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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Triplett Plants Closed for Week
And Businesses Curtail
Operations
Some Closed for Entire Week
and Others Open Wednes-
day Morning

Buttons war booming industries
and business places paused this week
to get their second wind" for the
steady grind ahead, in a wartime
vacation collaboration plan that finds
most of those who plan to take time
off during the summer going on va
cation during the same week.
To make it official vacation week
for the town, all plants of the Trip
lett Electrical Instrument company
are closed and eight business places
have curtailed operations, with most
of them shut tight for the week.
Probably never before in history
have so many Bluffton persons been
on vacations at the same time.
All Triplett employees are taking
their vacation at the same time, to
insure uninterrupted war production
for the rest of the year, and local
business men saw the advisability of
following suit during a time when
many war workers would be out of
town.
OTHER PLACES CLOSED
Basinger's Furniture store is
closed and two of the three barber
shops operating here, Pats and
Lewis, also will not reopen until
next Monday.
Risser's Sandwich shop has closed
its doors for the week, and Pines
restaurant, after remaining open
through the Fourth, will be shut
down until Thursday of next week.
DR.. B. w. Travis closed his office
for the week, and several grocery
stores did not open on Monday, Civ
ing their employees vacation from
Saturday until Tuesday. All other
business, of course, suspended oper-
ations on the Fourth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
YOUTHS HELD FOR
 HEARING SATURDAY

Patrick Areara, ie, Q Burton street, and Frank Danehe, 90, Chestnut Till road, received eentinuanees to oct i4 when they were arFRigned before Judge T. D, Conway in City Court this morning on charges Of tampering with a motor vehicle
 The pair and e iBayeaFseld boy who was turhe6 over te juvenile authorities were arrested last night by Detectives Paul Meynlhan and James Stack who said they had at. tempted to siphen gasoline out of a car parked on DFadleville avenue last night,
 Other eases; Jos; Listere, ei, i4o Tracy avenue, assault and breach of the peace, nelled, Amelia Ray mond, 37, 3e4 South Leonard street, assault and breach of tho peace, nelled saVerio Piazza, si, 60 frlen street, road rules violation, nolied for %,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
HOSPITALS AID RELIEF DRIVE
Surgical Instruments, Med- ical Supplies Being Col.
 Iected for Italy

Twenty.seven hospitals are co. operating in Q drive for surgical in' strunAents and medical supplies tt be sent to needy persons in liber' ated Italy, lt was announced today by pr. Joseph V. Caltaglrone, r, A c, g., at American Relief for Italy Incl 20 Broadway,
 My appeal for surgical instru' ments and medicines is based striet- ly on the need for scientific asslst- anee to people who are stricken diseased and in desperate need," ho said.
 pr. Caitaglrone, one of the great. est plastic surgeons In the United States has leetured extensively here and abroad and Is head of the Plastic Surgery Department at st Catherine's Hospital in Brooklyn,
 He was admitted as 0 Follow py the American College of Surgeons In plastic and maxilofaelal surgery the only fellowship in plastic sufg' cry awarded in Brooklyn and ono of the very few in the entire eoun. try. He has made Q number oi films which are used for teaching purposes and invented several surg lcal instruments, used by the U. g Navy and the Soviet Union,
 Tn 1888, pr, Caltagirene addressed the Third European Congress oi Plastic and ReeenStruetiVe Surgery when it met in Milan, Italy,
 American Relief for Italy, Inc, member of the National War Id k tho only agency certified by tht Presidents War Relief Cohtfe Beard to send food, clothing ant medical supplies to liberated Italy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13

The survey, 30 The Democrat was inforeed, has revealed that there are sufficient children within the district which embraces Q wide ter- ritory extending all she way from Country Club road to Park road, but many of the parents interviewed did not want to make the change to the Oronoke school In the mld- de of Q school year. Those inter- ested In having Oronoke opened hope to be able to convince school authorities to open the building, which has been idle for school purposes since the end of 1898, at the beginning of the school year In ie45.
 At the present time the building, which is 0 two.room structure, is being utilized as e store.room for the eity's voting machines, They were removed from the City Hall basement earlier this year and placed In the cellar of the Oronoke school. During the past few years, too, the school has been used as Q meeting place by various groups in the Oronoke school district and some attempt was made to secure 1t for Q community hall. It also has served as the headquarters for the precinct air raid district of which Harold Warrington, who has been instrumental in seeking the re. opening of the school and taking the pupil census, is the warden.
 It also was reported Co The Demo- crat this wek that election officials are considering asking the school department for permission to trans. fer the voting machines from Oronoke school to Mulcahy school after the coming election is over and the machines can be removed from the polling places, The rea- son for this, 90 The Democrat was informed is the presence of eon- siderable amount of dAmpness and water in the basement of the Oronoke school, Presence of Q swamp in back of the building Is be- lleved responsible for this eondi- ton, Muleahy school was one of two buildings closed recently.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
NAVY VIZ UNIT
 TO BE REDUCED
Cut of 400 Announced at Vale University, Effec.
 tive November

New Haven, Con, Oct. l2,-The quota of the Navy V-l2 Unit Nt Yale University, which has been maintained at approximately 1900 since it's establishment July l, l043, will be reduced to approximately HOO by the opening of the fall term, November 1,
 The 22 per cent reduction in the V.i2 quota, to result In the closing of Pierson college will be effected by the assignment of only . small number of replaeements for the 232 Navy and Marine trainees who will be detached from the Yale V.i2 Unit at the end of the current term.
 10 report ct their new assign. mentS at various times during November, the detached trainees will 10 either to pre.ofileer candidate, pro. e.midshipman, officer candidate, or midshipman schools or to other V.i2 units,
 Of the Ie4 V.l2 students leav- Ing Yale, 05 vii lreport to midShip man or pro-midshipman schools and 100 will be transferred to Via units at other colleges,
 Marine V.i2 traineeS who will be detached total 90, with 35 assigned to Paris Island, s. C., for boot training preparatory to officer can didate school; and three, who have already completed their boot train- ing, assigned to New River, N. 0, for OCS.
 Tae breakdown of the destina. tiona of the Navy V-i2 trainees NS- signed to pre-mldshipman or mid- Ghipman schools is as follows: Fort Schuyler, iS; Asbury Park, 24: Columbia University, 8; Notre Dame University, 10, Northwestern University, B. Lido Beach, l., l., Supply Corps Training, 3; Camp Endleott, R, l., 3; and PlattSburg
 The destinations of the Navy stu. donta transferred to other V-i2 unitS age as follows; Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, 3; WofeeS. tor Polytechnic Institute, 20,
 Dartmouth college, 1; Brown Uni. vorsity, S; Columbia University, g.; Derea college, Berea, Ky, 20; Bald win.Wallaec college, Berea, Ohio, S2; and Bowling Green college Bowling Green. 0hlo %.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
PERFECT ALLEY

Memphis, rem, (UP) - JanieN Harold Cook of Memphis, charged with attempted burglary, had the perfect alibil Positively identified by three persons as tho man they saw trying to break into their house, Cook was aFraigned iR city court and held for the grand jury, The case subsequently, exploded when the accused man demanded the city records he checked for the date of the attempted robbery. Sure enough the police bletteF Fes Voaied that he had been locked safely in the municipal jail that night,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
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 Second Lieut.. Luclcn E. Per. reault, son of Mfr. and Mrs. Lu. Clen E. PerreAult, ST., of 0 Cliff street, has been assigned to an instruct0rs' school at Randolph Field, Texas. He was cOmmls- stoned last month at Columbus Army Ar Field, Miss,
 Miss Estelle Dulac of New Ha- ven, sister of Captain Francis Wal lace Dulac, former Waterhurian has been presented the Mariners Medal Purple Heart of the Mereh. ant Marine, which was awarded posthumously to her brother, Cap tain Dulac died when hiS ship, S,S John A. Poor, was torpedoed by the enemy March 10.
 Two more Waterbury soldiers have been wounded In action ir Germany, according to War Depart. ment telegrafns received by theii families. They are: Sergeant johr Soden Medill, son of Mrs, Margaret Mcdill of i63 Madison street, and Lieutenant Robert J. Coyle, son oI MT. and Mrs, James J, Coyle of es Lexington avenue. Both were wounded September 2b,
 Lieutenant Coyle, who was also wounded last June at Cherbourg Is now ct Q hospital In England He served with a combat engineer unit in Germany. His wife and small son reside in Newberry, Mass
 Sergeant Medill also served with an engineers unit when he waS wounded, He has been overseas Q year and c half,
 Lieut.. George Step0naltls died Sept. 10 from wounds sustained In action In France tho previous day, according Co Q War Departs ment telegram received by his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Ste. ponatitls of 204 Park road, He was tho husbsnd oi the former Mary Kelmel Of TOrringt0n.
 A former empl0ye of the Chase Metal Works, he served in the South Pacific area for 1S months before returning to this country In April, l04S, for officer candidate training. lie was well.konwn in boxing circles here,
 Stan Sergeant Thomas r. Reldy of Second avenue, who recently re. turned Co this country after a year's service in England, arrived here yes- terday for . 22.day furlough. A former Waterbury fireman, he en. tered the service in April, ie43, Ae will report newt to Atlantic City, N, J,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
OXFORD MAN FINED
 S6O IN MODEL BURY

Wallace Springer of oxford wa fined s60 on charges Of evadinl responsibility by Alfred c, Clarke justioeeof the peace, n MlddleburS town court recently.
 Constables Frederick Popet Wal. ter Folgman and Charles SquireS of Middlebury said Springors auto on Sept. % sideswiped 0 machine on Straits Turnpike, Middleburj driven by Herman Brown. Steven road, He proceeded without stop pin gafter the accident and was chased by two boys in another ma- chino before crashing up at Stev. enson dam near Lake zoar ,uolies said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE

Lieut.. Caswell silver, son of MT, and Mrs. Jacob Silver of 90 Hawkins street, is spending Q leave here. Hn Is Q veteran of 90 months of service in the South Pacific with a Navy unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
FOUR COL LUMBUS DAY
 BABIES BORN HERE

Four hebies were born yester- day, Columbus day, at the two lo- cal hospitals,
 First was Q baby girl born to Mir. and Mrs, Joseph NeVakewski, 20 Cooke street, at St, Mary's hospi. tai at ii;4b Q, m, A baby girl was born to MT. and Mrs, Vincent Kel- ly, 77 StarYiew avenue, ct $40 ? m,
 At Waterbury hospital;
 MT, and Mrs. Thomas Ellis, bi Vine street, daughter, at i;i0 p, Feu and Mir, and Mrs, George M, Rinko, s9i Circular avenue, son, at 0;4S ?. m,
 Brazil estimates it needs ie,ooo new freight cars right now,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
HUNTER GETS sIDETRACKED

Green River. Wyo. - (UP) = Hunters of predatory packs of wild dogs near hcEe didn't have much lusk secently, but did get e ees c iaeyle action. one member of Che party was caught in . rocky crevice' and was pulled to eafety hy rope lowesDd 1s0 feet otsr q cliff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
DR. DONALDSON GUEST
 OF MEDICAL SOCIETY

Surgical prevention of tho ill. effects of blood elets in the veins was discussed by pr, Gordon A, Donaldson Of Btaeso etnh [ Donaldson of Boston at the monthly meeting Of the Waterbury Medical Association last night, pr, A, A., Johnson, president, presided,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
EsrAsL'sHee rses

Getting the Rosers.Peet ottituds 10. word good clothes is but e matter of wearing Rossrs-Pset suit or topeoot HMd experiencing th0t feeling Of we'll being and comfort characteristic of these hond styled clothes in the New York monneF.
 True - mGyhop these fine hond done ~eIothes from choice British Amerieon wooIens ot $6o to $eo moy Dc bit more costly then some clothes you've worn - but - measured by the yeor - measured by the long pull - they're thrifty clothes - os wisely Thrifty men 1Gve found out who com. pared thsTF service mileage record with other clothes they've worn. iThsi A0Fdv peSsnnlGI - Scotch Mist topeoats $7o - oIwoys fine -- Rein pr shine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13
Parents Reported Not
 Inclined To Suggest ! Transfer Of Children
AdvOcaters of Plan to Renew Efforts Next Year; School Building Presently Serving as Community
 Hall, StOrehOuse for Voting Machines

Abandonment of the plan of residents of the oronoke School district to have the school building reopened for classes by the Department of Education has been virtually agreed upon, The Democrat learned today Some weeks back survey started in the district to determine the number of children who would attend the school if 1t were to ha opened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-13

John D. Freney of 30 Willow sctreeG, is spending 0 leave here, A metal- smith, first class in the Navy Sea- bees, he hos completed % months of service In the South Pacific area,
 Rudolph Folio of 8 Burton street Is serving with Navy Seabees unit ct Camp Endlcott, R, I. The son of Mir. and Mrs. Louis Folio, he Is seaman, second class,
 Corporal simon Helfand, former Waterburilan, is with an Army special services unit at Fort Logan, Colo. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. solomon Helfand of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Local men who have completed recruit training ct the Naval sta |. ton at Sampson, N, Y, and have been granted leaves included: Wll- Ham R. Homm of 90 William street, Henry r. De1issohop of Stillson road, Francis Roke of ii South Main street, Edgar '. Purdy of l3lJ Hamilton avenue, Carl A, Secolu of Il Webb street, William II. LeZe of 2So Atwood avenue, and Ralph J. Kenyon of o3 Ives street.
 Corporal James Lavery of Wood- bury has been awarded the Bronze star for combat achievement oll the first mission over Berlin, Tie son of Mrs. Thomas Lavery, he en tered the Army Ar Force two years ago and was sent overseas in Feh- ruary, l94S. He is stationed In Eng land,
 Sergeant Allen L. WeStphsl ot Litchfield was wounded In action In Holland, Sept. l7. The son oi Mir. and Mrs. James A, Grover, hC was serving as Q paratrooper.
 The Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster, which were awarded pos. thumously to Lieut., Raymond Pic. uowSki Of TerryVille, has been ro- ceived by his parents, Mir, and Mrs. John Piotrowski of Terryville, The lieutenant was killed in action over enemy territory March i3.
 Sergeant Robert T. Fitzgerald of Il Railroad Hill street, was one of six enlisted men of the l5eth Medical DiSpensary who recently celebrated their second anniversary of overseas service at their station in Italy. Tho unit is attached to the headquarters of the Army Ar Forces 10 rthe Mediterranean The . ater of Operations.
 The local serViceman, the son of Mir. and Mrs. William Fitzgerald, entered the Army in February, i042,
 John KrunglOvich of Q Poplar place iS serving on on aircraft ear- Tier in the South Pacific area. The son of Mir, and Mrs. Kasmir Krurg- levieh, he holds the rating of see- ond class petty officer.
 Captain Eugene r. Keane, son of Mrs. Mary o. Keane of i2S3 West Main street, Is c member of Q B.i7 Flying Fortress group which has been awarded Q Distinguished Unit Citation at base in Italy, accord. ing to Q release from the head quarters of the 18th Army Air Force.
 Captain Keane, c graduate of Crosby High School enlisted in the Army Oct. 8, i040, He was com. misSioned at Miami Beach, Fla, March 3. ie43,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
MIRANDO BOYS
 HOLD REUNION
Two, in States, Greet Third Home for First
 Time in Two Years

Arriving home within three days of each other. Corporals Cosmo, Ernest and Enrico Miranda. sons of Mir. and Mrs. Dominick Miranda of Mllldale. formerly of this city, 3oy- ously greeted each other with a full ten minutes of back skipping, shouts Of welcome and beaining smiles last week.
 Ernest and Enrico. stationed with. in continental limits, arranged their i5-day furloughs so they would be on hand to welcome Technician Corporal Cosmo when he arrived home after two years Of overseas duty with a medical detachment which participated in several major campaigns in the South Pacific war thealer. He left with one Of the first contingents to depart for overseas duty. In the service four years, he will report to Fort Bragg. N. C., for reasslgnment at the completion of his ftlrlough.
 Corporal Ernest is attached to an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
TORRINCTON ELKS
 SUED BY YOUTHS
Boys Claim Severe Burns in Helping Pick Up Ob.
 jects After Bazaar

Winsted, Aug. 2a.-Claiming dam. ages aggregating el0O.OO0, two Tor- rangton boys have suits against the
 T0rTington LOdgeo Elks. Arthur
 Bernard, 9. who sues thorugh his
 mother, Mrs. Mary Bernard of
 TOFTlngt0n, and who seeks SIS. 600
 damages, alleges that on Eeptem-
 ber i3 last after a bazaar had been
 held at the Elks' grounds in Tro- rington he and Frederick George, also of TOrrington, were solicited by an agent or servant of the lodge to assist in picking up and euTn-
 ing papers. boxes and debris. It IS further set forth that he ard George placed paper decorations on their clothes and that while mount cd on the platform an unknown minor threw R stick wrapped in paper which was afire at them causing paper on the boys to ig- mite.
 Bernard alleges that he was cons fined for a long period in Charlotte HungeTiord hospital where he re- ceiyed anti-sh0ck treatment tn the form Of blood transfusiOns and that 1 t vas necessary to graft skin on his body. He further alleges that 1 on May 2. 1924 he was transferred | to Q hospital for cFippley children 1 under whose jurisdiction he still 1 remains and that he has been per. | manently disligured and disabled,
 Frederick George. II, who brings | suit thoTugh his mother. Mrs. 6o- paie George Of TorTingtop claims | e2S000. He makes the same allega- tons lp his complaint in regard to | the circumstances leanding up to | the accident. His injuries he alleges | consist Of third degre ebuFns to approximately 90 per cent of both arms, entire back and sldse, thighs | and ankles. He also sets forth ln | the complaint that he was confined ip the same hospital where he vas | fTeaeEd for shock and that he has been permanently dis1lguTed and disabled.
 h both eases allegations are mad that the injuries were caused by the negligence Of the agent or servant of the lodge in laloglng an ungnaTded fret 10 be Left burning on the premises, Both actions gre made FetuTDable to Superior Court f0g Lltchfield County on the first Tuesday Of September
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
GEORGE AMICONE
 SERVES OVERSEAS
Traverse Street Sergeant in England With Adiutamt
 Generals Section

Headquarters. European Theater Of Operations - Top secret docu- ments containing invasion plans and records of troop movements were handled with the utmost care and dispatch by the Adjutant Gen. erals section at Headquarters, Western Base Section, Services Of Supply. Of the U. s. Army in Eng land.
 Sergeant George Amicone. of sS Traverse street. Waterbury. is a member of the section.
 A stan of highly trained officers and men headed by Lieutenant Colonel Hugh J. Socks of Indian apolis, Indiana, sent out all secret correspondence in the base section and transmitted orders alertine troops for service in France.
 When the final planning for the Allied liberation campaign began. Major N. H. Currey of Springfield Ohio, assistant to Colonel Socks. was assigned to the base section plan- ming board as the adjutant gen- erals representative.
 Hundreds of secret documents ar- rived at headquarters. in the weeks proceeding D-Day, and the task of registering and safeguarding them was given to Second Lieutenant Ar thur II. Vincent of Tigard. Oregon, and Warrant officer ijunior grade) Bernard Solomon of New York City
 The documents were kept in A gteel-wailed vault in an old English house. a vault formerly Esed for family silver ard other va.uables. 4 huge steel key of a specially made pattern was used to lock the steel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

AAF band unit at pacaaello. laaho. A fermer employe of the Scovill Manufacturing Company. he has been in the service two years. The third brother, Corporal Enrico, is stationed at Camp Chefiee, Ala, with a tank detachment. ne has been ln the service a year.
 The other male member Of the Miranda family Is Petty onlcer. third class, Mario, stationed in the Pacific for two and a half years, who wrote that ''other commit- ments" prevented him from joining his brothers in thelr happy reunion. A former Scovill employe. he has been in the battles Of TNinisla and 0uadalcanal. as well as other major engagements. The Navy man was last home on furlough about . year ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
JOSEPH CUDONIS
 DRAWS SIS FINE

Bristol, Aug, 24-Eight motorists were aTFaigned "Wednesday in City Court before Judge William Y, De- Roslev, three being fined end five receiving D0lles on payments FangF Ing from @ to sg5,
 Those fined were' John Malods Elejka, 20, Plalnville, driving wgillF out Q license, SIS, Joseph dudonls. a, Waterbury, violation Of rules of the road, eIs, Albert ], Rnkslllls.. 2l, Routhlngton, improper use oF registration plates, elS
 Granted lelles on tho following nayHlants WeFeI John w. seheldel, 2e, UnloDyllle, elk; Hector 4, hons eglS, lk, Waterbury, e6i AFmeDa A. Mayo, 2t, Hartford, e6i WllgFed k, Ferry, 9b, New Britain, sSi Roger Fllip, s2, kouthlngton, se'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
HENRY \. MEYER KILLS 2 NAzIS.
Oakville Lieut.. Directs Antl.Tank Crew in Wip.
 Ing Out Sniper Nest

with the Fafth Army. Italy - Switching his gun suddenly from the direction Of an expected tank attack, Lieutenant Henry A. Meyer Of Oakville. Connecticut. recently directed his anti-tank crew in wip. ing out Q Sniper nest, killing twS Germans. wounding one and cap. turing eight others.
 Meyer serves with the ss Custer Division on the Fifth Army front iri Italy.
 The Americans had just receivec . radio Hash, Tanks approaching" Swinging their weapon into posi-. ton, they prepared to meet the at. tack. At that moment, snipcrs begar to fire on the position from the rear
 One of the gun crew spotted tho Germans in a house at a nearby railroad crossing. DiSregarding the warning of the approaching tanks the Americans swung the gur around and poured arInor piercing shells into the sniper-infested barricade.
 The German fire soon ceased and eight JerTies walked out Of the house with their hands in the air One more was found wounded and two others were dead.
 The tank attack failed to develop
 Meyer is the son of A:r. and Mrs. H. A. Meyer Of 45 Mason avenue, Oakville. A graduate Of WatertoHn High school. where he starred tn athletics. Meyer entered the army in February. i9si.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
NAMELEss STATUE

New Bedford. Mass. tUP)--Fog many years a marble statue has estcd on a shelf directly over the judges bench at the superior coutr- house here. but nobody has been able to find out who it represents OuesseS have ranged all the way from Daniel Webste to Plato.