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Evening star., 1945-10-01

CARPENTER, HENRY JACK. Departed
this life on Sunday, September 80, 1910,
HENRY JACK CARPENTER, devoted father
SON of Ellie Carpenter, brother Of Edward
Carpenter. Miss Fora CARPENTER Of 70 81.
NV, James and Virgil Carpenter Re-
funeral home. 614 4th st. s.w. Notice OF
funeral later.
Evening star., 1945-10-01

On Saturday. september 20. I945; at
Suburban Hospital. PEARL L. CoLBURN
lnee Ricketts,. beloved wife of David F.
Md Remains resting at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase funeral home of VIM, Reuben
Pumphrey. Funeral services at the Pres
day, October 2. at 2 pm. Interment
church Cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23
NOTICE

DISTRICT of WATERBURY, ss.
 PROBATE COURT, June 22nd, A.
 D. 1945. ESTATE of MARGARET
 TRACY, late of Waterbury, in said District, deceased.
 Upon the application of PATRICK s. BERGEN, Administrators, praying that he may be authorized to sell, certain real estate belonging to said Estate, as per application on file more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED, That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Waterbury, in said District, on the 29th day of June A. D. 1945 at 9:30 o'clock in the forenoon, Eastern War Time, and that notice be given of the pend ency of said application, and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing this order one time in some newspaper having a cir culation in said District, also by leaving with or by mailing in reg istered letters, postage prepaid from Waterbury, copy of this order to Belinda M. Tracy, as she is Attor- ney for Margaret J. Tracy. to Mary Mulesky Tracy, as Guardian ad Tracy and to all parties interested and residing without the Probate District of Waterbury on or before the 25th day of June 1s45.
 MARGUERITE M. FAHY. 6-23-1t Asst. Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23
Legal Notices
NOTICE

DISTRICT of WATERBURY, ss.
 PROBATE COURT, June 22nd, A.
 D. 1945 ESTATE of HELEN
 TRACY, late of Waterbury, in
 said District, deceased.
 Upon the application of PATRICK S. BERGEN. Administrator, praying that he may be authorized to sell certain real estate belonging to said Estate, as per application on hle more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED. That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Waterbury, in said District, on the 29th day of June A. D. 1945 at 9:45 o'clock in the forenoon, Eastern War Time, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application, and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing this crdcr one time in some newspaper hav- ing a circulation in said District, also by leaving with or by mailing In registered letters, postage pre- . paid from Waterbury, copy of this order to Belinda M. Tracy as she is Attorney for Margaret J.. Tracy, to Mary Mulesky Tracy as Guardian ad litem for Joan B. and M. Cecille Tracy, and to all par ties interested and residing with out the Probate District of Water bury on or before the 25th day of June 1945.
 Attest:
 MARGUERITE M. FAHY, 6-2S-lt Asst. Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23

Every day our, office is visited by men and women who want infor- nation and advice on their social security accounts-who want to know more about their personal stake in the Federal insurance sys- tenn. Each one is interesting but out of the many who come there are always a few who stand above the others. Each week we choose the most interesting among them to tell you about in this column without, of course, mentioning any real names.
 This weeks visitor was little wisp of woman about thirty years old. She smiled when we greeted her by name. T see you remember me-" she said.
 Yes, indeed, we did. She had come to see us about year ago, follow ing her husbands death. She had told us then that she was very anx- ious to get monthly social security payments because she had two- year-old boy and no source of in- come whatsoever. We had a hard time establishing her claim. Her husbands employment had not been steady because of illness He had worked for number of small firms, usually on a part-time basis. One employer, not realizing that part
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23
Murder Trial Resumes
 Next Tuesday Morning
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race show their feelings more. He stated that Italians and French are both classified as Latins.
 Dr. Rogowski in answer to a ques- tion by Mascolo stated he knew two members of the jury, both residents of New Haven.
 Earlier in the session police Ser geant Joseph Mccarthy, recalled by Mascolo, stated Fitzgerald was re- tained at one time as counsel by the pension committee of the Po- lice Aid Association.
 Wore Same Clothes
 County Detective Laden testified Coscia wore the same clothes when he was examined by Dr. Kirsch- baum as he had worn earlier in the day on Sept. 28. Mascolo asked numerous questions on Laden s meetings with the coroner on the day of the staying Fitzgerald ob- jected to the detailed questioning, and stated the detective will be re- called later to testify at length, and stated Mascolo could ask such ques- tions on cross-examination at that time.
 The state called "A witnesses in the direct case, and so far has ex- amined 10 on rebuttal. The defense has called 19 witr/Njes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23
This Week s. Visitor Widow Relieved to Obtain Monthly Benefits TOT Whom She Failed to Register Claim = Boards Probe Provides Evidence
 of Eligibility.
BY EDWARD N. MULLARKEY

time employment came under the Social Security Act, had failed 10 renort his wages and had not paid the social security premiums. So it took time to straighten things out. After about four months, how over we finally got the record straight and found he had worked long enough and earned enough to be insured. Monthly benefits began for the widow and her child.
 Time passed We thought her so- cial security affairs were settled TOT the next 16 years-till the boy would be 18-when late last month We received a letter from Mrs. T. She wrote to tell us that her child had just died. Could she be allowed, she asked, to keep the May check to help with the doctor bills ana burial expenses? We were obliged to write her regretfully "No," both her own cheeks and those of the chile had to stop with the month prior to the month in which the child had died-hers because she no long, CT had a child in her care.
 It was now two weeks since she had written. What could Mrs. T. want?
 T have come to tell you," she said, that I have another child by my husband. He was born last December. When I came to you af- ter my husband died, didn't know that I was going to have another child"
 We asked her why she didn't come and tell us about it long ago.
 T guess I was just stupid" she answered. T did not know I could file claim for my baby when he wasn't born till eight months after my husband died, and had already filed one claim But I talked to our minister yesterday. He told me to come and see you. He was sure could get monthly payments for the baby"
 We got to work on the case at once. She had the baby's birth cer- tificate with her, and filed the claim then and there. Mrs. T. went away much relieved. You don't know what it means to me to know I'll be table to stay home with my ba- by" she said as she closed the door.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23
NOTICE
AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUILD ING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WATERBURY,

AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUILD ING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WATERBURY.
 Be it Ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Water bury
 Section IT subheading LIGHT ING OF HALLS AND CORRI- DORS" of the Building Ordinances, appearing on Page ITO of the l943 revision of the Ordinance of the City of Waterbury is amended to read as follows: LIGHTING OF HALLS AND CORRIDORS
 The public halls and corridors in every hotel, office building and tenement house, occupied by three or more families, shall have gas CT electric lights so located that the stairs and platforms shall be ade- quately lighted, and it shall be com pulsory on the part of the owner of said building to keep said lights burning from sunset to sunrise.
 Passed and adopted by the Board of Aldermen June 18th 1946, and approved by the Mayor June 20th, 1945.
 Attest:
 JOSEPH M. SHEA, 6-22-N City Clerk
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pools will open Wednesday morn. ing, the staffs of the various cen. ters to be announced at the closing session Tuesday afternoon. All park department appointees will be re- quired to bring notebooks. Following is the staff of instructor! | for the institute and the schedule of instructions: Institute staff-James J. Curtin superintendent of parks; William J. Derwin. supervisor of recreation Lucy Russo, director, Meriden Girls club; Edith DeBonis, Hartford school deparmenft; William K Schofield, personnel manager Au- toyre Co.,; Mary Norgren, police woman, Waterbury police depart ment; Esther Hardy, assistant chil- dren's department, Silas Bronson | library: James Lee, physical depart ment, Crosby high school; John J Daly, city editor, Waterbury Re- publican; J. Loring Burwell singing director; Walter J. Racicot, Red Cross representative. SCneQule or Events
 Institute time table:
 Monday (morning)
 Registration.
 930-Opening remarks, Mfr. Cur tin.
 9:50-The l945 playground pro- gram, MT Derwin. 10:00-Your Attitude Toward Your Playground Job, MT. Schofield. 10:35-Singing Is Fun, MT. Bur we'll.
 11:0-Recess.
 11:20-Importance of Good Eel lowship, MT Derwin.
 (AfternoOn)
 2:00-(Girls' session)-Techniqu of Storytelling, Simple Dramatics, Miss Hardy; Handcraft Projects for the Playground, Miss Russo; (boys' session)-OrganiDation of Leagues, Tournaments and Intra-Playground Athletics, MT Lee.
 3:00-Recess.
 4:20-The Police Department Co., operates, Miss Norgren
 3:R-The Press and the Play grounds, MT. Daly.
 Tuesday (morning)
 9:00-Entire morning will be de- voted to instruction in active and quiet games for the playgrounds Miss DeBonis.
 (Afternoon)
 2:00-First Aid on the Fairgrounds MT. Racicot.
 300-Recess.
 3:2O-Discussion on Playground Regulations and Safety, MT. Derwin. 4:0O-Assignment of supervisors. 4:30-Institute closes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23

(Continued from Page D and foreign minister in the coali- ton government. Edward Osubka- morawski, premier of the present Warsaw government. probably will retain that post.
 The Moscow agreement provided that presidium of three replace the long post of president in the present Warsaw government. In addition to Grabsky, Boleslaw Bic rut, the present Warsaw president, and Wincenty WitoS, peasant party leader and thrice former premier of Poland, were named to the preSi- dium.
 Bierut probably will preside, Mos- COW said.
 Others invited to participate in the new government or state af- fair" were:
 Jan Stanczyk, Liberal Socialist leader and former member of the London government; Mjascislaw Tugutt, an engineer and former minor official in the London gov ernments interior department; Karol Popiel, leader of the Chris tian Labor party and former minis ter of state in the London gov ernment; M. " Kiernik, who repre- sented the ailing Witos at the con- ference;- Dr. Henry K. Kolodzieski, peasant party leader and former chairman of Polish supreme court; Anton Kolodziej, member of the Polish Seamen's union in London and Julian Zankowski, Polish archi- tect formerly attached to the Lon- don government.
 Stanczyk was mentioned as prob able social welfare minister and Kiernik, as interior minister.
 The next stage of fulfilling the Yalta agreement on Poland will be the holding of "unfettered" elec- tions. These must await. the return of Poles from abroad, however, a Moscow dispatch said
 Moscow said it was understood that no obstacles would be placed in the path of members of the Polish army abroad who wished to collabo- rate with the new government
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Hirohito Rumored
 Assuming Command
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Hill 8l were the Japanese still re- sisting. That was on the southern edge of Yaeju-Dake plateau. A late front report said 596 Japanese were killed Thursday night, bringing en- emy casualties to 95,262
 (One group of 160 Japanese com- mitted suicide with grenades at the extreme southwest tip of the island rather than surrender.
 The Okinawa invasion already was paying of large dividends. A search plane from the island sank large enemy schooner in the Yel- low Sea yesterday, bringing the number of vessels destroyed or damaged since the Okinawa air. fields were put into use to 123.
 A Manila dispatch said Gen. Jo- seph w. Stilwell was en route to Okinawa to take over his new post of commander of the 10th Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23

The course is free and open not only to persons who will work on the playgrounds but to the public in general especially volunteer workers.
 The institute will operate on a regular schedule, the morning ses- sions starting promptly at g and the afternoon at g. The blackboard method of instruction will be used as much as possible so that each person will be able to take notes. Following the instruction on each subject there will be general dis cussion during which questions may be asked and concrete problems pre- sented
 Out of Town Requests
 Requests have been received by the park department from Thomas ton, Torrington, Watertown and Cromwell for permission to send the playground workers from those towns to take advantage of the local institute Supt. of Parks James J. Curtin estimated today that close to 75 would be in attendance in- cluding the local staff.
 One of the features of the course will be the showing of several reels of movies depicting the park de- partment's playground program in operation including the annual pag- cant, baseball, track, and swimming activities.
 The playgrounds and swimming
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23

the Americans then poured gaso- line into crevices leading to the cave and ignited it. The hill shook with flame and smoke gushed from a dozen or more unsuspected fis- sures, but the Japanese resumed their gunfire from the cave after an interval.
 A front dispatch said an uncon- firmed rumor had it that the gen. eral had been killed by an artillery shell and his body sealed in a cave, but the Seventh Division refused to believe the story.
 Men of the enemy generals com mand were surrendering in unpre- cedented numbers, A total of 4,265 had been counted through Wednes- day. more than had been captured in all the other central and vest ern Pacific campaigns combined.
 Only in one other pocket besides
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Jops Killed Own Injured
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Continued from Page D prepare to die honorably" because the situation was hopeless.
 Those patients who were able and wanted to die were given hand grenades or pistols, the prisoner said. He admitted he killed two others with his sword The re- mainder were killed by dynamiting individual wards, he said.
 Another prisoner. an Army pri- vate, told how medical officers killed bedriddSn cases in a Japan csc hospital with injectiolA He es- caped by hiding in the latrine. he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23
OBITUARY

GELINAS-Philip Gelinas, 63, of 352 South Main street, died Thurs day at the U. s. Veterans hospital, Newington, after a lingering illness.
 Born in Montreal, Canada, he came to this country at the age of three. At the time of his retirement from Army life on April 6, 1928 fol- lowing nearly 25 years of service, he was first sergeant with Troop G, Third Cavalry.
 Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alice Trepanier Gelinas; one son, Philip, Jr.; one brother. Joseph Gelinas, New London; three sis- ters, Mrs. Adelphis Gregoire, Wor- cester, Mass, Mrs. Emile Veil- lette of this city, and Mrs. Homer Vallerand, Hartford; and severa! nieces and nephews.
 Military funeral services will be held Monday at SIS a. m. from the Belleville funeral home. 68 East Clay street, to St. Anns church for a solemn high Mass of requiem at g.. Burial will be Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow from 2 to 10 p. m.
 SIGOVITCh Mrs. Barbara Sigo- witch, wife of Martin Sigovitch, 289 Bradley street. Bridgeport, died Thursday at her home. Among the survivors is a daughter. Mrs. Albert Portman, Waterbury.
 Funeral services and burial were held today in Bridgeport.
 KAMACK-harry Kamack, for mer resident of Waterbury, died Thursday in Atlanta, Ga. He was the son of the late Max and Mary (Cavanaugh) Kamack, and had been salesman for the American Brass Go. in Atlanta for 10 years
 He is survived by his wife. the for mer Elfrida Withey, two sons, Harry, Jr., Seattle, Wash, and Sgt. Rob- ert, with the Army in the South Pacific; four daughters. Mrs Ri- cardo Panadero, Cuba; Lillian, R. M. PC, WAVES, and Jane and May, Atlanta, and by two brothers, John and Robert of Waterbury.
 Funeral services will De held over the week end in Atlanta.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23


 wears dress made of re-styled old cloth.
 In that respect, she is more for tunate than her prospective hus- band, who cant have his old suit re-styled and looks trif1e seedy.
 Slecna was fortunate during the war, too. because she was assigned to factory work by the Germans in- stead of being sent. as thousands of other Czech women were, to con- centration camps or slave labor centers in Germany.
 Lunches are a tough problem She stands in a crowded restau- rant until place opens up at one of the tables. Then she orders cof- fee and cakes from a waiter who still wears his formal pre-war tails
 Slecna pays about 30 cents for her slim luncheon. But her coffee is ersatz and for the little cakes she had to yield precious food cou- pons, because bread is rationed in Prague
 The Czechs still are living on. the same food quotas they had when the Nazis were here. They are ra- toned to two pounds of meat prr person for 28 days, in addition to 12 pounds of bread and 30 rolls in the same period.
 They get about one-eighth of a pint of milk a day, four pounds of of two cigarettes daily.
 But when food is available, it is cheap and prices are controlled strictly. For instance, two pounds of barleycorn cost only 12 cents and salami sells for 54 cents pound. Beef is B cents pound.
 Lunch in the best hotel in Prague where the acrpetS are deep and luxurious and the sheets are mended and worn, costs the equiv alent of SIPS. But the meal con- sists only of cup of soup, a plate of barleycorn. and barleycorn cakes for dessert. There is no wine and only dark brown, tasteless bread.
 No real improvement in the food situation is expected until the ar- rival of the United Nations relief supplies and the harvest.
 The capitals motion picture houses are reopening and Slecna has choice of many Russian news reels, including pictures of the bat tie for Berlin, in addition to full length Russian features and some old Czech films.
 A few Hollywood offerings also are showing, with seats in the front balcony for 30 cents.
 Tonight, Slecna can attend the opera at the beautiful old Prague Opera House, in the same street where Czech students were massa- cred during the university uprising against the Nazis in 1889.
 She also can dance at reStau- rant on the island in the Vltava river, but she would have to leave early because Prague still has an 11:30 p. m. curfew for civilians.
 That would complete her enter tainment, except for the radio. Short-wave installations are now being returned to the people who owned them before the war.
 Travelling anywhere in Prague entails an uncomfortable five-cent ride in crowded street cars. The trolleys usually are jammed with Czechs returning home from con- centration camps and sightseeing Russian soldiers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23
Drastic Food Setup Feared
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f1ocks and dairy herds is critical.
 8. The greatest service that could be rendered to meet this acute grain shortage on which our essen- tial food supply depends would be for the Office of Defense Trans portation to make immediately avail able an increased number of box cars"
 Governors from the following states participated in the confer ence: New York, New Jersey, Dela- ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Vr- ginia. Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. New Hampshire. Vermont and Maine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23

testimony that there were small marks on the left side of the neck below the ear lobe. Asked if they could be the marks of a finger, he replied they could be.
 Mascolo asked Dr. Kirschbaum to assume corner of the muzzle of one of the barrels of Coscia s gun had struck Cyr in the chest, so as to leave bean-shaped mark, which had been described in the medical testimony He asked the witness to assume the gun was pull ed back and forth through the kitchen door as Cyr was in a crouched position in the kitchen and the gun went off.
 Then the defense attorney asked if Cyr would be apt to receive the kind of wound the examiner had described.
 No I don't think so," Dr. Kirsch- baum replied The wound was slightly downward and toward the right"
 Another Demonstration?
 When Mascolo picked up the Cos cia gun and thrust it through the Cyr kitchen door. which was ex- hibited in the court room, Fitzgerald objected. stating that was not the way Coscia had held the gun in his demonstration in the court room. Mascolo noted there was nothing in the record to show that Coscia had held it differently. Mascolo indi- cated he may call for another dem- onstration by the accused, so it could be noted specifically in the record.
 The ballistics expert testified it was not possible to fire the Coscia gun without pulling the trigger and that pumping the gun against the door would not cause it to be dis charged.
 Robinson stated that if the chest were 27 or 28 inches from the gun when the shot was fired there would be discoloration around the wound and powder grains on the chest, He stated there were no such indications on the hooy of Cyr On cross s-eXamination, Robinson stated it was not necessary for him to see the shooting to determine the length from which the gun was fired. He admitted that a spring of the gun was broken and that the gun was not in the exact condition it was in when he first saw it.
 MaScolo asked Robinson if the gun could go off while it is pushed back and forth, and the witness re- piled, If someone pushed the trig- ger"
 On a query f.om Judge John A. Cornell, Robinson stated it would take about five or six pounds of pressure on the trigger to make the gun go off.
 MaScolo then asked the witness to illustrate how the trigger could be pushed. He asked him to push it at the edge, and also to put his finger inside in the regular firing position to show the difference in pressure that would be necessary Mascolo likewise pulled the trigger many times in illustration.
 Its only WI en you put the fin ger inside that it takes more pres sure?" Masco' then asked. The witness replied there was not much difference.
 Dr. Leake, who is former head of the Connecticut State hospital at Middletown, and Dr. Rogowski, who is associated with the Yale medical school and is consulting pSychiatrist for several hospitals in the New Haven area, were asked by the state only about Coscia's capacit.' to form ulate premeditated and deliberate killing. Arguments on admissibility of the testimony were presented at lengM.
 On cross-examination Dr. Leake testified the Latin race was more emotional and that persons of that
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(Continued from Page 1) hands of the American people it must be used in the first instance to raise our own standard of living and our own level of employment.
 Depression Means Misery
 Never again can we afford to have domestic depressions which cause untold misery at home and are felt around the world
 Grew said bluntly that the country's past record has made American economic power dis trusted and even feared abroad"
 American must dispel those fears mot by statements of good inten- tions but by concrete examples of cooperation" he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-23
FUNERALS

The funeral of Joseph Colasurdo, 29 Charles street was held today from the Colasanto Funeral Home, 932 Bank street, to the church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, where a solemn high Mass of requiem was celebrated at g. Burial was in Cal vary cemetery.