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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
REPORT DECREASE
in MISHAPS HERE
Decline of 24% Recorded
During Month of January,
Police Report

Waterbury's traffic accidents last
month dropped "a percent as COM
pared with January a year ago, &C
cording to figures released today by
william Duggan of the Accident
Prevention Bureau. The report COM
piled by Officers William Dwyer
and James Little of that Bureau
shows that a total Of 81 accidents
occurred last month as compared
with II year ago.
A fatality for January 1914 &C.
CURED on the eleventh of the
month when John CaSerino, S, Of
New York City was fatally injured
while sliding on Wolcott street.
Twenty-seven persons were injured
in the 10 personal injury accidents;
eighteen of these in motor vehicle
against motor vehicle type accidents.
Superintendent of Police Carson
says: "a decided improvement in
Waterbury's traffic accident record
was shown in the past month Of
January. The police are pleased to
note the decrease of "A percent in
total accidents but the ever present
personal injury accident is still not
decreased sufficiently. We are still
striving to conserve man-power for
war-power and neither the police
nor the driving and walking public
can afford to relax their vigilance
against this type accident which
cuts down the vital war-worker.
II suggest that we make 1914
LOOK YEAR" instead Of a LEAP
YEAR."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05

Waterbury's Fourth War Loan
Drive, now over the halfway mark
must "enjoy sharp increase and
suffer no tagging local bond Of
ifcials stated today as the city's eff
fort enters its final stretch before
closing Feb. Is.
Figures released today by James
E. Moran relative to the city's par
ticipation in the nations $14 billion
bond purchasing campaign reveal
that the local effort has attained the
$7,8OO,O00 mark of which $2,225 900
has been in the purchase Of series
'sE" bonds. The city'S quota which
must be met by the 18th has been
set at SIS million inclusive of an
sc" bond quota of $4,878,000
G.. Horace Baldwin and Austin L.
Adams, co-chairman of the Region
No. 8 drive comprising Waterbury,
Naugatuck and all of Litchfield
county today revealed that of the
latters total quota of 100000 a
total, to date, of $18,897 ,468 has been
realized in the sale of all types OF
bonds. The co-chairman gravely
warned that the sale Of "E' bonds
is tagging behind the pace set for
their purchase.
The Scovill Company whistle con-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
STEWART REPORTS
ON FREEDOM DAY.
Commander of Wilson Post
Represented State at
Philadelphia Session

Hampton Stewart, president of the
local Republican colored club will
report on his recent attendance at
the Freedom Day ceremonies con-
Quoted at Independence Hall, Phil
adelphia, February /, when the local
Republican organization next meets
on February IA at the Wilson Post
club rooms. Mr.. Stewart was Con-
necticut's representative at the cere-
monies following his appointment by
Governor Baldwin.
A resolution adopted at the Free
dom Day ceremonies was that call
ing for the establishment of Feb
ruary as state and national hol-
iday in commemoration of the pas
sage Of the 18th amendment. The
recent celebration at Philadelphia
marked the 18th anniversary of its
passage and the ceremonies were
conducted under the auspices of the
National Freedom Day Citizens
committee.
Governor Baldwin in his recent
announcemnt of the appointment of
Mr.. Stewart as state delegate spoke
of the day as befitting "a truly free
land; q land of the truly Free.
Mr.. Stewart in addition to his
leadership among the colored people
here is commander of the legion
Wilson Post.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
Waterbury Must Keep
Up Bond Buying Pace
Halfway Mark Passed as Result of Enthusiastic Raj
lies; Chase FOremen Set Victory House Record

tinued its steady defiance of the
Axis powers this morning by being
sounded 10 times signifying the pur-
chase of that many more $1,000
bonds. This mornings effort at the
plant resulted in a total number of
sales at this point, by the employees,
in the amount Of $550,000 of the
plants 100000 about quota.
A remarkable one-day sales record
was established yesterday at the
Victory House when the Chase Fore
mems association sold $151 ,256 worth
of bonds, to exceed their previous
record of $4,000. One individual who
asked that his name be not reveal
ed purchased $4,000 bond yester-
day while there was one sale of
$500 and "a of $1,000
Mayor Monagan and the superin-
tendents of the various Chase plants
participated in a broadcast during
the company's one-day campaign
which was heard over station WATR
during the day and rebroadcast over
another station later in the evening.
The employees of the Telephone
company have already over-sub-
scribed their quota of $30,5OO. Char
les A. Hughes Jr., son Of Charles A.
Hughes, foreman at the telephone
company and who has just returned
from the Pacific was the first in line
at the company's bond buying
booth yesterday. He is one of five
sons in the service.
Mrs. Ernesta Barlow, chairman
of the Womens committee for the
national war service act, Who con-
ducts the Commando Mary pro-
gram over NBC Sunday mornings,
is visiting various departments of
the United States Time Corp. today
in the interests of the -Four War
Loan drive.
Warner Bros. theater chain has
allotted 4 600 of its war bond pur-
chases to the State theater at
Waterbury. This sum will be in
Guided in the Waterbury total.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE
DRIVE CONTINUES
IA Streets in Bunker Hill
to Be Canvassed Today
for Old Papers

Beginning at 12:45 this noon an
other collection OF old papers and
magazines will be undertaken on IA
streets and avenues in the Bunker
Hill section. The collection, which
will be conducted house-to-house, is
being sponsored by the Women's
society OF the Bunker Hill church
whose similar efforts in a drive
held last week in the same area
Melted IL tons.
Boy Scouts will work with the
trucks and will pick up the bun
dies of papers left on each porch.
Residents are being urged to tie the
bundles crosswise and endwise to
facilitate handling.
The truck will pass over the fol-
lowing streets today: Circuit, More
land, Wayland, Delaware, Mount
Vernon, Grandview, WestWood,
WooAside, Farnham and Mountain
Park avenues, and Revere, Pierpont,
Steuben and Lee streets.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
MARCH-OF.DIMES
DRIVE CLOSING
Waterbury May Realize
$4,000 in Infantile Pa
ralysis Campaign

The local March of Dimes, infan-
tile paralysis effort may attain pro-
portions of double the original quota
of 5000. Atty. Frank Mcdonald and
T. P. Cassidy, co-chairnen stated to-
day. Net receipts from last nights
Presidents Ball which was held at
the Buckingham hall totaled $500
and other estimates not yet compiled
reveal that close to $4,000 may be
realized. Half of the receipts will
be retained for Waterways needs
in combating this dread disease
and the other half will go to the
Warm Springs fund.
Last nights dance was attended
by about 400 persons while many
who purchased tickets were unable
to be present. The dance was thor
oughly enjoyed by all as well as
the entertainment that was given
by volunteers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
ELEANOR LINTNER
GRANTED DIVORCE
Hartland Teacher Awarded
Decree From Waterburi=
an on DesertiOn Charge

Winsted, Feb. 5-Mrs. Eleanor B..
Lintner 81 Hinsdale avenue, teach
er at West Hart1and school, was
granted a divorce from Franklin
Lintner of Waterbury on the
grounds of desertion at a short cal
endar session of superior court here
Friday.
They were married at Arlington,
N. Y, October 6, 1884, and she told
the court they agreed not to set up
housekeeping until the end of the
school year the following June, but
that in June her husband refused to
set up housekeeping or maintain a
home for her. Mrs. Harold L. Cross
man of So Meadow street, and Mrs.
Raymond r. Bushnell Of Glendale
both testified that the couple had
not lived together and that she had
supported herself by teaching school.
Judge Howard W. Alcorn also
granted the plaintiff permission to
change her name to Eleanor Dotson.
In the contested divorce action OF
Claude o. Waldron of 106 Oak
street against Edith Platt Waldron
of ThomaSton, Waldron was grant,
ed a decree on the grounds of
deSertion, but Mrs. Waldron was
granted custody of their two chill
dren and So a week for their sup
port. According to the testimony,
both parties had been married be-
fore and had children by previous
marriages. They were married July
10, 1884, at WaSsaic, N. Y, and had
separate homes IN Thomaston but
they had planned to live at his
home. Waldron said that in Febru-
airy, 1899, his wife told him that she
did not want anything to do with
him and shortly thereafter he
moved to Winsted. Mrs. Waldron
in her cross-complaint also charged
desertion but this was not pressed
in court.
Antonio Corsi of Torrington was
granted a divorce from Mary Shores
Corsi of parts unknown on the
grounds of desertion. He said that
they were married at Millerton,
N. Y, in 1928 and that on Deem
Der "a, 1885, she left their home in
Torrington and had never returned.
Catherone Stokes of Watertown
was granted a divorce from Alex
ander Stokes of Waterbury on the
grounds of intolerable cruelty and
she was also awarded custody of
their minor daughter and SIS a week
for the child's support as well as
81 a week alimony. The nominal
amount of alimony was granted by
Judge Alcorn to allow the plaintiff
to come into court at a later date
and ask for modification if condi-
lions warranted 1t. Mrs. Stokes said
that they were married at Man
chester, N. H., March %, 1941, and
that her husband had used abusive
language and mistreated her with
the reslt that she left him last
May.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
ALIMONY GRANTED
MOTHER OF THREE

Provision for $40 weekly as all
mony and SIS weekly for the sup
port of three minor children is made
in divorce judgment handed down
today by Superior Court Judge
Frank P. McEvoy in the action
brought by Nancy Hudobenko Brade
of Waterbury against Rhinehard
Brade Of North Tarrytown, N. Y.
The suit was based on a charge of
intolerable cruelty.
In the memorandum of decision
Judge McEvoy states that although
the defendant did not appear in
person at the hearing he neverthe-
less was involved in the jurisdiction
of the court in view of various let
tiers filed, and consequently an all
mony allowance is proper. The
custody of the children was awarded
to the mother. The couple married
Nov. 10, 1884.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
3 Worships Are
Launched Todov

Boston, Feb. 5-(UP)-A subma-
rine and two destroyer escorts slid
down the ways of New England
shipyardS today.
The submarine o. s. s. Segundo
the fifth undersea craft to be
launched at the Portsmouth, N. H.,
Navy yard within the past 10 days
was sponsored by Mrs. John L.
Sullivan Of Washington, wife of the
assistant secretary of the treasury.
The U. S. destroyer-eScorts Ring
ness and Knudson were launched at
the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard.
The Ringness, named for Marine
1t. Henry Raymond Ringness of
Washington, who was killed on
Guadalcanal, was christened by his
widow.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05

Chief Commissary Steward Mich
o1as Bartholomew, of 12455 Tele-
fair Ave) San Fernando, Cal. ex-
planning the origin of the term,
feather merchants" (for officers
who have entered the service from
retirement or reserves: There
was a chief petty officer out on
the West Coast who had been re-
tired and like them all, he bought
himself a chicken farm. After q
time he ran into an old shipmate
in a bar and the Shipmate asked
him how he was doing. He ex-
planned that all his chickens had
died except one, and that all he
had left now was feathers 7 guess
I'll have to be a feather merchant
he said. And that's the way it
started"
Ensign Edward L. Rasch, 2,
bomber pilot, of IS. Ocean Ave-
Massapequa, Long Island, N. Y.
Ito a squadron mate who was
grooming over a four flush poker
hand): Wings, fuselage and tail =
If you haven't got 'em all, you
haven't got it."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
LIQUOR REVENUE
DECLINED in '43
Governments Restriction
on Alcohol Reflected in
Taxes Collected

State liquor tax revenue for the
calendar year, 1943, totaled 81, 1851,
966, a decrease of 81, 464,053 from
collections from the same source
during 1912, according to report
issued Friday by State Tax Com
missioner Walter w. Walsh. A good
part of dehtercease
part of the decrease in tax return
is attributable, il was said, to the
current shortage of liquor products
During 1943, a total of $3,251 ITS
was collected from the one-dollar 6
gallon levied on distilled liquors
In 1912, return from this source al
the same rate was $4,747,557.
Beer sales during 1943 were great
er than during 1912, the report in
dicateS, and t ehtrxa1
dicates, and the tax return both
from barreled and bottled beer was
slightly above 1912 collections.
Last year, $641, $50 was collected
from the one-dollar a barrel tax on
beer, compared with 1923, 879 during
1912; and $500, 278 was collected from
taxes on bottled beer, compared With
$528,53O in 1912.
Sales of sparkling wines during
1913 were about A per cent above
those of 1912, although the tax
revenue from this source is slight
In 1913, $7676 was collected, COM
pared to $5316 in 1912.
The almost exclusive use of al
cohol in war industry is reflected
in the year-end tax report. At one
dollar gallon rate, only $239 was
collected from such sales during
1913, whereas $22,127 was collected
in 1912. whereas 500, 1877 was collected
in 1912.
Taxes on all other types of alco-
holic beverages also decreased last
year from collection totals recorded
in 1912.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
YOUTH CAPTURED IN
WAREHOUSE BREAK

Peter Kisonas, 20, of 48 Lindsey
street was charged with breaking
and entry after police caught him
at the National Biscuit Co. ware
house on West Liberty street short
ly before 2 O'Clock this morning.
Detective Sergt. Joseph Petit said
the man gained entry by jumping
from freight car to a window sill,
ripping window netting away with
hammer, and knocked out a pane
Of glass. Detective George F1avin
and Patrolmen Peter Griffin, VIII
liam LEAK, John Deeley, James Jor-
dan and Harold Green participated
in the arrest.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
YALE TO OBSERVE
SENIOR CLASS DAY
Third Wartime Program
to Be Presented Next
Monday Night

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 5-The
Third Senior Glass Day to be held
under the accelerated wartime pro-
gram at Yale University will take
place Monday night, February Z, at
Sprague Hall for the $50 remain
ing members of the Glass Of 1945.
The exercises, which will be held
indoors will be simple and stripped
of much of the formal ceremony u.s.
ually accompanying Glass Days.
Members Of the students families
who live nearby are expected to at
tend as well as members of the fac
ulty.
The Ivy, which has usually been
planted outside near the Library,
will this year be planted in a bowl,
later to be set into the ground.
The chairman of Glass Day is
Donald M. Marshman, Jr., of Cleve-
land, Ohio, who will be assisted by
Hobart E. Early, II, of Highland
Park, ILL.,, and Eugene c. Roberts,
Jr, of Washington, D. c. The fol-
lowing men will also serve on the
committee.
Edward r. Cunniffee, of New York
City, a member of Berkeley College,
who prepared for Yale at Hotchkiss,
will deliver the Ivy Ode, in Latin.
William S. Cowles, Jr., of Farm
ington, Conn, who prepared for
Yale at Groton, will be the Glass
Poet. Cowles, who is a member of
Davenport College, is Cadet Com
mander of the Naval R. o. T. G.
Chairman Marshman will present
the Glass History. He is member of
Timothy Dwight College and prepar-
ed for Yale at Andover.
The Glass Orator will be Benjamin
T. McElroy of Dallas, Texas, who
prepared for Yale at Andover. He is
a member of Pierson College and a
Viz trainee.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
Compensation Agreements

John Egnaicio Of 2O5 Baldwin
street against American Brass Co.,
$24.54 beginning Jan. Is, back in.
jury.
Michael F. Lacey Of Torrington
against American Brass Co. Of
Torrington, $50 beginning Jan. 20,
injury to right leg.
Fred Edwin of $50 East Main
street against City of Waterbury,
$18.88 beginning Jan. 10, rib In
jury.
Antonio Parsio Of Beacon Falls
against Seymour Mfg. Co., 1884
beginning Jan. 10, injury to left
eye.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05

safely because your War Bonds are be-
ing converted into medical weapons as
merciful and as life-saying as have
ever been devised. Says Surgeon Cen
eral Norman T. Kirk:
The wounded soldier in this giobal
was-though exposed to almost every
hazard known to man-stiil has a bet
ter chance Of surviving and coming
home than ever before
When you buy that Ezra Bond to-
day think Of your boy or your neigh
boris boy. He may not be the wounded
hey whose panied face looked at you
from one Of the pages Of this newt
paper. But Just as surely as the coming
Of the dawn today, your War Bond
was there in the picture. helping him
come home.
THE EDITOR.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05

They come from the big cities.
the small towns, the hills and the
farms, these men, and they expect
to serve anonymously, as the deeds
of the ship alone are recorded.
What they say perhaps matters lit
tie, but it Is the American at war
Listen:
Aviation Metalsmith Bartelomec
Joseph LoSchiavo, 26, (456 Goth ST.
Brooklyn Examining an expensive
fountain pen owned by another en-
listed mani: II never buy such stuff
any more. was on the Wasp, see,
and I had $125 watch and foun-
tain pen and a lot of other stuff. We
was out there and couldn't spend
our dough for anything else. So,
what happens? When she gets tor
pedoed I'm in the head taking a
shower and I'd left my watch, my
pen and my pocketbook in my lock-
er. Every sinking bit of it went
down with her. says to myself
what the hell. Looka that pencil 1t
cost two bits"
Aviation Chief Machinist Mate
Ben Frank Craig, Al, (501 w. 18th
ST. Houston, Tex Coming into the
chief petty officers wardroom and
yawning): well, been out feeding
my goats. There's nothing like get
ting off this old steamboat now and
then and takin a walk over my land
and hearing 'em go 'baaa.' Yes sir,
| got me the finest - - goat
farm in West Texas"
Chief Yeoman- Ralph E. New
berry, "a, of (1017 Weston Ave.
Centralia, Ill. (sniffing after a
night of rough weather and heavy
seas): Whats the matter with
me? I got this cold from water COM
ing through that watertight hatch.
And don't say can't take it. wore
out more skivvy shirts than you
have seabags in this mans Navy"
Yoeman End cl Walter Scott
Coffman, 80, (3108 Indianole
Ave.) Columbus, O.: did you hear
about that lookout last night re-
porting an oil slick dead ahead =
but the trouble was, he was Look
out on the stern, the silly -''
Aviation Ordnance Man End cl.
Ralph Perry, or (2514 Morgan ST.
Sioux City, Iowa: Listen, I've read
stuff about these carriers. and it's
always about coffee at dawn, the
shining propellers and the wind
swept deck Why don't somebody
write about the men in the engine
room, sweating it out during gen.
eral quarters, expecting torpedo
any minute? That's really rugged
Aviation Machinist Mate LIST cl.
George Earle, %, of (209 Suydam
ST. New Brunswick, N. ]. stop
ping in the midst of swabbing a
section of white painted bulkhead
and holding up the rag: This
work amt so bad when you can use
pair of pink skivvies some girl
used to wear on the beach. Wonder
what she was like :"
Chief Shipfitter Charles C. Wat
kins, 81, of (402 w. 10Th STD Nor
folk, Va, who was at Pearl Harbor
You stand there and look at those
bombs coming down and you say to
yourself, otis not so, this can't hap
pen to me-" and all of sudden it
goes. whanmo! I had a house at
Pearl Harbor, and out Of all the
houses on the island. only one was
bombed. 1t was mine, the -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
CIVIC ORCHESTRA
PRESENTS CONCERT

The Civic Orchestra of Water
bury, Mario DiCecco, conducting,
will present a concert tomorrow
night at Buckingham hall at 8 p.
m. Percy Granger, eminent plan
ist- composer will be the assisting
artist playing the Tschaikowsky
Concerto No. I in B-Flat Minor.
Mr. Granger is no stranger to
this city having appeared here
years ago in an entire piano recital
and rather recently as soloist with
the local orchestra.
Many fine members are included
on the program.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
EXPLORER TROOP
PLANNING HIKE

Members of Boy Scout Explorer
Troop / viii hold a hike tomorrow
at o O'Clock, with Scoutmaster John
Kearney In charge. Study for the
safety merit badge was conducted
at . recent messing Of the troop.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
HOSPITAL BULLETINS

william J. Cavanaugh, Is Alma
street. secretary Of Waterbury
Lodge Of EIks, was reported M
good condition this morning Ut
MaEy's hospital where he under
went an operation yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
SYSTEM TOUCHES OFF
ALARM FOR FIREMEN

Firemen answered a call to %
Brown place at 6:01 this morning
when q defective sprinkler system
set off an automatic alarm.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
TO the People
Of this Community
LIFE.SAYING DOLLARS

Your War Bond dollars are life
saving dollars to you who wait anx-
iously for the day when your Johnny
or Billy will come marching home.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
$4,000 FIRE

Boston, Feb. 5-UP)-A two
alarm fire ruined the interior Of a
three-story brick building housing
offices Of the Star Brewing Co. in
Dorchester last midnight. Damage
was $4,000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
By RICHARD G. HARRIS


ABOARD o. s. ESCORT CARRIER Atlantic Area
CUA Of huor however
submarines night and day. fair weather FOUL aboard this
In
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05

That's natural.
Despite the
fact that the
weapons Of war
are the deadliest
in worlds his
tory, your boy
has a better
AnA-A~e ak1SeA
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
BrOOkynite On BABY FIat-tOp z
Never Buys Anything Expensive

duty Navy
submarine patrol talk mostly about what they
Richard United
baby nat-tOps' records here their reactions.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05
THREE SUMMONED
TO OPA HEARINGS

Pat Cammisa, manager Of Cic-
chetti's service station at GA Bank
street, Harold F. Anderson OF Thorn
aston and A. Cohen Of Torrington
have been notified to appear for
OPA hearings in Hartford next week.
The latter two men are charged
with violating food ration regula-
tons. Nine cases will be heard
during two-day session February
8 and 8.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-05

and directing the special drill
squad.
The Battalion Review was taken
by President Seymour.