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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-30
Worst in 30 Years

Boston, Dec. 30-(UP)-An ice storm-perhaps the worst in 30 years-disrupted power. communi- cation and transportation lines in central and western Massachusetts and southern Vermont today, made highway travel hazardous and cut telephone lines in at least 9 com munities.
 Power failures forced a score of war plants to close in western Massachusetts, where dozens of communities were isolated and many homes were without heat or light.
 The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. said that reports from emergency crews indicated the situation was growing steadily worse with about 21a inches Of ice on trees and wires.
 James E. Lawrence. state public works maintenance engineer, said every available piece of state equip ment was at work sanding and scraping highways and that some WOlCC0LCI al4o &SCA AoAAAAC SSAAAsJ crews reported the storm the worst in 30 years. Six to eight inches oi slush and ice. he said, covered roads in the northern and west central parts of Massachusetts.
 Rain to End
 The weather bureau forecast mod crate to heavy rain throughout the day. ending sometime tonight. II expected no more freezing rain ard reported the temperature at II a. m. as 39 degrees.
 One city in central Vermont had only a single telephone circuit where normally more than dozen are in use.
 The New England Power associa- tion's small hydro-plant at Winch- |endcn was out for some time but feeder lines kept power alive in the town.
 Ice coated streets were blamed for numerous accidents including one iz1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-30
STATE

It's here todayl "Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. miracle nlu- sical arrived at Warmers State theater today with James Cagney in the leading role and marking the first time the picture has been pre- sented anywhere at reJular prices.
 Yankee Doodle Candy" returns to the State theater after playing for more than a yes at roadshow prices and one pict e that will definitely become the talk of the town before the final curtain Is rung down.
 The picture is about America's s master entertainer, George M. Co., han and is an entertainment mir acie in itself. The story is grand, vivid and sparkling enough to stand alone, but coupled with brilliant cast, fine music and excellent we'll directed production numbers. 1t takes It's place among the never.to. be-forgotten pictures in film iiis- tory.
 Cagney plays the role of Cohan and he fits in every detail. His hoofing is perfect and his talking of songs rather than really singing them, which was always Cohan's way of putting over q number, makes the characterization perfect.
 Others in the cast include Joan Leslie, who is cast in the feminine romantic lead; Walter Huston as Jerry Conan; Nellie his wife. plGyc.. by Rosemary DeCamp; Josie Georges sister, portrayed by Jeanne Cagney. and George himself. San Harris. the theatrical producer. who played a very important part ir Cohan's life, is portrayed by Rich ard Whorf. Fay Templeton is played by alluring Irene Manning ,ose charming soprano voice does full justice to Cohan's lovely tune "Mary's a Grand old Name"
 All Cohan's unforgettable melo. dies are played including "The Yankee Doodle Doodle Boy, Give My Regards to Broadway" and over There"
 The picture has an excellent sup- porting cast made Up of such fint performers as George Tobias, Fran- ces Langford, Eddie Toy and score of other favoriteS.
 Tn addition to this swell hit, the management will present @ big sur. rounding program.
 Don't forget Yankee Doodle Dandy" will show continuously through midnight New Years eve and will top the gala midnight show at the State. Plan now to welcome 1943 in a quiet, comfortable at- mosphere while enjoying the tops in screen entertainment.
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Continued from Page D continued Henderson.
 Hendehson was tall. gray haired, with a mustache like that of Neville Chamberlain. heavy eyebrows, an aduiline nose and 8 fondness, de- spite his distinguished bearing, for sports clothes.
 His diversions were shooting. fish, ing and golf.
 After going to Eton, Henderson entered the diplomatic service in 1905, at g, and went as third sec- retary of embassy to St. Petersburg, now Leningrad, at the time of the first Russian revolution and the Russo Japanese war.
 Four years later he went to Tokyo. and two years later, in 1911, he returned to Russia to remain until 1914. Then he went to Rome and. in 1915, to Serbia for a brief tour of duty. He came back to the foreign office later in 1915 and next year went to Paris as first secre- tary.
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late Admiral Jean Francois Darlan was recognized as French leader in northwest Africa, were resumed last night by Andre Philip, De Gaulle's commissioner for interior and labor.
 Philip said the broadcasts had been suspended because Darlan'S recognition put the fighting French in the position Of having either to abandon their moral and Juridical principles or. if they continued on the air, to abuse the hospitality Of Britain which had given them radio facilities.
 To-day the situation has changed" ," he continued. "The possibilities of collaboration and eventually unifi- cation among all authentic elements of French resistance have been opened.
 Now Africa has joined the mili- tary effort. It has enormous eco- homie resources. The French empire can be reconstructed and France can play first rate role in the Mediterranean war.
 Tt will be French participation. De Gaulle and Giraud are no feudal chieftains, dividing the territories which would belong to them and having troops personally responsible to them. They are, we all are. the servitors of the French nation. It is up to the Army. the Navy and all military and civil administra- tiors to put themselves indivisibly at the service of the nation every where.
 We shall try to realize real uni fication. There must be one French army, one common administration. one organization to represent French military and diplomatic problems"
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WEATHER STALLS
 TUNISIAN ATTACK
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mans and Italians.
 The French reported they were advancing-although slowly 1t was indicated-between Pinchon and Kairouan. 50 and 30 miles, respec- lively, southwest of the important east coast port of sousse.
 Some of the heaviest Axis coun- ter-attaeks were being delivered in this area, and with fresh troops, but the French were smashing them al! with new, anti.tank guns and strong British and American air support.
 Radio Morocco quoted French general headquarters that 50 Ger. man bodies were left on the be tie- field after one unsuccessful comlsef- attack, and neutral sources saic tae French had knocked out at least l2 German tanks with their new anti- tank guns.
 German propaganda broadcast said winter rains had started again in Tunisia after several days sur cease and troop movements were almost impossible.I However, sae Germans said air activity was heavy despite the rain.
 Tn this, at least, the Germans were confirmed by the Allied high command, which said that an al- most around the clock blasting of Axis ports, supply lines and vehicles went ahead without letup on Mon- day.
 Flying Fortresses plastered the docks and harbor of Sousse again, and departing saw smoke towering skyward from the fires they had started.
 American-made P-38 and P-40 fighting planes made wide sweeps over enemy positions and penetrat- ing to Q point near the border of Tunisia and Tripolitania, destroyed 20 enemy trucks loaded with sup plies.
 Six more enemy planes were shot down. Two of three vghters trying to attack an Allied airfield, and a bomber, were destroyed by P-38s.
 A squadron of Spitfires jumped six Junkers 88's, escorted by six Messergchmitt iO9's. The Spitfires shot down two Junkers planes and one Messerschmitt, losing only one of their own.
 Allied artillery destroyed two enemy tanks, and light enemy units attacking Q position north of Medjez- Fl Bah were beaten of.
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poles and wires were also reported down in Litchfield, Winsted, Terry vile, Torrington and a dozen other towns.
 Suburban residents who work in Waterbury got to their jobs by car this morning only by creeping in low gear along highways strewn with fallen trees, broken limbs, poles and wires.
 Ten Communities Hit
 Canaan, Conn, Dec. 30.-- (UP)-- State police reported today that ten communities had been "hard hit' by last nights sleet and rain storm, that there was much suf- fering" from lack of heat and that the Housatonic river was rising rap- idly from the Massachusetts state line through the Canaan valley.
 Power crews from as far away as Philadelphia were rushed into the stricken area to restore lines and reset hundreds of poles toppled by the storm.
 Highways were strewn with poles, trees and wires, all of which crashed under the weight of heavy coatings of ice.
 Hundreds of families, depending on oil burners for heat, were suf- fering in low temperatures, &C., cording to police, and 50 state po- lice officers and three emergency trucks, equipped with radios, were sent into the northern regions of Litchfield county to help furnish power where needed and to care for any emergency situations.
 The towns battered by the storm were Norfolk, Salisbury, Sharon, Lakeyille, Wii1sted, Colebrook, East Canaan, Litchfield, Bethlehem and Goshen.
 Phone Service Affected
 Police reported the telephone serv- ice in most places badly affected, and that most communications were out in the city of Torrington.
 At Litchfield, police said nearly every communication wire was down."
 While utilities and highway crews battled to clear away the debris and restore power and open blocked highways, the Housatonic River was said at 11:30 a. m, to be one foot above high water and rising rapid ly.
 Rain fell throughout the morning, and froze over already thick coat ings of ice.
 At Canaan State Police barracks, near the Massachusetts State line, it was said that emergency crews also had been sent from Rhode Island to Lee and Gret Barring ton, Mass, where power difficulties were being encountered.
 Winsted Cut Off
 The city of Winsted was without power and lights throughout the night, and service was not expected to be restored until later in the day. Highways were strewn with trees and branches, and ice-coated roads were almost impossible.
 Candles and flashlights were used in Litchfield County hospital, as well as in hundreds of homes.
 Reports from Goshen, Norfolk, Canaan were of identical nature.
 John E. Lynch, manager of the local office of the Connecticut Light & Power Co.,, said the storm was the worst he had seen in 30 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-30

much sooner than usual. There was a vague idea that adjournment could be achieved by April 15 or sooner.
 Here is the leadership of both Houses so far as can be determined at the present time:
 THE HOUSE
 Speaker: Harold E. Mitchell, West Hartford.
 House majority leader: Rep. E. Lea Marsh. Jr.. old Lyme.
 Clerk: Searls Darlington, Killing ly.
 No decision has yet been made on chaplain and assistant clerk.
 THE SENATE
 President pro tempora: Sen. Frank Peet, Kent.
 Majority leader: A toss up among Henry Hunt, Glastonbury: Stanley Meade. New Canaan; and Herbert F Baldwin. Westport. Sen. Hunt appeared to have the lead for the past few weeks, but drive is now on against him Hunt does not ap- pear to be the choice of the party leadership headed by Gov.-Elect Baldwin and State Chairman J. Kenneth Bradley.
 Clerk: A dark-horSe was being groomed. but announcement was held up pending solving of the strug- gle for majority leader.
 Law clerk: William Hanna, Bethel. No decision was yet evident on chaplain or assistant clerk, or en- crossing clerk.
 A tentative list of committee as- signments already has been drafted by leaders, meeting in undercover sessions this week, but informed sources said they were subject to change without notice.
 Democrats Meeting
 Hartford, Conn, Dec. 30-UP)- Democratic Senators and Represent tatiyes elected to the 1943 legisla- ture meet here today to elect their leaders and to prepare a party pro- gram for submission to the assem- bly,.
 House members were expected to rename T. Emmet Clarie, Killingly, as minority leader. Senate members were in a three c0rnered contest. but Sen. Albert L.. Coles, Bridgeport. was expected to be elected minority leader. Other candidates were Sen. Leon Riscassi, Hartford. and Sen. James F. Geelarl, New Haven.
 The party program will include blanks in the platform during the recent statewide campaign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-30
GOV. TO TALK

Hartford. Conn, Dec. S0.--(UP)-- A statewide radio address on the critical fuel oil situation in Connec- ticut will be made tonight by Gov.- elect Raymond E. Baldwin, Gov. Robert A. Hurley. and Acting Fuel Administrator Wesley A. Sturges. The broadcast will bs at 7:a0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-30
STORM WARNINGS

New York, Dec. 3O.-(UP)-The weather bureau today ordered storm warnings posted from South of Block Island to the Virginia Capes. Increasing winds. becoming strong to gale force this afternoon and to- uiGhk~ szarA rxadict@d.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-30
NURSING JOBS AVAILABLE

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 30-(UP)- The state personnel department two weeks ago announced civil service examinations for several we'll paying public health nurse posts. No appli- cations have yet been received.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18


Craig Wood the National Open at Fit WORTH last
has been called along three other tournaments
by might be regarded the defending champion
However game a stroke from what it last
year also the tough Augusta Masters meet and he
is shot to snatch the wartime title.
STRICTLY RACE FOR THE FIELD
then it strictly field race, it should be.
the p G. A. cancelled the Open months
groundwork the Hale America largest
history u s. golf record field of 54l attempted to
qualify figure well the former mark of 1902 set in the
of 1887 each entry Canadians) paid
SIS $50 total hs of that invested in
bonds the PGA claim share in the sports fronts
effort.
Having concentrated single tournament the
P c. thankful that the Ridgemoor layout is such
open affair long layout, requiring
long irons reach the would concentrate
affair usual among half dozen of Arkansas travellers
Hogan, Byron Nelson, ct al.
PLENTY BRIDES TO BE SIGHTED
With short coursCthcre 10 holes in the 3OO-yard
range or belo-therc should brides than you'll
the Picking winner is harder than stopping the
you wager your last bond that it'll take
hot stick the greens to win.
Those who remember Robert Tyre Jones Jr, whose
Calamity Jane pulitzer spelled doom for amateurs the
think he may be the dusky gaoper in the
present tournament.
oTEN YEARS AGO TODAY-Hllcrcst golfers led by Will
Vokenant PcItier their MGA match to stay
place Fight pleased to hear the
the broadcast of the coming heavyweight champion
Max SChmcug and Jack Shakey would be
speakers in the Arena allowing fans to both
and hear fighting.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18

when eight or ten balls are on
the alley makes the zig-zag
course sailed by a submarine
lodging ship look like the
shortest distance between two
points. The balls are rolled with
the proper English applied in
such a way that they roll from
the center Of the alley up one
side, sashay across to the other
side and wobble about betwixt
and between until they finally
collide with another ball that
has already been rolled or just
stop and topple over Of their
own accord.
On Sundays the turnout at
the Eckhout alleys in the Kre-
mer subdivision is sufficient so
that floodlights have been add
ed to permit players TO enjoy
the game after darkness has
fallen.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
Sa|eSFourS0me
Suffers Defeat
Lighting Teom's Win
is First Of Season

Turning in the lowest four
some score Of the season, the
second division Lighting Depart
ment team knocked off the Sales
Department last night for the
latter's first defeat in the De
troit Edison Golf League, in play
at Hillcrest.
Leading the Lighting Depart
ment to its first victory was Vim
ME Bearss, who carded Al, sec
ond-IoW medal of the evening;
the team posted a 1913 actual
score with a four stroke handi-
cap for a 1914, while the losers
had a 221.
Medal honorS for the evening
went to Chuck Nicolai with an
even-40 for the Meter Depart
ment. Meanwhile, the Customers
Accounts team stayed in the Gel
lar, suffering a loss at the hands
of the Service Department.
Team winners last night were:
Overhead over Meter, Lighting
over Sales, Collection over
Credit, Customers Accounts over
Service. and Bookkeeping over
Engineers.
Third low individual of the
night went to Al Bellman with a
AZ while the top score Of the sea-
son, an sc, was written into the
books for the Credit Department.
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Game Rip Van Wrinkle Watched in Catsks PLAYED Here

the Kremer subdivision and also
i'm the backyard of City Com
missioner Henry Bruneel, car
rjCs out the tradition, because
on the hand-maniCured alleys i'm
Park drive, owned by PaSha
Eckhout who acquired them
from Art Remedies, the boys are
still bowling for haIf-barrelS of
beer and maybe five dollars to
boot They come for miles
around, including d ctroit to
bowl on the Eckhout alleys and
the ncighbors around Hank Bru-
nccls home at ll9 Smith street
are either renewing their ac-
quaintance with the game, like
Arthur Van Beversluys, or are
just getting their feet wet at it.
The alleys at the Eckhout
home are between so and go
feet long, shaped roughly like
G bathtub. with the sides bank
cd and with the surface of sides
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18
"A 4 w Edges
Out NewsbOys
in 9Th Frame

Having defeated the A & w
team, Junior Softball League
leader, once before, the Monitor
Leader ten nearly made it pair
last night in a clash on the Con-
sumers Power diamond.
Going into the last half of the
seventh, the NeWSboys held a
Al lead on the basis of two
hit performance by Bob Man
ming. However, after the first
out, Wayne singled, followed by
AL SahroW's walk. On fielder $
choice at first, Mass scored and
on an error on the next man up,
Sahrow crossed the plate. Dave
HufStedler scored after fly to
the catcher for the third and
winning run in the inning.
Both pitchers allowed three
hits, one being a homer in each
instance. Manning helped along
his efforts with a tWo-for three
performance at the plate, includ-
ing a circuit blow while Chester
Maikoski homered for the win
nerS.
Mon. Leader O1O 012 o. 3 4
A & W 010 100 3-5 3 l
Batteries: A & W-SahroW
and Darling. Monitor-Leader-
Manning and Verniece.
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Entire Field Will
Play for Four Dogs
in 72-HoIe Affair
BY GAYLE TALBOT

CHICAGO, June ID - up -
Colts biggest wartime show got
under way at the Ridgemoor
club today as more than 100 Of
the nations top-ranking links
men teed off in the opening
round of the 72-ho,e Hale Am
erica tournament, total proceeds
Of which will go to service char
tiles.
For four days the stars will
scrap it out, until on Sunday
evening one will draw down the
winning prize of Sl,l00. The
galleries, judging by the num-
Der who pursued Bob Hope and
Bobby Jones around the fair
ways yesterday, should be
among the largest ever to wit
ness a golf event in this country.
To all intents and purposes, 1t
really is the National Open
championship. Practically all
the big players are on hand and
playing the regular open route
of 70 holes. The winner, though,
will not go down in the golf re-
cords as an open champion.
DISTANCE FOR ALL
All will go the full distance.
The tournament directors,
dreaming of a total gate of more
than 100000, did not want any
Of the gallery attractions elm
mated at the end of 36 holes, as
is customary in open champion
ships.
The nGture of the Ridge
moor course, too, promises to
make it spectacular tOurna-
ment and to draw the crowds.
The players themselves are
predicting openly the winner
will need to shoot a quartet OF
SOS, and the most popular
guess is that he will have to
shoot a 72-hole total of not
over 275.
This means there Will be
fireworks all the way, with SIS
and CTS probably dime q
dozen, if the weather remains
mild. Of a score Of players
questioned after their final
practise rounds yesterday, not
one admitted taking as many
as 70 strokes, par for the lay
out.
BARRON CARDS
The lowest card Of the prac-
tise round was turned in by
Herman Barron, 32-year-old
White Plains, N. Y, pro whose
IS tied the 5-year-old course
record. On the first nine Bar
ron scored five pars and three
brides and on the second four
pars and five brides. Henry
Picard had 66 after taking six
strokes on one hole.
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and bottoms of the alleys as
smooth and clean as the head Of
the baldhcadcd gent in the front
row at a giri-and-muSiC show.
At the extreme ends Of the al
Icy are pits with baCkStopS TO
prevent the bowling balls from
running wild in the neighbor' S
nasturtiumS.
SHOOT AT FEATHER
A few feet out from the ter
minal pits A feather is set i'm
the center Of the alley TO be
used as a target for the bowl
ers and also TO mark the line
from which balls may be bowl
ed.
The balls themselves arc
doughnut- shaped - without the
hole - five or six inches in
diameter and are weighted on
one side so that the bowler can
apply the English where he
wants it.
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In This Corner
RECORD GOLFING FIELD HELPED BUILD
HALE AMERICA; HOT PUTTER
SHOULD GIVE WIN
~ DENNIS BROMN

OF the lO6 entries ccing off this morning
Golf tournament at Chicagos Rdgemoor
well guessing pot and then pick
out the puttcr likely to have the
winner of this years No links tourney.
off fields of ron-ncrvCd
workers the history of
it's all the they're much alike
as litter this particular tournament is
Included the field such veterans as Joe krkWood
Bobby Jones and the of the qualterS
range through years today hounds of the faway
Benny Hogan Little Only Sailor Sam Sneed,
able o furough, is absent.
FOUR TURNESA BROTHERS QUALIFY
brothers the field the Turnesa clan
of Phil Joe, and Corp jim well of UNI
knowns Brownie May, seelworker Of Lackawanna
N. who shot a 90 to qualify al Buffalo
the and several the short 6473yard course
this parbustng club that is
Sympathize For there
only yard the Windy City layout-5Ol 5l8
the field will be home in two the
lad magic putter will the major share OF
prizes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-18

Fred Perry Retires
from Active Tennis

MEXICO CITY, June 10
Up 49, Fred Perry, worlds
professional tennis champion
ano former top-flight anna
teur player, announced today
his retirement from the sport
because | just can't play
any more"
The slender Englishman
who was ranked as No. l
tennis player of the world
when he was winning anna
teur championships, said he
was stepping out because of
an arm injury suffered in a
fall at Madison Square Gar
den, New York, last winter.
At the time, the injury fore
ed him to default to Bobby
Riggs, l941 amateur champ
ion, in the first match of
their tour.