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Auto Operator Held In Tragic Death Of School Child
Careless Driving
Technical Charge
Against Alfred May
Shirley Chasse, 9, of West Orove Street Fatally In
jured on Way to School; New York Driver
iW> Appeals Fine of $27
# ~ —
Alfred May, 30, Saw Pit Road, Woodbury, driver of a
car which police said struck and fatally injured nine-year
old Shirley Chasse, 347 West Orove Street, yesterday after
noon, was arrested this morning on a coroner’s warrant
and later released by Coroner Stephen A. Homick on a
$1,000 bond pending an Inquest. Reckless driving charges
against May were continued by City Court Judge T. E.
Conway pending the completion of the inquest.
Motor Patrol Lt. Patrick Hobart
and Patrolman James Sweeney said
the child was struck on Willow
street near Pine street at 12:50 i>.
in. as she was on her way to 8t.
Maragret’s school.
May stopiKd his car some 30 tect
from the accident, and drove the
girl to Waterbury hospital, where
authorities reported that she had
hod suffered a fractured skull. She
died at 12:30 this morning,
Born Dec. 14. 1935, In MUUnockct.
Maine, daughter of Paul and 8o
phee (Boczkowskl) Chas.sc, Shirley
was a third grade pupil at St. Mar
garets' Parochial school.
Besides her parents, she Is sur
vived by a brother, Lee, and grand
parents Lillian and Joseph Chasso
of Milllnocket,.
Tha funeral will be held from
Mulvllle's home on Friday to St.
Margaret’s church, time und othet
arrangements to be announced.
Burial will be In Calvary cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home tonight from 7 to lo and
Thursady from 4 to 10.
Appeals Sentence
Joseph H. Myden, 69, Bronx, N
Y., was fined $27 on a reckless driv
ing charge after a hearing before
Judge T. E. Conway In City Court
this morning. The ense was appealed
to Common Pleas Court by Atty.
Hugh McGill.
Motor Patrolman Vincent Begg
said Myden was arrested on Feb. 10
after his truck went, through a stop
sign at Baldwin street extension
and South Main street and struck
s, truck proceeding along South
Mala. Prosecutor Frederick W. Pa
lomfea also called Thomas Good
man, American photographer, to
Identify photographs of the scene
which he took after the accident.
Myden told the court he tried to
stop at the intersection but his ma
chine skidded on the Ice.
Other cases Henry Collette, 34,
21B Alder street, sjiecding, nollcd;
Herbert M. Brennan, 39, Torrlngton,
road rules violation, nolled; Blanche
Verdoscl, 25, 79 Plank road, road
rules violation, continued to March
21; Thomas Danlell, 30, Plcrpont
road, non-support, Intoxication con
tinued to March 4; Hobcrt Robin
son, 39, 23 Pond street, intoxication
and breach of the peace.
ELKS’ CONVENTION
TO BE POSTPONED
The unnuul grand lodge comen
tion scheduled to be held in New
York city In July hus been can
celled in compliance with ordcis
from James F. Byrnes, national
War Mobilization Director. James J.
Kelley, exulted ruler of the Water
bury Lodge of Elks announced yes
terday. Frank J. Monaghan has
been named to represent the Wa
terbury lodge at the national con
vention.
In recognition of the courage and
endurance of the people of Deal,
England, Colonel J. J. Astor, M. P.,
has given the town its Winter Gar
dens Theatre.
COURT UPHOLDS
S5.000 AWARD
State’s Highest Tribunal
Gives Unanimous Deci
sion to City Employe
It. n unanimous decision handed
down today, the State Supreme
Court of Errors In Hartford upheld
a superior court Jury awArd of 95,000
returned last May 31 for Frank Mc
Inerney of Watcrbury. The litiga
tion was based on Injuries sustained
by the plaintiff Jan. 10, 1M3 when
he was struck by a New England
Transportation Company bus.
The bus company's appeal to the
high court was based on a denial by
Judge Edward J. Quinlan to set
a.Mdc the Jury verdict.
The uccldcnt oceured on Meadow
street. The victim, a veteran em
ploye of the city, was on his way to
work at 7 a. m. and wa, using the
crosswalk near the road leading to
tilt railroad station when he was
struck by the bus.
Ir the memorandum of decision,
written by Justice Edwin C. Dicken
son the high court states, "It was
dark, although street lights were lit.
arc* It was snowing. The plaintiff
was familiar with ttie crossing and
hud never seen traffic take the course
that this bus did. The picture pre
sented to the Jury was that the
plaintiff, after he had passed the
center of the crosswalk, did not ex
pect that traffic from his left wi.uld
enter that part of the way and did
not look for it; and looking for traf
fic coming from his right, did not
see the defendant’s bus which cut
the corner and struck him." The bus
had made an "8" turn from Urand
street across Meadow street and into
the railroad station road.
It was ruled by the supreme court
that the Jury reasonably could have
found the plalnttrf was not guilty of
contributory negligence.
LATE REALTY NEWS
Warranty Deeds
Margaret M. Ellis to William J.
Synnott and Ruth M. Synnott,
property on Newbury street.
Quit Claim Deeds
Mary Donohue Gleason to William
Donohue et als, property on Fuller
street.
Mary Donahue Oleason to Bridget
Donohue Bunnell and Elisabeth
Donohue Bergin, property on Fuller
street.
The Watcrbury Saving Bank to
William G. Butwevlclus, property
on Sunnyside avenue.
Release of Mortgage
Watcrbury Savings Bank to Jo
seph Kunsls and Anna Kunsls.
Loren R. Carter to the Water
bury Club.
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We realize it's no great shakes to
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NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE
TIUBtlTK TO A MICRO"
• Dedicated to First Lieut, Joseph
F Sullivan killed In action
February 1, 1948 i
He came to see tui many day*
When he wo* two and three
IA child with auch endearing way*
So full of mirth and glee.
A* the years went quickly by
We watched him on lit* way
A school boy first then on to high
And college, then off to the fray.
l*t Lt. an Army uniform he wore
And none more proud than he
To do his share and even more
So that other* may be free.
Across the ocean he went one day
Into strange lands and places
He the Supreme Sacrifice to pay
For Peace, for people of all race*.
May he and all the others
Wno have fallen In the fray
Teach us to live as brothers
A* we Journey on life's way
In that sweet heaven up above
Where those splendid heroes go
The Oood Lord — The God of Love
Will bless each one, we know
—Florence Sullivan Hickey,
An Eighth Air Force Bomber Stu
lion, England — Stnff Sergeant
George E. Fllley, 28, Waterbary, Is
a turret maintenance engineer at
this Eighth Air Force base.
The Connecticut OI Is a member
of the 4B8ih Bomb. Group, com
manded by Colonel Olendo.i P. over
CiKOKGK K. 11I.I.KY
Stuff Sergeant
Inf, Orange. Mass. The 486lh Is a
unit of the Eighth Air Force's Thlra
Air Division, the division cited by the
Ptesldent for its Kngland-Afrlca
shuttle bombing attack on the Mcx
scrschmltt ulrcraft factories at Reg
ensburg, Germany.
Joint J. Daniels, fireman second
class, is spending a 30-day leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Daniels, 16 Dlkeman street, alter
serving 10 tnontlis In the Pacific.
WILLIAM B. ELWELL
ENTERTAINS CLUB
William y. Elwell, Crosby high
school faculty member, discussed his
experiences In remolrdlng Ills home
In Warren In an address to mem
bers of the Waterbury Naturalist
club last night at the Maltatuck
Historical society building.
Miss Helen L. Stoddard, presi
dent, announced the speaker at the
next meeting, on March 20, will be
Dr. Raymond Kcinho!/., a state for
ester. He will discuss phases of na
tural history of the Philippines.
Cheshire Pastor's
Brother Succumbs
Middleton, Mass,, March 7 — <U.
P.) — 111 nearly a year at an sana
torium here, the Rev. Donald H.
Savage, 37, of Andover died yester
day and left a written request that
his friends give money normally
spent on funeral flowers to the Es
sex County Tuberculosis Associa
tion.
A native of Pennsylvania and a
graduate of Wesleyan and Boston
University, Rev. Savage had been
pastor of the West Parish Congre
gational church at Andover since
1938. Prior to that he was minister
of the Trinitarian Congregational
church at Norton.
He leaves a wife, a son, a daugh
ter, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Frederick Savage of Hempstead, L.
I„ and a brother, the Rev. F. Waldo
Savage of Cheshire, Conn.
POLICEMAN FINDS
TWO STOLEN CARS
Supernumerary Patrolman Dom
enlc Mannello located two stolen
cars within five minutes of each
other while making his rounds on
Catherine avenue lust night,. One
was a panel delivery truck owned
by Imperio Importing Co., ldl
South Main street, and the other
a sedan belonging to James Greene,
140 Central avenue.
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PAt'L C. CONDON
Paul ('. Condon, non of Mr. and
Mr*. John D. Condon, Fairbanks
street, has bcrn promoted from
Mrond lieutenant to flrnt lieuten
ant. in the 175lh, Infantry division,
now serving In France. The officer
left Waterbury In January, 1041,
when the National Guard wan
fedrrallted, and served for 18
months In the South Pacific. In
1943 he was assigned to the
European theater of war where he
participated In the D-Day Invasion
of Normandy. Lieut. Condon's wife
is the former Iteta Smith, 150
Plata avenue.
Frederick A. Batten, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Hatton, Sr., 677
Huntingdon avenue, has been pro
moted to sergeant with an Army
Radio Unit In Luxembourg. Batten
Is a former employe of the Scovtll
Mfg. Co. Upon entering ttio service
in July, 1942, he trained at Fort
Bragg, N. C„ Fart Meade, Md., and
Camp McCoy. '
|f I* -
Pfc. John i . * is, 26, serving
with the With Black Panther Divis
ion In France, has recovered from
wounds received In notion In that
country, and has rejoined his unit,
It lias been learned, lib; wile, Mrs.
Anne Hulgis. lives at 18 James
street.
A former resident of Waterbury.
Nazzarcno Della Victoria, 44. serv
ing wiiii tiie French Army, died of
wounds sustained in action in Paris.
France, November 1, 1944. Survivor,1:
Include his wife, Mrs. Josephine
Della Victoria; a daughter, Marie
Antoinette; liLs stepmother. Mrs.
Caroline Della Victoria; three sist
ers, Mrs. Elvcra Marcrelll. Mrs.
Marie Andrielli. both of Waterbury
ana Rostra, Italy; and three broth
ers, Vlrgllllo, Joseph and Alfred.
15th AAF In Italy—Sgt. Henry J.
Kuchcrgls, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Peler Kncliergls, 84 Lawlor street,
Waterbury. Conn., has been awarded
tile Air Medal "for meritorious
achievement in aerial flight.'
A Liberator gunner, Sgl. Kacher
qls lias been flying with Ills 15th Air
Force group since last fall. He has
participated in bombing missions at
tackng targets as far north a-s Brux,
only 140 miles from Berlin, oil re
fineries throughout the Reich and
rail centers in Vienna and Munich.
F'equently taking off from a mud or
snow-bound runway. KacliergLs lias
often been in the air as much as
eight hours at a time.
A graduate of Wllby High School,
tile sergeant was employed by the
Scevill Mt'g. Co., until h» entered the
Air Force In January, 1943.
Eleanor I. Hal oway. former Wu
terbury hospital nur^. has been
commissioned an ensl.w^ l the navy
and will report for duty at Chel
sea, Mass., Naval hospital on March
14. SI*-.: Is a graduate of the Wa
terbury hospital school of nursing,
class of September, 1044. Miss Hal
loway resides at Cornwall Hollow.
Domenic F. Scolzo, Seaman 2C,
returned yesterday to Jacksonville
Fla., after spendi 't a leav • lure
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Scolzo. Oak strete. The
seaman who has been In the service
for two years was accompanied by
his wife and two children.
Danbury Man
Given Cross
San Diego, March 7—(UP)—
Eighty officers and enlisted men
of Navy Air Oroup 20 were award
ed 33 Navy Crosses and 48 Distin
guished Plying Crosses today for
"extraordinary heroism” in the Phi
Ipplnes area. The mass awarlds were
given by Rear Adml. Alfred E. Mont
gomery, USN in a ceremony at the
U. S. Naval Air Station here.
Air group 20 is credited with sink
ing or damaging 700,000 tons of Jap
anese shipping, Including two bat
Icshipx, 2 aircraft carriers, three
cruisers, 19 destroyers or escorts and
137 other oilers or merchant ves
sels. In addition they shot down 158
planes in combat plus several hun
dred destroyed on the ground.
A Navy Cross was uwarded to Lt
(J.g) Wendell P. Wright, 8 Orchard
street, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Distinguished Plying Crosses were
awarded to:
Edward A. Ruopp, ARMl-c, RPD
No. 5. Danbury, Conn.; Edward A.
Switajcwskl, ARM2-C, 218 Broad
street, New Britain, Conn.
DEBATE TONIGHT
ON FUTURE JOBS
The first in a series of four open
forums will be held tonight at The
Elton at 8 p. m. under the auspices
>f the Waterbury chapter, Diocesan
jabor Institute.
The subject. "Will America Need
10 Million Jobs”? will be debated
>y Albert C. Puller, president of the
Manufacturer's Assn., and of the
"uller Brush Company, and Attor
ney Margaret Connors, counsel for
the State CIO. Rev. Joseph T
Donnelly will preside.
Jl
Pfc John II Burn*. 20, Torrlng*
ton, was knif'd In nctlon In Ocr
many, February 32, Recording to «
telegram received from the War De
partment, by his parents, Ml and
Mm. John Bums, 49 Barber street
that city Tlic youth, who arrived
In England abortly arter Thanks
glvtng of last year, also served In
Belgium. He had rompleted two
years at Trinity college before en
tering the service In July, 1943, and
was a member of Sigma Nu fra
ternity there,
Prc. Burns received Ills basic
training at Port McClellan, Ala.,
and later was an engineering stu
dent In the Army Specialised Train
ing program at Manhattan college,
New York city, later being trans
ferred to the Inlantry when the pro
gram was curtailed.
He Is survived besides his parents
by one sister, MLss Mary Page
Burns, a student at the College of
New Rochelle,
Joseph B. Arots, 21, non nr Mr,
nnd Mrs. Peter Arots, 21 Willard
strrel, Jins passed n preliminary
tost qualifying him for radio tech
nician training. Ho will loavo for
boot tralnlMK sliortly nt tlio Oronl
Lake* Naval base, 111.
A Rraduate of Northwestern uni*
varsity with a B. 8. In chemical
engineering, Arols Is a member of
the Chemical society nnd the Amer
ican Instluto of Chemical Engl
neers. He Is also a graduate of
Leavenworth high school.
Elizabeth N. Pukas, a former Wo
terbury nurse, now serving With a
Seventh Air Force evacuation nurse
unit, lias been promoted from first,
lieutenant to captain. Capt. Pukas
enlisted In the military service In
January, 1943. Her mother Is Mrs.
Apolunla Pukas, New Haven. The
nurse Is n Rraduate of Leavenworth
high school.
Charles H. Ollynrd, 21, son of Dr.
and Mrs. A. T. Clllyard, Wntorbury
and Watertown, was recently pro
moted to sergeant with an Army
overseas general hospital. Previous
to entering the service In March,
1943, Sgt. Ollyatd assisted his
father In veterinary practice here.
He served as a surgical technician
at McCloskey General hospital.
Temple, Texas, and was later grad
uated Irom the school for veterinary
technicians at William Beaumont
General hospital, El Paso, Tcxir
He went overseas in October, 1944
Pic. Vincent. 1)1 Domi/.io. Army
paratrooper, who has served in the
french and Belgian campaigns, wa ,
slightly wounded In action recently
In Germany and has been awarded
the Purple Hear), according to word
received by his purents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph 1)1 UomUlo, 87 Meri
llne avenue. A former employe of
the Mlddlebury plant of the U. S.
Time Corp. he trained at Camp
Blanding, Fla., and Fort Ucnuiug,
Go.
T-Sgt. Marvin 1). Niven, son of
Mrs. Lester J. Niven, 51 Bonalr
avenue. Is being treated for combat
fatigue suffered at Leyte in No
vember at Lovell General Hospital I
Fort Devens, Mass. He arrived at j
the Massachusetts Husplial January
2. A member of Company F.. 102nd
Infantry, National Guard, Sgt.
Niven left Waterbury after the Na
tional Guard was federalized In Feb
ruary, 1941. After completing his
training at Camp Blanding, Fla., he
was sent to the Pacific area in Jan
uary, 1942, and returned to this
country the following September.
After further training at Camp
Wheeler. Oa„ lie was reassigned to
the Pacific area in January, 1943.
WAR PRISONER
K.I»WARI> CORKV
Pfr. Kdward Corey, who wan
previously reported to hr missing
in artinn In Germany since Dee.
16, Is a prisoner of wnr In Ger
many, according to a telegram
from the War Department re
ceived yesterday by his parents,
Mr. nnd Mrs. F.dward Corey. 257
Willow street.
Previous to entering the service
a year and a half ago, the 1!»
yrar-olri Infantryman trained at
Camp Shelby. Miss., and Camp
Attcrbury, Ind., going overseas
last October, lie is a graduate of
l.cavcnworth High school and a
former employe of the New York,
New llaven & Hartford Railroad
Co.
Ills brother, Fred K. Corey, who
bus been serving as coxswain le,
Is now spending a furlough here,
after being overseas for the past
16 months. He tralnrd at Samp
son. N. V., Norfolk, Va., Jackson
ville, Fla., and Charleston, N. C.
Isabel N. Rinaldi, who has been
overseas for the past 33 months, has
ben promoted to llr.st. lieutenant In
the Army Nurse corps. She is now
stationed at the 50th. Field hospital,
Belgium. A graduate of Watcrbury
h< spltal school of nursing in 1!M0,
she was on duty nl Lovell hospital,
Furl Doyens Indore going overseas.
Lieut. Rinaldi is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. 1). A. Rinaldi. Mlddelbury.
15th AAF In Italy -2nd Lt. Fran
cis Hugrtte, 21, 161 Kelsey street, Wit
terbury, Conn., pilot of a 15-24 Llb
1'i'ator In the 15th Air Force in Italy,
wa.. recently awarded the Air Medal
for "meritorious achievement during
aerial tllghts over enemy territory."
Since arriving overseas last De
cember, he has participated In
bombing attacks on aircraft factor
ies and oil refineries in Vienna, and
German Industrial installations at
Blechhammcr and Munich. Other
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