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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
3 Involved In Racket

Boston, March 23. (UP)--Three men faced arraignment before U. s, commissioner in connection with a $50,000 gasoline coupon racket to- day after q ration board clerk ex- posed their alleged black market dealings to OPA authorities
 The trio, arrested late yesterday, were Charles M. Paratori, 5l, Dor. chester barber; Samuel Federman, 42, Hudson druggist, and Angelo Piacentini, 32, somerville cafe pro- prletor.
 The men received the coupons from Miss Beverly c. Hollinger, 10, Paratori'S niece and q clerk for the Hyde Park War Price and RAtion- ing board whose signed statement led to the arrests, OPA investiga' tors said. The girl was not charged
 Using their business estabiish' mentS aS outlets, the trio allegcdly disposed Of more than 600000 coupons during the past month and n half, Police and OPA agents said they have accounted for only 27O,. GOO coupons, but indicated that other arrests might follow. Sheets of coupons were found in the mems stores, according to investigators,
 Shortages of T coupons at the Hyde Park board aroused tho suspi- cion of the OPA and an audit of tho Sboard's books followed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
Land Defends Ship Builders

Washgto, March 9 -- (UP) A house Merchant Marine subcommit- tee continued hearings on charges of charges of cxorbitant shipyard prof It's today after hearing Rear Ad- mlral Emory s. Land, chairman of the Maritime Commission, defend payments which he said yield build CTS an average of $7000 profit each on Liberty ships.
 Land told the committee that Liberty ship fee payments have been cut from a maximum of $l40,000 each to $60,000 due to increased pro- duction and reduction of goVern- ment fees.
 Committee investigators had said that l9 companies operating govern ment-owned shipyards had invested only $22,000,000 in the yards while the government put up $37l 900 ,000, Despite this, the investigation charged the companies had earned $l74,000,000 in fees up to Nov. 30, le43.
 Land challenged use of the invest- ment figure of the companies.
 "Thcre is virtually no relationship between shipbullders profits in their brilliant production record Of 5000 ships to date and their invested cap- ital," he told the committee.
 Their profit is measured on the basis of output, on the basis of pro- duction achieved and not upon the dollars they have invested
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
N. E. Man Wins The Now Cross

Boston March SUP i-Comdr, Francis T. Williamson, D. s, N, 36, of (52 West Hooper St. Tiverton, R, l., has been awarded the Navy cross for extraordinary heroism in action against the Japanese, the Navy announced today,
 Williamson was one of eight Navy men from New England who were decorated or commended for cour- ageous or otherwise distinguished services.
 Ills citation read;
 For extraordinary heroism as the commanding officer of q destroyer during an engagement with enemy Japanese naval forces In Vella Gulf, Solomon Islands, on the night of August 6-7, l043.
 Participating in well-timed and perfectly coordinated gun and tor. pedo attack, Comdr. Williamson Skillfully maneuvered for maximum fire power and struck boldly and with relentless determination, con- tributing materially to the success of our destroyer force in sinking Q Japanese cruiser and three destroy CTS.
 Ills courageous and inspiring leadership which brought his ship md crew through this hazardous engagement without loss or damage, reflects great credit upon Comdf' williamson, his command and the U, s, Naval Service"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23

thority to complete these two prof. ects before the war ends and before a ge"'ral resumption of construc- tior . 'ivity.
 w. .ther there is Q gradual tap- erlng off of war production or an abrupt transition to renewed con- struction, his department hopes to have plans enough to keep well ahead of requirements as well as enough rights-of- purchased to start a large volume of work he said. The department will have ready plans enough for a years work, measured by any prior year.
 Ross Is Heard
 Many communication which will come to Q planning body are wor- thy of little more than a courteous acknowledgement" City Engineer Robert J. Ross of Hartford said in discussing "The Role of the Muni- cipal Engineer in City and Town Planning" at the morning session.
 There Is place for the profess sionnl city planner but frequently his report contains, in addition to many sound recommendation some features that are visionary and out of reach. The engineers should be qualified to select the portions in such reports which his people need most and which they can best af- ford" he said.
 Mir. RoSs said every community should have planning board since orderly development requires guid- ance and if the city engineer is thoroughly acquainted with his dis trict he is in a position to know where Improvements are needed and how they may be accomplished
 New England people, in general, are conservative and the engineer can defeat his purpose by advocnt- ing "isionary projects of doubtful value, too Involved and beyond the city's resources, He should not try to sell any scheme on which he himself is not sold he advised.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
Litigation In
 Local Courts

A transcript of the closing argu- ments made by Attorney Michael ". Blansfleld in the Atchison will case will be sent to the State Supreme Court of Errors, according to de- cision made yesterday by Superior Court Judge Prank P. McEvoy on Q motion of Attorney John 1T, Cas- sidy.
 Attorney BlansAeld represents Margaret and Alden Atchison who are appealing to the high court in m effort to break their fathers will According to tho documents praovi- sions the two children were left $lO0 each from the $20,0O0 estate Attorney Cassidy is counsel Of Law" renee Lewis, executor Of the VIII.
 Withdrawal papers were filed In
 superior COurtt Oday in the $25,-
 900 civil action brought by Bridget
 and John r. Miller of Water.
 bury against the Connecticut Rail-
 way & Lighting Co.,, of Water
 bury. The suit was based on ln-
 juries sustained by the woman
 when Q bus In which she was .
 passenger aIlcgedly struck . car At
 Exchange Place August go, l04@'
 A hearing In the action had been
 set for last week and A settlement
 was reported At thatt imc.
 John Fletcher Cogle, Jr., Of Wa terbury today instituted $2600 civil action in common pleas court against Mrs. Stuart Loveridge or Wntertown as the result of injuries sustained last August IT when struck by the woman's car cl WatertoWn avenue. The plaintiff, n minor, brings the litigation through hist father, John Fletcher Coglo, ST,
 The complaint states the boy was crossing the street near the San ford Dairy when he was struck by the car and knocked to the ground. A concussion of the brain, and in- juries to the back, head and body are listed. The father claims he was compelled to say home from work to take cnre of his son, and lost wages Attorney William K Lawlor drew I'D the complaint.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
Seomon Sought In Abduction

Boston, March 23 s- tU'PD Police sought 'a merchant seaman from Readyille today in connection with the abduction and beating Of the pretty daughter of q Roslindale minister
 Suffering from n head wound, Miss Bernice c. QilbGrtson, 2l-year old Sunday school teacher. was found wandering in Randolph, 10 miles south of here, early yesterday after q woman motorist telephoned police she had seen a girl Strug- gling with man near q parked car.
 Miss Gilbertson. daughter Of the Rev. E. Nordin dilbertson, pastor of the Bethany Methodist church Of RoSlindale. told police she Wns walking near her home Tuesday night when an automobile stopped beside her. She said man jumped out, put Q hand over her mouth, forced her into the car, threatened her with 8 knife. ana then drove to a secluded section of Randolph.
 Her abductor parked there. she related, and attempted 10 criminal iy assault her. When she resisted, She said. he hit her on the head with Q piece of wood, Then the woe man motorist passed the scene, she said, and she escaped and her as. sallnnt drove off in fright.
 The woman rnotoriSt gave police the registration number of the auto. mobile, which proved to be that of car reported stolen from Walter Wilbur of Hyde Park Monday night.
 Miss dilbertson suffered . scalp wound but her injury WIS not serious,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
Fire In Home
 RoutS Sixteen

Providence, R. l., March 23--tUP) Sixteen persons including II el- derly patients fled or were carried to safety today when minor fire filled the Daniels convalescent home with choking smoke.
 Two of the patients, Patrick Con- nors and Mrs. Isabelle Metcalfc. both 70, were overcome in their bed- rooms and were hospltalized for brief treatment before being releas- cd.
 The blaze started in the kitchen and sent smoke billowing into the second floor rooms where most of the patients were sleeping, Mrs, Ruth Larue, a nurse, discovered the fire, sounded m alarm and then was carried to safety over a ladder, Also carried out was Assunta To- masso, 9l.
 The blaze at the three-story broadway structure caused little damage and MT. and Mrs. Walter Daniels, the owners, aided In re- turning the patients to their beds after the flames had been halted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
REVISED FORUM
 GUESTS LISTED
Dorothy Thompson at Sec. Ond Church April 2S;
 Governor April 30

Dorothy Thompson win speak Tuesday evening, April %, at 8 o'clock on ''rhese Crucial Days, at the Second Congregational church Forum.
 This particular Forum will be sup ported by the Waterbury Zionist emergency council.
 Tickets will be distributed Sunday evening, March 26, at the close of the regular Forum. The tickets will be free but those who accept these tickets will be asked to contribute when the offering is taken on the night of April %. If and when all the tickets for the church auditor jun are given out, there will be available n few hundred tickets for seats in the corridor, the chapel and elsewhere in the church.
 The speaker Sunday will be Miss Edith Bane. Her subject will be South Africa and the story will be Illustrated in color, Miss Bane has pictures of the gold field, the diamond mines, Table Mountain Vlctorla FnllS, Kruger NatlonAl palk with its abundance of lions and other wild life.
 The revised schedule for the last of the year as of the present date is:
 April 2-Chaplain Edgar H. s, Chandler veteran of the Aleutian campaign,
 April 9--Easter Sunday-Mendels- sohn Male chorus.
 April l6-Charles Brooke Elliott K. c. "Ceylon"--Wondrous Isle Of the Sapphire Sea"
 April 2S--Henry J. Robinson "WandGings in the Peruvian Andes"
 April Ex-Governor Raymond E Baldwin. Subject "The Home Front.
 May 7-"Coloner Jack Major With Our Boys in the South Pa ciflc." Forty-five minutes of eXcit- ing, original, natural color movies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
WILLIAM J. cox

William J. Cox, principal speaker yesterday charged that the bill un- dor discussion before tho Congress Slonal Committe of Roads to pros vide federal highway aid to the States is "Very discriminatory against Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey md certain other similarly circumStancGd states, TheOo three states are vigorously combating F. Under the proposed bill, Connecticut would be taxed 73 million dollars by the Federal gov- crnment to provide its share of the road fund and would receive back S24,O00 000," he said,
 The bill would authorize annual federal appropriations of one billion dollars Q year for three years iln- mediately following the war and requires the states to provide an additional dollar for each three dol- lars of federal funds received, The money would be apportloned to the states according to "a slight modifi- cation of the distribution formula adopted in 1916 ito get the motorist uu of the mud" he said,
 COx's Proposal
 Commissioner Cox has proposed that the total four billion dollar program should be provided but that the states should be required to mach Federal funds dollar for dol- Tor and hat R new fairer basis of npportionment to the states should Do adopted. On this basis, Connec- tleut would receive a total of S36,- 100000 md would be called upon to contribute S40,00000 fairer spread between allecation and dis trlbution" he said,
 Completion of the Hartford Bridge and the New London Bridge proj- eets, which were suspended because of the war, will be among the first projects undertaken by the Con. nectIcut Highway Department as soon aS war restrictions are eased, Commissioner Cox said,
 Discussing the postwar construc' ton program of the State Highway Department, he said the depart- ment may receive the necessary au"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
NEWS 

A service of Lenten music will be offered at the First Baptist Church Sunday evening at 7;30 under the direction of Frances Beach Carlson, organist and choirmaster,
 The program will be as follows; Prelude-"Benediction" ,,,, Reger Processional- When His Salvation Bringing"
 Call to Worship
 Lords Prayer
 Excerpts from the Messiah Behold the Lamb of God,
 Hnndel Solo-'He Was Despised Mrs. Wtl- bur II. Allen.
 Chorus Surely He Hath Borne Our GriefS'
 Thou Shalt Break Them Harold Seymour,
 Chorus Lift Up Your Heads, o Ye Gates"
 Offertory--ChoraleS Bach
 a) Water unser I'm Himmelreleh b HerHlich thut mich verlangon
 Organ-Mrs, Carlson Solo--"I Know That My Redeem0r Iiveth"--Miss Edith MinkwitS Chorus-"Worthy Is The Lamb" Benediction-"SaViour We All Adore Thee e'--DuboiS.
 Organ PoStlude--"Finale from sym phony IV'--Widor. Organist- Dlrector--Franees Beach Carlson.
 quartet Edith MinkwitS, Harold Seymour, Irene Allen, Wilbur Allen At the noon hour organ recital tomorrow at St, Johns Episcopal church, Miles l, A. Martin VIII play the following program assisted by Miss Dorothy Chrismon, eontralto; Piece Heroique .,,..,.''''' FraheK Adagio .,,,r,,,,,,',',''... tsucii Choral "Now be glad ye Christians' Bach Solo, "He was despised" Handels Messiah" --- Tocc0ta from Canon- ieal Suite-Martin.
 Rev. Sidney Lovctt, popular civil. iNn chaplain of the Church or Christ at Yale, will be the guest preacher at the Lenten services to- night at 6 at the First Congrega' ional church. Rev. Ivey J, Snuff. newly appointed pastor of the NH Plain Union church, will assist at the service, MT. Lovett Is q former pastor Of the Mt, Vernon church in Boston Ills sermon subject will be True Pattern of Power.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23

Waterburians in attendance at tn, convention included William H. Hoovel, assistant city engineer, win- ner of the society's award and cer- tificate for the best paper of l943; William K. Simpson, secretar. of state board of registration for Pro- fessional Engineers and Land Sur veyors and chairman of committee on External affairs; Frederick J.. Trowbridge, chairman of publicity; Walter P. Green. Leonard T. Welch, Joseph Fl. Roberts, Eric w. Ben- edict, George E. Browne, Henry O. Whitlock. Harold M. Pfurr, Lawr- ence T. Scott Smith and Ernest H. Christofferson.
 State Highway Commissioner
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
Strange Fruit" Will Not Be Expureoted

Boston, March 23 --(UP)- The new novel "strange Fruit" which has been banned here because of ob- scene language, will not be e%pur- gnted, the Boston Board of Retail Book Merchants announced today after communicating with the pub- fishers.
 Tn book, flrSt-noVel by Lillian Smith, has been selling widely throughout the United States and has won praise from numerous crit les, including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 It had been suggested that q rec vised version suitable for sale ih Boston might be published.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
DETAIL FOR TODAY
 Mattress CoVer

A MATTRESS COVER is q dia- bolical device designed by the quartermaster corps to cover the c. 1. mattress. It Is c long can. vas sack that's supposed to be slid over the top of the mattress. In some Army posts the MAT. TRESS COVER is the only ob- ject the soldier sees that resen. bies . shoot. Every week he has an epic struggle with it--a strug- gle inst resembles the Saddling of q bucklng bronco. The soldier starts out calm, cool and collect" cd and IS minutes later winds Up in q condition difficult to describe. It iS not surprising to find Q sol. dlcr who has been missing for several days oil fouled Up In his MATTRESS COVER in some re- mote corner of tho barracks. [
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
U. s. Seeks
 6 Fuqitives

Oneonta, N. Y., March 23.--CUP) --Militory authorities. state police md members of the Federal Blu reau of Investigation searched this area today for six court martialled and sentenced sailors who escaped from Q train near here.
 The sailors, part Of q trainload Of service men being taken to the U. s. prison camp at Portsmouth, N. H., fled when the Delaware and Hudson railroad train on which they were riding stopped mile and a half north of schenevus, near here, because Of low steam.
 Authorities considered the pos. sibility the men might have climbed aboard q freight train travelling in the opposite direction just ns their train stopped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
NOTICE

Advertising hearing on applica- ton of the Midtown Garage, Harri- son Avenue, Waterbury, Connecticut (by Louis Schmidt, I37 Irvington Avenue, Waterbury, Connecticut for q RepRirer's License. Hearing to Dc held on April 3rd, l044 at i0:lD 4. M. in the OfIicc of the Mayor City Hail, Waterbury, Connecticut.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
Civil Engineers Unit
 Largest In Country
Highway Commissioner Cox in Closing Talk Charges Federal Discrimination Against Connecticut

Formal installation of Clarence N Wiley of Milford as president the closing feature last evening of the two day session of the Xtieh annual meeting of the Connec tc Society of Civil Engineers held at Hotel Bond Hart ford report on membership indicated that with an enrolment of 1925 the state organization the largest engineering society of distinct state character in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
CAVENDISII DIES

Dublin, March 23, (uP)-Lord Charles CavendiSh 90, husband Of the American dancer, Adele Astaire, whom he married in l032, and see- ond son of the ninth Duke of Devon- shire, died today at Losmore Castle, County Waterford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23

Ole, SIand -- (U.P) = Seven sons Of Mr. h:.h Mrs. Martin koyac Of Cleveland are gc'Nlpg Uncle Sam on Allied battlefroE:S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13

On the screen horizon our
cinema binoculars view several
important films In the distance
without overlooking the present
attractions.
The Michigan follows Ozxis
Nelson and his orchestra with
Harriet Hilliard with several
important events.
With Ozzis this week Is that
super-special thriller, Mask OF
Dimitrios," In which Peter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13

LORE and Sydney Greenstreet
compete with one another to
find cat which can do the
dirtiest work without letting
the other one know.
The Fox holds its popular mu-
sical, Greenwich Village" This
tschnicolor treatment OF Bo-
herman life stars William Ben
dix, the cherry" blond new
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
Ozzie, Harriet Here

To top this the Shubert-La-
fayette has just announced that
il reopens for the season Aug.
II with Little Harry which
has Luther Adler, Beth Mef-
rill and Isabel Bonner in the
leads.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
Leeitimstes Back
and Movies Keep Up
Happy Bills of Fare

WE HOPE that the legiti-
w mate theater enjoyed its
vacation, but now that it's back,
we hope TO see no more dark
weeks.
The Cass announces quite a
lineup starting Monday.
At that time the amusing
Broadway farce. Early TO
Bed. appears, to be followed
by sleep No More" a provoca-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13

tive title considering the name
OF its predecessor.
Then comes Ruth Gordon in
the play which she wrote her
self, Over 81" which had q
very successful Broadway run
before il hit the road. 1t opens
Aug. q.
As we have announced be-
fore, the early September shows
win both be Thester Guild
members with Joseph Schild-
kraut and Eva lie Calliene set
for Chekov's The Cherry Or
chard," followed by Paul Robe
son in "Othello.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
o1Aeyg,ssnd ze1e4exn 4 ssa|S

conner Vivian Blaine, Don
Amechs and Carmen Miranda.
The United Artists clings to
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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

never even seen Paris" means 1t.
Raymond A. Goodrich of Baltimore,
Md, the executive officer. .'All
ever see is my bed and the office. !"
In spite of his half mocking, half
serious complaint, the Lieutenant
and his fellow officers claim their
soldiers drivers are as good as the
best. They believe it is the only
Negro outfit and one of the oldest
of its kind in the army.
Since its activation more than
two years ago, it has furnished
transportation to such notables as
1t. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., Fred
Astaire, Bing Crosby, Secretary of
War Henry L. StimSon, Winston
Churchill, Brig. Gen. Benjamin c..
Davis, Field Marshal Bernard L.
Montgomery, Dinah Shore, the late
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

Henry R. DENLY of Norristown, Pa,
remembers snipers' bullets singing
around his head in Carentan. One
driver tells of waiting in court
yard for passenger. THE sun was
shining and / as half DOING" he re-
laes. All of a sudden a plane
comes hoping out of nowhere and
starts shooting all around me. Boy,
did take covert
Stories like these are cmomon
but SO far the company has lost no
men. They are all still on the, job,
ready to go out anytime, anywhere,
for as long as they are needed.
Sometimes they don't know when
they'll be back. There are several
who were taken out seven weeks
ago and haven't returned yet. 9th
ers, like Cpl. Richard Ray of
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

Lit. Gen. Leslie J. McNair, 1t. Gen.
Brehon E. Somerveu,, 1t. Gen.
John c. H. Lee, and Brig. Gen.
Ewart c. Plank.
The men of course, get their big
gest kick out of driving movie
stars over here to entertain troops.
When Cpl. Robert Giles, Bronx,
N. Y, was recently picked to take
Crosby and Astaire to Third Head
quarters, he did such a bang-up job
that Bing wrote him a personal
thank you letter Starting off, Dear
Bob" it said that if Giles were
ever in California, he should stop
in at the Crosby homestead and if
ever wanted a job, he could work
for Bing. This has given Giles
stature among his buddies rivalled
only by that of Pvt Lester Black.
He got the job of hauling Dinah
Shore to q USO show site and she
included I'll Get By" his request,
in her program.
The bulk of the company's work,
however, is a little grimmer than
these peisodes indicate. The men
drove their vehicles off an LIST on
to the Normandy beach head on D
plus 3. Since then they have been
mainly occupied with driving re-
connaissance and liaison missions,
often at the risk of theirI ives. One
of thief irst Purple Hearts awarded
in advance section communications
zone headquarters, to which they
are attached, went to one of their
number who hit mine with his
jeep.
A survey of the personnel expert
ences shows that the men have
been subjected to almost every
kind of enemy attack. Cpl. Paul r.
Yearglns of Travellers Rest, S. c.,
driving a colonel drown the road
toward ST. Lo. was sprayed with
mud and stones, but emerged I'M
hurt, when an artillery shell ex-
ploded in front of his vehicle. Pfc.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

renee, Long Island: Limits!' he ex-
planned. 1T makes me feel closer
to my wife and I pretend I've
never left Lawrence at all. I'm lust
extending it's boundaries. One day
l drove through a town that had
just been liberated and was sur
prised to hear the French people
houting, "Vive Lawrence" l could
not figure it out until l turned
around and saw that the sign was
sticking out of my baggage"
Names, addresses and jobs of
men from Mississippi in the COM
pany are as follows: