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WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1945
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Special Motion Ready
In Zukauskas’ Appeal
• public Defender Carmody to File Statement With Clerk
\ of Supreme Court Tomorrow; Funds Sought
r A motion relating to funds in Francis Zukauskas’ new
IBgJit to save himself from death in the electric chair will
be filed with the New Haven Superior Court clerk and the
clerk of the State Supreme Court of Errors in Hartford
tomorrow morning, it was reported today by Public
[Defender Edward T. Carmody.
PUBLIC DEFENDER
EDWARD X. CARMODY
QUIT-CLAIM DEED
TO BE PRESENTED
^(Court to Rule of City’s Ac=
ceptance of Watertown
Avenue Property
/ A quit-claim deed, conveying Wa
tertown avenue property of the In
dustrial Properties, Inc., to the City
'of Watcrbury, will b<^ presented a
!second time for approval of su
i perior court at a short calendar
I session tomorrow.
JiK^e Frank P. McEvoy last Frl
• day ruled the disposition of the
[76 acres of land should be delayed
iR week to give prospcctvic pur
[chasers another opportunity to
make offers. The jurist at that
time pointed to a statement made
[by Atty. Alfred L. Flnkelstein, re
ceiver, that the city has no inten
tion to sell the land after it ac
quire# it.
The Industrial Properties owes
tlie city about $4,000 in taxes, cov
ering the past 11 or 12 years. It
claims it has been unable to sell
the land at a price above the
sum owed to trie city.
City officials have expressed in
terest in acquiring the land, since
it is adjacent to the Municipal sta
dium and Brookside Home.
HAIRDRESSERS HERE
ORGANIZING CHAPTER
Doris Colby has been named tem
porary president of the newly or
ganized Waterbury area unit of the
Hairdressing Guild of Connecticut,
Inc. Permanent officers will be
pelected at a meeting in the near
future. Introduction of legislative
The attorney, who yesterday re
vealed a special motion was being
drawn up for presentation In the
high court, said filing of the papers
tomorrow will enable the defense to
secure a hearing on March 6, the
regular motion day of the Supreme
Court, which conducts special hear
ings on the first Tuesday of each
month.
No estimate is given by the coun
sel in the motion on the amount of
money Zukauskas will need ^o ap
peal to the Supreme Court from the
death penalty imposed in superior
court by three judges February 8.
The motion merely asks the
Supreme Court Justices to instruct
the superior court to allow the pub
lic defender to take the appeal at
the expense of the state. Attached
to the motion is a stipulation signed
by the defense and State's Attorney
William B. Fitzgerald, stating t hat
Zukauskas is entirely without funds
and can not pay for the appeal him
self.
The superior court last Friday de
nied a defense motion for state
funds for the appeal. The high court
is not asked by the defense to rule
on that denial. It is asked instead to
instruct the lower court to allow the
use of the state funds.
Zukauskas is scheduled to die in
the electric chair April 20 for the
murder of Mrs. Stephanie Plungis on
November 1. The defense claims the
superior court could reasonably have
found him guilty of murder in the
second degree, which carries a pen
alty of life imprisonment.
The new motion will be filed with
Will’am A. Bree, New Haven super
ior court clerk, who handles all
Supreme Court motions for New Ha
ven County. It will then be forward
ed to Lucius P. Fuller, clerk of the
Hartford court.
Methodists
Cut Parley
Boston, Feb. 22 — (U.P.) — Bishop
Lewis O. Hartman announced here
today that the Methodist church's
53rd annual conferences scheduled
for spring will be "skeletonized’’ to
help relieve congested travel condi
tions.
He said that the Boston area cab
inet, representing the four Metho
dist conferences of New England,
agreed to limit the Maine, New
Hampshire, New England and
Southern New England conferences
to not more than 59 persons. The
sessions are to be reduced from five
to two days.
The area cabinet also voted to
call off all district conferences dur
ing the present war emergency.
The New Hampshire conference
will be held April 5-6 at Tilton; the
Maine conclave, May 3t4, at Augusta
the New England, May 17-18, at
Springfield and the New England
Southern, June 7-8, East Providence,
R. I.
bills will be discussed by the mem
bers at the coming meeting it has
been reported.
Russell School Pupils With Lofty Ideas
Mathcs Studio Photo.
The yougnsters of the seventh
grade of Russell Grammar School
have their “minds” in the clouds
these days. They are day-dream
ing cf long plane flights, battles
of the air, of dive-bombers, pur
suit shops, rocket planes and what
not. Being modern youngsters and
conscious of planes part in the
schemes of war and peace, they
want to know what makes ships of
the air "tick and fly”. They have
familiarized themselves with every
type of American plane. They can
recognize a “Zero” or a Messer
schmidt at first glance. They would
make excellent observers for the
War Department.
When it comes to making planes
the boys who formally attended
manual training classes now flock
to the sessions for instructions in
model plane building or if you
please elementary aeronautics.
Miss Irene Spellman their teacher
reports 100 percent attendance on
all such occasions. These young
Etsrs will be in the front ranks
of birdmen of tomorrow as de
signers, builders and fliers. Note
the influence of the Sinatra era
in the ties of the young students
on the left. Note also the planes
suspended from the ceiling and
held aloft by the youngsters. My
how different school days are now
and in yester-years.
Enthusiastic Greeting
F or Opera Presentation
“II Trovatore” Attracts Capacity Audience to Loew*
Poli’s Martinelli, Miss Flesch, Miss Kepp Standout
Watcrbury is becoming opera con
scious, it was clearly demonstrated
last night, when for the second time
in four months residents of the
Brass city, to whom opera has been
a radio broadcast or a New York
city event, crowded Loew’-Poli thea
ter to capacity for the presentation
of Verdi's ‘II Trovatore' by the Con
necticut Opera Association.
The company must have been gra
tified by the receptive audience for
it has long been known that Water
bury audiences are among the most
difficult to impress. And the audi
ence was impressed; not only by
Giovanni Martinelli, whose powerful
voice has certainly lost little of its
vigor since lie" first portrayed the
troubadour, Manrico, at the Metro
politan Opera House in 1913, but for
the entire company.
An unfortune illness of Miss Anna
Kaskas, of Hartford, prohibited the
appearance of the singer and sounds
of disappointment resounded throug
out the theater as the announce
ment was made. However, the per
formance of Miss Ellen Repp, of New
York City, as the gypsy. Azucena,
was enthusiastically applauded.
In the role of Leonora, beloved by
Manrico, Miss Ellen Flesch was bril
liant. The other principal role, that
of Count Di Luna, was capably por
trayed by Giovanni Di Surra, a
handsome man in addition to a rich
baritone voice impressed the audi
ence as was evidenced by its loud
applause.
The story, 1s based on me rove oi
Manrico and Leonara and the re
venge desired by Azucena. whose
mother, as is related in the first act,
was burned at the stake as a witch
by the father of the present count.
Promising revenge, Azucena at
tempts to burn the son of the count
but kills her own in error. She then
kidnaps the younger son of the count
and raises him as her own. The first
act ends with a duel between Man
rico and DiLuna who also loves
Leonora. As the tale developes,
Manrico learns that Leonora, think
ing him dead is about to take the
veil and that the count intends to
abduct her. He hastens to the con
vent and after an encounter with
the count at the convent, Leonora is
rescued. In the third act, the lovers
ave about to be united when Man
rico learns of Azucena’s capture by
the count. He also is captured in
his attempt to save her. Leonora, in
the last act, offers to wed the count,
but unobserved she takes a slow
working poisor as soon as the order
of release is signed. Upon discover
ing this, the count orders Manrico
to immediate execution, but as the
troubadour dies, Azucena reveals tc
DiLuna that he has killed his own
brother.
The familiar Anvil Chorus, sung
at the beginning of the second act,
was rich and tuneful but slightly
confused by the banging of the
hammers on the anvils. In the sec
ond scene of the third act, the lovers
expecting to be wed, are alone,
Martinelli proved his capability in
handling the phrases of love as well
as the exciting arias when he sang
"Ah, Si, Ben Mio" (Ah, Yes, Be*
loved.’’!
The orchestra, conducted by Kurt
Adler, formerly with the San Fran
cisco Opera Company, provided a
magnificent accompaniment. The
43-piece orchestra played with com
mendable skill and feeling the great
music of Verdi.
It is difficult to single out one
particular performance for the en
tire company was excellent. Perhaps,
one of the most touching scenes
took place, at the end of the last
act, the gypsy and Manrico are
awaiting execution and Azucena
WILSON POST PLANS
MEMORIAL SERVICES
A memorial service for the late
William F. Thompson, who was
commandant of the Wilson Post,
American Legion, in 1643. will be
held at the post headquarters on
Bishop street, Sunday at 4 p. m. Mr.
Thompson died In February, 1643.
tells of her suffering at the thought
of her mother's end and urges the
troubadour to awaken her should
the vision overcome her. The gypsy
singing the aria ' Home to Our
Mountains," in which she dreams of
happy days for them again, left the
audience spellbound.
The role of Inez, Leonora’s at
tendant was played by Anita Per
ratta; that of Ferrando, the count’s
lieutenant by Nino Carbone; and
the role or Ruiz was portrayed by
Anthony Amato. Leo Des Jardine
was "the old gypsy.”
Louis Rayhout was stage director
and Joseph Ilistro, Jr., whose Con
necticut Opera Association spon
sors concerts at Bushnell Memorial
hall, Hartford, Worcester, Provi
dence and Richmond, Va., was gen
eral manager.
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Proposed Waterbury
Airport Classified
Class‘3’Type With Four Runways Planned; City’s
Federal Allotment to Be $1,435,000
Waterbury’s proposed airport has been classified as a
potential Class “3” type field to consist of four runways,
ranging in size from 3,700 to 4,700 feet, according to Civil
Aeronautics Administration.
The new airneia win De one oi
3,050 proposed new one's through
out the nation which have been
prepared as to plans by the CAA
at the direction of Congress. In
addition 1,625 of the existing 3,000
airports are to be improved under
the federal plan all at a total ex
penditure of federal funds in
amount of $1,021,000,000.
As reported here previously the
city’s proposed field will likely cost
in the neighborhood of $3,500,000
and authorities have contacted of
ficials of Meriden and Bristol sug
gesting that they combine with this
city in financing and supporting the
giant field. The city’s federal al
lotment has been set at $1,435,000.
In New England the CAA plan
proposes 165 new airports and im
provement of 92 existing ports. If
the entire program is executed it
would provide more than 300 air
ports in New England. At present
there exis.ts 22 ports in Connecticut
with recommendations for improve
ments planned for 11. Twenty-six
new ports are proposed for the
state at a total cost for all plans
of $16,350,000.
The class “3” type port proposed
for the city provides for present
day transport aircraft. Other classes
are, "l” and “2” suitable for light
commercial and private planes; and
classes "4” and ‘'5" which would
serve the largest aircraft now in
use or projected for the immediate
future.
As yet no actual federal funds
have been appropriated for these
projects. The CAA has recom
mended that federal funds and local
contributions be balanced on a 50
50 basis.
LIONS CLUB HOST
TO EX-SERVICEMAN
George Dukas, a veteran of the
invasion of France, told the Lions
club yesterday at the Elton of his
experiences in the campaign for St.
Lo, the Waterbury soldier, who was
recently given an Army disability
discharge, was wounded and held
as an enemy prisoner for a short
time in that area.
Sando Bologna, military edtior of
the American, who also addresesd
the group, said the average Wa
terbury serviceman is reluctant to
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SUIT CONTINUED
Final Arguments in $10,
000 Action Expected
Next Tuesday
Clyde Jenings took the witness
stand In superior court yesterday
afternoon to testify In the 110,000
civil action brought against him and
the Hotel Eaton by Walden Trimble
of Waterbury. The hearing In the
litigation, based on a fall at an en
trance to the hotel last Aug. 26, vill
i resume before Judge Prank P. Mc
Evoy and a Jury next Tuesday.
The hotel owner was asked about
lighting fixtures at the entrance
leading to the King's kitchen and
about the condition of the stairway
on the evening of the alelged ac
cident.
The plaintiff claims he fractured
his left wrist when he fell over a
foreign object on the stairs. He also
alleges Ids future activity will be
limited because of that Injury and
from nervous shock he suffered. A
loss of wages also resulted, it is
claimed by the plaintiff who points
out he earned $100 weekly at the
U. S. Time Corp.
The final arguments and the
judge’s charge to the jury are ex
pected to be completed Tuesday,
discuss his war service, but always
lauds the men who have been killed
or wounded in action.
John M. Hurley, Hartford public
relations director, will speak on
industrial public relations at next
week’s meeting.
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