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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
WOMAN CHARGED
 WITH HOMICIDE

Charged with negligent homicide in connection with the automobile death of a lifelong friend, Mrs. Clara Florian, 59, of 89 High street, Thomaston. was arraigned in mu- nicipal court today and granted a continuance to August Il by Judge T. E. Conway. She was released without bond in custody of Attorney William Gager.
 Deputy Coroner Miles F. McNiff held Mrs. Florian responsible for the death of Mrs. Frank PlattS, 6l of Reynolds Bridge. in a finding filed in superior court last week Mrs. Florian was the operator oi a car which crashed into Q tele- phone pole on Second avenue June 19, resulting in fatal injuries fol Mrs. Platts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Retailers Victory
 Bond Drive Closing
Hollywood Celebrities to Attend Ceremonies in Yale
 Bowl Friday; Bond or Stamp Admission Price

Never before has Connecticut seen such an array of talent :. a mil- lion dollars worth which will be presented at the Yale Bowl Fri- day in connection with the giant War Bond rally and each day the star studded cast is growing as ad- ditional names are announced.
 The latest acquisition to the list is that of Gene Sarazen, interna- tionally famous golf professional and Pola Negri, famous stage and screen star. Still another is Bob Maurice, famous impressionist and stage star who has appeared in nu- merous Broadway musicals and Hol- lyWood revueS.
 Eight Stars
 With these new names to the cast, the list now calls for the pre- sentation of Irene Dunne, famous screen star; Lucy Monroe, the Star Spangled Banner" girl; Wal ter O'Keefe, favorite of the radio, stage and screen; Carol Bruce, comedy movie star and Bert Lytell of the radio, stage and screen. This brings the list up to eight top flight stars with more to be announced later.
 Admission to the bowl for the rally is through the purchase of a war stamp or bond of any denomin- ation. Starting today when you make a purchase of stamp or bond at any of the downtown stores, banks or theaters, ask for a ticket to the bowl, for the rally. If you want to wait unil Friday for your ticket you may get it at the bowl through the same medium, the pur- chase of 8 stamp or bond of any denomination.
 The committee in charge urgently requests an early attendance at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Washington So Biqs

THE synthetic rubber pro-
 . gram involves the build ing of "A plants to make buta- diene, 12 to make styrene and 36 to make the synthetic rubber itself. c Building per- n1its for June were 57 per cent under a year ago. Farm products, 3 per cent under price control in April, advanced Fl per cent in the preceding two years. . . U. s. wine in- dustry is being set up to pro- duce 10 million pounds of cream of tartar from residue in wine tanks. . . City families, says the Department of Agriculture, should put up Al jars of food, rural non-farm families 184, and farm families 243.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

State Representative and will hear an address by James B. Carey, national CIO secretary, and State CIO leaders.
 An important program of legisla- ton is being mapped out by the legislation of the council.
 The State Executive Board will meet in New Haven Saturday to re- view the text of the proposed legis- lative program, and approve the text of the recommendations for presentation to the conference for action.
 Matters under discussion by the committee are wage and hour act, State baby Wagner act, increased benefits under the Unemployment Insurance law, adequate housing for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

The Connecticut State Industrial Union Council, CIO, will take up plans for the fall campaign at a statewide Conference for Political Action to be held at the Hotel El- ton, Saturday, August 2 at 2 p. m
 The official call for the confer ence was sent out today to all locals by John J. Driscoll, secretary-treas- urer.
 Delegates to the conference will be elected by the individual locals,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
BUS BOY IN NLOvE

The love of a humble bus boy for glamorous night vlub singer, player respectively by Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball highlights the story of "The Big Street." Damon Runyonu's production for RKO Ra- dio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

annual playground day and handi- craft exhibit, and special indus trial sports night at Hamilton Park field in August.
 First on the program is the bar Der shop song competition which will be held at Hamilton Park pa- vilion Thursday night. Always a colorful event, this years affair promises to surpass all others in color and interest. The girl super visors have been working with their respective groups in preparation for the contest for the past. several
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
I&>s4Mvyn,v,E
 ESTABLISHED 1883
eSTABl SHED 1888

Give The Hot Weather A WoIIop- Don't Let The Heot Toke It Out Ot Your Hide Just Palm Beach Your self And Take Summer In Your Stride.
 Inside $19.50 GoodoII tailored suit you're sure of yourseIf-sure of your position among we'll groomed men = sure your Palm Beach suit at $19.5O hos changed mans summer living hobits so thot summer days are welcomed insteod of being looked forword to as just one wilt after onother. A man with his PoIm Beech suit is as ne0r being air conditioned as any summer suit eon offer him thot cooling propOsition-ifs air fiItering = breeze catching it keeps your temperature down your spirit up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Compensation Agreements

Compensation Com m issiOner John J. O'ConnelI today approved the following agreement for week. ly payments during disability.
 Antonio Francisco of IS Union street, Waterbury, against Manu- lecturers Foundry Company of Waterbury, $23.14 beginning June 29, left shin burned and sore.
 The cause of an eerie light ap- bearing nearly every night on a rail- way track near Wilmington, N. c. remains unexplained.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Playground Directors Also Announce Annual
 Sports, Drama E vents
Sixty Supervisors Cooperating in Presentation of Outstanding Features of ReCreatiOnaI Season;
 Gay Nineties Songs Selected

The second half of the 1942 ten-week playground officially opened today with the staff of sixty play ground workers under William Derwi assistant super visor of recreation busy engaged in making ready for the big events of the These include the annual inter- annual drama tournament the annual inter-plavgrond track and field championShipS the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

Private
 bilization center, Fort Devens, Mass. Corporal D'Elia recently spent a furlough at his home here. Incidentally . much younger brother, Vincent, is doing his bit also for the great cause. He is an enthusiastic salesman of war stamps, being one of the Demo- crat's newspaper carriers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

Corporal
 Two sons represent to date the contribution of MT. and Mrs. D'Elia of Easton avenue, to Americas fight for the preserva- tion of freedom. The two broth CTS are widely separated, Corporal Michael DElia being stationed with the 43rd division at Camp Shelby, Miss, while Private Fran cis D'Elia is stationed at the mo-
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Dies
Continued From First page.)

Education: Harry c. Lambertson,
attorney for the Rural Electrifica-
tion Administration; Jay Deiss,
Federal Security Agency: Milton v.
Freeman, assistant solicitor for the
Securities Commission: Eugene C.
Holmes, consultant in the once OF
War Information; Teresa Liss, as
sistant economic statistician in the
Once of Price Administration;
Woodrow j. Sander, assistant at
torney of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board; Helen Watman, law
clerk for the Reconstruction Finance
Corp; Merle Vincent, director in
the hearings branch Of the Labor
Department.; Gardner jackson,
principal economist for the Agri-
culture Department.: Henry T. Hunt,
special assistant to the general
counsel of the Federal Works Agen-
cy; Mary Mcleod Bethune, director
Of the Division OF Negro Affairs in
the National Youth Administration;
George Slafi, principal attorney for
the Federal Power Commission:
A. c. Shire, director Of the technical
division of the Federal Public Hous-
ing Authority; E. Franklin Frazier,
Division Of American Negro Studies;
Robert Morss Lovett. secretary Of
the Virgin Islands; William Pickens,
principal securities promotion spe-
cialist for the Treasury Department,
and Edward Scheunemann, assist
ant attorney in the Denver Once of
Price Administration.
Representative Dies spoke for
more than an hour. claiming the
moor rs . matter Of personal
Evening star., 1942-09-24
House Vote on Nursery
Bill Planned Monday

The Randolph nursery school bill
and three other District measures
which already have passed the Sen
ate are to be considered In the
House next Monday at District
Day session, Chairman Randolph OF
the House District Committee an
nounced today.
Having completed a poll of the
committee, which shows approval OF
the nursery school bill, he will re-
port that measure to the House to-
morrow, Mr.. Randolph said.
He also explained that confer
ences are being held on District
unemployment compensation legis-
lation, which proposes to reduce the
contribution Of 81 per cent by en-
ployers as . payroll tax to one-half
Of / per cent because there is a SUBJ
stantial surplus already accumu-
lated. Chairman Randolph hopes
soon to have this bill considered In
the House.
The three other bills which are
on the calendar for action Mon
day are: Retirement of Police
Court judges; Incorporation Of st.
AIMS Infant Asylum and provisions
for better birth registrations.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Results
How're de Grace

FIRST RACE-Purse, 81. 900: claiming;
chri:sns: GOV. !TTent' sc.ao ssS s.so
Sir Reg (0chmidQ $40 310
0eorge Lamaae (Knapp) $40
Also rsi@court slenheim. Red Mars.
White Samite. Who Reish, italian Harry,
Seneschal Penny Arcade.
SECOND RACE-PlTse. 81 900, claim
ms, 3-year-olds and upward; 4 furlon1s
Steel beam tThornburs) e46 $40 $50
Abrupt De Camillis) 400 40
Wise Jimmie (knapp) 40
Time, 1:13.
Also ran-Hder.. Lauderkin: sloy Mo-
ton, Cockerel. Arthur c., Silver whi.k
Brieht Acre and Admiral Jim.
DAILY Double paid So04)
THIRD RACLPurse. e1.200: maiden
2-year-olds: furlongG
Bow Spirit HowelD J $50, $40 $40
Picture Flag (Thornburg) $50 $50
Aunny'8 Slater (Wielander) 1910
Time, l IA 2-5.
Also ran-Attune, Bell soma. Go Cat
Fairy Trace. Sally L0nn. Pone, Macant,
Fifteen Up and Miss Nebraska.
FOURTH RACE-Purse. $500; claim
inf; 3-year-olds ana upward; furlon4s.
sobriouet !SchmidD 7.20 $40 $50
Marksman (elsto) 3.o0
Ilme, Ans .nIHl,,,. I:IIIHl,,, w,.. ana warn s,,,,.r
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Yunks' Morals High in Britain,
Church Attendance Also Heovv

among the troops and the realiza-
ton that I'VE didn't come over for
q picnic-we came to finish the
war"
He said soldier marriages In the
British Isles, which was one topic
of the conference, was no problem,
and that the Army rule requiring
the commanding officers permission
and a three-month waiting period
was working well.
The chaplains expressed enthu-
siasm over the hospitality and CO.
operation Of British chaplains and
the civilian clergy and conereea-
tions.
1t. Col. DeLoss Of Des Moines,
Iowa, said he made a newspaper
appeal for a cookie day for his
troops from Iowa, Minnesota and
the Dakotas, and the response was
IL truckloads, which swamped the
postofdce for three days and nights.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Pair Guilty in Morals Case
Involving Girl, 20

A jury Of eight men and four
women in District Court delib-
Grated less than 80 minutes today
in finding Wallace H. and Er,ma @.
WEIGH. his common-law wife, guilty
of attempting to induce a 2o-year-
old Government girl worker to be-
come a prostitute.
Assistant United States ATTORNEY
Bernard Margolius, who prosecuted
the case, described it In his closing
argument as one of the most vile"
he has ever had to bring into
court.
Justice Bailey in whose court the
case was tried deferred sentence.
The Welchs face a sentence of one
to five years In prison.
The girl testified in tears that
she came to Washington in May to
take a Government job and went
to live with the Welchs, who had
an apartment in the 1900 block Of
P street NV.
Mrs. Welch did not testify. but
Mr.. WEIGH, taking the witness stand
in his own defense, categorically
denied the girls statements.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
WPB Orders New Curb
On Metal for Coskets
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Additional sharp curtailment in
the use of iron and steel In caskets,
shipping cases and burial vaults was
ordered today by the War Produc-
ton Board.
The board estimated the order
would reduce the total amount Of
iron or steel used for these purposes
next year to about 400 tons, ap-
pared with $4,000 tons expected to
be consumed this year, and approxi-
mately $4,000 tons normally used
each year.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Dresser Says Ban Makes Him
No. ! Victim Of Four Freedoms

Toronto newspaper rs saying II
would rather see the Germans In
England than those damn aristo-
cratic horse-riding snobs there now"
Asked TO comment on the Cana
dian ban on his statements, Mr..
Dresser said he had nothing to say.
OF newspaper editorials regarding
the Canadian episode, the author
said, Il don't give q damn about
those comments. I've been getting
them all my life"
To = question whether he felt
England and the United States were
giving sufficient Aid to Russia, Mr..
Dresser said, II think the United
States Is doing very well, but I don't
think Great Britain Is doing 4
thing" .....
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Survivors
Continued From First Page.)

three passengers from the other end
of the train before the flames be-
came too intense to allow any fur
ther rescue work. He said he was
told by the conductor that there had
been about 80 persons asleep in the
car that burned
Mr.. Zimmerman and his wife were
en- route to Washington for a short
vacation when the accident oc-
Cured. Mr.. Zimmerman Is a heat
treating foreman engaged in war
work at the Wissahickon Tool
Works, a subsidiary Of Empire Ord
nance, Inc.
Mrs. Zimmerman. still visibly az
fected by the tragedy, said she was
surprised how comparatively calm
the passengers in her car remained.
Wasn't Any Panic"
After the first shock of the
collision she said, there was some
milling around and people were
trying to get dressed in a hurry
Then a trainman came into the car
and told us all to leave just as we
were because the car had started
to burn and they were afraid of an
explosion. We all grabbed what
ever we could get our hands on
then and walked out quickly, but
there wasn't any panic"
The Zimmermans said there were
one or two doctors on the train and
they did their best to help the many
injured persons.
"One man was suffering severely
| from pain" Mr.. Zimmerman re-
counted. "A doctor in our car man.
aged to get his bag before he had
to abandon the coach. He had no
hypodermic needle to administer
drugs, but he gave the man a large
dose Of morphine tablets.
There were also couple of
WAACs in our coach and they were
very efficient in treating people
with minor injuries"
Two Priests at Scene.
Two priests who were at the secene
of the wreck described the tragedy,
They were the Rev. Kelian Healy
OF White Friar Hall, Brookland, and
the Rev. James Bifield. pastor OF St.
Marys Catholic Church, Barnes
vile, Md.
Father Healy was on the Capital
Limited, from Chicago, which was
/ stopped behind the wrecked trains
When the limited was halted, a call
was sounded for all doctors and
priests aboard, Father Healy said
and he reached the scene about &c
minutes after the wreck.
Il gave rites to one man who
looked like soldier" the priest said
THE doctor told me that he prob
ably would die from shock.
Il then went under the locomotive
where found Brazilian who was
pinned from the hips down. He
pleaded to be taken out, and talked
for about an hour and a half. He
died after two hours. There also
was 4 blond haired man pinned
from the shoulders down. He was
crushed. and was dead when saw
him"
| Father Healy said rescue vorkeri
thought both the Bradlian's Leg
Evening star., 1942-09-24
"A. P. Photo.

privilege under House rules. He
said he had been attacked un-
fairly by the National Federation
for Constitutional Liberties when it
suggested recently that a grand
jury investigate Representative Dies
and his committee.
Referring to the recent Justice
Department. report to Congress on
an investigation made by the FBI,
Representative Dies said that of
hundreds Of Federal workers names
submitted by the committee to the
department for investigation, only
two were found to have Communist
connections and were dismissed.
The Justice Department, Repre-
sentative Dies said, made no at
tempt" to report the facts as Con-
gress had requested, and the At
torney General made it impossible"
for the FBI ito carry out the man
date OF Congress" The department,
he asserted, sought to create the
impression" that the Dies Commit
tee made some charges which were
unfounded."
Claims Report Toned Down."
A thorough investigation, he con-
tended, would show that many Of
those whose names were submitted
by the committee were members OF
organizations the Attorney General
himself had described as subversive.
Representative Dies suggested
that J. Edgar Hoover should be
asked whether the first report on
the investigation by the FBI had
not been rejected by the Attorney
General and ordered toned down.
For Mr.. Hoover, Representative
Dies said. he had the highest re-
spect and admiration.
The Texan assailed Gardner Jack
son as one of the trustees for the
Robert Marshall Foundation, which
he said had at its disposal a 81 $685.
900 estate, half Of which was used
Ito finance considerable number
of the Communist party'se front or
CARNATIONS" .-,~~s seg,.s
Representative Dies said Attorney
General Biddle had reported, that
the time Of the, FBI was wasted in
investigating persons whose names
appeared on the list submitted, by
the Dies Committee.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Big Australian Fines.
Urged for Black Market
BY the Associated Press.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. a.
Minimum penalties Of three months'
imprisonment for individuals and
$4,000 fines for companies are pro- :
posed In a bill introduced in the
Australian Parliament today to curb
black market" dealings.
All goods involved In transactions
resulting In conventions would So
forfeited to the crown under the
proposed measure. which would he
retroactive to February.
Evening star., 1942-09-24
By the Associated Press,

LONDON. Sept. 24-The morals
OF United States soldiers in this
theater of operations are very
high" and their church attendance
Is much higher than it was in the
United States, the IL senior chap
lains in the area said today after a
two-day conference at Army head
quarters.
The chaplains said the soldiers
were taking extensive advantage of
their service as counselors on
everything from a stubbed toe to
facing the future" These problems,
they said. include sickness. finance
home and girls here and in the
United States.
Col. James Blakeney, of Little
Rock, Ark, spokesman for the
chaplains, reported that they had
found generally serious attitude
Evening star., 1942-09-24
By the Associated Press.

PORT HURON, Mich. Sept a.
Theodore Dresser. American novel;
list who was barred from making
public speeches or statements in
Canada this week because of re-
marks the Canadian government
said were anti-British, described
himself here today as "the No.
victim Of the four freedoms"
Mr.. Dresser made this statement
to Port Huron Times Herald news
man who encountered him on q
street corner shortly before Mr..
Dresser left for Detroit.
The novelist came here after q
scheduled address In Toronto was
Cancelled when he was quoted In q
Evening star., 1942-09-24
Nazis Report Sinking
= Vessels in British
Convoy in Arctic
; Destroyers, Auxiliary
Cruiser and 5 Transports
Declared Destroyed
b the Associated Press.

BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Sept. IA special Ger
man communique reported to-
day that Nazi submarines had
sunk three destroyers, an auxil-
iary cruiser and five transports
in an attack on an Allied convoy
between Spitzbergen and Ice
land.
Neither the reported attack
on the convoy nor the German
claims of losses inflicted were
confirmed by any other source.
Previous German claims Of Allied
ship sinkings on the Arctic sup
ply route have been termed
grossly exaggerated" by the
British.)
The announcement said the con-
voy, described as British. was bound
from Soviet Russia to British and
American ports and consisted Of a
larger number of protecting vessels
than transport vessels"
The Germans also reported their
submarines had sunk Is Allied mer-
chant ships totaling $4,000 tons and
a corvette In attacks on Allied sup
ply lines in the Atlantic, OF the
African coast and in the Caribbean.
The text Of the communique:
I'm hard fighting lasting for days
against particularly strong de-
fensive force, our U-boats sank three
destroyers, an auxiliary cruiser and
1ive transports totaling $4,000 tons.
Two other ships were badly dam
aged by torpedo hits. a e
"Other U-boats sank 13 enemy
ships and . corvette totaling u, 900
tons sailing alone or in convoy in the
Atlantic, :, OF Africa and In the
Caribbean Sea. Another ship was
damaged by torpedo hits.
During the past four days the
enemy has lost 10 ships totaling
125, 900 tons as well as three de-
stroyers and 4 corvette"
Evening star., 1942-09-24

Of smoke, the burning engine of
the second passenger train that had
plowed into the rear Of the Cleve-
land express.
She was unable to get to the rear
because OF huge pipe-about IA
inches in diameter-that had spilled
from the freight. She said men
were reaching into the pipe because
there was report that some one
was trapped in one.