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The Nome nugget., 1940-11-08
Asserts That Mrs. Roosevelt
 Likes Washington

WASHINGTON, Nov. ' (P1 - President Roosevelt, the first man in history to be selected for 12 years in the White House, told welcoming throng that the first lady liked farm life but of all the cites and country, she would rather live in Washington. He made the statement as he laughed and talked to the crowd which thronged the plaza outside of Union Station on his arrival from Hyds Park.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-08
Hitler Orders
 Of Scheduled Speech
NO REASON Is GIVEN

NEW YORK. Nov. 8 0P)-NBC announced the speech to be made by Hitler Was cancelled. The an nouncement was made B minut- es after he Was 10 have started. No reason Was giv.n. The NEG Berlin office said that Hitler him self ordered the cancellation.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-08
RAILROADS READY FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE

CHICAGO - President John Policy of the Association of Am erican Railroads, says that the nations carriers are ready for any defense job.
 Pelley said the railroads equip ment is in shape for any de-
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-08
Conduct British Admiralty Is Not So Good

LONDON, Nov. 2 tP) - Com mander Robert Bower, World War veteran and member of Par liament told the House of Com mons of definite disquiet about the board of the admiralty as a whole" in it's conduct of Britain's naval affairs. He asserted Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord was mot the man he was"
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-08

fense demands now foreSeen. He spoke before the National ASso- citation of Shippers Advisory Boards.
 Pelly declared there is no need for the Government to take ov- CT operation of the railroads as it did during the World War.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-08
Chamberlain Is Now
 Cra.veIy . Ill
Wife Sends Message To Press

Wife Sends Message To Press
 LONDON, Nov. 8 l4o) - Mrs, Neville Chamberlain, wife of the form5r prime minister, sent this message to the London press: "Chamberlain's strength has been failing for the past few days and he is now gravely ill"
 Chamberlain, aged Fl, is believ ed in the country where he is resting since his resignation on October 3rd as Lord President of the Council. He resigned as prime minister on May 10, giv- ing Way to Churchill, the day Germany began the drive thru the lowlands on France.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-08
New $6,4OO,OOO Tacoma Narrows
 Bridge Collapses And Falls Into
 Puget Sound During High Wind
Tacoma News-Tribune Reporter Last Person On Span
 Abandons Car and CrawlS 800 Yards To Shore

Leonard Coatsworth, Tacoma NeWs-Tribune reporter was the last person on the structure. He abandon d his car and craWIed on his hands and knees 500 yards 10 shore while the bridge tipped as much as a 45 degree angle.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-08

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
CORONER PROBES.
YOUTHS DEATH.
Kenneth LaDue Fatally In
iured in Bicycle-AutO
Collision

Funeral services for Kenneth La
Due, II, Of wolcott, fatally injured
in an automobile accident yesterday,
were arranged today for Monday
morning as Coroner William B. Hen
messy, pending an official finding
released Allen @. Pronovost, Of VOL
colt, the driver of the car, on his
own recognlzance.
The funeral will be held at the
Advent Christian church, Water
bury, time to be announced later
Friends may call at the Clark fu-
neral home, 20 State street, tonight
from 7 to 9 o'clock and tomorrow az
ternoon and evening from 8 TO 0
and from Z to 8 o'clock
The preliminary report of the ac-
cident turned over to Coroner Hen
messy by officer Raymond Leaven-
worth, stated that the youth, riding
a bicycle down Spindle hill, crash
ed into Pronovost's car in the mid
die of an S curve. Pronovost, who
was the only witness OF the crash,
was proceeding up the hill toward
his home.
officer Leavenworth reported that
young LaDue was thrown 30 feet
while the automobile came to an al
most immediate stop. The injured
youth was rushed to st. Mary's hos
pital where he died shortly after he
was admitted.
Besides his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
David LaDue, the youth is survived
by his grandfather, Rev. Thomas
Feltman, of Waterbury. LaDue was
a Junior at Wildly high school.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
Ladies Aid Society
Has Annual Outing
Many Enjoy Shore Dinner at Savin Rock-Chmch
Services for Tomorrow Announced
W At Err WILLIE
Correspondent-Mrs r. w. Henion. Telephone s-54ss

Robert Beecher, rector. Morning
prayer and sermon will be held at
$3.50 o'clock when Rev. Mr.. Beecher
will use as his sermon topic, "The
Bible and the Modern Man."
Grace Methodist Church-Rev
Ernest Weise pastor. The only ser
vice Of the day will be in the morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock, at which time
the pastor viii speak on the subject
stumbling Blocks, or Stepping
Stones?"
Several members of the parish are
planning to 60 to the Methods
Campgrounds in Forestville, fol
meetings in the afternoon and In
the morning on Sunday. Bishop
Ralph Ward Of China will be one OF
the speakers.
Gospel Hall-Morning service will
be at 1890 a. m. Sunday School at
noon and evening worship at 1880
p. m.
Briefs
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert West who
have been residents on Dwight
Street in Waterville, have moved to
their new home in Oakville.
Miss Elizabetah Burger, who is
taking summer course Of teachers
training in New York, is spending
the weekend with her mother, Mrs
John Burger, on Sprague Street.
Miss Gertrude Stevens of Thomas
ton Avenue, and Miss Nora Williams
of Fort Hill are mentioning at
Atlantic City.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
MRS JULIA DURHAM
SUCCUMBS AT 100
Former Middlebury Teach
er Spent Late Years in
Philadelphia

Mrs. Julia Plat Durham, former
teacher in Middlebury and South
ington, died yesterday at her home
In Philadelphia at the age OF 100.
Her father was a deacon in the
old Middlebury Congregational
church from 1852 to 1868.
A devout church-goer, Mrs. Dun
ham began teaching in 1857 when
teaching salaries ranged from $1.50
to $3.50 a week. She taught at the
Bradleyville school and later in
Southington.
For the past IA years a minister
came to her home on her birthday
and read a psalm appropriate to
her age. On June II of this year,
he read the Tooth psalm.
Mrs. Durham was interviewed by
a Philadelphia reporter on her Tooth
birthday.
Life is good" she said. GLOW
ers are beautiful. Friends are WON
derful. Heaven is certain. God is
faithful"
Since 1914, Mrs. Durham resided
with her daughter, Clara T. Dun
ham. Her husband, Giles l.. Dun
ham, died in 1902.
Funeral services will be held at
the Main street parlors, Southing-
ton. tomorrow, 2:30 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20

Waterville, July 20-The annual
outing of the Ladies Aid Society Of
st. Michaels Church was held
Thursday, at Savin Rock. The men,
bers left Waterville at o'clock, trav-
elling by bus to the Rock where they
enjoyed a sore dinner at Wilcox's
restaurant.
Those who made the trip were:
Mrs. Joseph Keney, Mrs. Charles
williams, Mrs. Fred Gillespie, Mrs.
Leonard Gaugler, Mrs. John Bren-
neis, Mrs. George Heckelman, Mrs
Edward LaChance, Mrs. Frank La
Chance, Miss Josephine LaChance,
Mrs. william Heaney, Mrs. Thomas
Buckley, Mrs. Claude Stevens, Mrs.
Joseph Seery, Mrs. William Rooney,
Mrs. George Goggin, Mrs. James
Hughes, Mrs. Margaret Beaudoin,
Mrs. James McAree, Mrs. Harry
Truelove, Mrs. William Dubay, Mrs.
Peter Quito, Mrs. William Dunlavey
and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan.
Church Services
Church services tomorrow will be:
st. Michael's Church-MaSSes will
be held at 8, 9:15 and IL o'clock,
with Rev. James j. O'Brien officia-
ting.
Waterville Union Church-Miss
Elizabeth M. Weeks, minister. Sum-
day School viii be conducted at 10
o'clock and in the evening at $3.50
D. m. Miss G. M. Roster, of st. Paul,
Minnesota, will be present and
address the service. Miss Roster is
being entertained by Miss Weeks,
while In Waterville.
st. Paul's Episcopal Church-Rev.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
Over 100 Applicants
Seek Opportunity To
Take Aptitude Tests
Leavenworth High School Expected to Be Chosen for
Experimental CIasses-LOcal Manufacturers
to Cooperate With Authorities

The state board Of education has
granted the petition of the local
board to establish training courses
in Waterbury in connection with the
federal defense program, Sppt. of
Schols Thomas j. Condor announced
today.
DR.. Condor who represents the
state board of education for the
proposed courses in Waterbury, said
that he and state authorities are
now discussing the plans for the
school. When the plans are APP
proved, the courses vii get under
way.
Meanwhile more than 100 youths
have been applying at the state en-
ployment Office here an dtaking APP
machines is required to take the
titude tests. No experience with
tests, which are designed merely to
show If the candidate possesses any
mechanical aptitude.
It Is expected that about 30 youths
will be chosen for the first course.
These youths will be instructed in
groups of 10 by three teachers.
Leavenworth high school will prob
ably be chosen as the place where
the courses will be given, but If the
need arises other schools will be used.
The first cours evil consist Of 200
hours.
Local industrialists will play the
major part in selecting the students.
They will study the results Of the ap-
titude tests aid select the traniees.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
BRITISH VETS
PARADE TODAY
Special Program Also Ar.
ranged to Boost Benefit
Campaign Here

Ihe local unit Of the Bundles for
Britain organization has listed for
today an extremely busy program,
calling for a parade, an entertain
mant and dance, and the sale OF
tags.
The parade will form on Scovill
street, near the rooms of Kitchener
post, British War Veterans, at 2
o'clock and will start at 2:30. The
parade will proceed to East Main
street, then to West Main street,
to Meadow street, to Grand street,
to South Main street, to Franco
American hall, where it will dis
band.
Taking part in the parade will
be the Manchester Kiltie Band,
British War Veterans and members
Of several veterans organizations,
a group Of Franco-American club
members, a police detail and other
units.
A varied program will be offered
during the entertainment at Temple
hall tonight. Music for dancing will
be played by Del Fino and his or
cheStra.
Volunteers Of the Bundles for
Britain group were busy In the
downtown streets today selling tags.
Proceeds will be used to purchase
clothing and necessary articles for
British troops.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20

Sciullo, treasurer, Msgr. Joseph VAL
dambrini, pastor of the Church of
Our Lady of Lourdes and secretary
of the Italian Aid committe ana
Frank Pope, president of the COM
mittee, are honorary chairman.
Other committees follow: Tickets,
Mrs. Louise Schiappa, chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. Joseph Parziale and
Dora Deschino; entertainment, UNI
berto Santopietro, chairman, assist
ed by Joseph LaPorta; refreshment,
John Ciullo, chairman, assisted by
Joseph DiCorpo and John Sforza.
Mrs. Mary Fisher is chairman OF
the foods committee, assisted by the
ladies ON the general committee.
The donation committee includes
Winnie Ortone, chairman, assisted
by Jane Paternoster, Mrs. Nicola
Russo, Mrs. DiNova, Lucia MataraZ-
20, Margaret Dente, Grace Caruso,
Carmella Petricone, Mollie Rolli,
Florence Tuele and Joan Pugliese.
The fishing pond stand committee
is headed by Michael Giordano,
chairman, assisted by Mrs. Marie
Verrastro, Laura Camissa, Nora
Castelano, and Miss Mary Mazzarel-
la.
Officers
Besides Mr.. Pope and Msgr. VAL
dambrini, other officers are: Vice
President, Frederick w. Palomba;
treasurer, Charles P. Sciullo; and
assistant secretary Mrs. Frederk
j. Hadden. The board of directors
follows: Mrs. Joseph Parziale
Daughter of italy, Miss Mary
Tammarro (Caiatina FEM, Mrs.
Mary Di Leo (Figlie di Colombo),
Giovanni Cerere prov. d'Avellino),
Giuseppe Giannetti (Sannitica),
Angelo Gabino CDiritti DoverD,
Mrs. Louis Basile, John Ciullo, Rev.
Patrick w. Flynn, Mrs. Giovannina
Genua, Joseph L. Manganaro, An
gelo Manganiello, Miss Candida
Mazzarella, Miss Josephine M. Me-
motif, Amedeo Pelosi, Pasquale M.
Perriello, Mrs. Nicola Russo, UNI
berto Santopietro, Giuseppe Santo-
TO, Eustachio Schiappa and Rev.
Felix Scoglio.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
Hundreds Expected 7omorroDAt
Italian Aid Outing At Lakewood
Elaborate Arrangements
Completed for Annual
Benefit Affair

Plans were complete today for the
second annual outing of the Italian
Aid committee and all the indica-
tons were that the event will draw
a large crowd to Bellevue park to-
morrow afternoon and evening.
The outing was a great success
last year and the unusual attend
ance encouraged the committee to
plan the affair on larger scale
this year. The cause is a noble
one, all the proceeds going toward
the relief of Waterways Italian
poor.
The refreshments committee
worked overtime all week, planning
the various details of this import
ant item on the program of events.
There will be many varieties Of
italian food and beverages, all do
mated and prepared by members OF
the committee.
The outing will get underway at
1 o'clock in the afternoon and will
continue throughout the afternoon
and evening. A band has been Sc
cured to furnish music at intervals,
longer concerts being scheduled for
the late afternoon and early eve
ming.
There will also be games and
other entertainment.
General Committee
Michael Castaldi is general chair
man of the committee in charge. He
is Being assisted by Mrs. Mary Fish
err, co-chairman; Mrs. Frederick j.
Hadden, secretary; and Charles
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
STATE CHAMPS AT
LAKE QUASSAPAUC

The Washington Park Fife and
Drum Corps Of Meriden. Connecti-
cut TO appear Sunday afternoon at
Lake Quassapaug.
This Corps Is one Of the OUT
standing drill corps In the State.
having with II two champions: Ro-
bert Redigan. age Is. Drum Cham
pion. and Eleanor Fogg, age Is.
Fife Champion. This exhibition
will start promptly OF $3.50 .. n.
ronigl. az usual. we present Cliff
Slater and his Orchestra. There
will alsv be q beautiful display Of
fire works which win start at i0:al
y. m. sharp.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
CMTC ENROLLEES
GIVEN PROMOTIONS

Waterbury area enrollees at the
c. M. T. c. camp at Fort Ethan
Allen, ~, have been designated in
recent appointments. Those named
Battery A, William F. Tanner. %
Orchard terrace, Naugatuck, blue
first lieutenant.
Battery B, Harold w. Cook, "a
Park place, Waterbury, blue, SER
geant.
Troop c, Edmund J. Walsh, 27S
East Main street, Waterbury, blue,
captain (troop commander); Ed
ward A. Steinnagel, Jr., % 1rion
street, Waterbury, blue, sergeant;
Arthur L. Raymo. 263 Lincoln
street, Waterbury, white corporal.
Troop D. Theodore j. Lysak. "a
Pershing avenue. Seymour, blue,
second lieutenant.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
BRASS WORKERS
APPROVE STRIKE
Support Pledged to Plastic
Workers at Waterbury
Button Company

The membership of the Water
bury Brass Workers Union, in spec
ial session last night, voted to sup
port the strike vote of the plastic
moulding department unit at the
Waterbury Button Co. The unit has
authorized strike in protest against
announcement by the company Of a
is per cent reduction in wages.
Notice of the strike vote has been
sent to headquarters of the Inter
national Association of Mine, Mill
and Shelters Workers at Denver,
and once approval is given there the
walk-out can be called If necessary.
The union is seeking a compromise
with the company.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Nor
gan Mooney is scheduled to confer
with company officials next week.
The wage cut was announced sew
eral weeks ago but has not yet been
made effective.
Members of the Waterbury Co.
met this morning at G. I. o. head
quarters on Bank street to hear
reports of the progress of negotia-
tions by the union with the COM
] pany,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
D-HU0HES
"Waterbury's Friendly Department Store"
WeHove BuiIto House

Brick by brick we have built house. Step by
step we have travelled up road. Word by
word we have written masterpiece. Our
house is home of free people. 1t is our coun-
try Our road has ever been one of progress
and freedom. 1t is our history. Our master
piece is our Constitution "scrap of paper"
that grants to you and to me the most precious
thing in the world, the right of freedom the
privilege to live our own life in our own way.
And now all this is menaced by others of this
world who have different idea of things and
a desire to force their ideas on those who might
not desire a change. We of America prefer the
American way. We are too deeply rooted in
it's richness ever to be happy under any other
form of government
We must present united front to insure the
perpetuation of this ideal, sacrificing personal
gain for common good, ever strengthening our
position so they, who would destroy this coun-
try of free people, the United States of Amer
lea, either from within or without shall always
ungloriously fail.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
ROBERT CARTER
GIVEN STIPEND
Cliff Street Resident Gets
Engineering Scholar
ship at Cornell
lspecial to The pemocratl

Ithaca, N. Y, July 20 - Robert
Leggett Carter, 80 Cliff street,
Naugatuck, Connecticut, has been
awarded a John McMullen Regional
Scholarship in Engineering at Cor
nell University, President Edmund
E. Day announced today. The Schol-
arship may be held during the en-
tire four-year course in the Sibley
School of Mechanical Engineering
which he has chosen to pursue.
These scholarships are awarded an
nually to outstanding secondary
school graduate throughout the
United States.
Carter, who was graduated last
month from the Irving School in
Tarrytown, New York, stood at the
top Of his class in scholarship and
received special prize.
The scholarship was awarded by
the faculty of the College of En-
cheering with the advice and as
sistance of regional alumni COM
mittee of which Chester T. Reed Of
Worcester, Mass, is chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20

The census books for Waterbury
will be closed Monday night, with
the final count almost certain to
show a considerable population
drop since 1880, when the city's
population was officially listed at
99,9O2. Unless a last-minute surge
of additional names comes into
the office of Census Supervisor w.
Harry Byrnes, the local total may
not even reach $4,000.
Frantic efforts to bring the
city's figure UP to the 100000
mark have failed, as they did 10
years ago. First reports sent to
Washington 10 years ago gave the
city population of well over 100,-
900, but many Implications and
errors and a recount was ordered.
This revealed in the 99,902 total.
The Democrat revealed in May,
when the early count had been
completed. that the city had little
prospect of reaching the coveted
100000 mark. The situation has
changed little since then, despite
all the attempts to bring the fig
ure up.
The past 10 years have seen the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
ITALY ADMITS
LOSS OF CRUISER

Rome, July 20-CUP)-Sinking Of
the Italian six-inch gun cruiser
Bartolomeo Colleoni, 5000 tons, by
the Australian cruiser Sydney as
announced by the British admir-
atty yesterday, was admitted ofa-
cially today.
A communique said that two
British cruisers and four destroyers
fought the Bartolomeo Calleoni and
it's sister cruiser Giovanni Dele
Bande Mere.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
SEYMOUR YOUTHS
KILLED in CRASH
Two Die of Fractured
Skulls and Two Others
Seriously Injured

Seymour, July 2O-James j. Deadly,
rs, of 253 Bank street, and Stanley
w. Yrchik, 26, of 2 Second street,
were killed in an auto accident yes
terday on South Main street when
the car in which they were riding
crashed into bank and overturned.
Both died of skull fractures.
Deadly will be inferred tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the flu
neral home of James F. Shay. Bur-
ial will be in the family plot in ST.
Augustine's cemetery. A mass will
be celebrated at st. Augustine's
Church next Tuesday morning at 9
o'clock.
Yrchik's funeral will be held from
his home Monday morning at $3.50
o'clock to st. AuguStines Church at
9 o'clock. Friends may call at his
home after l o'clock this afternoon.
Two other passengers in the car
were injured. The driver, John w.
Brusble. 26, of % Woodside Avenue,
seffered body decorations and pos
sible internal injuries while Charles
j. Greene, 81, of 1913 Bank street,
sustained a skull fracture and a
broken shoulder. Both are patients
at the Griffin Hospital in Derby.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
City Fails To Reach
100000 Census Mark

exodus of many families from the
city proper to suburbeo araa%
Towns like Wolcott and Prospect
have doubled their populations,
largely through the establishment
of homes there by people em-
ployed in Waterbury and other in
dustrial centers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
I&~' %Y~@~T
EsTADLlsHED tess
Whats Amiss About
ESTABLISHED tess

Who never hath statement
mode
Tkot from this dote, and ever
more
"A "Stetson" hot she would adore.
"Stetson's" adorable hats for
women have been through the
price hopper-ond here's the re-
suit to date.
Strow soiIors, and portrait hats
$3.75-formerIy $500 to $9.75.
Beautifully sIomorous "Stetson"
feIts in a range Of glorious posteI
shades and year around color
tones, $3.75 end $5.00-formerIy
up to $9.75.
From tip to Toe, to keep you stun.
ming wherever you go-'Motrix
shoes for women-your footprint
in leather. $6.75-fEom $1,000.
Arnold shoes. $7.s5-trom
$l0.e5.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20

Republican Town Chairman
Harris Whittemore, Jr., Of Maui
gatuck, denies reports that he will
be . candidate for the Republican
nomination for Congress in the
fifth district. Mr.. Whittemore
says he has no interest for run
ming for the nomination, and did
not know that his name was being
mentioned.
A determined campaign for Re-
publican votes will be waged in
Naugatuck this year, according to
MIR. Whittemore. A Willkie-for-
President club has been organized,
and great interest is being shown.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-20
Federal Training Courses Approved for Local Schools
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUs

Neighbors can be mighty COM
forting, or they can be more
troublesome than white-faced
hornets nest on the front porch.
The most troublesome neighbors
are those who attempt to run