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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
BANKS REPORT GIVEN APPROVAL
Senli-Annual Statement of Merchants Trust COrl-
 pany Lists Assets

Superior Court Judge Edward J. Quinlan today approved The Mer- chants Trust Company's semi-an- nual statement, which lists assets as of March 51 at $5O2, ,123.9S. The report lists cash on hand in the commercial department at $49, ,477.73, while the total given for the savings department Is $65, ,29l .98.
 A summary of orders made by the court during the six-month period starting last Oct. also was sub mitted for the approval of the court by Richard Rapport, state bank commissioner and successor receiver of the bank.
 Decision was reserved on the semi annual statement presented by At torney Alfred L. Finklestein, re- ceiver of Industrial Properties, Inc. The receiver told the court the sale of l25 Maple street property was consumated yesterday afternoon and that return on the sale would be submitted for the courts approv- al. The statement disclosed that the court would be asked shortly to ap- prove payment of 50 per cent di- vidend to common creditors.
 A plea in abatement was present. ed by counsel for John F. Hayes, de- fendent in an action brought by Joseph D. Boucher, both of Water bury, and decision was reserved by the jurist. The defendant claimed improper service of the action was made, since the papers were left at home the day he had entered the armed forces. The two parties were partners. in a construction and re- pair business which was dissolved last summer, and the civil action is based on an uncollectable note turn ed over to the plaintiff when the as- sets. of the partners were divided.
 Attorney John D. Thoms was ap- pointed by the court to serve as counsel for George s. Andrew, non- appearing defendant in a civil &C., ton brought by Leroy A. Andrew against Rudy Andrew Noble ct al.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
OFFICIALS PROBE
 RECENT MISHAPS
Death of One Workman, Painful Burns to Two
 Others Start Inquiry

Investigations have begun here into the use of inflammable cleans ing materials in war plants which have resulted in the death of one workman and burns to two others in the past few months.
 Use of cleansing materials witll a flash point below 100 degrees havs been banned by John c. Ready, dep. uty labor commissioner in charge Q factory inspection for the state.
 Nevertheless, Joseph Corriveau 29, 2 Seeley street, was burned or Wednesday when static electricit! ignited a solution of benzene al the U. s. Time Corp. Benzene has flash point of less than 57 degrees
 On March l, explosion of So voSal solution resulted in fatal burn to Chester Podsiadlik, and burns his brother. Theodore, 35 Albel Place. ovosal also has flash poil of less than 57 degrees.
 Coroner Stephen A. Honick is il veStigating the earlier case, al Fire Marshal Dennis J. Lahey is i' vestigating the explosion at the Time Corp. on Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
Waterbury Women
 Join Religious Orders
Hartford Diocese Provides 3O0 Noyices for Various
 Orders During Period of Seven Years

of Notre Dame.
 St. Patrick-Alice Daley, ST. Mary Ancilla, sister of St. Joseph; Eileen Fitzmaurice, ST. st. Eileen Clare Sister of Notre Dame.
 SS. Peter & Paul-Margaret Fall lon, ST. Maria Magdalen, Sister oi Mercy; Rosalind O'Conhor, ST. M Consolata, Sister of Mercy; Cath crime Shee1y, ST. Immaculate Marie, Sister of Mercy; Anita Sheehy, ST. Virginia Marie, Sister of Mercy; Veronica McCabe, ST Dennis Mary, Sister of Mercy.
 St. Stanislaus-Irene Kwiatkow- ski, Postulant, Daughter of Mary; Rose Szantyr, ST. M. Patricia, Daughter of Mary.
 St. Thomas--Mary Breen, ST. M Michael Joseph, Sister of Mercy; Marjorie Crean, ST. Teresa Martina Sister of Charity; Catherine Hy- land, St. Mary Laurina, Sister oi Charity; Matilda Scappini, ST. St. Lucy Ann, Sister of Notre Dame.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21

4 survey in the state compiled by 1ev. Austin F. Munich of Hartford, diocesan superintendent of schools shows that 3O8 women of the diocese have entered religious life in seven years, in thirty i've sisterhoods enc gagged in educational, social and hoS- pital work. The four Catholic hos- pitals have all had large additions including St. Mary's in Waterbury, and more religious are needed here and in other cities in both hospitals and schools, 1t was stated in an article by Father Munich appearing in the Catholic Transcript.
 Among other things Father Munich states that at least four new parishes have plans for paro- chial schools at the close of the war. He also states the need of more religious due to the present short age with so many young women and men in the military forces. Thirty five communities of religious women are listed in the diocese Of Hartford.
 Following is a list from Waterbury, their family names, religious names and order:
 Waterbury
 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel-Arln Rose Amodeo, ST. St. Rose Marie, Sister of Notre Dame; Rose 1anuc- chi, ST. Jean Antoine, Holy Ghost Sister.
 Sacred Heart-Florence Byrnes, ST. M. Reginald, Sister of Mercy; Madeline Egan, ST. M. Maron1ta, Immaculate Heart of Mary; Michel ina Follacchio, ST. M. Madeline, Sis- ter of Mercy; Ann Freyer, ST. M. Paracleta, Sister of St. Francis; Rose Marsele, ST. Maria Donate, Sister of Mercy; Blanche Ouelette, ST. M. Blanche, Sister of Mercy; Mary Ray, ST. M. Amadeus, Sister of Mercy; Evelyn Conrad, Postu- lant, Sister of Mercy.
 St. Ann-Annette Beliveau, ST. Helene Philippe, Holy Ghost Sister; Irene Grace Caouette, Sr. St. Irene of Mary, Sister of Notre Dame: Gladys Charbonneau, ST. Anne Eve lyn, Holy Ghost Sister; Pauline Des- roches, ST. Pauline Joseph, Holy Ghost Sister; Fernando Laliberte, ST. Anna Genevieve, Holy Ghost Sister; Yvonne Pelletier, ST. Yvonne Clement, Holy Ghost Sister.
 St. Francis-Madeline Griffin, Sr. Mary Dennis, Sister of St. Joseph.
 St. Joseph-Valeria Klimas, ST. Mary Annette, Immaculate Concep- tion ST.; Julia Urba, ST. Mary Laur- entia, Immaculate Conception ST.
 St. Lucy-Marguerite Martinelli, ST. St. Mary Dominica, Sister of Notre Dame.
 St. Margaret-Rebecca Blodgett, ST. Teresa Mary, Sister of Mercy; Rita Mary Donahue, ST. St. Rita Marie, Sister of Notre Dame; Cath crime Flaherty, ST. M. Avellina, Sis- ter o1 Mercy; Eileen Ann Flanagan, ST. St. Mary Thomas, Sister of NotrV Dame: Esther Flynn, ST. M. Thomas Aquinas, Sister of Mercy: Marcella Marie Greene, Postulant, Sister of Notre Dame.
 Immaculate Conception Julia Donahue. ST. Marie Ancilla, Sister of Charity; Mary Doolan, ST. Joan Mary, Sister of Charity; Nora Ken nedy, ST. Francis Joseph, Sister of St. Joseph; Mary Kenney, ST. Mar garet Rosita, Sister of St. Joseph: Maxine Ouellette, Postulant, Sister
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
ACCIDENT HEARING RESUMES TUESDAY


 Presentation of evidence will be resumed next Tuesday in superior court in the three companion suits brought by Amelia Krakowski, Wil- liam Karkowski and Joseph Bash- insky, all of Southbury, against J0ohn L. Licnigas, ST., and John Licnikas, Jr., both of Oxford. A hearing in the litigation opened yesterday afternoon before Judge Edward J. Quinlan. Injuries sus- tained in an automobile truck col- lision in Oxford Dec. %. l940 are the basis of the claims made by the plaintiffs who seek 5000 dam ages each. The defendants seek $l 500 damages from MT. Bashinsky in a counter-c complaint.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21

May 24 to discuss postwar trade rsln- tions.
 we hope" said the governor. ito put the good neighbor policy into actual operation on a statewide basis by having our visitors enter tained in leading cities by nianu- lecturers, educators and business leaders. We hope also that the visit to our state of outstanding person- ages of the southern hemisphere will pave the way for permanent frie1d- ly relations"
 Letters of invitation to the aIi- basSadorS and industriahsts of the 90 countries will be dispatched through the State Department at Washington. Meantime, an exten- Sive program was being prepared for the visitors by a commission ap- pointed by the governor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
LAST REHEARSAL
 WILL BE TONIGHT
Gay Nineties Revue Plays Again Monday at
 Newington
WATERVIIlE Correspondent, Alice MacMul.
 len, Phone 3.7217

Waterville, April 21. = The Gay Nineties Revue" will hold re- hearSal tonight at 8 o'clock in the Casper s. Davis Drum Corps room at rear of post office. This is prob- ably the last rehearsal to be held before putting the show on in New ington this coming Monday, the 24th. Each member in the cast is paying their own fare and also bringing cigarettes to the veterans at the hospital. Everyone is asked to be at the corps room Monday at 5. The troupe has already given three very successful shows and a rehearsal tonight will guarantee another.
 Faber Is HOnored
 Walter w. Faber, IS, son of MT. and Mrs. George Faber, 105 Faber avenue recently received the per- sonal commendation of his com manding officer when he was grad uated at the U. s. Naval Air Gum ners School, Jacksonville, Fla. Faber is an Aviation Mechinist Mate 3-C and had honor grades in this course. The gunner previously had completed course at the Aviation Machinist School, Memphis, Tenn. He will next attend a naval air operational training command sta tion where he will combine these courseS-mechanics and gunnery completing Faber's training as a naval air crewlnan and member of an air combat team.
 He received his graduation cer- tificate from Commander E. E. De- lecek, commanding officer of the gunners school, who praised him as one of the 10 honor students in his class, for his honor grades in classroom studies and demonstra- tion of workmanship.
 MT. and Mrs. John Cavanaugh and son spent the past weekend in New York.
 Mrs. Anthony Dadario is confined to her home on Thomaston avenue with illness. '.H
 The firemen were called to fire at the home of one of the members of the station = Ed Gagain. The house, owned by c. Kellar, has a slightly damaged veranda. The fire started by a runaway fire from 8 pile of leaves burned by a neighbor. The senior choir of St. Paul,s church will rehearse tonight at 2 at the church.
 Methodist Senior Choir will meet for rehearsal in church at 7:3O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
FTREMEN RESPOND
 TO 40 BRUSH FIRES

Firemen were kept busy answer ing calls to 40 brush fires yesterday as the mercury scared to "A de- grees, for a new high for the year
 The fires burned over more than a score of acres of grass and wood land, but no buildings were burned although several were seriously menaced.
 The most stubborn blaze was rec ported at woodland owned by Wil- liam Flanigan, Clough. Rd.. which kept members of Engine 8 and the auxiliary truck on the scene from 1:o6 to SPA ?. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
New BodogIio Group Formed

Naples. April 2l = (UP.) - Pre- mier Pietro Badoglio announced to- day that he had formed a new Ital- ian government with all six opposi- ton parties participating. includ- ing the action party which had previously declined to collaborate.
 Members of the new cabinet will include i've ministers without port folio.
 They are Benedetto Croce, liber- al; Count Carlo Sfr0za, action party Giulio Rodipo, Christian Democrat: Palmiro Takliatti. Communist, and PietrO Mancini, Socialist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following marriage eertifi- cates have been filed with the Of- flee of Vital Statistics.
 Arthur Hamel AIS South Main street and Yyette Forth S7 Gen. ter street.
 Donald G. Lipps g North Riv- erside street and Mary Rose LerE, 175 Academy avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
Strike Looms In PittsfieId

Pittsfield, Mass, April 21--(UP)- Berkshire Street Railway Co. bus drivers today voted to go on strike at 2 Q. m. Wednesday unless their contract dispute with the company and the War Labor Board is settled satisfactorily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21
HOSPITAL BULLETINS

No change was reported this morning In the condition of ROg- or Walsh, manager of Mount ManreGsa band of retreatantS or 0R John Walsh, former board of education chairman. Both men arc seriously i'll at St. Mary's hOs- pital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21

The Irish Red Cross Society i urging Fire farmers to increas their potato crop for the relief o postwar Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21

Bananas are selling for two cents . pcundn wholesale in Mex leo compared with one cents last yeeSs r. gl..l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21

Fearing a wcrIdI shortaeg of bls- muth, New Zealand now controls Iblsnauth 0Ale. .,- ....,... 7. :.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21

William CavaGaugh, prominent elk and unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic MsyOalty nomination last fall, was reported In good condition at st. Mary'S hospital where he Is recuperating from an appendectOFy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21

Hartford, Conn, April 21.-(UP)
 Representatives from 30 South and Central American countries were invited today by Gov. Ray mond E. Baldwin to attend three day conference here May 9 through
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-21

Hartford, Conn, April 21-(UP) A financial statement of the Colts patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co.,, released today showed net profits for the calendar year 1943 were approximately half those of the preceding year.
 Profits for 1943 amounted to $l,O10,196, or $5.13 a share, where as for 1942 they were S2,O7O, ,79O, or $10.51 a share.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
CUT in CANNED
GOODS PREDICTED

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.--R'-ClVll-
;ans are in for a 43 per cent cut
in canned fruits and a 10 per cent
cut in canned vegetables this year,
War Food Administration offl-
rial told the food professors con-
vention today.
c. W. Kitchen, deputy director OF
the office of distribution OF the
VIA, said that a new order signed
last Friday allots civilians IL mil
lion cases of IL canned fruit items
for the 1944-45 season as against
20 million last year, and grants
them 104 million cases of IA veg
etable items this year as COM
pared with 1923 million cases last
season.
Kitchen said these figures com
nared with a civilian use Of 81 mil
lion cases of fruits and 143 million
cases of vegetables in the 1941-42
peak season.
sThe projected vegetable supply
for civilian distribution in the com.
inc season." he said, twill be
nearly Is million cases less thar
the supply available during the
current season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
FINNISH ENJOYS
IN STOCKHOLM
Helsinki May Be Moving
Toward Accord With
The Russians

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 13.-tR -
Three of Finland's leaders headed
by Juhu Paasikivi, ''the ambassa-
dor of peace" were in Stockholm
tonight and the world watched for
a concrete sign whether Helsinkl
was moving to an understanding
with Moscow.
"There is impenetrable secrecy
around government conferences
which are being held constantly, :"
said Helsinki dispatches to the
Swedish press. 1.-THE few who
know what is developing are say
ing nothing"
One ru1nor, which could not be
confirmed, said contact between
Helsinki and Moscow had been es-
tablished at least three days ago
and that Paasikivi was waiting to
take up from that point because of
the skill he has in dealing with
the Russians and the respect the
Russians hold for him. 1t was he
who negotiated the peace with the
Russians at the end of their winter
war in 1910.
Leo Ehrenrooth, Finnish minis
ter of the interior, arrived in
Stockholm by plane today, to join
Paasikivi and Elias Erkko, former
foreign minister.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
Offensive Blows In Bridgehead Area
Are Being Struck By American Troops;
RAls Clear East Coast Of Lake Peipus
Nazis Are Using
Famed Monastery
As A Fortre SIS

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Feb. 13-(REThe Allied
command charged today that the
Germans had turned the famous
Benedictine monastery on Mt.
Casino into a fortress, and there
fore it might be necessary to as
sault it.
The monastery is strategically
placed on the crest of Mt. Cas-
sine, which overlooks the town of
Casino and dominates the road
to Rome which the Germans are
holding as a corridor into the
town.
American troops are within a
few hundred yards of the abbey,
but have not yet Intentionally fir
ed upon it, a headquarters officer
said.
This officer explained in state
ment:
The Germans still are putting
up fierce resistance on Abbey Hill.
Vatican authorities have asked
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
LAWMAKER OFFERS
TAX SUGGESTION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13- R -
Indignation of the victory tax with
the regular normal income tax
and surtax and graduation of the
withholding tax to collect the ex-
act amount on individual salaries
each payday was advocated by
Rep. Disney D-OklO as a SIM
plification move.
A members C the House Ways
and Means Committee which has
announced it will consider prompt
ly" proposals for clearing away
some of the confusion about ind1-
vidual income tax returns, Disney
also urged changes in the estimates
of income now required.
Zone of the big sources OF trou-
BILE, which has been annoying and
harassing the taxpayers is the sys-
tenn of estimates of income re-
quired," Disney said in state
ment. Under the same set OF facts
any three experts, private or gov
ermental, will disagree on the
computation of the tax.
zone section of the bill when
is before the president for sigma
ture corrects some of this trou-
ble." .,,
He described as "exasperatlng
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
TEXTILE WORKERS
WILL END STRIKE

FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb. 13-
R-Eleven hundred members of
three striking textile unions tonight
voted unanimously to return to
work tomorrow morning in seven
mills that were seized by the Army
last week as a result of a nine
week walkout.
The vote to return to work, which
will become effective tomorrow at
6 am, came only few days aft
er the striking workers refused to
return to work when Col. Curtis
G. Pratt, Army representative, took
command of the mills upon a
presidential order.
Toni gifts vote was held by the
members of the three Independent
craft unions of loom fixers, slash
er tenders and knot tiers, who
walked out on Dec. Is in protest
against a seniority clause in CLIO
contract with the Fall River tex
tile manufacturers association.
The walkout. involved members
of the three unions and affected
$500 other employees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
GERMANS LAUNCH
YUC0SLAV DRIVE

LONDON, Feb. l3.-ef'-llie
Germans have launched ne" OIL
fensive against the partlsans m
Yugoslavia and have taken some
small towns. but are suffering
heavy losses in the continuing bat
tie headquarters of Partisan Mar
shall Josip Broz (Tito) reported TO-
night in a broadcast.
The Partisan 1communlque, de-
failing combats at numerous
points and noting that Allied
planes had bombed German ship
ping in the Adriatic, reiterated
charges that. forces OF Gen. Draja
Mihailovic, war minister of King
Peters exiled government, were
assisting the Germans in fighting
the Partisans.
It said that in one sector Mihai-
lovic's forces "are completely dis
integrated'' and that "great num-
bers modified by force among the
population joined our 18th Moslem
| brigade"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
RFC. NOW READY
FOR TRANSITION
Agency Willing To Guar
antee Immediate Loans
For Reconversion

WASHINGTON, Feb 13~-iR-
The RFC indicated tonight it is
ready to make or guarantee i'm
mediate loans to speed the indus
trial transition from war to peace
although it stressed that it's pro-
gram will be in cooperation with
private financing.
Charles B. Henderson, Recon
struction Finance Corporation
board chairman, made public a
letter addressed to managers of
>the 81 RFC loan agencies in which
he said the RFC must "be pre-
pared to carry out our RESPONSE
bility to the national economy in
the exercise of or statutory lend
ing powers for war demobiliza-
ton, contract termination and re-
conversion to -peacetime opera
TONS
The letter asked each of the
managers throughout the country
to "give careful and sympathetic
consideration tn all inquiries for
such financial assistance, whether
in the forms of loans, immediate
commitments for future loans or
preliminary negotiations looking
toward future commitments.
81 ask further Henderson's
letter continued, that you survey
your territory, contracting business
enterprises and individuals inter-
ested in these problems in order
to ascertain what assistance may
be expected of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation and how it
can be most helpful.
"These activities should be car
ried on wherever possible, in con-
junction with banks or other fl
nancial institutions since now, as
always, it is our desire that pri-
vate financing be used, with or
without participation by RFC."
Henderson said that RFC loans
and guarantees for defense and
war purposes now total nearly ST.
000,000,000 and he added that of
the 10000 authorizations 5000 in
volved amounts of $4,000 or less,
thus demonstrating ''the vital part
all business has played in our war
effort"
A spokesman for Henderson en-
phasized that the program would
not be confined to present war in
dustries, although loans and appli-
cations for new business enter
prises, he added, must demon
strate that they are sound eco
nomically, that they are needed
and that they will be successful.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
MENU IN SENATE
WILL BE VARIED
Legislation Involving Shad,
Fruit Fly, And Sheep
Are On Slate

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13- R -
Some very special legislation in
volving fresh shad, the Mediter.
ranean frMit fly and the accidental
blitzing o. 499 Texas range sheep
is on the Senate's menu this week
With the soldier vote and food
subsidy headaches packed off to
conference committees, the law
makers are ready for a little
catch-as-catch-can legislating and
everybody gets to name his own
ticket in a sort of interlude be-
tween more weighty matters.
Senators Andrews O-Fla) and
McCarran D-Nev) are backing a
bill which would permit the sale
of shad in the District of Column
bia during December. Seems that
years ago Congress got an dlea
that spawning shad were being
caught in the Potomac around
Christmas time, hindering perpe-
tuation of the species. Now the
fish and wildlife service has
found that shad don't come up the
river before April. The prohlbl-
ton has been keeping Florida shad
eff the Capital market, and An
drews didn't like that.
The Mediterranean fruit fly be.
came a matter of Congressional
concern when the little varmlnts
started chewing up Florida grape,
fruit in 1929, which was BAD
wear for all except fruit flies. The
government S fruit fly eradicators
worked so hard. in swattlng the
flies it is claimed that they
caused about $10,0OO,o0o damage
to the orchards. which the treas
ury is now asked to pay:
An Army plane took off from n a
san Angelo, Tex, field Nov. 2o,'
1912, for a little bombing practlce e;
one of the bombs accidentally fell
out over the Wade brothers ranch
in schleicher county, the owners
said. sounding taps for the 4ss
sheep. two miles of fence and
5000 acres of grass, which was
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
B0MBERS HAMMER
SMOKING RABAUL

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Monday, Feb. 14.-(P,-Smoking
and bomb-pocked Rabaul, Japan
badly denied shield to Allied
drives toward Tokyo and way
points, was hit for the 18th time in
fourteen days Of the stepped-up Al
lied aerial offensive when 1874
tons of bombs were dropped on it's
three airdromes.
Three enemy aircraft were shot
down out of a weak intercepting
force.
The Friday attack was announc-
ed today by Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur.
Our bombers also hit a 3.OOO-ton
cargo ship at WeWak during a tho.
rough bombing and strafing of that
northeastern New ~Guinea area
and struck also at Kendari in the
Dutch Celebes, points on Portu-
guese Timor and Buka passage be-
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