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Boy Scouts To Promote “World Friendship Fund” 1
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. Reorganization Work
In Devastated Allied
Nations To Be Started
Mattatuck Council Gives Official Endorsement of
jV Movement; Parents of Former Scout Killed in
' v?;' Action May Establish Memorial
Boy members and adult leaders of the Mattatuck
Council, Boy Scouts of America, living in Waterbury and
surrounding towns of Litchfield and New Haven counties,
it was announced by Walter H. Deacon, Scout Commis
sioner of the Council, will contribute to a “World Friend
ship Fund” to help reorganize Scouting in allied countries
devastated bv the war.
SCOUT COMMISSIONER
WALTER H. DEACON
WAGE ADJUSTMENT
MAY BE CONTINUED
Post=War Conditions to
Determine Action Says
Mayor Monagan
Mayor John S. Monagan yesterday
declared he favored the continu
, anoe after the war of the $300 cost
of living adjustment for city em
ployes providing econimic conditions
warranted such a schedule. Speak
ing before the Kiwanis club yestei
day noon at the Elton, the Mayor
cited the belief that city authoritic
cannot determine conditions which
will exist following the war and are
in no position at this time to deter
mine whether continuance of the
"bonus” would be feasible and prac
tical.
i The Mayor further qualified the
statement by notihg the fact that
inflationary measures are now in ef
fect coupled with the cost of living
rise which despite the increase Ji
I t'ne city’s grand list and revenue
may tend, after the war, to offset
the latter assets so that a $300 in
crease cannot be maintained.
He also spoke on the post-war
aviation plans of the city citing the
difficulties being experienced in o -
taining adequate land. Sewer con
struction, street improvements and
the like also are being planned for
the city it was stressed.
Corp. Counsel Maurice Healey
was in charge of the program l i
nes' night will be celebrated at
the Elton next Wednesday in a
joint meeting with the Shelton Ki
wanis club.
Chungking’s new cable tramway
iiervice is the first of the kind in
China.
Each Cub, Scout and leader who
believes In the Ideal of world Scout
brotherhood will be given an appor
tunity to contribute personally what
ever he wishes. In addition, troops
and Cub Packs will decide the
method and extent of their parti
cipation.
The World Friendship Fund was
launched by the National Council
of the Boy Scouts of America which
has underwritten the cost of its
promotion and administration.
In outlining the program to the
local Boy Scout Council, Elbert K.
Feetwell, Chief Scout Executive,
wrote, "Through the fund we have
the opportunity to make a still big
ger contribution to world friend
ship. The scouts in the ruined coun
tries have few resources. They need
cloth for uniforms, equipment,
handbooks, and help in the reorgan
ization of the scout program.”
He reported that Scout Associa
tions of other lands are already
helping to rebuild scouting. Canada,
he said, has printed scout hand
books in foreign languages through
their ‘Chins Up Fund' and although
many British scouts lost their own
homes, they raised a fund to help
brother scouts in liberated lands.
Parents whose son was a former
Boy Scout and who was given his
life in the war may wish to con
tribute to the World Friendship
Fund in his name so th;.t the Move
ment he enjoyed may continue to
flourish and help promote peace
throughout the world.
Scout troops and Cub Packs may
contribute from their unit’s treas
ury or money earned, such as
through the collection and sale of
waste paper, still sorely needed in
the war effort. Some units plan
special scout entertainments to do
nate the proceeds. No sum has been
suggested as a contribution. The
World Friendship Fund will be a
continuous project as long as the
need exists.
Danube River
Crossing Easy
By REYNOLDS PACKARD
With U. S. Third Army on the
Danube, April 26. (UP)—The Dan
ube was the easiest to cross of the
three main rivers guarding the
center of greater Germany.
Foot soldiers of the Third Army
said it was easier than the Rhine
and than the Regen, which was
crossed only 36 hours before.
The crossing of the Danube elim
inates the last major river hurdle
between the Third Army front and
the Germans’ National Redoubt.
Shielded by artificial smoke,
Doughboys of the 71st and 65th In
fantry divisions went ocross at 4
a. m. today. The crossings were
made both east and west of the big
city of Regenburg.
Only slight resistance was en
countered.
Fifteen minutes after troop6 in
the first assault boat of the 71st
reached the opposite shore they had
drawn fire from defenders of the
two towns of Barbing and Saching,
east of Regenburg.
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Drama Of Life And Death On Western Front
(Signal Corps-NEA Radio-Telephoto)
Field medics of the 95th Infantry Division of the Ninth Army work fast on a wounded combat infantryman
who was hit by a shell from a German tank. His budd y, struck a few minutes earlier, lies beside him, dead
NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE
THOMASTON YOUTH
KILLED AT LUZON
Staff Sergeant John Kewt=
kus Previously Listed
as Wounded
A veteran of the campaigns on
Munda and the Philippines, Staff
5gt. John Kwetkus, 30, was killed
In action in Luzon April 4, the War
Department has notified his mother,
Mrs. Josephine Kwetkus of Thomas
;on. It was previously reported the
Pacific combat veteran had been
wounded on March 18.
Sgt. Kwetkus had been awarded
the Purple Heart and the Good
Conduct Medal, the American De
fense ribbon and the Asiatic-Paci
fic ribbon, the last with two cam
paign stars.
Survivors besides his mother are
four sisters, Helen and Prances
Kwetkus and Mrs. John Barron,
all of Thomaston, and Mrs. Prank
Traynor, Waterbury; two broth
ers, Joseph of Thomaston and Pvt.
Anthony Kwetkus, stationed in Ger
many.
Pfc Michael Giglio, who has re
ceived the Purple Heart for wounds
sustained in action January 14 while i
serving with the Seventh Army at
Strausbourg. Germany, is a patient
at Walter Reed hospital, Washing
ton. The soldier returned to this
country on March 8. His wife, Mrs.
Christine (Morrone) Giglio, Spindle
Hill road, Wolcott, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Giglio. 226 Platt
street, recently visited him.
Pvt. Harold W. Cook, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Cook, 266 Wood
street, Waterbury, Conn., and hus
band of Mrs. Margaret Cook, Mix
ville road. West Cheshire, Conn., is
currently stationed at this Redis
tribution Station, where he will
spend two weeks before reporting
to his new assignment in the United
States.
He was returned recently to the
United tSates after having served
36 months in the Southwest Pa
cific thetaer of operations, where
he served as a truck driver. He
holds the Good Conduct medal, the
Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon and the
Asiastic-Pacific ribbon with one
battle star.
Mrs. Bertha Karas, 612 Water
own avenue, has received the Pur- '
lie Heart awarded to her husband,
Pvt. George A. Karas, who was
vounded in action in Germany ,
February 26. Karas has been dis- ,
iharged from an Army hospital in
Prance and has returned to com- (
>at duty at the German front. He
s the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Karas of the Watertown avenue
iddress.
IN GERMANY )
P
FRED GOVAIN
Private First Class Govain, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Royal F. Govain
of Lakeside Boulevard West, re
cently recipient of the presidential
citation for his work on V-Day
and thereafter, is now somewhere
in Germany. A former employe
of the circulation department of
the Waterbury Democrat, he is
one of the many Waterburians
who have crossed the Rhine river.
A memorial Mass for the late
Technical Sgt. James F. Shana
han, U. S. Army Air Forces, who
was reported killed in action after
he had been missing a year, will
lie celebrated tomorrow at 8 o'
clock at St, Francis Xavier church,
lie was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Shanahan, 112 South street.
Pvt. Emilien Boisvert, 19, who has
seen overseas since last October,
sustained a fracture of the right
shoulder blade In combat duty hi
Germany March 3. 1944, the War
department has informed his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Boisvert, 03
Union street.
The soldier was an employe of the
U. S. Rubber Co., previous tc en
•ering the Army on March 3, 1944.
Be is a graduate of St. Ann's pa
ocliial school.
Tecli-Sgt. William F. Dillon. 25,
;eclion chiei' of the medics with the
/anguard Squadron of the Tenth
Ur Force's veteran 7tli Bombard
r.ent group, is serving in India. He
s the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jhjn
I. Dillon, 5 Giles street.
Cpl. John V. LaFauci, son of Mr.
md Mrs. Paul LaFauci, 37 Lamonts
itreet is spending a furlough here.
Be recently arrived in the United
States after serving 37 months in
he South Pacific. LaFauci was
vith Co. E 102d. Infantry when the
National Guard unit was federal
zed in February, 1941.
War Department
Lists Casualties
The Army-Navy Departments
lave issued the following list ot
asualties, with next of ■un, from
h.s area. In case of diveigence
ictaeen IL.S Us. and the last
Tavy or War Department conmuni
ation, the telegram or ietter re
eived from Washington is to be
onsidered the final authority.
Navy Missing
KOHRS, Franklin Breckenridge.
r.. cheif motor machinist mate.
;SN. Wife, Mrs. Emily Clark Kohrs,
64 Pequot avenue, New London
lother, Mrs. Florence L. W. Koli's,
iornwall Bridge. Grandmother, Mrs
,ucia B. Kohrs, 412 Main street,
'orrlngton.
Army Dead—European Regions
BLAKE, James E., Pfc., son of
ames E. Blake, 853 Bank street,
Vaterbury.
irmy Wounded—European Regions
BARRETT, Robert E., Cpl., son
f William L. Barrett, 240 Holabird
venue, Winsted.
irmy Missing—European Regions
DORMAN, Donald A., T-Sgt., son
f Mrs. Lillian Dorman, Spring
treet, Union City.
GREENE, Philip J„ Pfc., son of
Irs. Rose E. Greene, Route 1,
it ins ted.
PEROSINO, Renato A., Sgt., hus
and of Mrs. Inez Perosino, ITi
leech wood avenue, Torrington.
irmy Prisoners of War—Germany
RUSSELL, Francis L., Pfc., hus
and of Mrs. «uth Russell, 121 Etna
treet, Naugatuck.
Gold mining interests in Colom
>ia are appealing for government
tid.
STUDENTS ATTEND
ONE-DAY COURSE
Various High Schools of
State to Be Represented
at Storrs Tomorrow
The annual one-day short course
for students of vocational agricul
ture in Connecticut high schools
will be given on Friday, April 27th,
at the University of Connecticut,
according to an announcement to
day by W. B. Young, acting dean
of the College of Agriculture and
Director of Short Courses.
Given in cooperation with R. L.
Hahn, state supervisor of education
in agriculture of the Connecticut
Department of Education, the an
nual event is usually attended by
students representing eighteen or
twenty high schools throughout the
state.
The short course program, said
Mr. Young, will consist of instruc
tion and competitive contests in the
fields of dairy cattle, dairy products
livestock, poultry, horticulture, and
public speaking. A large enrollment
representing the majority of the
high schools in the state teaching
vocational agriculture is anticipated.
JUDGE HOPES FOR REST
Harrisburg, Pa. — (U.P.) — When
Judge Robert E. Woodside discov
ered that an article had been stolen
from the juvenile courtroom he
commented, "I / hope that whoever
took It will make good use of it.”
The article stolen was a Bible.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
CONFIRMS DEATH
Sgt. Gazarian Reported
Missing December 26;
Now Listed as Dead
A veteran of the D-Day invasion
of Normandy, T-Sgt. George T.
Gazarian, 38, was killed in action
on December 26, according to the
War Department. The troop carrier
crew chief, who has since the Nor
mandy invasion been aiding in
evacuating wounded and carrying
supplies from the western front to
England, was previously reported
missing on that date. He went over
seas in November, 1943, and held
the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters and a Presidential Unit
citation.
Prior to entering the AAP in July,
1942, Sgt. Gazarian was employed at
the Chase Rolling Mills. He was a
graduate of Crosby high school.
The airman is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Mary T. Gazarian, for
merly of 41 Windsor street, now of
New York city, two sisters, Miss
Prances M. Gazarian, also of New
York city, and Mrs. Anna Kronvall,
Waterbury, and a brother, Arthur
C. Gazarian, Prospect.
With U. S. Service Troops, South
ern Prance—Charles F. Harder, hus
band of Mrs. C. P. Harder, 31 Shir
ley street. Waterbury, Connecticut,
was recently promoted to corporal
by order of his Commanding Offic
er.
Cpl. Harder works as Pile Clerk
in the Quartermaster Section of
Headquarters, Delta Base, Marseille,
Prance. His headquarters is a large
administrative supply organization
for troops on tre Western Front.
Overseas thirteen months, Cpl.
Harder wears the European-Afric
an-Middle Eastern theater ribbon
with two battle stars for service in
North Africa, Italy and Southern
France. He is also entitled to wear
the Good Conduct Medal for one
year of exemplary military service.
Pvt. Prank Buzzelli, 24, who was
previously reported missing in ac
tion in Germany, March 19, has
been released from a German
prison camp, according to a letter
received by his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Rocco Buzzelli, 66 Wood street
Buzzelli went overseas last Novem
ber. Previous to entering the
Army last June, Buzzelli was a part
time student at Yale University
and was employed at Waterbury
Mfg. Co.
pic. joim a. Battutas, 24, an em
ploye of the Waterbury Mfg. Com
pany previous to entering the Army
July 22, 1944, has been reported
missing in action in Germany since
April 1, the War Department has
notified his mother, Mrs. Monica
Bakutis, 169 Bradley avenue. The
soldier went overseas about four
months ago. He was a former stu
dent at Leavenworth High school.
Lt. Col. Wilfred Prank St. Mar
tin has returned to Camp Bland
ing, Fla., where he is executive of
ficer of the 68th Infantry Replace
ment Training center, after com
pleting a 10-day leave here. The
officer returned to the United
States last July after serving in the
South Pacific for two and a half
years.
Mrs. St. Martin resides at 47
Ayres street. The couple have four
children.
Anthony E. Rainone, Sic, is a
member of the LST 983 which has
made 43 crossings in the English
channel during the past year. Sea
man Rainone is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Steven Rainone, 3 Simsbury
street.
Pvt. John P. Mihte, 96 Charles
itreet, has arrived at the Field Artil
ery Replacement Training center,
?ort Bragg, N. C., for basic military
.raining.
SERGEANT HARVEY
FATALLY WOUNDED
Survivor of Eventful Cam
paigns Meets Death in -
Germany
Twice returning to combat after
recovering from wound.' in the
European theater, Sgt. Daniel J.
Harvey 23, was killed in action ’n
Germany, March 27. according to a
War Department telegram received
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ml
chMl Harvey, 63 Center street.
Shipping overseas in April. 1913.
the Infantryman was injured in
North Africa. shortly after ills ar
rival. and was wounded by shrap
nel October 24 in France He h vd
participated in the campaigns in
Sicly, Italy, France and O'; many.
An employe of the Standard Ex
press Co. here, St. Harvey entered
the service in December, 1942. He
trained with a Coast Artillery unit
at Fort Eustls, Va., but shortly al
ter his arrival in Africa was trans
ferred to the Infantry.
The soldier held the Purple Heart
with an Oak Leaf Cluster, 'i.e
Combat Infantryman badge, and a
Distinguished Unit badge.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by a sister. Miss Frances Har
vey of Waterbury.
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