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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
Wolcott Couple Get
 Desk At Testimonial
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Afeldt Feted at Surprise Party in
 Honor of Marriage Last Month

Garrigus, MT. and Mrs. John E. Carlson, MT and Mrs. George Sla- ter, MT. and Mrs. Thomas Costello, MT. and Mrs Girard Tuohy, MT and Mrs. Grant w. Outtrim, Mir and Mrs. Dom Telesco, MT. and Mrs. George Locl:shire, MT. and Mrs. Emil Grosch, MT. and Mrs. John Watson, MT. and Mrs. Alexander M. Grant, MT. and Mrs. Charles Theriault MT. and Mrs. Adrian Theriault, MT. and Mrs. J. Birge, MT. and Mrs. Kenneth Tooker, MT. and Mrs. Charles Cowles, MT. and Mrs. Howa1' R. Kraft, MT. and Mrs. E. Garthwait, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Winkler,' MT. and Mrs. Sherman Watkins, MT. and Mrs. John Chick" Kelley, MT. and Mrs. Law renee Piernont, MT. and Mrs. Law bert Clarke, Jr., MT. anG Mrs. Ray mond Bond, MT. and Mrs. L. Bond, MT. and Mrs. Edward Oliver, MT. and Mrs. A. Houde, MT. and Mrs. Louis Archambault, MT. and Mrs. George Watson, MT. and Mrs. George Mitchell.
 MT. and Mrs. Homer Prime, MT. and Mrs. Charles Mott, MT. and Mrs. Edwin Mollett, MT. and Mrs. G. Lonergan, MT. and Mrs. E. Frei- den, MT. and Mrs. Gordon Culver, MT. and Mrs. William Engel, MT. and Mrs. Albert A. Affeldt, Mrs. Charles H. Tyrrell Mrs. William J. Klitka, Mrs. Edith E. German, Mrs. William A. Dumschatt, Mrs. G. Conner, Mrs. Mahan, Mrs. A. Brick son, Mrs. w. Ostrander, Mrs. A. Morrison, Mrs. Alfred Andrews, Misses Kay Nido, Viola Flint, Ger trude Kreska, Doris Mccarthy, Vio- la Warren, Alma Morrison, Phyllis Bungardner, Connie Zoccanner, Helen Sheridan, Eleanor Baltrush, Bertha Dzinnidas, Irene Volpi, Mar ion Herman, Mrs. Rose Normand, George Bergen, Arnold Bauby, John J. Bergin, William Baldwin, William Pendy, Paul MacMillin, Harold L.. Logan, William McKenna, Walter H. Garrigus, MT. and Mrs. James Conway, Al Volmar, Howard Rice, Jack Driscoll, George Dillon, H. Casulet, Vic Wilson, Harold Dona- hue, G. Guffett, Nick Kenney, Julius B. Cowles, J. Sullivan, Percy Wilson, Arthur Theriault, Bob Widman, Bob Theriault, Omar Theriault and Henry Beckwith.
 Also: Edward J. By7ne, Ted Olschefski, Thomas J. Gilhooley Edward Bowling, Peter Lynch, Henry Bowling, Frank Holleran, Gus Heyer, Joseph Evans, Edward Gra- ham, John Cluney, Jack Kopiczh, Mike Colangelo, Albert Riker, Carl Hassell, Neil Maloney. Albert Paris, Vincent Coates, Bill Harrington, Ambrose Scully, Frank Donahue, Francis Howard, James Gladney, William Driscoll, Frederick Carey.
 The committee in charge of the affair comprised MT. and Mrs Ed ward R. IT eriault, MT. and Mrs. George Lockshire, MT. and Mrs. Matthew B. Donnelly, MT. and Mrs. Robert Grant, Charles D. Gibson, Edgar Browne, George Dillon and Kenneth Tooker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19

sound motion picture entitled, "The Merit System Advancing.
 According to recent article in the October issue of Personnel Ad- ministration" published in Washing ton by the Society for Personnel Administration:
 Association Wins Praise
 "The Connecticut Merit System Association is the outstanding or ganization which has been busy pro- noting, criticizing and interpreting the Merit System in Connecticut since 1881. During the thirty years after it's founding in 1881, the or- ganization confined its attention largely to the Federal Civil Service and to the City of New Haven which at that time had the only civil service system in Connecticut"
 During the last thirty years the association has turned its attention more toward the State Civil Service. Since passage of the State Law the Association has been constantly on the alert for violations of the law and has sponsored several provis- ions to improve the law.
 Improvement Seen
 According to the November issue of "The Merit Man" the Association looks forward to great improvement in the State Merit System Law in the next year and to extension of the system to some of the major cities of the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
PARROT ATTACKS
 TWISTED YOUTH

The sentence of Bill" a parrot owned by MT. and Mrs. Frank D. Griswold of Winsted. may be com- muted after the family had pro. nounced he would have to be killed, but requests from many residents to take charge of the bird has stayed of sentence.
 Their son, Onville, was attacked last Thursday by the parrot. The baby was admitted to the Litchiield County hospital and was under ob- Seryation for infection, but the dan- ger has passed.
 Since the attack, "Bill's" disposi- ton has changed. He k slllky and quiet and shows no appetite, MrA. orlswold said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
SETTLEMENT IN
 SUIT IS MADE
Terms Not Divulged; $15,- 900 Suit Is Started
 Today

Settlement was made this morn- ing in the $10,O00 civil action of Lawrence Skelly of this city against William E. Reichert of this city. Terms of the settlement were not divulged.
 The litigation was based on an accident, April 13, 1940, on the Mer- iden road where the plaintiff, while walking across the street, was struck by a sedan operated by the defendant, suffering a brain con- cussion, fractured ribs and numer- ous contusions and lacerations in addition to permanent nervousness sufferings.
 The plaintiff also charged that as a result of the accident he lost several weeks pay. He was employed by the Diamond Ginger Ale Co at $40 week.
 The $l5,0OO civil action of Char lotte M. Smith. administratrix against Farrell Mamschuck of "A South Leonard street and William E. WeSson of Eagle street, was started this morning with possibil- ities of a settlement looming before the day is out.
 The litigation is based on an au- tomobile accident March 20, 1939 on Thomaston avenue, involving | truck owned by Wesson and driven by Mamshuck, causing the death of the plaintiff intestate.
 Martha Blattman McNulty oi this city asks a divorce and a change of name in petition filed this morning against John J. Me- Nulty of Troy, N. Y, formerly of Waterbury, charging intolerable cruelty and desertion. The couple was married in September of 1927 The desertion is alleged to have taken place in March of 1881.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
MT. CARMEL OPENS
 BAZAAR LAST NIGHT

The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel held their first annual har- vest festival in the parish hall last night which will continue until Sat- urday night.
 Assisting in the parish organiza- tions in these nightly programs are Holy Name, Holy Rosary, St. Ann's societies, Children of Mary Sodality. Mount Carmel Dramatic club, and c. Y. o. unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
CONGRESSMAN SMITH FILES
 EXPENSE LIST
Cost $3,l44.S5 for Re- eleCtiOn-Other Candi-
 dates Expenditures

The successful campaign of Congressman J. Joseph Smith for election to a fourth term cost a total of $3, ,144.85, according to reports filed with Secretary of State Sara B. Crawford at Hartford. Congressman Smith reported personal expenditures of $2,O11.59, most of this sum being spent for printing and postage. His secretary and political agent, Joseph P. Donahue, reported additional campaign ex- penses of $1,133.26.
 The largest contribution to the Smith campaign fund was one of $1,200 from the Democratic national congressional committee. The Ital- ian American Democratic Club of this city contributed $l00.
 Kopplemann Expenses
 Another successful Democratic candidate, Congressman-Elect Her man P. Kopplemann, reported spending a total of $2,19269 in his campaign. He received $500 from the Democratic national congress sional committee.
 Congressman Thomas R. Ball, who was defeated for reelection, filed a report listing receipts of $500, in the form of a contribution from the Republican state central committee, and expenditures of $1,88303.
 Hired Substitute
 Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, who was elected Secretary of State, re- ported that her total expenses were $725.79. Of this total, she said, $500 was spent to pay the salary of a substitute professor who taught one of her courses at Connecticut Col lege for Women during part of the no y,o Y,o iuYo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
Full Weather Report

Boston, Nov. 10-(UP)-Wenth- CT forecasts
 CONNECTICUT-Fa and slight- ly warmer tonight. Wednesday increasing clOudiness and warmer.
 MASSACHUSETTS, and k H o D E ISLAND-Fair and slightly warmer tonight. w e d n esday increasing cloudiness and warmer.
 Five Day Forecast
 Boston, Nov. 19- (UP) - The Weather Bureaus five day New England forecast for the period be- ginning at 7:30 tonight:
 The temperature for the next four days will average warmer than normal. Normals for the period are for Boston and New Haven, Conn.,, 40; Nantucket, 43; Burlington, Vt, and Passport, Me-, 34; Concord, N. H., 35; and Portland Me, 36.
 Rising temperature will occur on Wednesday followed by cooling to near normal in the middle of the period and warmer again at the end of the period. Precipitation will be moderate, 3-10 to 7-10 of an inch, occurring as rain by We'd nesday night or Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
NO SOLICITATION
 IS AUTHORIZED

High Sheriff J. Edward Slavin of New Haven county said last night that no one is authorized to solicit funds for the First Offenders club. The sheriff had received information that solicitation for funds had re- ceived information that solicitation for funds had been made in Litch- field county.
 If anyone asks for funds for the First Offenders club, notify the police" urged the sheriff. He is the founder of the club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
TWO WAR DEPT.
 CONTRACTS HERE

The War Department today an- nounced the award of a $l80 ,264 contract to the American Brass Co.,, of Waterbury, for small ammuni- tion.
 Other contracts in this area in- cluded a $4,804 award to the Chase Brass and Copper O.. for small arms ammunition, and a $15.570 navy award to the Lewis Engineer ing Co.,, of Naugatuck, for leads and connectors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
GIVE YOUR LAZY
 LIVER THIS GENTLE "MUDGE"

Follow Noted Ohio DoctOr's Advice
 To Feel "Tip.TOp" In Morning!
 If liver bile doesn't flow freely ererv day into your intestines-constipation with its headaches and that ''haif-alive" feeling often result. So step up that liver bile and see how much better you should feel! Just try Dr. Edwards Olive Tab- let's used 90 successfully for years by Dr. F. NJ. Edwards for his patients with constipation and sluggish liver bile.
 Olive Tablets. being purely regeidbie, are wondeFfull They not only stimulate blle flow to help digest fatty foods but also help elimination. Got . box TODAY. l5f. 30f. 00t. Al dFugutores.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
COURT VERDI TO
 HOLD ANNIVERSARY

Plans for the celebration of its 38th anniversary were completed at meeting of Court Verdi, Foresters of America, held last night. The event will be held st Liberty hall this Saturday night and a large att tendance is anticipated. All mem bers of the court are urged to be present,
 A special program has been ar- ranged for the occasion, to be fol- lowed by refreshments. The com mittee is working hard to make the evening a success.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19

Thomaston avenue, Waterville, charged with road rules, nolled on $5 payment; John Hanley, g, of 228 Baldwin street, charged with in- toXication and carrying dangerous weapon, received continuance un- til tomorrow. Hanley pleaded not guilty to the first charge and guilty on the second.
 Louis Canelle, 43, of 37 Bronson street, charged with non-support, was allowed a continuance to Jan uary IA after the court ordered that he give stipulated amount to his wife.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
%ne4MS1yavt ESTABLISHED 1883
ESTABLISHED 1883

Good Old Connecticut = With 4 1e39 Income Of $768 Per copito As Compared To National Average Of $536, Has Something To Be Proud Of.
 This right tight little state of five thousond squore miles and its million and hoIf of sturdy New EnsIonders monoses to produce billion and Q quarter in products as well producing more thon hoIf the brass for the notion right in our great Nousotuek VoIIey.
 And then for good measure it re- eeives about hoIf the insurance revenue of the eountry-not so bod for small state.
 And best of oil Rosers-Peet fomous $65 Scotch Mist" eoot is fest be. coming e prime fovorite tn this thrifty stote of ours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19
Host Of Distinguished Speakers Scheduled on
 Anniversary Program
To Be Held in New Haven Dec. 3.-COnn. Assn Re- Ceiyes Considerable Praise for Actvity-ImprOve-
 ment in State Laws Expected

Senator Carl A. Hatch of New Mexico, author of the Hatch Clean Politics bi will be the main speaker at the annual banquet of the Connecticut Merit System Assoca
 on in the Hotel Taft New Haven the evening of December as the association starts its 60h year. Among the other speakers will be both Governor Raymond Baldwin and Governor-Eect Robert A. Hurley, we'll Wallace s. Sayre New York City Civil Service Commissioner Leuten-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-19

ant Governor James L. McCon- aughy, Lieutenant-G Governor Elect Odell Shepard, and William H. Donning, State Personnel Director, will be among the guests of honor.
 Pictures Scheduled
 Dinner will be served at 6, bus mess meeting will begin at 6:45 followed at 7:30 by the speakers and
Evening star., 1940-01-07
British Inquiry Spurs
U. 5. Copper Market
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-British
inquiry for copper brought non-fer-
rous metal markets out of a New
Year torpor this week.
The English buyers asked for a
fair tonnage Of semi finished prod
ucts. But what most surprised metal
dealers was that specifications did
not call for use of Canadian or Brit
ish empire copper. The trade had
expected England to fill her copper
needs within the empire, but this
order will apparently be taken care
of with United States metal.
Another surprise was the decision
of the copper industry to resume
publication of trade statistics for
the first time since war broke out
abroad. Foreign figures, however,
will still be omitted.
Otherwise the copper trade was
buster sizing up 1910 prospects than
placing orders. Prices were firmly
maintained at the unchanged level
of 1914 cents for both domestic and
export metal.
The zinc market appeared definite
ly established at SIS cents pound
East st. Louis when major interest
followed a smaller seller in Y A-cent
cut
Lead business consisted principally
Of carload lots at the firm price of
550-5.55 cents a pound.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

lard Hotel on February "a.
Assisting Mr.. Sanderson will be
the following: Aubrey o. Dooley,
Hamilton National; Richard A. Nor
ris, Lincoln National, and Frank M.
Perley, American Security g. Trust
Co., as vice chairmen; Frances E.
Werner, Hamilton National, secre-
tary, and Herbert T. Lawson, Wash
ington Loan & Trust Co., treasurer
Subcommittee chairmen are:
Decorations, John M. Christie, Riggs
National; dinner, Robert H. Lacey,
Columbia National; entertainment
Kenneth Birgfeld, American Secur-
tty & Trust Co.; publicity, j. Earle
McGreary, w. B. Hibbs & Co.; re-
ception, Edward M. Blaiklock, Wash
ington Loan & Trust Co.; seating
Paul ]. Seltzer, American Security
& Trust Co.
Trade Slumps During Week.
Department store sales In WASH
ington in the week ended December
80, were off 4 per cent from the
week ended December 81, 1888, the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
reported yesterday. Sales in the
whole Fifth District were practically
the same as last year. Sales in
Washington dropped rs per cent
from the previous Christmas rush
week and II per cent in the Fifth
District.
In the four-week period ended
December 30, sales in the Capital
were 6.5 per cent ahead of the like
period in the previous year, the
report stated, and were up 81 pei
cent in the Fifth District.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Nearby Sections Gain.


In Montgomery County tax off,
cials expect registrations for the
fiscal year ended July l, 1910, will
pass $4,000, compared with 26,60O in
the year ended July l, 1899. Totals
for other fiscal years follow: $500
in 1884, 1880 in 1885, 10000 in 1886,
%, 500 in 1897, 23,6O0 in 1898.
In Prince Georges County officials
predict that registrations for the
year ended July /. 1910, will reach
about $4,000, compared with $4,000
for the previous period ended July l,
1899. Totals in other fiscal years:
$4,000 in 1885, $4,000 in 1886, 25,000 in
1887, $1,000 in 1898.
From the start of the license year
on March IS to December 81. Fair
fax County registrations climbed to
3,846, against 3,513 in the same 1888
period and 3,112 in the same 1887
period.
Arlington County figures, which
probably would show the largest
gains in the entire metropolitan area
are not available at present, but OFF,
cials reported they were at the high
est level in the county's history.
New Gasoline Records.
Gasoline consumption in the Dis
trict of Columbia, as indicated by
tax invoices, again reached new all
time peaks in both November and
the first II months of 1899, the cur
rent report showed last night.
November consumption Of $780,
957 gallons was well ahead Of H.
078,647 gallons in the same 1888
month and 10,964, ,O02 gallons for the
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Schaaff Again National
Mortgage Firm Head

Stockholders of the National
Mortgage & Investment Corp, at
the annual meeting January 2. re-
elected these directors: James w.
Beller, M. c. Buckley, Harold E.
Doyle, H. Rozier Dulaney, jr., John
w. Hamilton, Ashton c. Jones,
Crandal Mackey, James ODonnell,
jr., Vernon G. Owen, j. Garfield
Riley. Joseph B. Schaaff, David S.
Stanley. w. w. Stewart and Hugh
A. Thrift.
Officers, reelected, included James
w. Beller, chairman of the board;
Joseph B. Schaaff, president; Harold
E. Doyle, first vice president; Ash
ton c. Jones, second vice president,
and M. c. Buckley, secretary
treasurer.
Dividends paid on June is and
December IS made total of IS cents
per share paid on the preferred
stock during 1899, the last sale max
ing the yield 8.48 per cent.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Business Recovery
In Maryland Cuts
Unemployment
industrial Operations
And Other Lines
Share Upturn
e. the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 6.-Industrial
operations in Maryland, in a slump
during 1898 after a vigorous revival
in 1887, hit the comeback trail last
year with a gain in employment and
pay rolls.
At the same time, -manufac-
turing Notwithstanding retail
stores, public utilities, mining and
construction - participated in the
upswing, and in the months where
no definite rise was shown, the busi-
nesses maintained their pace or suf-
fered only slight decreases.
Month-by month reports prepared
in the Office of John M. Pohlhaus,
State commissioner of labor and sta
tistics, disclosed that in nine of the
II months covered, employment
gained over the preceding month.
Upturns in pay rolls were shown
for seven Of the II months. The
figures do not include December,
since the report for that month will
not be available until the middle Of
January.
Wage Average Rises.
In addition to the increased tempo
Of operations, more money jingled
In the pockets Of workers, for the
average weekly wage rose from
1885 in January to 1854 by late
November. Likewise, the number
of factory employees increased from
approximately 5000 in January to
nearly 111,000 in November.
Greatest impetus came in the Oc-
tober September period, when en-
ployment scared 1873 per cent past
the figures for the previous month,
and pay rolls moved ahead Sc per
cent The succeeding period saw
this gain maintained with 3.3 per
cent gain in employment and 80
per cent in pay rolls.
The two categories held their ad-
vantage in the last report Of the
year, with employment up OF per
cent and pay rolls up 08 per cent
Placements Increase.
Still another Frightening angle Of
p4ttu1V SoAAC 4AOAA VAC ASSOA AI
of the State Employment Service
with Director David L. B. Fringe1
reporting important gains in the
placement of job-seekers in public
and private employment.
During 1899, the Office placed 49,
480 persons, compared to 3l,373 ir
1898. Private employment took the
bulk of these, furnishing 31,526 jobs
compared to 21,150 in 1938-a gain
of approximately 40 per cent.
In Baltimore alone jobs were
found for 20,556 persons, compared
to 14,712 the previous year.
Fringer emphasized that while
improving business opened the way
for hundreds of additional jobs, not
all the gain could be ascribed tc
this. Improved functions of the
service and better contracts with
employers gave the department
wider range, he said.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
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Auto Trade Cheered.

AuLO 0uC SACCICus
The automobile trade faces busy
first quarter in Washington and ad-
joining sections of the metropolitan
area, it is indicated by year-end
figures on new car titles, total reg
istrations and gasoline consumption.
New car titles registered in the
District forged we'll ahead of both
1887 and 1888 in the last three
months of 1889, and as the normal
sales peak in recent years has come
in March, gains should be extended
early in 1910.
In meantime, tax officials in both
Maryland and Virginia sections said
new registrations we're coming in
at the fastest rate on record.
New car titles issued in the Dis
trict of Columbia in the final 1899
quarter totaled TOPS, against STA
in the same 1898 period and 5,434
in the 1887 period.
Because recovery. from the 1898
decline was just beginning earlier
in the year, the 1889 District total
failed to equal 1887, although it was
far ahead of 1898. In the year just
closed, 28,048 new car titles were
registered, against 20,019 in 1898 and
1920 in 1887.
New title registrations in the Dis
trict are shown below by months
for the last three wears.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Urban Home bui|dino
Scars 80 Per Cent
During 1899
Mortgage Bankers Base
Estimotes on Reports
From 81 Cities
~ the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Jan. reconstruction
Of urban single-family houses in the
United States last year topped the
number built In 1898 by 30 per cent,
the Mortgage Bankers Association
Of America estimated today.
Byron T. Shutz, president Of the
association, said the estimate was
based on reports from members in
GA cities in 81 States where 92,7l9
single family dwellings were built in
1889 as against 71,200 in the previ-
GUS year.
The 92,719 units, the association
pointed out, are more than a fifth
Of the 100000 non-farm dwellings
which F. H. A. has set as the total
for 1899. The United States Hous-
ing Authority has estimated that
475,0O0 dwelling units of all types
were built or were under construc-
ton by the end of the year.
The associations survey indicated
new single-family house construc-
ton registered the largest gains
last year in the Eastern States
Thirteen Eastern cities reported 49,
225 houses built, an increase of 64.5
per cent compared with 11,084 built
in 1888. The increase in 80 Mid
western cities, where 33,052 houses
were built, was 298 per cent; in
ten Southern cities, where 7,841 were
built, 223 per cent, and in eight
Far West and Mountain cities,
where 31,60l were built, 1873 per
cent increase.
The same 81 cities had an in
crease of Al per cent in apartment
construction, units totaling 23,123
in 1899 as against IS, ,709 apartment
units built in 1888.