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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
HOME OWNERS LOAN CORPORA TON, of Washinton, D. C.,

HOME OWNERS LOAN CORPORA TION, of Washinton, D. C.,
 MARY J. HARDER, fSi of Waterbury, as Administratrix, of estate of Charles F. Harder, late of said Wa WIDOW, HEIRS AND CREDITORS OF SAID CHARLES F. HARDER, DECEASED, EFT AIS.
 ORDER OF NOTICE
 STATE OF CONNECTICUT, T, NEW
 HAVEN COUNTY, ss. Waterbury April 18th. A. D.. 1940.
 UPON THE COMPLAINT of the said Home Owners Loan Corpora tion praying for reasons therein set forth for decree of foreclosure of mortgage on and the possession of the premises at No. BOA Grandview Avenue, in said Waterbury, appoint ment of q receiver, etc. made re, re, in and for New Haven County at Tuesday of May, A. D. 1940, it ap- bearing to and being found by the subscribing authority that certain of said defendants are of parts un-
 ORDERED, That notice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Eve ming Democrat, a newspaper printed in said Waterbury, three days suc- cessively, commencing on or before the 32nd day of April. A. D., 1940. by some proper officer who, with his doings thereon indorsed, shall make
 GEORGE II. FREEMAN. Clerk of the Superior Court for New Haven County at Waterbury.
 OF NEW HAVEN, ss. Waterbury, Conn. April 19, 1940.
 The within and foregoing Is true Order of Notice in my hands for service and with my doing thereon endorsed.
 Attest: -..,. GEORGE Y. HAYES, :. 4-19-3t Deputy Sherim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
"It's okay, Butch-dis guys me mouthpiece."
: Automobiles
Autos and Trucks For Sale
By Clyde Lewis

'39 Dodge Sedan. Like new. '38 Ford Convertible Coupe '38 Chevrolet Trunk Sedan '38 Plymouth Deluxe Sedan. R. & H. '37 Plymouth Trunk Sedan '38 Chevrolet Coach , '37 Chrysler Trunk Sedan, R. & H. > '37 Ford Trunk Sedan with Radio
 and new white wall tires. '37 Dodge Trunk Sedan '36 Chevrolet Town Sedan '36 Dodge Sport Coupe '36 Ford Tudor Sedan '33 Dodge Sedan
 '35 Buick R. s. Coupe
 '34 Chrysler 6 wheel Sport Coupe '35 Plymouth Trunk Sedan '34 Chevrolet Master Coupe '33 DeSoto Custom Sedan GROVE USED CAR EXC { IA Grove St. Open Evenings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
LiUe Stock
47 Eggs Poultry, Supplies

CHICKENS-l6c tb: Boosters. l5c tb: Broilers. l7c tb, { to 6, $l N. E. Poultry Mkt- 27 Jefferson. 228 Baldwin. 3-33S4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Legal Notices
NOTICE! SEWER ASSESSMENTS

The Board of Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Water bury, at q meeting held April 18th, 1940, made assessment for sewer purposes on property and against property owners on Frost hoaoi Cedar Avenue, in the amount set to their respective names, to witt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20

BUNKER HILL-Section. family, 6 room house. 2-car garage. Large lot. $6,000. Mark A. TNerney Agency. Real Estate and Insurance. I'll Bank St. Dial 4-2258.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
NOTICE! \ SEWER ASSESSMENTS

The Board of Commissioners ot Public Works of the City of Water bury, at a meeting held April 18th, 194O, made assessment for sewer purposes on property and against nue, from Melrose Avenue to Green leaf Avenue, in the amount set to their respective names, to witt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Merchandise
30 Business < once Equipment
NEW!

l SLIGHTLY-Used 600 it. Richard son Hot Water Boiler. slightly used Warm Air Furnace. ] slightly used automatic hot water heater. , Waterbury Furnace Works, 26 Washington St. Dial 4-1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Notice To Property Owners

A ruling passed by the Board of Public Works d a meeting held Tuesday, April 18th. 194o extending on payments of Water Bills will not be effective until approved by the Board of Aldermen, which meets May 9th, 1940.
 Bills sent out April 18th, become
 H. SCOTT SMITH,
 Superintendent, &-1S-3t Streets, Sewers and Water
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Real Estate For Sale
Hou.e FOr Sale

BUNKER HILL-i-FamiIy house, 6 rooms. Large lot. Price $500. In- quire D. Castelano. 3-7107 between 6-7 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
NOTICE! SEWER ASSESSMENTS

The Board of commissicnsrs of bury, at a meeting held April l6th, 1Si6, made assessments for sewer purposes on property and against pvopPrty owners on Circular Ave- nue, from Frost Road to Falriawn Avenue, In the amounts set to their resfectiye Na mes to witt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Legal Notices
NOTICE! SEWER ASSESSMENTS

The Board of Commissioners oi Public Works of the City of Water. bury, at a meeting held April 18th 1940, made assessments for sewer purposes on property and against property owners on Greenleaf Ave. nue, from Frost Road to MiddIefield Avenue, in the amounts set to theiI respective names, to wit:-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Legal Notices
NOTICE! SEWER ASSESSMENTS

The Board of Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Water bury, at a meeting held April 16th, 1940, made assessment for sewer purposes on property and against from Frost Road to Middlefield Ave- nue, in the amounts set to their re- spective names, to witt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Announcements
RersOua0

Scientific Chiropractic Adjustments for headaches, dizzi- ness, nervousness, heart stomach and liver ailments, rheumatism, arthritiS, backaches, constipation poor circulation, etc. Dr. E. J. Kuchle, Chiropractor, Ill West Main St., LilIey Bldg. Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri, 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p. m. Tel. 4-8198.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20

'36 Nash Ambassador G. pr. Tour. Sedan. Clean and nice ....... $445
 Waterbury Nash Co. 395 West Main St. Dial 3-1193
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
NOTICE! SEWER ASSESSMENTS

The Board of Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Water bury, at a meeting held April 16th, 1940, made assessment for sewer purposes on property and against property owners on Ridgetield Ave- nue, from Frost Road to S5 feet east of Middlefield Avenue, in the amounts set to their respective names, to wit:-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20

Dental Plates Repaired-S hrs. $1
 Your Old Plate made like new \ up CITY DENTAL LABORATORY l61 East Main St. Dial S-S6s6
Evening star., 1940-10-29

Monentous news because Koy-
ser hos never had q Stocking
Sole. All your fovorite weights
ore incIuded-2, 3 and I
threods. And it isn't O bit too
eorIy to stort Koyser-coIIectine
for gifts. Koysers ore pure silk
from thigh to toe!
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Fresh a Rum0rs

The rumors of peace proposals. which have
come often since France surrendered, have
reached the definite declaration in a Rome dis
patch that Hitler himself will make an offer to
Britain shortly, via a speech in the reichstag,
for settlement of the issues involved in the
war.
The report may be wishful thinking, or it
NAV contain the germ of truth. Hitler may,
indeed, nave concluded that a campaign
against England would be inadvisable, it there
is a remote chance of imposing a peace IN
which he could gain as much as through the
wars prolongation.
It is not possible, of course, to know in adj
vance what the German fuehrer plans to DO,
but it is apparent that during the month since
France capitulated something has happened 10
put the brakes on the Nazi war machine. Up
to that time the German armies had moved
steadily and relentlessly toward the ultimate
goal, which Hitler declared was the capture OF
ENGLAND. But almost from the day that France
fell there has been talk of a peace, and hgnt-
ing on a large scale ceased. The air raids on
ENGLAND can hardly be considered a major Of
fensive.
It NAV be that Stains activities in the Bal
kans have caused a reshaping OF the German
war plan. Stain has, at least, given Hitler
something to think about beside the conquest
of ENGLAND. Or it may be that Mussollm mas
not come up to scratch in his efforts TO drive
the British from the Mediterranean. Certainly
there has been nothing in his military or naval
operations since he put his Shiny hand to the
sword which would justify a German nope Oh
effective aid from him.
On the other hand, it may be that Hitler Is
persuaded that the British, at last, are deter
mined and equipped to fight a long conflict IN
which his chances OF victory lacking me
French fleet, have grown Simmer than wnen
he first declared London his chief objective.
However this may be, and from what cause
his months inactivity may have sprung II IS
a notable fact that a month of idleness Is not
in the usual German pattern. 1t is contrary
To every actual and implied meaning Of the
blitzkrieg.
Can it be possible that German forces nave
lost their striking power? It would be unsafe
to assume that they have, but it is obvious that
Hitler is not as impatient for battle as when
he sent his armies into the low countries.
But peace? 1t is not to be thought OF now at
London. if Winston Churchill correctly voiced
the sentiment of the British government and
neople in his recent broadcast when he said
that England was prepared to fight the battle
of London street by street if necessary and
would yield only when the empire had exhaust
ed it's every resource. a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
School Budget

The county and city school budget offered by
the board of education shows some increase
over last year. But examination of the items
for which funds are requested over previous
expenditures shows no unreasonable demand.
On the contrary, it is difficult to see how the
school system can function efficiently if the re-
quested funds are not forthcoming. To deny
them would be to place the system under a
handicap.
The largest single item is for capital outlay
It is for $12, 600, and calls for two new Buses
So, O00; science and vocational equipment, ST.
300; light fixtures for class rooms, 81, 200; class
room furniture, $4,000 and auditorium seats
S., 600. Fixed charges are increased 1898 Tor
insurance on additional buildings. Plant main
tenance is increased $1,400 for two additional
%janitors and two part-time helpers at addition
al buildings. Bus drivers payroll is raised
81, 214 to compensate three additional bus driv.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
DRIVING SCHOOL

Dear Sir: -.
T understand there is a movement
to discontinue the WPA Driving
Schools all over the state.
In view of the good these schools
have done and the lives they prob
ably have saved or accidents avert
ed account of the things learned
in them, I would like to see you,
editorially and otherwise. get behind
this and force the authorities to
continue the schools.
The county and city authorities
should know how beneficial it has
been in this county and city and
it seems to me that they should
make every effort to have the school
here continued, which has done good
work under the able supervision of
the instructor, G. W. smith, who
is one of the best instructors in
the state and while they have him,
they should try and hold on to him.
AS a student in n of these schools,
I would like to state that you learn
things about driving while attend
ing the classes that you would never
learn in a lifetime of driving with
out this training.
Hoping that this School we have
may be continued, even if the others
are abolished, I am,
Yours truly,
J. EDWIN BUNTING
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
W. R. Williamson Leads
Platoon Al Navy Station

William Reece Williamson, Jt'
10, of Wilmington, who joined o,'
U. S. navy through the local o.
flee on May Is, has completed 'HT
course of instruction at the NaVa'
Training station, Norfolk, win Gr
highest marks in his platoon IVA
all around proficiency.
His mother, Mrs. Della Morton
Williamson, of 1924 Castle street.
received a letter yesterday lf2ul
Captain H. A. Mcclure, OF t"t
U. S. navy, saying: His cohoug,
and bearing in general, his a''oa
ton to duty and the intelligent Man,
in which he has learned dn'
profited from the instruction
fleet much credit on his early u'"'
ing.
He has shown unusual aPtlV"oo
for the naval service and lHe.I
is excellent promise that, Il ~
continues as well as he has ne5"'
his naval service will be very S''
.cessful."
Williamson was employed "'
Drug store bcIo'e
the navy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Commerc For The Port

In his discussion of Wilmington's port busl-
ness and development, Cyrus D.. Hogue, chair
man of the port commission, told the Better
Business club at the clubs meeting on Monday
night, that two of North Cardinals major ex-
ports, furniture and tobacco, are chiefly dis
tributed through Virginia ports, and urged the
club to use it's power to have both brought to
Wilmington for water transport to markets.
Both are produced in great quantities in the
ports natural service area, but reach tldeWat-
err in a neighbor state because its ports. no.
tably Norfolk, have solicited the business and
made its way smooth.
There has been some tobacco moving
through this port in recent years, but from
boat to freight car. There has been little stor-
age, no additional handling, largely because
the port could not compete with others in ter
minal facilities. Furniture is practically I'M
known in the port. Both, Mr.. Hogue believes,
could be concentrated in Wilmington for a ma
terial increase in the ports commerce, under
proper conditions.
To assimilate this business it will be neces-
sary to provide additional terminal facilities,
such as the city and county and port commits
sion have proposed. They can be had IT the
people of Wilmington want them sufficiently to
demand their construction and back the move
ment for them. Nor are furniture and tobacco
the only exports available. Cotton goods and
a dozen other commodities could be brought
in if accommodations for them were available.
But none of them will come until such time as
the people of Wilmington awaken to their port
opportunity and go ahead with the building OF
new public terminals.
It was Lincoln who said that where there is
no vision the people perish. This will be true
of Wilmington's port unless the people have
the vision of their ports possibilities. 1t is
doubly true for the reason that vision is. not
lacking among the people of other competing
ports which continually improve the accommo'
dations offered for commerce.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Four Naval Recruits
Study At Sub School

Four young men from Southeast
ern North Carolina are now attend
ing the submarine school at New
London, Conn, F. L. Williams, local
naval recruiting officer, reported
yesterday.
They are: Robert T. Simmons, of
route two, Clarkton; Floyd F. Hin
son, of route one, Clarendon; Irving
H. Excel, Of 1920 North Fourth
street; and Clayton T. Jordan, of 52S
Mercer avenue.
They YER enlisted through the
local sub-station. February 20, COM
pleted eight weeks of preliminary
training at the naval training station
base at Hampton Roads, Va, and
later volunteered for active subma-
rine duty.
Three additional enlistments yes
terday included: Thomas G. Register
20, of Magnolia, apprentice seaman;
Jacob L. Marshall, rs, colored, of lis
South Ninth street, and Curtis Bry-
ant, Is, of Bolivia, mess attendant
branch of the U. S. Naval service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
By Robin Coons-

HOLLYWOOD, July 16.-It's all
right, in case the folks back in
Omaha and Grand Island, Neb.,
are wondering. Henry Fonda still
is Henry Fonda, after four years
and 20-odd pictures in a town that's
turned older heads than Hanks.
Take the guy and his family, for
instance. Fonda is an old-style fam
lily man. He likes to quit work on
time and go home. If he's not home
by $50 the youngsters are in bed,
and Papa Fonda feels cheated. He
and Fritz Lang, making THE Re-
turn of Frank James," haven't
been overtime. Papa Fonda knows
about schedules. and he's reason
able, but a fella has to see his
family once in a while doesn't he?
There were locations-seven weeks
of 'em-during which he saw the
family just twice.
Something had to be done. The
Fondas broke precedent. For the
Ill oG lille, lN1 D. Ol1ud VlSlLGu LllG
set and brought the children-Fran-
ces Brokaw, 8, and Jayne Seymour
Fonda, 2. Peter, whose age is still
counted in weeks, couldn't join the
party but Papa Fonda had a good
visit with the others.
Even in a dress suit Henry Fonda
looks like the perennial rustic. He's
the mountain boy of Trail of the
Lonesome Pine" and the farmer
boy of "The Farmer Take a Wife"
and he's Tom Joad of The Grapes
of Wrath" and he's Young Mr..
Lincoln" And no amount of polish
covers up the genuine earthiness
of the Fonda makeup. He can have
a swell time in a night spot and
still looks like a lad who'll be up
early milking the cows.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
is "SOFT" THE WORD?
New York Herald-Tribune)

Hardly a day passes on which at least one of
our accredited soothsayers, ranging from
preachers to politicians, from big business
men to journalistic philosophers, doesn't come
forward with the accusation that the American
people have become 'tsoft.'' What does the
word mean? 1t means different things to diff
ferent people; it can be misleading and even
dangerous. In its worst and most sinister con-
notation, the epithet can be applied in attempts
to prove that under our system of democracy
it is inevitable that a people should become
fabby, inefficient, inert, incapable of unified
effort. The tragic fact is that this theory has
a certain surface plausibility, and that many
persons today believe it.
Other users of the word mean other things.
Some apparently mean that we should forsake
our ideas of a high standard of living and turn
back to the rigorous standards of the forefa-
theirs. 1t is, in a way, a romantic notion. There
were sturdy virtues in those days. But there
was the other side, too-men aged and bent at
forty, women gnarled and broken at thirty,
and a business and political immortality that
is not pretty to contemplate. Soft? Some OBJ
servers, even at this late date, appear to think
that we were spoiled by the easy living of the
boom years of the 1920's. It might be recalled
that those were not ''easy'' days for every
body. And as for the period in which We are
living, certainly they are not "easy"-not for
many millions who are harassed and tortured.
1t is, somehow, a curious belief held by
many that poverty, incessant worry, and back
breaking hard work constitute a virtuous way
of life, and that they in themselves place the
hallmark Of nobility upon a race. Isn't this a
thoroughly senseless, not to say contemplate.
doctrine? And yet it exists. But the question
remains: If we are ~'tsoft," in what way? It
may be suggested that, after all, soft is not
quite the word for what has happened to a
good many millions of Americans.
What has happened here is not tar to seek. 1t
is something akin to disillusionment. 1t does
no good to tell a man who is unemployed, or on
relief, or worried almost beyond endurance,
that he has become soft and lost the early
American virtues. The fault is not with his
character or his stamina; he is a victim OF
frustration-the increasing, day in and day out
realization that he is being swept along by a
cruel current which he is poWerless either to
understand or to combat. This man may be
hungry, but he can get angry enough to fight.
The guess may be ventured that he is still hui
man material.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
HISTORICAL SITES
WILL Be MARKED
Designation Of Homes Of
James And Alfred Moore
Planned By State

RALEIGH, July 16.-R-A mar,
ker designating the site of a Bri-
fish invasion of North Carolina dur
ing the war of 1872 will be placed
at Swan Quarter, Hyde County,
DR.. C. C. Crittenden, secretary Of
the state historical commission,
said today.
The marker will state that a
British force under Admiral Coca
burn occupied Portsmouth and Oc-
racoke in July, 1873, thirty miles
southeast of Swan Quarter, across
Pamlico sound.
Other historical markers to be
placed soon will designate the site
of a conference in Raleigh be-
tween General Grant and General
Sherman on terms OF surrender
to be offered Johnston's C%onfeder'
ate army; the cafp of Patrick Fer
guson and his Tory force in CleVe'
land county during the American
Revolution; the scene Of General
Martins surrender at WayneSVlle
of the army of Western North Car
DINA, the Confederate force IN the
state; the home in Rocky Point
Pender county. of James Moore
whig commander in the Moore
Greek campaign.
Camp Polk, a World War tank
camp near Raleigh; the Brunswick
county home of Alfred Moore, an
officer in the Revolution me as
sociate justice of the us. Supreme
Court; the site of Littleton college
at Littleton; the visit of George
Washington to New Bern durlh5
his southern tour and the 4adAll
county home of Richmond Pearson
chief justice of the state supreme
court from 1858 to 1873.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Star-News Program

Consolidated tty.County Government
under OounciLManagcr Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected TRUCK and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside High.oay from WrfghtsOiHe
Beach to Bold Head Island.
Extension OF city Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, totd'
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
orion Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Produc
ton through sustained yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported by one,
countrywide tar.
S%hipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for 1chites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF ndtivs grape 0roacin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Loving Becomes Director
Of Defense Construction

CHARLOTTE, July 16-R-Har-
ry w. Loving resigned today as
executive secretary of the Carolina
branch, Associated General Con-
tractors of America. Inc, to be-
come director of all national de-
tense construction on a cost-plus-
fee basis.
Loving was sworn in late last
night as a major and will head the
constructing branch of thu con-
struction division, quartermaster
corps, of the army. His headquar-
tiers will be in Washington.
His work will include supervision
Of building new military camps,
and enlargement of existing ones.
He is expected to continue in the
job until the present emergency is
ended.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

There's a legend about town that
Fonda occasionally visits four-blt
flop houses and spends a night with
the doWn-and-outers to remind him
self that life is not all beer and
skittles. The Fonda life before Hol-
lyWood wasn't moonlight and roses.
After he got the stage yen from
three years in the Omaha COM
munity theater, and went to New
York, he had his share of pave
ment-pounding and hunger. "a
nickel's worth of rice swells up
into a mighty filling dish," he can
tell you. He's had jobs as iceman,
telephone trouble-shooter, garage
mechanic, MISUNDERSTANDING for
painful periods no jobs at all. His
favorite scent, even today, is the
smell of a bakery in operation.
Shortly after he came to town he
had an interview with a woman
magazine writer who wanted to do
a story on Henry Fonda's Love
Life" Fonda naturally paled and
refused to talk. The story came
out, quoting Fonda on his ex-wife,
Margaret SULLIVAN. That's W h a t
made him an interview-dodger for
years. Lately he has loosened up,
but he still is the despair of pub
licity men except that he's likeable
and cooperative and is his own
best STORY"
Walter Wanger brought him out
here first. Fonda told Wanger he
didn't like the idea and wanted to
go back, and Wanger thought he
wanted more than he was offered.
Fonda couldn't talk when Wanger
offered $1,000 a week. He's still
here. 4