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Evening star., 1941-11-23

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
TEXAS YOUTH
 IS IMPOSTER
Posed as John Jacob AstOr III--Tried to Buy Coal
 Fields

Pittsburgh, July IT -(UP)-- A Texas youth who allegedly posed as John Jacob Astor III and pre- tended to be interested in the pur- chase of West Virginia coal lands, was held on a charge of vagrancy here today.
 Police identified the youth as John Garter, Jr., 20, of San An- tonic, said to be member of a prominent Texas family.
 Officers said that Walter P. Fitch and Marshal Eskridge received 8 tele phone call in San Antonio the other day. A voice at the other end said he was MT. Astor" and wished to confer with them about the purchase of Fitch's coal lands In West Virginia.
 Convinced they had talked to As- tor, the men flew here. When they arrived, Eskridge thought he recog- nized MT. Astor" as @ young man he had known in Texas, who had been in Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, after suffering head injury in an automobile accident in 1887. Eskridge informed police and Carter's arrest followed.
 While being questioned, police said, Garter insisted his "coal propo- sition" was legitimate and that he used the name of Astor to gain an audience.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
693 Waterbury Youths Awaiting Draft Lottery Tonghl
Police File Petition
 For 2Oe6 Wage Boost
Bremen Fail to Take Action Request Referred c
 Budget Director; Bank Wants Change in Meter Time

A petaition signed by more than a majority of members of the Wa terbury Police Department and seeking 8 20 per cent increase in wages was presented to the board of police commissioners at their meeting yesterday afternoon. It was referred to the budget director without comment.
 It was also expected yesterday that the fire department would take similar action and present a peti- ton to the fire commissioners, but the meeting came and is 8 matter of past history, and no mention was made of the f1remen's plan of cam paign.
 A possibility that the action of the police board in referring the bill to the budget director and the board of finance may mean that no action will be taken this year on the increase but may be included in the budget director draft of the budget for next year which will be sent to the board of finance. The latter board may prune some of the items and may increase others be- fore 1t sends 1t to the board of aldermen for approval.
 The petition embodied three rea- sons for the requested increase, al- though principally stressing the rise in the cost of living. Other reasons advanced were the increase in the cost of uniforms, rubber goods and other equipment necessary for flre- men and the extra work entailed on firemen during thees emergency days, citing parades, strikes, de- fense projects, celebrations.
 Michael Carroll, president of the Police Aid Association, who con- tends that the police are acting as individuals in their requests instead of a group.
 The Colonial Trust Company ob. jected to the parking meters time 1T front of the bank as being too lonl a period for motorists to park thei cars. This has interfered with th' patrons of the bank from transact ing business in the bank by not be- ing able to park conveniently il front of the bank. The request ask ed that the time limit be reduces to IS minutes and the board sen the request to Police Superintend ent William J. Roach woh inform ed the board that he would chang the time allotment in front of tn banking institution.
 Patrolman Daniel Namack will b given @ hearing before the polio board meeting Monday afternoon q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

ing signs to be sure that they are dealing with officially authorized agents. The Chamber of Commerce will advise It's members. Incidental ly the Rapid Awning Company has been designated as the official decorator. The committee is given a percentage of each contract to corn- pIete its own decoration scheme.
 The public is warned to beware of fake souvenir vendors. Just be- cause Q man wears a trench cap Is no assurance that he is a veteran and eevn if he Is @ veteran he is making his sales appeal on his own initiative. But there is no reason for any real veteran to exploit any physical handicap.
 More than . score of drum corps will take part in the parade and perhaps at least ten bands. Each Legion unit will be headed by 8 de- tall of flrezmen or policemen from their own home town.
 Incidentally te Legion Auxiliary is arranging an unusually attractive and important speakers program for It's banquet on Thursday even. Ing, July 24th.
 Boy Scouts will be aides to the legion and its auxiliary, serving irl the capacity of aides, escorts, mes. sengers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
No Number Over 234
 To Be Of Interest
 To Local Officials
Board l5-A With Highest Registration on July to \, Use I to IA Ratio System AdOped Explained
 Today; Master Lists to Be Prepared

tion are complete. At 8 p. m. (EDTD government offlcials, with eyes blind folded, will reach into the bowl and extract the tiny celluloid capsules. In each will be the serial number of Q new registrant, and the order in which they are drawn will de- ternine the sequence in which they will be available for selective serv- ice duty.
 At a future date, master lists, containing the order in which num- bers were drawn, will be mailed to local draft boards all over the coun- try. Then the work of discarding numbers not applicable to the city units will begin.
 The highest number recorded in Waterbury draft boards in the July lst registration is 234. Tn Wash ington 800 capsules have been pre- pared and 1t will therefore be neces. sary for local board 16-A to ignore any number in excess of 234.
 When the final sequence of order numbers has been arrived ct, local draft boards will integrate the new with the old in varying proportions,
 Board l6-A will place the name of Q new registrant after each 14 of those remaining from last years registration. Board l5-B will use a ratio of to IS; Board 16-A a ratio of to 13; and Board 16-B g ratio of l to l6.
 The proportions are arrived ct in the following manner: The key nun Der, or number of the last draftee inducted, is substracted from the total of the 1040 registration. This result is then divided by the total of new registrants, and the quotient obtained determines the ratio. Tn short, the method equitably distri- butes the new registrants, in pro- portion, to their number, among the old.
 Key, or numbers of the last draf- tees to leave, in local boards fol- lows: 15A, 1907; i6B, 907: 16A, 589: l6B, 589. 1ntegration of the new order numbers will begin with the first number succeeding the key.
 Of the l3,230 listed in the l94C registration, 9,o35 still remain Others have either been inducted into the army, granted deferments or been rejected for physical req. sons. Whether the names of those who will be deferred for being be. yond the 2s-year age limit will bC deducted from the grand total ir determining the ration of integra. ton, is not yet known.
 It is regarded as highly unlikely that any of the new registrants wil be included in the August draf quota. The detail work, the neces, sity for physical exanaziations, anC other routine matters, involve ar amount of work which precludel the possibility of their being called
 The state quota for August t ii is l,022 men. Of these Water. bury will be asked to supply 46. Al present 1t seems certain that tht entire amount will be drawn from the 1040 registrants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

among the contenders for the $3,- 900 q year post. He served aS a member of the board of relief for four years and was chairman, has been active in the Italian American Republican league, has conducted citizenship classes and has been prominent in several political and fraternal organizations. Selection of him for the appointment has been advocated by @ number of c. o. P. leaders.
 Alderman William V. Gerardi re- mains also as Q leading contender, along with Works Commissioner Fenton Niver. The appointee is to be chosen from a list submitted by Republican Town Chairman Vernon L. Hall. Among those mentioned for the job are Albert Schiavone, Harold V. Boyce, ex-president of the Irish American Social club: Ad- dison Ashborn, Robert Stone, Charles Schmidt, Angelo Possemato and many more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
PERU ACCEPTS
 OF MEDIATION
U. S., Brazil, Argentine to Aid in Reestablishing
 Peace With Ecuador

Lima, Peru, July IT - (U.P) - Peru has accepted the offer of the good offices of the United States, Brazil and Argentina to re-estab- fish peaceful relations with Ecua- dor, 1t was announced today.
 Informed sources emphasized that this does not mean Peru agrees to the mediation of its territorial dispute with Ecuador by the three countries It was understood Peru will insist on direct negotiations with Ecuador on that issue.
 The government announced that, in accordance with the offer made by the United States, Brazil and Argentina, 1t would demilitarize the border zone.
 (Ecuador accepted the tri-power proposal Saturday, without reserva- tions as to the method of settling the territorial dispute.) | ~----------------~
 Bath is the oldest town in Nortf l Carolina,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
THREE REFLECTIONS
 NLATEST QUOTA
l0 Local Youths Pass Physical Exams at Hart-
 ford Induction Center

Out of Waterbury's contingent of 22 draftees that left yesterday for the Hartford induction center, three were rejected for physical reasons. They are Francis B. Feeley, 49i Meadow street, Hartford Law school student, board 15B; Edmund F. KoSakowski, 2T0 Walnut street, l5A; and Rodney F. KirSchbaum, solitary delegate from Board i6A.
 The group, bringing the total in ducted from Waterbury since Nov. 20th up to All, entrained at 7:55 yesterday morning.
 Recent word from Boston reveals that Connecticut will be asked to furnish about 2,500 men for the September quota. Between August 1 and Ii Waterbury will send 46 draftees to the Hartford center.
 Those inducted yesterday. from Waterbury and nearby towns were:
 Waterbury-Armand Pesillo, Jos- eph F. Petroccione, Ernest P. Chi- coine, Anthony Iannacio. Thomas J. Petteway, Donald ?. Daly. Sal- vatore A. Leonardo, Jr., Peter T. Luddy, William T. Daly, Orvid w. Clark, Sidney Block, Fabian R. Ma jewski, Anthony F. Talmont, Har- " Seymon, Charles Milia, Harry J. Baker, Charles w. Kutells, Albert W. Victor and John c. Johnson.
 Ansonia Steffero, Evo w. Bracci, Michael Constantine, Star- ley O. Niedwecki, stephen Petriw, Jhon A. Panko, Julian Morosko, John J. Kowalski, Joseph F. An- dreina, Thomas E. Sheehy and Wesley Goodson, Jr.
 Derby-Samuel H. D'Ambruoso, Leonard B. Antinozzi. Martin Pysz. Frank P. Porga and Frank W. Trichka.
 Seymour-PJhiiip M. Bechun.
 Beacon Fails Frederick c. Rus sell,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
PETRILLO LOOMS AMONG FAVORITES
Former c. Q. P. League President BOonled for
 Tax COnimissiOnership

City hall circles reported today that Anthony Petrillo prominent Italian Republican leader, has be- come one of the favored candidates for appointment to the board of tax commissioners to succeed Att torney Frederick W. Palomha. No word as to when the vacancy will be filled was forthcoming from Mayor Vincent A. Scully, who has been kept busy with the clty's wa- ter works expansion program.
 It was said today that MT. Petril- 10, who led the Republican ticket as candidate for tax collector two years ago, IS now one of the leaders
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
NO SLACK FOR
 N. E. FACTORIES
Piled Up Orders Will Pre- vent Any Summer Lett
 Down

Boston, July 17-(UP)-Factorles in the New England area "are so well supplied with orders that there is little evidence of any slackening of operations" in the usual summer let-down, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, reported today.
 "More complaints are heard as to shortages of certain materials and of skilled and semi-skilled labor" the authority stated.
 Nearly all major industries are operating against an increasing backlog of orders. Highlight of new business in the current week was the total of $2l 100000 of orders awarded by the army to three lead- ing woolen mills."
 Benefitting from a record tourist trade as well as from the freer spending of regular shoppers, re- tail trade in the district was esti- mated more than one-quarter again as large aS in the corresponding week last year.
 To Preuvians, dried apricots are 60riioT@s", or "biR ears"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

4 D. m on a charge of drinking on duty. Patrolman Nalnack gas slig- pended from duty yesterday by Police Superintendent Roach sll0rt- ly afternoon when he was relieved from his post at Baldwin street bridge by Sergeant Patrick \ Hlll- borg. Patrolnan Naynack has been a member of the department for the past a years and was appointed t0 the force on May 16. 1919.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
ABATTOIR WORKER
 FALLS ON KNIFE

The condition of Zacco Cherepln- sky, ee, of q Lafayette street. was reported as "faiFly good" this noon ct et. Mary's hospital where he was admitted yesterday afternoon with knife wounds suffered when he slipped ct tho city AhAttolr.
 Hospital authorities said the man was working In the municipal RlaughteT house when ne dipped aa nc turned toward a water faucet. x-TRy pictures were taken to ass certain the full extent of tho knife wound.
 plrak aid was GlVan hy Meat The epector James Courtney before the lnured man Nas taken so tho hos~ pltaL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

The future destinies of e9S Wa terbury youths will be enclosed in capsules tonight, dropped in Q gold fish bowl, and determined by the luck of the draw.
 Tn Washington, D. C., plans for the holding of the national lottery to provide order numbers for T50,O00 new registrants throughout the na-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

To save gasNline, ell sznail taxi owners in JapaAG will be merged i'm to larger companies and eventually 1t will be impossible for owners Of a single tad to obtain gasoline for hire purposes. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
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ESTABLISHED 1888

In The General CIeorowoy, In ouI Women's Department -S e d Floor - There's Some Wonderful Prizes.
 Swim suits that give you the free dom of the seos = $l.95 = From $500 - $2.95 From $500. seporote rayon sobordine sIaeks $I.o5 From $3.c5.
 Reversible - Inside cutters two in one cocts = A prime necessity for beck 10 school or college girls Sep- ssmbsv wsEdEcbss, $o.eS From $I9.75.
 A beoutifuI brown suede leather spoFt suit Joekst and skiEs. $o.e5 -Fvom $4S.0o.
 Rklsulss, s7.ey ' From $I4 se $40.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
Full Weather Report

Boston, July 1T (UP) - Wea- ther Forecasts
 CONNECTICUT- - Showers thIs afternoon and tonight, clearing imK. Cooler tonight and Friday in the interior.
 MASSACHUSETTS and R H o D E tonight; clearing late tonight or early Friday morning. Cooler in in- terior tonight and Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

To Preuvians, dried apricots are "orijoneS", or "big ears."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

Superintendent ef Police William '. Roach estimates and ne eays he's eona0FVmlfve that more than b0,- 0oo vialtoEs win be heFe fer the b'e pasade,
Evening star., 1941-02-09
WASHINGTON C., FEBRUARY 1s1-PARr

under discussion to use enrollees to
work on the Naval Academy Farm
near Annapolis, which provides food
for the midshipmen. This type of
work, coupled with that of the type
done at Quantico, they said, is hard
to justify on the grounds of national
defense.
There is yet another phase of the
situation worrying park officials.
The park Office and the District
Highway Department are working
under an agreement whereby the
former guarantees to landscape a
number of District highway projects
If the latter will help out on the
construction of certain park roads.
The Highway Department already
has repaved Madison drive in the
Mall between Twelfth and Four
teenth streets NV. and Ninth street
NV, where it crosses the Mall and
is now constructing q connection
between Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
and Anacostia Parkway at the east
end of the new Sousa Bridge Soon
the District will start work on the
relocation of the Rock Creek and
Potomac Parkway where it goes
under the new Massachusetts Ave-
nue. Bridge.
w. P. A. Landscaping Sought.
The park Office, which has guaran-
teed in return to landscape the new
bridge, Barney Circle. the east ap-
proach to the Sousa Bridge and the
new K street overpass, had planned
to utilize c. c. c. labor An attempt
is now being made to set up w. P. A.
projects to do the job.
In addition to having the work
of the camps diverted, officials said,
approximately 100 Of the c. c C..
enrollees in camps here may be
called to active service under the
Evening star., 1941-02-09

the five summer camps used by
Washington social agencies for un-
derprivileged children, has been USED
from time to time under an inlor-
NAL agreement with the command
ant of the Quantico Marine Base for
work at that post, part OF which
consisted of planting shrubbery
around the officers quarters.
Fort Belvoir wants a second camp
and either the Chopawamsic camp
or one of the District camps prob
ably will get the call before long
park officials said yesterday.
So far there are no indications the
Fort, Washington camp and the two
canal camps may be diverted to de-
fense projects.
Since the only appropriation made
by Congress for the development OF
recreation areas in the District has
been $4,000 year for w. P. A. spon-
eral years, officials said, the bulk OF
development work has been done by
c. C. c. enrollees. If the enrollees
are diverted for defense purposes
they said, there will be virtually no
development program in the National
Capital park system. Appropria-
tions are made almost entirely for
maintenance and do not anticipate
development work to any extent.
No Maintenance Funds.
In some cases no maintenance
funds have been appropriated, leav-
ing the entire job to the c. c. G. Ex-
amples of this are the c. & o. Canal
and the Chopawamsic area, they
said.
officials said they realized that
certain work is needed badly at mill
tary and naval posts and that the
c. C. C. is the logical agency to do
the work
They pointed out, however, 1t is
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Selective Service Act. 1t takes time
to replace these vacancies, they said.
The situation not only affects the
Washington area, officials said, but
the work of the entire National Park
Service, which relies on these camps
for development work throughout
the country. 1t is estimated that
nearly half the entire administrative
and technical personnel of the Park
Service is paid out of C. c. c. funds
in order to implement this program.
The Park Service is attempting
to assure the retention of this direc-
tive personnel and create a situa-
ton whereby the defense work is
actually supervised by the Army and
Navy but cleared through the Park
Service. Whether this can be done
remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Defense Work Cuts
Into Development
OF Capital Parks
Seven c. c. c. Camps
Moy Be Diverted to
Other Projects

National defense efforts are cut
ting drastically into the program
for developing parks and play
grounds of the Washington area, it
was learned yesterday.
Seven Civilian Conservation Corps
camps under the direction of the
Office of National Capital Parks may
be withdrawn from park and play
ground development and put 70
work at nearby Army, Navy and
Marine posts.
Already one of there camps, that
at Fort Hunt, Va, adjacent to Mount
Vernon, has been withdrawn from
developing District recreation areas
and is building rife ranges and
clearing land at Fort Belvoir, Va.
The camp in Fort Dupont Park,
although still working on the new
golf course and other recreational
facilities in that park as we'll as
certain play areas, may be with
drawn to Annapolis, Md.
Belvoir Wants Second Camp.
The camp based in the Chopawam-
sic recreational demonstration area
near QuantiCo, Va, which is solely
responsible for the development OF
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Class to Hear Talks
On u. S. Accounting

How the Government gets its
money, how the money is spent and
the accounting that must be made
will be discussed by E. E. Naylor,
technical assistant to the commits
sioner of accounts at the Treasury
Department, during l6-Week
course at Columbus University.
Mr.. Naylor, who formerly served
under the late Auditor Daniel DON
ovan in the District government,
will open his course at $40 pm,
tomorrow.
During the series of lectures he
will trace Federal spending and &C
counting from the time the national
budget goes to Congress until the
accounts are finally audited at the
General Accounting Office.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-11
Michigan Scholars Work
on Dictionary of Past


without dictionary-is being
completed for that period of history
by University OF Michigan scholars
to supplement existing knowledge
of life in England between 100 and
1475.
The work, scheduled to be pub
lished before 1949 in five volumes
under the title of Middle English
Dictionary" reveals the changing
definitions OF words. derivations of
names. and spelling variations un.
matched even by fourth-graders.
For Instance, according to Prof.
Thomas A. Knott, editor OF the die
tionary, the word mice" in 1890
meant foolish or stupid. In f4f3 it
meant strange; In 1440. lazy. and
not until 1863 did 1t get its present
meaning.
Many Of the nicknames attached
to persons became surnames with
she passage of time, DR.. Knott said.
His survey shows there was a Ste
phen lie Bookbinder in 1900. a Will
lielmus lie Barbour in 1924, and a
Robert lie Ironmunger in 1900.
Other nicknames died out, the
Michigan scholar explained. even
though the record deveals that Allan
Pot-Full-of-Ale was the town drunk
in Yorkshire, Robert REMEMBERING
peddled fish and Mr.. Ladylove han
died the romantic assignments.
DR.. Knott pointed out that in the
Middle Ages the word adventure"
was spelled auntre, antur, aunture,
awntur, aventur. and any way the
pen happened to slip. Work" was
spelled rs different ways. including
werrc, wherk. wirke, and weorc.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-11

family spent Sunday afternoos
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sprague,
Ypsilanti.
Mrs. Alice Fishlock is spending
several days with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Mack, Dexter,
where her sister, Mrs. Donald Bou-
ton, Warsaw, N. Y, is also a visi-
tor.
Sunday afternoon guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Faust
were Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Hol-
land and daughter, Miss Alice
Throop. Milan, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Faust and family. Willis. In the
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Faust
were guests.
Noel Avery, Jr., and brother,
Stephen, Ypsilanti. are spending
this week with their grandmother,
Mrs. Ida Avery.