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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09

be given jobs as gear inspectors and the others will be made inspectors in other branches of the aircraft plant.
 Applicants for the course need not come to Hartford to apply as ar engagements have been made to in- terview and examine prospective trainees at the 18 field offices of the Connecticut State Employment Serv- ice throughout the state. Provided this preliminary examination is passed the candidate for training will appear before the employment officer at Pratt and Whitney Air. craft. Upon approval of this offic- CT he will be enrolled as a student and become a duly accredited mem Der of the organization, placed upon the company payroll and assigned to the training course just as though he were assigned to a production de- partment in the plant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
JOHN W. PARKER
 SEEKS DIVORCE
Carmen Pace and John Fernandez Also Plaintiffs
 in UncOntested Actions

Three uncontested divorce cases will be heard at tomorrow's short calender of superior court, Judge Robert L. Munger presiding. Two petitioners are men. A number of other cases, not yet ready for trial will present various motions.
 The three divorce actions follow: John William Parker against Car rie Ellis Parker; Carmen Fortin Pare against Albani Pare; and John Fernandez against Antoinette Fer nandez.
 Mrs. John Klimas will ask that her husband Peter pay alimony pending trial and expenses for legal aid.
 The following divorce actions will be placed on the uncontested list:
 Anna Sedlik TokaruS against Harry Tokarus, Dorothea Worden Kelley against Patrick H. Kelley; Marion M. Bowling against James C. Bowling, Dora J. Goldstein against Harry M. Goldstein and Dixie Clara Donnelly against Herbert P. Donnelly.
 Contempt of court motions are listed for the courts attention in the cases of Minnie Shapiro Bern- stein against Harry Bernstein adn Anne Tekla Kobylinski against Will liam T. KobylinSki.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09

Tployment Service announced today.
 The course will be part of the Cooperative Defense Program which is being operated by the state in cooperation with Pratt and Whitney Aircraft. The course will be given at the Billing & Spencer plant at 1900 Park Street, Hartford. Some applicants already have been signed up for the course and it is planned to train the young men 100 at time until the desired number is secured.
 The course will last approximately four weeks and as soon san ap- plicant is selected for training he will be put on company payroll and will receive trainin gwages while the course is in progress. When the course is completed he will be giv- en a job at a salary commensurate with the work involved.
 Applicants must be high school graduates, over 25 years old and they must possess a mathematical back ground and good eyesight. College training would be an asset and the requirements are not strict as re- gards previous mechanical training or experience.
 The more proficient trainees will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
HENCH DEFENDS
 GERMAN MUSIC
COncordia Society to Fea= ture Works of WOrld=
 Beloved Composers

German songs and compositions will be played at the annual mid- winter concert of the Concordia Singing Society and it's auxiliary in Concordia hall Saturday January 18th, according to an announce ment made last night by Joseph F. Hench, president of the society.
 In reply to published announce ment that German songs would be discarded this year, MT. Hench said:
 We, as a German-American singing organization, have not yet discarded music written by the most eminent composers that the world has known. On the contrary, we shall mix our program with German as well as English, or rather American music as we al- ways have done"
 Favorite American songs will be featured on the program along with German arrangements. Emil Mark is chairman of arrangement com- mittees. Marshall Hayward will be soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Carl Heebner at the piano.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
Compensation Agreements

The following agreements were filed today with Compensation Commissioner Joseph E. Talbot:
 Donald Dionne, 433 West Main street, and the Lux Clock Mfg. Co.,, $10.20 beginning January 3, for injury to the right ankle.
 Joseph Starziski of Naugatuck and the U. S. Rubber company of Naugatuck, S12.78 starting De- cember II, for confusion of the cOccyX.
 Caesar Benedetti of Winsted and the BurrviIle Dairy of Win sted, S12.5O beginning October 12, for compression fracture of the 18th dorsaI vertebra.
 George Bender, Jr., of Win sted and the Edward H. Hickey Sons, Winsted, $13.81 beginning December 28, for cut tip of the middle finger of the left hand.
 Charles Palmer of Winsted and c. A. Roberts of Winsted, S7.O0 beginning November 9 for cut of first middle joint,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
700 Mechanical Inspectors to be Needed
Wife, Not Mother
 Receives Award In Death Claim

In a precedent-setting decision yesterday, the state supreme court of errors ruled that a cOmpensa- ton award resulting from a work mans death should go entirely to his widow, without any part going to his mother. The decision up- held a ruling by Commissioner Louis Sachs of New Haven.
 The widow, Mrs. Charlotte Whalen, who was represented by Attorney Frank w. Daley, of Branford, The cOntesting claim was filed by Mrs. Alice Whalen, mother of Edward WheIan, IT,, who was fatally injured while working for the New Haven Pulp and Board Company.
 The supreme court, in a deci- sion written by Justice Arthur F. Els, held that even though the mother was totally dependent on her son for support the entire compensation should go to the wife unless she remarried or died within the period of payments.
 Local lawyers today were study ing the decision with great inter- est, since it is the first time that the high court has ruled on such a situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
CHARACTER FOUND
 IN GRAVE STONES
Rural Preacher Claims Epitaphs Preach Ser=
 mons in Theology

Rev. George B. Gilbert of Dur ham, renowned rural preacher, told an appreciative audience at St. Johns Episcopal parish hall last evening that much character and theology could be learned from New England gravestones particularly through their epitaphs some of which have rhyming phrases which he recited from memory.
 The guest preacher said he felt very sorry for farmers whom he claims bump up against high pres sured salesmen just when their farms are about being run even with the board.
 New England's stone walls are the greatest, at least one of the greatest, constructural works in the world. His entire speech was dedi- cated to New England.
 MT. Gilbert talked for approxi- mately an hour, then played a photograph, calling several square set dances as is the custom fol- lowing his lectures.
 Rev. Francis O. Ayres, pastor elect, introduced MT. Gilbert.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
w. F. WHITTY TO BE
 PRINCIPAL SPEAKER

w. F. Whitty of the Wallingford Steel Company will deliver an ad- dress at the monthly meeting Fri day night of the American Electro platers' Society, Waterbury branch, in the Colonial Room of the Elton at 8 D. m. A. dinner will precede the business meeting with President Ellsworth T. Candee presiding.
 Dr. George Dubpernell will give a book review. The society will act on applications for membership from Patrick V. Romano, Frederick Batten, and Arthur W. Tracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09

Panama's two dog-racing tracks are attracting large crowds of Panama Canal construction work CTS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
SNOW PROMISED
 SOMETIME TODAY

The mercury lowered around 32 degrees yesterday noon and plung- ed down to 16 degrees during the night. Official readings shortly after Il a. m. this morning was 28 de- grees.
 Snow flrlrTies were promised by the weathermar today, with fair and colder weather tomorrow.
 Skating held sway throughout city parks despite a biting wind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09

Nearly 1900 karakul sheep are being reared at fur farms in Nor way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
State Employment
 Service To Assist
 In Recruiting Men
Qualify for Appointment - Cooperative Defense Program in Force

About 700 mechanical inspectors will be needed in Hartford at the Pratt and Whitney Division of United Aircraft Corp. within the next few months and as result a training course vii be instituted be- gining tomorrow and efforts will be made to secure the necessary quail fled trainees immediately, James E
 Heffernan, manager of the Hartford office of the Connecticut State En-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
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DRESS MATERIALS


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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
Kelly Comfortable
 Reports Hospital

Thomas P. Kelly, former execu- tive secretary to ex-Mayor T. Frank Hayes, is recuperating at St. Mary's hospital where his condition is said to be fairly comfortable" by hos pital authorities. MT. Kelly collaps- ed after a visit at the institution to see a relative as he was entering his anutomobile. not far from the hospital
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Youthful Member
Of Noted Family
Had Rapid Rise

GorgiaS rather than for the artistic
Phldias, Wilkes denunciation OF
them lacked the sneering bite OF
contempt. The young actor was not
up to his usual standard.
A modernized version Of this
theme which followed, with Wilkes
in regal velvet as Raphael Ducha-
let, the reincarnation Of Phldlas,
gave him an opportunity to redeem
himself. However, only in the scene
with Mademoiselle Marco, the re-
incarnation of one of the statues,
did he display the fiery emotion
with which he was gifted. For a
few feeting seconds,
Noticeable Mood.
Was it just a coincidence that on
the evening Lincoln attended THE
Marble Heart" at Fords Theater,
Wilkes Interpretation of his role
lacked the fervor of his other per-
formances? Or had reports OF the
Union victory and the presence Of
Lincoln brought on one of the
despondent, moody spells Wilkes
labored under so often when de-
feat of the Confederate cause
seemed imminent. Shortly before,
he had been arrested in st. Louis
for damning the Federal Govern
ment, but upon taking the oath Of
allegiance to the Union and pay
ing a fine, he had been released.
Soon after, in Chicago, he had
brazenly declared, What glorious
opportunity there is for a man to
immortalize himself by killing
Lincoln" For some time Wilkes
friends had fearfully noted that
he was growing more morose and
sullen.
1t was to be almost a year before
he intimated his scheme for abb
ducting~ Lincoln and taking him
to Richmond as hostage. But
within that time his voice began
to fail. In Boston, Brooklyn and
Washington he saw the handwrit-
ing on the wall. In New Orleans,
where he wished to gain super
laurels for his actors crown, his
voice left him completely and kept
him from the footlights for sew
eral performances; then Knocked
him when he returned to finish
his engagement as best he could.
His visions of gold from Oil specu-
lationS did not materialize and he
began to wonder how he could keep
pace with his ambitions. The
gnawing belief that he could attain
the fame which had been denied
him on the stage, led him to that
final act of madness in the same
theater where he had played before
the President.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Lincoln Had Deep Appreciation of Acting of John Wilkes Booth

and it is not to be wondered at that
he has achieved in its embodiment
his richest distinctions.
Nothing more than a desire to see
Wilkes at his best could have in
duced Lincoln to attend play hav-
ing so inane a plot as "The Marble
Heart" 1t was Faust in reverse.
And Wilkes, like his father, was
neither dependable nor consistent
in his performances. In the first
scene. a prologue disclosing the
dimly lighted studio of the sculptor,
Phidias, at Athens, Wilkes entrance
aroused deep interest. Dressed in a
slate -colored shirt with white Gre
clan border, his dark hair partly
covered by a Phrygian cap, and
wearing small beard and mustache.
his finely nodded features had an
appealing, ethereal quality.
But his clustering refusal to de-
liver the statues he had created for
the wealthy Gorgias because Of his
infatuation for them, did not carry
conviction. When they awakened
to momentary life, and by gesture
indicated their preference for
Evening star., 1941-04-13

locality" Relic hunters invaded the
White House and took away many
large tassels which they cut from
the curtains after the guards had
grown lax from too much jubilance."
The hope of victory and peace was
doing another cakewalk in the
streets of Washington.
Reviews continued to praise
Wilkes. Everywhere one heard COM
pliments of his ability. The young
actor, little more than Is years old,
was commanding the attention Of
the theatrical world. Not only were
Washington newspapers heralding
his success but national publica-
tions such as the New York Clipper,
noted the acclaim he was receiving.
The President could not help but
be attracted and undoubtedly was
so impressed that he decided to at
tend a performance of "The Marble
Heart" on the evening of November
9, 1868, and see the handsome Wilkes
in the dual roles of the sculptors
PhidiaS and Raphael Duchalet.
"The Marble Heart" was one Of
the popular sensational dramas of
Evening star., 1941-04-13

and when she came to Washington
in the spring of 1860, she was able
to secure employment at $3.50 a
day which was big money at that
time
1t was then that she was recon-
mended to Mrs. Jefferson Davis,
then residing at 1876 I street NV,
this being the last residence oc.
cupied by Senator Davis before leav-
ing Washington to become Presi-
dent of the Confederate States of
America.
Maid and ModiSte.
When Mr.. Lincoln became Presi-
dent, Mrs. Keckley became maid
and modiste to Mrs. Lincoln and
continued as such up to the time
of the assassination of the Chief
Executive and later travelled for
awhile with Mrs. Lincoln. 1t was
during this time-according to
statements attributed to her 40 years
ago-that she was prevailed upon to
write the book that bears her name.
In this account, Mrs. Keckley states
that she had gone to New York
upon receiving number of letters
from Mrs. Lincoln requesting her
to go there to assist in the sale of
her personal apparel and that the
sale was failure.
However. while thus engaged in
carrying out Mrs. Lincoln's wishes,
she was pursuaded by a couple Of
sharp men to write Behind the
Scenes" or rather to dictate it to
one of these shrewd men. who made
all arrangements with the publish
ers, and who took all the proceeds
from the sale of the books as well.
1t is further said she then declared
that in reading the manuscript to
her, many parts of it were omitted
and many others afterward inserted,
Evening star., 1941-04-13

the time. Edwin Booth had played
the lead in 1t in California when
1t was first seen in the United
States about eight years before. But
it was Wilkes who had gained a
reputation in the part and made it
one of his greatest efforts on the
stage; Wilkes who put life into the
romance of that dramatic love of
a young sculptor for an unscrup-
ulous woman. 1t was Wilkes who
kept his audiences spellbound dur
ing the highly emotional scenes of
the play; Wilkes who stood before
the curtain at the close of each
performance while the crowd ap-
plauded and shouted approval. 1t
was his play, and performances by
other actors on the American stage
were weak and listless compared
with his fiery Interpretation! "By
his earnestness, his vigorous grasp
of genius, and his fervor of style, he
invests it with an interest beyond
the authors ideal, and claims in
the result the most brilliant honors,"
wrote one critic. "The role is pecu-
liarly well fitted to Wilkes Booth,
Evening star., 1941-04-13

place, and her residence, in 1870
was 9l0 Fourteenth street. She
died in Washington May 26, 1907
and was buried from the Home OF
the National Association for Col
ored Women, an institution which
stood for many years on Eighth
street extended, above Barry place,
She has been described as being
"tall, straight, her hair as white
as snow and her skin like old
ivory"
At the time of Mrs. Keckley's
death she was 85 years old, having
been born in 1922.
Made Institution.
The National Association for the
Relief of Destitute Colored Women
and Children, the early name OF
the institution where Mrs. Keckley
died, was built prior to 1878, and
it is quite likely that this home is
the one referred to by Mrs. Lincoln
in her letter published in The Star
of June 20, 1867, together with the
statement regarding the national
fair being held here at that time,
which goes on to say:
Mrs. Lincoln-The national fair
for the Union Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home and the Home for
Destitute Colored Women and Chill
dren.-Our readers, no doubt, recol-
lect that Mrs. Lincoln presented to
the first of the above noble enter
prises, in aid of its objects, an afghan
well worthy of Kajah, and other val
liable and interesting articles, fol
which generous donations she re-
ceived letter of thanks from its
Board of Managers. 1t was hel
impression, as well as that of many
others, that the amount realized
from its operations was to be dis
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Performances Had
Drawn President
AS Spectator
By Stanley Kimmel,

Author of THE Mad Booths Of Maryland"
Seventy-six years ago, on April IA,
John Wilkes Booth assassinated
Abraham Lincoln. Yet many in
cidents relating to that crime are
still unsolved, and new stories are
coming to light which are inter-
esting because of their association
with the principals of that tragedy.
One of these stories is the heretofore
untold account of an earlier Wilkes
Booth performance on a night that
Lincoln attended Ford's Theater in
Washington.
Handsome, young John Wilkes
Booth made his Washington debut
at Growers Theater, April II, 1868,
as Richard III. He was billed, "The
Pride of the American People-The
Youngest Tragedian in the World
A Star of the First Magnitude-Son
of the Great Junius Brutus Booth
Brother and Artistic Rival of Edwin
Boothp
Only the midnight before, Abra-
ham Lincoln had returned to the
White House from a visit to the
Army of the Potomac. The Capital
was seething with war activity and
there was no time for the President,
regardless of his deep interest in the
theater, to see the popular actor
whose family name had gained so
many laurels on the stage.
House Was Crowded.
The favorable reviews Wilkes re-
ceived at Growers and those soon
after at the Washington Theater,
crowded the house when he opened
at Ford's theater the first week in
November. Again critics lauded
him and reported every seat in the
building occupied, including those
hastily improvised to meet the de-
mand. Hundreds were content to
avail themselves of promenade
tickets. Wilkes was favorably COM
pared with his father and brother
Edwin, and hailed as one of the
most promising actors on the Amer
| lean stage.
BY the end of the week, the news
spread of the bombardment of
Charleston and a Union victory
at Rappahannock Station, where
Meade had surprised Lee and cap
tured many prisoners. This was
received with such elation by a
number of citizens that they Justify
celebrated the event and were re-
sponsible for some arrests" after
| the inhabitants of Pear Tree Alley
"had put on spree that called
| the attention of the police to that
Evening star., 1941-04-13

SO that, according to her version,
she actually did not know the full
contents of the book until it was
Evening star., 1941-04-13

permanent residence in Washington
after coming here in 1860, and at one
time had her business at TOT Market
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-15

as privates. Through service they
can advance 10 the rank Of cap
tain.
The directors Of the organiza-
ton are known simply as officers
in charge Of their particular divi-
sion Of activity.
aside from the actual knoWl-
edge they acquire. the organiza-
tiOn has proved valuable In
teaching discipline. giving "A
sense Of cOmradeship and under
standing that women must fit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-15


alton in Is IS spectacular
phases 5 fast becoming a woman S
iob IN Australia. Women are serv-
6g in The regular air force as
members of The ground crew and
as mechanics and are in demand
as workers in the new aviation
factories.
They see nothing unusual in
their activities. Mrs Linda Z.
Liuleiohn. one Of the founders OF
the WomeHs Australian National
Services and Australian newspaper
writer and radio commentator WHO
recently csme to America ex-
planned today.
Just last week the regular
air force took over ESQ of our
members to replace the men In
ground jobs at the fields" she
SAID These girls wear the same
uniform a. the men of the air
force and are actual members of
the service"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-15

Chassis-Protected throughout with
Summer MobiIoiis and Mobiigreases.
Radiator - Thoroughly flushed out
with MobH Radiator Flush. Water
conditioned with MobH Hydrotone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-15

GOODBYE WINTER. hello spring. Say it with Al Spring
Mobgas and FRESH START all around Lively gasones only
part of the story Your needs thorough cleaning
special protection for engine gears chassis radiator Stop today
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-15
NEEDED IN PLANTS

Women have been in demand a,
workers in The airplane manufae
turing plants and the munition.
works. Mrs. Littlejohn explained
as their nlmble fingers and natura
deXterlty enable them TO do Su
perlor work.
Members OF the VANS are
trained in covering the wings of
airplanes, in taking down and
putting up plane engines, In
signaling, map reading, air raid
prevention work. first aid and
fire prevention" she said.
"SOme nj those who have COM
pleted their work In signaling
are teaching young air farce
men who have been accepted
but not called up for duty"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-15
a.. =. Gains
1882 Sq.M.
I'm 60 Years
International New. Service Wiz.

WASHINGTON. April 15.-The
cenSNS bureau today applied a
typographical tape measure 10
Uncle Sans waistiine and found il
had expanded by 1852 square
miles during tthe last so wears
Completing the first measure
nent Of the continental United
States since 1880 the bureau re
ported that the land area Of the
nation had increased by this
amount.
There are two reasons why this
much real estate has been added
IN American territory. One is
that the water area Of the coun-
try has Shrunk somewhat through
drainage ~ SWampS. nd other
projects. The second is that the
bureau had better maps 10 work
with IN computing Tho land area
IN 1914 than II did back in The SOS
Counting both land and water
area. the latest official total isl
gwen as 500 So square miles.
RHODE ISLAND SHRINKs
The state ~ Texas. which didn't
need T.. Us now 1.1f6 square miles
~ land larger. according 80 the
bureau findings. FI0v Rhode
Island which really could have
used chunk of rev lard LOST
-r.s4a-Seil. a-.l24las-- la-tAa- l-.zn.l-4g
reShuflnC Of American acreage
The bureau also pat stop 20
the practice Of some coastal states
In Dragging about how ~aeh water
surface comes within their b0un-
dsries. Some Of these states ex-
tended their boundaries IS much
as - miles into coastal waters 20
make themselves look bigger in
the maps The bureau simply re-
fused - recognize such claims.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-15
1915 Exposition Aids
t941 Defense Drive

SAN FRANCISCO. April 10
INS)-The 1915 Panama Pacific
EXPOSITION Al San Francisco is do