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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11
Lots ai Action
Likely at Mitt
Carnival FRIDAY

It'll be every man for himself
tomorrow night Friday when
colorful Tommy Maus and swarth;
Lou Yankclcvitz trot out another
encourage OF fighting men at the
State Armory on South Centre
street to show off their walloping
wares before tho boxing conscious
John @. Public. and before the
night is over the fans will prob
ably have had lots OF action TO
make their after-supper appctitics
more palatablc.
Sidclining the ten.round feature
between Cleo Mcneil and Pete
Galiano. both from shores other
than our own. with crop OF
cloutcrs consisting almost entirely
Of local vintage. Maus and his as
sociatc have billed what looks like
n fine card. Don't Let the home
town boys fool you. They're
matched in such a way that all
their bouts follow the pattern Of
''grudgc' battles and for that
reason tho claret may flow freely.
Bush In Comeback
Too much need not DC said
about tho Galiano- Mcneil scrap
since both lads arc first class
fighters who can both she'll II ont
and assimilatc II but plenty can
be said about tho six-round semi
final between two hard-swinging
heavyweight Clarence tKayoD
Shrout and Howard The Rcd
Bush. Indeed. If Bush is in any
kind OF shape at all tina: bout may
well swipc tho show. And here
arc a few facts TO support Il.
Locally. Shrout has been cock.
'o-thc-walE among the heavy.
weights. While not the 5martest
boxer in the world he can hit. He
knows II himself and for that
matter so do his opponents ana
so do the fans. His record shows
IL. In his last three starts lie ..as
sunk Hank Lindsay. Billy Var
Meter and Joe Zelinski so II stands
TO reason he must have something
on the well.known ball. So much
for Shrout.
What about Bush? Didn't Van
Meter. rocked to sleep by Shrout,
knock the red head out? He did.
But there's another angle 10 the
story. In his halycon days Bush
was enc OF the finest heavywCights
that ever put OH pair OF trunks
and his adherentS discount his
downfall at the hands of Van
Meter BY explaining that he was
not in shape at that time.
In Shape. They Say
Today. however. they positively
assert they have a different story.
Their argument. If true. is a good
one. They point out that Bush
has trained harder for this bout
for two reasons first. he's out
10 make a comeback and second,
Inc doesn't think much Of SIN ont
as a fighter.
Another biting battle in which
the feeling will be more than
merely platonic is the scheduled
si.-round return shindig between
Bill. he the Wild INLAND. and MI.
Stony jackson from up the con-
fines OF Frostburg.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11
Twice during the past

array TWICE curing the past
season the Duquesne Comets
clipped the Collegians and when
West Virginia University recently
shcllacked the Comets some OF
the boys began blinking their
eyes But that was not all -
The Cumberland Dragons went
down to Baltimore the past week.
end for a fling at Loyola Univcr-
sity ,pisying incognitol and came
back submerged. So to IS - You
can't make a mountain out OF a
molchill and all that sort OF thing
but certainly those collegiate
triumphs weren't exactly relish
cd by some local ORACLES -
Now 81 years old and starting his
ninth season in the majors is
Jo-Jo Moore. feet left fielder Of
the New York Giants - But it's
different this time The boys
lin the know" say Jo-Jo is really
the question mark Of the Giants
and that he'll have TO hustle If
he expects to keep a regular
berth - incidentally. New York
b. b. bugs arc all agog over the
prospects of another fine season
for Carl Hubbcll. that venerable
ancient OF the turtleback - The
Hub. as they call him in Goth
am. has been holding the spot
light ever since the spring with
his great pitching.
Bi-Statc baseball talk. rife
in Cumberland for the past two
weeks. has some startling in
formation going the rounds
In fact. the busy bees are buzz
zirg all over town 20 the effect
that several doughty diamond
dazzlers will be imported for To-
cal use - Along the rialt0 they
tell you that Joe Geatz, Joe
Ccrbacio, Bee Scarpelli and
in fact. a whole caravan Of
"creekers" may be sporting the
spangles Of the Cumberland
Colts when the 1910 Bi-Statc
blasting gets out into the open
All these reports. however.
are merely speculation.
They've been heard and over
heard on the streets on more than
one occasion and whether they
mean anything or not we're pass
ing them along TO you - The
name of Bob Collins on the Cubs
roster scars to four the number Of
Cumberland Colt M. A. grads
who are playing or have played
in the major leagues And
oddly enough. all four cast their
lot with the National league - 1t
all started when Denny Southern
Joined the Phils and stayed UP
three years before being Shunted
back to the jungles - Next came
Vito Tamulis. first with the
Yankees and now with Brooklyn
And last year Merrill May,
prancing about like veteran in
his first season Of big time ball,
won an All-National league in
field post - Now it's Bob Collins,
the $4,000 beauty bought by the
Cubs for reserve catching chores
There are numerous other ex-
Colts performing in double A
ball yet today. among them Kemp
Wicker. Marvin Duke and George
SAVING.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11

velocity that vultures be not per-
mittcd or allowed. armed with
their frozen credits. to release
them at will and only to sabotage
the American enterprise and mo-
nopolizc 1t on the auction block
so that high corporate utility in
the folklore Of makeshift regula-
ton can choke free enterprise and
equal opportunity to ALL"
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11
E1ll;{E
BY JACK GALLEN
HERE AND THERE ALONG
THE RIALTO OF SPORTS

with basketball in the abbaor and footballs fncry mingns
moth balls King Baseball Is step
popularity for the time years the
sport from WhoOSz Decatur wildly warbng
time the Yankees won't have wakaway" fact
recently the aging Connie Mack fecbly lifted himself
all and sundry yodelcd FIRST Cleveland
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11

under a new contract won BY the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
after negotiations with principal
laundry owners associations in the
New York metropolitan area.
Housewives we're notified in an
announcement issued by the union
that laundry bundles will no long
or be picked UP or delivered on
Saturdays or Sundays.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11
Ask Why HeskeH
Took TiUO Years

Continued gtrm Page One
those aIibis aud show that the
City Solicitor stayed quiet as the
mayor and council stubbornly
Citheld our legal rights iChilc
ell the time he knew that our
local did not require any per-
mitsi
Ny opinion Is that the city
solicitors effort at a fdcc-saUing
is both unconrincing aud strictly
contrary 10 the facts Of the case.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11
CABS AND CUISINES

With King Baseball ready TO
take over we have Just time
enough TO take a parting shot
at certain members Of a Cumber-
land independent basketball team
who have been profoundly arguing
right along that collegiate quints
belong In the incinerator when
compared to this non-collegiate
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11

While all this rampart-rattling
is going on in the American League
the National League won't exactly
be staging a pink tea party either.
for the days slate calls for the
Phillies to invade New York. the
Dodgers to visit Boston. the Cubs
TO fight II out in Cincinnati and
the Pittsburgh Pirates to see what
they can do in st. Louis.
An interesting rumor in conncc-
ton with the curtain raising in
the National League is a report
out of Brooklyn that Vito TamuliS.
who got his first organized base
ball credentials right here in Cum
berland under Leo Mackey. will
toe the diaS for the Dodgers. This
report has been growing In per-
sistency and there may be some
thing TO II. Tammy. as he was
known here. flashed out a 9-and-8
log WIN Brooklyn last seaI a;;;.:
even bigger things are expected of
him in 1910.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11
Napoleon had his Waterloo and

Napoleon had his Waterloo and
Hitler apparently has his Scandi-
navia but next Tuesday after
noon. April l6. sixteen teams Of
the major leagues and their
staunchcst supporters will have
their DAY OF DAYS - the start
OF the 1910 baseball season. And
from all indications. both from
the standpoint Of action and at
tendance. the coming campaign
bids fair 10 be one Of the most
cvcntful OF all time.
With tho National League race
rated toss-up between the cham
pion Cincinnati Reds. the St.
Louis Cardinals and the Chicago
Cubs and the odds on the Yankees
in the American League the short
est they have been in five years.
everybody from statisticians to
batboys are looking forward TO
close. gruclling warfare.
Grove vs.. Leonard:
While Tuesdays chart is filled
with potentially high class
skirmishes the baseball experts are
focusing their attention on WASH
inston. d. C., for IL is in the
nations capital that they expect
the best battle OF the day since
rumor has II that Lefty" Bob
Grove. the sizzling sycamore from
Homecoming and Emil Dutch
Leonard. cagey knuckle-baller OF
the Washington Senators. will take
the tee against each other. II
such is the case the diamond
denizenS Of Washington should.
all things considered. be in for a
titanic turtleback tussle between
two great fingers.
Other American League firing
finds the Big Berthas OF the New
York Yankees blasting away at
Philadelphia's Shibe Park ram
parts. the Cleveland Indians at
Chicago and the Browns at De-
trOif
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11
.Ldunh'ies On
5-Day Week

New York. Apr. l0.-The five
day week in the laundry industry,
won for the first time on n city
wide basis. goes into effect today
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11
DoERR TOPS GORDON?

Who Is the best Secono-Dase'
man in baseball? Is 1t Joe Gordon
of the New York Yankees? Far
from it. For the past two years
all we've been reading and hear
ing about is Joe Gordon but II
you take the word Of many base
ball writers. including scribes
from New York city itself. Bobby
Doerr of the Boston Red Sox is
the peer Of them. Read. for in
stance. what John Ebinger, OF
the New York Daily News. writes
and we quote:
10 E=::. man: ehs"rv"rs.
Bobby Doerr, at second base,
is the class Of the big leagues.
A good hitter. n classy fielder
and possessor Of n wonderful
throwing arm. he Is also blessed
with an alert mind. His cool.
ness under fire has drawn the
admiration Of more seasoned
veterans. His best boosters. Of
course, are his teammates on
the Boston Red Sox. Recently
Jimmy Foxx said the reason
Gordon is rated over Doerr Is
because Of the difference In
cities. Gordon in New York Is
In the center Of the ballyhoo
belt and consequently gathers
all the rave notices"
Which all bears out state
ment the great Charley Gehring-
or made right before the start Of
the 1889 season. A reporter asked
Gehringer his opinion Of Gordon.
Said Sir Charles: Hes a fine ball
player but for my money I'll take
Doerr. The only difference Is Cor
don gets the ballyhoo because he
plays with the Yankees. Taking
the two on their merits I'm forced
to select Bobby Doerr as the best
second baseman I've seen come up
to the majors in my time"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
american Common

Louis Stall Of 173 Fulton Park
avenue was among the thousands
Of guests who attended the dedi-
cation ceremonies at the Ameri-
can Common Of the New York
Worlds Fair last week, when Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mayor La
Guardia, Lieutenant Governor Po-
letti and others paid high tribute
to the ideals Of Americanism.
The American Common, which
Is sponsored by Sears, Roehuck
and Co., will be the meeting
place for all nationality groups Of
Americans at the Fair this sum-
mer. It Is located on the site Of
last years Soviet Pavilion, and
consists Of a large music shell,
open-air theater seating over 1000
and folk-dance platform.
Each week, a different national
ity group Of Americans will take
over the Common, and present
colorful pageants, dances. tab
leaux and other spectacles show
ing the contribution OF their
group to the advancement and
culture Of America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
Odd Fellows

Departed members OF local
lodges OF Odd Fellows will be re-
membered at annual combined
memorial services of Nosahogan,
Townsend and Winona Rebekah
lodges Of Odd Fellows next Tues
day night $3.50 O'Clock at Odd Fell
lows hall.
Rev. M. Webb Wright, pastor Of
the South Federated church, will
be the speaker and prayer will be
offered by Rev. Matthew g. Mad
den, pastor Of the Mill Plain
Union church.
Harold Gardner, noble grand of
Nosahogan lodge, is in charge of
the affair. He will be assisted by
Philip Payne, noble grand Of
Townsend and Mrs. Hilda Rose
wear, noble grand Of Winona' Re-
bekah lodge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
War Orders Inspired By
Good Business News
Stocks Go Up From Fractions to Three Points; U. S.
Govt. Bonds Eiigher-Sharp Squirt Of Auto Output

ing well against the German drive
attracted small buying orders and
brought increases in prices where
holders Of stock would sell AS a
result, the market moved up easily
on modest volume.
War stocks featured, with steels
and aircrafts strongest. Numerous
special issues had wide gains. Rail-
road, utility, amusement snd other
non-war issues joined the rise.
Gains Of 2 points and more were
made by American Airlines, Con-
tinental Can preferred, Douglas
Aircraft, Hercules Powder, 1ngersoll-
Rand, Monsanto Chemical, Nation
al Steel, Philip Morris. and Nor
folk & Western.
Bethlehem Steel at Its high Of
Tx was up az and D. 8. Steel
47% up TX.
A few weak spots included D. s.
Kypsum which made ne wlow.
Minor losses were made by Ameri-
can Can, Interchemical Corpora
ton, General Electric and Union
Carbide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
FraterndI
NeuUs
Court Chanplain

Court Champlain, F0resters Of
America, will celebrate the seth
anniversary Of its organiza tion at
q special social function this eve
ming In Ewfesfers' Hall on North
Main street. An informal recep-
ton will be held for Grand Court
officers and representatives Of the
various local subordinate courts
who are expected to attend.
Past Grand Chief Rangers VIII
liam III. Dunlavey Of Court WEIGH
and Felix Guarini Of Court Verdi,
Grand Recording Secretary John
Humphrey of Court WEIGH and
Chief Ranger Michael Castaldi Of
Court Verdi are expected to be
numbered among the guests of
honor this evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
Brass CITY Aerie

Charles A. Perotti was installed
as worthy president of the Brass
City aerie, Fraternal Order Of
Eagles, at installation exercises
held in the aerie rooms last night.
State Secy. John L. Moran, of
Meriden, installing officer, was
assisted by Lawrence Spellacy and
Charles w. Amdt. Both assist
ants were past presidents of Meri-
den aerie.
Other officers installed at last
nights ceremonies were:
Worthy vice-president, Francis
o. German, worthy chaplain, Nj
cholas Rinaldi: secretary, Edward
J. Foley: treasurer. Dennis r..
Mitchell: worthy conductor, Ar
thur Petrucci; inside guard, James
J. Caffrey: outside guard, Louis
N. st. Hillaire; trustee three years,
J. r. Shea: physician, DR.. George
Leonard.
Grand Worthy Trustee Thomas
w. O'Connor, Jr.. Of Hartford,
spoke on the Eagles contribu-
ton to Father Flanagan's Boys
Town OF Nebraska.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
WOOL MARKET

Boston, June 7-(UP)-Trading In
greasy shorn domestic woods on the
Boston market was moderately active
today, the u. s. Agriculture Depart
ment reported.
Inquiries were quite numerous but
the volume of business was kept
down by lack Of offerings at prices
users were willing to pay, Bids on
good French combing lengths fine
territory woods in original bags were
mostly around 80 to SO cents secured
basis, but holders were asking mostly
around SO to IS cents secured basis.
Mills were reported getting few woods
at their bids. Buyers were not quite
as keen as earlier in the week for
country packed three eighths and
one quarter blood bright fleece woods
but they showed a willingness to
consinder the purchase Of wool
quoted around 38 cents In the grease
delivered to mills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
BY ELMER C. WALLER
UNITED Press Financial Editor

New York, June 7-(UP)-Etih
French resistance to the German Of
tense brought strength today into
stocks, bonds and commodities. Busi-
ness news continued to reflect i'm
provement inspired by war orders.
Stocks gained fractions to 3 points
in moderate trading. United States
government bonds led domestic is
sues irregularly higher. The pound
sterling moved up as Britain insti-
tuted drastic exchange control.
Wheat gained more than cent
a bushel and other grains were
steady. Gains were made by cotton.
The Ward report on automobile
output showed a sharp comeback
from the holiday week with produc-
ton for the week at $3.50 cars and
trucks, against 60,980 In the previ-
GUS week, and 65, 256 In the CORE
spending period Of last year. Steady
operations were forecast for the
future.
The market paid little attention
to reports in Italian shipping quar-
tiers here that italy had ordered all
italian vessels into neutral ports.
Reports that the French were hold
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
II. S. ARSENAL ON
48-HOUR WEEK

Springfield, Mass, June 7-(UP)
The u. 8. Arsenal here went on a
six-day, 48-hour work week sched-
ule today, stepping up production
Of the Garand Automatic rifle from
1000 to 1900 a week.
A notice from the war depart
ment at Washington posted at the
arsenal gateS instructed employees
TO refrain from talking with strang-
ers and also to refrain from dis
cussing their work or the the war.
The new shift supplants the for
mer five-day, 40-hour work week.
Officials saic that 1t would mean a
total payroll increase of $4,000 per
week for 1000 employees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
Market Shows Strength As French Hold Back Germans
DOCTOR GUILTY
IN LOTTERY CASE

Boston, June 7.-(UP).-Dr. Frank
Deacon, 81, Of Chicago, former SUI
perintendent Of the VIII Rogers
Memorial hospital, today was SEN
fenced to year and q day In a
federal penitentiary Immediately
after being convicted by q federal
Jury on two counts in an alleged
$4,000, 900 lottery. Deacon was ac-
quilted on four other counts. Sen
tence was stayed pending an appeal.
The Jury deliberated 20 Ia hours
before reporting It's findings to Fed
eral Judge George c. Sweeney. The
trial lasted two weeks.
Deacon was convicted on two
counts Of conspiracy and causing
lottery tickets to be taken in inter-
state commerce.
Defense Counsel William H. Lewis,
Jr, said he intended to file an APP
peal with the U. s. circuit court.
Sixty-nine Of u defendants IN the
cases have pleaded guilty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
Service!

Unable 10 enter her State
street home because she had
misIaid her key, . woman was
helped out Of her difficulty by
the fire department last night.
Summoned by . neighbor, the
fire department dispatched an
engine TO the scene, and one
of the men got in the house
through an unlocked window.
He then opened the front
door for the woman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07

I calculating on distance and propa-
ganda, are clouding sane United
States judgmet by hiding the real
situation and the possibility of real
izing their aims"
LATE GERMAN STORY
Berlin, June 7.-(UP)-Fighting
ragged with "unabated fury" today
as German sources reported a con-
tinued advance against stubborn"
French resistance and the official
news agency said that many Allied
air fields and the French port Of
Cherbourg had been heavily bombed.
The battle in which German
forces were reported making pro-
gress on a broad front from the
English Channel to the Chemin Des
Danes Heights, less than so miles
north of Paris, has now entered a
stage In which Nazi sources said
that no detailed information would
be published for several days.
The official news agency said, how
however, that German airplanes had
bombed large number of air fields
in central ana eastern France an
"as on the British air fields the
destruction OF numerous planes Is
to be assumed"
Cherbourg was raided by many
planes which rained heavy bombs
on the port despite strong anti-air-
craft fire.
Big fires and explosions were
started along the harbor, the agency
said.
The German gains announced yes
terday along the Somme river
front were considerably extended"
during the day, the agency said.
THE depth Of the battle area in
which French troops at certain
points offered bitter resistance fail
ed to halt Sae German attack"
the agency said.
German troops are fighting for
ward on battlefields of 1914-l8 and
have won valuable take off points
for further operations"
The German air force, using its
anti-aircraft guns effectively, play
ed an important part in the fight
ing, destroying many French tanks,
according to the agency.
No Big Nazi Gap
London, June 7-(UP)-British
military quarters said today that
as far as can be seen the Germans
have not as yet made any appre-
ciable gap in the Somme- Aisne lines.
The military quarters said that the
Germans had made some advances
but that on the whole the new de-
Tense system adopted by the French
had had reasonable measure Of
success. They said the French were
making a splendid defense"
They said 1t could now be revealed
that the day before the German at
tack was launched the British at
tempted to drive the Germans from
the Abbeville bridgehead. The at
tack was said to have been partly
successful but difficulties arose when
an ammunition train failed to ar
rive quickly enough.
The failure reduced the scale Of
the attack, the military quarters
said with the result that the Ger
mans could not be driven out COM
pletely.
The next morning, the sources
said, the Germans launched their
big drive and forced the Allies back
to the Bresle river.
Former Emperor Halle Selassie of
Ethiopia was said today to be at
Bath where he has lived in retire
ment since the Italian conquest of
Ethiopia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
"HOt and Cold"

Building Inspector John T.
Hartley said today that expan-
sion and contraction Of bricks
because of alternate cold, hot,
and rainy weather created q
space between the bricks and
the outer cement surfacing
which caused the cement to
drop on the BEN Rus company
at Maple street and Cherry ave-
nue. yesterday.
A large section OF cement
dropped six stories and dam
aged two automobiles owned by
Lester Nichols, Of 159 Charles
street, and Pauline Hamel, Of
500 South Main street, parked
below.
The sidewalks were roped on
until the building b repaired
and the dangerous condition
corrected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
MAYOR AND LADIES
FOREMEN'S GUESTS

The s. r. o. sign was evident
early last night at the final sum-
mer meeting Of the Chase Fore
mems association at the Chase
Country club where their wives and
sweethearts were guests Of honor.
Games OF all sorts were enjoyed
and many beautiful Chase products
distributed as prizes. Mayor Vim
cent A. Scully attended as guest
OF honor. 1t was announced that
the associations second annual ex-
cursion to the Worlds Fair win be
held June "a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
Cases Restored

On motions Of attorneys Judge
Carl Foster ct this mornings
short calendar session Of the supe-
rier court list, which had been dis
confused restored 10 The docket.
A total Of e2 cases we're dlscen.
tlnued By order Of The eeuFt en-
May II, 1870 and Il was necessary
for lawyers 10 make eFal aotlens
this morning Ger restoration Of
their cases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
Chasse Chased

Exceeding the speed limit by 81
miles an hour, Joseph Emil Chase,
Il. Of Buckingham street. Hartford
was arrested yesterday by Motor
Patrolman Thomas Phelan and no
tined for trafiic court Monday.
Ofiicer Phelan said he clicked
Chase at 50 miles an hour on q
rs mile-an hour thOroughfare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-07
Dance Tonight

The Mattatuck Tribe, No. Is Of
the Improved Order Of Red Azen
win hold their first annual dance
tonight 1t the Wolcott Fair
Grounds. The public Is cordially
Invited 10 attend. M.
The committee In charge Of the
dance ID Morgan Gannen. ehalr-
man. assisted By Ebert williams.
Edward Bchoeck. William Kelleher
and Paui Richards.