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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
new YORK GETS
VFW CONCLAVE
Annual Meeting Opens
Sept. 28.-SOcial Func=
tiOns to Be Omitted

New York City will provide the
stage for the 44th annual national
encampment of the Veterans of For
eign Wars of the United States,
scheduled for September 28-29-30,
inclusive.
According to tentative plans being
studied by New Yorks 44th Nation
al Convention Corporation the pro-
gram will be "streamlined" in con-
Torrance with war conditions. All
Of the usual social functions will
be omitted and the number of
speakers and distinguished guests
will be reduced to minimum. The
three-day convention will deal ex-
clusively with war activities, the
consideration of resolutions con-
cerned with the nations postwar
problems, officers ard committee
reports, and the election of officers
for the year 1943-1944.
In conjunction with the v. F.. w.
meeting, the Ladies' Auxiliary will
hold its 3Oth annual encampment
and the Military Order of the Coo
tie, v. F. w. fun degree, will meet
in its oath annual conclave. The
National Encampment headquarters
will be established at the Commo-
dore Hotel, And and Lexington
Avenue, and the Auxiliary head
quarters will be located at the Park
Central Hotel, 55th and Seventh
| Avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
THIRD WAR LOAN
BIG UNDERTAKING
PerSOn=tO=PersOn Canvass
of Every Home in Con-
nectiCut Planned

Orrin P. Kilbourn, newly appoint
ed general sales director of the
Third War Loan in Connecticut, an
nounced today plans for "the great
est financial undertaking in the
states hstory."
1t will be largely a personalized
campaign, he said, that will empha-
size individual rather than bank,
corpOrtiQn or insurance of E bond
sales to the purchase Of Connecti-
cut-built submarines to replace the
Yankee undersea boats that have
been lost in this war.
The general program will have
four major parts: a continuation
of the intensive Payroll Savings
effort now .nder way, a tremen-
dous drive by 10000 retail employees
to sell 5000 each in War Bonds and
Stamps, person to-person canvass
of every home In every community
in the state, and the activities of
the Banking and Investment Divi-
sion among larger subscribers.
Operating from state level Or
iginating in War Finance head
quarters at SO Pearl street, the cam
paign in all its phases will be ex-
tended into every city, town, and
hamlet with the objective of every
income receiver purchasing an ey-
trG 500 in War Bonds, Mr.. Kill
bour explained. In each commun-
ity, the campaign will be operated
by the local counterpart of the
State War Finance Committee I'M
der the direction of the local War
Finance chairman but with the as
sistance Of huge number of extra
volunteers.
There is no need for me to talk
patriotism to the people OF this
state or tell them what they should
do" Mr.. Kilbourn said. 1.-THE facts
are plain and easily Understandable.
Our country needs IS billion dollars
OF carry on this war. 1t has asked
every state to raise a portion Of 1t.
Connecticut's share is particularly
heavy, not because we are large
state in area or population but be-
cause we have such a tremendous
share Of wartime prosperity. Our
duty Is plain. We must raise the
share that has been assigned to us
And us means every man. women
and child who is employed or re-
ceives an income"
Mr.. Kilbourn declared that 500
per person Is the quota assigned to
every income receiver in every state
In the country.
Naturally, there are some in Con-
1 A. u l.
explained, but they are few in num-
Der compared with the vast major
ity Of highly paid war workers who
can we'll afford more than 500. The
latter must invest more to offset
the former
Widespread activities devoted to
the Submarine Plan already are
tAiktnx diana throiiGhnaat tia stAtA-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
|SIMONE MENCIO
| AWARDED S4354
Rolling Mills to Compen-
safe Worker for Loss of
Left Hand

Simone Mencio of Waterbury will
receive the sum of $4,354 from the
Waterbury Rolling Mills Company
over period of ITS weeks for in
jury he claims caused 100 per cent
loss of left hand, according to
the compensation agreement ap-
proved today by Compensation Com
missioner John ]. O'Connell.
Other agreements were:
j. Gomez 81 Sheffield street
against Chase Brass g. Copper Com
pany, injury probably strain OF in
ter-costal muscles between 9th and
9th ribs posterior surface left, $25,
beginning June 10.
Carson Stokes, Cheshire, against
Chase Brass g. Copper Company,
injury mild conclusion. Confused
right shoulder and right elbow, $25
beginning March Is.
Cyrille Pelletier, 210 North Main
street against Chase Brass & Copper
Company, injury liberation at web
between left ring and little ring
Understanding loss of function
of left little finger, $25, beginning
March 81.
Domenic Sanford, SO Wall street,
against Chase Brass & Copper
Company, injury fracture of phal-
anges of both large toes, $25, July
81.
James Phelan, SIS Luke street
against Chase Brass & Copper Com
pany, injury liberation right upper
arm, $25, beginning July 10.
Wilfred Harel, 119 Orange street
against Scovill Mfg. Company, in
jury fracture proximal end of left
femur, $25, beginning August 10.
John Prokop, 40 East Liberty
street against Scovill Mfg Company
injury, right inguinal hernia, $25, be-
ginning August IL.
Victor Lawrence, 1854 Woodtick
road, against Scovill Mfg. Company,
injury left inquinal hernia, $22.81,
beginning Aug. Is.
William l.. Novicki Ova Hill,
Lakeville against R. c. Miller g. Son,
Lakeville, laceration of 3 fingers left
hand, $13, beginning August l.
Ralph Greenwood, 937 Chase
parkway, against Grove & Company,
Inc, compound fracture proXimal
phalanx of right thumb, $25 Begin
ming August IT.
| George Mitchell, Torrington,
against Hendey Machine Co., injury
confusion of chest and knee, $1611,
beginning July 8.
Catherine Cimmino, Torrington,
against Union Hardware Co., Tor
rington, Conn, injury to left first
finger, $2l03, beginning July %.
Leo Lariviere, 1853 Lakeview Ave,
against Blakeslee Co., injury frac-
ture of right toe, severe confusion
OF first, second and third toes, abra-
sions of great toe and ankle, $25,
beginning August IA.
Raymond L. Cyr, % Sheffield Ter,
against Mattatuck Mfg. Co., injury
first and second degree burns of
right arms, $25 beginning August
2.
John Marine, 80 South Leonard
ST., against the Manufacturers
Foundry Co., injury, fracture great
right toe, $25, beginning August 8.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
RESISTING COP
PROVES COSTLY
Grand Street Man Fined
SIS and COsts;- Busch
, Gets Continuance

Fortunate 0ingias, 40. II Grand
street. received suspended sem
tence on q charge Of breach of the
peace, and q fine Of IS plus costs
on Q charge of resisting an officer
when arraigned before CITY Court
Judge Charles Summa this morning.
City Constable francesca Di-
Comma told the court Gingias had
refused to go along with him when
ne attempted to arrest him last
oight in a South Main street tavern
on a superior court mittimus, is
,ued after Gingias became delin-
suent in his ailmony payments.
Gingias testified he was upset
and confused when the officer &C
.osted him because he had just re-
eeived a telephone call informing
him of his mothers death. He said
the call was phony, designed SO
his sister-in-law could offer to meet
MIN in the tavern, and set him up
Tor Constable DiSomma, who had
been traying to serve the mittemus
tor several weeks.
Other cases: George e. Hankey,
A3, Z North Leonard street, nom
support, nolled; Joseph Flammia,
%, 225 Chase avenue, intoxication
and breach of the beach, nolled;
Antonio Genna, SO, 1893 Easton ave-
nue., breach of the peace, nolled;
Victor Renzoni, "a, 1867 South Main
street, violation of the dimout and
Improper markers, nolled for IS;
Edmund Cheney, %, 20 Giles street.
parking violation, SIS bond called;
Eugene Busch, Al, SO Randolph
avenue, drunken driving, operating
under suspension, continued to
September 3; Vito Gizzie, 10, 178
Cushanan street, road rules viola
ton, ccntinueud to August Is; Lau-
renee Morris, II, 215 Lounsbury
street, no operator'sl license, reck-
less driving, and taking a car with
out permission, continued to August
81; Daniel LoRusso, 20, 81 Ayers
street, assault, continued to August
81; Nicholas Impresa, SO, so Penn
berton street, assault and breach OF
the peace, continued to August 81:
George P. Fenton, 48, Edin street,
operating under the influence OF
iiquor, continued OF September 7.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
Lewis Waits
Decision

Washington, Aug. 24-UP)-Pres-
tdent John L. Lewis Of the United
Mine Workers was expected today
to await a decision of the War La
Dor Board on his contract with IL
linois bituminous operators before
"acting" on the restoration OF some
100 mines to private ownership.
The boards approcal or rejection
of the Illinois agreement which
comes close to meeting all the
nliness' demands including the por-
tal-tc-portal pay issue, may deter
mine Lewis attitude toward his June
% pledge to mine coal only for the
government. The board decision
may be announced by the end OF
the week.
Lewis had mo comment" on the
announcement of Coal Administra-
tor Harold l.. Ickes that he was re-
turning number of government
seized mines to their operators. They
had ben under government opera
ton since May l.
That no new work stoppage would
be called now in those now private
ly-operated fields was seen In a
UNIV spokesman's reference to a
significant" part of Lewis so-called
ultimatum:
"a. and the continued produc-
ton Of coal while the problem OF a
Unsuitable wage increase and pay
ment for 'portal-to-portal' pay can
be worked out"
The WLB is working out" those
issues now in the Illinois case.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
Hospital
Bulletins

AIgernon Scott, 81, 9 Ward
street, was taken to Waterbury
hospital this morning after sus-
tanning severe lacerati0ns when
he caught his hand in a metal
roller at the Chase Metal Works
where he is employed.
Edwin McBrier, IS, was dis
charged yesterday from Water
bury hospital where he has been
a patient since becoming i'll 10
days ago while enrOute to visit
his daughter. Mrs. Mark L. Sperry,
Jr., Of Middlebury.
The funeral of President Warren
G. Harding started from the rotun-
da Of San Francisco's City Hall &c
years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
Late Realty
Neus

The following realty documents
were recorded today at the office
of the town clerk:
Warranty Deed
Pasquale Mancino to Joseph
RuzzO, Winchester Street.
Mortgage Deeds
Joseph RuzzO to Sadie and Al
fred Tufts, Winchester St., $5,-
900.
Elizabeth L. Edwards to Wa
terbury Savings Bank, Bucking-
ham street, $3.50.
Mortgage Release
Waterbury Savings Bank to
Giovanni and Raffalea Vaccerel.
Quit Claim Deed
Waterbury Savings Bank to
Elizabeth L. Edwards, Bucking-
ham street.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
News Of
Connecticut

Hartford, Conn, Aug. "a - 90.
P) - Many servicemen and women
will be deprived of their opportun-
ity to vote in Octobers municipal
elections because of stringent limi-
tations on the distribution Of abb
sentee ballots, Secretary Of State
Mrs. Frances Burke Redick said to-
day.
Commenting on an Attorney Gen.
erals decision that the direct mail
ing addresses of registered voters In
the armed forces were necessary be-
fore sending out ballots, Mrs. Re-
dick said that this provision was
not written into the law, according
to her Interpretation.
"If direct mail addresses are to
be required in all cases." she said,
"the provision is practically mean
ingless, for the average registrar
will know few such addresses"
The Attorney Generals decision
reversed an earlier ruling by Mrs.
Redick that the ballots could be
sent to families of the voters for
forwarding.
Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. "A - ~,
PJ - State Selective Service Di-
rector John F. Robinson said today
that some of Connecticut's pre-
Pearl Harbor fathers, not now en-
ployed in essential industries, would
be in the army by October and that
all would be reclassified by October
I.
Fathers in jobs regarded as nom
deferable already are being sub
scripted. Under the manning table
and replacement schedule, Others
holding occupa tional deferments
soon will be released.
Robinson said that the supply Of
available men-single and childless
married men-had been exhausted
making it necessary to dip into the
reserve Of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers
Old Lyme, Conn.,, Aug. "a - ~.
P) - Henry Hardy Farnham, New
tonville. Mass, supervisor of bridges
and buildings for the Boston and
Albany Railroad, died while SWIM
ming at Point O'Woods Beach Mon
day. The body was found floating
near shore by other bathers. He
leaves his widow and a sister.
Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. "a - (U.P.)
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday for Edward F. Phillips, &C.
former West Hartford dairy farm
operator who died at his home late
yesterday. He was native Of Ches-
ter, Mass. Burial will be at North
amptOn, Mass.
Five grandchildren, ~ great
grandchildren and two great great
grandchildren survive.
Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. "a - GU.
P) - The state was expected to
decide definitely today whether to
acquire the 5-acre estate of the late
DR.. George c. F. Williams as the
executive mansion for Governor
Raymond E. Baldwin.
The property, valued at $500, 900
when the 18-room house was built
Is years ago, can be bought for $780,
500. 1t was estimated that imme-
date alterations would cost between
$4,000 and $4,000, and that an
other $4,000 would be required for
further improvements after the war
when critical materials were re-
leased
Members of the finance advisory
committee, and the special COM
mittee appointed to obtain the man.
sion, were to inspect the property
today. The mansion committee has
recommended the purchase.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
T0DAY'S WAR
MOVES
Greg. q. 8. Pat. Ofacs)
BY LOUIS +. KEEMLE
United Press War Analyst

Last nights massive air assault on
Berlin comes close, for more than
one reason, to being the most eff
fective single blow yet dealth to
Germany In the shattering offensive
from the skies which now has
reached its height.
The primary purpose Of doing
damage to military objective has
been achieved. to an extent yet to
be determined. If four square miles
of the German capital felt the
weight of $500 to 2,CcO tons OF
bombs, including two ton block bust
ers and countless incendiaries, the
damage must have been staggering
Clear weather and knowledge gain
ed of Berlin's outlying dummy de-
lenses on previous raids make II
probably that most of the bombs
found their target.
To knock Berlin out as q military
and production center, more raids
will be necessary, and within a short
interval Of time, to prevent the en-
envy from catching his breath and
repairing damaged defenses. Such
raids presumably will follow, with
American flying fortresses possibly
supplementing the heavy British
night attacks with precision day.
light bombing, as in the case OF
Hamburg.
If these raids devel... within the
next few days, it will be sign that
the Allies are preparing to pay the
cost and that, from the military
standpoint, Berlin may be cOnsid-
cred doomed.
Cost viii Be Heavy
The cost undoubtedly will be
heavy. Berlin is more heavily de-
Tended than Hamburi. 1t Is farther
from British bombing bases and
must be reached through deadly
defense belt extending al the way
from the channel coast. The pick
of Germanys day and night fight
ers are stationed for defense of the
capital.
The cost may be guaged from last
nights loss of So heavy British
bombers, which is greater than in
any raid to date. The attacking
500 to 600 planes, meaning that
losses amounted to ten per cent.
That figure Is generally consid-
cred too costly, especially over any
length of time. The Allies may be
willing to pay the price, in view
of the Importance of the result te
be achieved. It took nine days OF
intensive raiding to knock out Ham,
burg. Berlin may take longer.
Quite aside from its military
value, the assault on Berlin Is Of
great moral Importance. It brings
home to Germany as whole the
deadly truth that no part of the
Reich is immune to this terror OF
the skies. Within week came pre-
enemunde on the Baltic; Schwein-
furt and Regensburg in the heart OF
the reich, and now the capital it.
self.
Even If the German people as a
whole do not fully appreciate it, the
range and widespread extent of the
Allied attacks from the Baltic tc
the Alps and long the entire coastal
area from Denmark to the Atlantic
side of France, imposes a strain or
the Luftwaffe which already is be-
yond 1t capabilities.
The continued destruction Of
enemy fighter craft and of the
plants which produce their essential
parts is wearing the Luftwaffe SO
thin that soon it may be a neglig-
ible factor in the defense of the ex-
tended inner fortress" That would
mean the end for Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
MARY TOURANCEAU
DIVORCE PLAINTIFF

Mrs. Mary A. Tourangeau Of Wa
terbury has filed a suit for divorce
with the superior court clerk
against her husband, Eugene Tour
angeau, on the grounds Of intoler-
able cruelty and desertion.
The couple was married June ~.
1922 and have one daughter. Plain
tiff claims husband deserted her
October 10, 1880; sch desires custody
of the minor child.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
ATTY. JOHN GRECO
LECTURES ON GREEN
WJZ@77o - WABC-sse
WEAF-660 WOR-Jle

Atty. John Greco pointed out laseIl
night in q Catholic Campaigners'l
lecture on 1.-THE Catholic Attitude
of Images" that the philosopher.
Ruskin, said that in the Middle
Ages the walls Of the church were
the poor mans bible. Catholics are
not worshipers Of the images them
selves which are placed In all Cath
Ole churches but instead. they honor
and esteem Christ, the Holy Mother
and the saint whom these images
represent, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
OMAR WHITE, 80,
FINED S., COSTS

Omar White, 80, II Judd street.
received a nolle on charge of
breach of the peace and warning
to watch his step from City Court
Judge Charles Summa this morning
after two complaining witnesses. a
girl Of seven, and her brother, five,
were ruled unqualified to give testi-
mony. A fine og IS and costs was
imposed on a second charge Of in
toxication.
Detective Sergt. Charles Nc
Weeney arrested White last week on
complaint of the children's parents.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
PIANIST WRITES SONG

Phil Moore. arranger-composer-
pianist for Lena Horne, has written
Trumpet Lament 70 be featured
In M-G-Ms 2-reel special. Shoe
Shine Boy" Number u played by
Melvin Bryant who has the title role
In film. directed by Walter Hart.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24

son Elliott,s three month old goat.
1t Is
Elliott has . little goat
Who follows him around.
And what he does inside the house
He should do on the ground.
A former Ziegfeld Follies CLAM.
our girl Is now . guase tester In ,
war plant.
A AZ year Old grandmother. who
was once Fred Warnings cook, b
now running q milling machine.
How they, and SO many like them
coping with their war Jobs?
Dorothy Jenkins, trouble shoot-
er" for 800 women In . Bridge
port, Conn.,, war factory gives the
answer when she Is inerviewed on
Imogene Wolcott's whats Your
Idea" to be heard over WATR TO-
morrow at 1850 .. m.
Gabriel Heater, veteran Mutual
WATR news commentator has
started his eleventh year on the air
auspiciously. adding new laureb to
his distinguished career.
According to the latest Hooper
listener survey, just published,
Heater ranks eighth among al the
nations leading coast-to-coast net
work radio programs, for the period
August l to 7.
Heater recently celebrated his
tenth consecutive year of news
broadcasting. He is heard Nom
days through Fridays 8 to 9:l5 p.
m. and on Sundays at S:4b.
UEru1 N. a N n0NxHAcl csnr A AHlara
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
HORNBLOW RETURNS

Arthur Hornblow, Jr., MON
pi yducer, Is back on the lot after an
attack Of tonsilitis. His current pro-
auctions are THE Heavenly Body"
and "Gaslight".
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24

Throughout the last war, only 241
tanks were used by American
troops In combat areas, and those
we're made chiefly in England and
.rance.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24

Electrical control and instrument
panels for a variety of industries
are now made of pressed wood, a
cardboard of extreme density and
low moisture absorption. which is
ideal for use with electrical equip
ment of all kinds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24

with many communities eager to get
under way and planning special
Labor Day programs without wait
ing for the official start Of the drive
on Gsnkamber 0.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
BUILDING PERMITS

The following building permits
were issued today by Building In
spectOr John L. Hartley:
Salvatore Tata, enclose porch,
Ridgefield avenue, SIS.
william J. McCristle, fire re-
pairs, WOOdtick Road, $1,000.
Largay Brewing Company, alter
alton for machine, Bank street,
$4,000.
E. Lambert, repairs and veranda,
Bank street, $4,000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24

A total of 12,545, $40 patients were
admitted to American hospitals,
sanitariums and related institutions
during 1912.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24

Alan Bunce, radios Young Doc
tor Malone. has q special verse to
describe tina bAbavtor Of "TzGiA." ala
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24
WATR PRO GRAMS
1920 Kilo( ycles
TOMORROW


7:45Reveille Roundup
S:00-Yankee News
8:15-Sacred Heart Program
S:30-Early Bird
S:45-Morning Devouons
9:00-Breakfast Club
10:00-News
1O:O5-Shoppers' Guide
11:00-Breakfast at Sardfs
11:30-News1Gil Martyr
11:45-Music: What's Your Idea?
12:0G-Melodic Moments
12:15-Francis j. Cronin
12:30-News
12:45-Let's Dance
p. NJ.
1:00-Yankee NAws
1:15-Gospel Singer
1:30-Luncheon With Lopez
1:45-String Ensemble
2:15-Yankee Kitchen
2:30-Ladies, Be Seated--Witb
Ed East e Polly
3:00-Baseball Braves VS. Cardinals
5:0O-Sheelah Carter-News
5:15-Melody Revue
5:30-News
Observation-Disclosures Serial
6:00-Yankee News
6:15-Press Roundup
6:20-Sports Roundup
6:30-Music For Dining
6:45-Jack Armstrong
7:00-Fulton Lewis, Jr.
7:15-Dave Rose Orch.
7:30-Fighting Coast Guard Dance
Band
8:O0-Watch The World Go BY
8:15-Treasury Star Parade
S:30-Fuil Gospel Tabernacle
9:00-Gabriel Heater
9:15-To Be Announced
9:30-The Cisco Kid
10:00-Raymond Gram Swing
10:15-Army-Na "E' Award to
Waterbury Clock Co.
II :O0-Yankee News
1:15-Henry J. Taylor, common
tatOr
11:30-Wallens Sinfonietta
12:00-SiBn Off
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24

BUY WAR RONOS STAMDS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
NEW RESERVOIR BEING FILLED
City Engineer Checks on x Gauges as Water
 Flows In

The new Pitch Reservoir is now filled at the rate of sixteen and oue-half million gallons of water a day, 1t was stated this morning by City Engineer Charles E. Root, and the actual filling" proceedings were begun yesterday.
 MT. Root spent yesterday at the reservoir until late in the night checking and supervising the pour ing operations and making careful inspections of the various meters and other measuring instruments recording the fill of the huge
 l.
 sterday'S proceedings have been
 rtaken, the city engineer stated,
 manner taht will not interfere
 l the final details of construc- tion now being worked on.
 Recently as reported in The Dem ocrat, city officials requested an additional $50,000 from the federal authorities to defray the cost of the remaining work to be done at the reservoir. The loan represents one half of the remainder due the city under the terms of the federal au- thorities original proposed grant of $500,00O.