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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
DOBOSZ FINED SIS
FOR RESISTANCE
Two Arrested Following
Clash With Traffic OF.
hcer; Driver Taxed $40

When Thomas Cody, 20, OF $50
West iD4th street, New York thumbs
ed his nose ut Traffic Ofiicer Joseph
Collins at the corner OF East Main
street and Phoenix avenue yester-
day he started q chain OF develop
inents which led to his arrest on
charges Of intoxicatlon and breach
OF the peace: and the arrest OF
Stanley Dobos1, 20, Of 0 Chase Park
avenue on charges Of breach OF the
peace, interference with an ofilcer
and resistance.
In Municipal court today Judge
T. q. Conway imposed O sentence Of
S2b and costs on DoboSz and fines OF
$40 and costs on Cody.
PatrolmAn Collins said DoboSS
drove Cody's car from Phoenix ave-
nue. into East Main street In inan-
ner which required word OF cau-
ton from him. As the car proceeded
on East Main street, Cody turned
around and thumbed his nose at The
offloer, who whistlod for DobosS TO
stop and then told Cody 10 get out
Of the cur.
Patrolman John Meaney came up
on che scene aS Patrollnail Collins
took Cody 10 the police box. Doboss
also got out OF the car and attempt
cd 10 interfere with the two police
men. He took q swing AZ Patrolinan
Meaney, according 10 pAtrolman
Collins and was thereupon put
under arrest.
Dobosz struck Patrolman Meaney
while they were In the patrol wagon
the ofilcer testified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23

Corporation Counsel ]. Gregory
Lynch win be called upon for .
ruling by the board Of police COM
mlssioner6 b determine the status
OF any members Of the police de-
partment whose citizenship may be
In doubt through failure 10 produce
birth records 6r other proof OF clt-
tEenship o board member said TO-
day.
A member os the board said today
that ne believes the burden Of proof
Is upon the policeman 10 show that
he is q citizen. Another member has
expressed doubt that the board could
discharge . veteran policeman who
claims he Ia o citizen but cannot
support the claim with suitable af-
fidavits.
1.-THE city ordinance requires that
o man must DO q citizen to DO elig-
iblo for appointment TO the police
department. o commissioner said,
II think the board has the right to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23

State rationing board offlclals
will outline procedure for the reg
lstration OF "trade outlets IN con.
nectlon with the sugar rationlne
program tonight at Q o'clock at the
wildly high school auditorium,
George MeDuff, local ration board
ofilclal said today. All wholesale
and retail distributors, institutional
and Industrial users are invited 10
attend.
Teachers who will be IN charge
OF the registration next Tuesday
and wednesday In tho three local
public high schools will attend To-
NIGHTS lecture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
FACE
GLOOMY FUTURE
Gasoline RatlOning Pro.
gram to Force Many 10
Abandon Business

Local gasoline station oregs
ators today held q gloomy view
Of the effect Of the gas rati0ninN
program on their business. 10 waa
feared that many stations win be
forced out OK business and the con
eensus was that other operators
would have q hard time fnaklng
both ends meet unless the reported
provisions are liberalized.
stations Just can't get BY II re-
strictionS are as severe Is report
cd IN the papers," said A. Lincoln
German, president Of the waterbury
Gasoline Retailers association II
We can sell our customers only three
or five gallons q week, we might al
well close up shop. We couldn't stay
In business.
Fridolf Nelson, ex-president of the
association, held the same views.
1.-THE program reported" he said,
would probably force almost ali
OF us out Of business. The aver
age station has little commercial
business, and commandments
tered cars are only once allowed 10
buy unlimited amounts OF gas. ]
don't know whatil happen 10 u.s."
Mr.. German said he would call
meeting OF the retailers associa-
ton once definite instructions OH
gas rationing had come from Wash
ingtop. Press reports have stated
that the program will begin May IS,
and that car owners In II eastern
states will be limited TO from 2as
10 gallons q week.
Motorists were almost Us gloomy
as the dealers. In most cases the
figures mentioned Rs weekly allot-
ments would not be enough 70 lei
the average drive TO and from his
work, much less take any pleasure
trips, A principal result, II the
program as carried out as nov
planned, will be q tremendous in
crease In bus travel and the ellniila-
ton OF many cars from the streets
and highways most Of the time.
The rationing VIII bring many
other problems for motorists, en-
pecIally those who have seagfiore or
lake cottages. II viii hit owners
OF night clubs and inns which have
had most OF their customers como
by auto. II viii likewise have mary
other effects that can new be only
dinly visualized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
COOLIDGE TEACHER
DIED YESTERAY

East Haven, Conn.,, April 49, UP)
Funeral services will be held Fri.
day for the Rev. Ernest Q. Cafpen-
ter, Calvin Coolidge's country
school teacher at Plymouth Notch,
W., who died OF Methodist hospital,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. Carpenter, N. was O member
OF the Connecticut Legislature In The
1880 and lo4i sessions, and was
noted for his oratory. He was the
state senate chaplain In 1885.
Rev. Carpenter was the author Of
q book, 1.-THE Boyhood days OF Cali
yin Coolidge" Burial will be at Ply
mouth,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23

Charging that electricity and
Gas costs ~ the Warren Gardens
defense housing project are ex-
ceSsive, Newton LeaS, q tenant,
his filed y complaint with the
state Public utilities Commission,
He charges that the u, 8. Gov
eminent failed 10 secure q charter
10 sell gas and electricity and
claims that the monthly bills are
excessive, unjust and unreason-
ably discriminatory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
New Layout

Work on the long-sought new
layout and grade Of Edgewood
avenue was started today by
street department wOFkmen. Its
completion will make q new
connecting link between South
Waterbury, Washington Hill and
the eastern part Of the city.
The project involves laying
out and grading OF q stretch
that now separates the two Sec
tlOns Of Edgew0od avenue, II
will enable the street 10 run
straight through from Piedmont
street, In South Waterbury, 10
Hamilton avenue, In the eastern
section,
Cost Of the work will be met
from o blanket item In the street
departmnt appropriation for
new lay0uts and grades.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
Litigation In Local Courts

A $4,000 civil action was fled In
superior court today by William II,
Russell Of this city against Harold
M. Bunnell Of Prospect % the re.
suit Of on accident which occurred
Mareht Z. The plaintiff claims he
was struck BY q truck operated by
On employee OF the defendant while
crossing the intersection at East
Main and Welton streets, Accord
Ing 10 the complaint the plaintiff
no sustained injuries 10 his
back, nose, eyes, left hip and leg
He also charges that he received q
conclusion TO the brain and suffered
from nervous shock. Negligence on
the part OF the defendant u charged
because Of careless operation OF the
truck,
Mary Kuraitis OF Naugatuek 1led
O $4,000 civil action In superior
court today against Margaret and
Oscar ]. Montambault OF Prospect,
The suit Is the result OF tho death
OF Albert MaEeika OF Naugatuek
from Q collision OF hts motorcycle
with car operated by Margaret
Montambault on December ~,
io4i. The accident took place at
the intersection OF Hamilton ave-
nue. and Warrington streets. Neg.
llgenee Ii charged against the dc.
PENDANTS for failure 70 keep q prop.
or lok-out and blocking the road,
The motorcycle operator died as
the result OF injuries sustained when
he was thrown 10 the ground by the
impact OF the collision. He died
from q fractured skull and lacera-
tions Of the brain.
Settlement was reported 10 have
been reached In the $4,000 civil &C.
ton brought by James J, Kelley OF
waterbury against Thomas q,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
GUEST LOST $542
in POKER CAME
lRpocLal 70 The pemocrnll

Thomaston, April 20 George
Bukosk, ~, OF Waterbury was fined
$50 and given O suspended 30 days
jail sentence III town court last
night on charges OF gambling. He
was arraigned with John Woina, 81,
OF ThomaBton who testified he lost
S642 In O s2b limit poker game at
the home OF Miss Viola Paffney, 80.
Miss Paffncy, who identified her.
self as former buriesque queen
was $26 each Oh charges OF selling
liquor without q license and keeping
u gaming house. She was given q
suspended 30 days jail sentence and
ordered 10 leave town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
Stamp Receipts

A total Of s4e.30 worth OF de-
Tense stamps were sold In Leaven-
worth high school during the past
week, according 10 q report iiled
today by Charles J. Bannon, IN
charge OF this activity.
High room for the period was
that OF Frank Woodlock with
$s06b, Following were James o.
Coleman's room, S473S, and Miss
Agnes Connor'S, S2b,05,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
MORE AWARDS MADE
FOR PEARL HARBOR

IEcnOIulu, AprlI 29-(Up)-vYfs
teen awards OF the purple heart
decoration and seven eolnmendas
tons have been made by this army
10 men who distinguished thenis
selves during the Japanese attack
on Pearl HaFboF on Doc. 7, " wal
announced today.
Communications vent 10 pvt
Maurice n. paauin, North Attiebofo,
Mass.; and Bvk. Richard a. james,
WegtwaFwlgk, 10 I. They we're come
lnoHdea for pabslKg through heavy
fire 10 Feaeh tlieig p0stA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
CATHOLIC WOMEN
END CONVENTION

Hollywood, Fla, April 23-(UP)-
Resolutions denouncing the draft
Ing Of wives and mothers into war
industries, racial prejudice and con.
sumner boarding were adopted last
night at the closing session OF the
2ist annual convention OF tho Ma
tional Council Of Catholic Women,
on the premise that good family
life depends on wives and mothers
remaining In their homes, one reso.
luton called upon government en-.
ployers, employees organizations and
labor unions 10 use their influence
and power against the further en-
ployment Of wives and mothers In
industry" Before adjourning, the
council elected Mrs. Robert A. An-
gelo, York, Pa, president OF the
National Council, succeeding Mrs,
J. w. McCollum, Gainesville, Fla,
a-@.---l----sl---a-zsh--z
TO save fuel. large stores IN Brit
ain ask customers 10 Use the eveva-
lors "sparingly"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
UncOntested

-Four uilconteSted divorce ac-
tons have been scheduled for
hearings before Judge Edward J.
Daily Nt q short calendar session
OF superior court tomorrow, The
actions are as follows: Margaret
Walsh Yesak from Zlgmend
Yesak, Irene q. Bannett from
Louis Bannett, Emma Frances
Carey from John Francis Carey,
and Susie MoTone DeNegris from
Louis DeNeRfIg,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
q. 0. p. Meeting

The Young Mems Republican
Club OF Waterbury, vii lSend n
large delegation TO the county
meeting az the Colonial House,
Hamden, Friday night. The local
group will leave from The Elton
ut 0 p. m,
Fridays county meeting will be
followed by entertainment, dane
Ing and refreshments,
Plans will be made for particle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
-NEA Telephoto

smith and Mary A. Smith Of Wa
terbury just before testimony In the
case was 10 start In superior court
this morning. Tho suit resulted
from the plaintiffs fall through q
trap-door on O sidewalk on East
Main street, September 81, 1910
The defendants were operators OF
u restaurant at the address where
the trNp-door was located, The
trap.door had been left open by
driver who delivered On order 10 the
restaurant, Negligence on the part
OF the defendants In not keeping
q proper guard OF the trap-deor and
not setting up O protective bar was
charged. Terms OF the settlement
were not revealed, The plaintiff
has claimed injuries 10 his shouls
ders, right foot, ankle and leg,
Testimony started IN common
pleas court this morning In the
$4,000 civil action brought by
Alexander ZadOroxny Of this city
against A. ", Peck Of Cheshire as
the result Of q fall on June ~,
1880, through On allegedIy defec-
tive floor Of barn owned BY the
plaintiff. The court, presided
over by Judge Joseph y. KlaU,
adjourned nj / .. m. and the trial
was 10 resume this afternoon.
The plaintiff claims he was en-
ployed by John YanOvlt0h and
Henry slwlnsky Of Cheshire 10
load hay In the barn Of the dc.
PENDANT, and was working when
the floOr collapsed ana he fell
through. lie claims no sustained
vertebral injuries and his lungs
wtre partially collapsed by the
fall.
Bonds OF six plumbers who failed
10 appear IN common pleas court
April ! after appealing charges that
they had violated local plumbing
ordinances by working OF the Long
Hill defense housing propoet with.
out licenses have bene paid, " was
reported today. The bonds were
500 for each man. The men, were
arrested September 4 last year.
Those who appealed the case and
have paid bonds for noa-appearaaee
are: Louis Bootiier, "a Park Place;
Fred soaries, 50 WoodtIek road; Az.
CELIA Pelletier, 90 South Elm street;
ernest BakhaFt, 80 Colley street; 10.
eph Kennedy Of YonkerS; and Phil
Iip CuFran OF Stamford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
10000 to Come!

More than $4,000 drivers
licenses for 1919 have been
issued BY The waterbury office
Of the State Department ~
Motor Vehicles, but S0,000 re-
main 20 be renewed before May
I, Mrs. Alice Il. Bradley, LEGAL
manager said today. AppFoxi-
InAtely $4,000 renewals had been
issued 1T this time last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
MOTOR OFFICES OPEN SAT-.

Hartford, Comm April 23-(UP)
-- Motor Vehicles Commissioners
John T. Mccarthy announced to-
day that oil Offices CT his depart
mont would remain open Saturday
for tho convenience OF motorists
who have not renewed their opera
tors licenses.
Current licenses expire NJ mid.
night, April 80,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23
SPO7LTGHTYNG -
Brass City News

patton IN the STATE Young Repub-
lean convention 81 Hartford next
month, Congressman Joseph y.
Talbot OF Naugatuck Win DO q
principal speaker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-23

settlement was reported 10 have
been reached In the $4,000 civil &C.
ton brought by james J, Kelley OF
waterbury against Thomas q,
Evening star., 1942-10-01
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Oct. blind and
paralyzed Homer Collyer still lives
in his family's old mansion on upper
Fifth avenue, now deep in the heart
of Harlem, it was revealed yesterday
by Police Sergt. John Collins, one of
the few outsiders who has been in
side the gloomy and decaying Collyer
home in the last decade.
Rumors have been af1oat in Har-
lem for years that the shuttered and
rundown old mansion which Homer
and his brother Langley inherited
from their doctor father sheltered
Homer's unburied corpse.
Sergt. Collins said yesterday that
It was to investigate these rumors
that he entered the Collyer home
last spring, and found the crippled
old man lying on a cot in a dark
basement room, attended by his
elderly brother Langley.
The room was dark as pitch"
the sergeant said Il turned on my
nashlight and there was Homer sit
ting up like a mummy on cot, a
burlap bag beneath him and an old
coat over the foot of the cot.
81 am Homer l.. Collyer, lawyer
the old man says I want the num-
Der of your shield and your name
I'm not dead. I'm paralyzed and
blind"
Sergt. Collins said he asked the
old man why he and his brother did
lot call a doctor, and Homer re-
piled that he and Langley knew
enough about medicine from their
father not to need doctor.
Whatever they knew, Homer was
in a pitiful state" Sergt. Collins
commented. He said there was
neither light nor heat in the house,
which was Uttered with piles of an
cient rubbish and debris, ghostly in
the gloom.
He was cautioned by Langley. he
said. not to trip over many tin beer
cans. nailed down on all the steps
and through the dark halls, as a
home made burglar alarm.
Before he left the house, Sergt
Collins said, Langley showed him
the II pianos which are topic Of
endless interest to the neighbors
and said he won them playing ir
concerts. He also showed hin
$4,000 books in a room on the tor
floor, which he said contained
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Preparation Urged
For World Communion

Washington churchuen were
called on today to prepare them
selves spiritually for the observance
Sunday of worldwide communion
The plea was issued by DR.. Frederick
E. Reissig. new executive secretary
of the Washington Federation of
Churches.
"All over the Christian world, in
camps, on board ships and where
ever Christian services will be held,
the Lords Supper will be celebrated
this Sunday" an announcement by
DR.. Reissig said. In preparation
for this spiritual feast" he added,
christians are called upon to pre-
par ether hearts and minds by the
act of confession of their sins and
seeking Gods forgiveness.
LAS a few men gathered around
Christ in the upper room in the
first century, so will millions gather
in churches of the world this Sum-
day to receive Him spiritually"
Capacity attendance at all churche.
was predicted by DR.. Reissig, who
said that in many cases churches
had sent visitors. to call on members
of the congregation to insure theil
being at church.
Evening star., 1942-10-01

long for 1t constantly. We eventually
got over our craving for cigarettes
to some extent. but I missed my
daily ration OF six to eight cups of
coffee and mean coffee. There
is no better zip-giver in the world
than a good cup of coffee with sugar
and cream when you are low.
Joked About Food.
We made, game of our hardships
as time went on. Talking about
food and cigarettes and coffee Of
course accentuated our longings, but
paradoxically we seemed to derive
some comfort from thus torturing
ourselves. We talked. about food,
particularly, for hours, often visit
fully, but sometimes making q jest
of it.
Tony, who had sense of humor,
soon devised a favorite way to start
or end all conversation. He would
turn suddenly to Gene (whom he
called Henry, after his favorite radio
character, and order with a mis-
chievous grin: 4
COINe Oh, deIiTy-tline 10 put OH
the pot!" -,
Henry" and I never failed to
enter into the spirit of the game,
with elaborate suggestions for the
making and pouring of the coffee.
We frequently adopted ludicrous1y
exaggerated drawing tones
and gestures for this ritual, broadly
burlesquing what we fondly believed
was the true Park Avenue manner
Later, I think, it must have been
this continual practice of deliberate
idiocy that kept us from going really
insane in our exposure, starvation
and thirst.
Continued tomorrow,
(Copyright, 1912, by Henry Holt 81 Co.. Inc
Distributed by King Features Inc1
Evening star., 1942-10-01

We wet our clothes almost con-
stantly. Within Is minutes after 4
good dousing they would be thor
oughly dry again. After we had
soaked our clothes three or four
times they would be stiff as boards
from the salt which added no little
to our discomfort. Then we would
have to take our garments off and
rinse them in the sea to get out some
of the salt. It was tiresome, never
ending chore.
Nights. especially when the sea
was rough, we had opposite prob
lens. Then our wet garments were
clammy and cold The two of us
who were not on watch would
huddle together to conserve our
bodily heat. We spared our energy
as much .as possible. These dis
comforts, which we had to bear with
out food, water or sleep, soon began
to fray our dispositions, but we
all realized QUIZ predicament, and we
knew that losing our tempers would
be of no possible benefit. We kept
forcibly choking back our growing
irritability with each other. This
was at times an almost heroic feat.
Couldn't Hit Bird.
On the first day I shot off whole
clip of mmunition-about half our
supply-trying to kill a bird. We
thought it vas going to be easy to
shoot a bird. because the curious
creatures hocked sround us by the
hundreds, coming soAclose to inspect
our strange craft that we were al
most under the illusion that we
could reach up and grab one. Ac-
tually, they came down within 5 or
feet of us.
held the pistol until bird was
directly overhead, then I would aim
and let go. These birds were fear
less, and we soon had to admit that
they were in little danger from us
The boat bobbled like a cork, and
this seemed to throw off my aim
every time. The best I could dc
was knock feathers from few, sc
finally gave up.
We were very much interested in
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Blind, PoroIyzed RecIuse Lives
In Decoying Family Mansion
Son Of Once Prominent New York Doctor
Is Attended by Elderly Brother

among, other things, the history of
the Collyers, an old and once prom
inent New York family.
The house is now owned by the
Bowery Savings Bank, which re-
Gently foreclosed the mortgage.
The bank is currently engaged
in a dispute with the eccentric old
recluses on the tidying up of the
Uttered house and yard and won
its first round Tuesday with a
health and building department
order to have the yard cleaned up.
Homer has not been seen outside
the house for two years and Langley
has been seen rarely and only at
night.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
81 Days Adrift on an 8x4 Raft on the Pacific

This epic OF 1odr In the South
Pacific tDas told to Robert Trunl-
bull by Harold F. Diron, bomber
pilot and aviation chief me
chanic's mate, U. S. ~, in the
current best seller, "The Raft"
Which is ao11 being brought to
you in serial form, of 1Uhich
this is a chapter. Diron-,Uith
Gene Aldrich, Aviation radion1an
and gunner, and Tony PaStula,
Aviation ordnance man - 1D1s
forced to land a scout bomber in
the ocean 1Uhen its gas gaue out
on the evening OF January IS,
1912. The craft sank almost i'm
. mediately, but they managed to
escape on an Sr4- foot rubber raft.
They Uere 1Dtthout provisions
and ,Uith scant equipment. Yet
this heroic United States Navy
trio managed to SurDiDe, battling
an Inferno OF seas and 1Deather
for a.. days oDer course that
coUered about a thousand miles
until they finally reached safety
on an obscure atoll. The nerue-
tingling details OF this ertraordi-
nary experience are being related
here as told to Robert Trumbuu.
CHAPTER FIVE.
A serious lack was head covering
the suns rays came down like red
hot corkscrews and cooked ou
brains. The days were horribly hot
Tony had his dungaree jacket, so
took his shirt and tore out the tw'
front panels. With these I fashioned
a sort of bonnet which gave the to]
of our heads some protection from
the tropical sun. Occasionally w
dunked these rags in the sea, SO tina
the wind. striking them, would kee]
our heads cool.
There was no way to protect ou
faces. From mid-morning to lat
afternoon the whole sky was a blu
glare of heat which the sea threy
back, intensified At times, whel
the sea was calm, the rubber raj
became unbearably hot to the touch
Our only relief was to keep f1ickin
sea water on 1t and ourselves.
Evening star., 1942-10-01

Not everybody with dollar to
spare can shoot gun straight-but
everybody can shoot straight to the
bank and buy War bond.
Evening star., 1942-07-28
Right Use Of Lights and Color
Increases Plants Efficiency
Accidents Prevented and Morale improved
When Causes Of Eyestroin Are Removed

5AndES MAnlOW 4hd WILLIAM P1NKERTON
Wide World
NEW YORK. July 2ssome forget that color
make a difference in getting job done.
Good lighting in plant is not enough An extreme
example of bad situation working on black object
against black machine can cause eyestran ves.n
cidents lovxer