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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-07
Better Buyers Briefs

Better Buyers Leaders meeting held Thur day,
February 20, at the home Of Mrs. Martin Miller, TIA
Ridge Road. Twelve group leaders present.
Reports given by chaixmen of various commit
tees and plans made for q social event In the
future. Mrs. Howard Petersen gave a report
from Consumers Union automobiles and radios. Mrs.
Evelyn Cooper led the group in H vart-
spices.
The next meeting Will be held on March L., at the
home of Mrs. Gilbert Hetne, Sc Parkway.
Mrs. Bessie Bri c1nan hostess to ten members
of Better Buyers group February n. The club
welcomed member, Mrs. Ann Harrison.
Mrs. Dorothy Hartley Will entertain the group at
her home, 1o-C Ridge Road, Tuesday, March u.
Mrs. Anne Miller announced Dr.. J. w. Still will
lead discussion cooperative medicine.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-07

Use tapioca instead of gelatin (jello, etc.)
when maldng salads and desserts. It is nutri-
tious and less expensive.
Molasses is excellent source of bot iron and
calcium. Both New Orleans (cane) molas9es and sor-
ghm molasses have approximately the nutritive
value. Corn syrup, viii oh has nutritive VAL
than sugar costs twice much. Mo1asses is
SID times good as sugar (tota1 nutritive units
in one pound sugar is 1914; in pound molasses
it is l,2o7.4. Corn syrup is relatively expensive
food but molasses has place in the low cost diet.
Raw foods usually better for vitamin C than
cooked foods. Tomatoes exception. Cabbage
loses half the vitarn content when lightly cooked.
Serve cabbage relish (sugar and vinegar)
often. Five minute cabbage cooked in milk is de-
sireab1e change.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-07

Youth a tenperamental predouinance of cou-
age tindity; of the appetite of adventure
love of ease.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-07

No grows old by merely living number of
years. People grow old only by deserving their l.
deals. Years wrinkle the skin but to give up
thusia wrinkles the soul.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-07

lh. and Mrs. II. y. Norton of 32-A Crescent Road,
the birth of daughter, Renee, March ,,
1870. Renee born in the Greenbelt Hospita and
weighed seven pounds, four ounces.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-07

If you wish to buy your seeds at discount, the
proper channel Is your Garden Club.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-07
Greenbelt's New Babies

Nary Ann Matthews, daughter of Nj. and Mrs.
Forrest F. Matthews, 45-S Ridge Road, born Feb
ruary . in the National Homeopathic Hospital,
Va hington, D. C.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-07

I understand Mrs. Irving Johnston wants this re-
cipe and Mrs. Ethel Rosenzweig thought tn at maybe
of the rest of might, too. I agreed with
her, and here it is:
1/2 cup shortening 2 ounces chocolate
3A cup sifted flour tsp. baking powder
tsp. salt eggs, we'll beaten
l cup sugar tsp. vanilla
l cup nuts, coarsely cut
Melt shortening and chocolate hot water.
Cool. Sift flour wi tn baking powder and salt. Beat
egg until light; add sugar, then chocolate mixture
and blend. Add flour, vanilla, nuts and mix we'll.
Pour batter into 8B inch CREASED pan. Bake in nod
crate oven (35o0) IS minutes. Cool and cut into
squares. Makes 10 squares.
Double the recipe for lox1o inch pan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
CONSPIRACY TRIAL
 IN SUPREME COURT

Attorney George Crawford, coun- sel for Simon J. Alderman, will lead of in the appeal arguments for IA men convicted in the Waterbury graft trial at the supreme court of errors in Hartford Tuesday morn ing. The final argument will be made by Atty. James D. c. Murray, counsel for T. Prank Hayes.
 Superior Court Judge Dickenson will replace Justice Arthur Els on the supreme court during the con- spiracy appeals. Justice Els, as had been previously reported, will not hear the conspiracy appeals,
 Decision will be reserved by the court after the arguments are com pleted. Because of the length Of the appeal record. 1t is speculated that a decision will not be handed down until March or April.
 It has also been reported thai the grand jury appointed to investigate Waterbury affairs in March, 1887 will be dismissed after the appeal arguments have been completed This report could not be confirmed today.
 The grand jury began its lnvesti. gation March Q, 1888, and issued q report May i9. 1888. Bench war; rants were immediately issued for the arrest Of 27 men here and five in Hartford. The grand jury wa' never discharged. fact which gave rise 10 speculation as 10 whether its probe had been completed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
GRAND JURY WILL
 MEET HERE SOON
For First Time in Two Years; To Consider Mur-
 der Indictment

For the first time in more than two years grand jury will sit in Waterbury Tuesday morning to con- sider murder indictment. The de- fendant is John Saitkowsky, 24, Cheshire reformatory truSty, accused of staying John Beall, 60, reforma- tory cook. in Cheshire, October 30
 The last time a grand jury was summoned here for a murder case was in 1888 when Mrs. Thursa Scott of Waterville, was charged with kill ing her husband. The jury indicted the woman for manslaughter. She pleaded guilty and was given seven to 10 years in Wethersfield. This week she was slated to appear be- fore the board of pardons, but was unable to because of illness.
 Shortly before the Scott case, a grand jury convened here to consider an indictment against Arthur Hivon, of Cheshire, charged with killing his wife. Hivon pleaded guilty to sec ond degree murder and was given life sentence.
 Saitkowsky was charged with first degree murder when arraigned in Cheshire court early this week, He pleaded innocent and was bound over. Next day. States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald asked Judge Alfred c. Baldwin forsa a grand jury,
 The youth is accused of the claw hammer murder of the reformatory cook and the brutal attack on his wife. Susan, 57. who is on the danger list at St. Mary's hospital
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
CRUESOME MURDER IS JUST REVEALED
54-Year-Old Man Con- fesses to Staying of
 Stepdaughter

Rockland, Me, Nov. g - CU.PJ-- A gruesome Halloween staying was revealed belatedly today when 54- year-old man allegedly confessed and directed police to the dissected body of his 17-year-old stepdaugh- ter.
 Police Chief Arthur D. Fish said the alleged slayer John Phelps, at tempted suicide by swallowing poi son and slashing his wrists shortly before his arrest. The chief said the butchered body of the victim. Pau line Phelps, was found lin five or six pieces" buried under piazza and hen house at her home.
 Chief Fish quoted Phelps as say ing his step-daughter was very un- r.,ly" and that they had quarreled immediately before the killing Oc- tober 3l. The chief said. however, he was Investigating the possibility of a different motive.
 Police said Phelps gave this ver- sion of the killing:
 About 5 D. m. October 3l he up- braided Pauline for staying out late nights. As they argued, she rushed
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
Gov. Elect Hurley To
 Resign His Post Soon
Vincent Sullivan Looms as Candidate for State High way Office; John Fitzpatrick Seen as New State
 Executives Secretary

Governor Elect Robert A. Hurley, who will be inaugurated January 8, as the first Catholic chief executive of the state, is expected to submit his resignation as State Public Works Commissioner within a short time and spend the remaining weeks be- fore taking office in drawing up a state program for the next two years. MT. Hurley is understood to favor the appointment of George Burke. of Hartford, now deputy com missioner as his successor.
 Reorganization of the State High way Department will probably be one of the first moves instituted by MT. Hurley after he is sworn in Reliable sources state that the lead ing candidate at present for the post of State Highway Commissioner is Vincent J, Sullivan, former State WPA Administrator, who k now with a contracting firm ir New York. It was Commissioner Hurley's famous survey of the Highway Department, with charges of mismanagement and inefficiency that led to partial reorganization but the governor-elect wants to gC further. The term of the present highway commissioner, William J Cox, expires next year.
 John J. Fitzpatrick, of Fairfield who acted as Commissioner Hurley! political agent during the campaign is the probable appointee as eXecu. tive secretary to the new governor Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
|95 PERCENT OF .-
 TAXES COLLECTED
Total for f94O May GO Higher as Seven Weeks
 Still Left

Ninety-five per cent of the city taxes due in l940 have already been collected, according to Tax Collec- tor HumberS Mangini with more than seven weeks of the year re- maining for additional collections. By Dec. 3l the collections may reach 96 per cent of the total or even more.
 Tax collection is one of the main features in the brightest financial picture that the city government has probably ever presented as it approached the end of year. Not All have collections of current tax es been extremely heavy, but col lections of back taxes, assessments and old age assistance taxes have all exceeded the budget estimates.
 Even with several unexpected de- mands for funds coming up, the city will end the year with a sur plus of over $300,000, it appears. Il may still be nearer $350,000, since Budget Director Thorvold Olsen has been extremely conservative in hlS estimates of the probable surplus.
 Under the amended city charter the bu get makers cannot estimate more than 92 percent of the tas levy as an asset. This means that this year actual collections will turr out to be far in excess of the limit that could legally be estimated a' coming in.
 The first inStallment of city tax. es was due in May of this year, ant many property owners paid theil entire tax for the year at that time to win the discount given by th( city. On June 1, about 70 per cent o the taxes due for the whole veal had been paid.
 October collections, as result were not as heavy, since less was tC be collected. but over $800,000 wa! i taken in.
 Tax Collector Mangini plans drive on unpaid taxes during thu remainder of the year, to bring thu collection record for 1940 as close tt 100 per cent as possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
GERMANS CONTINUE TO RAID SHIPPING
Sustained Attacks on RAF Bases Also Reported
 From Berlin

Berlin, Nov. 9.-UP)-Sustained dive bomber attacks on British con- voys and single ships off the British coast were reported by the German high command today in commit nique which said that the German air force yesterday had concentrated its attacks on Royal Air Force bases.
 The high command said numer- ous hits had been scored on power works anC docks in London. British east coast harbors, especially Yar- mouth, were bombed and there were raids on airfields in the counties of Norfolk and Yorkshire where, it was claimed, a number of hangars were set afire.
 Night attacks were said to have centered on industries at Coventry, the harbor at Liverpool, where ex- plosions were observed, and conveys of the British coast.
 The high command said dive bomber attacks on British shipping resulted certainly" in the sinking of six merchant ships and the pos sible" sinking of two.
 It was claimed that direct hit set a 10000 ton cruiser afire which was "reckoned as lost" Another cruiser was damaged and five other merchant ships were set afire anc four merchant vessels were dam- aged.
 German bombers were said to have Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
BOYS CAUSE OF
 HEAVY DAMAGE
Hold-Ups, Purse Snatch- ings, Thefts, Arson Ac=
 count for Million Loss

Santa Rosa, Cal, November g - P)-Police today asked four boys to repeat for District Attorney Poland McGettigan their confes- sions to holdups, purse-snatchlngs, betting thefts and arson which which caused $l,00o,oo0 in damage
 One is 13 years old, two are II and one is F. They said they had been very busy criminals for four years because crime thrilled them
 Police Chief Melvin Flohr was re- luctant to believe their confessions but his files showed that fires in hotels stores, factories and lumber wards had caused more than $1,- 100000 in damage since 1936-and all were of a suspicious nature.
 Moreover, Flohr said, 13-year-olc Eddie Gonzales, leader of the gang had volunteered that he and his pals had planned to slug Police Desk Sergeant H. D. Huntington at night and steal the impoundec belongings of the prisoners in City jail.
 Eddie; Vernon Cohen, l3, hi brother. Erland, 12, and Bobby Jones, II, have been in trouble witt juvenile court authorities for near ly six years, Flohr said.
 Eddie was arrested yesterday witt a stolen bicycle. After being ques' toned at length. he suddenly broke" Flohr said. and admitting setting fire to the Laws Lumber company's yards, the Pacific Ga and Electric company, the Hote Occidental Annex, the big Rosen' berg department store and thu Cleveland Brothers packing plant
 The other three boys were ar
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
FITZGERALD WILL
 HOLD 2 OFFICES

Norwich. Conn. Nov. 9-OUP)- Mayor William J. Fitzgerald, who was elected Democratic representa- tive to Congress Tuesday, will con- tinue to serve both as mayor and congressman. he indicated today.
 Mayor Fitzgerald said he would not accept his salary as mayor. how ever. He added he would finish hii nayoralty term to which he was elected in June. The mayor will re. turn from Washington every twC weeks for colsncIl meetings
 Fitzgerald Is a former congress. man. but was defeated for re-elec- ton IIl 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
LAWLOR, THOMS
 GET MENTION
Might Fill Offices They Once Held Under Cross
 in New Regime

Three Waterburians, two of them former state officials, are being men: toned for possible important state appointments after Governor -elect Robert A. Hurley takes office in Jan uary. Former State Athletic Con- missioner Joseph H. Lawlor and for mer Statute Revision Commissioner John D. Thoms are being talked oi for either their former places or fol other state posts, while State Senator George T. Culhane is reported under consideration for place in the de- partment of finance and control,
 MT. Thoms and MT. Lawlor re- signed their state positions after al' legations had been made against them by the extraordinary grand jury, but they were eXonerated wher their cases were called for trial al Hartford.
 Another Waterbury man, Attorney Frederic w. Dauch, former law part ner of Judge Edward Mascolo, is eX' pected to be reappointed as deputy tax commissioner for the state. Ht is under Commissioner Charles J Mclaughlin, who is said to be sure of reappointment when his term ex' pires next July l.
 The post of statute revision com missioner is now held by Frederick A. Scott; of Plymouth, whose tern apSe TillU He was formerly Mir Thoms' assistant The salary 1! $7.500 annually.
 The state athletic commissioner | Frank Coskey. of New Britain, Democrat. The post pays S5,50O year. John J. Healey of this city i! secretary of the athletic commis' sion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
STRANCLER IS UNDER GUARD
Wrath of NeighbOrhOOd Is Feared; Killed lO-Year=
 Old Girl in N. Y.

New York, Nov. 9-(UP)-Thomas Conroy, the friend of the family who strangled 10-year-old Gene vieve Connolly and burned her, pos sibly while still alive, in tenement house furnace. was guarded closely today against the wrath of the neigborhood.
 A grim, whispering crowd loltered around the Bronx borough police station where he was held last night and one man hurled brick through the station window. Detectives ran out and caught him. Another crowd collected outside the tenement where 38-year-old Conroy was jam for, while police sifted ashes from the furnace, recovering sufficient bones to establish a corpus delecu.
 Conray had confessed that he killed the shy and beautiful chilt of Robert and Mary Connolly, whom he had known back in Athlone, Ire land. and who had taken him into their home for meals many times last January when he was i'll ano out of work. He said he had seized the girl as she passed the tenement Wednesday evening after visiting a playmate, had fondled and kissed her against her will, and had car ried her to the basement and dis posed of her for fear she would tell her parents. He denied that he had raped her.
 He confessed when confronted by six-year-old girl on whom he had put his hands in the tenement hall way last spring, and with Mrs. Con- nelly, who plaeded with him: Tommy, If you know anything | (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
Tremendous Offensive By R. A.F. Launched On Nazis
Secret Society Under
 Bombings Suspicion
Police Probe Into Group in Connection With Recent Outrage Near ScrantOn-Seek Assassns Who
 Planted Bombs in Car

Scranton, Pa, November g. - CUP) - A secret society believed to be connected with a number Of recent bombings in this coal min ing area, was investigated by oftl- cials today in their search for the assassinS who placed the bomb m the automobile of pr. E. H. Rebhorn that killed two of his children.
 District Attorney Michael J. Eagen revealed the existence Of the society. the name of which was not disclosed.
 Eagen said that every coal miner against whom pr. Rebhorn testified in workmen's compensation cases was being investigated.
 The victims of the bonb-murder were William. l9, and Lois. IT, chill dren of Dr. Rebhorn, director ot the municipal board of health. They were blown to death Thursday night as they entered their fathers auto- mobile.
 Police said the bomb apparently had been set to detonate when the front door of the automobile was opened. Detectives found top oi tin can which led them to be- lieve the bomb was manufacturee from high explosives placed in su2f a container
 State and Lackawanna County detectives, aided by Federal Bureal of Investigation agents and eX plosives experts from Philadelphia and New York, believed the boml was intended to kill Dr. Rebhorn Spurred by rewards of $8,80o poste' by local and county authorities. newspaper and civic leaders, the worked on several theories.
 One suspect, an employe dis missed a month ago from tn Scranton Contagious Diseases Hos pital, was released last night afte hours of questioning. Official refused to reveal the identity of tn man but said there was "littl chance" he was connected with tn case.
 Several parts of the bomb, whict splattered over wide area of th' fashionable hill section, were takei to Philadelphia in an effort to de termine the type of explosive used
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
DORIS DUKE HAS
 LEFT HUSBAND

San Pedro, Cal. Nov. e-lUP)- Doris Duke Cromwell. heiress to a tobacco fortune, was enroute by ship to Honolulu today. having per. manently separated" from her hus- band. James H. R. Cromwell.
 Mrs. Cromwell, accompanied only by her personal maid, boarded the Inter Matsonia last night IS min- utes before 1t sailed.
 ''It's very simple" she said, i've separated from my husband. It's a permanent separation. I have no plans for the future"
 She said that they had been estranged "four or Ave months" and that she last saw him on June (. his birthday.
 She sad it was a great pity" her husband was defeated ln his race ] for the senate in New Jersey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 NOV. 9, 1889
(By United Press)

wy
 Polish Telegraph dispatches said a statue of Woodrow Wilson In Wilson Park at POsen, Poland. had been destroyed by the German au- thOrities as an "artistic eyesOre." It was the work of GutzOn Borg lum.
 Prime Minister Chamberlain said the British saw little hope of peace pact with the Ger mans. In his London speech, he said Great Britain did not want tO continue the war a day long CT than necessary 1T a satisfac- tory agreement can be obtained in another way"
 AdOlph Hitler was Informed Of his marrow escape from possible death ln lhe bombing Oi . beer garden at Bueiserbraeu Hall in Munich. iie said "a man must have luck"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
BRITISH JUST
 MISS HITLER
BOmbers Attack Munich 4 Minutes After Scheduled
 Speech
BY NED RUSSELL
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff COrrespondenD
 London, Nov. 9.-CUP)-British bombing planes arrived over Munich IA minutes after Adolf Hitler was due to make speech there last night and remained for more than an hour and a half, dropping heavy bombs on military targets, it was asserted authoritatively today
 The London Star this afternoon appeared with bannerlines saying "Hitler's Beer Cellar Bombed" It said bombs fell around the beer eel lar, which was believed to have been hit. A report in reliable air circles said one stick of bombs over- shot their mark and Init famous beer hall, starting large fire" It was not indicated whether this was the beer hall that is Nazi shrine in which Hitler was speaking.
 Earlier, usually reliable infor- mants had said that British planes heavily bombed military objectives in the Munich area at an early hour when it was believed Hitler and leading NaZi party members were still celebrating the l7th anniversary of their beer cellar putsch there.
 Authoritative informants supple mented this by saying that Royal Air Force objectives at Munich were railroad communications, most of which are in the center of the city.
 Therefore it. is-easy- to imagine, it was added, that those assembled in the beer hall were undoubtedly disturbed"
 Car-shunting yards were among the objectives attacked and heavy bombs were dropped on them.
 (The Loewenbraeu cellar where Hitler spoke is close to the big rail- road yards which penetrate Munich. The London dispatch said that Hit Ter was scheduled to speak at 8:20 D. rn., and that the British planes arrived at S;34 and left at l0:l0. Ac- cording to disaptches from Germany Hitler actually started speaking more than two hours before the British planes would have arrived. He spoke ofor more than an hour. He has often remained in the hall on such occasions, celebrating the the anniversary with his friends, Possibly British informants believed that Hitler was to speak at 8:20 because the Nazis had arranged to rebroadcast Hitler's speech from rec ords at that time. This rebroad-
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