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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Tone Charges Baldwin Claim On Industries Inaccurate
Former Labor Dept. Head Points Out Discrepancy
 in Figures
IA NEW INDUSTRIES
 IN YEAR I936=37

New Haven, Conn, Febru- ary 21. = (UP) = Former State Labor Commissioner Joseph M. Tol,e charged to- day Governor Raymond E. Baldwin was absolutely in- accurate" in claiming his friendly government" in- duced 160 new industries to settle in Connecticut during 1880. "The records will show that no more than 98 indus tries came into Connecticut during 1889, far less than during the two preceding fiscal years when the Democrats were in power" said Tone, who generally is regarded as a Democratic gubernatorial candi- date.
 More Years Before
 statistics will prove," said Tone, "that shops came into Connecticut in greater numbers years before the so-called friendly government came into power."
 He said State Labor Department records show 98 new industries reg istered with the division in 1889 as required by law. He said if the other 62 were operating, they were doing so against the law.
 He made his views known during an interview while stopping off here enroute to northern New Eng land on U. s. Labor Department business.
 IA In One Year
 "From July 1, 1886, to June 30. 1887, when registration of indus tries went into effect" Tone said, we registered IA new industries.
 Prom July 1, 1887, to June 30, 1888, the State Labor Division reg istered 119 new shops.
 q think the governor and the Connecticut Development Conimis- sion are absolutely inaccurate m claiming that 16O' new industries came into the state last year. The record will show that 48 shops reg istered during the first six months of 1889, when it was still in office, and 50 new ones registered during the last six months of the year."
 Reflects On Tone
 q answer this because I feel the governors claims that his friendly government induced these industries
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
TRUCK ACCOUNTS GO UNDER FIRE

Bridgeport, Conn, February 21- (UP)-Truck hire accounts were under examination today by a supe- rior court grand jury Investigating corruption in the Stamford city ad- ministration.
 Several truckers, among them Arthur Jones, who testified before the jury taste yesterday, were sub penaed for questioning as the jury neared the conclusion of its inquiry
 Eight persons already have been arrested, including Walter s. Camp bell, former town purchasing agent who was among yesterdays wit nesses. Another questioned was O E. Hertz, head of the Hertz Con- struction company.
 Several town officials also were brought before the jury, whose evil dence was withheld until Q report was made to the superior court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
ANIMALS BURNED
 IN THEIR CAGES
Circus Winter Quarters in Indiana Becomes Shriek=
 ing Inferno

Rochester, Ind, Feb. 21-(UP)-
 Pressed against the still red hot bars of their cages, circus men found today the tortured bodies of six lions, two tigers, two black leop- ards, two zebras, 100 monkeys, 15 antelopes, 2 llamas, and sacred COW.
 They had died horrible deaths in the fire which swept the winter quarters of Cole Brothers and Rob- bins Circus last night.
 Three hundred horses, 12 camels, 1 il elephants, and 20 mules, mon- keys, and ponies, liberated by their keepers, stampeded through this town, and scattered over the north Indiana countryside.
 Early today towns and farmers assisted circus men in rounding up the grazing animals, which, because of their peaceable natures had been permitted to escape the inferno that engulfed the meat eating and sav- age animals.
 The charred body of a giant Af- rican elephant named Ding, pre- viously believed roaming the coun- tryside alive, was found by circus men today in its quarters. The beast apparently had returned after be- ing liberated last night as did it; sis.er elephant, "Cadie".
 They found camels grazing along the paved highways, amid bill boards, silos, and farm houses. Here and there, they discovered an ele- phant, his placidity restored, trudg- ing distastefully along through the snow.
 The circus employees were badly shaken by the horrible deaths of the big, ferocious jungle beasts. Their screams and howls filled the night, ringing shrill and tortured above the roar of the flames and the shrieking of fire trucks sirens. Nothing whatsoever could be done for them because to hberate them meant turning man-eating beasts, maddened by fire, loose on an un- warned countryside.
 Also roasted alive were two mouf-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
DUTCH STEAMER
 REPORTED'S D'SINKING

Rotterdam, Netherlands. Feb. 2l-- (UP)-A. radio message said today that the Netherlands Steamship Tara, 4,76O tons, carrying grain for the Netherlands government, was sinking of the French coast after arl explosion.
 The message, from the ships captain to the owners, said:
 "SEip sinking owing to explosion. Petition 60 miles southwest of Fin- isterre.
 F:nE terre is the headland at the westernrmnst point of France. No word had besI received of the fate of the raras crew of &.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Houses Destroyed; Many on Fire; Town Believed
 Mistaken PAJALA IS CLOSE
 TO FINNISH BORDER Swedish Government Ex- peCted to Make Formal
 Protest Tomorrow

Pajala, Sweden, February 21. = (UP)-(By Telephone to Copenhagen) Russian planes today dropped 30 ex- plosive bombs and hundreds of incendiary bombs" on the Swedish church, town of Pajala, Mayor George Taube reported. The church at Pajala was damaged by a bomb and three houses were destroyed, Taube said. Others were set afire and were burning long after the raid. Windows in other houses were shattered by the explosions.
 The mayor said that the Russians bombed Pajala from an altitude of nearly 10000 feet.
 Planes Lose Way
 (Stockholm dispatches reported that the sheriff at Luleaa said he be- lieved the Russians were in seven planes and had lost their way. He expressed belief that the Russians thought they were bombing a town on the Finnish side of the frontier from Pajala which is five miles from the Border. At the time, the Luleaa sheriff said, visibility was excellent following a snow storm yeSterday.)
 Stockholm, Feb. 21.-(UP)- Seven Russian planes today dropped 20 in- cendiary bombs on the Swedish town fo Pajala, setting one-fourth of the town on fire, it was announced here.
 No Civilians Killed
 The sheriff of Lulfaa, in report on the Pajala air raid, stated that no civilians were killed but it was believed that some were wounded. He said that the Pajala church was hit by bombs.
 Pajala, 8 town of about 2,000 peo- pie, is about five miles inside Swed- ish territory from the Finnish Swedish frontier. A Swedish church town, it is about 93 miles north of Haparanda.
 Protest Is Due
 Following receipt of official con- f1rmation of the red army's aerial bombardment political quartes ex- pected that shortly the Swedish gov-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
FREEZING SLUSH
 TOIMPEDE TRAVEL |;l
Skies Clear After Storm; 7 Northern New England
 Gets Heavy Snow

Boston, Feb. 21.-(UP) Freezing slush will make holiday travel ever more hazardous tomorrow, the Bos- ten weather bureau warned today as skies cleared after the second ot two northeasters which have caused at least 40 deaths in New England within a week.
 Mary T. Nesmith, acting chiei meteorologist, predicted shat ths temperature would drop into the lower 20s in most sections tonight and that freezing weather would prevail "for several days.
 Though snow flurries were expect. ed to continue this afternoon, he an- ticipated no further accumulation
 Eleven deaths were attributed di-- rectly to latest northeaster. includ- ing that of fisherman swept over board from a dragger at sea The earlier storms toll was 29.
 At sea, several colliers and smal! craft sought shelter from a 40- day mile wind in the lee of Cape Cod. The Merchants & Miners Transportation company freighters wyoming and. Howard were fou:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Autos Rerouted to Speed Up Work of Cleaning
 Storm Debris
EXTRA MEN ARE TAKEN
 ON AT STREET DEPT.
Mayor Praises Department Work; Sun Aids in
 Cleanup Job

Disruption of traffic on East Main street because of ruts and icy surfaces today resulted in a concentration there of street department men and equipment. Picks and ShovelS were used as well as blows, and traffic was re- routed over Hamilton ave- nue and other connecting streets as workmen tackled the ruts and icy patches that have delayed traffic for days and threatened many times to overturn cars. A principal trouble spot was at the intersection of East Main street, Hamilton avenue and Welton streets, and the work was started there as Mayor Vincent Scully and Superintendent of Streets Herbert Scott-Smith looked on.
 Complaints of ruts, drifts and icy surfaces poured in from many sections. A cold spell, expected to begin tonight, promised to make conditions even more hazardous, threatening to freeze snow, slush and water in the streets.
 Extra Men Hired
 A handful of extra men was added to the street department payroll to- day, the first additions since the storm last Wednesday. The mum Der fas estimated at from four to six, but MT. Scott-S Smith could not be erached for tic official figure. Mayor Scully today praised the work of the street department, de- claring that it has been doing q splendid job in view of the many difficulties and the lack of funds.
 Mayor Praises
 "Reports from other cities." ti1a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
GERMAN SHIP IN
 SOUTH ATLANTIC

Montevideo, Feb. 21-(UP)-The newspaper Fl Pueblo reported for the second successive day today that either the Deutschland or the Ad- miral Schecer, German Pocket bat tleships. was raiding in South At lantic waters.
 Fl Pueblo, a pro-government or gan, did not give the source of Its reports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

fire department furnished blood for a transmission for the chief just prior to the operation.
 Chief Calvin was born in Nauga- tuck, the son of Mrs. Annie B. Gal- win and the late J. Edward Calvin. He was educated in local schools and lived here all of his life.
 He worked for a time at the J. F. Smith Lumber company in Water bury. Although he took an active interest in Naugatuck politics for a number of years. he did not seek public office until 1883, when he ran for the position of Democratic
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
THE WORLD WAR 25 YEARS AGO,
 FEB. 21, 1915
(By United Press)

Winter phase of Battle of Champagne begun with second action gt Les Espargnes.
 Activity more intense on East erB Front between Germany and Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Feb. 21-(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Feb 18th, compared with year ago: This Year Expenses LmNt YeaR $5,925,75S,S49.08 $5,693,200,375.4S
 Receipts ss.4o7. .7s7, ,oss.ss ss.577,2ss,ss71s
 Gross Deficit $2.517.s71.s15.ss sa,115.sOs.s .s7s.s5
 Net Deficit $2,4s7,6i4,1i5.s9 $2.090, ,1SS, ,52s.3s
 Cash Balance $2,414,413,277.2S $3,430,936, ,72S.62
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

Too smart for words are the new Red
 Gross Shces-Only $6.50 pr. at ! Solo Co., 106 Grand Street-Adv.
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The Weather

Fair, Colder Tonight; Also Thursday
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-12
Negro Health Week
 Opens On March 31
All Races Give Evidence of Ignorance Concerning
 Health Disease Declares State Health Officials

Cooperative endeayor for the att tainment of community health is the special objective of National Negro Health Week which will be- gin on Sunday, March 3l and con- tinue through Sunday, April 2, 1t was annuonced in the weekly bul- letin of the State Department of Health. Marking the. twenty sixth annual observance, special consider ation is to be given this year to the community which: the negro lives and his responsibility to it as well as the improvement of his own condition.
 Ignorant General
 Ignorance about health and dis ease Is not confined alone. to the negro, the bulletin pointed out. This is just as prevalent among white groups who fail to take advantage of ali possible opportunities to learn the fundamentals of health. In all cities and towns, where the larger proportion If negroes dwell, there are community resources open to all. Mothers have the, opportunity to take pre-school" children to well child conferences for periodic check up on their health. Many corn- munities also have prenatal classes to teach mothers care of their own health. It is just as much the re- sponsibility of the community to call these facilities to the attention of all as it is to provide them. Na- tional Negro Health Week ichal- lenge~ all public health leaders with its opportunity for group discussions at school, churches and lodges so that knowledge about health may be widely disseminated.
 Directing attention to the facili- ties for health now made possible for white and negro alike, Thomas Parrsn. M. D., Surgeon General Of the United States Public Health Service said, Every citizen, North and South, colored and white, rich and poor, has an klalienable right to his citlzen's share of health pro- tection. Because 1t IS only within the last generation that science has given us the tools and the methods of providing health protection, cite zens lust. now are beginning to be aware that the right to it is theirs f they cheese to assert it. and that to estAblish this right B basic 70 oil othsf programs for their wel- fare."
 slasled Co ieis
 National Negro Health Week was Initiated in 1915 by Becker T. Washs lnglon who knew that the negro must Do made corscloiis Of the iins healthy surroundings ln which he lived before be would make on efs f0rt 10 improve hk condition. To. dag. the bulletin stressed, negroes and Whlies aa citizens in tbe same community must accept their share Of responsibility ln lIlalniaing the health and cleanliness of that come
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-12

Commissioner Buckingham ruled prices in the Waterbury area, which includes this city, Naugatuck and Watertown, should be at the same scale which prevails in the Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport market ing areas. This scale calls for a retail price, in stores, of B cents a quart for bottled milk, and IA cents a quart for milk in paper cartons. No home deliveries of milk in, paper containers are now made.
 Majority Opposes
 In the fact of opposition by 25 of the 30 dealers and representatives present, Edward McElligott, presi- dent of R. F. Worden and Sons, Inc, declared in favor of retention of the present scale, which allows for the sale of milk in paper containers at the same price as in bottles.
 Commissioner Buckingham and almost all those present agreed that the cost of paper containers is in the long run higher than that of bot- ties, since the bottles can be used many times and cartons only once.
 Raymond Brock of Hamden, of the Brock-Hall dairy of. this city, Bridgeport and New Haven, said that MT. McElligot admitted there is no plan to sell milk in paper boxes to homes and that the only dispute was over sales to- stores MT. McElligott's stand, he said would jeopardize the whole milk industry. Price cutting, he said. would hurt only the dairies but their employees, and eventually the consumers, and would serve to lower the present high standards.
 Cartons Used Once
 Morton Pierpont, head of the Waterbury Milk Bottle Exchange and president of the State Milk Pro- ducers- Dealers association, declared that paper containers actually cost more. Store bottles, he said, make about 30 trips, with an average cost of one-tenth of a cent, and home bottles make 40 trips, at an average cost of one-fifth of cent each. The cartons on the other hand, he said, cost IA cents each and can be used only once. Fur thermore, said Mir. Pierpont, even small dealers would have to install costly machinery for filling the pa- per containers.
 Harry X. Cashin, head of the Cashin's Dairy, held that the one cent differential for paper contain CTS was necessary for the industry He said that the present standards should be. kept.
 Atty. T. F. Carmody, appearing for Worden's, claimed that rais- ing the price of milk in paper con- tainers would serve to stop the wheels of progress"
 MT. Buckingham observed that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-12
SKRIDULIS SUES
 STATE FOR $5,OOlO
Auto Accident in Wood bury During Snow Storm
 Basis of Action

William Skridulis today brought suit for $5,O0O against State High way Commissioner William J. Cox, in the court of common pleas. The suit is the result of an automobile accident on Main street in Wood- bury, January 30, 1889.
 The complaint sets forth that Clarence Morancie, a state highway employe, parked a state highway department truck alongside another car which brought about a double pcrking situation.
 The accident occurred in the midst of 8 snowstorYn on the date above mentioned at 9:30 D.. m. The Griver cf4a car in which the plain tiff was riding, did not see the states parked car in time to stop and the plaintiff claims as result there was a crash and he suffered concussion of the brain, lacera. tior1s of the forehead and chin, and g. sacro-iliac strain.
 The case is returnable to com mon pleas court the first Tuesday in March.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-12

the purpose was not to raise milk prices but to stabilize" them. The meeting was called, he said, be- cause of many complaints.
 Arthur J. Hayes, deputy milk administrator said that investiga- ton showed that he cost of paper containers is actually higher than that of glass bottles.
 Ruling Given H
 MT. McElligot commented that, he presumed, since MT. Buckingham was against higher prices, that he would allow the price of milk in pa per containers to remain the same.
 I'm sorry to disillusion you," said Mir. Buckingham, and ruled that bottled milk in stores should sell for 13 cents and milk in paper containers at IA cents.
 The full price scale is as fol- lows:
 Wholesale prices of dealers to stores, II cents for bottles and 12 cents for paper containers; prices of stores to consumers or prices of dealers to homes, 13 cents for bottles and IA cents for paper con- tainers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-12
PEA K OF I AX
 PAYERS 10 COME
I 900 Filed Returns Yes- 53tefday l,5OO Expected
 on Thursday

i Although the crowd filing through the local branch of the internal revenue department was large yes- tedray and today, the peak is not expected until Thursday when ape proximately 1;500 are expected to file income tax returns.
 Gabriel Price, senior zone deputy, said about 1000 persons filed re- turns yesterday and a slightly larger number is expected today. Line of persons waiting for their interview" extndd through tn post offic lobby yesterday, and wound slowly up the stairs to the revenue office on the second floor.
 Mir. Price said today that the of- flee! will not open evenings this year, and closes promptly at 4:3O o'clock in the afternoon. Opening hour is g; a, m. @
 Deadline for filing this years re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-12
City May Rival
 Miami If Mayor Accepts Offer

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 No more will Watefburians have to pray for warm weather in the winter and; cool weather in sum lner-rlot if a Denver inventor. has his way. He proposes in a letter to Mayor Vincent A. Scully that this city install his Great Gener- al and Blanket System of Heat"
 The letter is addressed to f'f1is Exceliency the Mayor, The City Council, Inclusive, Waterberry, Conn., The writer, presumably an inventor, says that the world has three great needs: Streamlined Religion, Streamlined Education and Streamlined Weather" '
 He passes over religion and the schools to tell the mayor that your great recent crisis" could have been avoided if his heat sys- tenn were in operation here. The system works both indoors and out, he says modestly, and. the people Twill wear less clothes and do all manner of work in Water bury III comfort, III winter. You will abate fogs and evaporate your snow in the air."
 That's not all, folks. we can reverse our equipment" says the. writer, and "in summer cool your city /. We kindly make of your city a summer resort, winter re- sort and small convention city. Man and beast will be pre- served and last longer. If you are so much as curiously interested we will send you literature" s
 Mayor Scully, when last seen, was studying the budget to see if it allowed for a three-cent stamp to get some of the promised liter ature on the Great General and Blanket System of Heat" m@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-12
President

s'ts The association needs $l7,0o0 to carry on. It is appealing to Water bufia;.s who are ha a position to aid. It has never had occasion, to appeal to those whronn it has assist ed in. the past for they always make 1t point t., remember and assist, If circumstances permit them.
 The recent statement of the Wis., iting Nurse Association showing thousands of visits to homes, spon- sorship of mothers club, intruc- ltionS in care of babies, etc., was a of the splendid work the Visiting surprising revelation to thousands Nurses accomplish modestly but mott efiiciently for WaterburiansS
 The campaign for funds opens here next Friday. Members and friends of the association will devote two weeks to receiving contributions 30 that the program can. be con- tinued. Attoriey J. Warren Upson, president, will direct the appeal.