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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
Full Weather Report

Boston. Dec. 26-(UP)-Weath- CT forecasts
 CONNECTICUT - Cloudy with light rain tonight and Friday neding Fridya afternoon. Warmer tonight.
 MASSACHUSETTS, and R H O D ISLAND-Cloudy with dight rain tonight and Friday evening Friday afternoon. Warmer tonight.
 According to reports recently re- ceived, Italian technicians have de- vised a portable prefahricated hangar. The hangar is made of tubular steel frame and is covered with galvanized sheet iron.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
BOARDS TO MAKE
 FINAL TRANSFERS
Finance Commissioners, Aldermen in Adjourned
 Parleys Monday

Final transfers to allow city de- partments to balance their appro- priations and expenditures for 1940 will be made at adjuorned meetings of the boards of finance and alder men Monday. The finance commits Sioners will meet at p. m. and act on long list Of requests for trans fers. Their recommendations will be received by the aldermen at 8 o'clock.
 The transfers will be mostly mil nor in nature, consisting in great part of transfers from one item to another within a departmental ap- propriation. Some transfers from the contingency fund will be asked.
 The city will end the year with the largest surplus in it's history, but the exact amount will not be known until some time in February The 1940 books must, under the char ter, be Kept open until the end of January.
 It is believed that the surplus will range between $325 900 and $350, ,000. The budget adopted for next year provides an estimate of $316, ,245 for the current years surplus, but this figure was made purposely conServ- ative.
 The city will begin operating un- der the 1941 budget next WedneS- day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
CRASH VICTIMS
 STILL SERIOUS
Little Change in Condition of Mir. and Mrs. LeOn=
 ard MOWad

The condition of Mir. and Mrs. Leonard Mowad of 8 Slocum street, who were seriously injured in an automobile accident on the Hudson River Parkway Sunday while on their way to friends in Philadel- phia, was reported this morning as unchanged" at the Mother Cab- rinis Memorial hospital in New York City.
 Their daughter, Jean. three years old, was killed in the same acci- dent. MT. Mowad, 38 years old, has been Semi-conscious since his ad- mittance and his name remains on the danger list, while Mrs. Mowad. who is 31 years old, was reported as flair"
 The Mowads were on their way to Philadelphia to spend their holi- day with friends when MT. Mowad lost control of his car, as he glanced momentarily toward the anchored warships in the Hudson, and crashed into lamp post on the parkway. The car was a com- plete wreckage from the impact.
 Funeral services for the couple $ daughter were held at the Bergin funeral home, 290 East Main street, Tuesday. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. The bearers were Phillip Koosa, Thomas Kanyil, Joseph Dahdah, and Paul Donharone. Rev. Francis M. O'Shea, rector of the Immaculate Conception church, off, ciated at the services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26

Hartford, Dec. 26.-The State Highway Department is just closing the largest month and largest year of construction operations in it's history it became known today. The total value of contracts upon which bids have been sought this month is almost $6,0O0,000 while the total for the calendar year will be close to $l6,OOO,O0O, exclusive of costs of rights of way and engineering.
 Another superlative is added with the largest single project upon which bids have ever been received This is the New London Groton bridge, the bids for which were opened on Monday, December B this bridge have an aggregate bid Substructure and Superstructure for value of $3,741, ,92050 or $3,843,- 195 50, these figures being based upon alternate designs for the structure.
 The bridge bids along with others opened the same day, made still a fourth record, the highest day in the Departments history with days total of over $4,000,0o0 worth of projects started on the way to completion.
 Since January 1, 194O, bids have been sought for the extensions of the Parkway system, for four-lane divided express highways, for number of intermediate sized bridges as well as the normal ex- tension of state roads themselves.
 Among the notable items, all or during the year of 1940, are the part of which have been up for bid following:
 The last section of the Merritt Parkway between the Village O; Trumbull in the Town of Nichols and the Housatonic River in Strat- ford.
 The Wilbur Cross Parkway be- tween the Housatonic Bridge at Milford and Route 34 (Derby ave- nue) in Orange.
 Route 34 (Derby avenue) from the Wilbur Cross Parkway to New Haven.
 U. s. Route 5 between Merider ana f1dTC1OTQ ana DeJW6eIl EIdSL Hartford and the East Windsor South Windsor town line.
 Route 32 in New London and Wa terford.
 Route A in Canton, New Hart ford, Winchester, Colebrook and Norfolk.
 Parts of the Wilbur Cross Park way in Willington and Holland.
 The Hartford East Hartford Bridge, in which the State High way Department is acting with the Hartford Bridge Commission, and the additional highways necessary to tie the bridge and it's approaches into the State Highway System in the vicinity.
 A number of bridges that were damaged by floods have been re. placed, and at the same time nu- merous other highways have beer improved in various ways, such as by repavement, regarding or re- alignment.
 Of the projects up for bid dur ing the latter part of the year, a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
BUNNELL DIRECTS
 WOODBURY CHOIRS
Second Annual Christmas Carol Festival to Be
 Held Next Sunday

Lyman B. Bunnell, minister of music at Immanuel Congregational Church, in Hartford, will be guest director at the second annual Christmas carol festival Sunday at 5 p. m. in the Woodbury Methodist Church. The participating choirs will be from the Federated Church in Southbury, the Immanuel Con- gregational Church, Hartford, and the North Congregational and Methodist churches in Woodbury.
 The joint choirs will sing We Three Kings" and 70 Little Town of Bethlehem" under MT. Bunnells direction, and he will also direct the junior choir of Immanuel Church in singing "Sing We Noel" old French carol, and 70 Nightingale. Awake" arranged by Dickinson.
 Mrs. J. D. Coombs, director of the Woodbury Methodist junior choir, will be hostess director.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
HOLIDAY MAIL
 GREATEST EVER
Increase of l2 Per Cent Over Last Year Report
 ed By Charles Platt

A new record for volume of holi- day mail was set this year, postal officials said today. Official figures are not yet completed, but it is esti- mated that 12 per cent more mail was handled this year than last, setting on all-time record for the city.
 Postmaster Charles A. Babin said that the public had cooperated splerdidly with the post-office staff. He said:
 We had wonderful support from everyone and am grateful, and I know that the whole staff appre- ciates the cooperation. We cleaned up, almost 100 per cent on time though the trains that came in after midnight Tuesday were damned with mail, all of which is being deliver ed as soon as possible. All but a skeleton crew had the day of and they richly deserved the rest. The staff worked long and hard and set a new record for us to shoot at in the future"
 Superintendent of Mails Charles Platt gave the estimate of 12 per cent more mail this year than last. The huge volume of cards, letters and packages was distributed in speedy fashion, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
FIREMEN BELIEVE
 FIRE DELIBERATE
$500 Damage to Futile House in WOlcOtt Blamed
 on Incendiary
(NEA Telephoto)

Wolcott, December 26-The un- occupied home of the late Charles s. Futile on Todd road was badly damaged by fire Tuesday and fire men believe the blame may be at tributed to persons deliberately in- tending to destroy the house. Dam- age was estimated at $500.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Gamache of Waterville discovered the fire as they were driving by. They tele- phoned Fire Chief Edward Theriault from Charles TyrelPs home. The volunteer firemen, with the assis- tance of Waterbury apparatus, kept the blaze from spreading to ad- joining buildings.
 The house is owned by Mrs. Kune of St. Louis, Mo, and is valued al about $4,000. Last June a similar fire in the same house was quellee by the local fire department. N one has resided in the house sine, MT. Futile died in January of 193s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26

Holman O'Neill of Illinois has pre- viously served 16 years; Mrs. Rhoda Fox Graves returns with IS years experience to the New York as- Sembly.
 Prior to 1920, when women were granted the right to vote, it has been estimated that approximately 60 women had served in state legis- latures. This estimate is based on incomeplete reports between 1869, when Wyoming was the first state to grant woman suffrage, and 1920, when the Federal Suffrage Amend ment became effective on August 26. In these 51 years, all of the 60 were from western states.
 In 1920, 29 women were elected to sit in the 1921 state legislature; in 1922, B women; in 1923, 84 wo- men; in 1924, 86 women; in 1925, 128 women, in 1926, 130 women; in 1927, 124 women; in 1928, 126 women; in 1929, 149 women in 38 states; in 1881, 146 women in 39 states; in 1883, 1855 women in 34 states; in 1885, 129 women in 35 states; in 1887, 140 women in 35 states; in 1889, 130 wo- men in 28 states; in 1941, 140 women in 29 states.
 Four Secretaries
 A benevolent attitude toward wo- men at the polls will be reflected in several state Capitols when four i feminine secretaries of state take office: Mrs. Chase Going Wood- house of Connecticut; Mrs. Jessie M Gonzales of New Mexico; Olive A. Ringsrud of South Dakota; and Belle Reeves of Washington.
 The popularity of women super intendent of public instruction is evidenced in the election of four women: Mrs. Inez Johnson Lewis. Colorado, reelected to fill her sixth term; Miss Elizabeth Ireland, Mon- tana; Mrs. Grace J. Corrigan, New Mexico; and Pearl A. Wanamaker, Washington.
 Two women state auditors elected last November were Mrs. Ana Froh- miller, Arizona; and Mrs. Berta A. Baker, North Dakota, serving her fifth term. Mrs. Myrtle P. Enking, who has been state treasurer of Ida ho since 1883, was elected for an- other two-year term. Mrs. Marjorie Roemler Kinnaird of Indiana was elected reporter of the supreme court an office traditionally held by a Hoosier woman.
 Women Legislators .I.
 CONNECTICUT = Mrs. Stefanie Kamenski (R); Frances B. Redick (R); Mrs. Charlotte E. Miller (R) Miss Eleanor H. Little tR); Florence J. Redwood (R): Georgiana c Miller CR): Miss Virginia Blood (R); Miss Finette B. Nichols (R); Julia B. Mead (R); Mrs. Nellie D. Stewart (R); Mrs. Clarissa Neyius (R); Bes- sic Taylor (R): Mrs. Florence A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26

All aliens are given until midnight tonight to register and be finger printed or else be subject to heavy penalties and imprisonment. Monday steady stream of aliens filed in Postmaster Charles A. Babin said and a total of 137 registered, al- though the day before Christmas a slackening was noticeable with only 60 appearing.
 The local registration bureau is located on the second floor of the post office building and will be poen until midnight, in accordance with the law the registrants in line until that time will be permitted to register. MT. Babin, who is director of the registration, sad that he does not expect any great rush and be- lieves that with about 11,500 al- ready registered, few remain to file Estimates were made previously where between 5000 and 5000 aliens were in the city.
 William J. Phelan and Russell Farrell, who are in charge of the work, indicated through the total dropping off, that the number will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
To Date Over 11,OOO
 Waterbury Residents
 Have Observed Ruling
Severe Penalties to Be Imposed on WiIfuI Denquents No Rush in Evidence at Post Office Today as
 Time Limit Draws to Close

not be great who are to be registered today.
 A warning issued by Earl H. Har- rison, director of registration, said that non-citizens, who deliberately disobey the law, have forfeited any claim to Uncle Sam's privileges and must suffer all consequences. Aliens who do not register will have to pay a penalty of $I,0OO fine and serve six months in prison. Also for fur nishing false information on the registration blanks will the same penalty be invoked.
 MT. Babin said that those who were unable to come, due to illness or who are invalids have been given service by the registration office.
 Registration figures for the coun- try have already reached 100000 the Justice Department reports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26

Abercrombie (R); Anne Hughes Ar mold (R); Mrs. Dorothy J. Bartlett CD; Mrs. Margaret c. Hurley (D); Isabel c. Rylander (R); Mrs. Lu- cile M. Woodward (R); Virginia N. Rossi (D); Mrs. Belle D. Russell (R); Mrs. Bertha. G ]. Heser CD; Mrs. Maud L. Woodward (R); Helen E. Sellers CD; Mrs. Julia A. Keeney (R); Ruth M. Cooley CD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
1 JAMES LILLIS ! GIVEN BREAK
Waterburian Has SIS of $lOO Naugatuck Fine Re-
 mitted This Morning

Naugatuck, Dec. 26.-James Lillis of 219 South Main street, Water bury, was fined $10O and costs of $5 in borough court today on a charge of driving motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor, and $75 of this fine was remitted.
 His car scraped the fender of a car driven by Helen Sirtowt of 291 Spring street at the corner of Bridge and Main streets yesterday, police said. Patrolman Wilfred Evon made the arrest. This was the only case in court today. Nobody was hurt in the accident and damage was minor, police said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
All-Request Numbers
 Presented Tonight

The public is invited to attend this evenings second in series of three all-request programs of fav- orite concert selections at 7:30 in the music room of the Bronson li- brary.
 A thousaond recordings are avail able, and those attending the con- cert are permitted to make the selec- tions of recordings to be played. The final concert in the series will be held Friday at 7:3O p. m. in the library, under the auspsces of the library and the WPA adult educa- tion program
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
All Aliens Must De Registered by Midnight Tonight
Highway Department
 Closes Record Month
Contraction Work of Past Year to Eclipse Any Pre-.
 viOus Mark; $I6,OOO,O 900 Expended on State Roads

considerable number are of such
 magnitude that work upon them will extend beyond the close of 1940.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26

German goods are reaching Mexi- co by way of Vladivostok.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
MINIATURE CAR
 RAGING GROWS

Portland. Ore. (UP)-Racing of midget automobiles ranging around 20 inches in length and powered by tiny gasoline engines, has made its appearance in Portland. The rac- CTS hold meets each weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-26
I@,p4Hz1ya~t
 ESTABLISHED 1883
ESTABLISHED 1883

An AdIer-Rochester Mt. Rock AIpocion overcoot at $45 Scales The Heights Of Comfortable Service And Good Looks.
 It's on overcoot thot feels good the first doy you put it on-it fits and hangs comfortably because it's properly boIoneed eoot seuIptured from blend of finest wooIs, by master craftsmen in inc art of needing and proportioned SO accurately there's no stroin af shoulders and the collar hugs the neck without e pull or drag anywhere.
 AdIer-Rochester Mt. Rock AIpa- elan hos the softness of . fur but it has sturdy. stout, weoE- resisting heort of steel that will stond 'Gbrosion opIenty and stand the hard knocks real he-men are apt 10 give their clothes and come up for more punishment.
Evening star., 1940-05-26

prefer to work on hazy days - even
for color shots, and you can't go
wrong following that practice.
Panchromatic film is preferred for
this sort of work, with light filter
that won't increase your exposure
much but which will reduce the vari-
Evening star., 1940-05-26

and amateurs 60 out in the midday
sum-" The best time to snap flowers is
before 10 AM, and after 3 PM. Even
then, the weaker the sun the better,
because strong light wipes out the SUBJ
tleties of flower and gives you white
wash. Most flower picture specialists
Evening star., 1940-05-26
THIsW EEK
SNAP THE Pictures THAT Grow IN Your GARDEN
Some hints that make il
simple TO get gorgeous
snapshots of blossoms
bYFulion Williams

YOw that the green shoots have
N appeared and the buds have
Az burst, you and your camera
have no business missing any of this
overture to summer.
There's little danger of your missing
it, however, because you've got to be
inhuman to withstand the allure of
the dogwood. the lilacs and the deli
cate blossoms rioting all over the
fruit trees. Everybody shoots them:
the real catch is to get something
worth looking at in your prints, and to
that end few hints may be in order.
Possibly you remember that the
gorgeous tree you snapped in bloom
last spring looked more like picture
of a lot of popcorn on twigs than the
fragrant apple blossoms you wanted?
Well, remember that this year - and
make vow to get close-ups of such
skIts. AS a rule, they are the only
satisfying pictures of large mass of
blossoms because they can show the
actual detail and delicacy of dozen
or more of the flowers. When you take
a whole tree at once, each blossom is
reduced to pin point in your print.
A second point to remember is that
old Photographic maxim: Mad dogs
Evening star., 1940-05-26

true when you are dealing with close
backgrounds But when the back
grounds are farther away, 1t Is often .
better to throw them as much out OF
focus as possible so they won't con-
flict with the main subject - and then
you can open up your lens and shoot
faster. This, of course, refers to massed
backgrounds of foliage, etc, and IS
matter for your own discretion.
Pictures of garden flowers with drops
of rain or dew on them always make
hit, and many snapshooters add this
bit of atmosphere by sprinkling few
drops on the bloom. For such shots
YOU should have the light coming from
behind or from one side of the flower.
in order to get the necessary sparkle OF
the water globules. But, again. you'd
better not try this in brilliant sun, or
the result will be too full OF contrast.
The advice about closeups applies
to garden flowers as well as trees IN
blossom. If your camera front won't
rack out far enough to get really close
to these small subjects. then go to
photo shop and get portrait attach
ment that will permit it. And use
tripod whenever you possibly can. be-
cause if you are holding the camera.
the closer you get to the subject the
more exaggerated any hand movc~
ment becomes.
Frequently in this particular type
of work you will find that few card
board backgrounds in various tones of
gray will be great help in separating
a likely subject from other specimens
or foliage that would confuse the pic
ture. A couple of yards of twine for
tying back protrudlng branches is a
good thing to have along. And often a
Y-shaped twig will serve nicely to
steady a tall flower in light breeze
About the only other accessory you
need for success is, sadly, one that
can't be bought at a camera store:
patience 1t seems that there is always
bound to be breeze when you under
take flower snapshots. and your only
recourse is to wait for calm. The
Grand Duchess Marie, an enthusiastic
photographer, once told me that the
toughest subject she ever attempted
was lily. 1t took two hours of waiting
before she got it - but when she did,
she had something.
All can add is that you don't have
to be grand duchess to get something
swell when you aim your camera at a
flower bed!
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Afim

Gus colors to more pleasing. sparkling
range of grays.
Generally it is good practice to stop
down your lens as far as it will 60 TOR
as far as the light permits) so as to
keep as much of your subject as pos
sible needle-sharp This is especially
Evening star., 1940-05-26
GooFY GLOSSARY

POST MORTEM: A dead-letter Office.
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT: A Pur-
itan cosmetic.
THE MIDDLE AGES: The roaring
forties.
ACHILLES: An ancient heel.
HOMER: A predecessor of Babe Ruth.
The HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON:
A place of execution.
DARWIN: A late-blooming tulip.
THE SOUTHERN CROSS: The Mason
and Dixon Line
DICTATOR: A stenographer' boss.
ROUND ROBIN: An early bird.
R. W. DAWSON
Evening star., 1940-05-26
HERE'S WHY YOU
SAY IT

! ESCAPED from death by the skin of my
teeth.
Like many other phrases that are
believed to be modern, this phrase
comes from the Bible 1t is in Job,
Chapter XIX, verse 20. and reads as
follows: MY bone cleaveth to my
skin and to my flesh. and l am escaped
with the skin of my teeth
liz ARRIVED just in the nick Of lime.
At one time wooden sticks called
tallies were used to keep attendance
records at large meetings. When a
person arrived at an assembly, nick
or notch was made on a tally Because
no hicks we're made for those who
came late, to do something in the nick
of time came to mean doing it just be-
fore it becomes too late to act.
HAT man drinks like a fish.
The amount of water fish does or
does not drink is problematical, but,
because fish are often seen swimming
with their mouths open, many people
infer that they are swallowing water.
Although this is not necessarily true,
to drink like fish has come to mean
to drink continually.
GERALD CAkAPtIh
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
(ranberries Cling To Branches and Flowers Sill! Bloom

Meteorologist Howard Thompson, at the Juneau Ski Club party Sun day night, made New Years res olution for better weather in 1940."
 The weekend was nothing short of beautiful and Glacier Highway residents and motorists today add ed summer stories to Juneau's growing list of freak winter tales.
 Mrs. Stanley Nowicka picked a bucket of high bush cranberries still clinging to their leaveless branches and canned considerable jelly.
 Mrs. Henry Hanson picked a bouquet of daisies at their Fair haven home in Wright's Cove, and MT. and Mrs Alfred zenger found four varieties of blooms in the sunshine at Point Louisa.
 Any more?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
SILVER GLOVES RING TOURNEY
 BEING PLANNED

A Silver Gloves boxing tourna- ment for amateur local pugilists will be staged sometime in Febru- ary. Jim O'Neill announced today
 ONeill asks that all local hope fuls register with him for the bouts, which will be in several weight di- visions, bouts spread over three nights, preliminaries, semi finals and finals.
 Winner will get a pair of silver gloves and runners-up will get oth- CT prizes. If a really fancy leather tosser appears, he may be sent to Seattle for the Golden Gloves mix.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
Gloria White Is
 Party Hostess

Miss Gloria White entertained a group of friends Saturday evening at the family residence in the Rain fer Apartments.
 Sandwiches, cake and apple cider were served for the occasion and the evening was spent in playing var ious games.
 Guests were Misses Hazel Fields, LeVerne Pademeister, Dorothy Pet erson, Anna Lee Houke, Bernice Mead, Mary Fitzpatrick, Genevieve and Henrietta White, and Messers. John Pendergras, Leslie Parker, George Martin, Felix House, Ted Childres, Harold Andres, Kenneth Andres, Bob Jacob and Bill White
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
CROSBY FILM
 ENDS TONIGHT
 AT CAPITOL
Fast Side of Heaven" Has Final Showing al
 Local Theatre

In the picture East Side of Heaven" which ends tonight at the Capitol Theatre, Denny Mar tin (Bing Crosby and Mary Will son (Joan BlondelD have to post pone their marriage because Denny is fired from his job as singing messenger boy.
 The trials and tribulations of the young couple form an interest ing theme for the film.
 The supporting cast includes Mischa Auer, Irene Hervey, C. Aubrey Smith, Jerome Cowan Sandy" and Matty Malneck and his orchestra.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
Bowl Games,
 Final Scores

The following are the final scores of football games played New Years in the various Bowls in the Nation:
 Rose Bowl-Tennessee 0; South ern California IA.
 Sugar BoWl-Texas A and M IA; Tulane 13
 Orange Bowl-Georgia Tech 21; Missouri T.
 Cotton Bowl-Boston College 8; Clemson 6.
 Sun Bowl-Catholic University c; Arizona State o.
 Shrine Game-East II; West 28.