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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
UNTCO CLUB TO
 HOLD RECEPTION
High School Graduates Of Italian Descent to Be
 HOnOred

The Unico Club of this city will sponsor it's 23rd annual reception and dance in honor of this years graduates of Italian descent from loca- high schools at the Hotel El- ton, Tuesday eyenlng, June 26.
 Three awards will be made to students of Italian descent who have maintained highest averages in the prescribed courses of English, Italian and Mathematics. The prizes include the Mary R. Hillard awards for English and Italian and the William J. Perugini Memorial prize for Mathematics.
 Domenic Mecca, chairman of the committee on arrangements, is as sisted by A. c. Beato, D. Castellano A. w. Daddona, Ralph DavinO, J. DeLauretis, A. J. MasCne, A. Pelosi J. V. Renzoni r. Stolf. L. Scigliano Attorney r. w. Palomba, pr. F. P, Cammisa and Dr. P. J. PalOmba.
 Members of the 1945 graduating classes who may be home on fur tough or on leave and university graduates of Italian descent may obtain invitations from a member of the committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
Butler Convicted On Two Complaints Today
Fined $50 in Court of Common Pleas for Operating Car
 Under Influence of Liquor Jail Term Suspended

erroon in the eases of William De- Mattis, who pleaded not guilty to 6 charge of evading responsibility. and Edmund Kriskus, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of wilfua injury to private property.
 Other dispositions were made as follows: Anthony Ciaramella, negli- gent homicide. continued to Sep tember term; Carroll Clark, operat- ing without a license and operating while his right to operate is under suspension, continued to September term Nicholas Impresa, non-sup- port, continued to September term; Harry Posypanko, assault and breach of the peace, nolled; Daniel Eurell, operating under the influence of liquor, plea of not guilty entered and jury trial selected; Salvatore Boiano, refusing to obey an officer and double parking, continued to June 13.
 Charles Ryan, operating under the influence of liquor, not guilty plea, court trial on June 6; Walter Hoe thke, operating under the influence of liquor, not guilty plea, court trial June G. Joseph Brzeski, operating under the influence of liquor, not guilty plea, court trial June 13; Jo- seph Francis, violation of sanitary code, not guilty plea, court trial June 19.
 All of the cases were appeals from i fines or sentences imposed in city 1 court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
Marriage
 Intentions

The following persons have filed marriage intentions at the bureau of vital statistics, town clerks of flee:
 Clyde Ferry, 16 North Riverside Street, and Ruth Greene, 2 Wal nut street.
 Leroy c. Andrews, 4 Farnham avenue, and June E. Mcbride, 94 WoOdside avenue.
 Howard E. King, 28O Fairlawn avenue, and Lillian F. Evitts, 164 Waterville street.
 Samuel A. Strupp, 118 North Pond street, Bristol, Conn.,, and Olive Osgood, 58 Lincoln street Bristol.
 Peter Kalach, 13 Robinson street, and Ida c. Santaguida, 61 Wood street.
 Peter Pagliarulo, 102 Vermont street, and Josephine Fusco, F Ayers street.
 Joseph Spinelli, 57 Benefit street and Grace PaternOster, 8 High street.
 Merlin A. Harter, San Francisco, Calif., and Gertrude c. DiIlenberg, Fort Monmouth, N. J.
 Alfred k. Heavens, 55 Beaver street, Ansonia, Ct., and Nancy Louise AutOre, Rose street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
Late Realty
 Neus
WARRANTY DEEDS

W \ \
 L. Meyron Marko and Clyde B. Barnes, attorneys for Alice L. Twin ing, Emma Bavier and Addie Twin ing Frothingham to the Waterbury Land Company, Inc. property on Morse avenue.
 Quality Homes, Inc to Mrs. Ber- tha OLoughlin, property on Ray mond street.
 Schwartz and Aunatrano. Inc. to Rose W. Bernstein, property on Fa- Der avenue.
 QUIT CLAIM DEED
 Ralph c. Coppeto to Philip Cop peto, property on Hallock street Michael Giordano to Mary Gior- dano, property on Circular avenue Homer E. Platt to Ulder Vain Tuck CT, property on East Main street.
 MORTGAGE DEED
 Ulder Vain Tucker to Donald R. Weisman, property on East Main street, $1119.
 William Lizak to Nicholas Lizak and Anna Lizak, property on Hill street, $5C00.
 Rose w. Bernstein to the Water bury Savings Bank, property on Faber avenue, S5,000
 Charles H. Gallagher to the Wa terbury Building and Loan AsSocia- ton, Inc, Grassy Hill road, S1 900.
 RELEASE OF MORTGAGE
 Joseph Svinkinas to John H. and Ann E. Johnson.
 Waterbury Building and Loan Association, Inc. to Wilfred G Semmens ct uX.
 Alexis Chevrette and Eugene Chevrette to Esther Levin5on.
 Florence I. Plumb to Lura E Dutton.
 Joseph Pater to Anne P. Welin' sky.
 Amy M. Gallagher to Charles H Gallagher.
 The Waterbury Trust Go. to Sal vatore Bowelli.
 Waterbury Building and Loal Association, Inc. to Charles H. Gal lagher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
New Clothes Program Set
By GWEN MORGAN

Washington, June 5-CUP)-1n- expensive woolen suits, coats and dresses were promised today by the Office of Price Administration for the late fall.
 Effective June g mills turning out cloth for woolen and Worsted suits, coats, dresses and other civil ian clothing must return their av- craze prices to 1943 levels.
 Price Chief Chester Bowles said actual production under the new order will begin July l. Results will start showing late in the fall" he declared, and the clothing program ought to be fin good working order" by the first of the year.
 This action was the third so- called maximum average price or der" issued jointly by OPA and the War Production board. All are de- signed to halt the growing produc- tion of higher priced clothing to- day"
 The other two measures were similar pricing orders directed to garment manufacturers and rayon mills.
 BoWles declared that families in the low and middle income groups now are paying 124 per cent more for thei: clothing than they did in May, 1943. when President Roose- welt issued the hold-the-line order
 They are paying more" he said, not because ceiling prices have risen but because goods with low ceiling prices have been dropped from fractory schedules and re- placed by goods with higher priced ceilings"
 BoWles predicted the new order would drop prices for wool woven fabrics about seven per cent from current levels and for wool knit fabrics about four per cent. By so lowering fabrics cost, he said gar- ment manufacturers can obtain materials to produce clothing for retail sale at their 1943 price line.
 A forthcoming wholesale regula- ton will allow reductions in cloth ing manufacturers prices to be pas sed on to retailers, BoWles said. Re- dIS QI4NC1 SOSu- p4llS 1CS N1d- tions that automatically pass price savings along to consumers.
 Since fabrics made for the fall trade are different from those for the spring trade the regulation al- lows manufacturers to select differ ent maximum average prices for the various periods of the year re- flecting the 1S43 seasonal variation in price.
 BoWles said a return to 1943 price lines would mean no reduction in quality because mills are in a bet ter material cost position than they were in 1943-chiefly because the cost of British and South American wool has declined due to lower war risk insurance rates.
 The order covers all woolen and Worsted civilian fabrics containing 25 per cent or more woolen fiber by weight and woven on looms or knit ted on machines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
Murder BaffIes Cops

New York. June 5.-(UP)-PoIica ! searched the luxurious hotel Mar query on Park avenue. home Of prominent social and theatrical fig ures. today for the gun with which wealthy Albert E. LangfOrd. 63. was killed at the door of his siX-room suite.
 Thirty-five plainclothesmen from the homicide squad and nearby precincts were assigned to the case.
 Langfords wife, Marion, twice married drama patron and One-time fiancee of Carlyle Blackwell, motion picture star, told a hystericaI story of two men who demanded to see her last night and shot her bus band in an argument that fol- lowed
 Langford's body was found sprawled across the open door, his pet Pekinese, Winnie. whining at his feet. He had been shot once through the cheek, with a .38 caliber bullet which ranged upward to his brain.
 Mrs. Langford said she was dress ing in her bedroom and did not see the men but heard their voices raised in argument.
 An elevator operator, James De La Mater, said he brought two strange men to the Langfords floor 20 min utcs before the shooting. He was unable to furnish a clear descrip- ton. No one recalled taking the two men down. They could have fled the hotel, however, police said, by back stairway,
 Mrs. Langford said her husband, who had returned from his office on East 34th street where he is gen. eral sales manager for the Conlin 65 smith Textile company, was wait ing for her to dress for dinner.
 Two guests, British born Lady Velma Kempton and Frank Teller theatrical producer, had left.
 Langford was said to have opened the door when the dog sn!ffed at it suspiciously. The two men demanded to SC Mrs. Langford, she said.
 Her husband came to the bed room to inform her and she re- fused to see the men because she did not know them, she said.
 The men said they wanted infor- nation about Rafael DiaZ, former Metropolitan Opera tenor and Mrs Langfords former protege. They were told that Diaz, who quit the Met and built up a musical follow Ing among society patrons, died in December, 1943.
 The men demanded an interveiW with Mrs. Langford and an argu- ment followed, she said. Sounds of a scuffIe came from the foyer before the sound of shot was heard. she told police.
 Mrs. Langford found her hus- bands body in the doorway, she said. The hall was empty. She called the hotel switchboard oper- ator who summoned physician Dr. Shirley E. Sprague. Langforc was dead when he arrived.
 Mrs. Langford could give police no clew to the mems identity. She said she knew no one who nigh have ill feelings against her hus- band or her. She became hystcri' cal and police postponed further questioning until today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
Insular Affairs Shake-Up Pending U s. Postwar Activities in the Pacific Ben Thoron Director of Island Possessions Has Rendered His Resignation to
 Secretary Ickes

By DREW PEARSON-

Many complicated problems confront the government in the handling of these island possess sions. Some of them are now be- ing discussed at San Francisco; namely whether island natives will be able to develop their ann bitions for independence, and to what extent the United States will keep military and naval bases on them. Equally important, espe- cially from the Interior Depart ment's point of view, is the eco- homie outlook. Most of these islands are not economically self supporting. And, like the Virgin Islands, they will probably have to be subsidized unless native in- dustries can be developed.
 Secretary Ickes has discussed with Laurence Duggan, former political adviser on Latin Ameri- can affairs to Secretary Hull, the possibility of his assuming Thor on's post as director of the Di- vision of Territories and Island Possessions.
 Copyright, 1945, by The Bell
 Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
SHERIDAN COUNCIL TO
 HOLD FORMAL ELECTION

Sheridan Council, Knights of Co., lumbus, will hold their formal cleo ton of officers this evening. Two contests for subordinate positions are expected. At the May meeting Grand Knight Thomas E. Bane and Deputy Grand Knight Edward Ber- gin were renominated without op- position. The office of financial secretary is appointive and it is expected that the present incum- bent, Mortimer J. Connor, who has held the position for a quarter of century, will be renamed.
 Plans for the formal installation will be discussed during the course of the business meeting this eve ming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05

Washington, D. C., June 5.-Ben Thoron, for many years head of the Interior Departments Division Of Territories and Island Possess sions, has submitted his resogna- ton to Secretary Ickes, effective shortly Behind this is the grow ing importance of the insular pos sessions of the United States and the fact that Secretary Ickes has felt the importance of strengthen ing the division which administers them
 With the end of the war, the United States will take over active control of several thousand islands in the mid-Pacific, including the Carolines, the Marshalls, the islands much closer to Japan, such as OkinaWa and Two Jima. Prior to the war, the Territories and Island Possessions Division had only to do with the Philippines, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Alaska, and Samoa; but. with the end of the war, it will become one of the most important divisions in the government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05

To assist the home service
 branch of the Red Cross with
 the dissemination of information
 concerning the status of service
 men or. their relatives. The Wa
 terbury Democrat is publishing
 answers to the most frequent
 questions received by that branch
 of the local chapter of the Ameri-
 can Red Cross. This is the fIf-
 teenth instalIment.
 Q. My son is in the Army and wrote that since last December l would be receiving his War Savings Bonds. I have received none and would like to know where l might make inquiry regarding the bonds?
 A. You should write to the Army War Bond Office, 366 West Adams Street, Chicago G. Illinois.
 Q. My hubands is a member or the Merchant Marine. At the time of his discharge will he be eligible benefits under the G. l. Bill of Rights?
 A. No. Men in the Merchant Marine are not classified as being members of the Armed Forces and are, therefore, not eligible for for benefits under the G. I. Bill of Rights.
 c. We received word that my son, stationed in the South Paci- fc, is missing in action. l am anxious to obtain some first hand information about him and have thought of writing the chaplain. How may I obtain the name Of the chaplain?
 A. It is not necessary to know the name of the chaplain. Your letter can be addressed The Chap lain" and then use the service address of your son.
 c. I was recently discharged from the Army and have, unfor- tunately, lost my discharge papers. Where may I receive duplicate copy?
 A. You are unable to get a duplicate of your discharge, but you can get a certificate in lieu of a lost discharge. It is necessary for you to apply for this on Form AGO 02l4 Your Home Service will be glad to complete this form for you
 Q. I am separated from my husband who was recently discharg- ed from the service. I understand he was getting a medical discharge. Since he was under court order to support me, I am interested to know if he is drawing disability compensation. This is not granted At the time of dis charge the serviceman gets an op- portunity to file claim and if he does not do it at that time he could do it upon his return to his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
VIEW 7rainee
 Plan Offered
By DEAN W. DITTMER

Washington, June 5 - (U.PD - The Veterans of Foreign Wars suggested program of peacetime compulsory military training today that would permit the trainee to live at home
 Instead of going off to any army camp for year he would stay with his family remain in school or in his job taking weekly drill at the local armory and training for two weeks during the summer at re- serve camp.
 At variance with these views was the American Legion, which recom- mended a program calling for one year of continuous service for all men.
 Both organizations testified today Tn favor of some form of postwar training at hearings before the House Post-War Military Policy Committee. The hearings on peace time conscription began yesterday and are scheduled to last two weeks.
 The legislative representatives of the VFW and the Legion, Omar B. Ketchum and John T. Taylor, pre- sented the attitudes of their groups.
 ketchum suggested that the con- p-alnts of critics might be answered best by a program patterned after those of the National Guard and of the Naval and Marine Reserves.
 Under this proposal Ketchum said, compulsory military training could be given in a boys own com- munlty, leaving him in his home, in his job, with his family and with the opportunity to continue his edu- cation.
 "T'he trainee would have only the same obligation as the voluntary members of the reserve - to parti- cipate in drills and training periods set each week at the local armory and to take two weeks of training each summer at a reserve camp
 Ketchum said the VFW believed it's proposal would be just as effec- tive as a year of training under bar racks life but that it would not op- pose the one-year proposal.
 oy4OI odlu Illdl at the end or the present war the United States would be the most alluring prize" to future 'have-not" nations or combinations of such nations.
 Tn this era, when oceans are no longer barriers behind which Amer ica can be safe but highways for air and sea fleets of the world, Amer ica can no longer expect to prepare for war while heroic Allies keep the enemy at bay,' he declared.
 Taylor said the last war and taught the legion that "war-pro- voAing acts of aggression are likely or unlikely in the ratio to which the peaceful party is prepared to fight"
 Replying to the arguments of la Dor, education and church critics of a peacetime draft, he asserted that the Legion favored the program "as the most efficient and the most economical means of guaranteeing our national security behind which our free institutions flourish"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
Scar On Kn ee
 Mon ey Moker
By LOAN YOUNGER

New York. June - The burning question along Broadway today was whether two dresses which eZ-strip- per Gypsy Rose Lee made for her sister, June Havoc, to act In will last as long as Miss Havoc's act.
 Miss Hayoc's act-an hour long comedy and dance routine-has four weeks to rUr.
 How long the dresses have to run is questionable. That they are al ready running is fact.
 The dresses are made Of other dresses. One was made from $500 red sequin model which Miss Lee wore in her heyday as a strip teaser Is years ago. It is composed of l. 321, ,167 sequins, a piece of very thin metal, each of which hangs by a single thread. and one zipper. To suit Miss Havocs act, which has mo- thing to do with strip-teaSlng, it was cut short, cut low, and cut out at the waist.
 It is also cemented at the seams with fingernal polish. This was an experiment. Time has yet to prove whether it will work.
 The other dress is made of black sequins It was once two dresses and both were fancyWear in the roaring POS. Miss Lee purchased the dresses at a thrift shop when she decided to make some clothes for her sister because, she said, clothes to put on are as important as clothes to take off.
 Miss Havoc said, however, that her sister was not unduly concerned with how long the clothes stayed on. She said when her sister first turned the two dresses over to her, the seams were merely pasted.
 T triple sewed them in Miss Havoc said. We both wore our fin- gers to the nub over these clothes, and now, sequin by sequin they ap- pear to be deserting me"
 If, and when. Miss Havoc deserts her two models or vice versa she has only one dress to fall back on white sequin and fringe number.
 The difficulty with it is that there are two sequins and too much fringe" Miss Havoc said backstage at the Capitol Theater where she is appearing, She said that two ad- visors - fellow colleagues in her act Mark Plant and Joe Adams - had told her they would not follow her on the stage if she wore this dress. They said she must either wear a slip with it or get new dress, pre- ferably Mother Hubbard.
 All three dresses expose the scar on Miss Havoc's knee. This scar nets her S28 weekly from the Workmen's Compensation fund It seems she fell down stairs while working. and her legs are two of the tools of her trade, in manner of speaking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
TO DISCUSS PROGRAM
 FOR MISSION CHURCH

The Catholic League of Wolcott will meet again at Moynihan's Hitchcock Lake, to discuss the progress of plans for the establish ment of a Catholic mission church in that community. It is expected that an announcement will be forthcoming shortly from Most Rev. Henry J. OBrien, who formally as- sumes his duties today bishop of the Hartford diocese.
 Several meetings have been held in the past and more than 125 families have pledged their support to the movement. Rev. Michael F. Heating. pastor of SS. Peter and Pauls Church, has been advising the officers and committee on pro- cedure. At present most of the Catholic residents of Wolcott at tend S!S. Peter and Paul's church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05

Jerry Butler, 34, of 156 Bishop street was fined $50 and given a 3O-day jail sentence ill common pleas court today on ar raignment today on charges of op- erating while under the influence of liquor and operating while his license was under suspension. The ease was one Of 14 called at the opening of the June criminal term before Judge Raymond J. Devlin.
 A fine of $50 was imposed on Anthony Quagliara, 29, of 101 La mont street, on charges of assault and breach of peace. He also was given a suspended jail sentence.
 Court trials were set for this aft
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
Local Red Cross Assisting Servicemen, Ex-Servicemen
(Signal Corps Photo from NEA Telephoto)

community. The Veterans Admin istration is the only agency having authority to determine the degree of disability and the amount oi compensation payable to the veter- an.
 If you have any problems or questions re g arding serVlcemen, contact the Home Service Office, American Red Cross, at 35 Field Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
SC0VELL COMPANY
 ACHIEVING QUOTA
Investments 10 Date Ex= ceed 7Oco of Original
 Objective in Drive

The Scovil Manufacturing Co., today met 70 per cent Of its quota in the Seventh War Loan drive, ac- cording to David c. Moreland, chairman. Although the ScovilI quota was originally set at $1366. : GOO, it will be adjusted to around $1000O00, due to recent cutbacks, MT Moreland announced.
 With three weeks remaining in which to meet tEe remaining $3O0,- GOO Mir Moreland expressed confi- dence this morning that Scovill's would go over the top. "Scovill's s has always met its quota in pre- viOus drives and it always will he asserted.
 Rallies are being held in all plants today, tomorrow and Thurs day.
 In observance of Glenn Miller day. the State theater is today | sponsoring sales at Victory House Miss Julia Smith, manager of the theater, today urged all Waterbur- ians who admired the famous band master, who is believed to have lost his life in service, to buy bonds in his memory. Ttotal receipts at Vic tory House this morning surpassed the $2,00O mark.
 The Waterbury Chapter of the Polish Junior League of Connecti- cut is holding bond drive at Vic tory House, Saturday, June g, from 10 a. m. to p. m. A pair of nylon stockings and cartons of cigarettes will be given to the highest bond buyers at an auction scheduled for 12:30.
 The quota established for the or ganization in the state is S94,OOo Mrs. Joseph May, president of the local chapter, heads the committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05
CREDIT MEN GATHER
 FOR ANNUAL OUTING

Members of the Waterbury Asso- citation of Credit Men gathered at the Waterbury Country Club this afternoon for their annual outing. Weather permitting, golf and ten his were scheduled. If the weather man persisted in being contrary, the committee had arranged a program of indoor sports, including games Of bridge. At 2 o'clock this evening dinner will be served to members of the association and their guests
 Archaeologists in Northern Ire land want government aid in re- search work.