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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
High School Students
Not Trained To Think
Fortune Magazine Makes Interesting Comments
Following Investigation of American Edu-
cational Procedure - Sense of
Values Missing in Training.
--NEA Telephoto

use business machines Or to par
rot instructions.
Our factories no longer depend
on skilled but on semi-skilled work.
ers-on persons of general mental
aptitude who are put through a
short course in particular machine
operation. Certainly there is
nothing wrong with occupational
training; but 1t should never be
permitted to interfere with the real
work of the schools.
Our culture is now a high school
culture,' Fortune states. I'VE have
to determine what sort of high
school graduates we want. What
we want - judged in terms of what
we seem most to lack - are gradu-
ates capable of independent think
ing, graduates willing to partici-
pate in civic life, graduates with an
understanding knowledge of the
country and the world.
Critical Thinking
I'VE face the task of training the
student to think critically and to act
civically. The best way to learn
how thinking should be done in the
present is to study the way in which
it has been done in the past to
study, that is, the great writer's,
the great mathematician the great
scientists and philosophers, the
great historians, and the great ar
fists.
If one of our aims Is to produce
graduates Jealous In civic affairs, we
shall wish them to have at least a
minimum sense of values. In large
part, emphasis on values comes from
the teacher, but it can come also
from the course of study. The
child needs to be introduced to men
who have written and acted In
terms of ethical values. 1t is far
better to read the letters of JET
ferson and biographies of Lincoln,
or for that matter Cicero's speeches
against Cataline, than it is to study
textbooks on government.
Finally, we shall have to realize
that most of what man knows he
has to learn for himself. The school,
however can awaken his interest
in knowledge and, most important,
it can give him a discipline of mind
that enables him to understand and
to retain what he sees and what he
reads"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
CLOTHES RATION
MAY Be AVOIDED

Washington, June Is - (U.PO -
A new merchandising program
under which the government be-
lieves clothes rationing can be
avoided this winter, and perhaps for
the duration, is nearing completion
and details will be revealed soon,
War Production Board officials said
today.
The move would make retailers
virtually the custodians Of con-
sumers' merchandise and would
place them in a position to prevent
scare-purchasing such as occurred
earlier this year following reports
of clothes rationing.
The program was projected before
a meeting of a group of retailers
and officials of WIPES Office of
Civilian Requirements here on June
II.
In its original form it embraces
curbs on promotional sales. elm
ination of style shows, banning OF
sales of multiple units at prices
lower than single units and other
proposed revisionS in practices con-
sidered inimical to orderly pur-
chases during wartime scarcities.
The retailers, according to Ar
thur H. WhiteSide, director of the
Office of Civilian Requirements,
agreed Fundamentally to sugges-
tons that institutional advertising
be substituted for promotional or
so-called scare" advertising.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
THOMAS CONROY
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Lifelong, Resident Was
Well=KnOwn in Local
Circles

Litchfield, June 25-Thomas P
Conroy, 46, West street, a lifelong
resident of Litchfield. died Wednes-
day night at the Charlotte Hunger
ford Hospital, where he had been a
patient for three weeks.
Mr.. Conroy, who was son of the
late Thomas and Sabina Beirne
Conroy, attended the Litchfield pub
lie schools and Torrington High
school, A football player on both
Litchfield and Torrington elevens
he was awarded place on the all
time Torr1ngton High School team
as tackle. He was employed by the
American Brass Co. in Torrington
and was a communicate, of st. An
thongs church.
Mr.. Conroy Is survived by his
wife, Mary Sepples Conroy, and a
brother, James, of New York.
The funeral will take place to-
morrow morning from his home to
st. Anthony's Church, at 10 O'Clock.
Burial will be in st. Anthony's ceme-
tery.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25

Superior Court Judge William II.
Comley granted divorces in one
contested and three uncontested &C
lions heard today.
The contested suit was brought
byb Robert K. Guffie Of Waterbury
against Alice Schlosser Guffie OF
Beacon Falls, and was based on
charges of desertion. Custody OF a
minor child was awarded to the de-
PENDANT and the plaintiff agreed to
pay $50 monthly for its support. The
couple married Aug. IT, 1886 and
separated July 20, 1888.
Gladys Machaer Sears of Water
bury was granted a divorce from
Walter Sears of Cornwall-on-Hud-
son, N. Y. She claimed her husband
was intolerably cruel from the day
of marriage, April 10, 1887. She was
granted permission to resume use OF
her maiden name.
Cruelty was the basis Of the di-
vorce obtained by Genevieve Guer-
rera Padula of Waterbury from
Joseph P. Padula, also of this city.
The plaintiff was given custody OF
two minor children and provision
was made for payment of $40 week
ly for support. The marriage was
performed July II, 1886 and cruelty
was alleged to have started in No
vember, 1887.
Helen Mezen Rudolph Of Wa
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
Formal Judgment
Given City On
Parking Meters

Common Pleas Court Judge Ray
mond J. Devlin today entered a
judgment for the City Of Water
bury in the parking meter action
brought against IL by Attorney
John II. Cassidy, following pres
entation Of a motion from Corp
grafton Counsel Maurice T.
Healey. The judgment was enter
cd In accordance with a man
date from the state supreme court
of errors which last week reversed
the judgment entered by the trial
court Sept. for the local prop
erty owner.
Records in the clerks Office we're
changed today making the city
winner Of the famous suit, which
tested the legality of the park
ing meters. The original decision
was made by Judge Thomas ].
Wall, but the state justices were
unanimous in declaring the city's
parking meter operation to be
legal and overriding the 500
damages awarded to Mr.. Cassidy,
who claimed the value of his prop
erty on Leavenworth street and
also on West Main street decreas-
ed after meters we're placed in
front of 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25

Rep. John Taber, r., N. Y, said her
statement was substantiated by MI.
Roosevelts espousal of the neutral
ity act in 1885.
Taber's observation brought Rep.
Luther Johnson, D., Texas, rank
ing member of the foreign affairs
committee, to his feet.
1.-The facts do not support the
assertion that the President or his
secretary of state championed the
neutrality law" johnson said. Il
led the fight for it,"
johnson added that he was
wrong" and MI. Mr.. Roosevelt
and secretary of State Cordell Hull
were right in opposing it. johnson
went on to attack the non-inter-
vention records of Republican men,
berS.
"I do not defend Republican iso-
lationis1n," Mrs. Luce said. II am
against the dunderheads on both
sides of the aisle"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth
Ashborn of IS Ashley street, will be
held at the Anderson Funeral Home,
10 Central avenue today at p. m.
with Rev. Francis o. Ayres of St.
Johns Episcopal Church officiating.
Burial will be in Riverside ceme-
terry.
The funeral of Michael Iannan-
tuoni, 80, of 81 Russell street will
be held held Monday morning at
8 O'Clock from the Colasanto funer-
al home, 932 Bank street, to our
Lady of Mount Carmel Church,
where a requiem high Mass will be
celebrated at 8 o'clock. Burial will
be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home today, to-
morrow and Sunday from 2 to 10
p. m.
The funeral of Mrs. Marie Hir-
bour Rompre of &c Yale avenue,
Middlebury, will be held from the
Belleville Funeral Home, So East
Clay street, at 8:15 a. m. tomorrow
to st. AIMS Church at 9. Burial
will be in St. Joseph's cemetery,
North Grosvenordale. Friends may
call at the funeral home today from
2 to 10 p. m. The Danes de Ste.
Anne will meet at the funeral home
tonight at 1880.
The funeral of Leonardo Luongo
of 1011 South Main street will be
held tomorrow from the home at
8:45 to the Church of Oour Lady of
Lourdes at Gas. Burial will be in
the family plot at Calvary cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Madeline
Mezzanotte, 1877 IL Griggs St., will
be held tomorrow at 8 a. m. from
the Maiorano Funeral Home, 95
Willow ST., to st. Lucy's Church at
10. Burial will be in the family plot,
Calvary cemetery. Friends may call
at the funreal home today from 2
to 10 p. m.
The funeral of William Henry
Hazelhurst of 2846 East Main street
will take place tomorrow at 2 p. m.
at the Anderson Funeral Home, 10
Central avenue, Rev. David P.
Gaines Of the First Baptist Church
officiating. Burial will be in Pine
Grove cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home today from 3
to p. m. and z to 8 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
Four Divorce DEGREES
Awarded Here Today
Judge William H. COmIey Renders Decision in One
Contested, Three UncOntested Cases in Court

terbury was granted divorce from
Charles Howard Rudolph Jr., also
of this city, on the ground of cruel
ty and was given permission to re-
sumo use of her former name. She
gave Aug. %, 1889 as the date of
marriage and her husband became
intolerably cruel on that day.
Decision was reserved by the jur-
list in the contested action brought
by Henry E. Book against Theresa
G. Book.
Following hearing yesterday
afternoon Mrs. Mary Bowling Shee-
han of Waterbury was granted a
divorce from James Francis Shee-
han, aslo of this city, on the ground
of cruelty. An answer was filed to
the charges but the defendant did
not actively contest the suit. The
couple married October 10, 1941
Custody of their minor child was
given to the mother but the father
was given the right to visit the
child once a week and have its GUS
tody each Christmas day from l to
p. m. Payments of $40 will be
made weekly for its support.
In decision handed down yes
terday Judge Comley awarded a
decree to Adrian Rodgers of Wa
terbury who charged his wife, Lydia
Mcpherson Rodgers with desertion.
The marriage was performed in
Cleveland, Ohio, March Is, 1881,
and the petitioner claimed he was
deserted October 7, 1886.
A new complaint was entered on
the court docket by Frances Lau-
kaitis Hatstat of Woodbury. against
Donald Hatstat of Southbury. The
plaintiff gives July l, 1941 as the
date of marriage and says her hus-
band became intolerably cruel one
month later. She seeks custody of a
minor child, and alimony.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
DEFENDANT LOSES
EARLY PETITION
Judge Sees No Necessity
for Plaintiffs to Submit
to Examination

Superior Court Judge William H.
Comley today denied a request by
counsel of the Flying Eagle White
way Lines, Inc, to order Albert
and Mae Matsavage of Waterbury,
plaintiffs in personal injury suits
against 1t, to submit to medical ex-
aminations by the defendants ply
sician. The jurist denied the mo-
ton without prejudice" stating the
case is not returnable until Septem-
Der and indicated the motion is pre-
mature.
The plaintiffs are suing as the
result of an accident which occurred
May Is in Southbury. The defense
claimed they refused to submit to
examination by a physician of the
company's choice SOLELY to hamper
the defense in preparation of the
case" The jurist indicated the mo-
ton may be presented again after
the return day of the action.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
Hospital
Bulletins

Mrs. Farrah Bassette, 81, Fen
ton terrace, Wolcott, was reported
as resting comfortably by st.
Mary's hospital this morning.
Mrs. Bassette suffered a featured
leg when struck by a car last
night at the corner of Ambrose
and East Main streets. The driver
Of the car, James Brennan, 80, 2O6
Fairlawn street, was charged with
violations of the motor vehicle
law and the rules of the road when
he appeared in municipal court
this morning after being notified
by Officers O'Grisek and Dereske-
vice. His case was granted con-
tinuance to July 9.
Melville Brooks, 80, Morris Farm
road, West Cheshire, was treated
by Waterbury hospital last night
for a lacerated finger, after he
caught his hand in a drill press
at the Bristol Manufacturing COM
pany.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
OBITUARY

UPATOFF-Efin Upatoff, husband
of Mrs. Mary (Arofh) Upatoff Of
1909 North Main street died this
morning. He was born in Russia
and came to this city 20 years ago.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
one son, John of this city; a step
daughter, Mrs Albert Moraska of
Watertown; daughter, Mrs. STAN
ley ziminsky. Jr, of this city, five
grandchildren and one brother,
John, of Baltimore, Md.
The deceased was employed as
machinist at the Farrell Foundry
Co. Friends may call at the Stokes
funeral home, 694 Riverside street,
after p. m. tomorrow afternoon
and Sunday afternoon and evening.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
FARRAR - Walter Farrar died
this morning at his residence, IT
Chapman avenue. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Susie Willis Far
rar; one daughter, Mrs. Mary So
pher; one sister, Mrs. Francis
Brothwell of Hartford and several
nieces and nephews.
Mr.. Farrar was born in Harris
vile, R. T., on September %, 1871.
The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the AL
derson Funeral Home, 10 Central
avenue, with services by Rev. Fran
els Ayres of st. Johns church.
Friends may call at the funeral
home Saturday from to 9 p. m.
and Sunday from to S and to 8
p. IN.
BEAUDET - Mrs. Eugene Pro-
vencal Beaudet, So, died early this
morning at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alva Guilbert of AZ East
! Clay street after long illness. A
: native of Canda, she came to this
country 81 years ago and lived in
Woonsocket, r. l. until 10 months
ago, when she arrived at her daugh-
ter's home here. Besides Mrs. Gull
bert, she leaves four daughters, Miss
ErneStine Beaudet, Mrs. William
Gardella, and Mrs. Pierre MaillouS
of WoonSocket, and Sister Francois
de Geneva of the Congregation of
the Good Sheppard in Montreal;
four sons, Telesfore of California
Arthur and Adelard of Woonsocket
and Divide of Providence; 81 grand
children and six great grandchil-
dren. The body will be sent To
Woonsocket for church services In
st. Louis church and burial in Pre-
cious Blood cemetery on Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25

Attorney Maurice r. Healey, vice
president Of the Bar Association and
presiding officer at today's business
session, called attention to the serv-
ice rendered TO the bar by Mr..
Freeman as secretary of the asso-
citation and as clerk of the court,
saying the local lawyers are very
appreciative of the "thoroughnesS
in which he handled his job over a
period of great many years" A
travelling bag was presented by Mr..
Healey in behalf of the organization
Judge Comley at the opening of
court said lie wished to extend
personal tribute to Mr. Freeman,
and added that the law profession
held high esteem for the veteran
court official He also thanked ,he
members of the bar for making his
assignment in this city pleasant and
said he hoped he would get re-
encouragement in the near future.
Mr.. Healey extended words of
parting to the jurist on behalf Of
the lawyers thanking him for the
patient, sympathetic, and kindly
manner of dealing with u.s."
The bar voted to draw up resolu-
tons on the deaths of former Mayor
Francis P. Guilfoile and Attorney
James Lawlor for presentation at
the fall meeting. Attorney William
K. Lawlor is chairman of the COM
mittee for the resolution on the late
mayor, and a committee will be
selected in the near future for the
other resolution.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
POLICE INVESTIGATE
ACTS OF VANDALISM

An outbreak of vandalism last
night has aroused the ire of Deputy
Police Supt Hickey Twelve safety
lanterns guarding a street repair
job on Essex street were smashed,
as were nine windows at the Sprague
school, and a large number of win
dows at the Waterbury Mattress
company.
Supt. Hickey promised that the
perpetrators of the mischief would
be caught.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
BANK ST. BUSINESS
BLOCK SOLD TODAY

Tho former D. J. McGrath pro-
perty on Bank street was involved
in realty transaction of interest
today. The premises at 817-827 Bank
street and Gil South Leonard
street, including block of u
apartments and four stores on Bank
street and one store and one apart
ment facing South Leonard street
we're sold today by the Southington
Savings Bank to Daniel Della Bella
of Wolcott. The properties have an
assessed value of $4,000.
The transaction was directed by
D. T. harrington, Inc Attorney Will
liam G. FITZGERALD represented the
Southington bank in the negotia-
tons, while ATTIC rney Francis Nc
Donald represented Mr.. Della Bella.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
NO TRUTH TO RUMOR

Reports that policewoman
would be named in Waterbury were
discounted yesterday by Mayor John
S. Monagan, who said that police
board discussion had never reached
the point of serious consideration
of the appointment of woman to
the force.
The appointment of trained po-
licewoman has been urged by a
number of prominent persons in
Guiding Mrs. Leila Alexander, di-
rector of the Pearl Street Neighbour
hood house.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
JUDGMENT GIVEN
IN FORECLOSURE

A foreclosure Judgment of Slab
90 was made by Superior Court
Judge William H. Comley today in
the action brought by the Manga
tuck Building & Loan Association.
Inc, against Bronislawas L. and
Helen Lazauskas of Naugatuck, The
suit was based on a $1,000 loan
made Oct. 9, 1886, and secured by
a mortgage on property on Union
City road. July II was set as the
law-day. Interest from Dec. 5, 1885,
was said to be owed and taxes un-
paid.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
REACH AGREEMENT
ON COMPENSATION

Compensation Commissioner John
J. O'Connell today approved an
agreement between Anna Alexander
of Torrington and the Turner &
Seymour Mfg. Co. of Torrington,
which provides for payments of
1898 for 10 weeks for one-third loss
of her right middle finger. The COM
pany also agreed to pay similar
amount weekly for the period Of
disability which started April "a.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
A. w. o. L. WAAC REPENTS

Fresno, Cal. CUP)--Pretty Daisy H.
Roberts, 81, of this city, in train
ing at Des Moines, Ia. as Waac.
because she was assigned to K. P.
for missing a bed check, told her
fellow Waacs she would show them
what A. w. o. L. really means. But
when she was picked up by the mi
litary police here and refused even
prison accommodations at Hammer
Field because of lack of facilities
and turned over to the county Jail,
she decided she was sorry and asked
to go back to Des Moines and help
win the war.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
CHILD CARE CENTER
TO OPEN THURSDAY

This afternoon at S o'clock, the
Child Care committee will hold
special meeting at the Kingsbury
home on Prospect street, announced
City Controller Carnelius F. NAL
oney, member of the committee, to-
day.
Miss Pauline M. Moor, director
of the center, who will take care of
so children whose parents are oc-
cupied in doing war work during the
day, will be officially introduced to
the committee members by Miss
Marion F. Hunt, chairman of the
Waterbury Child Care committee.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
Moral: Buy Wife
IA Cook Book!

Charged with nOn-suppOr in
Municipal court this morning,
Bernard Wynkoop, Fl, A Hopkins
street, told the court that he had
left his wife because she couldn't
cook. "When a man comes home
from a hard days work he ex-
poets a decent meal" he said.
Judge Gaffney ruled that the
accused should have bought his
wife cookbook, and ordered him
to pay $40 a week to his wife or
face go days in Jail.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
Fire Chief

Fire Chief
Fire Chief Thomas J. Cavanaugh
was Waterbury's delegate to the
1943 war conference of the New
England Association of Fire Chiefs
which closed yesteray in Rutledge,
Vermont, with the election of
Chief M. w. LawtOn of Middle
town, Conn. as president. The con-
vention adopted resolutions urg-
ing communities of New England
to establish funds during the
present emergency to restore and
build up its fire protection facili-
ties to needed standards as soor
as they are available.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
ATTRACTS VISITORS

Dane Clark, who had canvas
dressing room on the Edge of Dark
ness" set at Warner Bros, between
the wooden ones of Nancy Coleman
and Ann Sheridan, hung a sign on it
reading Little Group Theatre -
Philosophy Ward"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
Veteran Court Clerk
Paid Tribute Today
Bar Association OnOrs George Freeman at Final Ses.
sion of Summer Term of Court; Mcknight Successor

Tribute to George H. Freeman, retiring clerk of tie
Superior Court rendered by members of the Water
bury Bar Association and Judge William H. Comley today
when the court opened for its last session of the current
term Mr. Freeman today sat clerk in the court
for the last time and July will turn his duties to
James E. Mcknight present clerk Of the pleas
court
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25

Japan has decreed that the IT,
900 sacred cedars of Nikko the tenn
pie town, be set free from their
sanctity and cut down to supply
wood for a large fleet of junks for
use along the japanese coast.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25
Full Weather Report

Boston, June rs (UP)-Weather
forecast:
CONNECTICUT-CO hot
and humid tonight and Saturday
forenoon. Widely scattered thun-
dershOwers tonight.
USETTS-Continued hot
and humid tonight, becoming cooler
in extreme east portion late tonight.
widely scattered thundershoWers
tonight. Cooler in east portion Sat-
urday forenoon.
RHODE ISLAND-Continue hot
and humid with widely scattered
thundershowers tonight. Cooler Sat
urday forenoon.
Evening star., 1943-11-16
Citrus Fruit Price Cut
Delayed Pending Study
By the Associated Press.

oS lug ASSOClAteo fIeS8.
Housewives have an indefinite wait
for lower prices on oranges ano
grapefruit.
Current ceilings will remain in ef-
feet, the Ofiice of Price Administra-
ton announced today. pending fur
ther study of a new regulation which
will reflect the seasonal cost dror
that normally occurs at this time.
Reduced prices were scheduled tc
60 into effect today, but an eleventh.
hour order by Sterilization Director
Fred M. Vinson retained the early
season maximums for an unspecified
period.
Under differential, which was
embodied in present price ceiling
regulations, oranges which have
been selling at $3.50 a box would
have sold at $500 after last mid
night.