The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09
Ne1vs or Connecticut

New Haven, Conn, July 9-(UP) Sleeping car service on all but four New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad trains will be eli minated by the office of defense transportation order canceling sleep CTS for civilians on trips 450 miles or less.
 A spokesman for the railroad said the ODT order will eliminate The Owl" run between Boston and New York. The train is composed entire Ky of sleepers.
 The four trains which will retain sleeper service run between Wash ington and Montreal, Springfield and Pittsburgh, Boston and Pitts burgh and Boston and Washington.
 New Haven, Conn, July 9.-(UP) -Production of firearms for sports men probably will be resumed at the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. later this year, it was announced today.
 Termination of the company's Garand rife contract is expected to release machinery and manpower to manufacture civilian guns ac- cording to William T. Birney, sales director.
 The company halted manufacture of all sporting firearms in February, 1942. Since then 1t has engaged primarily in making Garand rifles, carbines, cartridges, primers and shotshells for the armed forces.
 The company began manufacture of the Garands in September, 1940. The nly commercial gun manufac- turer producing the weapon, Win chester turned out a total of 51S,- SsO until the contract was cancelled Ut the end of last month.
 Production of other war goods will continue at the plant.
 Stratford, Conn, July 9-(UP)- Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin, home from the governors conference at Mackinac island. Mich. today rest ed at his home here with cold he caught on his return trip.
 New Haven, Conn.,, July e(UP) William SOrrentinO, 65, senior member of draft board 9-B. was held in $2,5O0 bond today for a U. s. commissioners hearing Fri day on a charge of accepting a bribe to influence the draft stand ing of "one William Putnam"
 SorrentinO, a naturaliZed citizen who has lived in New Haven 40 years, and Frank Palmieri, 31,, ac- cuseA of causing the bribe to be offered, were arrested Saturday by federal bureau of investigation agents. Palmieri was in the furni- ture business here and also was being held in $2.5OO. Putnam, &C., cording to FBI Chief Roger Glea- son, was not involved in the case directly.
 At West Hartford, state selective service headquarters announced that Sorrentino's status as a mem- Der of the draft board ''had not been changed"
 New Britain, Conn, July g. 1UP)-Former City Judge Freder- ick Buell. Hungerford, 30, retired attorney and dean of the New Brit ain bar, died at his home yester- day after long illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
 Hungerford was a practicing at- torney for 54 years until hes re- tirement two years ago. He was ap- pointed judge of the city and po- lice courts in 1898 and served for 12 years.
 A native of Burlington. Vt., Hun gerford was graduated from Yale University and Yale Law school. He practiced law in Danbury, Conn.,, and Easthampton, Mass, before coming to New Britain in 1896.
 Until his retirement he was as- sociated with Corporation Counsel Harold J. Eisenberg.
 He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Post Hungerford; two sons, GAdney. Longmeadow Mass, and Edward, a navy lieutenant on duty sn the Pacific; two daughters, Eliz- abeth and Marion Hungerford of New Britain, and four grandchil-