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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-19
ATTEND DISTRICT FLA.
MEETING

James Alexander, Casey Ellard ,Jr.,
Billy Hyman and DR.. D. d. Davidson,
Vocational teacher attended the Dis
strict Future Farmers Of America
meeting at Farmhaven on Monday
afternoon.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-19

mattress making program pro-
viding mattresses for the low income
farm group is in progress at West.
This program is being sponsored by
the Government Extension Service
ad The Vocational Department of
West High School. approximately
100 mattresses are to be made.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-19
TENTH RAD HAS ROAST

The Tenth Grade sponsor, Mr.. L..
C. Taylor, c~haperoned a happy group
Friday evening on a Weiner Roast.
Arriving at the location on the
river, they had chosen, the
the boys and girls had a delicious
supper of roasted weiners, pickles and
chocolates and finished the evening
playing games.
Miss Dorothy McBee, Supt. of
Education of Holmes County and
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-19

Range 2 East, and their undivid-
ed interest in and to the w half
of Sc quarter Section 33, Town
ship Ia, Range 2 East.
BY the above description it is in
ended to convey all the property o
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-19

Mr.. and Mrs. ID. H. Rhyme were
kosciusko visitors Saturday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Hand and SON,
Larry Jones, and Mrs. C. B. Alex
ander went to Jackson Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Bowen were
recent visitors in Duck Hill.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-19

Naz Cobbins and Margaret Cobbins
or either of them, in Holmes County,
whether correctly described or not.
This the 18th day Of September,
1910.
w. A. RAMSEY, Trustee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-10
DECLINE OBSERVED
In FORECLOSURES
Fewer judgments Record
ed in Local Court; $3.50
Decrease Noted

The number Of foreclosure judy
mentS entered In the local courts
during the fiscal year terminating
July l was the smallest total In six
years. Only 81 judgments were en-
tered, for a total Of $469,580, accord
ing to a report made public yester-
day. This was a $50 drop from the
number entered in 1899, and 67%
less than 1885, which saw the high
est total in recent years.
OF the 81 judgments, the Home
Owners Loan Corp. was plaintiff
in 20; individual banks In an equal
number; the city in 8: and individ-
uals, corporations, and trustees made
up the remainder. The judgments
were divided between common pleas
court, which had so, for total Of
$198, 256; and superior court which
had Al, totalling $271 1874.
Over the six-year period the num-
Der Of foreclosure judgments enter
ed here totalled GOT, involving a to-
tai Of $5,710,58 The number entered
in any one year varied from the
1885 total Of 241, involving 81 SOC, 900
TO this years comparatively small
| number, 81, for a total Of $469,5S0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-10
KILLED BY CANE
lSCLUE OFFERED
Aged Christian Science
Reader Had Always Car
ried Walking Stick

Oak Bluffs, Mass, July 10-(UP)
THE bludgeon used in the sex
staying Of Mrs. Clara M. Smith, TO
year-old Boston Christian Science
reader, may have been her own
walking cane, investigators theorized
today. A search for the missing cane
began yesterday as r. Huntington
Rice, accused New York elocution
teacher whose pupils included Mrs.
Smith, obtained through relatives
the services Of Frank G.. Volpe OF
Boston, a former Middlesex county
district-attorney. as defense counsel.
Police disclosed that the heavy
hickory walking stick had become
the object Of search after atten-
ton was called to 1t by one Of q
score OF persons questioned since
the woman was criminally assaulted,
beaten TO death and robbed Of q
diamond ring and o wrist watch
June 80 in her room at Q Drama
School dormitory.
Rice. who had pleaded innocent
% . murder charge. yesterday saw
emily relatives. including q brother,
he Rev. Bernard Laatrice Of Bos-
ton who retained defense counsel.
Hhe defendant spent his time In
jail heading . bible and other re-
hgious literature. His case was
scheduled for hearing July ie with
ehe probability that q special grand
Jury session would DO called imme-
diatsly afteFwaFd 10 consider the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-10
FAIRM0UNT

RAAAAAAVONA
John sizer, Robert Mcclure, and
Russell J. Truelove were judges Tor
a very successful costume show held
Monday afternoon at the Fairmount
playground. Those taking part In
the contest wore q great variety OF
costumes, representative Of many
nations, as vel las many quite orig
inal ones.
The prize winners were as follows:
Funniest costume, Betty Atherton;
most original, M. Bowes; and pref
ties, Marcia Rasmussen.
SOUTH END
A large number Of children took
part In the doll show held at the
South End playground yesterday
afternoon, directed by Miss Virginia
Neagle and Miss Constance O'Lough-
lin. The judges, Dorothy PerTo,
Ellen valaitis, Roger Bellemore, and
Albert Chabot awarded prizes as fol-
lows: first prize to Marie Guerrero
the prettiest and the most ostenta-
tious; second to Monique Norman
din, the simplest; third to Paul
Geyer, the best Charlie Mccarthy
model, and fourth prize to Lorraine
Cyr, the most unique.
Participants were Gabrielle Cyr
Pauline DUPONT, Margaret Buchier
Gloria Diamond, Lorraine Cyr, Anne
Michand, Marie Guerrero, Lorraine
Plourde, Claire Monfette, Doris
Grenier, jeanette Lagasse, Pearl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-10

and Miss Susan Gilbert expects
to build a new house on the Je-
remy Swamp Road.
Fairfield County contract labor
arriving in the Kettletown area
is reported to have lodged serious
protests about norl-union local
help engaged in construction. The
Unionists forget that they are
trespassing on the reservation OF
another union, and that our men
started laying stone and butcher
ing wood long before the Revolu-
ton.
Since the foreclosure on the
stone castle, many tales Of the
heartlessness Of creditors filter
through. The former owner was
planning on holding an auction OF
furnishings, but the creditor
swooped down with a pair Of NOV
inr vans and the furniture was
spirited away without even
"thank you"
According to the newspapers,
the w. P. A. plans to write Fact
Book during the next few years.
With the World Almanac selling
at six bits, and the State Register
and Manual being given away,
there would appear to be but
limited market for Fact Book.
Minds wander 4. Youngsters
visiting a beloved backwoodsman
with an extra keen sense OF the
dramatic often return with aston
ishing. tales. "A panther came
and ate breakfast with Charley
the other day." one Of our mop
pets said. Another kid said,
"Charley don't need any automo-
biye. He has a tunnel built from
hill house all the way to Madison
Square Garden and next week
he's going to ride his bicycle down
TO the fights" (The idea Of one
Of our heavyhltters riding through
HIS own tunnel TO New York Town
is especially interesting to the
kinder.)
The largest eel ever weighed
from these waters was caught by
Tip Hall near the Pootatuck In
dian cemetery on the Housatonic.
Tips eel tipped the beam at nine
pounds. 1t was placed on exhibit
ton at a Sandy Hook cafe where
all-comers checked on measure
ment and weight. Peabody Mu-
scum sent scouts up to look the
creature over. but they arrived just
in time to get Whit Of the eel
pot-pie.
The largest eel ever seen in the
Pomperaug got away. Joe Evarts
and Charley Manville we're spear
ing when they heard the creature
smashing around Just upstream.
They approached the churning
water with spears poised for action
but they never struck. Charley
SAYS that eel was larger than
st0yepipe, that Il had ears, and II
was SO old II was turning gray.
The fishermen decided that It was
too old to be good eating, SO they
let II live.
Joe Evarts blames the slack eel
fishing on the Stevenson Dam. He
claims that eels no longer run in
from the. sea, and the shad have
likewise nassed up our rivers. Joe
remembers when his father used to
catch plenty Of shad in the pool
below the dam on the Pomperaug
not far from the boat shop. "a
city man stopped here the other
day looking for that boat shop0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-10

Mrs. Anna Milburn Of Seattle
WASH, will be Madame President
Of the u. S. II the National
Greenback Party has its way.
Long lecturer on the party's
monetary policies, she was nomi-
mated by the Greenbackers at
their recent meeting In Chicago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-10

YelOping with
employees at the
n e W State
Training School
bidding for cot
tages and build
ing lots. A
Bridgeport con-
tractor Is busy
ON Q large adj
ditiOn to the
Ryan Estate in
Kettletowp, the
Manville boys
are b uildin 9
GAs1ne new harms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-10
Playground Activities

Lagasse, Monique Normandin, Jean
Graveline. Jean Plourde, Irene La.
comb, Lillian Lacombi, Fireman Du-
plissis, Alice Bissette, Dolores Ducet,
Marie Geyer, Paul Geyer, Lorraine
Dorais, Rachael Diebeduex, Rose
Panaccione, Jeane Nardozzi, Anna
Marie Nardozzi, Anne Panaccione.
Lorraine Gagne, Claire Dansereau,
Yolanda Diamond, Lilliane Cyr and
Jeanette Pedard.
HAMILTON PARK
The Hamilton Park choral group
will practice every afternoon this
week, and then will give a songfest
on Friday evening, to which every
one Is invited.
This afternoon at $3.50 there was
pet show at the playground, with
the usual prizes awarded.
The Hamilton girls volleyball
team will play the girls from WASH
ington Park playground next Friday
evening at Hamilton Park.
The supervisors are still receiving
the names of any players who wish
to take part In either the junior or
the senior tennis tournaments. All
entries must be in by Saturday at
the latest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-10
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
BIZ BILL GARRIGUs

Miss Frances Baker came up
from New York on Saturday and
started repairing the road to her
summer residence In the Pur-
chase. The State trucks have
been hauling up that way and
the highway is not much better
than a cart path.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-10

Children's theaters, with staffs OF
professional actors, playwrights,
composers and artists, are being
established in many cities in Rus
STA.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
ROOMS FUR. 3 uNFUR

NOVWS FUK. y UNFUK.
TWO ROOMS furnished or unfurnished.
az wheaton, Md. $50 month. Kensinrtori
s4O0 10th ST. NE.-Deliehtful doubI.
rm., with southern exposure end inc.
sleep1ns porch: private home: $40
41a2 5th ST. N.W-Large furnished room
san bath. $50 per month single. s25
Evening star., 1940-05-05
SUBURBAN ROOMS.

70 ". MT. IDA AVE. Alex.--Nicely furn.
double rm next bath; meals opt: privi-
leses; z, block 10c bus. Alcx b93-R
WESLEY HGTs.-comfortable rm. in de-
sssred ssio HSi oIove4 ss'a alvs.ay. s.a mssls En-
BETHEsDA-Employed couple or young
Wfa Wiseonsn 10 hh.5s ss new attractive home Phone
Lyon vILLAGE-Furn. master bedroom
to bus; l0c bus fare. Chestnut 4493.
CHEVY CHASE, MD. 7Oo2 Conn. ave
..nss month"; 5S0 WI !lr.s ss slo'e' bus at door
ARLINGTON, VA, 2003 N. Utah-New
1oc bus; $3.50 and Sl4.
LARGE brieht front room in new home.
Sun. or after 6 weekdays. Chestnut 223s.
bath; cool. quiet; min. downtown" r" SIS. Is:
$50. jackson 1921, after 2.
Notwithstanding section; large.
air conditioned adjoining bath, shower
also smaller room with Pullman couch:
Re reasensS sen,1d ar ss9s 0sehr
| Observation-Disclosures rm, running
Alexandra 1sso-W. A'' '0'' "e"'S 0'''
NEARBY vA.-Double or single: best locs
ssfse1 JACK 1nf a a.ns sfssr flssp ssS comfortable
TAKoMA PARK. MD, III Maple ave.
"a block D. C.--Large, attractive room,
suitable suitable l or 2; ref. exchanged. sH.
TAKoMA PARK. MD.-Front room, furn,
adjoining bath with shower. 2 expos; no
other roomers. SH. 4966-J.
TAKOMA PARK. 800 Carroll aye.-Larse,
attractive. front bedrm.; newly furnished.
- KEN1LWoRTH AVE: Garrett Park,
MdMNewIy k.s1;nN yn, DECORATED; furnished house
LARGE, furn., private, 1st-foor front bed
room IN new home; no other roomersi room
snd board, $40 mo-. or room and break
Fails Church Va va rsils sHsnel Church Ss 17es rs ST.
LARGE FRONT ROOM private bath, two
double beds, in quiet home: gentlemsn pre-
Arlington. Va. OK. i4l4. ~ 3'"''1
TWO CHARMING. ROOMS with tiled bath
IN beautiful new home; quiet. secluded To-
private entrance: hall mile iEe' to % bus: meals
optional; adults only. Alexandria 164I w
NEARBY vA.,-Rooms. furn., $40 and Sl2
Per mo; porches, IN 9 groye Of shade trees.
To employed adults. Box 90-C, Star.
ARLINGTON. no n Dinviddie st.-Dou.
new nee 'SS Som. 'sn m peas en- nss! s47 = BATH
room with private bath. Ss5 month. i Teie.
phone Temple 44Q6-W.
Brdse Blk. Lee sivd. @ nVs on: opsnins ma Me% On;
sun deck. maple furn... inner-kpfins mat.
tresses; one has twin beds 0x. 1921.
1905 NO. 18th. ATlinxton-LaF1e room. 8
EXP. closet: twin beds. semt-pvt bath:
Evening star., 1940-05-05

OF boars, to 3 months old. saved from
choice ltters. ready for service. Open and
bred gifts choice healthy stock Of big-bone
to please. Ayrlawn Farms. Bethesda, Md.
WORK HORSES for sale Victor S. Myers.
University lane, College Park, Md.
TRAILER, 2-horse, best pos
sible construction, perfectly
balanced. Easy to haul. Good
reason for selling. Phone
Shepherd 1876.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

ROOMS FURNISHED.
AVAILABLE MAY 1s--Double front Foom,
After iHts1 't''n. Pm, % Ab. ss44"J @ Fl "'"' o'''
DOWNTOWN-141O NJ st. NV. Apt. 500
ESReautiful large Em:: XII, din. sent. sent.
1888 18th ST. NW.-studio room, fully
equipped for light housekeeping. Murphy
bed. Frieidaire. running water, $40.
Mr.. ROCK CREEK PARK. 1909 PARK I'd
ssas ns SasS sSu0s an% s1n osons ssss
room in new home; next bath ard shower;
!ns ma sty!1iFh ii With run runn,ns x.tsr ssv Ssee:
sated ara @ @fuSn .nnsr:sor;ns, ,.sp s%pstsrss:s'. :s
:nss s Hanas sa sss Gn0ass' ds.s h i
sHERMAN APIS. l101 18th st. NV. Apt.
7OS-BriRht. airy. hed-ltvinR room for re-
osssr. nsa ''dY 81 ssls Sass downtown ant with an
534 18th ST. NE.-Attractive room. ad-
Joining screened porch. next to bath.
shower; $50 month Also single room. $12
month. s.
NEAR WARpMAN, overlooking Rock Creek
xs pe2sS Hessa Ess 'ss ss eea' 'n'e sSo
Gao pm, Sun. after Q am. O.
1923 K ST W-Newly furn and rsdeco-
rated single room. $50. Also room. kitch-
enette, Frigidaire. $40.
b5i5 KANSAS AVE. NW.-single room.
private home: 81. week; chillum expr. bus:
empl person pref. 0eorgia 0O12.
1926 YUMA ST, NW.-Front room. ex-
posures, new detached home; refined gem
tleman only. References. WO. 6066.
MASTER BEDROOM. newly furnished; In
ner-spring mattress, unlim, phone: Is min,
212O 3Sth ST, N.W.-Pright. airy rooms,
al cony free phone; $S.b0-S5. Woodlsy
Ass. s.--
II3 MADISON ST: NV .youns men n
Jewish home, double rm. with tMtQ beds:
Evening star., 1940-05-05
FARM q GARDEN.
(Continued.)

WTLL-RoTTED COW MANURE, 76c 100.
ID. sack, 9 sacks. S5;. ton. Slo Rich
Ssarfaeen dirt 59s lo3slS sack; s,cks,
dairy, Bethesda, Md, or WI. 1929.
PANSY PLANTS, Harold and Ellis Giant
seedltngs. 81 100: in bloom. neld srown;
65c dozen, 81 100. Annual and perennial
plants, Flower Farm, 107 South Irving ST..
Arlington. Va.
CRISP GARDENS $40 Harvard ave. Col
leee Park. Md Phone Warneld os75; An
Everblooming rosebushes. 25c ca. Rock
plants. Is for 81.
MIMOSA. beautiful blooming shade trees,
800 to 81 each WI 34s0. Right time to
Evening star., 1940-05-05
DOGS, PETS, ETC.

rEKINGEsE PUPPIES reg. A. K. C., beau
ties, males. $2O-S25; also show winner
males for sale and stud. Ii. 6513-R.
COCKER 6PANIELS. 10 weeks, red, black
and parti-colored. registered; reasonable
Falls Church s29-W-11
IRISH TERRIERS AND SCOTTIES,
Champion sired. Fred Sherry. 8 miles
from Falls Church trafic light toward
Leesburg, Route z.
COCKER SPANIEL PUPPIES, black. su-
srSa sSsnas stas %0s ola sire cn
DAUGHTER Of famous ch. Ny Own Brucie
and granddaughter Of CHI Torohili
Trader; price. $50. Call CHI. 7O33
sGoTcH, TERRIER. male black and
can Be seen at 1O4 Chevy Chase drive,
Bradley Hills, Md. WI. 2sl3.
WHITE KING PIGEONS. fine SQUAD breed
Js6ersoa. '' -
Evening star., 1940-05-05
POULTRY 3 EGGS.

sXLE-White Leshorn cockerels, 1 mo. old
sprins. s. l Nd. i'f'n O NA''A' ""'"''A' A''s'
BY POPULAR DEMAND we continue our
special Blood.tested, 1o0h live del.
guar; no culis; immed: shipment. Name am
Focks Hamp. Or r. I. Reds. iee: Enc, VIII.
lexhorns. Buff Orp., Wyandottes; heavy
per 100. ct. Leghorn broilers. S1.50 per
100. Mammoth bronze turkey poults.,
9oe e.. $2b per 100. Ducklings, $500 per
Bridgeton, N. J.
BABY CHICKS, cod, pay postman. Take
no no. chances. Sc before you pay. 1oo%
bTeedinss. Rocks. Reds, Wyandottes,~ New
Hampshires, assorted for laying; S3,95
vs nS and Lsrs. sTs cness sns Eesorn
cockerels. $500 100. Biddle's, 1871
Ridge ave, Phila, Pa,
Evening star., 1940-05-05
ROOMS WITH BOARD.

ssOOsvsO WIN OV~N0s
CONoEN1AL' young woman, share cool,
attractive apartment; separate bedrooms,
maid service; reasonable. Oh. 279s.
THE PINEHOusE. 1928 r. ]. ave. NV
rev desirable vacancies, YOUNG people.
Mesls.. locations. surroundinEs ideal.
1885 IRVING ST. NV. facing Rk. crk.
Pk--Newly furn,' and decor rms. excel.
meals: gar. telephone: bus ct door.
1778 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. N.W.-A dis
tinctive home for YOUNG people. in an un-
surpassed location; reasonable
1881 GIRARD 9T. N.W.-LARQH DOUBLE
tramp; varied menu: S36 mo- each.
2l3l MASS. AVE. N.W,-oPENINo FOR
sSjo!a,ns bath With % .hovsI sd:s xl:s !. .SSa sSsp
foI young man in share room at $27. 30
tiful ex-embassy home with 40 other young
Deonle. These very moderate prices win
please you. Dupont a4O4.
CONN, vic 2eth st.-ch. Ch. bus, exclu.
pasi sSusa ssssiiou' ssoi food
m PRIVATE HOME-Attractiv double ana
single ROOM garage. screened porches: con-
ventent to Conn. aye: WI 2S44. e.
2725 CONN, opposite Wardman Park-
pvt. pvt bath Also i.insle; uniimitsS' ' phsns. % s:
LApY-Room with meals, private home.
VI block Transportation. Weodley 1854.
CONN. TNAN0p. 3Oz7 Porter g. nv
Pvt. home, clean. cool rooms; reasonable.
Real home cooking. Emerson 6776.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

The Catholic Guild for the Blind were hosts to seventy blind people of Waterbury and adjacent towns yesterday at a dinner and Christmas party. The affair took place in the lower hall of the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception following the eleven o'clock mass. Mrs. Edward F. Conlan, local president was general chair man for the party and also ar- ranged for the sending of twenty dinner trays to the homes of blind persons unable to attend.
 Among those who spoke yes- terday were Rev. Joseph Patrick of the Passionist Retreat House in West Springfield, Rev. Francis M. O'Shea, rector of the Immacu- late Conception church who made the address of welcome, Rev. Rob- ert Shea of, Hartford, diocesan director of the blind, Miss Kath- ryn w. Hayes, secretary of the guild, who presided. Other guests present were Joseph Cunning ham, State president of the guild, William Hennessey of Springfield, who works for the blind at the Passionist monastery in that place, and Mrs. Margaret
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

Florio post and auxiliary, Italian American World War Veterans, at a party yesterday afternoon at Liberty hall. Each youngster received toys, fruit and candy. Among the guests were children selected by the Lin- coin House. Senior Vice-C Commander John Fabiano and Mrs. Phyllis Man. gini were in charge.
 Saturdays list was featured by the annual Christmas parties of the Waterbury Democrat Waterbury Lodge of Elks and the East End Community club. The former event was held at, the Poli theater, the latter at the Hamilton theater.
 The Kiwanis club was host to more than 150 boys and girls at a party held at St. Johns parish house Saturday afternoon. Many club members attended, including President George J. Scott.
 Over 200 youngsters were on hand for the party sponsored Saturday by the American Brass Co. association at the company's Bank street recre- ation center. E-.
 Legion Host.
 Another big Saturday party was that of Corp. Coyle post and auxil- iary, American Legion, held at the Legion home for almost 150 children, Wallace Inglis substituted for Saint Nick. Joseph Brenneis was in charge of the post committee. Refresh ments were in charge of Mrs. Law renee Diorio, Miss May Shanahan and Miss Margaret Dillon.
 The Boys club will hold its Christ mas party Thursday night. An elab- crate entertainment program is be- ing arranged, and there will be gifts and refreshments.
 Among the many parties held this afternoon was one given by the four local Selective Service boards. Mayor Vincent Scully and Police Supt William J. Roach were to be guests of honor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

blind, and spoke of the courage
 it requires to go through life
 unable to see. He entrusted the
 moral blindness of such persons as
 Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, who
 might just as well be physically
 blind, in their quest for power.
 Those who assisted in serving of the dinner were the following committee Mrs. Timothy Lynch in charge, and Miss Marion Keane, Miss Lucy Shanahan, Mrs. Edmund Gilbert, Mrs. Joseph Skerritt, Miss Rather inc Kilbride, Mrs. Edward F. Con- Ian, Miss Mary Schmidt, Miss Mae McKenna, Mrs. Edward P. Conlan, and Mrs. John Barry. Also assisting in serving and other activities were Troop 27 of St. Michael's church in Waterville who volunteered their services, the troop in charge of Mrs. Charles Murphy including, Lena Williams, Barbara Burns, Lillian McNIullen, Vera Clark, Wilma Pat ronio and Beatrice Smart.
 The party and dinner yesterday was greatly benefited by many generous donations of interested people in the city, both Catholic and non-C Catholic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23
ADVISE DRAFTEES
 TO AWAIT ORDERS
Young Men Placed in Class l=A Reported Resign
 ing Positions

Young men listed by their Select i've Service boards in Class 1-A will not necessarily be called for immed- fate service, according to state ment by Col. Ernest Averil state director.
 It was said at state headquarters that there have been reports from many local boards that young men notified of their listing in Class IA have given notice to their employers and have made other preparations to leave for a years training.
 "Just because a young man is placed in Class IA does not mean that he can be certain of induc- tion", Col. Averill stated. He must wait until he actually receives an induction order"
 It is pointed out that the ranks of men in Class IA are increasing steadily and that thereby each in- dividualS chance of escaping an early call is increasing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23
Numerous Parties Herald Approach of Christmas Holda
SAFEST AVIATOR DIES FROM AUTO
Lieut. Commander Thomas Was Once Decorated By
 Calvin Coolidge

Boston, Dec. 23- (UP)-Lieut. Comdr. Reginald D. Thomas, 50, of Lincoln, naval reserve officer deco rated by President Calvin Coolidge as the safest naval aviator, died al a hospital yesterday of auto tn- jurieS.
 He was injured Friday when his stalled auto started unexpectedly and crushed him against 8 parked car. A native of Boston, Thomas became pilot in 1911 and never had flying accident.
 Thomas rejected a $20,O00 offer to, fly the late Amelia Earhart across the Atlantic in 1928. He served overseas during the World war and was assigned to Squantttm naval base for IS years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-23

down to a modest house in the wa- tering place of Bath.
 FIGHTER FOR
 GREAT CAUSES
 Then it was that Miss Pankhurst entered the picture. With her fa- nous mother, she was militant suffraget back in the years before the World War.
 Like her mother, she was jailed. They went on hunger strikes which brought temporary release. But, un- der the Cat and Mouse Act, the mo- ment Sylvia was a bit better, She was yanked right back to jail Like her mother, she dropped this fight during the World War and did all she could to help her native land.
 An ardent fighter for great causes, she largely initiated the Society of Friends of Italian Freedom, purpose of which was to fight Mussolini and all his works.
 So, when the dictator grabbed Ethiopia, she became a foundation members of the Abyssinia Associa- ton, formed to help Halle Selassie,s people. She also edited the 'Ethio- plan News" started to prevent the British from forgetting Haile's cause.
 Recently she won a cognomen-St