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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

Adjutant Of local Salvation Army
hears of fellow workers sacrifices
I'm war-tOrn Finland.
that there was no time for a warn
ing. Six of the officers escaped, but
the seventh, Lieutenant Elsa Kar-
hunen, received fatal injuries. She
was taken to the hospital uncon-
scious with her face cut and her
jaws broken. She passed away In
the night, without regaining con-
seriousness.
A day or two later, In another air
raid, bomb passed through the
slum post, destroying it entirely.
A bomb also dropped near a cellar
where Salvationists were shelter
ing, injtlring three of them.
Oficers were soon out, helping
the people. The first load Of warm
clothing has arrived at one of the
ports and is being dispatched to
some Of the Army's centers. The
railroads are most friendly and
helpful. In spite of great difficult
ties they are sending emergency
and relief packages to all parts Of
the country.
Officers who have been forced to
evaeuate from parts Of East Fin
land are now working at new CEN
tiers among the evacuees, and they
are not only giving out warm cloth
ing and helping the people in prac-
tical ways, but are also conducting
meetings in the different schools
and farms where people who have
lost all their possessions. are
housed.
Salvationists In Sweden and Nor
way are combining to render all
possible aid TO- their Finnish COM
radeS.
Halls in the north Of Norway at
points where Finnish refugees are
crossing the border are being used
as sleeping barracks, and food and
clothing have been distributed.
Arrangements have been made fol
the girls and boys of the Arrny's
homes in Finland to be evacuated
to, Sweden, where q fyiend has
placed q residence at the Army's
disposal. and is also bearing the
cost Of heating the premises. The
evacuation had to be arranged
without delay. as conditions were
serious, the little girls having had
to sleep nightly in cellars. !.
A glimpse et the diniculties ex-
perienced Is shown In the latest
dispatch from Commissioner Lar
son of Sweden. who reports: I'VE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

New York, Feb. e-WP)@The
stock market advanced fractions to
more than point IN increased &C
tivity today.
Leading issues were IN demand.
Low pricei favorites Of recent ses-
sions also continued active and
firm.
Chrysler and Bethlehem Steel had
gains Of more than Q point. Allied
Chemical, Douglas, United Aircraft,
Glenn Martin, Sperry and Stude-
baker made new highs.
New York Central featured rails
in activity. Utilities were slightly
higher in small dealings. Coppers
firmed and building shares improved
under lead Of ol1ns-Manville, which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
de- VALERA GETS
STRONG POWER

Dublin, Feb. 9-(UP-A supreme
court decision today gave Premier
canon DeValera power to suppress
the Irish Republican Army under
his "offenses against the state" bill.
BY a majority decision, the court
held that the bill, passed by the
parliament and put up to it for con-
sideration, was not repugnant to the
constitution.
Under the bill, now law, the gov
eminent may intern Irish citizens in
concentration camps on suspicion of
terrorism. Previously only foreigners
could be so held. Formal trial on
specific charges will not be necessary.
The supreme court vote was three
to two.
Its decision was regarded as a VIC
tory for De Valera because it had
been forecast that If the court re-
jected the bill De Valera would have
had either to amend it or to hold
a general election.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
INSURANCE STOCKS
CONTRACTS MUST
Be in WRITING

Pittsburgh. Feb. 9.-tUP}.
Agreements reached through nego-
tiations between employers and
unions must be embodied in a writ
ten contract, rather than expressed
in a company Statement OF policy"
the National Labor Relations Board
held in a proposed order released
yesterday.
The order, which is temporary
pending final hearings on possible
exceptions, was directed against
Westinghouse Electric & Manufac-
turing Co., and two subsidiaries
Westinghouse X-Ray Co., Inc, and
the Bryant Electric Co.
The NLRB ruled that the com
panies had refused to bargain col
lectively, as required by the Wag-
ner act, when they refused to sign
q written labor contract with the
United Electrical, Radio and Ma
chine Workers Of America, Go at
flliate.
The union sought agreements COW
ering workers in plants Of the COM
pany located at East Pittsburgh,
Trafford, Pa, Philadelphia, South
Philadelphia, Bridgeport, Conn,
Long Island City, N. Y, Chicago
Emeryville, Calf, and East Spring
field, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
CORONER PROBES
AUTO TRAGEDY
Calvin, Driver in Fatal
Crash, to Be Discharged
From Hospital

Coroner William B. Hennessy to-
day said he is still continuing his
investigation Of the automobile ac-
cident which Monday took the life
Of James r. Leary, SO Aslnmum
street. on Thomaston avenue.
John Calvin, IS, Of Newell place,
was reported much improved at
the Waterbury hospital. Driver Of
the car which turned over killing
Leary, Calvin is now sitting up"
and will be dismissed from the hos
pita1 soon. By coroner's orders he
has not yet been allowed to have
visitors.
Miss Beatrice Truelove, 20, 1905
Thomaston avenue, also injured In
the crash, is now allowed to see
her mother. She was held IN
communicate for two days, and Is a
material witness. No one except
Miss Truelove and Calvin saw the
accident.
Deputy Coroner Miles F. McNiff,
Jr., counsel for Miss Mary Cava-
naugh, charged with embezzlement,
has been tied up in superior court
at the trial, and has not had much
time to investigate the accident
which took the life Of Mrs. Walter
Painter, Monmouth avenue, Monday
afternoon on the Naugatuck- Beacon
Falls highway.
The deputy coroner said, however
that state police are completing
their investigation Of the tragedy
and he Is holding as q coroner's
prisoner, Dominic Forino, %, of
South Leonard street, driver Of one
Of the cars which met head-on.
Forino and Walter Painter, driver
Of the other car, are described as
better" at st. Mary's hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
It's Turley Now!

George Irving MastrOnato,
who said in his application for
q change Of name that he had
not known his family name was
MastrOnatO until he applied for
q birth certificate when seeking
work, was today given permis-
sion to be known as George
Irving Turley. The application
was granted after a hearing be-
fore Judge Frank r. McEvOy in
superior court.
The youth said his father
had also been known as Turkey.
He displayed newspaper clip
pings to show that he had been
known as Turley rather than
Mastronato, and said he was
enrolled and graduated from
school under. the name Of Tur-
ley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
SUICIDE ATTEMPT
ENDS in MURDER

Ellsworth, Me-, Feb. 9.-(UP)-
Arthur r. Grindle insisted to police
today that his wife attempted sui
eide just before he shot and killed
her yesterday.
He said he had driven their daugh-
ter Clara, 6, to school and returned
home to find his wife Adelia, 26, at
tempting to hang herself in the barn.
She confessed, he said, that she bad
been "going out with" another man.
An argument ensued, he said, dur
ing which he shot her.
Grindle drove to Sheriff Harold r.
HodgkinS' Office and said:
"You can lock me up. Just shot
my wife. You'll find the gun on the
washing machine and here is the
key to the house."
Mrs. Grindle's body, bearing four
bullet wounds in the head and neck
was found on the living room floor.
Nearby was a pistol which Grindle
had borrowed from a friend.
Grindle faced arraigned on a muir
der charge today-his Saith birthday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
In MefnOriafrl

Sister Mary Benignus Caffrey Of
the Sisters of Mercy, died Saturday,
February 3, at St. Francis hospital
in Hartford. Sister Benignus was
born in New Haven and spent
many years in Waterbury, being
stationed at one time at st. Mar
garet's, where she taught In the
parochial school. She is well known
in this city and other places
throughout the state where she was
stationed.
She was known as q fine teacher.
Outside Of her school work she was
greatly interested I'm the directing
Of sodalities Of Children Of Mary,
and was noted for her zeal i'm visit
ing the poor and sick. Her funeral
took place Tuesday morning at st.
Mary's home In West Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
DR.. B. A. O'HARA
GUEST SPEAKER
Well Known Football Or
fetal to Describe Expert
ences at Meeting
Washington Hill

DR.. Bernard O'Hara, local dentist
and football official. will be the
speaker at the monthly meeting of
the st. Francis Xavier Holy Name
society Sunday night in the parish
hall. DR.. O'Hara will relate his ex-
periences in refereeing the big time
games he has worked in the last few
years and will answer any questions
submitted to him after his talk. Sew
eral members are anxious to hear
Bernie's story on the much dis
cussed point after touchdown in the
game between the New York Giants
and Washington Redskins in New
York last December.
AL young men of the parish are
invited to hear DR.. O'Hara at the
meeting Sunday night. The society
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
STATE ASSEMBLY
| MAY TAKE OFFER
F. S. Chase to Donate
Tract of Land in Middle
bury for Park

An offer by Frederick s. Chase,
local industrialist, to give to the
state a large tract Of land in Mid
dlebury cannot be accepted without
approval Of the general assembly,
according to an opinion by Attor-
ney-G General Francis Pallotti.
Mr.. Chase specified that the Town
Of Middlebury hold joint title with
the state, that 1t be exempt from
taxes and assessments, be preserved
in its natural state and used only
for parkway purpoes.
The land offered includes three
parcels at the north end Of Lake
Quassapaug. It would make possible
a widening Of the White Deer Rock
road or building Of parkway there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
ARCHBISHOP 1ST age g..
BOSTON RESIDENT
DENIED PAPERS

Boston, Feb. 9E(UP)-Because he
is unwilling to bear arms in any war,
Nicholas George Christie Of the
south End cannot become q ma
turalized citizen.
Federal Judge Hugh d. Mcclellan
denied Christo's petition, though the
Albanian immigrant said his unwil-
lingness was based on his religious
convictions as a jehovah Witness.
He Joined the sect IA years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
Nearest of Kin"

Captain Joseph Stevens, chief
inspector Of the detective bureau,
today asked that all relatives Of
Mrs. Nellie Lyons, who Is believed
to have died here several years
ago, get IN touch with him relative
to an estate In Springfield, Mass.
which may be Of interest to
them"
The inspector received a slet-
ter from a Springfield attorney
asking for cooperation ID trying to
locate relatives Of the late Mrs.
Lyons. The letter said a sister re-
sides In Springfield, but did not
give. her name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

will receive holy communion in a
body at the 7:30 o'clock mass Sunday
morning.
Basketball Tonight
Two games will be played at the
community house tonight in the sec
ond round of the community house
basketball league. In the opening
game the Baldwin Props will meet
the Robins while in the feature game
on the program the Poll Big Five
take on the st. Ann A. A.
Skating Blanks
William Shea, supervisor Of the
community house, has announced
that blanks for the ice skating car
nival week from Sunday at Hamil-
ton park are available at the COM
munity house. All Hill youngsters
wishing to enter any Of the events
to be sponsored by the park depart
ment are asked to get their blanks
as soon as possible for the big event.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
Presented Flag

A large American flag will be
presented to the Waterbury Brass
Workers union by the Oakville Co.
unit at a meeting at 8 o'clock to-
night at G. I. o. headquarters on
Spencer avenue. The presentation
will be made by Shelton Over
baugh.
Assisting Mr.. Overbaugh on the
committee are Michael Barkaus-
kas, Alice Corcoran, William Quill,
Wallace Race, Lester Wright, AL
Rinaldi, and Joseph Handura.
The unit is making the presen-
tation in recognition of aid given
1t by the parent organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
'Killed In Service"
Brave Salvation Army Lassie in Finland Victim
of Red Russia's Air Raids-Adjutant Wiberg,
Local Commander Notified of Sacrifices.

had sent some fifteen tons Of warm
clothing, ten tons Of fruit and a
ton of flour to Abo, to be distrib-
uted in the district by our people.
It was stored in the customs house
to await conveyance a day later.
An air raid took place and the Gus
toms house was hit, the roof fall
ing in and burying the goods.
After few days 1t was possible
to salvage the stuff and load it on
q train. Then the train was
bombed and all the goods were
burned"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
------- SPO7LIGH7zNG- - :
Brass City News
After 30 Years!

Judge Frank P. McEvoy re-
served decision in superior court
this morning after woman mar
ried for more than 30 years had
asked for a divorce. The plain
tiff In the uncontested action is
Mrs. Pauline Harjohn.
Mrs. Harjohn said that she was
married to Alexander Harjohn
July /, 1909. Her husband, she
claimed, deserted her in 1921.
Hearings on three other divorce
cases were postponed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
STATE TROOPER
KILLED IN CRASH

Holyoke, Mass, Feb. e-UPy-
State Trooper Albert G. Hayes, SO,
of Pittsfield, in charge Of a safety
campaign here, was killed and q
Holyoke Paper manufacturer was
Injured severely early today when
their automobiles collided.
Hayes died at a hospital. Earl 81.
McMurray, 40, was I1ospitalized with
multiple cuts and bruises.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
Granted Patent

Alfred L. Manseau, Of Wolcott,
asSignor to the Waterbury Clock
Company, has been awarded a
patent for a differential time
saving device.
On the list of Connecticut in
ventors compiled by the office Of
Harold G. Manning, "a Central
avenue, also appears the name Of
Ludwig Meuser, Naugatuck, as
signor to u. 8. Rubber Company.
His patent is for rubber acceler-
ator compositions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
COLLECT PAYROLL TAX
SAME AS ANY OTHER

The payroll tax Is collected by
the Internal Revenue bureau, which
looks on 1t as just another tax and
operates In the same way: If you
don't pay a distraint warrant is is
sued, and your real and personal
property may be seized.
One man in California some
months ago announced that he
could not and would not pay, and
broadcast appeals to his fellows
To do likewise.
He got by until he sold a con-
signment of goods, for cash; Treas
ury men learned about it and came
down and got the tax regardless. He
has quit rebelling.
Figures on failure to pay the tax
are not kept on file in Washington
and the Internal Revenue Bureau
can only make general estimates. BY
and large, it figures there is jus
about the same numbers of failures
to pay, and of distraint warrants
in relation to the total number ot
taxpayers, in the payroll tax as In
the regular income tax field. The
department declined to give figures
but said the percentage was Every
small"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

Additional information received
by Adjutant Hugo Wiberg Of the
local corps Of the Salvation Army
regarding the Army's relief work
in Finland, give details Of the air
raids on Vasa, in which an Army
officer was killed.
A bomb fell just outside the slum
post. Every window was blown out,
the window frame wrenched from
the walls and some Of the doors,
walls and a ceiling were damaged.
The officers were having q meal.
Enemy planes arrived so suddenly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

you the
the solid black line indicating the trend in 19 the dash line
business 1882 the dotted line the business
1888 he 1926 taken the normal represented by the
dex figure 1000
the yearend business ended in
swinging downward going into February Although decline
this is 149 points the week in 1882
February mill ingot
continued drop mills estimated turning
capacity Automobile factories
duced 400 units against 5 in the preceding Seeen
for uptrn In auomotve field which will boost mill production
Exchange
January 1922
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
POLICE sERGT. DEAD

Hartford, Conn, FEB. 9-(UP)-
Police Sergt,l Martin J. Rohan, Ga,
on the city's police force since 1910.
died last night Of pneumonia con-
tracted following an operation. Be-
fore coming to Hartford he lived at
Holyoke, Mass. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
Mother Held

Stella Lubinslky, 80, 249 Bank
street, mother of the child who
was found sleeping In . Grand
street hallway dast night, was
arrested today by vice squad Of
ficers ON charges Of abandon
ment Of husband and c0habita-
ton elsewhere.
Lieuts. Patrick Moylan and
Patrick Hobart brought her in.
She will be arraigned i'm City
Court tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
AIR CORPS CHIEF
CONFERS WITH GOV.

Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. Cup
Maj. Gen. Henry II. Arnold, chief
of the y. s. Army Air corps, con-
ferred with Gov Raymond E. Bald
win today following an inspection
tour Of the United Aircraft Corp,
plant "a. r
Regarding the Arnny,s new air.
plane building program, Gen. Ar
mold said, 1--WE have every hope that
1t will meet the schedule"
o. 8. Secretary Of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., visited
United Aircraft earlier In the week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

On the other
hand, the trust
fund which Is
financed by the
8 per cent pay
roll tax, and
from which BEN
entS are paid,
has grown rap
Idly.
1t has IN
creased by IS
per cent since
benefit pay
ments began.
Although pay
mentS ran to
5000, 600, 900 dur
ing the last six
xnnnfhr Of 1A2O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
Illegal Sales

Nathan Levine, As Burton
street, charged with selling two
five-gallOn cans of untaxed al
cOhOl obtained q continuance
until Tuesday when arraigned
before U. S. Commissioner Harry
KrasOw yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
Marriage Intentions

The following marriage inten-
tons have been filed at the office
Of Town Clerk Mary c. Kilmar-
tin:
Victor J. Raymond, 40 North
Main street, and Anna Cortiani, 8
Spark street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
Market Again Shows
Advance This Morning
Prices Are Fractions to POintLeadng Issues Are in
Great Demand

gained q point. Columbia Broadcast
Ing issues, Safeway Stores. Phoenix
Hosiery and international Paper
preferred made new highs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
GIRLS PREPARE
PLANTING POTS
Scouts Hold Community
House Farley; Catholic
Service This Evening
OAKVIlLE
Correspondent: Mae Villa Babin
1917 WATERFOWL Avenue

oakville. February 9. - The Girl
Scouts met at the Community
House last evening with their cap
tain, Miss Drucilla Littlehales. The
regular routine was carried out.
Joyce Kuntzweiler prepared pots
for planting.
The girls attending were: Helen
Kontout, Shirley Crosse, Rosemary
Filipone, Charlotte Andrews, Betty
Booth, Barbara Beach, Jean Beach,
Muriel Andrews, Dorothy Burkas,
June Schaffer, Marjorie Patrick,
Betty Mclean and Lorraine Fem.
Stations o fthe Cross and Benedic-
ton Of the Blessed Sacrament will
be held at st. Mary Magdalen's
Church this evening at 1880 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
EMPLOYERS PROTEST
UNEMPLOYMENT TAX

The q. s. Chamber Of Commerce
has received many protests. A few
examples:
A middle western widow who runs
q small manufacturing business es-
tablished by her husband, employing
about q dozen workers, wrote that
at the end of the past year when she
found that what she had paid In
unemployment tax was just three
times what she had left for herself
as net profit.
An eastern business man totaIed
all Of the taxes his firm paid and
found that his payroll tax was
the biggest single item.
It ran to 26 per cent of his total
tax bill, topping even his real estate
taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
CLAIM TAX
PREVENTS EXPANSION

OF the thousand odd members Of
the Chamber who replied to a
QUESTIONABLE asking If they were
making. capital investment in new
plant or in modernization this year,
a large number said they were not
because the payroll tax was max
ing 1t financially impossible.
One point of complaint is the
merit rating" system, now in effect
in Wisconsin and soon to be set up
in most other states, by which a
firm may win q substantial reduce
ton In its payroll tax II its record
shows that 1t seldom discharges a
worker.
In o quiz about the wage-hour law,
q number of employers reported that
they could not hire temporary
workers in rush seasons, because
letting them go would spoil that
merit record; instead they preferred
to pay time and one-half for over
time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

MAXWELL CAST
Edwin Maxwell plays Nicky. Fallon
in JACKPOT" *.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES
The r .. Criggs Co.
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS
Bid Asked
Bridgeport Gas 1t. Co.. 80 80
Bridgep't Hydraulic Co.. 80 S9
Conn. Gas g. Coke pfd;. As a
Conn. 1t. & Power $500. 81 %
Conn. 1t. & Power 51z%
p1us $685. 4&O
Conn. Power Co. ...... 55 81
HID. Elect. 1t. CO. com. 70 q
HID. Gas 1t. Co. conn.,. "a %
Illuminating Shares A :. GIN 64l2
New Haven Water Co.. "a
South. N. E. Tel. Co.,. 1853 17S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
DcATTcN'S ~
( WASHING
COLUMN
Payroll Tax
Slash Asked
By Employers
WATERBURY Democrat Warrington
Correspondent
By BRUCE CATION

Washington, Febo-Demand for
modification Of the state-federal I'M
employment insurance system will
almost certainly be made before
this Congress adjourns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
N. Y. Bank & Trust Stocks
The Il. 2. Grlggs CO.

Crane county, Tex, has the
smallest population Of any county
in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

the fund took in 100000, 900 dur
ing the same period and stands now
at approximately a billion and a
half.
On the other hand, there Is good
evidence to show that a number
Of small business firms are having
great difficulty meeting the tax.
and that 1t Is proving onerous
enough to generate q substantial
demand that the load be lightened.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-01-18
BRIDGEPORT szovETsEe 1e-IK
YOUNGSTOWN oSzTALYA

Elnok Lengyel Andras. Alelnok
Latos JOSEF. Ugykeze.6 Hus6czki 10
zsef, 1874 Silliman St., telefon 94O5O.
Jegyzo-titkar Gagyi Janos, 1926 Wes,
ton Ave. Nagybizottsagi tagok: elnok
es titkar. Pottag Husoczki Jozsef
Ellen6rok: Danko Janos es Harsanyi
Sander. Ajtoor 9s zaszlotart6 Ricz
Janos. Beteglatogatok: Fiil0p Meny-
hertne, Topics Jozsefne, Gene Ga
borne es Szab6 Ferenc. Hivatalos or.
vas DIR. Laurisin Jen6, 420 Dollar
Bank Bldg, telefon 3O642, lakas tele-
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honap harmadik vasarnapjan a SIT.
Gyorgy Cor. Kath. templom alatt,
702 Mahoning Ave. - Hivatalos lap
az Amerikai Magyar Hirlap.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-01-18
MAHoNING MEGYEI
MAGYAR DEMoKRATA kOR
AlakuIt 1891 november 2s-an

Youngstown esk0rnyeke egyediili
magyar demokrata szervezete.
Tiszteletbeli elnok DR.. Laurisin Je-
no. Eln0k Tausz Gyula Bella. Alel-
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Beniczky J6zsefn6. Jegyz6-titkar Ress
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es tftkar es DR.. Laurisin Jen6. Pottag
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minden ho 4-ik pentek estejen 7:30-
kor a hivatalos lapban jelzett helyen.
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Hirlap.