Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-27
DANIELSON

Ger on the U. $. transport DeKalb, 1 returned to New York Saturday after q visit here, and will sail tomorrow on another trip to Brest.
 1 Ensign Bill has given his father, Judge Arthur c. Bill, a German off, l cer's helmet, which he obtained from a wounded soldier who waS coming home on the De Kalh. The helmet is ore of the eagled and spiked insignia i Of frightfulness and was the prop 1 eTty Of major. who was captured by American forces with which the wounded soldier who gava it to Fin l sign Bill was operating.
 Ensign Bill tells that 5he soldier related to him tile following incident | relative to the -clmets owner: The major, in companv with men Of 1 his command who had been captured, was being led bacl, to prisoners cages in the rear Of the American lines when he suddenly asked, in very good English, for a cigarette. It was given him. During convcrsa ton that followed the major told of having lived in the United States for years. Tt isn't so bad to be captured now" he said. "The war is nearly over and am glad to be out of i@. We are going to lose, but I should worry l I've had my share of the women of | good wines from the cellars of French 1 Chateau. I've killed a plenty of you 1 damned Yankees, too; 90 when the war is over I will go baah to Ger many, where I have wifa and two children!"
 You haven't a wife and two chill Gren," snapped one of the members l Of the American guard. ''YOu have widow and two orphanst t"--and an instant later the major was dead, shot and bayoneted, by tho d0ughboy. The helmet thereby became avail able as a souvenir, and eventually has found it's way to Danielson.
 The DanieIson Cotton company plant is on a schedule of four and a half days a. week. closing Fridays at noon for the remainder of the week. There has been no change in tfe wage schedules in force. however.
 Lozjrer Dixon, who has been over seas with an aero squadron. has re- turned to his home hera. He arrived last week at Boston on the IIe1ita and was sent to Camp Devens for a few days, MT. Dixon formerly was Of the staff of the Wndham County National bank Aside from illness that kept him away from his organi- zation for a considerable period of time after he arrived oversea1 MT. Dixon said Sunday that he had not experienced any unusual happenings. He is glad to be at home again. Benoni Meunier, who was more seriously burned than was realized. late in December, when a small u}Ian tity of gasoline exploded at the Cyr store once more, remains a patient : at St. Francis hospital, Hartford. but . is on the road to recovery and will 1ae, r., Veioped, suffered internal as well as external burns, and he has suffered a great deal sinCs the accident. , A telegram was handed to A1nadee l-ussier of Carter street Saturday af- ternoon as he was filing out the nec- ; essary papers to forward his parents trunk by express o Canada telling him that his mothers death had oc- cured there during the morning. The . shock was a terrible one to MT. Lus- sier. His parents left here two weeks . ago for Canada, called home by a tel ; egram announcing the death of an other Of their sons. Within a few days came a telegram announcing the . death of another brother. Both young men died of influenza and both left families each inc.uding several chil- dren- The cause of the mothers death was not known here Sunday MT. Lussier left for Canada upon re- : ceiving the telegram containing the l7ews of his mothers death
 The Yankee Doodle Girls. under the , direction Of Tommy Levine, closed a
 successful engagement at fine Or pheum theater Saturday when they played to capacity business at three shows.
 There is a general desire here 10 , arrange fitting welcome home to the boys of the old 3&th company, C. A f C., now at Fort Schuyler, N. Y, and
 due to arrive back here any time within the next few days. The diff
 culty, however. seems to be that nc
 one gets dtfinite information as just
 exactly when the boys ara to De Gis- , charged from service and 8s tc ! whether they will return hero in q
 body. If advance notice of only q few
 hours can be obtained and the boys come back as an organization, all thc tawns they represent will gather here to give them such a reception as they : have earned by hard and valiant ser . vice
 The Fourth Motor Mechanic regi- . mcnt, of which George Nuttan and
 William NuttaH of Danielson arc members, is listed as on the priority
 list and is expected to sail from
 France for home in the near future.
 The southbound evening car. laav-
 ing DayviIle about [ o'clock and Dan-
 ielson, for Wauregan and Central
 Village, at 7.20 D. m, has been re-
 Coved from the schedule. This gar
 was restored just before the holiday
 season at the request of DanieIson
 business men. The understanding
 was that it would be taken off again if the receipts did not prove ample to
 show it was 8 paying proposition.
 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bernier, who
 have returned to Danielson to make
 employed at the Burroughs Drug
 store.
 Messages received here from Ser
 geant Major Harold r. G1endining of
 the 56th Coast Artillery bring t'oc
 good news that he is in splendid
 health. Mir Glendintn& formerly was
 owner of The Transcript.
 John c. Speare of New London wis
 tted friends in Danielson over Sun
 day.
 The Assawaaa mill at payvilie has
 more than 20 looms in operation,
 manufacturing new lines that have
 replaced the war goods which it has
 been turning out in great quantities
 Dr. and Mrs. William Saretski mo-
 tored to Providence Saturday. Dr.
 Saretski is to resume practice.
 Mrs. John Mcfarland, who has
 been dangerously i'll at her home or
 Riveryiew, is recovering
 Sundays splendid weather brought