The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
News Of Connecticut

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. IT = GU. P.) The legislative councils agenda for the January special session of the general assembly was in the hands of Governor Baldwin today, along with a request that the session be limited and avoid con- troversial subjects.
 The agenda included bills to:
 Extend the emergency war powers of the governor from February l. 1944 through February 1, 1945. Several Bills providing for the simplification of absentee balloting by servicemen, extension of the vot- ing hours in state elections from 6 p. m., to p. m., limiting voting in municipal elections to p. m., re- pealing law enacted by the 1943 General Assembly, and since sus- pended by the governor, which compelled tenants to pay their rent on the due day or face immediate eviction, allowing towns to jointly operate airports, and amending the Bristol City Charter to permit the city to buy Old Marsh Pond as a supplementary water supply. A suggestion that bill be sub- mitted to provide care for returning servicemen who are mentally ill was under consideration, pending further research.
 The council recommended that Q bill be drawn dealing with the states milk situation, although mo- thing specific was proposed.
 The governor, in calling the spe- cial session. was expected to lay out @ definite program. However, if any controversial matters are in- cluded in the call, leaders of both parties predicted a wide open" session which might be prolonged indefinitely.
 Berlin, Conn, Dec. 17 - CU.P.l -Connecticut's first weather cas- uaIty of the winter occurred late
 yesterday when the frozen body of John Lund, Jr., 63, was found
 in lot at Kensington. Lund had
 been missing from 8 railroad la- bor camp since last Saturday.
 Norwich, Conn, Dec. IT - U.P0 = Charles W. Dow, 30, who at 15 was one of the worlds first tele- phone operators, died yesterday. He worked at the New Haven Tele- phone Exchange in 1878, when con- mercial use of the telephone was undergoing its first test. He was ap- pointed district traffic chief of the Southern New England Telephone Company, here in 1915. He was 8 native of Falls Village.
 Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 17 - (U.
 P.) - Back at his office today
 after recovering from a mild at-
 tack of the flu, State Health
 Commissioner Stanley H. Osborn
 predicted the current outbreak of
 influenza would begin to wane
 within the next few days. The commissioner said the epi-
 demic was under control, and
 that relatively few deaths had occurred.
 New Haven, Conn, Dec. 17-(UP) A 32-years-old West Haven wom- an and four children were in a crit ical condition today at New Haven hospital and being treated for burns resulting from a fire that swept their second-floor apartment after a portable oil heater overflowed.
 Mrs. Lena Crisante, attempting to rescue one of her year and half old twin daughters, was burned so critically that doctors feared she might die.
 Also hospitalized were the twins, Donna and Angelina; another Mary Frances, g, and a 3-years-old nephew, Pasquale Crisante. Michael Crisante, II, who helped in the res- cue, was treated for mild burns.
 James Skelton, 39, who lives in a first floor apartment, said he was awakened from a nap by the cries of Mrs. Crisante, and he found her in hallway, carrying one of the twins. Both were badly burned. He said he went into the blazing apart ment and rescued the other baby, and that Michael apparently fled to safety unaided.
 Michael told Fire Chief Lloyd O. Cameron that when he discovered the fire. he tried to move the port able stove but that more oil over l la RIE,SrN ya