The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
News Of
Connecticut

solu nun last OCTOBER With the slip
llation that the purchase pricC
would be refunded II Fishbach anc
he boat were not accepted int
Coast Guard service.
Judge ]. Joseph Smith founC
Fishbach was not justified In keep.
ng the boat from Nov. 3, when h,
vas rejected by the Coast Guart
because Of color blindness, unit
January 26, when he demanded re-
urn Of the purchase price from
Judge Smith said that q Jury
which failed to agree on O verde
when the case was tried In August
would not have been justified Il
retention Of the vessel unit
January 20 under these circum
stances in the hope Of opening UP
of the Coast Guard acceptance o
such vessels and In hope OF obtain
Ing Q waiver Of his physical disa
bility, q fulfill ment Of his duty Il
notify the defendant and return
the vessel with reasonable prompt
ness after the reflections"
Judge Smiths decision allowet
to recover costs Of tn
trial.
Hartford, Oct. 22-(UP)-Re-
ports Of q black market In Or
anges, involving New York and
Connecticut wholesalers, were be-
Ing investigated by the OPA toe
day, while Hartford retailers re-
ported supplies Of Oranges were
Every light.
state OPA Director Anthony r.
Arpaia said his Office had re.
ceived complaints Of "tie-in"
agreements, whereby retailers
buying oranges were requested"
10 purchase other commodities
less In demand. However, Arpala
said, he had no specific informa-
ton on whclh the OPA could Inn.
unodiateIy act.
Other reports reaching OPA
concerned black market sales Of
oranges In New York, forcing
Connecticut wholesalers to buy
through the New York market
ana sell In Connecticut at above.
ceiling prices.
Arpala believed, however, that
n thls were true there would be
mere Of the fruit on sale In this
Stmte. He thought the chief rea.
SON for the shortage was INSULT
Client shipments from California
and che fact the Florida crop has
noe yet begun to come into Con-
neCticut In large amounts.
Hartford, Conn, Oct. 22-(UP)
Lindsay FabFe, q south Austria
Han who kept O 2OO-pOund kang.
aroO locked up In his washing
machine repair shop because the
animal had been q pet since ne
came here from "down under" 20
years ago, took q bit Of advice
from police today and made
dOubly sure the animal wouldn't
get on the loose again.
Police were O bit skeptlcal last
night when reports came In tl-at
n kangaroo was hopping along the
main street In the dimOut, soaring
the wits out Of paSsersby.
A cruiser full Of cops dashed to
the scene and AlphOEse Dion, q
former marine who had been 70
Australia, took charge.
He lass0ed the animal while o
fellow. officer, Arthur Felie, made
a flying tackle and grabbed both
hind legs. After q bit OF o scuf-
fle, q spectator grabbed the short
front paws, and the thrussed kan
RaroO was bundled into o cruiser
Humane Society.
and taken 10 the Connecticut
Police finally located Fabre who
said someone must have broken
into his shop and let the animal
out.
(UP)-This winter will be repe.
New Haven, Conn, Oct. 81
,(UPl-This winter will be a repe-
titiOn Of last, SO far as supplies Of
household fuel and kerosene are
concerned. Lawrence Vass, chief
Of the fuel oil section Of OPA in
Washington told Connecticut fuel
oil dealers last night.
Vass said the outlook now was
for o scarcity during the months,
with no possible means Of relief In
sight. He urged dealers to con-
tinues their slime cooperation" in
helping spread supplies to relieve
conditions as much as possible.
Hartford, Conn, Oct. 22-(UP)-
3elective Service Director John F.
robinson reiterated today that pre-
,earl Harbor fathers between the
yes Of IL and 38 faced induction
lnless they shifted from non-essen-
ial activities to work related to the
var effort.
II have not changed my stand in
his matter in any degree" he said
There seems to exist, however,
Misunderstanding in the minds OF
pine registrants and employers
hat In order to gain a deferment a
name must appear on
placement SCHEDULES filed by his
Occupational deferments would
. granted in this classification. he
I'D, regardless If the registrant's
anne Is on q replacement schedule,
he has made the required shift TO
/ Essential industry.
However, he urged employers TO
Ike the proper steps to enable the
ahers to obtain defermentr, II they
e entitled to them.
u. 3. Submarine Base, New Lon-
n. Conn, Oct. 22-(UP) - Mrs.
aarles r. Tolman, whose husband
mmanded the destroyer De Haven
llch was lost In the Solomons early
is year and who IL reported miss
3 In action. today received for him
Z Navy Cross, awarded for his
outstanding personal valog and re-