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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26

Local theaser manager who in. trOduced "ghOst" basketball into the eastern part of the United two years ago, has taken Over the active managemnt of the West Side SpeedbOys, state league entry from. Waterbury. Formal. an nOuncement to the players, and the names of some new hO0pstera will be announced at . meeting to. night. 'We'Il win some of those state league games from here In" said Fitz, Ter 1t won't be for lack Of trying" Gus Lonergaai, former WiIby and st. Bonaventure bag. ketballer and prominent hoop Of- fiClal, will be announced as coach of the recognized West Side SpeedbOys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26

MUTUAEs REVIEW SET
 Tn five years of preparing and writing Mutual's annual news review pfgorafl, Alvin JoSephy has to admit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26

 forward the of the leg siehy, strengthening the free leg to the Shoulders must g0tate with the free ies.
 MI z; 1aek salniae olsAA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26
Forward outside eight. Third of nine instructive articles on skating By MEGAN TAYLOR World Figure Skating Champion

Edges simply skating circles outside edges backward First shall deal with outside edge forward, or forward outside eight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26

This year, however, thn xncmsn- tous events of the last three weeks of December made 1t necesHaFy to replan the entire broadcast at a time when the continuity should lorg since have been completed The news now occurring simply can. not he tackled to the end. 1t as toe important. It makes less important or even insignificant much oE the years earlier news which pgeviotlsi. seemed vital.
 Therefore, with two weeks e SC before broadcast time, Joseph re- wrote the entire forty-pags script and made new selections Of historic records to be used. Listeners to "le4i In Review" which WATR and tho Mutual network will broadcast Sun day night, December 20, from T:At to 8:46 p. Il., will now hear not ( group of individual news events, but the exciting story of how the people of the United states united aztei a year of uncertainty and 3oineG the World war for liberty and free dom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-26

that this year of loal has bnon n toughest for him.
 Ordinarily, explained Joeepiay. o tremendous amount Of research end planning for this program mn0e < necessary to have the continuity nuta line prepared ct least three wsek1 prior to broadcast time. This lsft time for selection of xeccrdinas. vhooslng Of Illustrative naatezfai, casting, scoring and % forth. 1i any last minute news occurred, iE could be written into the end with out affecting the remaining nane- tenths of the show.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25
STATE FIRE LOSS
lis S1.16O.668

Montana fire losses In 1910 totaled
81 .16O ,68s.61. a per capita loss Of SCOT
Arthur c. Parsons. state fire marshal
reported
The loss was about S38OOOO more
than the previous year, when $780,
9077i represented q per capita loss
Of sl.45.
Eight hundred seventy-four fires
occurred in the state, as compared
with $50 IN 1889
Deaths from fire dropped from So
in 1889 TO A In 1910. Damage and
destruction of buildings by fire ac-
counted for $7e4 POI 80 of the total loss,
while loss Of contents of buildings
amounted to 1915, 1868.
Cigarets caused I03 of the fires,
while other leading causes were de-
fective wiring, exposure to fire, over
heated stoves, defective chimneys.
children playing with matches and
spontaneous combustion.
OF the buildings burned, AS were
residences, Sc garages, 48 stores, 20
hotels, 80 rooming houses and rs
apartments.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25
Britain Is Helped
By "YOLLng America"

Montana's branch of the young
America Wants to Help" an organ
ization to aid Britain, has sent $3.50. n
to national headquarters, according to
Mrs. John S. Bevan Of Butte, in charge
Of publicity for the organization there.
Receipts throughout the nation total
$108, 327.7O.
A varied number of purchases have
been sent to Great Britain through
the organizations effort. The list in
cludes $4,000 suits of wooden under
wear, 1876 wool crib blankets, 9,s16
pairs of rubber boots, 5000 pairs of
leather shoes, $500 wooden overcoats
and waterproof coats, $50 wooden bath
robes, $50 units Of air raid shelter
equipment. electrically heated six
gallon water urns and II mobile feed
ing kitchens.
The money has been raised in Mon
tana by dances, shows, card parties
and carnivals. Chairmen have been
appointed in "a Montana towns.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25

CCC enrollees stationed in the Red
Lodge Custer national forest have
been moved to the CCC camp at Mel
hart, which has been reopened after
a shutdown which began last July.
The Neihart camp was vacated at that
time to release men for defense work
and the army.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25

Read the CLASSIFIED Advertisements
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25

along 212 miles of new lines radiating
from the central hool1up, water con-
servation officials said here. The new
lines will supply electricity to the
towns of ToSton, Ruby and Wisdom
also.
BUTTE.-Three men prominent in
Montana mining circles were elected
members of the board of governors of
the western division of the American
Mining congress convention at San
Francisco. They are j. J. Carrigan,
manager of mines for the Anaconda
Copper Mining Co.; Carl ]. Trauer-
man, secretary manager of the Min
ing Association of Montana, and DR..
Francis A. Thomson, president of
Montana School of Mines.
BUTTE-Four pioneer residents Of
Butte were recently called by death
Mrs. Bridget O'NIalley had lived here
for IS years. She was IS years old and
came west from her native Scranton,
Pa, as young woman of 81. Mrs.
Ella Monroe, n, a native of Cam
bridge, Mimi, had lived in this city
81 years. George Mcleod, native of
Nova Scotia, came to Butte SIS years
ago. Mrs Margaret Lowney Burns, ma
tive of Ishpeming, Mich, had lived
here so years.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25
wORKERs GET BACK PAY

Six hundred workers in Montana,
Minnesota and the DakotaS received
back pay totaling $21,851.35 in Septem-
Der resulting from enforcement Of the
wage and hour law, according to l.
A. Hill, regional director of the wage
and hour division United States de-
partment of labor. Adjustments by
Montana employers in September to-
tailed S2,94247 to 112 workers.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25

(Follows salt Greek posting)
Salt Greek Tensleep. 5-20-4l -. .6785
Wertz 5-20-41 northumberland. xxx
zoe below Salt Greek posting)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25

The East Adahoney crude price is based
lOc below the salt Creek posting, and
the Wertz and Mahoney prices are
based zoe below the Salt Greek posting.
LaBarge follows Midcontinent prices
sc above Salt Creek. It is derived
from the average Of the prices posted
by Standard Oil and Texas in Mid
continent. Since Standard posts down
to q gravity and Texas stops at be-
low %, the average prices apply to
LaBarge crude below % gravity.
Medicine Bow, effective a. m,
May 20, 194l
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25
REHABILITATION PROGRAM

James G. Scrugham. democrat Ne
vada, introduced a bill in the house
authorizing use of the civilian conser-
vation corps for rehabilitation of men
deferred from military service because
Of physical defects. The measure would
permit use of CCC facilities and per-
sonnet for a program aimed at cor
recting temporary physical deficien-
cies or defects" of deferred selective
service registrants.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25
Quealy Dome, effective 7 a. m,
MAY 20, 1871

Field-Effective Date
Badger Basin, 5-20-41 ..........$110
Big Muddy. 1904 ............. 1O8
Black Mountain, 5-20-41 ......... 40
CSC below Hamilton Dome posting)
Byron. 1-30-37 .................. SIS
Cole Greek, 5-2O-41 .............. 1.12
Follows Salt Greek gravity range,
SO to Sd LOS to LA
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POSTED PRICES
FOR CRUDE OIL

Following are the current prices for
crude oil per barrel as posted by the
principal purchasers in various fields
OF the Rocky Mountain Division with
the effective date Of the price, by
states and fields:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25
WYOMING
salt Greek, effective z a. m,
May 20, 194l
20 degreeS and ABOVE

Cole Greek. LaBarge, Midway Dome,
Dutton Greek, Iron Greek, Lost Soldier,
and Teapot fields in Wyoming, and the
Moffat field in Colorado, crude oil
prices follow the Salt Greek posting
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-25
Montana Recreation
Booklet Published

The Montana Recreation booklet,
written by the WPA writers project.
has been released by its publishers,
Bacon a. Week, Inc, of New York,
and Is now on sale at leading book
stores, state WPA Administrator JOS
eph e. Parker states
The 32-page booklet is a unit Of
the American Recreation series, one
of which has been written for each
state. The series, designed to stimu-
late tourist trade. is sponsored ma
tionally by the Virginia conservation
commission.
Written In a comprehensive style,
the pamphlet treats in turn statistics
and facts concerning the state, annual
events, sports and recreations and a
guide to outstanding recreational
areas. The latter division gives travel
and fecreational information concern
ing Glacier park, the Beartooth noun
tains, Flathead lake, the Bitter Root
valley, the AbSaroka mountains, Cal
latin canyon, the Kootenai country
and the Blackfoot- Clearwater area.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
death M0t0rist,
B Others Jailed

Thomas F. Mccarthy, 49, of
3742 East Vernon highway, today
was sentenced from seven months
to five years in the Detroit House
Of Correction by Traffic Judge
Thomas +. Maher for leaving the
scene of an accident.
He ran down and killed Miss
Cecilia Bassett, %, of 667 Bald
win avenue, last June 9 at Bald
win and East Lafayette avenues.
He was arrested two days after.
Judge Maher sentenced three
other traffic offenders TO Jail, con-
tinuing his policy of melting out
stiff penalties. Henry Brewer, 40,
of 1850 Hastings street, was sem
fenced to 60 days for reckless
driving; Thomas Lloyd, 30, of sos
Erskine street, ID days for drunk
driving, and Edmund Boyer, %, of
1855 Stanley street, seven days
for reckless driving.
Mrs. Gladys Mae Spangler, IS,
of 11117 Promenade avenue, was
placed on probation for reckless
driving, for crashing into a store
window. and Mrs. Wilomene Brun-
ner, 30, of 146 North Dragon
avenue, was placed on years
probation, during which she can't
drive, for drunk driving.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
I Killed, | Hurt
In Auto Crash

Two Detroit theater men were
dead today and a third was in
serious condition in St Joseph s
Mercy Hospital. in Pontiac, after
a collision between their car and
a truck at Fifteen-Mile road and
John r. street.
The dead: Morris r. Saulson,
"a. of 1888 Virginia Park, manager
and part owner OF the Linwood-
LaSalle Theater, and his brother
in-iaw Ralph Davidson 81, of 1866
West Chicago boulevard, also part
owner Of the theater
Ralph Eckersley 80, Of 1918
Linwood avenue, assistant 10 Saul
son. was injured when the car in
which the three were riding col
lided with the truck driven by
Robert Stearman, 20, of 15025
Maddelein avenue
Witnesses said that Saulson, the
driver, failed 10 stop at John r.
street The men were on their way
TO the Oakland County golf course.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
.Dingeman Due
To Name EwdId
In Housing Bride

Former Councilman Harry I.
IDingeman today was expected 10
testify that another eX-council-
man, Robert g. Ewald, charged
with accepting a $1,000 bride in
the Herman Gardens housing prof.
'ect, told him Il got mine" during
a discussion of brides paid TO
'councilmen.
Dingeman, awaiting transfer 10
Jackson Prison TO serve a three 10
.fiVe-year sentence. has been en-
dorScd as state witness in
Ewald'S trial.
When Dingeman said he wanted
to clear up perjury he had COM
United at a previous hearing, he
was taken before Judge Homer
Ferguson.
He then gave the testimony in-
volving Ewald
He was asked if Ewald had not
told him II got mine when they
were discussing moneys paid 10
various councilmen in the housing
scandal. He replied in the affirma-
tive.
Dingeman, himself. confessed to
accepting a s., 900 bride.
Ewald, on trial before Record
er's Judge w. Mckay Skillman, IS
accused of selling his vote on the
housing contract for a similar
Iamount.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
DSR Strike PAY,
Increase Denied

Officials OF the AFL union repre-
senting salaried employees of the
Department of Street Railway
today received an emphatic no 10
demands for 10 per cent wage
increase and pay for the three
days Of the DSR strike.
Asked by Arthur Stringari.
head of Local II of the State.
County and Municipal Employees
Union for the commission posi-
ton on the payment Of salaries
for the days OF the strike. Samuel
+. Gilbert president OF the COM
mission, declared:
Our position is that you were
on strike and will not he paid"
Strlngari then asked for the
Wage-lncrCaSc.
"Your request Is fatty re-
fused" Gilbert said I'VE signed
"a contract with you that does
not expire for another year. As
far a. we are concerned the
question OF wages is settled until
that time"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17

Pastor Urges City to Back
Community Drive

The Detroit Community Fund
is as valid a symbol of democ-
racy as can be found in this city
was the opinion today of DR.
Henry Hit Crane, pastor Of the
Central Methodist Church.
Speaking before 200 members
of the funds speakers committee
at a luncheon in Hotel fuller, the
Reverend Crane said:
"If we can get across TO the
people of Detroit that by giving
20 the Community Fund they
are doing their greatest possible
hit toward preserving living
democracy, they will be eager
To give"
The funds annual drive starts
October y.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
Attacks on Girls
Involve z Boys

ANN ARBOR. Sept. II. -
Twelve youths were involved to-
day in a series of attacks upon
four girls, aged 13 TO 10.
Those connected with the case
we're said by the sheriff's office
TO be frequenterS of roller
skating rink near Ypsilanti.
A 13-year-old Denton girl, con-
fined in Wayne County juvenile
detention home on a theft charge,
made the accusations which
started the investigation.
Five of the accused have
pleaded guilty TO st a tn tory
charges and have been remanded
to jail awaiting sentence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
Kanar, Danish
.0uster Hearings
Set This Month

Dates were set today for custer
hearings against Walter Kanar'
mayor of Hamtramck. and George
A. Danish. a Hamtramck council
man, whose removals were recon-
mended by Grand Jury Judge
Homer Ferguson.
Kanar's case will be heard Sep
tember 25 by Probate Judge Maui
rice f. Trip of Adrian. The
mayor is accused of misfeasance
and malfeasance in two grand jury
indictments. one charging he ac-
cepted a bride in parking meter
purchase award and the other
that he permitted gambling and
vice to flourish under his protec-
ton.
Judge Trip will hear BanishS
case September 30. Danish is ac-
cused of selling his parking meter
vote.
In both cases. transcript of the
testimony will be forwarded 10
Gov. Murray ID. Van Wagner for
a decision.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
immigration Officers
Trap a on Crosse lie

Three Greek sailors were held
for illegal entry into the United
States today and a Canadian was
held for smuggling after the four
We're found by immigration Off
Gers in a rowboat on the Detroit
River near Crosse lie The sailors
arc ChrStoS !. NahanatioS. %;
JacoyiS papadopouloS, 10 of the
steamer Parthenon, and Panlaglus
FloratoS, -. of the Greek ship
lcaria The Canadian IS David
Miller. q. Of Windsor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
LORRAINE. 13
IS Locked Up for Night but Job Goes on Today;
Challenges May Make 1t Weeks Work

The arduous task Of selecting
a jury to hear the trial Of former
Mayor Richard w. Reading and
GA others accused of conspiring in
numbers and policy house opera
tions was TO continue today before
Circuit Judge Earl G. Pugsley
At the close of court yesterday,
two men and IL women who were
still in the jury box for question
ing were locked up for the night
in the fuller Hotel. Examination
of them will be continued today.
The 13 were all that remained
of 49 called during the day. The
other 80 were excused for cause.
either because they had already
formed opinions or through some
former association with one Of the
or prosecutors. Among
them was one prospective juror
who had been campaign worker
for Reading.
FIVE TO EACH DEFENDANT
When II jurors have been Sc
lected, defense and prosecution
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
U. s. Must Fight Now,
Saws University Head

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IL
ttINS1-One of Americas foremost
educators, DR.. Rufus B. Won
kleinsmid. president Of the Uni
versity of Southern California, de-
clared today that 1T is necessary"
for the United States 10 enter the
war.
The university president asserted
that Americans are war-lke
people and that mankind has
failed 20 advance 10 the point
where it can settle international
problems in a reasonable manner
through diplomatic conferences.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
u. S. Chart
cOpniuh, by Detroit Times. All rights reserved.

Detroit and vicinity Fair and cooler TO
night Thursday fair 20 partly cloudy anc
continued cool Lowest toairht about 81
degrees. highest Thursday about IS de
Grges, gentle 90 moderate west to north
west winds diminishing tonight
Lower Michigan: Far tonight and Thurs
day cooler tonight.
Upper Michigan Far snd somewhat
cooler tonight Thursday fair and some
what warmer,
Indiana: Fair In north with some cloud
ness IN the south tonirht and Thursday.
Cooler tonight.
Ohio FAIR and cooler tonight. Thursday
fair and continued cool.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17

attorneys then will begin to eXer-
else their total of % peremptory
challenges. The prosecution and
defense each has five such chal-
lengeS for each defendant.
If the remaining 81 members
of a 93-man jury panel fail 10
produce "A jury-as undoubtedly
viii happen--a new panel Will be
called. 1t Will take al least a
week to get a jury 1t was esti-
mated by Special Prosecutor
Chester p. O'Hara.
A 14-man jury is being selected
so that there will be two alter
mates TO replace any jurors lost
through sickness or in any other
way during the course of the trial
which is expected to take three
months
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
2,785 Employees
Fight New Tests
By Civil Service
Time, STAR Correspondent

LANSING, Sept 17.-Complain-
ing that the Civil Service Com
mission is unfair 10 27S5 state
employees who must take compcti-
tive merit examinations former
Supreme Court Justice Harry s
Toy promised today 10 carry the
case 10 court
Toy, who said he represents
300 state workers, told the COM
mission he believed IL had no right
10 blanket IN 1920 employees who
took and passed qualifying exam
nations under the 1887 and 1883
civil service laws.
THE people in adopting the
constitutional civil service
amendment. repudiated the two
previous laws ne said Your
commission had no right 10 ac-
eept the tests given by previous
or outside commissions.
SAME TESTS FOR ALL
Either you must give com
petitiVe examinations TO all
employees, or blanket In all en-
ployes by virtue of qualifying
tests"
Toy received support from only
one commissioner, former Gov.
Alex J. GrooSbcCk
Il have felt all along and still
believe the amendment requires
us 10 give open competitive eX-
aminations for all state jobs"
said GroeSbeck.
when this com m SIS lon
adopted It's present rules, i knew
We would get into hot water as
soon as some one questioned our
procedure.
Wei, here we are III hot
water"
Chairman George J. Burke de-
Tended the commission s action and
received support from John G..
Beukeman and William Palmer.
I'VE did the only practical
thing possible in order 10 comply
both with the amendment and
keep governmental services in
operation" he said. '1f, after
telling these employees they
didn't have TO take new exam
nation, and we decided 10 do IL,
I'd resign.
NO FEAR FOR JOBS
az don't think that any one
who is competent need fear the
loss of his job under the rules
we have already adopted"
Director Thomas J. Wilson
pointed out that only 8 per cent
of the 46l employees scored thus
far had failed. lie said this was an
extremely low mortality rate.
A new rule, giving the commits
sion power 10 exempt certain
employees from taking eXamina-
lions was adopted, These will in
clude employees of eXtre m Q y
lengthy service and those kept on
the pay roll because they were
injured while in state service.
The commission postponed until
September 30, action on Budget
Director Leo J. Nowickis new
maintenance plan for institutions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
JOAN, II

OF Judge Homer FerguSon'S grand
jury investigation when he was
named as conspiring with police
in a suicide note left by Mrs.
Janet Mcdonald. in 1889
Louis Weisberg. an operator Of
the Mexico * villa Numbers
House. one of Readings code
PENDANTS. pleaded guilty yesterday
while the jury was being selected.
-Four others pleaded on Monday
The most effective help which
n civilian can give 10 Uncle Sam
is to buy Defense Savings Bonds
and Stamps as often ne possible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17

Highest in last ~ hours zoe degrees a.
Phoenix AriI
Lowest last ght. Is degrees ct Fair
banks, Alaska
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
COP Speakers Chosen

LANSING, Sept. 17.--State Sen
ator Walter Mahoney Of Buffalo,
y. Y and Gordon Allott, president
Of the National Federation of
Young Republicans. will be princi-
pal speakers al the Young Repub-
hcanS convention 10 be held in
Detroit September 20 and u.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
FIVE TO EACH DEFENDANT

When IA jurors have been Sc
lected, defense and prosecution
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-17
MOTION WITHDRAWN

Before selection of the. Jury
began yesterday, OHara with
drew his motion 10 endorse Will
liam Mcbride, deceased gambler,
as a defendant.
Mcbride was the Indirect Cause
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-28
ASSESSOR NOW ON ROAD

Mr.. Ernest X. James, State
Tax Commissioner, calls attcn-
ton to the act that county as
SCISSORS and deputies throughout
the state are now engaged in
listing and assessing real and
personal property, and respect
fully requests that all tax pay
eiS cooperate with the assessors
and deputies by making a true
and complete return of ali pro-
porty. 49,. 49,.
MIR. James stated that appar-
emf y many persons seem to be
Hndcr the false impression that
unless they are called upon by
me assessor or deputy TO file q
tax return they are under no OBJ
legation to do so. In this con
n"ctl.n he pointed out that a.
though it is true that assessors
: and deputies are required by
law to call upon each tax payer.
" duty is also imposed upon the
taxpayer duty to make a return
10 the assessor whether called
'pon or not. The law specifically
provides that it shall be the duty
10 every person to make re-
.Gln ON his property to the ASS
on. whether called upon to do so
or not. -