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tree Drivers Freed
In Official Findings
Coroner Monzani Files Report on Tragedies—Unable
. to Find Important Winesses in Young Cyclist’s Death
Drivers in three fatal accidents in the city are freed
of criminal responsibility in findings handed down by
> Coroner John T. Monzani. Joseph Palmento, of 70 Wall
street, is freed of blame in the death of Michael Mastri
anna, 70; Lawrence Diorio, of 45 Maple street, is absolved
in the death of John Lyons, 65; and John Creaven, of 703
I : Baldwin street, is held not responsible for the death of
Albanl Deslardins. 17.
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Numerous witnesses were exam*
ined as the coroner held inquests
into the fatalities. Coroner Mon
Cenl said his finding on the Desjar
dins’ boy’s death was delayed while
he endeavored to locate additional
witnesses, passengers In a car near
the scene of the accident.
Ne Bye*Witnesses
Mastrianna. according to the cor*
oner, stepped from behind a parked
car and walked Into the side of
Palmenta'a truck on Railroad Hill
street, August IT. He died three
days later from his injuries. There
were several persons at the scene,
but no one actually saw Mastrianna
knocked down.
Lyons, says the coroner, stepped
Into the path of Dlorio's truck on
Hamilton avenue October 9, suf
fering Injuries which led to his
death a few days later. Diorlo was
unable to stop his car In time to
avoid hitting the pedestrians, the
finding states.
Cyclist Killed
DesJardins was killed Instantly
April 18 on the Wolcott road, while
riding his bicycle along the high
way. He was riding In company
with another cyclist, Andrew Derry.
The fatality occurred on a down
grade.
The coroner’s finding states:
"As the boys were riding along
Alblnl DesJardins was In the lead.
They had gotten about 200 feet
or possibly a little more down
the grade from the corner when
the Derry boy spoke to the Des
jardins boy, and he turned around
toward the Derry boy, at the same
time turning his bicycle toward
the center of the road as he
turned around to speak. Just at
that time the first of the two au
tomobiles was passing and the
second automobile, belonging to
Teresa Wright and driven by John
Creaven, pulled toward the cen
ter of the road whether to pass
the car ahead of It ** not per
fectly clear: however, It was out
In the center of the highway with
Its headlights lit.
Search Futile
"As the boy turned his wheel
toward the center of the road the
car driven by Creaven,
the grade, struck him and threw
him to the easterly side of the
highway. Creaven had some diffi
culty In bringing his car to a stop
but did so at the top of the grade
and went back to the Injured boy.
At the time .the accident occurred
the only witnesses, other than the
occupants of the automobile and the
surviving boy, were a P«<lestrlan on
the highway, who was a short dis
isi.r.a'grJ
NOBEL PRIZE FOR
EUGENE O’NEILL
Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 12.—
(DP)—Eugene O’Neill, American
playwright, has been awarded the
„ 1936 Nobel prize for literature, It
- was announced today. O’Neill has
* been recognized for years as
' America’s outstanding dramatist.
■m Hi* playwrltlng career began In
f 1919 when he wrote the "Moon of
" the Carlbecs’’ and "Beyond the
Horizon." There soon followed
"Emperor Jones,” “Anna Christie,"
’ "Desire Under the Elms,” and
1 others. All successes.
» O’Neill successfully defied con
i’ ventlon when he wrote "Strange In
. terlude,” requiring 814 hours to
. perform. "Mourning Becomes Elec
tra” which was produced In 1931,
was another extraordinary produc
• tion. The outstanding recognition
of the No! prize went to O’Neill
In his 48t.. ar. He was the sec
ond Amerli n to be honored with
i the Nobel prize for literature, Sin
' clalr Lewis, novelist, having been
given It In 1931.
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BERT WHEELER
IS MARRIED MAN
Bollywood, Nov, 12.—(UP).—Berl
Wheeler, pertner-in-comedy of Rob
ert Woolaey, today dlacloaed that he
and Hally Halnee, former mueical
comedy etar, would be married
ahortly after the new year. No date
i haa been aet for the wedding be
cauae Wheeler’* divorce from the
former Bernice Spear does not be
come final until next month. The
; comedian aald the ceremony would
•' ‘ be performed here In Hollywood and
. . may take place after he and Wool
- aey finish their next picture. Wheel
; ' er is the father of a seven-year-old
daughter, Patricia. He and Mrs
Wheeler had been separated for
aome time prior to their divorce.
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Universal Studios
Present
Juvenile Revue of 1937
At The
Waterbury
Women’s Club
74 CENTRAL AVE.
Sat. November 14, 1936
At >:M P. M.
Music by Tintmie Crowe
ADMISSION
Ad alts Mo Children 28c
pants of the first ear.
"I have held up my finding in
this matter, hopeful that I would
be able to Identify the occupants
of the first car so that they could
throw additional light on how the
accident occurred, but being now
satisfied that I will probably be
unable to locate them t am making
my finding without being able to
secure what evidence they could
give toward clearing up the question
of criminal negligence.
". . . the car driven by Creaven
had Its headlights on as was seen
by Derry, who turned his wheel
abruptly to the cast side of the
road to avoid the approaching au
tomobile, at the same time calling
to DesJardins, who turned around
to hear what he said and pulled
directly into the path of the ap
proaching car.
Attending Hartford Retreat
REV. DAVID P. GAINES
Pint Baptist Church
Rev. David P. Gaines, paster of
the First Baptist Church, will be
among the many Connecticut
clergymen attending the two-hour
retreat In Hartford this afternoon
at the Immanuel Lutheran Con
gregational church where plans
will be discussed for the National
Preaching Mission which will be
held January 3 to 10.
Members of the central commit
tee In charge of the Connecticut
mission Include:
Rev. Merrill Clark of New Can
Firat M. E. Church
•an, chairman; Rev. Dr. William
Horace Day of Bridgeport; Rev.
David F. Gaines, Waterbury; Rev.
Marlon J. Creeger, Middletown;
Rev. Roy D. Boas, West Haven;
Rev. Theodore A. Bobllln, Water
bury; Rev. J. A. Martin. Nlan
tic; Rev. J. J. Allen, New London;
Rev. Theodore A. Fischer, New
Haven; Rev. Wilbur E. Benson,
Ansonla; Rev. E. E. Collins,
Bridgeport; Rev. Hr. W. Fletcher
Daum, ThompsonvIUe, and Rev.
Dr. Miller, Hartford.
Casper Davis Post
Holds “Open House”
Legionnaires March in Armistice Day Parade—Auxil
iary, Drum Corps Take Part—White Funeral Friday
WATERVILLE
Watervlllo veterans and their
friends celebrated Armistice Day
with open-house at the rooms of
Casper 8. Davis Post of the Amer
ican Legion at Fraternity hall.
Members of the post and auxiliary
gathered their last night lmme
EDWARD MARTIN
Commander
dlatcly following the parade! Mu
sic and dancing were onjoyed and
refreshments were served by the
Armistice Day committee and the
Davis family.
The post, auxiliary and drum
corps made an excellent showing
In the parade downtown. The post
was led by Commander Edward
Martin and carried red fire flares
as It passed the reviewing stand.
Mrs. Edward Martin, president of
auxiliary led her unit who wore
white dresses and Legion caps and
capes.
The drum corps played a number
of new selections, Including a new
medley of World War songs and
Director Grenier received many well
deserved compliments on the excel
lent playing and marching of the
boys.
The local post placed a wreath at
the Honor Roll yesterday morning
at the 11:00 p. m. exercises.
White Funeral Tomorrow
The funeral of Ralph White,
popular Watervllle young man, who
died accidentally while at work at
the plant of the Chase Metal works
on Tuesday night will take place
tomorrow morning at 8:18 o'clock
from the Mulvllle funeral home on
West Main street to St. Michael's
church. There a solemn high mass
of requiem will be celebrated at 0
a. m. The burial will be In Calvary
cemetery.
Bowline Match
The Oold team defeated the Bluei
two games out of three In the week
ly bowling match of the Legion
Auxiliary team at the Waterville
alleys on Tuesday evening. Ida
Corrigan captured high single and
high three with 116 and 278 re
spectively. The Oolds also captured
the total plnfall 1018 to 006. The
scores are as follow:
Golds
Corrigan . 88 77 116— 278
Hoerman . 65 71 70— 200
Denlhan . 60 66 82— 208
Carney . 68 61 40— 168
Cosgrlff . 60 50 68— 158
Totals . 318 326 375—1018
Blues
Williams . 82 80 68— 220
Northrop . 67 40 64— 170
Martin . 66 62 60— 186
McMahon . 68 71 71— 210
Rogers . 70 70 70— 210
Totals .342 322 332— 006
Rooney McArdle
At the regular weekly session of
the Cornell Contract Bridge club of
Waterville held at Foresters hall
BABY STRANGLED
Worcester, Mass., November 12. —
(UP) — A sleeping bag strangled
15-month-old Patricia Somes of
Marblehead last night.
The baby, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Somes, who were visit
ing Mrs. Somes' parents here had
been put to bed In the bag. When
the mother went to awaken the
child a few hours late, she found
her dead. Police said death was
due to accidental strangulation. The
baby apparently had choked by the
neck o fthe bag. ,
Mrs. Leon Totten and Mrs. O. Har
old Hunt playing In the north
south position, led the play with B7
match points. Second In their div
ision were the Mrs. John M. Lynch
Mrs. William O’Callaghan team
with 62 1-3. In the east-west sec
tion first and second places went to
Mrs. William Rooney and Mrs. Jo
seph McArdle 49 1-3 and Mrs. Wil
liam Dunlavey and Mrs. Edward
Barlow 46.
Mrs. Rooney and Mrs. McArdle
lead the official standing with 152
points. Second place Is held by
Mrs. A. H. Mcrrlman and Mrs. Jo
seph Montambault, 140 and Mrs.
William H. Dunlavey and Mrs. Ed
ward Barlow hold third place with
144 1-2.
I ALL. 51UU£.md
GIVEN PRIZES
New Haven, Conn., Nov. 12.—(UP)
—Fifteen Yale students today were
recipient* of prizes awarded for
scholastic achievement.
They were: Forrest L. Kenner,
Webster Groves, Mo.; Wesley M.
Olcr, 3rd, Rye, N. Y.; Lawrence
Oluckln, New York city; Denny W.
Lunsford, Springfield, Mo.; Robert
G. Massengale, Birmingham, Ala.;
Howard A. Wlrth, Waterbury; Carl
L s. Bostrom, Akron. O.; William
F. Qullllan, Jr., Nashville, Tenn.;
Robert P. Ramsey, Meridian, Miss.;
Mabel N. Wright, Maryville, Tenn.;
JOHNSON DRAWS
NAU8Y PENALTY
Waterbary Motorist Fined
$100 and Costs For
Driving While Drank
Naugatuck, Nov. 13 — Charles
Johnson of 173 Baldwin street, Wa
terbary was fined 1100 and costs of
112.30 in borough court this morn
ing on a charge of operating a mo
tor vehicle while wider the influ
ence of liquor. According to local
police Johnson lost control of his
auto last night and escaped serious
Injury when a'skid was halted by
the state highway fence near Dead
Man’s curve. The auto knocked
down two posts In the fence.
A charge of driving without an
operator's license was dropped. Pa
trolman Anthony Farrar made the
arreet.
William Balthusas of West Moun
tain who was arrested Tuesday on a
charge of being a habitual drunk
srd, and whose case was continued
until this morning, was arrested
again yesterday on charges of In
toxication and being a habitual
drunkard. Sentence was suspended
on the Tuesday charge but he was
sentenced to 00 days In New Haven
Jail and fined costs of $16.36 on the
charges on which he was arrested
Wednesday. Patrolman Raymond
Carlson arrested him yesterday.
A charge of operating an over
weight motor vehicle against Mar
tin H. Croody, 38 of 60 Sylvan road.
Waterbury, was nolled on payment
of $38. He was arrested on Nov. 0
Oy Trooper N. N. Davis of the Bea
con Falls state police barracks.
OLD DENTIST DEAD
Beverly, Mass., November 12 —
(UP) — Dr. Oliver Franklin Oarr,
88, for 14 years a Boston dentist,
died today at his home after a long
Illness. He formerly was for 17
years a deacon at Boston’s Tremont
Temple.
!iOUlx L. Marts, Berwick, Pa.; Oeorgc
3. Young, New Haven; Philip 8.
Wadsworth, New York olty; Hollis
E. Hayward, Colby, Kan.; and Ed*
vln T. Anthony, Brighton, Mass.
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