The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-08

Camp Tyson, Tenn, April 8. - (UP)-The reddeSt face in the army today belonged to Corp. William D. Heron, of Springfield, Mass, who got his barracks bag mixed up with one belonging to a WAAC while travelling from Florida.
 Heron, now stationed here, caused a riot In quarters when he unpacked a variety of flmsy things from his barracks bag as he delved deeper and deeper searching for one piece of male attire.
 He said his only satisfaction lay in the fact that some WAAC was undergoing the same experience.
 Lynn, Mass, April SUP 1.-The birth of Q daughter has given Mir. and Mrs. TilmOn ThibOdeau their l5th ration book.
 The child was the 18th born to the couple and ThibOdeau has four children by a previous marriage.
 Waltham, Mass, April 8-(UP)- Forty-four Watertown women war workers must appear in district court here Wednesday on a charge of "thumbing rides while standing in the roadway"
 Police said the young women's practice of hitch-hiking to work violated an old town traffic law, and that those summoned had created "a nuisance and a trafflc hazard"
 We've had any number of com plaintS from residents of the Water- town Square area" said Traffic Sgt. William H. Munhall. "The girl war workers have been ganging up on motorists, standing in the street and bringing traffic to 8 standstill just to get a ride"
 Sgt. Munhall added that bus serv- ice was available but that the girls thumbed rides to avoid an extra fare.
 Providence, R. r., April S-(UP)- Seven children and two women escaped unharmed from an apart ment house fire early today after the bowling of a Spitz dog had awakened his mistress as flames curled about the ceiling of her bed- room.
 The dog awakened Mrs. Hope Wells who rushed tO a lower apart Inent to warn Mrs. Lucille Dias and her seven children. Damage to the wooden dwelling was estimated at several hundred dollars.
 Pittsfield, Mass, April 8-(UP) Water instead of wood and coal will supply the basic power for Brazil's second most important rail- road.
 Dr. Durval Muylaert of Brazil's Sorocabana railway told the north eastern district conference Of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers today that prior to the war steam locomotives on the road used eucalyptus wood and coal im- ported from England.
 But. he said, coal supplies are cut of and wood is growing scarce. As a result, excellent water sources in the state of Sac Paulo through which the railway runs are being harness. cd so that POT miles of track can be electrified.
 Callander. Ont, April s-(UP) - The DionFle quintuplets, who are going to Superior, Wis. to chrlsten five cargo ships next month, today entertained Catherine Butler, 70. of St. Paul, Minn.. who travelled more than 1000 miles to deliver them official invitations for the trip. The girl brought the five sisters leather bound invitations from Sec retary Of State C0rdell Hull and the U. s. Maritime Commission. She is the daughter Of Robert Butler, head of the firm building the vessels.
 The quints. nov nearing their ninth birthdays, will be making their first trip to the United tSateg. Each sister will christen Q ship. pre- sumably the one to be named after her. since the vessels will be the An- nette. Yvonne, Cecibe, Emile and Marie.
 Boston. April B. (UP) A Dor- chester woman who aliegedly created q mythical lover" to extract eI.S06 from . woman friend was given a suspended FefOFmatoTy sentence ~..-s. .....a.~ has... fes u.aaeua faaennH