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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
Little Girl Injured
In East Main Street
Mishap Saturday Night
;covill Companys Guard Positive in Identification
of Accused; Case Continued for Defense to
Call Wife as Witness

after apparently having been hit by
Ford pickup truck He said
the truck stopped about 100 feet
away, and then continued on. He
picked up the girl and then got in
his car and went after the truck
Several blocks down he located
Smith in Ford pickup truck, which
he said he recognized as the truck
which had hit the girl, because it
lacked tail light, and took its
marker number.
Miss zooleck testified that the
auto that struck her seemed to
come "out of nowhere" and that
she could not identify it.
Smiths father, placed on the
stand by defense attorney, John
F. Tobin, testified that his Ions car
bore no marks after the time of the
accident, and that the dust on the
tenders was still intact. Motor Pa
trolman Walter Ogrisek, who with
Joseph Dereskevich arrested Smith
told Prosecuting Atty. Frederick
Palomba that Smiths truck bore
small dent, but no blood or other
marks of an encounter.
Miss Zooleck, who was treated at
ST. Mary's hospital after the acct
dent, is returning there for X-rays
of her shoulder this afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

through whose efforts the recreation
area became reality.
Father Sicily will officiate at the
brief dedication ceremony arranged
by committee of ardent outdoor
sport enthusiasts from the Inter
mediate and Junior Glasses of the
hospitals training school for future
Florence Nightingalers.
A feature Of the program this
this evening will be a picnic lunch
on the grounds adjoining the new
court and special exhibition
match featuring two we'll known
nurses, Joseph Brazis and Mary
Morgan.
Miss Ada Shaker heads the COM
mittee on arrangements for to-
nights program. Ably assisting her
as members of the intermediate
class are Diane Polletta, Patricia
O'Neil, Josephine Stokna, Ruth
Shea, Lucy DWyer, Mary ODonnell
Mary Kennedy and Virginia Conn
if. Representatives of the Junior
class assisting on the arrangements
committee are Mary and Margaret
Morgan, Ann Lynch, Virginia Kelly,
Rosemary Day and Marta Client.
The tennis court will be for the
exclusive use OF nurses and doctors
affiliated with st. MaryS hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
Head Of Protestant
Chaplains On Tour
Rev. DIR. William B. Pugh to Visit Various War Fronts
Succeeds Late Bishop Leonard, Air Crash Victim

Commission on Army and Navy
Chaplains, the organization which
certif1es Protestant ministers to the
government for service as chaplains
and which maintains intimate rela-
lions with the chaplains and with
the religious denominations to
which they belong.
On his trip abroad DR.. Pugh, as
the appointed representative of the
thirty-one major church denomina-
tons of America. will be official
spokesman not only for the Com
mission on Army and Navy Chap
lains but also for the Federal Coun-
Gil of the Churches of Christ in
America and for the Service Mems
Christian League. In June he was
elected in Bishop Leonard's stead
as chairman also of the national
council of this league, an organiza-
ton formed last year to coordinate
the work of most of the Protestant
Churches among service men.
"a double purpose lies back of all
preparations for this overseas trip, .
DR.. Pugh said today. Primarily it
is to convoy to the Army and Navy
service men and chaplains overseas
the affection and the prayerful con-
Germ of their Churches in their
homeland.
1T is also to obtain an intimate
knowledge of the religious life and
needs of the men on the various
fronts, and to bring this informa-
ton back home as basis for en-
larging and perfecting the service
that is already being given to them
in every part of the world by the
Churches of America
Conferences, group discussions
and religious meetings with area,
division and other Army chaplains
and with service men and their Off
GERS are being arranged for by the
visiting American Churchman He
expects also to meet similarly with
chaplains of the Navy.
Accompanying DR.. Pugh on his
war-front visit will be Chaplain
George F. Rixey. deputy chief of
chaplains of the Army. Chaplain
Rixey, a Methodist, has been an
Army chaplain since 1917 and an
executive in the Office of the chief
of chaplains since 1910. He is the
ranking Protestant chaplain of the
Army.
DR.. Pugh, who has been the
Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian
General Assembly since 1888, has
himself had long experience IN the
nations armed service. He is a
member of the American Legion, he
was chaplain in the 18th Division OF
the Army during World War /, see
ing service in the Oise-Aisne
Meuse-Argonne and Yspres-Lys Of
fensives and for more than twenty
years he was the chaplain of the
111th Infantry, Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard. Both of his sons are
in the armed forces of the nation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
OPA ENCOURAGES
BLACK MARKETS
Key Auto Dealers Point
Out Results of Ban on
Used Trucks

The legitimate used truck mar
ket in large measure has given way
to an inf1ationary black market
since OPA placed a ceiling on these
vehicles, according to survey of
key dealers throughout the United
States made public today by the
National Automobile Dealers Asso-
citation.
1.-The OPA ceiling on second
hand commercial vehicles went into
effect April g., says the report
Sales by legitimate dealers for that
month showed falling off of only
IL per cent from March, but in May
they dropped to a volume 76 per
cent below the March figures. While
later statistics on used truck sales
have not yet been compiled, the
general run of comments from deal
ers suggests that legitimate sales
have almost entirely given way to
clandeStine transactions at wildly
prices. Following are a
few typical reports and comments
from used truck dealers in various
parts of the country:
present regulations have elm
mated legitimate used truck volume.
Sales now being consumated are at
over-ceiling prices between individ-
uals and fly-by-night operators
when the ceiling was placed on
used trucks we quit dealing in them
and have taken the same attitude
ever since
"'All used trucks are being
bought and sold between individuals
at prices so exorbitant that legi-
innate dealer will not handle them.
Ceiling prices have not been eff
fective here. The net result las
been complet shut-out of all legi-
innate dealer operations. All sales
here, since thee eiling have been
on an oWner-to-buyer basis at black
market prices
eve are not interested in buying
or selling used trucks under the
present regulations. Let the gyps
handle this business. They keep no
records and buy and sell for what
they please regardless of regula-
TONS"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
WINSTED PRIESTS
RECEIVE ORDERS

Rev. Bonaventure Mcintyre, pas
tor Of st. Joseph's church, Winsted,
and two of his assistants, Rev.
Thaddeus Clouthier and Rev. John
Valente, will soon be transferred, it
was revealed at all Masses at that
church yesterday morning.
Father Mcintyre is slated to be-
come commissary provincial OF the
Third Order of ST. Francis with his
home monastery in East Rutherford,
N. J. Father Clouthier is slated to
assume a teaching position at St.
Joseph's school in Callicoon, N. Y,
while Father Valente is slated to
become assistant pastor at st. Jo-
seph's church in Rutherford, N. j.
An informal reception in honor
of the trio will be held after devo-
lions tomorrow evening in the
church auditorium on Hope street,
Winsted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
IN
CITY COURT CASES
Variety of Charges Fea=
tare Usual Monday Morn
ing Session

Joseph Flammia, 40, 225 Chase
Ave, charged with intoxication and
breach of the peace; and Antonio
Genna, SO, 1919 Easton Ave. charged
with breach of the peace, were
granted continuances to Aug. 10
when arraigned before Judge Theo-
bald Conway in City court this
morning. Genua told police that he
had been sitting on friends lawn
yesterday, when Flammia with
whom he had been friends for a
long time, jumped over a fence and
began to fight. Genna said he then
struck Flammia on the forearm with
a bar, for which Flammia later re-
ceived treatment at St. Mary's hos
pital.
Other cases: Emil Sporbert, At,
1888 Hamilton Ave, breach of the
peace, continued to Aug. %; Will
liam Aubin, 10, 7Ol So. Main ST.,
intoxication and breach of the peace
sentenced deferred, six months pro-
baton; Conjetto Romeo, %, ID Win
chester ST., violation of the motor
vehicle law and the rules of the
road, continued to July 80; Charles
Berwisht, so, 1877 Lincoln ST., viola
ton of the parking ordinances, S.
and costs; Edward LIE Blanc, IT, PA
Bank ST., violation of the motor We
hicle law, reckless driving, driving
without an operators ilcence, con-
tinued to July 20; Louis j. Block 20,
R. F. D. 3 Christian ST., Southbury,
violation of the motor vehicle law
and the rules of the road, nolled on
payment of S.; Fred Lester Fer
guson, AZ. IS Vine St., breach of the
peace and carrying a dangerous
weapon, nolled on payment of $40;
Louis Logue, 25, No, Field Rd. Wat
ertoWn, and Danny Gladiosa, II, 176
Lakewood Rd., interchanging parts
of a motor vehicle, $40 and costs;
Louis NORM, 36. Sc So. Elm ST., in
toxication and breach of the peace,
continued to Aug. %; Daniel Sulli-
van, 40, intoxication and breach of
the peace, nolled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

Clinton S. Smith, 25. R. F. D.,
Cheshire, pleaded not guilty to
charge OF evading responsibility in
connection with an accident on Sat-
rcay night in whihc Barbara Zoo
eek, IS, of 81 Marlboro street, was
injured, when arraigned before
Judge Theobald Conway in city
,ourtt his morning. Judge Con-
way granted his case continuance
Until tomorrow morning to allow
testimony of Smiths wife, who
Smith claimed was riding with him
at about the time of the accident,
in which he said he had no part.
Walter Reed, guard at Scovill's
plant, told the court that on Satur-
day night about 1G:40, he heard
bump on East Main street and
turned to see Miss zooleck falling
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

Washington, D. c., - July rs -
The Rev. DR.. William Barrow Pugh,
he Stated Clerk of the Presbyter-
AN church in the United States of
America and chairman of the Cen
aral Commission on Army and Navy
Chaplains, announced today that he
will soon leave on a visit of several
to the Armed forces over
seas.
DR.. Pugh will inspect the work OF
the chaplains of the American
Churches on the various fronts on
which are units of the armed serv-
ices. His extended visit will carry
on the trip begun by the late Meth
odist Bishop Adna w. Leonard, who
lost his life in plane crash in Ice
land May 8.
DR.. Pugh is Bishop Leonard's sue
cessor as chairman of the General
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
CAMPAIGNERS IN
LECTURE TONIGHT

who is Christi" will be the topic
discussed by Atty. John Greco and
Joseph Sullivan at the 10th open-air
meeting in series of the Catholic
Campaigners for Christ lecturers to-
night at 8 on the Green, under the
sponsorship Of the Knights of Col
umbus.
The Campaigners Will hold their
next lecture tomorrow evening at
the South Green in Hartford and
will discuss the subject Prayer.
Chicken raisers have been having
plenty of trouble of late. One Sylvan
avenue chicken raiser has had a
warning from Pros Albert Hummel
to keep his chickens penned and out
of his neighbours victory garden.
Other growers have been bothered
by scarcity of feed, not to men,
ton cannabilism amongst their
flocks, and the sweet sounds of the
ROSTERS at dawn on Sunday morn
ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

Constance Smolski of Waterbury
intent on pointing" surgical in
strument. These life-saving instru-
ments must be perfectly pointed
or rounded and closed. Because
they are used to cut human It's
sues they cannot have any rough
edges. The work of Constance and
her fellow employees won for Inter-
national Silver Company, Meri-
den, Conn.,, an Army-Navy "E"
flag. Miss SmoIski commutes daily
between her home here and the
Meriden factory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
BIockshirts Have
Been Withdrawn

Bern Switzerland, July 2.6-(UP
Fascist Blackshirts have beeb
withdrawn from patrols on tbs
Swiss-Italian border and replaced
by the Carabiniere, it was disclosed
today following the resignation OF
Premier Benito Mussolini.
Telephone communication with
Italy was still cut off.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
HOSPITAL TENNIS
COURT COMPLETED
Formal Opening With APP
pr0priate Ceremonies
Slated for Tonight

The official opening of the new
and spacious tennis court on Union
street, recently completed by St,
Mary's hospital for use by nurses
and doctors, will take place this
evening at O'Clock with appro-
pirate ceremonies planned by Rev.
Lawrence Sicily, hospital chaplain,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
PRODUCTION RECORD

Groton, Conn, July 90 CUP)-
The submarine Bashaw slid down
the ways of the Electric Boat Co.,
yesterday the third to be launched
by the firm this month. Officials
said this was a production record.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
&nuMnyavE
ESTABLISHED 1853

There's Sixteen Hundred Tiny Win
dows Or VentiIotors To The Square
Inch, In Every Piece of Palm Beach
Fabric.
Which gives a man chance to
let his skin breathe naturally and
get rid Of that surplus body heat
- keeping his own temperature
down - your spirit up.
There's nothing at $3.50 in the
line Of Summer suits that you con
pin your foith to as you can this
Palm Beach heat resister, that
keeps you spiek and span, cool
and neat - A real Summer treot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

Chile has fixed footwear prices
and footwear factories must brand
each article with the retail price.
A child from family of Is
won the contest among 30 en-
tries in baby show in Lech-
lade, England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

Because of the shortage Of other
materials, suit cases are being made
of wood in New Zealand
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

JOHN FUSCO
the North East Transportation
Bus Company. He was recently
promoted to Corporal in North
Africa.
Private John Fusco, 10, has
been in the Army Air Corps five
months. He was recently trans
ferred from Miami Beach, Flor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

The FuSco brothers, sons of Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Fusco of $50
Moreland avenue, are in two diff
ferent branches of the service
Corporal Peter Fusco, 81, who
has been in the Coast Artillery
eight months, is stationed some
where in North e.rica. He was
formerly stationed at Fort Bliss,
Texas. He is a former employe of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

GERMAN LESSONS STOPPED
Algiers, July 26 - CUP - Radio
Rome announced today that 1t was
disseminating, effective now, its
daily morning lesson in the German
language.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26
OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY MARINE LEAGUE

The state department of the
Marine Corps league voted at its re-
cent convention in Hartford to sup
port the bills for veterans legisla-
ton placed before the General As
Sembly by Congressman James VAN
zandt, past national commander
in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
The convention elected Frank G.
Noonan judge advocate, and Edward
C. Scholey, member of the bylaws
committee.
Other state officers elected in
clude: Waiter Miller commandment,
Hartford; Thomas Wall, senior vice
commander, New London; Edward
Jennings, junior vice commander,
New Haven; Kenneth Luddington,
inspector general New Haven;
David Maugle, chaplain, New Lor-
don; Walter Berg, sergeant alarms,
Bridgeport; and Mrs. Peggy Cheney,
adjutant and paymaster, Hartford
The newly elected officers were in
stalled by Edward Jennings, ma
tional aide, assisted by Walter Berg,
sergeant-at-a
prentice seamanship training at the
naval training station at Sampson,
N Y. They are now seaman second
class.
Private First Glass Joseph M.
Mingo and Sergeant John V. Mingo
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. James Mingo,
II iVne street, Norwich, formerly
with the lmerican Brass Company
are in the army.
Rev. Edwin B. O'Brien of New
Haven. has been named chaplain of
all trainees stationed with Army
and Navy units at Yale University.
Nearly 48,CU0 cattle hides arc used
monthly in South Africa in making
leather for military footwear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

Nearly 48,CU0 cattle hides arc used
monthly in South Africa in making
leather for military footwear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

Rev. Edwin B. OBrien Of New
Haven, has been named chaplain of
all trainees stationed with Army
and Navy units at Yale University.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-26

prentice seamanship training at the
naval training station at Sampson,
N Y. They are now seaman second
class.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

praise for the British night bomb
ers and the American day bombers
In their respective Jobs. The Amer.
lean four-engined bombers are the
best day bonbers In the world" he
said, and have proven that they
can both give and take by their
record more than four enemy
lighters knocked down for every
bomber lost.
The War Department issued bis
statement which was described as
an explanation Of "24-hour bomb.
Ing Of Germany"
Eaker said around.the-clock
bombing Of Germany - American
bombers In the daytime and Brit
ish bomhers at nights q funda-
mental part Of the strategy for the
Allied assault on the Axis.
"It Is sometimes assumed that
American air forces in Britain are
wrong to bomb, by day or the r
A. r. Is in error to bomb by night"
he said. "What Is best for one must
inevitably be best for the other"
This Is q wholly mistaken view
which would not be dangerous to
the Allied cause were 1t not for the
fact that II 1t prevailed our war
effort would be dangerously jeopar-
died."
He pointed out that Raj bomb
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

Director Joseph n. Loughlin, pil1s
Civilian Defense Area.
In his Glitter, Director Lcughlln
said:
Plant protection Is Of utmost
Importance IN this area, which
surely would be q target Of the en-
envy when and II he decides 10 at.
tempt TO slow down our production
Of war materials.
THE time and effort you have
given to the study Of protection
methods with a view TO instructing
those with whom you are associated
Is an indication that you have the
kind Of public spiritedness that all
Of US must have in order 10 win
this war.
I'VE In Civilian Defense are
grateful to you, and wish you every
success In imparting to others the
knowledge you have gained"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19

war, will add to her already en-
viable reputation.
EXPLOSION Morrow: $3.50 is
the story Of another pair Of lovers,
Buck and Marie, the pivotal char
acters In Francis Wallaces excit.
ing novel Of a mine disaster. Al
though the book suffers little from
overwriting and overemphasis, Wal
lace has handled his task with con-
siderable success. Through the medi-
UNI Of the explosion, the characters
Of the people in the mining town
are lnercilessly barred and this story
Of their inner as well as their outer
lives Is absorbing reading.
THE MAGICAL REALM by Kath.
leen Coyle (Dutton: $50 is not a
novel but a memoir, yet its quality
is SO enchanting, its events so beau
tifully told that 1t holds the reader
as completely as swift fiction. Sim
pie In essence, this record Of the
authors Irish childhood must ins
escapably be compared with certain
Of Katherine Mansfield's short
stories of New Zealand childhood.
There is the same feeling for Ian
guage, the same knowledge Of the
world drawn from intimate under
standing Of its smallest part, In the
work of both writer's. 1.-THE Magical
Realm" has beauty, Joy, tragedy,
and humor In its pages. It Is book
to be long remembered by discrin-
mating readers.
MIR. TIBBS PASSES THROUGH
(Dutton: $3.50. Robert Neurnann,
long known as q great writer and
thinker on the continent Of Europe,
is now q refugee in England, and
mfr. Tibbs Passes Through" is his
first book in English.
It Is a work Of tender serious
ness and fine emotion-faintly
reminiscent of Hilton'S mfr. Chips"
and the result Is very beautiful.
An imaginative small boy, an old
man who Is suddenly thrust from
a world Of dreams to one Of bitter
reality, his two fascinating but
completely different daughters,
make a most interesting psychology
cal study Of present-day England.
THREE CAME TO VILLA MARIE
(Soward Mccain: $3.50. Alan
Sullivan has just won the Cover
Generals Annual Literary
Award for the best novel Of the
year by a Canadian with ''Three
Came to Villa Marie"
The story is excellently handled
It Is the old one Of the triangle"
but worked out with new angles.
IT'S greatest value, in this reviewers
eyes, is for the enormous amount
Of information given about the old
France Of Louis XIV and 'New
France" Canada. It has a straight
forward vigorous style, and will hold
your attention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
MORAL STANDARDS
OF GIRLS LOWER
Prostitution and CONNER.
Cialized Vice Increases
Over l04l Total
BY FRED MULLEN

(UnAteU EEeSS SG8H COEEeSpOnuenb)
Washington, Feb. 18--(UP)-Di-
rector J. Edgar Hoover Of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation today
disclosed an alarming breakdown
in the moral standards Of juveniles
especially among girls.
Fingerpr1nt records Of persons
under 81 years Of age showed that
arrests of minor girls increased 55.1
per cent In 1912 over 1941. That
situation becomes "all the more
startling" Hoover said, when 1t Is
realized that some juvenile authori.
ties do not fingerprint delinquent
minors.
prostitution and commercialized
vice among minor girls" Hoover re.
ported, Increased 648 per cent
while those arrested for other SeS
offenses increased l04.7 per cent
Increases Of 29.9 per cent and 500
per cent, respectively, were regis
tered for drunkenness and disorder
ly conduct"
Hoover attributed the sharp In.
crease in juvenile crime to:
/. A deplorable lack Of parenta,
guidance and discipline In many
homes.
2. Boom conditions and easy
money in the hands Of youth, &C.
companied by sense Of wartime
abandon"
One official warned that unless
the conditions are corrected this
country faces the worst wave OF
crime in history within four years
In the years 1eS9-194l, the pre-
dominant age group among boys
arrested was 10 but Hoover disclosed
.nat the latest figures show that
boys aged IS have outstripped all
other age groups in crime.
Despite the fact that millions Of
young men are In the armed forces
or gainfully employed in war pro-
duction, Hoover said, the number
of youths under 81 arrested for as
sault increased I'll per cent; for
rape, 1915 per cent; for disorderly
conduct, 26.2 per cent; and for
drunkenness, 30.3 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-19
DIVINE GUIDANCE
NEEDED in CRISIS
Remembrance Services
Held By Salvation Army
for Americas Forces

The need of spiritual guidance in
times of crisis was stressed last
night by Rev. M. Webb Wright, pas
tor of the South Federated church
at service Of remembrance at Sal
vation Army headquarters on Cher
ry street for families and friends Of
servicemen. I'VE need to be sure
that what we are doing is right. be-
cause there Is so much that Is wrong
in the world and the way 1t is
going" Mr.. Wright said. He quoted
from John McCrae's poem, In
Flanders Fields" and said the SEN
timent that remained with him as
"a grievous condemnation from the
last war is that we have broken
faith with those who died in the
battles fought to preserve the world
for democracy"
The group was welcomed by Ma
jor Hugo Wiberg, who called the roll
from the Book Of Remembrance
compiled by the Womens Home
League for the Salvation Army,
which was followed by q moment Of
silent prayer. Maj. James Beach Of
tered q prayer and read q poem By
Edgar Guest. Mrs. Helen Brophy,
introduced by Mrs. Hugo WibeFe,
reminded those present 10 write
10 men IN the service, ana Francis
OTencoIe. OF the Veterans council
also spoke. The FIRST service Of re-
membranee was sponsored ~ the
WOmen's Home league, with Mrs
WlbeFg n charge, assisted ~ Mrs
Olive Rnda. MRS. Evelyn DuEen. and
Mrs. Leah BY.