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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
By :, DAN PARKER
BY BOB PALMER

The first division teams all en- joyed two game victories last week so there was no immediate change in the standing. The Stars and Stripes still remained in deadlock for. the top spot, Joe Howell's Reds lost their first set in eight weeks and the Eagles won another game that in brief sums up the results in our Patriotic loop.
 This week finds the teams reach- ing the halfway mark in the Sched- ule. The Stars and Blues were the most consistent clubs during this stretch, neither DuHamels or Chris ties teams ever being more than two games off the pace since last Sep- tember. The Reds made the best spurt, pulling from 13 games behind the leaders up to but 6 from the top. The Stripes had the best team average and finally moved in to first place tie after threatening all season. The Eagles had the longest losing streak of 10 straight games and no team won six straight games.
 Ralph Bradley, high average leader proved averages don't lie when he broke Al Ellis high three mark of S72 with strings of l39, l23 and 1l0 for @ grand 37e total. The old mark had been standing ever since the second week of the season and just when everybody had just about given up hope of smashing 1t, MT. Bradley ups and does 1t.
 George Bailey has been after Perry White for e bowling match. George is willing to wager most anything that he can take Perry into camp without any exertion. Perry says he is concentrating on the league matches right no wand that after the season ls over he will take care Os Mir. Bailey.
 BlIi oorman had a nice game of iio in . losing match with the Blues.
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Score at half time-Wilby 19, St. Thomas IA. Referee-Lonergan.
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TERRYVILLE VS. ALUMNI

Terryville, Dec. 27.-The Terryville high school cagers will meet the Alumni in St. Casirnir's hall tonight in a contest that promises to be one of the hardest fought of the season. Terryville high has won five out of six games this season. The Alumni will show a veteran team composed of players in the Community League and State Polish League, which will cause the students to travel at full speed to win.
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Special to The Democrat

Holyoke, Dec. 26.-Held scoreless in the first half by a fine Holyoke high team, which scored IS points, Crosby high of Waterbury dropped its first game of the season 44-29 here tonight. Most of the scoring by both teams was accomplished in the last two periods, Shapiro get- ting 27 points, II of them free throws. Crosby matched the win ner in field goals with 13 each Shapiro scoring 27 points against 29 for the entire Crosby team. Sum- mary:
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Wishing you Happy New Year
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A few more scores of 359 will bring him right up with the leaders in averages.
 Ken Beckley continues his fine bowling which is one of the reasons Production continues around the top rung in the standing.
 Joe May, the Great Lover, has finally Succumbed to using bowling shoes. His scores indicate he is wearing them on his hands.
 Ray Synott, the best cold bowler we ever saw, started right of with a strike and spare and the Public Relations boys were so surprised that they went into reverse.
 Uncle Joe Blum was tried out in the anchor position. He made a great start but faded in the stretch so Bill Leroy announces that Joe will be back at his old spot this week of lead of man.
 The big game of the week appears to be the ofle between Sales A and Collectors. Ben Goldstein says that he wants this one. All games go on as usual at 5:1E p. m. tonight.
 Good night.
 Winners of Last Weeks Prizes
 High individual single-Moriarty Dispatchers, 133.
 High individual three strings Byrnes, Meter A, 360.
 High team total-SaleS A, TIP
 Kicker-Bergen, Production, 296
 Attendance e-Egan, Public Rela- tionS.
 Schedule of Games Tonight
 Construction A vs. Naugatuck- alleys 1-2.
 Construction B vs. Service Appli- ance, alleys 3-4.
 Sales A vs. Collectors, alleys 5-6
 Welfare vs. Eales Engineers, alleys 7L8.
 Storeroom vs. Meter A, alleys e10.
 Public Relations vs. Meter Read CTS, alleys 11-12.
 Linemen vs. Dispatchers, alleys 13-14.
 Production vs. Meter B, alleys 15-16.
 Sales B vs. Disetrict Engineers alleys 17-18.
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Eddie Salvatore with Il points, led the Wilby Reserves to a 44-23 win over the St. Thomas subs in a pre- linn, during which Foley, Sweeney, and Sullivan showed up well for the Saints Collucci, Sicex and Gi- ampetruzzi also aided the Wilby cause.
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LONG MACHINE
 IS DRIVEN OUT
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 tion is to "drive the rascals out of office." He carried the north Louisi- ana country, where Huey and Earl Long were raised, and was being heralded in the rural areas as new political Messiah. Two babies, born yesterday, were named after him, one in the Long brothers home town of Winnfield.
 The vote for JoreG lawyer of Lake Charles, La, was interpreted as a protest against the scandals which have involved Huey Longs heirs. Of the four men left in power by Longs death in 1885, three have been indicted and two convicted of federal charges in connection with the footing of public funds and properties.
 Abraham L. shusnan, former president of the New Orleans levee board, has been convicted of using the mails to defraud in connection with state graft. Seymour Weiss, former president of the New Or- leans dock board hotel operator, con- fldant of Huey Long and treasurer of the machine, had been convicted of using the mails to defraud in connection with Louisiana State university graft.
 Richard w. Leche, whom the ma chine elected governor, after Longs death, had been indicted on hot oil and graft charges. Only Mayor Robert s. Maestri of New Orleans survives of the one-time "big four"
 Gov. Earl Long had been a bitter \ political foe of Huey's and was never anything politically until the master minds of the machine, want ing the magic of the Long name, el- ected him Acknowledgements and let him become governor last sum- mer when Leche resigned under fire. Earl and Huey had exchanged fighting words many times after Huey' death. Earl claimed there had been a deathbed reconciliation.
 Just as Huey Long had done in his early, victorious campaigns, Jones lost the metropolitan New Orleans vote but was piling up an apparently commanding lead in the country. He had promised to "rid the state of political crooks from top to bottom;" $3 automobile nc- enses; $30 monthly old age pen- sions; free hot lunches, library books and school supplies for school children: homestead exemptions free of political favoritism, and uri- hampered local governments. In
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some respects his appeal had been to the same class of "poor country folks" that put Huey Long into of flee over the opposition of the New Orleans ring politicians of the late 1920s and kept him in power while he made Louisiana Q dictatorship. Much of Jones' support came from cotton farmers of the Red Hills; shrimp fishermen of the Terrehone and the French-speaking Acadians of South Louisiana.
 The vote still was not conclusive and Jones did not expect the rnacl- inc to go down without further fight. He appealed to his watchers to stay at the polls until the last vote was tabulaed.
 Jones is AZ. He waited on tables to earn his way through Louisiana State University, .one of the focal points of the present scandals since its president, Dr. James Monroe Smith, was found last summer to have been playing the grain market with school funds and 1t now an in. mate of the state prison farm. In 1917 Jones enlisted in the army but never got overseas. He was admitted to the bar in 1922. His first political job was serving out an unexpired term as city judge. Later he was elected to the State Democratic Cenral Comittee. He was elected district attorney in 1924. Later he became state commander of the American Legion. He withdrew to private law practice in 1880 and emerged virtually a political stran- ger last summer to run for governor as the state seethed with scandal.
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(Continued from Page D burgess from the first ward and was elected May ?, 1883. He served one year.
 He was appointed chief engineer of the fire department (the official title for the fire chief office) short ly after the administration of War den John J. Sheridan was first elected, the appointment being made May IA, 1884.
 He served in this position until the time of his death. Industrious Worker
 In 1936, a bill was passed in the state legislature which provided that chief engineer of the fire de- partment and other main officials of the department should hold the3y offices permanently unless cause for removal could be shown. Chief Calvin worked industrious ly to keep the department efficient. Recently he stated much of the de- partment's equipment should be re- placed because 1t is obsolete and has given as much service as could be expected. , During his regime, alterations were made in the rear of the fire house and the building was painted.
 The fire loss record while Mir. Calvin was chief was quite low. One fire engine was added to the equipment of the department dur ing his regime, this rebuilt model.
 Chief Calvin would never send a man where he himself would hesi- tate to go. He was keenly interested in his work and was proud of his department. Tn 1889, he attended the International Fire Chiefs con- vention in San Francisco.
 He endeavored to keep in touch with the latest ideas in fire fight ing. Chief Calvin was man of high character and integrity. Cheer fu1 and friendly, yet steadfast in his ways to promote efficiency in his department, he had many friends here.
 He was member of St. Francis Roman Catholic church. Chief Gal win was married to Miss Dorothy Fitzgerald in 1936.
 His mother is @ former Demo- cratic town committee chairman here and was at one time a mem- Der of the Democratic state central committee. She was candidate for the warden at one time here on the Democratic ticket.
 Chief Calvin was member of the Connecticut Fire Chiefs asso- citation.
 He leaves besides his wife and mother, two brothers, Edward of Naugatuck, and William of Bridge port; one sister, Miss Mildred Gal- win, of Naugatuck; and several nieces and nephews.
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DriUer, Not Car
 Was At Fault

Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 21.-- (UP)-In the majority of auto mobile accidents throughout the country during the past year, the driver, and not the car was at fault, according to re- search experts of Travellers In- surance Company today. They estimated 95 per cent of the cars involved in non-fatal acci- dents and 93 per cent of those in fatal crashes were in good mechanical condition.
 Last year 32,1OO persons lost their lives in motor accidents. Of this number 12,47O were pe- destrians. Collisions between automobiles killed 8550. Total injured during the year were 1,21O,2OO. Excessive speeding caused 36.5 per cent of all fa- talities; driving on the wrong side of the road, 14.6 per cent; disputing the right of way, 1S.5 per cent; reckless driving 14.7 per cent and driving off the roadway, 11.6 per cent.
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THREE WITNESSES
 TO BE ARRESTED
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 Weisman, who represents Miss LukowslEi, said the young woman was unable to come Nto court today because she works in Danbury and the condition of the road since the storm has prevented her from conl- muting in the past several days.
 He said he thought it was unjust to arrest the girl, who didn't wish to prosecute in the first place, and whose living depended on her Dan- bury job.
 "Isn't it enough that she had her coat stolen, without being arrested too?" asked the attorney.
 It was finally agreed that the capias should stand, but Miss Lu- kowski will come to court with Weisman, instead of under police escort.
 Throughout the discussion, Gall ullo repeated his belief that the or der of the court must be observed.
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to five hours behind schedule en- route to Boston from Philadelphia.
 Four Boston & Maine passenger trains were delayed after the loco- motive of a freight train de- molished 0 stalled automobile on Parker's Crossing in South Acton, on the Fitchburg division. No one was hurt, the cars two occupants having left the scene.
 State Maintenance Engineer James E. Lawrence estimated that state snow-removal costs of the two storms would total $225,000.
 Vermont, New Hampshire and southern and western Maine, which escaped the brunt of the blast yes- terday, received its heaviest snow of the winter last night and more snow was forecast for today.
 All planes in New England were grounded, highway transportation struggled slowly through ice and slush, and shipping was hampered but trains returned to normal Scheo- ules after clearing signal lines felled by the freezing sleet after with standing last weeks mile-a-minute blizzard.
 With mountainous piles of snow hampering firemen, series of sev ere fires broke out in Boston dur ing the storms height, causing in- juries to three persons and driving 50 from their homes. Flames also destroyed a Boston & Maine rail- road shed at CharlestoWn and dam- aged the West Lebanon, N. H., high school.
 Municipal officials began counting the staggering costs of clearing streets after the two storms. At Boston, the cost roes to near $1,- 100000. The Cambridge city coun- cil voted $15O,O0O for the work.
 While motorists, educated" by last weeks blizzard, generally left their machines at home, Governor Saltonstall again appealed to citi- zens to keep vehicles off the streets until clearance work was completed.
 State highways throughout the six states were kept open, but re- ported dangerous at many points Ranging as deep as 20 inches in the Berkshires, the sonw was drifting badly, but work crews got some re- lief when the storm stopped for several hourfs during the night.
 Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 21.-(UP)- Snow and rain whipped Connecticut again last night and early today but without the paralyzing effect of the blizzard of a week ago which brought more than ten inches of snow. Clearing skies and a warm sun made rivers of highways.
 Three deaths were attributed to the latest storm, bringing the total for a week to six. Owen Dever, 50, South Norwalk, was killed py bus at Bridgeport last night while cross- ing 8 street in a heavy ram. Two others previously died at Waterbury and Danbury from exertion.
 Road conditions were hazardous throughout the state but for the most part traffic lanes were kept cleared by highway crews working in continuous shifts.
 A light rain changed to snow in northern sections of the state dur ing the night.
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ernment would protest sharply to Moscow.
 Some weeks ago, the Russians in- advertently bombed Norwegian ter- ritory during operations along the frontier in the far north of Finland.
 Norway protested to Moscow and the Soviet government apologized, stating that the bombing was due to an error.
 Fall in North End
 Swedish military quarters said that five or Six bombs fell in the northern portion of Pajala and that some of them were incendiary bombs. Other bombs were dropped but did not strike the town. The army did not announce the total of bombs dropped but unof1lcial es- inmates ranged from 20 to 25, indi- eating that most bombs were wide of their mark.
 Pajala is a station on the impor- tant Swedish frontier railroad line from Haparando to Lainio. which parallels the Finnish Torneaa to Joensu railroad. It lies in the Tor neaa river valley.
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 Ions and two aqudads, the wild sheep of Sardinia and North Africa respectively.
 Employees heard the great black leopards throwing their magnificent, ripping bodies against the steel bars of their cages. They heard the fierce snarlings of two lionesses slowly turn to tortured whimperings as the flames engulfed them. The lioneesses had cubs and the two babies died with them. The roarings of two male lions came through the flames almost to the last.
 A pigmy hippopotamus died the worst death of all.
 He was slowly boiled to death in his tank.
 The anguished screams an d shrieks of the tormented animals could be heard for half mile.
 The grazing animals were led individually from the burning build- ings and liberated. Mad with fright they raced a half mile over fields and U. s. highway 31 into this com- munity of $500, running down the main street more or less in a pack, the camels with their necks stretch ed out, the elephant with their trunks curled over their heads, oc- casionally trurnpeting.
 Most townsrnen heard the thun- der of the galloping herd from a distance and were out of the way by the time it arrived, and there was no sign of panic among them. Carl Quick turned a corner in his automobile and ran into an ele- phant. The elephant ran on but Quick's car was severely damaged. A pony ran in front of another motorist and was killed.
 In the ruins, the firemen found the charred body of an elephant. Apparently it returned to the build- ing after being liberated.
 By 3 a. m. all but 20 horses and one elephant had been found. The elephant had been located-10 miles east of Rochester.
 The 50 circus employees were at their supper when the fire was dis covered. It was famed by Q 40 mile wind and fed by the hundreds of tons of loose hay, swept through the main building of the wintet quarters. Jesse Adkins and Zack Terrell, owners of the circus, led their men in to save what animals they could. Terrell suffered a slight heart attack and had to be taken
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 mayor said, indicates that they, too, have their troubles. I feel that our street department has been do- Ing as good a job as could be ex- pected in view of all the circun1- stances and the limited resources. Work was begun promptly last Wednesday and has been carried on steadily since that time. The de- partment is to be commended for its fine work"
 The work on East Main street be- gan after busses and private cars bringing people to work this morn- ing again suffered lengthy delays. Only two lanes were open for traf- fic and lines of cars stretched from Exchange Place to Hamilton Park. Hamilton avenue tntersec- tion proved 8 bottle-neck and there was considerable criticism about the traffic light being kept in op- eration, motorists claiming that traffic could be better directed there by policemen. Lack of sand on slippery East Main street grades added to the morning confusion there, causing delays as cars were unable to gam traction.
 Work on North Main
 Following the East Main street work, crew was sent to upper North Main street to attack ruts and icy patches there. Smaller crews were at work in other sections. One group was assigned to the task of clearing gutters and sewers in the downtown area.
 Flows were kept busy all morn ing, but many streets were report ed still deep in snow. A light fal! last night added to the difficulties of travel In the city, but fortun- ately the predicted heavy storm for this area last night and today did not Inaterialize.
 Still More Ruts
 There were still ruts on a num- Der of main streets, and traffic delays were still numerous. Buses were again delayed, especially on East Main street and North Main street and in upper Overlook.
 From New Milford came reports of serious flood dangers, with ice covering the Housatonic and adjoin- ing land covered with deep snow Fear of an ice jam at the New Milford bridge was expressed.
 Other rivers in western Connec- ticut were also reported choked with ice. The promised cold spell may eliminate much of the danger, but heavy rain or a sudden thaw may bring flood conditions.
 Minor Accidents
 Police reported minor accidents in Waterbury but there were no serious mishaps despite the danger ous conditions. Many instances of cars almost turning over when caught in deep ruts were recorded.
 A warm sun this morning melted snow and ice on streets which it struck directly, but in some cases 1t left deep slush that made con- ditions even worse than before.
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TONE CHARGES
 GOV. INACCURATE
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 to come to Connecticut is 2 reflec- ton on my administration. We were also friendly, and more industries came into the state under my ad- ministration, on e yearly basis, than have come in under his. And we didn't have any war orders, either.
 "And whatever claims the Cover nor makes may be all shot before long, because there Is an apparent recession under way. If the gov- ernor takes credit for 'a boom, ne will also have to take the blame for a drop.
 "Unen,ployment compensat ton figures show that during December, S277, ,OOo was, paid out in claims. Tn January the payments leaped to S4i4OOO. And, during February, up to last weekend. $s15.Oo0 has been paid out"
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NEW HAVEN BID Q. K.

Washington, Feb. 2l--iUP)--The U. s. Housing Authority today ap- proved a base bid of $1 ,S9S ,602 for clearance of a slum area and erec- ton of 442-unit rehousing project for New Haven, Conn. The low bid was submitted by the William L. Crow construction Co, New York City.
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SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
By BILL GARRIGUS

Long Bob Chase often claimed
 that you could sell the Connecticut milk producers almost anything, and sometimes 1t looked as if he might be right. The c. M. P. A. Bulletin for February proves that Bob was right. We are glad, when we read this issue of
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Sheridas, Lauds
 Lav7,ented Chief
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 Naugatuck, Feb. 21.-"Tt is with great sorrow that I have heard of the death of Fire Chief J. Milton Calvin" Warden John J. Sheridan said today.
 "Chief Calvin was 8 fine type of young man, upright and honorable and his death is 9 real loss to the borough.
 "He was an energetic worker for the borough and 1t is in- deed sad that Q man who showed such fine promise should be stricken in the very prime of life," MT. Sheridan added.
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BILLIARDS SWEEP
 OVER FINLAND
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over the central part of the city.
 Furious Russian raids were re- ported yesterday. It was estimated unofficially that more than 600 planes took part in attacks on 30 towns and villages. The official casualty list was 10 persons killed and IS wounded.
 An announcement yesterday that the Films had made dozens" of bombing and reconnaissance flights and that numerous" air battles had taken place was interpreted in some quarters to mean that delivery of aircraft from abroad was being speeded. Finnish newspapers for the first time carried photographs today of planes being shipped from abroad. One showed a crated plane on a New York City dock.
 An official statement was issued that the Films had no knowledge that German officers, as reported abroad, had taken part in the Man. nerheim line offensive or that the Russians had used German arms.
 "The German government has de- claired that its attitude in the Rus- sorFinnish war is one of absolute neutrality" the statement said.
 Bitterness which had been mani. fest against Sweden because of its declaration of official neutrality was lessened as the result of the statement of King Gustaf, even though 1t supported his govern ment's stand. At the same time they said that Finland needed con- siderably more help if they were to win the war and 8 lasting peace were to be assured. The Finnish Agrarian party, in an appeal to the Swedish farm union party, said that Sweden needed more soldiers and that 8 decisive victory could not be achieved by humanitarian and ma terial help alone.
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BOUNTY FOR STARFIsH

Providence, R. l., Feb. 2l-(UP)- A bill to appropriate $30,000, mostly for bounties of 50 cents per 100 pounds of Starfish, was before the state senate today. The bill was in- troduced yesterday by Sen. Charles T. Algren of East Greenwich at the behest of dealers who seek to pre- vent recurrance of last years in- creased destruction of oyster beds by starfish.