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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
MOTORISTS ARE
WARNED ON FIRES
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they create a hazard which inter-
feres with fiTemen In getting 10 q
fire at tsH earliest possible moment.
Effective fire fighting Is not aided
b. the presence of numbers Of au-
tonlobiles whose only function is to
be In the way, added Chief Roach.
II would suggest that those dFiV"
ers who are SO anxious TO rush to
fires and interfere with flEemen
join either the auxiliary corps OF
the fire department or the police de-
paTtment," he said. by joining
these classes they VIII receive IN.
structlons on police and fire work
In emergencies and I'm sure we'll
have fewer cars In the way at major
fires"
Supt, Roach pointed out that the
law covering such matters provides
fine of $50 and costs or three
months In jail, or both. for inter,
ference with . fire engine or am
bulanee,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
American Brass Co. To
Be Given High Honors
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street to the entrance to the
grounds. Z
Many high officials Of the Amer
lean Brass Company, In addition to
those mentioned, will attend. Also
present will be officers Of the AM
aconda Copper Mining Corporation.
Of which the company is q subSidi-
airy, and officers Of the Anaconda
Wire and Gable Company.
The company win entertain Gov
ernor Hurley and other members OF
the official party at luncheon at the
Country Club Of Waterbury at Has
q. m. A state police escort will &C.
company the motor cavalcade on its
journey through the Naugatuck
Valley.
The American Brass Company Il
the third Waterbury concern to win
the coveted "E", earlier awards
having gone to the Chase Brass and
Copper Company and the Water
bury Tool Company. Only three
other concerns IN Connecticut have
won the "E' pennant,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
TAX COLLECTORS
STAFF KEPT BUSY
Scores ThrOng Office to
Pay First Installment of
1912 Taxes

The tax collectors ONCE did q
brisk business this morning as
scores Of persons and Arms paid
one or both installments on taxes
due the city this year. Collections
yesterday, the day on which the
flrst installment became due,
amounted to approximately $780,
900.
Tax Collector Humbert Mangin;
reports that an unusually large
number Of taxpayers are paying
both installments Of their taxes at
once, though the second installment
does not fall due until October.
Advance payments prior to May
I were also heavy this year, reach
ing q total OF almost 100000.
The first installment must be paid
by June / or both ir,stallments fall
automatically due and interest and
penalties are added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
AMERICAN AIR
FORCES in TEST
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Apparently rejecting official COM
ment, American correspondents
warned that the Japanese spear
heards north Of Australia had only
been dulIed rather than broken or
blunted as o result Of steady Allied
air bombing Of at least eight bases.
The American pilots were credited
with striking highly effective blows
and with shooting down or destroy.
ing enemy planes at the rate Of al
most one an hour for a total Of
50 in q 72-hour period.
But It was stated that the Ameri-
can and Allied air Squadrons do not
claim to hold air superiority over
the islands which Japan seized as
invasion bases and that more war
supplies are urgently needed on the
Australian front II big-scale in
vasion thrust Is to be repulsed. The
Allied air forces, as well as the
japanese, have suffered losses in
the preliminary fighting, the dis
patches pointed out.
Greatest interest centered on
japanese naval concentrations and
1t was suggested that the two planes
that few over Townsville might
have come from an aircraft carrier
since that Australian town Is some
1000 miles from any enemy base.
The sudden emphasis on Japa-
nese preparations In the Australia
area followed what appeared to be
virtual enemy conquest of the
Burma gateway to China and India
Air War Near Climax
At an advanced American Air
Base, Australian Zone, May 2 -
(UP)--American bomber and fight
err pilots believe that the air war
In the New Guinea zone Is nearing
Q climax and q new major blow by
the japanese is certain and iInIni-
nent.
These pilots are meeting the
japanese every cay IN fights which
are intensifying In fury, over New
Guinea and the Bismarck Islands
which they are Faiding nlercilessly
Their chief subject for specula-
ton is not whether but where the
Japanese will strike and they warn
that IL is q mistake to assume thai
the allies have yet attained supe-
EiOrity In the air.
Allied aiFmen are hitting hard
and frequently at the japanese
spearheads. But these speaFheadE
20 far have been dulled, not blunt.
ed, and meme Is nl0re ready 70 ad.
malt " that the pilots themselves
pilots who are daily demonstrating
their own superiority, plane for
plane and man Tor man,
Typical Of accounts Of the Bit
ter fight Tor sir mastery Is 0pe BY
Lieut.. william n, (Wild Bib Ben
net, Nevada City, Nev., one Of four
United states army corps 0fileerf
who are pals and always together.
THE. others are Lteut. y, .. Bevl0ek,
Genlnt0B, Pa; Lieut., o. L. GehFlms
iaeF, Memphis, MINI, and Lieut., q,
Dhlleta, Marion, Ala.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

A grand Jury composed Of 10
prominent residents Of New Haven
County has been summoned by j.
Edward Slavin, high sheriff Of New
Haven County, to convene Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock on the third
floor Of the county courthouse
building on Kendrick avenue.
Yeshinskas who Is being held with
out bonds at the New Haven Coun-
ty Courthouse will be brought to the
jury room where he will be permit
ted to question witnesses.
Unless new counsel Is obtained by
the slayer Public Defender Edward
J. Carmody will represent him. In
that event, however, a special as
sistant would in all probability be
appointed by the court to help in
the presentation Of the case for the
accused.
YeshinSkas was bound over to
superior court after he confessed
he killed his mother in the evening
Of April IL and took $l,175 that had
been fastened to her clothing with
q safety pin. SuInmoning OF a
grand jury was ordered by Superior
Court Edward j. DAILY at the request
Of States Attorney William B. Fitz-
gerald.
Instructions to the grand jury
will be given by Judge DAILY. After
hearing evidence in the case 1t will
return with either a true bill In
first, second, or third degree MUIR
der or a no true bill. If true bill
Is returned the slayer will be asked
to plead guilty or not-guilty on ar
raignment which may be held imme-
diately or set for the June GRIM
inal term Of the superior court. If
the youth should plead guilty he
will be sentenced Immediately,
otherwise he will be allowed TO
select trial by either court or jury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

k61AktAfANA kk8s8 kMHH ~
prices, = move price Administrator
Leon Henderson ordered earlier this
week 10 become efSeetlVe on the 18th
OF this month,
Mr., Roosevelt N his seven.p0lpt
program, urged the Sterilization OF
wages and recommended that WLB
adjust inequalities and bring sub
standard Weges 70 average, WLB
Chairman Wlllsem y, Davis inter-
ngetAd the directive 10 mean that
the beard should pursue a Hfiegl.
blev rather that arbitrary policy II
balancing tho waee structure ard
announced that, while u would not
frees wages, u would not permit
them - Get cut ct line,
Meanwhile, price administration
elIlelals disslesed that plans ere BE-
Ing studied for Fafienlng eeElsnHss
eFs goods amohg AistgihMters assd
HTllaleaaieES, v necessary, 70 assure
Equitable Distribution,
0pA ~ present e exercising
sllek peweFs over tires ard sugar
under enaelat AiFaetlv0g kFaag,
Chairman Donsld Nj Nelson o. ths
waP production heeFd. But en-
cials aaid Ssew ne#nFs woillA "
needed n enter TIE wholaeaia Geld
extensively.
one spokamnan said that u whsle.
aala Fass0ning bseafne general. Il
sFaaahgy would De neeeamnfy ~ ste
consumers % q apeaiAe retailer q
provide n definite check On beth
nansumarB and seaaAlsgB.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
POWER ENGINEERS
ELECT MACNUSEN

Waterbury chapter, National AS
60esatl0n Of Power Engineers elect
cd Carl Magnusen, 10 Carroll street,
NaugRtslek 70 succeed Ralph Hunds
berg RK president ~ Q meeting last
nlght IN Engineers hail. Plans were
made foF q meeting Of the LadiaS'
Auxiliary May "a,
Other 0fileeRs elected last night
weFei vieespTesident, Murray Kus
CELL, ~ G0ell street, Naugaluek. flns
anclai secretary, Prank DadEon,
f64 WaleFtoWll avenue. treasurer,
Willlan Weieg, 20 LoekhaFt avenue,
secretary, fs0gliB @Inaeli. 81 nadclifs
avenues e0fldnei0r, Walllan Myb, ~
WnFn street ard 00ofakeepeEs George
plst0las. 32D willow etteek
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
Graveyard Of Planes
Claimed IL Victims
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Those killed In the crash Of a Uni
ted Air Lines rlainliner last night:
Passengers:
Burrows, Lieut.. Comdr. J. c.,
USN, washington, D. G..
Cole, G. NJ, San Francisco, al
filiated with international Business
Machines, Inc.
Barrett, r. r., en- route to st.
Louis, Mo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
OBITUAR

MUsCEO - Francis Joseph Oriel
Muscle. 10, son Of Donate J. and
Jeanette (Romalo) Muscle Of IS
East Farm street, died early this
morning at the Waterbury hospital
following q lingering illness.
Francis was q fourth grade pupil
Of the Elocun grammar school.
Besides his parents. he leaves his
maternal grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Romano; one brother,
George: one sister, Phyllis.
The funeral will be held on Tues
day morning at 9 o'clock, from his
home, SIS =. Farm street. to st.
Lalcy'g church for Q solemn high
Mass Of requiem at . o'clock. Burial
VIII be IN tire family plot ct Calvary.
friends may ell at the home after
3 O'Clock tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
FUNERALS

The funeral Of Mrs. Emily VIII
kenbaeh Of MiddletOwH vas held
yesterday afternoon At the Clark
funeral home, REV. DAVID p, Gaines
OaIlcieting. Burial was IN new Pine
Grove eemetegy.
The funeral Of Miss Magtha Joy
Of Bethel was held this morning AZ
e:lH from the Mulvllle funeral
home, go West Main street. 10 tne
Blessed Sacrament church st .
O'Clock, Burial was IN Old ~. %
seph's cemeseTy
The funeral OF Mrs. J0laanne y,
Gilllivan 0f dullfeTd was held yegs
feRday morning An 0Milf0Ed With her
grandson, Rev. John y, sullivan o.
mm. Heteg end PAU etlufehs eeie'
bgnting the Mass. Burial vas "
duilf0rd. she is also survived ~
& son, Stephen =. sullivan q %
BeeellsT assnae and eisht ether
The funeral ef Mrs.. ADJ Z. Fgiill
u @0uthbuFy viii be held talis &c.
eFn0oD aE $50 ~ tho South Britain
Conversational church, nev, Duane
were olIaeiating. Burial vii b ~
Pine ySill eslnesegy.
Tho funeral 0f Mrs, Frances
EambeYti u aayTtio Reach, Milford
YES held ktais Rlogning ~ $50 from
tlle George ). SMITH a son, ~.
neral home. Milford, - s.. 0abFiel'g
church, AzilfoSa. at 3 oicioeiz. Burial
vas Ar @t. Afazy's cnnle1eFy, Milford
AarB. Kanshagta n survives by = alss
ter maphewa and mleees ~ water
bury
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ma front the Japanese had thrust
a column 80 miles northeaStward
from Lashio to Hsenwi, only 50 miles
from the Chinese border.
The Chinese high command, with
strong forces in Yunnan Province
facing the Burma border, was ready
to move men to meet a Japanese
threat to China itself but military
experts said 1t was yet too early TO
say what the real objective of the
Hsenwi enemy column might be.
Far south of the present fight
ing front, the Chinese had a strong
force of men in the Taunggyi area,
harassing the japanese rear while
the tank-led enemy rapid troops
thrust northward.
South and west Of Mandalay Brit
ish empire forces had retired to
new positions, and were fighting .
Japanese force at Monywa, 50 miles
west Of Mandalay.
The Japanese, IL they continued
their successes, would now be able
to move down the railroad from
Lasialo on Mandalay or eastward
along the railroad from Monywa.
May Have Fallen
London, May 2-(UP)-A British
military commentator admitted to-
day that the japanese might have
occupied Mandalay.
"Akandalay is not worth defending
with great forces when Lashi0 Is IN
enemy hands," he said.
There is no particular reason why
the japanese claim to Mandalay may
not be true, except that the japanese
almost invariably claim such places
IN their communicates days and even
weeks before they tate Them"
The commentator said that IL aps
peaged that q japanese force which
had thrust to HseDWl, 90 miles north
east Of LaslliO, was q small 0ne
which seemed TO be taking . great
risk because its communications
might be cut,
Y don't know how great the Fiss
is.s he said, "beeeise We DO not
know the Chinese situation there
whether the Chinese are able n
stage . sufllcieptly strong attack"
II the Chinese, Is reported, stu
held Taunggyi, far 10 the japanese
rear on the eastern side Of Tia
Burma front, they tnFeateD Japan.
csc communications, the e0nainenta.
tor said,
THE Japanese may BE- able 10 live
OF the country BIZ Fobhing tie Pc.
pls,s Re said, @bHt tlselT nlechanlse1
equipment can net and their Tins
Of supplies viii beeoine more lmlpoT.
tank and more difaeuit 40 thsg %
n0Fthward,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
FIRE, POLICE BOARDS
TO MEET WEDNESDAY

Regular meetings Of the police
and IRE boards are slated for next
wednesday afternoon and 1t Is
possible that the fire board will
take action to I'LL two vacancies
created by the retirement Of two
privates for physical ailments.
The question Of the citizenship
status investigations now being con-
Quoted among the personnel Of both
departments Will be discussed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
c. 1. & P. COMPANY
SELLS FARM SITE

Aslehaal q. AGa6AeH 0f PlyMeaasil
has purchased q farm consisting q
tMo houses, S9s acres 0f lagl9s barns
ard ether npnnFtenaneeo fgolm &c
conneelicut Ligilt and Fewer eeln-
nany, q was learned today, The
Transaction was MgFmn@a@ aaiEDu8n
fias realty mfElnns ~ WHmGlabmrma ~
WashhmFmn. The aarm hB Apeatea
% Todd AHollGw Rad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Members ana CLERKS e the
four local seIectvie service boards
attended . special meeting at the
post once building to-day 70 re-
ceive instructions on the handling
Of eecupatlonaf Questionnaires.
Mailing Of the new queries b exc
pected to start next week.
w. Harry Byrnes, o. state
headquarters 1t Hartford. was TO
address the meeting, and repre-
sentatives Of the U. 8. employ
ment service were also TO speak.
Each board has been authorised
TO hire an additional clerk be-
cause Of the extra work that the
questiOnmalres win entail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
DEFECTIVE HYDRANT
REPLACED BY CITY

A new hydrant was installed yes
terday in front of 80 Plaza avenue
to replace the one which was found
to be defective when firemen ar
rived to fight fire at 1918 Plaza
avenue Thursday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
employed by the company will take

employed by the company will take
part.
Employees of Waterbury branches
Cte company, aside from those
at the south paint, will assemble
Wednesday noon at the Harrub
Memorial monument at Riverside
street and Chase parkway. Led by
a fife and drum corps of company
employees they will march to the
scene Of the ceremonies, proceeding
over Riverside street to Bank street.
and preceding north on Bank
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
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CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends, relatives and neighbors,
especially Scoviils Foreman Assoc
citation, Steam Dept, Estimating
Dept, Planning Dept, No. 50 Sales
s. NJ. ID. Dept, The Vanderman Drug
Go. and ORourke & Birch, also The
Woodnen OF The World, for floral
offerings and the expressions OF
sympathy and kindness shown us
during our recent bereavement, the
death of our beloved father, Thomas
J. Donahue.
(Signedl
PAUL DONAIIUE and
Mrs p II CREEI1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Abraham Lincoln won the pres
idential election Of 1860 with a
total popular vote OF 1885, 52.
Wendell Willkle, in the 1910 cleo
ton, polled a larger vote than this
In three separate states. yet lost
each Of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
NAzI DESTROYER
HIT BY PLANES

dOWmod. one British pilot was saved.
American made B0ston b0lnbers
took q blg naFt ~ the 81. 0iler raid
and efheF attacks On occupied Ter.
Fit0Fy,
THO AZ ministry snld today that
photographs taken by .ti1s new Brit
I'm Reconnaissance phases which
AREA 40 fast they can u ynnaFmed
over enemy territory Ia daylight,
showed TIE effectiveness q ne
bombing of 1iostock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
Youth Faces Grand
Jury Here Tuesday
Alleged Confessed Murderer of Mother to Be Repre-
scented By Public Defender; Blue Ribbon Jury Chosen

Xavier Yeshinskas, 10, confessed hatchetsayer OF
his mother Mrs Peter Yeshinskas 49, finds himself with
out private counsel today three days before grand jury
scheduled to hear evidence in connection with the
Attorney Marcus H. Weisman and his brother Attorney
Herman j. Weisman who have been consulting with the
youth since few days after his arrest last April IL have
ennnrnced their withdrawal case
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many
friends, relatives and nei@hboFs.
for the hoFal offerings and the exs
pregsi0ns OF sympathy and kindness
shown us during our beloved
sisters sickness and deaeh, alse
VII Mfs. CO., Biilins ana Account zee SS
Ing Office; Wire Welfare Club os
AnsopIai Sisters Of Charity, Priests
OF the immaculate coneepfions and
the City Police Dept,
lslgnedl
MAUNZELL FAMILIES,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

BARS DOOR AGAINST ENEMIES
The "trapdoor spider" builds his
home In the ground, complete with
door, which he closes after him
as he goes below TO escape his en-
einles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

MUeet0 in this city, May snd,
1915, Francis Muscle, 81 So East
Farms NJ, Funeral Tuesday moFnv
Ing, nc $500 O'Clock, from kE East
Farms st.. 20 81, Luey's Church.
Burial In Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

1Ile Guys COnCenuOn, SINCE plans
for first installations of meters were
announced. has been that expenses
OF s0tting-up and maintaining the
meters are necessarily SO large that
the devices are operated for the
puhllc's convenience, not for profit.
That view has never seemed any too
sound. The purchase price Of the
meters Is paid by parkers, the nee
eesaTy amount of coins being col
lected In each meter over period
Of not too many months. The only
extra police expense Is for the col
lection Of money from the coin
boxes, a Job employing two men.
Enforcement of meter regulations
was simply placed in the hands Of
street and traffic patrolmen as an
other duty, at no cost to the city.
II the meter fever doesn't sub
side some time In the reasonably
near future, the city will be able
20 list the meter proceeds as one
Of its most important sources Of
revenue. II only enough meters
are installed perhaps we could do
away with taxes on real and per.
s0naH property. It might be little
harder to count the pennies and
nickels but IL would still be coin Of
the realm.
The parking meter bug is now at
such o stage that car owner in a
residential district peeks out the
window fearfully each morning to
see If a meter has been set up out
side his house during the night
Some Of the more wary car owners
win soon be barricading their prop
erty, Just In case the police get an
idea to start setting UP meters in
private driveways.
n auto drivers are going to be
penalized for wanting to park a
half-inile or more from the center
IL might be an idea for the police
20 set up coin-operated turnstiles
for pedestrians who wish to walk
about the streets. The department
could charge q penny, for instance
for walking on side streets, two OF
three cents for semi-main streets
and . nickel or a dime for those
rich folks who wanted to stroll
through Exchange Place o.
along Grand street. No doubt, once
the scheme was working, the police
could set up more pedestrian meters
here and there; and perhaps a
scheme requiring an extra penny
for crossing the street could be
worked out. Then again, how about
q small charge for pedestrian lie
enses, without which no one could
walk along Waterbury's streets?
The city wouldn't care shout
ANam rsawaRaaxA nR nnanw-as a. wwmnuRA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

II would seem only reasonable
that the police department, look
ing ahead TO much smaller vol
u11ies Of traffic, would at least
postpone the installation Of any
more meters. Instead the depart
lnent Is putting them In places
where hitherto nobody had
thought they were at all neces-
sary.
There Is no question that the
downtown meters have proved
stheir value In most cases, but it's
something else again to place
meters In locations far from the
center Of traffic and parking con-
gestaon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Some Of us naive souls had been
thinking that wartime conditions
would gradually lead the parking
problem to solve itself. Already
many cars are of the road because
Of lack Of tires; sale Of new cars
has been virtually banned; and con-
tinually reduced amounts of gaso-
line available will keep many a car
at home. These factors, 1t seemed,
would steadily reduce the amount OF
traffic and likewise cut down the
demand for parking spaces.
The police department, obviously,
doesn't attach much weight to that
argument and is gaily going ahead
setting up q new string Of meters
here, another string there, and a
few odd ones wherever there are a
dozen feet or so OF unmetered space
vt tl11 curb.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

The city wouldn't care shout
tire revenue, Of course; II would
tHst want 70 regulate pedestrian
trsfae,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
BILL TO FREEZE
WAGES IS COMING

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Remembering way back TO when
The city fathers announced that
meters were being installed, not
90 raise revenue, but simply 70
eliminate Increasing parking evils,
one wonders Just what parking
congesslon win be eliminated BY
notting-up the cOln-grabbers at
points many blocks away from the
shopping section. The more than
800 new meters, though not do.
ing any great service In imprOv-
ing parking conditions, will un-
doubtedIy bring in great deal Of
extra revenue, but their installa-
ton tends to confirm the belief
that the city, instead Of only
seeking to regulate parking, Is just
going into the parking business In
q big way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
POIitics
in
Passing
RyRAxMoND J.FTTzPATRECK

Installation Of hundreds more new
parking meters, which the city has
started, VIII soon make II almost
necessary for q motorist to park his
car out near the city line II he has
nj got pocketful Of pennies. The
meters are now going up in some
places that are 70 far from the bus
&fiesg section Of the city that they
require practically an overnight
hike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
RHODE ISLAND
FIRES ARE OUT

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
ALLIED FORCES
STILL FIGHTING

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