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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27

An attractive fashion display
unique in its Latin-American his
&orical costumes and art-crafts is to
be an added feature Of the Dessert
Bridge and Fashion Show which Is
being sponsored by the Connecticut
Chapter Of the international FEEDER
alton Of Catholic Alumnae on Sat
urday afternoon, September 18th at
Waverly Inn, Cheshire. The event is
scheduled to begin at 2:3O. The af-
fair which is being given to enrich
the newly established scholarship
fund promises to be largely attend
ed according to the number Of
reservations, already received not
only from Waterbury but from other
sections of the state. Ofdcers OF the
Federation are: Miss Kathryn w.
Hayes, of this city, governor; Miss
Margaret Hickey, New Haven, vice.
governor; Mrs. Timothy Lynch, this
city, recording secretary; Miss Mar
garet Sullivan, this city, correspond
ing secretary; Miss Genevieve Hal
pine, New Milford, treasurer.
Listed among the reservations al
ready received are: Miss Resale
Granger, Hartford; Mrs. Allen An
derson, Hartford; Miss Leah Nc
Nerney, Wethersfeld; Miss Mary
Butler, Hartford. Miss Anita Flan-
nigan, West Haven; Miss Margery
Ross, New Haven; Miss Alice Null
len, Hartford; Mrs. Daniel Sugrue,
Torrington; Mrs. Michael j. Bailey,
Hartford; Mrs. John Conway, Bal
tic; Mrs. Daniel Bailey, New Haven;
Miss Eileen O'Neill, New Haven;
Miss Margaret Burke, New Haven;
Miss Alice Kent, Hartford; Mrs
John Mentz, Manchester; Miss
Alice Ranking, Hartford; Mrs
Omer Chierine. Danielson; Miss
Marion McHugh, New Haven; Miss
Nancy Webb, New Britain, Mrs
John Slattery, New Haven; Miss
Margaret Hickey, New Haven; Miss
Genevieve Conklin, Hartford; Miss
Esther Dunno, New Haven; Mrs. p
j. Riordan, Hartford; Miss Marie
Moilhette, Jewett City; Mrs. Joseph
Feeney, Cheshire; Mrs. Donald Car
roll, Naugatuck; Mrs. John r. Rob-
inson, Cheshire: Miss Margaret
Conklin, Ansonia. Miss Genevieve
Halpine, New Milford.
Miss Constance Ballard. STAN.
ford: Miss Helen Coon, Oakville;
Mrs. Jeremiah D. Shea, New Haven
Mrs. George H. Close, Cheshire
Miss Margaret Blake, Hartford
Miss Rita Cox, New Haven; Mrs
Agnes Gordon, Baltic; Miss Mary
Dunno, New Haven; Miss Dorothy
futile, New Haven; Miss Kathryn
Whitney, Hartford; Miss Mary
Malumphy, Ansonia; Miss Stewart
Dahlin, Naugatuck: Mrs Edward
Herr, Cheshire, Mrs. Arthur Aim
quist, Naugatuck; Miss Betty Den
nehy, Hartford; Miss Mildred Hol'
land, Naugatuck; Mrs. John H. Cas-
siGy, WATERFOWL; Mrs. Lewis Buck
miller, Naugatuck; Miss Marian
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27

The local chapter Of the alumnae
of the College of New Rochelle
gathered at supper meeting at the
Curtiss House Wednesday evening.
Plans were made for various activi-
ties of the group during the winter
months.
Miss Kathleen Hurley was named
chairman of rlmmage sale to be
sponsored on October 5th. A COM
munion breakfast will be sponsored
by the group on october 18th with
Miss Margaret Rabbott in charge OF
arrangements. Miss Mary Schmidt
presided at the meeting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27
Ne,u Rochelle Alun1nae
Commences Fall Season

Those attending were: Harriet
Allen, Natalie Altieri, vincenza
Gallo, Bessie Cameron, Mary Casey,
Imelda Cronin, Helen Doran, Mrs.
James Reddy, Kathleen Fitzgerald,
Edna Harmon, Kathleen Hurley,
Catherine Kilbride, Maureen Luddy,
Kathleen Moher, Helen Moore, Mary
Mulcahy, Leona O'Neill, Isabel
Phelan, Mrs. Frederick Quatrano,
Marion Ryan, Mary Schmidt, Mary
Ellen Walsh, Kathleen Brennan,
Margaret Rabbott and Mrs. Frances
Ward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27

Miss Rosamond Tavano of Knoll
street entertained members Of the
Elena Girls Club recently at her
home. New members received
were Miss Jean Antonioli and Mrs.
Rose Leopizzi. Those attending
were Lucy LAMBERT, Marion Ia
yano, niDa Rostelli. Clara Bian-
chini, Rosamond TsNano, Rose
Pisciotti, Rose Leopizzi and Jean
Antonioli.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27
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one diamond on the fourth round
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heart, one diamond and two clubs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27
coRNEII, CONTRACT CLUB

Winners in yesterdays session OF
the Cornell Contract club conducted
by Mrs. John c. Moriarty were:
North and South, Mrs. William
Cleary and Mrs. Nelson Squires, 121;
Mrs. Nelson Adducci and Mrs. FL
wood Carney, 1191s; and East and
West, Mrs. Thomas Cottiero and Mrs.
H. Laudeman, 121, and Miss Helen
Bartsch and Miss Alice Walden, 124.
The standing to date is as follows:
Cottiero- Laudeman, 419; Clearly
Shan han, 410h; Wedge-Dews,
3991z, and Carney Adducci, 380h.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27
Weddings
Personal

Mrs. Paul Cullen and daughter
Paula of Few York have returned 81
after visit with her mother, MIS-
Agnes Blondin Of Central avenue.
Mrs. Blondin is spending few days
in New York city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27

Reservations ReceiUed For
l. f. C. "A. Dessert Bridge

Holland, Naugatuck; Miss Mary
Largay, Hartford: Mrs. Nathan
Denny, New Haven: Mrs, Leonard
Conlin. Naugatuck; Miss Margaret
Riley, Hartford; Mrs. Paul Buck
miller, Naugatuck; Mrs. Fritz
Heddman, Naugatuck: Miss Mary
Owens, New Haven; Mrs. Joseph
Lee, New Haven; Mrs. Augustine
Waugh, West Hartford; Mrs. Oscar
Anderson, Naugatuck, Mrs. VIII
liam HaSskard, Hartford; Miss
Margaret Flynn, Hartford, Miss
Josephine Lee, Danbury; Mrs. John
Merusi, West Hartford and Miss
Rosemary O'Sullivan, New Haven.
Also included are the following
from Waterbury: Mrs. Edmund
Guilbert, Miss Mary Casey, Mrs.
Daniel Martin, Mrs. Thomas Nolan,
Mrs. William K. Lawlor, Mrs. Ar
thur Mcdonald, Mrs. william Wer-
tlleimer, Mrs. Wilfred Rochon, Mrs.
George Bolan, Mrs. Martin Tehan,
Mrs. George O'Neill, Miss Sara
Kelly, Mrs. Walter Wood, Miss
Anna Dwyer, Miss Angie Keene,
Miss Margaret Scully, Miss Mary
Blacker, Miss Arlene Chatfield.
Miss Catherine Rochon, Miss
Mildred Jarvis, Miss Nancy Griffin,
Miss Betsy Buckley, Miss Anna
FIannery, Miss Marguerit Kennaugh,
Miss Patricia Healey, Mrs. Edmund
Guilbert, Miss Marion Keane, Miss
Ruth Kennaugh, Miss Margaret
McGrath, Miss Mae v. Murnane,
Miss Julia Sullivan, Miss Dorothy
Guilfoile, Mrs. James Bowling, Miss
Helen Mcdonald, Miss Leona O'Neill,
Miss Ann Martin, Miss Sally Bergin,
Miss Kathleen Donahue, Miss Mary
Mcdonald, Miss Elizabeth Rourke,
Mrs. Bessie Cameron, Mrs. Daniel
Driscoll, Mrs. Joseph Cassin, Mrs.
Anthony Vastola, Mrs. James A.
Lord, Miss Lucy Begg, Miss Helen
Hayes, Mrs. John Begg, Miss Claire
Murphy, Miss Marie Commerford,
Miss Margaret Sullivan, Mrs. Arthur
Mcdonald, Miss Mary Meehan, Miss
Ann Milan, Miss Mary Cronin, Miss
Margaret jackson, Miss Margaret
Regain, Mrs. Jerome Wolf, Mrs. Ur-
bon Keane, Mrs. Raymond Beck,
Mrs. Charles Audet, Miss Mary Nee
han, Miss Joan German, Mrs. VIII
liam B. Pape, Mrs. Vincent Miller,
Miss Catherine O'Brien, Miss Helen
Case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27
Contract Bridge
ELTON CONTRACT CLUB

Top scorers in yesterdays session
Of the Elton Contract club con-
Quoted at Waverly inn in Cheshire
were: North and South, Mrs. Van
Heyden and Mrs. Irving Anderson,
5Oh; Mrs. A. G. Deming and Mrs.
Lester Harris, 491s; and East and
West, Mrs. Wilbur Moore and Mrs.
E. r. Wolfe, So; Mrs. George Tarbox
and Mrs. Amos Lampheer, 40.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27
FAMOUS BLACK HORSE

Mike, George O'Brien's trained
black horse which performs many
amazing feats in the popular stars
films, again is seen in O'Brien's
latest RKO Radio western, triple
Justice. Virginia Vale plays OPP
posite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27

Miss Madelyn Watts of Center
street is patient at the Waterbury
Hospital where she recently under
went an operation for appendicitis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27
Miss Virginia Nelson
Is rendered ShouUe,

Miss Virginia Nelson was honored
at kitchen and pantry shower at
the home of Mrs. E. H. Krieg of
Homer street recently. Miss Nelson
will be married on Saturday, Sep
TENDER 18th to Lawrence Krieg.
Those attending were: Mrs. j. A.
Krieg, Mrs. Olaf Nelson, Mrs. Har-
old Gardner, Mrs. Allan Fairhurst,
Helen Smith, Mrs. Fletcher Stewart,
Mrs. Frederick Kasack, Mildred Ka-
sack, Helen Krieg, Mrs. Frank Krieg,
Mrs. Robert Nelson, Mrs. Smith,
Mrs. Joseph Cosgriff, Mrs. Dorothy
Leonard all of this city, Miss Be-
ty Kasack, Mrs. George Krieg of
New Haven, Alice Krieg, Mrs. Will
liam Poehl of Brooklyn, N. Y. and
Mrs. Anna MCGEE of Long Island,
Mrs. Robert Burke, Mrs. Samuel
Burke, Mrs. L. Majorson, Alice Ma
jorson, josephine Burke. of Fair
field, and Mrs. Louis Holmes Of
Westport, Conn.
Miss Shirley Forgue of Westwood
avenue was hostess at a variety
shower given this week at the SEQ
will Girls Club for her sister, Miss
Madelyn Forgue, who is to be mar
ried to Michael Mccormack on Oc-
tober S.
Those attending were Mrs. Mar.
garet Smith, Mrs. William Synnott
| Mrs. Robert Platt, ST., Mrs. Mary
Stack, Mrs. George White, Mrs
John Murphy, Mrs. Harry Platt
Mrs. Clifford Couch, Mrs. Halloran
Mrs. John Shanahan, Mrs. Harold
Schottman, Mrs. John Platt, Mrs
William Plat, Mrs. Margaret Gro
nan, Mrs. Vernon Richter, Mrs. Al
bert Forgue, Mrs. Catherine Mum.
son, Mrs. Marion Welton, Mrs. Eu-
gene Sullivn, Mrs. Robert Platt, Jr.
Mrs. Catherine Mccormack, Mrs
George Gooding, Mrs. John Wilken.
son, Mary Fitzmaurice, Margaret
FitNnaurice, Margaret Dunphy, Ell.
eanor Halbing.
Miss Annette Rochon, Frances
Deegan, Helen Sullivan, Catherine
Mccormack, Mary Mccormack, RI.
Walter Maroney, Mrs. r. McKenna
Mrs. Ralph Adams, Mrs. B. Held
kamp, Madeline Murphy, Dolore
WasSerback, Mrs. James Leary, Mr.
Burr, Mrs. James Corrigan, Mrs
Francis Burr, Marguerite Belcourt
Margaret Scannell, Mrs. Samue
Lynch, Mrs. John Sullivan, Mrs
Louis Ranslow, Mrs. William Cree
gan, Freda Wright, Mrs. Thoma
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27

Clifford L. Martinez, of Lakeside.
Conn, has been elected secretary OF
the senior class at Rensselaer, Poly
technic Institute, Troy, N. Y, where
he is a scholarship student in the
mechanical engineering course. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
j. Martenez, Deer Island, Lakeside.
and graduate of Litchfield high
school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27

Division 81, A. o. H., will hold an
important meeting this evening at
Engineers Hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Wright of
Highland avenue are spending Few
days in Springfield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-27

Moore, Mrs. Dwyer, Mrs. william ].
Forgue. and Mrs. Raymond Daniels.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
SEELEY TO CONSIDER
CHAMRER OF COMMERCE

SEELEY. April Reorganization
of a Seeley chamber of commerce
is to be discussed at the meeting of
the Seeley Mems club Friday night,
7:3O O'Clock in the community hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11

south. but japanese fish and oil
supply lines are well within reach
Which may be hint to Japan. not
to think of fighting Russia, or even
to join Russia and Germany and
Italy in that Totalitarian alliance
Admiral Stark has told congress our
navy must take into calculations.
JAPANESE MYSTERY
Japan herself adds another Paci-
fic cloud, to screen her doingS in
the Caroline, Mariana and Marshall
Islands that muffle American Guam
These islands she administers under
League of Nations mandate con-
sented to by Wilsonian idealism.
She must report yearN on her ad-
miniStration-Which is not supposed
to include fortification.
This years report omits the usual
denial that she is fortifying. Japan
allows no American to come ashore
The American Gibraltar of the
Pacific remains Hawaii but there
too broodS smoke screen not
merely from the celebrated volca-
noes. We have fortified, roaded and
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
BY THOMAS NJ. JOHNSON
NEA Service Military Writer

A smoke screen dense with ques-
ton marks hangs low over the Unit
ed States Fleet as it steamS forth
upon Problem 81.
There are l30 ships, 500 aircraft,
$4,000 officers and men upon the
ocean that is called Pacific" en-
gagged in the least pacific and most
practical war game we ever under
took in peace. For the visibility of
the future isn't good just now. and
at several points clouds gather.
A new one looms just off Alas
ka. our weak defensive flank, our
Russian frontier" Come tidings
that within bomber range of our new
seaplane and submarine base at
Unalaska. in the AleutianS. is be-
ing prepared new base for Red
submarineS-or German-or both.
In the Russian Kamandorsky
Islands gather NaZi submarine Of
flcers as guests of the Soviet Paci-
fic fleet-which is mostly Submar-
ines. U-boats using installations now
existing there, could operate the
year round against allied shipping
in the Pacific, and so they could
from Whale Bay, southwest of Vlad-
ivostok, where unconfirmed reports
say the same thing goes on.
The Philippines are 1000 miles
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11

LOS ANGELES. April Il. CUP)-
Aircraft manufacturers accelerated
construction of military planes for
the Scandinavian governments to-
day despite the tr1rn of war which
held Noru egian and Swedish ship
ping from the United States al
standstill
Orders for more than $l5000G 900
worth of fighting ships had been
placed before Germany's invasion
and Norway'S declaration of war.
Vultee Aircraft; inc. building 144
single motored pursuit planes for
Sweden. said its SO 100000 order
would be filled as rapidly as pos
sible and delivered TO Swedish repre-
sentativcs within the United States.
"All our export contracts are COW
cred entirely by advance cash pay
ments and by irrev ocaole letters
of credit" a Vultee official an
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
new BOOKS
Available at the FL Centre
Public Library April Is

FICTION
Mr.. Skeffington, Mary A. Arnim:
Nine Lives, Mark Charming; Greek
Tragedy, G. D. Cole; Yaqui Drums,
Dane Coolidge; The Red Saint.
Warwick Deeping; Bird of Paradise
Blanche Ferguson: The Mystery of
the Folded Paper, Hubert Footner;
Experiment, Helen Hull; Head OF
the House, Grace Lutz: Take Her
Down. T. B. Thompson; Ghost
Trails, w. c. Tuttle.
NON-FTCTION
Since Yesterday, Frederick Allen;
The Indoor Gardner. Daisy Abbott
Electric Arc and Oxy-acetylene
Welding, E. Arthur Atkins; Men ii
Battle, Alvah Nessie; Physical Fit.
ness for Women. NJ. S Chamber.
lain; Our American Money. JOSEPH
Coffin; I Have Seen God do 1t
Sherwood Eddy; A House for The
Week-Ends, Virginia Kirkus; Sc.
cret Life of Secret Agent, Henry
Lanier; Perspective Made Easy, Ell.
nest Norling; You Could Do 1t Too
Hester Parsons; Choral Speaking fol
Speech improvement, Carrie Ras.
mussen; Trees. Thomas O. Sheckell
Sky Storming Yankee, Clara Studer
Within Germany, oswald Willard
Silverwork and Jewelry, H. Viii.
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
lane Factories
Building Craft +
For Morse Fleet

nounced. Northrop Aircraft. inc,
was reported completing the frs
"a Seaplane attack bomberS of g
fleet ordered by Norway. They were
expected to leave the assembly lines
in about three months. Commander
Christian Ostby. Norwegian naval
officer. has been personally super
vising building Of Che pontoon-
equipped fighters.
Douglas Aircraft company was
reported to be working on an order
of 40 single cngined attack bombers
for Norway although the company
never had announced receipt of the
order 1t was also believed the
Norwegian government still held an
option for 100 military craft, to be
exercised with Northrop. Douglas
or Curtis Wright. or all of them.
Large quantities of war materials
destined for Scandinavia were held
in Los Angeles harbor by orders of
the Norwegian and Swedish con-
Sulates Several Swedish vessels due
here today from San Francisco were
ordered TO remain or the Pacific
coast
The Norwegian motorship Laurits
Swenson of the Fred Olsen line,
which already had sailed with war
materials and foodstuffs, was ex-
pected to return to Los Angeles to-
day. Consul Erling S. Bent of Nor
way declined to comment. however,
on the report of reports of other
vessels having been ordered back
or delayed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11

Carefully watching reporters
notes. as he was interviewed on
his recent arrival in New York
Poultney Bigelow, life long
friend of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, de-
clared his German visit convinc-
ed him that Germany will wiz
the war. Indignant at British
seizures of u. S. mail, the "a
year-old historian of Maiden, N
Y, said the u. S. should fight
Britain III another War Of 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Moore-McC cCor1nack
Lines Submits
HIGHEST Bid

WASHINGTON, April Il up
Moore re-McCorlnick Lines. inc. New
York, today submitted the highest
bids for the charter of five govern
ment-owned freighters to operate
in the Pacific coast South Ameri-
can east coast service
The route the vessels will oper-
ate is the same as that abandoned
by the Pacific Argentine Brazil
line, which had engaged in dis
pute with the maritime commission
over its subsidy contract.
The only other bidder was the
Pacific South American Line. inc,
washington, D. c. Maritime Com
mission officials understood this
was a newly organized corporation
and said they knew nothing con-
cerning it. A representative of the
line refused to give any informa-
ton concerning the organization.
The Moore Mccormick lines Of
fered S9,297 per month for the char
ter of the city of Flint, which fig
ured in capture by German
warship. The same company also
bid S9,29740 per month for the
Collamer and s9.2SO for the indie
pendence Hall. For the charter of
two other vessels to be designated
by the commission, Moore -McCor-
mack bad Sl.l6 per deadweight ton
per month for each vessel.
The bids by the Pacific South AM
erican Line, inc. for charter oper-
alton were: City of Flint. s5.O49. AS
per month; Collamer, $5,O49.45; In
dependence Hall. 5000 For charter
OF two other vessels to be named by
the commission, the bid was SO
cents per deadweight ton per month
for each vessel
The commissions action IN put
ting up five of its ships for charter
IN the Pacific coast Argentine Brazil
service was designed TO insure oper-
alton on this essential trade route
which provides vitality important
link in the American merchant mar
ine.'
The BID invitation required the
successful bidder TO acquire within
three years four new vessels, a;
least two of which must be pur-
chased and the other two chartered
The new vessels are now under
construction at the yards of the
Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd, Los
Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Stowkowski Sees
Jazz as Typical
American Music

LOS ANGELES, April Il. up
Leopold Stokowski, who can swing
baton with the best of the world S
music conductors, is a jazz fan, no
fooling!
The 53-year-old Polish Stokowski
said today he will prove it by drop
ping his dignity and few old
American traditions in classical mu-
sic by teaming up with Benny Good
man, The Swing King for con-
cert at Hollywood Bowl May l.
Stokowski, arriving to compare
notes with Goodman, gave his bush
of white hair shake as he admitted
he spends as much of his time as
possible in New York's Harlem.
He studies music there; recognizes
it for its worth. He minces no words
about it.
THE Negro of the north has done
wonderful thing with jazz" he
said. Just as the southern Negro
has done with the spiritual
THAT jazz development in swing
music forms an important part OF
American folk lore and music. l like
it."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Shipowners Await
Union Guarantee

SAN FRANCISCO. April 10. (UP)
The Shipowners Association of the
Pacific Coast announced today Nc
Cormick Steamship company was
cancelling further coastWide trade
in and out of the port of San Fran
cisco until assured by the CIO that
its radiomen's union will live up
to existing agreements.
CIO radio operators we're delay
ing departure of two Mccormick
ships in one of the several disputes
now current affecting maritime un-
ions and their employers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11

now are drydocking the islands
mainly to protect the sea and air
fleets that would use them as jump
ing loft places to keep our Pacific
shores clear of enemies.
APPROACHABLE
ANCHORAGE
Pearl Harbor is famed for safety
but the main battleship anchorage
at Lahaina Roads is more approach
able than landlocked Scapa Flow
where British warships have been
attacked successfully by submar-
inc and air bomber.
And Scapa Flow is girdled by
nets and other anti-submarine pro-
tections, to lay which the British
have special vessels, just as they
have special and antiaircraft ships
These we lack, and to provide
safeguards for Lahaina, President
Roosevelt asked this congress for
$25, 900, which the house lately
threw out.
The Fleet will try to find out In
Problem 81 whether or not the back
bone of our fleet can be broker
at Lahaina.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
) Bandits Raid
Railway Express

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. April II.
tUPl Five bandits raided the rail-
way express agency today and. es-
capped with $ll,5O0 in currency and
several sealed packages in two
strong boxes.
A few minutes later, the bandit
car was intercepted at Hartford by
cruiser Patrolman Homer Gaouette
who reported to headquarters he
was shot at with machine gun. He
was unhurt.
State police began patrolling al
roads after Gaouette reported he
lost the sedan containing the mer
on Hartford side streets.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
BIOFF LOSES AGAIN
IN COURT FIGHT

SPRINGFIELD, III. April IT.
CUP) - William Bioff, Hollywood
motion picture labor leader today
lost an attempt to have The illinois
supreme court reconsider it's re-
fusal TO grant him superSedeas and
bail in his effort to escape serving
an l8-year-old pail term for pam
dcring
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Bus Driver Shot
In 'TrianqIe' Row

SAN FRANCISCO, April II. IUP)
"A 36-year-old bus driver was shot
and critically wounded today in a
hotel room battle Police sought
Tommy Rice, AZ. used car salesman
in connection with the shooting
of the bus driver, Howard Woods.
Police said the quarrel was over
the affections of Marie Woods, 28
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Dr.. Pace Denies
Wife'sCharqes

In an answer flied Wednesday
Dr. John C. Pace. county veterinar-
ian denied an adultery charge in
cluded IN a divorce complaint filed
by his wife last week
He said his wife's i'll health and
nervous condition were responsible
for her jealousy of him. He said
he agreed to an equitable division
of community property and was
willing to continue to support her
until the divorce case is settled in
court.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Additional Naval
Academy Asked

WASHINGTON, April 10. CUP)-
Rep. Warren MagnuSon, D., Wash,
introduced a bill today proposing
creation of another U. S. naval acad-
emy in the Puget Sound area. Half
the persons qualifying for entrance
to the Annapolis naval academy
would attend the proposed Puget
Sound institution which would be
given $lO,0OO,OOO for equipment and
training
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Now Many Wear
FALSE Teeth
With More COmfort

FASTEETH. a pleasant alkaline
mon -acid) powder. holds false
teeth more firmly. To eat, talk and
laugh with greater security and to
avoid the worry and discomfort of
slipping, rocking, ~abbling false
teeth sprinkle your plate with
FASTEETH. No gummy, gooey,
pasty taste or feeling. Does not
sour. Checks plate odor." Get FAS-
TEETH at any drug store.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

So officials OF the United States
line. for whom the U. S. Maritime
commission built the America, hope
they won't have to take delivery
land therefore cost Of upkeopl
from the commission until after
the war. II congress permits this,
the America Is destined TO start
her career tied listlessly at an idle
dock. unless, which is most unlike
ly, some other ship line wants TO
buy her
The America was the first ship
to be contracted for. IN October,
1887, by the Maritime commission
under its 10-year shipbuilding pro-
gram. The 723-foot twin-screw
liner, with an estimated speed of
% knots, will cost about $1,000
600 delivered. of which the u. S.
line already has contributed some
$4,000. 900.
The line and commission Jointly
worked out specifications, The re-