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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12

The funeral of John O'Connor was held from the Mulville funeral home Saturday morning ct 9:l6 o'clock to the sacred Heart church, where c solemn high Mass was celebrated at 10 o'clock, by Rev, John Dial. Rev. Albert Callahan was deacon and Rev. Franklin Cor rigan was sub-deacon. Burial was ln new St. joSeph's cemetery, with Father Corrigap pronouncing the committal service. William 0'Brien sang e solo.
 Bearers were Michael Cleary, Thomas Lenihail, Peter Zastaury, Matthew McQuire, Michael Walsh and William O'Connor.
 The funeral of Mrs. Katherine (Mllrphy) Doyle was heldJ from the Mulville funeral home Saturday morning at i0:i5 o'clock to the Church of the Immaculate Con. ception, where c solemn high Mass was celebrated at Il o'clock. Rev, Donald OLeary was the celebrant, assisted by Rev. Paul Spodrick dea- con, and Rev. Philip Hussey sub- deacon.
 Burial was in the family plot in new St. Josephs cemetery. The coHnmittal service was by Rev. George Reilly
 Bearers were William Brennan, Thomas McMahon, Joseph Dunn, William Cunningham, Fred Delaney and John Burns.
 The funeral of John J. Houlihan was held from the Mulville Funeral Home Saturday morning at 0:iS o'clock to St. Patrick'S church, where 6 solemn high Mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock. Rev. Ber- nard Foster was celebrant, Rev. Henry Murphy was deacon and Rev John German sub.deacon.
 The musical program was under the direction of Miss Mary Rice, church organist. Marie Barnes Murphy sang c solo. Burial was In the family plot in new st. Joseph's cemetery, with committal service by Father Foster.
 A detail present from the YD Veterans Association included VII. liam shanahan, Frank Downs, Her. man Schaeffer, Joseph Garvey, Fred schell, John Dwyer, John Kelly, Timothy Horrigan, Edward Qgoody and Clarence Marsella. Taps were played by Buglers John Qroody and Francis Holmes The flag was presented to his sister, Mrs. Bridget O'Neill.
 The funeral of Joseph Muccino was held Saturday morning from the Maiorano Funeral Home, to the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes where c requiem high Mass was celebrated ct 9:45 o'clock, by Rev Rocco Nadile.
 Honorary bearers were Michael Qiordano, state senior commander of Italian- American World War veterans and Frank Orencole, head of the local Veterans council. Mi- chael diordano, Jr., sounded taps.
 Bearers were Gene FTuscella, Kenneth and Albert Muccino, Dan. !el and George Daloia and Ralph Baryefi. Rev. Edward J. Farrell pronounced the committal service. MT. diordano, ST., presented the flag ct the grave. Burial was ir1 Calvary cemetery.
 The funeral of John I. Garter was held Saturday afternoon at i:30 o'clock from the Reyes funera home, 60 Pearl street, to the Grace Baptist church at 2 o'clock. Rev Jonathan Reed offlclating. Rev. E J. Matthews, pastor of the Mount Olive A. M. II. Zion church and Rev B. w. Crowder, pastor of the Zion Baptist church, assisted. Burial wal In the family plot in new Pint
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12
ALDERMAN AMONG
 THOSE ARRESTED
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 cover suspects while in Hartford and upon continuing the investigation police ascertained that banks In Danieison and Moosup had been looked over by bandits and finally an attempt was made to gain entrance to the Cargill Trust company an Putnam.
 "The police immediately opened fire on the alleged bank robbers when they were found in the drive. way of the Cargill Trust Company"
 All three suspects were booked on charges of conspiracy to rob and attempted robbery. They were taken- to the state police barracks at Danielson for questioning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12

Motor Vehicle Commissioner Michael A. Conner (rear left) and State Police Commissioner Edward J. Hickey (rear righ) see . prac- tice demonstration of the use a station wagon as an ambulance.
 The commissioners have ap- pealed to owners of station-wagon type automobiles to list them with the state police or motor vehicles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12

COKER COLLEGE EXPANDS
 Hartsviile, 6. 0. - (UP.) = Coker College will hold the first summer school in It's history this year. Dean Donald c. Agnew, new sum. mer school director, said the SeS- sion would run from June 30 to August 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12

deparment for use as ambulances in case of an emergency ct 0 de- fense production location.
 Members of both departments tested the usefulness of e station wagon for ambulance service at Q conference held recently at state police headquarters in Hartford. 1t was demonstrated that two in. jured persons could be carried
Evening star., 1941-12-07
Gnston Hail. George Virginia

corded in the diary of John Adams, who
wrote. under date of December 7, 1773:
"'Ouickly Virginia touched mind and
heart with the sister colony. In May,
1774, the House of Burgesses was again
in session at Williamsburg, with Wash
ington again a member, and again de-
family adhering to the principle men,
toned which was proclaimed in Virginia
not long after the landing at James,
town, the House ordered that June /,
the effective date Of the Boston port act,
be set aside as day of fasting and
prayer.
"'The ROYAL Governor promptly dis
solved the House. and at once the mem
bers assembled in the Raleigh Tavern
and issued a call for a Virginia conVen-
ton to meet in August. indOrslng the
proposal for a continental congress 10
meet at an early date Then came the
particular event I have in mind Wash
ington. returned to Mount Vernon, took
no hasty step but calmly deliberated.
Then. as throughout his career, he Illus
trated the old saying attributed TO Lord
Halifax: The man who is master Of
patience is master of everything
He conferred with the citizens of the
county and most closely with his neigh
Dor and friend. George Mason Of Guns
ton Hall, and brought about at Alexan-
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unWiSely at variance with Washington.
Mason remained friends while they both
lived, and TO Henry as President. he Of
fered the position of Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court"
The Fairfax County Resolves, as they
are generally called make a long docu-
ment, consisting Of 26 separate resolu-
tiOns.
George Mason's home. Gmston Hall,
was not far from Mount Vernon. and
still stands whore 1t was erected, some
time between l755 and 1853, and an old
description tells US: 1T is a fine example
Of colonial architecture. II is solid and
substantial yet with interior decorations
Of the most delicate workmanship, and
II was probably without peer in that
part of Virginia at the time of it's erec-
ton. Eighty feet long by forty feet wide,
the house is built of bricks twice the size
Of those made at the present day, and
they were put together with the most
durable sort OF mortar made of crushed
oyster shells, and so hard as to be proof
against hammer and pick. The large
building has an immense. sloping. sharp
pointed roof, with massive rafters and
Joists. and at each Of the four corners is
huge brick chimney rising high above
the roof, these having their firm founda-
ton in the great cellar that underl!es
the whole house
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dria. then a small but flouriShlng town,
on July l8, l774, what was styled gen
eral meeting of the freeholders and IN
habitants of the county Of Fairfax. The
meeting, over which Washington pre-
sided, adopted the Fairfax resolves. They
were drawn by Mason, who spent the
afternoon and night before the meeting
at Mount Vernon, and they expressed
Washington's views. They were from
the pen Of the remarkable man who was
soon to prepare the Virginia constitution
with bill of rights at its front. the first
constitution ever written containing a
complete system of government; the
man whose thought and words run like
a golden thread through the Federal
Constitution and the constitution OF all
the States of the Union. and 1t is not
too much to say through the Declara-
ton OF Independence.
The Fairfax resolves became the basis
of the action of the Virginia convention
IL August of which Washington was
member and they likewise became. to
large extent, the basis Of the action of
the first Continental Congress, Of which
he was also member.
"One more thing of supreme interest:
1t is not inaccurate to say that the Fed
eral Constitution had its origin at Mount
Vernon. The agony and bloody sweat OF
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public more abreast OF weather, the
bureau recently increased the number
and frequency Of the reports Of its
radiosonde stations. 1t now has 80 sta
tions taking soundings twice day in
stead Of once a day.
The radiosonde is little instrument
developed by the Navy dt only weighs
two pounds which is attached to
balloon and sent up into the strato-
sphere. above where the birds fly, TO tell
men down below what it's like up there.
It measures the atmospheric pressure,
temperature and humidity up to $4,000
feet.
An automatic receiver on the ground
records the radio signals, from the
radiosonde, and from this record the
weather man computes the conditions at
each altitude.
From these considerations he decides
whether conditions are conducive to
formation of fog, clouds, rain. thunder
squalls, sleet, freezing rain or icing, or
other storm disturbances.
Meteorology, said Mr.. Reichelderfer,
United States Weather Bureau chief, is
changing so fast that it's big job to
keep everybody up with what's going on.
The process of adapting the weather
service to its changing environment, he
adds, is obviously more or less Of a con-
tinuous one, and. like other applied SCI
ences, it is profoundly affected by de-
velopmentS in kindred fields.
Aeronautics and radio communications
have opened to the meteorologist new
possibilities and new responsibilities.
Faced with increasing requirements,
the bureau recently has re-eXamined the
entire weather service and made a new
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Tax Wisely Abandoned

AT that time, Washington, a younger
member of the House, followed Patrick
Henry, who. with flaming eloquence sue
cessfully led the opposition. The tax
was wisely abandoned but with fatuous
unwiSdom. a case of whom the goes
would destroy they first make mad the
principle was violated in another fashion
at the later date TO which I am now
referring
parliament began to tax trade. II
provided that on important imports into
the Colonies a tax should be collected
for the use of the government. There
was vehement remonstrance everywhere,
and nowhere more vehement than in
Massachusetts. There the revolt occa-
stoned the familiar incident tersely re-
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Weather Bureau Gives Vital Aid to National Defense

appraisal of the relative importance of
each activity.
Ocean weather reports have taken on
new Importance with establishment OF
regular schedules of transocean air
craft. The science receives further I'M
petus from extension of various national
weather reporting systems, to cover ad-
ditional areas of the globe in the interest
of air transport.
The trend is toward large increase
in aerological observations. These should
result in further progress in physical
methods of weather analysis and fore
casting. Recent technique in air-mass
ANALYSIS is being extended
Progress in meteorological research" p"
said Reichelderfer, often has appeared
relatively slow. and the results have
sometimes been disappointing. In the
atmosphere We have to deal with vast
and complex physical processes which
are difficult TO analyZe.
More thorough understanding is nee
esSary with reference to various weather
conditions If We recall the success at
tanned in other scientific fields in which
research efforts have been persistent, We
have reason to expect similar efforts in
meteorology will yield great benefits"
One of the things the present Weather
Bureau chief is trying to do is raise the
standards of the whole science, not only
in the bureau, but in other fields as well.
The American Meteorological Society, OF
which Reichelderfer is president, expects
to start campaign to get rid of the
quacks and long-range forecasters who
work on lunches. the condition of their
joints, and what not.
The Weather Bureau complies four
weather maps day, which means four
forecasts daily. Each local bureau is
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ping of storms which otherwise might
arrive unexpectedly and cause loss or
damage to defense materiel being sent
to England.
Last August the bureau began issuing
five-day weather forecasts. These are
designed to help in planning projects for
national defense, either military or in
dustrial, which involve outdoor work.
1t also has established radiosonde and
forecast stations in Alaska, and meteor
illogical observation stations on Swan
Island. and in other points in the Carib-
bean Sea.
It has set up an Atlantic Ocean vessel
reporting service, which keeps ocean
going ships and aircraft informed on
weather conditions at sea. 1t has fur
nished upper-air weather equipment for
ships of the American export steamship
lines. and has trained personnel for TAX
ing observations while en- route between
New York and Lisbon.
Your Weather Bureau also is working
on daytime ceiling light protector
distinguishing the light from this beam
over all other light showing on cloud.
the elevation angle, and hence the
height of the cloud, is determined.
Canadian meteorological authorities
are being given a number of additional
hourly reports requested in connection
with the Dominion's flying activities.
Investigations are being made into
climatic fluctuations, and correlatlons
are being made in an effort to extend the
forecast period to long time trends and
outlookS. And this is one Of the most
difficult of the bureaus problems. Every
body wants longer term forecasts.
A reporting service is being main
tanned which gives accurate weekly
analyses on the effect of weather on
crops and agricultural pursuits. This is
invaluable in determining the quantity
and character of food supplies available
to the military and civilian population
in event of hostilities.
Mr.. Reichelderfer says that clima-
tology, long an important branch of the
bureaus work, has become more i'm
portant in its application to present.
day social and economic conditions.
Comparatively minor variations in cli-
mate have changed the occupations and
curtailed the means of livelihood of
thousands of citizens, which is why the
Weather Bureau is trying to learn as
much as possible of climatic changes
now in progress and future trends
therein.
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dress on Some Work of Washington as
a Statesman in His Home County and
in which he made special reference to
George Mason and the able assistance
he gave George Washington in prepar-
ing the minds Of the people of Vir-
ginia for resisting, along with the people
unreasonable bill called the Stamp Act,
passed by Parliament in 1865. The ad-
dress of Mr.. Moore follows:
go Somewhat distant from here
are the scenes of Washington's military
activities, but it rather quickens the pulse
to consider that nearby. within sight of
the Capitol, is the Virginia county of
Fairfax, where he lived, then including
the present county of Arlington and the
town of Alexandria, which was the
county seat. There was his Mount YER
non home, where he resided from his
18th year, and which might have disap
peared long ago, but for the faithful
guardianship Of an association of patri-
otic women. Mount Vernon was not only
his home and his burial place, but the
place from which he started streams
that broadened out into the ocean of his
final achievement in creating our insti-
tutions.
For example, recall transaction,
now almost forgotten, vitality bearing
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Changed Ownership

Several years after the Civil War
Gunston Hall, in dilapidation, was ac-
Quired by Col Edward Daniels and par
tally restored during his ownership. Col.
Daniels came to Virginia from the
Northwest. He edited the Richmond
Journal and was an intimate friend of
President Grant. He aspired to the Sen
ate from Virginia and once ran for the
House of Representatives against Eppa
Hunton, but Col. Daniels was a Repub-
lican.
"Gunston Hall passed to Joseph
Specht OF ST. Louis, and by him was
completely restored and beauufed by
shrubbery and flowers
The chiseled marble tomb erected bv
Col. Mason 10 his wife Anna and his
own unpretentious grave are not far
from the house in a walled burial plot.
After the death of Mr. Specht the
property went into other hands. At
present it is owned by Louis Hertle. who,
IN 1892, decided the property to the Com
monWealth OF Virginia, reserving to him.
self life estate.
~-'S @'AN'oAA PAOPN4 ~ were
once quite extensive and at one time in
cluded that part of the District of Co.
Iumbla where is now Theodore Rooee-
welt Island, early known as Barbados,
Masons Island and Analostan Island.
winch lies. close to the south bank OF
the Potomac River, not far east of the
south end of the Francis Scott Key
priGOo frn,,, u.oi ic H.
AS may be imagined. this island was
but very small part of the land in
herlted by George Mason of Gunston
Hall and which he transmitted by will to
his son John, who became man of con-
siderable importance in the District of
Columbia. He built quite a mansion on
the island and soon became an incor-
porator of the old Bank of Columbia, at
first located at the northeast corner Of
TWenty-ninth and M streets, and IL
years later on the north side of M street
between Wisconsin avenue and Thirty
fourth street. Later he served as presi-
dent OF this bank. succeeding Benjamin
Stoddert when the latter became the
first Secretary of the Navy in the cabinet
of President John Adams
In 1902 President Jefferson appointed
him brigadier general of the militia of
the District of Columbia, in which office
he served until 1911, when he resigned.
Gen. Mason had host of friends and
admirers, and since he was fond Of COM
pany. many were the gay parties held at
his island home. Undoubtedly, Gen.
Washington stepped in to say q word
when he was taking the ferry over the
river at this point, and Thomas Jeffer-
son purpoSely stopped in occasionally to
talk matters over Another Of the many
island at very early date WAS Louis
Philippe, who left France, his native
country, when so many heads were being
chopped off with the guillotine, includ-
ing in the number his own father, the
Duke of Orleans.
Gen. Mason married Anna Maria Mur-
raw. daughter of Dr. James Murray of
ANNAPOLIS, Md, by whom he had num-
ber of children. James Murray Mason
and John Mason were the best known
locally.
In addition to his home on Analostan
Island, Gen. Mason early erected a fine
home on the northeast corner of TWen-
ty-fifth and L streets, where Is now tho
Columbia Hospital for Women
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the Revolution had passed, but discord
among the 13 States threatened to turn
into ashes the fruits Of the successful
struggle No one was more solicitous
than Washington. At Mount Vernon he
conferred with leading statesmen and
from there his influence swept into every
quarter.
7 have referred to Mason. Al nearly
every step he and Washington were to-
gether. They were together during the
long stretch Of years marked by
MANY grim and haggard day,
Many a night of starless skies,
in which the very souls of men were
tried They were never apart except on
the question as to whether the Constitu-
ton should be ratified without change.
On that question, Mason and Patrick
Henry were, as We now clearly perceive,
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Indorsed by Freeholder

George Mason was also the author of
the Fairfax County Resolves, which
we're Endorsed and signed by the free
holders and Inhabitants of that county
on July 18, 1774. and, if it is true that
the pen is mightier than the sword,
then one must cOnceGe a very high
place to him, for his writings fairly
burn with the fire of patriotism.
washington and Mason were not only
neiehbors in the general sense of the
term. but the closest sort of friends,
working together and relying upon each
other for counsel and advice in mat
ters of great moment, such as those
which brought on the revolt from the
mother country, in which each played
his own patriotic part.
Here in Washington there is every op-
portunity to hear a good speech II one
has the inclination and the time. In
deed, something is always going on in
Congress. and some member is always
ready to display his oratorical ability
for the benefit of his associates and the
galleries, sometimes, quite likely, just for
Cfe puTDOSb VI Ildfllls tl4C SpNNNAi PAAi'N
ed in the Record that it might be sent
home.
OF course, since some members of Con-
gress talk better than do their colleagues,
they are naturally accorded bigger au-
dience, and this was the case on the
22d of February. 1880, when the late R.
Walton Moore of Virginia delivered in
the House of Representatives an ad-
N II effort 10 keep itself and the
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upon the future. which no one could
then dimly discern. 1t occurred nearly
a decade after the British governments
attempt 10 collect a stamp tax from the
Colonies for its own use, which the Vlr-
ginia House of BurgesSes declared
against as violating the principal of no
taxation without representation, a prin-
ciple which had been announced in Vir-
ginia four years earlier than It's first an
nouncement in the English petition OF
right
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History Written in Virginia Bill of Rig hts
Bv John Clagett Proctor.

A week from tomorrow Virginia Is
going to celebrate the Bill of Rights
Day. The President has signed a proc
lamation to that effect, and Gov. Price
of Virginia has appointed Circuit Court
Judge Walter T Casey of Arlington
County as chairman of the celebration,
which is sponsored in the Arlington
Fairfax-Alexandria area by the North
ern Virginia Regional Defense Council
To many, at a glance, the holding of
these exercises may mean very little.
But when We consider that the Bill of
Rights was Incorporated almost in its
entirety as part Of the Federal Con-
stitution. and that it includes the first
10 amendments to this document and
that it guaranteed the rights of the peo-
pie, it looms as very vital part of our
political existence.
Indeed, 50 important did the omission
OF q bill of rights in the Constitution
seem to Patrick Henry that when its
ratification was before the Virginia con-
vention he said he was most aWfully
alarmed" because 1t did not contain such
a bill, and in the end the State only rati-
fed the Constitution by majority of
10 votes, and it is probable that this
majority was only secured through the
pledge OF James Madison, who gave his
word that he would do all he could
toward placing in the Federal Constitu-
ton the requisite amendments guaran-
teeing the rights. privileges and i'm
munities Of the people.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-27

Keep a piece of alum in the drawer with silverware. It often prevents tarnishing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-27
ATTENTION EASTERN STAR

Stated meeting of Juneau Chap ter No. 2, on January 28th, at 6 pm. Cards and refreshments.
 HELEN WEBSTER, adv. Worthy Matron.