The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-20
here with his sisters, Mrs. Emma r..
Waite and Mrs. Leroy Stone, who
survive him.

waite ana Mrs. Leroy otOne, VINO
survive him.
East Hartford, Conn, Dec. 20 -
U.P) The Hamilton Standard
Propellers Division of United Air
craft Corporation, observes a mile
stone in aviation Wednesday when
it celebrates completion OF its one
millionth propeller blade, 1T was an
nounced today.
The production record includes
the combined efforts of the divi-
sion's four plants and four licensees
Nash Kelvinator, Lansing, Mich;
Frigidaire, Dayton, O.; Remington
Rand, johnson City, N. Y, and
Canadian Propellers, Montreal, Can.
The count started only from the
date of introduction of the controll-
able Fitch propeller, late in 1882, it
was said, and the one millionth
blade of tn comfortable or constant
speed type, which includes the
famous hydromatic used on most
modern high powered bombers and
fighters, is expected to come of the
production line here sometime dur
ing Wednesday morning.
Representatives of the Army,
Navy, licensees and the corporation
will participate in the celebration.
New Britain, Conn.,, Dec. 20
(UP)-Ulysses Grant Lucas, IA,
former owner of two weekly news
papers in Duchess County, N. Y,
and for % years a linotype Oper-
atOr at the New Britain Herald,
died Sunday. 6
He was native of Poughkeep-
sic, N. Y, and the father of Paul
Lucas, Assistant Program Mana
ger for Radio Station VITO at
Hartford. He will be buried Tues
day at Madalin, N. Y.
Groton, Conn.,, Dec. 20-CUP)-
Mrs. w. H. P. Blandy, Washington,
D. c., wife of the Rear Admiral,
sponsored the submarine Croaker as
it was launched at the Electric Boat
Companys victory yard Sunday.
The Croaker was the Oath launch
ing at the yard in 43 weeks.
Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 2O-UP)
The Connecticut River dixie and
the Park river conduit we're to be
turned over to the city Of Hart
ford today by Col. C. w. Gillette,
Boston, New England Division
Army Engineers.
The completed projects. built
by the Army Engineers to control
flooding of the Connecticut and
Park Rivers, were to be accepted
by Mayor William H. MOttensOn
on behalf of the city from the u.
S. Engineer Corps, War Depart
ment.
The two projects were inspected
formally by Col. Gillette, 1t. Col.
E. w. Garbisch, District Engineer,
who was in charge of local con-
structi0n; Sen. Francis T. Ma
lOney, Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin
and his staff, former Congress-
man Herman p. Kopplemann, ex-
Mayors Dennis p. O'COnnOr and
Thomas J. Spellacy, and members
of the Hartford Flood Ccmmis-
sion, which arranged the presen-
tatiOn program.
Suffield, Conn, Dec. 20-(UP)-
Funeral services will be held Tues
day for Howard Frank Russell, go,
president of the Fuller-Russell To-
bacco Co., who died suddenly at his
home Sunday. Russell also was vice.
president of the Block Brothers To-
bacco Company of Connecticut, and
a trustee of the Suffield Savings
bank.
Stamford, Conn, Dec. 20-U.PD
The case of a 23-year- service
man, booked by police only as "a
soldier because of many conflict
ing names on passes and furlough
papers found in his pockets, was
cleared today by a Navy chaplain
who dropped into police headquar-
tiers to intercede for sailor who
ran afoul of the law.
"A soldier, was picked up by mill
tary police who noticed his serg-
eants chevrons had been sewed on
inside out, as was a five-year
hash mark"
To the chaplain the soldier re-
portedly admitted:
He was John r. Schwartz. AS
toria, L. l.. a military policeman