The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-11
News Of Connecticut

<AAA AANSoVA8aVAOA4' was pSk1lB LIldQG UOs day to fix responsibility for a head on bus crash which injured 42 pas- sengerS late yesterday, and caused IA to be hospitalized with severe hurts.
 The buses, owned by the Bridge port Auto Transit Co.,, came together at downtown intersection when one of the vehicles swerved to avoid a passenger car, according to police officers, Edward Daly and William Dunigan. Ralph Foley, 31, Strat- ford, one of the drivers, suffered Q possible compound fracture of the knee, and the other Robert Connors, 2S. head lacerations.
 Doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital said the IA admitted were x-rayed to determine the extent of their injuries. The others were treated at the scene of the accident and permitted to go home.
 Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. H. Fairfield Police Lieut.. Thomas R. Shaukhnessy, accused by . robbery suspect of having beaten him be- cause he refused to sign a state- ment charging Fairfield Police Chief Arthur J. Bennett of ire gularities, stood acquitted today in police court on . charge of assault.
 The accusation was made by Melvin s. Cole, g, Fairfield, who awaits trial on Q charge of high way robbery. Cole testified that the officer met him fin Q Bridgeport diner Sept. 2 and, in the presence of . town official and . police Sergeant, insisted that he sign . statement of accusation against Chief Bennett. Cole said he took the statement and fled to Q nearby garage. Shaughnessy, he related, followed him and when he still refused to sign, the officer as- saulted him.
 Police Court Judge GeorEe N. FinkIestOne dismissed the case on ground the prosecution had failed to offer evidence substantiating the charge beyond a reasonable doubt and intimated political mo- tives apparently were behind the charges.
 New Britain, Conn, Sept. Il (UP) = Congressman -at-Large B. J. Monkiew.cz was cleared of a reck- less driving charge today on evi- dence that a blowout caused his automobile to collide with another machine last week, causing injury to four persons.
 Rep. Monkiewicz had been ac- cused of driving at an excessive speed and on the wrong side of the highway. The court accepted the opinion of state policeman that a blowout was responsible for the accident.
 New London, Conn, Sept. H. (UP)-Miss HeliOdOra De Mem dOnca, of Rio De Janeiro, daugh. ter of Q prominent Brazilian in- dustrialist, and the first Latin- American to be graduated from Connecticut College, held a degree of bachelor of arts t0day-one of two conferred by retirnig presi- dent, Dr. Katherine Blunt.
 The other degree went to Nancy R. Wyman, Lowell, Mass.
 Miss De Mond0nca is the daugh- ter of Senor Marcos CarneirO De MendOnca owner of the Uslna Quinr0z, IT,, Ltd, iron smelling plant. Her mother Is a poet and educational leader.
 New London, Conn, Sept, H. (UP-A. T. Stevens, 80, retired pro- lessor of gardening at University of Connecticut, died at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital Friday following an operation.
 Prof. Stevens. former president of the Connecticut Pomological So- ciety, served on the University fac- ulty for 26 years until he retired in 1883. He was a native of InghaIn Mich, where he will be buried.