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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
Life Saving Course
Concluding Tonight
e Candidates for Red Cross Certificates Resuscta-
ton Among Many Features of Instructions Given

Twenty-three swimmers who have
been receiving life saving and water
safety instructions from Frank Hol-
land, National American Red Cross
instructor, at Crosby high school
since Monday will wind up their
course tonight at the high school
pool.
The course was sponsored by the
local chapter of the Red Cross, and
included training in water accident
prevention, swimming, rescue and
various forms of resuscitation, in
Guiding the prone pressure method
Of artificial respiration.
Certificates will be presented to
the successful candidates in about
month. Well-known physical edu-
Gators are included among the can
didates.
Those taking the course included
Louis F. Laun. Florence Turnbull,
Alice Briggs, Betty Simons, Marion
Kraft, Frank Repole, Fred Preston,
William Miller, William White, Will
liam Frisbie, Ruth Huff, Fred Felt
man, Anna Meehan, John VALENCIA
vich, Helen Mahoney, Elizabeth
Shattuck, Frank LazeSki, George
Hoebel, Gilbert Teal, Henry Dona-
hue, Tom Patterson, Helen Carroll
and James Logan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12

cause of law and order must receive
all possible support if our civiliza-
ton is to remain intact. America
plays and must continue to play a
part of ever-increasing Importance
toward this end, and our lawyers
can and should occupy the position
of leaders toward better world.
1.-THE higher the standards and
the better the facilities of our law
schools, the greater will be the con-
tribution of their graduates toward
making the American bar the out
standing servant of community
needs.
"Your project to render Yale's
great law library pre-e eminent by en-
larging its book resources is a sig
nificant step in the right direction.
1t is a great privilege to accept the
Craftsmanship of your committee
and to have the opportunity of tell
ing Yale lawyers and their associ-
ates of the American bar of the
outstanding work being done by the
Yale Law School"
Announcement Made
The announcement was made at
meeting at the Yale Club of 100 New
York lawyers who are Yale gradu-
ates and who are serving on one of
the two committees which are
handling the campaign locally. The
group is made up of men who have
graduated since 1920 and is headed
by Arthur E. Palmer, Jr., 80, of
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
"Out of Respect"

Superior court was adjourned
for five minutes at eleven o'clock
this morning by direction of
Judge Carl Foster out of respect
for the late Rev. DIR. John N.
Lewis.
AS the chimes in nearby st.
Johns church tolled Judge FOs-
ter paid glowing tribute to the
late minister.
The jurist asserted that DIR.
Lewis death was great loss to
the city of Waterbury and to
the state in general, to say
nothing of his family and par
ishiOners.
He characterized him as a
great force of good and one Of
the states outstanding clergy
men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
Habit-Forming?
Grove Street Store
Burglarized Seven
Times With
Year.

Broken into six or seven times
since the first of the year, Frank
Cruess's store at 217 Grove street
was the object of another attempt
ed burglary last night. Thieves,
however, were scared away before
they stole anything.
The Cruess market was broken
into last week, and several times
before that. Police believe thieves
familiar with the premises are re-
sponsible for the repeated entries.
Detective Lieutenant Joseph
Bender in January rounded up a
gang of boys who were said to have
been the perpetrators of wave of
West End burglaries. For few
weeks all was quiet, but the breaks
began shortly after, with the
Cruess store as one of the princi-
pal detectives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
To Brew or Not!

bankruptcy Referee Walter l..
Torrance has set April 22nd as the
date for a hearing to determine
whether the Eastern Brewing 20.
shall be adjudged bankrupt. Inc
company filed a reorganization
petition last September and sub
sequently January % was set as the
date for the filing of the reorgsn-
ization plan. An extension of time
was authorized until yesterday by
Judge Carroll C. Hincks in the
United States district court ana
June 1 set as the date for the MI
ing of claims by creditors and
stockholders.
No operations have been carried
ON in the company's Eagle street
pant for weeks and many OF the
cempany's employees have taken
jcbs with another brewery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
new HAVEN ROAD
GIVEN MORE HELP
Reorganization Plan Has
Been Approved; Capital
izatiOn Is Reduced

Washington, April 12.-(UP)-The
interstate commerce commission to-
day approved a reorganiza ton plan
for the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Co., reducing the
company's total capitalization from
$464, 1888, 806 to 1865 100000.
The plan reduces fixed charges
and guarantees of the reorganized
system from SIS, 531 1923 to $6,232, 331.
No provision is made for holders of
the common and preferred stock of
the present system. The ICC held
that their equities were of no value.
Equipment obligations of the system
will not be disturbed.
The Old Colony Railroad Co was
not included in the reorganization
plan. The commission withheld its
approval of plan by which the Old
Colony would transfer its western
and cape group of properties to the
New Haven and abandon freight and
passenger operations on its so-called
Boston group of properties by Jan.
l, 1941.
The commission held that in view
of the existing unfavorable earning
position of the Old Colony no plan
for its reorganiza zion would be ap-
proved now.
Paid in Cash -
Under the reorganization plan, the
New York and New England Rail
road Co. Boston terminal first
mortgage bonds, the Duchess Coun-
ty Railroad Co. first mortgage bonds
will be paid off in cash. The New
York, Providence and Boston Rail-
road Co. general mortgage bonds,
the Naugatuck Railroad Co. first
mortgage bonds, the Harlem river
and Port Chester Railroad Co. first
mortgage bonds, and the Providence
Terminal first mortgage bonds will
not be disturbed. and accrued and
unpaid interest paid in cash, except
that the accrued and unpaid interest
of the Harlem river and Port Ches-
ter bonds will be paid in new fixed
interest bonds.
The secured notes held by the
Railroad Credit Corporation and the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
can be exchanged for new collateral
trust notes for 100 per cent of the
remaining balance of the notes.
The plan provided that the Provi-
dence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
Co. and the Hartford and Connec-
ticut Western Railroad Co. will be
reorganized as part of the New
Haven system. The acquisition Of the
properties and assets Of the Boston
and Providence Railroad Corp by
the New Haven would be authorized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
March Establishes
Lowest Fatality
Record In Years

Not the least of the phenOm-
ena recorded during a particu-
larIy capriciOus March Is the
lowest number of automobile
fatalities of any single month
in fourteen years.
While the weather bureau at
Hartford reports an unusual
amount Of snow, high wind
velocity, and even a thunder
storm last month, the motor
vehicles department makes note
of the fact that there were
eleven automobile fatalities,
the lowest monthly report since
February, 1926 when there were
nine.
In fact, annual reports dur
ing the last four years have
recorded March as having few
er fatalities than any other
month. Eight of the March ia
talities this year were pedes-
TRANS. During March Of last
year there were twenty one ia
talities, seventeen Of them
pedestrians. This year nine of
the March fatal accidents &C.
Cured at night, and last year
nineteen Of March'5 twenty-0ne
occurred at night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
Summer in Maine!

Major Henry D. Furey, o. S. A.
instructor for the Bridgeport dis
trtct Third Military Area inform
ed the reserve officers here last
night that the 418th Infantry Will
be assigned to G. M. T. G. at Fort
Mckinley, Portland, Maine this
summer.
About rs officers will be ordered
on duty in Maine from July 16 to
August 6 and 10 officers will draw
IA days service from July 81 to
August 3. :
Further details will be an
nounced later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
Examination For
P0Stn1dSterShip In
Ansonia Scheduled
(NEA Radiophoto)

Congressman ]. Joseph Smith
announced from Washington
today that civil service exam
nations will be held to fill the
postmastership at AnsOnia. APP
plicatiOns must be filed by
April 80, and the date for the
examination will be set later.
Senator Daniel Mccarthy is
now acting postmaster at An
sonia, having resigned as CEN
sus supervisor at New Haven
to take the appointment. He
will be one of the applicants
for the permanent appoint
ment.
The post, now virtually a
lifetime job, pays $500 a year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
GLADYS CHAUVEL
SUING FOR $4,000

The City of Waterbury is made
defendant in a 5000 civil action
nled by Gladys Chauvel in the
court of common pleas today.
The plaintiff claims she fell on
defective sidewalk in front Of SOC
West Main street on Jan. 6, 1910 and
sustained serious knee and leg in
juries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
Scholarships

The ten annual Scholarships IN
engineering at Carnegie Institute
of Technology are again open to
high schocol seniors who meet
the necessary requirements. These
scholarships have value of
$4,000 each, Westinghouse contrib
uting $4,000.
They combine industrial exper-
fence with academic training.
The Westinghouse office advises
that this matter has been called
to the attention Of the school au-
thorities Of Waterbury and all
surrounding towns and it is
hoped that a substantial number
OF local boys will compete.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12

Roberts.
The other committee, whose chair
man is former Judge Thomas D.
Thacher, '04, of Simpson, Thatcher,
and Bartlett, consists of men who
graduated before 1920. William
Dean Embree, 'O2, of Milbank,
Tweed, and Hope, is associate chair
man with Mr.. Thatcher.
Mr.. Hoober and Ashbel G.. Gull
liver, dean of the Yale Law school,
were present at the meeting and
spoke in detail of the immediate
needs of the law library.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
Welcome Rain

Twenty three brush fires. the
most spectacular being on Plank
road, kept the fire department
on the run yesterday.
The Plank road brush blaze
burned for more than two hours
before it was extinguished by
firemen from the East Main
street bungalO station.
Other than brush fires, blazes
were extinguished in chimney
at 81 East Liberty street, in a
house at IS Alma street, and in
a car owned by Glen Crell, of
$50 East Main street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
Spotlighting
BrassCityNews
Bitten By Dog

Bitten by an aireda1e. Kenneth
Blake, of Prospect, was treated 1or
a wound on his right leg by d.
Rudolph A. Damiani yesterday.
The incident, said to have oc-
Cured at South Main and Jetter-
son streets, was reported to police
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
DE MILE SIGNS ARTIST

Dan Sayre Groesbeck, interna-
tionally known portrait and land
scape artist, has been signed by
Cecil B. De Mile to paint advance
INSTALLATIONS" of scenes for the
Paramount producer directors Gath
production, North West Mounted
Police"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
Economy

Oficials of the New Haven"
Railroad announced yesterday
that the company is considering
taking up one line of tracks from
Plainville to Waterbury as an
economy measure. The right-of-
way now has two tracks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
DEATH OF RECTOR
CANCELS MEETING

The Young Peoples Fellowship of
st. Johns church will not meet on
Sunday due to the death of Rev.
DR.. John N. Lewis, pastor of the
church. The next meeting will be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
Recovering

James Carolan, 38, of go Cooke
street, who suffered a fractured
right knee when he fell on a
Spring street sidewalk last night,
was in good condition at st.
Mary's hospital today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12
LEAMY MADE JUDGE

Washington, April IL - (U.P) -
President Roosevelt today nomin.
ated James P. Leamy to be U. s.
district judge in Vermont.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12

held on Sunday, April Goth, at $50
O'Clock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-18
AZ &c. Human Nutcrackerz
WasR't Hd6ifig Easy Timei

A party of men were out camp
ing. The wife Of one of them had
packed a large fruit cake, which
he produced and ate without as
much as offering a taste to any Of
the others s}4 ges.hN
Z Time passed. Suddenly he be-
gan grooming and doubling him
self up and then Strengthening out
nagain. When this had gone on for
some time, a friend asked him:
whats the matter, Jim?"
''s'That cake I ate," groaned the
sufferer. sit had nuts in it, and
think the missus forgot to shell
them" /
Good heavens!" said his friend.
"And can you crack 'em just by
bending?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-18
1910

1910
PROCLAMATION OF THE Gov
ERNOR OF MARYLAND PROPOS-
ING AMENDMENTS TO THE CON-
STITUTfON OF THE STATE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-18
PART Y-A-PNOPLEs COURTS.

41-A. There IL hereby created Peoples
Court Of baltimore city. Said Court shall
consist originally Of Chief Judge and two
Associate Judges; the humber Of such
Judges may thereafter be increased or
decreased by the General Assembly by law
but NO such decrease shall affect the term
of any Judge then in Office or his right to
stand for election for further terms as
I hereinafter provided. The Judges of said
Court shall have the qualifications pre-
scribed by Section 2 of this Article and
shall have practiced law In the City of
Baltimore for total period of at least
i've years; shall hold Office subject to the
. provisions OF Sections 8 and of this Arti-
Gle with regard to retirement and removal
from office; and shall receive from the
!; Mayor and City Council of baltimore City
such compensation as shall be fixed by
law BIZ the General Assembly, which shall
not be diminished during continuance In
office.
The Governor shall appoint to said Court.
to take Office on the first Monday Of May,
1941, one Associate Judge for term expir-
ing December 81, 1912 one Associate Judge
for term expiring December 81, 1914, and
q Chief Judge for a term expiring December
81, 1916; and, upon the creation of any
additional Office on said Court by increase
in the number of Judges pursuant to this
Section, shall appoint an Associate Judge
for such term, not exceeding eight years
and expiring on the thirty first day Of
December Immediately following Con-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-18
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR PEOPLES
COURTS"

'This amendment provides for establish
ing Peoples Court in this State by adding
two new sections numbered Ala and Alb
to Article Nv Of the Constitution. The
first section (41-A) establishes a Peoples
Court for Baltimore City and regulates or
provides. for regulating all matters relat-
ing to the Court, the Judges of the Court
and the Constabies and Clerks. The Sec
ond section abb authorizes the General
Assembly to establish a Peoples Court in
any other county, Incorporate city or town
of this State and to provide for all matters
relating to said Court and the Judges,
Constables, Clerks and Employees of said
Court; and below said synopsis shall be
printed the words For Peoples Courts
Amendment" and Against Peoples Courts
Amendment" as now provided BY law. and
immediately after said election due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor of
the vote for and against said proposed
amendment as directed by Article XIV Of
the Constitution and further proceedings
had in accordance with said Article XIV.
Approved: April 20, 1899.
CHAPTER 200
AN ACT to amend Section n Of Article 1
Evening star., 1940-04-09
The Modern Dance
Will Be Discussed

"The Modern Dance" will be the
subject Of q talk by Miss Erike
Thimey of the King-Smith School
at meeting Of Gamma Chapter,
Beta Sigma Phi, tonight at $3.50
o'clock at the King-Smith Play
house. Several dances will be in
terpreted by Jane Thomson, Reba
White, Nancy Jean Kimball, Jean
Chugert, Ruth Barnett, Leontine
Raymon, Jane Gray Acree and
Martha Nash. Marthe Poncy will
accompany at the piano.
Officers recently elected by Theta
Chapter include Jean Hatton, presi-
dent; Virginia Rector, vice presi-
dent; Carolyn Gillespy, recording
secretary; Margaret Steigler, corre-
spending secretary; Mary Judy,
treasurer; Ivy Atkinson, historian,
and Marjorie Heekin. council repre-
sentative.
Offlcers for Gamma Chapter are
Victoria Kay Strauch, president:
Ruth Gilbert, vice president and
council representative; Ellamae
Massie, corresponding secretary;
Edna Steinberger, recording secre-
tary and alternate council repre-
sentative, and Kathryn Mason.
treasurer.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Officers Named

Newly elected officers of Beta
Chapter, Phi Delta Gamma, include
nellie Shannon, president: Dorothy
Veon, vice president; Caroline Babb
recording secretary; Dora Ihle, cor.
responding secretary; Gladys Ander.
son, treasurer; Katherine Asbury
registrar; Clarita Claussen, his
torian; Florence Sifferd, editor;
Mildred Green, program chairman
and Elizabeth Fielden, national
council delegate.
Evening star., 1940-04-09

Miss Marsteller. Later in the evening
a family reunion was held.
Miss Dolores Sanford, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Sanford, enter
tanned at a weiner roast Saturday
evening at her home in Woodside
Forest, Md. The guests were men,
bers Of social club in Miss San
ford's class in school.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Box were
hosts at dinner party followed by
bridge, Saturday evening at their
home in Silver Spring, Md.
Mrs. Walter Tansill Oliver, jr., of
Fairfax, Va, left today to visit her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Burnam O.
Grove, in Roanoke, Va.
Miss Evelyn Chiles, a member of
the Fairfax High School faculty, has
been called to Natural Bridge, Va,
by the death of her grandfather.
Miss Nancy McCandlish and Mr..
SHIELD McCandlish, who have spent
a week at Pinehurst, N. c., have re-
turned to their Fairfax, Va, home.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Pen Women to Hear
North Carolina
Mountain Songs

Songs Of the North Carolina
mountaineers will be sung by
Bascom Lamar Lunsford of Ashe-
vile, N. c.. at the fellowship tea OF
the District Of Columbia League
Of American Pen Women tomorrow
from 3 to 6 pm. at the Grafton
Hotel.
Mr.. Lunsford is leading author
ity on the American square dance.
Last year he performed before the
King and Queen of England In a
folksong and dance program at the
White House.
The program will feature folk
dancing and singing, and DR.. Mary
Meek Atkeson Moore will be hostess,
assisted by Mrs. william H. Moses,
Mrs. H. T. Brown and Miss Sarah
Gertrude Knott.
At q meeting Of the non-fiction
and Journalism group tomorrow at
8 pm, June Rainsford Butler Of
the Gunston Hall staff will discuss
her book "Floralia," which received
the achievement award from the
National Council Of State Garden
Clubs. Mrs. F. L. Abee and Mrs.
Frank L. Cheney will be assisted
by Mrs. E. r. Seal and Miss Roberta
Wakefield.
Mrs. Faber Stevenson will speak
on bells before the lecture and radio
group Friday at pm, illustrate
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Catholic Daughters
Regents to Meet
In Baltimore

The Maryland grand regents Of
the Catholic Daughters Of America
will meet Sunday at 10 am. at the
Cadoa, 118 West Franklin street,
Baltimore. Miss Margaret Buck
ley, State regent, will preside over
the conference. Matters Of State
wide Importance will be considered
and the various grand regents will
report on conditions of their re-
spective courts.
Guest speakers on the program
will be the Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph
M. Nelligan, chancellor Of the
Archdiocese Of Baltimore and
Washington and director Of the
Cadoa, and the Right Rev. Msgr.
Hugh T. Monaghan, State chap
lain. Other speakers will include
Miss Florence M. Winter, national
chairman Of the Convert League;
Mrs. Jennie Barkley Green, former
vice supreme regent and former
State regent; Miss Virginia Meyer,
past State regent; Miss Ida Wyvil,
district deputy, and Mrs. Florence
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Notes From the Suburbs
Mrs. Florence Jodzies Leaves
To Attend Meeting in Staunton

Mrs. Florence Jodzies OF Harmony
Farm, Vale,. Va, left today for
Staunton, Va, to attend the spring
meeting of the Board of Visitors of
the Virginia State School for the
Deaf and Blind. Mrs. Jodzies is
executive secretary of the board.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Tarbett Of Ia
koma Park, Mr., have had as their
guests for several days Mr.. and
Mrs, G. Raymond Bancroft Of Bos-
ton, Mass.
Mrs. M. F. James will entertain
at bridge tomorrow afternoon at
her home in Silver Spring, Nd, and
will also have guests in that eve
ming to play bridge.
Miss Mary Frances Cooper, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Cooper
of Greenway, Orange, Va, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Dawson Richardson and their
daughter, Miss Randolph Richard
son, in their residence, White House,
Fairfax, Va.
Mr.. Robert Walker of Fairfax, Va,
has left to join Mrs. Walker in Los
Angeles, Calf, for several weeks.
Mrs Walker was called to Los
Angeles by the illness of her aunt,
Miss Eliza Allison.
Miss Peggy Marsteller, daughter
of Mrs. Richard E. Johnston of
Arlington, Va, has returned home
after a stay of several weeks in the
Washington Sanitarium, Takoma
Park. Miss Marsteller's brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. William
A. Thomson. came from Buffalo,
N. Y, to visit her during her illness.
Another sister, Mrs. Henry Lee
Carter Of Arlington, gave a dinner
party Sunday night in honor of
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Association Elects

Mrs. Genevieve Woll, 4105 Jenifer
street NV. has been elected presi-
dent and Mrs. Marie c. Commins
3419 South Dakota avenue NE,
secretary treasurer of the Washing
ton City Association of Theta Phi
Alpha. Mrs. Woll is from the Uni
versity of Illinois and Mrs. Commins
the University of Missouri.
Miss Agnes Regan has been an
nounced as guest of honor at the
forthcoming Founders Day banquet
Evening star., 1940-04-09
Jackson Will Address
D. c. Young Democrats

Attorney General Jackson will ad-
dress the Young Democrats of the
District at a Jefferson Day banquet,
April 20, 1t was announced today.
Senator Lee of Oklahoma will be
toastmaster.
President Roosevelt will make a
Nation wide broadcast.