The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-28
News OF
Connecticut

Curtis H. Veeder, 81, founder of
the Veeder Manufacturing Co., and
a director OF the Veeder-Root COM
pany, Inc, died last night at Hart
ford hospital.
A native of Allegheny, Penn, he
founded the Veeder Manufacturing
company in 1895 and remained as
president until 1928 when the firm
was merged to form the Veeder-
Root Co.
Veeder held numerous patents on
mechanical apparatus, and he
designed the first electric locomo-
tive while employed as q draughts-
man and engineer at the Thorn
SON. Houston Electric Co., at Lynn,
Mass, from 1889 to 1893.
He was a member of several
engineering and scientific societies,
and in 1899 was awarded an honor
airy degree Of doctor Of engineering
at Lehigh university. His widow and
two daughters survive.
New Haven, Conn.,, Dec. 28.-
(UP)-Francis Bacon TrOwbridge,
II, lineal descendant Of Thomas
TrOwbridge of Taunton, Eng, who
was among the founders Of New
Haven in 1888, died at st. Ra-
phaePs hospital last night after
an illness of two days.
TrOwbridge was graduated from
Yale law school In 1880 but de-
voted his entire life to the man.
agement of the family estate. He
was a well-known genealOgist. He
leaves no survivors.
Hartford, Conn, Dec. 28.-(UP)-
The State Health Departments
weekly morbidity report showed to-
day that 1872 cases of influenza had
been reported in Connecticut during
the week ended Monday, or an in
crease of 613 over the previous
week.
There also was an increase Of A
lobar pneumonia cases, while the
number of proncho-pneumonia
cases jumped from sc to 120.
Eighteen cases of virus pneumonia
were included in the total.
Hartford. Conn, Dec. % - (U.P0
Highly industrialized Bridgeport
will be reclassified from a number
one to number two labor shortage
area effective January l. 1t was an
nounced today by State Manpower
Director William j. Fitzgerald.
The new classification will per-
NIT war plants in that city to re-
new contracts and obtain new ones.
bridgeport now has the honor
said Fitzgerald, "of being the first
Connecticut war production area
that has literally lifted itself by the
botstraps from an acute shortage
area to a less stringent category.
The problems of absenteeism, job
turnover and other similar man
power leaks were early recognized
in Bridgeport, and steps taken i'm
mediately to correct them
The labor situation remained
acute in Hartford, Waterbury, Bris-
toll, Meriden and New Haven, al
though reclassifications In some Of
these areas were anticipated at an
early date.
Hartford, Conn, Dec. % - (U.P0
The New Haven" Railroad sys-
tenn was opposed today to Public
Utilities Commission approval OF
petition OF the Greyhound Bus
Lines, Inc, to carry interstate pas
sengers on several of its regular In
terstate routes through Connecti-
cut.
Joining the New Haven" in the
opposition were the Connecticut
Company. and the New Haven and
Shore Line Railway Company,
whose routes would be affected If
the commission acted favorably on
the petition.
H. M. Irving, Boston, general pas
senger agent for the railroad, testi-
fed at a commission hearing that
his company already has lost con-
siderable interstate business to the
Greyhound lines. and there was no
reason why the company should be
granted further privileges in view
of the fact he considered transpor-
tatiOn facilities now were adequate.