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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
ARRESTS MADE IN
 STAMFORD CASE
Two Coal Company Off, cials Apprehended on
 Orders of Grand Jury

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Feb. 14.-(UPt
 The superior court grand jury in. Ivestigation into alleged municipal
 corruption at Stamford was intensi.
 lied today with the arrest of two
 coal company ofiicials charged with
 conSpiring to defraud the city of E$7 800 through falsified invoices. Antonio Sabia, treasurer of the
 Genovese Coal and Mason Material CO, and Nicholas Caruso, its book.
 keeper, both of whom were wit. tnesses before the jury, were taken into custody on bench warrants signed by Judge Carl Foster and
 then releaced on bond furnished by hte concerns president. Rocco Gen. oyeSe. The state charged the men. to- l gether with former Stamford Pur.
 chasing Agent Walter Campbell. prepared fraudulent bills amounting to $7,747.57 for materials which never were delivered and that they
 were paid after approval had been forged.
 Four other persons were arrested
 with Campbell last December as q result of an investigation of the citys welfare system, which pre- | cipitated the grand jury inquiry. Apprehension of Sabia and Carliso
 was ordered after the jury examined company books which the men had refused to produce until Judge
 Foster warned them of serious con- sequences.
 Joseph Manclusi, Stamford hard
 ware dealer. who was among those arrested with Campbell, appeared unexpectedly ct the states attoF. ney's once late yesterday and was reported to have volunteered to ap- pear before the grand jury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
Clubs Anniversary
 Program Formulated
Celebration Planned in April-Membership Drive
 Opens MOnday-Best Canvassers to Be Feted
WASHINGTON HILL

Henry Hayden, ST., Patrick Carlin, John Dalton, John Whelan, Mat thew Kane, John Cuddy, William Kelly, Gene Ford, Frank Sturgess and James Gladney.
 John Whelan was named chair man of the St. Patrick's day cele- bration which the club will hold March 18th :: t the community house. An entertainment will be held with dancing to be had with an Irish orchestra furnishing the music. As sisting MT. Whelan on the commit tee will be the following members: Matthew Kane, Patrick Carlin, Mrs. William Sutton, Frank Sturgess, Gene Ford, John Dalton, Mrs. Arr thur Frageau, Mrs. Frank McGrath, William Kelly and the officers of the club.
 Tentative plans for the anniver- sary celebration of the club were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

Plans for Q mammoth member ship drive by the Washington Park Community club were made at 8 meeting of the organization held last night at the community house. The 6rive will open Monday night and will come to a close April 9th. Mrs. Henry Hayden was named chairman for the drive. A contest between the women and men to see who will bring in the most members is to be the feature of the drive with the winners to be feted at the close of the campaign. Mrs. Hayden will captain the women in the drive with the men to choose their leader at a meeting to be held Saturday night at the community house.
 The following members will serve on the committee: Mrs. William Sutton, Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Fra geau, Mir. and Mrs. John Dzick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
KANSAS CITY lS|
 MAKING CLEANUP
Terms of Mayor, Council men Reduced; New EIec-
 tiOn for April ?, Next

Kansas City. Mo, Feb. ll.-CUP1 The city ruled t6 years by Boss Tom Pendergasts Democratic ma chine has voted itself new deal In government.
 By a vote of s5,130 to 17,11s, it was decided yesterday to reduce from four to two years the terms of Mayor Charles Keith, tn eeight councilmen and the two municipal judges, most of whom owe their jobs to the machine, and to hold an elec- ton April 2. To name their Suc- cesSors.
 The Pendergast crowd, whose boss has been Imprisoned for federal in- come tax violation and which now takes orders from James M. Fender gast, the boss nephew, supported this amendment to the city char ter. Some said they did it so they could rally their be-leaguered forces in April behind a ticket acceptable to business men that would also maintain a vestige of control at City Hall. Anti-Pendergast reform leaders said they did 1t because they know they're licked" The election was orderly. For the first time since 1t rose to power in 1924, the Pendergast machine con- trolled neither the police nor the election machinery. Gov. Stark, who broke. with Pendergast after he had been elected with Pendergast sup port, was given authority in one of last years reform laws to appoint the Kansas City police and election boards. The new police chief, re- placing Otto Higgins, now q federal prisoner, Is L. B. Reed, former G-man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

Tom COrc0ran, who works over at The White House, is seeing the sights up Montreal way. Looking over honeymoon sites, Tom?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

tion Please" quartet on the radio poked fun last week at our learn ing and adding up figures. In his space in the paper Frankly point ed out that certain stock only went up one and five-eighths dur. ing the week, when we had put a piece In the paper saying 1t went up five A. JolSon told Us that news and said it went up that much in the past few weeks, but that's what comes of trying to keep something in your head instead of making notes at the time, as the saying goes.
 B. Bernie, who is fit again after ailing with an operation, sure has 8 red face of late Seems that during the two weeks the old Maestro Soandso was away sick, his program rating went from Ills to 13.4.
 Hats off to Judge Rothenberg for fining two law violators $5 each. It is high time justice was done, 50 say we, about the loafers who take the Confucius sayings from ye edi. tor, and sell them in punches for 8 nickel when loyal subscribers know they can always buy them for only %, the price of the paper. {. Besides, as the saying goes, nothing makes Confucius feel in dog-house as seeing so many copy- cats.
 Thiught for an editorial by Ye Editor: A lot of fellers who refused to embrace the stars and stripes seem t'be winding up with just the stripes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

"MoRH PlRAsURE MORE PUFFs PER PAck".. expedition tell of the advantages
  mlder cooler aaou  of oot burning Cigarettes that burn fast also
 
  and per smoking reb
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

OFF TO VOLUNTARY EXILE. Right now if you had to choose the and oSy brand of cigaress you would smoke through . whole year you'd make sure you picked the right brand. The the Antarctic expe dition in situation like that The expedition took Cames! Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd explained: "Slow.burning Camels are great hyorite with us" You yourself may never go near the South Pole, but the right cigarette is important yoS Camels give you s.rS mldness, sxtrS cOolness, and extrS davor plus sxtrS swok;ss in every pack (Sss tsIosp)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

People standing around laughed fit to kiIl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
SCOUT COUNCIL
 ADOPTS BUDGET

Mrs. J. Chester Little, new presi- dent of the local Girl Scout Coun- cil, handed the gavel for the first time at a council meeting yesterday afternon at Bank Street headquar- ters at which a budget of $6,8OO for the operation of the program in Waterbury and suburban towns was adopted.
 Girl Scout Week will start March
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

THE mCKTOWN NEWs-PREes
 (Rrop. and Editor, ". WIncheID
 1Erk WatEiss' little girl, who b nick-named Brenda Frazier, has many beaux, as we ell have heard tell, but the one she may marry is expected back home in March
 from abroad, where he works for Uncle sam in the diplomatic corps
 His name is Ogden Hammond, Jr.,
 it seems Ye Editor pooh pooh'd Dame Rumor But young Hammond's mother is so saying.
 ID. RunyOn, of the newspapers. who was sick, is up and about as usual.
 There was great excitement among kin in the Midwest, who first learned about it over their radio and thought they heard the man say that Mrs. Hunyon had hit him. That couldn't be true, of course. because Mrs. R. had cut herself in the kitchen and had her hitting hand in bandages at the time.
 Tom CorcOran, who works over at The White House, is seeing the sights up Montreal way. Looking over honeymoon sites, Tom?
 B. Roosevelt, the Presidents boy, pulled off a good one the other morning. When a reporter from the News-Press asked him what he thought of Bill Green, of the A. F. of L., and John Lewis, of the c. I. O., young Roosevelt said that Green wants to run the unions and John wants to run the country.
 T. DeNIarcO, the slick stopper, is in a quandary. His wife, Renee, is considering a divorce, but the other night at their opening at Art Child ers' Royal Palm place, she got three bouquets of orchids from as many admirers, including his, but the ones she wore that night were Tony's Faint heart never won fair lady, Tony, as the well known say- ing goes.
 Mrs. BillingsIey, wife of the 53rd Street storekeeper, has been pro- noted MT. B. has put her in charge of his branch around the correr, "The g o'clock Club" by name, patronized by the Snippy Set.
 Art Godoy, who won renown the other eve'g by fist-fighting with the champion, ain't easily scairt. Art once saved four folks from drown ing in the shark infested waters | near Minsky's Pier in Miami Il According to report around the stove | over at Greetings Gen1 Store.
 lem Holtz, the actor, pulled oft 8 funny joke around MT. Roney Plaza's pool on the Sabbath Seems big town colyum and radio feller was grumbling about how he had a colyum to scribble and a | broadcast the same night to the coast and such. Then" said the complainer. q got to read and al1- swer lot of mail" "Yeh," said l Lem, land then you got to take all hat money to the bank!" U
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
 SUFFER FRS

Here's good news for you. New Cap sules containing COllOidnl IOdixed sulphur called SULPHO KAPS - easy-tO-take and inexpensive-sOld on money hack guarantee if after taking for 30 days you do not mo- tice relief from aches and pains Of ArthrltiS due to sulphur deficiency. Ask ALIENS CUT-RATE PER- TUNERS for free interesting book let on this new COllOidal Sulphur method for treating this painful Mllment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

People standing around laughed fIi to kill.
 Larry Fisher, the man who gol prosperous selling bodies for autos attended the crap game over al Ace-Deuce's place, but just looked on Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Larry, as the saying goes.
 Col. Kelly of N. J., was a big play CT the same eve'g. Every time he puts $100 on a Hard Way" number and it wins-he turns those win nings Casually from 8 to 10 to 1) tC the most attractive belle nearby.
 Abner Jessel, of the radio, has be- come quite a masher of late or since his former spouse, Matilda Tal- madge. gave him the go-by. Every time he sees a new cutie in these parts, he gets cute-like and says "Who's you2"
 He took a show gal named Bunny Waters to the Hialeah racetracl t'other. afternoon and sporting -likt wagered $10 for her on a hunch, be- cause the horse happened to bG named Funny Rabbitt," which hae no reputation to speak of .. Anc sure enough Bunny Rabbit" camt in first paying about $270 (acroS: the board, as the saying goes), but Abner lost $13 on the dayl Ha, ha
 Hi Phillips of New Haven ant other parts. had a joke about ye editor in his colyum space t'othel afternoon. Seems ye editor haC written something about wondering how come his hair was thinning sc considering nobody among hi: kinfolk ever had such trouble. He answered back mehee it is because of "all the incessant combing. Wal ter" well, perhaps mebee HI meant "combing" all the time f0. news-or "combtng" people out oi his hair, we guess.
 Too bad about old Dan Parker the sporting writer, ailing that way Works too hard. so say we. And fol what, so say we? Just to be called the best all-around sporting writer there is? Get better soon, SC say we, which is the sincere wish of all his admirers, both male an6 female, etc.
 Elaine Barrie, who needs no intro duction, must be getting famous Seems there is now a dance act called Elaine & Barrie appearing oll the boards hereabouts. A better act, it seems, than Elaine's, too.
 Leo Healy, the ex-judge (ofter known as Judge Heely, with tive e's) made speech on the Sabbath over at Brooklyn before the B. U M. s. They are the yokels whose pals are charged with seri- ous things by Uncle Sam. and Let hollered many things about ye edi- tor Carried on something fierce, we hear tell. Ho, hum. We have been criticized by experts which Leo used to be.
 Frankly Adams, of the "Inforna'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

pspcssds of uhifh Nu 'o 9- tgfsnt equiDmnns e. tl. Np
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

also discussed last night. A time will be held in April which will mark the anniversary of the club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

a ana plans for ihs local ohssrv- ance were dlseuE1ed. The annual cooke sale uili start March C. fhs
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
LOVE

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 4.-@-
His skin was black, but his heart
surely was of the kind that beat
in the breasts of Damon and
Pythias.
He showed up at a draft
board office here and announced
that he wanted to enlist.
In reply to questions, he said,
"Naw, sub, l amt registered.
Pm eighteen"
"We don't enlist men here" l..
b. Crayton of the boards staff
Informed the fellow. I'VE only
draft them and then only if they
are more than II years of age"
"Yas, suh-but it's about my
brother-he's in the draft, and l
want to enlist for him."
But you can't do that" Cray.
ton said.
"You see, it's this way" the
man went OH, my brothers in
the draft and-and he amt got
but one hand-and l just thought
I'd enlist for him. because it
wouldn't be fair for him to have
to go to de army and fight with
just dat one hand"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Many British Sailors
Are Landed In Canada

AN EAST COAST CANADIAN
PORT, Dec. A. Up Hundreds OF
officers and men of the British mer-
chant marine arrived here today en-
sells purchased by the British gov
eminent.
A number of Royal Navy men, to
man destroyers exchanged by the
United States for defence bases on
this side of the Atlantic, also landed.
Veteran Royal Air Force officers,
who are to be flying instructors in
the Dominion, and many young men
who are learning to fly also arrived.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Army Selects Georgia
Site For $4,000, 900
Southeastern Depot

ATLANTA, Dec. 4. - Up The
United States quartermaster corps,
has chosen a site in Clayton county,
10 miles southeast Of Atlanta, as the
location for it's $40, 600, 900 southeast
ern depot, fourth corps area head
quarters announced today.
Men are expected to be working
on the project by Christmas.
The war department has already
prepared contour maps Of the first
parcel to be developed, comprising
approximately 1900 acres, and en-
gineers are now on the site sur
veying a second tract of some 1000
acres the army wishes to acquire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Raj Using U. S. Planes
In Mediterranean Area

LONDON, Dec. 4.-LR-Amerlcan-
h,,il+ varplanes are being used ex-
tensiyely by the Raj in the Mloole
East and the Mediterranean, a MIN
istry of information communlque o's'
closed tonight.
One of their outstanding perform
ances was declared to have been the
of pictures of laramie har'
bor. giving the story of the fleet air
arms recent blow at the Italian fleet
s"The Raj in the Middle East Is
enthusiastic about the performance
of the American aircraft" the com
munique said. These have fought
their way successfully through many
operations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
34l ARRESTS MADE
HERE IN NOVEMBER
Department Receivers Four
Automobiles And Finds
Six Stolen Bicycles

The Wilmington police department
made a total of BAL arrests. includ-
ing 1876 white and 146 colored, during
| November, Police Chief Joseph c.
|Rourk reported yesterday to Mayor
Thomas E. Cooper. commissioner of
public safety.
During the month the department
recovered four automobiles reported
stolen and found six out of eight
stolen bicycles.
Two accidental deaths were report
ed.
Four and a half gallons of liquor
were seized in raids.
November report of arrests by Of
lenses follows.
Offence Total
A. D.. w. o
A. D. w. on a female ---------- IL
A. D. w. with intent to kill ---- 2
Assault 4
Assault on a female ------------ y
ARRAY 4
CapiaS IL
C. C. w. q
Drunk and ~disorderly conduct - 8
Drunk and resisting arrest ---- 2
Disorderly conduct Observation-Disclosures IA
Damage to property ------------ 1
~ v,h1i,~ TX
Hit and run driving ------------ 2
Insane L
Larceny and receiving ---------- .
Murder L
Nuisance z
Non support 4
No city license plate ----------- 4
No chauffeurs or operators license 6
Operating motor vehicle
intoxicated II
Peace warrant
Rec. operation of automobile 80 b
Rec. operation of automobile with
damage
Receiving stolen goods or property
Storebreaking and larceny ------
Speeding in city
Trespassing 4
Vagrancy :
Violation of liquor law -------- Ii
Violation of health law --------- 2
Violation of anti-noise law ..---- ]
Violation of traffic law --------11s
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
n Gideonse Says Communist
PARTY Uses New York Colleges

testify in private hearings before
the committee.
Gideonse's charges followed tes-
timony from two witnesses VINO
named IL teachers-nine OF them
at Brooklyn college as active
workers in the communist party,
both on and off the campus. len
of the u denied they were COM
munists.
One of the witnesses had testl-
fled he was assigned to teach the
"Soviet slant" to grammar school
students-as young as six-Whlch
he said included the beating up OF
Boy Scouts and looking on teach
ers and policemen as enemies
DR.. Gideonse said he was con-
WINGED that the Overwhelming ma
jority'' of students and faculty was
anti-communist and that a very
small minority" sought to exploit
the future of the college for their
| own Interior motives" l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Allen Named Chairman
OF Bladen County Board

ELIZABETHTOWN, Dec. III.
R. Allen, of Kelly, was unanimous
ly reelected chairman of the Bla-
den county board of commission
ers, Monday, shortly after the
board had been indicted into Of
flee. Other members of the board
are Milton l.. Fisher and j. S.
Elkins.
Hector H. Clark was reelected
county attorney, having served in
this capacity since 1922. Leon D.
Smith was reelected as tax at
torney.
W. l.. johnson took the oath as
Judge of the Bladen county re-
corder's court, and D. T. Town
send took the oath as register OF
deeds. Mr.. Townsend is serving
his third term. Mr.. johnson was
elected recorder in the November
election. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05

NEW YORK, Dec. 4@R-The
president of n of the nation S
largest colleges testified at a pub
lie hearing today that the com,
munist party deliberately USE
colleges in New York city as
sounding boards for its actlVl-
ties"
DR.. Harry D. Gideonse, 3s-year'
old head of Brooklyn college-an
institution of 1900 students-told
a Joint legislative committee IN
vestigating s%ubversive ACTIVITIES l
the schools that an organized ef-
fort was made ito intimidate me
"a most unsuccessful one, b
certainly an organized one
As the hearing adjourned Until
next month to allow for further IN
vestigation, the committee author
lied its counsel to start contempt
proceedings against % members
or former members of the school
system who allegedly refused to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NO NEW

Apparently, tn remainder of
Wilmington's male population is
going to wait to be drafted, be-
cause no new recruits have been
accepted here since it was an
nounced that men in that city may
enlist for service in units from
Wilmington. In fact, the only re-
cent change in personnel was the
transfer of Private Alexander Boon
Jr., from Company I to duty as
a typist and clerk at Both division
headquarters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NO DRIVING

1t was announced a short time
ago that all but Is of the Whining
ton men in Company l would be
allowed to spend the December
21-January 2 holiday at home, ano
it was decided that the men would
draw lots for the duty. Since then,
however, it has developed tha'
there will be sufficient volunteers
to obviate the necessity of draw
ing. Therefore, it is probable al
men in the outfit who want tc
spend Christmmas with their fami
lies will be ther2 on Or abou
December 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05

mington's i~nfantrymen on the
range during this week re-: the
Garand semi-automatic rifle, cali
bre 80; the Browning calibre 80
automatic rifle; the Colt calibre
As automatic pistol; and the new
M so nm trench mortar. Other
new weapons to be added to the
company later are a larger mortar
and a light machine gun. These
heavier weapons are confined to
the heavy weapons platoon-one
of which has been organized in
every infantry rifle company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
ARRIVE

The first group of draftees, all
from the western part of North
Carolina have arrived here. They
were assigned to Company K, 10th
Infantry-or, at least, e of
them were. Company K, from Shell
by, is Company Is next door neigh
Dor. Thus far, the Wilmington out
fit has received no selective SER
vice conscripts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
SPECIAL PRIVILEGE

In a note to all sergeants OF
the 10th Infantry, including II
Wilmington men, Colonel John H
Manning, of Raleigh, regimental
commander, granted the special
privilege of wearing civilian
clothes while off duty and off the
post. In recognition of the very
fine work which you have done
and the exemplary m r in
which you have conducted your
selves, the special privilege is &C
corded you of wearing Civilian
clothes when off post and of
duty" the colonel said. Commls-
stoned officers and enlisted men
below the grade of sergeant must
continue to wear uniforms con-
stantly unless visiting their homes,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NAY VISIT BELGRADE

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec. 4
-(R9-Informed sources said today
that Count Csaky, the Hungarian
foreign minister, may visit Bel
grade within the near future. There
was some suggestion that a non
aggression pact between Hungary
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
OLD DAYS GONE

The old days whe infantry (bun-
ion brigade) soldi ers were armed
only with the 30 calibre rife and
gone. The War d epartm e n t,
through the addition Of many new
weapons to each infantry rifle COM
any, has added greatly to the
tirepower, as we'll as to the COM
olexity, of every outfit. Among
he weapons to be fired by Will
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
GET MATTRESSES

Gone, too, are the days when
the soldier slept on a hard, bunny
army cot with ely coarse wool
blankets for warmth. Now the men
go to bed armed with newly-issued
cotton comforters, as well as a
cotton mattress. Follows and sheets
are on the way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
APPLICATIONS DENIED

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 4.-(R-The
Interstate Commerce Commissions
motor carrier bureau announced
today that the commissioner had
denied applications of two North
Carolina trucking firms for author
ity to extend their operations The
applicants we're G. E. O'Dell, of
Spray, who proposed to establish
a line connecting Virginia and
North Carolina points; and A. & E.
truck line of B%attleboro, which pro-
posed to operate routes to serve
points in several Atlantic seaboard
states. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CAPT.. F. J. TATE
ASSUMES DUTIES
Young Engineer Officer
Will Serve As Aide To
Colonel Brown

Captain Ferdinand ]. Tate, recert'
lv appointed assistant to Colonel Earl
I. Brown, U. S. district army engi-
neer, arrived in the city from Vicks-
burg, Va, Tuesday to take over
his duties at the customhouse.
A West Point graduate Of 1884.
CAPTAIN Tate has served at Fort Bel
voir, Va, spent a year at Cornell
university, and was then sent to
V%icksburg as assistant to the dis
trict engineer. His home was former
ly in Eunice, La.
During 1889 $497, 1886, 43s worth
of tires and inner tubes were manu-
featured in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05

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sprang from the blood ~ 'Ins
Apollo. 0i8ln by