The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
News Of Connecticut

 Police were searching today for the operator of . hit.and-Fun automobile that killed Charles Greene, 09, Meriden war worker from WeStfleld, Mass. Greene's body was found by . truck driver, Fred Morrow of Wore cester, Mass, who told police he had seen . vehicle speeding away from the scene. Greene is Sur- vived by nine children.
 Hartford, Conn, March 20.-(UP) -The first 20 carloads of @ 500-car order of Connecticut Valley potatoes being purchased by the Commodity Credit Corporation for manufactur- ing industrial alcohol, was shipped out of the East Hartford freight yards today.
 Announcement of the government purchase plan was made by W. P. Clarke, executive assistant of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency for Connecticut. Clarke said the indus trial alcohol obtained from the po- tatoes will be used in the manufac- ture of synthetic rubber tires.
 Farmers will average $l.70 hun dredweight on their sales to the gov- ernment Clarke said, and shipments will continue at the rate of 20 cars a day until the quota is met. It was estimated the eco will pay Connecticut valley farmers a total of $500,000 for the potatoes. 
 New Haven, Conn.,, March 2O.- (UP)-A four.alarm fire, raging in Q three-StOry brick building con- taining tire store, restaurant and furniture store, was being fought by 12 fire companies here teddy.
 The building is located in the uptown business district of New Haven, near Yale university. Thick smoke from the burning tires hin- dered firemen. It was expected damage would be many thousands of dollars.
 New London, Conn, March 2O- (UP)-Harry W. White, 57, a pain ter, was held by police on murder charge today pending a grand jury hearing in connection with the vital stabbing of his Stepson, Albert P. De Lisle, 29.
 De Lisle died in a hospital Sun. day morning after having been ad- mitted early Saturday with stab wound in the abdomen.
 Police said both White and his wife maintained the stabbing was accidental, and had occurred while White was trying to throw a meat knife out of reach of his stepGon during a quarrel.
 Meriden, Conn, March 20- (UP)-Paul V. McNutt. chairman of the War ManpOwer Commis- sion, was scheduled to appear hero tonight to award Meriden s cita- tiOn as the nations 'TdeaI war Community"
 McNutt was to make . tour of war plants, and speak at . civic celebration in 8 local theater. Others on the program were Luise Rainer and Louis AIlbritton, mov- Oing picture actresses; Jimmy Duante, stage, screen and radio star; Lucy Monroe, famous singer; and Capt. Glenn Miller and his AAFTTC unit from Yale Univer- Sity, who will appear at a mid. night celebration for war work. CTS to raise $10,OOO for the Amer. ican Red Cross.
 EYarffnrd Fsovu Meet. 0n TvSFaN Paul L. Putnam, state farm labor supervisor. announced today 5000 to 1000 women and girls are needed on Connecticut tobacco farms during July, August and early September, and that plans were being made for the establishment of camps to house and feed some of these work CTS.
 Putnam said at least 800 girls will have to be recruited from other states, and housed and fed by the Agricultural Extension Service. Four camp sites have been chosen to house 18l girl workers, Putnam said. They are a remodeled country hotel in North Granby, 50 workers: the Hillyer homeplace, Buckland, 50 workers: 8 house in Tarriffville, 5e workers, and farmhouse in Wind. sor, 26 workers.
 Each camp will have . director and assistant director in charge of recreation and an additional assist. ant for each 26 girls.
 Purdy Station, ". Y., March 20 -WP)-The bodies of two men were found yesterday along the highway on route @, in an auto. mobile that apparently had failed t0 make sharp turn and plunged through . ditch and overturned against . barn.
 The men tentatively were iden- titled as Harold F. Johnston, 27, l3A Grand St) and SaWerko ,. Markiewicz, (Sl EdgewOOd sG), both of DsnbuEys Conn.