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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
Thot New York Fight Mob +.

Two and typical New York chapters II modern
professional boxing:
Lew Jenkins, skinny. scrawny lightweight champion is
matched with Weer Champ Red Cochrane.
Jenkins, over matched followed the first law Of
self-preservation.
The fight Monopohs Mike Jacobs
gang. a
with his and
paid $4,000
debbl.
ridiculous New York commission makes stab al
b calling carpet
commission taking that action reflects itself
fight
night the New York
ediy bemish the
giant York
Turkey Thompson. q lighter
Coast Negro battered Simon until his
He hsd and q beaten fighter at the bouts
Blu TO he
Simon the orkm puppet given q
he refer the crowds violence
two mo o. q that. a
its besec attacks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
with ELLIOTT METCALF

60 McQUARY writes from New York. which reminds me
- Of his son. Jack McQuary.
All the cheers and such TO the winners in football
Small attention paid TO the of the losing teams
Sure they given credit but il isn't impressive,
whole.
Pasadena Bowl history by his single
handed Alabama Jan 1926
who the immortal Washington hafback will
Alabama 20 10 just
emphasized victory Wilson's almost
efforts
Psloue country there grdron
upset the scribe often call IT,
undedoes battered the dayshts out
q Alhsons favorite California Bears.
q the Bears club front line performer
defeat
youngster was McCuary, Iecs native
the fullbsck driving smashing heads
player proven ciass.
outstanding the stories
with Billy sewe another Tscoman leading
brilliantly headlines.
Yet McQuary TO his team played calamity did sewel
But you Pappy Mcouary back In New York visit
read his work He will take that
greater emphasis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
Leo Veteron OF Sports Trail

Leo u IN al-around sports ian.
He q grand baseball pitcher who went into pro ba
from the Grant grammar school sand LOT here.
Pacific International league umpire did
swell Job.
Jumped athletics when he left Tacoma and went
Los Angeles good the business world
The giant m enthusiasm sports than
Years add to his spirit rather than diminish it.
. what Leo writes
Dear Met Sorry Met to have not written yearly letter bu
conditions Met the NovaIouis fight
terrible Let they had been preliminary boys
the would have been stopped the purses held
Al Hostak introduced.
As as l these tOcober ~ m my
stadium Tomorrow Washington c. then south
Orleans. back to L. A.
say New N L. A. a
he West look good
ooh Ca
pretty club Give friend
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

Figures for the five world series
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

To Elect Officers
 Oficers of the Salem Lutheran church will be elected at the an- nual meeting of the church sched- uled for Jan. 2l in the church hall. Reports for the year will be made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

Naugatuck, Jan. 2 = The new power plant of the Naugatuck Chemical Company has been com pleted and is one of the most mod- ern of its kind, the Chamber of Commerce News announced today. Ground was broken for it last Feb ruary. It was designed by one of the leading power plan engineers of this county and is well over 30 feet in height and the stack Is 175 feet from the ground level.
 Officials of the company are look ing forward to continuation of the rapid growth of this company, the Chamber News states.
 Increase in home building and new industrial plants has resulted in general improvement in the bus mess of the Russell Company here, the News reports. There is also an increased use of metal fasteners, made by this company and used on clothing and shoes.
 Savings deposits here in Novem- Der were $7,223, ,985 as compared.with $7, ,198,778 in October, and $7,O15, ,737 in November 1899, the Chamber re- ports. Postal receipts in November totaled $8,052 as compared to $7,980 in October and $6,762 in November, 1939. There were 1892 telephones here in November, 3,606 in October and 3,42O in November, 1889. Gas consumption was less in November than in October but more than in November, 1899 and electricity con- sumption was higher in November than in October or in November, 1939.
 Sixteen real estate transactions were recorded in November and six
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
New Power Plant of Chemical Co., Most Modern of Kin

1, arrested are to be heard this month,
 The first quota of local youths are now in the U. s. Army as part of the selective service draft. Indica- tions are that quite a few from Naugatuck will join the army before the year is over. Death claimed many prominent and well-iiked res idents of the borough in the past year.
 Last spring and summer saw a number of sex crimes here with some of the offenders being pun ished very severely.
 4 Funeral of Miss Bliss
 Tie funeral of Miss Hattie M. Bliss of 9 Terrace avenue, we'll known local resident who died Tuesday in the New Haven General hospital, was held this morning at 11:30 from her home. Rev. Arthur F. Lewis, rector of St. Michael's Episcopal church, offlciated. Burial was in the Long Meadow cemttery, Long Meadow, Mass.
 Miss Bliss in addition to being membership chairman of the Naug- atuck Day Nursery Association for number of years, was also active in the St. Michael's church and in the Auxiliary of the U. M. c. A. She leaves in addition to her nephew, Dr. Bliss Dayton of New Haven, two grandnephews, Charles B. and Ar thur B. Dayton, also of New Haven. Birth Announced
 Announcement has been made of the birth Tuesday at St. Mary's hospital, Waterbury of a son to MT. and Mrs. Victor Swirbitowicz of Prospect street.
 Couple Engaged Announcement has been made by Mrs. Salomea Sirtowt of Naugatuck of the engagement of her daughter, Ann Ethel, to Russell Frederick Hughes, son of Mir. and Mrs. Ernest E. Hughes, of this town. Both Miss Sirtowt and MT. Hughes have many friends here.
 To Install Officers Installation of officers of the Beacon Valley Grange will take place tomorrow night at a meeting in Grange hall at 8 o'clock. Emer- son Leonard of Wallingford will be in charge. William Brush will suc- ceed Norman J. Benson as master.
 Mrs. Ida Goldspink and staff of Shelton will be in charge of the in- duction of new officers of the local Juvenile Grange, to take place at 8 D. m. Saturday in Grange hall. Off, cers of the Juvenile Grange to be installed are: Mrs. Margaret Henry, matron; Franklin Behlman, master; Doris Sengstacken, overseer; Joseph Connolly, lecturer; Robert Behl- man, steward; Charles Messner, Jr., assistant steward; Lois Barlow, chaplain; Robert Messner, treasurer, Laura Pyleo, secretary: Mildred Foote, gate-keeper; June Judd. Ceres; Marion Phillips, Pomona; Margaret Phillips, Flora; Lois Ben- son, lady assistant steward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

Republicans but apparently these were not as bitter nor as prolonged as was the Democratic conflict.
 The warden will assume his new duties as fire chief on March 31 and has announced he will resign as warden then. Although the fact that the fire department is apparently in need of much improvement, both in the way of equipment and of train ing, according to an expert who conducted survey here, has been somewhat beclouded because of the political smoke raised in the con- test for the fire chief post, the ma- jor effect of the appointment is that it will remove Warden Sheridan as a possibility for renomination as warden this year in the spring elec- tion.
 During Warden Sheridan's regime of practically seven years, two things which have made the war den's post much more attractive have taken place, the salary of the warden has been raised to $2,5O0 per year and the term has been made two years instead of one.
 Some Fear Split
 As a result, according to reliable reports, there are many Democrats here now who are aspiring to the nomination for warden, in fact so many that even some Democrats admit there is grave danger of party split on the part of the ones who may be defeated.
 With the Democratic party victor ious in the state at the November election, it is reported some Demo- cratS here are aspiring to state offices and if unsuccessful will be candidates for local offices.
 Prominent Republicans, on the other hand, are predicting already that the c. O. P. stands a very good chance of victory here this year in the borough election, passing this on a belief that disputes will crack the Democratic party and on the fact that Warden Sheridan has received some Republican support in past borough elections because his administrations have been suc- cesSful.
 It is not at all improbable that there may be several candidates for the Republican nomination for warden this year.
 The past year saw the Chamber of Commerce active particularly in two things. The Chamber has spon- sored a successful safety campaign here in an endeavor to reduce the number of auto accidents. The man. ufacturers' committee of the Cham Der had an expert from national insurance company investigate the local fire department and he made recommendations here which sur- priSed residents and brought the attention of the town to the fire chief situation. It was reported un- officially and without definite con- tlrmation that a number of mem- bers of this committee favored and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

supported the candidacy of War; den Sheridan for the fire chief post
 School Dispute
 The year also saw a hectic dis pute after. schools in the Pond Hill and Millville districts were closed by the board of education as part of standardization move. The board was severely criticized by some members of those districts, with stress being laic on the fact that improvements had been made in the schools not long ago before they were closed. Dire effects to children in the closed districts who are transported to other schools by busses were predicted when winter weather prevailed, but as yet no serious trouble has been reported, although icy conditions have pre- vailed for only a short time. There was sharp criticism of the school board for holding secret sessions but that the criticism will deter the board from such private meetings seems unlikely now.
 1940 also saw a big Democratic victory here in the November presi- dential election, despite the fact that Wendell Willkie, c. o. P. nom- inee, visited the town in his tour of this state. State Treasurer Joseph E. Talbot (R) of Naugatuck was de- feated in the Democratic victory in this state, but today started his work as compensation commissioner for the fifth district, to which post he was recently appointed by Gov. Baldwin. Thomas Grant (D) of Naugatuck, nominee for state sena- tor from the 14th district, was un- successful although given a suh- stantial majority here.
 Officials Die
 The post of prosecuting attorney was filled twice in 1940. Last spring Atty. Claremont I. To1leS was ap- pointed to this post after Pros. Atty. James L. Dalton had died. Atty. Tolles resigned in November and Atty. Terence Carmody was ap- pointed to succeed him.
 Another official who died during the year was Borough Atty. Henry J. Freeman, prominent local Demo- crat, and Atty. James P. Sweeney was named to succeed him.
 Business in the. U. s. Rubber com- pany nere was good last year, with government orders resulting in a steady pickup near the end of the year and a bright outlook for this year. Other factories here also showed the effects of the general business improvement and the case load of the welfare department has been reduced considerably as jobs became more easily obtained.
 Lottery Probe
 A feature of the year was group of arrests made in connection with an alleged lottery conducted here by Crusader post, Veterans of For eign Wars. Two alleged promoters are still sought and cases. of those
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

Judge and Mrs. Thomas 1ear4 a Church street were visitors in Ns1 York City yesterday.
 Mrs. William Dickinson of UIfII. land Circle, who has been visiting relatives in Paterson, N. q for eeV- eral weeks has returned to hel home.
 John J. Barry of Trowlridge place former freight agent for the New Haven Railroad here, has left to spend the winter at St. ePtersbuE8. Fla.
 MT. and Mrs. F. Leslie Howard ck Park avenue have left to spend sey- eral weeks in Florida.
 Edward J. Weaving of Homestead avenue was recent visitor in New York City.
 James Dinneny of Washington, D. C., has returned there after having recetnly visited his parents, MT. and Mrs. John Dineny of German street
 Mrs. William Kelly of South Main street, who has been visiting in Williamsport, Pa, has returned here.
 Gustave Gisslander, who has been visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs John G. Gisslander of Hillside ave- nue, has returned to his home in Detroit, Mich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
ment in 1899, succeeding the lats Vincent Skelly.
Ambulance Much Used

The local community ambulance has been used 1,081 times since it was bought in July, 1886 or an av- craze of 240 calls per year, Chief John J. GLrmley of the police de- partment has announced. The ve- hicle has proved worth many times the expense and its presence has undoubtedly resulted in the saving of many lives.
 Many comments of praise on the machine and on the fine handling of patients by police officers have been heard. The police department bears the expense of nlaintaing it, the laundry bill being large at the end of the year. It has gone to numerous neighboring hospitals and there is no charge to- the pa- tients for its use. Money for it was raised by public subscription.
 A concert will be given tonight by Claire Hobart, blind musician at the Salem Lutheran church hall at 8:15. A fine. program of entertain ment is expected. Y
 Business resumed in full swing today after. holiday for most res- idents yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
ROACH SANCTIONS
 GREEK TAG DAY

Superintendent of Police William J. Roach has granted the Waterbury Chapter of the Greek War Relief association permission to conduct tag sale on the streets of the city next Saturday. The sale was origin- ally slated to be held last Saturday, but was postponed due to the steady rain storm.
 Boys and girls and men and woi1l- en will donate their services Satlir- day to the cause of relief for Greek families suffering as direct result of the war in Albania. Buttons will be sold with the Evzone, Greek scl- dier who wears the short skirt and the pompors, pictured on each.
 Peter N. Laskas is chairman of the executive committee of the Water bury group, and is assisted by Lewis s. Reed, treasurer; Peter Sakorafos, secretary; Rev. John Bersentes, Michael J. Leon, George Pistolas and Peter Coukis.
 William J. Pape is honorary chair< man of the organization here, and other members of the honorary com mittee are Rev. Dr. J. c. Walker, Rev. Roger Anderson. Rev. pr. James E. Gregg Irving H. Chase, Atty. Chase KimbalI, Mrs. Arthur R. Kimball, MT. and Mrs. Holden WiI~ son and Atty. Perry Graicerstein. %
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
Starts 18th Year

Starts 18th Year
 Police Chief John J. Gorm1ey be- gan his 18th year as a policeman today. He joined the force as a regular on Jan. 2, 1917 and has served soince that time except for 16 months when he served in the U. s. Navy during the World War He was made chief of the depart
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
Chamber of Commerce News Shows Jump
 In Savings Deposits
Eight Men in January Quota for Selective Service; Ambulance Sees Much Use Much History
 Made in Borough During l04O
NAUGATUCK
Cogrespon0ent. Wm ! Baxter-Phone Nausatuck SSsS

new water services installed, the Chamber reports. New building per- mits were issued to the following:
 Gardner F. Wood, Dayton road, .6 rooms, 5000.
 Joel Anderson, Field street, rooms, $4,O0O; Robert Simat, Coen street, 10 rooms, $7,800; Orzio Volta Quinn street, rooms, $4,500.
 The Chamber is making plans for a dinner meeting to be held in the near future and William G. Boies and Clarence E. Jones will com- prise the committee in charge. Last spring a similar meeting was held.
 Draftees To Report
 The local selectvie service office today received official word that the next local quota for the draft will be eight men and that these will go to Hartford January B for final tests. They will report at Hartford Y. M. o. A., 315 Pearl street at 10 a. m.
 There are four volunteers, as an- ncunced in The Democrat Tuesday, and the other four who will go are: John F. AdamSki. 445 North Main street; John Sidney Weaving, 57 Aetna street; Francis Daniel Crow ley, 93 Cherry street; Richard J. Dlugokecki, n Brennan street.
 The four volunteers are: James M. Robinson of Hornell, N. Y., formerly of Naugatuck; Emile J. Pilon of Wolcott, Arthur E. Ludge- wait of New street, and Vincent w. Krzykowski of 19 Brennan street. All are in class 1-A, but are expect ed to undergo further physical tests in Hartford. If they are accepted,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
1S40, History Now

The year 194O is now history as far as the borough is concerned but the political effects of some major actions last year will finger on and may have important repercussions in the new year.
 From a political standpoint the major event of the year occurred in the final month of 1940 when War den John J. Sheridan was appoint ed fire chief to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Milton Calvin, who passed away in Febru- ary after serving the borough ably in the capacity of fire chief for sev- eral years, and as burgess prior to that.
 The scramble for the fire chief position resulted in sharp con- fiict between Warden Sheridan and several other Democratic leaders, and many political observers believe this breach has not yet been healed It also caused some disputes among
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

ParochiaI School Starts Sessions at St. Francis parochial school were resumed today. Public school will not reopen until Mon- day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

they will leave for a U. s. army camp immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

Meet Tonight Plans for initiation to. be held later in January are to be made at a meeting of Evergreen Chap ter, Order of Eastern Star tonight at 8 o'clock in Masonic hall.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

W/ELL, every deep-watcr sailor
- man has yarn about a sea
serpent But I'm an exception 10
that rule. I've never soon one.
Met mon who have and listened
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

TO their yarns. But it seems to
me that when a man sights a
strange shape on the surface of
rrIc- sce- he's got to call it some
thing and if it isn't close enough
for him to put a name on it he
calls IT a sea serpent.
Now I've heard yarns about the
kraken too; giant squid it may
be, some kind Of octopus. But
The great scientists agree with
me that the old-time kraken. once
worshiped by the most ancient
people in the world. really does
exist
What d'you think of pictures Of
those things cut in the Andes
three miles up? Wen they were,
and heaven knows how many
thousand years ago. We had a
Scandinavian hand once, working
his passage, he was, told me a lot
about it.
He said that the Uighurs, they
We're tribe in the middle Of the
Cobb desert thousands of years
ago, migrated to Norway Now
they worshiped the kraken. called
it Khalk'ru the Destroyer He
said that that beast had eaten
up all life and made the Cobb
desert Strange thing is that the
kraken is a sea beast and the
UtgtaFs- were a land race. /
guess that before they settled in
the Cobb they were seafaring
people too I guess at that time
much of the land was under
water; you know that lost con-
tinent, Atlantis, wasn't it, Well
the Norsemen, the Vikings. they
believed in 1t too and had lots of
tales of the giant sea-g0d. only
they believed it had ten tentaCles
instead of eight. like the octopus.
II isn't long ago that the
Prince of Monaco the's dead now
who was mighty interested in the
things of the sea, found in a
whales stomach the beak and re-
mains Of an octopus that must
have measured thirty feet across.
Now that's enough to capsize "A
small boat And de Montfort, the
French historian, reported one
that actually sank ship in the
West Indies Looks like those
things really do exist, doesn't it?
III bet a pretty too. that sights
Of the great feelers Of those
beasts caused more than one man
To report a sea serpent
There was a strange report in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
The Worlds SOundes+ Sleeper

THAT the worlds sound,st
sleeper has been found in
. their midst is the belief of
the inhabitants of Pyatigorse,
North Caucasus, Russia. In the
city hospital IS a man kept alive
by artificial feeding, and he is so
fast asleep that he has been op-
Grated on without an anesthetic
HIS sleep has beeH-ftltttt9st- tn
broken for a year The names
of the patient and his surgeons
have been kept secret, but the
story has been authenticated.
During a few aeetiHe moments
while awake in the last sly
months The man had 4-ff---4lf-.=.l
Of abdominal pains in the region
of the appendix. So the doctors
at the hospital decided to operate
for appendicitis
= Since it was impossible 10
arouse the sleeper hy ans sort
Of ordinary abuse, it was thought
uarIeHu Wsrk1v Inc Great Britain r.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

WHEN stormy weather is eX-
w pected we sailors can always
tell by the stormy petrels. little.
untidy birds that squitter along
the tops Of the waves They
seem TO be running on the water
And that's why they're called
petrels. You know, st. Peter
walked on the water But others
call EN- Mother Carey's Chickens
I'm told they got that name
from the ancient Mediterranean
mariners or maybe the Romans.
You see the Virgin Mary is the
patron saint of sailors and she
was ealled-in the Latin tongue
Mater Cara which means Dear
Mother" When it SHOWS at sea
they say that Mater Cara. or
Mother Carey is pluckin her
chicks and letting the feathers
drop on the ocean
But there's another yarn that.
comes out of the Limeiuicers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

tried to loose the line but it was
too taut. He had no knife so just
chung there waiting for the
grainse to break out or the shark
TO die. The thing towed him for
over half an hour, then broke sur
face. Dick tried to haul in on
the line but the shark leaped
clear out of the water and
managed to tear the barbs out of
his leathery hide. Then he dived
leaving a mighty relieved sailor
much nearer the land than he
had been.
Keeping a careful watch for
more sharks, Dick padded to-
ward the land. an island off the
coast.
II was late afternoon when he
made out something floating
ahead of him. Padding carefully
towards it he found a tremendous
loggerhead turtle asleep on the
surface. He must have been six
or eight feet long and weighed
over five hundred pounds.
With the grainse line Dick
made a loop over the sleeping
creatures head and passed it
astern to his tail. Then climbed
aboard him and hung on. For
a moment 1t looked as If he
would drown. But he held his
head up and pressed down on
his stern flippers so that he
couldn't dive, and made off to-
wards the land with Dick cling
ing to his back. For hours that
turtle kept going nearer and
nearer to the land Then just as
Dicks strength was giving out he
sighted a ship under full sail
bearing to the southwark. Some
how he hung on until the ship
was about to cross his course.
Then he was sighted. The captain
Of the snip started firing with
a rifle and Dick yelled his head
off until the shooting stopped. BY
this time he was less than a
hundred feet from the vessel and
he slid off his terrified turtle and
managed to swim to the Trinculo,
Captain Renels, New York to
Para
Now that yarn has been sworn
to as true by many members of
the Trinculo's crew Dick Trysail
did have the reputation of first
class yarn-spinner and he swore
it was as true as Bowditch' s
Navigator and there's nothing
under the sun as true as that.
Howsomever, it isn't my yarn.
and l pass it on 10 you as re-
ceived II.
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