The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
News OF
Connecticut

(UP)-William III. Dietrich, buSl-
ness manager of the Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station,
died Sunday. Dietrich served as
a statistician in the state high
way department for ten years
before joining the station staff
nearly five years ago. He will be
buried wednesday.
Greenwich, Conn.,, Feb. %. (UP)
Funeral services will be hele
Wednesday for George Boles, "a
prominent realtor, who died Sun
day after long illness. Boles wa!
familiar figure at the nations
ract tracks a quarter Of century
ago.
New Haven, Conn, Feb. %. CUP.
Several hours after her night
gown caught fire from an electric
chatter, Mrs. Frances H. Rowland
SO, died at New Haven hoSpita
Sunday.
New Haven, Conn, Feb. %. CUP
An injunction suit which seek
to restrain the Connecticut Com.
pany of New Haven from violating
overtime compensation, record.
keeping and interstate commerce
shipment provisions of the fedora
wage and hour law was filed by
labor department official in district
n0,1rt here today
The complaint alleges that Al
power house employees covered BY
the law have been employed ir
violation of the overtime compensa-
ton provisions of the fair labor
standards act since Jan. l, 1941. The
labor department seeks to enjoir
the company from transmitting OF
selling any electric power and cleo
trio energy for use in interstate
commerce.
Groton, Conn.,, Feb. 2S-UP)-
Bonds purchased in Queens COun-
ty, N. Y, maid for the construc-
ton Of the submarine Besug0
which was launched at the electric
Boat yards Sunday and sponsored
by Mrs. Margaret Perry Homer,
q company emplOye.
Attending the launching were
rs women witers for New York
newspapers and magazines, who
were taken on tour Of the wards.
Colchester, Conn. Feb. 2e-(UP)
State Policeman Ralph Boyington
started out in his cruiser for Man.
chester Memorial Hospital last night
with two passengers-Mrs. Gerald
Ambeau and Mrs. Theresa Rey-
nolds-and arrived with three.
Enroute, he helped Mrs. Reynolds
deliver Mrs. Ambeau Of an eight
pounds, seven-ounce daughter.
Boyington is the father Of a two.
rsArs-old son.
Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 2S-(UP)
Governor Baldwin made two
appointments today to the Mer-
hit Parkway commission, both
expiring July 1, 1945.
AIphOnsus J. DOnahue, SIAM
ford, replaces Mrs. winthrop Pal
mer, Fairfield, who resigned.
DOnahue was q member Of the
staff Of former Gov. Robert A.
Hurley.
George d. stearns, Bridgeport,
fills the vacancy caused by the
death Of Arson F. Keeler, Nor
walk.
Hartford, Conn. Feb. 28-UP)-
Under the new token system which
became operative today, ration book
holders will lose one point each
every week, but an OPA spokesman
said that new point charts, soon to
be released, would take this los
into consideration.
Under the old system, ration book
holders were allowed IS points
apiece each week, or % points fol
two weeks. Under the token system
they receive 30 points every two
weeks.
This variation has been consid-
cred at WasEingtonu," the spokes-
man said, land a suitable adjust
ment Is being made which may worn
to the benefit Of book holders"
The OPA said It had received IN
quiries about the two-point los
but not many"
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