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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
MICHAEL DIVER
 PASSES AT HOME
Prominent Citizen Dies of Heart Condition; Widely
 Known Here

Torrington, April 18-Michael F. Dwyer, one of the most prominent men in Torrington, died suddenly yesterday at his home, 783 Frank lin street, with a heart condition: MT. Dwyer, attendance officer ana school enumerator for the past l8 years, and usher at St. Francis church for 50 years, was born in Torrington, son of Michael and Honora Dwyer. early Irish settlers here. He had lived in the East Branch section of the city all his life.
 As a young man, MT. Dwyer was outstanding in athletic circles. He was active in plans for the T. A. D.. field days at the old driving park. He was trustee of St. Francis church, member of the original city char ter committee and member Of the board of tax review.
 MT. Dwyer had operated a shoe business on Water street for many years, and was later manager of the Boston Shoe store. He was former employe of the Hendey Ma chine Go. He was associated with the Republican party all his life and ran for office. He was a charter member of St. Francis T. A. B. So- ciety, of which he was past presi- dent and treasurer.
 MT. Dwyer was past chief of Court Washington, Foresters of America, and was a member of Unity Council, Knights of Colum- bus, the Elks and the Republican Club. In 1913 he was county direc- tor of the Connecticut Total Ab- stinence Union. He was the first president of Father Duggan Branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom.
 MT. Dwyer is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Alice Glasheen, Misses Margaret and Mary Dwyer, all of Torrington; several nieces and nephews.
 The funeral will be held Thurs day at 8:i5 a. m. from the GleeSon Mortuary to St. Francis Church. where a solemn high Mass of re- quiem will be celebrated at g. Bur- ial will be on old St. Francis Ceme- tery. The mortuary will be open today from 2 to 5 and after T p m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
Hoover Adds 2 Proposals

Philadelphia, April 18.-(UP)- Former President Herbert Hoover said last night the San Francisco Security Conference should define aggression to include direct or ir- direct subsidized governmental propaganda in other nations"
 The enforcement of such a pro- vision, MT. Hoover told the oreign Policy Association, would help cure that cause of war which grows out of crusading faith, political c: otherwise"
 Experiences with the Nazi infii- tration of poisonous propaganda and fifth columns into peaceful nations should indicate there is a new form of aggression in the world," MT Hoover said.
 Assailing the agreement to give the great nations veto power in the world security council "as a result of Russian protests" MT. Hoover said the voting compromise would make the council as ineffective as the old League of Nations in deal ing with aggressors.
 He urged adoption of the original Dumbarton Oaks proposals because they set up machinery which could force would-be aggressors to halt their actions.
 MT. Hoover, endorsing proposal by Sen. Arthur Vandenberg that security conference have the free dom of initiative, added two pro- posals to the seven he made three weeks ago.
 He said "there should be control of military alliances" and there should be definition of aggres- Sion.'
 His seven original proposals urged establishment of a world commit tee to promote political rights; pro- vision for peaceful revision of oner- ous treaties between nations; ere ation of regional subdivisions of the organization for the preservation oi peace into three areas, Asia, Europe andt he western hemisphere; insist ance of total disarmament of en- emy powers; promptness in propor- tional postwar reduction in UniteC Nations armies; devising a method by which the war powers of the congress could be preserved with out delaying action in a crisis: talk ing of sufficient time in formulat- ing the charter of peace to do it night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
DEMURRER FILED
 IN $25,OOO SUIT
City Defendant in Action Over Damages Caused
 By Great Brook

A demurrer made by the City of Waterbury to claims in the $25, ,00O civil action of Evt T. Herbst and Clelia E. Mascolo, owner of prop erty at the southwest corner of Grand and South Main streets, was overruled today by Superior Court Judge John A. Cornell.
 The plaintiffs claim their build ing has ben damaged by the flow of Great Brook, which passes un- der the premises, and claim the city has created a nuisance by covering the natural water course north of their property but failing to cover it on their property.
 It is alleged by the property own CTS that Great Brook is not of suf- f1cient size to take care of the water directed in it by the city. The plain tiffs claim the water at times has risen to the ceiling in the cellar, with extensive damage resulting.
 Twelve grounds were advanced by the city for finding the claims in- sufficient in law, but the juriSt over ruled all of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18

The finance committee of the newly proposed Y.W.C.A, for greater Waterbury will submit a budget to the Community Chest for $l5.000 as working capital for the organization over an eight-month period, 1t was announced last night at a meeting of the provisional committee held at the Waterbury Child Care Center.
 Chairmen of various groups, work ing to establish the wv. in this city, reported on the progress of organization. It was also announced that 291 women and girls have already signed up as charter mem- bers in the drive to obtain at least 500 women.
 At last nights meeting, Mrs. Joel I. Butler was elected general chair man. Succeeding the post held by Mrs. Mark L. SpeTy, Jr., who will become chairman of the finance committee, Mrs. Roger. s. Sperry was elected ice-chairman.
 Mrs. John Foster outlined the progress made by the build.cg conn., mittee which is Investigating pos
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
Railroad Bridge Spans Rhine In 10 Days After Two Years Of Advance Preparations
done by the armies themselves.

done by the armies themselves.
 At the Army level. engineers were additionally handicapped by not knowing until mid-winter ex- actly where their Army boundaries would be. Thus, at Ninth Army headquarters, engineers surveyed the Rhine from Duisburg to Emmerich. IL wasn't until late February that they knew exactly where they would cross.
 Training was also started for pile driving crews. ADSEC Advance Section Communication Zone) sent experts to Army level to teach pile driving techniques. Engineer crews practiced by building a small pile bridge on the Roer. Then they wen. back to Maas and built a big per- manent bridge across it, using the heavy steam pile driving rig which they were ouse on the Rhine itself. FRIDGE PARKS"
 Almost the same day that Ninth Army troops first reached tn e Rhine, bridging material was started forward to bridge parks" IS miles or so west of the river. Moving 1t presented some major headaches. To float pile irving equipment, for example, strings of huge Navy pom toons (from which rhino ferries of invasion fame were made) had to be transported overland. These strings were 72 feet long, whereas the Army's longest trailer is only 40 feet. The rest just hung over while engineers crossed their fingers and held their breath.
 For once, the weather and the Germans gave the Allies a break. None of the worst weather condi- tions planned against occurred, and the Germans didn't blow up the dikes in an effort to flood bridge ap- breaches. When engineers started to work everything went according to plans which had been begun over two years before. They were accord ing to plan-but more than twice as fast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
BY TOaE WOLF MA Staff CoFregDonAenk


 Wesel. Germany. April le-This is the story behind the success of the Yanks in throwing a railroad bridge across the Rhine in the unbeliev- ably fast time of 10 days. It starts beck In January. 1o43. in England. when the information section of the Intelligence Division of the Army engineers and the British War Of- flee began a detailed study of all existing Rhine bridges.
 This study was part of 6 bigger job of surveying all bridges on the continent and estimating the amount of destruction likely to be found when we reached them. Based on this survey, some 5000 tons of bridging spans were ordered in the spring of 1043.
 These spans were Stockpiled in England. They weren't earmarked for specific bridges except that it was always assumed that the long est beams would be held for the Rhine crossing. The way 1t worked out, practically none f this stock pile was ever used, certainly none of it for the Rhine. What happened was that right after D-Day we cap- ttired big German stocks of meter beams which they had brought to Normandy to repair bridges we had blown up.
 MADE BY NAZIS
 These beams had been manufac- tured in huge modern steel mill in Luxembourg-a factory which we captured intact last Fall. It had a sufficient supply of ore and man. ganese, so the Army only needed to bring coal to the mill and it started to turn out beams for the Rhine bridge.
 Meanwhile, Com 2 engineers were collecting literally tons of technical information. It was decided that in order to get the bridge in fast it would have to be built on piles rath- CT than on caiSsOnS - which is the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
NeUs Of Connecticut

New Haven. April 18-(UP)-A S0-day strike notice was filed today with the War Labor Board by 16O employees of the New Haven Gas Light Co.,, who demand an increase from 55 to 65 cents an hour in their minimum wage scale.
 The notice was filed by Joseph Fitzgerald, Secretary of Local 12,O21, District 50, of the United Mine Workers union.
 Hartford, April 18-(UP)-Trin- ity College today announced the appointment of Frederick c. Cope land, Biology instructor since 1940, as secretary of admissions and act- ing Dean of freshmen.
 Copeland succeeds Prof. Edward D. Meyers, who becomes Dean of Roanoke College, Salem, Va, July l.
 Hartford, Conn.,, April 18 - GU. Po - The supreme court today up- held an appeal of the state and or- dered a new trial for Robert Rossi, 25, New York Negro, who was sen- fenced by three superior court judges to five to seven years in prison on a robbery charge in con- nection with the staying of Mrs. Hedwig Wegner of Plainville, Sep tember 9, 1943.
 Roberts brother, Nicholas, 31, was convicted by the same court on charge of first degree murder and sentenced to be electrocuted. He has received three reprieves while the supreme court dliberated the 5tate's appeal.
 The brothers, employed by Mrs. Wegner. were apprehended in Mis- souri after her bludgeoned body was found in the garage of her home. Both were indicted on murder charges, but the court found Nich- olas to be the actual slayer and sen- fenced him to death.
 The state appealed Roberts con- viction on robbery charges, claim ing the court had no authority but to convict him of first or second degree murder, or manslaughter, or acquit him of the charges. The supreme court sustained this con- tention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
STUDENTS STAGE
 ANNUAL CONCERT
26th Annual Inter-High School Orchestra Is -, Featured

At intermission exercises held last night at the 18th annual concert oi the Inter-High School Symphony orchestra, certificates and awards for four-year membership were pre- sented to IA high school seniors by James E. Moran, ewly-appointed principal of Wilby High school, at the Wilby auditorium. Seven mem bers of the Inter-High School Band received school letters with band in- signia.
 Orchestra members who received certificates were John Lane, Ed ward Przybyloski, Frank DiVito, Norman Rosenbaum, John DeBellis, Marion Pranitis, Gerald Phillips, Julia Storrs, Franklyn Hackett, Ro- bert Spellman, Umbert Mattrella John Groody, and Barbara Verchot. Awards made in the names of former members now in the service were announced for Anthony Ian- acci, orchestra violinist, who also played clarinet with the band, and stephen Ferrucci, trumpeter with e-@S SoAA' OOoCPAA OplIlclld, OOIlIl Garafola, William Skif and Fran cis White, three-year band mem- bers, received letter insignia.
 Selections played under the di- rection of Floyd c. Evans, music supervisor for the city's high schools included Der Freischutz Overture by Won Weber; the Allegretto from Beethoven's 7th Symphony; the AL legro (finale) movement from his Fifth; a medley of themes for the armed forces dedicated to the late President; Morning Hymn of Praise. from Atlantis" y Sareneck; When The Lights Are Low" y Durham; The Voyage Overture" by King; Perpetual Notion by Johann Strauss; ''Nocturne," by Cerwonky and the ballet music from PoncieI. lis La Gioconda."
 A student quartet rendered stef- fe's Battle Hymn of the Republic It included Bettye Evans Roberts soprano; Charlotte Perren Dodson, alto; Robert c. Hill, tenor; and Ro. bert A Parsons, bass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
Phone Operators Hove Agreed

New York. April Is. - (UP) - Threat of strike by 1s,O00 New York Local and Long Distance Tele- phone operators ended today as union officials and company repre- seutativeS agreed ca a formula for settlement of 8 wage dispute.
 Henry Mayer, attorney for the Federation of Long Line Operators, announced that the agreement was reached at a meeting of company and union officials early today Mayer said Regional War Labor Board representative was present at the meeting.
 The operators voted to strike Monday in protest against a WLB directive giving them a $3 weekly in- crease instead of the $ they re- Quegted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
Budget For New YWCA
 To Be Submitted Soon
Finance Committee Requests SI5,OOO of Community
 Chest as Working Capital

sible site for the location of a temporary wv. lounge and office. The work of the constitution co1n- mittee was summed up by Mrs. Bes- sic Crane, and Miss Marion Hunt announced that the report of the personnel committee is not yet codn- pleted.
 City-wide publicity will be given the drive for members, which will take place from April 25 to May 9. 1t was announced by Harold Post chairman of the public relation committee.
 Both Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Sperry who were elected last night to take charge of guiding the organization work of the Y. w., with several other members of the various com. mittees, stated, that the Y. w. ac' tivities program will conform to the needs and wishes of Waterbury women, and will not be dictated by board members of the association At a mass membership rally to be held at the auditorium of the Connecticut Light & Power Go, Miss Flora Keeney of Woodbury who organized a YWCA in the Phil ippines in 1926, will address the meeting.
 A survey of the type of activities the women of Waterbury are inter- ested in will be made at that ses- sion, Mrs. Robert Ryan, chairman of the program committee, dis. closed.
 Though the membership rally will be open to all women and girls in the city, only persons holding tick cts which may be obtained at the Civilian Defense office or from members of the membership con. mittee, will be admitted, Miss Ann Mccarthy, membership chairman, announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
MIDDLEBURY Correspondent: Nancy RIlsy
 Telephone A-6l10

Middlebury, April 1s-Mrs. Jessie Taber, who has been spending g few months with her daughter Mrs. Wilmot North, and son Peter has returned to her home in Woon- socket, R. I.
 John Daly, Harry Clark anc George Trask were in New Yorl yesterday where they witnessed the first ball game.
 It has been announced that the final returns in Middlebury for the American Red Cross were $7609.91 The quota was $75O0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
ONLY THE TITLE THE SAME

South Bend, Ind. (UP)-The naval trainees stationed at Notre Dame University saw Shake soeare's Julius Caesar" in their mess hall-but, oh, what a differ ert playI One of their men, It John M. Coppinger (233 Eighth St. Brooklyn, N. Y.), rewrote the drama into . single 75-minute perform ance As . parody on the current political setup. The tables in the mess hall served as the sage, and modern costumes were of USAAF end RAP uniforms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18

group. The Naugatuck club will be the host and Albert Schiavone of Waterbury, president of the county organization, ana Mrs. Myrtle Hotchkiss of Naugatuck, first vice. president of the county unit, will be guests.
 The local committee in charge in- cludes: President Howard Sagen- dorf, Henry zwick, Franklyn Hotch- kiss, Henry Schildgen, Elmer Lar son, Miss Margaret Sweeney. Miss Grace Woodfield and Everett Dor. ovan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
DIM-OUT SAVES COAL

Chicago (UP) The dim-out in Chicago resulted in saving 11,500 tons of coal during February, &C., cording to figures of the Common weath Edison Go. The figure was for an 11,000 square miles area served by the company and repre- scented about one-tenth of one per cent of the total amount consumed in the area during a year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
INYEsTIGATIoN AssUREp

Washington. April 18. - (UP) = Chairman Andrew J. May, D.. Ky, announced today that his House Military Affairs Committee will conduct a full-fleged 3lvestigation of the treatment of Axis prisoners of war in this country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
ACTION WITHDRAWN
 FROM COURT DOCKET

A divorce action brought by Louis Wendler of Waterbury against Mary Sito Wendler of Brooklyn, N. Y., was withdrawn from the superior court docket today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
Amazing GI Eager To Settle Score With Germans And JapS
By WILLARD c. HASELBRUSH United Press Staff Correspondent

DALLAS April unusual in the U. Lndgren his story should be told too recently shipped route to the hopes will be his ninth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
THIEF PROMISES REPAYMENT

St. Paul, Minn. (UP)-The West Seventh St. USO Center involun- tarily became a lending agency when night prowler entered the place and rifled various money boxes to acquire a total of $2.50. He left 8 note, however. to Mrs. Margaret Wood, director. saying:
 T am very sorry did this. There is day coming when I will pay."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
CLOTHING DRIVE
 TO BE CONTINUED
Donations to Be Accepted Up to End of This
 Month
PROSPECT Mrs. Edmond Morin, C0rre- sp0ndent-Telephone 5-0857

Prospect, April 13.-United Ma tional clothing collections will con- tinue until April 30th. Every na- .ion that has felt the sting of wal will benefit from this American charity on the basis of needs de- termined by the committee in charge of distribution.
 Mrs. Frank Plumb, chairman of the Grange committee, spoke at the Grange meeting Friday evening and urged all members to cooper ate and encourage more collections The amount of clothing collected SC far has been quite satisfactory. but Mrs. Plumb hopes many more io- cal people will take an interest in the drive and give whatever they can spare, such items as used ga; . ments, bedding, shoes and clothes for children of all ages.
 Contributions may be left at the homes of Mrs. Frank Plumb. Chesh- ire road, Mrs. Charles Hodges Clark Hill road and Miss Ruth Hotchkiss, Waterbury road.
 Miss Ruth Hotchkiss served as in- stalling master during conferrance of the 3rd and 4th degrees at the Friday evening meeting of Prospect Grange.
 Those receiving the degrees were: MT. and Mrs. Gerald Winters and Albert Doyle. Guests present were: MT. and Mrs. William Brush, Bea- con Valley Grange, state deputy and juvenile deputy.
 Moving pictures will be shown in the hall of the Congregational church, Friday evening at 8 p. m.
 The title of the picture to be presented is 'The Duke of West Point" Special entertainment and refreshments will complete the evenings program. The Young Peo- ple'S Fellowship will sponsor the show for the benefit of the church The public is invited.
 The Red Cross War fund has reached a total of $1,136.39, with other amounts to be realized from neighborhood card parties still to be added. The quota for Prospect is $1,200 and Mrs. Carl Spellman, chairman, and Mrs. William Vim ing, co-chairman of the drive, are confident the quota will be reached in the near future.
 Other committee members are: Mrs. Harold Stieler, Mrs. William Dalleywater and Mrs. Harry Cough Ian.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18

Mexico City is considering a S6,- 900, 900 project to relieve trafio congestion by establishing six stra- logically located parking structures complete with ramps and other structures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18
SGT. BEVERIDCE
 WED IN INDIANA
OAKVILlE Correspondent: Alice StaRstrOnl
 Phone 6O8-

Oakville, April 19. - The mar riage of Miss Dolores M. Skinner, daughter of Peter Duby, Terre Haute, Ind, to S-Sgt. Kenneth Thomas Beveridge, son of MT. and Mrs. Peter Beveridge, Manila street, Oakville, too place April 7th at the home of the bride. Rev. Charles Malby of St. Stephens Episcopal church officialed. Miss Evelyn Adams and Sgt. Joseph Hedding were the attending couple.
 After visit with the bridegroom's s parents. the couple returned to Terre Haute, Ind, where Sgt. Bever- idge is stationed. He returned to this country in December after serv- ing 35 months in the South Pacific.
 South School Clothing Drive
 At South School yesterday Mrs. Hugh Brown and Mrs. Charles Ol- son were in charge of receiving and weighing the used clothing for the United National Clothing Drive. There were Al contributors bringing in 844 lbs, 13 oz., of clothing. The children were so enthusiastic that when one of the ladies took off, her coat, 1t was whisked away to the donations pile. It took some per- suasicsl on the woman's part to re- cover her garment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18

way the Rhine's standing bridges were built.
 First designs had been made in October, but first detailed designs were finished on November 18, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-18

material was procured on this basis. All this work was done at Com z level for engineers of the armies to use any way they saw fit-if any. Meanwhile, similar work was being
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professionally filled with concern.
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Michael Dunno TO provide the
romance.
Il Love a Bandleader," the sec
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because it brings a newcomer,
lovely Leslie Brooks, 10 the
screen.
AS a struggling young singer
who mistakes house-painter Phil
Harris for an orchestra leader,
Miss Brooks proves something of
find. She has poise, rather un-
usual beauty and gorgeous
throaty voice which she puts 10
very good use.
Comedy is supplied by that
never-failing funster, Rochester,
and there are some tunes TO liven
things up.-C. G..