operty and the suffering caused
thereby may be still further re
duced.”
Now here in Waterbury we have
suffered frcrn fire during the present
yenr; we have had people burned to
' death, we have had others over
come by deadly fumes; we had
people burned and injured, and
among them have been several chll
drjn.
Heed Warning
£Jo that we right here in Water
bury have every reason to note
carefully every word of warning as
issued in the President’s Proclama
tion, and also the same message of
warning as issued for the same
purpose by our own Governor Cross
of Connecticut.
A new saying of the past few
years has been coined . in the fol
lowing expression, "Let’s look at the
record.”
Our reward since the advent of
the new fire year, December 1, 1935,
shows that we have suffered in one
instance a serious fire loss to the
amount of $150,000.00; in another
case, in a 3-family house, the loss
was ten thousand dollars, and in a
business building fire, the total
amount of damage sustained was
close to twenty thousand dollars.
On January 21 last Joseph H.
Perry was burned to death in a fire
In a frame shack off Martone street
in the Bunker Hill district.
On April 9 last, Vladas Butkus, 27.
received such severe burns in his
home on Bradley avenue, Town
Plot, by reason of a kerosine oil
explosion that he died within 24
hours.
Toy Balloon
Little Patricia Moriarty. 3, was
badly burned by a toy balloon ex
plosion on May 29, at her home 183
Chestnut avenue, in which hydro
gen gas was used for .inflating thej
balloon.
On April 5, Mrs. Edward Wil
liams of 359 West Grove street, re
ceived burns while trying to extin
guish a Are in her home.
On April 15, Mrs. Albert Lovely
was burned and cut on the arms
and hands while trying to extin
guish a fire caused by fuel oil, the
glass container of which fell apart
while she was trying to re-flll it.
Mrs. Prank Potuski; occupant of
apartment block at 74-78 South
Leonard street, was overcome by
smoke on January 1, 1936, due to
a defective chimney.
On June 29, Mrs. Wolfred Fon
taine, and her granddaughter Rita
Fontaine, 4, received severe bums
in a Are in their home at 139 Shef
field street, caused by a defective
range oil burner.
. Hands Burns
On August 12, George Duquette of
34 East Liberty street had both
hands burned in his effort to ex
tinguish a fire in the Delaney block
at 843-855 West Main street.
On December 28, 1935, Little Jere
miah Lewis,, in the home of his
parents, 33 Lafayette street, set
himself on fire by playing with
matches and was so badly burned
he had to be removed to the hos
pital.
On June 12, Mrs. John Lonergan
of 48 Ayers street, started to use a
screw driver on a loose electrical
connection with the result that her
hands were painfully burned.
On September 19, gas frunes per
meated the household* of Mr. and
CAPTAIN WM. RUSSELL
Marshal’s Aide
Mrs. John H. Barlow of Patterson
court, Watervllle, when one of the
Jets was accidentally and unknow
ingly turned on during the night,
and both eventually died.
The official program of the office
of the Fire Marshal for the coming
week provides for fire talks in all
the public and private schools of
the city. On Sunday evening at
7:45 o'clock, the Fire Marshal will
present a radio dialogue in which
he will be assisted by Miss Mollie
Cullen, a well known local news
paper writer. During the week
Captain William G. Russell, chief
aid to the marshal, will address
several Waterbury civic organiza
tions at their mid-day luncheon.
Special white silk badges con
taining the date of Fire Prevention
week, with the quotation. “Help us
stop fires in Waterbury,” have
been printed at the suggestion and
order of the Board of Fire Under
writers, and will be worn by _the
Fire Marshal and his staff during
the week.
RmnMKHRO IMS
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Saddle Togs
Thoroughbred togs as smart
looking and as fascinating as a \
racer—hats to boots.
Riding breeches and jodhpurs
$3.75, $3.95 and $5.95. Felt rid
ing hats $3.45.
Riding shirts $1.50, ties 50 cents,
riding boots $7.50 to $9.75.
CORNELL ENTRANT
—Gualtieri Photo
JAMES T. KAPLAN
James T. Kaplan of 45 Sheldon
street, a graduate of Crosby High"
school, Is one of the three Wa
terburians who entered Cornell
university in Ithaca, N. ¥., Tues
day afe first year students. Close
to 1,400 students make up the
freshman class this year.
CLUB DELEGATES
MEETING TODAY
Waterbury to Be Repre
sented By 25 at South
bury Session
Twenty-five or more women from
this city will Journey to the Old
Hundred inn in Southbury this aft
ernoon to attend a meeting of the
New Haven County Democratic Wo
men’s organization. Approximately
300 women from all parts of the
county are expected to attend the
gathering. Among the speakers will
be State Chairman J. Francis Smith
and Congressman J. Joseph Smith
of this city and Mrs. Nora Mahaney
Harris of New Haven.
Mrs. Belinda Tracy and Miss
Katherine Bums of this city are
members of the committee in charge
of today’s session and Miss Jennie
O’Neill of Middlebury will act as
one of the hostesses.
Plans will be discussed at the wo
men’s meeting for the campaign on
behalf of the democratic state and
national tickets in New Haven coun
ty.
¥ Tjl*i*a* r* _* - - *
Utilities Commission
Issues New Markers
Waterbury Firms, Autoists Among Recipients of
Plates Required By New State Legislation
Several scores of permits and sev
eral hundred sets of plates have
been Issued to this city by the state
public utilities commission out of a
total of 2,000 permits and 6,000 sets
of commercial markers under the
new trucking law passed by the 1935
U. OF F. ALUMNI
INVITES PARKER
Large Representation oi
Alumni Expected at Din=
ner=Dance Friday
A dinner dance at Waverly Inn,
Cheshire, next Friday nighr, is ex
pected to result in formation of a
Waterbury chapter of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania Alumni Asso
ciation. The gathering will be held
on the eve of the Yale-Penn foot
ball game at New Haven.
Six members of the Mask and
Wig club of the university will pres
ent a program of entertainment
Pictures of the Yale-Penn game ol
last year will be shown.
List of Speakers
Among the speakers expected are
Dan Parker, ace New York sports
columnist; Dr. John Keogh oi
Philadelphia, former Penn football
DAN PARKER
star and coach and former coach ol
the Mulligan Blues football team
in Waterbury; Prank Dewbirst oi
South Qroveland, Mass., Ali-Ameri
can member of the famous Penn
football team that went to the Rose
Bowl in 1924.
M. Wister Wood of Philadelphia,
alumni secretary who arranged for
the showing of the Penn football
pictures, announced that one of the
assistant coaches of this year’s
university team will attend the
dinner to speak.
One of the honored guests will
be Dr. James J. McLinden, oldest
Penn alumnus in Waterbury.
The committee on arrangements
are Atty. Marcus H. Weisman, Dr.
John N. Foster, Dr. Bernard A.
O'Hara, Dr. William B. Oveenberg
and Thomas J. Magner.
Guests Expected
Members of the Penn alumni ex
pected to attend from this city and
Naugatuck are:
William P. Dillon, Prank P.
Schwartz, Dr. Francis A. Mahan,
Dr. Joseph P. Byrnes, Dr. H. War
ren Stevens, Dr. Louis Weinberg,
Dr. James J. McLinden, James P.
Healey, Daniel F. McNamara, Bur
ton Spirt, Henry Lange, Jr., Donald
E. Dunn, Patrick J. O’Leary. Robert
J. Collier, Walter M. Collins, Earl
R. Bushnell, Harold M. Classman,
Alvin C. Jensen, Louis Tennebaum,
Atty. M. H. Weisman, Dr. Merritt
H. Beere, Dr. Charles P. Egan, Dr.
Gilbert Kilduff.
Saul Silver William C. Silver
Nagatuck; Charles R. Anderson
Thomas E. Freeman, Harold G
Kazan jian, Daniel W. Mikaitis
James E. Moran, Dr. M., A. O’Hara
Dr. B. A. O’Hara, Robert J. Ruby
Dr. John H. Foster, Thomas J
Magner, Dr. Frederick W. Herr, Dr
William B- Greenberg, Prank W
Carroll, Charles E. Corr, James H
Lezotte, Dr. T. J. Butterly, Irvins
E. Wallace, Dr. Frederick MargrafI
8. Merwin Main, Dr, H. Everett Al
len, Atty. Edward Bobbin, Dr. Ray
mond George, Howard E. Dews
William N. George, George C. Riggs
Atty. John A. Membrino, Ernest B
Wilson, Franklin 8. Weieer.
legislature, it was announced today.
Under this act which has been
designed to regulate motor trucks
that carry property for hire, three
classes of carriers have been desig
nated, namely the common carrier,
which transports property for hire:
the contract carrier which works
under special arrangement with a
shipper or other hauler and the in
terstate carrier which includes
truckers that do not engage in any
interstate business.
Exemptions
Under the new act, private car
riers and those that operate only
in one town or in certain zones pre
scribed by the commission have
been declared exempt. The com
mission stipulates routes over which
trucks holding permits may operate,
with the exception of busses of the
Connecticut company and New Eng
land Transportation company and
a few others who were operating
over so many routes previous to
December in 1934.
Truckers holding interstate per
mits are subject to the rules of the
interstate commerce commission and
the state public utilities commission
and the state does not allow any
person engaged in interstate busi
ness to operate as an interstate
trucker. A person holding a per
mit however, is in a better position
to apply for federal permits.
Rates Filed
Several months ago the commis
sion issued an order calling upon
carrier truckers to file a report on
their operation rates and has since
prescribed for dump truckers and
bituminous coal truckers. In some
instances however, the commission
denied permits because of the fail
ure of file rates to show evidence of
insurance. No local concerns how
ever were found guilty of this vio
lation.
JAN CAMPBELL IN
ENGAGEMENT HERE
Washington and Lee Or=
chestra at Hamilton
Park Tomorrow
Jan Campbell, the “dean of
swing", In person, brings his famous
Washington and Lee orchestra, the
pride of the southland to Hamilton
park tomorrow night as the feature
Sunday night attraction at the big
municipal pavilion. Of the many
intercollegiate combinations which
have originated below the Mason
Dlxon line, Campbell has one of the
finest of the times. His is dance
music with a new flavor as far as
“swing” is concerned and a sophis
ticated style, smooth and finished
in its quality. It is smart dance
music distinguished for its appeal to
listeners as well as to dancers.
And here is good news for park
patrons. Larry Punk, himself, and
his famous “band of 1000 melodies”,
which clicked so well a week ago,
has been booked for a return en
gagement at the park Sunday eve
ning October 11th. Featured with
the Punk orchestra will be those
two outstanding radio songsters
who won their way into the hearts
of local listeners last week, Vaughn
Monroe and Muriel Sherman.
There will be no advance in the
price of admission for this special
engagement and as usual, there will
be no charge for parking. Dancing
till 1 a. m.
Daily Statistics
On Auto Accidents
1935 1936
All traffic accidents 11,328 11,850
Fatalities . 329 292
Injuries 9,683 8,647
KILLED
Adult pedestrians
Child pedestrians
Adult occupants .
Child occupants .
Adult bicyclists ..
Child bicyclists ..
126
31
163
'5
1
3
116
39
128
3
2
4
INJURED
Adult pedestrians.. 1,187
Child pedestrians 960
Age not given . 31
Adult occupants ... 6,616
Child occupants ... 484
Age not given 236
Adult bicyclists - 98
Child bicyclists .... 99
1,087
812
48
5,899
444
147
64
146
Jewish Democratic Club
Planning Huge Rally Here
HONORED GUESTS
. Herman j. kopplemann
Congressman
WILLIAM M. CITRON
Congressman-at-Large
Invite Two of State’s Con
gressmen to Preliminary
Meeting Wednesday
Congressman-at-large William M.
Citron of Middletown and Congress
man Herman J. Kopplemann of
Hartford, representing the first
Connecticut district, will visit Wa
terbury next Wednesday night when
the officers and members of the
Jewish Democratic club convene to
make plans for a rally which will
bring to the city the members of the
entire state ticket some time lae
this month. The meeting next week
will take place at the office of At
torney Irving Pasternak, clerk of
the city court, at 36 North Main
street.
Baumel Presides
Former Alderman Harry Baumel
is president of the Jewish Demo,
cratic club and City Court Clerk
Pasternak is vice-president. Merrill
Polancer occupies the post of sec
retary and Irving Relger Is treas
urer.
The fact that the state ticket
of the republican party has ignored
the Jewish voter is the cause of
much disapproval throughout Con
necticut. On the other hand the
democratic party has honored the
Jewish electors of Connecticut by
the organization’s ticket.
The rally late this month will
take place at the Waterbury He
brew institute on Kingsbury street.
At that time the entire democratic
state ticket will be on hand and i
a plea for support of the Jefferson- I
ian candidates will be made by the |
various speakers. Prominent at the j
rally also, will be Alderman Edward
Glodberg of this city.
New Voters
Wednesday night’s meeting, aside
from addresses by Congressmen
Kopplemann and Citron will be giv
en over to the task of getting in
new voters next week so that they
can be sworn in as electors.
Political Gossip
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Democrats of the second con
gressional district are giving bet.
ting odds on the chances of their
candidate for Congress, Deputy
Labor Commissioner William J.
Fitzgerald of Norwich, being vic
torious in the November election.
WILLIAM J. FITZGERALD
He is running against Congress
man William Higgins of Coven
try. Fitzgerald has a lengthy and
favorable record behind him in
the state senate in regards to la
bor legislation and at the pres
ent time is -active in the drive
against “sweat shops” in Connec
ticut.
Mayor Frank Hayes of this city,
democratic candidate for lieuten
ant-governor, and State’s Attor
ney Arthur M. Brown of Jewett
City, g.o.p. nominee for governor,
both agree on one important issue
—that industry can absorb the
unemployed and wipe out relief
rolls. Mayor Hayes made the
initial claim along this line sev
eral weeks ago and called a con
ference of local industrial leaders
to ask them to aid him in his
theory. Attorney Brown, speak
ing in Norfolk, Conn., late this
week also places the burden of re
lieving public relief rolls on in
dustry.
Waterbury, therefore, has once
more taken the lead in the plan
to change methods of handling
people needing relief. Already the
industrialists of Waterbury have
taken about 100 men off the local
WPA rolls. The real solution of
the unemployment situation is for
private enterprise to be put in a
position where it can absorb a
large percentage of the unemploy
ed, Attorney Brown stated.
Apparently Waterbury indus
trialists feel that they are in such
a position, judging by their ab
sorption of so many WPA men to
date and in such a short period
of time. The theories of Lieuten
ant-Governor Hayes, democrat, i
and Gubernatorial Candidate
Brown are closely allied.
Mrs. Rowley W. Phillips of Wa
terbury, co-chairman In New Ha
ven county of the Independent
Coalition of American Women, an
organisation which is sponsoring
the campaign of Governor Alf M.
London of Kansas for president
on the republican ticket, has come
under the fire of the democratic na
tional campaign committee. The
democratic national campaign
command has been called the
coalition to a “sort of ladies’ aux
iliary of the Liberty league” by
Miss Mary W. Dewson, vice-chair
man of the democratic organisa
tion. Three of the announced
vice-chairmen and founders of
the coalition are members of the
Liberty league or wives of mem
bers. it to charged.
Former State Senator William
C. Fox of New London may return
to the upper branch of the state
legislature once more. He has
been nominated for the senate by
the democrats of the 18th district
and will oppose Judge John J.
McGarry of New London, the
g.o.p. choice. Both men will run
on the special and regular elec
tion tickets in the 18th district
on November 3rd. The special
election is necessary to fill the un
expired term of the late Senator
C. C. Costello, republican, of Gro
ton and New London. The demo
cratic senatorial convention in the
18th might have become a bitter
battle but other aspirants for the
nomination climbed aboard the
peace ship and chose Fox who has
a very strong following in his
area.
Absentee voting here this year
will not be large, judging from
applications for blank ballots in
the office of Town Clerk Dora A.
Egan. Under the new state law
absentee voting is allowed in state
and national elections. Small
town voting officials are reporting
a heavy demand for absentee bal
lots. Whether they are democrats
or republicans who arc seeking to
project their franchise rights re
mains to be disclosed. No infor
mation will be available until elec
tion 'day.
Many local elections will take
place between now and the state
and national polling on November
3rd in Connecticut. On Monday
the boroughs of Wallingford and
Groton are among the small lo
calities which will elect local of
ficers. In Groton it is being pre
dicted that the largest vote in the
city’s history will be ’cast. There
are 3.864 eligible to vote in this
year’s election in Groton, the larg
est in the borough's history.
Two-job legislators in Connecti
cut are under fire once more. The
ttacker is Representative Edwin O.
Smith of Mansfield who in the
1935 session introduced a bill,
which failed of passage, discharg
ing from state jobs those members
of the legislature holding such.
Senator Joseph H. Lawlor of this
city, state boxing commissioner,
and Senator John C. Blackall of
Hartford, Waterbury, native, would
have come under the ban.
Representative Smith will intro
duce a similar bill in the 1937 leg
islature if he is elected on the in
dependent republican ticket on
which he is now running. The
latest Smith movement would bar
from the legislature all members
of the house occupying positions
such as judges and prosecutors of
local courts and so forth. This
would bring Prosecuting Attorney
John D. Thoms of this city under
the ban.
With the reported entry of a
“dark horse”, speculation is rife
in democratic ranks in West Ha
ven as to who the two candidates
for the house of representatives
will be. Dr. Nicholas A. Milano
and J. Gordon Mills are being
boomed. The democratic town
convention to nominate for the
house will take place Wednesday.
The session will be called to order
by State Central Committeeman
Frank L McDermott.
Candidates on the local republican
ticket have been invited to attend
a state-wide conference of g.o.p.
nominees at the shore home of J.
Henry Roraback at Guilford on
October 7th. By that date, it is
expected, the local candidates on
the g.o.p. ticket all have been se
lected. The republican 15th sena
torial distrtict is slated for that
date here.
CLUB’S EXECUTIVES
HARRY BAUMEL
President
IRVING PASTERNAK
Vice President
EVERETT STANLEY
GETS PRESIDENCY
Overlook=Cottage Park
Members Name Wyman
Street Man Again
Members of the Overlook-Cottag
Park club reelected Everett M. Stan
: ley of 43 Wyman street, to th
presidency of the organization at :
meeting last night. Edward H. Da
vis of the Scovill Mfg. Co., was th
guest speaker.
The club members discussed th
question of a sidewalk for uppe
Roseland avenue. No definite actioi
was taken.
Other officers were named as fol
lows: First vice-president, Franl
Minnaman of 138 Farmington ave'
nue; second vice-president, Arthu:
P. Bliss, 37 Lexington avenue; thin
vice-president, Arthur L. Purinton
119 Lefflngwell avenue: secretary
Harold Hadley, 393 Cooke street
treasurer, Louis Watkins, 98 Clintoi
street; editor, Richard Bishop, 231
Hillside avenue; business manager
Joseph Kenney, 103 Robert street
assistant business manager, Will
iam Synott, 75 Fleming street.
Committee chairmen were ap
pointed as follows: Entertainment
Mrs. William Guilfoile; program
Mrs. Frank Ineson; publicity, Mrs
Everett Wagner; schools, C. Ray
mond Ganung; utilities, Henr;
Preusser; recreation, Joseph Bren
neis; parks, C. M. Carlsrud; aux
iliary, Mrs. Frank Minnaman
streets, W. L. Allingham; sewers
Fred Van Valkenburg.
FOR NEW_
Ministers Association
tends Greetings to
Mr. Madden
Members of the Waterbary j
ters’ Association and their wives
were guests last night at a dinner
given by the board of the Mill Plain
Union church in the church gym
nasium. The clergymen'met and ex
tended good wishes to Rev. Matthew
Madden, new pastor of the church.
Several of the clergymen deliver
ed addressed. Another speaker was
John A. Coe, president of the Wa
terbury Council of Churches. Sev
eral selections were offered by a
group from the Mendelssohn Male
Chorus. The dinner was prepared bjr
the Ladies’ Aid Society of which
Mrs. Ormand A. Reed is president.
Members of the official board of
the Mill Plain church are: Chair
man. Sidney Cook; vice-chairman,
Arthur Blewitt; Sunday School su
perintendent, Rev. Gertrude Coe;
treasurer, Lawrence Fraser; as
sistant treasurer, El win Steer; fi
nancial secretary, George Wright;
assistant financial secretary. Carle
ton Chapin; church clerk. George
Wright; Missionary treasurer, El
ton Alexander; purchasing agent,
Sidney Cook; secretary of official
board, George Wright: president
of Ladies’ Aid Society, Mrs. Or
mand A. Reed; president of Men’s
Club, Clarence Brown; president of
Young People’s Society, George
Baldwin.
Trustees are W. L. Garrigus, A.
E. Blewitt and Mrs. Dorothy
Green, Deacons are Elton Alexan
der, John Reymond, Sidney Cook’
William Johnson, Samuel Reed/
Raymond Ganung, Leslie Coley,
Clarence Brown, Joseph Holmes,
Sidney Spender, Ormand Reed,
William De Groot, Charles DeBis
schop, Harold Pierpont and Carle
ton Chapin.
Deaconesses are Mrs. Ralph
Roberts, Mrs. Robert Clark, Mrs.
Robert Gardner, Mrs. Charles
Westberg, Miss Alice Benham,
Mrs. Ralph Harris, Mrs. William
Johnson, Mrs. Herman , Manuel,
Mrs. George Mitchell, Mrs. John
McKay, Mrs. Harold Pierpont and
Mrs. Albin Anderson.
Officers of the Ladies’ Aid Society
are: Mrs. Ormand A. Reed, vice
president, Mrs. George Mitchell;
secretary, Mrs. Robert Clark and
treasurer Mrs. Harry Zibell.
STATE COLLEGE
Storrs, Conn., Oct. 3.—(UP).—Col
lision between a motorcyle and a
delivery truck sent two Connecti
cut State College freshmen to Wil
limantlc hospital last night suffer
ing severe, but not serious Injuries.
They were Roy L. Gregory, 18,
! Wethersfield, and George Fisher, 19,
■ Cold Spring, N. Y. Both suffered
; compound leg fractures.
i The motorcycle police said, struck
■ the rear bumper of a truck op
s erated by Harold I. Phillips, Willi*
mantle.
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LUNCHES AND HEALS
ALWAYS READY
Good Service and Prompt
Attention
Drescher ft Keck Cafe
16-18 HARRISON AVENUE
Open Every Evening
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TEMPLETON'S
Cor. Meadow and Benedict Sts.
Attention Purchasing Agents
We carry between 500 and 600 tons of
Machinery Steel in stock at all times.
Prices are the same here as any where
else. Why not leave your business in
Waterbury.
Your order will be filled by courteous
alert, intelligent men, who will do every
thing in their power to give you effi
cient service.
Dial 4-1161 For Prompt Service
Always A Place To Park
TEMPLETON'S
REGISTRARS' NOTICE
PERSONS TO BE MADE VOTERS
The Registrars of Voters, their Deputies and As
sistants will be in session on Tuesday, October 6th, IP®*"
at their office. City Hall, from 9 o’clock in the fore“
until 5 o’clock in the afternoon for the purpose of .
ing on a list under the title “TO BE MADE” the names
of those persons by whom or in whose behalf, claim is
made as provided by law, that they be admitted as Elec
tors.
Applications for reinstatement by former
of this town will be received at this time.
All voters having changed their residence
the past year, should call and see that their names
properly registered.
ALBERT 0. FALLER
JOHN T. DERWIN
„ ' * Registrars of
Waterbury, Connecticut, September 29th, 11