The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-10

Sergeant Louis RaSteIIi of this city is serving with a signal out f1t in the Seventh Army in France. He. repairs. telephone. lines. and thereby insures proper contact be- tween units in the field.
 With The Fifth Army, Italy Second Lieutenant Theodore j.. Wethered of Waterbury, Connecticut recently was promoted to first lieutenant while serving with Lieu tenant General Mark, w. 4Clark's Fifth Army in Italy.
 Wethered entered active service in February, 1941 and was commis- stoned in December, 1922 at Fort Benning, Georgia. He has served at Camp Banding, Florida; Bingham, Massachusetts; Saco, Maine: Fort Devens, Massachusetts; and Fort Dix. New Jersey.
 He is now rifle platoon leader in the 85th Custer Infantry Di- vision fighting on the Fifth Army front.
 The lieutenant is the son of Ed ward J. Wethered of 132 Mon- mouth avenue, Waterbury.
 Private William L. Stevens, neph- ew of Litsulla K. Stevens of 15O Walnut street, was killed in action in France Oct. 27, according to War Department notification received here.
 A native of Great Harrington, Mass. he lived in Mount Lebanon, Syria from 1921 to 1884. While serv- ing in North Africa he was inter- pretOr of the Arabian language. He had been overseas nearly two years.
 Before entering the service he was proprietor of the OakvilIe Market. He ha3 a brother, George Stevens of Oakville, and a number of rela- tives in Syria.
 Mario Miranda of Milldale, who was on the U. s. s. Princeton when it engaged in recent battle near the Philippines, is missing, according to a Navy Department telegram receiv- ed by his parents, MT. and Mrs. Domenic Miranda.
 The serviceman, a machinists' mate, third class, was employed by the Scovill Mfg. Co.,, before he en- tered the Navy two and half years ago. Three brothers, Cosmo, Elmer ick, and Ernest, are in the service.
 Cn1sonoNNf in110ri nioNoNnI nf Q0 Cherry street met his Canadian cousin in England recently, accord ing to word received here. The cou- sin, Private Louis Riopel is bro ther of Aime 'Riopel of 26 Walnut street.
 Staff Sergeant Harry Quintaglia of Al Sylvan avenue, who returned to this country recently after serv- ing for B months in the Southwest Pacific area, is expected to arrive here today from Fort Devens, Mass.
 Corporal Russell E. Austin of Plank road and Corporal William F. Delfino of 227 Walnut street are pa- tients at the Moore General hospital Swannonoa, N. 0. They are veterans of action in the Southwest Pacific area.
 Thomas H. SutIiffe of 37 Plaza avenue has been promoted to lieu tenant-cOlOnel at his post in HOl- land, according to word received here. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. J. T. Sutliffe, and the husband Ot the former Mary E. Supernant of Columbus, Ga.
 Second Lieutenant Francis J. Phelan of 199 Woodlawn Terrace and Technical Sergeant Francis Testa of 696 Chase Parkway, both of whom had been reported missing and had been interned in neutral territories, are now visiting in this city. They will report next to At lantic City, N. J., for reasSignment.
 Lieutenant Phelan served as nav igator on a B-24 Liberator when the ship made a crash landing April g In Germany. He is not able to dis close where he was interned.
 Sergeant Testa was interned fol- loving crash-landing March 18 in Germany. He served as a radio op-