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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
One Typhoid Death In
 Connecticut Tn 1922
Residents of Nutmeg State Enjoy Remarkable Period . of Health; No Diphtheria Casualties Reported

People of Connecticut are living Il . healthy state, Stanley II. Oe- born, M. D. Commissioner Of Health, and William c. Weliine, Die rector, Bureau of Vital Statistics, State Department of Health, dis- closed Saturday evening ifi 6 radio discussion based on health accom- piishmefits during the last twenty years, which was spOnsored by the Medical Information Bureau of the Hartford Medical Society and the Hartford County Medical Assccia- tion.
 Present state records show that there has been only one death from typhoid fever this year. Prior to i042 the least number of annual ty- pliOid deaths was s, i1 1888 and i040; in 1929 there were 43 deaths from typhoid fever. The record achieved iff 104O of no deaths from cariet fever appears likely to be squaIed again iii ie42. For twen- sy.four consecutive months the state has been free from diphtheria deaths as compared with 196 deaths from this disease in 1922. The rec niarkable decliile iTl mortality due so oil forms of pneumonia is con" dnuing.
 1mmunization
 ;, Connecticut parents must cone Mfiue the wonderful work Of having heir children iinmunizcd if we are Q maintain this record, said Doctor Osborn. Suitable immunizing agents are now available for diphtheria, Thooping cough, tetanus 0ockjawl !, scarlet fever, and smallpox, AL though smallpox Is almost q disease of the past, there is TO positive as- surance that the disease may not reappear among the tnvaccinated, especially now that rapid transit makes far distant points relatively nearby
 TO date in 1e42 there have been 42 deaths due to diarrhea among children under two years Of age, as compared with 4l5 deaths from this cause twenty years ago, according to MT. Welling. This ninety per cent drop was attributed by Doctor OS- born to the following factors: bet- ter public water supplies which are regularly inspected; pasteurization of milk and the care given infants nursing bottjcs and formulas to keep them free from contamina- ton: broader knowledge Of nutri- ton with its program Of scientific feeding of infants. lie also pointed put that many communities are holding Well Child Conferences to which mothers bring tisctr babies at regular intervals.
 On the basis Of records tabulate6 70 December 1st, heart disease Is heading the list of causes Of death in to42. Tn commenting on thege diseases which exact Q relatively high toll of life, Doctor Osborn ex- plalned that rheumatic heart dls- easa may follow rheumatic fever, which chiefly attacks children be- twcen five and fifteen years Of age. The crippling effect Of rheumatic heart disease iS especially evident in leter life. To avoid this, particu- lar attention needs to be paid to any child following Streptococcal infections of the nose and throat. These infections usually precede
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
MICHAEL MACl TAKES CONTEST
HM Street Resident Best in Naval Qdiz at Newport
 Framing Base

U. s. NaR. 1Eaining Ssaetoh Newport, R. IT,, Dec 33-4AfehosR|h iin the Navy only alifew weeks, Nfidfr. aeI M. Macf4, 48, of 2lt5 Mill street Waterbury, son 0f Mi. and Mrs Patsy Macli, recently won a QllR contest based on facts about hsfs branch of the service.
 Maori, a graduate of 4seag@hwdftsf high school 8flfs year, has also been employed by the Wasss'btry Nfafiss- 4acsurlng co. He was a member 0St the 4eapsnwt0rth rifle team.
 These quiz contests gre C0nsiucSetl 'as part Of weekly Sunday sGfterilodfl entertainment programs for recruits iin sFsinfng at 'elIis station. H1ey are attended hy large audiences U0m~ posed of 0f5lcsfs. station personnel, and fellow recruits.
 Macsa, now an apprantice seaman hopes 70 become an Aviation Ma chinIstB Mae. n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
ID OcOMP POlSORY ORDERS GIVEN
Conversion ef 0 Btas
 Furnaces iM Private Homes NOE Demanded

MOehink 9nandasOrg on converting From ftSel 10 coal hos been 0fdesea yet, It was disclosed today alg 4cRsal fuel oil peaal members, HsefeFlsiGlg go ? i...s.sein received Eecentle, but paryicuIaf emphasis was placed on the yet, heading some sO believe ta8at 4f efIe gfttseiOh becomes more acute tlfese win be steps taken 10 make aIOtfs6holdefs change to e0sl.
 me only ones now F0fUed 10 make 8lSe change are ellose who afse aOIOOO or more gallons of 0il yesaiIg, although many private 1fSiiiqtlltleB have converted. M0weVBt, if Sffe winter continues severe, &tEtSfSef ;aIteratsOBs may be necessary, a panel member 0pined today.
 It was Also learned Blfat new oil or COaf@flred 11eaeine stoves are Ea~ Si0ned, and buyers are ordered to apply to the board for purchase certificates. Prospective buyers must show 8flaIt their equipment ifs worn out or damaged beyond 7afaif, 1t was said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23

Ito his pleadings, So Grant borrow ed $5 from a friend and took his first flying lesson.
 \ Before long. he had his wings and was 8 member of the local Aero Club Before long, too. he was thrown out of the club for looping around a, low bridge. The clubs equipment was banned to him. Mo- G0nnahie was a flyer without a plalle or capital
 | Now enter the princess. A real one, who owned some gold mine properties in the inaccessible north NFcC Connahie,. as engaging a hero as they come, iourneyed to the princess with all idea. He knew there 1 were a couple of planes which one | of the airliness had rejected for minor specifications flaws. If the princess could see her way clear to buying thenh and he thought he could get them cheap. he would fly her machinery into her mines. Il was 8 deal.
 | For as time Mir. McConnahie had | all airline. But soon all the equip mefS had been flown in, all the freight flown out. Again he was ! without either plane or capital Again he, approached the princess ! with an idea. If shed let him have the planes for a year. he'd start 8, business and make enough money to, pay her for them Again it was a deal.
 RQRTUNE IN FISH
 | So young Mir. McConnahie, poor but happy, flew out to seek his fortune. It turned out to be fish There was & big market for frest i fish,, SO McConnahie flew into tht interior, hargained with the Indian! to buy their catch, flew the fish tt market, The, plan clicked. Soon h, hranched out into furs.
 Before long the princess had he money back and McConnahie hat his planes Now he started to ex' paliG. He persuaded a few othel flying enthusiasts to join him. To gettler they built an air route Itt1rougn the wilderness. Without ths laid of instruments or radio beams they flew by guess and by God. These bush pilots were their owr engineers nayigatorS, leaders, un- loaderS and pilots.
 | They opened new "airports whereeyer the fishing or fur trade was good. And when. just before tho war;. the Canadian government decided that there must be better communication through the strate- | gically vital northwest, it built its airportS mostly on the sites of Mc- connahie's rough landing fields.
 HAND ~HEWN AIRPORT
 At one site McConnahie and his pilots cut the first runway out of the forests The Canadian engineers who built the new airport on the site of McConnahie' hand-hewn landing strip marvel at the job he did. And they've done quite a job themselves. floating in thousands of tons of equipment down roaring rivers, dragging it behind tractors over, rough winter trails.
 That's the story as it was told me by Vic Fox. himself one of the hush piintss who helped McCon- nahie built the route. And what about our hero today? Oh. yes. be has sold his airline for several bags of silver, He still manages the route for the new company. Today with the demand for plane seats many times the capacity, with tan- gie8 of priorities and with weather nejflg what they are. Grant McCon- nailie is living heeticaliy ever after.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
CITY LOSES LEGAL MOVE ON VERDICT

Judge Kenneth Wyrne has hand cd down a decision denying the mo- tion of the City of Waterbury to set aside a $2.000 superior court jury verdict returned Dec. 8 for Catherine Sullivan of this city. The plaintiff sued as the result of in- iurtes sustained in a fall on Bald win street Sept. g, l94i.
 A motion to set aside the $S.000 judgment returned by a superior court jury last week for Bertram E Gardiner of Waterbury in his &C., ton against Downing A. Reinbrecht, also of this city, was withdrawn yesterday. The litigation was based on injuries received Jan. 10. io4i when the plaintiff was struck by the defendants car while walking on Pine street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
MoexN WAS eamsOCs

San Joge, Cal. 9UP|-Gn applsiiGR for ss marriage license. TMiise' Bcf45sl wss asked 15y County Glefsk Prank ". Mogan for a fuller wsr- sion of bis 3irSt 91aFne. 4fe waS aih> able to give 1t. His mother wfRs ttffgh called upon and Sfle explained tsf1at his 3lrgt name wss a s5pantsh Une but as no member of ttlfe famiis had ever been able tso spell 1t, nc had never been known except as '16iie."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
EXTRA FUEL OIL
 FOR APPLICANTS

Q Extra allowances of fuel oil were granted tn 200 local applicants last night by the fuel oil ration panel of tsie lncal war price and rationtng hnarxE About 100 persons appeared tn make their applications them selves. while the other 100 applied by mail
 ThG h1agEI will hear additional ap- peal& tonight, from to, Q o'clock, at ttte Mattatuek Historical Society building. No meeting will be held tomorrow night.
 There were reports from Wash iilgtuIn tostay tiiat if the winter con- tttluaE tn be as severe. the value of oil ration coupons may be in- Grnaaazi..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23

10 his rescue att the GTtinjRl mo- affsfit.
 Who first discovered ttlis air path heowsan tein mountains is 8 matter, of dispute. some seS a fserr lps4 his way and happened onto it.. NO 1nagaSr. For tStA haro of the fairy ttah most certainly 6R5sdppsR it.. IRVING RNG RET HENG
 me sstaN starts ffb yearS ago in Edmonton, AiiaEtsa A young man named Grant NGp1alifa21ie, who was a Ilsw student at the university tSaare, was hjttasa witsh the flying bug. EtB father said a ffah mo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23

be dewel0Re sAmds, since the
 nQttte of the new :AlGan Highway
 &as chosen in or Elasl to link up the sairp0rtS alpng this l5Sn' r0lt8, this Ifainy tale is also
 he stony helfinds
 he highway.
 { hike all good SffaiirX tales, the fler0 is a dRssrv- fng but poverty eseinaash, haRG- ksanh young man
 And tSleres 8 real nriifnasS th come
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
FoRAN GETS NEW ROLE

HnilgwonEi-Dirk Feran has been atlftetE ta the steitiar cast of uni- vaFMaitk ''fEi., Buddy" which already has Harriet Billiard, Robert Paige anH Nlarturie Lord as headliners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
Holy Name Dance

Al Yoska of the St. Joseph's Holy Name Society has announced that the dance planned for Saturday has been cancelled. The annual New Years Eve frolic will be held as scheduled.
 Louis DeZinno and his orchestra will furnish music for the event on December 3l. The program which will include dinner and a special entertainment will start at 9:30 D. m. and continue until 3:30 a. m.
 Anthony Dereskevice. Gus Kri- savage, Joseph Smolskis, and Al Yoksa are supervising arrange mentS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
YOUNG PEOPLES CHOIRS TO MEET
Annual Christmas Party to Be Held; Saturday Night
 Dance Cancelled
1 BROOKLYN NEWS

Members of the children and young peoples cholrS of the Third Congregational church will hold their annual Christmas party to- night at T o'clock at the parish hall. A special entertainment program has been planned.
 Those who will participate in- clude: Nancy Akins, Marton Jones, John Grant, Paul Green. Elaine Light, John Jaeger, Herbert Robert son. Rose Grant. Shirley Robert son, Janet Roden. Rosie Marie Campanella, Sylvia Wilson, Ruth Judson, Barbara Edwards, Robert zwiebel, Ruth Mills, Ellen, Tooker. Harold Mills. Marjorie Poo,cr Nancy Edwards, Carmeila Campan- ella. Mary Dickinson, Gladys Jud- son, Esther Roden, Della Judson Jean Chipman, Anna Pilla, Betty Vande Bogart. Dorothy Shephard. Jacqueline Pooler, Shirley Casey, Marjorie Lewis and Helen Chip- man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
Scout Party

Scout Party
 Girl Scouts of Troop 12 held their annual Christmas party last night at the Third Congregational church hall. Preceding the party members held their traditional Christmas enrolling session in the Highland avenue neighborhood. A grab-bag was feature of the party program. Those attending included: Irene Kinnane, Ellen Tooker, Irene Cul- len, Lois Baker, Margaret Crochet. Nancy Edwards, Marjorie Pooler, Janice Jannetty, Priscilla Hall, Lois Rasmussen. Janet Spear Sylvia Wilson. Amelia Walsh and Marreen Pitts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23

The average man in unoccupied France gets two pounds of meat . wnnth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23

Inc aSismatelnaJss ssarcyha: hinlh> ttle.syS6y of the Alpash Highway iis tsdia in telifs, the lhest of six aat6iJRs hfy MA Staff Winiter Tom WRI1f, who hes tEaRalnSh aEaR the asnaailaR RpaiaQk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-23
By H@aN MQAE

By HSAN WQAE
 NEA SsHwRe Stan GsrresRaHdank Waitsaldsa, Yukon Territory,, Dso. 4s-Tfis is a true fairy talHe EtS the story of how the weather lree aiir route to AlRsssa oagna to
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
Cohen's
Sef-Defense
Plea Fails
Death Weapon
Crazes Heart
Of Victim

Charged with the fatal stabbing
OF Samuel Brooks last Nov. 2s,
Paul Cohen. 80. 42l6 Brush. was
found guilty OF first degree murder
by jury in the court room OF Re-
corder's Judge John V. Brennan,
Tuesday afternoon.
Cohen. cook for many years on
tramp steamers. stabbed Brooks In
front OF 564 F.. Forest. The prosecu-
ton charged that Cohen had laid
in wait for Brooks TO come out OF
the Charles Young Post after the
two men had argued.
Cohen took the stand In his own
defense and told the jury and court
that he had been attacked by
Brooks. He said the stabbing was
In self-defense.
DR.. w. Thomas Love. Wayne
County medical examiner, testified
that the body OF Brooks had stab
wORnd in the chest. the biadt VI
the knife hitting the left side OF the
heart after passing through the
breast bone. Brooks was dead
when admitted TO Receiving hospi-
tai
The defendant was arrested three
days later while in a saloon al 500
T.. Forest. Cohen attempted to fee
from the saloon as the officers en-
tered. hut ran into the arms Of
Detective Robert Williams, who
was coming through the back
door.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
CALLS RED CROSS POLICY SLUR

NEW YORK -- Segregation OF
blood offered by colored people to
the American Red Cross Blood DO
nor Service is as much an insult to
self-respecting Negroes - the Red
Cross refusal to accept the blood.
Walter White. secretary OF The
NAACP. told Norman II, Davis, Red
Cross president, last week.
The announcement OF the change
in the Red Cross policy came from
Washington. Jan. 2l. The NAACP
had writted the Red Cross Jan. is,
enclosing the denial OF Rear Ad-
miral Ross T. Mclntire. Navy sur
eeon general. that the Navy had
requested the Red Cross 10 refuse
TO take blood from Negro donors.
The NAACP pointed out this week
that Il Is reliably Informed that the
Red cross has been accepting Chi
nese. and even Japanese blood
doncrs and that the plasma has
been mixed with white" blood.
II also stated that one OF the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
SMITH MAKES
STATEMENT IN
RAIFORD CASE

In the article published in The
Tribune last week. concerning the
widely circulated rumors that DR..
Frank Raiford. one OF the owners
OF Trinity hospital. had been beaten
Thursday night. Jan. % by alleged
grand jury aides, carried this stale
ment:
Andrew smith. investigator. who
was assigned 10 investigate the
story. told The Tribune represen-
tatiye In the presence OF another
person that the story OF the beat
ing was untrue, and that the only
thing which happened was that
DIR. Ralford became enraged over a
question asked him by Prosecutor
Bowling. and lunged at the Official
when a grand jury aide interven-
ed" II was Or. Railroads attor-
news. and not the investigator who
refused to make statement. as
mentioned In one OF the headlines
last week.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
Atlanta Professor
Is History Speaker

DR.. Mercer Cook, head OF the
French department. OF Atlanta uni
versity. will be Negro History
speaker Sunday February at 3
pm. at Tabernacle Baptist church.
Beechwood at Milford avenue.
This fine orator and world tray-
elor is the Negro History Week
speaker OF the Detroit Chapter Of
the Association for the Study OF
Negro Life and History. His sub
jet will be: Some Contributions
OF the Negro to Latin America
DR.. Cook has published TWO
French textbooks. La Moir Por-
troits Americans and he Ia the
assistant editor OF the Journal
OF Negro History and THE Ply
lon Among others. he contributes
TO The Crisis. New Republic. OPP
portunity and the Airo-American.
His travels have been in France.
the West Indies, including Mar
Unique. Gaudalcupe. ST. Thenias
Puerto Rico and Cuba. He has at
tended the University OF Paris and
received his ALB. from Amherst
College. AN. from Brown univer-
sity and his PHI. ID. from Brown uni
versity.
The Tabernacle Committee Of
Twelve are co-sponsors Of this
educational program. The Queens
OF Harmony Sextette Of Highland
Park High school will appear on
this program.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
Violate Civil
liberties Law

l, ns,psed Of violating the Civil
I, $50 s Law ny refusing 10 serve
|rb,.V' woman In n restaurant
|Jo,.,', ,ney are employed. Miss
|lsl, pune Palazolla and John Traf-
NM" vent on trial wednesday
ana 'i before a jury of six men
q ~ ~ Women In the court room
n. "''order's Judge Joseph A. oil
d.i ,~s complainant against the two
~ " wa. Is Mrs. Layotia Kener-
,,s q. y. =. Palmer. Mrs. HENDERSON
y ~ IVES refused service IN tho
p,,s,n Kitchen Restaurant 2sos
N. s lat Nov. a. She told
,sa l ,y she asked 70 no served ',,
,or,, '','' Palazolla replied: arm
A,r.'s, We do not serve coIored in
corr, kenersons testImonv was
rirns ' ,.'ed by that of Mrs. Co
VIM N none. 20 T.. Palmer. who was
n. ,.'' .s kenefson At the time of
,pol, s.u'sl Both women had heen
M up' sans for jobs at nearby pack
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
BWTA IN
FIFTEENTH
PROGRAM

The fifteenth annual educational
program Of the Northwest Branch
OF the Booker r. Washington Trade
association will be held Sunday,
Feb. S at ST. James CME rhsrrh.
Kirby and yinewood. The program
is scheduled to sart at $50 pm.
These programs have been bene-
fetal to Negro business on the West
Side. and this is an effort for every
business man 10 acquaint himself
with the laymen and the committee
believes that enc way to achieve
this Is by appearing at the educa-
tional meetings at least once a
month.
Herbert Thompson. a young
business man who was reared on
the West Side. will be the prin-
cipal speaker. lie will speak on
How a so Million Dollar Purchas-
ing Power can create Jobs for our
Youths"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
White Home Owners Storm City Hall
After Washington Returns Sojourner
Truth Housing Project To Negroes
Refers To Tribune


In an attempt 10 show mat
Negroes were getting too az
gres i've aud must be- stopped
Joseph Il. Bufa. real estate man.
told the council tina a local Ne
gro paper carried a statement
thai Negroes were no longer
asking hut were demanding
The article appeared in last
weeks issue OF The Detroit Tri-
hun and contained a statement
made ny Mrs. Beulah Whiiby at
The protest meeting held at
Northern high. II read as fol-
lows
THE supervisor OF Alfred
Welfare district made several
interesting Innovations when
she pointed 10 four dehnite
trends resulting from the fight
for housing. The negro Mrs
Whliby said IN effect i no long-
or begging hut demanding. no
LONGER dreaming hut becoming
realistic and is beginning 10
know the power Of unity
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
fakes Two
pots;; Lives
Wounded Man
Beats Attacker

win his body punctured twice
~ MOI lead from a revolver. Will
an Holland %. 1892 Hastings
~ enough strength left to inflict
'loas INJURIES on his assailant in
oaule Tuesday night in front OF
Ns Hastings.
me trouble started In the Leland
.aVp honse as Holland and Ave
sv persons were seated al a
.of James George Williams. az.
Z. Leland entered the place and
ryan 70 modest members OF the
|u.y tie was ordered away by
pouland,, and left
short time later Holland left
n party and went outside. While
Il wa standing In front OF the
Ivy house Williams. who had been
s"ulhg across the street. an
|e, Holland and said. "You
,. mA you 10 bad and fred FIVE
w from ~ calibre revolver.
| |,s bullet hiring Holland In the
Y, Jeff thigh. nun -
-, "0''snd attempted TO pull a
b. ron his pocket. but failed.
,,. wen srappled with Williams.
NJ. y'slhg him down add Kicking
,' y" N me face and body. necessi-
iHsilsnt 'e"' lot MS
o 'ams was held prisoner aft
,., N mad been treated. Hollands
''''llion was serious.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
War Vet
Seeks Kin
I'm Detroit

John Kiel, veteran OF the for
mer World War, who Is in the
Veterans hospital at Castle Point.
y. ". Is seeking TO get In touch
with his relatives In Detroit. He
has not seen them since 1922. He
has a brother. George Kiel; a mar
ried sister. Mrs. Ward Donnelly;
another sister. Mrs. Carl lseasch or
Laesch. There are also four other
sisters Florence, Agnes, Mar
guerlte and Dorothy KEEL.
Any person knowing the where
abouts OF any OF these persons. is
kindly requested 10 contact the De-
troit Tribune or communicate with
John Keil. Veterans hospital, Cas-
tie Point. y. Y.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07

reasons given by the Red Cross for
refusing TO accept blood from col
ored persons. before the change in
policy was that Il was "imprac-
ticable" to set up separate facill-
ties for processing aud storing
blood taken from Negroes.
We also note" the NAACP
said. that the Navy informed the
Red Cross that It had no need Of
Negro blood. We assume that This
lie due TO the Nays refusal 10 per-
NIT Negroes 10 serve as sailors.
runnefs or officers, but We ask
about Negro messmen In the Navy
this being the sole capacity In
which Negroes are permitted TO
serve-and what kind OF blood
plasma. u any. IA given 10 them.
when a. 81 Pearl Harhor = number
OF them were killed. We're hey
forced to take injections OF white
blood. or were they given no
transfusion!"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
CHAS. BURNS,
CHAS. DAILY
PROMOTED

The death Of the late principal OF
Northwestern High school has oc-
casioned the transfer OF three out
standing members OF the school
system. The vacancy caused by
Mr.. Rivett's death. has been filled
by Principal Charles Burns. for
merly OF Miller high. Principal
Charles Daily. formerly Of GARFIELD
intermediate. has been promoted TO
the principaIship Of Miller. while
Mr. Days place at Garfield has
been filled by John While. former
principal OF Nolan intermediate
school.