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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03

with the leading dance bands fifteen years ago. He played in bands led by Benny Goodman, Paul White man, Tommy Dorsey, the late Hal Kemp and others. MT. Goodman appeared for him Sunday when he was unable to play at Manhattan Center.
 Don Palmer, MT. Berigan's man. ager, said the band leader was taken to the Allegheny General Hospital. Pittsburgh, last April 20 while on a tour and was warned on May g., when he was discharged not to play the trumpet. MT. Berigan, however, wishing to keep his band at its peak of popularity, insisted upon playing the instrument. MT. Palmer said this apparently hastened his col- lapse.
 MT. Berigan was born at Fox Lake, Wis, and was graduate of the University of Wisconsin. While at college he taught trumpet playing and played in bands after school hours. In those days he also played the violin.
 Surviving are his wife Mrs. Donna Macarthur Berigan; two daughters, Patricia, nine, and Joyce, six; his mother, Mrs. Name Berigan, and a brother, Donald Berigan, both of Fox Lake. His father, William Beri- gan, died last year.
 Funeral services will be held at Il a. m. today at St. Malachy'S Roman Catholic Church, West Forty-ninth Street, between Broad way and Eighth Avenue. Burial will be at Fox Lake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03

Connecticut's cities for the per- centage of the population which has enrolled.
 Since the day that White Cross benefits became available to Water bury people, it's members have been drawing upon it. Miss Agnes Cum ningham, a Bronson library em- ploye, was the first patient. She was admitted on March 1, 1888, the date on which the first local appli- cations became effective. To date, some 11,000 persons have benefited to the extent of half a million dol lars from their Plan memberships. Most of them have been cared for in one of Waterbury's two Member hospitals-the Waterbury hospital and St. Mary's hospital.
 The Plan provides, bed, board and general nursing care for three weeks in a semi-private room to each individual enrolled. In addi- tion, 1t offers full use of the op- erating room, all medicines and surgical dressings, laboratory serv- ice as provided by the hospital, am- bulance service within three miles of the hospital, ambulance service within three miles of the hospital, basal metabolism tests, oxygen and serums complete, and maternity care after one year of membership. Except for maternity care, all bene- fits become available the day a membership goes into effect.
 If one of the 9 Member Hospitals in Connecticut are used, the above benefits are provided the employed subscribed entirely without cost to him, subject to the 21day limit each membership year. Member Hospital benefits are provided the dependents of enrolled subscribers on payment of $1 per day to the hospital, when care is actually rendered, regard less of how expensive that care may be. Membership fees for depend ents are considerably less than for employed subscribers.
 If a member uses 8 non-menaber approved general hospital any, where in the world, he will receive 8 flat credit against his total hos pital bill, in place of the services listed above. In general, this credit provides nearly as much benefit as If a Member Hospital had been used.
 Throughout the state, the Plan now has 2s0,000 members, and has paid $2,500,000 in hospital bills for 5000 members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
MEMORIAL SERVICES
 CONDUCTED BY CLUB

Eugene Sullivan was master of ceremonies last night at the annual memorial services of the East End Community Club at Anderson School gymnasium. More than 100 attended. Rev. Samuel A. Budde gave the invocation and benedic- tion.
 James Green, club president, ad- dressed the gathering. A song re- cital was presented by Mrs. George Reed and Mrs. Martin Parker.
 The committee in charge in- cluded MT. Sullivan, William Foley, Edwin Bolger, Mrs. Edmund White, Mrs. Benjamin Mover, Rev. MT. Budde, Rev. James, Woods and Rev. Matthew G. Madden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
RESTRICTIONSON
 ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
FeedraI Orders May Affect Improvements Planned
 for Sections of City

Installation of new street lights in Waterbury may be curtailed be- cause of federal restrictions on ex- tensions and shortages of materials, the board of works was advised by the Connecticut Light & Power Co.,, at its meeting last night. Seven teen new street lights have been recommended by the lighting com- mittee.
 The cost of the lights will be $40. They will be installed on the fol- lowing streets: Melbourne terrace, williamson drive, Avalon circle, Berkeley avenue, corner of Mill Plain and Meriden road, Ellsmere avenue, Donahue street, Charlevoux street, White Rose avenue near Highland avenue, Railroad Hill street, 2o2 Congress avenue, Chase parkway near Ellsworth road, Co., roma drive at the corner of Rock well street, Raymond street, Cor nelius avenue @. Meriden road near East Main street, and at the corner of Poplar and Alden streets.
 Chairman Henry J. Bowling of the board of works recommended the installation of radio sets in cars of street department officials. The board voted to ask the finance board to transfer $1 900 from another Ap- propriation for the purchase of the radios which would be hooked in with the police system. It is not expected that the sets would cost q 900, however.
 Chairman Bowling, in recom- mend!ng the transfer said that if the radios had been in street de- partment officials cars when the main pipe line on Thomastonyavenue broke some months ago repairs could have been made quicker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03

quarters estimate there are slightly fewer active church members today than before 1883 when Hitler came to power. One source put 1t this way: ]
 DeadwOOd Cleaned Out
 Tine deadwood has been cleaned out. The pro-NaI members by this time have dropped out of the church. The moderates (thoSe who hope for the best even under Hit ler) still comprise the largest group. And the anti-Nazi Christians nat urally form the smallest but most militant group within the church. 1"
 Most of the pressure on both Catholic and Protestant churches has been indirect. Outwardly the tension was, greatest last summer when various Gauleiters, working through the gestapo, openly perse- cuted the Catholic church. At that time, the bishop of Meunster, Count von Galen, protested against church closures and copfiscation of property. He was placed under house arrest temporarily.
 The Nazis' most important anti Christian methods are applied to the youth. Schools inculcate Nazi principles directly and indirectly in large, steady doses. The Nazi so- c!a1 welfare organization already has taken over Protestant kinder gartens and plans are under way to deprive the Catholics of theirs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
Final Picnic Plans
 Reported Perfected
Members of St. JOseph's Parish to Gather in Union
 City Snday-B. A. C. Outing Slated for June 2I
BROOKLYN NEWS

Lady of Mount Carmel church will sponsor June 12 were distributed at a special meeting last night. Pro- ceedS from the event will be used to buy uniforms and equipment for the clubs baseball team.
 Members of the arrangements committee are Edith RoSsi, Ida Mir abilio, James Ieronimo, John Thom- as, Louis Aucella, Leonard DiMan- na, and Joseph Bozzuto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03

''de@dWOOd" prO-NaI members nave been cleaned out. Pastors often preach sermons which have a double meaning. Both sides seem to acknowledge that Nazism and the Christian church are trrecon- cilable.
 Instead of postponing their anti Christian campaign until the end of the war, the Nazis are trying to achieve their objective by exploiting special conditions created by their drive against the church.
 Adolf Hitler's ultimate goal = never publicly proclaimed = is to coordinate" the Christian churches of Germany in the same manner as all other phases of German life.
 Hitler Has Two Plans
 The Fuelarer's efforts along this line fall into two broad plans of attack. The first is to undermine and weaken the church by direct as- saults and attrition. The second is to win the German people-pri- marily the youth-away from the church.
 Alfred Rosenberg, chief Nazi philosopher, has written a book set- ting forth plans for a Nazi religion and church, but Hitler forbade its publication. A dozen copies which wer printed but confiscated, indicat- lng that Hitler intends to await more propitiouS time to introduce the subject.
 Nevertheless, considerable infbr- nation regarding the book has seeped out. Numerous typewriter or long-hand copies of the main points in Rosenberg's proposed "Na- tional Reich church" have appeared in Germany. Although they often varied in detail, the broad outline was essentially the same.
 Sword to Replace Cross
 The sword would replace the cross: the Bible, and all Christian churches and their affiliated organ izationS would be banned; and ex- isting churches would be transform ed into the National Reich church" Christian clergymen would be replaced by orators whose duty it would be to make every German g. member if possible, although membership would not be manda- tory. The new church would be confined to the reich and it's colonial possessions.
 Most observers agree that the Nazi education propaganda drive has made some headway among the German youth and less progress among the adults. However, even a considerable proportion of the youth has rejected Nazi religious princi- ples.
 Throughout Germany a high per- centage of the churches is filled, often to overfiowing, for every service. Virtually every citizen must pay taxes for church support, and almost the entire population tech- nicalIy is enrolled as a member of some church. Competent religious
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
BUNNY BERICAN
 SUCCUMBS AT B
Famed Orchestra Leader Warned Last Month to
 Give Up Trumpet

New York, June B. Bernard (Bunny) Beriga,', dance band lead- CT, died yesterday at Polyclinic hos pital, 345 West Fiftieth street, which he entered on Monday suffering from an intestinal ailment. He was thirty-three years old. He was strick- en Sunday night at his apartment at the Van Cortlandt Hotel, 142 West Forty-ninth Street.
 MT. Berigan, 8 famous trumpet soloist, had been leader for five years. He played in orchestras since he was thirteen and first appeared
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
TWO PETITIONS FOR
 DIVORCE RECORDED

Joseph Franco of Waterbury has filed divorce action in the New Haven Superior Court against Fay Franco, also of this city, charging intolerable cruelty. February "A, 1942, is given as the date of the marriage.
 Ray Ellison Ensiger of Naugatuck has filed an action against Mrs. Sarah Ensiger of Williamsport, Pa, charging desertion since October 1, 1881. The couple married August 2, 1926.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
RUSSIA IS CHANGING

Moscow, June 3.-(UP)-Repre- sentatives of 4000, GOO Russian Bap- tists and evangelists, selecting June IA as a universal day of prayer for victory, appealed today to all Chris t!ans in the United States and Great Britain to pray for defeat of the black forces of fascism."
 The appeal followed organization of a movement initiated last sum- n1er by the acting patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church unifying in the war effort all religious groups in Russia.
 Members of the so-called living church, including Moslems, Ortho- dox Jews and other sects already have sent pledges to the govern ment of full support. The govern ment in turn has guaranteed scrup- ulous observance of the constitu- tional provisions for freedom of worship in the Soviet Union.
 Since the start of the war there has been marked revival in church attendance and 8 virtual halt to anti-religious propaganda.
 The appeal issued today was sign ed by M. I. Guskov, president of the Moscow Congregation and l3 rep- resentatives of provincial church communities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
Graduation Party

A party for Lithuanian June grad uates of local grammar and high schools is being planned by the Lithuanian Roman Catholic Student and Professional association. Final arrangements will be made at a meeting of the organization tonight at 8 o'clock at the clubroom in the old St. Joseph's school. The date for the event has been set for June IT. An entertainment program is being planned and numerous guests will be invited. Miss Hedwiga Stul- ginskas will preside at the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
PRODUCTION CTJRTATLEn

Burma and the Dutch East In- dies are the only Far East countries producing oil in normal times. Bur- ma normally produces 5,00,000 tons and the Dutch East Indies 10,000,- 900 tons annually.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
B. A. c. Outing June 21

D. "A. S' OuClHS June H1
 Plans are being completed by the Brooklyn Athletic club for its an. nual outing which will be held June 2l at the Alpha Sporting club in Middlebury. Final arrangements will be made at the emi-monthly meeting of the club Sunday morn- ing. The committee in charge is composed of Edward DiNapoli, chairman, Alfred. Kuncas, Anthony Gerulis, Philip Sacco, William Mos kowitZ, Daniel Mahaney, Solly Fried man, Harry Cherepinsky, and Jeff Morrison. .
 c. Y. o. Dance Planned
 Tickets for the sport dance the Catholic Youth organization of Our
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03

every once in a while in the war news from Europe. Is he Swedish? Finnish? German? Danish?
 3. Communique recently said the allied line from Tnini to Kekili was holding. Sounds like it might apply to some place on one of the islands inhabited by Polynesians. But stir your mem ory. Are those spots in the Dutch East Indies the Philippines, Libya or in the Russian Caucasus?
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
BY JACK FLEIsCHER United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

New York June 3- (UP) = The Nazis are carrying on their bitter undecared against the church in Germany with undimnished Wgor. But the church still
 lights back and will be an important of antiNaz strength in the eventual overthrow of Hitler The churches in Germany filled regularly, often to overowing The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
|" WAR QUIZ

I This insignia looks as if it Il" might have been awarded to a champion pipe smoker. Is it an
 Army or Navy designation? And
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
Church Still Fights.
 Against Nazism Edict.
Continues Unabated in Germany TOday-WilI Be POw- erfuI Factor Later on in OverthrOwing of Hitler

EDITOR's fight against Nazm Germany eventually factor i'm overthrow of Berlin the United Press writes his from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03

As busy as Edward Arnold is with his public welfare and movie work, he is still finding time to learn to play the organ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03

W n a [ UUVS II indicate?
 9. The name of Baron Karl von M a Il n e r. h e i'm bobs up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03

Plans have been completed for the St. Joseph's parish picnic which will be held Sunday from 1 to 8 p. m. at Linden Park, Union City. A special meeting of the arrangements committee was held last night with Rev. Joseph J. Valantiejus pastor, presiding.
 An entertainment program which will include & program by the par ish choir and a baseball game has been planned. Music for dancing will be furnished by Charles Glou- denis and his Merry Makers orcheS- tra. Proceeds from the event will be turned into the parish funds.
 Members of the committee are Peter JokubauskaS, Anthony Sham baris, Frank Joksaitis, Mrs. Mazda len Karinauskas, Mrs. Constance JasaitiS, Miss Mary Kasetaitie, Mrs, Elizabeth Matuliunas, Mrs. Mary Stankevicius, Mrs. Brone Marke- vicius, Mrs. Nellie Jenusaitis, and Mrs. Ursula LutkeVicius.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03
Knitting Class

The Red Cross knitting and sew ing class sponsored by the St. Jo- seph's Federation defense commit tee will hold 8 meeting tonight at 7:30 at the Assembly room in the old St. Joseph's school Mrs. John Barkauskas, chairman, has an- nounced that tonight's meeting will be the final one of the season. Dur ing the summer months knitting and Sewig material will be available at the Jenusaitis store on Bank street and members of the class will be instructed to leave finished gar- mentS there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-03

at Liggett'S in Exchange Place. All new features will be found on the midway, a new inovation this year, made possible by holding this an- nual charity circus outdoors.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-18
THE BOATS RETURN
CHAPTER XVII

Three quarters of a mile on
fhe other side of the forest, Nor
Jensen, the farmer, climbed
YEARLY out of bed and started
Dressing to 60 up on post at the
plateau.
Like an old hurt, the thought
came back to him of the short
letter he had received that day
from Trygve, stamped with the
eensoring seal, Oberkommando
der Wehrmacht. Barely hidden
between the empty words, ne
had read the boys hatred and
bitter loneliness. The letter was
dated August, and contained
half a dozen sentences in his
SONS terse, emotional style that
he could never quite understand.
Greet Froken Karen for me"
be had written at the end.
you're a fool to 60 out to-
hight" his wife called from the
bed. Your educated son gets
himself in prison, and you have
10 60 out and do the same" She
laid particular emphasis on the
word educated" as if that were
4 crime in itself.
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Something choked in Morton
sens throat whenever he
thought of his son. That Trygve
should have done a thing inn
portant enough to get himself
locked up. Whatever it was, -
he thought, IF / were his age,
l would probably have done the
same"
He got his scarf and wound
it around his neck. Her shrill
voice went on and on, giving
him reasons why he should
come back to bed. He would be
caught. His lungs could not
stand the cold. He was not a
young man; he should think
more of his own family. ia"
he kept saying, ia. .ja..." AS
if there was any use talking to
her. Better the plateau at
night without her voice." he
thought.
Bundled up tightly at last,
with a fur hat on his head, and
the dictionary and light and
binoculars in the deep pockets
of his jacket, he went out to the
kitchen and stirred up the fire.
A few minutes later, having
drunk a plate of soup and buc-
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Washington

Private Dick Gee has been
home on leave for few days
from camp at Long Beech, Cali
fornia enroute to an officers
training school in Maryland. He
enlisted in the service last April.
Billie Anderson is home from
Harper hospital, convalescing
from an appendectomy.
Mrs. Leroy Merrill of Run
yam road is i'll with FLU"
Steve Reinhart, who has been
in failing health for several
months is critically i'll at his
home on Runyan road near Ma
comb.
Mark Bell is quite sick and
confined to his bed at his home
on Lincoln street.
Mrs. Marsdon Wilson and
three children plan to leave for
Whittemore, Mich, where Mr..
Wilson is principal Of a Upgrade
school and where the family will
reside.
Mrs. William Wilbur Is con-
fined to her home with a bad
cold.
Mrs. Harold Scott Of South
Van Dyke, returned home from
Detroit hospital Sunday, where
she has been under treatment.
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amazement of the entire village.
They were manned by German
crews that swarmed about the
streets waiting for a teamer that
was coming to pick them up by
evening. Its a trick" was the
first word that went around.
Nobody even bothered to 60
over TO the docks. BY ten o.
clock, the captain, looking tired,
and with deep pouches under
his eyes, came down into the
square, and called a meeting of
the fishermen in church. There,
to the packed and hostile pews,
he announced that as an evil
dence of good faith on the part
of the occupying forces, the
boats were being returned to
their rightful owners. Fishing
was to be resumed. The can
ming factory would be reopened.
One last attempt was going to
be made in a peaceful manner
to re-establish order throughout
the entire district.
He was answered by utter 81
lence. Kasper Torgersen fol-
lowed him in the pulpit and
limited rather broadly that it had
been his influence that had got
them this concession. 1T is not
that our friends do not need the
boats" he said, "but that in all
fairness they feel you need them
more" He outlined the new
regulations that would govern
tehir use and then launched into
peroration in which he told
them that by their hostility they
were only cutting their own
threats and alternating them
selves from the rest of the
country, since all Norway was
coming to see the virtues of a
new order that would guarantee
them peace and security for the
remainder of their lives.
What about the fights in
Oslo and Trondheim?" some
body called. "Why is the king
still in London?"
What happened to the gener-
al striker"
Did you build a blockhouse
in good faith, too?"
What of Lofoten?" another
cried, He was referring to the
British foray up into the is
lands.
Torgensen waved his arms for
silence, but was met by boots
and laughter. The men filed out
of the church while he was still
standing there, and went down
to look at the ships.
On the bows and sterns OF
some of the larger vessels they
found holes drilled in the decks
where anti-aircraft guns had
been placed. In the hold OF a
small schooner, one fisherman
found a bundle of papers that
had evidently been overlooked.
They were posters to be distrib-
uted during an invasion, printed
in English, and announcing
that the London government
had asked for peace terms
They added that further resist
ance was useless, and sniping by
civilians would henceforth be
considered a capital offense.
The men smile grimly at each
other and set to work putting
the boats in order.
(TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-09
MARTHA SHOWS HER COLORS
 CHAPTER XXIII
HEROES OF DEMOCRACY
HENRY
Q SERIAL STORY

He vas conscious, first, of buzz Gng in his ears, and then a light in his face. The light was very near. It's heat sent needles of pain through his closed lids and burned his brain. He tried to raise his hand to shade his eyes but the ef- fort was too much.
 He lay still, eyes closed, forc- Ing air into his dry lungs. The heat was a little less and the light q little less intense, but he became conscious that his body was heav- ing and bouncing as though tied to a burro,s back. Slowly the buzzing faded from his ears. Again he tried to raise his hands and found he could not.
 His mind seemed to be func- tioning pretty well. He remem- bered being sick and falling. And he could hear; there was a rustic of silk nearby. Te could smell, too; an exotic perfume. But move muscle, even to opening his eyes, he could not.
 He lay a long time, listening to the rustic of silk, trying to Identify the perfume and connect it with the sound. He attempted to speak, but his tongue gave no response. He gave that up, gave up trying to move, content only with listening. And then he heard q barrage of knuckle on wood.
 "Who is eet?" 8 voice called from his side.
 "Prlngle, ma'am. We're search ing for MT. Talcott-" The door hinged creaked. There was feminine scream, and Pringles $ Excuse me, ma'aml" in hasty, embarrassed withdrawal.
 Talcott tried to call out, to open his eyes, to move his hands. His mightiest effort succeeded only in raising one indescribably heavy eyeIid. A glaucomic flash revealed 10 him only part of a stateroom q wardrobe blocked his view. But he did see the back of woman who was in complete negligee Her glistening dark hair was cloud on her shoulders and her dark eyes were hard with anger from the interruption. He was only mildly surprised to recognize Martha swenson.
 The effort was too much; his ltd dropped back and h clay, listening to the rustic of silk. The sense of feel was returning; he could feel the warmth of Martha Swen- sons nearness--
 aThis man is strong. He just opened an eyel"
 A mans voice. From behind and beyond TaIcOtt. It was iow almost whispered. He heard Martha Gwenson respond, "XOll should not remain here, Carl. II 6 mDt safe. I sent the captain