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The Nome nugget., 1940-02-12

en the first-aid course. At Fair banks university it is the lead ing outdoor student activity.
 Among local skiers Jonesy holds first place as Slalom and doWnhill man. Chuck O'Leary is second Bud Slack third. The may or Fred Kubon is a rapidly inn proving fourth. Few skiers des- cend the hills with the dash and abandon displayed by MT Kub on and it is safe to predict that if he doesn't kill himself he will be an ace skier by spring. The Scandinavians have a definite edge on the rest of us at cross country work but even they would be better off if they could whip down the hills in a series of smooth highspeed turns in- stead of riding the sticks or pick ing their way slowly among the rocks. It is too early yet to com ment on the progress of the girls. And the high school has no chan ce whatever against the Council grade school this year at least for the first two places in down hill ski events.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-12
B MARINES ON WAY TO KODIAK

SEATTLE, Feb. - A detach- ment of 52 United States Marines headed toward Kodiak, Alaska, Thursday to be stationed at the nations northernmost naval base.
 The new air base is now under construction.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-12

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
BOROUGH BOWLING

Naugatuck, March 7-Team 8 won
all four points from team 4 in the
Grange bowling league matches al
the Central alleys last night. Team
l also took four points from team 2
and team 5 won high single with a
LA score and high total, 351. D
Benson took high single for women
with 1903, and high total with a 27s
score.
Naugatuck, March leans team
upset Yeatons, 80 in recent
bowling match in the Central al
leys in the Merchants League
Thurston's won two out of three
from the Naugatuck Gearge, Reilly's
captured all three from Nichils
team and Halls won all three points
from Chuck's combine.
T. Pichulo had high single with
149 score and high total, 1863
Cans team took high single, 59t
and high team total 1746.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

Naugatuck, March miss Flora
Keeling of 608 Church street, a
resident here all Of her life, died
suddenly early this morning at her
home. She was born in Naugatuck,
the daughter of the late Jacob and
Theresa Keeling.
She was a member of st. Mi
chael's Episcopal church, of the
Church Helpers and Of the Women's
Auxiliary of that church.
She leaves two brothers, Jacob
and Frank Keeling, and two sisters,
Mrs. Charles Wurtenberg and Miss
Kate Keeling, all Of Naugatuck.
The funeral will be held from her
home Saturday afternoon, time to
be announced later. Rev. Arthur
F. Lewis, rector Of st. Michael's
Episcopal church, will officiate and
burial will be at the convenience Of
the family. Other arrangements
will be announced later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
u. S. TAKEN FOR
NO SLEIGH RIDE
COngre S S m a n Smith
Denies Charge of Air
craft PrOfiteering

Congressman j. Joseph. Smith of
this city denied at Washington yes
terday charge that the aviation
industry was taking the govern
eminent for sleigh ride" He de-
clared he knew of no basis for accu-
sations by Congressman Shafer, Re-
publican, of Michigan, that manu-
facturers of aircraft and engines
were charging the government far
too much for their products.
Many of the governments avia-
ton orders have been placed with
Connecticut plants, mostly in the
Hartford area.
The charges were based presum-
ably on testimony before the House
Military Affairs Committee by Brig
Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the
army air crops. Congressman Shafer
claimed that Gen. Arnold had
charged that the government was
being overcharged by aircraft manu-
facturers who wished to complete
orders for Britain and France first.
Pointing out that the law limits
profits on the transactions to - per
cent, Congressman Smith declared
that hasty action should be avoided.
An audit now in progress, he said,
will reveal just how much profit is
being made. If there are any excess
profits, he stated, the government
can secure their return from the
manufacturers.
Congressman Smith plans to give
his support to bill now before the
military affairs committee, which
calls for an expenditure of $30,000,-
600 to meet increased costs Of about
1000 planes for the army. The extra
sumo will also be used to purchase
spare engines. The request has been
made by President Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
COMMUNITY HOUSE
SALE SUCCESSFUL

Returns from one of the most
successful rummage sales ever held
for the Pearl Street Community
House were made to the organiza-
ton today. The sale was conducted
by Mrs. Bartholomew Collins and
Mrs. Marie O'Donnell, who after
weeks of work practically filled a
Bishop st. store with articles they
solicited from their friends and sold.
Mrs. O'Donnell and Mrs. Collins
are daughters of the late John
O'Brien, North End baker, who was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Flag Purchased
For Display In
City Court Room

A flag for use In the city
court room has been purchased
by the city through Purchasing
Director Martin ]. Sweeney.
The flag, five by eight feet, will
be hung behind the judges
bench. 1t cost 81.
Purchase Of the flag was
asked Of City Hall Superintend-
ent Timothy Horgan by Judges
John L. Gaffney and TheobaId
E. Conway.
Display Of the flag in court
rooms was decided on at re-
cent conference Of minor court
judges at Hartford. The judges
also decided to wear robes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Lifelong Borough Resident Dies Suddenly This Mornin

extremely prominent IN the city's
political life.
A great many Of the articles sold
we're bought by negroes, many OF
whom are members Of the Pearl
Street Community House which
benefited by the sale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Truck GOES STRAIGHT

Ernest Truck, noted stage and
screen funster, plays a straight
role as the young hero's father in
Little Orvie," RKO Radios pic
turization of Booth Tarkington's
story. Eight-and-old Johnny Shelf
field plays the title role.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Meeting Postponed

The meeting of the Women's Re-
publican club, scheduled for next
Monday, has been postponed to
Monday, March IS, MS. Henry G.
Erik, president, announced today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
BAsHFUL JOE CHASED

The sad plight Of an exceedingly
shy young man who is frantically
pursued by a bevy Of beautiful girls,
is the comical predicatnent in which
Joe Penner, star comedian, finds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
CYMBOLA FUNERAL
HERE TOMORROW
Anna CymbOla Dies After
Long Illness = Altar
Society Plans Social
BEACON FALLS
Correspondent VIM. J. Baxter
Phone Naugatuck 3945

Beacon Falls, March 7. The
funeral OF Miss Anna Cymbala, 20,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cymbala of Apartment /, Highland
avenue, who died Tuesday at the
home of her parents following a
lingering illness, will be held from
her home tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Cymbala was employed at
the Homer D. Bronson Company
until she was taken i'll. She leaves
besides her parents, one sister,
Olga.
Friends may call at the residence
To Plan Social
Plans for public social will be
made at the meeting of the Altar
Society of st. Michael's church in
the church on April /. At a recent
meeting of the society, officers were
elected as follows: Mrs. Joseph
Tache, president; Mrs. w. L. Bren-
nan, vice-president; Mrs. Confetti
Herman, secretary; Mrs. Louis
Mather, treasurer.
Rev. Jerome Cooke, pastor, adj
dressed the society at the meeting.
street and Mrs. Henry S. Marlor of
Fa1rvieW avenue have returned
from a six weeks cruise to South
America.
Game Party Tonight
A game party will be held by the
Fidelity Bible class of the Metho-
oist church tonight at the home Of
Mrs. Herbert Johnson, High street,
at 1880. The class conducted a
food sale at Culver's store today. In
charge were: Mrs. Johnson, chair
man, Mrs. Edna Unlauf, MBrs. Edna
Gladding and Mrs. Jennie Human.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

Billie Burke Is the spouse Of
Frank Morgan in his new comedy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Elks Plan Dance


Plans for the st. Patrick's Night
dance to be held ON Saturday,
March 16 by the Naugatuck, lodge
of Elks were announced today by
James Wrinn, chairman of the COM
mittee in charge.
Dancing will be from 9 p. m. to !
a. m. Sunday morning and Heav-
ems five-piece orchestra will fur
nish music. A dinner will be served
during the course of the evening
Elks are invited to bring Their
friends.
The recently organized Elks Glee
club will entertain with number
of appropriate selections. Reserva-
tons should be made with Mr.
Wrinn or Edward Lingenheld. A
large crowd Is expected to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
School Board To Meet

Little business other than pre-
liminary discussion Of the budget
is expected at the March meeting
Of the board of education to be
held this afternoon at the high
school at 5 o'clock, 1t was learned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Miss Flora Keeling
Succumbs At Home;
Funeral Saturday
49, Many Guests Expected at Neighbours Night
of Beacon Valley Grange
MAUGATUcK
Correspondent: VIM. J. Baxter-PhOne NaugatuCk SS4S

Members Of the club have accepted
an invitation to attend the talk next
Monday by DR.. Margaret GiIdea OF
Waterbury at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harris Whittemore on Church
street, and for this reason the club
meeting was postponed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
WIFE BILLIE

himself in RKo Radios "Afilli0nairt
Playboy."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

A meeting of the Grange Farm
Bureau was held today at the hall
and the subject of discussion was
"Refinishing Floors and Old Fur
niture". Miss Frances Whitcomb,
county leader, was in charge. A
dinner was served at noon with
Mrs. George Clark as hostess.
Funeral OF Mr.. ArendhOlz
The funeral of Jacob w. Arend-
holz, 81, of New Haven road, who
died Monday at the Waterbury hso-
pital, was held this afternoon at 2
o'clock from the Fitzgerald funeral
home, 800 North Main street. Rev.
Arthur F. Lewis ractor of st. Mi
chael's Episcopal church, officiated
Burial was in Grove cemetery.
Bearers were: Ralph Schofield
Patrick O'Loughlin, Charles Con-
nors and Charles Arendholz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

To Attend Meeting
Guests from Middlebury, Wolcott
and Bethany are expected at the
"Neighbors Night" meeting Of the
Beacon Valley Grange at the
Grange hall tomorrow night at 8
o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

Plans f0F attending The ilaugus
Fatlon q q new tribe IN Cheshire
VIII BE- Faada n q meeting ~ ne
Mataiile TEibs. Improved Order ~
RED Mea, Tonight ~ 3 0plDek ~
Odd WslloNs hail,
Mrs., James !. Sweeney N CHI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
RUSSIAN RAIDS
 KILL 20 PEOPLE

Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. i3- CUP Finnish press dispatches said today that 20 persons, mostly Wo- men, were estimated to have been killed in Russian air raids on south Finnish towns yesterday and that more than 40 persons were wound- cd.
 The casualty estimate came from newspapers at Tammerfors (Tam- pere). Towns bombed included Salo Lahti, Aabo (Turku), Raumo Bjorenborg, Hingve and Riihimae- Xii, 1t was asserted. Servere damage was reported and 1t was asserted that numerous houses were burned or otherwise destroyed.
 Communications to Helsinki were bad because of the rupture of a cable. whether by air bombs or not was unknown. Stockholm reported that only one line was working from there to Helsinki.
 Telephonic advices to Stockholm from Aabo reported that three Rus sian airplanes were shot down by Finnish anti-aircraft gunners yes- terday. Nobody was killed in the raid on Aabo, 1t was said. but num- erous persons were injured. Several houses were damaged by incendiary bombs, 1t was said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
POLICE CORPORAL IN JURy'S HANDS
State Asking Second De- gree Murder Conviction;
 Means Sentence, Fine

Mauch Chunk, Ba., January i3,-- (UP) -. A jury will try to decide to. day what was iil Police Corporal Benjamin Franklin's mind when he killed l4-year-old Joan Stevens with eight pistol shots while she sat In q squad car with State Trooper Ed. ward swatji on the night of June 6,
 Through five and q half hours Of questioning, Franklin insisted yes- terday that he thought the scrawny, seVenth-gradc school girl who talked like c gun mol" was about to shoot him with what he later found to be c toy pistol.
 Franklin referred to her as "tht yau,lg. letlg,a,SI The prosecutor called her q girl,
 "f had no thought la mind ol killing her" he said. q had only the thought Of protecting my own life and that of Q fellow-offieer.'
 The state asked for second- degree murder conviction, punish- able by 10 to 20 years Imprisonment and Si0000 fine. The case goes to the jury after final arguments today.
 The girl had gone to the polico- men with story about some gang sters of her acquaintance planning to rob e bank in the neighborhood. She produced the toy pistol while they examined c map of tho sup- posed scene of the robbery.
 The defense made much Of tho fact that the girl had acted out her hoax SO well that alarms had been sent to oil banks In the area. George
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
4 KILLED WHEN
 PLANE CRASHES

Casey. H., Jan. i3--tuP) -F our persons were killed when charter" cd airplane flying westward from Detroit crashed last night iii c bogsy cornfielel, exploded and burned
 Three of the dead were members of Detroit family going to Phoe- nix, Aris.. for their health.
 The identified dead were Mrs. Mary Borowicz 37; her daughter, Joanna, i7, and c son, Leonard, lO' the pilot of the passenger lnomoplane was identified as William B. Maycock, 43. Dertoit, part owner of the Maycock Pliers, a chartered plane service.
 Witnesses said the plane struck the water soaked field with one wheel, wobbled and bounced and then nosed over in the mud and rolled about 300 feet. They said 1t explod- ed after it had come to rest. Bodies of the pilot and passengers were thrown from the plane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
NO RESCUE HOPES
 :: FOR COAL MINERS
All Believed Dead in Mine; ' 39 Bodies Recovered A0 FIAT

-sBartley, w. Va, Jan. 13-tUP)- This little mountain town went into mourning today for o2 men killed in an explosion in the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal corporation bitu- rainous mine.
 Rescuers had retrieved 39 bodies and there was no hope of finding any of the others alive. The only consolation was that all apparently had died inercifully-killed in their tracks by the force of the explosion thas blew out car rails and hurled 8 leading machine weighing several tons, 60 feet.
 Convinced that none had survived and waited rescue in the dank tomb 584 feet below ground, the rescuers slowed their frenzied digging of the past two days and did not expect to reach the last of the bodies before Monday. Those recovered had been carried to a mine cage at the bottom of the shaft, and none had been brought to the surface yet.
 The disaster. worst in this state in IS years, left 150 children father- less. The dead men, ranging in age from IS to 63, mostly were married, some had as many as eight children.
 The company distributed pay erl- velopes to families of the dead men today and sent them hams from the co m pany commissary. Neighbors aided the widows by doing their housework. The school had been dismissed since Thursday, the day after the explosion. Federal and state relief agencies were at work here and Governor Homer A. Holt and Ben, Downing, representative Of the state compensation commission, had come to speed the settling of death claims.
 A group memorial service for the dead men was planned for Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
CRASH VICTIMS
 BODIES H ONE
Relatives Claim Remains l;
 3 Boys Reported Im- z proved By Hospital

The bodies of MT. and Mrs. George w. Bacon, of 29 Revere street. killed in an auto-truck crash near Pittsfield, Mass, yesterday aft- ernoon, were claimed by relatives last night and returned to the Ber- gin funeral home, 200 East Main street. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
 The three nephews of the Bacons late last night showed improvement at St. Luke's hospital in Pittsfield, according to relatives and friends. They were seriously injured in the accident which occurred when the Bacon sedan went into e skid near the bottom of Mattoon Hill, on the Pittsfield-Lenox read, and crashed hroadside into an oncoming truck. The truck driver, Arthur J. Meade, of Cohoes, N. Y, suffered possible fractured ribs and bruises.
 Residents of the section said Matt toon hill Is notorious fer serious .accidentas s It was reported ' that Mrs. James H. Pelton, who lives nearby, yesterday predicted a serious accident, and called state police to send sanding crews. Her request was relayed to the public works de- partmeat, but the crews arrived one hour after the fatal crash. The Bacons and their three nephews, John Lane, 12, and his brother, Thomas 10, of Revere street. and Raymond Tierney, IS, of 101 High- land avenue, were on their way to Rochester, Vt., for Q weekend with relatives.
 State police who investigated the accident reported 1t was showing heavily when the Waterbury car went into the skid. There was no evidence to indicate the car was speeding on the slippery hill. Police sad evidently MT. Bacon applied his brakes too quickly. The impact of the crash was so great that 1t reduced the Bacon car to 6 mass of wreckage. Acetylene torches were used by police to reach Mrs. Bacon's body pinned in the twisted steel.
 John Lane suffered @ fractured right thigh, possible fractured lower right leg, and possible fracture of the jaw. His brother suffered e pos- sible fractured left thigh and inter- nal injuries. Young Tierney re- ceived cuts about both eyes and possible internal injuries.
 MT. and Mrs. Bacon are survived by a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Murphy, of this city. MT. Bacon leaves two sisters, Miss Florence Bacon and Mrs. John Lane, both, of Water bury. He was superintendent of the Waterbury Rolling Mills, Inc.
 Mrs. Bacon's maiden name was Mary Horn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
HOMER MARTIN IS
 ACCUSED BY ELDER
NAWU President Said to Have Received Money
 From Food Co.
By WILLIAM 1T. LAWRENCE lllnltad Press Staff COrrespOndentl

(GHhteH EEebS DS"h SVhSSYwh~e"V
 Washington, Jan. i3--(UP)- House investigators of the National Labor Relations board invited Homer Martin. president of the AFL fac- ton of the United Automobile Workers union, today to discuss "at the proper time" on affidavit assert. Ing that he had admitted receiving money from Ford Motor company officials,
 The affidavit, by Harry A. (Red) Elder, former St. Louis JAW official, was read into the house labor board committees record late yesterday and denied immediately by Martin and Harry Bennett, Ford personnel director,
 Martin said the charges in the affidavit were lies "too big to be believed by any candid person." and sent telegram to House Committee Counsel Edmund M, Toiand attack ing Elders Veracity.
 Toland said that he would not read Martins telegram into the rec- ord but that he had invited him to testify "at the proper time".
 Elders afiidavit said that Ion sev- eral occasions Martin has told me that he received money from Harry Bennett" and that on another oc- casion-the last week in May, i03o-- he had been present when Martin asked Bennett for $3,b00.
 The affidavit placed the conver- sation at a time when Martins fac- ton of the JAW had withdrawn from the Congress of Industrial Or- ganizations and just a few days be-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
BRITISH PLANES
 VISIT AUSTRIA
Have Made Reconnaisanc Flights Over CzechOslO-
 yak Bohemia, Too

London, Jan. 13-(UP)-The air ministry announced today that roy- al air force planes had made rec connaissance flights last night over Austria and Czeclloslovak Bohemia.
 It was the first time British planes had flown over these areas. To make the flights 1t would have been necessary for the planes to fly over Germany as constituted be- fore Hitler. If the planes were based in the extreme east of France. a flight of about 2SO miles would have been necessary but from Q British base tine distance would have been about 500 miles.
 { The air ministry said also that British security patrols" intended to keep down German mine laying airplanes, had been maintained over the Helgoland Bay area.
 All planes returned safe to base, 1t was said. ..
 A fighter patrol shot down a German plane off the southeast Scots coast this morning, the air ministry announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
2 RAF PLANES
 ARE SHOT DOWN

Berlai, Jan, i3.-(UP) Two Brit ish airplaEts were shot down and c third wrs damaged in aerial op- erations yesterday. the high coffi- mand reported today.
 One British plane was downed and anothe" damaged when c squadron of eight tried to bomb the Helgoland Bay area, it was said. The communique admitted that two attacking planes dropped bombs.
 A British plan was shot down by German pursuit planes over Ger many, the communique said, and crashed in French territory.
 German airplanes continued re- connaissance activity in the North Sea and eastern France, ir was said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13
WORKS BOARD CANDIDATES TOONUMEUOUS Mayor Scully Finds Diff. < culty in Designating
 New Members MEETING OF NEW BOARD DUE MONDAY disappointment of Street
 Supt. to Meet With
 Opposition

Difficulty in filling the seven places on the Board of Public Works is believed re- sponsible for Mayor Vincent A. Scully's delay in naming the personnel of that board. It is reported that the mayor is embarrassed by a wealth of candidates, and that his problem is to choose four Democrats and three Re- publicans from the several dozen whose names have been sub- mitted to him.
 Announcement of the works board members is expected over the week. end. A meeting of the board before the aldermen meet Monday night is necessary, so that approval may be voted of the finance boards rccom- mendation for e $7,5o0 appropriation from the revolving sewer fund. The money as needed as the city's share as sponsor of a WPA sanitary sewer project, which employees 'approxi- mately 300 men.
 E Opposition Coming
 The mayor will brave strong op- position within his own party If he Recommends to the works board that Herbert Scott-smith be reap- pointed as superintendent of streets. A number of those dismissed from the street and water department last fall in the purge made by MT. Scott-smith and ex-Mayor Patrick NJ Pefriello worked for. MT. Soully during the campaign, believing that new superintendent would be named and that their jobs would be restored. They are not talking at all kindly to reports that the mayor will recommend Mir scott- Smith, q Republican, for reappointment.
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