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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
FOR WHOM The
BELL TOLLS A HIT
BY JOAN YOUNGER

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
New York, July 15-UP)-The
movie version of For Whom the
Bell Tolls novel with the Span
ish revolution setting, was received
today as one of the pictures of the
year, except that it was too long.
For two hours and so minutes, a
crowd of 1000 notables watched the
100000 technicolor film unfurl
the world premier of a story that
covered only four days of war in the
high Sierras of Spain.
Hollywood tossed aside its staid
traditions and followed closely En-
nest Hemingway's novel, including
controversial Spanish politics and
the sleeping bag episode, leaving out
only the unmentionable phrases and
the more intimate scenes.
Gary Cooper aptly plays the
leading role of Robert Jordan, an
American soldier of fortune who
dies in the long-awaited end of the
picture, defending the retreat of
ant postmaster, Charles Plat, sup
erintendent of mails; John Quilter,
Walter Geraghty, Patrick Barry
and Walter Clarity, Jr.
Active bearers, also Of the post
office, were Edgar DWyer, George
Perigard. Thomas Sayers, John
Keefe, William Doran and John
Scadden. Burial was in new ST..
Joseph's cemetery, with the COM
INITIAL services by Rev. Paul Spod-
mix of the Immaculate Conception
church.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
NO DECISION ON
TRIAL PRIORITY
Federal Government, City
of Waterbury Must Await
Ruling

City officials and Special Counsel
George Cohen, Hartford, are a little
weary of waiting for the decision
on the Leary suit. No word con-
corning the federal governments
intention as to whether it will claim
priority over the city's claims
against the assets of the fugitive
Daniel j. Leary, former city con-
troller, has been received.
Several weeks ago Mayor John S.
Monagan and Atty. Cohen met with
Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle in Wash
ington on the question of whether
the city, through it's attachment, or
the government, through its income
tax liens, had priority claim against
the assets of Leary who fled after
the supreme court of errors upheld
the 10 to 15-year sentence imposed
on him for his part in the Water
bury conspiracy case.
Before the city Cor the federal
government can take civil action
against the 100000, the question of
who has the priority in the mat
ter" must be decided.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15

to approach the ODT officials with
special resolutions urging them to
abandon the present strict rulings
on the bus lines that lead to munic-
ipal parks and Fairgrounds.
'It is obvious that the ODT either
refuses to or does not recognize the
fact that the industrial cities of
Connecticut have become greatly
over-populated since the war be-
gam" he asserted.
"All the Park Association is at
tempting to do is to influence the
ODT to lower its regulations for
the summer months so that city
apartment and home jewellers work.
ing in the war industries can OBJ
tain their urgently needed recrea-
ton and relaxation he said.
During the meeting records were
revealed disclosing the fact that at
tendance at the parks and play
grounds throughout Connecticut
have dropped off between so and
rs per cent, he added, simply be-
cause people cannot get to the parks
which are, in most cases, situated
a mile or two from the center of
the city.
Supt. Curtin is chairman of
the subcommittee appointed to
confer with ODT officials and said
action, If not fireworks, is expected
to take place very shortly.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
CORPORAL MILLER
AT STATEN ISLAND
Waterbury Youth in United
States After Il Months
in South Pacific

Corporal Leonard w. Miller, %,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Miller, of 1913 Willow street, has ar
rived on United States terrain
after being away from this country
for approximately 81 months, it was
announced today by his mother.
Corporal Miller was a member of
the National Guards when it was
federalized at the opening of the
war and left Waterbury with the
first contingent February, 1941.
Although he was able to telephone
his parents last night, Corporal
Miller is quarantined on Staten Is
land until he has fully recuperated
from "a tropical disease" he con-
tracted while fighting in the South
Pacific war zone, Mrs. Miller re-
vealed. However, as soon as his
health permits, he will be permit
ted to come home to spend an ex-
tended furlough with his parents,
brothers and sisters.
"Oh, it was so good to see the
old U. S. A. he said to his mother,
"but it's better still to hear your
voice, especially after two and a
half years-they seem like two and
half centuries"
Corporal Miller has a brother, also
a coporal, Fred c. Miller, who was
home a few months ago on fur
Tough and is now stationed at
Camp Cooke, California.
The servicemen's pater saw serv-
ice with the U. S. Army when it
clashed with the Mexican forces
over boundary disputes in 1915. He
was sergeant attached to Com
pany G..
Corporal Leonard Miller attended
st. Mary's school and the Crosby
High school. Before entering the
service, he trained for four years in
the machine and tool department of
the Scovill Manufacturing Com
pany.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15

Rev. Gerard Gaynor, S. A., now
a first lieutenant in the army
chaplain corps, is concluding
visit with his mother, Mrs. Martha
Gaynor of Washington St. this
afternoon. Father Gaynor is leav-
ing for the army chaplain school
at Harvard, where on Saturday
he will begin a months training
course which will prepare him
for active duty.
Father Gaynor received hi.
early education at Washington
Grammar school, studied for a
while at Crosby High school, and
was graduated from St. Johns
Seminary, Graymoor, Garrison, N.
Y. He studied theology at Catho-
lie University in Washington, d.
c., where he was ordained at the
Shrine of the Immaculate Con-
ception on Dec. 20, 1910.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
0AKVILLE YOUTH
APPEALING fine
Assessed SIS in Police
Court Today for Reck-
less Driving

Lucian Arlington, 40, "a, Buck
ingham St., Oakville, was fined $25
and costs, appealed, on a charge of
reckless driving when arraigned be-
fore Judge Theobald Conway in city
court this morning. A charge of
evading responsibility was dismissed.
The charges grew out of an acct
dent on the evening of Friday, July
2, when Arrington's car struck a
parked car on West Main st. Ar
rington claimed that car passing
another car on the other side of the
road had caused him to swerve into
a machine, which he said was i'm
properly parked.
Nine deliquent violators of the
parking bans received nolles on
payment of five dollars or forfeited
equivalent bonds. They were: John
Maher, Watertown Ave-; George
Schmid, %, 121 Cossett ST.; James
Walsh, Is, 1924 Highland Ave. :;
Agostino Giorgi, So, A Barden ST.;
Elsie Banch, So, 900 Pine ST.; Rosa
Paumas, 81, "a So. Riverside St.;
Ernest Giglio, 20, 226 Plat ST.; Har-
riet Little, AZ, "a Pearl ST.; and
Mary Pandriani, 26, 40 Rawley Ave.
Other cases: Mrs. Julius F.. Adams,
48, North ST., Middlebury, viola ton
OF the motor vehicle law and speed
ing, nolled on payment of ten dol
lars; James Shedrick, 10, 203 Garden
circle, violation of the motor vehicle
law and driving without an opera
tors license, nolled on payment of
five dollars; Charles H. O'Connor,
%, % Mitchell Ave, violation of the
motor vehicle law and rules of the
road, nolled on payment of $500
costs; Arthur DiFonzo, SO, 461 No.
Main ST., assault and breach of the
peace, continued to July 20; Ed
ward Watson, q, Camp Ter, non
support, nolled; Peter Augelh, 26,
1888 Bank St., non-support. noIled
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
II RUSSIANS ARE
COURT MARTIALED

Moscow, July 15-(UP)-Eleven
Russians went on trial today in a
north Caucasian city in the first
public court martial of the war,
charged with aiding the Germans
in atrocities against Russian citi-
zerS- during the Nazi occupation of
Krasnodar.
The accused were said to have
confessed their guilt in the torture
Sayings of $500 men, women and
children. Most of the victims were
tortured and mutilated in Gestapo
cellars, it is charged, and then killed
SHINY in a seven-ton Theoretically
sealed truck, into which gas was
pumped slowly.
The court martial followed an in
vestigation by special state com
mission. Chief responsibility for the
crime was laid to Col. Gen. Richard
Rouff, commander of the Nazi 18th
army.
Fourteen other German Army and
Gastapo officers were named as
principal conspirators and will be
tried in absentia. The Russians
were named as defendants.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15

expected to have sufficient ga"
coupons for the maximum length
trips. Proof also must be given to
ration officials that alternative
transportation is not available or
would be inconvenient. Speedome-
ter readings, required of applicants.
will serve as a check, if needed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
Blame Your Law
Liver Bile IT,

CONSTIPATION with its headaches,
mental dizziness, half alive feeling often
result when liver bile doesn't flow freely
e0ery day into your intestines. So take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets to insure
gentle yet thorough bowel movements.
Olive Tablets are wonderful to stir up
liver bile secretion and tone up muscu-
lar intestinal action. Follow label direc-
tons. 15c, SOC, SOC. AL drugstores.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15

Members of the Waterbury
. Druggists association will hold
their regular monthly meeting
Sunday afternoon at the summer
home of Past State President Paul
Kunke1, "The Four Piers" on the
Todd road. Business session will
start at l o'clock. A social session
will follow. Refreshments will be
served. Association will be host
to q number of invited guests.
President Stephen Grosch will
nrs7ide at the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
Morale Of Civilian
Population Imperiled
By Czaristic Stand
Attendance at Parks, Fairgrounds Greatly Curtaied
By Lack of Adequate Transportation;
Consideration Asked

The Office Of Defense Transportation is unwttingly
encouraging absenteeism and lowering the morale of
civilian population in its effort to "a few drops of
gasoline declared Park Superintendent James j. Curtin
at the meeting of the New England Park Association in
Hartford last night During the meeting called by the
Park Association, Superintendent Curtin among
three named to serve the special committee APPOINTED
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15

MONCADA-MrS. Anna (Carta)
Moncada, wife of Sebastian Mon
cada of Middletown died Tuesday
night at the Middlesex hospital
after a brief illness.
A native of Melilli Italy, she had
been resident of this country for
q years, many of which were spent
in Waterbury. She moved to Mid
dletoWn seven years ago. Surviv-
ors include her husband; three
daughters, Mrs. George Marine, Mrs.
Biagio Manganaro, Mrs. Joseph Da-
niele; and five grandchildren, all
of Waterbury.
The funeral will be held from the
Stanley F. Dunn funeral home, 124
Washington street, Middletown, Fri
day morning at 9:15 o'clock to ST.
Sebastians church, MiddletoWn,
where a solemn high Mass will be
celebrated at 10 o'clock. Burial will
be in the family plot, Calvary Gem
etery, MiddletoWn.
Friends may call at the funeral
home until o'clock tonight.
COETI-Joseph Cont, SO, died
last night at his home, 915 North
Main street, after short illness.
He was born in italy and came to
this country 80 years ago, eight Of
which were spent in New Jersey
and 30 in this city. He was en-
ployed at the Waterbury Buckle Co.,
until his illness.
He is survived by his wife, Ann
(Fasano) Cont; son, Lawrence;
two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Deli
Veneri and Mrs. Angelo MaStopie-
tro; and stepbrother, James
Ianucci, all of Waterbury.
The funeral will be held Satur-
day from the Colasanto funeral
home, 932 Bank street at 8 a. M, to
st. Lucy's church at 9. Burial will
be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home today un-
til 10 p. M, and tomorrow from 2
to 10 p. m.
DAMULIS-Joseph Damulis, SO,
of 48 West Porter street died last
night at his home after brief ILL
ness. He was a native of Pittston,
Pa, and came to this city at the
age of two. He was an employee of
the Waterbury Paper Box Co. and
worked for that firm for 16 years as
a cutting press operator.
Mr.. Damulis was a member of the
Connecticut State Guard and was
former member of the Connecticut
National Guard, having served with
those units for more than 10 years.
He was educated at st. Joseph's
school and was a communicate of
st. Joseph's church.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Mary Damulis and a BROTH
er, Albert Damulis, both of Wa
terbury.
The funeral will be held Satur-
day morning from the Mazaika
funeral home, 10 Porter ST., at
BIS o'clock TO st. Joseph's church,
where a solemn high Mass will be
celebrated at 9 o'clock. Burial
will be in the family plot, Cal
vary cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home today and Friday from
2 to 10 p. m.
DeFOREST-MrS. Adella Boyce
DeForest. wife of Howard DeForest
of 370 North Main street died yes
terday at her home. The daughter
of the late James and Mary Comb
er Boyce, Mrs. DeForest was born
in Woodbury. and had resided in
Waterbury about 30 years.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by one nephew, Louis Gram
mis- of Bridgeport.
Funeral services will be held Sat-
urday afternoon at o'clock at the
Lunny funeral home, Is Central
avenue. Friends may call at the
funeral home this evening from 7
to 10 and Friday from to and
7 to 10 p. m. Burial will be in Wood
bury cemetery, Woodbury..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
Inability t get clocks repaired has

Inability t get clocks repaired has
revived the hour glass in England.
Public airmail service between
Syria and Egypt has been reestab-
lished.
Drought destroyed over 1000, 900
tons of corn in Argentina this year.
A well-known American soft drink
Is to be introduced into Nicaragua.
Shipment of cosmetics and beer
into the Middle East has been ban
ned.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
Park Association Scores Attitude, Actions OF ODT
Vacationists Flock
For Special Permits
OPA Staff Beseiged By Rush of Early Applicants;
Forms Available; Meagre Information Requested

Prospective vacatonsts focked to the ration boaro
headquarters today to obtain the special permits authorized
the already busy gasoline panel workers Although the
first permit was not issued until o'clock in keeping with
the announced schedule of motorists began to
arrive at the headquarters at early hour this morning.
and literally begged for the certificates
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
Building Permits

The following permit was issued
today by Building Inspector John
I. Hartley:
to rear porch, 70 Fairview street,
Margaret E. Bradley, addition
cost $500.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
MASS
DIED

CONTI-In this city. July 14th, 1s4S,
Joseph Cont, of 915 North Main
st.
Funeral Saturday morning at
500 o'clock, from Colasanto Fun
eral Home 932 Bank ST., to St
Lucy's Church, at 900 o'clock.
Burial in Calvary cemetery.
DAMULIS-In this city, July l4th,
1913, Joseph Damulis, of As west
Porter St.
Funeral Saturday morning, at Sis
o'clock, from MaZaika Funeral
Home, 10 Porter St., to st. Joseph's
Church, at 900 o'clock. Burial in
Calvary cemetery.
DEFOREST-In this city, July l4th,
1913, Mrs. Adella Boyce Detorest,
of $40 North Main st.
Funeral Saturday afternoon, at goo
o'clock from Lunny Funeral Home,
25 Central Ave. Burial in Wood
bury cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15

"his woman Maria Gngrid Berg
mani.
The premier, of which all proceeds
went to the National War Fund,
brought a host of screen and pub
lie notables including Army and
Navy officials, Dorothy Lamour,
Mary Martin, Sen. Claude Pepper,
Wendell Willkie and banker VIM
throp Aldrich.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
.I&n~Mvy~vt
ESTABLISHED 1853
ESTABLISHED 1888

There's So Many Things That Make
1t So Eosy For A Man To Relax And
Be Comfortable.
Our leisure clothes at 50 to $40
ore made for that man who after
the weeks grind Of war work at
bench, factory or office wants to
lounge under a canopy Of blue
sky.
Complete suit $500 - Fancy
check, sports collar, poteh pocket
shirt - Stacks in solid color tones
to notch, with upper fly.
Complete suit $1l.00 - PIeoted
sIoeks and motehins shirt with
military pockets in solid shades
Of cotton gobordine.
Complete suit $500 - Mercury
twill fobrie that piles up service
mileage to a stondstiII - A
lounge suit thot gives you q long,
ing for the greet out Of doors.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15

Rubber seed is now parachuted
to remote plantations in the Belgian
Congo.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
,Gorse Promoted
ToMajor in U. 5.
Army Air Forces
Long Service Career
Includes Action in
Bottle of JutIund

Capt. John H. GorSe. 1862" Second
street Sc. was recently promoted
to the rank OF major in the Army
Air Forces somewhere in Northern
Ireland
A native of Scotland. Mai Gorse
served with the British ROYAL NAVY
during the First World War. He
served abroad the Fl. NJ. S. Defender.
a detroyer. IN the battle OF Jutland
and was wounded.
Discharged in 1919 with the rating
Of yeoman, he enlisted four years
later in the United States Army,
where he served in the Philippines
under Gen. Leonard Wood. helping
IN the construction of Nichols Field.
From 1927 to 194l he was with the
1St Observation Squadron, activated
in 1913 as the Army'S first aviation
unit. Mai Grose rose to the rank
Of master sergeant with the squad
ron and was commissioned captain
after the outbreak of the war.
Beside the Philippines, he has seen
service in West Africa. Hawaii, Pan
anna. Trinidad British Guiana and
in various sections of the United
States.
Maj. Dewsnup at Lexington.
Maj. Ralph L. DeWsnup, special
service officer and War bond officer
at Boiling Field Army air base. re-
Gently left for six weeks course
Evening star., 1943-02-07
d. C. Men in Outfit That Cracks March Record
OF American Troops Quortered in British Isles
Ex-Covo!rymen Use
Fence-J Jumping Jeeps
Instead of Horses

an hour over almost any sort Of
country the European terrain pro-
yideS
Also the men are being trained in
the use of power hammer and
gas-operated saw with which to
throw up walls and fences across the
path of an advancing enemy. They
are acquiring all the SkillS of the
engineer in demolition work. Above
all. the reconnaissance men must be
skillful map readers and they must
be able to make their way for 25
miles across country in the blackest
sort Of night with the use of COM
pass alone.
This night training got Sergt.
Owens of BerryvilIe into an en-
barasSing mess the other night.
Striking over an unknown country
by compass in the dense blackneSs
Of an English January night he
stumbled into an English air camp
where, despite all his explanations,
he was placed under arrest and
taken to the guardhouse by the
sentry.
There the corporal of the guard
had dropped into light doze Sergt.
Owens, philosophically making the
best of it, started to lay down his
Evening star., 1943-02-07
D. Men Grads
|Of AirpIone
| Mechanics School

GULFPORT FIELD. Miss-Nine
District men recently graduated
from the Airplane Mechanics School
here at the Army Air Forces Tech
nical Training Command. They
are: Harry L. Weeks, 658 E street
Sc; Leo H. J. Carr, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. william Carr, 342l Seventh
street NE; Edward A. Hall. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. E l.. Hall. 1913 B street
Sc: Percy C. Barr, 2025 I street
NV; Robert B. Brady, 1918 Hol-
brook street N E; Lester E. Ormsbee.
l643 Wisconsin avenue NV; Louis
F.. Redmon 1929 Columbia road
NV; Judy P. Harper and Omar L..
Bridges.
Pvt. Richard w Evans, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. William c. Evans. 1884
Florida avenue NE, recently was
graduated from the Army Air Forces
Technical Training Command school
here for airplane mechanics. Pvt.
Evans was formerly in the manu-
featuring business.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Little 'Grousinq'
In Schmitt's S Unit
On 25-MiIe Test
Bv THOMAS X. HENRY
Star Staff Correspondent


SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND (By
MaID.-Capt Waldo E, Schmitt. son
Of Dr.. Waldo l.. Schmitt, noted
Smithsonian Institution biologist. is
halted at noon up an English lane
lined with hawthorne hedges with
his reconnaissance troop of picked
soldlcrS-mes5 kit plates heaped to
ovcrf1owing with steaming hot saur-
kraut and chipped beef,
This troop, containing several
Washington men and large con-
tingent from Berryviile, Va, is in
the process of breaking what. so far
as is known, is the 25-mile marching
championship Of American troops in
the British Isles
They are making it today, over
hard roads, muddy lanes and across
country, in 4 hours and 2l minutes.
Because of this pride of achieve
ment, Capt. Schmitts men, selected
for special skills and intelligence and
education qualifications. grouse"
very little over the long endurance
marches required Of all troops now
in training here.
They are the men who will keep
IN constant contact with the enemy
in battle-the soldiers who lead the
way into combat to determine the
disposition of the foe and goad him
out of his hiding places-the last
IN a retreat, where they must fight
rear-guard delaying actions, barri-
cade roads, destroy bridges. Nearly
Evening star., 1943-02-07

who have exchanged their horses for
fence and brook jumping jeeps,
which, says Capt. Schmitt, when
properly operated can go through
any sort of country a man can walk
through except dense forest. In
cluded among the Berryville soldiers
on this rapid march are: Sergts.
Marvin R. May, Raymond P.
Shackleford. William G.. O'Brien.
Robert D. Leake, Lynwood M. Ritter,
Janey L. Pope and William G.
Owens; Corpls. Thomas C. Doffle-
myer, Walter I. Shackleford, Samuel
E. Simpson, Walter R. Foley, Will
liam E. Lee and Woodbury. w. Will
liams, and Pvts. James I. Grim and
Wilford B. Trenary. Most of them
got their first training as soldiers
under Maj. Graham Daugherty of
Berryville, now on the staff of a
unit in the European theater.
A reconnaissance troop, Capt,
Schmitt explains, uses about 10
different kinds of guns, in the con-
struction and operation of which
every man must be proficient. The
quarter-ton truck-the jeep-is the
fiery steed of this new type Of ad-
vance cavalry and men of the troop
are getting advance training as
cross country drivers. In theory, at
least, any soldier should be able to
pull a jeep off the road, climb over
or smash through any ordinary fence
with it, and then drive it at 80 miles