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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

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mer Waterbury resident, was held
today in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr.. Deane
died Tuesday in Brooklyn.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth
(Skelly) Wedge, wife Of the late
Joseph Wedge, was held this morn
ing at 8 from the MunSon funeral
home, Woodbury., to st. Theresa's
church at $50. Burial was in st,
Theresa's cemetery, Woodbury..
The funeral of Mrs Anna (Cip-
rianD Fidanza, wife of Agostino FL
danza, 1858 Bank street, took place
this morning at 8 from the Maio-
rano funeral home, 95 Willow street,
to Our Lady of Mount Carmel
church at 8. Burial was in Calvary
cemetery.
The funeral Of George F. Huckins,
West Cheshire, will be held today
at 2 p. m. at the Anderson funeral
home, 10 Central avenue, Waterbury
Rev. Milton S. Nilsson, Waterville
Union church, officiating. Burial
will be in Pine Grove cemetery.
The funeral of Roscoe Sprague,
PAL North Elm street, will be held
tomorrow at p. m, at the Cornell
us funeral home, Rhinebeck, N. Y.
Burial will be in Rhinebeck ceme-
terry.
The funeral of James J. Sullivan,
II Wolcott street took place held
from the Mulville funeral home, 270
West Main street, today at 8:15 a.
M, to the Sacred Heart church at
8. Burial was in new st. Joseph's
cemetery.
The funeral of Divide Louis Nicole.
Bridge street, New Milford, will be
held today at 2 p. m, at the Snyder
funeral home, 11G Willow street,
Rev. Matthew G. Madden, former
pastor Of the Mill Plain Union
church and now of Branford, OH
ciating. Burial win be in new Pine
Grove cemetery.
Funeral services for Irving
Charles Kelsey, 81. were held yes
terday at the Anderson funeral
home, Rev. DR.. John G. Walker, Sec
ond Congregational church, oftici-
ating. Bearers were Edgar Kunde
Edward Kunde, Ernest Barnes,
James McAdam. Edward NORM ana
Rudolph Folgman. Burial was IN
old Pine Grove cemetery.
The funeral Of Edward Bracken,
2l5 Woodlawn Terrace, who col
lapsed yesterday while driving his
automobile, win be held Monday
morning at 8:i5 from the Lunny
Funeral Home, Is Central avenue,
to st. Margaret's church at .
where a solemn high Mass OF re-
QUEEN will be celebrated. Burial
will be In old st. Joseph's cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home today from TO 10 p. m. and
tomorrow from 3 TO 10 p. m.
The funeral OF Arthur Benton
Ryan, Sd, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Ryan. Jr.. 2O5 Pine street. Mid
dleton. who died Thursday after a
long illness, will be held at the
Southmayd -Doolittle Funeral Home,
Middletown, this afternoon at 3.
Rev. Robert r. Humphreys. Cam
bridge, Mass, an uncle. and Rev.
Lester T. Mallery. pastor Of the
First Baptist church. Middietown,
officiating. Burial win be IN Trinity
cemetery, Portland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

Balated recognition came TO
Mayor John 3. Monagan Of this
city Tuesday night IN Hartford
when he was seated at the head
table In the Hate Bond ball
room where S74 Democrats dined,
then listened to an abbreviated
New Deal talk by National Chair
man Robert +. Hannegan. A
month earlier Mayor M0nagan
dlined IN one corner Of the Hotel
Taft ballroom during the annual
s9S-a-plate dinner the State Gem
trail Committee uses 70 build up
ats treasury. Many and caustic
were the comments OF the in
creaslng number OF MOnagan
friends when they learned he had
not been asked TO Join the leaders
ON the rOstrum ut the February
gathering.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

The S0-Called Republican ReOr-
ganlHatiOn group apparently was
unfamiliar with election proce-
dare II reports In the press dur
ing Che past week or so are ac-
Uurate. Take, for example, the ac-
ton Of the group In demanding
that II be allowed TO file q ticket
Of delegates without complying
with party rules relative to dcs-
posing SIS per district for each
one In which o contest wOs TO be
waged. When primary date arriv-
cd, also, someone attempted 10
cast o ballot by filing q list Of
delegates. Party rules generally
give the Town Chairman the right
TO issue an official call for pri-
mary which also involves date
for filing Of tickets that will be
vited upon ut this primary. When
eligible party members vote at q
primary they don't vote for an In
dlvidual, but for q list Of individ-
uals. These same individuals later
are called into caucus or cOnven-
ton, ut which time they may eth
or elect delegates to convention
or nominate directly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25
.Woyne's Trial
Resumes Monday
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Lonergan's first statement to To-
ronto police was read to the jury
yesterday. In 1t he attempted to
establish an alibi, admitting to
homosexuality and saying that he
had been with an American soldier
In q friends apartment at the time
Of the murder. The state charges
he later admitted the statement
was fabricated and confessed to
beating and strangling his wife In
her apartment last October "a.
In that first statement Lonergan
also admitted he attempted to pur-
chase q gram Of arsenic, a lethal
dose. two weeks before the staying
Of his wife. He contended. however,
that he was trying 10 get the poison
for a party in Toronto"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

Incidentally this latter question
had O number OF Democrats, who
should have known the ms and outs
OF the proceeding, thoroughly buff
faloed at the State Central Commit
tee meeting in Hartford last Tues
day. The question before the meet
ing was whether there should be one
or two conventions this year. State
Chairman John M. Dove wanted
one convention to name both the
delegates to the national convention
and also to pick the state candidates
O congressman at-large. and U. S.
Senator. Public Works Commission
er John Golden OF New Haven,
Town Chairman David Mccoy Of
New Haven, State Senator Cornelius
Mulvihill of Bridgeport, ex-judge
Joseph Zone of Stamford, and
others argued for two conventions.
But when they finally got around
to wording the motion they were so
mixed up in its Technology that
they lost sight Of the fact that a
convention has to be preceded by a
caucus. Democratic party rules state
that these caucuses shall be COM
pleted by q certain date. This in
turn requires local organizations to
set primary dates, all Of them gov
erned by the time element.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25
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The Democrat has n position open
for n proof reader. Steady work.
VIII instruct Beginner u neces-
saFy. Apply In person 1T Water
bury Democrat. Phone 4-2l2l for
appointment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25
BRISTOL MAN GIVEN
DECREE ON DESERTION

Carl B. Lawson of Bristol was
granted a divorce from Mary l..
Lawson Of Waterbury in the Hart
ford superior court yesterday. Deser-
ton was the basis Of the decree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

peace; Frederick z. Corey. breaking
and entering and theft Of motor We
hicle: and Haraden +. Demirs,
breaking and entering.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25
OBITUARY

MORGAN Thomas Lloyd Nor
gan, II Chestnut avenue, died last
night at the Waterbury Hospital.
Born August 4, 1865 in Wales, the
son Of the late David and Sarah
Morgan, he had been a resident Of
Waterbury for the past SO years.
Until his retirement 20 years ago.
he was employed as a caster by
the American Brass Co.
Mr.. Morgan was a member Of
Trinity Church, Continental Lodge
of Masons, and Townsend Lodge Of
Odd Fellows.
He is survived by his wife, Anne
Thompson Morgan.
Private funeral services will be
held Monday at the Anderson fu-
neral home, 10 Central avenue, Rev.
Roger B. T. Anderson officiating.
Burial will be in Riverside ceme-
terry.
Friends who are asked to omit
flowers, may call at the funeral
home tomorrow afternoon from 3
to p. m.
SOLONITO-Mrs. Mary Lucy
CPetruzzD Solomito, 40, wife or
Leonard Solomito. SO Edgewood ave-
nue., died last night after brief i'll
ness at the home Of a sister, Mrs.
Nicholas Rinaldi, ALB Pine street
She was a lifelong resident OF Wa
terbury.
Surviving, besides her husband,
are three brothers, Leonard Pc
truzd, with the U. s. Army in Eng
land and Peter and Vincent Pc
truzzi; two sisters. Miss Catherine
PetruzzI and Mrs. Nicholas Ri
naldi, all of Waterbury.
The funeral will be held Mon
day morning from the Colasanto
funeral home, 932 Bank street at
S:l5 to Our Lady Of Lourdes church
at 900 for q solemn high Mass OF
requiem. Burial will be in Calvary
cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home from to 10 p. m. today and
tomorrow from 2 to 10 p. m.
AVAKIAN - Garabed Avakian.
73. Of 1910 West Main street. died
yesterday afternoon at Waterbury
Hospital after a brief illness. He
was born In Armenia and came to
this country and Waterbury IS years
ago.
He is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Victoria Julien.
The body was taken TO the Cola
santo Funeral Home, 932 Bank
street. and later removed to George
Pispey and Son, 33l Barnum ave-
nue., Bridgeport. Burial win be In
Lakeside cemetery. Bridgeport.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

MORGAN-In this city, March Gath,
1914, Thomas Lloyd Morgan. of II
Chestnut Avenue.
Funeral Monday, from the Anderson
Funeral Home, 20 Central Avenue.
Burial in Riverside cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

Political pot-pourri-Waterbury's
Jefferson Day Dinner, originally
fecheduled for April Is has been
Inostponed. Similar action has also
BEEN taken in the Third Congress
sional District, where Dave" Nc
Gov Of New Haven Is chairman .
Former Congressman BILL Citron
~ Middletown and James Stanley
~ New Haven were in attendance
~ the Hannegan dinner in Hart
ford this past week Upon proper
application q serviceman or woman
who may become 81 as late as Nov
nmber Z election Day. this year
may be enrolled as an elector with
out appearing at the regular month";
" sessions Waterways four
votes on the question Of one or Two
state conventions by the Democrats
this year were split. Mayor Mon
agan (proxy for Town Chairman
Maurice r. Tangney) and Controller
Neil Maloney voted for one; J.
Francis smith (proxy for Mrs. Ger
fKude Cordon) and MRS. Winifred
Mcdonald voted for two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

Ultimately former State Chair
IMAM J. Francis Smith restored
order by recommending and hav-
ing adopted the suggestion that
the State Central Committee Of
Ricers, as well as the National
Committeeman and woman (all
previOusly entrusted with the task
Of setting dates and naming con-
vention sites) be given the au-
thOrity TO see that such dates con-
fern TO state and local rules and
that ample time be allowed local
organizations to comply with rules
ia calling for primaries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25
Vengeance
ForGuiIty

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25
Brown To
BeArroigned

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25
Reds On
Dniester

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25
DIED

SOLOMITO-In this city, March gath
1914, Mrs. Mary Lucy (Petruzzi)
Solomito, of SO Edgewood Avenue.
Funeral Monday morning, at S:16,
from Colasanto Funeral Home, S32
Bank Street, to Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, at 900. Burial In
Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25
Speed UpOf
Draft Ordered

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

The funeral of James Deane, for
mer Waterbury resident, was held
today in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr.. Deane
died Tuesday in Brooklyn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-25

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
WOMAN FOUND
 DEAD IN PARKED
 CAR;;FAIRBANk5

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 15.- An unconscious man and the body of a woman were found yesterday afternoon in car in a clearing near the Steese Highway, four miles from Fairbanks.
 The woman has been identified as Mrs. Antoinette McCauley, about 30, who came here from Anchorage two months ago and had recently been working in a local laundry
 The man, at the hospital, in a serious condition from monoxide poisoning, is Clarence Knapp, 35, who recently had been working for the Sommers Construction Company at Nome.
 The woman had been reported missing yesterday and the car, which was rented Tuesday night, when found had an empty gas tank and the ignition on. The battery. was dead.
 The United States Marshal's office said it was evidently an accident as there was no evidence of suicide or foul play. The accident occurred Tuesday night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
THIRD DIVISION
 RETURNS GIVEN

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 15-- Twenty of the Third Divisions 57 precincts have been heard from their returns giving Bartlett 1924 Manders 1909, Mccain 1,047, Rivers 1,487, Boyle 1929, Chase l,106 Smith 1,485, and Wann 1,073.
 For the Senate short term-Gre- mold Collinis CD 1873, Fred Stil- well (R) 1,124.
 For the Senate long term-Cof- fey CD 1,498, Brownell CD 1870 Hodge CR) 1,022, Snodgrass (Rl 1,163.
 In the House race three Repub- licans are among the top seven Amer J. Peterson (R) 1,506, Jo- seph Diamond CD 1,400, Warren Taylor D) 1871, Stanley McCut- cheon CD 1914, Oscar Gill (Rl 1909, c. A. Pollard D) 1,289, Moritz Andersen (R) 1,252.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
'(0NGRE55MEN
 WILL ATTEND BIG HEARING
Three Members Says Fish ing Industry Must Not
 Be Destroyed

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 15.- Three Congressmen enroute to the Department of Interior hearings on Indian claims in Southeast Alaska, told the Chamber of Commerce yes terday the fishing industry in Southeast Alaska must not be de- Stroyed as result of the claims.
 Representative Jackson, head of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee, said: We are interested in seeing the Indians compensated for any damages suf- fered but settlement must not be made by turning over the fishing industry"
 Representative Holmes said: Well see that that does not go through" "
 Representative O'Brien concurred in the statements made by his col leagues.
 The hearings open today in Hyda- burg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
kIL0HS, AFTER B
 YEARS RESIDENCE
 HERE,G0ING SOUTH

MT. and Mrs. Alec Kiloh, veteran residents of the Gastineau Channel area-for B years-are to leave soon to make their home in Hay ward, California, in the Bay Re- gion
 MT. Kiloh has been in ill health for the past several months and hopes that a change of climate will be of benefit to him. MT. and Mrs Kiloh will stay on the chicken farm of Mr. Kiloh's brother for a time when they reach the south.
 First coming to Alaska in 1911, Kiloh was employed at Treadwcll until the cave-in, then moved to Thane, which was his home until 1929 He worked at the Alaska Gastineau until it ceased operation, then joined the Alaska Juneau.
 Kiloh has sold his house to Mrs. Lillie Darlin, formerly of Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
New Invasion of Vital Spot in Jap Supply Line
 Made by Gen. MaeArfhur

planes or warships were lost.
 "The Halmahera-P Philippines line has now been penetrated and en- emy conquests to the south are imperiled by the threat of envel- opment," says the communique.
 "The rolling up of the remain der of this line would cut off and isolate the garrisons in the East Indies, estimated at 100000 men, the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Ar mics, and sever the vital supply line to the Japanese home islands. Oil and other essential war ma terials wiuld be cut off"
 MacArthur's Morotai invasion vaulted MacArthur's point of ad- vance more than 300 miles to the northwest. The previous location was Sansapor in Dutch New Guinea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
PRESIDENT MAY
 DECIDE WARTIME
 WAGE QUESTION

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-Presi- dent Roosevelt may be called upon before the election to decide whether or not to abandon the administra- tion's wartime wages and open the way to a general pay hike for the nations workers
 Whatever he decides, even if he puts of the decision, the question seems certain to be a campaign issue.
 The CIO Steel Workers year-long drive to force 17-cent hourly raise up through the Little Steel wage ceiling was laid before the War Labor Board last night with fact finding report. Another was filed simultaneously by three-man panel to demand the AFL Little Steel modification.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
QUEBEC MEET
 IS TO CLOSE SATURDAY
Rooseve and Churchill May Meet Again Is
 Un(Onfirmed Rumor

QUEBEC, Sept. 15-The second Quebec conference closes tomorrow although the quick pace of the European war may hold President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill in personal contact for further conversations.
 Stephen Early, Presidential sec retary, made known that the dis cussions were in the closing phases" He said he could not answer when asked if the two leaders might talk elsewhere. How ever, the military staffs continued the meetings at Chateau From tenac.
 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden arrived last night. The fact that Allied troops are now fighting on German soil was the governing reason why he hurried on the $500 mile air trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
BAND INSTRUMENTS
 NEEDED; S(H00LS

Band instruments of all types are desperately needed by students in the Juneau Public Schools. A band leader is available and, if the instruments can be procured from former band members and cooper ative townspeople, the City may well have a musical organization to be proud of
 Persons having instruments they are willing to sell to the students are requested to contact Art Uggen, of the Alaska Supply Company, or Supt. A. B. Phillips, at the High School.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
MAASTRICHT,
 NANCY FALL
 T0U.5. ARMY
Two Strategic Cities Now in American Hands After
 Big Offensive

LONDON, Sept 15--The cities of Maastricht and Nancy, at opposite ends of an 18-mile front, fell to the batteringoffensive by Ameri- can Armies.
 Nancy is the fourteenth city in France to fall to Patton's' Third Army. It is 68 miles from Stras- bourg at the crossing of the Rhine.
 Maastricht, the Netherlands city guarding the Mouse Canal, fell during penetrations of the German defenses at the north half of the encircled Aachen, according to the German High Command and AL lied announcements.
 Three penetrations of the Sieg- fried Line, from two to eight miles deep and six to nine wide-one completely through the first belt of fortifications-wer made to- ward the Rhine cities of Cologne and Coblenz.
 A force of Gen. Hodges First Army, which crossed the frontier of the Dutch Province of Limburg yesterday, was said by Germans to have advanced to point near Valkenburg, 12 miles northeast of Aachen, which is under artillery fire of Americans who advanced to points within a mile south and southeast
 Germans said that fierce fighting is taking place at the Belfort Gap, but there are no Allied reports from Seventh Army Gen. Patch. who was last reported to be 16 miles south of Belfort.
 These three great zones of pene- tration; the first, nine mile wide breach of the German border, from a mile south of Aachen to south of captured Rotgen; the second. a six mile wide pathway, eight miles deep into the outer dragons teeth" of concrete pillboxes of the Sieg- fried Line at the outskirts of Prum; the third, two mile deep wedge of the defense zone just northwest of Trier.
 At the Brittany port of Brest, Americans fought their way through the city, street by street. as the besieged Nazi garrison re- jected another ultimatum to sur render.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
DEWEY CAMPAIGN WON'T INTERFERE
 WITH WAR EFFORT

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept 15.-A fighting campaign, which he declar- ed would not interfere with the war effort in the slightest degree, was outlined by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey when he conferred here with Gov ernor Sam Ford and other political leaders.
 Old fashioned torch lights burned for the first time in his cross country campaign tour when a crowd, esti- mated at 1000, greeted him upon his arrival at Sheridan, Wyoming.
 Speaking for Is minutes, he said T am confident that there is no indispensable man out of our 130,- 100000"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
16 DEATHS RESULT OF
 HURRICANE
Rages Along Atlantic Coast Toward Canada, Leaving
 Widespread Damage
(By Associated Press)

The great Atlantic hurricane that blew out to sea, off Maine, headed for St. John, in New Brunswick leaving in it's wake widespread dam- age and death. In the Northeastern States, 1e deaths and damage run ming into millions of dollars were caused by the storm. Long Branch New Jersey, alone, reported more than $2,000,000 in destruction.
 The gales, at 80 and 100 miles per hour, whipped the heavy rains, ripped buildings, snapped power and telephone lines, uprooted trees, and disrupted transportation.
 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company reported that 100000 telephones were out of order from Pennsylvania to Maine.
 Atlantic City and neighboring coastal resorts appear to have suf- fered the greatest damage. Moun- tainous waves hit the boardwalks and a 90-mile wind tore off roofs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
GERMANS TRYING
 TO MUSTER NEW
 FORCES AT FRONT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-Secre- tary of War Henry L. Stimson said the Germans are doing their best to muster larger forces" for a desperate stand on the Siegfried Line before which the Allies have deployed on a broad front.
 Stimson told the newsmen the Nazis are shifting troops from Norway and Denmark and "any other possible source" to the west wall but no matter how long it takes, the screws will be put on by the Allies until the enemy cracks" !"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
! MORE TOWNS TAKEN IN ITALY
 BY FIFTH ARMY

ROME, Sept. IS = Fifth Army troops are battering against the main Qualifications of the German Gothic line and have seized the towns of Montecatino and Pom tedimoriano, both four miles north of Lucca and an area Is miles square on the west coast.
 Headquarters announced that the advance was the deepest north ward penetration in the west coast sector and the advance carried Gen. Mark Clark's troops some Is miles beyond the Arno River, the jump ing off point of the drive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Sept. 15-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6ss, American Can 88ts, Anaconda 25as, Beech Air. craft 10, Bethlehem Steel 60ss s, Curtiss- Wright 5as, International Harvester 80. Kennecott 30%, North American Aviation g, New York Central l7la, Northern Pacific l4%, United States Steel 56.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials l4408. rails 3909. utilities 24.40,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
pALAU
 I5INvADED,
 U. 5. FORCES
New Movements Support ed by Heavy Bombard-
 ments from Fleets

UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Sept. 15-Marine and Navy assault forces from Admiral Chester Nimitz's Central Pacific Command landed on islands of the Palau group, 600 miles east of Mindanao in the Philippines. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's troops made a surprise landing on Morotai, the communique says.
 Early announcements indicate an initial success and confidence in the outcome.
 The Palau landing was supported by Halseys Third Fleet which in cluded rockets, big guns and the new heavily -armored battleShips.
 Tokyo said the landing was made on Peleliu Island, most southerly of the group, and added: "The enemy was repulsed" after 2,50O Americans were killed in the first two and a half hours Of lighting.
 Both commanders are now op- erating their forces as coordi- mated te am, squeezing Japan's prize conquest in the Pacific war.
 The invasions were announced a few hours after they were accom- plished. MacArthur, heading back to Manila, landed with forces vir- tually unopposed, on tiny Morotai; there to build air bases quickly for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-15
GUY HAYWARD DIES LAST NIGHT AT SITkA

SITKA, Alaska, Sept. 15.-Guy Edward BanVard, 45-year-old fish erman, ,died at his home last night where he was stricken with heart attack. He was chief electrician in the Navy during the First World War, and moved to Sitka shortly afterwards.
 His wife, Kathryn, is the daughter of John H. Peterson, prominent Sit ka business men who also succumbed a short time ago.