The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-01
New Use For Whistles

sound fire alarms from this evening until Tuesday night, Fire Chief John J. Sheridan announced today
 The fire alarm whistle at the U s. Rubber Co.,, footwear plant will not be able to operate because the boiler room in which steam for the whistle is generated will be closed from Il p. m. Saturday to about | D. m, Tuesday, Chief Sheridan said
 Arrangements have been made SC that when a fire alarm box IS pull ed during the period when the reg ular whistle will not be operating whistles at three different plants will be automatically sounded These will be at the NaugatucE Chemical Co.,. Risdon Mfg. Co.,, and the Eastern Malleable Iron Co.
 The civilian defense system of sig nals would not be used so that If an air test were called suddenly in this period. Chief Sheridan explained the signals for it could easily be diff ferentiated from those of a fire alarm even though the sa m C whistles are used.
 The arrangement was affected through the cooperation of Clarence E. Jones, chairman os the Nauga- tuck War Council. and Harold R. Perry. Civilian defense committee commander, the fire chief said. . The switch to the new setup Will he made at 6 o'clock tonight and test will be made at 8 o'clock when two blasts of the whistle are blown normally.
 Chief sheridan stressed that the present arrangement is only of tenn" norary nature. The U. s. Rubber Footwear plant will be closed down all of next week and this necessi- tates a temporary shutdown Of the boiler room.
 George Carroll, Naugatuck Chem. ical co. ofiicial. assisted in prepar" ing the new setup, MT. Sheridan said.
 It. Bruce H. Booker, son Of MT. and Mrs. Alfred J. Booker of l4S Hill street. was wounded in the In" yasion of France on D-Day, his parents were notified Friday.
 Lieut.. Booker. who is now at Q hospital in England. was a member of an airboTne unit and Is believed to have been among the tSrst groups to land In Normandy.
 The telegram did not indicate the seriousness Of the wound nor give other details. Lieut., Booker who has been in the Army three years, had been stationed in England since last August. Early in iD42 he was sent to the South Pacific area and left that sector shortly before the battle of 0uadalcanal. He returned to this country to attend an on. ceTS' candidate school.
 Begin Boot Training
 Alvin Schiller Of City Hill street, president Of the Naugatuck high school senior class which was Tes gently graduated, and John oorHls ley Of Beebe street, son Of Police Chief and Mrs. John 0oEmley, left BtloAy 70 stake GhNy Whsssttb et ssss Navy training center. Sampson. N' Y.
 Schiller had an outstanding ath. ietic career and explained the Maugatuck high football and base. ball teams. He Was rated as one Of the outstanding backfeld players in the state in scholastic football eff. cles and ran up an excellent record co . pitcher.
 0orinley played baseball and foot- ball for the high school.
 Arthur Y. Algran. 70. Of Nauga- tuck was sworn in as flight officer inthe Army Ar Forces at cereilo- nies Friday at Napier Field, Ala. HIe ls the son Of 4. ?. Algren Of Als lerton Farms and is a graduate Of the Naueafuck high school, bsloF lo anIlsting i,e was employed na en anprenlIee teeimakeR " Ale &eoNll
 Nss~ 70 wffteF'rssy,