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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
FUNERALS

The funeral of Howard F. John- son, 53, well-known song-writer and native of Waterbury, will be held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Walter B. Cooke funeral home, ll7 West 72d street, New York.
 Burial will be in Hillside ceme- tery, Torrington, Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. Stephen L. Riser, pastor of the Torrington Methodist church, will oficiate at the commit tai service.
 The funeral of Mrs. Sophie Kenausis will be held from her home, 121 Sunnyside avenue, Mon- day morning at 8:30 o'clock to St. Joseph's church at 9, for a solemn high Mass. Burial will be in the family plot. Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at 121 Sunnyside avenue after 2 o'clock this after noon.
 The funeral of Ovila Milot was held from the Gagnon funeral home, 1855 South Elm street. this morning at 8:30 o'clock to St. Ann's church at 10 o'clock. Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
 The funeral of Mrs. Celia Cray lor) Wiggins was held yesterday at 1:30 at the Mount Olive A. M. F. Zion church, with Rev. Henry c. Pitts, pastor of the Church of the Living God, presiding. Burial will be in Edentown, N. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
13 NEW ENGLAND
 JESUITS IN IRAQ

Boston. May 3-(UP)-Thirteen New England Jesuits are in the Iraq trouble zone. The priests are members of the religious commu- nity of Baghdad college, just out. side the city of Baghdad.
 Among the 13 are the Rev. Leo Shea, s. J., Lawrence; Clement Armitage, Worcester; Francis x. Cronin. New Haven, Conn.,: and Joseph Fennell and Richard McCar. thy, both of Springfield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
Legal Notices
NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS. TRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PRO. BATW COURT, May 1st, 194t. late of the town of Waterbury, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for tho District of Waterbury hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly ate tested, within sald time, will be debarred recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate are request cd to make immediate payment to
 WILLIAM DAILY, b.1-3t Exeeutor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03

industrial skills.
 Another appeal by the selectivt service administration was expected Should 1t fail. defense officials in- dicated they would recommend 6 change to permit the president te order blanket 6eferments.
 MT. Roosevelt told his press con- ference yesterday that skilled work CTS already drafted might be re- turned Co their industrial jobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
Browning Ceremonies
 To Be Filmed Sunday
St. Stanslaus Sodaty in Unusually Impressive Exer.
 cises-2O New Members to Be Formally Received

The coronation of the Blessed Virgin, an annual custom involving impressive ceremonies, will take place tomorrow afternoon in St.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03

The handling of the Waterbury bills offers an excellent example of "the public be damned" atti- tude that has characterized so
 much of the work of the 194l General Assembly.
 The bin revising the city char ter was supported by the local Re- publican organization, and passed the Senate under suspension of the rules. It was presumably ready for adoption in the Republican, controlled lower house when bitches began to develop. The House chairman of the cities and bOr0ughs committee refused to agree to suspension of the rules there. There followed several days of argument, with the city ad- ministrati0n finally agreeing to let the bill take it's regular course and have the city meet the cost of printing the text, which cost would have been waived under suspension of the rules. But then 1t developed that the Republican leadership wasn't ready to approve the bill anyway. A week ago to- day the writer revealed that the real reason for the h0ld-up of the charter bill was a Republican demand that the C. 0. P. be al- lowed patronage grab" in re. turn for okaying the charter mea- e1IPe The H0rahO xvaa to I>o o,, thorzied by Q bill allowing the registrars of voters rather than the mayor to appoint the old age assf9ance tax census enumera- tors each year. The facts of the story were so plain that not even the usual denial was forthcoming. So the charter bill is held up in- definitely and. perhaps, slated for She ashcan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
MASSES


 GANNUTZ A first anniversary Mass of requiem will be celebrated Monday morning, May 5, o'clock. at the Immaculate Conception church, for the repose of the soul of the late Michael F. Gannutz. REAIs-First anniversary Mass of requiem will be celebrated Monday morning. May 9th. at 1880 o'clock, at the St. Catherine of Sienna's Church, New York, for the reposc of the soul of the late Edward J. Real, of Circuit Ave-, this city.
 CARD OF THANKS
 We wash to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors. especially the Screw Department of Scovllrs Manufacturing Co.,, for floral offerings and the expressions of sympathy and kindness shown us during our recent bereavement, tho death of our beloved husband and son, Raymond Plersall.
 MRS. LOUISE PIERSALIs and MR. and MRS. JOHN R1ERgAxakA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
Politics
 in Passing
By RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK

By RAYMOND ]. FITZPATRICK
 This week there was more criti- cism ct Hartford that newspapers of the state were giving the public . wrong impression of what was going on at the ctpitol, that politi- cal motives were being ascribed in the press to actions that were being taken without any thought of poli- tics, and that routine steps in leg islative procedure were being misin- terpreted and misrepresented to make @ Journalistic holiday.
 How any legislator could make such statements with a straight face after some of the stuff that has been pulled in the past week or two makes one wonder at his opinion of the raivete of not only reporters but the voters. And how politicians expect the people to take their pi- ous protestations at face value when they block such legislation as the Waterbury charter and trade school bills purely and simply for selfishly political motives is but another sign of the rating which too many of our office holders place on the intelligence of the men and wo- men of the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03

Thy background of the trade school bill differs only in detail. A blll providing an appropriation IA equip and staff trade school here alter the city had furnished the land and buildings was without any real opposition; 1t was supported by 1ndustrialists from many parts of western Connecticut and the Nau- gatuck Valley.
 4 The appropriations committee however kept holding the bill up, ThS week the committee, on prompting of the c. 0. P. leader snip, voted to delay vote on the Waterbury bill and Q similar one Tor New Haven until after work on Ehe state budget had been com pleted. This means a hold-up of gnree weeks or so and with the !egSIature required to adjourn by tune 4. It means also good chance that the trade school measure will Set !oSt in the closing shuffle.
 U mas been abundantIy clear
 that the Republican aim in holding
 up the Waterbury bills Is to have
 them available for the morse trading that the COP. expects
 to do in the last few weeks of the session. The same reason explains the h0idup of the New Haven trade school bill, not to mention im-
 ,portant parts of the governors Legislative program, which are getting the same treatment.
 AS matters now stand, the local trade school bill still has a chance 9f passage, with. of course the ap- Propriation cut almost in half from The $500000 asked in Senator Ed Egan's original bill. It is supported not only by Governor Hurley, but Dy a group of politically powerful pcal manufacturers whose influence with the Republican leadership will 70 a long way.
 Public pressure may force the
 Republican leadership to let the gcharter revision bill 20 through, Since it had the backing of the Waterbury COP. town committee iat the hearing and has been con-
 ceded to be political in its provisions. Nevertheless, it prob ably will be held up a little longer 70 force the Democrats to give something in return. Senator Egan and Senator Mike BlansfieId say that that something" won't be the registrars bill and if they stick by their guns they should be able to force the Republicans to back down.
 z
 2 The Republican high command this week apparently decided that the party's "stall" tactics at the session weren't delaying things enough, for evidence points to word having been sent from state headquarters to the party leaders to hold up everything that might be used as trading bait Q while later. This would serve to explain the recommitments, the postponements, and the amendments 70 which so many bills have been 
 z All this fails very definitely to fit in with the "we're for the com mon people" claim of the New Era Republicanism In Connecticut. 1t seems to illustrate once again the sh0rt-sighted policy of the State COP. organization, what ever It's leadership. If State Chairman Ken Bradley isn't re- iBponslble for the strategy 1t cer- sainiy would be wise for him Co tell these responsible that it's time to change the record and that the people Of Connecticut won't believe they have . progressive Republi- enn party until they see an end @f che cid Roraback tactics. < Better ean the boys of. Kenl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
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ATLANTIC PATROL TO AVOID SHOOTING

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MAJOR CHANGES IN ACT APPROVED

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Better can the boys of, Ksnl
Evening star., 1941-01-20

Hard work. a will to win and at
least three tall men are parts of
the formula for winning basket ball
teams in Elmer Ripley's expert opin-
ion. And with his Georgetown toss
ers hitting the dizzy pace of nine
consecutive victories in fast COM
pany, the old pro star should know
whereof he speaks.
RIP" also thinks the caliber of
competition and well-planned
schedule help immensely and adds
that the layout of the Hoyas' fu-
ture games may prove to be q
stumbling block
Its a bad situation" he said
today, but nothing can be done
about it. You've got to take the
games when you can get them and
it's as fair for one team as an
other, I suppose. for we all have the
same problem. But more regularity
would help tremendously
Last week. for example, we played
at West Point wednesday and came
back Thursday to take on New York
U. here Friday We met Maryland
at College Park 1t so happened we
had to take Army that day or not
at all Thursday was the only day
we could catch N. Y. U. coming
through on its Southern trip and
the Maryland game was booked long
ago. We were fortunate to win all
three.
Nov we play Navy Wednesday
and lay of another week before
meeting Penn etata. We have N.
Evening star., 1941-01-20
Conn Munehing Way
To Proper Weight
For Louis Bout
Light-Heovy Is Hopeful
OF Scaling 1877 Pounds
Late Next Summer
Nv the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI. Fla. Jan. 20-Billy Conn.
a big, blond boy who's determined
to get much bigger. started two
month second helpings" campaign
here today.
Conn said he would attempt to
eat his way to the heavyweight
boxing crown while staying at the
Normandy Isle home of Promoter
Mike Jacobs. The Pittsburgh boxer
and Jacobs arrived yesterday and
Conn Immediately started getting
in a little preliminary work at the
dinner table
Billy Won't Exercise.
With a leg of cold turkey in one
hand and glass Of milk in the
other. he outlined his plans.
I'm going to eat all possibly
can and in between meals I'll Just
lie around in the SUM- Conn de-
clared
He said he doesn't expect to take
any exercise. but instead. will rest
up and take things easy"
I'll gain some more weight and
then I'll jab that Joe Louis dizzy
he continued. III make him 81
dizzy that he'll think he's on a
merry-go-round."
Hopes to Fight at 1877.
Conn explained that he hoped
to push his ring weight up to the
187-pound mark and then take on
Louis late next summer.
He weighs 1873 now. but admits
that his ring weight probably would
be about 178. That means he must
gain at least 10 pounds if he is to
reach his goal.
Evening star., 1941-01-20
Six Carom Masters
Unbeaten Entering
Second Week
Reiselt, Hall, Bozemon
Risk Perfect States
In Tourney Today
q, the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Jan. 2O-The second
week of the month-long round
robin battle for the world three
cushion billiard title began today
with 6 of the l8 players undefeated
and tied for first place.
Three of the six leaders-Otto
Reiselt of Philadelphia. Allen Hall,
Chicago. and Jay Bozeman. Vallejo,
Calif.-risk their perfect records to-
day. The other three-Welker
Cochran, San Francisco: Earle
Lookabaugh. Chicago. and Art
Thurnblad. Kenosha, Wis.-are idle
until tomorrow.
Reiselt meets Herb Peterson. St
Louis, who has lost six straight
matches. giving him a share of the
cellar berth with Len Kennedy of
Chicago Joe Chamaco of Mexico
CITY plays Clarence Jackson of De-
troit in the second afternoon tilt
and Kennedy and Joe Moriarty.
Chicago. appear in the third
Hall matches shots with Paul
Levin. Chicago, in the first night
match and Bozeman engages Irving
Crane, Rochester, N. Y, in the
nightcap:
None of the leaders played Sun
day. Jake Schaefer of Cleveland
added his second victory in three
starts with a 50-to-41 decision over
Crane in 50 innings.
Tiff Denton. Kansas City. defeated
Kenney, so to Al: Moriarty downed
Peterson. so to 43: Levin upset Art
Rubin. New York. so to 35, and John
Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles, won from
Jackson, so to 40.
Evening star., 1941-01-20
A Hundred Points in 81 Seconds-ot 5000 Feet

He came up 10 Inc STAR
Club and put on of keep earlier
engagement In billiard ball do everything from
the boogie-WOogie.
grow tired OF this game ne SAID
shot almost every time exhibit name the
My Job to promote
call them the West Point Cogate
Wisconsin. and so forth shots
Homes name long after Mr. Peterson
fooen The old the token nobody has done
From purely technical
standpoint than Hoppe He has proved
and will prove again slightest povocaton that is possible 10
make 100 points in 100 that space OF time
He has made 1000 points minutes and q seconds ana once
after calling himself he attempted to score Wo
Il minutes SECONDS
was sick recalls Headaches due from
eve that sort of thing
o,ce he scored 100 points while shooting apane
travelling 125 miles an 5000 feet He still apologies
performance which 10 seconds slower tnan MS oes
performance
in the air. ne says you uhoer-
stand howl S sometimes"
Evening star., 1941-01-20
Menace to Hoyo Court Record
Is Seen in Schedule Breaks
By Ripley, Keen Mentor

other week of and then 60 away
to play Syracuse. Colgate and Yale
in four days. We'd like to have a
warmup game before that trip so
the boys could get the feel of things
again, but none was available-and
we also have midyear examinations
in there. So we'll have to start all
over after getting warmed up real
good, and we probably will be
cold"
Ripley hopes his boys will play
one more game like the one against
Canisius. He calls it the perfect
game, from Georgetown's viewpoint,
with every man clicking and every
shot hitting the bull's-eye.
Concerning the teams success he
hesitates to single out any one man,
but he knows it would have been
impossible without his three big
boys-Bill Bornheimer. Ken Engles
and Jimmy Giebel They've twin
killed. brightly since the curtain part
ed on the current campaign and
deserve lot of credit.
But you can't overlook Irving
Rizzis work under the enemy
basket, where he's been swapping up
stray shots like a hungry Chesa-
peake retriever. nor Buddy
O'Grady's cool and calculating floor
generalship.
Finally. there is the deadly shoot
ing of Charley Schmidt and Jimmy
Kiernan-the high-test gas in the
Hoyas' tank. You still need points
to y1n eanak Ii 4
Evening star., 1941-01-20
20 Years Aqo
In The Stor

A desperate uphill fight by
Catholic University in its basket
ball game with PENNSYLVANIA was
Of no avail in 1917 game at
Brookland.
A team composed of Stanley
Harris, Nationals second sacker:
Waite Hoyte and Mike McNally
Of the Yankees: Joe SeWell of
the Indians and Eddie Murphy
of the White Sox defeated the
Brooklyn professional basket
ball team. 1924.
Central Highs cagers trimmed
Gonzaga. 1925, at the Central
gymnasium.
Evening star., 1941-01-20
AU-Stor Colonial Basket Team
OfPost Decade Busick Picks
Bound to Start Arguments

teresting point that George Wash
ington has had no losing year since
the le28-29 season. In 10 years, un-
der Joe Mitchell, Jim Pixlee, Ted
OLeary. Roland Logan and the
incumbent. Bill Reinhart. the Co.
lonials have won 1874 games and
dropped only 49 for an average OF
.735. That will match any record
in the country.
G.. w. reached its peak in 1935-36.
Reinhart's first year at the helm.
when it scored l6 victories against
three defeats It proved that record
was no f1uke the following year
by winning Is and dropping four.
The leanest of Reinhart's flve-year
tenure was 1938-39. when the Co
lonials won 13 and lost eight.
Series Standing Good.
The downtown school just about
held its own in series with outstand-
ing rivals during this illustrious
decade, holding the upper hand in
four. losing five and getting an even
break in two A recapitulation reads
as follows, with George Washington
victories noted first:
st. Johns of Brooklyn. As; City
College of New York, 1-3; Temple,
o.: Villanova, 80; Long Island.
1-6; Ohio State. %: Minnesota,
20: Washington and Lee, Al:
Georgetown, 2-2; Maryland, 20, and
Loyola of Chicago. 2-3.
Reinharts record in this time is
II victories and 25 defeats for a
commendable average of TAO
AS we said before Busick is stick
ing out his neck with this story and
admits as much. He had to leave
off such stars as Red Auerbach,
Wayne Chambers, Wick Parrick, Sid
Silkowitz. Jimmy Howell and a
couple of others, but he willingly
risks criticism. After all who can
prove his team isn't the best?
Evening star., 1941-01-20
Rv LEWIS F. ATCHIsON.

DN
That No. Is neck you see sticking
out in the Hatchet today belongs
to the scion Of an old Virginia fam
ilv. a reformed newspaperman and
currently minister of propaganda
for George Washington University,
"Col." John Busick.
For the benefit of undergraduate
subscribers to the Hatchet, official
G. w. publication, Busick is choos-
ing an all-star university basket
ball team from squads of the last
decade. It's a neat trick If you can
do it. Only two stunts more difficult
come to mind. viz, scratching a
match on a keg of dynamite and
insulting a plug-ugly's frau. but
Busick seems to have gotten away
with it.
On his first team he picks Tommy
OBrien. 80; Hal Kiesel. 81; Jack
Butterworth, '39; "Otts" Zahn, '33,
and George CARRIER, 40. On hic sec
ond team he installs Bob Farris, 80;
Forest Burgess, 80; Ben Goldfad-
den. 81: Milt Schoenfeld. 81, and
George Freilicher. IS. We have to
admit he has chosen two smart
aggregations. but he'll discover how
much folks like to debate such mat
ters.
Opens O'Brien VS.. Zahn Debate.
But not content with this. Buslck
goes even farther and tries to start
an argument regarding the relative
merits of O'Brien and Zahn. "-
who was the best, Zahn or O'Brien?'
the writer inquiries. It's food for
thought, fuel for an argument and
O'Brien fans never will convince
zahn supporters that Tommy was
better, and vice versa, nor would
we want to choose between them
Any coach would like to have either
on his team.
Busick's yarn brings out the in
Evening star., 1941-01-20
"Show Ne q Shot Cont Make"

He has nearly 900 trick shots all started IN ST Louis He
straight billiard parlor when he mended and somebody
wanted to know if there shot that couldn't be made
think replied Mr. Peterson Let's see
billiard shortly thereafter SHOW
Peterson had said and the expression
throughout world felt and blue chalk The
of the greatest
bladshe the Florida State championship
old tired of pushing
modestly admits still
good he "A fellow be crack player at
still be good or better at 80
will remember this name-Geoge F. Sosson
Well Soson Of the greatest
although
Hoppe alaround Anyway Slosson still
he still has which gives him
o anybody in the world"
Evening star., 1941-01-20
Mississippi State Quint Meets
Six Opponents in Six Days

this week. still dominated the in
dividual scoring with two of its stars
leading the list and a third well up
among the first 10. Bud Walton,
scrappy forward, held his previously
won rating as number-one scorer
with IS points, followed by his team
mate, Center Steve Ellish, with "a.
Mississippi's Harry Simpson, despite
his teams seven successive defeats
in eight starts, bounced up into third
place on a total of SO. while Louisi-
ana States Charley Bozeman. 1898
top scorer, ranked fourth with 81.
Evening star., 1941-01-20
Tech High Quint
Likely 10 Gain
P|ayotf Spot
Three Others in Race
For Final Skirmish
Of School Series
Bv GEORGE HUBER.

Roosevelt. with three victories in
the interhigh basket ball series, and
Eastern, with two. almost are cer-
talntieS 10 be in the playoff round
for the championship. but the two
other spots still are wide open.
1t probably will be a four-tesm
race among Tech. Central. Western
and Wilson for those two places,
although Anacostia still has mathe-
matiCal chance. Zip Lehr's Indians
are a bit young and inexperienced.
though, and probably will be in a
position TO make a much stronger
bid next season rather than this.
Picking two favOriteS from that
group OF four as they now stand
would be difficult Tech. off what
it has shown. probably will be in,
but the other three are in good
positions TO challenge. II may be
that it will come down to the finish
with Western. Central and Wilson
battling for the fourth place in the
plaVOffS
Western is expected to improve
its chances tomorrow when it meets
AnacoStla on the Indians court IN
one OF the two interhigh games listed
The other tilt also has a plavoff
hint. being between Central and
Wilson at Roosevelt.
Wilson in Running.
The Tigers. despite their loss to
AnacoStla in an overtime game. are
getting plenty of support in their
bid for playoff berth. Their re-
cent Well-earned victory over Con
zaga. top-flight. Independent. die
much 10 send their stock soaring
and TO earn them more consideration
from other teams
Central too, IS far from out Of
the race in spite of It's unlmpress!ye
record. The coaching situation there
might have troubled The team some
what. but now that Jan Jankowski
is installed for the remainder Of the
season there should be some I'M
provement The two mentors who
had the team previously. Lynn
Woodwork and Hardy Pearce, both
were good teachers. but frequent
changes in the midst of a season
can't help any quintet. Centrals
best games are yet to be PLAYED.
Techs Jackie Walsh is averaging
(See TECH, Page Aid
Evening star., 1941-01-20
la the Associated Press.

ATLANTA. Jan. 20-The late p.
T. Barnum. with his one-night cir
Gus stands, had nothing on Missis-
sippi State College when the Ma
rooms start out on basket ball tour.
It's six games in six days.
The Mississippians. tied with
Louisiana State and Tennessee for
sixth place in Southeastern Confer
ence standings move into Memphis
tonight for a game with Southwest
ern swing thence into Kentucky for
engagements with Murray State
Teachers and Western Kentucky on
Tuesday and Wednesday, hit Cincin-
natl Thursday for contest with
xavier, then Jump to Knoxville Fri
day to meet Tennessee, and fnally
wind UP in Birmingham Saturday
against Howard College.
Florida, idle last week ana again