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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
MORE PRODUCTION
 BASIS OF DRIVES
Labor=Management Com= mittees Organized in
 Chase Factories

Labor management committees are being set up at the Chase Metal Works and Waterbury Mfg. Go. plants of the Chase Brass & Copper Co.,, and will soon begin drives for increased war production, according to an announcement by Rodney Chase, director of public and labor relations for the company. No com- mittee is being set up at the Chase Rolling Mills pending the outcome of a petition by the Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers union for recogni- tion as bargaining agent for en- ployes there.
 At the Waterbury Mfg. Co.,, where employees are not represented by a union, the workers will choose their committee representatives in an election to be conducted by the state board of mediation and arbi- tration with the approval of the War Production Board. Workers will ballot twice, once in a prelimi- nary election and later in run-of election.
 Seven main department super visors of the Chase company ap- pointed as members of the commit tee are George Sengstacken, CO., chairman, w. A. Jarvis, w. L. Bar rows, M. J. Dempsey, P. J. Winston, F. G. Parker and w. H. Graham.
 Co-Chairman Elisha Watts was appointed by union representatives, and he will be assisted by Francis E. Maxwell, Andrew Straub, James Mobile, Nick Gugliotti, Frank Stan escki, and one other man not yet named.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

Strange" said the colonel, "she seems vaguely familiar - I've seen that face some;. nere before"
 Dawson had turned over the snapshot. Suddenly he laughed outright.
 T was thinking the same thing the explanation is on the back in Statler's writing"
 Again they bent over the snap shot.
 "If you ever meet this girl just say the other half of the reunion date couldn't make it unexpectedly tied up, you know. But he really missed her and plenty. P. s. to Dawson: Don't get excited, old man, she is NOT Hedy Lamar" (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
AGREEMENT ON
 NLRB ELECTION
Date for Vote Among ScO- vile Co. Employees to Be
 Designated

Agreement on arrangements 1ol an NLRB election at the sccvil Mfg. Go. was reached at Q confer ence held yesterday at the city hall. Trial Examiner Charles Persons of the NLRB presided.
 The date for the election will be set by the NLRB after study of MT. Persons report has been made. The balloting will probably be held with in month or five weeks.
 The labor election is being sought by the Scovill local of the Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill & Smell ter Workers, which has been con- ducting a membership campaign at the plant.
 At the Waterville plant, both the MMSW and the Machinists union, A. F. L., will be represented on the ballot. In all plants and depart ments, foremen, supervisors and other specified groups will be in- eligible to vote.
 Principals in yesterdays confer ences were Attorney Fred Living ton, for the NLRB; Attorney Fran cis T. Reeves, for the company; At torney Nathan Witt for the CIO union; Attorney Jerome Sturm for the A. F. of L. union; Alan c. Cur tiss, assistant general manager of the company; and Alex Cashin. state coordinator for the Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers.
 Asking Raise
 The Chase local of the Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers has petitioned the Chase Brass & Copper Co. for wage increase of two cents an hour, retroactive to March 1, for workers at the Chase Rolling Mills and the Noera Mfg. Go. Such an increase would equalize an eight-cent raise won by the Waterbury Brass Work. CTS Union from the American Brass Co.,, the Chase Co.,, having given 8 general six-cent increase in Feb ruary.
 The union asks a hiring rate of 76 cents an hour for male workers, with an 80-cent minimum after three months. A hiring rate of 66 cents an hour for women is asked with 70 cents as the minimum afte; three months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
Death Takes Holiday
 On Gas Ration Plan
Sixteen Lives Saved Daily Experts Figure by Curtail
 ment of Driving "Musts" Explained

the latest traffic statistics this daily quota of fatal accidents has already been decreased forty per cent since the governments rationing plan forced drivers to cut down speed and to improve their driving habits.
 Thus the lives of 16 people were saved today and will be saved each and every day this year, if good driving continues" he added.
 MT. Frazer, whose firm is a pio- neer in the economy automobile field, pointed out that motorists can save a third of their yearly gasoline supply-recently set at 192 gallons by the Office of Price Administra- tion-by observing certain "musts' in driving and caring for their cars.
 Keeping motor vehicles in peak mechanical condition is the para mount rule in fuel economy, he said. Spark that is set mere five per cent "too late" will use 476 per cent more gasoline than a car with the spark properly set, according to actual tests made at the Willys proving grounds. If compression is reduced by a leaky valve, another per cent of the gasoline is wasted {; and still more can he Inst through improper fabrication. Draggin g brakes, wheels out of line and tires without sufficient pressure "eat up" another part of the necessary gaso- line, he pointed out.
 "A good driver staying within a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour not only helps to conserve gasoline for war needs but saves the lives of his fellow countrymen as well," MT. Frazer concluded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
SEVEN KILLED
 OVER HOLIDAY
Accident Involving Water. burians Most Serious
 Tragedy of Week-End

Seven persons were killed in Con- necticut automobile accidents over the July 4th holiday weekend this year, four more than over that weekend last year, Motor Vehicles Commissioner John T. Mccarthy pointed out today.
 Last year the fourth was on a Friday which meant holiday traffic conditions over a longer period, Commissioner Mccarthy said. with the speed limit reduced to 40 miles an hour throughout the state, with gasoline rationed, and travel re- duced as indicated by a nearly 60 per cent drop in the number of cars using the Merritt Parkway on the fourth, there were, nevertheless, four more fatalities than last year
 Such tragic experiences as this should startle us out of any com placent thought that safe traffic conditions have resulted from re- duced travel. It is well to remem- Der that, although accidents have been reduced, the rate of accidents to travel is no lower than last year, according to the records of the sta- tistical section of the Motor Ve- hicles Department"
 A defense worker was struck and killed while changing a tire on the Merritt Parkway on July 4th this year. Three persons were killed in a New Milford accident on July 5th when a driver lost conrol of his car on hill, went off the road and in- to a creek. In Portland two boys 15 and IA years old, were killed when they lost control of a stolen car while being pursued by police Another fatality occurred in Marl- borough on July 5th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
PRIVATE ENGLISH
 ON RETIRED LIST
Board Grants Application on Recommendation of
 of Doctors

The board of fire commissioners yesterday ordered the retirement with pension of Private John F. Eng fish of Engine 5, fireman for more than g years. A medical board consisting of Fire Surgeon A. J.. Finn and Drs. H. E. Allen and J.. F. Burke found Private English physically unfit for duty. His 9@- plication for retirement cited in- juries suffered while fighting fire on Bank street last December.
 The board also ordered Private D. Dominick zappone of Engine 9 to serve a 30-day tour of double duty on a charge of being unfit for duty. The charge was preferred by Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugh who said Private E. ppone had been drinking before reporting for duty Saturday at the Waterville station. He said the fireman was not drunk. Private Zappone, whose record during l; years of service was spotless, plead ed not guilty and introduced a let | ter from Dr. O. J. Bizzozero which supported his claim that he was not intoxicated He admitted hav- ing had a couple Of beers with out of town friends before going to work.
 Street cars are giving way to !
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
POLISH YOUTH IN
 STATE CONFERENCE

Delegates from the local Catho- lie Polish Youth Federation are ex- pected to be among the hundreds of young people at the state con- vention of the organization Sun day, July 12, at St. Casimir's Hall in Terryville. Invited guests at the convention banquet which will be held at 5:30 are Governor Hurley and Atty. Gwiazcla of New Britain President Joseph J. Mazanowski of Terryville will be in charge of the meetings. New officers will be in- stalled.
 St. Stanislaus Kostka parish ot Waterbury will be well represented by a delegation from it's youth or ganziation and junior Holy Name Society.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

vestigator abruptly dropped from Dawson. EXcitedly he reached into an inside pocket and drew out a white envelope.
 "Just two minutes before the death march," he explained tense ly, "Statler handed me this with a wide grin on his face. He asked that I open it only after the show and was so edged up the incl dent slipped my mind until this moment"
 He had been running penknife along one end of the envelope as he talked Gingerly he squeezed it open and drew out its lone con- tent-a colored snapshot.
 Eagerly the three men bent over the table staring up at them was remarkably beautiful girl with black hair and superb figure. She was dressed in neatly fitting spjort slacks and leaning against green boat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
BASEBALL SUITS BEING RETURNED Players Asked to Return Uniforms to Sprague
 School Principal
WATERVILLE Correspondent: Mrs. William E. Rooney, 19O Dwight St.
 Telephone 3-8475

Waterville, July 8-Miss Mary E Congdon, principal of Sprague school, announces eight grade pu- pills who have not received their clas pins may get them at the gym nasium tomorrow or Friday be- tween 10 and 12 in the forenoon Or 8 and g in the evening. All boys who have baseball suits out please return them at this time.
 Gasoline rationing registrations at Sprague school gymnasium will be held Thursday, Friday and Sat urday between g a. m. and 12 noon and 2 to g D. m. the first two days and g a. m. and p. m. Saturday.
 There will be sewing for the Red Cross tomorrow afternon from 2 until 4 in the sewing room of Sprague school.
 The Holy Name society of St. Michael's church will receive holy communion in a body at the 7:15 Mass Sunday morning.
 The St. Michael's CYO baseball team will meet the Litchfield Cow boys at 6 o'clock tonight at Wa terville park.
 Mrs. Edward Cookson and Mrs Leon Totten are spending this week at their cottage at Tyler lake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

Death on eastern highways took a holiday today and as result, 16 motorists are still alive!
 This is just another way of count ing the benefits of the governments gasoline rationing plan as seen by Joseph W. Frazer, president of Willys-O Overland Motors, whose com- pany designed the fuel-saving army jeeps and is currently conducting experiments in gas conservation.
 Last year an average of 41 per- sons were killed each day as result of automobile accidents in the seventeen eastern states where ra- tioning has been put into effect" MT. Frazer asserted. According to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

"There would seem every indi- cation that such was the case. His personal baggage, while telling us nothing of his identity, showed he was well off financially. And he was of ahe cultured type best de- scribed as cosmopolitan"
 "Tell me-" asked Fir Frederick, "how did he act at the last?"
 That's curious" Dawson com. mented. "The Federal Bureau of Investigation at Washington was also interested in that point. Statler was icy nerve itself. I secured permission to sit out the night with him in the death cell in the hope that he would drop some clew. But he chatted breezily about everything else but himself and the case. He refused the chap lain and wouldn't even leave a letter for any relatives by love, forgot :"
 The calm air of professional in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
SEVERAL TOWNS
 WANT POTASKUS

New Britain, July 8-John Potas- kus, 26, of Waterbury, recently re- leased from the state prison after serving 30 months on a forgery count was brought here Tuesday by Policeman William O'Day to face a similar charge. Earlier in the day a forgery charge of several years he had been granted 8 nolle from standing in New Haven and is being sought by authorities in Danbury and New London on the same charge. In each case warrant has been issued charging him with 1s- suing fraudulent cheeks. The local instance occurred on October 23, 1889, when he is alleged to have is- sued a check for $14.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
CERTIFICATES FOR
 NEW AUTOMOBILES

The local rationing board has granted seven additional certificates for the purchase of new automo- piles. Six certificates went to local individuals and firms, and the oth- CT went to Middlebury resident.
 New certificates were issued to the following:
 Margaret Bull, 50 KingsburJ street.
 Edmund B. Gruber, 1o3 Stephana Lane.
 The Formatic company, 123 Maple street.
 Simonds Saw & Steel Co, 30 West Main street.
 Clarence A. Miller, Plank road.
 Glenn E. Macbeth, R. F. D., Mid- dlebury.
 William Kosersky, 28 Stephana Lane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
HEIR EXPECTED

Penny Singleton announced, with the completion of Columbia's "Blon- die For Victory" that she expected a blessed event this fall. Her hus- band is Robert Sparks, producer of the series.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
DONATES PLANE

Brian Aherne, co-starring with Rosalind Russell in the Columbia comedy, My Sister Eileen" has not only joined the Civil Air Patrol, but has offered use of his private plane for coast patrol work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
Chapter !

In the bleak Newfoundland pre- lawn, swirling snow slashed and bit tt the huddled group of official witnesses awaiting the execution of lemoy Statler. It was the morning If December 6, 1941.
 Over the rim of the high stone Ience surrounding the penitentiary Iail yard the witnesses could see he Tightening outline of Quidividi take.
 To their rear, house lights were vinking into the murkiness to join he lonely street lamps of St.. Johns. From the Atlantic wastes .hree miles to the east moaned a melancholy, salty wind.
 "Dammit!" snapped one of the shivering figures. "Why don't they bring him out and get it over Uith?"
 LAW relaxl" gasped another. "If the poor beggar isn't in a hurry why should we be?"
 The door into the jail yard opened.
 Framed in the light was a uni- formed man with broom. He half ran to the portable scaftold erected close to the jail wall and hurriedly began sweeping the steps leading up to the trap door. "very thoughtful" commanded witness, it would be tough if Statler slipped and sprained an ankle on his way up :"
 Sudden silence fell as a group of dark figures surrounding coat less man with opened collar ap- peared in the doorway. The swishing of the broom on the scaf- fold steps took on an exaggerated sound.
 Quickly the procession was formed outside the door. The jail chaplain was praying in 8 low, flat monotone. Tall members of the Newfoundland Constabulary fell in on either side of the con- demned man. Immediately behind him was plumpish, red-faced man wearing a cap - a Canadian hangman imported for Newfound- lands first hanging in decades. Three officials completed the pro- cession.
 AS they mounted the steps, two untitled figures stepped through the door and stood in the shadow of the scaffold. As one held up a match to the others cigaret, their faces were revealed in the flare One was 8 distinguished-lo looking white-haired man in his sixties the other bronzed, handsome man in his middle thirties.
 "Ghastly business, Dawson" the first one growled. wish the plane from England had been delayed This would have been something I'd rather have missed. You chaps In the Intelligence Department gel hardened, suppose, but :"
 But never that hard, Sir Fred erick," interrupted Clyde Dawson Tn fact, this business hurts me more thap ycu can imagine. You see .' he paused for a second T actually grew very attached to Lemoy .Statler and cursed the ne- cessity of seeing him killed off,"
 He halted abruptly and pointed tc the scaffold. In the eerie light of a single electric foodlamp the hang man 1uas Stranninp the Cnndemned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

Stewart H. Sumpf, 20, former chairman of the Waterbury Junior Defense Council, is serv- ing his country with the United States Marine Corps. He now is undergoing recruit training at the Leathernecks base at Paris Island, s. c.
 Sunpf is the son of MT. and Mrs. Charles R. Sumpf and was graduated from Crosby high school in 1941. He was employed as an office boy by the Waterbury Democrat Inc, prior to his enlist ment in the Marine Corps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

Colorado's coal reserve could SUD- ply the nation for 700 years, 1t is estimated. There arc a total of more tons underlying an area of some 19OO0 square miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

He halted abruptly and pointed to the scaffold. In the eerie light of a single electric hoodlamp the hang man was strapping the condemned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

Street cars are giving way to busses in many cities in England.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-22
Church Council Plans
Leadership Glasses

Beginning on Monday, Novem-
Der 9, leadership training school
will be sponsored by the East
Montgomery Council of Churches.
Six sessions have been arranged
by the Rev. C. A. Michael, dean of
the courses. Glasses offered in
clude brief survey of the New
Testament, conducted by the Rev.
Frank Aud; Christian evangelism
by the Rev. Mark Shockey; and a
Christian message for this mod
ern world, by Wilbur F. Nash, Jr.
The dates for the courses, which
will be offered at the Sherwood
High School, Sandy Spring, are
Monday and Thursday evenings,
November 9, ~, 16, 10, % and 26.
Glasses will be held on those eve
nings from z until 9:45 P. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-22
Mrs. Candy Elected
By Sandy Spring Club

Mrs. George Rust Candy was
elected president of the Little Gar
den Club of Sandy Spring at the
October 10 meeting of the club at
the home of Mrs. Francis Miller.
Other new officers include: Mrs.
Milton Bancroft, vice-president;
Mrs. T. Yellot Candy, secretary,
and Mrs. A. Douglas Farquhar,
treasurer and corresponding secre-
tary.
Mrs. William John Thomas won
the largest number of votes in the
flower arrangement exhibit for her
display of purple saliva and dark
purple petunias in lavendar pot
terry container. Miss Mary Miller
Stabler received a majority of
votes for specimen Of crotillaria.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-22
Jamison Okayed By Army
AS Officer Candidate

Charles H. Jamison of Dicker-
son, cashier in the County Treas
urer's office, has been accepted as
a candidate for volunteer officers
training by the U. S. Army and
now is awaiting his call to service.
Jamison, who is 81 years old,
is a lifelong resident of upper
Montgomery County. He is presi-
dent of the Young's Mems Demo-
cratic Club for the Poolesville and
GAINESVILLE districts, and a charter
member of the Poolesville Lions
Club.
He has been a member of the
7O5th Company, Maryland Minute
Men, since its organization last
July. He first applied for officers
training with the Army a month
previously.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-22
Charter BID. Nominees
Schedule Radio Talks

Nominees of the Montgomery
County Commissioners for the pro-
posed Charter Board will speak
their opposition to the charter
movement in Montgomery County
and state their reasons for becom-
ing candidates for the Charter
Board on the radio on Saturday
evening, October "a, over Station
WMAL, at 8:15 P. M; on Monday
evening, October rs, over Station
WJSV, at 7:15 p. M; on Wednes-
day evening, October 20, over Sta
ton WRC, at 7:45 P. NJ, and on
Thursday evening, October 20, over
Station WJSV, at 8 P. M.
This series of talks will be made
by either Roger J. Whiteford, J.
Bond Smith, Joseph A. Cantrel, o.
w. Anderson or Albert E. Brault,
depending upon their availability
at these times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-22
Committee Named For
Phantom Party For
Lay Health Council

Mrs. j. Angus Watson, Jr., of
Silver Spring has accepted the
Craftsmanship for the phantom
Dance" planned by the Public
Health Lay Council of Montgomery
County for Halloween. Mrs. S.
Mahrle Haines, of Laytonsville,
chairman of the council, announced
the appointment of Mrs. Watson
following a meeting of the official
board held in Rockville on Thurs
day morning, October Is.
The other members of the "Phan-
tom Dance" committee are: Mrs.
Haines; Mrs. Austin Lamar, Sandy
Spring; Mrs. Raleigh Chinn, Rock
vile; Mrs. Morrison Clark, Silver
Spring, and Mrs. Louis Gravelle,
Bethesda.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-22
Lodge Anniversary

Members of Forest Oak Knights
of Pythias Lodge of Gaithersburg
observed the 5Oth anniversary of
the founding of the lodge at a
meeting in their hall on Wednes-
day night of this week. Officers
and members of several other
Pythian lodges, as well as repre-
sentatives of the Grand Lodge of
Maryland, attended the affair.
Brawner 2. Harding was chairman
of the committee in charge of ar
rangements. Especially honored
were the sole surviving charter
members: James T. English, Zadoc
M. Cooke and Hezekiah Day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-22
Nearly 1000 COuntians
Attend Democratic Rallies
Governor, Senators Tydings And Radcliffe
Endorse Candidacy OF Lee For Congress;
Tawes, Walsh Ask Support For State Ticket
At Rockville, Bethesda And Silver Spring

Enthusiastic gatherings, totaling
nearly 1000 persons, heard talks
by a party of Democratic candi-
dates headed by Governor Herbert
R. O'Conor and Lt.-Col. E. Brooke
Lee Wednesday night at meetings
in Rockville, Bethesda and Silver
Spring.
Governor O'Conor sounded the
keynote for ali the speakers by
urging the election of all Demo-
cratic candidates, local, State and
Congressional, in the November 8
election. The same request was
made at Bethesda by U. S. Senator
Willard E. Tydings and at Silver
Spring by Senator George R. Rad
cliffe. The Governor, Colonel Lee,
State Comptroller Willard Tawes
and Maryland Attorney General
William C. Walsh endorsed the
entire Democratic ticket at all
three meetings.
State Senator Robert Peter
served as postmaster and opened
the Rockville rally, which was at
tended by approximately 500 per-
sons. Leading a group of repre-
sentative business and professional
men of urper Montgomery County
who W. Jmed the candidates,
Senator Peter introduced the
speakers, the first of whom was
Mr.. Tawes, who is seeking reelec-
ton without opposition. After q
talk by Mr.. Walsh, who also is i
candidate for reelection, Governor
O'Conor was introduced. While en-
dorsing the entire Democratic
ticket, the Governor especially
recommended the candidacy of
Colonel Lee for Congress from the
Sixth Maryland District. No man,
ne declared, has worked harder
than Col. Lee to promote Mary
lands activities in connection with
the war emergency.
Col. Lee praised Governor
O'Conor,s administration of the
States government for the past
year, pointing to its record of
economy which has resulted in the
building up of large surplus and
the reduction of State taxes. He
declared that his detectives if elect
ed to Congress would be threefold,
pledging himself to bend every