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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-11
Laws 'Agin' Smoking in
Bed, Cussing, Smoking

You can't swear in Elkton, Md.
A city ordinance of June /, 1886,
made the use of improper speech
''in or about business premises"
punishable by fine or Imprisonment
and held the proprietors of buildings
responsible. Likewise in huntsville,
w. Va, Mayor c. E. Whytsell de-
creed fine for all who could not
curb their speech.
The mayor of Keosauqua, Iowa,
the same month, issued a ukase TO
his 1000 citizens that they must
not smoke in bed.
Despite an almost embarrassing
proximity to the night club, super
sophisticated city of New York, the
puritan aldermen of Yonkers have
banned the wearing of shorts by tho
fair and sometimes fat sex. The
reason was moral, not gesture of
transcendental esthetics.
In Brea, Ohio, an ancient but
still unrepealed statute makes il IL
legal for you to take your dog or
cat out after dark without a red light
on the animals tail. Whiskers,
complete or partial" are illegal in
Los Angeles, but boards are stand
ard equipment required by te laws
of Brainerd. Mimi, and Centralia.
Wash, according to the scholarly
researches of Dick Lyman whose
mad compilations are called "It's
the Law" An ancient statute makes
it illegal to play the fiddle in Bos-
ton or to own a dog more than 10
inches high. "It is against the law
in the state of Virginia to have q
bathtub inside a house; same shall
be kept in the yard" -
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-11

the resolution. as amended, be refer
red back to the employees Affected
thereby for their CONSIDERABLE and
their approval or disapprovaI, before
the final action of the Council.
Supported by Councilman Schultz.
Yeas: Councilmen Burke, Mason.
Schultz, Wagar.
Nays: COuncilmen Benin and Brohl.
Motion by Councilman Wagar that
when this resolution has been referred
back TO the Employees Union and
when same has been returned with
their decision. prior 10 the next regu-
lar meeting. that the City CLERK he
authorized 10 call special. meeting of
the City Council for action on same.
Yeas: Councilmen Benin. Brohl,
Burke. Mason, Schultz, Wagar. .
Nays: None.
Special Order.
A committee was appointed by the
Mayor To investigate the report of the
City Engineer on duSt-laying submit
ted TO the Council under date of Aug
uSt Is This committee is as follows
C0uncilmen Wagar. Mason and Burke,
the City Engineer and the Superin-
tendent Of Public Service The findings
Of said committee to be reported back
To Council.
Adjournment
Motion by Councilman BrOhI, sup
ported by Councilman Wagar. to ad-
journ until Monday September Ii,
Tuesday. September - being Election
Day.
Yeas: Councilmen Benin. Brohl,
Burke. Mason. Schultz, Wagar.
Nays: None.
LAWRENCE ]. LaCOURSE.
City Clerk.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-11
Suitable for Defense Homes

The characteristics Of low cost
and operating economy of q lew
hot water and steam boiler make Il
particularly suitable for defense
homes built for two or more FAM
lies. A scientifically designed COM
bustion chamber and long. douk3e
gallery fue passages provide high
efficiency and economy. A snhea
water content and large steam space
give quick heat and dry steam.aA
section and door contacts are ma
chine ground to make them tigbt
and aif-pfpcf. Special features Sof
the new boiler set high standard
Of convenience. These include an
cooled handles, foot treadle; dor
openers, and . new type Of grSAe
shaker located conveniently at. the
side. Concealed hinges add 70 -
beauty Of the unit which 10 suitah1o
for use with all fuels, autooaatjc
or hand-fired. s.sIT
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-11
Poorest of All Indian
Tribes Were the Cosiute

Lack OF clothing made the Gosiute
Indians Of special interest to an
thropologists. This American tribe
was so poor before the white men
came to his homeland on the Great
Salt desert that il had little to wear,
according to study now being COM
pleted by DR.. Julian H. Stewart,
Smithsonian Institution anthropolo-
gist.
Anthropologists are interested in
the GoSiutes because they are con-
sidered the lowest culture among
American Indians before the discov-
cry of Columbus and later explor-
ers. The tribe roamed over liz, 900
square miles of barren lava plains Of
the Great Salt desert, extending
across Utah and Nevada. =
Because they lived on the desert
wastes, where few of their fellow
Indians ventured of their own free
will, these peoples were cut of
from contact with others, and thus
struggled to survive without aid
from outside. Even large game and
wild seeds were scarce, and during
the barren winter the Gosiutes ate
mice, gophers, ants, lizards and 9TH
er reptiles. ~.
The tribes had only brush wind
breaks or caves for shelters against
the intense cold of the mountain
desert winters. Utensils and tools
were few, although baskets, pots,
bows and arrows were part of every
family's possessions. With their
weapons the tribesmen were able to
kill an occasional large game ami
NAL which wandered out over the
desert, or the wild rabbits.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-11
Secretary

Referred to Council
Mr.. Lawrence J. LaCOurse
City Clerk
WyandOtte, Michigan
Re: ke-Assessed Paving Tax: Roll
10, Lot Z, BlOcks339, Hurst and Post
Subdivision.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly issue voucher pay
able to Marian Benin, Acting Treasur-
or, in the amount of $4.31, this being
the re-assessment charge on the above
described property.
The City Assessor had already re-
assessed it Oh the 1912 City Tax Roll
when james Hebda made the pay
meIiU.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-11
VI
HOURS

Section 1. The regular work SCI
uie shall consist Of a five-dsy, f0 >
hour week with a maximum Of eli b
consecutive hours In any one day q,
a maximum OF 40 hours in any N
week.
Section 2. Time aud one half ST n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
AXIS FORCES ARE
 BEING REFUSED

Cairo, June 13 = U.P) -- Axis armored forces, pressing their cam paign to take Tobruk, attacked at Fl Adem, 15 miles south of that fortress, but were repulsed, an Im- perial headquarters communique said today.
 The enemy, with air support, at- tackled South of Fl Adem and was repulsed. The armored trops then manuevered around Fl Adem and drove on Acroma, IS miles southwest of Tobruk.
 Imperial armored forces and the Royal Air Force hammered them all day and inflicted considerable dam age. Particulars were not available, the conmunique said, but all 1m- perial positions were intact.
 The communique follows:
 '"There was severe fighting all day yesterday in the area south of Fl Adem. An enemy attack on Fl Adem made with air support was repulsed'
 Enemy armored troops then unanswered around Fl Adem and were directed on Acronla. They were heavily engaged by our aI1ncred forces and attacked throughout the day by the Royal Air Force.
 Considerable damage was infiict- ed on the enemy. Details are not yet available. All our positions are aEa- tact"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
TERRIFIC BATTLE
 AT SEVASTOPOL
Nazis Putting Everything Into Assault But Losses
 Are "Frightful"

Moscow, June 13 -CUP)- The valiant garrison of Sevastopol was making 8 supreme effort to crush the massed infantry, tank and plane assaults of the German 11th army today, and Nazi casualties were reported as "frightful.
 The German offensive there, now in its eighth day, was believed to have reached tis peak and decision was expected soon. Although the situation was "very strained" on a number of sectors, the Germans were far from taking Scvastopol, Russia's great Crimean naval base
 (The German trans-ocean agency reported from Istanbul that the battle was heard all yesterday along Turkeys Black Sea coast. It said the thunder of heavy artillery was clearly audible at Shop, 200 miles from Sevastopol0
 Last midnight's Soviet communi- que reported that the Russians had counter-attacked the Germans who three days ago began an assault on the Kharkov front, 300 miles north of Sevastopol. Soviet units were en- gagged nj furious fighting" with ad- vancing enemy tanks and infantry, the communique asserted.
 Of1cial reports of enemy losses clearly demonstrated the ferocity of the battle at Sevastopol. The communique said the Germans lost tha,se regiments of infantry 5000
 (Continued on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
Veteran Fireman, Private Dowd, Enlists In United States Navy
Municipal Golf
 Course MutiIated

Indignant golf enthusiasts dis cussed today the proposal to post a reward for the arrest of the parties responsible for deliberate, malicious damage to the munich pal golf course during the night. Officials of the park department estimate that it will take between $500 and $1,OOO to repair the ex- tensive damage to the greens. The vandaIs not only chopped up the turf, but removed large sections of it and dragged an implement which cut deeply into the surface of the playing area. They also destroyed the cup at hole 15, ac- tualIy smashing it and digging into the ground to remove the base completely.
 Supt. of Parks James J. Cur tin reported the damage to the police department this morning and voices the hope of scores of golf players that the guilty par ties will be apprehended and se- verely punished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
To Be Inducted Within 2 Weeks; Surprise to
 Fire Board

Private Timothy Dowd, veteran member of the Waterbury Fire Department, has enlisted in the United States Navy and will be in- ducted into service within two weeks, The Democrat learned today. He is ex- pected to be given a rating because of previous navy service.
 2. Members of the board of fire commissioners were stunned to re- ceive Private Dowd's request for leave of absence in view of their ac- ton ten days ago in applying to the selective service headquarters for de- ferment for two other members of the department who are subject to army induction.
 Has Seen Service
 Private Dowd, who has had pre- viou3 service in the navy is report ed to have requested permission of the fire board to re-enliSt in the navy shortly after Pearl Harbor. His request, in the form of an applica- ton for leave of absence at that time was shelved on the ground that his services as 8 fireman are vital to the citys defense industries. He is assigned to Engine 2 at East Main and Orange streets.
 The board will be called upon to act on Private Dowd'S request for leave of absence at a meeting next wednesday. It is reported that the Sareman's patriotic zeal which mo- tavated him to get back into the navy without first making certain of his leave of absence will be given the official blessing of the board.
 One member of the board stated that although he had voted to pe- tition the selective service board for the deferment of firemen from in- duction he certainly would not crit icize the patriotism of Private DoWd by refusing to vote in favor of his leave of absence.
 Deferment Denied
 It is understood from unofficial sources that in at least one case se- lective service officials have denied the petition of the fire board for de- ferment of Private John Lynch of Engine 5 and Private Thomas Scad- den of Engine 4.
 The petition was based on the claim that firemen are essential to the defense of the city's war pro- duction industries from disastrous fires.
 Private Dowd has an excellent rec ord as 8 fireman. He was appointed
 Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
MARRIED MEN TO
 BE DRAFT ELIGIBLE
Legislation Speeded Up; Action May Be Deferred
 for Some Time

Washington, June 13-(UP)-Leg- islation making it easier to draft married men but designed to post pone calling them as long as pos Sible was ready today for final con- gressional approval.
 It is part of bill providing monthly allowances to dependents of enlisted men of the four lowest grades-privates, first class privates, corporals and sergeants in the army and marine corps, and apprentice Seamen, seamen, second class sea- men and third class petty officers in the navy and coast guard
 The allowances will be made up of money deducted from the fight CTS pay plus sums granted by the government in accordance with a fixed scale based on degrees of fam fly relationship.
 Senate and House conferees agreed on the bill yesterday and the ap- proval by both houses is expected next week.
 The bill will make it easier to draft married men because their families will be provided for and will remove, in many cases, finan- cial obligations which might be cause for deferment. In fact, sena- tors handling the legislation say this feature may induce many mar ried men to volunteer without awaiting draft call
 At the same time the bill au- thorizes-for the first time-defer- ment "of any or all categories of those men who have wives or chill dren, or wives and children, with whom they maintain a bona fide family relationship in their homes" !"
 Selective service officials empha- sized that this does not mean bloc deferments for married men, but that it would permit Brig. Gen, Lewis B. Hershey, director of se- lective service, to instruct local draft
 (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
MORE HEAT SEEN
 FOR NEW ENGLAND

Boston, June 13 (Up) - New England faced another day of blaz- ing heat and excessive humidity to- day after six persons had drowned while seeking relief.
 Continued warmth was forecast with only widely-scattered showers or thundershowers.
 Yesterdays drowning victims were:
 Vito zulli, 16, South Boston, in West Quincy.
 Patrick OMalley, 27, Lynn. at Nahant Beach.
 George Rousseau, II, in Ports mouth, N. H., pond.
 Leo Letourneau, II. Nashua, N. H.. and Roland Levesque. Il, Brunswick Me, in the Androscoggin river at Topsham, Me.
 Robert Letoureau, l2, in the Wi nooSki. Vt. river.
 The temperature at Boston reach ed an 8S-degree high from 2:S0 to 4:sO ?. m. yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13

Further, by destroying a large segment of Japanese air power, in- formants asserted, the victories will permit a freer American offensive expansion westward toward Asia.
 Many details of the Midway and Coral Sea battles must even now remain secret for strategic reasons
 But informants said there that the results could be read from the box score of losses and from devel- opmentS which will soon be forth coming.
 The Midway Island and Coral Sea battles were revealed now as having constituted one grand scale action, ranging over 5000 miles of ocean from Midway to the Solomon Is- lands, starting with a Navy plane attack on 8 Japanese fleet in Tul- agi harbor in the Solomons 1000 miles off Australia May and end- ing with the flight of a Japanese armada from the Midway zone one month later.
 In these battles Japan lost at least 19 or 20 ships sunk, including at leats four and possibly five aircraft carriers, and 31 to 34 ships damaged, including one or two carriers dam aged.
 Japan has lost far upwards of 250 planes,
 Against this score, the United States lost one aircraft carrier sunk and one damaged, two destroyers and fleet auxiliary sunk, and an unspecified number of planes, be- lieved to be but a small fraction of those the Japanese lost.
 It is now revealed that the United States forces, Navy, Air Force, Mar ines and Army, shattered two sep arate Japanese fleets which attacked Midway Island.
 Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
MOVE TO DRAFT SCULLY HUNDRED
State Leaders Said to Be Anxious to Persuade Him
 to Run on Ticket

State Democratic leaders plan a drive to persuade Mayor Vincent A. Scully of Waterbury to be the par tvs candidate for attorney general this fall, it was repA'ted today from State Capitol sources.
 The mayors name has been men, toned prominently in connection with the nomination for several months but he has withheld all comment on whether he would ac- cept it. Associates say that he would prefer to remain in Water bury, pointing to his preoccupation with matters of civilian defense ever since the war crisis began.
 The feeling of state leaders is said to be that Mayor Scully would be an ideal candidate for the post In addition to his legal ability there is the matter of political strategy. It is pointed out that nomination of Mayor Scully would be recognition of Waterbury Democratic strength, would help the rest of the state ticket in this area and would serve to aid in settlement of the differences between the state and local organizations, which have not been too friendly since 1940. (Continued on Page 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
|DADDONE JURY IS
 BEING IMP PANELED
To Consider Murder IndiCt- ment; Will Convene
 June IS

High Sheriff J. Edward Slavin to- day started work of impaneling 8 grand jury which will consider 8 murder indictment against Michele Daddona, 43, of 317 Bank street, who is being held as the result of the fa- tai stabbing of Frank Caruso, 40, of 689 North Main street last Friday night. The grand jury, the second to be summoned here in little more than a month, will convene Thurs day, June 18, at the request of States Atty. William B. Fitzgerald.
 Waterbury's last grand jury met May 5 and returned first degree murder indictment against Xavier "Exie" Yeshinskas, 19, who last Fri day, began a life term at the state prison at Wethersfield. The fatal Stabbing case opened but few hours after the hatchet-murder case of Yeshinskas closed.
 Daddona is being held without bonds at the New Haven county jail. The state attorneys request for impanelment of grand jury came few hours after the accused man was arraigned in municipal court and pleaded not-guilty to charge of homicide. He was bound over to superior court by Judge L. Gaffney. Atty. Edward Mascolo is serving as counsel for the accused man.
 The stabbing followed an argu- ment between the two men at Pals restaurant at 32 South Elm street. The death scuffle took place on the street outside the tavern. A finding on the stabbing was filed in superior court yesterday by Coroner William B. Hennessy holding Daddona crim-
 (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
Known to Have Landed On Only One Island,
 AItu JAP SHIPS SEEN IN
 HARBOR AT KISKA Uncertainty If Invasion Try Is Linked to Recent Disaster at Midway
BY SANDOR S. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent)

ID SACNDON D. ALEAN
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, June IS. (UP) - Army and Navy air. men are trying today to blast the Japanese out of the Aleutian Islands where they have established their first footholdS in the Western Hemisphere. The enemy is known to have landed on only one island " Attu, westernmost of the Aleutian chain which stretches 1,500 miles from the Alaska mainland toward Japan. But enemy vessels = their type not designated - have been observed in Kiska harbor, about 100 miles east of ATTU.
 Japanese operations in the Aleu- tian area are still in progress" the Navy announced in a conmunique the first on the north Pacific ahE Alaskan area since the Japanese dropped bombs and conducted a reconnaissance flight over Dutch Harbor, important Naval base in the Aleutians, last week.
 Air Attacks Successful
 American airmen already have succeeded in driving the enemy from the populated regions of the islands and the Navy indicated that with good weather, air attacks on the ir- vader would be made in greater force.
 The Navy'S announcement came only a few hours after it had made public a final tally of the Coral sea engagement showing that American Naval mad Air forces sank or dam. aged 37 Japanese warships and aux il!aries to thwart two South Pacific, invasion thrusts of the enemy. That battle, it is now revealed, was a prelude to the great naval-air bat- tie of Midway which ragged for several days late last week.
 Relation Not Clear
 It is still not clear how closely related were the thrusts at the Aleutian islands and Japan's disas- trous attempt to take Midway.
 The first hint of the central and northern Pacific engagements cams week ago Wednesday when the Navy announced that Japaness bombers had attacked Dutch Har- bor. On Thursday it reported the situation in that area as quiet and revealed that second raid re- ported on Wednesday had been only a reconnaissance flight.
 Late Thursday afternoon of last week the Navy issued the first of several communiques on the battle of Midway.
 No Reports Since
 Since then there have been no official reports on the situation in the North Pacific area around Alas ka and the Aleutians until the foi- lowing communique was issued 1ass night:
 Information just received by tho Navy department is to the effect that the Japanese have made land- ings on a small scale at Attu island, at the extreme tip of the Aleutian Archipelago and that Japanese ships have bene reported in the harbor of Kiska in the Rat group.
 Japanese operations in the Aleu- tians are still in progress, according to the information received. all though continuing Army and Navy aircraft attacks have forced them to retire from the populated regions of the islands.
 Attacks of the Army and Navy
 Continued on Page 2)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
SURVEY RELEASE UP I Q M AfOR
Police Dept. Recommends tiOns in His Hands; Vice
 Squad to Stay

The police department survey re- port, based on 8 lengthy investiga- tion directed by L. s. Zimmerman, will be made available to the public as soon as Mayor Vincent A. Scully agrees to such a step, it was stated today by Raymond P. Botch, execu- tive director of the Waterbury Tax payers association. The lengthy re- port was submitted to the mayor several weeks ago and is now under study by him.
 Reports that the survey would recommend elimination of the de- partment's vice squad are not accur- ate, 1t was said today. The survey instead favors the retention of the unit, on the ground that it is a headquarters. squad" such as is maintained by police departments in many cities about the country. A number of changes in the depart ment are proposed, however.
 The association will be glad to release the police survey to the pub lie once the mayor has completed his reading of it." said MT. Botch "There is no intention of keeping it secret"
 A similar survey of the fire de- partment, made by the Board ot Fire Underwriters, has submitted to city officials some time ago but 1t has never been made public.
 The police survey was under taken by the Taxpayers association as one of its major projects for 1941 Through the cooperation of research organizations, the services of MT Zimmerman, Columbia university survey expert, were secured. The latter spent months assembling data on the department and making comparisons between the police set up here and in other cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13
TWO BOOKMAKERS
 SENT TO JAIL

Hartford, Conn, June l3. = (UP) = Two bookmakerS went to jail to- day, and three horse race betters paid $25 fines, after pleading guilty in superior court to violating the gaming laws.
 Walter Brozna was fined $500 and sentenced to six months in jail. and Anthony w. Burbulis was tmeo $500 and sentenced to two months in jail by Judge John H, Kind on charges of pool selling.
 A charge of pool selling against the three betters was nolled upon the recommendation of States Attor- ney Hugh v. AlcoEn.