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The Key West citizen., 1940-12-11
CONDITIONS

Pressure is low this morning
from the Rio Grande Valley west
ward over California; while high
pressure areas, crested over the
Lake region and far northwest.
overSpread most of the remainder
of the country. Somewhat warm
er weather prevails throughout
most of the Atlantic and Gulf
Coast districts with readings gen.
orally above normal; while tenn
peratures have fallen in the
southern Lake region and Ohio
Valley, but are still seaSonable,
and over western districts chang
es have been unimportant Pre-
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-11
Barometer at 1880 a. m, today
FORECAST

(Till 7:30 p. m. Thursday
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy with mild temperature
tonight and Thursday; moderate
east and southeast winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday, possibly a few
light showers near east-central
and southeast coast; slightly
warmer in extreme north portion
tonight.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-11
u. S. WEATHER
BUREAU REPORT

Observation taken at 7:30 a. m
18th Mer. Time (city office
Temperatures
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-11
SID ELIG H 7 S
BY MARCY 3. DARNALL
Former Editor of The Citizen

! A slight misunderstanding gave
Mrs. John Acker of Newark an
awful shock. Tried with her
husband for passing bad checks,
the judge sentenced John to Jail
for year, and turning to the
wife he said. I'm give you a
like sentence. Mrs. Acker
thought he said life" and
! tainted.
! An odd story of animal fright
comes from Nebraska, where
owners of a silver fox farm are
said to have sued an air transport
company for $4,000. The claim
is made that low-flying airplanes
have scared Sc of the plaintiffs
foxes to death.
Old documents discovered in
Genoa, Italy, indicate that the
total cost of the expedition which
discovered America was only
about $4,000. Columbus got S270
for the trip, while his other two
captains received $3.50 each. The
pay of sailor was about two
dollars a month.
An Atlanta newspaper was re-
Gently asked this question by an
anxious subscriber: is it un-
! lucky to postpone a wedding?"
The editor gave the cynical reply,
Not if you keep on postponing
it."
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-11

Wind Direction and Velocity
NE-5 miles per hour
Relative Humidity
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-11

Precipitation
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-11

Highest last "a hours
Lowest last night -
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22

V Chicago, policiste pospisili
do Grant parku k zachrane
Erika Swansona, ktery ma sva-
tebnf ceste prisel nejdfiv O
kalhoty a pax o novomanzel-
ku. Kdyz jej ma stanici Wy
pravili emergencn1mi spodky a
poskytli mu teplou veceri pro-
hlasil, re ztrata kalhot mu tax
nelezela ma srdci jake ztrata
zeny.
zena mu rekla, re sc vratl
Ia 80 minut, ale on ma nj cekal
80 hodin. Predstavil Sc jake
40lety tesar z Fox Lake. MIMI
lou sobotu odejel S 39letou
Ellen Welchovou, rozvedenou
z Chicago do st. Louis. Jeli v
jej1 kafe a byli vybaveni jej1-
mi pencil. Ona mela 5000 a
on 81. Jeli ma svatebnf cestu.
Pfijeli do Bloomington, kde
panicka py pojala podezrenf,
re il muz utece i S pencil a
kdyz Sc rozhodli jet do Chica-
ga a ably Sc zbavila podezrenf,
nar1dila, ably svlekl kalhoty a
kdyz tax ucinil, stahla mu j
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22

ruskym vetTelcGm, byli jiz pro
pusteni, pokud Sc nalezali v
Kanade.
Techto finskych dobrovolni-
XII bylo pres 1000. Mnozi z
Mich byli primo finskeho p1vo-
du, vetsinou vsak jinonarodov-
CT. V Torontu byli skoncetro-
vani k predbeznemu vycviku.
Vcera Jim byl vyplacen zold a
dany prostfedky k navratu do
MI, protoze pc u~zavTeni mlru
nenf uz jejich pomoci We Fin
sku zapotTebi.
Byvaly nadporucfk v meme
cke armada, jmenem Karl
Schmerer-Steinberg, byl vojen-
skym soudem odsouzen k smr-
ii ma obzalobu pro vyzvedac-
stvf. Odsouzeny sc narodil We
Vfdni v Rakousku. Byl zatcen
v PaTizi v cervenci minuleho
roku. V Marseilles, Francie,
prvni rozsudek smrti mad re
nou, obvinenou 2 vyzvedacstvi
prot Francii byl vynesen vo-
jenskym tribunalem v pripade,
v n6mz obzalovanou byla Mem
ka jmenem Eugene Lupz. Po-
drobnosti O tonic procesu a
razu obvineni nebyly dany do
vefejnosti.
Anglicke vzducholodi v Ute
ry provedli snad dosud nej-
prudsf 1tok ma nemeckou opev
nenou stanici Sylt. Utok pocal
vecer o 8. iodine a kolem $3.50
hodin rano We stTedu jeste skon
cen nebyl.
Utok tento byl odpovedi ma
1tok sobotu v noel,
kdy napadena byla namornf
anglicka STANCE Scapa Flow.
Pc schGzce Hitlera S Musso-
lini vyslo ma jevo, re Italie OBJ
drzf rusky olej. Hitler S Mus
solini Sc radili v pondel1 ma
Bremen pasu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Zahadna vrazda rolnika ad-
vOkatova Otce.

We Farkasin6 u Trnavy dos
10 k surove vrazd6, jejfz motiv
nebyl zat1m zjisten a je skutec
ne zahadny. V teto obci I'll
70lety roln1k Imrich Falath,
otec znameho bratislavsk6ho
advokata. Do jeho domu pTi-
sci vecer neznamy mlady muz
a pfedstavil Sc jake znamy je-
no syna a zadal O sdelenf jeho
bratislavske adresy. Roln1k
pozval navstevn1ka dovnitr
a chv1li S MIN mluvil. Rolnfko-
va manzelka byla pri tom, ale
musila ma chvfli odejft. Jakmi-
lie vysla z m1stnosti, kde byl
manzel S hostem, treskl uvnitT
vystrel a ona sc vratila. Nasla
manzela lezeti ma zemi mrtve-
no v tratolisti krve. Mlad1k
vystTelil i ma nj a zranil jy. PAX
Sc dial ma 1tek a uprchl, nez Sc
zranene selce podaTilo pTivo-
lati sousedy ma ponce. Pc vra
howl, jenz je v obci neznamy,
patra c%etnictvo S bratislavskou
patrac1 stanic1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Cinnost zlodejske sestky.

Pred casem plzenska policie
dopadla a zatkla sesticlennou
zlodejskou tlupu, ktera v Pl-
mi a okolf vylupovala byty,
obchody a skladist6,. Dalsfm
setren1m vychaz1 ma jevo, re
clenove teto spolecnosti Jaro-
slav Nohavec, Frantisek Gross
mann, OldTich Zeitz, jeho bra
tr Lum1r, Emanuel Chvatal a
Frantisek M1ka (byl dopaden
ma 1teku V Praze) vyloupili
bud jednotlive nebo spolecne
v okol1 PINE dvacet vyletnich
chat a vii. Krone toho taz spo-
lecnost ma pod1l ma podobnych
loupez1ch v letoviskach V oko-
II Brna, Prahy a KTivoklatu.
Dohromady ma Plzensku, Xii
voklatsku, Prahy a u Brna
vyloupili pohromade nebo je-
dnotliv6 asi sto sedesat vylet-
mich chat a vii. Cena koTisti
dosahuje desetitisice K. Vse-
chny kradeze a loupeze vyse-
TRUE plzenska policie "a SOU
cinnosti cetnictva, policie praz-
ske a brnenske.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Vinen z vrazdv.

Rev. Clayton R. Miller, 63
roxy starry, uveznen byl " Ute
~ pro pokus zavrazdenf S 81
letou Ameli1 Santilli, manzela
jejiho, hostinskeho v Union
town., Pa. Manzelka hostinske-
no pomoc1 statn1ho policisty,
w. j.. Hayes, chtela zavrazde-
nj manzela, jenz pojisten byl
ma $4,000. Nab1dla mu, re u
dela-li tax, da mu $4,000. Stat
nj policiste vesli do hospody a v
tajnosti uvedomili hostinskeho,
CO sc mu staff ma. Ku vrazde
pax nedoslo. Ia to kazatel spi-
ritualistickeho kostela a man
zelka hostinskeho zavreni byli.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
zaby We Lhotce rozhodly o
staroStoVi.

Zajfmava povest O volbe
starosty We Lhotce ma Humpo-
lecku sc vypravi re starych
dob. Jednou pry O volbe sta
rosty zde rozhodly zaby. V
den volby sedely til zaby ma
navsi u louie a hadaly Sc O sta
Vr-zak, Vr-zak!", druha byla
jineho nazoru a volala: "Pi-
kal, Pi-kal, Pi-kal." TTet1 vsak
vedle stale svou a T1kala rych.
lie: "R1-ha, R1-ha, R1-ha." A
skutecne tato poslednl zvit6zi.
la. Druhe dive zaby Sc k n.
pTidaly a kTicely: "Rf-ha, Ri
ha, Rl-ha" spolecne! Starostor
obce byl skutecne zvolen sou.
Sed Rlha.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
100000 nouzovych zamestnan'
ca propusti.

Poole prohlasen1 Howarda
Huntera, vypomocneho komi-
saTe nouzove administrace, bu-
de pry do 80. cervna v cele re
mi propusteno 100000 zamest
nanc1, Gill celia jedna tretina,
ponevadz ma nouzovych pro-
jektech jest zamestnano Gel
KEN 100000. S propouste-
MIN Sc zacne pristf meslc a do
80. cervna ma jich byt propu-
st6nO 700, 1000.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
S nozem a provazem ma zivot.

Sedmatficetilety odborny u
citel ma mestanske Skole V Ma
lom6Tic1ch Ladislav Studeny
spachal ma pGde v Tyrsove uli-
ci {. 40 V Cernych pol1ch dvoj-
nasobnou sebevrazdu. Nejpr-
We 81 zaklestil hlavu do smyc-
ky, potion Sc posadil a bodl Sc
dlouhym nozem do srdce. Ia
roven Sc zhroutil a obesil Sc.
Byla privolana ceska zachran-
ma STANCE, avsak samaritan
mohli konstatovat jen smrt a
proto nechali t6lo sebevraho-
vo ma m1ste. Studeny, jenz tr-
pei stihomamem, byl zenaty a
zGstaly pc mem take dive deti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
BUY THE CARTON

boty a puncochy, dala do ma
leho kuff1ku a postou je posla-
la do Fox Lake.
Pfijeli do Chicago parkovali
u Grant parku a panicka V
80 dopoledne odesla, rekla,
re Sc "a 80 minut vrat1 a necha
la Swansona bez kalhot a bo-
seho cekat v kaTe, pfikryteho
dekou. Cekal cel6 odpoledne,
cekal celou noe a cekal cely
den a cekal do 7 hodin do We
cera, kdy jej policie pTisla wy
svobodit.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Kovadliny mu zvonily hrany.

V Ivani u Kojetfna pochoVa-
vail nejstars1ho tamn1ho obca-
ma a nejstars1ho k%ovaTskeho
mistra, staresinu kovaTsk6ho
cechu, bezmala sedmdesatilete
no FIR. KTize. Star6mu kovaTi
ktery do posledka dovedl vlad-
nout perl1kem a stall jeste V le-
tie pevne u kovadliny, zazvoni-
Ii jeho mladS1 druhove naposle.
dy ma kovadlinu a pohfbu We
die cele vesnice Sc 1castnilo i
hasicstvo z celeho kraje, nebot
dobry kovar byl celnym haste
skym cinovn1kem a pracovn1-
KEN.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
RHINE.

kTdSIl0 l0CIlIIlO
dine v roce 1871 prisel do jed
noho hostince Kodani Rus;
najal 81 pokoj, ulehl do poste-
lie a zGstal lezet % let, az do
sve smrti. Nebyl ami nemoc-
ny, ami pomateny. Mel znac-
ny majetek, kazdeho dine 81
nechaval prinaseti nejlepsi la
hGdky, cetl knihy a casopisy.
zadny Sc nikdy nedozvedel je-
no jmeno. Nepochodila ami
policie, ktera sc o podivneho
hosta zajfmala. Nedostal mix
dy jedineho dopisu a neprij1-
NAL navstev; pres to vsak ane-
DO prave proto byl vzdy spoke
jen a nejlepsi mysli.
" Rhine snemovna fasist1
povolila Wade $379,OOO,O 900
ma armada a lodstvo. Podse-
kretaf ministra valky general
Ubaldo Soddu mluvil k rozpo-
ctu a We sve reci prohlasil, re
Italie ma ma svou obranu mill
on vycvicenych vojakG We zbra
nj a opevnenf ma obou hrani-
c1ch. Soddu potvrdil, re Italie
utuzila svoje opevnen1 jak pro-
tt francouzskym, tax prot ne
meckym hranicim.
Soddu rekl, re million voja-
XII We zbrani je vybran z mlad-
SIGH rocn1kG a mimo to Italie
ma velke mnozstv1 reservistI,
jimiz NIUE zvysiti stav sve ar
mady kdykoli a jak Dude ire
ba.
Podrobnosti smlouvy O do
davku nemeckeho uhli do TIA
lie pc zeleznici nejsou znamy,
ale vi Sc, re zaklad k nj byl po-
lozen pri navsteve zahranicnf-
no ministra Ribbentropa a DIR.
Clodius dojednal detaily.
Jak Sc oZnamuje z Berlina,
n6mecke authority vyslovuji u
spokojenf mad ujednan1m move
smlouvy S Itali1 o dodavce u
hi.
- Polstf uprchllci z meme
ckeho zaboru v Polsku primes
Ii zpravu, jak naziste v Kalisi
ob6sili polskeho duchovnfho,
patera Zaborowicza, ktery byl
zaslouzilym pracovnfkem v
narodn1 strane Stronnictwa
Narodowego. Naziste sc vsak
nespokojili pouze tim, re pol
skeho faraTe obesili, nybrz k
postrachu mfstn1ho a okolniho
obyvatelstva nechali no viseti
ma sibenici cele diva dny, NEIL
dovolili, ably byl snat a pohr-
ben.
-Svycarsti lekaTi z,jistova-
Ii zdravotni predpoklady lidl
tlustych a hubenych. C1sly by
10 dolozeno, re cukrovkou u
mira ma jednoho hubeneho pet
normalnfch a 20 abnormalne
tlustych. z 10 lidf, kteTi byli
We veku 10 let st1hlf, dozilo Sc
60 let devet jedincG. z tehoz
poctu abnormalne tlustych
dockali Sc start 60 let jen tTi.
Naproti tomu byly zjisteny j
prfpady, kdy lepsf okolnost
prot nemocem zarucuje tloust-
ka, nez pT1lisna hubenost. V
celku dosli svycarsti vedci k
nazoru, re dGlezitejsf okolno-
stf nez hubenost nebo tloustka,
je typ t6lesne stavby a konsti-
tuce, cemuz sc lidov6 u mas RI
lka "kOTlnek".
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22

Sedmnactilety Alfred Dwo-
recki, syn kazatele, 42leteho
Waltera Dworecki z Camden,
usmrcen Dude v budoucim IT,
dnu v elektricke zidli We we've
nj statu New Jersey. Zavrazdil
svoji Is rokG starou sestru
Wandu, ably Sc zmocniti mohl
pojistenf ma jeji zivot.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Jdou spravne.

We Wilmar, Mimi, pred II
Lefty Pat Coyne prelezal plot a
ztratil hodinky. Minute lezl S.
Barker ma stejnem mfste pres
plot a hodinky nasel a pc ma
tahnuti jdou spravne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
M. Chase
MADE DIRECTOR
Local Woman HOnOred By
Connecticut TuberCulO-
sis Association

Hartford, Oct. 24.-Ira v. Hiscock,
professor of public health, Yale
University, was elected president OF
the Connecticut tuberculosis Asso-
citation at its annual meeting here
last evening. He succeeds DR.. David
r. Lyman of Wallingford. Professor
Hiscock is an internationally known
authority on public heath and Is q
former president of the National
Health Council, New York.
DR.. Charles G. Wilson OF Hart
ford and John T. Walsh Of Ansonia.
were reelected vice-president and
treasurer respectfully. Mrs. w. w.
Wilcox, Jr., Of Middletown was re-
elected secretary.
Nearly 200 tuberculosis. and health
experts from throughout the state
attended tonight's meeting and
heard plans discussed for the as
sociation's anti tuberculosis cam
paign for the remainder Of this year
and for 1871. The principal speaker
was Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar OF
Washington, D. c., president OF the
General Federation Of Womens
Clubs.
Miss Edith M. Chase of Waterbury
was elected to the board Of direc-
tors for a period Of two years, while
John Wadhams of Torrington and
Mrs. Ellis +. Clark of woodbury.
were chosen for term of one year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
SMITH ATTENDING
COUNCIL SESSION
YMCA Secretaries Discuss
Plans to Aid Draftees,
War Prisoners

Herbert S. Smith, general secre-
tary Of the Y. M. C. A., left this
morning for Pittsburgh where he
will attend the annual meeting Of
the national council of the Y. M
G. AS of the United States. Among
the more important items of bust
ness are the questions of the obliga-
lions of the Y. M. C. A. to Ameri-
can drafteeS and to the three mil
lion prisoners of war in Europe
Other items on the agenda are:
Provision for educational leadership
in democracy in American commu-
mites; plans for the Y Centennial
in 1874; raising building and equip
ment standards; and work among
students and work abroad.
Among the speakers who will ad-
dress the five hundred Y. M. C. A.
laymen and secretaries are: DIR
Frank p. Graham, president Of the
University of North Carolina; DR.
John c. Schroeder Of Yale Divinity
school; Harper Sibley of Rochester
S. @. Leung, national general secre-
tary Of the China Y. M. c. AS;
Hugo Grassi, general secretary Of
the South American Y. M. C. Az
and Tracy Strong, general secretary
of the Worlds Alliance Of Y. M. C
AS. The conference will continue
through Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
CIVIC ORCHESTRA
CAMPAIGN STARTS
Subscription Drive Opens
Today, Closing Thursday
Evening, October 81

The Waterbury Civic Orchestra
resumes today its annual subscrip-
ton drive, which will be one week in
duration, coming to close next
Thursday evening, October 81.
Today, this orchestra is already
an integral part of Waterbury's
musical life. Under the competent
dictatorship OF its distinguished con-
ductor, Mario DiCecco, it has grown
repidly in the last few years from
a small band of musicians to the
large and complete symphonic Or
chestra in evidence last season,
This years series of three concerts
promises to be the finest yet pres
ented.
The opening concert on November
IA will present as guest artist the
phenomenal IL year old violinist,
David Maiden, who Is scheduled 10
play this season with the New York
Philharmonic. In April, Percy
Granger, noted piano virtuoso and
composer, will appear with the or
chestra. Waterbury Is indeed for
tunate In having two such dlstin-
guished guest artists as part of its
musical season.
Although the drive Is devoted 70
actual subscriptions for series tick
cts covering the three concerts this
season. contributions are most wei
come and will i'd in keeping this
orchestra a permanent part OF
Waterbury's musical scene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
NOTRE DAME STAR
GUEST OF K. OF c.
Paul Cashier, Member Of
ROCkne's Team to ADJ
dress Gathering

Paul Cashier of Hartford, rated as
one of the greatest fullbacks, who
ever wore a Notre Dame university
uniform, will be the principal speak
er at the annual Communion Break
fast Of Sheridan Council, Knights
of Columbus, next Sunday morning
at the Hotel Elton, following the
8 o'clock Mass at the Church of
the Immaculate Conception where
the members will receive Holy Com
munion in a body.
Cashier starred in three varsity
backfields at Notre Dame, winding
up sensational career there the
year before the famous Four Horse
men of Harry Stuhldreher, present
Wisconsin coach, James Crowley,
present Fordham coach, Elmer Lay
den, present Notre Dame coach, and
John Miller, former backfield coach
at Alabama. Cashier learned plenty
of football under the immortal
Knute Rockne, being unanimously
elected to the All-American team of
1921.
Today Cashier is a. very success
ful business man, a sharp and witty
speaker, having spoken at several
outstanding sports dinners all over
the country. At Notre Dame he also
was prominent member of several
championship hockey teams.
Rev. Lawrence Scully, chaplain at
st. Mary's hospital, will be the
other speaker Sunday morning.
George T. Dillon of The Waterbury
Democrat will be POSTMASTER. Pat
rick J. Wallace heads the commit
tee in charge of the breakfast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
GOVERNMENT ACTS
UNDER SMITH BILL
Dive=BOmbing Planes Sent
to Philippine Islands In
stead of Sweden

When the United Sites Govern
ment took over ITO combination dive
bombing fighting planes at Farm
ingdale, New York, yesterday and
ordered them to the Philippine Is
lands, instead of allowing their ship
ment to Sweden, it acted under
authority provided in legislation
sponsored by Congressman J. JOS
eph Smith of Waterbury.
Congressman Smith, who is in
Washington today, comforting with
Major General H. H. Arnold, Chief
Of the Army Air Corps, concerning
legislation affecting Flying Cadets
of the Army, is the author of the
bill which requires that government
licenses be required for the export
of any machinery, munitions or ma
terialS vital to our national defense.
He also sponsored in the House
a bill which gives the Government
authority to buy at fair price de-
tense materials for which export Ii
censes are refused.
Originally, the ITO planes were or
dered and built for the Swedish
government. When they were ready
for shipment, however, the United
Government determined that they
were essential to our defense and
acting under the Smith bill, refused
to issue a license for their export
to Sweden. Subsequently, acting
with the authority of another bill
handled by Congressman Smith the
government requisitioned the planes
to its own use.
Congressman Smith Is the author
of a number of other bills which are
playing an important part in the
|acceleration of our current national
defense program. In 1885 he pro-
posed the stock pile bill, under the
authority Of which the government
has built up a reserve of critical
and strategic raw materials which
are necessary in the manufacture OF
war equipment, but not found il
this country in sufficient quantity
He sponsored the, Educationa
Orders bill, under the authority Of
which the government has beer
issuing, for the past two years, trial
orders to factories to educate them
in the skill of manufacturing wal
materials.
AS a member of the Military At
fairs Committee, Congressman Smith
has rendered outstanding service
and is regarded highly by his as
sociates in Congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
$500 EligibIes On
List Awaiting Call;
Only 100 Assigned
Lack of Instructors Delaying Federal Plan-Acute
Shortages Of Skilled Workers Reported in State;
Funds Available But No Teachers

chance, be exhausted, then grants
are available through the U. s. de-
partment of education for their ex-
available should be exhausted, then
tension. If the number of men
WPA can draw from relief rolls
and even from the ranks Of men
employed in other work but adapt
able to defense industry jobs.
with the funds and the men
both ready to help Connecticut
meet its needs for defense indus
try workers." Mr.. Upman con-
cluded, "the task of getting the
men and the jobs together has been
stalled by the unfortunate short
age Of instructors"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
.Y.M.C.A. Notes.

Joseph D. Blansfield was elected
President of the Older Council Of
Young Mems clubs at their meeting
at Y. M. c. A: last night. Michael
Gallo was elected vice-president: Pat
Ciarleglio was chosen secretary.
Mr.. Blansfield is a member Of the
Psi Phi Theta club and was presi-
dent for two years. He is a member
of the membership committee and
prominent in the Footlighters ORA
matte organization.
The clubs represented in the coun-
Gil were the Black Knights, Rangers,
Cwoans, and Psi Phi Thetas, OrionS
and O-FeiS.
Representatives from the Girls
clubs at the Y. M. C. A. will meet
at GAS tonight, to effect the organi-
zation of their council.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24

With hundreds Of WPA workers
ready and willing to take their
places in Connecticut defense in
dustries which badly need the po-
tential manpower-the WPA train
ing program designed to 1T the
men to the jobs has stalled be-
cause of an apparent scarcity OF
instructors, who were to have been
supplied by the state Of Connec-
ticut.
Acting WPA Administrator Frank
Upman, Jr, commenting on this
"bottleneck" in the defense train
ing program today, declared that
his agency has hundreds Of men,
who have successfully passed the
necessary tests, awaiting assign
ment to training, and possible
backlog" Of thousands of other
men.
$50 Actually Start
On the rolls of the Connecticut
WPA. he said, are more than $500
men who have aptitude for indus
trial work. OF these about 900 have
passed tests given by the state en-
ployment Office. In trade schools
high schools and academies about
the state there's probably room for
at least 1900 more trainees than
are at present enrolled.
Yet, to date, only about $50 OF
the 600 who passed the test have
started training, with but so others
having completed courses and
found private employment. This
delay, Mr.. Upman said, has been
attributed by state officials to the
lack Of instructors.
Money to rent quarters, to buy
equipment and to pay teachers has
been allocated by the federal gov
eminent and $425 900 has been set
aside just to pay wages to the
workers during their training Pc
Rod, thus meeting all the expense
involved, he said.
The state board of education. ia
which has been delegated the re-
responsibility of furnishing the IA
cilities for training the men sup
Piled from WPA rolls has explained
that 1t cannot get sufficient num-
Der OF instructors because the
skilled men have all been absorbed
by defense industries.
The nationwide project for the
vocational training of defense
workers, co-sponsored by the ma
tional defense commission and the
federal commissioner of education
has the dual purpose Of finding
men for industries which need
thsm-and finding jobs for mer
who need them.
Acute Shortages
Acute shortages Of certain de-
Tense skills have already developed
Mr.. Upman said, and 1t seems only
reasonable that the training ir
these Skills be established in a statt
like Connecticut to the full limit o.
at least available facilities.
II those facilities should, per.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
CITY SURPLUS IS
TO BE- REDUCED

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are: old age assistance taxes, $4,000;
penalties on old age assistance taxes,
$3.50; building permits, $500. The re-
mainder are merely Of 500 or less.
The deficits and excuses Of re-
venue will be given careful coneid-
Grafton by the board of finance In
the drawing up Of the city's budget
for 1871.