The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-29

NeW HhVon, CUIlnsp ApEh &U'- (UP)-Forner four.term Demo. cratic Governor Wilbur L. Gross, who observed his 8ist birthday aIl- niversary April 10, was seriously i'll of pneumonia today ct New Haven hospital.
 pr. Cross entered the hospital Tuesday night after being confined to his homo for several days with q severe cold. Physicians said his condition showed "slight improve inenw last night.
 Bridgeport, Conn.,, April 2D.-(UP) Two members of New York pOl- icy syndicate which the state charg. cd with netting s60O.0OO . year at stamford, began serving Jail terms today of ten months each after pleading guilty In superior court to conspiracy.
 Sent Co jail by Judge Charles !. Mclaughlin were Felicc BaFFeSe, 46, (2370 Second avenue, W. Y.), and Frank MaurO, g. Corona, ". Y., who were among more than score ar. rested In . gaming roundup some time ago.
 Other alleged rlngIeaders awaited disposition of their eases. Among them were Frank ,. Roberts, Stam. ford; Sol Leveine, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Lloyd Bernard, White Plains, Y. Y.
 Frenchboro, Me, April 20.--(UP) --Frenchboro, Q tiny island town, has It's Angeius.
 Every day ct sundown the church bells ring and the villagers drop their duties to bow their heads in silent prayer for the i3 sons they have sent to war.
 There arc only f6 families bere, yet since Pear; Harbor they have bought $3,00O worth of War Bonds, raised 96ii for their church, and 92i7 in other war drives.
 Cambridge, Mass, April 20.-(UP) --POliCe today were searching for Miss Elizabeth l.. HIllllard, 10.year- old helFess to Q slOO,000 fortune, who has been missing from her home for two weeks.
 The girl, who lived with her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Donovan. quit her job at Watertown war plant two weeks ago without claim. Ing Q full weeks salary which was due her. She has not returned home since.
 Watertown police have received reports that the girl has been seen In the company of an older woman and Mrs. Donovan expressed fear that her granddaughter k being held against her will.
 Miss IIllllard is the daughter of Y. John Hilliard, Boston portrait painter, and the late Mrs. Grace Taylor HlIllard.
 Concord, N. IT., April 29.-(UP)- Alone among the 48 states, New Hampshire today observed fast day "a holiday which originated in the Connecticut colony 2B4 years ago as day for prayer and public fast- ing.
 The state legislature called of business for the day. all state and city offices were closed, and all btisi- ness for the day, all state and city offices were closed, and all business was suspended, but there was no fasting. Tn recent years the day has lost much of it's significance.
 Gov. Robert o. Blood, in his an- nual fast day proclamation, sug- gested "that in this great crisis Of our country and of the ideals upon which 1t was founded. that the day be observed in the spirit of a re- newed sense of dependence upon Almighty God"
 Worcester, Mass, April 29.--(UP) Three children returned from a dance last midnight to find their mother dead and their father un- conscious from fumes from . gas water heater in an accident similar to enc which nearly claimed the lives of two of the children six months ago.
 Victim of the accident was Mrs. Catherine Banach, 60, who with her husband Anthony, 6D, was found In ----------------f-------- --------------------