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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
FUNERALS

The funeral of Charles J. Maher was held this morning st 8:3O o'clock from the Bergin funeral home, 290 East Main street to the Church of the Sacred Heart where a solemn high Mass was celebrated at g o'clock. Burial was in Calvary ceme- tery.
 The funeral of John Kilman, who was fatally injured in a Unionville auto accident Wednesday, was held this morning at 8:30 o'clock from the Lyons funeral home, Tholnaston. to St. Thomas church, Thomaston. The body was placed in the Will Hams Memorial vault for burial in the spring.
 The funeral of Mrs. Della L. Healey will be held Monday morn- ing at 3 o'clock from the home, 45 Washington street, to St. Francis Xavier church where services will be conducted at 9:30 o'clock. Due to the celebration of the Feast of Epiphany on Monday, the funeral Mass will be sung Tuesday morning at g o'clock in the same church. Burial will be Monday in the family plot, Calvary cemetery. Members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians aNxil- iary will meet tomorrow at 8 o'clock at the home.
 Funeral services for Dessere E. Levesque, 63, of 47 Garden street, Hartford, also known as John Bishop, and a former Waterbury resident, were held yesterday from the Whitney funeral home, 921 Main street, East Hartford, to St. Ann's church, Hartford, for a requiem high Mass at g o'clock. Burial was in Cal vary cemetery, Waterbury.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Evalina (Peck) Chapdler of Prospect were held yesterday at the Alderson funeral home, Rev. Thomas s. Co., chard, pastor of the Prospect Con- gregational church, officiated. Burial was in the Prospect cemetery. Bear CTS were Merritt Walters, Thomas Plumb. Clifford Wallace and For rest Allen.
 Private funeral services for Ar thur Hamilton Tyrrell will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, 48 Holmes avenue. Rev. Charles T. Mitchell of the Catholic Apostolic church will ofi1ciate. Bur- ial will be in Riverside cemetery. The funeral of Vincenzo Pope was held this morning at 8 o'clock from the home, 1045 North Main street, to St. Lucy's church where a solemn high mass was celebrated at . g o'clock. Burial was in the family plot, Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04

(COl tlnueQ rom rage lJ fighter planes were challenging the raiders.
 Damage to the city was kept down because of the work of civilians.
 Primed by government warnings. they stood on the roofs of homes and other buildings, spotted many incipient fires and aided f1remen as they could.
 The Germans raided London and areas in the west midlands, north west and southwest England and Wales during the night. But these raids were of nuisance variety and reports indicated that neither casu- alties nor material damage had been high. Only few bombs struck Lon don despite the city's three raid alarms during the night.
 Great English Port
 Bristol, now city of 100000, has been one of Britain's greatest ports for centuries. It was the western limit of the Saxon invasion of Eng land, and about the year 1000 Sax on settlement grew there. During the reign of Canute, trade in wool began with Ireland and Bristol was 8 mar ket for English slaves. It has many picturesque buildings.
 John Cabot sailing out in 1497 in the Mathew with crew of 1S hoping to go directly to Asia, ran into the North American continent. He returned to Bristol three months later to receive from King Henry VII a grant of &10 ($5O for having found "the new isle," as Cabot be- lieved North America to be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
BARDIA IS NEAR
 FINAL COLLAPSE
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lCOlLluU6Q 1rOIu FdSG 4I great tanks. They had been quietly concentrating for days, concealing themselves in the desert sands and waiting impatiently for the zero hour
 The Italians apparently were talk en completely by surprise. They lost more than 5000 prisoners in the first attack and it was indicated that their losses in killed and wounded were severe.
 The Australians succeeded Nin driving back the Italian defense line and pushing a deep blunt wedge into the inner line. It was believed here that some Australian tanks, along with infantry, might already be on the inner side of the tank ditch which the Italians had built.
 P. c. Spender, Australian war minister, arrived in Egypt just in time to receive first hand accounts of the Australian success.
 Last news from the front, that operations were continuing, was be- lieved to mean that the Italians would be given no rest and that the fall of the stronghold must come soon.
 Bardia would be most useful to the British empire forces as base for future operations.
 Its harbor provides fair anchor age for ships up to 4,000 tons, and it was believed that millions of dol lars worth of war materials lay there for the British to take.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
SABOTAGE CHARGE
 MADE BY GERMANS
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France.
 For us there is no doubt that the great majority of the French people are anxious to cooperate with the Reich and welcome the pacification and happiness offered by the F'uehrer's generous gesture to Marshal Petain and Pierre Laval.
 But there is an influential gov- erning clique which does not want this and which is trying to sabotage German-F'rench relations"
 (German commentators had been stonily silent on France recently, though it had been manifest that Germany did not like the dismissal of Pierre Laval as vice premier and foreign minister of the Vichy gov- ernment. Since Lavars dismissal in mid December, negotiations of var- ous kinds, including those for the return of at least part of the French government to the Paris region, had been suspended. Mar shal Petain had had no reply to a letter he sent to Adolf Hitler in mid-December explaining that Lava1's dismissal was due entirely to internal French developments and was not related to French CO., operation with Germany.
 The comment of German author ized sources on the situation in France, one day after the resigna- tion of Paul Baudouin, French propaganda minister, was not de- tailed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
|City Closes Year With Cash Balance Of$l,OO1,976.O2|

Waterbury ended 1910 with . net cash balance of $1,001, ,9J6.O2, City Treasurer Serge A. Belanger reported to the Board of Finance yesterday. This is S350, 900 higher than the balance available at the end of 1899.
 The gross balance December 3l was $2,151, ,976.02, but included in this is a tax anticipation loan of S1, ,150, 900 which the city must pay by next June.
 MT. Belanger declared that he was geratIy pleased at the city's financial showing during the past year.
 q am gratified at the progress we have made" he said. The City's financial standing has been greatly improved. The city's sat- isfactOry financial situation fur ther reflects the ability of Mayor ScuIIy to conduct the affairs of the city satisfactorily yet ecOnOm- icaIly."
 The board directed Corporation Counsel J. Gregory Lynch to file . report on the claim of Mrs. Vim cenza Marone, widow of 2 former water department employe, for a pension. It was said unofficially that her claims seems 9 proper one under the charter provision providing pensions to widows of city employees. with 90 years or more of service. The pension would date from last August, when MT. MarOne died.
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(COntinued from Page D occupied territory also were at- tackled. One plane is missing"
 Twenty thousand incendiary bombs and many high explosive bombs were dropped in the first ate tack Wednesday night, but, accord- ing to information available here the third raid, last night, probably put Wednesdays in the shade"
 Called Greatest
 The Wednesday night raid had been regarded, on the basis of re- connaissance reports, as the greatest made by the Royal Air force on a single city during the entire war.
 It was understood that in last nights raid British planes, taking of on carefully worked out sched- ule, formation after formation, rained bombs on Breme1;S docks, factories, naval sl1ipbuilding yards and submarine building center al- most all night.
 Returning pilots reported many fires burning in the entire Bremen area.
 Fires Started
 Berlin, Jan.. 4-(UP)-A big force of British planes started 8 number of fires in lone German city" in a raid during the night, Nazi inform ants said today.
 Informants refused to confirm that the city was Bremen.
 (Lorldpn had announced an att tack on Bremen for the third straight night and reports there in dicated that it, climaxing faids on the two nights previous, was the most devastating of the entire war by British plares.)
 Two persons were killed and a number slightly wounded in the lone German city," informants said. . German planes made a large scale raid on Bristol during the night, dropping bombs of all caliber on the port and city, and attacked a number of other British towns in- cluding Southampton, the Nazis said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
Listening Posts Here
 To Be Tested Shortly
American Legion Supervising New Defensive Pros
 gram Warnings to Be Flashed on Enemy Planes

Three defense observation posts have been set up in the vicinity ot Waterbury sponsored by the Corp
 Coyle post, American Legion in CO., operation with the United States army air defense command and fifty persons have agreed to partici- pate in it's maintenance. These posts will be tested next Friday, George V. Grady, chairman of the legion's national defense committee an- nounced.
 One of these posts is located at the home of Rev. Alfred M. Bells in Wolcott, the other in Middlebury, at Avalon farms, the home of Charles P. Harper, while the third is in South Waterbury, at the home of Willard J. Inglis. Chief observer for the Wolcott post is Rev. MT. Bells and Miss Esther Bronson is deputy observer. The chief observer at the Middlebury post is MT. Harper, while MT, Inglis is chief observer of the South Waterbury post and Joseph A. Hackett, commander of the Corp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
DEMOCRATS TO
 REGAIN POWER
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Going Woodhouse, of New London.
 Treasurer-Dr. Frank Anastasio, of New Haven.
 Controller-John M. Dove, for- mer deputy controller.
 Waterbury will be largely rep resented at the inauguration cere- monies and at the inaugural ball. Heading distinguished list of local residents invited to the ball will be ex-Governor Charles A. Templeton and Mayor Vincent A. Scully.
 Much of the emphasis during the legislative session beginning Wednes- day will be on defense measures. Some bills have already been pro- posed, and scores more will be of- fered when the hoppers in the two houses are opened for their recep- tion.
 Taxation and labor will be other important problems before the aS- sembly, while the dual job ban, which caused bitter controversy two years ago, will be up again, this time in the form of 8 proposed constitu- tional amendment.
 Members of the Governors Foot guard in the Waterbury area have been instructed to repor tat Hart ford Wednesday for the inaugura- ton of Governor-elect Robert A. Hurley.
 There are two local members of the First Company, Lieutenant Eric Pape and Arnold Swanson.
 In the Second Company are Cap tain John M. Burrall, Captain Will liam J. Pape, Captain Robert s. Walker, Vincent A. Miller. Edward Schoeck and James B. Baker, all Of Waterbury, and Drury Bristol, George 0. ErsSine and Roberts Hannegan, all of Cheshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
'EARBENDERS IN
 WEEKLY BATTLE
Games With Bridgeport Team Led By Rev. Peter
 Murphy Scheduled
Washington HiII
 Correspondent: Mrs. Frank Met cGrath = Telephone 4-659O

The Earbenders held their usual Friday night card games at Wash ington Park Community House and the scores were: Joyce 27, Murphy IS, ODonnell 27, Conway $, Don- ovan 24, Dulac IS.
 The first Saturday in February the Earbenders will be host to the Sacred Heart 45 team, and will serve return supper to them. Corned beef will be the main dish. Father Peter Murphy, well known to every one on the Hill, having been a Su- pervisor at the park before his or dination to the priesthood, has boaSted the skill of the AS team of his parish in Bridgeport, and of course the EarbenderS are looking forward to game with them as soon as Father Murphy sets . date. They anticipate that they can meet the Bridge. 5rters before the holy season of Lent starts in.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Rochon were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Edward Flannery of West Hartford over New Years eve.
 The Waterbury chapter of Alber- tus Magnus College Alumnae held their annual tea dance at the Hotel Elton on New Years day. Among those attending from this section of the city were Miss Esther P. Egan and John J. McGrath, Miss Mary Meehan and John Bedell, Joan German and John Daly, Catherine F. Rochon and Maurice F. Shea. Miss Rochon, who resides on Bald win street, presided at the tea table.
 The Children of Mary sodality will receive communion on Sunday morning at 7:30 mass at St. Francis Xavier church. They will also hold 8 meeting in the evening after ben ediction. All members are requested to attend.
 The Women's Bowling league of Washington Park Community House bowled on Thursday winth the fol- lowing results:
 Spruces 2, Cedars 1; Hemlocks 2 Naples l.
 High. single, 101-won by Mrs. Thomas O'Donnell.
 High three, 278-won by Mrs. Thomas O'Donnell.
 Miss Frances Burns, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Wayne Burns of 145 Sylvan avenue, is spending few days in New York city as the guests of her two sisters, the Misses Mary and Marguerite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
OBITUARY

resident of the Washington Hill sec tion, where she was communicant of St. Francis Xavier church. She was an employe of the packing department of the Waterbury Buckle company for twenty years.
 Her survivors include one brother, Edward J. Connor of the Waterbury fire department, and several nieces and nephews.
 The funeral will take place at 9:15 from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street on Tuesday mGrning to St. Francis Xavier church at 10 where solemn high Mass of requiem will be celebrated.
 Burial will be in new St. Jo- seph;s cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after o'clock on Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04

Coyle post is deputy observer.
 These three listening posts" are among the 1855 observation posts, each controlled by chief observer. deputy chief observer and 15 ob- servers, which are located at differ- ent points throughout the state. The alert" at each station will be kept on a 24-hour basis if danger should arise.
 Observers who will assist Wallis J. Inglis at the Hopeville post in- clude: Mrs. Wallace J. Inglis, 181 Baldwin street; Charles Melville, 47 Ludlow street; Morris H. Shapiro, 163 Plaza avenue; Michael H. Tou- mey, 49 Herkimer street; Walter Dews, 32 Wildwood avenue; Miss Margaret Dillon, 1179 Baldwin street; Wendell Cross, 1194 Hamilton avenue; Mrs. Leo Kiernan, 92 Edin street; William Dwyer, 113 Laval street; George Ayotte, A Laval street Capt. George Holmes, Lieut.. Eugene Legge, Timothy Horgan, Jerry Grif- fin and Francis Bouley, all members of the fire department and George Karnofsky, 36 Wildwood street.
 Observers listed for the Wolcott post include, J. Arthur Bergen, Mrs. Minnie Warner, Clifford Willard, El- mer Coe, Francis Clark, William Klitka, Edward Garthwaite, Mrs. Eva Tyrrell, Claude V. Badger, Mrs. William A. Liboldt, Albert Affeldt. Mrs. Alfred M. Bells, George J. Mo- Duff and Rene w. Messier.
 Middlebury observers are: Walter L. Angle, Francis w. Orencole, of Middlebury, George V. Grady, 79 Waterville street, Arthur J. Bowling, 15 Herkimer street, Ambrose G. Egan Coniston avenue, Fenton F. Niver, B Sudbury street, Ralph H. Kings ley, Roger Cook, Howard E. Bronson, M. w. Skiff, Harry Clark, Allan Clark, William Canoe, Mrs. William Vandercook and Mrs. Della s. Bron' son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
STORES, HOTEL,
 WAREHOUSE RAZED
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a pants shop, furniture and depart ment store. All were single story buildings, remodeled year ago.
 Explosion Caused
 Water seeping into an under ground transformer caused an ex- plosion which hurled man-hole cover high into the air and threat ened injury to hundreds of Specta- tors who were jammed behind the fire lines. Flames from the subway shot 20 feet into the air after the blast.
 Two power company employees, John Collins and George Harger, who were working in the subway, scrambled to safety 8 few seconds before the explosion.
 Inasmuch as there were no fire walls between the buildings, the flames raced through the entire block so rapidly that a call for out of-town aid was sounded shortly af- ter the general alarm was turned in.
 Lasted 8 Hours
 It was more than eight hours be- fore the fire was controlled and fears of a further spread were dis sipated.
 Heavy snow began falling early today and helped smother the smoldering embers.
 The destroyed businesses were:
 Liftshutz Variety store; Growers Outlet market; Service Shoes, Lords dress shop, the Butterfly hat store, Wrinkles smoke shop and the Clifton restaurant. They were all included in the Simons block. The Clifton hotel was an adjoining building.
 Funeral Home Threatened
 Flames for time threatened the nearby Curtin block. In an under taking essablisEment locaIed in th;k block; a body was removed when 1t was feared suarks might ignite the building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04

The name of Richard Peck has appeared once more on the list of eligibles for selective military serv- ice. And the call to ddty having been sounded, Richard Peck has responded. Incidentally, the name Richard Peck belongs to that ex- cursion boat that has carried so many thousands of pleasure seek CTS from Waterbury and other parts Of Connecticut to New York City for many years past. It has been announced, however, that the boat has been purchased by the U. s. government and Is being fit-
 ted out to serve as e floating bar
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 had relinquished its participation in the national defense effort.
 Yves proposed investigation which he suggested should be con- ducted through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee coincided with a prediction by 8 well-in- formed Senator who usually SUD- ports administration foreign policy, that Congress would insist on some control over the disposition of war materials.
 But there was almost universal acceptance of the contention that aid to Britain is the safest course for the United States.
 House Speaker Sam Rayburn, in a speech following his reelection as presiding officer, recalled World War days when, he said, the cen- ter aisle did not divide the patriot ism of this house
 Turing this Congress, on isSues involving the national defense and the safety end security Of America, I expect again to see us act with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04

racks for the U. s. navy at New foundland.
 The Richard Peck has been in service since 1890 and has carried passengers and freight between New Haven and New York City, and Bridgeport and New York for many years.
 During World War No. it made nightly trips down the sound from Bridgeport loaded with munitions. Local factories shipped millions of pounds of shells and fuses to boats anchored in New York harbor. Two weeks or more later these conveyed ships would arrive some where in Europe with the supplies for the A. E. F. and the Allies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
REPUBLICANS TO AID TRADE SCHOOL
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advocate of a trade school for Wa terbury. Joining with him in this stand were Senator -elect Michael V. Mansfield, Rep. Daniel J. Ma nancy and Rep-elect John Mem primo.
 7 There are now state trade schools in Bridgeport, Danbury, Hartford, Manchester, Meriden, Middletown, New Britain, Putnam, Stamford, Torrington and Willimantic. The continuation school in this city is listed as state-aid trade school, as is the Boardman trade school in New Haven.
 said was available for trade school sssa is understood tO be in the AAet. eFn nart of tho city 1heugk iOs thoroughly Identified. hints were given that that t t is the tract oli Hzertdeii road just north Of East Milan street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
COMPOSER DIES

Belmont, Mass, January 4. - (UP) = F. Addison Porter, 81, com poser and for 55 years a New Eng land Conservatory of Music teacher until his retirement in 1899, died at his home yesterday. He was a na- tive of East Dixmont, Me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
LIQUOR PERMIT nU,WTUs nEN ADDE EWfy FNWnN

This is to give notice that I, Waterbury, Conn, have filed an ap- plication dated Jan. 4th, 1941 with the Liquor Control Commission for a Tavern Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises, S21 Bank St., Waterbury, Conn. The of 10 Edward St., Waterbury, Conn, and will be conducted by , Nellie Zickus, of 10 Edward St., Water bury, Conn.,, as permittee.
 NELLIE ZICKUS.
 Dated Jan. 4th, 1941. 1-4-11
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CARn OE THANKS

relatives and neighbors especially The waterbury Button Shop, J. E. smith Co, The D. A. V. and Auxi- liary, American Legion and Auxi- liary, The Hartford Post No. 1, and Auxiliary Florio Post No. and Auxiliary. The National and state World War Veterans for the beau tiful Aoral tributes and the sym nASAy An9 kik6xaAg AhowE vG dur feR eur recent boReaVoRent, tke death of our beloved husband and father Cosmo Ricci.
 ssaiERRssal aRs. MARY H1Ccr.as FAMILY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-04
PLANT FOUNDER DEAD

Chester, Conn, January 4. - (UP) = Carlton J. Bates, 93, founder of the c. J. Bates and Com- pany, makers of bone and steel needles, died today. He was 9 former Republican state representa- tive and retired from business 20 years ago. His widow, a son and four daughters survive. Funeral services will be held Monday.