The Waterbury Democrat. [volume], January 20, 1945, Page TWO, Image 2

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Politics
—in
Passing
The Democratic party of Con
necticut fu definitely crippled thU
week In the death of Senator Fran-l*
T. Maloney of Meriden It will be
a long time before any of It* present
officeholders or aspirant* attain the
Meriden statesman'* stature A dis
tinct asset to the party he. never
theless, made government ills pro
fession. So much so. that in Its
Issue of December 30 the Saturday
Evening Post printed an article In
which he was referred to as the
Senator's Senator. Indicating that
this was a common expression in
Washington and In legislative circles
that knew Prank Maloney. Beyond
all that Prank Maloney was a sim
ple and unassuming man He was a
gentleman, nothing uncouth, bar
barous or vicious in his makeup.
Jn his steady climb up the lad
der of material success, which seem
ed never to bother him over murli.
he retained the same characteristics
that marked his boyhood and youth
ful days In many respects he was
so like the late Vincent Scully. This
similarity was In their common
touch. They never lost sight of
the fact that all men are created
free and equal; all have the same
opportunities; all are drawn this
way and that by the same feelings.
Political success never let them
lose this common touch and both
were certainly the better for It.
“Billy" Oreen. safety director
for the State Motor Vehicle De
portment, former secretary of the
State Central rnmmitte under
Francis Smith's chairmanship, and
prior to all this a well-known
Connecticut newspaperman, is now
bilnr credited with “discovering"
Frank Maloney. The Meriden
Journal says that when “Billy”
worked on the Meriden Record he
was accustomed to drop in at the
lunchroom where Frank Maloney
was counterman. That was hack
in 1015. He urged the youngster
to get into the newspaper Held and
introduced him to the editors of
the Record, l-ater in the year
Maloney applied for a Job. got it,
and eventually became the paper's
sports editor. After the war was
over he returned to Meriden,
went Into the insurance and real
estate business and eventually
politics. The rest is common
knowledge.
There isn't a harder working city
controller in all Conne-ticut than
Perry W. Rodman of Bridgeport.
"Where municipal finance officers get
together they’ll usually admit that,
although all mav not agree that
Perry's tramendous energy anil ca
pacity for doing things municipal
should be generally adopted, he
certainly is tremendously active.
Now In Bridgeport legislators are
evidently seeking his scalp A bill
Is to be introduced in the legislature
shortly that would make the office
of controller in Bridgeport an elec
tive rather than appointive posi
tion. Rep. Milton J Herman, who
1a drawing up the measure, claims
that Mr. Rodman transfers appro
prltalons from one city department
to another without proper authori
zation; states that the cost of op
erating the controller's offi e f*90,
000) is excessive compared to New
Haven r *22.000»; maintains the
city's printing plant Is not econom
ical. In Waterburv it costs *20.000
to rwn the controller's office
Criticism of financial authorities
for failure to anticipate pension
costs In the future, as announced
this week by the Waterbury Re
tirement Pension Commission, was
not unusual. If any criticism was
to be offered in the commission's
report, it certainlv would have to
be leveled at tlioie officials or
boards responsible for the make
up of the annual budgets. But
in effect such criticism docs not
mean much, for It's doubtful if
the city really could have done
anything about pension reserves
when the existing pensions were
adopted piece-meal and without
any thought other than to give to
certain groups of employes bene
fits for continued service. And
the number of municipalities that
have actuarially-sound pension
systems is small compared to the
number that simply pay pensions
from current revenue, regardless
of liabilities protected into the
future
If the Democrats of Connecticut
really wanted to name a successor
to Prank Maloney in the senate who
might be an excellent counterpart
for the .’ate Merldenlte it probably
should turn to Fairfield county and
pick Atty. Richard J. Smith for
the Job. It won’t though, for sev
eral reasons. One is that this would
mean, If Mr, Smith were elected,
that both senators would hall from
the southwestern corner of the state
and that's political heresy. Another
reason Is that despite the current
feeling of sorrow among Democratic
politicians there'll be little or no at
tention paid to sentiment In de
ciding a nominee. If a special sena.
torlal election Is called. The most
Important reason—Democrats will
have a tough Job electing a sena
tor at a special election now or
ilx months from now
Few recall all the circumstances
surrounding Connecticut’s last
apodal senatorial election In 1024.
Hiram A. Bingham was “Charlie’’
Templeton’s lieutenant-governor
with the latter “overlooked" at
renominating time, due to his
differences with the then-roaring
Rorsbsck faction. Bingham got
the gubernatorial nomination and
was duly elected. Senator Frank
Brandegee died and a special elec
tion was called. Bingham was
nominated and again elected. So
he actually held three offices at
tat and the same time, although
he only served as governor for a
few hours, long enough to be In
augurated, sign a few papers, then
turn the office over to his lieuten
ant-governor, John If. Trumbull.
It wat Connecticut's most unique
political Incident and certainly
haa historic value.
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Sunken Ships Clog Manila Bay
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of the float anchorage, where more than 50 ships we rr sunk or put out of arllon ax a result of numerous
raids- Waterfront installations and fuel and ammunition dumps also suffered.
Berlin-Bound Reds
Rip German Lines
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border for their first Invasion ol
Germany proper, but there was no
confirmation from Moscow,
The four kingpins of the elaborate
German defensive system in Poland
Tarnow. Krakow, Lodz and Miava
—all fell into Soviet hands yesterday
In a day of whirlwind advances that
engulfed more than 2.100 Polish
towns and villages.
Another 600 towns in the north
eastern border area of East Prussia
were captured, rounding out the big- j
gest 24-hour sweep since the ftus- |
slans launched their "win the war"
offensive from the Vistula river
eight days ago.
Soviet Premier Marshal Josef Sta
lin announced the victories In five
separate orders of the day that dis
closed the addition of two new
armies to the assault front, the
Third White Russian in East Prus
sia and the Fourth Ukrainian on
the northern slopes of the Carpath
ian".
General Ivan D. Cherniakhov
sky's Third White Russian Army,
400,(100 strong, hammered out gains
of as much as 28 miles on a37-mllc
front and lopped off a 750-.square
mile sector of East Prussia in five
days of fierce lighting that Moscow
said had broken the back of the
Prussian defenses.
' The enemy defenses of East. Pros
sia have been smashed”, the Soviet
early morning communique said, re
porting the destruction of 300 enemy
tanks and BOO guns and the killing
of 'thousands” of Germans on that
front.
HchlotMberg Falls
Schlossberg, one • of the key en
I cmv bases in the frontier area, was
I taken In tlie Red Army ssweep and
another column to the north drove
131 miles inside Prussia to capture
Krauplschken, threatening to cut
I off the railway center of Instcrburg.
Tilsit, another Nazi communications
Ration Plans
Opposed Here
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to obtain cigarettes, anti a* far as [
1 can sec, would once again be the j
favored few. Anyway it Is abso
lutely impossible for a downtown
merchant to determine t.ho may
be regular customers." He related
that ft friend had Informed him
one woman had returned to the line
awaiting cigarettes twice. When
several clerks are waiting on cus
tomers, he explained, it Is dlltl
cult to know who has obtained
cigarettes, and It would be equally
difficult to know to whom to dis
tribute ration card.'.
Mrs Mildred Bauby, of Bauby’s
Fruit store, Bank street, felt the
proposed plan might be worth try
ing, but might complicate distribu
tion slightly there, since three shifts
of personnel work In the establish
ment which Is open from early
morning to 11 o’clock
George Williams, who operates
| tiie bus terminal In Exchange place,
was highly skeptical of the feaslbll
■ ity of the plan, and felt It would
do nothing more than encourage
l hoarders. "Anyway, what would a
fellow do in iny position when it
comes to determining regular cus
tomers? A great portion of m,v
customers are transients and they
have to have cigarettes, too".
Harold Wrenn, manager of
i Schulte’s bank street store, had
little enthusiasm for the scheme,
stating it would not aid managers
of that chain of stores, since they
have been advised by their natlonul
office to sell whatever cigarettes
they have to everyone.
Of nil the restaurant operators
interviewed, only Rocco Oiorlo ex
pressed approval of the plan, since
"anything may be better than the
current plan of distribution,"
Many grocers and druggists de
clared they would like to discontinue
sale entirely of cigarette* until the
present inlx-up has been straight
ened out. since patrons are either
incredulous or anygry when told
they arc completely out of fags.
The only suggestion, which was
offered by local merchants hopeful
of ending frenzied and erratic dis
tribution of cigarettes, was that the
matter be taken over by .he OPA
and cigarettes be rationed the same
as canned products.
bhoppers with plenty or lime to
look around were getting Uie ma
jority of cigarettes, according to
reports, while people who spent
long hour* at war work or In their
homes are doing without their usual
dally supply
Reports of frenzied shopping still
persist. A man. who obtained a
pack of cigarettes at an Exchange
Place shop, told the proprietor, after
the sale had transpired, that he was
not a cigarette smoker but had
made a wager with a friend that
he coud obtain 30 packs of cigarettes
in a day.
A woman handed a pack of
cigarettes to a stranger on i bin
recently, explaining she did not
smoke but happened to be In a store
1 where cigarettes were available.
hub, was menaced by a third So
viet force that seized Ragnlt, four
miles to the southeast.
At the same time, Marshal Kon
stantin K Rokossovsky's second
White Russian nrmy closed on tiie
southern border of East Prussia
along a 60-mile front, ripping
through the enemy lines for gains
of as much os 21 miles that cur
ried the Soviet spearheads within
Hire miles of the lrontier by night
fall yesterday.
Rogossovsky's troops captured
Ml.ua, seven miles south ol the
Prussian frontier, after u Curious
light during which the Germans
rushed down reserves from Prussia
and even threw in cadets from the
Mlvu tank training school in a fu
tile attempt to hlod tliet own. The
tioviets drove lour miles farther
north to take Uziuldow. 17 miles
south of the Tannenberg marsiie.s
where Pic-ld Marshal Von Hinden
berg trapped and destroyed a Czai
ist army in World War I.
At Dziadow, the Russians wore 90
miles southeast ol Danzig, one of
the main objectives In Rokossovsky’s
envelopment drive around East
Prussia.
Further to the south, other ele
ments of the second White Russian
army were udvanclmng wcstwaid on
a r>4-mllc front on Torun and Plock,
two vital railway hubs. One spear
head was 61 miles due east of Torun
at Radzanov, while n second drive
I to within 2k miles northeast of
Plock at Raciaz.
Plock also was threatened by
units of Marshal Gregory K. Zhu
kov's first White Russian army
swinging due west of Warsaw on
an Ha-mile lront.
Zhukov's northern wing drove to
within 10 miles southwest of Plock
yesterday with the capture of Go
stynln. while almost 50 miles to
iho south Ills troops scored the
day's biggest triumph with the cap
ture of Lodz, the second city ut
Poland und lla gretaest industrial
center, Al least z.auu Nazis were
captured tu the battle of Lodz, and
the fall of that city, Moscow dis
patches suit!, cleared the way lor a
rapid advance westward to the
German-Polish frontier, barely 75
miles away.
Twenty-nine miles north of Lodz,
the Soviets also captured Kutno,
on the Warsaw-Berlin railway, while
between th two cities they look
Lcczyu, 238 miles due east of Ber
lin.
Rain Or Snow
Likely Today
(Continued from Page 1)
custom to seek divine guidance
with each successive tom of office,
Inauguration guests began as
sembling some time before noon —
the diplomats, cabinet,, congressional
bigwigs, visiting politicians, presi
dential electors and members of
the SI,000 club which contributed
to Mr. Roosevelt's 1944 campaign.
The club to meeting here today.
Five of the 15 minutes allotted
for the whole outdoor ceremony
were for Mr. Roosevelt's fourth In
augural address, a document he
.‘ought to limit to 500 word.. From
1,500 to 2,000 of the guests had in
vitations to storm Into the White
House for a 1 p, m. buffet luncheon
—chicken salad, eollec and little
cakes. There will be a lea and re
ception this afternoon for the pres
idential electors anti Democratic
party leaders, who are here in con
siderable numbers.
Americans
Closing In
'Continued from Page li
lance from the Llngayen gulf
beachhead area was closer to 40
miles.
The Americans were striking
down two highways, routes 3 and
13. which merge at Tarlac, approxi
mately half way from the Ungayer.
Gulf beachhead to Manila Bay.
'Hie column on route l’l overran
Santa Ignaclu, 13 miles northwest of
Tarlac, in the eastern foothills of
the Zambales mountains yesterday
after a slx-mlle advance from Cam
tllng. Ten miles to the east, other
units were well south ol Panlqul, 13
miles north of Tarlac, on route 3.
Though both columns were Ir.
"sizeable” strength and cn the
march again after pausing to con
solidate their positions, they ap
peared to be feeling their way cau
tiously for the moment against the
possibility of an enemy trap pre
paratory to launching a full-scale
attack that Is expected to curry tc
Clark Field, 21 miles south of Tar
lca.
Enemy opposition continued neg
ligible to the frontal push toward
Tarlac. but the Japanese unleashed
several armored counter-attacks
against the eastern flank of the
t
GermansPour
New Reserves!
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striking irom the cut, northeast
and southeast In on attempt to
drive a wedge Into the Americans
interlocking lanes of fire.
Allocking behind a screen of 00
ton Tiger tanks, crack German in
fantrymen tried again and again to
break through the American lines
with bazookas and burp guns, only
lo be cut down by salvoes of artil
lery and mortar lire
Heavy fighting continued all along
the southern end of flatten today,
witli tlie Americans holding fast to
their positions.
Six mills to the south, oilier Sev
enth Army troops counter-attacked
gallantly across the frozen swamps
and forests of Sessenhcim in an un
successful attempt to recapture the
town and thus spilt the German
forces along the Rhine from those
on the northern arm of the Alsace
triangle.
The bad turn in the weather pre
vented an immediate follow-up to
yesterday’s American dive-bomber
attack on two big concentrations of
German armor spotted in the for
ests around Hlschwlller, six miles
west of Sessenhcim.
Flyers of U. S. First Tactical Air
Force flushed out tile Nazi coveys
yesterday and destroyed at least 20
atnks and armored cars In a series
of dive-bombing attacks, while other
raiders blasted enemy supply barges
on the Rhine in an effort to choke
off tlie flow of Nazi reinforcements.
Returning pilots said tlie Germans
hud thrown a number of pontoon
bridges across the river near Drux
enhelm, 3 1-2 miles east of Biscli
willer and 14 miles northeast, of
Strasbourg, covering them with a
powerful concentration of flak guns.
FDR Grayer
And Thinner
(Continued from Page li
17.) and 180 pounds. According
to Mclntlre, the President's weight
Is roughly 10 pounds under wlinl it
was when lie first entered office in
1933.
The President is proud of what
Ik describes lo his friends ns ids
"flat front," And lie says lie feels
better at, ids lower weight then
lie did when lie weighed around
187.
His digestion remains good and
he can eat Just about what he
wants. And n President of the
United States usunlly can get Just
about what he wants to eat.
Because of the dragging, even
though comparatively minor il'ncss
he went through last winter which
necessitated a month’s rest In
South Carolina, the President's
physician is particularly happy that
he has come through this winter
so far without, a cold.
Birth, Death
Totals Lower
(Continued from Page 1)
tricity utilized during 1944 was in
amount of 355,262.234 KWH or an
increase of 5,410.035 KWH; gas con
sumption for Hie year amounted to
1,824,500,000, eu. ft., or a decrease of
16 million; 653 building permits were
Issued dining 1044 at a total esti
mated building cost of $1,164,010
which comprised a decrease of 64
permits as compared to 1043 and an
estimated cost decrease for the same
period of $330,476.
The following figures arc those
for December 1044 relative to each
classifications: Bunk clearings, $8,
742,600; bank debits, $58,881,430;
bank savings ,$71,038,779; births,
130; building permits, 29; death, 91;
electricity - KWH, 30,003,053; em
ployment (total! 40,128 and for the
8 largest manufacturers, 20,819;
freight, tonnage, L, C. L. ears re
ceived—3,348 tons; carload cars re
ceived, 60,905 tons; L. C. L. cars fwd,
4,057, tons and carload cars receiv
ed. 19,321; gas—cu, ft., 164.592; com
munclable diseases. 119; marriages,
55; new families. 15; postal re/elpts,
$100,315 and telephones, 28,896.
Employment, one of the most crit
ical phases of the current war stt
uatlon according to federal sources
fluctuated-here during 1044 accord
ing to the chart shown. An average
of 45,518 monthly were employed
here during the entire year. However
the following breakdown reveals the
fluctuation showing a decrease to
mid-year and then a not-so high in
crease at Hie close of Hie year.
Total employed here during 1944
by months Jan. 51,233; Feb, 50,750;
March, 50,347; April, 49,719; May,
49,472 June, 49,146; July, 48,211;
August, 48.813 Sept, 48,912; Oct, 49,
241; Nov., 49,253; Dec. 49,128.
steAdlly-expandiiig Luzon beach
head.
The counter-attacks all were on a
small scale and easily repulsed, but
Included the use of medium tanks
by the enemy for the first time. The
Japanese thrusts centered around
Blnalonan, 16 miles inland from
Dagupan.
VARIOUS GROUPS
LECTURE GUESTS
Catholic Women's Council
Invites Public to Hear
Noted Peace Authority
Delegations from numerous organ
izations of this city will attend the
lecture Monday night of Rev. Ed
wnrd A. Conway. S. J.. Ph.D , elitilr
mnn of the Committee of the Cath
olic Association for International
Peace, at Wllby HIrIi School Auditor
ium at R o'clock. Tlie lecture Is
free to the public. Tickets of ad
mislson have been sent to social, ed
ucational. racial and labor groups
who plan to attend the only lecture
in Connecticut of Father Conway.
Mayor John S. Monagan has sig
nified his intention of attending
Rev. Eugene P. Cryne. director of
t.hc Diocesan Bureau of Social Serv
ice with which the Waterbury Coun
cil of Catholic Women Is affiliated,
and which group Is sponsoring the
leciure, will Introduce Father Con
way.
When Father Conway comes to
Hits city Monday it Is expected he
will approach his subject, postwar
problems, in a way that will satisfy
the various groups that will cotne to
hear him talk.
Calls for tickets have come from
practically all city organizations.
Those who do not hold tickets will
be admitted.
Cltywlde interest in peace plans
is such that all leading organizations
lio|)c to attend Father Conway's lec
ture. He will approach his subject,
the Pattern for Peace, in a way that
will appeal to Catholic, Jewish and
Protestant groups.
Monday night's lecture is at 8
o'clock. If you have tickets, present
them. If not, come anyway. All arc
welcome.
BRIDGEPORT CHOIR
TO PRESENT PLAY
St. George's Group to Bn
tertain St. Joseph’s
Sunday Ni^ht
Brooklyn News
A play and concert will be pre
sented by the St. Ocorge's church
choir of Bridgeport tomorrow night
nt. 7 o’clock at St. Joseph's hall, with
members of the St. Joseph’s choir
to serve as hosts to the visiting
group.
Rev. Joseph V. Kasslauskas. pastor
of till' Bridgeport church, and Rev.
Albert Zanavich, curate, both of
whom served previously at St.
Joseph’s church, will accompany the
choir and are scheduled to give brief
addresses to the gathering
The play, a three-act Lithuanian
vomedy, Is titled "Three Sweet
hearts’’. Anthony Stanlsauskas,
the choir director, will be in charge
of the program, which also will in
clude presentation of Lithuanian
songs,
The locul committee in charge of
arrangements for the event Is com
posed of Professor Alexander J.
Aleksls, chairman, Paul Kauneckls,
Ma reel le Andrlkls, Raymond Vai
rhus, Joan Luxes, Edward Kar.lau.s
kas, Adele Oolax. aohn Lusas, Con
stance Jcgela, John Kalenauskas,
and Edward Kushlls.
Members of the local choir gave
a performance in Bridgeport two
weeks ago
War Fund Drive
Mrs. John V. Lanky, chairman oi
the Red Cross war fund canvass In
the Brooklyn and Highland avenue
sections, and Mrs. Hurry Pritchard,
co-chairman, were among the wnr
fund workers who attended a meet
ing and tea yesterday afternoon
at the Chapter House on Grove
street. Plans for the coming drive
were discussed by the gathering.
Other Brooklyn section war fund
workers ,-deriding the session in
cluded: Mrs. Clarence Balanda,
Mrs. Paul Vande Bogart, Mrs. Ed
ward L. Lnsk.v and Mrs. Howard
Pritchard.
Others serving on the committee
for the Brooklyn and Highland ave
nue sections Include: Miss Gertrude
Yates, Mrs. William Wood. Mrs.
John Btidrevlclus, Mrs. Charles
Marshall. Mrs. Peter Krugclis, Mrs.
Joseph Macklc, Mrs. August Kankel,
Mrs. John I) Adams. Mis Natalie
Krugclis, Miss Josephine Stoknn,
Mrs. Joseph Panarnuskas, Mrs.
Prank Wilson. Mrs. Harold Fogg,
Mrs. Joseph Smith, Miss Arlene
Prltelmrd, Mrs, Oil,", Cnouclte, Mrs.
Henry Tooker, and Mrs. George
Lowney.
FDR Going
Overseas
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In the Middle East.)
Retiring Vice President Henry A.
Wallace and his successor, Harry
8. Truman, also spoke. Wallace, In
a Jolly mood, Introduced Truman
with "very great pleasure," Truman
sHld some nice things about Wal
lace, too—said he was "very fond"
of him and that he'd been "a great
vice president.”
Mr, Roosevelt was not present,
but he senl a message reaffirming
that "we shall win the war and the
peace' and culling upon Americans
to unite In an all-out war effort.
CONCERT PLANNED BY
WORKERS’ ALLIANCE
Chuyelo Gruber and Victor Pecker
win be featured at the annual con
cert of the Jewish National Workers'
Alliance, Brunch 2117, which will be
held Sunday evening al Beth El au
ditorium on Cooke street.
FIRE APPARATUS SENT
TO CHIMNEY BLAZE
Firemen responded this morning
to a chimney blase at the Blakeslee
Co, Iff Meadow street. I.Mt night
firemen responsed to a false alarm
al bo* 24, Pine street and Wood
lawn Ter,
V
OBITUARY
• •
( ROCRKR — Mr* Myrtlr May I
i Wilson t Steves Crocker wife or
John William Crocker, died early
this morning at her home, 3 East
on avenue. Born Feb. 7, 18*3 In i
Moncton, New Brunswick, she was
the daughter of the late Amo* and
Laura i Wheaton) Wllsor
Besides her husband she Is sur
vived by three sons. Volney. Water
bury, Pvt, Roy, U. 8. Army, sta
tioned In Burma; Vincent. Water
bury; three daughters, Mrs. Bea
trice Armstrong-Banks. Mrs. Wil
fred Manton, Mias Leona Steves, all
of Waterbury; a brother, Roy Wil
son. Mllllnocket, Me.; a halt
brolher, Harry Hope, a slslet, Mrs.
Mara a ret Stcrrltt, both of MtlUn
ocket; a half-sister, Mrs. Eva Bab
cock, Bangor, Me.; J! grandchildren
and 1 Rrcat-grandchlld.
Mrs. Crocker was a member of the
First Baptist church
Funeral services will be held at
the Alderson funeral home, 70 Cen
tral avenue, Monday at * p. m-, Rev.
David P. Gaines, oflfcitalng. Burial
will be at the convenience of the
family. Friends may call at the
funeral home today from 7 to 10 p.
m. and tomorrow from 3 to 5 and
7 to 9 p. m.
MILLER Mrs. Mary E. Miller,
widow of Charles Miller, died yes
terday. She was the daughter of the
late James and Ella 'Keyes) Wtme3
and had been a resident of the
Bucks Hill road section of the city
for a number of years.
Surviving jue: a son, Lieutenant
Colonel Vincent A. Miller, U. S.
Army, serving In Paris, Fiance; two
sisters, Miss Elizabeth Wlmes and
Mrs. Matthew Conroy, Waterbury.
Private funeral services were held
this morning at 8:30 from the Ber
gln Funeral Home, 290 East Main
street, to St. Thomas’ church where
Mass was celebrated. Burial was In
new St. Joseph's cemetery.
BOTLIJIO — Mrs. Francis (Jesu)
Bntolho. 84, widow of Joseph Botcl
ho, 17 Sheffield street, Watervllle,
died Thursday at her home. She was
born In St. Michael In the Azores
and had lived In Watervllle for
about 25 years.
Survivors are five sons, Manuel,
Antone, Alfred, Watervllle; and Jo
seph and John, Fall River, Mass.;
two daughters, Mary and Frances
Full River; and several grandchil
dren.
The funeral will be held Monday
at 8:45 from the Lunny Funeral
Home, 25 Central avenue, to St.
Michael's church at 9:30 a. m. Burial
will be In Calvary cemetery. Friends
may call at the funeral home to
day from 7 to 10 p, m. tomorrow
from 3 to 10 p. m.
HOGAN—James Hogan, husband
of Lucy (Thompson) Hogan, Turner
avenue, Oakville, died this morning
at the home of his father, John
Hogan, 230 Sylvan avenue.
He was born Sept. 24, 1911 in
Torrlngton and had been employed
by the Oakville division of the
Scovill Mfg. Co.
Surviving are: his father and
mother, John and Marie C Hogan,
this city; a son, James Joseph, Jr.,
a daughter, Barbara; two brothers,
John Hogan, Jr.. Waterbury, and
Sgt. Harold Hogan, U. S. Army,
serving In England.
Mr. Hogan was a member of the
State Guards.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 8:30 a. in. from the
Alderson funeral home. 70 Central
avenue, to St. Mary Magdalen
church, Oakville, for a solemn high
Mivs at 8. Burial will be In Cal
vary cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home Sunday from 7
to 9 p m. and Monday from 3 to
5 and 7 to 9 p. m.
KOI'LKAl)— Charles L. Rouleau,
brother of Mrs. Francis Bernier, this
city, died at his home, Finch ave
nue, Meriden, Thursday night after
FORESTERS HOLD
JOINT CEREMONY
Officers of Subordinate
Courts of District Formal
ly Installed
Joint Insinuation ceremonies of
Grand Court officers, Foresters of
America, from this city and Connec
ticut. were held at Franco-American
hall last night at which Grand Chief
Ranger Ralph R. Brandely officiat
ed.
Courts participating at the joint
exercises were Court Washington,
Torrlngton; Court Welch, Water
vlllc; Martin Ilcllmuu, Court Ore
gon, Richard Wagner, Court Chain
plain and Court Verdi, all of Wa
terbury, and Sadi Carnot, Torrlng
tnn A social followed the installa
tion ceremonies.
State officers Included WllliAm
IJunlavpy, grand treasurer; Felix
Guarini, i>ast grand chief ranger;
James Clifford, past grand chief
ranger; John Humphrey, past
grand chief ranger; Angelo Pcrrot
ti, grand recording secretary; Ed
ward Talbot, grand trustee, Jo
seph Caron, grand court auditor,
Harry Streek, grand secretary,
was unable to attend because of ill
ness.
DIVORCE ACTIONS
FILED HERE TODAY
Two new divorce actions, both
returnable to superior court Feb.
0, wevo entered on the court docket
toddy.
Allred L. Cote of Wuterbury seeks
ii dlorce from Anna Mary btablcckl
of Wuterbury on tho grounds of
Intemperance and Intolerable cruel
ty. The couple married Murch 13,
1944 at Baltimore, Md., and the pe
titioner claims his wife has been
cruel since that day
George A. Desaulnlers Vicenzt of
Wuterbury makes a charge of In
tolerable cruelty In her complaint
against George Vlncenzl, also of this
city. The marriage was performed
Aug, 17, 1040 in this city, and the
cruelty allegedly started Jan. 1,
1942. The plaintiff seeks custody of
their two children, and an allow
ance for support.
Mineral experts la New Zealand
have Just announced that recent
findings show that the country has
enough coal to satisfy He require
ments for 100 years.
• lingering Illness. Hr was born In
Canada and ramr to Meriden S3
years ago. Mr. Rouleau was em
ployed as a carpenter for many
years by the H Wales Lines Co.,
Meriden, and was a communicant
of Holy Angels' church.
He Is survived by his wife. Mrs,
Angelina Rouleau, five daughters,
Mrs. Edmund Brodrur, Mrs. Ralph
Brodeur, Mrs. Joseph Lrgacc, Mrs.
Albert leg ace and Mrs. Charles
Znnnl, all of Meriden; three sons,
Bgt Raymond)Rouleau, stationed at
Yuma, Arlz., Ernest Rouleau, Mer
iden; and Seaman 1-c Felix Rou
leau, U. S. Navy, overseas; two sis
ters, Mrs. Olive LcClatre, Canada;
and Mrs. Bernier, Waterbury.
The luneral was held at 8;15
a. m. today from the John J. Fer
1 & Sons, funeral home, 88 Karst
Mam street to Holy Angels' ehurrh
at 0. Burial was In St. Laurent's
cemetery.
MIKLINEVICUS— Jane Mtkllnc
vIcue. infant daughter of Edmund
and Mary 'Tomkust Mlklmevlctts.
25 South Leonard street, died sud
denly Wednesday night at the Wa
terbury hospital
Private luneral services were held
Thursday afternoon at the Mazalka
funeral home, 10 Porter street.
KERCH HON—William Wadsworth
Ferguson, 22-niontIrs-old son of
Staff Sgt. and Mrs. John S. Fer
guson, 151 Mlddlebury road. Water
town, died yesterday afternoon In
New Haven hospital after an illness
of several months. Sgt. Ferguson
has been serving with the Eighth Air
Force In England for the past 18
months.
Besides his father, the child is
survived by his mother, the former
Dorothy Doster of Watertown; his
paternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
William P. Ferguson of North street,
Mlddlebury, and his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wads
worth Doster of Mlddlebury road,
Watertown.
Funeral arrangements are Incom
plete.
KEANE—Word has been received
here of the death on Dpc. 23, of Mrs.
Timothy Keane, formerly of Wa
terbury, In County Limerick, Ire
land.
Besides her husband she Is sur
vived by two Sons, Francis and
Thomas; her mother. Mrs. Margaret
Whelan; four sisters, Mrs. C. Mor
gan and Mrs. C. W. Broughton,
England, and Mrs. W. A. McDon
nell, Dublin, Mrs. E. J. Keane. Wa
terbury; three brothers, James,
Thomas and William of Ireland and
several nieces and nephews.
FUNERALS
Funeral services for John Osmaii
skas ol Watertown was hrld today
at 0:45 a in. from Deliniks funeral
home, 17 Congress avenue, Water
bury. to St. Joseph’s church at 10.
Burial was in Calvary cemtery.
The luneral of Mrs, Catherine
Keefe, 1100 East Main street, was
held this morning at 0:30 from the
Mulvllle funeral home, 170 West
Main street, to Sacred Heart church
at 10:15. Burial was In new St. Jos
eph’s cemetery.
A military funeral for Morgan
Dowling, 32 Taylor street, was held
today at 8:15 a. m. from the Mill
ville funeral home, 270 West Main
street to the Church of the Sacred
Heart at 0. Burial was In Calvary
cemetery.
Funeral services for Leo C. Ed
wards, 448 North Main street..
World War I veteran, will be held
today at 2 p. m. at the Millville
funeral home, 270 West Main street,
itev. Francis O. Ayres, rector of St.
John's Episcopal church of which
Mr. Edward was a communicant,
officiating. Burial will be in old
Pine Grove cemetery. Military
services will also be held.
The funeral of Frederick Joseph!.
96 South street, was held yesterday
afternoon at the First. Lutheran
church, Rev. Robert A. Hoyden
relch, pastor, officiating Burial was
In Riverside cemetery with commit
tal services conducted by Mr. He.v
denrcich. Bearers were Ronald
Doley, Herbert Pinter, Michael
Kovacs, John Wollek. Michael
Turech and Samuel Zwlck.
The funeral of Mrs. Agnes E.
McGarr, wife of Anthony McClarr,
New Milford, was held this morn
ing at 9:3" from the mils funeral
home, New Mlltord, to St. Francis
Xavier churth at 10. The body was
placed In a receiving at St. Fruncis
cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Eva Win
gertsman. widow of John Wingerts
man, Woodtlc road, Wolcott, will he
held from the Mulville funeral
home, 270 West Main street,, Mon
day at 8:15 a. m. at ES. Peter and
Paul church at 3. Burial will be
in Calvary cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home today from
7 to 10 p. m. and tomorrow from
2 to 10 p. m.
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36 Jefferson St.
RESIGNING
VERNON L. HALL
G. O. P. Chairman
The resignation of Vernon L.
Hall, Republiran town chairman,
was tendered last night at the
meeting of the town committee of
the party. Mr. flail will retain the
post until a surcesaor la choaen.
It was announced by the com
mittee that it will watch closely
the progress of the proposed city
pension hill and the change-over
of llie city’s assessor’s office rela
J live to possible suggested amend
I ments.
Brown University
Gets $30,000 Gift
Providence. H. I„ ,lan. 20 — 'U
P.) — Engineering laboratory facili
ties at Brown University will be ex
panded as result of a $30.00 gift
from the Hamel-Dahl Company,
manufacturers of automatic control
equipment.
The bequest, announced by Pres
ident Henry M. Wriston of Brown at
the 33rd annual alumni dinner last
night, was prompted by recent co
operation between the company and
the University and was given "In
apprcclaatlon of the many services
and facilities" made available to the
company. A second floor will be add
ed to the engineering laboratory
building with the money.
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i.m» hank arriikvst
Exclusively at . . .
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IMKH
lioTlll.no la lit In city, Jan. Jttlli,
1 !• |.ri, Mrs. Frances (Jcsu) Mott* I ho,
of 17 Sheffield street, VVntervllle,
l 'oil II.
Funeral Momia.N ai S:45 a. in., from
Lunny Funeral Home, 25 I’cntral
Avenue, to St, Michael's Church,
at Si:no a. in. Jiurlal in Calvary
cemetery.
CHOCK Kit III this city, Jan. 201M.
I!ii;., Mrs. My it h* May (Wil
son) Stoves Crocker, of ;i Easton
Avenue., Waterbury, Conn.
Funeral Monday at I |». in., from
Alderson Funeral Homo, 70 Cen
ir.il Avenue. Murliil at the conven
ience of the family.
IIOO.W In this city, Jan. 20th,
l!M5, Janu s Hogan, of Turner Ave
n ut*. (>n U vlllf, < 'mm.
Funeral Twe.sdn.v at H:!10 a. in., from
Ahhrson Funeral Home, 70 Cen
tral Avenue, to St. Mary Magdalen
Church at 0 a. in. Burial In Cal
vary cemetery.
Mil.M.It In this city. Jan. ItHli,
l!Hr»( Mrs. Mary K. Miller, widow
of Charles Miller, formerly of
ItlieKs Hill mini section.
I'rivale fnmral Imlay at 8:!’0 a. in.,
from l.crgiii Funeral llome, ti'.m Fast
Main Street, to St. Thomas’ church.
ISnrlul In new St. Joseph’s ceme
tery.
1% >1F. >101(1 \ M
In loving memory of Virginia
and I’o|m'rt Huberts, who died Jan.
20111.
(Signed)
The KOHKIITH FAMILY.
>1 \SSV.H
in IION Month’s mind Mass will
j he celebrated Tuesday morning:.
Jan. 2:ircl, at 7:30 o’cloeh, at the
St. Frances Xavier Church, for
! the repose of the soul of the late
i William Byron.
• IIAIIl<IS Month's mind Mass of
I n»|ulcni will be celebrated Mon
j day morning, at 8 o'clock, at the
. Immaculate Conception Church, for
the repose of t lui Noul of the Into
; Min. Anna M. Harris.
' HI IR Month's mind Mass of re
j oulem will he celebrated Monday
j Morning at 7:3ft o'eloeh, at the St.
Francis Xavier Church, for the
repose of the soul of the lute
Vincent J. Ilusvar.
DHISCOM* - A solemn high third
jiniiiversary Mass of rmjiiieni was
eclehratcd in TJoyatowti, NobraukH,
on Wednesday, Jan. 17th, by th«
Most lit. I lev. Msmt. Edward J.
Flanagan for the repose of the
soul of the late Edward F. Dris
coll.
BERGIN'S
Funeral Home
Established 1873
290 East Main St.
Tel. 3-0683
J.H.MULVILLE
FUNERAL HOME
Holmtt Avenua
—at
270 W. MAIN ST.
DIAL 4-3123