The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-25

Stamford, Conn, oct. 25-CUP)-
David Taylor, sentenced last week
to Fairfield county jail at Bridge
port for 100 days on a charge OF
wife beating, was transferred to
Bridgeport hospital today in a crit
ical condition from head injury
Stamford police said Taylor was
in good health" when he was com.
mitted last Tuesday, and jail au-
thorities did not reveal how he was
injured. Hospital authorities said
his condition was dangerous.
Stamford, Conn.,, Oct. 26-UP)
-Neils Nelson, IS, was In q criti-
cal condition with q skull fracture
at Stamford hospital today after
being struck by two automobiles
Sunday.
Police said Nelson was struck
by q hit.and-run car and that q
second automobile, operated BY
Donald Shaw, Darien, ran over
him. Shaw said he did not see
Nelson lying In the road.
New Britain, Conn, Oct. 25-(UP)
Clarence w. Buckley. 81, former
president Of the Connecticut Bakers
Association, died Unexpectedly at a
Middletown hospital Sunday. He was
a native Of Frederick, Md, and had
been In the bakery business here for
% years. His widow and one daugh-
ter survive.
Hartford, Conn. Oct. 2S-(UP)-
State Manpower Director William
j. Fitzgerald claimed today that so
per cent of the war plants In the
Hartford, Bristol, Waterbury, New
Britain and Meriden areas were I'M
able to provide reasons for absentee
SIN because they lacked adequate
records Of their workers.
The commission, he said, was in
augurating a statewide program to
induce all manufacturers to main
tain personnel records to correct this
source Of slowing down production.
Central Connecticut" said Fitz-
gerald, is faced with q serious la
Dor shortage that makes 1t impera-
tive that available manpower sup
plies be used economically. The
problem Of absenteeism is one Of the
more serious aspects of this overall
problem and before the situation
can be met adequately, it Is neces-
Sary that we know the facts.
Any manpower loss that exceeds S
per cent, he said, should be investi-
gated. Absenteeism, he added, aver
aged So per cent in all plants, and
ran as high as 17.S in some individ-
ual plants.
Hartford. Conn.,, Oct. 25-(UPJ-
Democratic Sen. John L. Sullivan,
New Britain, claimed today that
Gov. Baldwin acted under the wrong
statute in exercising his wartime
emergency power to suspend a law
requiring tenants to pay their rent
the day it is due or face immediate
eviction.
The Governors suspension order
cited an authority vested in me by
Chapter Four of the Cumulative
Supplement to the General Statutes
of l943," whereas Sullivan claimed
the war powers were granted under
Chapter Three.
Chapter Four" he said, has to
do with transwer Of liquor permit
fees and related matters. There Is
not one word in Chapter Four which
grants the Governor power to sus-
pend q law or 10 do anything else"
Sullivan pointed out that the rent
act was q prime issue In the Hart
ford mayoralty election and THE
Governor should have used undue
care not TO further complicate the
matter"
Further. the New Britain 6ena-
tor asserted that all previous war
orders OF the Governor cited Chap.
ter -Four and required correction.
Stamford, Conn, oct. Is, (Up)-
Ernest y. Strain, 81. father Of II
nlOtheFless children who last week
vas placed h IA BY his draft board,
today nled notice oG appeal, clailn-