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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-11-14
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Fannie Belle Johnson,
deceased: Notice is hereby given
that Catha A. Johnson, of McCon-
nelsville, Ohio, has been duly ap-
pointed Administrative of the estate
of Fannie Belle Johnson, deceased.
late of Morgan county, Ohio.
Dated this 4th day of November,
1910.
ARTHUR TORBERT,
Probate Judge of Said County.
7n2
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
Gay Paree' of Wartime Lives Again
Until Ii P. NJ. Blackout Hides City

nasse, Is usually crowded. The pain
tiers not mobilized in the camouflage
section are all there full OF theories
about the world, the war, life, love
and disaster.
The big boulevard cafes are much
more sedate. They have settled down
to D war. regime of dignified toler-
ance. They still seem to be more
reminiscent of the World War
which also emptied them, but In
which war correspondents met and
talked and Partisan journalists and
moving picture actors, artists and
critics foregathered for apertifs.
American Bars Crowded
The American bars born of the
last war have taken on new lease
Of life. Harry's New York Bar is
again a den Of joy-seeking Royal
Air Force fliers and newspapermen
Fred Payne's coy little bar at the
gateway to Montmarte in the lower
reaches Of the Rue Pigalle is back IN
Its Old role Of entertaining Lone
some soldiers and equally lonesome
theater girls, mostly English.
American films still figure larg-
est on the cinema programs and,
singularly enough, many OF them
are those roaring Hollywood war
films wherein valor, virtue and
virility prevail until the end.
For more serious-minded persons,
there are some big libraries open,
but the museums are closed, the art
works are underground or packed
off to safe hiding; the beautiful
stained glass windows of many
Gothic temples are lighted with
rays filtered through ordinary glass.
{ Parks are open, and a surprising
numhger Of children are playing in
them with teir nures.
One thing Is different, however,
and that ID when the theaters pour
out their crowds ak II o'clock, the
cafes and restaurants are closing,
and amusement thereafter Is where
you find 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
Taxes and Trade

Louis r. Schick, as receiver for
the Hewitt Grocery Co., today
filed a petition in the Superior
Court seeking permission to start
making payments to. the City Of
Waterbury on a bill that the groc-
cry company owes the city for
taxes and interest.
Mr.. Schick sets forth In his pc
tition that $3306.69 is owed the
city and says that the city is
DESTROYS of buying part Of its groc-
cries from the firm and that he
can make arrangements whereby
the city will pay one-half OF its
bill each month and apply the
balance of the money involved
to the Hewitt tax bill.
Mr.. Schick points out that the
tax bill is preferred claim and
that he believes 1t is good pro-
cedure to get the city's business
and at the same time pay up the
tax bill.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
Federal Census Here
To Start April 1
Numerous Applications Filed for Appointments
Supervisor Byrnes to Conduct Examinations

Wheels are now Ia motion for Che
start Of the taking OF Waterbury,
coming census. w. Harry BEtneI
and Atty. John Burns, designated b.
The federal government to supervise
the taking Of the census here. have
already laid most Of the groundWorE
for their tremendous task.
The actual taking Of the census
viii not start until April !, when Il
is expected that the taking Of the
city's business census, now UNDER
way, viii be completed, but there
are may things to be done before
the demonstrating can actually start
One hundred men win be selected
to take the Waterbury census and
all will be Waterburians If that
many Waterburians can qualify Tor
the job.
Both Mr.. Byrnes and Atty. Burns
stressed the point today that the
matter Of qualifying for the census
Jobs will be an easy one.
Dispute Caused
Without referring to the last CEN
sus, over which q great dispute re-
suited concerning Waterbury's exact
population, and which caused the
local Chamber of Commerce and
other Waterburians to question the
census and demand that a recheck
be made so that additional names
could be added the present census
directors said practically in unison:
This census has got to be abso-
lutely accurate.
AS a guarantee of exactness, an
applicants for jobs as census takers
will be required to take two exams
nations which will be submitted by
the federal census bureau at WASH
ington. The first Of these tests will
be given on March Is and 1t is
this job that the census directors
are now preparing for.
Applications by the hundreds have
been made for the jobs and their
present task is to select those whose
qualifications make them reasonably
qualified for the work and who will
be permitted to take the examiila-
ton.
5th District
In addition to having charge Of
the Waterbury census the local cen
sus directors will have charge of the
census in the entire 5th Congression-
al district comprising 80 towns.
Residents of each town will be se-
lected to take the census in their
towns if they can qualify.
One census taker win be appoints
ed for each of the small towns and
in the larger towns one census taxi
er will be appointed to cover each
1900 of the towns population.
An agricultural census will be taxi
en- in connection with the regular
census in the small towns.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
ANDERSON FETED
BY PIONEER CLUB
Couple Celebrates 18th
Wedding Anniversary
Here Last Night
OAKVILLE
Correspondent: Mae Villa Babin
1877 WatertOwn Avenue

Oakville, Feb. II - Mems Club Of
the Congregational church met last
evening and enjoyed a supper pre-
pared and served by the Ladies Aid
Society. The speaker for the even
ing was unable to attend, but many
of the members made speeches:
The members attending were:
Rev., Oscar l.. Locke, Ellsworth G.
Leach, Sir, M. v. Dull, Willard Nor
ton, Mr.. Decoe, Maurice Barbaret,
Walter Krantz, B. G. Baldwin, 9.
Latimer, Frederick McGoldrick,
James McGoldrick, Lester H. Evans,
K. E. Johnson, Lewis R. Ande, Aug
ust L.. .Kiesel F. p Lancaster. joe
seph Davies, Herbert Wilson, Roger
Chase, Ernest F. Wilson, George
Miller, James E. Dewitt, Robert
Ericsson, F. R. Tracy, A. j. McGold-
rick, Louis Beres, Robert Shaw, Ga
len Rank, G. Dubpernell, r. S, Ellis
M. Greason, Ambrose Desena, Law
renee Wilson, George Sulzer. Ro-
bert Lowrey, Harry Brown Edward
Hogg, Stephen HALFWAY, Johl
Drescher, James J. Hogan, Henry
Jeannin, Maurice Hubbard. Sam
Gilchrist, Jr Lewis Edwards, How
ard Carter. John Tringa, John Nc
Lean, Clint Ranslow, R. H. Warner
r. D. Clinton, H. j. Ande.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17

the war. The critics are looking
for masterpieces born Of the new
are lust arriving from the World
War. Sascha Guitry has been one
of the leading luminaries Of the
new war theater: Pierre Weber has
written the Venus de pIlot, dealing
with the air raid shelter; and Louis
Verneuil has written FaSicule Noir,
also war piece, but 1t is too early
for the literary urge to be felt.
Paris Is still talking about those
plays produced from the cycle OF
the World War, such as Paul Ray
nails lie Tombeau sous pArc de
Triomphe; or LIE Terre Inhumane
Of Francois de Curel; or works of
Maurice Maeterlinck or ]. ]. Ber-
nard.
Hitler Burlesques Shaged
The new war is more articulate
in the dozens of cabarets suchas
the Noctambules called the Nox;
lie Theater de Dix Hueres, La Be-
lee de Cidre, legendary haunt OF
Francois Villon. In these little
theaters where soldiers and weary,
Parisians sit together, the audience
Hitler and Goebbels, or war themes
and love themes and the inevitable
triangular situations.
The music halls such as the
Casino de Paris, the Folies Ber-
gere, the Concert Mayol where
nudity Is glorified, the little Bobino
and the Circus Medrano are the
soldiers delight. There they crowd
in with their sweethearts and COM
rades and sit back and gaze intently
on scenes quite unlike a night on
the Moselle or an outpost on the
Saar.
Most Of the big cafes which gave
Paris international fame during
peace time are opened for business.
but in many cases the crowds are
smaller and generally more serious
In Montparnasse the old Cafe Dome
Is going strong. lie Coupole, the big
gest night restaurant in Montpar-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
ELDERLY WORKER
GETS WINDFALL

Rockville, Conn.,, February II. -
(UP) - The remaining years Of
Frank. Marsh Harmon, 81, were made
financially secure today through an
unexpected windfall from a re-
ported $750,00O estate left by an
uncle who died in 1882 and whom
he had not seen for 80 years.
Harmon, born on Rochelle, ILL.,,
farm, and who came here rs months
ago from Moravia, N. Y, to take a
Job as night Waterman and fire.
man at the Hockanum mills, was UNI
aware of his good Torture until
friends told him they had heard his
name mentioned on the Court of
Missing Heirs radio program as be-
ing sought to complete settlement Of
his ui1cle's estate.
The uncle, Dewitt G. Marsh, was
a banker and real estate operator at
Bruning, Neb.
Harmon said he last saw him in
1910 when they met briefly on a
Canada bound train.
II hadn't heard from him in so
long I never dreamed the thought
of me-" said Harmon, who believed
his share of the estate amounted to
81, 1000.
He Is a widower and childless and
lives at a boarding house on the
outskirts Of the city. His uncle, he
said, was one Of nine children, and
"there are probably innumerable
other heirs"
Harmon, forced by failing health
to give up farming for less siren
uous livelihood, said he would go to
New York early next week to learn
how he can obtain his portion OF
the estate.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
No ICe-NO Carnival!

The ice carnival scheduled at
Hamilton Park last Sunday and
postponed until tomorrow owing
to weather conditions last week,
has been called off" once more.
The Park Department, in his OFF,
cial communique stated that the
ice was too thin and the six or
eight feet of snow on the surface
made 1t impossible for the hired
hands to prepare the proper set
ting.
In attempting to clear the i'm
provised lake for the gala event
one of the park departments
horses went through the ice and
blade of a pillow was smashed.
In addition to that hard luck
the usually genial Jimmy Curtin,
superintendent of parks, his as
sistant "Bill" Cass and "Bill"
Derwin, director Of recreation,
had to apologize to the weather.
man for what they Thought" of
him last week when the big event
was postponed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
|YD COMMANDER
PAYS VISIT HERE
Annual Roll Call Services
COnduCted-COI VIM.
Shanahan Of6Ciates

Members Of the state department,
Yankee Division Veterans associa-
ton, headed by Gardner Hall Of
Willimantic, state president, were in
attendance at the annual muster
and roll-call Of Vigneulles post Y.
d. v. A. last night at the state orn-
DRY. The events were In commem-
grafton of the 22nd anniversary Of
the Yankee Divisions first night in
the trenches at Chemi de Danes,
France in 1918. About SO attended
the affair.
As the roll call was read, each
veteran gave his name and former
outfit. Col. William j. Shanahan
conducted a short service and then
lectured on the battle, using
maps to illustrate his talk. Will
liam Allen, of Manchester, state
senior vice-commander; william
Sallvin, of Bristol, state Junior
vice-commander, and Clyde Beck
with, of Manchester, state secre-
tary, were also guests.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17

CfleShre, rep. ll.-1ne leiilperd-
ture at 10 o'clock last night was "a
degrees above zero.
Mrs. George c. Erskine heads the
committee for the benefit bridge for
the Finnish relief fund at Waverly
made by communicating with any
Inn Feb. 81. Reservations may be
of the following committee: Mrs.
Erskine, Mrs. B. M. Allen, Mrs.
James H. Darcy, Mrs. Carroll C.
Hincks, Mrs. Frederick s. Baker,
Mrs. Thomas G. Bennett, Mrs.
Duoglas Dunbar, Mrs. Howard B.
Greene, Mrs. John Bishop. Mrs.
Gregory N. Tyack, Mrs. Nathan
White, Mrs. George w. Thorpe, Mrs.
Luke Stapleton. Mrs. Frank Tarbell,
Mrs. Birdsey, B. Norton, Mrs. Will
bur j. Moore, Mrs. Corbin H. Hauer-
was, Mrs. Fred B. Holt, Mrs. Alfred
G. Dewing and Mrs. Irving Tier.
Instructor Ill
A. Knox Starlings, instructor at
the Cheshire Academy, is confined
to his home by illness.
The state and town crews have
/ plowed out the roads in first rate
shape but there are many bumpy
spots which are dangerous for mo-
torist also places where the full
width of the road has not been
cleared, because of hard packed
snow. The plows are clearing away
this hard packed snow as fast as
possible but because of the contin-
uedr below freezing temperature 1t
will be a menace for some time.
Reduced speed and extreme watch
fitness are necessary on the part
of drivers. Hitting a bump in the
road when about to pass another
car may throw your car against it
and meeting another car where the
road has not been sufficiently clear
ed may cause trouble. Warm weather
In the near future will, 1t is hoped,
help greatly to remove these dam
gers.
Baker Improved
Improvement is reported in the
condition of Fred s. Baker, who has
been Ill at his home on South Main
street for the past two weeks.
There will be meeting of the
Junior Aid society Of the Congre-
gational church at the home of Mrs.
Jessie Terrell on Wallingford road
at 8 o'clock.
Club Entertained
The Mr.. and Mrs. Club of the
Methodist church were entertained
by Mr.. and Mrs. Amos G. Dayton
at their home l., South Cheshire on
Tuesday,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
BY SAMUEL DASHIELL
United Press staff Correspondent


Paris-(UP)-The "Gay Paree"
known by the A. e. F. in 19l7-19
Is carrying on another war, but it's
an II o'clock town now.
As the war progresses, new anus
rnents are appearing, and 1t Is the
men back from the front who insist
on the gaiety rather than the civil
population. Theaters have reopened,
also music halls, cabarets and dance
places.
II there is a dance OF death at the
front, there must be q dance Of for
getbulness In Paris. Guardians Of
wartime Paris linstened to the uni
versal complaints and opende up the
town to fun and distractions, that
Is, until IL o'clock when the black.
out descends.
From early morning until II p. M,
Paris arnuses itself in more than
20 legitimate theaters, Is music
halls, IS cabarets and a dozen gay
and alluring dance halls. More than
q hundred cinema theaters are open.
and more are opening as they find
means OF assuring their clients safe
shelter from possible air raids.
Famous Theaters Open
The national playhouses, such as
the Opare, the Opera Comique, the
Coincide Franchise and the Odeon,
are open and crowded. With the
tickets one receives a little. slip tel
shelter Is located. One box in the
first tier Is always unoccupied, for
It encloses bags Of sand and fire.
fighting apparatus In case Of incen.
diary bombs. These precautions have
been taken everywhere and In some
houses the amphitheaters are closed
to prevent possible stampeding down
ancient stairs In case Of alarm.
Those authors who are not buy
working IN the censorship or who
are not at the front, are busy in-
terpreting the intellectual side of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
Bartenders Here May
Return, To Union Fold
Organizer Reported Active Here in Effort to
Revive Interest in Active Association In
huential Years Ago.
Bartender's Union.

Bartender's Union.
The local bartenders according
to the unionizers are working too
many hours for too little pay. Il
don't know about the pay" said
one restaurant owner yesterday
who is decisively opposed to the
newly proposed union but as far as
the hours are concerned it really
doesn't make much difference.
Bartenders hang around anyway"
Waterbury has been without a
Bartender's Union for several
years, but did have a real one for
many years. The late William
Downey, who at the time of his
death was head of Waterways
welfare department, was president
of it for a quarter of a century
or more.
MIR. Downey prior to taking up
his Job with the city ran liquor
disposing establishments In the
Brooklyn section and was one OF
.Waterbury's best known men.
The organization under Mr..
Downey, while still union, per-
haps could more properly be called
a social club" 1t had annual out
ings and clambakes at High Rock
Grove at Platts Mills, the Alpha
club (away out Middlebury way,
and elsewhere and as far as $50
ciability" is concerned each event
was an event" of the particular
season in which it. was held. '.''
Practically all of Waterbury's
old time bartenders belonged to
the union and Mr.. Downey and
his friends never left a stone un-
turned to make each party a sue
cess. There was plenty of food and
all that went with 1t and nobody
ever left who could properly say
that "a good time wasn't had by
ALL, .s
The union lasted long after pro-
hibition and annual meetings and
gatherings were held up until Mr..
Downey's death about five years
ago..
whether the formation Of the
new union will be successful Is
not known but every effort posi-
bic is being made to establish 1t
and several local bartenders are
said to have agreed to join.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
Sues Owners

Caroline Prigoneri yesterday aft
ernoon instituted a $1,000 suit in
the Court Of Common Pleas to
recover for injuries allegedly re-
ceived In q fall on an icy walk
leading to q residence ct 20 Ken
yon street. The defendants in the
case are Vincenzo and Filcietto
VOlpe, owners Of the house.
The accident occurred on Feb. ].
1888. Head, back and 81 oulder In.
juries were listed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
Toes Crushed

Daniel de Olivia Of Sc Rail-
road Hill Street is allowed COM
pensation Of $14 weekly against
O. C. Straus and Co. Of New
York in a finding by COmpen-
sation Commissioner James M.
Lynch filed today.
Payments are to start as Of
Jan. 10, 1910, and last during
the period of incapacity.
Injuries suffered were two
crushed toes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17

Employees at the yards of the
city street and water departments
are not the only ones being "un-
ionized" locally at the present
time. The city's bartenders are
now in the process Of unioniza-
ton.
A labor leader named Kenney,
who halls from Springfield, Mass.
has been visiting local taverns
restaurants, clubs and hotels seek
ing to interest the men who draw
the high ones with the tall col
lars (like Herbert Hoover's) and
who mix up the high-balls, cock
tails, and what will you have)
in formulating a new waterbury
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
CLYDE MCCOY AT
RITZ BALLROOM

The plaintive tones OF Sugar
Blues played by the maestro of the
muted trumpet will be heard again
for the first time In several years,
at the Ritz ballroom In Bridgeport
when Sugar Blues" clyde Mccoy
makes his appearance tnere Sunday
evening. The beauteous Bennett
Sisters who are artists Of excep-
tional talent, together with hand
some Wayne Gregg will vocally ern-
bellish the Sugar Blues orchestra.
All America has enjoyed the
"Ccrny' tunes of Clyde n. from
Los Angeles Palomar, to New
York,S Paramount, Sugar Blues has
rung cut to thrill millions.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
Soap Boxes!

Government contracts have
been given to two Waterbury
firms this week, according to an
announcement by the labor de-
partment at Washington.
The Chase Brass and Copper
Company has received a $2S,52O
order for soap boxes for the Civil
ian Conservation Corps.
The American Brass Company
has been given an $11,159 order
for brass for the Navy Department
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
Spotlghting
BrassCityNews
False Alarm

Lives were imperilled when a
false alarm brought out four COM
panieS of firemen late last night.
The apparatus Travelled over snow
covered streets through narrow
lanes.
The alarm received at 1929
p. M, was sent in from Box 512,
at South Elm and Scovill streets.
Police began search for those
responsible.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
Closes Up

Manuel Diorio, 26, of ~ Sey-
mour; street, charged with keep
ing a gambling house, received q
nolle in city court when he agreed
to close up the establishment. He
was arrested February 2 by MEM
bers of the vice squad on a raid
on Washington avenue.
Judge T. E. Conway granted the
nolle when assured that Diorio
was closing up the place.
verna Chernoff, IS, Of 81 Vine
street, charged with theft, re-
ceived a continuance to Wednes-
day. She was arrested Sunday
after allegedly stealing a $500 coat
at wedding party.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
BIBLE OF 1854 OWNED

Gibsonville, o. (UP)-One of the
eldest Bibles in the world, printed
in 1854 in Zurich, Switzerland, be-
longs to Mrs. Frank j. zeller. The
document weighs nire pounds, Is
bound in beechwced. covered with
heavy leather and cornered with
brass plates.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
OYSTER GROWERS
ASK FEDERAL AID

New Haven, Conn, Feb. II. Cup
A resolution adopted by oyster
growers Of New York, Connecticut
and Rhode Island today asked con-
gress to appropriate $250,000 to
stamp out a star fish infestation
threatening the oyster crop.
Another resolution asked Tor a
$4,000 appropriation from Connec-
ticut for q similar purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
ALABAMA SPIRITS DOWN

Montgomery, Ala. (UP)-The
Alabama alcohol beverage control
board has started 1910 with inten-
sified enforcement activities. 1t
has refused to renew licenses of
AZ beer and liquor dealers and has
created a special enforcement
INIT.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17

5000 military
airplanes in the
next IS months,
as well as SUBJ
stantiGl non
military produc-
ton, the indus
try W orrie s
about t h ! n 6 6
like this:
/. The adj
ministration has
let out public
hints Of bad
"bottleneck" In
engine produc-
ton. Producers
say there's no
Laa
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-17
6. @. P. Women

Proposed changes in bylaws
will be discussed at a meeting of
the Women's Republican Club
February 26 at The Elton, Officers
for the coming year will also be
elected at the session.
Mrs. Alfred Emmons will pre-
side at the business meeting,
which will be followed by card
party.