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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01

matters which were heard at the first Waterbury hearings last month.
 The following bills are listed for hearings tomorrow:
 s. B. 515 (Senator Roberts,. The Filing of the List of Persons in Waterbury Subject to the old Age Assistance Tax.
 s. B. 709 Senator Roberts,. Re- port by the Tax Collector of De- linquent Taxpayers.
 Sub. H. B. 736 (Mr. Gustaferri) Amendment to the Charter of the City of Waterbury establishing a Personnel Department.
 H. B. 1119 CMr. GustaferrD Con- corning the Charter of the City of Waterbury.
 H. B. 223 (Mr. Gustaferri) Amend ment to the Charter of the City of Waterbury.
 H. B. 224 (Mr. GustaferrD amend ment to the Charter of the City of Waterbury.
 Sub. H. B. 73sN (Mr. GustaferrD Granting of Bus Transfers to the General Public of Waterbury by Northeastern Transportation com pany and Cooke Street Lines, Inc
 H. B. TAB (Mr. Mahaney) Amend ing the Charter of the City of Wa terbury Concerning the Surplus Re- source Sinking Fund, Deficit of Revenue and Deficiency Appropria- ton.
 H. B. 1102 CMr. Mahaney) Con- corning Retirement Commission of the City of Waterbury.
 s. B. 211 (Sen. Eganl Amending the Charter of the City of Water bury.
 s. B. 352. (Sen. Roberts, Concern ing Admission and Registration of Electors in Waterbury.
 S. B. 354 (Sen. Roberts) Amend ing the Charter of the City of Wa terbury Concerning Contracts when Required and How Made.
 s. B. 366 (Sen. Roberts, Amend ing the Charter of the City of Wa terbury requiring Confirmation ot Appointments by the Mayor Thereof.
 s. B. 367 (Sen. Roberts, Regu- lating Primaries and Caucuses ir the City of Waterbury and making Provision for the Use of Voting Ma chimes in Primaries and Caucuses
 s. B. 371 (Sen. Roberts, Amend. ing the Charter of the City of Wa
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FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Frederick Harder was held from the Mulville Funeral Home, 270 West Main street this morning at 8:15 o'clock to St. Thomas church where a solemn mass of requiem was celebrated at 9 o'clock by Rev. Joseph Donnelly assisted by Rev. J. P. Kennedy and Rev. John Culliton. Burial was in new St. Joseph,s cemetery with committal services by Father Don- nelly. A special musical program was rendered by Professor George Perreault. The pallbearers were: Martin Sullivan, William Sheehan, John Collins, Raymond Gibbons, Garrett Stack and James Bresna- han.
 The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Dolan) Coyle who died Monday at her home in New York city, will be held from the Lunny funeral home, 25 Central avenue, time and ar- engagements to be announced later.
 The funeral of Alfred N. Passano was held yesterday afternoon from the home, 342 Chase parkway, to Trinity Episcopal church where serv- ices were conducted at 2.30 o'clock by Rev. Roger B. T. Anderson, rec tor. Continental lodge, Masons, con- ducted the committal services at the grave in new Pine Grove cemetery.
 Bearers were John J. Wills. Thomas Conway, Michael German, Frank Shopis and Matthew Hanlon, representing the Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Co.,; Howard King and John Conrad, represent~ ing Continental lodge, Masons.
 The funeral of Miss Catherine ReIneghan will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock from the Arthur J. Lunny funeral home, 25 Central avenue. to St. Thomas church, where a solemn high mass will be celebrated at g o'clock. Bur- ial will be in new St. Joseph's ceme- tery. Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon and evening.
 The funeral of Anthony J. Mor- rissey will be held from the home, 21 Webb street, Friday morning at 8:15 o'clock to the church of the Sacred Heart where a solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated at o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot, Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the home after 4 p. m. today.
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary Bald win was held this morning at 9:S0 o'clock from the Bergirl Funeral Hofe, 200 East Main street 10 St. Francis xavier,s church where . solemn mass of requiem WAS cele- brated at 10 o'clock by Rev. Finton
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Waterbury Day Is Set Down For Tomorrow
ecOntinued frum Pare l,

terbury Concerning the Veto Power of the Mayor Thereof.
 s. B. 631 (Sen. Roberts, Concern ing the Duties of the Controller of the City of Waterbury.
 Sub. s. B. 662 (Sen. Roberts, Con- corning Appropriation of Funds and Repeating of Provisions of the Char ter Providing for a Surplus Sinking Fund.
 s. B. 669 (Sen. Roberts, Concern ing Fees and Other Receipts of Officials of the City of Waterbury.
 s. B. 93 Sen. Culhane (by re- quest) Amending the Charter of the City of Waterbury.
 Funding Bonds
 The finance committee of the legislature next Wednesday will hold a hearing on 8 bill authorizing the City of Waterbury to issue of fund.- ing bonds in the amount of $70,000 The bond issue, strangely enough, is being sought by the Republican city organization in Waterbury, with Town Chairman J. Warren Upson as the sponsor of the measure, which was introduced by Senator J. How ard Roberts of Thomaston.
 The purpose of the bond issue is to retire about $70,000 worth Of old bonds, which bear interest at four per cent. The new bonds, it is believed, can be sold at a much lower figure, perhaps less than two per cent.
 This would enable the city to save two per cent year on $70.- GOO. The principal of the new bonds would be paid off at the rate Of $10,0O0 annually, beginning next year. The issue would then be com- pletely retired in seven years.
 Election Law Commission
 First public hearings by the elec- tion laws commission, of which William J. Pape, Waterbury pub- fisher, is chairman, were set for Friday afternoon at 1:30 today. At that time there will be discussion of revision of the laws concern ing caucuses, primaries, and party rules.
 Next Tuesday afternoon at a sec- ond public hearing the commission will discuss revision of general terms of the election laws.
 Republican Town Chairman J Warren Upson of Waterbury is
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Only two weeks ago corporation papers were filed at Hartford for J. c. Motors, Inc, new firm of which MT. Geghan was to be the head.
 Scores of Friends
 ~Joe" Geghan was known the city over and had the affection of scores of friends. In business circles he was highly esteemed, and he was &C., tive in several fraternal groups. He was Q prime mover in the formation of the Waterbury Automobile Deal- CTS association, and held office in that organization on several occa- sions.
 Born in Waterbury Dec. IS, 1897, he was the son of the late Patrick and Mary Carey. Geghan. He re- ceived his education in the local : schools and became interested in ' the automobile business while still 8 youth.
 In 1920, he took part in the or- ganization of Geghan-Allerton Co.,, , local agency for Studebakers. The , firm held an important position in the city's business life. A few years ago 1t became Geghan Motors, Inc, with MT. Geghan still in charge, maintaining it's headquarters on West Main street, where it had been established for many years. Geghan Motors last year trans fe9red it's headquarters to 1844 East Main street, and became the local , distributor for cars manufactured by { the Ford Motor Car Go. {, Last month MT. Geghan left his l old firm, and formed the new con- cern, J. G. Motors, which secured the local Studebaker franchise. Ideal Temperament ! Fellow auto dealers often said that "Joe" Geghan had the ideal tenn pCrament for his business. Jovial and good-natured, he yet managed his firms affairs with the utmost efficiency. He was responsible for several innovations in local automo- bile salesmanship. : MT. Geghan is survived by his . wife, Edith F. Smith Geghan;
 daughter, Shirley E. Geghan; his mother, Mrs. Mary c. Geghan; two
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Tehan of St. Peters church, Bridge port, cousin of the deceased, assisted by Rev. David O'Keefe and Rev. John McTeague. Burial was in new St. Joseph's cemetery with commit tai services by Fathers Tehan and McTeague. The pallbearers, all cousins of Mrs. Baldwin, were Mar tin, Patrick, John, and Jeremiah Tehan, Richard Baldwin and Tim- othy J. Connor.
 The funeral of Miss Bridget Claffey will be held from the Null vile funeral home, 270 West Main street, tomorrow morning at 8:15 o'clock to St. Patrick's Church where a solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot, old St. Joseph's cemetery.
 The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Ready will be held tomorrow morn- ing at 8:15 o'clock from the home, 130 Elliott avenue, with solemn high mass at g o'clock in the Church of SS Peter and Paul. Bur- ial will be in the family plot in the old St. Joseph's cemetery.
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years until his retirement six years

years until his retirement six years ago.
 He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna P. Suder; two daughters, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Costas Ni- colaides, of New York city; a brother, William H. Suder, of Att lanta, Ga., and two grandchil- dren.
 He was a member of the Chase Foremen's Association, Townsend lodge, Odd Fellows, and Harmony lodge, A. F. and A. M.
 The funeral will be held from the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. T. LeRoy Crosby officiating. Burial will be in new Pine Grove cemetery at the con- venience of the family. Friends may call at the funeral home on We'd nesday evening from 2 to g o'clock.
 The Chase Foremen's Association will meet at the club rooms on North Main street this evening at 7:30 o'clock to take action on the death.
 
 TESSINARI Mrs. ilomena Tessinari, wife of Samuel Tessinari, of 93 Terryville avenue, Bristol, died yesterday morning at her home. The funeral will be held Friday morn- ing from the home to St. Joseph's Church, Bristol, at g o'clock. Among the woman's survivors are daugh- ter, Mrs. Arthur Weeks, of Bristol, a graduate nurse of St. Mary's hos pital training school for nurses
 KILLOUGHY-D Killoughy died this morning at his home, 180 South Elm street A native of this city, he was the son of the late John and Ann Cullum Killoughy. Up to the time of his illness, MT Killoughy was employed for many years at the Waterbury Buckle Company. He was devout communicant of the Im- maculate Conception Church.
 MT. Killoughy is survived by four sisters, Mary L. Killoughy, Mrs. Catherine Sullivan, Sister M. Con- zaga of the Mary Immaculate Con- vent in Hartford and Harriet E. Killoughy, local school teacher.
 The funeral will be held from ths Bergin Funeral Home, 290 East Main street on Saturday morning to the Immaculate Conception Church, time and arrangements to be an- nounced later.
 Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday and Friday af- ternoons and evenings.
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teams. His jovial nature and good sportsmanship made him most popular among his mates and friends all of whom will be deeply grieved to learn of his death.
 Besides his parents he is survived by one sister, Marjorie Fallon.
 The funeral will be held on Sat- urday morning at SIS o'clock from the home to Sts' Peter and Paul church where a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at g o. clock. Burial will be in the family plot in Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the home af- ter 3 o'clock on Thursday.
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Popular Auto Dealer
 Pneumonia Victim
Joseph Geghan Succumbs at Waterbury Hospital Fol-
 lowing Brief IIIness-Fleld in Highest Esteem

sisters, Miss Theresa Geghan and Mrs. George Hannon; three brothers, Richard, Matthew and John Geghan, all of this city.
 The funeral will be held from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street on Saturday morning at 8:15 o'clock to the Blessed Sacra- ment church where a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in old St. Joseph's cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday and Friday after moons and evenings.
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Joseph P. Geghan, fl, of 2l Lake street. . pioneer in the Waterbury automobile business end a prom inent local automobile dealer for two decades, died last night of pneumonia at Waterbury hospital, where he had been admitted as a patient only Saturday afternoon.
 Death took MT. Geghan only a short time after he had begun new and promising business venture.
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Orator
 and English secretary respectively. Others named follow: First vice. president, Umberto Santopietro; second vice president, Mrs. Julia .Capocchi; treasurer, Eustacchio Schiappa; orator, Joseph Cic- chiello; councillors, Michael Di- Primio, Afcangelo Cimaglia and Mrs. Minnie Marinaro.
 Also, educational committee, John Sforza, Nicola Beccia, Mary P. DiMatteo, Flora Ciarlo and Julia Iarnitto; legislative commit tee, James R. DeRienzo, John De- Pastino, Carmine G. Cipriano, Edith Flprio and Sebastiano Fa- race.
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Vice President

Vice President
 The local Italian American Fed eratoin of Societies and Clubs reelected Michael J. Galullo presi- dent at the annual meeting last night ir Liberty hall. Plans for the installation, to be held in a few weeks, were made.
 Antonio Iannitto and Nicholas Zappone were reelected Italian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Armed Aid for Finland
Backed by Ce||er
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD BEACH, Fla, Dec.
26.-Representative Celler, Demo-
crat, of New York said yesterday he
would sponsor legislation when
Congress convenes to give mobile
Finland every ounce of help posi-
ble"-including authority to buy
1atest-type American anti-aircraft
guns.
He also planned congressional &C
ton to cancel the Finnish war debt
and to permit Finland to borrow
more money from the Export I'M
port Bank.
Finland has stood with honor
among nations and now is effecting
valiant defense of its lands and
homes" said Mr.. Celler. 1T has
beaten back the Russian Army, but
1t must also beat back the invading
air force.
1--WE have a type of anti-aircraft
gun which no other nation has. It
is superior to all others, and if Fin
land had number of them it could
cope more adequately with the Rus
sian bombers now attacking the
cities of Finland.
Il will ask for legislation which
would grant authority to our War
and Navy Departments to permit the
manufacturers of this gun to sell
Immediately a number of them to
Finland"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26

a flying fortress of a. tons when
in August, bomber few from Bur-
bank, Calf, to New York, $500
miles, in Q hours l41a minutes.
Paris-London Time Cut.
"Alex Henshaw Of England broke
the round-trip airplane record from
England to Capetown, flying the
13,000-mile route in 4 days 10 hours
and 16 minutes and cutting 81 hours
from the previous record. Paris
and London are only Al minutes
apart by air since the record made
in January by a plane Of the Royal
Air Force.
"The women's light plane speed
record was broken by Jacqueline
Cochran In July, when she flew
over Long Island course at speed
Of 173OI miles per hour. This
bettered the former record, made
by the same aviatrix. by about 10
miles per hour.
1.-THE new air endurance record
set in 1899 was made by Yves Car
roll and Clyde Schlieper near Long
Beach, Calf, on october 30. In
the air 726 hours, they broke the
former record by 70 hours.
Clipper ship records fell, too
this year. The American Clipper
of Pan American Anyways flew from
Southampton, England, to New
York by the northern route in %
hours and SO minutes. The Yankee
Clipper set new flight record be-
tween the Azores and New York
It flew the route in 171a hours, OF
20 minutes less than the previous
record.
1.-The Atlantic Clipper flew from
New York to Bermuda, ITO miles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Youth Held for Staying
Father He Hated
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 26.-James D.
Hill, jr., 18-year-old N. Y. A. worker,
was held on murder charges today
after confessing he slew his father
because he hated" him.
Alva Russell, Summit County
Prosecutor, said the youth signed a
confession telling of shooting his A.
year-old father in their home and
dumping the body on the bank of an
old canal in the city.
II hated my father so I shot
him." Detective Inspector Dennis
Murray quoted young Hill as saying.
HE had threatened me several times.
He also threatened my mother.
When he would get crazy drunk 1t
was hard to tell just what he was
going to do"
The body remained unidentified "a
hours after discovery by passerby.
Then the son appeared at NOR
tuary and made the Identification,
saying he had read of the murder
mystery" Discrepancies in his story
led to questioning by Inspector Muir
ray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Suns Face Granular,
About 100000 Grains,
Astronomer Finds
Planet Looks Like
Rounded Bowl of Rice;
Is in Constant Turmoil
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 26.-The
suns face may look red to the aver
age person, but to DR.. Edison Pet
tit, peering through one Of the
Mount Wilson observatory tele-
scopes, it seems "a rounded bowl
of rice"
Other astronomers have counted
these rice grains" from sectional
photographs of the sun and COM
puted the total for all the sum
surface at 100000 to 100000.
DR.. Petit in new count finds,
however, that the number is much
smaller, approximately 100000. The
count, he said, was made from IL
Photographic plates chosen from a
total of 20 first-class ones.
This rice grain structure is con-
stantly changing and two photo
graphs taken 10 minutes apart will
show an entirely different pattern,
said the astronomer.
He pictured the suns surface as
in constant turmoil, with clouds of
gas 30 degrees hotter and therefore
brighter than the surrounding area,
billowing up. It is these bright,
hot clouds which give the sun a
notified appearance.
DR.. Petit said the solar sections
of the International Astronomical
Union recently asked astronomers
to choose an English word for this
rice grain structure" but the
union finally adopted a French
word. He could not recall it, but
though it meant granular"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26

in 3 hours and So minutes In April,
but that record was bettered by the
Bermuda Clipper In November by
four minutes. Imperial Anyways set
record for the Ireland to New
foundland transatlantic Jump
when the Cabot made the fight in
1905 hours, or one-half hour less
than the previous record.
Italy laid claim to the worlds
altitude record for seaplanes when,
in September, Col. Nicola di Mauro
climbed to 44,457 feet In hour and
So minutes.
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah,
again was the scene of a new au-
tomobile speed record. In August
John r. Cobb, a London fur broker,
sped $685. miles per hour, or about
10 miles per hour faster than the
former record, held by another Eng
lishman, Capt. George E. T. Eyston.
Sir Malcolm Campbell, former hold
er of automobile speed records, this
year shattered the speed record on
water by driving his craft 141.74
miles per hour. The former record
was 1909 miles per hour by the
same pilot.
German Train Claims Record.
"A streamline German train, oper-
ating between Berlin and Hamburg
set a new worlds record for rail-
road speed when 1t ran at 1874 miles
per hour.
1.-THE French National Meteorolog-
ical ONCE reported a new altitude
record for unnamed balloons. A
balloon equipped with scientific in
struments scared from st. Cyr, near
Versailles, to a height of 100000 feet
"The highest recorded parachute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Semi-Automatic Rifle
Held Match for Planes
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
: An Army expert expressed the
opinion today that the development
of the new semi-automatic .30-cali-
Der rifle would greatly strengthen
infantry defenses against straf1ng
from the air.
Col. G. M. Barres, writing in
"Army Ordnance" publication of the
Army Ordnance Association, said
that one of the most difficult tasks
of anti-aircraft defense was to pro-
vide protection to the front line SOL
der against hedge hoppers" or
low-fying airplanes.
The new Army rifle, he added,
showed great promise in combating
this type Of air attack, inasmuch
as the average soldier can fire it
two and a quarter times as fast as
the old Springfield rifle.
Col. Barnes also wrote that a
newly developed 37-mm. anti-air-
craft gun promised much better re-
suits in protection Of front line po-
sitions than the .50-caliber ma
chine gun. The new weapon, fully
automatic, will fire 1875 rounds of
explosive shell minute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Army Recruiting Drive
To Fail 10 Reach Goal
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Failure appeared inevitable today
for the Army's intensive recruiting
drive which seeks to reach by jan
uary the augmented strength Or
dered in September by President
Roosevelt.
Processing little concern, officials
said merely that the goal was "a
little too high" and that few weeks
more would be required. Toward
the close Of the campaign indica-
lions that further increases might
be deferred removed one major in
centive for haste.
Latest reports give the Regular
Arrny's enlisted strength as 210,340
enlisted men, as Of December IA,
compared with $4,000 directed by
Mr.. Roosevelt in proclaiming lin
tied national emergency because Of
the European war. The National
Guard reported 222,700 for the same
date, short Of its goal of 235 600 men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Records for Speed,
Distance, Altitude
Fall in 1899
National Geographic
Society Summarizes
Achievements

A pilot flew SIS miles per hour
an automobile driver sped more
than 1853 miles per hour, two avia-
tors scared In a seaplane for 80
days, and a motorboat was driven
al miles per hour. These are
among the records for 1899 listed
in a year-end bulletin from the
headquarters of the National Geo.
graphic Society.
AT Buffalo, N. Y, H. Lloyd Childs
dived at the rate of SIS miles an
hour while demonstrating a Curtis
pursuit airplane to French Army
officials. For straight flying, how
ever, new record was made by a
German flyer, Fritz Wendell. He
few 469.11 miles per hour, 6 miles
per hour better than the former
record.
Francisco Sarabia, foremost Mex
lean aviator, made a record flight
from Mexico, D. F., to New York
1859 miles, in 10 hours and 48 min
utes. A new United States trans
continental flight record was set by