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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
Selectiue Service Boards
To Register $500 Monday
All Arrangements Com=
pleted for Registration
Volunteers to Aid

Some $500 male citizens in Wa
terbury will flock to designated
points within the city limits Mon
day in response to the nations first
mobilization of manpower since it
entered the present war, and the
third since the inception of selective
service In 1910.
The approximate total of $500 ex-
pected to inscribe their names on
the green registration cards will
bring the number of those registered
in this city to about 22,467, or some
20 per cent of Waterbury's entire
population. Together with trans
ferS received from draft boards else
where 1927 were registered Octo-
Der Is, 1910, and 700 July ,1941.
The first two registrations, unpre-
cedented in the nations history
since they represented the only time
the country had ever drawn upon
the potential military strength of
its population during peace time,
differed in that America still re-
manned aloof from the almost uni
versal struggle. Monday, every male
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

Frank ]. Green, secretary of the
Waterbury Fair Rent Committee, es-
timated today that the average of
local rental figures has increased by
50 or 81 a month since the 1910 cen
Sus was taken.
OF the 1880 occupied dwelling
units in the metropolitan district,
1877 percent were owned by their
occupants; of the 25,387 occupied
dwelling units in the city of Wa
terbury, 31.3 per cent were owner
occupied; and Of the 1893 occupied
units in the metropolitan district
outside the city, 54.4 per cent were
owner occupied.
Dwelling units occupied by nom
white households represented 1.6 per
cent of all occupied units in the
metropolitan district, 90 per cent in
the city of Waterbury, and 0.3 per
cent in that part of the metropoli-
tan district outside the city.
Dwelling units occupied by house
holds having more than one and
onehalf persons per room formed 40
per cent of the dwelling units in the
city Of Waterbury reporting on this
item, 2.8 per cent of those in the re-
mainder of the district, and 81 per
cent for the district as a whole.
Of the dwelling units in the Wa
terbury Metropolitan District report.
ing on these points 86.1 per cen
had private bath, leaving 1879 per
cent without this convenience, while
100 per cent of the dwelling units
needed major repairs. A total of
205 per cent of these dwelling units
either lacked private bath or needed
major repairs as compared with ISL
per cent for the city of Waterbury
and $40 per cent for that part OF
the metropolitan district outside the
city.
OF the oWner-ocupied dwelling
units in the metropolitan district
reporting mortgage status, 729 per
cent were mortgaged The percent
age mortgaged in the city of Water
bury alone was TIA, and in the re-
mainder Of the metropolitan district
667.
Much additional information on
the characteristics of housing in the
city of Waterbury and its metropo-
Titan district will be presented in the
First Series Housing Bulletin for
Connecticut More detailed Stats
tics will appear in other publications
to be issued later by the Bureau Of
the Census.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
Union Leaders
Seeking Farley
With Officials
ScoviII Company's Raise
in Wages Starts Agita=
ton in Other Plants

G.. I. o. union leaders de-
clared today that yesterdays
announcement of a six-cents
an hour raise by the Scovill
Manufacturing c o m p a n y
would spur their efforts to
win increases for employees
of the Chase Brass and Cop
per Company and the Ameri-
can Brass Company. John J..
Driscoll, executive secretary
of the Waterbury Brass
Workers Union, said that a COM
mittee of American Brass workers
would confer with, the company
management at $50 a. m. next We'd
nesday on the unions demand for
a wage increase. The meeting will
mark the start of negotiations to-
ward a new contract to replace the
present one, which expires March
IT, The union will ask a boost OF
Is cents an hour.
Don Harris, director of the Brass
Workers Organizing Committee, said
that the Chase local would renew
efforts to have the company grant
an increase. Efforts at negotiation
he said, have been rejected by Rod
ney Chase, public relations director
for the company. He said that the
local was seeking conference only
on the basis of representing It's
own members, not on the basis OF
employees.
Both CLIO. leaders claimed that
the other two members of the big
Three" OF local industry could afford
the increases sought. Mr.. Driscoll
and MI. Harris asserted that COM
pany earnings of 1941 justified the
union demands.
Mr.. Harris added the statement
that the six-cent raise at Scivill's SIS
not enough. The union will keep
on fighting, he said, for a much
more substantial increase.
Observers believed that the SEQ
will announcement may be followed
soon by a similar raise at the Chase
plants. Several smaller factories
likewise, if the usual practice is fol-
lowed, will also increase their wages.
The Scovill raise, affecting about
8,7OO workers, applies to virtually
all hourly and piece work employees.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
DANCE PROCEEDS
FOR WAR EFFORT
Civilta E Progresso Soci=
ETY. to Hold 10th Annual
Masquerade Tonight

Plans have been completed for
the 10th annual masquerade dance
to be held by the Civilta' E Pro-
gresso society at the Buckingham
hall tonight, where a record at
tendance is expected. Ten per cent
Of the admission receipts will be
turned over to the governments
war efforts.
Large delegations from many To-
cal societies and club will attend as
well as many prominent citizens OF
the city.
The committee includes several
members who are prominent in the
Society's activities and who are also
leaders of other organizations in
this city Among them are Michael
Pierro, as general chairman; Bene-
detto Baldoni. as treasurer; Nicola
Mattel, secretary; others are its
president, Frank Vallucci, Leonard
Pcsa, Reno Benedetti, Aurelio Bon
aldi. Giovanni Beccatelli, Pasquale
Fratea, Antonio Liberatore, Giovanni
Zambini, Carmelo Carlascio, Vim
cenzo Nerulli, Luigi Angelucci John
Sfoorza, Frank Marucci, Enrico
Carlisle, Agostino Agostini, Albert
Mucci Giuseppe Nocera, Giovanni
Scarpati, Aurelio Capocchi, Giuseppe
Sperduti, Frank Maisto, Vincenzo
Lent, Antonio Gugliotti. Giro VAL
entino, Luigi Primini, John Rossi,
Domenco Poscente, Carmelo Gelata,
Andrea Vinci, Giulio Cordelli, Azure
lilo Gasparri, Sabatino Amicone, Al
berto Giusti, Michael Di Carlo, Mi
chael Emanuele, Antonio Maccione,
Primo Giuliani
Michael De Vitos orchestra will
furnish the music and a floor show
directed by William Carbone will
be a special feature of the enter
tainment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

who attained his 21tn birthday on
or before December 81, 1881, and had
not yet attained his forty-flfth
birthday by this February 10th, ex-
cept those already registered, will
be confronted with the possibility
that he may be called upon to take
up arms in defense Of his country.
A staff of $3.50 chief registrars, as
sistant registrars and deputy regis
trars will undertake the task of re-
cording all those appearing for reg
istration in the thirty-tWo localities
set aside for the purpose, as well as
in Waterbury and st. Mary's hos
pitfalls.
Working in three shifts, regis
trars will open registration proceed
ings at a. m. The first group, con-
sisting of 800 deputy registrars plus
one chief registrar in each district,
will be occupied until IL noon. At
that time, they will be replaced by
$40 others who will work until 5
p. m. They in turn, will be relieved
by the final group, which will con-
duct the to 8 p. m. shift. APP
proximately 500 of the deputy regis
trars are local school teachers who
have voluntarily offered their serv-
ices. Assistant registrars, an inno-
walton Monday, will relieve chief
registrars during the late afternoon
and evening hours.
The facilities of Waterburys
grammar and high schools have
been made available by the declara-
ton of school holiday for the 10th.
Local draft boards this week re-
ceived the green registration cards
which must be filled out by every
registrant. They contain the fol-
lowing nine questions: Name; resi-
dence; mailing address; telephone;
age In years and date Of birth;
name and address of person who
will always know your address; en-
ployer's name and address, and place
of employment or business.
Registrants will receive white GER
tificates after they have enrolled,
and these must always be carried
upon the person OF the registrant.
Failure to exhibit. certificate of
registration upon demand by au-
thorities will make the offender
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
F Former Newspaperman
Here Army Brigadier
Haig Shekeriian, Now IT, S. General, Soon to Take
Over EdgewOod Arsenal in Maryland

A one time Torrington High
School football captain, who during
his youth was also Torrington cor
respondent for the Hartford Cour-
ant and circulation representative
for the Waterbury Republican, is
now brigadier general in the Army
of the United States.
He is Haig Shekerjian, recently
Chemical Warfare Officer Of Lieu
tenant General Hugh A. Drums
First Army, Regular Army officer
since 1911 who during the last World
War served with British and French
forces in Turkey, the Caucasus and
in Russia. He will soon take over
an important post at the EdgeWood
Arsenal in Maryland.
General Shekerjian, who was also
president of the TOrrington High
School class of 1905, during his
school days had flourishing news
paper business which brought him
an income considered SO large for
those days that he seriously consid-
cred withdrawing his application to
enter Colgate University after he
had finished high school. But he
needed old counsel, principally that
of the late Henry G.. Ellis of Tor
rington, went to Colgate for one
year and then entered the United
States Military Academy at West
Point on an appointment by the
late Congressman Ebenezer Hill.
Amounted a second lieutenant OF
infantry in 1911, he served with the
LIST Infantry at Vancouver Barracks,
Washington, and In Hawaii. As a
first lieutenant he went into Mexico
with General Pershing. He became
a captain in 1917 and a major the
following year when he was as
signed to the General Staff and
ordered to duty with the Allied
Armies of the Orient.
General Shekerjian was with
British and French troonS u Tur-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

key and Russia, and because of the
nature of his mission he had an
opportunity to travel into remote
and little-visited areas. In Con-
stantinople in 1919 he joined a mis-
sion headed by Major General
James G. Harbord to make a study
as to the ACCESSIBILITY Of the United
States accepting a mandate over
Armenia.
A tour with the Military Intelli-
gence Division, War Department,
followed his return from Russia
early in 1920. He transferred TO the
Chemical Warfare Service in 1928
after he had been graduated, with
distinction, from the Command and
General Staff School. General She
kerjian then served successfully as
chief of the Planning Division and
Assistant Commandant of the
Chemical Warfare School and as
an instructor at the Command and
General Staff School.
Following his graduation from the
Army War College in 1881, General
Shekerjian was in the Office of the
Chief of Chemical Warfare for two
years; was Chemical Officer Of the
Ninth Corps Area in San Francisco
from 1888 to 1886; executive officer,
Office Chief of Chemical Warfare
Service, Chemical Officer of the
Third Army and executive officer
at Edgewood. On January l, 194l,
he became Chemical Officer Of the
First Army.
At Edgewood, he will be in charge
Of military activities at that station
and will direct all instruction in
chemical warfare at the schools for
civilian defense workers, Chemical
Warfare Service officers, ofiicers OF
other arms and services and non
commissioned officers.
General Shekerjian has been a
frequent contributor to the Amer
team and British service journals
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

subject to penalty, as violator of
the selective service laws.
All eligible persons are asked to
register with their own local boards
wherever possible, in order to avoid
confusion When this is impossible,
registrants must carefully specify
their home addresses so that regis
tration cards may be quickly for
warded to their local boards.
In cases where persons, who be-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
Coroner

SUAV4ECA
Of 80 Lafayette street; and Mar
garet Montambault of Summit road,
Prospect, the driver of the car which
was struck by a motorcycle oper-
ated by Albert Mazeika, causing the
latter's death.
Coasting Accident
In the death Of the Hill girl,
Coroner Hennessy says Cocchiola
on Jan. 10 of this year shortly
after o'clock was driving an auto
mobile on Plank road when he
reached point opposite the en-
trance or driveway \of the Gabriel
residence when sled emerged from
the driveway and struck against the
right side of Cocchiola's car. The
finding states that the driver rushed
the Hill youngster to the st. Mary's
hospital where she died the next
morning.
The coroner adds: Cocchiola was
proceeding on the right side of
Plank road at a reasonable rate of
speed. about Is miles an hour, and
did not see the deceased until the
front of his car had crossed her
path" The report declares it was
then too late to avoid the collision,
although the operator made every
reasonable effort to do so.
In D'Angelo's finding, the coroner
states Cameron was operating a
sedan on Watertown avenue, in a
northerly direction when the car
struck Mrs. D'Angelo as she was
walking across the highway, OPP
posite the Children's Hospital near
Windsor street. The coroner declares
the the injured woman was rushed
to the Waterbury hospital but died
en- route.
Coroner Hennessy adds: "Mrs.
Cameron, duly licensed operator,
was proceeding at about rs miles an
hour, and did not see the deceased
until he was almost upon her. He
then applied his foot brakes, which
were in good condition, but was I'M
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
TYLER MENTIONED
IN GOLFERS LATEST

A sen Of the late Judge William
Tyler Of Middlebury, Lieut.. Comdr.
Raymond F. Tyler, formerly of that
town, is spoken of in a caption APP
pearing under a photograph of q
fleet OF blimps, in this weeks issue
of Golfers magazine. The picture
illustrates an article entitled Our
Fighting Men.
According to the photo, the three
blimps, known as the new LIST squad
ron, have left their Lakehurst, N. j.,
base, ard are engaged in combing
the Atlantic for enemy craft and
mines. Lieut.. Comdr. Tyler has
frequently commanded blimps which
flew over this area in the past.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
Evidence OF Criminal
Negligence Absent In
3 Probes Concluded
Six-Year Old Child Met Death in COasting Accident;
56-Year-0ld Woman Killed Crossing Street; Motor
cyclist Dies Following Auto Crash

able to avoid striking deceased
despite every reasonable effort to do
So"
The finding points out that al
though the weather was clear, the
roadway was covered with snow and
was slippery at the time of the ac-
cident.
Collision Fatal
In the finding on TIE death OF
Mazeika, the coroner declares Mrs.
Montambault was driving a car in
a southerly direction on Hamilton
avenue when the motorcycle travel
ing also in the same direction struck
the car driven by Mrs. Montambault
who had turned into Hamilton ave-
nue. from Washington street when
the crash occurred. MaZeika was
thrown to the pavement by the i'm
pact and as result died at St.
Mary's hospital the next day.
Witnesses examined in Mazeika's
inquest besides the driver were
Clarence Peterson OF Manchester,
Conn, and Sergt. Joseph Petit Of
the motor patrol squad.
In the Hills inquest, Adam p.
Beaudry, state trooper Of Bethany
barracks and Merritt Walters Of
RID No. 2, Prospect were ques-
toned in addition to the driver,
Cocchiola.
Witnesses interrogated in the
D'Angelo death were Sergt. Charles
McWeeney and Motor Patrolman
Joseph Lovallo of the local motor
patrol squad; Fred G. Squires of 80
French street, Waterfront; and Her
man M. Turral of Main street,
Oakville, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

cause of their employment or be-
cause of illness, cannot appear at
the enrolment centers on the 10th,
special registrars who have been no
titled in advance, and will visit them
for the purpose. Only those who
have registered before, or are in the
nations military services, are exempt
if they fall within the specified age
limits
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

Three drivers were exonerated OF
criminal responsibility IN three sep
aG.ate accidents which results in
fatalities in Waterbury recently, in
findings issued today by Coroner
William B. Hennessy and filed with
The clerk Of superior court.
The drivers absolved by the cor
oner were: Nicholas Cocchiola, 30,
Of RID No. 2, Prospect, whose car
was involved in the death of Bar
bara Hill, 6, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hill, of Plank road,
Prospect; Floyd Cameron 20, of
Candy Hill road, WATERFOWL, the
driver of the car which fatally in
jured Rose Buonanno D'Angelo, Sc,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
"Shut Ins" To Be
Registered By
Special Clerks

Chairmen Of local draft boards
today announced that all those
subject to registration Monday,
February 16, who are confined
to their homes because of ill
ness, or for any other reason,
should call 3-5174, selective
service headquarters in the city
hall. Registrars will visit these
persons at their homes for the
purpose of registering them.
Telephone calls may be made
today until 4 p. m. All unable
to appear at the registration
places Monday are asked to in
fors>s local draft boards as soon
as possible
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

Recently elevated to the leader
ship Of a ewly-Organized SETON
DON financial aid to manufacturers
within the state contract distribu-
ton branch of the War Production
Board, was Edward X. Barlow,
former treasurer of tn Merchants
Trust Co. of Waterbury.
Mr.. Barlow resided in this city
from 1929 to 1888, and, previous
to his late advancement, was en-
plOyed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. in Connecticut. A
nativ of New Haven he has more
recently been living in Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
PLATERS TO MEET
AGAIN FEB. 18TH

Motion pictures of lead milling
smelling and refining were shown
at the monthly meeting of the Wa
terbury branch of the American
Electroplaters' society last night at
The Elton. A talk on Alkaline
Cyanide Plating Baths was given
by Dr. Allen G. Grey Feb. Is,
business meeting will be held at the
home of Ralph Golfer Of Watertown.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
Coroner Exonerates Drivers In Fatal Auto Accidents
Report Submitted On
Average Rental Boost
General Housing Survey Noted in Report of U. S. De-
partment of Commerce; 72.9 of Homes MOrtgaged

Homes in the Waterbury metropolitan district had an
average monthly rental value of $2986 in 1940 the Census
Bureau of the u S. Department of Commerce reported
today In the city proper the average figure $3015
while in the suburban towns the average 1921 The
federal based figures combining the actual rent
paid by tenants and the estimated monthly rental value of
OMner-occupied and vacant units.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
w o r L D w A r
A YEAR AGO
FEB. ID, 1941

Rome officially announced land
ing of British parachutist troops
in Southern Italy on Feb. 10.
Admiral KichisaburO NOmura
presented credentials to President
Roosevelt as Japanese Ambassa-
dor to u. S.
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@nmHz1yn>vr&
ESTABLISHED 1SsS
ESTABLISHED 1ssS

A Greet Young Mems Furnishings
Department Where The Little
Prices Make The Little Dollar Look
Big.
In "Prep Shop" = Second Floor
Wonderful shirts for school, bus
mess or general weor-colIors at
toched new spring models right
off the toiIor's bench, $1.25 to
$l.e5.
Coy, coIorful, effective sIocks
socks to complete the scrambled
suit picture-35 cents-3 poir
for $1,000 $1.00 the poir.
Gorgeous neckweor, knits, wool
or siIk-foscinotins new hues
thot's news, 50 cents to $1.OO.
Pojomos-soy or subdued pot
terms, $1.25 to $1.95.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
SPANISH VETERANS
TO DINE MARCH 81

At a meeting In Garden hall last
night, members of Emerson Liscum
Camp, United Spanish War Veter-
ans, voted to hold their 35th annual
banquet Saturday evening. March
81, at the Y. NJ C. A. 1t was also
decided to meet monthly in the flu
ture, on the second Friday, in Gar
den hall
The 44th anniversary of the sink
ing Of the U. S. s. Maine in San
tiago harbor, will be observed by
the camp tomorrow night in a spe-
cial service in Grace Methodist
church, Waterville, at 7:30 o'clock.
Delegations from the American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and the Boy Scouts are expected.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

and for the last five years has writ
ten articles for the Encyclopaedia
Britannica and the Britannica Year
Book. In 1921 he married Miss
Helen Balm of Seattle, Washington.
He is a member OF the Colgate
chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta
college fraternity.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14
FENCE FIRE

Firemen extinguished fence fire
which occurred in the rear of the
home Of Martin Valente Of q Wal
nut street yesterday afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

The huge ladder truck was put
back into service July 8, 1941, af-
ter undergoing repairs estimated at
$4,000. Engine 3 which was COM
pletley demolished, was discarded.
A new auto was purchased from
the Buffalo Fire Appliance Corp.
at cost Of $6,712.50.
The spectacular collision, fire.
men recalled today, occurred as
Truck 1, from Field street head
quarters, purchased only two years
before the accident, was going
up Baldwin street and Engine 8,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

attached to the station house on
Washington avenue, was climbing
up Washington street, met at the
intersection. The aerial ladder
sent the smaller apparatus spin
ming around dizzily until it landed
up against the iron fence of the
Washington school grounds.
Five of the firemen injured were
from Engine while only one from
the truck was injured. A pedes-
trian waiting for the bus was
struck as the smaller apparatus
crashed against the street curb.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-14

Waterbury Hospital A. Earle Smithes Wlowdae Ave
Hospital Edward Fitzpatrick 153 Chestnut
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
INSIDE STUFF; It's Just possibI,

the Detroit purchaser learned that Herbert DuSen-
do purchasing agent the Nelson Company here quite
speaker his forte being inspiring They Shall Not
Bomb Detroit" speech
winds up by asking the audience to itself
by answering 10 questions Here they
Are buying defense stamps bOndsT 1O@o ! 90
2-Are you saving bit OF waste paper
that can? lO%s O%
Slave you checked your attic basement garage
brass etc? 1Oqo 90
Are you saving yeT empty tcothpaste tubes,
shaving cream tuksA and tin cans? 1O9o 90
yOuy volunteered, 10 help
civilian defense? 1870 10
6-IIave YOU yolun to the Red Cross to the
Legion a a blood donor? 1879 90
IL home,
than YOU ordinarily have? Oso 1919
YOU, In your canned goods
han would ordinarily have? O@o 1870
0-Have bought since January J. anything
o silk o rubber metal that
not actually need? OPs 1870
10-IIave lost n single day at work since
through fautf 90 lO9o
We suggest that you try when through will
know whether not YOU 1000 American.