The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-19
News Of Connecticut

West Cornwall, Conn, June l9 - State Police claimed today to lack clues to the mysterious assault made upon Mrs. Francis Lee Higginson, 31, socially prominent wife of Q naval offlcer, who was buldgconed at her home last Thursday night and whose condition remains erie tical at Boston hospital where she was taken Sunday.
 Mrs. HigginSon, returning from a dinner party, apparently was ate tackled within a half hour after she arrived home. She suffered a coll- pound skull fracture and multiple head injuries inflicted by @ blunt irl- gtrument.
 Police said the attack weapon had not been found, and that the lden- tity of the aSsailant and his motive were unknown, although nearly a dozen investigators had been on the case the past four days.
 Her husband, stationed at Key West, Fla, permitted her removal Sunday to the New England Dea- conness hospital at Boston, where she was given several additional blood transfusions. She has not re- gained consciousness since the at- tack.
 Middletown, Conn, June l9 -(U. P.) - A probate court hearing was scheduled today on the petition of Fowler Mccormick, wealthy Chi- cagoan, to void decree transfer ring Che guardianship of his sisters two adopted children to Dr. Frances M. Clark of Durham.
 Tn0 children, adopted by WAC Corporal Muriel Mccormick Hup- bard five years ago at New Haven, were remanded to the care Of pr. Clark last month after McCormick charged his sister was an unfit person" to be their guardian. The court previously had placed the children in the care of Mrs. Trace Bement, Deerfeld, Mass, as a tenn porary guardian.
 Mccormick charged in the peti- ton to be heard today that Corporal Hubbard as "a person unit to re- main as guardian Is unfit to control the selection of an adopted mother" for the children.
 Furthermore, Fowler contended that appointment of Mrs. Bement by the court removed the rights ot other persons in dealing with the matter.
 Mccormick claimed the appoint. nent of Dr. ClarRe was not made in good faith, and was maneuver on the part of his sister to regain control of the children when her military service ended.
 Hartford, Conn, June 19-(UP)- The General assembly convenes in special session today to legalize use of the federal soldier ballot. and to clarify the state speed laws.
 However, because public hearings on the two measures will not be held until this afternoon, 1t was consid- cred unlikely the bills would be voted upon during the day unless the legislators decided to hold a night session. Neither bill was con- troversial.
 The ballot bill provided a techni- ,cality for the use of the federal bal- lot, a provision omitted when a special SeSSlon ln January maoe lt possible for Connecticut servicemen to vote in the November elections.
 Clarification of the speed laws was considered an emergency matter by Gov. Baldwin in view of repeated refusals of the superior court to sustain lower court convictions on speeding charges. The present laws fail t0 define a sDeed limit and men- tion only unreasonable speed"
 It was considered possible that Fairfield county opponents of the new $50,000,000 state highway through that section might make an attempt to have a repealer taken up at today's session, but legisla- tive leaders reiterated they would adhere to the two-bill agenda ap. proved by the legislative council and the governor.